The Coastal Star April 2012

April 2012

Volume 5 Issue 4

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

Ocean Ridge

Lantana Bridge Closing

Town weighs trading police for PBSO 10 deputies would replace 19 police staff, saving the town $700,000

By Tim O’Meilia

Residents of South Palm Beach take their final walk over the old Lantana Bridge, during the “Last ___ to cross the bridge” celebation.

The bridge will be closed for almost two years while being replaced. More photos page 33. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

Briny Breezes

Builder proposes redevelopment without sale price

By Tim O’Meilia Five years ago, a developer figured the homey oceanfront mobile home park of Briny Breezes was worth half a billion dollars if it were decorated with high rise condominium towers, a pricey hotel and several hundred time-shares.

He was wrong. Ocean Land Investments, the Boca Raton developer, couldn’t convince anyone beyond the town limits of that vision and the deal crashed, leaving unhappy residents,

Kean Development Co. wants to expand density before setting sale price strained friendships and relieved municipal neighbors.

Now the jilted runner-up in the Briny courtship is back in town, but without a glittering $500 million offer to dangle in front of mobile home residents.

This time, New York-based Kean Development Co. wants to see what the

Briny dowry will be worth in two or three years before the price is settled.

Kean wants to spend several years and hundreds of thousands of dollars of his own getting all the zoning and development approvals in place before an array of appraisals determine the sale price.

“That might not be what it was five years ago but it will be more than it is today,” John C. Kean told a March 16 See BRINY on page 8

Our Private Clubs

Life’s a beach and so much more at the Delray Beach Club

By Mary Thurwachter Stretching out on a chaise longue with a Kindle in your hands and the Atlantic Ocean as a backdrop is “a heck of a nice way to spend a day,” said Ron Nyham, a proud member of the Delray Beach Club.

Not that Nyham, outgoing president of the 43-yearold club, can spend all that much time lazing around the seashore. He’s a busy Florida Atlantic University professor, after all. But when he wants to kick back and get away from

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OUR PRIVATE CLUBS An occasional series it all without having to travel farther than across town, he goes to the Delray Beach Club.

Truth be known, Nyham and his wife really don’t indulge in much loafing when they go to the club.

“We’re more athletically orientated,” he said. “We like exercise, sea kayaking and See CLUB on page 20

The Delray Beach Club, located just south of Linton Boulevard, has provided beach and recreational activities to its members since 1969.

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Ocean Ridge taxpayers could save nearly $700,000 next year by replacing their own police force with Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies, based on a proposal made by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.

Ten road patrol deputies would replace the 13 on-thestreet Ocean Ridge police officers (the town added a position last month) but maintain the minimum of two officers in each of the town’s two patrol zones at all times, according to the sheriff’s offer.

The town’s chief of police and lieutenant would be replaced by a sheriff’s lieutenant in command around the clock. The sheriff’s communications office would take the place of the town’s six dispatch positions, one of which is currently vacant.

“Looking strictly at the dollars, it’s attractive,” said Town Manager Ken Schenck.

“But there’s more than just dollars involved. All we’re trying to do is point out the pros and cons. It’s really up to the town residents and the Town Commission to decide.”

The 10-year contract would cost the town $1,145,450 for each of the first two years, an even lower price than the sheriff offered neighboring Manalapan last month.

Asked if he thought the sheriff was low-balling the town with the intent of hiking the cost substantially beginning in the third year, Schenck said, “They made the price so low you would really have to think about it.”

This year’s police budget is $1,714,395. But Schenck anticipates a $122,000 budget See OCEAN RIDGE on page 9

Flood risks increase

Meet Your Neighbor

Caron must pay $27,788

Making A1A safer for travel

Global warming will cause the map of Florida to be redrawn, experts warn. Page 26 Judge orders the treatment centers to cover costs of public records request. Page 8

Ken Kaleel returns to private life after serving 14 years as mayor of Ocean Ridge. Page 30 Group aims to educate pedestrians, drivers and bicyclists. Page 17

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Editorial

Police Department an important facet of Ocean Ridge I have lived in Ocean Ridge for going on 30 years. In that time I’ve felt the need to contact the Police Department on very few occasions. To me that means I live in a safe place.

When I tell people about Ocean Ridge I always mention the frequently patrolling police cars, the dark house inspections and friendly cops with dog biscuits. Every time, the response is, “Really? I wish I lived in a town like that!”

Our commission should not forget this.

How many real estate agents do you know who don’t mention the police when showing property in Ocean Ridge?

It’s possible Gulf Stream and Manalapan are a little different and police protection is not always part of the sales pitch — I acknowledge that some residents can afford to provide serious private

security measures — but most of us count primarily on our municipal tax dollars to make sure we are safe at home.

Every family needs kitchentable talks about money and budgets and planning for the future. It’s no different in our small towns along the coast.

In recent months the talk has turned to employee compensation, benefits packages, bonuses. All are good topics to visit periodically.

But let’s not go too far. Let’s not start talking about saving money by reducing the quality of police protection that makes our small town unique.

I’ll pay my local taxes to keep my local police force.

That’s one of the reasons I live in Ocean Ridge.

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Trailblazer for women executives now gives back to her alma mater

By Paula Detwiller

One of Joelen Merkel’s fondest memories was the day her son graduated from the University of Florida.

As a trustee for the university, she was perennially invited to take part in the pomp and circumstance of graduation. But this day was different: Not only was Ryan, her only child, accepting his sheepskin, but Mom had secretly asked to confer the degrees that day, to be the person who officially instructs graduates to move their tassels from one side of their mortarboards to the other.

“It was a complete surprise to both my son and my husband,” Merkel says. “It was a very, very special moment.”

Merkel, of Ocean Ridge, was appointed in 2001 to the UF’s inaugural board of trustees by then-Gov. Jeb Bush, and served as a trustee for the next nine years. She also chaired the board’s audit committee the entire time, reviewing the audited financial statements for the university and all of its direct support organizations — about 28 entities altogether.

Her years as a trustee, combined with a trailblazing career in business and her continuing involvement on various UF boards and committees, recently won Merkel a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County. She’s one of six Palm Beach County public school alumni chosen to be honored this year for “achievement, service or contributions to society either locally or to the broader community.”

A 1969 graduate of Palm Beach High School, Merkel became the first person in her family to attend a four-year university when she went off to earn her accounting degree at the University of Florida. The year before she graduated, she went to a university function where she met some accounting firm representatives.

“They outright told me, ‘We don’t hire women.’ It was 1972,” Merkel says. “You could never do that in today’s world. I think the young women of today just don’t realize what it was like back then.”

When she graduated from UF in 1973, Merkel landed a job at Arthur Anderson & Co., one of the “Big Eight” accounting firms at the time. She became only the second woman to be hired on to the company’s professional staff of 100 employees on the audit side.

A couple of years later, she accepted a position as assistant corporate controller at ChrisCraft Industries, Inc., a boat manufacturer and New York Stock Exchange company.

Over the next 25 years, Merkel

Joelen Merkel has won a Distinguished Alumni Award for her years of service to the University of Florida.

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advanced through the ranks, rising to the position of senior vice president, treasurer and principal accounting officer, reporting directly to the chairman of the board.

By 1992, she broke through the proverbial glass ceiling to hold the same executive positions — as well as a board of directors seat — at BHC Communications, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Chris-Craft that was listed on the American Stock Exchange.

“To be a female director of an American Stock Exchange company back in 1992 was a big deal,” Merkel says. “And you know, there’s still not enough female representation on corporate boards.”

Merkel, now 60 and retired, fully understands how today’s career women struggle to balance family and career. It’s never easy, she says.

“I remember when my son was a baby, when I’d be away at business meetings, I would call him up and sing to him before bedtime. I’d excuse myself from wherever I was, get to a phone, and sing a lullaby to him. So you know, you do what you need to do.”

Merkel’s son Ryan now works for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as Assistant Manager of Major

Joelen Merkel’s current membership service to the University of Florida: n UF Foundation board of directors and its finance committee n UF Research Foundation board and current chair of its audit committee n Business Advisory Council for the UF Warrington College of Business n Steering committee for UF’s Fisher School of Accounting Other trustee positions: n Norton Museum of Art and chair of its finance committee n The Florida House, Florida’s “embassy” in Washington, D.C. Gifts. Merkel says Ryan is “very comfortable asking people for money because he believes in what the Center is doing — advancing culture in our society.”

As for herself, Merkel is now in Gainesville at least six times a year for board or committee meetings. She and her husband Robert, a retired West Palm Beach defense attorney, also attend many UF football and basketball games. They’ve been Bull Gators (top contributors to the UF athletic association) for more than 20 years, and have a number of scholarships and endowments in their name.

“I’m just so thankful for the education I received, and the opportunities that came from that education, that I want to promote the University of Florida however I can,” Merkel says. Ú

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Rich or poor, recovery requires same path

Re “Wealth no guarantee to addiction recovery,” March edition: Behind the prospect of an expensive legal fight and contentious City Commission meetings, there is something that is even more ludicrous: Money-making executives thinking that wealthy people recover differently from those who are not.

Regardless of your education, or the type of car you drive, or where you reside, or how much money you make, everyone’s recovery process is exactly the same: Learn to be humble and remove shortcomings.

I am speaking out of firsthand knowledge, as I am a recovering alcoholic gratefully and happily celebrating my 13th year of sobriety.

I know through experience that by living, learning and rooming with fellow alcoholics who run the gamut of being below the poverty level to the top 1 percent of wealth is the only way to a tried, true and lasting recovery. Learning

“how to be humble” is key to recovering sobriety, and you cannot learn humbleness by sequestering oneself in a lavish luxurious oceanfront home and feeling above other alcoholics.

This means learning to lower one’s pride or rank. Continuing that relationship with yourself and fellow alcoholics through attending AA meetings in your local community is also a huge part of the recovery process.

Taking responsibility for what got you where you are and understanding that those reasons are the same exact reasons that got other alcoholics there are all the same, no matter what your level of wealth is.

Susan Delray Beach

Editor’s note: Our policy is to not publish anonymous letters, but because anonymity is a key element of Alcoholics Anonymous, we agreed to publish this letter using a first name only — the same as members are known within their AA groups.

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reporter Steve Plunkett described in some detail McLean’s complaints against Montero, he did not report that several neighbors and friends of Montero attended the meeting and that some spoke up, sometimes quite passionately, to deplore the lack of neighborliness, fairness and common civility being shown in the meeting.

Montero herself was not at the meeting because she was suffering from painful symptoms usually caused by severe stress.

Montero has the sympathy and understanding of her many friends in Point Manalapan who are aware of her side of the story. We sincerely hope that this letter will somehow signal closure of the unseemly publicizing of personal grievances between neighbors and restore a pleasant, friendly atmosphere in the Point.

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In a March story, “Sides agree to plan for crowded property line landscaping,” it may not have been clear that although Manalapan resident E. Peter McLean was asked to serve as an alternate on both the architectural and zoning commissions, he was not able to and was never sworn in as a member of either board.

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Instead of dealing with these two items, the meeting turned into a showcase for more than three hours of complaints by Peter McLean, with some assistance from one of the commissioners, against Nives Montero, who lives just behind McLean. The chairman of the meeting, Keith Waters, tried more than once, without success, to halt the far-ranging attacks on Montero by insisting that only matters directly concerning the two abovementioned matters could be discussed.

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Along the Avenues

Manero empire continues to thrive, but where is David?

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uriouser and curiouser.

Of course, Alice has nothing on David Manero, whose restaurant wonderland in Delray Beach has turned into a nightmare.

Oh sure, the restaurants he ran — Vic & Angelo’s, The Office and Burger Fi — seem to be doing fine, but David is nowhere in sight. Which had the Atlantic Avenue rumor mill working overtime with claims that his partners had him banned from the premises and that the FBI wanted him for illegalities — not so, said spokespeople in the West Palm Beach and Miami offices.

In a rare published comment, Manero told Bill Citara of Boca Raton magazine the parting was “ugly,” but that he’s working on several new concepts, including a Neapolitan pizzeria.

While Manero usually has attracted all the ink regarding the restaurants, John Rosatti has been the silent partner who carries a big stick. A New Yorker who was one of the top automobile dealers in the country, Rosatti likes big, big, big boats and enjoys a friendly rivalry with old Flatbush buddy and car dealer-boat fancier

John Staluppi. So friendly that they created Millennium Super Yachts in North Palm Beach.

Rosatti’s personal website, johnrosatti.com, opens with a quotation from Abe Lincoln: “Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.”

One acquaintance of Rosatti and Staluppi said recently, “They’re smart and they’re tough; you don’t want to cross either one of them.” But Rosatti’s also regarded as a strong family man and opens his wallet for worthy causes, such as the American Heart Association, Boys and Girls Clubs and in 2002 a gift to the Benjamin School in North Palm Beach of $1 million.

By the way, out in Laguna Beach, Calif., on the Pacific Coast Highway, a former KFC restaurant (on land previously occupied by a used car lot) is set to reopen in June as BurgerFi. The developer? A 2012 graduate of Dartmouth College, who has family ties to Southern California but also spent summers working in his family’s Florida restaurants, beginning as a server. His name: David Mainiero. (Yes, father and son spell their names differently.) Young Dave told

the left coast media he thought it would be a good way to earn money for law school.

The search for a new executive chef at The Omphoy is over almost as soon as it started. To replace Michelle Bernstein, who’s back in Miami, owner Jeff Greene has hired Michael Wurster who’s no doubt just thrilled to be back in a kitchen, any kitchen.

Trained at CIA (that’s Culinary Institute of America, not the spy corps), spent time with Alain Ducasse and Thomas Keller and was Chef de Cuisine at Lutece for three years before running his own stove at and Cercle Rouge in TriBeCa and Icon at the W Court hotel.

However, as happens in the hospitality business, the W Court closed, so Wurster, 36, signed on to run another closed restaurant, Tavern on the Green in Central Park.

That was two years ago. It never reopened, so he comes to the reopened eatery at The Omphoy, now named Malcolm’s after Greene’s son.

Wurster likes to give American classics a modern twist, using local products. Two previous dishes: sushi tuna

Tennis player Colin Fleming reads to local schoolchildren as doubles partner Ross Hutchins looks on at Delray Beach Public Library during a break from the competition at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships across the street. They read to the youngsters, mostly from Banyan Creek Elementary School and the Boys & Girls Club, answered questions, discussed tennis and stressed the importance of working with a partner. They returned to the courts and on March 3 persevered through a 15-13 final set to win the doubles title. Photo courtesy Delray Beach Public Library

with strawberries, cucumber and mojito bubbles and black and white Maine sea scallops, layered with truffles, served with braised artichoke ravioli, chipollini onions, arugula puree and foie gras emulsion.

At the corner of Linton Boulevard and Federal Highway in southern Delray something new — and fresh — may be on the horizon.

According to merchants in the mall now anchored by Carrabbas Italian Grill, Las Vegas Cuban Cuisine, Panera Bread and Seaview Optical, a complete revamp

is planned with the addition of a 20,000-square-foot Fresh Market. Merchants say they’ve been notified of the plans, but mall management referred our call to the owners in Alabama, and neither would comment or confirm. Would be nice to have an alternative grocery option right across the bridge!

Meanwhile, at the north end of Boca, the party continues at Caldwell Theatre Company, even as Artistic Director Clive Cholerton and his brain trust work on a salvation.

The Caldwell owes Legacy Bank nearly $6 million on

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two mortgages. The bank filed for foreclosure, and now the theater’s finances will be controlled by a court-appointed receiver, Scott Brenner of Fort Lauderdale-based Brenner Real Estate Group. Brenner specializes in turning around troubled businesses, and as long as he remains in charge, Legacy will not close it down.

When her tennis game is on, few players want to be across the net from Venus Williams.

Just ask last year’s Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova after her loss at Key Biscayne on March 23 or Aleksandra Wozniak, who had match point two days later and couldn’t convert, and then Ana Ivanovic, who took the first set and then could win only four more games.

Not bad for someone who was diagnosed last year with Sjogren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disorder similar to lupus that causes fatigue and joint pain. But anyone who’s ever watched her play or played against her knows one sure thing: Venus is a fighter.

She took time off from tennis. She adopted a vegan diet. She began a drug regimen to determine which are effective. She has her sights set on qualifying for the Olympics in London. But in June she’ll turn 32, and she knows her competitive days are numbered, so Venus is focusing more on her life away from tennis.

Just as she and sister Serena demolished barriers on the court, she aims to break artistic barriers with V Starr, her decade-old interior design firm in Jupiter. She’s done work for pro athletes who live in South Florida; model homes residences in Delray Beach and Palm Beach Gardens; a Miami hotel; the athletic center at Howard University in Washington and even the set for Tavis Smiley’s PBS show. Nevertheless, it has all been relatively low key, until last month’s grand slam introduction at One Thousand Ocean, luxury 52-unit condo on Boca Raton Resort & Club property on Boca Inlet.

To push the 12 unsold units, LXR President of Development Jamie Telchin threw a party where residents and prospective tenants could mingle in an unfinished penthouse and also see Unit 401, Venus’ contribution to the seascape: 4,971 interior square feet, another 1,289 on the terrace, four bedrooms, 4½ baths and $6.45 million with Venus’ furnishings, $5.95 million without.

For Venus, who studied at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, design is organic and a matter of trust. “V Starr is me and nothing happens that isn’t my style,” she said.

“And my style is that you can’t do something just because you want to. You have to have reason; it has to be functional; it has to be beautiful.”

While she had to start at the bottom, just as she did in tennis, Williams concedes she had some advantages in the

Serena and Venus Williams contend with the breezes on the patio of Apt. 401, the $6.5 million condo Venus decorated at One Thousand Ocean in Boca Raton. Thom Smith/The Coastal Star

design game because of her name.

“Because of my high profile, people say OK we’ll talk to her, but that doesn’t mean they’ll let me do the job,” Williams said.

“But once they meet me and my team and really see the picture, they realize this is really serious design, that we can do the job.”

Asked how much of her competitive nature from tennis did she bring to the design world, Venus answered, “All of it.”

Game on.

It’s festival time. More events than you can shake a stick at, and enough to satisfy just about everyone’s needs. First up is the Palm Beach International Film Festival, although its south county presence is limited this year. The festival opens April 12 at Muvico Parisian in CityPlace with a screening of Robot & Frank, a Sundance entry starring Frank Langella. It wraps April 19 at Cobb Theatres in Downtown at the Gardens with a screening of Sassy Pants (Haley Joel Osment and Anna Gunn).

A lifetime achievement award will be presented to actress June Lockhart at Silver Screen Bash at The Lake Pavilion on the Waterfront in West Palm Beach on April 15.

Lockhart, who became a cult figure as Maureen Robinson in Lost in Space, is 86 and still acting. She co-stars in the comedy Zombie Hamlet, which will have its world premiere at PBIFF. The film also stars Shelley Long, who will attend.

In south county, short films will be screened at the Lake Worth Playhouse’s Stonzek Theatre on April 13, 14 and 15, and at Delray’s Debilzan Gallery on April 15. Several documentaries are scheduled for Mizner Park’s Cultural Arts Center: Money and Medicine and Genius on Hold (April 13); Lunch Hour, Free China: The Courage To Believe, True Gods Have Bones (Los Dioses De Verdad Tienen Huesos), Crocodile in the Yangtze and Happy You’re Alive (April 14); My Mother’s Idea, a student film showcase, John Portman: A Life of Building, Violins in Wartime, Follow Me and a local film showcase (April 15). Tickets are $10, $7 for students and seniors, $60 for the opening night party, $40 for the closer. Festival packages range from $150 to $500. Visit www.pbifilmfest.org.

This year’s Delray Affair, April 13-15, promises to be golden. After all, the postEaster, season-ending street party is celebrating its 50th anniversary. New this year: a Delray Beach history booth and two covered beer gardens with live entertainment at Old School Square. Lots of good free entertainment. Those waxing nostalgic for affairs two decades ago when the hottest local band was InHouse, should drop by the street tent at 11 a.m. Saturday, when exInHousers Gin Blische and Andy Stein take the stage.

The beer tents, by the way, will stay up through April 21 for the Old School BeerFest.

The early evening bash — 4-8 p.m. — will feature more than 50 craft beers, 15 food trucks, and live music with The Dillengers and The Resolvers.

It’s a fundraiser to support free Friday night concerts at Old School Square. Tickets are $30 in advance, $40 at the door; VIP $75 and $85 and space is limited. Call 243-7922.

Across the lawn, the little idea that could is a year old.

Quite frankly, the Arts Garage has taken off, a maelstrom of human expression — art, theater, concerts, movies and of course, artists.

“We were hoping,” Executive Director Alyona Ushe said of the Garage’s success. “ It just speaks to the great need, and to the sophistication of the audience we have here in South Florida. From the beginning it was our plan to attract as many programs as possible, and to be all encompassing. It’s the space itself. It’s warm and cozy, yet edgy. It has its own pulse.”

On April 28, Delray’s Arts Garage will celebrate with a birthday party with food, wine, an auction, saxophonist Ed Calle, cabaret performances

by The Garage Girls and some surprise performers. For tickets — $75 single, $125 per couple — and sponsorships, www.artsgarage.org.

SunFest is just around the corner with an entertainment lineup that includes the Marshall Tucker Band, Snoop Dogg, Herbie Hancock and Counting Crows. Hard to believe this is the 30th festival. Opening in 1983 as a replacement for the Royal Palm Festival, it lasted 10 days, no admission was charged, and

Along the Avenues 7 fans were entertained by the likes of Washboard Bill and the high-wire derring do of Carla Wallenda.

A year later, the buzz was jazz with Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Ramsey Lewis and Herbie Mann, but change was in the wind as the first pop group, The Association, appeared.

The inaugural attracted about 100,000; in 1991, organizers became concerned when crowds exceeded 350,000.

Recent attendance has settled under 300,000 and a day pass is still $30 before April 28, $35 at the gate, and an advance 5-day pass is $61. Rock on.

When the first settlers arrived more than a century ago, the water was a major attraction. That hasn’t changed.

In fact, it may be reinforced with the opening a few weeks ago of Lake Worth’s Snook Islands Natural Area. The project affects 100 acres of wetlands in Lake Worth just east of the Lake Worth PA I D

Municipal Golf Course that were just about ruined in the 1920s. Dredging and filling killed off the mangroves and native wildlife that was replaced by Brazilian pepper and Australian pine.

But thanks to a $1.9 million restoration project, the bad flora is gone, the mangroves and wetland habitats are back, the dredged holes have been filled, seagrass planted and oyster beds created. And the public can take advantage of the improvements thanks to a new 590-foot fishing pier, a 545-foot boardwalk, floating boat docks and kayak launch.

Now, if the city can hold a steady course on the $6.7 million restoration of the beach casino …

Thom Smith is a freelance writer.

Contact him at thomsmith@ ymail.com.

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Continued from page 1 gathering of 100 or so residents eager to hear his plan.

Judging from the reaction of many, a proposal without a firm price tag attached may be a tough sell.

“You’re not giving us anything financially. We’re in limbo,” said resident Lee Moran.

“Why the heck, if someone’s sniffing around here, why don’t they take the risk themselves of getting the zoning (later),” said Sue Alter.

“The concept has merit — to see what the value of the place is,” said Steve French. “But what if we don’t like the average of the appraisals?”

Kean made it clear he isn’t going to take Ocean Land’s approach of making an offer then trying to obtain the zoning to make it profitable.

“We’re not going to get involved in this if Briny can turn around and say no,” Kean said. The appraisals would come from firms agreed to by both sides.

“Ultimately, you’re deciding that Briny is eventually going to sell.”

Of the four developers who made serious proposals six years ago, Kean and Ocean Land were the finalists. After the lengthy interview process, Kean said he told his development team he thought they had hit a home run.

But Ocean Land bumped up their offer by several million and won the day. “Basically, we won the hearts of the people of Briny Breezes but not their pocketbooks,” he said.

The loss turned out to be in Kean’s favor.

Not only was it difficult for Ocean Land to obtain development approvals, but the bottom fell out of the real estate market. “It was very fortunate for us that we didn’t get involved in Briny Breezes,” he said.

Proposal a first for Kean Kean Development has built residential and commercial buildings in New York, Long Island and some in Florida, but “nothing like this,” Kean admitted.

He showed renderings of what he proposed six years ago, saying the climate is better for obtaining permits now because politicians are eager to kickstart new construction.

On the Intracoastal Waterway side of State Road A1A, Kean planned several sets of three-story townhomes, offices, some stores and a parking garage. On the ocean side, the plan called for residential towers going from seven stories near the street to higher near the beach. A hotel with underground parking would be the centerpiece.

He didn’t want the renderings of the towers photographed. “The towers are going to scare the heck out of your neighbors,” he said.

Some residents said that decision is all the more difficult because the corporation that owns the park (residents are shareholders in the corporation) is only now determining what road, seawall, sewage and recreational improvements need to be made to the park if it isn’t sold.

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Caron ordered to pay for extensive records search

By Tim Pallesen

Developer John C. Kean answers questions during a March 16 presentation in the Briny Breezes auditorium. Watching is Joe Aronica of Duane Morris, the law firm retained by the mobile home park to pursue a sale of the property.

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Proposal details

• If approved by the board of directors, shareholders would vote whether to negotiate with Kean Development.

• The proposal would call for Kean to pay the cost of obtaining zoning and development approvals, a twoto three-year process.

• To be negotiated: how three or more appraisals would be obtained and a method agreed upon to determine fair market value of Briny. Kean would buy Briny.

• To be negotiated: whether Briny could cancel the sale after the appraisals and repay Kean for rezoning costs.

• Shareholders would vote on the negotiated agreement (67 percent approval needed).

“How can we decide without knowing what we have to do to Briny?” said Eileen Duffy. “By hiring you to do the zoning, we’re also saying yes to selling Briny.”

And some are no more interested in selling now than they were six years ago. “Take one step now and Briny is gone forever,” said Lee Godby. “I do not believe Briny is a relic of the past. Briny is the future.”

Longtime sale opponent Tom Byrne agreed. “This is an exciting proposal.

But it’s just as exciting to me to sit on my porch and watch the sun go down.” Ú

A judge says the Caron Foundation must pay $27,788 to Delray Beach in a public records request for more than 200,000 emails that Caron wants to investigate in its lawsuit against the city.

Caron wants to review all email communications sent and received by 16 city officials since August 2007 to learn who said what to whom before Delray Beach approved three ordinances to restrict sober housing in February.

“We’re trying to uncover backroom communications between the political machine and elected officials to determine the true intent of the ordinances,” Caron Executive Vice President Andrew Rothermel said.

Caron sued the city in federal court on Feb. 24 to overturn the ordinances that the City Council approved three days before.

Caron followed up on March 27 by requesting a preliminary injunction to allow it to immediately open a sober house at 1232 Seaspray Ave. that the city refused to approve on Feb. 22.

Caron’s attorney Jim Green provided newspaper articles and meeting minutes to bolster that request.

“After going through tens of thousands of documents already, it’s absolutely clear that the city decided to retaliate against Caron for having the gumption to locate a quality home for recovering addicts and alcoholics in an affluent neighborhood east of the Intracoastal,” Green said.

To investigate more, Caron wants the e-mails of the mayor and council members, planning and zoning board members, city manager, city attorney and other officials.

Delray Beach responded to that request by saying the e-mails would cost $21,744 for an in-house attorney to first inspect for exempt and confidential material at a cost of $60.15 per hour for 362 hours, plus another $6,043 for network engineering time.

Caron then sued in state circuit court, calling those costs excessive.

But Circuit Judge Glenn Kelley sided with the city.

“While use of an attorney may not always be appropriate in a public records review, the evidence in this case establishes that the proposed review is reasonable,” Kelley wrote in his ruling. “While the hourly rate for an in-house attorney may be higher than other personnel, this is offset by which the counsel can identify the confidential or exempt materials.”

