The Coastal Star January 2013

January 2013

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

Volume 6 Issue 1

Delray Beach

Downtown faring better than many, but density an issue

Along the Coast

Shifting Sands

Manalapan seeks standards while property owners build new walls

By Tim Pallesen Delray Beach’s downtown is emerging from the recession as a place where young professionals can live, work and play.

The recovery is fueled by banks willing to lend money to build rental apartments and a downtown master plan that allows density bonuses to encourage development.

The controversial Atlantic Plaza II project was Live Work Play the first in the 1st of a three- recent flurry part series of downtown looking at the development downtowns of projects.

Delray Beach, That project Boca Raton and plus two others Boynton Beach totaled 528 new apartments that city commissioners approved last month. Another new project, Uptown Delray, would add 150 apartments if approved.

“The reputation of our downtown as a happening place is one of the keys to our recovery,” retiring City Manager David Harden said. “Our goal is to get a complete downtown that is sustainable.”

Ideally, urban residents won’t need vehicles if they can walk from their apartments to work, shop and play. That’s the vision of downtown development proponents.

But some coastal residents are skeptical whether that ideal can be achieved. They fear that density incentives to encourage more downtown apartments will simply lead to more traffic congestion and parking problems.

“The city needs to ask where the incentives are still necessary,” Beach Property Owners Association president Andy Katz said. “It’s time to review the downtown master plan.”

The master plan was drafted 14 years ago with high-density housing seen as the means to generate year-round customers for Atlantic Avenue shopkeepers.

“The goal is a balanced mix of retail and housing so businesses See DOWNTOWN on page 4

Inside Lessons beyond the classroom Students at area schools are learning to play chess, to garden and to write poetry.

Pages 26-29

By Tim O’Meilia While oceanfront residents scramble for permits to rebuild their collapsed seawalls, the Manalapan Town Commission is considering establishing seawall standards for both ocean and Intracoastal Waterway properties.

Commissioners voted unanimously to ask their longtime coastal engineering consultant, Taylor Engineering of Jacksonville, to give them the price for a three-phase proposal that Manalapan property owners are working together to fix their failing seawalls.

See SEAWALLS on page 8

Delray Beach property owners want renourishment plan expanded

By Cheryl Blackerby Delray Beach’s beach restoration, part of a routine, 10-year renourishment plan, will start in February, but beach property owners say the present plan doesn’t go far enough to repair

Days of pounding waves during Hurricane Sandy have left much of Delray Beach severely eroded.

damage from Hurricane Sandy.

Owners want the city to ask for an emergency state permit to put additional sand north and south of the planned project because of sand loss in those areas and damage to the dunes, said Andy Katz, vice president of the Beach Property Owners Association in Delray Beach.

The current renourishment project will include the beaches that run from just north of Atlantic Avenue south to 700 feet south of Linton Boulevard.

“We would like the city to add sand on beaches north of Atlantic at the end of the public beach, and on the south end from 700 feet south of Linton to the city line at the south,” he said.

“We’re at the point where there is no sand beach at high tide in the area north of Atlantic. And water is very close to the condos in the south end.”

See DELRAY on page 6

Regional beach planning proving a hard sell

Delray Beach

By Tim O’Meilia

A proposed inlet-to-inlet approach to beach restoration and management will cost small coastal towns $4,000 to $19,000 a year with no promise that a beach protection project would be approved.

The pilot project proposed by state environmental officials is the first of its kind in the state to take a regional approach to beach management rather than evaluate each individual project. It’s also designed to streamline the state and federal permitting.

Manalapan seawall repairs

After meeting monthly since May with local town and Palm Beach County officials to craft an agreement, state officials will visit council meetings in February to seek approval of the basic five-year, 33-page agreement.

“We’re 90 percent there, folks. We’re down to the fine-tuning,” Danielle Fondren, deputy director of the state water resource management division, told municipal officials, environmentalists and engineers at the final meeting Dec. 6 in Palm Beach.

Approved Delray renourishment

See REGIONAL on page 8 Hoped-for project expansion

Saving manatees

Don’t be coy

Houses in Briny?