Kelley also rejected Caron’s request for Delray Beach to assist in obtaining personal cell phone records from the same 16 city officials, ruling that those records are not public.

The city’s victory is the first court ruling in what’s expected to be a long and costly battle that began last December when coastal property owners Rothermel discovered Caron’s plans to open two sober houses for wealthy recovering drug addicts and alcoholics near the ocean.

Some unconvinced

by Caron’s assurances Rothermel explained why Caron came to Delray Beach in a March 16 speech before a members-only Chamber of Commerce meeting.

“Delray Beach is the most attractive community in the country for recovery,” he told a subdued room of Chamber members. “There’s a ton of people in recovery here.”

Unlike sober houses located west of the Intracoastal Waterway, Caron is marketing “a highly sophisticated program for individuals of affluence,” Rothermel said.

Clients will pay more than $50,000 a month to receive treatment in Boca Raton while living in Caron’s sober houses on Seaspray Avenue and at 740 N. Ocean Blvd.

“People are lining up,” he said.

Rothermel described the program’s first client as the topranking executive of a large European company who stayed at the Boca Raton Resort and Club during his 60 days of treatment because the Delray houses aren’t open.

“Because our patients are highly functioning and successful, the impact on this community will be low,” he assured the Chamber members.

“If not for a couple dozen residents on the barrier island making a big fuss about this, you would never know they were here,” Rothermel said. “Let us show you that we’re going to be good neighbors.”

His assurance didn’t satisfy Cary Glickstein, a coastal resident who chairs the city’s planning and zoning board.

“You don’t operate in a neighborhood where you live,” Glickstein told Rothermel at the March 16 meeting. “Don’t you see the hypocrisy?” Ú

Protest signs vandalized

Police were called last month when vandals destroyed about 60 signs that coastal residents had placed in their yards to protest transient housing in their neighborhoods.

About 35 signs were destroyed or stolen March 28 from Seaspray Avenue and two neighboring steets.

Residents replaced them, only to have 25 new signs taken three nights later.

“We want to know who is behind not wanting us to express our right to free speech,” Seaspray resident Ray Jones said.

Police dusted for fingerprints but had no immediate suspects.

“We’ll catch who is doing this,” another resident, Jack Barrette, vowed.

“We’re all watching.”

— Tim Pallesen

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Manalapan

Rowdy beach-goers, nearby gun-play, cause concern

By Steve Plunkett

The intrusion of unwelcome outsiders into Manalapan has only gotten worse in Vice Mayor Donald Brennan’s eyes.

“The beach is a war zone,” Brennan declared at the town’s March 27 commission meeting.

Brennan said an armed robbery in Ocean Inlet Park in December and two more incidents since then also involving guns had him “very, very worried.”

“I personally was recently in a confrontation with somebody on the front of my property who took the position that the beach belongs to everybody and get out of my face,” Brennan said.

“What am I going to do — pack up, go back to my house, call the police? By the time I call the police they’re gone.”

The week before was also disturbing, Brennan said. First he saw law enforcement officials with dogs on chains going through the bushes.

“And then to come back at 10 o’clock at night,” he said, “and be confronted by a group of young people who refuse to move — what’s my choice? Pick up my cell phone when they surround your car, tell them I’m going to call the police when all I want to do is get into

my house, close the gate, double-lock the door and make sure that no one’s coming through it? Not a good thing.”

He said the outsiders break into beach houses and take furniture “to the other end of the beach” to use.

“It is not a safe place to send children down to. The encroachment of a lot of visitors, which are entitled to do it because of the public access at both ends, has created a vastly different climate than what I thought I was investing in here,” he said.

Brennan said he knows townsfolk are weighing the pros and cons of switching to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office for police services, but that any change is months away.

“We’ve got to be doing something now,” he said.

“I think what you’re saying is more boots on the ground 24 hours a day,” Mayor Basil Diamond said.

Diamond noted that the three gun incidents took place south of Manalapan, in the county park or adjoining Ocean Ridge. “But nonetheless that’s too close, no matter what,” he said.

To prevent issues during spring break, the Sheriff’s Office posted special weekend enforcement details at the inlet and on the beach, Police Chief Carmen Mattox said. The extra patrols

Ocean Ridge

Added officer, staff salary adjustment approved

By Margie Plunkett and Tim O’Meilia

The Ocean Ridge police chief has started the search for a new officer to bolster a force the chief said has been understaffed due to a medical leave.

A posting at the town’s website said applications for the position, which has a salary of $47,953, would be accepted until April 20.

The Town Commission, which had said no during the last budget rounds to hiring a police investigator, moved to back Chief Chris Yannuzzi, who argued he couldn’t keep three officers on the road because of the short staff.

The manpower issue arose after news that the officers on Ocean Ridge’s police force successfully negotiated their first contract with the town through collective bargaining.

Commissioners approved the agreement at their meeting early in March.

Under the contract negotiated with the Police Benevolent Association, police officers will receive a $1,000 one-time lump-sum salary adjustment and the town agreed to pay 100 percent of health insurance, including the $2,000 deductible for each.

At the urging of ViceMayor Lynn Allison, commissioners also approved by a 3-2 vote, a one-time

$1,000 boost for 12 town employees.

“We’re appreciative of the police and we’re also very appreciative of our staff,” said Allison. “I’m bringing it back for consideration because I feel very strongly there should be parity between the staff and police.”

The cost of extending the benefits to staff, who did not receive a raise this year, is $12,918.

Those commissioners who opposed the move, however, said the discussion should wait until the next budgetsetting season. “In terms of appreciation, our staff is very well compensated, including wonderful benefits and an excellent total compensation package,” said Commissioner Zoanne Hennigan.

Commissioner Ed Brookes said the decision should wait until budget discussions this summer when positions could be evaluated. Allison and new commissioner Gail Aaskov approved the increase, Hennigan and Brookes opposed it.

Newly elected Mayor Geoff Pugh, who was the swing vote, said the town employees hadn’t had a raise in three years. “I think the people of Ocean Ridge, for $12,000 can handle a one-time bonus, or increase, and be done with it.” Ú he said.

ended March 25.

Brennan said the conflicts extend to the Intracoastal side of Manalapan and the cove near the county park.

“An armada of small boats, young people doing what young people do, have created an atmosphere of confrontation between residents and visitors,” said Brennan, who has lived in town for 12 years. “And this is a dramatic change in what this community was when I came here.”

Commissioner Louis DeStefano, who is separated from the park by just two houses and has been in Manalapan for 21 years, said confrontation is not the answer.

“I’m down on the beach frequently,” he said. “If I don’t say anything to anyone, no one in all of the time I’ve been here — I’ve been on the beach a thousand times — there’s never been a problem.”

DeStefano said other residents may have different expectations of how the non-residents who flock to the cove and beach areas should act.

“Those people by and large don’t bother anyone. They’re families. They get a little rowdy sometimes. They play their music a little loudly,” he said. “I’m not saying there are no problems, but this is a matter of perception.” Ú

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Continued from page 1 increase next year to cover two new police cars and increases in health insurance and pension costs.

The sheriff’s contract would shave this year’s budget by $569,000 if it were in effect now and cut next year’s anticipated costs by $691,000.

“I think we need to look at this with an open mind. We need to make sure the level of service is not diminished,” said Commissioner Zoanne Hennigan, who has begun her own analysis of the finances.

Even if the sheriff’s offer is unrealistically low the first two years and was increased later at twice the rate of Ocean Ridge’s current police budget increases, Hennigan calculated that it take 11 years before the cost of the sheriff’s office would match Ocean Ridge’s.

“It’s the same officers, for the most part, just wearing a different uniform,” she said. She wants to interview officials in other towns who have switched to the sheriff’s office — such as Lake Park, Greenacres and Royal Palm Beach — to see if they are satisfied.

Ocean Ridge Police Chief Chris Yannuzzi was skeptical of the proposed numbers, wondering how a proposal for eight deputies and a lieutenant in Manalapan costs $20,000 more than 10 deputies and a lieutenant in Ocean Ridge.

He also noted there was no

John J. Murphy, an elected county committeeman in New Jersey for 20 years, was sworn in March 27 succeeding Robert Evans in Manalapan’s at-large Seat 2 post. Evans did not seek reelection after serving four years on the commission.

“I’ve always been interested in government and been involved in county and municipal government all my life,” said Murphy, 77, who has lived on Point Manalapan for eight years.

Two other commissioners, Louis DeStefano and Howard Roder, were unopposed for re-election.

Murphy, a college dropout, formerly owned the largest school bus company in New Jersey, where much of the school busing is farmed out to private firms.

He still owns a small taxi and limousine firm. A familiar face at commission meetings, Murphy said the town faces no burning issues, although the town’s water operation is a concern.

“It’s a nice town in which to live and I want to see it stay that way. Stability is very important,” Murphy said. “I’m not looking to blow my own horn, but I can do the job.”

— Tim O’Meilia

PBSO presentations scheduled

Town of Manalapan • 406 residents, 2.4 square miles Manalapan commissioners scheduled a workshop session to discuss the sheriff’s $1.17 million proposal to provide police services for 10 a.m. April 23.

Town of Ocean Ridge • 1,786 residents, 2 square miles Ocean Ridge commissioners set a workshop session for 6 p.m. May 8 to hear a presentation from the sheriff’s office and discuss the $1.15 million proposal. guarantee the town’s officers could shift to the sheriff’s office. Town officers who meet the sheriff’s standards would remain on duty in the town as sheriff’s deputies and operate from the town’s Police Department offices.

But no arrangements were made for the police chief, lieutenant or dispatchers.

Most of the officers would earn more money if they were shifted to the sheriff’s office.

The commission recently approved a 13th police position to move closer to having three officers on the street during every shift. The sheriff’s offer guarantees two.

The town’s deputies would not answer calls at nearby county parks or county pockets, under the contract, except in “exigent circumstances.”

But, Yannuzzi said, it seemed impractical for a deputy to drive from a Military Trail office to answer a call at Ocean Inlet Park when an Ocean Ridge deputy is much closer. He also said the cost of hiring deputies for special events and meetings would likely be higher than shuffling officers as Ocean Ridge does.

“I think it’s premature and

perhaps a little irresponsible to form an opinion now before we’ve even heard the proposal or asked any questions,” Commissioner Ed Brookes said. “The cart is way before the horse.”

Town residents would lose the immediate response by town police to home alarms because the sheriff’s office does not offer that service.

Schenck said that deputies would continue to make “dark house” checks, but that is not spelled out in the proposal and details of code enforcement would have to be worked out.

During last summer’s budget hearings, former Mayor Ken Kaleel asked the sheriff’s office to make a proposal for commissioners to consider.

Either party could cancel the contract by giving notice

by June 30 for termination effective Oct. 1. The town would pay a $250,000 penalty for cancelling in the first year.

As part of the fallout of Ocean Ridge hiring the sheriff’s department, nearby Briny Breezes would lose its $185,000 annual contract for police services from Ocean Ridge. Ú

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Delray Beach

Cottage origins retained in new beachside development

By Christine Davis

Most new homes developed on the ocean are mammoth, fashioned to please buyers looking for ultra luxury estates with umpteen square feet, multiple master suites, dens, libraries, media rooms, what have you.

But that’s nothing like commercial real estate entrepreneur Patrick Lynch had in mind for the new home he’s building for himself at 2225 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach.

He had his eye on an oceanfront parcel with 16 units — single-story vacation homes, called Cote d’Azure, built in 1945. “It was so overgrown, nobody knew they were there,” he said.

“But I didn’t want a mansion.

I thought I’d renovate them, live in one of the units, keep an adjoining cottage for family and friends, rent the rest and create a village atmosphere.”

Neighbor Marc Musa had bought the property in 2002 for $9 million and in June of 2009 his proposal to build an 11-unit primarily glass condominium on the 1.7 acres of oceanfront property was approved by the city. That approved site plan expired in 2010, according to Delray Beach senior planner Candi Jefferson.

“He kept it as rentals, and at one time had wanted to build a

Above: A rendering of Delray Villas by the Sea shows one and two-story cottages. Left: Original cottages are gutted prior to renovation. Rendering provided. Photo: Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star

big mansion on it,” Lynch said.

Instead, Musa put it up for sale, and when “the price came down to where it made sense,” Lynch bought it. Last November, he paid $4.1 million for it, and he immediately started to realize his dream, Delray Village by the Sea. “Patrick called me up and asked me if I would drop over and meet him at his new property,” said Delray Beach architect Roger Cope. “I said, ‘Give me 30 seconds.’

“I was ultra excited when he told me where he wanted to take it.”

Most potential buyers would have knocked everything down and started from scratch, noted Cope, but not Lynch, who had hired Cope previously to renovate and expand his current home, a 1930s-era cottage on Nassau Street in Delray Beach.

“Vintage homes have more character,” Lynch said. “We need to remember the past.

With the mansions that have been built, the face of Delray Beach has changed.”

Cope, who also feels deeply about preservation, added, “We would rather take the bones and the history and the conception that somebody else had for the property in 1945, embrace it and improve on it.

“There’s a very famous city in the Panhandle, Seaside, and we will be a slice of Seaside.”

At first, he and Lynch envisioned two rows of onestory cottages, but the project has evolved, Cope said. Now they plan to alternate between two-story, 1,600-square-foo,t two-bedroom and twobathroom units and one-story, 760-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bath units — 14 units in all — with lots packed into them.

“They are cute,” Cope said.

“We didn’t want homogenous.

We’ll have a multitude of architectural styles, color schemes and materials.”

“Nantucket architecture,” said Lynch. “Anglo Caribbean, British Colonial and Key West styles.

“It was cottage-y before and it will still be cottage-y — tongue-and-groove volume ceilings, balconies, HardeePlank siding.

“Mine will be the Nantucket style and will have marble and wood floors, board-andbatten paneling, wainscoting, portholes, five-tab shingles on my roof. It’s going to be almost mauve — the same color as my house on Nassau Street.”

The buildings will keep to the original footprint, and because the land slopes, second-floor units will capture views of the ocean.

Cope listed other architectural features and details: decorative aluminum shutters, solid mahogany entry doors, ipe-wood decking, along with a sprinkling of sleeping porches, dormers, copulas and fireplaces. The community will have a pool and Lynch will have a pool. “We’ll have whitepicket custom fences with pineapple cutouts,” envisioned Cope. “Each cottage will have a miniature private courtyard and we’ll have three different landscape concepts to go with each unique architectural style and we’ve retained a dune specialist to consult with us on dune vegetation and landscaping.”

So, stay tuned! “We think it will take a good solid twelve months, so they will be ready Ú spring 2013,” Cope said.

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Boynton Beach

Fire Station #1 decision on hold

By Angie Francalancia

Any efforts at moving Boynton Beach’s downtown fire station to Ocean Ridge are “on hold” and may remain so for perhaps months as Boynton Beach continues to try to sell three parcels of property that affect the city’s space needs.

The Boynton Beach City Commission rejected the single bid it got on one of the three parcels and agreed to change the city’s rules for sale of disposable property so it can enlist a real estate broker rather than use only a bid process.

Boynton Beach Fire Chief Ray Carter said the decision means “we’re basically on hold” regarding any moves for Station #1, the primary station for calls from Ocean Ridge.

The move had been discussed late last year as a solution to finding space for Boynton Beach’s cramped police department. And it would insure that the coastal towns that contract with Boynton Beach for fire rescue service retain a fire station able to provide a quick response.

For Boynton, the move was prompted by the possible sale of one of the parcels — a

half-acre property now being used as storage for the police department, Carter said.

Boynton city officials also had been eyeing Station #1 located adjacent to police headquarters in the municipal complex for an enlarged police evidence room, and during budget talks last year, discussed closing the station at Boynton Beach and Seacrest boulevards. That move would have extended response times to parts of Ocean Ridge and Briny Breezes, which contract for fire-rescue services with Boynton Beach.

At the same time the Boynton Commission agreed to try to sell its properties, it agreed to begin discussions with Ocean Ridge to house Station #1 at Ocean Ridge’s Town Hall. Ocean Ridge had sent schematics of its Town Hall building and garage to Carter for analysis.

But that’s where efforts to move Station #1 into Ocean Ridge stalled.

“It’s going to be a lengthy process, if it happens at all,” Carter said. “If we move to Ocean Ridge, their facility needs to be suitable, and it’s not Ú now.”

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Gulf Stream

Tutor calculates life lessons along with math

By Steve Pike

John F. Kennedy once said: “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

Bruce Anderson was living that belief long before JFK entered the White House. The Gulf Stream resident continues to live by those words.

Anderson, who retired from Bell Laboratories some 21 years ago, is providing leadership and learning as a tutor in the math lab at Palm Beach State College’s Lake Worth campus.

It’s a post-retirement job that for the 70-something Anderson is more passion than work. It’s a way of passing on the leadership and learning he’s gathered as a soldier, engineer, world-class sailor and teacher.

The math lab at PBSC is used by students — most of whom are between ages 25 and 35 — to help them prepare for accredited math courses they need to graduate. Anderson is paid a small stipend for the 30 hours per week he’s put in since this past August, but the real reward is helping the students accomplish their goals.

“You’re talking about mature people, many of whom have families and one and sometimes two jobs,” said Anderson, a father of three grown children who lives with his wife, Muriel, whom he affectionately calls “Murt.”

“I’ve long believed that a job without vision is drudgery,” said Anderson, who also is a bit of philosopher, fond of

spinning phrases and short stories that have meaning. “If you can’t see what you’re doing has a meaning and a purpose to it, it’s just grind. These people have a vision and they have a focus on what they want to accomplish. My attitude is, we can’t let people like these fail.”

Failure has never been an option for Anderson, who was introduced to teaching as a graduate student at Ohio State University. Anderson chose grad school over the U.S. Olympic sailing team in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

“I went to school on the G.I. Bill (after serving in the Korean War) and they gave me an instructor’s position in the math department,” Anderson said. “I was the youngest guy in my class. All the other guys were World War II veterans who had stayed in the military.

They wanted to get some grad degrees for the next level.

“It was very satisfying but I had no interest in being a teacher. I was going to be the guy in a gray fall suit.

Corporate America was holding out it arms.”

After working briefly for a small electronics firm, Anderson landed with Bell Labs — the research arm of AT&T. “I was surrounded by exciting people doing exciting things,” Anderson said.

Nothing classified, mind you, although Anderson did work on a project at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, where he was nearly arrested for accidentally walking through the wrong door.

“It was supposed to have been a locked door,” Anderson said with a chuckle. “All of a sudden I was told to get facedown on the ground. I was

Bruce Anderson volunteering at Palm Beach State College.

Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star asked, ‘What are you doing here?’ I told them I was just stretching my legs. Never a dull moment.”

Following his retirement, the Andersons moved from their Morristown, N.J., home to their current home along the Intracoastal Waterway. After she recovered from a severe illness, Murt encouraged her husband to get back into teaching. Bruce Anderson started out his second career at teaching math and physics at Fort Lauderdale Christian High School and then at Pope John Paul High School II in Boca Raton.

“I thought high school was the perfect spot,” Anderson said. “Nobody cares what you did before the age of 15; and by time you’re 25 your life is pretty well fixed. Don’t have to do everything right; you just avoid doing something tragically wrong.

“By the time you are 25, you’re that hobo walking down the railroad track with a stick over his shoulder and a bag at the end of it. That bag

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It was at Pope John Paul in 2006 — his final year — that Anderson led a group of 12 students as they built a working hovercraft. That hovercraft, which the students drove over the football field, serves as the blueprint for Anderson’s teaching philosophy — a real-life lesson of why math is still relevant in today’s age of instant answers.

“When I’m asked the question, ‘Why do I need to know this?’ I can give them an answer other than it’s just in the curriculum,” Anderson said. “What it’s really all about isn’t pushing formulas around the table; it’s how you deal with failure. Are you going to bounce back or throw in the towel?

“When we built the hovercraft, [the students] had to figure out things like thrust over lift, the control system, the safety issues and the building materials. They had to design it and build it.”

And therein lays Anderson’s goals for his student on the PBC math lab — whether they’re in a prep class or a calculus class.

“Calculators today can solve very sophisticated rocket problems,” he said. “What is the force needed to accelerate a projectile up X number of feet?

You can put in some data, push a button and here comes the number. Is that an educated person?

“My view is if you don’t understand what’s happening — force, acceleration, gravity — you don’t really understand the issues. You’re a technician and pushing a button. There’s a need for those people but unless they can understand the problem, what are they going to do if they get a problem that doesn’t fit the algorithm in the computer? Can you really think about it? How do you design something? It requires some pretty sophisticated Ú background.”

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Lab tutors begin teaching math with an attitude change Palm Beach State College helps approximately 3,000 students each term (fall, spring and summer) at the Student Learning Center on its Lake Worth campus. Besides tutoring, the learning center helps its student population (from 120 countries around the world) develop independent learning skills necessary for college success.

The Math Lab has three full-time learning specialist supervisors; nine part-time learning specialists; one developmental lab specialist; two office assistants; and 31 tutors.

“It’s (tutoring) is not for everybody, but if a couple people can get happy with it and make a contribution, then so be it,” said Gulf Stream resident Bruce Anderson, who has served as a tutor in the Math Lab since August.

The Math Lab’s subject matter runs the gamut from noncredit prep work for such things as how to overcome math anxiety and how to study, to credit work to prepare students for upper level courses and graduate work.

“The Math Lab is designed to tutor people one-onone and in small groups,” Anderson said. “We call them ‘mini-classrooms.’ ” One of the lab’s goals, Anderson said, is to get the students — many of whom are between the ages of 25 and 35 — to understand that math is something they can learn and understand, despite what they might think going into the lab.

“We want to change your attitude,” toward math, Anderson said. “I tell them, ‘I guarantee if you put in the effort, we’ll get you across the bridge. I’ll personally make the commitment. I don’t work miracles but I’m here for you.’ ” To become a member of the tutorial staff at the Math Lab, Reading Lab or English Lab at Palm Beach State College, contact Yoshua Carhuamaca in the lab at 561-868-3208.

Each tutor applicant must go through an interview process, and if, accepted, can work up to 30 hours per week at an hourly wage, depending on experience.

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Gulf Stream

Town gets update on utility project delay

By Steve Plunkett Gulf Stream’s project to bury electric and other utility lines is at least two months behind schedule even before a shovel hits the ground.

Consulting engineer Danny Brannon told town commissioners at their March 16 meeting that he is already in the middle of designing the south half of the project, but Florida Power & Light Co. has not designated one of its engineers for the project.

“FPL’s delay in getting us an engineer assigned is going to end up probably costing us two to four months,” Brannon said.

Comcast Corp. and AT&T

Inc. both have designated engineers to work with Gulf Stream, Brannon said.

The town has spent $231,000 so far on the project, he said, and from here on out, “activity is going to be much more intense.”

Putting FPL, cable TV and phone lines underground will occur in two phases, south of Golfview Drive first, then north. Landscaping in the first phase originally was supposed to be removed starting in April and the project finished in September 2013.

Now the finish date could be postponed to January 2014.

Brannon said the overlap of the phases meant the north

half of the project might still be on schedule, with completion targeted for March 2014.

“Do you see prices going up any time soon?” Vice Mayor Joan Orthwein asked.

Brannon said two years ago contractors were bidding low just to stay in business, but many of them have disappeared.

“The ones that did stay have some work, but they don’t have a lot of work,” Brannon said.

“We’re still in a competitive pricing situation.”

Commissioner sworn in Earlier in the meeting, Commissioner Garrett Dering was sworn in to fill the

remaining two years of former Commissioner Chris Wheeler’s term. Dering was appointed to the position in October after Wheeler sold his house in Gulf Stream; no one filed to oppose Dering in the March election.

Town Clerk Rita Taylor quickly administered the oath of office.

“The last time you did this, the next thing you said was here are the issues you need to know about,” Dering joked.

When first chosen, Dering had 17 days to prepare for a vote on subdividing the historic 6-acre Spence property into six single-family parcels. Ú

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Ely said the buyer was attracted to it because of its location. “It’s 200 feet on the ocean in Delray. That says it all,” he said.

Ocean Properties is a familyowned company founded by Tom Walsh, who operates it with his five children. It has 6,000 employees with offices in Delray Beach and Portsmouth, N.H.

The company has a history of purchasing historic hotels near the water during sluggish economies.

Ocean Properties also owns the Highland Beach Holiday Inn and Boston’s on the Beach restaurant in Delray Beach.

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Gumbo Limbo to receive an additional $370,000 for rehab, exhibits Ailing sea turtles won’t have to worry whether they were found the right day of the week to be rehabilitated at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center.

Beach and Park District taxpayers will pony up $120,000 to fund a full-time rehabilitation coordinator along with $250,000 to put educational exhibits at the turtle tanks being installed at the nature center.

District commissioners told their staff to draw up the appropriate papers at their March 22 meeting.

“This is not so much to take care of the sick turtles, which it does do, but rather it promotes the educational objectives of Gumbo Limbo Nature Center,” District Chairman Earl Starkoff said.

Commissioner Dennis Frisch worried that if the beach-park district approved the expenses it would be seen as the “deep pockets” for other requests.

Robyn Morigerato, vice president of the Friends of Gumbo Limbo, said her group raised $250,000 to stock Gumbo Limbo’s tanks with sea creatures.

The second $250,000 infusion from the beach-park district “would transform our new tanks and habitats into a

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Ocean Properties Ltd., which owns more than 100 hotels including 38 in Florida, acquired the beach resort at 1875 S. Ocean Blvd. on Feb. 27, according to property records.

“They’re going to keep it the way it is now,” said Randy Ely, the real estate agent who represented Ocean Properties in the transaction. “Down the road they may remodel or build new.”

Breakers on the Ocean was built in the 1950s and purchased in 1973 by Philip and Nance Bernet.

Bernet, who managed it with her son Marty and daughter Mia after her husband died in 1990, said she decided to sell it so she could spend more time with her grandchildren.

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Sunshine Square renovations moving along

By Angie Francalancia Renovations at Sunshine Square are more than halfway complete, with several new tenants, including a Panera Bread and TD Bank, anticipated for the shopping center at the southwest corner of Woolbright Road and Federal Highway.

The enlarged Publix is expected to open in September with 14,000 more square feet than the old building and a more accessible design, according to spokesperson at Edens, the Columbia, S.C.-based, owners

of the center.

Coastal residents have watched this season as the 148,665-square-foot Sunshine Square underwent its transformation, which included creating a new entry off Woolbright to give the center a main drive and better access to Publix.

The center’s growing pains seem to have affected some merchants and shoppers worse than others, depending upon which part of Sunshine Square they were trying to access. Some seasonal shoppers have been deterred, perhaps by a severe lack

of parking and fear of flat tires during construction, merchants have said.

The new retail building, which will house Panera Bread, is well under construction, but Edens has not named any other tenants who will occupy it. Following its completion, the “main street” and parking will be reconfigured, and lastly the outparcels will be built.

In addition to improving access for both drivers and pedestrians, the developers are giving shoppers more reason to sit on benches and relax a while. The center will

feature an art installation by artist Mark Fuller, whose work dots outdoor locations throughout South Florida, including a few works at Boynton Town Center.

In September, Publix closed, and the old smaller building was demolished.

The new store will be nearly 55,000 square feet.

Meanwhile, the center has welcomed a couple new tenants, including an AT&T store and a DIY Yogurt. TD Bank is expected to fill an outparcel facing Woolbright Road. Ú

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Gail Adams Aaskov (right) shakes hands with Ocean Ridge Town Clerk Karen Hancsak after being sworn in as town commissioner on April 2. Aaskov and incumbent Commissioner Geoff Pugh (rear) were elected to fill two open commission seats. 719 residents cast votes in the March 13 election. During the commission’s reorganization, Vice Mayor Pugh was selected as mayor and Commissioner Lynn Allison was selected vice mayor.