A century of reading

Patrols aim to protect the endangered marine mammals. Page 23 Proposal would allow storm-worthy structures, more commerce. Page 18

What you need to know about raising exotic koi fish.

Home, Health & Harmony Delray library prepares to mark a milestone.

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Editor’s Note

Forge strong bonds to withstand nature’s fury

A walk along Manalapan’s beachfront is a dramatic illustration of the adage, “a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.”

Towering steel seawalls riddled with huge, rusted, Swiss cheese-like holes lay bowed seaward before eroded pits where lawns, patios and pools once stood. Where one of these failed seawalls connects with another of newer construction, the strain of the connection is obvious: In some cases it forced the collapse of the neighboring wall.

In the aftermath of local wave damage and flooding generated by Hurricane Sandy, discussions of coastal armoring and beach renourishment have become topics for heated discussion among individual homeowners and community leaders.

These discussions are essential. When it comes to beaches, seawalls and bulkheads, we all have a lot to learn. There’s private vs. public, seawalls vs. dunes and the impact of rising sea levels on the beachfront and along the Intracoastal

Waterway.

Why do we need to spend our sunny days in paradise studying these issues?

Because they affect our safety, our property values and any hope we might have of passing along our barrierisland home to future generations.

Whatever is done in one town will impact the others.

Until we all get together and find common ground with a barrier-island master plan for coastal preservation, we will be subject to the whims of nature.

The time is now, and we can’t afford to be cheap.

Unless we are prepared to let our beaches, dunes and bulkheads go au naturel, it’s going to take money. We need to educate ourselves to make smart decisions, devise plans and guidelines and then intelligently execute on those plans.

Anyone who believes that you can live in paradise without paying for it is the weak link in our chain.

Mary Kate Leming, Editor

Suzanne Bower of coastal Delray Beach is involved with this year’s 20th Annual Caribbean Cowboy Ball, which benefits the George Snow Scholarship Fund. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

Being busy and involved motivates volunteer

By Linda Haase

For Suzanne Bower, volunteering is as natural as breathing.

The coastal Delray Beach resident immerses herself in the community, helping out everyone from the Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce to the Boca Raton Junior League to Boca Ballet and St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church.

This time of year, however, she’s busy with another of her favorite organizations: the George Snow Scholarship Fund.

Bower, the mother of an 8-year-old daughter, is on the organizational and auction committees diligently at work on the 20th Annual Caribbean Cowboy Ball, scheduled for Jan. 26. The event, which draws about 550 people, raises money for scholarships for local students.

Last year’s event raised more than $130,000, part of the more than $509,000 in educational grants awarded to 73 students that year.

And that, she says emphatically, is something to be proud of.

The 20th Annual Caribbean Cowboy Ball

An annual event sponsored by the George Snow Scholarship Fund to ‘ensure that no deserving scholar in our community will be deprived of higher education because of a shortage of funds.’

When: 6-11 p.m. Jan. 26 Where: Red Reef Park, 1400 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton Tickets: $175 Information: Call 347-6799 or see www.scholarship.org

“It is amazing to see what this group does for kids. When I go to the awards ceremony, it brings it all home. I love seeing the joy on these kids’ faces and knowing we gave them an opportunity they wouldn’t have had,” said Bower, a broker associate at Mizner Grande Realty LLC, who began volunteering for the organization in 1995.

“The event is known as the hippest, hottest, coolest event in South Florida. They have entertainment, fireworks, amazing auctions and great food. And you walk away feeling good, knowing the money is going to a very

worthy cause.”

Her hard work hasn’t gone unnoticed.

“Having a great volunteer like Suzanne return year after year and help us bring enthusiasm, experience and new ideas to the Caribbean Cowboy Ball is a great asset to the organizational committee,” said Debi Feiler, the fund’s program coordinator.

Although Bower is über-busy spending time with family, working and volunteering, she makes time to walk and run — and, she says, Delray Beach, where she has lived since 1995, is the perfect venue for those activities (and so much warmer than her previous home in the Northeast.)