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New group aims to educate riders, drivers and walkers on A1A

By Steve Plunkett A new task force aims to smooth relations between pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists along coastal A1A. Highland Beach police Lt. Eric Lundberg got the idea after realizing that communities as far south as Pompano Beach and north to Ocean Ridge face similar problems keeping the peace along their main highway.

Besides crosswalks and bicycles, “Every community has their different variation of motorists as well,” Lundberg

said. “You can have some elderly motorists; you have people from out of state, out of country.”

He has met with colleagues from neighboring Boca Raton and Delray Beach, and Gulf Stream and Ocean Ridge as well as Deerfield Beach, Hillsboro Beach and Pompano Beach from Broward County’s coast.

The group’s first goal is to plant flashing message boards on A1A in each municipality, so drivers, cyclists and walkers will see them “no matter where you transit,” Lundberg said.

Delray Beach already has one,

just north of Linton Boulevard, and lent another to Highland Beach in February.

“It’s going to be a repetitive thing,” Lundberg said.

“It’s basically so everybody’s on the same sheet of music,” Lt. Hal Hutchins of the Ocean Ridge Police Department said.

Highland Beach returned its loaner message board and on March 27 set up a smaller, company-demo version on A1A. “Share the road! Vehicles must give 3 feet distance to bikers.

Bicycles may not ride more than two abreast,” it flashes.

Lundberg said education is the task force’s main purpose.

“There will be elements of enforcement, of course, but what we’re targeting is to educate all the different variations of motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians in what the laws are and what each has as far as their responsibilities,” he said.

“We’re very lucky we don’t have collisions between the

different groups,” Hutchins said.

The group hasn’t picked a formal name, but is leaning toward Broward-Palm Beach Coastal Community Traffic Coalition. They hope to meet at least quarterly and have invited the Florida Department of Transportation, which has jurisdiction over A1A, and the west Boca Raton-based Dori Slosberg Foundation, which promotes traffic safety, to their April meeting. Ú

South Palm Beach

Town tries to sway no-voters on beach protection

By Tim O’Meilia

With plans for a $15 million to $25 million breakwater project to protect South Palm Beach’s eroding beaches dead in the water, town officials are trying an old-fashioned political method to resuscitate the plan — lobbying.

When Palm Beach County commissioners killed the plans in February for a Singer Island jetty and breakwater project, a proposal to install breakwaters and groins along a 1.3-mile stretch from Palm Beach through South Palm Beach to the Lantana beach died as well.

The county was partway through an $850,000 environmental impact study when the commission voted 4-3 to halt more work. South Palm Beach pays 20 percent of the study and has paid $111,000 over the past five years for erosion work.

With help from County Commissioner Steven Abrams already assured, town officials are taking aim at nay-voters.

Mayor Donald Clayman said he button-holed Commissioner Shelley Vana, who voted to kill the project, during Lantana’s Last ____ Over the Bridge parade last month.

He said she gave him a smile and a hug.

Town Manager Rex Taylor said the environmental study is 75 percent complete. “If you want to do anything in the future, you need the study.

It has a long shelf life. It can always be updated,” he said.

The county has halted dune restoration projects along the beach as well, because the sand washes away nearly as quickly as it’s placed.

“We’re in a crisis situation here,” said Councilwoman Bonnie Fischer, who lives in the Imperial House, which had to rebuild its seawall last winter.

Taylor said: “We feel the County Commission didn’t understand the length and breadth of what they did.”

In other business at the March 27 meeting: • Council members Stella Jordan and Robert Gottlieb were sworn in to new two-year terms by U.S. District Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley. Both were unopposed. Joseph Flagello was unanimously chosen to remain vice mayor.

• Council members passed an updated set of fees and charges for building permits, inspections, parking tickets and business taxes. Jordan had urged revision of the fees to cover the town’s administrative costs. Latest permit fee to install a satellite dish: $75. Ú

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Mrs. and Mr. Charles A. Mullen (left), Mr. and Mrs. William M. Plum Jr., Mrs. and Mr. A. H. Harris, Mrs. and Mr. John W. Spinner and Mrs. and Mr. William Rebuth at the club’s gala opening in 1969. Photo from a club newsletter

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tennis.”

They can do that at the club, too, and have dinner with that same stunning ocean view.

Members have different reasons for coming to the private member-owned club, which sits on 3.5 acres of postcard-pretty ocean front property at 2001 S. Ocean Blvd.

“We have a slogan ‘Something for everyone.

Something for you,’ ” said club manager Shane Peachey. Some come to splash in the pool, paddle-board, kayak, play tennis, swim in the ocean, play bridge, participate in the book club. Some come to dine formally in the dining room, or more casually in the Grille Room.

Some come for musical performances, children’s programs, to work out in the gym or have a massage. And they come for the parties, which are very popular.

Amazingly, Peachey said, the club’s 490 members (and another 140 or so as summer members) divide up pretty evenly for the various activities. “You can always get a dinner reservation.”

Marlis Hadeed, who lives nearby in Highland Beach, says she joined for the tennis program.

“I can’t play anymore because I’m facing foot surgery,” Hadeed said. She plays bridge at the club twice a week and, as former president of FAU’s University Club, has hosted several luncheons there, as well.

Financial adviser Louise Glover, a Delray Beach native, started off with a summer membership after her son, Slane, was born six

years ago.

“They have such good children’s activities and kids camps,” she said. “They have a little playground. Slane has friends there.” She and her husband, John, have hosted birthday parties at the club and insists the club “is a destination for the holidays,” with first-rate entertainment.

Founders got traction early

Phyllis Spinner, a Delray Beach resident since 1955 and one of the club’s first members, can relate. The club was a godsend when she was raising her three children in the early days of the Delray Beach Club, she says. Many hours were spent poolside.

“In those days Atlantic Avenue had the Arcade Tap Room and Patio Delray, not all the many restaurants it has now,” she said.

“During those early years, club members spent countless hours in the club’s original Grille Room, a smaller more intimate version of its current incarnation. It was, she said, a “cozy, informal room open late at night” and members enjoyed countless hours socializing as a piano player entertained.

Spinner’s late husband, John W. Spinner (everyone called him “Jack”), was instrumental in founding the club in 1969. He practiced law on Atlantic Avenue for 43 years and was the son of a prominent Delray Beach developer, Fred Spinner, who at one time owned a large portion of beachfront property.

Jack Spinner and close friend Bill Plum worked together to start the club. Many of the

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Joy Banton of Delray Beach (left) and Sherry Wolfang of Highland Beach celebrate their win after coming from behind in a doubles tournament in March at the Delray Beach Club. Weekend events tend to draw a large crowd of friends and onlookers, like the audience below. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star 10 investors came from Pine Tree Golf Club, where Spinner was a member.

Plum, a pharmacist who had sold his two apothecary shops and medical supply stores and had experience in the banking business, and Spinner, an avid golfer who persuaded many of his Pine Tree friends to invest in the beach club, flew to Baltimore to talk to contractor and land owner Charles A. Mullen about building a beach club on land he owned.

In an effort to gauge interest in starting the club, the men put out one advertisement, Plum, who is now in the real estate business, said. “We got over 150 $200 checks (toward a $500 initiation fee) from people who were interested in joining.” This was before a site had even been finalized.

“By the time the club opened, we had 300 memberships,” Plum said. “It was phenomenal.”

“It took a lot of nerve, time and hard work,” Plum said, “and we had it. The three of us were a good mix.”

Mullen bought and developed the club which was designed by architect Samuel Ogren Jr. Plum was the first manager. The first gala dinner dance was held on Feb. 16, 1970, after construction on the 23,000-square-foot, two-story clubhouse was complete.

Kenyon Investment Group of Greensboro, N.C., purchased the club in 1978, and in 1980, the club became member-owned.

Members find it friendly, caring

Before the club’s $5 million renovation in 2006, summer members Ron Nyham and his wife decided to become full-time members.

“We wanted to participate in voting for and

‘We have an unofficial slogan here that the Delray Beach Club will change your life. It’s a social club.

It’s a place to go for friendships.’

— Ron Nyham supporting it,” Nyham says. The club, he says, is making changes needed to propel it into the future.

“The demographics are changing,” he said.

“I’ve seen a sea of change with more younger members. It’s a much more kid-friendly place.

“We have an unofficial slogan here that ‘the Delray Beach Club will change your life.’ It’s a social club. It’s a place to go for friendships.”

Charles “Buck” Atherton, the new club president, takes it a step further.

“The Delray Beach Club saved my life,” he says. “I went into cardiac arrest on the tennis courts seven years ago and wouldn’t be here today if there weren’t a defibrillator 20 feet away and a waitress trained to use it.”

The life-saving device was purchased by five members in honor of a woman who lost her husband in a similar incident. Paramedics told her at the time her husband might have been saved had there been a defibrillator available.

The five members wanted to make sure a device was at the club the next time something like that happened — and they didn’t want to wait.

“Turns out, the next time was me,” Atherton said. “I’d do anything for this club after what they did for me. I’ve never seen such friendly Ú people in all my life.”

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Lantana

Town seeks manager after Bornstein takes Lake Worth job

By Mary Thurwachter

A week before Lake Worth commissioners unanimously chose Lantana Town Manager Mike Bornstein as the new city manager, colleagues in Lantana braced themselves for his probable departure.

Mayor Dave Stewart said he knew the day would come when Bornstein, town manager for 12 years, would move on.

“Don’t get a big head over this, Mike, but over the past four or five years, our town was not of the size to have the tax base to pay him (Bornstein) what he’s worth,”

Stewart said during the March 12 council meeting.

Bornstein, who will begin his Lake Bornstein Worth job on April 16, received a $97,000 salary in Lantana, on the low end of what town managers are paid in the county. He’ll earn $135,000 in Lake Worth. Bornstein, 48, will also receive a $500-a-month car allowance, a cell phone,

and the city will cover his professional association dues and travel expenses for travel to conferences.

At the council’s meeting on March 26, Stewart said the town would accept applications for town manager through April 6.

A short list of applicants would be ready by the April 9 council meeting and the council, which voted itself to serve as the selection committee, will interview top candidates during a special session starting at 9 a.m. on April 13.

Stewart anticipates a decision will be made on

April 13, however, if more time is needed, another meeting will be held on April 16.

The town hopes to introduce the new manager at the April 23 meeting.

For the short time between Bornstein’s departure and the new manager’s arrival, former Lantana Police Chief Rick Lincoln will serve as temporary manager, Stewart said.

Bornstein began working for Lantana 12 years ago as director of development services. He became town manager two years later.

Council members praised

him as a consensus builder and innovative thinker.

“I think Mike Bornstein is the best thing that happened to this town,” council member Lynn Moorhouse said at the March 12 meeting.

“Who would have thought to send coconuts to Washington, D.C., to save the post office?”

He also praised Bornstein for his efforts in recreating the Barefoot Mailman’s trek and coming up with Lantana Lou Day (Lantana’s answer to Groundhog Day) to promote the town.

“We’ll miss him and his inventiveness,” Moorhouse said. Ú

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With plans for a $15 million to $25 million breakwater project to protect South Palm Beach’s eroding beaches dead in the water, town officials are trying an old-fashioned political method to resuscitate the plan — lobbying.

When Palm Beach County commissioners killed the plans in February for a Singer Island jetty and breakwater project, a proposal to install breakwaters and groins along a 1.3-mile stretch from Palm Beach through South Palm Beach to the Lantana beach died as well.

The county was partway through an $850,000 environmental impact study when the commission voted 4-3 to halt more work. South Palm Beach pays 20 percent of the study and has paid $111,000 over the past five years for erosion work.

With help from County Commissioner Steven Abrams already assured, town officials are taking aim at nay-voters. Mayor Donald Clayman said he button-holed Commissioner Shelley Vana, who voted to kill the project, during Lantana’s Last ____ Over the Bridge parade last month.

He said she gave him a smile and a hug.

Town Manager Rex Taylor said the environmental study is 75 percent complete. “If you want to do anything in the future, you need the study.

It has a long shelf life. It can always be updated,” he said.

The county has halted dune restoration projects along the beach as well, because the sand washes away nearly as quickly as it’s placed.

“We’re in a crisis situation here,” said Councilwoman Bonnie Fischer, who lives in the Imperial House, which had to rebuild its seawall last winter.

Taylor said: “We feel the County Commission didn’t understand the length and breadth of what they did.”

In other business at the March 27 Town Council meeting: • Council members Stella Jordan and Robert Gottlieb were sworn in to new twoyear terms by U.S. District Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley.

Both were unopposed. Joseph Flagello was unanimously chosen to remain vice mayor.

• Council members passed an updated set of fees and charges for building permits, inspections, parking tickets and business taxes. Jordan had urged revision of the fees to cover the town’s administrative costs. Latest permit fee to install a satellite dish: $75. Ú

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McDuffie running for elections supervisor

Delray Beach Mayor Nelson “Woodie” McDuffie is running for the seat of Palm Beach County supervisor of elections.

McDuffie filed March 22 to run against current supervisor Susan Bucher of Boynton Beach for the next four-year term.

On Delray Beach’s City Commission since 2007, McDuffie became mayor in 2009. He is currently manager of information technologies for the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser and has 42 years of experience in IT. McDuffie’s announcement followed the March election tally in Wellington that incorrectly called two winners. The error has been attributed to a computer glitch.

“Our citizens deserve to have confidence that our voting process is being

safeguarded and properly managed. In addition, for too long Palm Beach County has had a blemished record of voting that has embarrassed the residents of our county and put us in a negative spotlight that hurts our county’s image, our economy and our integrity,” McDuffie said in a news release.

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The town also chose a Kindle Fire e-book reader as a goingaway present.

A substitute went to fill in at the library but Kunkle sent her back, saying she would not be attending, Town Manager Linda Stumpf said.

Kunkle also clarified that

she had resigned, not retired, Stumpf said.

Kunkle was librarian since 2005 and volunteered at the library before that, Diamond said. She also was the first editor of the town’s newsletter.

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Global warming, rising sea levels and storms all add up to odds of flooding that will redraw the map of Florida from the bottom up, according to the report, impacting mainland as well as barrier island communities. And while Palm Beach County may stay drier longer, data from the report show the odds that flooding will affect residents from South Palm Beach to Boca Raton in next two decades.

Interactive maps released with the Surging Seas report

by Climate Central, a nonprofit research and education group, show the estimated effects of rising sea levels to more than 3,000 coastal towns, cities, counties and states in the contiguous United States during the next century, with storms bringing flooding from 1 to 10 feet above mean high tide level.

More than half of the population in the line of floodwaters live in Florida. Miami Dade is most at risk for flooding, with Broward County right behind it. The next neighbor up, Palm Beach County, however, is not even among the top 10 most flood-prone counties.

“A small amount of elevation makes a big difference when it’s so flat,” said Ben Strauss, Climate Center director on the Surging Seas project.

According to the maps, at http://sealevel.climatecentral. org/, Boca Raton, the county’s southernmost coastal town, would feel the greatest impact from storm surges in this area.

The reports data predict 1,212 Boca Raton homes would be vulnerable to flooding from a 3-foot storm surge that has a 1-in-6 chance of occurring by 2030. The area faces 1-in-2 odds of such a surge by 2050.

That is just one factor determining the numbers of people and homes that would be affected — with population density, building height and nearness to the shoreline adding to, or ameliorating, risks.

A climb up the interactive map illustrates the risks, with 525 homes in Highland Beach — or 15 percent of its housing — threatened with flooding in a 3-foot surge. Delray would have the second highest number of homes facing flooding, with 1,081 homes 3 feet or less above the mean high tide line.

Low-density Gulf Stream would have 73 homes in the line of flood waters, while the more crowded neighboring town of Briny Breezes would see flooding 294 homes, or 37 percent of its housing.

While 150, or 10 percent, of Ocean Ridge homes would be affected by a 3-foot surge, life on the mainland has its own risks, the maps show, with 649 homes in the way of waters rising from canals and the Intracoastal in Boynton Beach within the next two decades. Maps for Lantana and Manalapan show Hypoluxo Island vulnerable on all sides. In Lantana, 290 homes are less than 3 feet above mean high tide, and in Manalapan 21 homes would be affected, according to the maps.

And while sea walls, such as those that line the entire oceanfront side of South Palm Beach, may offer protection, they present a problem as well, Strauss said.

“It’s impossible to build a sea wall that will work in the long term.” And, he added, “New Orleans and Katrina showed us, once that is breached, it is harder to move water out.”

Surging Seas data predict 113 South Palm Beach homes, or 8 percent of the town’s housing, would be affected by a 3-foot storm surge.

“In the long term, the map of Florida is going to be redrawn,” Strauss said. “In the near term, we’re going to see more and more floods go higher and higher.”

The response, he said, “It’s a question of what our tolerance for risk is.”

Homeowners can respond by literally raising their properties with higher foundations, an expensive but not impossible proposition. They also can consider moving their valuables elsewhere, and keeping a pump handy.

Communities can consider the report’s findings and other data, when planning, he said.

In principle, Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council already does, said Michael Busha, the council’s executive director, discouraging further development of barrier islands, investments in new infrastructure that encourages development in barrier islands, and encouraging public beach access.

On a larger scale, the report may cause individuals and communities to take an active interest in environmental policies that may slow climate change, and sea level rise, Strauss said.

“But a lot of increase is already baked in the cake,” he added. “We won’t be able to avoid it.” Ú

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By Margie Plunkett

Delray Beach’s valet parking system will escape a comprehensive overhaul, but will be tweaked to address issues raised by commissioners and staff.

“As far as I’m concerned, from what I understand with the stakeholders downtown, they’re happy with the way it works,” said Mayor Woodie McDuffie at a March workshop meeting.

Commissioners voted to modify some of the requirements of valet licensing at their April 3 meeting, including signage, valet shirt logo, year-round operation and 3-year contracts with annual inceases.

The valet system has been among several parking factors under consideration, along with metered downtown parking and other ideas contained in the working parking study.

Two charrettes were held this year to collect input on parking from merchants and restaurateurs.

City parking specialist Scott Aronson presented valet options to commissioners at the meeting, noting that the current system — operated by restaurants that contract with valet firms — includes 10 valet stations. The fees

Early birds could get break on beach parking Residents could catch a parking break at the beach if Delray Beach follows through on a suggestion by Commissioner Tom Carney.

Carney’s recommendation would push back the start of metering of beach-area parking about an hour and a half on Monday through Thursday mornings, effectively giving residents a break.

Currently, motorists must start feeding the meters at 8 a.m., but under Carney’s recommendation that would move to 9:30 a.m.

While anyone parking in the area would benefit, Carney reasoned that those who would be most impacted were nearby residents who might want to park to get a coffee or walk on the beach. The change would not apply to beach area parking Friday through Sunday, which may see metering start at 7 a.m. instead of 8 a.m.

Even if the metering hours ultimately change, motorists parking in the area will still be held to a two-hour time limit.

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Downtown valet parking changes are afoot that are charged to motorists were recently capped by the commission at $10. Valet queue fees are $125 monthly for each parking space east of the Intracoastal and $100 on the west of the waterway.

Restaurateurs have said that the valet stands are loss-leaders that cost an estimated $25,000 to $40,000 to run annually, according to Aronson.

The parking study recommended re-evaluating queue locations, creating uniformity among valets, improving public access awareness and exploring other options, according to Aaronson.

Given the options of going out with request for proposals for valet services or the city operating valets, commissioners stayed with

the current system.

The commission voted to make changes after the Parking Management Advisory Board, at its March 27 meeting, voted to recommend several of the “tweaks” to the system, including: • Valet-queue signage must include the words open to the public • The logo of the lessee — the restaurant company running the queue — must be on the valet shirt.

• The stand must operate year-round.

• Parking required under the licensing agreement will be under the name of the licensee.

• Valets will operate under three-year leases with a 3 percent annual increase in the queue fee they pay, beginning

in the spring of 2013.

Aronson’s recommendation differs and would bump the first annual increase up to 5 percent.

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MANALAPAN — Natalie C. Marcon, a devoted wife and mother whose bright disposition and strong faith carried her through recent years of medical tribulations, died March 1.

She was 69.

Although it was cancer that claimed her life, Mrs. Marcon’s husband, Fred, said his wife had experienced life-changing complications from routine hip replacement surgery about four years ago. Eventually, Mrs. Marcon had more than a dozen

surgeries in an attempt to get back to full health.

Then, about six months ago, she developed pancreatic cancer, he said.

“The things I loved about her manifested themselves through her illness, her death and her ceremony,” he said. “She was clearly the most caring, giving, God-fearing person I had ever met.”

Known by the nickname of “Pinky,” Mrs. Marcon was born May 1, 1942, in Chicago. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Miami, but returned to Chicago frequently to visit family.

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carnival during one of those family visits. The next year, she returned to study nursing and the two were married on Aug. 25, 1962.

Through the early years of her marriage, Mrs. Marcon managed the couple’s home and five children while her husband managed his burgeoning career. Eventually, the family moved from Flossmoor, Ill., to Ridgewood, N.J., outside Manhattan, where Fred Marcon became president and CEO of Insurance Services Office, Inc., which provides analysis for commercial and personal insurance.

When Fred Marcon retired as CEO of the company in 2003,

the couple began splitting their time between Fish Creek, Wis., and Ocean Ridge, he said.

Then, about four years ago, Fred Marcon said they “found a delightful lot and built this home,” where they lived in Manalapan.

“It was too bad that she didn’t live to enjoy it,” he said.

While her final years were indeed a struggle, they were also filled with the peace of family, her husband said. Mrs. Marcon traveled frequently, mostly to spend time with her children and grandchildren.

Her five children are: Michael, Tony, Michelle, Alison and Mark and live in California, Illinois, New Jersey

and Massachusetts. Nine grandchildren also survive her.

As the end drew near, Fred Marcon said his wife was thinking of the grandkids, remembering promises she’d made. She’d told their granddaughter, Carmen, she would take her to Paris; she’d promised two grandsons a trip to Normandy. Now, says Fred Marcon, he’ll make those trips in her stead. “I promised I would do that,” he said.

Services for Mrs. Marcon were held last month in Chicago Heights, Ill. The family asks that any memorials be sent to the Catholic religious order of Fraternite Notre Dame, 2290 First Ave., New York, NY10035.

Miriam H. Knapp

By Emily J. Minor

MANALAPAN — Miriam H. Knapp, a renowned sculptor who adored her family, oldschool manners and the magic of stage ballet, died March 20 after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer over the summer.

She was 77.

Born in Paris to the late Selma and Maxime Levy Hermanos, Mrs. Knapp never lost her love for European charm and manners. A graduate of the Dalton School, Bennington College and Columbia University — where she received a master of arts in French literature — Mrs. Knapp kept homes in both New York City and Manalapan.

When she died, she had been married to her husband, Dr. Robert Knapp, for 56 years and together they had three children and five

grandchildren.

Jennifer McGrath, who grew to know and love Mrs. Knapp through McGrath’s work as program director for Hearing the Ovarian Cancer Whisper — a prominent fundraising and awareness arm for ovarian cancer research — said Mrs. Knapp always filled every room with charm.

“She was the most gracious and genuine person I had ever met,” McGrath said.

Dr. Knapp is known as one of the two co-inventors of the CA-125 test, a procedure used to detect ovarian cancer.

“The way she treated a stranger, with such poise,” said McGrath, who would often visit the couple’s home on business.

“You could tell immediately that she was a woman of integrity.”

During her sculpting career, Mrs. Knapp worked with a wide range of materials, including steel — which was unusual for that time. “She was kind of out-of-the-box for

doing that,” McGrath said.

And Mrs. Knapp favored massive works, including three famous pieces that are still in prominent display at the State University of New York in Brooklyn, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and the Ritz Carlton Palm Beach in Manalapan.

The Ritz piece is located just outside the hotel’s spa area, and is quite spectacular.

Besides sculpting, Mrs. Knapp was a great lover of ballet. A longtime supporter of the Miami City Ballet, Mrs. Knapp had served on the company’s Palm Beach board of trustees for nearly a decade.

Besides her husband, the couple’s three children survive her: Louise Iyengar, Jennifer Crawford and Michael Knapp.

Services were held in New York City, and the family asks that any memorials in her honor be sent to: Miami City Ballet, 2200 Liberty Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139.

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DELRAY BEACH — Barbara Banta Gracey, 89, a long-time Delray Beach resident, devoted mother and grandmother and volunteer for many local causes, died March 9 in Delray Beach.

Her death came four years to the day after the death of her husband of 59 years, Matthew Gracey.

Born in Newfane, N.Y., on Oct. 14, 1922, Mrs. Gracey cherished time spent with family and friends.

She loved St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, her volunteer work at Bethesda Hospital and the Turnover Shop, her friends at Sewing and Supper Club, the Colony Cabana Club, walking on the beach, reading and especially being with each grandchild.

“In her later years, our mother’s priorities were her

grandchildren,” said her daughter, Barbara Gracey Backer, of coastal Delray Beach. “She gave them the gift of her undivided one-on-one attention. They adored her for it. What a legacy — the gift of time!”

Added Mrs. Gracey’s son, Matthew Gracey Jr.: “She was a very devoted mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend as well as giving generously of her time and energy to any number of Delray’s institutions.”

Mrs. Gracey grew up in the suburbs of Buffalo, N.Y. Following the death of her parents, she lived with her aunt Florence Boughton, whose family owned the Colony hotels in Kennebunkport, Maine, and Delray Beach.

Mrs. Gracey was working in the gift shop at the Colony Hotel in Delray Beach where she met Matthew Gracey, who had come to Delray Beach

with his family after World War II. Mr. Gracey worked at his family’s nearby company, Gracey Bros. insurance and real estate. They wed in 1948.

Mrs. Gracey is survived by her children Barbara G. Backer (Ronald); Matthew Gracey, Jr.; all of Delray Beach; and daughter Susan J. Gracey of Little Rock, Ark. She is also survived by grandchildren John G. Backer, Ian T. Gracey, David C. Backer, Katherine G. Backer and Stuart H. Gracey.

The family wishes to thank the Rev. William “Chip” Stokes and the Stephen Ministers at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church for their spiritual care, as well as Mrs. Gracey’s caregivers Beryl, Elpher, Michelle and Rhoda.

A memorial service was held March 15 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church or the American Cancer Society.

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“The truth is, after Rema and I had our baby daughter, Rema would take the baby out in the stroller and the sidewalk ended on A1A and didn’t continue to the inlet. It was frustrating because she couldn’t get to the beach or the inlet. She wrote a letter to the commission, and they approved an extension of the sidewalk,” Ken Kaleel said.

One step leads to another, so to speak…

Certainly, Kaleel is no stranger to community service organizations, boards, committees and such. (See his favorite quote below.)

“That was given to me when I was in the Boynton Beach Rotary,” he said. “Those words certainly make sense, and they are easy.”

Involvement in that organization “led to a lot of chairs,” he explained. Along with being a chairman and Paul Harris Fellow with the Rotary, he was the founding chairman of the Devos-Blum YMCA of Boynton Beach, chairman of the trustees of the YMCA of South Palm Beach County, past chairman of the Boynton Beach Chamber of Commerce and past chairman of the St. Mark Catholic School. He was also a past president of the Palm Beach County League of Cities and a board member of the Florida League of Cities. Currently, he’s on the board of Gulf Stream School, the Bethesda Hospital Foundation and the YMCA of South Palm Beach County.

In Ocean Ridge, he was appointed commissioner in 1996, was on the Board of Adjustment and the planning and zoning board before that, and became mayor in 1998. With all that going on, challenges blend in to one another.

“There were a lot of changes that took place during my term as mayor and just pushing those things through was challenging.

With the Town Hall, Ocean Ridge did not own any land other than the piece that the building sat on. Gathering up the land around the building (which was falling apart), that was a challenge.

And the storm water — we had several bouts of flooding where the water was higher than the cars. We knew we had to do something. They were both challenges. The wildlife preserve on A1A and Woolbright — that was another challenge. Now that’s a very nice area that doubles as a storm water drainage basin.”

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Ken Kaleel, 51, served as mayor of Ocean Ridge from 1998 to 2012. He and his wife, Rema, have three children, Jacqueline, Nicholas and Alexandra. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star and head down a path was another challenge. That’s why he created Focus 2000. “It was developed to get several residents and all the boards together in one meeting for a retreat, to develop goals, then, for the following 10 years, we pushed those things forward.

It’s been a guiding principle.”

Consensus is essential, he said, and to that end, facts must come out, goals defined, and peoples’ emotions must be dealt with, he noted.

As of early April, Kaleel stepped down as mayor because it was time, he said, but he can see that he might return to government in some form later.

Being mayor made him realize that democracy takes a lot of work, he said. “It’s not something given to you and it has to be respected.

You cannot always listen to the loudest voice or voices because there’s a whole chorus of people who are quiet — they feel strongly but don’t sing the loudest and everyone must be represented.

“Listening is very important, but ultimately you have to make a judgment.

Sometimes you are right and sometimes you are not.

But people tell me that they realize that I’ve thought issues through and looked at both sides. It’s important to think about all aspects and not be narrow minded, that’s for sure.”

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

A. I grew up in Canfield, Ohio. I went to a public school

and then on to Ohio State University, where I graduated with a degree in business administration.

I worked after college for a couple of years and then went to the University of Miami School of Law. Growing up in the Midwest, in a small town, instilled a deep sense of family and community values.

develop the Thompson Street Natural Preserve, which was initially designed on a napkin.

There are number of other items that we were able to successfully complete through the efforts of residents and the efforts of past commissioners and town staff and residents.

The past 16 years have been an exciting time of change for Ocean Ridge.

Q. What professions have you worked at outside of public service? What professional accomplishments are you most proud of?

A. I am attorney by profession. In the past I have had ice cream stores, drove 18-wheel trucks and worked in sales.

Q. What advice do you have for a young person selecting a career today?

A. The best advice I can give to a young person selecting a career is to do what you love to do. Follow your passion as long as it makes some economic sense.

Q. What was your favorite part about being mayor of Ocean Ridge for so many years? What were your major accomplishments while in office?

A. My favorite part of being mayor of Ocean Ridge was the ability to work with people to try and improve the town.

My major accomplishments include the initiation and development of Focus 2000, which set the stage for vast improvements to the town; obtaining the land from National Wildlife on the corner A1A and US 1, which ultimately became a combined stormwater drainage basin and preserve; implementation of the stormwater drainage project; pursued the land acquisition of property surrounding Town Hall; building of the new Town Hall and worked with Palm Beach County to

Q. How did you choose to make your home in Ocean Ridge?

A. My wife and I were living in Boca Raton when a Realtor introduced me to Ocean Ridge in 1989. As fate would have it, we purchased the home from two professors from Ohio State University represented by the Realtor whose husband I ultimately replaced on the commission.

Q. What is your favorite part about living in Ocean Ridge?

A. My favorite part about living in Ocean Ridge is that there is no place in Palm Beach County with the diverse small-town feel so close to the ocean and parks.

I think we have more natural public space per capita than any other coastal community.

Further, the people in our town are great! We have a diverse population with

older residents and younger families. I have made a lot of friends in Ocean Ridge. It is a wonderful community.

Q. What do you feel is the single most difficult decision the town will have to make in the next five years?

A. Although I believe all of the “heavy lifting” has been completed, the town will still have to deal with the constant pressure of growth on the barrier islands, including the development of Briny Breezes, the consolidation of services such as police, fire and other public services.

Q. What music do you listen to when you need inspiration? When you want to relax?

A. As for inspirational music, I like any music that instills hope and the promise of a better tomorrow. Music that I relax by is Jimmy Buffett.

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

A. I keep the Rotary Four Way Test on my desk: “Is it truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build good will and better friendships?

Will it be beneficial to all concerned?” My next favorite quote that I tell my children is “You are a product of the company that you keep.”

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

A. As for an actor to play me in a movie, my wife would want George Clooney. I would want Clint Eastwood. I would probably get Will Ferrell.

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Island businesses can fulfill many of residents’ needs With the closing of the Ocean Avenue Bridge in Lantana on March 19, residents along the coast will likely find themselves turning more to the businesses along A1A. They will neither go hungry nor be underdressed, nor will they need to cross the water for gas or to pick up a surfboard, have their hair done, get Fifi groomed or work out.

Here are the businesses that have indicated they will remain open along A1A. The bridge is expected to be closed for at least 22 months.

— Jan Norris

Café Cellini is hidden away in the bottom of The President condo in south Palm Beach, but continental diners seek it out for its elegant atmosphere and classic service.

The Four Seasons has three restaurants — on the patio is the upscale-casual Bistro, and inside, the main fine-dining room, The Restaurant. Chef Darryl Moiles oversees the contemporary menus there.

Street foods from around the world are given Moiles’ treatments at the Atlantic Bar and Grill, an alfresco space overlooking the ocean.

Malcolm’s is the renamed restaurant at the Omphoy, and a new chef, Michael Wurster

of New York, has been named the executive chef.

The Dune Deck on the beach in Manalapan is an option for breakfast or lunch, with a Greek salad and Greek yogurt as specialties.

At the Tides Bar and Grill (3550 S. Ocean), grilled sandwiches, burgers and happy hours seaside attract a casual crowd.

The Ritz-Carlton has recently reopened its signature Angle restaurant, with a small-plate contemporary concept; Temple Orange is the spot for Sunday brunch and Italian dinners, while Breeze, the pool bar, has lighter fare — salads, seafoods

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and sandwiches.

Across the street in Plaza del Mar, John G’s holds court in its new location. Favorites of fish and chips, seafood chowder and gazpacho remain on the menu. Thaikyo restaurant serves a blended Asian menu, with bento boxes at lunch and sushi and Thai entrees for dinner. A new addition is the Loggia Café Bistro, where sandwiches and salads are available. The Ice Cream Club in the plaza has frosty treats for all.

At Hugh & Richie’s Seaside Deli near Briny Breezes, pick up prepared foods or sandwiches, or buy convenience foods to go.

In Delray Beach, along A1A, find fine dining and cocktails at the Delray Beach Marriott, modern burgers at Burger Fi, New England fans patronizing Boston’s on the Beach, with an expanded menu and stunning bar upstairs; and Italian specialties at the ocean-view Caffe Luna Rosa.

Latitudes Ocean Grill in Highland Beach’s Holiday Inn serves a Sunday brunch and seafood specialties at dinner.

Beauty and hair: Spa enthusiasts can check out the many treatments offered to singles or couples at Eau Spa at the Ritz-Carlton in Manalapan.

Plaza del Mar has Maurici’s Salon and Spa, with haircuts and a day spa for massages and facials; Tiffany Nail Salon for full-service nail treatments; Posh for Hair, with numerous salon services and treatments available by appointment.

In Briny Breezes, there’s

the Briny Beauty Salon and across the street is Colby’s Barber Shop, an oldfashioned style hair cutter for men.

Sports and fitness: Work-outs and fitness classes are offered at The Gym in Plaza del Mar. The Lake Worth Pier Bait and Tackle shop has baits and fishing gear for use on the pier or shore.

Surfing gear and beachwear are available at Nomad’s Surf Shop in Briny Breezes.

Retail: Also at Plaza del Mar, find unique jewelry at Jewelry Artisans, specialty clothing at the Cashmere Shop, beach and resort wear at Aqua Beachwear and at Angela Moore’s; contemporary clothing at Chico’s, menswear at Sea Stallion Traders, shoes at Stepping Out Shoe Salon, and upscale women’s wear at Via Condotti and Evelyn and Arthur’s (and its annex).

Services: In Plaza del Mar, for dog grooming, look to Milton’s Grooming; Guido the Tailor handles alterations and tailoring, and banks here are First Trust and Suntrust banks. TD Bank is located just north of Briny Breezes.

Prescriptions can be filled and sundries picked up at the Gulfstream Pharmacy in Briny Breezes.

The Texaco station next door offers car maintenance as well as a fill-up.

For postal needs, the Highland Beach Post Office is just down the road on A1A.

Lantana’s Fourth celebration returns to avenue

Budget cuts put the kibosh on Fourth of July fireworks in Lantana last year, but that won’t be the case this year.

Last month, the Town Council approved a $25,000 contract with Zambelli Fireworks Manufacturing to put on a 22-minute display set to music.

The fireworks, set to go off at 9 p.m. July 4, will be launched on the Intracoastal Waterway from a barge supplied by GLF Construction of Miami. GLF, the contractor working on the $33.2 million Ocean Avenue bridge project, agreed to provide a free barge for the town’s fireworks for two years as part of a lease agreement with the town for using parts of Bicentennial Park and Sportsman’s Park as a construction staging area.

While budgetary constraints persist, the town took money out of reserves to do needed

spruce-ups and updates on equipment — and for a Fourth of July celebration. Residents complained about the lack of fireworks last year.

“We hope to have the barge as close to the bridge a possible so that the fireworks can be easily seen down East Ocean Avenue,” Town Manager Mike Bornstein said. “East Ocean will be closed at Oak Street and the plan is to have a band there with vendors and such along the length of the road heading to the parks.”

There will be another band in the parks on the east end.

“Think of the celebration as being oriented east/west with the fireworks on the east end near the bridge,” Bornstein said.

The bridge is closed for reconstruction for two years.

— Mary Thurwachter

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ore than 200 people flocked to Lantana on March 18 to be some of “The Last _ To Cross” the town’s bridge. For the next 22 months, the Lantana Bridge will be closed to all traffic as crews tear down and rebuild the 62-yearold span.

Above left: Brown’s Funeral Home of Lantana was the “last hearse” across the bridge.

Above right: Children — including the ManalaPet Sitters from Manalapan — and their pets wait in the shade before the parade.

Center: A large contingent of Finnish American Folk Dancers represented the Katrillit of Lake Worth.

Right: In 1950, Roland Wood was the first person over the span when he led a group of Boy Scouts to dedicate the brand-new Ocean Avenue bridge. On March 18, he was the last. Wood, now 76 was 13 when the bridge was dedicated.

Below: “Bye, bye easy commute” was written in chalk on the bridge pavement ­— most likely by an island resident faced with a longer drive to cross the Intracoastal Waterway.

Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

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Celebrations RIGHT: St. Mark Catholic School seventh-grader India Roehrich-Hill speaks about what Coach Barulic means to her during the ‘Loving Locks/Bald For Barulic’ event held in honor of CoachChristopher Barulic, who is being treated for cancer.

BELOW: Roehrich-Hill (foreground) and 8th grader Quinton Shiver (back left) have their heads shaved by stylists Karen DeMino (front right) and Chelsea Jones of Better Cut, West Palm Beach.

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57th Annual Bethesda Ball Chairmen Harry and Deborah Sargeant with Phantom of the Opera stars Davis Gaines and Teri Bibb. More than 500 guests attended the event at The Breakers, which raised $1 million for the Bethesda Hospital Foundation.

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Best friends Allison Andrickson, 5, (left) of Boca Raton and Riley Cope, 5, of Delray Beach count their beads during the Delray Beach St. Patrick’s Day parade. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star Co-chairs Linda and Don Silpe and Jan Willinger (right) welcome guests to Palm Beach Dramaworks’ Night in Havana — at the Tropicana gala held at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.

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Well — maybe. If your stuff has market value, you’re in luck: There’s an entire service industry here in South Palm Beach County built around selling used goods. We visited coastal-area consignment stores, auction houses, and one busy eBay selling assistant to give you a taste of your Step-by-step recipe, options.

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ABOVE: Melissa Adams shows purses to Claire and Tony Parasiliti at Dzines Consignment in Boca Raton.

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Owner Susie McTighe has been running this shop for the past 15 years. She splits the proceeds of her sales 50/50 with her sellers, as do most consignors. But if you brought McTighe something valued at more than $5,000, she’d gladly reduce her cut rather than have you sell it elsewhere.

Prices are based on research into the value of the item, and then negotiated with the seller.

“My pricing model is kind of opposite the auction houses. The auctioneers start

Melissa Adams and her mother, Paula Adams, donate items that do not sell at their Dzines Consignment Boutique to charity.

Consignors get a tax receipt for the donation. low and let the bidding move the price up. I start the price up here,” she gestures, “and I’ll work down if I have to.”

With six rooms to display her eclectic mix of consigned items, McTighe doesn’t have a hard-and-fast time limit for how long things can stay. “I’ve sold things that have been here for a year.” she says.

At Off the Wall Consignments in downtown

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Sellers agree to a threemonth consignment period here. If their stuff doesn’t sell, they must pick it up or arrange to have a charity do it.

At Way Too Cute boutique down the block, the consignment period is 60 days, and the merchandise is distinctly different. Shabby chic, French cottage, and Florida-coastal furnishings rule the day. Owner Marcia Sheehan has a painter friend who transforms consigned furniture into MacKenzieChilds look-alikes.

“I’m very picky,” says Sheehan. “I take top-ofthe-line, unusual, unique things. And I rearrange the store frequently to keep it interesting.”

When it comes to selling used clothing, shoes and handbags on consignment, opportunities are plentiful in our coastal area.

In Boca Raton, a favorite store is Dzines Consignment Boutique on Federal Highway near Spanish River Boulevard.

Owners Paula Adams and her daughter Melissa sell everything from ball gowns to blue jeans. You’ll even find consigned Lilly Pulitzer items

Kyle Reinberg, 17, presents an item for auction at Bill Hood’s Auction house. The Rosenthal plaque sold for $375. hanging from a rack labeled “Lilly’s Pad.” Paula Adams says sellers need to understand consignment-store principles of supply and demand.

“For instance, we have plenty of size 8 pants right now,” she says. “Even if you brought me wonderful size 8 pants, I couldn’t take them.”

Adams and her daughter price items at 30 percent of estimated retail cost. “If the clothes have brand-name tags, or are the hot color of the season, we’ll move up the price,” she says.

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contract, if an item doesn’t sell by Day 30, the price is cut 30 percent; at Day 45, they may mark it down 50 percent.

If it doesn’t sell, you must pick it up within three days or else it’s donated to Boca’s Hospice by the Sea Chest thrift store.

You’ll get a receipt for the tax deduction.

Auction houses: Going once, going twice …

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“The three most important words are exposure, exposure, exposure,” says Bill Hood Sr. “You have a lovely item, and the more people who are exposed to it via Internet live

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auction, the more people we have bidding.”

At a recent auction, an Internet bidder somewhere in the world jumped the bid hundreds of dollars ahead, beating out all competitors for a flawless Art Deco Rosenthal figurine.

“If you’re a buyer, you hate that,” says auctioneer Bill Hood II. “But if you’re the seller — wow!”

Local auction houses charge sellers a commission of between 30 and 40 percent of the final bid price. Both Hood and Kodner emphasize they are willing to negotiate

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that downward, depending on the value and amount of the items you have to sell. And both have secondary options for items that get no action: The Hoods have quarterly tag sales, and the Kodners run an antique mall next door staffed with vendors who may buy or consign your stuff.

Assisted eBay sales: Skip the learning curve You could spend a lot of time and energy trying to sell your own stuff on eBay. Or you could have Gus Enos do it, from his humble “e Drop N Sell” shop at Federal Highway

and George Bush Boulevard in Delray Beach. It’s one of the few outlets of its kind still in business.

If Enos believes your item will fetch at least $100, he’ll do pricing research, take the photos, write the description, and set up an eBay auction or a fixed-price listing, whichever is better for you.

He asks for a 30 percent commission on the final sale price of the item. You must also pay eBay 15 percent. But oh, the convenience.

“I answer all the questions, handle payment processing, and take care of shipping. You

simply get a check,” he says.

Among his biggest sales: the mint-condition Hermès handbag he sold for $9,000, and the grand piano he sold for $12,000. He is proud of his eBay status as a Top Rated Seller with 100 percent positive feedback. But be forewarned: He turns away about half the items people bring in.

“They come in with Beanie Babies and Barbies, and most of the time there’s just no market for it,” he sighs. “I tell them, maybe you should put it on Craigslist, or have a yard sale, or donate it to charity.”Ú

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Delray Beach

Farming to charming: Flowers gave way to paintings of flowers

By Mary Jane Fine To say that the Delray Affair grew from the ground up but has flowered over the decades would be to tell the story via pun. But it would be entirely true, as well.

Just flip the calendar back to the post-World War II era — 1947, if you will — and picture the Delray Gladioli Festival as it was then, a melding of frivolity and flowers, culture and commerce.

That first-ever fest gathered beaucoup bouquets of gladioli from farms that spanned from Congress Avenue west to U.S. Sorensen Highway 441.

It allowed farmers to display (and sell, of course; that was an important part of it) armloads of flowers. And sell they did. As surely as crocuses announce springtime, Delray’s gladioli festival said, “February.” It said it all through the 1940s, continued saying it into the ’50s.

“It was an exposition that attracted flower buyers from all over the country,” Roy Simon said. A native of Delray Beach, Simon was a gladioli festival volunteer who helped nurse the event into the Delray Affair.

This year’s Delray Affair — the 50th — will line Atlantic Avenue from April 13th through the 15th, the weekend after Easter.

Artist and gallery owner Ora Sorensen is a longtime Delray Affair booster and, this year, a first-time commemorative-poster artist for the event. Her poster gives a proud nod to the past with a stalk of mauve gladioli in the foreground and the Colony Hotel just behind.

“I love the Colony,” Sorensen says on a recent afternoon, in her Atlantic Avenue gallery, where she sits surrounded by the bursting-with-color roses and orchids, hibiscus and birdof-paradise paintings that are her signature work. “And they make the best martini in town. It gets so crazy here; I like to go there around 5 p.m. and sit at the lobby bar. It’s like going back in time.”

Ora Sorensen created this year’s Delray Affair poster (left) and drew inspiration from the festival’s origins as South Florida’s Gladioli Festival and Fair.

Bonnie Brow, Norma Simon, Colleen Beckner join the patrol at the 1985 Delray Affair. Images courtesy of the Delray Affair

Volunteers including Bill Wood, Lynn Bialikis, Bonnie Brow and Stormet Norman staff the golf carts on Atlantic Avenue a decade ago. That’s Powers Lounge in the background.

Going back in time can explain how the Affair evolved from what it was to what it now is: an artsand-crafts extravaganza that attracts 700 exhibitors

(up from 24, back in 1962), draws an attendance of close to 300,000 and, over the years, has generated some $21 million in revenue for the city of Delray Beach,

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according to event organizer Nancy Stewart-Franczak, executive director of Delray Beach Arts Inc. Development in the city’s western reaches, combined with a shift in farming from flowers to vegetables, turned the Gladioli Festival into a small Agricultural Expo. It was Roy Simon who suggested expanding on that, taking inspiration from the Winter Park Art Festival. In 1962, community leaders organized a committee and, with then-chair John Bordeman, chose “The Delray Affair” as the name of the bigger, better arts-and-crafts-andagriculture event.

The committee was moneyminded, too. By scheduling the festival later in the year, they could effectively extend the tourist season by tempting snowbirds to postpone their homeward migration until after Easter, and extend the tradition of frivolity and flowers, culture and commerce.

Ora Sorensen expresses delight at her role in it all.

“I’ve been 20 years in this location and, this year, they picked me, and I think I cried,” she says, “because I feel that Delray is my town. I love Delray.”

She moved to Florida after graduating from high school in Bangkok, Thailand — her father worked there for the U.S. government — and, she says, “I wanted to go

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In Boca Raton, Sorensen owned a children’s clothing shop, but the notion of something else was always in her mind. “I wasn’t an artist when I opened the gallery,” she says. “I had 12 artists when I opened it, and I just learned to paint from them. I was always drawing, just doodling and drawing.

Drawing, drawing, drawing.”

But even after two decades as a gallery owner and considerable success as a painter, Sorensen had always bypassed the poster competition, figuring that its emphasis on Delray landmarks didn’t mesh with her emphasis on flowers. (“Honestly, it’s what people want,” she says, explaining her floral focus. “I started out painting portraits, but people don’t like to buy pictures of strangers.”)

This year, she submitted sketches that combined landmark and flowers, and it proved a winner — with one requested change.

“Silly me,” she says, with a smile. “I submitted a drawing with hibiscus in the foreground.”

The committee, of course, wanted gladioli, and Sorensen was happy to comply.

And happy to be a part of the city’s signature event.

The frivolity and flowers, the culture and commerce.

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Boynton Beach/Ocean Ridge

Library revives obscure history of Boynton Hotel

By Ron Hayes In the winter of 1899, it was “a quiet place with pleasant surroundings … away from the hurly-burly of large, fashionable hotels. No formality, no stiffness, everything pleasant and sociable.”

And all for only $2 a day!

Now through June 2, that long-gone hotel is a fascinating exhibit at the Boynton Beach City Library, three cases filled with obscure newspaper articles and photographs that resurrect “The Boynton” in all its Florida land-boom glory.

“The Flagler hotel in Palm Beach was so very well known,” says library archivist Janet DeVries, “but Boynton Beach had a hotel that was fairly wellknown, too.”

For three months, DeVries searched the archives of the Palm Beach County Courthouse, The Palm Beach Post, the Library of Congress and others, panning for nuggets of historical gold, tiny news items and government records, faded photos and property deeds to tell the hotel’s story.

Nathan Smith Boynton, a Union major in the Civil War, Bathers relax on the beach at the old Boynton Beach Hotel, probably around 1920. Images courtesy of the Boynton Beach Library came to the area from Port Huron, Mich., in 1894 and bought 90 acres of oceanfront land.

A year later construction began, and in 1895, The Boynton opened for business, just south of what is now Ocean Avenue. It had 45 rooms, six small cottages, a bathhouse, a dining room and a wraparound porch.

And oh, the water!

“DRINKING WATER UNSURPASSED,” the ads promised. “Medicinal properties shown by analysis of state chemist. A CERTAIN CURE for Kidney troubles.”

Twelve miles north, the Palm Beach hotels attracted celebrities and millionaires. The Boynton’s most famous guest appears to have been Edgar Guest, “the people’s poet,” The Boynton Beach Hotel was around 5 years old when this whose folksy poetry few people photograph was taken circa 1900. honor today.

In the exhibit’s photographs, The Boynton appears as an unpretentious, two-story, clapboard structure, pleasant and sociable, as the ads promised, but no match for Flagler’s Gilded Age excess.

In one fading photograph, a group of seven young women and a man poses in the sand, Maj. Nathan Smith Boynton, who had served on the Union side the hotel in the background, a in the Civil War, came to the area in 1894 and built the Boynton friendly dog by their side.

Beach Hotel in 1895.

Recently, DeVries hosted a group of schoolchildren, one better, would replace it. moved a few blocks south of of whom stared at the photo A year later, the 1926 the hotel. That cottage survives, in amazement and exclaimed: hurricane struck, and the much renovated, expanded and “Gee, I didn’t know they had Florida land boom went bust. still privately owned. Ú The Atwater Cottage, which adjoined the old Boynton Beach dogs way back then!”

The new hotel was never built, Hotel, survives, though much renovated, in Ocean Ridge.

Alas, way back then didn’t and the old one was a ghost. work on wrecking the building Finally, in 1925, another last long. Maj. Boynton died in Except for one home in Archivist Janet DeVries will known as the Boynton Beach 1911, at 73. small advertisement appeared Ocean Ridge. present a lecture and slide show Hotel in Boynton, Fla. The in The Palm Beach Post: His son-in-law, Albert E. In 1921, one of the six on Maj. Nathan Boynton and his following materials will be Attention Parker, later the city manager original cottages adjoining hotel at 6:30 p.m. April 16, at the sold …

Contractors and Builders, of West Palm Beach, managed the hotel was bought by a man Boynton Beach City Library, 208 A new hotel, bigger and Tuesday, April 21, will start the hotel. named Albert Atwater and S. Seacrest Blvd.

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Along the Coast Vote for favorite sites in architecture contest

By Mary Thurwachter The most popular Florida building may be in South Palm Beach County.

Results of an online poll of the state’s top 100 architectural buildings in the “Florida Architecture: 100 Years, 100 Places” competition will be revealed in mid-April, says Deborah L. Nichols, chapter director for the Palm Beach Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and coordinator of the contest in this region.

The competition identifies 100 buildings (actually 109, narrowed down from 250 entries) and places across the state that represent the best in architectural achievement. They range from the Wentworth Museum in Pensacola to the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami.

The list includes four buildings in Coastal Star territory — Boca Raton Town Hall, Gulf Stream Golf Club in Gulf Stream, the Colony Hotel and Virginia Courteney’s house both in Delray Beach.

It’s all is part of AIA Florida’s 100th anniversary celebration.

“We’re hoping to open a dialogue on the architecture in our community,” said Nichols, a West Palm Beach architect.

Anyone can vote at www. aiafltop100.org through April 6. People can vote for as many buildings as they choose and as often as they like.

AIA Florida will develop a mobile tour of the top 100 buildings for Florida residents and visitors to download.

This will be an additional opportunity to garner interest for these historic structures.

The Colony Hotel in Delray Beach is on the list for the American Institute of Architects’ poll of the top 100 buildings in Florida. Photo provided The top 100 list also includes six buildings in Palm Beach — The Breakers, the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Concha Marina, the Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach House/Mack Residence and St. Edward Catholic Church.

Other buildings in the county on the list include Grace Episcopal Church, Payne Chapel A.M.E. and Temple Beth El, all in West Palm Beach.

Nichols said voting, which began on March 5, had really taken off, especially locally.

That may be because of a “get out the vote” effort by supporters of some of the buildings, such as the Town Hall in Boca Raton.

“We are very excited,” said Mary Csar, executive director at Boca Raton Historical Society.

“We are encouraging everyone to vote often and to vote multiple times — which is OK. We want Town Hall to have a good showing. We are sending email blasts to our members and we have contacted the Chamber [of Commerce] to send out the Ú info.”

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Health & Harmony

Stem-cell treatment has fans among recreational athletes

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hat’s the hot topic on senior-league tennis courts these days?

Two words: stem cells.

More and more aging recreational athletes with painful, worn-out knees are saying “no” to knee replacement surgery and “yes” to outpatient treatment in which their own stem cells are used to regenerate (theoretically, anyway) the knee joint. Many are getting positive results, and they’re spreading the word.

“I’ve heard from a couple of people that it’s like a miracle,” said one 78-year-old coastal resident who plays tennis frequently at local clubs.

Listen closely to the courtside buzz, and you’re likely to hear two other words: “Dr. Purita.”

That would be Joseph R. Purita, M.D., of Manalapan, director of the Institute of Regenerative and Molecular Purita Orthopaedics in Boca Raton. The institute is an offshoot of Purita’s longtime surgical practice at Boca Raton Orthopaedic Group.

Purita is considered an expert in the use of adult stem cells for orthopedic repair. He’s lectured around the world, and taught his technique free of charge to doctors from as far away as Australia. He has treated 4,000 patients ranging in age from 40 to 70, including many high-profile professional athletes, and he claims an 85 percent success rate for the knees.

Here’s how it works: The doctor harvests mesenchymal stem cells (the type that repair and regrow muscle, bone, cartilage and tendons) from a patient’s fat and/or bone marrow. Fat samples are taken via mini-liposuction of the patient’s midsection; bone marrow is extracted from the back of the pelvis. While the patient waits, the samples are spun in a centrifuge to isolate the stem cells, which are then injected into the patient’s joint the same day. Four to six weeks later, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) spun from the patient’s own blood also is injected into the joint.