“What is not to like about Delray Beach? It has a beautiful beach; it’s a small town with character and is filled with warm and interesting people.

There’s never a dull moment, but it can be as quiet or as loud as you want it to be. It‘s just one of those special places,” she said.

“I like being involved in the city, getting the pulse of what Ú is going on.”

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Letter to the Editor

All neighborhoods need to stand up and fight facilities About a year ago, TLC Recovery rented a 7,000-square-foot home on the Intracoastal Water in the Cove neighborhood in Deerfield Beach. At the same time, the Caron Foundation purchased two homes in Delray Beach of comparable value.

Delray residents were up in arms. They put up tiny protest signs through the neighborhood.

After reading about the uproar, Pat Jolivet went to look at the signs and spoke with the residents. He returned to the Cove and called a meeting of

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the Cove neighbors. Pat had similar signs printed and TLC continued forward.

He returned to discuss the Delray signs with residents, critiquing the signs as too small and worded so as to have no impact on Caron’s clients.

The signs in fact had little effect and Caron is fully

functional.

The Cove residents changed their tactics. New, larger signs were printed, attacking by name TLC Recovery and its business model. They were up for the duration with no thought on how the neighborhood looked.

Residents became activists to protect their neighborhoods.

Cove residents spoke at the hearing for reasonable accommodations; neighbors installed video cameras and pictures were taken of people going in and out; articles were posted online to dissuade potential clients.

TLC couldn’t get clients and was not operational within 90 days. It did not meet this reasonable accommodation and couldn’t make money. It left.

How does this relate to the coast? California and Florida are becoming the rehabilitation and sober-living capitals of the U.S. More will be coming. The

cities must work together and be strong as communities to fight the invasion. Many of the clients are court-ordered drug and sex offenders. Our children are in danger. Our house values and selling abilities will collapse.

Delray and Boca Raton need to learn from the Cove residents, or their neighborhoods will be filled with rehabilitation and sober-living facilities. The Cove’s strategies may not be popular; however, they worked!

Judy Giller Deerfield Beach

DOWNTOWN

Continued from page 1 can survive and make a yearround go of it,” Harden said.

City zoning normally allows 30 housing units per acre. But city regulations give commissioners the authority to allow higher densities and taller buildings as incentives.

City planners point to Worthing Place as the best example of a new housing project that accomplishes the city’s vision for a future downtown.

“Density should not be the issue. It’s really about how well the buildings are designed,” said Paul Dorling, the city’s planning and zoning director.

Worthing Place was designed by Richard Heapes — the same urban architect who created Mizner Park in Boca Raton. City commissioners granted 92 units per acre, and construction began in 2008 as the recession began.

“Density wasn’t an issue,” Worthing Place developer Bill Morris recalled. “The city was just very excited to have someone come in and build.”

Delray Beach’s downtown remained stronger than others during the recession. Two new hotels, the Seagate and Hyatt Place, were built. Downtown property values remained stable, unlike in other cities.

Now, as banks begin lending to build apartments again, planners believe Delray Beach’s central business district is positioned to redevelop more quickly than other downtowns.

“The character of our downtown has provided an opportunity that is larger than in most other downtowns,” senior city planner Scott Pape said. “When the economy turns around fully, we’re going to see Delray Beach further ahead than other communities.”

The appeal of Atlantic Avenue is like no other. Visitors from Boca Raton to West Palm Beach bypass the manufactured look of Mizner Park and CityPlace to dine, window shop and enjoy a traditional downtown where historic buildings such as the Colony Hotel and Old School Square have been preserved.

Larry Thomas Jr., general manager of Salt 7 restaurant, crosses Northeast Second Avenue at Atlantic Avenue in downtown Delray Beach. City officials say downtown Delray Beach is especially attractive to multifamily housing developers because the city did not overbuild before the recession. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star “We’ve created a place that’s inviting to the creative cultural class,” city economic development director Vincent Nolan said.

The appeal is such that young professionals want to live near the downtown.

“Renting has become the preferred option for people moving from one community to another,” Nolan said. “Banks have figured out there’s a demand, so building rental units can be financed.”