“Think of the platelets as fertilizer for the stem cells,” Purita explains. “They release growth factors that give the stem cells signals to start working to repair things.”

PRP injections alone can help some patients, Purita says, by releasing growth factors and signaling proteins that may summon stem cells from elsewhere in the body to repair the joint. In these cases, a bit of the patient’s fat is injected to serve as scaffolding for the incoming stem cells.

Purita’s technique fits within FDA guidelines for stem cell therapy, but is not covered by insurance. He charges $600 for PRP only, and $4,800 for the complete treatment (stem cell injections from fat and bone marrow, scaffoldingfat injections, and three subsequent PRP injections).

One of Purita’s satisfied customers is Mary Ellen Cook, whose family owns Hand’s Stationers in Delray Beach.

Now in her 70s, Cook says stem cell therapy has enabled her

Injections of her own stem cells helped Mary Ellen Cook of Delray Beach (right) avoid knee-replacement surgery. Cook plays tennis twice a week with other senior players like Joyce Joyner of Delray Beach, who have also found pain relief through stem-cell therapy. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star to stay active and keep up her tennis game. Her tennis buddy, Joyce Joyner, 60, also sought Purita’s treatment to quell the pain in both of her arthritic, bone-on-bone knee joints.

“It worked great for me,” says Joyner. “I’m putting off knee replacement as long as possible.”

To date, however, there is little hard science proving the stem cell treatment really works. Some physicians, like Freddie H. Fu, M.D., chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, remain skeptical.

“Basically, there’s no evidence to show one way or the other that it makes any difference,” Fu says. “Why don’t we test it more vigorously before we shoot it into everybody?”

Purita emphasizes that not everyone is a candidate for stem cell therapy, and about 15 percent of the time, it just doesn’t work. But he feels strongly that “it’s not going away.”

“The arthroscope

revolutionized sports medicine and orthopedics,” Purita says.

“Stem cells are the next big revolution. Some day we’re going to look back at knee and hip replacement surgery and say, how could we have done such barbaric operations?”

Paula Detwiller is a freelance writer and lifelong fitness junkie.

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Briny Breezes

Ardor on the courts: Shuffleboard enthusiasts enjoy local circuit

By Steve Pike

Ron Vaughn smiled broadly and shook his head.

“I finished third in a tournament last week. Today I can’t get out of my own way,” he said.

Welcome to the world of shuffleboard. Like any other sport, it can be a fickle mistress.

Just when you think you have the game figured out, it throws you a curve. Or in the case of shuffleboard, it blocks you out.

“Ninety percent of the game is strategy and the other 10 percent is skill,” said Vaughn, treading close to the Yogi Berra-ism that 90 percent of baseball is half-mental.

“Almost like playing chess,” said Vaughn, one of the area’s top amateur shuffleboard players and a member of the Briny Breezes Shuffleboard Club. The 163-member club, which is open to any owner, resident or guest of Briny Breezes (annual dues $2) plays every day between midDecember and mid-April at the community’s 14-court facility.

The club’s primary in-season weekly events are Fun Day Tuesdays, in which beginning players learn the basics of the game from resident professional Rose “Sunshine” Miller, and a couple’s tournament every Wednesday.

It’s not unusual to see each of the 14 green-colored concrete courts occupied during a couple’s event. That’s 64 players not including a few substitute players.

“You get some mature people out here who physically don’t have good legs but they play very well,” Vaughn said. “Some of the best players in the district are 80-year-old people. They just know what they’re doing.”

On this particular sunny March Saturday, however, the club held its annual Bill

ABOVE: Tom Coady takes a shot during tournament play.

FAR RIGHT: Ron Vaughn laughs while adjusting his cue.

RIGHT: Wooden carriers hold playing disks in the Briny Breezes shuffleboard courts.

Photos by Jerry Lower/ The Coastal Star Ingram Tournament, named in honor of one of its late members. A total of 18 club members participated in the doubles tournament, including Vaughn and Tom Coady, who along with wife, Sue, have been renting a home in Briny Breezes the past two years. The Creadys, who spend their summers in Columbus, Ohio, came to Briny Breezes basically because of shuffleboard.

“We were at Pompano and belonged to a club down there,” said Tom Coady, a 62-year-old retired government employee.

“There are district tournaments from here to Hollywood. We played in some of those and that’s how we found out about Briny Breezes and how nice the people are here. So we decided to rent.”

Coady and Vaughn played on different teams at the Ingram tournament, but are one of the area’s top amateur doubles teams. The duo last won the Delray Beach Senior Games doubles tournament this past February.

“I play whenever I can,” said Vaughn, 70, a native of Wausau, Mich., who has spent the past 12 seasons at Briny Breezes.

“I’ve only been on the circuit a couple of years but I played for about four years before that.

“Tom and I play on the circuit (Hollywood to Lake Worth) at least once a week. To play a lot, you have to get out on the circuit. And you have to play against good players. That’s the only way you’re going to get better.”

Yogi would be proud. Ú

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Along the Coast

Artist Paul Aho has blended his two loves: surfing and photography.

Cache a wave: Exhibit recalls Florida’s surfing history

By Ron Hayes

ABOVE: ‘Surfing Florida: A Photographic History’ incorporates images and boards at FAU’s University Galleries.

Photos by Tim Stepien/ The Coastal Star

More than 500 years of surfing experience is represented in this group of surfing pioneers attending the opening reception. From left: Bill Yerkes, Tom Warnke, George Miller, Cecil Lear, Juan Rodriguez, David Reese, Steve Pezman, Rene Whitman, Dick Catri and Joe Twombley.

Paul Aho started surfing off Ocean Ridge in 1964. His parents owned Henry’s Motel, a block from the ocean. He borrowed boards from Ron Heavyside, who went on to found the Nomad Surf Shop in the county pocket. He was 11 that year.

Aho is pushing 60 now.

A former adjunct professor of printmaking at Florida Atlantic University, he’s currently the head of photography and digital imaging at Kentucky’s Paducah School of Art. And, yes, he still surfs.

Now Aho’s two great loves have come together

in “Surfing Florida: A Photographic History,” on display at FAU’s University Galleries through May 12.

“Surfing began as a culture for renegade youth,” he said recently, taking a break as assistants scurried about.

“You used to see bumper stickers that said ‘Surf, Suds and Sex.’ But now it’s transformed itself into a very popular and publicly embraced occupation, both recreationally and professionally.”

Working with Galleries director W. Rod Faulds and supported by the Florida Humanities Council, their exhibit documents that transformation.

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Kelly Polling (left) and Jeanne Coppers of Ocean Ridge attend the opening of the surf exhibition at Florida Atlantic University.

You’ll see wall panels packed with photos and text, media stations showing video clips from classic Hollywood surfing movies such as Gidget and vintage 8mm and oral histories constructed

by Melbourne Beach documentarian Will Lucas.

The panels offer the first comprehensive look at surfing in Florida, from Miami to Cocoa Beach, Daytona to the Panhandle and St. Petersburg south.

And, of course, there are surfboards — about 55 historical boards on display.

“This is a history exhibition,” says Faulds, “not an art exhibition. It’s an attempt at telling a story of surfing that’s approached with academic credibility.”

If all goes well, Aho and Faulds hope to expand their research into a large, coffeetable book that captures the sport’s Florida history in detail.

“We have a lot of panels with text, and even some history professors would say there’s too much text,” Faulds concedes, “but it was a struggle to compress because we’re working toward a book.”

Surfing is generally considered to have arrived in Florida when the Whitman brothers — Bill, Dudley and Stanley — started surfing on Miami Beach in the early 1930s. But Aho suspects it can be traced to the Panhandle after a 1908 article in Collier’s magazine featured Hawaiian surfers.

“There’s something inherently exotic about surfing,” he says. “You’re riding an energy form. Some surfers look at it as almost a religious practice, a whole sense of freedom, a free-form, almost artistic practice.

“I hope people come away with a broader recognition of the contribution Florida has made to shape the surfing lifestyle, and how surfing has shaped Florida.”

As Aho spoke, a student employee majoring in graphic design bustled nearby, helping to put the finishing touches on the exhibit.

Andrew Santoro is 22, a native of Boynton Beach who started skateboarding in 2001.

He was 11 that year.

“Working on this project, I’ve learned that there’s a lot more to surfing than just the stereotype of the slacker who doesn’t do anything,” Santoro said. “It’s not as easy as it looks, and it’s got a rich tradition. And surfing is looked on as universally cool. People who walk by the gallery look in and stare, and then they get a big grin on Ú their face.”

“Surfing Florida: A Photographic History” will remain on display at the University Galleries in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters at Florida Atlantic University through May 12. The galleries are open 1-4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 1-5 p.m. Saturday.

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Every week, about 85 men and women arrive at 53 elementary and middle schools in Palm Beach County.

They stay perhaps 40 minutes each, meeting with students in an empty classroom, a guidance office — someplace quiet and private.

They do not help the students with their math homework. They do not tutor their reading.

They listen.

“And listen and listen and listen,” says Janice Rubin of Highland Beach. “When you think you can say something back that would be helpful, you do so. But sometimes all you really need to do is listen, and let them express themselves.”

For the past two years, Rubin has been one of those 85 volunteers who support Listen to Children, an outreach of the Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County.

Founded in 1989, Listen to Children pairs students who may be having problems at home or school with a friendly, disinterested adult who is not a parent, teacher or guidance counselor.

“They’re not necessarily behavioral problems,” says Val Santiago Stanley, the program’s coordinator, “but perhaps just boisterous, or introverted, or their grades are declining for no apparent reason.”

All volunteers undergo criminal and reference checks before they’re assigned to a school, as well as a two-hour training session, during which they vow to keep their conversations with students confidential, unless the child threatens violence against him or herself or others.

“After that, the kids pretty much run the conversation,” Stanley says. “From academics to family issues to love interests.”

Marilyn Freedman of Boynton Beach has been listening for 12 years. A retired elementary school educator from Fairlawn, N.J., she received the program’s Mentor

of the Year award in 2011.

“I go to Crystal Lakes Elementary School one morning a week and meet with four children,” she says, “and I love it. I’ve learned not to give too much advice, but just to listen carefully.”

Sometimes she brings games, or modeling clay, but her main tools are her ears — and her heart.

“I remember a child who was having difficulties because of a step-parent, and suddenly he realized there were nice things about that step-parent,” she recalls. “Sometimes you get a child who’s very shy and has difficulty making friends.

These aren’t all children from troubled homes, by any means.

Sometimes it’s the parent who initiates our involvement.”

Every Tuesday, Rubin meets with two children at Poinciana Elementary School in Boynton Beach.

“The most important thing we bring is unconditional acceptance,” she says. “We’re not there to criticize them or disapprove. You may not accept all their behavior, but you have to be able to accept these children unconditionally.”

And soon, another Highland Beach retiree will be getting an earful.

Anne-Grethe Parkin has completed her training and expects to begin meeting with students at Orchard View Elementary in Delray Beach this month.

“I figured if I can help only one or two children, that will be better than nothing,” she says. “I may be a little nervous at first, but I feel good about it.”

Most of the volunteers are retirees, often former teachers, and overwhelmingly female — an imbalance Stanley would like to correct.

“We’re not there to put the blame on where the ball was dropped in the child’s upbringing,” she says. “We’re there to help catch the ball.” Ú For more information about volunteering, call the Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County at 832-3755.

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Network helps match nonprofits and volunteers

By Rich Pollack Jodi Lane wanted to volunteer and give back to her community — she just wasn’t quite sure where to start.

So the 28-year-old Florida Atlantic University student went online and, almost by accident, discovered a onehour training course offered by the Boca Raton-based Spirit of Giving Network.

The course, offered to the public at no cost, led Lane to the Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center in Boca Raton, where she now volunteers two days a week, often working directly with the center’s clients.

“I love it, I really love it,” she says. “I’m really happy I found it.”

Lane is one of about 70 people who have learned more about volunteering and connected with opportunities to share their time and talents — thanks to the Spirit of Giving Network’s new Community Volunteer Training program, which began last fall.

“In seven months, it’s really grown,” says Natalie Warren, the volunteer program manager for the Spirit of Giving Network, an umbrella organization of 60 nonprofits that come together to share resources and information.

Unique in South Florida, the training, placement and screening program serves as a conduit connecting qualified nonprofit organizations with people who want to donate their time.

“I’m a volunteer matchmaker,” Warren says.

What sets the Spirit of Giving Program apart is that it provides names of prospective volunteers to nonprofit organizations, which then can reach out to those individuals who best meet their needs.

“The day after I went through the training, I started getting emails from nonprofit organizations,” Lane said, adding that the Memory and Wellness Center opportunity came the closest to what she was looking for.

Offered twice a week — at 5 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m.

Thursday — the one-hour training program includes an overview of volunteerism, providing participants with an understanding of the value of volunteering and a general understanding of what will be expected of them in terms of conduct and reliability.

During the session, participants fill out an application, detailing their areas of interest and the type of work they like to do, which could include everything from helping with grant writing and administrative work to mentoring, working directly with an agency’s clients or

Natalie Warren, volunteer program manager for the Spirit of Giving Network, bills herself as a volunteer matchmaker who pairs people with organizations that need their help. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star assisting at special events.

The application, which is standardized for use by

nonprofit organization, also includes background information about the

applicant that can be helpful to agencies looking for volunteers.

“Once we have the information, we compile it and send it in an email to the nonprofits,” Warren said.

“They go through it and then contact the volunteers that best fit their needs.”

Warren says that nonprofit organizations also contact her when they need volunteers for special events or on a continuing basis.

The program also offers, at a reduced rate, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement background checks required for some volunteer positions.

A long-term volunteer herself, Warren says the volunteer training was born out of a shared need among all of the Spirit of Giving Network member

organizations.

“They recognized that they needed one central program to focus on getting the appropriate volunteers to the right nonprofit organization,” Warren said.

For volunteers like Lane, the program is simplifying the process of finding a place where they can make a difference.

“I think a lot of people really want to help but they just don’t know how,” she said. “This program makes it easier for them to get Ú involved.”

For more information, visit the Spirit of Giving Network website at www. spiritofgivingnetwork.com/ volunteer, call 299-1205 or email Warren at natalie@ spiritofgivingnetwork.com.

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Along the Coast

Coast is ‘candy store’ to new whitefly The insect feasts on a range of plants; damage usually is not long-lasting.

By Antigone Barton While the ficus whitefly continues to challenge landscapers seeking to preserve privacy hedges, a new pest has arrived with its own set of challenges.

Not the least of those challenges is confusion, as it shares a last name with its exotic-plant eating predecessor.

The spiraling whitefly, however, is not to be mistaken for its picky predecessor, as

owners of native plants up the coast of Palm Beach County are learning.

“Some of the worst damage we see is on the gumbo limbos,” says Laura Sanagorski, environmental horticulture agent at the Palm Beach County Cooperative Extension Service.

“It’s probably their favorite food on our landscape menu.”

But she adds, unlike the ficus whitefly, the spiraling whitefly is open to variety.

“It loves our coconut palms, our adonidia palms,” she continues. The list goes on: black olive, sea grapes, live oak.

And, she adds, it’s not picky where it lays its eggs, either. The extension service continues to

discover new hosts for the latest pest.

The insect is about three times the size of the ficus-eating whitefly, “you can make out its parts, see the wings,” Sanagorski says.

It has moved up the coast over the last two years, since its arrival, probably from Central America.

With no natural predators in Florida, and an ability to produce from 50 to 400 offspring in their short lives, they have made their presence felt from Boca Raton to Jupiter, according to Brent O’Keefe, The spiraling whitefly tends to dine on both native and exotic route manager for O’Hara Pest plants. Photo courtesy of Laura Sanagorski Control.

In addition to the eyesore of bare branches, they leave control depends on the plant the sticky substance of their and degree of infestation, “honeydew” excretions behind with horticultural oils and on patios, pools and furniture, soaps effective against smaller which then fosters the growth of infestations, Sanagorski says. sooty mold.

Imported beetles have proven And, says John Schiller, to be predators, but are unlikely general manager of to be available in sufficient Environmental Pest Control, numbers to control the insect they have had a bigger impact here, according to Schiller. on the coast than inland.

For that reason, they are “I think it’s because it’s where likely here to stay. the candy store is,” he said.

“There’s no eradicating The good news is that when them,” Schiller says, “just they move on, the damage is not controlling them.” lasting.

Then, of course, Sanagorski “Typically, you won’t lose the says, new pests, drawn to the tree to it. Once the leaves are year-round growing season of a gone, they will leave the tree subtropical climate, are sure to alone,” Sanagorski says. “The arrive. tree will push out new growth.”

“There will be others,” she They are likely to return says, “and hopefully we’ll have without efforts to control them, this under control before too experts agree. The means of long.” Ú

Recognizing whitefly invasion

The spiraling whitefly is larger and less picky than the ficus whitefly. You will see it on a wide range of foliage, including: • Gumbo limbo • Banana • Black olive • Mango • Palms • Copperleaf, cocoplum and wax myrtle shrubs And new foliage susceptible to spiraling whitefly attack continue to be noted.

Look for: • White spirals on leaves • Buildup of white waxy substance on underside of leaves • Black sooty mold that grows on whitefly excrement

What to do

• Diversify: The more diverse your landscape, the less susceptible it will be to pests, diseases, even storm damage • Monitor: Be familiar with your landscape and with the signs of whitefly damage, respond quickly.

• Wash plants where whitefly is spotted with a strong stream of water.

• Use a systemic product to drench the soil surrounding larger plants (preferred).

• You may also spray a topical product directly on leaves to tackle active whitefly.

• Repeat: A one-time treatment may be a temporary fix.

Be familiar with the product you use, follow label for safest, most effective use.

• Do not use pesticides on fruit-bearing trees unless product label specifies it is appropriate for that use.

Sources: Palm Beach County Whitefly Task Force (www. pbcgov.com/coextension/horticulture/whitefly), University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Studies

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Pets share people’s susceptibility to skin cancer

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OK, so that statement is not worthy of making front page headlines, but this one is: One-third of all dogs and cats will be affected by cancer in their lifetimes. In fact, cancer ranks as the leading cause of death in dogs 2 and older.

Now for the real jarring news: Sunlight’s ultraviolet rays are causing solar-induced cancer in indoor cats and light-colored dogs.

“People are often surprised

to learn that sunlight is a common cause of cancer in dogs and cats,” says Brenda Phillips, DVM, a veterinary oncologist at Veterinary Specialty Hospital of San Diego and a professional support of the Canine Cancer Campaign sponsored by the Morris Animal Foundation.

“Indoor cats are not safe from UV rays, especially if they love to sunbathe on window perches. Pink-bellied dogs are also at risk, even indoors.”

UV rays can cause skin cancer, typically on a pet’s belly, inner limbs, nose, lips, ears and eyelids. White cats and dogs sporting pink noses and bellies as well as hairless breeds are at greatest risk due to this light pigmentation.

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Tinted windows help protect cats like Zeki who are at a higher risk of skin cancer from overexposure to the sun.

Dark-nosed pets with brown or black coats, however, are not risk-free from developing skin cancer.

Certain breeds, including bichons, boxers, bulldogs, Dobermans, poodles, schnauzers and weimaraners are predisposed to developing skin tumors. So are active dogs who join their people on boats and on hikes.

“Fortunately, solarinduced cancer can be cured if caught early,” says Phillips. “Unfortunately, as an oncologist, I see these pets after the cancer has developed. Veterinarians in small animal practices need to have conversations with families with pets at risk for skin cancer.”

Here are some tips to protect our pets from the harmful UVA and UVB rays: • Establish what’s normal for your pet’s coat. Work with your veterinarian to learn how to do a thorough nose-totail examination of your pet’s skin. Report any new bumps, lumps or suspicious lesions to your veterinarian right away.

Also, inform your vet if any skin growths have increased

Brenda Phillips, DVM, a veterinary oncologist at Veterinary Specialty Hospital of San Diego, seen with her dog Leo, offers tips to protect pets against skin cancer. Photos by Arden Moore in size from the past month.

• Do not shave down your pet’s coat. A buzz cut will only increase his exposure to UV rays and lead to sunburn or, worse, skin cancer.

• Dab on the sunscreen.

Apply veterinarian-approved sunscreen products on your pet’s vulnerable areas, especially the nose, inner ears and belly. Epi-Pet Sun Protector, for example, is endorsed by the American Animal Hospital Association and is effective as a sunscreen for dogs, but is not to be used on cats. It is waterproof, quick drying and non-greasy, providing the equivalent of a 40 SPF found in human sunscreens. Consult your veterinarian for sunscreen products safe for use on your cat.

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• Install solar shades or honeycomb shades. In particular, install these shades for all interior east- and westfacing windows to block UV rays. Select shade materials offering protection levels of at least 90 percent. Both types of shades come in top-down or bottom-up options for opening and closing.

My sun-seeking cat, Zeki sports a white-and-grey coat, pink nose, pink foot pads and pink inner ears.

After learning more about skin cancer from Phillips, I am now taking protective measures to ensure Zeki can enjoy the sunshine without risking her health.

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Egg hunts and kosher dining mark Easter and Passover season

wo of the most creative ways to celebrate the secular side of Easter for the past decade are the Easter Bonnet Pet Parade in Delray Beach and the Butterfly Release in Boca Raton, both set for Saturday, April 7.

A trumpet player will join Delray Mayor Woodie McDuffie to lead the pet parade down Atlantic Avenue at 10 a.m.

“It’s a ton of fun,” organizer Lori Nolan of the Delray GreenMarket said. “People go all out.”

Registration is at 9 a.m. on the front lawn of Old School Square. The parade goes four blocks east to a red carpet at the GreenMarket for judging of the Easter bonnets.

Prizes will be awarded in categories that include most original, funniest, tropical, tiniest tea cup and frou-frou.

Children also are invited to the butterfly release at 4 p.m. at the Chapel of St. Andrew, 2707 NW 37th St., Boca Raton.

“The butterfly is the symbol of new life and resurrection for Christians,” the Rev. Andrew Sherman of St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church explained.

Every child who attends will be given their own butterfly to release. An egg hunt, games, crafts and supper also are planned by the two Episcopal congregations.

The area’s largest annual Easter egg hunt, sponsored by the Delray Beach Parks and Recreation Department, starts at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Seacrest Soccer Complex, 2505 N. Seacrest Blvd.

Volunteers have stuffed more than 10,000 eggs with candy

An egg hunt and butterfly release are on tap for April 7 at the Chapel of St. Andrew in Boca Raton. Photo provided and prizes for kids ages 1 to 8.

The public is invited to the Mizner Park Amphitheatre at 9 a.m. Sunday, April 8, for the 10th annual Easter in the Park celebration by First Methodist Church of Boca Raton.

More than 700 people have reservations at the Boca Raton Resort and Club to celebrate a kosher Passover in style.

“Passover is an eating fest and we pride ourselves on offering a high-quality cuisine,” says Leisure Time Tours director Robert Frucher, who is organizing the elaborate April 6-14 stay.

A rabbi will work with the hotel chefs to make certain the food is strictly kosher.

Both food and entertainment are included in the price of lodging, much like on a cruise ship. Comedian Michael Winslow and circus performers similar to Cirque du Soleil will provide the entertainment.

The Church of the Palms was strictly white and traditional when the Rev. Roger Richardson became its pastor nine years ago.

Easter and Passover Events

Saturday – 4/7 The Great Vigil of Easter - At St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 188 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. This event will be a joint service with combined choirs from St. Matthew’s and St. Paul’s Episcopal Churches. 4 pm. Doors open 30 minutes before concert. Free. 276-4541.

Pesach Seder - Presented by the Palm Beach Jewish Center at The Chesterfield Hotel, 363 Cocoanut Row, Palm Beach. Featuring Passover dinner and Passover insights with Rabbi Zalman. All are welcome. 8 pm. $75/adults, $40/children age 2-12. RSVP: 659-3884.

Sunday – 4/8 Sunrise Services Lake Worth - 6:30 am at R.G. Kruesler Park at the Lake Worth Beach, 10 S. Ocean Blvd. Following sunrise service, public is invited to the Easter Breakfast at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 1615 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. 8:15 am. Worship service at the church at 9 am. 582-4430.

Briny Breezes - Service will be held starting at 6:30 am at the beach clubhouse, Old Ocean Ave. Briny Breezes Community Church. 276-7405.

Boca Raton - Each year, Father Michael Driscoll celebrates an Easter Sunrise Mass on the beach. 6:30 am. South Boca Inlet, 1298 S. Ocean Blvd.

St. Jude Catholic Church. 392-8172.

Ocean Ridge - Presented by the Boynton Beach Ministerial Association at Oceanfront Park, 6415 N. Ocean Blvd. 6:30 am. Bring a folding chair. After service a pancake breakfast will be served 7:30-10 am at First Presbyterian Church of Boynton Beach, 235 SW Sixth Ave., followed by a 10 am Easter Egg Hunt and an 11 am Easter worship service. Free parking. 732-3774.

Delray Beach - At the Beach Pavilion at Atlantic Avenue and A1A, Delray Beach. Presented by the Delray Beach Interfaith Clergy Association. Rev. Linda Mobley from Cason United Methodist Church with music by the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Jazz Ensemble. 6:30 am. 276-4541.

Easter in the Park Worship Celebration - At Mizner Park

Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Family Easter event featuring music, an uplifting Easter message and a live butterfly release. Free parking at both First United Methodist Church lots on Mizner Blvd. across from the Amphitheater, as well as in parking lots and garages in Mizner Park. 9 am. Free. 395-1244.

Now, as Richardson prepares to retire, it’s a different place.

“We’ve become open to everybody since he’s been here,” church trustee Frank Nikischer said. “He’s very missionary minded and he has us more open to cultures, creeds and race.”

Richardson, 63, says he appreciates how the Delray Beach congregation has responded.

“We wanted to make sure that everyone knows they are welcome because God views us all as precious in his sight,” he said. “The church has encouraged and supported me.”

Church of the Palms has added a multicultural praise service on Saturday nights and a Creole service on Sunday mornings. A worship service in Portuguese is its newest effort in diversity.

Women in the congregation sew comfort dolls that Delray

police officers carry in patrol cars and Richardson distributes around the world.

The congregation has opened three churches in Haiti named Church of the Palms, and Richardson has traveled to Kenya, South Africa, Brazil and Appalachia to spread the gospel.

“Church of the Palms has opened up to new ideas with a strong interest in mission both locally and in the world,” he said.

How can the pastor of a large congregation have the time to listen to everyone in need?

Representatives from six congregations met March 10 at First Presbyterian Church in Delray Beach to learn how lay people can assist their pastors by becoming caregivers, too.

The Stephen Ministry, based in St. Louis, has trained lay people in 11,000 congregations

to minister to those in need.

“The idea is just to listen,” said First Presbyterian associate pastor Rev. Jo Garnett, who organized the workshop. “They are Christian friends who walk with a person who is hurting during a difficult time.”

First Presbyterian currently has 20 Stephen ministers who each received 50 hours of training to become caregivers for an hour each week.

One is Jim Whitiker, a Stephen minister for four years.

“If I can help one person, it’s worth all the time in the world to me,” Whitiker said.

Tim Pallesen writes about people of faith, their congregations, causes and community events. Email him at tcpallesen@ aol.com.

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Along the Coast

Intimate setting appeals to jazz artists and fans

By Steve Pike Jazz and baseball typically aren’t thought of in the same sentence — except that one could argue each is an acquired taste — but here’s an analogy: In his classic book Shoeless Joe, author W.P. Kinsella penned the famous line “If you build it, he will come.”

A disgraced baseball legend and an Iowa cornfield were the farthest things from Jacqui Wyatt’s mind when she conceived of the Royal Palm Place Jazz Series in Boca Raton, but nevertheless, the analogy holds true.