Delray’s downtown is particularly attractive to multifamily housing developers now because the city didn’t overbuild before the recession.

“There’s a demand for Delray Beach and not a lot of overbuilt capacity,” Nolan said.

The recent demand appears greater than five years ago, when Worthing Place received incentives to build. But the city continued to grant developers their requests for higher densities last month.

Atlantic Plaza II developers originally wanted 51 units per acre for their mixed-use project on East Atlantic Avenue near

the bridge. City commissioners reduced the density to 40 units per acre when neighbors on both sides of the bridge objected.

The Related Group received densities of 65 and 62 units per acre for its two apartment buildings south of downtown on Southeast Second and Third avenues.

Uptown Delray, a mixed-use project on Federal Highway at Southeast Second Street, is seeking 71 units per acre.

Mixed-use projects are attractive to downtown development advocates because they include office space — the missing element if Delray’s downtown is truly to become a place where residents can live, work and play without automobiles, backers say.

Banks aren’t lending money to build office buildings.

“People love downtown Delray Beach and would love to work here, but we don’t have the office space available,” said Nolan, who says he frequently turns away law firms seeking to locate downtown.

“Class A office space is one

of the biggest concerns,” agreed Gregg Weiss, the economic development chairman for the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce. “Our downtown has a magic vibe which makes people want to be here, but we’re losing business to Boca Raton.”

Atlantic Plaza II developers included 79,000 square feet of office space to win City Commission approval last month for conditional-use permits for higher density and building height.

“We need to give vibrant young people a place to live and work,” Mayor Woodie McDuffie said. “This project brings us office space we’re looking for.”

But that and the 4,925 square feet at Uptown Delray aren’t enough space to meet the need, according to Nolan.

More high-density apartments will be built without enough downtown jobs to employ residents within walking distance.

“We’re going to have larger, taller and more dense structures in the downtown

as a norm,” said Bob Ganger, chairman of the Florida Coalition for Preservation.

“It seems as though the city has abandoned the density part of its land-use regulations,” he said.

Ganger and Katz want city commissioners to limit the density bonuses only to properties that would be difficult to develop without them.

The two Related Group projects, for example, are near railroad tracks south of downtown.

“Incentives are no longer needed along Atlantic Avenue itself because everyone wants to be there,” Katz said.

They warn that a downtown without stricter density controls will no longer be as attractive because of traffic and parking problems.

“The city needs to step back and rethink the downtown growth plan to ask if we’re killing the golden goose,” Ú Ganger said.

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LEFT: A satelite image taken in 2011 shows a wide beach at Atlantic Dunes park.

RIGHT: An image a few days after Hurricane Sandy unleashed days of pounding surf, eroding much of the beach. Photos by Google Earth and Andy Katz

DELRAY

Continued from page 1 “We had an excellent dune system that did its job protecting the road and houses, but that dune system did take a hit, and that makes us more vulnerable to future storms until the dunes are restored,” said Katz.

Sand permits can take two to three years to process, he said, but an emergency permit could be done in a matter of days or

weeks.

The deadline for emergency permits was late December, but that deadline has been extended, according to Dan Bates, deputy director of Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management.

“As of now the deadline has been extended to late January, but that deadline may be extended until late February.

The city of Delray Beach has to declare an emergency, and they need to move on it right away,” he said.

“Property owners are very much in support of asking the city to treat this as an emergency. And adding sand to those sections at the top and south ends at the same time as the rest of the beach restoration would save a lot of money,” Katz said.

City officials heard a report on the association’s concerns at a recent meeting, said Rich Reed, the city’s public information officer.

“The city staff has been looking into various options

with this issue and are investigating those options we have. At the next commission meeting or the next workshop, we will bring a consultant in to talk about it.” The date for discussing emergency permits hasn’t been set.

The money for the present project has been approved.

The city has received reimbursement authorization of more than $4.02 million from Palm Beach County and the state Department of Environmental Protection to

complete this project.

The city of Delray Beach will pay the remaining $5.2 million.

There will be no federal assistance for Florida beach restoration.

Many residents didn’t know that there was no dune in Delray Beach until the 1970s when the city started the dune system and planted native vegetation including sea oats, Katz said. The water came almost to the sidewalk on A1A. “The city was very forwardthinking when they started the dune program in the early ’70s.

Over the years, the beaches have gotten wider so we have more protection. Citizens want to continue that successful program,” he said.

At the association’s December meeting, residents discussed how lucky they were to have had those dunes to protect them against Sandy and other storms.

Other problems in the areas north and south of the planned project include loss of beach that is forcing beachgoers to walk on fragile dunes and trample sea oats and other native plants. Sunbathers are putting blankets on sea oats, severely damaging vegetation.

Those dunes should be roped off, Katz said.

In addition to asking for more sand in those areas, homeowners want the city to plant sea oats and other native plants on new dunes.

Katz stresses that healthy dunes benefit everyone, including homeowners to the west of A1A. “If the dunes fail, and water breaches A1A, which is on a ridge 15 feet above sea level, streets on the west side of A1A including Gleason, Venetian and Andrews as well as the Seagate neighborhood, which are in a basin 4 to 7 feet above sea level, will flood,” said Katz, whose house is on the west side of A1A. Katz said the association will formally ask the city for the additional sand and an emergency permit.

“We need to make this a high-priority item,” he said.

“We hope to get on the agenda at the next commission meeting. It’s a time-sensitive issue.”

Asking for sand after Sandy has turned into a family matter for Katz. “Oddly enough, my brother lives in Fort Lauderdale, and they were able to get emergency permits for sand when the barge is there in Ú February.”

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Atlantic Plaza II density set; one resident group plans lawsuit

By Tim Pallesen Coastal residents near the proposed Atlantic Plaza II project remain concerned after Delray Beach commissioners narrowly gave developers the OK to build 40 units per acre last month.

“The density is resolved.

Everyone is satisfied with the number of housing units,” Barr Terrace resident John Papaloizos said. “The concern now is over the mass and scale of the project.”

Papaloizos says his group, Save Delray Beach, will file a lawsuit against the controversial project even though the Beach Property Owners Association decided not to sue after commissioners voted on Dec. 4.

“We’re happy to see the density reduced, but we still have some concerns,” beach owners president Andy Katz said.

The developer originally asked for 51 housing units per acre. The reduction to 40 units per acre was necessary to win a 3-2 commission vote for a conditional use permit.

Mayor Woodie McDuffie joined Commissioners Adam Frankel and Angeleta Gray to approve the lower density.

McDuffie said office space included in the multi-use project will attract young professionals to high-paying jobs in the downtown.

Vice Mayor Tom Carney and Commissioner Al Jacquet voted against the density request, saying it should be cut more.

The Dec. 4 vote came after a second marathon public hearing where neighbors objected to the traffic that the $200 million project would generate on East Atlantic Avenue near the bridge.

Developers want to build 79,000 square feet of office space and 80,000 square feet of restaurants and retail in addition to 356 apartments on the north side of Atlantic Avenue east of Federal Highway.

The developer negotiated during the Dec. 4 hearing with neighbors north and south of the project site to win their support. The developer will pay to close Northeast Seventh Avenue and install traffic calming to the south.

But Save Delray Beach still plans to file its lawsuit to meet a 30-day deadline after the commission’s Dec. 4 vote.

“We still believe it’s too big,” Papaloizos said.

The developer will ask the city for site plan approval this year.

Katz said the Beach Property Owners Association will review the site plan application to decide whether to object, as the coastal residents group did at the two density hearings.

“We want the project designed to be attractive for residents to see when they come

over the bridge,” Katz said. “The bridge is our connection to the rest of the city.”

Atlantic Plaza II project manager Don DeVere met with neighbors on Dec. 17 to discuss a possible compromise prior to site plan hearings. Three architects who live near the project suggested modifications to preliminary designs.

“Most of their comments were in line with what we believe the design issues to be,” DeVere said. “We’re putting forth an earnest, good-faith effort to respond quickly to community feedback on design.”