“When I first came up with the idea in early spring of 2010, there weren’t many places for people to go to hear jazz,” Wyatt said. “Look at the demographic of South Florida and Boca Raton in particular. It’s not a hip-hop demographic, not a rap demographic and certainly not a South Beach club demographic. I thought it would be good to have a classy place where people could go and listen to good jazz music in a nice

Jazz band Four80East will play the Funky Biscuit on April 21. atmosphere.”

As director of operations and marketing for Boca Raton-based Investments Limited, Wyatt knew of the perfect atmosphere: the company’s Royal Palm Place dining and shopping complex in downtown Boca Raton.

“I thought, at least, if we bring it and see who comes. If nobody comes, then

we tried,” she said. “If they do come, then let’s try and build on it as much as we can.”

Wyatt’s instincts were correct. That is, she has built the Royal Palm Place Jazz Series and people certainly have come.

The festival is in its second season, having already had two concerts this season, with the next on April 21 featuring the electro-jazz band Four80East.

All of the concerts are held at the Funky Biscuit in Royal Palm Place, a popular venue for a variety of acts from jazz to country to rock to big bands.

The previous jazz series concert — Matt Marshak and Marcus Anderson this past January — attracted 120 people.

That number might sound small, Wyatt said, don’t let it fool you.

“It’s an intimate venue,” said Wyatt, a lifelong jazz fan. “When we started the series, the first two concerts (November and December 2010) were outside on the piazza. The weather wasn’t very cooperative. It was cold and windy. So we

decided to move it indoors.

“Jazz by nature is genre of music that really lends itself to a more intimate atmosphere. If you think back to the old clubs, people like being up close to the stage. I’ve seen Dave Koz and his Christmas concert at the Broward Center.

It was great, but it was on a big stage. At the Funky Biscuit the performers come down off the stage and interact with the audience. It’s just a much more welcoming atmosphere.”

Welcoming for each side. The audience likes the coziness of the Funky Biscuit, Wyatt said, and the musicians like the opportunity to perform at one of the few venues for jazz in South Florida.

“The musicians themselves are so intense about their love of the music,” Wyatt said. “I had a limited budget and some of these performers command huge amounts of money. Once they understood what we were trying to accomplish, they really stepped up to the plate. It’s just sort of snowballed from there.” Ú

Highland Beach Yom Hashoah event coming April 19 The film La France Divisée will be the center of Highland Beach Library’s Yom Hashoah commemoration.

Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, is marked on the Hebrew calendar’s 27th day of Nissan, corresponding this year to April 19. On that day, the 6 million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust are remembered as well as those who survived.

The film explores the two sides of France during WWII: the side that collaborated with the Germans and the side that resisted. Included are interviews with Janine Banet Godkine, a “hidden child,” Lucie Aubrac, a member of the French Resistance, Serge Klarsfeld, historian and Nazi hunter, and Gérard Bollon, a historian on the Protestant Resistance specifically in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.

Among the stories is archival footage from WWII. A Highland Beach resident, George Flaum Banet, is shown as a 12-year-old in a portrait with his mother, both wearing the yellow Star of David.

But there is no interview with George Flaum Banet.

He cannot speak about what happened to him or his family.

What he has allowed is his wife, a journalist and literary writer, to travel into the past with him and document his life.

Banet’s wife, Marlene Roberts, will introduce the film and offer commentary.

The Yom Hashoah commemoration will begin at 5 p.m. April 19. The library is at 3618 S. Ocean Blvd., Highland Beach. Call 278-5455.

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Note: Events are current as of 3/30. Please check with organizers for any changes. Submit calendar items to thecoastalstarcalendar@gmail.com.

APRIL 7 Saturday - 4/7 - Women for Women 5K Run held through historic Lake Worth and over the bridge to the ocean is sponsored by Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce. 6 -10 am. Women only. $20-$40. 346-3055.

4/7 - 20th Annual Egg Hunt at the Seacrest Soccer Complex, 2505 N. Seacrest Blvd., Delray Beach. Visit with the Easter Bunny and then hunt for eggs. Ages 1-8. 8 am. Free. 243-7277.

4/7 - Sand Sifters Earth Day “Goin’ Bananas Beach Cleanup” at Oceanfront Park, 6415 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Ridge. Includes food drive for Community Caring Center, Boynton Beach. 8-10:30 am. Free. Registration: 7349128.

4/7 - 10 & Under Tennis is held at the Boynton Beach Tennis Center, 3111 S. Congress Ave. Ages 5-10 start playing immediately. Equipment included. 3-week session on Saturdays. 9 am: ages 5 & 6, 10 am: ages 7-10. $25-30/residents, $32-37/non-residents. 742-6575.

4/7 - 11th Annual Easter Bonnet Pet Parade is hosted by the Delray GreenMarket.

Registration held on front lawn of Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave, Delray Beach. 9 am/ registration, 10 am/parade to GreenMarket for judging and prizes. Categories include: traditional, funniest, original, tropical, froufrou, tiniest tea-cup and owner doggie look-alike. $2/entry fee. Free/watch. 276-7511.

4/7 - Quick Start Tennis Clinics at the Tennis Center, 3111 S. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach.

Three-week session runs Saturdays through 4/21. Held again 5/5-19. Age 5-6: 9-9:45 am, $25/resident, $32/non-resident; age 7-10: 10-11 am., $30/resident, $37/non-resident. 742-6575.

4/7 - Easter Egg Hunt and Egg Roll at the Henry Flagler Museum, One Whitehall Way, Palm Beach. Children participate in art activities and have their picture taken with the Easter Bunny. Special games, including egg rolling. Children are encouraged to bring their own baskets. Egg rolling spoons provided.

Gates open 9 am, egg hunt begins promptly at 10 am. $18/adults; $7/children. 655-2833.

4/7 - Adult Reading Club is presented by the Friends of the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Register at the Information or Customer Services Desk during normal library hours. Read 10 books, complete the reading log with the titles and return the log before 4/28 and receive a free gift. M-Th: 9 am-8:30 pm; Sat.: 9 am-5 pm; closed F & Sun. 742-6886.

4/7 - Boardwalk Tours at Green Cay Nature Center, 12800 Hagen Ranch Road, Boynton Beach. Join a docent for a guided tour of Green Cay’s wetlands. For all ages. Saturdays 9 & 11 am and Wednesday, 3 pm. Free. 966-7000.

4/7 - Swimming Lessons for Toddlers is held at the John Denson Pool, 225 NW 12th Ave., Boynton Beach. Ages 6 months to 3 years must be accompanied by an adult in the water.

10 am. Runs through 4/28. Held again 5/5-26. $30/resident, $38/non-resident. 742-6645.

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loset Couture Luncheon to benefit The Lupus Foundation of America, Southeast Florida Chapter will be held April10 at Benvenuto Caterestaurant, 1730 N. Federal Hwy. in Boynton Beach. Guest speaker is Eva Ritvo, MD, author of The Beauty Prescription: the Complete Formula for Looking and Feeling Beautiful. Auctions include beautiful, gently used designer purses and accessories. Tickets: $85. Call 279-8606 or email info@ lupusfl.org. Organizers pictured: (l-r) Barbara Murphy, Sandra Powell, Susan Duane and Bettina Young. Photo provided 4/7 - Japanese Garden Design Workshop at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. Master designer Hoichi Kurisu, the builder of The Morikami’s Roji-en, provides instructions for beginners interested in the basics of Japanese garden design. All-day workshop: 10 am-noon (part 1), noon-1:30 pm (break, 1:30-3:30 pm (part 2). $150. Registration: 495-0233 Ext. 237.

4/7 - Dinosaur Attack Exhibit at the South Florida Science Museum, 4801 Dreher Trail N., West Palm Beach. Touch 70 million year old dinosaur bones, dig for fossils and talk with local dinosaur hunters to see and learn how paleontologists discover dinosaurs. Runs through 5/13. M-F: 10 am-5 pm; Sat.: 10 am-6 pm; and Sun.: noon-6 pm. $11.95/adults; $10.45/seniors; $8.95/children ages 3-12; free/ children under age 3. 832-1988.

4/7 - Spring Egg-Stravaganza! is held at the Hester Community Center, 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. Kids 1-12 have an “eggstra” special day of hunting for colorful eggs, games, face painting and a visit from Peter Cottontail. 10 am-1 pm. Free. 742-6550.

4/7 - The Writer’s Studio is held at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again 4/14, 21 & 28. 10 am. Free. 736-8044.

4/7 - Easter Egg Hunt is held at Bryant Park, corner of Lake and Golfview Avenues, Lake Worth. Music, food, games, prizes and entertainment. 11 am. Free. 533-7363.

4/7 – Shabbat Adventure: A Shabbat Experience for Kids at the Palm Beach Jewish Center, 205 Royal Palm Way, Palm Beach. Ages 3-11 learn, sing, dress up and have fun with the Torah portion. Saturdays. 11 am-12:30 pm. $15/ class. 659-3884.

4/7 - DIY Art Projects: Still Lifes at the Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. On the first Saturday of each

month, when the Museum is free to residents of Palm Beach County, we invite families to participate in a self-guided gallery activity, then visit the Atrium for a related DIY Art Project. 1-4 pm. Free. 832-5196.

4/7 - You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown at Showtime Performing Arts Theatre, 503 SE Mizner Blvd., Ste. 73, Boca Raton. Saturdays through 5/5. 2 pm. $14/adults, $10/children.

394-2626.

4/7 - Alligator Feedings at Daggerwing Nature Center, 11200 Park Access Road, Boca Raton. Listen to a talk about the baby alligator while he is being fed. For all ages. W & Sat. 3:15 pm. Free. 629-8760.

4/7 - Teen Car Club held Saturdays at the “505” Teen Center, 505 SE 5th Ave., Delray Beach. Hands on learning on the basics on how to keep up on the maintenance of your vehicle, including: tire pressure, tire rotation, brakes, oil changes, tune ups, radiator flush, replacing radiator, air filter and care safety kits. Girls are welcome. For ages 12-20. 4-6 pm. $5. 243-7158.

4/7-8 - Friends of the Library Book Sale and Lake Worth Art League Outdoor Show at Cultural Plaza, 414 Lake Ave., Lake Worth.

Book Sale: 8 am- 6pm. Art show: 9:30 am-4 pm.

Free. 586-8666.

4/7-8 - Artists in the Park presented by the Delray Beach Art League at Veterans Park, 802 NE First St., Delray Beach. Fine art exhibition and sales. 10 am-4:30 pm. Free. 843-2311.

APRIL 8-14 Sunday - 4/8 - Easter Sunday 4/8 - 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.

4/8 - Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Unity of Delray Beach, 101 NW 22nd St. Easter Egg

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Barnes. On Battle Day, teams come together to demonstrate their knowledge and expertise on the books they have read. Tuesdays through 5/15, with Battle of the Book Game Day on 5/22. 5-6 pm. Free. 266-9490.

4/10 - Evening Book Group is presented at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 6 pm. Free. 266-9490.

4/10 - Palm Beach Symphony Gala & Concert: Redefining the Romantics is held at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Concert features a Tchaikovsky concerto and Dvorak symphony. 7 pm/reception, 8 pm/concert.

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4/10 - Pajama Storytime is held at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Ages 3-6 (plus siblings) listen to stories, sing, dance and make a special craft while in their pajamas. 7-8 pm. Free. 742-6380.

4/10-11 - Hammock Trails - A guided walk on the quarter-mile boardwalk at Gumbo Limbo nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd, Boca Raton.

All ages. T & W. 10-11 am. Free. 338-1473.

Wednesday - 4/11 - Little Hands Class at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave.

Caregiver and child enjoy creative play. Ages 12-24 months. Wednesdays through 5/16. 9-10 am. $30/residents, $38/non-residents. 7426221.

4/11 - Tots ‘n Tales Storytime - Ages 3-23 months listen to books, sing songs and dance at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Held again 4/18 & 25. 9:45-10:30 am. Free.

742-6390.

4/11 - Love to Knit meets every Wednesday at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest.

Make preemie hats, pet blankets or other community-based knitting projects. 10 amnoon. Free. 742-6886.

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he Junior League of Boca Raton’s 40th Anniversary Celebration is April 13 at the Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club in Boca Raton. Enjoy a fabulous dinner and open bar, dance to live entertainment and take a trip down memory lane as we pay tribute to the past four decades of our history and our community impact. The event is open to all JLBR members — past and present — and to the community. The evening starts at 7:00 p.m. and tickets are available for $125 per person at JLBR. org or by calling 620-2553. Above: 40th Anniversary Task Force members Kristin Calder, Kathy Adkins and Nicole Mugavero.

Photo provided Hunt follows 9:25 am Sunday School. All ages welcome, with highlight being the arrival of the Easter Bunny. Free will offering. 276-5796.

4/8 - Yoga with Live Music is held every Sunday at the Colony Hotel, 525 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. 9:30-11 am. $20. 703-1236.

4/8 - Easter Dinner at the Atlantis Country Club, 190 Atlantis Blvd., Atlantis. 1-6 pm. $30.95/adults, $16.95/children 12 & under plus tax and gratuity. Reservations: 965-5788.

4/8-13 - USTA Boya’ & Girls’ 12s National Spring Championships are held at various south county locations. Girls early rounds: Delray Swim & Tennis Club, 2350 Jaeger Drive, Broken Sound Country Club, 2401 Willow Springs Drive, Boca Raton, Boca West Country Club, 20583 Boca West Drive, and Boca Swim and Racquet Center, 21626 St. Andrews Blvd.

Semifinals and finals matches/Boys’ and Girls’ Divisions are at the Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center, 201 W. Atlantic Ave. Free.

Schedules and draw information: 330-6000 or www.yellowtennisball.com.

Monday - 4/9 - Imagination Station is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Ages 3-4 exercise their imaginations while learning shapes, colors, numbers and the A-BC’s through creative art. Session runs M/W/F through 5/18. 9-11:30 am. $71/residents, $89/ non-residents. 742-6221.

4/9 - Colorful Creations is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Ages 4-5 exercise their imaginations while learning letters and numbers through creative activities such as cooking, science, crafts, stories and songs. Six-week session runs M-F through 5/18. 9 am-noon. $145/residents, $181/nonresidents. 742-6221.

4/9 - Major Barbara 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.

4/9 - Quilting Bee - Twice monthly quilting class presented at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again 4/23. 10 am. Free. 266-0194 or www.delraylibrary.org.

4/9 - Sentimental Journey: Boca Raton During World War II is presented at the Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum at Town Hall, 71 N. Federal Hwy. In 1942, Boca Raton hosted the Army Air Corps’ only war time radar training base. Until 1947, thousands of men and women were stationed in Boca Raton. Learn about the base and 1940’s Boca. Exhibit runs through 6/15/12. M-F, 10 am-4 pm. $5/adults, $3/students. 395-6766.

4/9 - Caffeine for the Soul - Presented by the Palm Beach Jewish Center at Starbucks, 150 Worth Ave., Palm Beach. Join other women every Monday for learning and inspiration in an hour of Torah study and discussion. 10:15-11:15 am. Free. 659-3884.

4/9 - Scenes from Africa: Photographs by Sam Spear, Jr. at the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, 170 NW 5th Ave., Delray Beach.

Exhibit extended through 4/27. Museum hours: M-F: 11 am-4 pm. $5. 279-8883.

4/9 - Got Gaming? is presented at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again 4/16, 23 & 30. 5:15-6:30 pm. Free.

266-9490.

4/9 - U.S. Coast Guard Auxillary Flotilla 54 meets the first Monday of each month at Harvey Oyer Park, 2010 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach. Boaters and non-boaters welcome. 8 pm. 966-2158.

4/9-11 - Too Marvelous for Words: The Songs of Johnny Mercer is performed at The Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 NW 9th St. Held again 4/9-11. M-W: 2 & 8 pm. $30. 272-1281, Ext. 4.

Tuesday - 4/10 - Creative Kids for ages 3-4 is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Crafts, stories, songs and creative play.

T&Th from 9-11 am through 5/17. $54/residents, $68/non-residents. Registration: 742-6221.

4/10 - Family JAM: Music & Movement for tots ages 2-5 pm at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Get your little one moving with JAM songs, dances and creative moment. Tuesdays through 5/15. 9:15-10:15 am $30/residents, $38/non-residents. Registration: 742-6650.

4/10 - Family Storytime is held at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Listen to stories, sing songs and learn fingerplays. Infants-Age 5. Held again 4/17 & 24. 10-10:45 am. Free. 742-6380.

4/7 - Coral Reef Shark Feedings are held daily, T-Sun. at Sandoway House Nature Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd. Delray Beach. Feeding begins at 10:30 am T-Sat. and 1:30 pm Sunday. Free with $4 admission to the nature center. 2747263.

4/10 - Mommy ‘n Me Circle Time: Gentle Growers is held at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. Instructor Meredith Abrams uses Waldorf Education strategies to create a warm, nurturing environment for observation and discussion of infant behavior. Ages 1-2.

Tuesdays 10:30-11:30 am. Free with paid Museum admission: $4/ages 1-17; $4.50/ seniors; $5/adults. Registration: 742-6780.

4/10 - Young Explorers for ages 24-36 months is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Improve eye-hand coordination through creative movement and music.

Tuesdays 10:30-11:30 am through 5/15. $30/ residents, $38/non-residents. Registration: 742-6650.

4/10 - A Story ‘n More: Interactive Story and Craft - Cheryl Lane brings children’s books to life through interactive performance, singing, movement and props at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. 11:15 am-noon. Tuesdays. Free with paid Museum admission: $4/ages 1-17; $4.50/seniors; $5/ adults. 742-6782.

4/10 - Imagitivity Early Learning Studio at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach.

Drop-in, stop by and craft at will. Ages 2-5.

Tuesdays 12:30-1:30 pm. Free with paid Museum admission: $4/ages 1-17; $4.50/ seniors; $5/adults. Registration: 742-6780.

4/10 - The Amazing Story of Delray Beach, Boca Raton & Boynton Beach is presented

by Alexander “Sandy” Simon as part of the Author’s Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free. 7368044 or www.delraylibrary.org.

4/10 - Games @ Your Library is held at the Boynton Beach City Library, 508 S. Seacrest Blvd. Grades K-4 play favorite video games.

Held again 4/24. 4:30-5:30 pm. Free. 742-6380.

4/10 - Battle of the Books Training Camp is presented as part of the Teen Book Discussion Group at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Ages 13-17 read three books: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, and Tales of the Madman Underground by John

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4/11 - Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - Educational Program Series at the Palm Beach County Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, 559 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Learn about legal issues, guiding behaviors and discipline, computers, resources, support, managing stress and much more. Bring a brown bag lunch. Held again 4/26. 10 am-1 pm. Free.

233-1739.

4/11 - Art Activity: Gooey Gobs and Squishy Stuff is held at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. Ages 2-4. Come dressed for a mess! Wednesdays 10:30-11:15 am & 11:30 am-12:15 pm. Free with paid Museum admission: $4/ages 1-17; $4.50/ seniors; $5/adults. Registration: 742-6780.

4/11 - Socrates Café - Weekly discussion group at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again 4/18 & 25. 11:30 am. Free. 266-0194.

4/11 - Ready, Set, Read Storytime - Ages 3-5 listen to stories, sing songs, dance and make a simple craft at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Held again 4/18 & 25. 11:30 am-12:15 pm. 742-6390.

4/11 - Become Streetwise: Senior Safety Seminar - Presented at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. 1:30-2:30 pm.

Free. 742-6390 or www.boyntonlibrary.org.

4/11 - Historic Landscape Lecture Series: Georgia Tasker on Historic Fairchild Gardens is held at Preservation Foundation, 311 Peruvian Ave., Palm Beach. 2 pm. $10/ members, $20/non-members. 832-0731.

4/11 - How Do You Want to be Remembered? is presented by Colleen R. Schuhmann, UBS Financial Services at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2-3:30 pm. Free. 736-8044.

4/11 - Silver Science Days at the South Florida Science Museum, 4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach. A special afternoon for adults and retirees. Explore the latest exhibit, see a show, enjoy some refreshments and hear from WPBPD Officer K. Tucker-Carsillo.

2-5 pm. $11.95/adults, $5/seniors (62+). 8321988.

4/11 - Severe Foot & Ankle Pain - Presented

by Kyle Kinmon, D.P.M., podiatrist, as part of the Community Lecture Series at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, Clayton Conference Center, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. 4:305:30 pm. Free. 731-2273.

4/11 - Adult Pottery is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Learn to use a slab roller, coil maker and an electric wheel.

Session runs Wednesdays through 5/16. 6:30-9 pm. $60/residents, $75/non-residents.

Registration: 742-6650.

4/11 - Oil & Acrylic Painting is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Adults enhance their creativity and reduce stress. Session runs Wednesdays through 5/16.

6:30-9 pm. $60/residents, $75/non-residents.

Registration: 742-6650.

4/11 - Kabbalah and Cake at the Palm Beach Jewish Center, 234 Australian Ave., Palm Beach.

Meets every Wednesday. Men and women are invited. 7 pm. Free. 659-3884.

Thursday - 4/12 - Quilters meet every Thursday at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest. Share quilting information and perpetuate quilting as a cultural and artistic form. 9-11:30 am. Free. 742-6886.

4/12 - Two By Two Storytime - Ages 24-35 months listen to stories, sing songs, dance and do fingerplays at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Held again 4/19 & 26. 10-10:45 am. 742-6390.

4/12 - Ride & Remember Trolley Tour at the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, 170 NW Fifth Ave., Delray Beach. 2-hour tour focuses on 5 historic districts. 10 am-noon. $15.

Reservations: 279-8883.

4/12 - The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer is presented as part of the Nobelity Book Group at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 10 am. Free. 266-9490.

4/12 – Knit ‘N Purl - Twice monthly class presented at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again 4/26. 10:30 am.

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

4/12 - S.T.E.A.M. Power at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. By integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math, young minds learn to think in new ways as they prepare to enter grade school. Ages 3-5.

Thursdays through 4/26. 10:30 am-noon.

Members: $10/class; Non-members: $12/class.

Registration: 742-6780.

4/12 - Gruss Master Architect Lecture: Architect and Planner Andres Duany at The Colony Hotel, 155 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach. 2 pm. $20. 832-0731.

4/12 - Read to Hogan the Dog at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest

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Municipal Meetings 4/2 & 5/7 - Ocean Ridge - First Monday of the each month at Ocean Ridge Town Hall, 6450 N. Ocean Blvd. 6 pm. Agenda available at www.oceanridgeflorida.com.

4/3 & 4/17 - 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.

4/9 & 4/23 - Lantana - Second & fourth Mondays of each month at Lantana Town Hall, 500 Greynolds Circle. 7 pm. Agenda available at www.lantana.org.

4/13 - Gulf Stream - Second Friday of the month at the Gulf Stream Town Hall, 100 Sea Road 9 am. Agenda available in clerk’s office.

4/24 - Manalapan - Fourth Tuesday of each month at Manalapan Town Hall, 600 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan. 9:30 am. Agenda available at www.manalapan.org.

4/24 - South Palm Beach - Fourth Tuesday of each month in the South Palm Beach Town Hall Council Chambers, 3577 S. Ocean Blvd. 7:15 pm. Agenda available www.southpalmbeach.com.

4/26 - 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.

Blvd. Each reader gets 10 minutes with Hogan.

All ages. Held again 4/19 & 26. 4-5 pm. Free.

742-6380 or www.boyntonlibrary.org.

4/12 - Teen Gaming is held at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Grades 6-12 play video games. Held again 4/19 & 26.

5:30-7 pm. Free. 742-6390.

4/12 - Dorothy Patterson narrates Ride and Remember Trolley Tour as part of the Connecting Community and Culture Lecture Series at the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, 170 NW Fifth Ave., Delray Beach. This is the last of a four-part lecture series designed to highlight the rich, cultural heritage of AfricanAmericans in South Florida. 5:30 pm. Free.

279-8883 or www.spadymuseum.org.

4/12 - Job Help: Employ Boynton Beach at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Don Scantlan, a job search expert, helps individuals looking for a job. Held again 4/19 & 26. 6-8 pm. Free. 742-6390.

4/12 - 2nd Annual Celebration of ‘Old Delray’ Cocktails on the Beach is presented

by The Delray Beach Historical Society at Colony Cabana Club, 1801 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach.

6-8 pm. $45. RSVP: 274-9578.

4/12 - Writers Corner is held at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest. Monthly program offers free manuscript critiquing by published authors. 6:30-8 pm. Free. 742-6390.

4/12 - FAU Symphony Band at FAU’s Boca Raton campus, University Theatre, 777 Glades, Road. Bold and brassy band blockbusters conducted by the Director of the Marching Owls, along with chamber music from FAU’s graduate students. 7 pm. $10 suggested donation. 297-3853 or www.fau.edu/music.

4/12 - James E. Buffan Gold Coast Band Concert at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. 7:30 pm. $7. 742-6240.

4/12 - Music! Music! Music! is presented at The Plaza Theatre, 262 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan. Runs through 4/29. R-Sat.: 7:30 pm; Sat. & Sun.: 2 pm. $39. 588-1820.

4/12 - Concert: Sergio Mendes With Special Guest Jon Secada is presented at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. 8 pm. $25-$95. 832-7677.

4/12-14 - Biscuit Fest 2012 at The Funky Biscuit at Royal Palm Place, 303 SE Mizner Blvd., Boca Raton. Featuring Roomful of Blues, The Lee Boys and Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers. 8 pm nightly. 3-day general admission: $35; daily: $15/advance; $18/at the door. 395-2929.

4/12-15 - Thanks for the Memories: The Music of the Paramount Pictures Era comes to the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. R-Sat.: 7:30 pm, Sat.&Sun.: 1:30 pm. $35. 832-7469 or www.kravis.org.

4/12-15 - Sweet Charity is performed by Spanish River High School at Countess de Hoernle Theatre at Spanish River High School, 5100 Jog Road, Boca Raton. A hilarious music and dance explosion accompanied by a live orchestra featuring the talents of nearly 100 student performers, stagecraft technicians and musicians. 7:30 pm: 4/12, 7 pm: 4/13&14, 2 pm: 4/15. $15/general and $10/student. 241-2020.

Friday - 4/13 - Water Media Class for Adults begins at Intracoastal Park, 2240 N. Federal Highway, Boynton Beach. Learn proper brush and stroke techniques with an emphasis in water color painting. Class runs Fridays through 5/18. 9:30 am-noon. $60/residents, $75/non-residents. 742-6221.

4/13 - Art Activity: Paint ‘n Play is held at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. Ages 2-4. Come dressed for a mess! Fridays. Two sessions: 9:45-10:15 & 10:30-11:30 am. Free with paid Museum admission: $4/ages 1-17; $4.50/seniors; $5/adults. Registration: 7426780.

4/13 - Stories in the Garden: Butterflies is held at Mounts Botanical Garden, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Ages 2-6.

10-11:30 am. Free. Reservations: 233-1757.

4/13 - Fossil Talk Fridays at the Sandoway House Nature Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray

Beach. Step back in time and learn about some of Florida’s most prehistoric inhabitants. 1 pm. $4/Ages 3 and up. 274-7263.

4/13 - Wetlands & Wildlife - Wakodahatchee is a man-made wetland which has become a favorite for birders and photographers at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Bring your binoculars for this 3/4 mile guided boardwalk tour to learn more about Florida’s wetland ecosystems. Ages 7-adult. 3-5 pm. Free. Reservations: 338-1542.

4/13 - Executive Forum Lecture Series: Manuel Medina at FAU’s Office Depot Grand Lecture Hall, Room 101, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. Medina is an FAU alumnus and chairman and chief executive officer of Medina Capital Partners. Presented by FAU’s College of Business. Each week, speakers provide a brief overview of their individual businesses, as well as other professional experience, followed by a discussion of key issues facing their industries, businesses or the business climate in general.