Papaloizos described the two-hour discussion as productive. “But the developer doesn’t want to give up square footage,” he said. “The city

master plan says this project must be compatible with the surrounding neighborhood. The developer said nothing to put people at ease.”

Neighbors remain concerned about traffic congestion after DeVere said large delivery trucks to restaurants and other businesses would enter on East Atlantic Avenue rather than Federal Highway.

DeVere will meet with opponents again in late January before submitting a site plan application.

“How do you scale down a very large project into the scale of Delray?” DeVere asked in explaining the challenge.

“We really want this project to be something that we all can be proud of,” Papaloizos said. Ú “That’s our rallying cry.”

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Continued from page 1 would eventually lead to public hearings on specific seawall standards.

At the insistence of Commissioners David Cheifetz and John Murphy, town officials also will seek a proposal from a second engineering firm.

At first, the commission had hoped to quickly develop seawall standards and certification rules, but discussions with Commissioner Donald Brennan, the commission’s appointed representative, made clear that the process will be lengthy.

Although the state Department of Environmental Protection approves seawalls, no hard-and-fast standards exist. “The state agencies are

concerned about the natural beach and marine life, not about protection of property values and building codes,” Brennan said.

Meanwhile, owners of four properties along the ocean where seawalls and upland property were damaged when Hurricane Sandy swept past offshore in late October succeeded in obtaining emergency state permits to rebuild their walls.

Four more permit applications are pending, according to state Department of Environmental Resources spokeswoman DeeAnn Miller.

Seawalls of at least 15 properties in the milelong stretch between the old Vanderbilt estate and Chillingworth Curve sustained damage approaching $2 million. Entrepreneur David Lumia organized 11 of them

REGIONAL

Continued from page 1 “This allows us to take the blinders off our eyes and take a longer look at beach management. We’re not looking narrowly, we’re looking regionally, more realistically,” she said.

The contract would cover projects along the 15.7 miles of shoreline between the Lake Worth Inlet and the Boynton Inlet, and would require the coastal towns — Palm Beach, Lantana, South Palm Beach and Manalapan — to share in the annual cost of monitoring

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into single group to obtain permits and rebuild more economically, although not all of them have applied yet.

Lumia flew architects, coastal engineers and construction officials to Tallahassee in his private jet to meet with state environmental officials. The group originally had a Dec. 28 deadline to obtain emergency permits to replace the walls, but state officials later extended the deadline until Jan. 27.

Later applications will take a more costly and longer 90-day path to get permits.

State officials agreed to allow the new seawalls to be a foot higher than previous ones, but they must be located in the same place, said Stuart Lepera, co-owner of Lands End Developers, which is performing work for many of

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hard-bottom, sea turtle behavior and physical beach changes, including dunes.

The monitoring is key to accelerating approval of projects because the basic information needed for state and federal permits would already be on hand.

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the landowners.

Lumia and engineers are convinced that a single seawall will withstand nor’easters and other storms better than individually built structures.

In most cases, the storm surge topped the seawalls, saturating and adding weight to the land behind the walls and causing them to collapse seaward.

Other seawalls that were in disrepair and failed also contributed to the collapse of neighboring seawalls.

Although the new seawalls will be erected before the town can establish its own standards, Brennan said that “what is being constructed is what would probably be approved in the future.”

Most of the town’s oceanfront seawalls were built in the 1960s, and the town

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projects — all in the town of Palm Beach — would benefit most from the agreement, mostly from accelerated permitting.

Two proposed projects — at the south end of Palm Beach and in South Palm Beach and Lantana — are in the middle of environmental impact studies after previous proposals to install breakwaters and groins were rejected over environmental concerns.

The towns would pay for the annual monitoring regardless of whether a project is eventually approved for that town.

Fondren proposed two assessment methods, one based on the percentage of shoreline and the other on the percentage of critically eroded beach, as established by regulatory

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agencies.

State officials estimated the monitoring costs at $472,000 a year, not including about $50,000 more in the first year.

Under either method, Palm Beach would pay the vast majority of the cost.