5:30-7 pm. Free. RSVP online at www.business. fau.edu/executiveforum or 297-0927.

4/13 - 2012 BASH Gala is held at The Breakers, 1 South County Road, Palm Beach to benefit The Benjamin School. Party al fresco with cocktails, hors d’ oeuvres, dinner, dancing, entertainment, and auction. 6 pm. $350. 4723452 4/13 - Tae Kwon Do for beginners and intermediates at The Carolyn Sims Center, 225 NW 12th Ave., Boynton Beach. Ages 5-adult learn the mental and physical skills of selfdefense. Fridays through 5/18. 6-6:45 pm/ beginners; 6:45-7:30 pm/intermediates. $60/ residents, $75/non-residents. 742-6641.

4/13 - Zumba at the Carolyn Sims Center, 225 N.W. 12th Ave., Boynton Beach. Enjoy highenergy music while certified Zumba instructor helps you sculpt your body through resistance training and Latin dances. Ages 16 and up.

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

4/13 - Concert: Jazz Band at FAU’s Boca Raton campus, University Theatre, 777 Glades Road. Jazz standards and new works for big band, the FAU Jazz Band brings the house down with exciting music, gifted soloists, and a passion for America’s music. 7 pm. $10 suggested donation. 297-3853.

4/13 - Concert: ‘I am the Wind’ with Charley Thweatt is held at Unity of Delray Beach, 101 NW 22nd St. Interactive concert and workshop. 7-9 pm. Free will offering. 276-5796.

4/13-15 - Dangerous Liaisons by Christopher Hampton is presented by Florida Atlantic University’s department of theater at Studio One on the FAU Boca Raton Campus, 777 Glades Road. Held again 4/20-22. F & Sat.: 7 pm; Sun.: 1 pm; 4/21-22: 1 pm. $20/general admission, $16/faculty and staff, $12/FAU students. 800-564-9539.

Saturday - 4/14 - Mini Monets for ages 5-12 is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Kids learn to achieve a variety of effects in pencil, watercolor, charcoal and paint. Saturdays from 9-11 am through 5/19. $48/residents, $60/non-residents.

Registration: 742-6650.

4/14 - Annual Walk and Talk with Horticulturist Gene Joyner at the Lantana Nature Preserve, 400 E. Ocean Ave., Lantana.

9-11 am. Free. 540-5016.

4/14 - Claying Around for ages 8-14 is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Kids learn the basic techniques of pottery including wedging and centering clay. Session runs Saturdays through 5/19. 9-11 am. $48/ residents, $60/non-residents. Registration: 742-6650.

4/14 - Creating a Butterfly Garden Workshop is held at Mounts Botanical Garden, Exhibit Hall A, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Master gardeners discuss various ways to landscape for butterflies. Tour and plant sale. 9 am-noon. $25/members, $35/nonmembers. Registration: 233-1757.

4/14 - Gymnastics for ages 4-16 begins at the Ezell Hester, Jr. Community Center, 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd. Kids develop strength, flexibility and coordination. Classes are especially

April 2012

April 15-21 Sunday - 4/15 - Silver Screen Splash is held at The Lake Pavilion on the Waterfront, 101 N. Flagler Dr., West Palm Beach. Join the Palm Beach International Film Festival for brunch to celebrate film and filmmakers from around the world. Lifetime Achievement Award presented to June Lockhart. 10 am-noon. $1,000/table of ten. $100/individual. 362-0003.

4/15 - Downtown Open Market at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. Family activities featuring arts, crafts, music, food and fun. Outdoor vendors along with a mini Gourmet Truck Expo featuring 8-10 trucks.

Sponsored by the Boynton Beach CRA. 11 am-4 pm. Free. 737-3256.

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Green Markets Boca Raton GreenMarket is held each Saturday, Royal Palm Place Southwest Parking Lot, intersection of South Federal Highway and South Mizner Boulevard. 8 am-1 pm. Free. 368-6875 or www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us.

Lake Worth Farmer’s Market, is held each Saturday, Waterside Park, A1A and Lake Avenue Bridge, northeast corner in Lake Worth. 8 am-1 pm. Free. 283-5856.

Delray GreenMarket is held each Saturday in the first block of SE 4th Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and SE 1st Street. Outdoor venue offers fresh local produce, baked goods, gourmet food items, plants, live music and children’s activities. 9 am - 2 pm. 276-7511 or www.delraycra.org.

CCC’s Green Market is held at the Green Market Cafe, 410 E. Boynton Beach Blvd. 8 am-3 pm.

Emerging artists are offered free vendor space to display their art. 752-8598.

Boca Raton GreenMarket is held each Wednesday at Glades Plaza, Glades Road at 19th Street.

4-7 pm. Free. 368-6875 or www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us.

Ellenville’s Moonlit Farmer’s Market is held each Thursday at Ellenville Garden Center, 220 NE 11th St., Boca Raton. Food, wine, kids activities, music, local farmers and artisans, fresh produce and more. 4-8 pm. Free. 245-7347.

4/15 - Photographing Butterflies Workshop is held at Mounts Botanical Garden, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Tips and techniques discussed and demonstrated. 1-3 pm. $15. Registration: 233-1757.

4/15 - Ice Cream Social at South Palm Beach Town Hall, 3577 S. Ocean Blvd.2-4 pm. Free.

588-8889.

4/15 - FAU Combos: Jazz at Coyote Jack’s at Coyote Jack’s in the Florida Atlantic University Student Union, 777 Glades, Road. 5 pm. Free.

297-3853 or www.fau.edu/music 4/15 - Kruger Brothers with Special Guest Amernet String Quartet - Presented at the Society of The Four Arts, Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. 3 pm. $15. 655-7226 or www.fourarts.org.

4/15 - Decoding Messages in Chinese Animal Painting at the Norton Museum of Art Museum Theater, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Dr. Hou-Mei Sung reveals how Chinese animal painting employs both symbolic associations and homonymic puns. 3 pm. $12/ adults, $5/ages 13-21, free/under age 13. 8325196.

4/15 - Voices of Pride: The Gay Men’s Chorus of the Palm Beaches presents “Born This Waaaaay!” at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 100 N. Palmway, Lake Worth. Program includes dance hits, Broadway standards and other favorites. Reception follows. 4 pm. $20/ adults, $10/students under 18. 582-6609.

4/15 - Concert: Mad Romance Jazz Project at the Arts Garage, 180 NE First St., Delray Beach. These Miami based luminaries perform original arrangements in a dizzying array of styles. $20-$165. 7 pm. 243-7129.

Monday - 4/16 - Comfort Doll Workshop & Luncheon is held at Church of the Palms, 1960 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Lunch served at noon followed by doll-making workshop provided by the Church Women’s Fellowship.

The completed dolls are given at no charge to deprived children. All welcome. Reservation by 4/13. $3 lunch donation. 276-6347.

4/16 - Joint Journey is an educational program for those undergoing total joint replacement at Bethesda Heart Hospital, 4th Floor Conference Room, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. Learn what to expect before, during and after surgery. 1st and 3rd Monday of each month. 2-3 pm. Free. Registration: 7377733 Ext. 84688.

4/16 - Major Nathan Boynton and his Boynton Beach Hotel is presented by the Library’s Local History and Archives at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. History program showcasing Civil War veteran Nathan Smith Boynton and his oceanfront hotel. 6:30-8 pm. Free. 742-6397.

Tuesday - 4/17 - Basic Driver Improvement Class is presented by the Safety Council of Palm Beach County, Inc. at Temple Emeth, 5780 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. 8:30 am-12:30 pm.

Free. 845-8233 or www.safetycouncilpbc.org.

4/17 - A Comparison of Japanese and Chinese Culture - Presented by the PrimeTime Club at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, Clayton Conference Center, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. Club was created for people 50 and over. Learn fun facts while exploring the similarities and differences between Japanese and Chinese culture and customs. Interactive presentation led by a curator of the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. 10-11 am. Free for club members. 737-7733 Ext. 84195.

4/17 - History Tour of the Boca Raton Resort & Club is presented by the Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 E. Camino Real. 1.5 walking tour takes you on a historical journey through the Resort’s past. Not recommended for children under age 12. 2 pm. $15/person; $12/ Boca Raton Historical Society members; $10/ valet fee. Reservations: 395-6766 Ext. 100.

4/17 - Tahitian Dance Workshop at the James A. Rutherford Community Center, Patch Reef Park, 2000 Yamato Road, Boca Raton.

Tahitian dance is a strenuous-hypnotic dance, good for the figure and fun. Movements are from the waist down, while the waist remains stationary. Four-week course runs Tuesdays

through 5/8. 2:15-3 pm. $40/residents, $50/ non-residents. 367-7035.

4/17 - Etiquette Class with Palm Beach Etiquette at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. Etiquette expert Sherry Thomas helps to mold kids ages 4-9 into young social stars. The class covers everything from table manners to internet safety. Tuesdays through 5/22. Ages 4-6: 3-4 pm; ages 7 & up: 4:15-5:15 pm. Per class: $22/members, $25/nonmembers or full session (all 6 classes): $120/ members, $135/non-members. 742-6780.

4/17 - 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.

Wear clothes that can get wet. Ages 10 to adult.

3:30-5 pm. $5/members, $8/non-members.

Reservations: 338-1542.

4/17 - Is That Really Science? at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. See how science plays a role in our everyday lives by watching some cool experiments. All ages.

5:30-7 pm. Free. 742-6390.

4/17 - FAU Astronomical Observatory Public viewing day observations at FAU’s Boca Raton Campus, Science & Engineering Building, #43, 4th floor, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton.

Viewings 1st Friday and 3rd Tuesday of each month. 7 pm. Free. 297-STAR. 4/17-18 - Concert: Yanni is presented at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. 8 pm nightly. $30-$135. 832-7677.

Wednesday - 4/18 - Day Trip/Luncheon: Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden and Montgomery Botanical Center Pan’s Garden is hosted by the Preservation Foundation, 311 Peruvian Ave., Palm Beach. 8 am. $100. 832-0731.

4/18 - Legislative Wrap-Up is presented by The League of Women Voters at the Children’s Services Council, 2300 High Ridge Road, Boynton Beach. Annual event allows residents to meet their state legislators and hear their opinions on the 2012 legislative session. 10:30 am. 339-9522 or 289-9584.

4/18 - Tot Tumbling for Kids begins at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. Children learn age appropriate gymnastic skills through the use of tot-sized equipment.

Wednesdays through 5/23. Ages 1 1/2-3: 10:30-11:10 am, ages 3-5: 11:15-11:55 am. $57/ resident, $71/non-resident. Registration: 7426240 or www.boynton-beach.org.

4/18 - I Love Art Classes are taught at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Children create art utilizing recycled items.

Ages 4-10. Wednesdays through 5/23. 10:30 am-noon. $54/residents, $68/non-residents.

742-6221.

4/18 - Dance Until the Music Stops by Author Esther Gropper - Presented at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. 1:30-2:30 pm. Free. 742-6390.

4/18 - The Israeli Caper is presented by Don E. Finegold as part of the Author’s Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free. 736-8044.

4/18 - Beach Treasures - Meet for an introductory talk about seashells at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton, then caravan over to Red Reef Park, 1400 N. State Road A1A, Boca Raton, to walk the beach in search of ocean treasures. Open to all ages. 3:30-5 pm. $5/members, $8/nonmembers. Reservations: 338-1542.

4/18 - 3rd Annual Fine Wines and Canines at the Royal Palm Place Monument Piazza, 308 S. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton. A social tasting to benefit PROPEL - People Reaching Out to Provide Education and Leadership - with a variety of wineries and appetizers from area restaurants. Bring your favorite pet to participate in the event at no additional charge.

5:30-7:30 pm. $25/advance, $35/at the door.

955-8553.

4/18 - Lake Worth Playhouse Wine & Dine Fundraiser is held at Paradiso Ristorante, 625 Lucerne Ave., Lake Worth. Wine tasting accompanied by specially prepared

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4/14 - Second Saturday Sidewalk Sale is held up and down Lake Avenue in Lake Worth.

Live entertainment. 10 am-4 pm. Free. 5335272.

4/14 - Big Kids Prenatal Class at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, Clayton Conference Center, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach.Big brothers and sisters learn what to expect when the new baby arrives. Ages 3-8. 10:30 am. $10/ family. 369-2229.

4/14 - Meet the Maker, Be the Master is held at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. Expert artists share tips and tricks of their professions to help kids create and keep their own mini-masterpieces. All ages.

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4/14 - Piano Classes are held at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave on Wednesdays. Learn the basics of keyboard and piano without the high cost of private lessons while enjoying individualized attention. Ages 6-12. Saturdays through 5/19. Beginner I: 10:3011:30 am; Intermediate: 11:30am-12:30 pm; Advanced: 12:30-1:30 pm. $48/residents, $60/ non-residents. Registration: 742-6240.

4/14 - Premiere: Culinary Tours of Historic Lake Worth and Lantana– Conducted by the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History departs at 11 am from the Boynton Beach Mall (south wing near Macy’s), 801 N. Congress Ave, Boynton Beach. 3-4 hour tour includes a combination of both bus and walking tour and food sampling. At least two restaurants are included in each tour where tastings are provided of that restaurant’s cuisine plus history/narration about that restaurant/site.

Second Saturday of each month, year-round, rain or shine. $35/adult & senior citizen, Free/ children under 18. Reservations: 243-2662.

4/14 - Kindermusik Just Me & My Dad Party at Intracoastal Park Clubhouse, 2240 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach. Ages 1-6. 11 amnoon. $5/resident; $7/non-resident. 742-6221.

4/14 - Terrific Turtles at Green Cay Nature Center, 12800 Hagen Ranch Road, Boynton Beach. Find out what a turtle’s shell is made out of, how long they can live, and more. All ages. 1 pm. $3/person, free/ages 4 & under. 966-7000.

4/14 - ButterflyFest is held at Mounts Botanical Garden, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Celebrate butterflies with fun and educational activities. Plants for sale. Food and beverages available. 1-4 pm. $5. Register at 233-1757 or www.mounts.org.

4/14 - Bluegrass in the Pavilion Concert at Flagler Kenan Pavilion, Flagler Museum, One Whitehall Way, Palm Beach. Proceeds benefit the South Arts’ emergency planning for Gulf Coast cultural institutions. Featuring The Boxcars and Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers.

3 pm. $30. 655-2833.

4/14 - 2012 All Shook Up Auction Gala is held at Quail Ridge Country Club, 3715 Golf Rd., Boynton Beach to benefit Saint Joseph’s Episcopal School. Theme is rock-n-roll with a surprise visit from Elvis. Proceeds benefit capital improvements to the school’s campus. 6 pm. $125. 732-2045.

4/14 - Concert: A Wild Spring Journey is performed by the Florida Atlantic University Symphony Orchestra at the University Theatre, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. Music by Aaron Copland, Bedrich Smetana, Jean Siblious and FAU’s own Stuart Glazer and Irish composer Michael McGlynn. 7 pm. $10/suggested donation. 297-3853.

4/14 - 17th Annual Sunshine State Classic Step Show at the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium at the University Center on FAU’s Boca Raton camps, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. Mature content. Age 16+. 8 pm. $10. 877-311-7469 or www.fauevents.com.

4/14 - Daughtry - Presented by AEG Live at Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. 8 pm. $40-$70. 393-7703.

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4/18 - Eco-Watch: Get on the Environmental Cutting Edge - Presented at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Presented by James A. Powell, PhD, Executive Director of Sea to Shore Alliance. Ages 14 and up. 7-8:30 pm. $5 suggested donation. Reservations: 338-1542.

4/18 - Boca Raton’s Jewish Community: A Brief History - Presented by Devon Gladstone at the Boca Raton Historical Society, Old Town Hall, 71 N. Federal Hwy. 7-8:30 pm. $5.

Reservations: 395-6766 ext. 101.

4/18 - Eco-Watch: Mermaids & Manatees in Florida - Presented at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Presented by James A. Powell, PhD, Executive Director, Sea to Shore Alliance. Ages 14 and up. 7-8:30 pm. $5 suggested donation.

Reservations: 338-1542.

Thursday - 4/19 - Senior Peer Coaching at Heritage Park West Library, 5859 Via Flora, Delray Beach. Coaching optimum well-being, independence and life satisfaction. Graduates receive certificates in Senior Peer Counseling.

This twelve week course is also held 7 pm Mondays (4/16-7/2) at the Boca Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd., Boca Raton. Thursdays 4/19-7/5. 9:30 am. $100/ members, $150/non-members. 361-9091.

4/19 – Publix Apron’s Cooking School Lecture & Cooking Demonstration: North America - Barbecue Sauce & Rub and Southern Pancakes is presented by Chef Wes Bonner at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 10:30 am. Free. 266-9490.

4/19 - From the Oceans to the Stars at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach.

Become immersed in the fascinating dynamics of the oceans, earth and stars. Taught by expert instructors and inspired by curriculum from Palm Beach State College’s Physical Science course. Grades 1st-4th. Thursdays through 5/31. Homeschool: 1-2:30 pm; After school: 3:30-5 pm. Per class: $7.50/members, $9.50/ non-members or full session (7 classses): $42/ members, $56/non-members. Registration: 742-6780.

4/19 - Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony is hosted by Hospice of Palm Beach County at the South County Civic Center, 16700 Jog Road, Delray Beach. Keynote speaker is Hospice physician, Karen Klapper, whose parents were concentration camp survivors. Refreshments following memorial ceremony. 2 pm. Free. 8485200 or www.hpbc.com.

4/19 - Executive Forum Lecture Series: Laurie Silvers at FAU’s Office Depot Grand Lecture Hall, Room 101, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. Silvers is president of Hollywood Media Corporation. Presented by FAU’s College of Business. Each week, speakers provide a brief overview of their individual businesses, as well as other professional experience, followed by a discussion of key issues facing their industries, businesses or the business climate in general.

5:30-7 pm. Free. RSVP online at www.business. fau.edu/executiveforum or 297-0927.

4/19 - Wine Tasting is held at Old Vines, Wine & Spirits, 900 E. Atlantic Ave. #3, Delray Beach.

5:30-7:30 pm. Free. 276-2076.

The COASTAL STAR 4/19 - Florida-Friendly Butterflyscaping Workshop is held at Mounts Botanical Garden Exhibit Hall A, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Learn about plant selection and design elements that enhance butterfly habitats.

6-7:30 pm. $20. Registration: 233-1757.

4/19 - End of Season Party is held at J. Turner Moore Memorial Library, 1330 Lands End Road, Manalapan. 6-8 pm. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Free. 383-2541.

4/19 - American Fine Wine Competition Gala Dinner at Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 E. Camino Real. Sparkling Reception, hors d’oeuvres, silent auction, live entertainment and guest appearance by Emeril Lagasse, Late Night with David Letterman announcer Alan Kalter. Proceeds benefit the Diabetes Research Institute and The Golden Bell Education Foundation. 6-11 pm. $300. 504-8463.

4/19-23 - The Nature of St. Augustine Spring trip presented by Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Trip to Florida’s northeastern coast features the nature treasures that welcomed earlier visitors. $470-$495/double occupancy, $680-$705/ single room occupancy. Cost covers all tours and guides, applicable fees and tips, 4 nights lodging, daily breakfast, two lunches, and two dinners. Cost does not include transportation nor does it cover other meals not stipulated in itinerary. Adults only. Pre-trip informational meeting at Gumbo Limbo 3 pm 4/15.

Reservations and information: 338-0890 or 392-6438, or www.gumbolimbo.org.

Friday -4/20 - Boca Express Train Museum Tour at the FEC Railway Station, Count de Hoernle Pavilion, 747 S. Dixie Hwy. Enjoy a guided tour of two 1947 Seaboard Air Line streamliners. First Friday of every month through 4/21. 1-4 pm. $5/adults, $2/children 6-12 years, Free/children under 6 years. 3956766 Ext. 100.

4/20 - Alzheimer’s Cafe at the Shirley & Barton Weisman Delray Community Center (of Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service), 7091 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. The Alzheimer’s Cafe is a unique gathering for people affected

by Alzheimer’s disease and related memory loss, along with their families, friends, caregivers and professionals. 1st and 3rd Friday of each month. 2-4 pm. Free. RSVP: 558-2100.

4/20 - 2nd Annual Peep Show family event held at Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery, 605 Lake Worth Ave., Lake Worth. Local artists fill the gallery with 3-D art created using marshmallow peeps. 6-9 pm. Free. 588-8344.

4/20 - Evening on the Avenue is held in downtown Lake Worth. Vendors and street performers. 6 pm. Free. 533-5272.

4/20 - Free Concert: Riptide - Presented as part of the Ocean Avenue Concert Series at the Ocean Avenue Amphitheatre, between Seacrest Blvd., and NE 1st St. in Boynton Beach. Bring folding chairs or blankets. No pets. 6-9 pm.

Free. 742-6246 or www.boyntonbeachcra.com.

4/20 - Neil Zirconia: A Tribute to Neil Diamond Dinner Show at the Atlantis Country Club, 190 Atlantis Blvd. Neil Zirconia takes you on a journey down memory lane.

Dinner: 5 pm; show starts at 7pm. Ticket price $38/includes dinner, show, tax and gratuity.

Registration: 965-5788.

4/20 - Swing Time!: Young Friends USO Bash is presented by the Historical Society of Palm Beach County at the Armory Art Center, 1700 Parker Ave., West Palm Beach.

Celebrate the victory and valor of our Greatest Generation. In honor of the Richard and Pat Johnson History Museum’s exhibition “Paradise in Peril: WWII in Palm Beach County.” An evening of dining and dancing amidst decor and festive elements of the era. 7 pm. $125.

Reservations: 832-4164, Ext. 0.

4/20 - Commercial Music Ensemble/World Music Ensemble at FAU’s Boca Raton campus, University Theatre, 777 Glades Road, The World Music Ensemble and Commercial Music Ensemble present an eclectic combination of works that represent the very latest in music trends. 7-9 pm. $10 suggested donation. 2973853 or www.fau.edu/music.

4/20 - SleepOut to End Homelessness is held at Meyer Amphitheatre, 104 Datura St., West Palm Beach to benefit The Lord’s Place. Sleep outside to raise funds to end homelessness. Program of music and inspiration followed by a candlelight ceremony and movie. 7 pm-7 am. Pledge event. 537-4638.

4/20-21 - Downtown West Palm Beach History Strolls start at the Richard and Pat Johnson Historic 1916 Courthouse, 300 N. Dixie Hwy., West Palm Beach. Hosted by the Historical Society of Palm Beach County and led by architect and historian Rick Gonzalez of REG Architects. One-hour guided tour showcases the evolution of downtown West Palm Beach and includes an historical urban design overview. F: 4 pm; Sat.: 10 am. Free/donations may be made to the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Registration: 832-4164 ext. 103.

4/20-22 - Stomp is presented at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. F&Sat.: 8 pm; Sat.&Sun.: 2 pm. $25-$80. 832-7677.

Saturday - 4/21 - Great American Cleanup 2012 Official Events are held throughout Palm Beach County. Includes events at: Sandoway House Nature Center, Cason United Methodist Church, Boat Club Park, Lake Worth Beach, Phipps Ocean Beach Park. For further details, times or sites call 686-6646 or visit www.keepPBCbeautiful.org.

4/21 - Surf Saturday is held at Oceanfront Park, 6415 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Ridge. Hula Surf School offers surf lessons to ages 6 and up. Learn the basics. All students must know how to swim. Held again 5/5. 8:30-10 am. $28/ residents, $35/non-residents. Registration: 742-6565 or or www.boynton-beach.org.

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Oceanfront, Ocean Ridge

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andoway House Nature Center Gala committee members Carolyn Patton (l) and Elaine Morris meet with Honorary Chair Coach Howard Schnellenberger to plan the April 14 event. The gala features live music by The Valerie Tyson Band and lots of dancing under the stars along with a traditional lobster bake.

Tickets are $200. For reservations and location, contact 274-7263 or www.sandowayhouse.org. Photo provided 4/21 - Workshop: Cultivating Patience in our Busy Lives: Removing Personal Obstacles - Presented as part of the Peaceful Mind/Peaceful World Series at FAU Senate Chambers, Student Union, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. Workshop shares Daily Spiritual Practices to help cultivate the patience it takes to look at our lives and to understand the personal obstacles that prevent us from being the person we are meant to be. Held again 6-8:30 pm 4/24. 9:30 am-12:30 pm. $15. 2972337 or www.fauf.org/peaceful.

4/21 - Earth Day is celebrated in Downtown Lake Worth at the Downtown Cultural Plaza located between Lake and Lucerne Avenues.

Family event with arts and crafts, games and prizes. Horticulturists, composters, rain barrel experts, solar and wind aficionados on-hand.

10 am-10 pm. Proceeds benefit the Kiwanis.

Free. 533-5272.

4/21 - Female Fusion is held at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Presented

by BraveHeart Women and EQ Women Succeed, LLC in an effort to empower, inspire and educate women to be prosperous and explore endless possibilities. 8:30 am - 4 pm. Free. 305776-1142 or www.braveheartwomen.com.

4/21 - Mangrove Paddle - Enjoy a naturalist guided tour from the boardwalk at Rutherford Park, 600 NE 24th St., Boca Raton. Presented by the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. Following the tour, paddle through the mangrove trails and back along the shoreline of the Intracoastal.

Experience is necessary. Ages 7-adult. 10 am-noon. $15/member, $22/non-member.

Reservations: 338-1542.

4/21 - I Love Art Classes are taught at Intracoastal Park, 2240 N. Federal Highway, Boynton Beach. Children create art utilizing

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4/21 - Demonstrations of Sado, The Way of Tea at the Seishin-an Teahouse, The Morikami Japanese Museum and Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. Observe Japanese sado by the Omote Senke tea group, an everchanging tea ceremony demonstration rich in sensational subtleties. Four sessions, offered at noon, 1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm. $5 with paid museum admission. 495-0233.

4/21 - Building Bridges to Success at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Presented in partnership with the City of Delray Beach and the Community Redevelopment Agency. In these workshops, local businesses learn to position themselves for construction and service related contracts in Delray Beach and other area municipalities.

Workshops target small businesses, minority and women-owned businesses and any other local tradespeople or service providers interested in construction and building maintenance work. Discusses subcontracting as a strategy for gaining experience and leveraging contract opportunities. 12:30 pm.

Free. 243-7161.

4/21 - South Florida Mammals at Green Cay Nature Center, 12800 Hagen Ranch Road, Boynton Beach. You’ll learn what makes mammals different from other animals and how their teeth and fur can tell you a lot about their lives. All ages. 1 pm. $3/person, free/ages 4 & under. 966-7000.

4/21 - RRR - Play a recycling game and see how much you can reuse at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton.

Create a beautiful reusable bag. Ages 7-11.

1-2:30 pm. $9/members, $14/non-members.

Reservations: 338-1542.

4/21 - First Annual Beer Fest at Old School Square Pavilion & Park, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. 4-8 pm. Beer tasting with 50 craft beers; live music with Amber Leigh and The Resolvers; 15 food trucks; VIP area with complimentary food and beverage includes craft beer/food pairings, wine, beer and signature cocktails, seating, access to indoor facilities and other perks. 4-8 pm. $30-$75/ advance, $40-$85/at the gate. 243-7922 Ext. 1.

4/21 - Auditions for Letters at the 505 Teen Center, 505 SE 5th Ave., Delray Beach.

A new enlightenment of the arts program, allows teens 12-17 years old to perform in two productions of Readers’ Theatre-Meetsthe-Radio Play. Rehearsals: 4/28, 5/5, 12 & 19 at 5 pm, with the performance on 5/20 (location & time yet to be determined.) All actors are encouraged to register in advance of the auditions. Actors chosen must commit to attend all rehearsals and be able to perform in the play. $25/residents; $35/non-residents.

Show tickets, costumes and meals/snacks are not included in the rehearsal cost. Audition: 5 pm. Free. 243-7158.

4/21 - Movie in the Park at the Catherine Strong Park, 1500 SW 6th St. Movies suitable for all ages. 6-9:30 pm. $2/person. 243-7194.

4/21 - 14th Annual SunFest Coconut Ball is held at Armory Art Center, 1700 Parker Ave., West Palm Beach. Celebrate Sunfest’s 30th Anniversary with an 1980’s themed party includes silent auction, dinner and dancing.

7-11 pm. $100. 800-SUNFEST.

April 2012 4/21 - FAU Choral Ensembles at FAU’s Boca Raton campus, University Theatre, 777 Glades Road. Close the choral season with exciting music presented by Cantemos, The Chamber Singers, and Women’s Chorus. 7 pm. $10 suggested donation. 297-3853.

4/21 - Concert: Jessie Jones, Jr. Jazz Project at the Arts Garage, 180 NE First St., Delray Beach. Talented saxophonist returns to help celebrate the one year anniversary and National Jazz Appreciation Month. BYOW. $20-$165. 9 pm. 243-7129.

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April 22-28 Sunday - 4/22 - 4th Annual Pathway to the Stars at Mizner Park Amphitheatre, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. A 2-hour variety show conceived and produced by long time South Florida benefactor Flossy Keesley. 7 pm. 7501668 .

4/22 - Mother and Daughter Garden Tea Party at The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Sculpture Garden, 501 Plaza Real. A traditional garden tea party followed by a tour of Misako Inaoka’s whimsical environments. 2:30-4:30 pm. $40/adults, $15/children under 12.

Registration: 392-2500.

4/22 - FAU Wind Ensemble: Into The Future at FAU’s Boca Raton campus, University Theatre, 777 Glades, Road. Features FAU’s trumpet professor Brian Stanley and the music of FAU Professor of Composition Stuart Glazer, the last performance of the season includes guest composer Steven Bryant’s new Anthem and Ecstatic Waters. 3 pm. $10 suggested donation.

297-3853.

Monday - 4/23 - The Darling 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.

4/23 - Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier is presented as part of the Afternoon Book Group at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 1 pm. Free.

266-9490 or www.delraylibrary.org.

4/23 - Our City Goes Green at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Grades K-5 celebrate Earth Week by learning how our city reduces, reuses and recycles. Make a treasure out of trash to take home. 4:30-5:30 pm. Free. 742-6390.

4/23 - 2nd Annual Real Men Bake is hosted by the GFWC Delray Beach Woman’s Club at Sundy House, 106 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. All-you-can-eat feast of baked goods prepared by about thirty volunteer male bakers. Prizes awarded by popular vote. 6-8 pm. $15. 865-5778 or www.gfwc-delray.org.

Tuesday - 4/24 - Cultivating Patience in our Busy Lives: Removing Personal Obstacles is presented as part of the Peaceful Mind/Peaceful World series of Florida Atlantic

EASTER BONNET PET PARADE SATURDAY APRIL 7 • 9AM Register at Old School Square • 10AM Parade to Green Market for judging and prizes • $2.00 Donation to enter.

Proceeds benefit Animal Rescue

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he Proper Affair to be held April 18 partners Boston Proper — a leading national catalog and online retailer of distinctive women’s clothing and accessories and the Achievement Centers for Children & Families — a nonprofit organization that helps low-income children and families. Guests bid on fashions showcased in a live runway show as well as a high-end silent auction at this ‘cocktail party’-style event — all surrounded by gourmet food, drinks, music and friends. Last year’s event raised $125,000 in support of Achievement Centers’ programs. Held 6:30-9 pm at Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 E. Camino Real. Tickets are $160 and can be purchased at www.properaffair.com or by calling 266-0003. Above: Fashion show committee members pose after their meeting March 20 at Boston Proper headquarters in Boca Raton. Photo provided University’s Peace Studies Program held in the Senate Chambers of the Student Union on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. 9:30 am12:30 pm. $25/includes lunch. Limited seating.

Registration: 297-2337.

4/24 - Talk with the Doc at the Boynton Beach City Library, 508 S. Seacrest Blvd. Dr. David Rudnick discusses how to properly take vitamins and possible interactions between vitamins and prescription medication.

Co-sponsored by JFK Medical Center. Light refreshments. 11 am-noon. Free. 742-6380.

4/24 - William T. Dwyer Awards for Excellence in Education is held at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach benefitting Education Foundation of Palm Beach County/Economic Council of Palm Beach County. Honors outstanding educators from public and private schools and encourages all residents to promote high standards of excellence in education. 5:30 pm. $25. 434-8428.

Wednesday - 4/25 - Talk with the Doc: Dr. Erik Kramer at the Boynton Beach City Library, 508 S. Seacrest Blvd. Kramer, a neurologist, discusses stroke awareness. Learn about warning signs, symptoms and treatments.

Co-sponsored by JFK Medical Center. Light refreshments. 1:30-2:30 pm. Free. 742-6380.

4/25 - Drop-in Craft Day at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Make a special craft with a spring theme. Materials provided. Grades K-4. 4-5 pm. Free. 742-6393.

4/25 - Digestive Cancer Awareness and How to Lower Your Risk - Presented by

• Heritage Hen Farm AWA Farm Fresh Eggs • Green Cay Farms • Thomas Produce • Alderman Organic Farms • Sanchez Farms • Bistro Blends Olive Oils & Balsamic Vinegars • Pappardelle's Pasta • Independent Seafood

Matthew D’Alessio, M.D., Surgical Oncologist, as part of the Community Lecture Series at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, Clayton Conference Center, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. 4:30-5:30 pm. Free. 731-2273.

Thursday - 4/26 - 11th Annual Men With Caring Hearts Awards Luncheon at Boca West Country Club, 20583 Boca West Drive, Boca Raton. Annual luncheon gives non-profit organizations an opportunity to provide community-wide recognition and thank (male) volunteers who have given time, talent, energy and resources to make life better for others.

Agencies are encouraged to nominate a young male volunteer, ages 16-21, for the Youth in Philanthropy Award. Winning youth volunteer receives a $500 educational scholarship and a new notebook computer. 11:30 am. $100/ticket.

391-7274 Ext. 128.

4/26 - Concert: Bill Hartmann is held in conjunction with the opening reception of “Packaging Nature” exhibition at Boynton Beach Art District, 422 W. Industrial Ave. 6 pm.

Free. 786-521-1199.

4/26 - The Night Stalkers at Green Cay Nature Center, 12800 Hagen Ranch Road, Boynton Beach. Join a Naturalist on a nighttime boardwalk tour looking at nature from the point of view of its nocturnal residents. All ages. 7 pm. $3/person. 966-7000.

Friday - 4/27 - Fair Housing Law Symposium is held at the West Palm Beach Marriott, 1001 Okeechobee Blvd. Presented by the Palm Beach County Office of Equal Opportunity in conjunction with the Legal Aid

• Capt. Red Beard Hot Sauces • The Orchid Doctor • Anita's Guacamole • Organic Juice Booth • Amazing Creations • Serenity Flows Soaps • Mozzarita Fresh Italian Cheeses • The Happy Pickle • Local Raw Honey

Society of Palm Beach County, Inc., the daylong symposium features a series of nationally recognized individuals present topics including a national update of fair housing cases, litigation under the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act and training for building construction within the requirements for ADA and the Fair Housing Act. 8 am- 5 pm.

Registration deadine 4/17. Free. 355-4927 or www.pbcgov.com/equalopportunity.

4/27 - Kindermusik at Intracoastal Park Clubhouse, 2240 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach. Ages 1 month-4 years, with four different age groups. Fridays through 6/1. Start times for each 45-minute class are on the hour from 9:30 am-12:30pm. $96/resident; $120/ non-resident. 742-6221.

4/27 - Pirates Nights at the Museum at the South Florida Science Museum, 4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach. Guests of all ages are invited to come dressed as a pirate, try their luck at winning treasure, pet a shark, as well as many other activities. 6-9 pm. Members: $5/adults, free/children; Non-members: $11/ adults; $7/children (3-12), free/children under 3.

832-1988 or www.sfsm.org.

4/27 - 6th Annual “Raising the B.A.R.” Bruce A. Rendina Memorial Golf Tournament Welcome Party is held at The Breakers, 1 South County Road, Palm Beach.

7-9 pm. $150. Golf tournament 4/28 begins at 8 am. 628-3058.

4/27-28 - Dances We Dance Spring Showcase at FAU’s University Theatre, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. Features students

• Stone Crabs • Gluten Free Products • Old School Bread Co. • Fresh Cut Flowers • Arrowhead FL Grass Fed Beef-Antibiotic & Hormone Free • World Flavors Spices & Teas • Heavenly Key Lime Pies • Raw Milk and Fresh Yogurt • Tespin's Organics

in dance classes and dance clubs perform dances created by faculty, students, and guest choreographers. F&Sat.: 7 pm; Sat.: 1 pm. $10.

877-311-7469 or www.fauevents.com.

4/27-28 - Hansel & Gretel is presented by the Unity School Drama Department in the Advanced Learning Educational Center at Unity School, 101 NW 22nd St., Delray Beach. Famous Grimm Brother’s fairy tale recreated with drama and music performed by the school’s 5th-8th graders. 7:30 pm:4/27, 2 pm:4/28. $10.

276-4414.

4/27-29 & 5/4-5 - The Irish Theatre of Florida: The Country Boy at The Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. An intimate portrait of the cost of country life and city living. It examines the whole problem of emigration and the effects it has, not just on those who left the country, but also the ones who were left behind. $20. F& Sat.: 8 pm; Sun.: 2 pm. 302-7444.

Saturday - 4/28 - Safe Boating Classes are offered by The Boynton Beach Recreation and Parks Department’s Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 54 at Harvey Oyer Park, 2010 N. Federal Hwy. Last Saturday of each month. Class satisfies the Florida Department of Natural Resources Boating Operation Requirements.

8 am. $36 includes materials. Reservations: 736-8821.

4/28 - The Great American Beach Cleanup is part of a national effort to beautify the nation. Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful, Inc. is coordinating local efforts. Gloves, trash bags and other supplies provided. 8- 11 am. All ages.

• Peruvian Empanadas • Off Shore Crab Co.- Fresh Conch, Conch Fritters, Conch Salad, Golden Crabs • Taste of Africa • Fresh Coconut Water • Crazy Hart Ranch • Live Music & More!

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APRIL 7 SLOW FOOD SATURDAY Tour the market with Community Herbalist Judy Mountcastle 9AM and Noon. Find unexpected ways to improve your health.

APRIL 21–Earth Day FREE 500 Florida Watermelon Seedlings APRIL 28 Come watch the Dairy Queens make Raw Mozzarella, 11AM

64 Community Calendar Adults must participate with children under the age of 18, no drop-offs. Community service hours awarded. Groups welcome. Space is limited. Free. Registration: 338-1542.

4/28 - Tree Board Giveaway at downtown Lake Worth Cultural Plaza, 414 Lake Ave. Free trees given away to replant hurricane-damaged tree canopy. 8 am-noon. Free. 533-5272.

4/28 - Story & Craft Time for ages 3-5 at Green Cay Nature Center, 12800 Hagen Ranch Road, Boynton Beach. Kids discover nature through crafts and stories. 10 am. $2/child.

966-7000.

4/28 - Culinary Tours of Historic Delray Beach & Boynton Beach – Conducted by the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History departs at 11 am from the Boynton Beach Mall (south wing near Macy’s), 801 N. Congress Ave, Boynton Beach. 3 hour tour includes a combination of both bus and walking and food sampling. At least two restaurants are included in each tour where tastings are provided of that restaurant’s cuisine plus history/narration.

Third Saturday of each month, year-round, rain or shine. $35/adult & senior citizen, Free/ children under 18. Registration: 243-2662.

The COASTAL STAR 4/28 - Slow Art Day at The Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real. In order to truly uncover the meaning behind a work of art, you need to pay slow and careful attention. Study five pre-selected works for five to ten minutes each. Noon-5 pm. Free with paid Museum admission: $8 adults, $6 seniors, free/children 12 and under. 392-2500.

4/28 - School of Art & Photography Open House is held in the Crest Theatre Classrooms, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Meet the art and photography instructors and learn about spring/summer classes for adults and kids.

1:30-4:30 pm. 243-7922, Ext. 317.

4/28 - 19th Annual Reach for the Stars is hosted by The Young Friends of the Kravis Center at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach.

Ballroom dance competition features nine local celebrity dancers. Evening includes auction, gourmet food and wine tasting and dancing.

Cocktail attire. 6 pm. $75. 832-7469.

4/28 - Gala Gig: One Year Anniversary Celebration at the Arts Garage, 180 NE First St., Delray Beach. Features two-time Latin Grammy nominee jazz saxophonist Ed Calle,

Cabaret performances of selection from favorite musicals by The Garage Girls and eclectic mix of beloved Arts Garage surprise artists. Festive attire. $75-$125. 7 pm. 243-7129.

4/28 - Lynn Philharmonia: A Tribute to Symphony & Jazz at Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton.

Bring blankets, chairs and picnic baskets and enjoy an evening of spectacular music. 7:309:30 pm. Free. 237-9000.

4/28 - Youth Tennis Carnival at Hunter’s Run Clubhouse,3500 Clubhouse Lane, Boynton Beach. Sponsored by Hunter’s Run and the Education & Youth Advisory Board.

Registration: 742-6224.

4/28 - Annual Earth Day Celebration at Daggerwing Nature Center, 11200 Park Access Road, Boca Raton. Stories, puppets, games and nature walks. 10 am-3 pm. Free. 629-8760.

4/28-29 - Artists in the Park presented by the Delray Beach Art League at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Fine art exhibition and sales. 10 am-4:30 pm. Free.

843-2311 or www.delrayartleague.com/dal.

4/28-29 - More than a... Spring Plant Sale & Show is held at Mounts Botanical

April 2012

Havana Nights: An Evening at the Tropicana Delray Beach Marriott

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ulf Stream School Underwriting Party will be held April 21 at the Delray Beach Marriott. The event is open to the community, supporters and GSS families. Experience the bohemian spectacular that was Old Havana — cocktails, dinner and dancing, blackjack, a silent and live auction and more at our interpretation of the famous Tropicana Night Club. Event starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $175 per person. Contact 276-5225 for more information. Above: GSS supporters Maureen and Thomas Reutter. Photo provided Garden, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach.

Annual plant sale features more than 80 vendors with an assortment of quality plants and goods. The American Hibiscus Society, Sunrise-Conrad Chapter & Greater Palm Beach Rose Society hosts annual show. Palm Beach County Woodturners sell a large selection of woodturnings. 4/28: 9 am-5 pm, 4/29: 9 am-4 pm. $10. 233-1757 or www.mounts.org.

April 29-May 5 Sunday - 4/29- Cars as Art Exhibition is held at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Blvd., Delray Beach. Monthly program bringing

together America’s finest classic cars and Veteran Soldiers. Noon-3 pm. Free. 797-6770.

4/29 - Passport to the Past - Join an exploration into Palm Beach County’s rich cultural past at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton.

Presentations, kids’ activities, and interactive exhibits. All ages. Noon-4 pm. Free. 338-1542.

4/29 - Boca Ballet Theatre’s Costume Fashion Show & Tea at the Quail Ridge Country Club, 3715 Golf Rd., Boynton Beach.

The show includes Boca Ballet Theatre’s Next Top Dance Model Contest. Features raffle baskets and a silent auction. Light fare and tea

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Barefoot by the Sea

Sandoway House Nature Center, Delray Beach

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he Historical Society of Palm Beach County and the Delray Beach Historical Society host a collaborative event as part of a Public Program Initiative for local families. Held from 11:00 am-2:00 pm, April 29 at Sandoway House Nature Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach. The event features Michael Bornstein as the Barefoot Mailman, arts and crafts such as shark tooth necklaces, shell frames and a message in a bottle, as well as treasure hunt along the beach, live reggae music, a Historic Barefoot Mailman walk and more. Food and drinks available. $10. Free/ children 3 and under. Information: 832-4164, Ext. 103, or www.historicalsocietypbc.org.

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served. $55/adults, $35/children 12 & under.

1:30 pm. 995-0709 or www.bocaballet.org.

4/29 - Divas In Art at the ArtsGarage, 180 NE 1st St., Delray Beach. An evening of passion, art, performance with entertainment by female illusionists. $15-$20. 7 pm. 243-7129.

Monday - 4/30 - Living on 70¢ at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Learn how to build a spending plan that includes margin, savings and investments, and how to make better buying decisions.

Presented by CredAbility, Nonprofit Credit Counseling & Education. 1:30-2:30 pm. Free.

742-6390 or www.boyntonlibrary.org.

4/30 - Cerclé Français - French Conversation group is presented at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free. 2669490.

4/30 - Jon Spelman: Shakespeare, Lincoln, Frankenstein and Me - Presented as part of the Storytelling Series Speakeasy: The Spirit of Storytelling at the Caldwell Theatre, Count de Hoernle Theatre, 7901 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton. 2 & 7 pm. Tickets $25. 241-7432.

4/30 - Spotlight On Poetry is held at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Grades 6-12 share their own poetry or read a favorite poem and hang out with friends at this teen open microphone coffeehouse.

5:30-7 pm. Free. 742-6390.

4/30 - El Dia De Los Ninos / El Dia De Los Libros Con Senora Norma at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Age 3 to grade 3. Listen to stories and sing songs in English and Spanish. 7-8 pm. Free. 742-6390.

Tuesday - 5/1 - Small World Class for ages 3-4 begins at Intracoastal Park, 2240 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach. Children enjoy structured play and educational activities in a safe and entertaining environment. Sessions for three or five days per week through 5/31. 9 amnoon. M-F: $95/residents, $119/non-residents; M/W/F: $64/residents; $80/non-residents.

742-6650.

5/1 - Ikenobo Ikebana Flower Arrangement - Using fresh flowers, students are taught traditional flower arrangement in this four-week class at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. Class meets again 5/8, 15 & 22. $60/members, $70/non-members plus flower fee of $60. 1-3 pm. Registration: 4950233 Ext. 2377.

5/1 -Healthy Living Series: Foot Pain?

Know Your Options - Presented by Delray Medical Center Podiatrist Dr. Kevin Palmer at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free. 736-8044.

5/1 - Quick Start Tennis Clinics are held at the Ezell Hester Jr. Community Center, 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. Four-week session runs Tuesdays through 5/29. Age 4/4:30-5 pm. age 5-6/5-5:30 pm, age 7-8/5:306:15 pm and age 9-12/6:15-7:15 pm. Ages 4-6: $25/residents, $31/non-residents; ages 7-12: $38/residents, $48/non-residents. 742-6550.

5/1 - Haitian Heritage Month Celebration: Musician Jean Michael Daudier at the Palm Beach County Lantana Library, 4020 Lantana Road, Lake Worth. 6-8 pm. Free. 304-4500.

Wednesday - 5/2 - Heroes in Medicine is presented by Palm Beach County Medical Society Services at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Cohen Pavilion, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Honor the county’s outstanding health professionals and volunteers. 11 am. $90. 433-3940.

5/2 - Fort Mose: Colonial America’s Black Fortress of Freedom at the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, 170 NW 5th Ave., Delray Beach. Exhibit runs through 7/29. Museum hours: M-F: 11 am-4 pm. $5. 279-8883.

5/2 - Will You Outlive Your Income During Retirement? is presented by Certified Financial Planner Barry Rabinowitz at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free. 736-8044.

5/2 - Transradial Cardiac Catheterization: An Alternative Treatment for Heart Disease - Presented by Michael Metzger, M.D., Interventional Cardiologist, at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, Clayton Conference Center, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. 4:30 pm.

Free. 731-2273.

5/2 - Eco-Watch: Sea turtle Research and Conservation in Boca Raton - Presented at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Presented by Kirt Rusenko, PhD, Marine Conservationist. Ages 14 and up. 7-8:30 pm. $5 suggested donation.

Reservations: 338-1542.

5/2-6 - SunFest celebrates 30 years as Florida’s largest waterfront music and art festival. Held along the downtown West Palm Beach waterfront on Flagler Drive. For event schedule, ticket prices and information contact 800-SUNFEST or www.sunfest.com.

Thursday - 5/3 - Sumi-e Ink Painting Floral & Landscape Classes - Learn Japanese ink painting at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. Four-week courses begin with a review of basic techniques and then students are guided as they create paintings of floral subjects or landscapes. Held again 5/10, 17 & 24. Floral/10:30 am-12:30 pm, Landscape/1:30-3:30. $55/members, $60/nonmembers. Registration: 495-0233 Ext. 237.

5/3 - Women in Leadership Awards presented by Executive Women of the Palm Beaches at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach.

11:30 am. $100/members, $125/non-members.

684-9117.

5/3 - Surgical Weight Reduction Symposium is presented by Miguel A. LopezViego, 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. First Thursday of each month. 6:30 pm. Free. 737-7733 ext. 84688.

5/3 - Daphne Nikopoulos speaks and signs her new book, The Tenth Saint, which she wrote under the pen name D.J. Niko, at Murder on the Beach Bookstore, 273 NE 2nd Ave., Delray Beach. 7 pm. Free. 279-7790.

5/3 - Spotlight on Young Musicians at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee, Blvd., West Palm Beach. 7 pm. $10. 832-7469 or www.kravis.org.

5/3-6 - 18th Annual Lantana Fishing Derby is held at various locations: 5/3: Captain’s Party at Grumpy Grouper, 7 pm; 5/5: Derby Day. Lines in 7 am-no check-in, Kids’ Derby at Bicentennial Park, 9 am-noon, Weigh-in at Old Key Lime House, Noon-3:30 pm; 5/6: Awards Banquet, Old Key Lime House, 11:30 am-4 pm. All locations in Lantana. $225 per boat (up to four anglers.) 585-0644 or www. lantanafishingderby.com.

5/4 - Friday Night Live: Sock Hop/Boca Bop - Presented at Sanborn Square, 75 N. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton. First Friday of every month showcases live themed entertainment, gourmet food trucks, and more. 6:30 pm, entertainment begins 7:30 pm. Free. 367-7070.

5/4 - Free Outdoor Movie Series at the Ocean Avenue Amphitheatre, between Seacrest Boulevard and NE First Street in Boynton Beach. Bring folding chairs or blankets. No pets. 8 pm. 742-6246 or www. boyntonbeachcra.com.

Saturday - 5/5 - Sand Sifters Beach Cleanup at Oceanfront Park, 6415 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Ridge. 8-10:15 am. Free.

Registration: 734-9128 or www.SandSifters.us.

5/5 - Drop It, Build It, Fly It, Launch It, Thrill It: 26th Annual Engineering Competition at the South Florida Science Museum, 4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach. Students in middle and high school compete for $4,600 in prize money.

Registration deadline 4/27. 8:30 am-3:30 pm.

Free. 832-1988 or www.sfsm.org.

5/5 - Family Fun Workshop: Fish Printing at The Morikami Japanese Museum and Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. Make traditional prints using real fish.

Two sessions available: 11:30 am-12:30 pm and 1-2 pm. $10/one parent and child with paid museum admission; $5/additional child/ parent. Registration: 495-0233 Ext. 237.

5/5 - Keith Donnelly speaks and signs his new book, Three Devils Dancing at Murder on the Beach Bookstore, 273 NE 2nd Ave., Delray Beach. 1 pm. Free. 279-7790.

5/5 - Special Night with Moms is hosted

by The Boynton Beach Recreation and Parks Department to celebrate Mother’s Day at the Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. A special night of music and dancing for moms and their sons and daughters. Every kid who registers is encouraged to submit a short essary about why their mother should be crowned Queen for the Night. Essays should be submitted by 4/27.

The winning mom crowned at the beginning of the dance. 6-7:30 pm. $5/person. Registration: 742-6650.

5/5 - Concert: Sammy Figueroa Jazz Project at the Arts Garage, 180 NE First St., Delray Beach. BYOW. $20-$165. 7:30 pm. 2437129 or www.artsgarage.org.

5/5 - Clifford the Big Red Dog Live is presented at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. 10 am & 2 pm. $12-$20. 832-7469.

5/5 - Talent Expo Show is presented by the Talented Teen Club at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Features singing, dancing and modeling competition. 4 pm. $20. 832-7469.

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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 Delray Beach home is near Atlantic Avenue and boasts 210 feet of seawall, plus a 16,000-pound boat lift. There is plenty of room for docking several yachts.

A large pool and spa, summer kitchen and barbecue allow this home’s owner plenty of opportunities to entertain and enjoy the views.

Delray home offers West Indies style with a view

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his British West Indies-style home sits on a point lot with 210 feet of seawall, just blocks away from the restaurants, night life and shops of Delray Beach’s Atlantic Avenue.

But it’s not just about the views and the location.

Designers make extensive use of wood, granite and marble throughout the home, which has four bedrooms plus a media room and an upstairs entertainment/play area with wet bar.

A gourmet kitchen boasts a fiveburner Bosch cooktop, Thermador double ovens, GE monogram micro/convection oven, Subzero refrigerator/freezer and Marvel wine cooler.

There are impact windows and The home is filled with custom finishes, including exotic wood floors and paneling.

doors throughout. Upstairs, there is a master suite with a sitting area and large balcony that offers unobstructed views.

Tropical landscaping provides a tranquil setting and a large pool area offers a heated spa, a summer kitchen and barbecue area to complete this private resort-like paradise. The 210-foot seawall offers dockage for several yachts, and there is a 16,000-pound boat lift with pump-out station and electric.

Listed at $3,495,000.

Contact Julie Giachetti, Lang Realty, (561) 750-9887; cell: (561) 212-0022. East Boca Raton office: 4400 N. Federal Highway, Suite 100, Boca Raton, FL 33431. j.giachetti@langrealty.com ABOVE: The master bedroom offers a sitting area and a balcony with unobstructed views.

LEFT: Impact glass allows great light in the living room and maximizes the Intracoastal views.

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Your Window Into Palm Beach Real Estate

1695 LANDS END ROAD Fantastic views from stunning 9,700 SF waterfront 6BR/6.5BA estate with dock.

Gourmet kitchen, impact windows & doors, pool with spa. Web ID 993 $4.49M

1555 SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD Intracoastal to Ocean 5BR/6BA Mediterranean estate with incredible views.

11,800 SF, dramatic master suite, media room and deep water dock. $10.5M

11 SABAL ISLAND DRIVE Elegant 4BR/5.5BA Mediterranean estate overlooks wide stretch of Intracoastal.

Dock with 35,000 lb lift. Just minutes to Ocean access. Web ID 994 $2.395M

1675 LANDS END ROAD Just completed 5BR/5.2BA home on 150’ of wide Intracoastal. Marble & wood floors, elevator, pool, outdoor kitchen plus 30’ boat dock. $5.695M

1225 LANDS END ROAD Best Waterfront buy in Manalapan! 135’ frontage on Intracoastal with new dock. Neocontemporary 3BR/2.5BA with gratis beach club membership. Web ID 523 $1.675M

101 CHURCHILL ROAD 5BR/6BA home with Palm Beach and Intracoastal views. Designed by John Volk, 8,180 SF plus detached two-story guest cottage. Pool with cabana. $4.58M

NEW LISTING

4 LITTLE POND ROAD Designer renovated single story villa with 2BR/2BA and fine finishes. Rarely do these come on the market. Gratis Ritz Carlton Club membership incl. Web ID 1097 $775K

Bill Quigley

409 SE ATLANTIC DRIVE 3BR/3BA renovated Bermuda style home with custom high-end finishes. One of the largest lots on Hypoluxo Island. Also available for lease. $649,500

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