While the costs to Lantana and Lake Worth would be similar, Manalapan would pay more than $80,000 based on shoreline alone but only $4,725 based on eroded beach. South Palm Beach would pay $5,670 under the shoreline method and $19,372 under the eroded beach version.

“Is Manalapan likely ever to have a project? No,” Fondren said. “Are they going to have benefits? Yes.” Manalapan Town Manager Linda Stumpf said there is little reason for her town to sign.

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oversaw repairs in 1965 and 1985. But some homeowners objected to a $1.8 million repair bill in 2001, and in 2003, voters left seawall upkeep to the individual owners.

“The ones that failed were the ones Taylor Engineering identified back then, for the most part,” Brennan said.

Taylor will submit a cost estimate for inventorying the seawalls in town and their shape, an estimate on the costs of armoring the shoreline against storms of varying strength and an estimate on the cost of writing the seawall standards.

“This was an unprecedented nor’easter — given the full moon, maximum high tides, and tremendous wind from the northeast — that affected South Florida to New England,” Ú Brennan said.

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“We have no projects. We won’t have any projects,” she said.

Only 12 one-hundredths of a mile of Manalapan’s shoreline is classified as critically eroded, all in front of the Ritz-Carlton resort. Stumpf said the resort’s management had no interest in footing the annual bill.

Other officials acknowledged that the monitoring would benefit future projects. “I know the difficulty in getting permits. If this helps expedite permitting, it’s a good thing,” said South Palm Beach Councilwoman Bonnie Fischer.

Lantana Town Manager Debbie Manzo said she would leave the decision to her council but recommend an annual cap of $5,000.

If some towns refuse to sign the agreement, Fondren said, the project may be dead.

“Right now, I consider it an all-or-nothing thing. If not everyone signs, then we lose the benefit of the regional approach,” she said.

She said she hoped that Palm Beach County could be persuaded to pay a share of the monitoring. The county spends $42,000 a year on monitoring individual projects between the inlets now.

The agreement has not gained the support of environmental groups.

Dan Clark of Broward County-based Cry of the Water said too many questions remain, especially regarding turbidity monitoring while projects are under way.

Fondren insisted that the regional approach is better.

“None of the regulations have been compromised or weakened. In fact, they’re strengthened by the beach management agreement. We’re testing a wider area. We’re going beyond what we normally Ú would require.”

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News 9 The razorbill, a seabird that usually travels no farther south than the Carolinas, was a common sight off the Boynton Inlet during the middle of December.

Beach erosion and other disturbances brought on by Hurricane Sandy are thought to have prompted the razorbills to fly south.

Photo by Rick Schofield

Along the Coast

Meeting addresses urgency of climate problem

By Cheryl Blackerby Long before President Obama said in a September speech that climate change was not a hoax, South Florida mayors and other government leaders were talking to scientists and legislators about global warming.

In 2009, local government officials in Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties formed the South Florida Climate Compact, a partnership they said was created “to tackle one of, if not the, most important issue facing our generation.”

One of their findings: Sea levels are projected to rise 3 to 7 inches from 2010 to 2030 in Key West, according to calculations by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. By 2060, sea levels will rise 9 to 24 inches. These and other calculations showed the enormous risks not only to people in Key West but to the 5.6 million residents in these four counties, many living at low elevations.

At the compact’s annual climate summit, Dec. 6 and 7 in Jupiter, officials shared new scientific evidence and anecdotal experiences from Hurricane Sandy, which underlined the need for planning.

“Sea level rise is happening.

People who say climate change is not happening are burying their heads in the sand,” said Fred Beckmann, director of public works for the city of Miami Beach. He showed photos of flooded Miami Beach streets, which had never flooded, and drainage systems that were overwhelmed by the storm surge.

“We have to ask the hard questions now. What are we going to protect? What do we do for surge protection?” he said. “We need to act now. We need to add flexibility to the storm-water system, we need to look at future water storage, and we need to raise seawalls.”

The message from the summit’s featured speaker, Dr. Heidi Cullen, chief climatologist for Climate Central, a nonprofit science journalism organization headquartered in Princeton, N.J., was sobering.

In July, two comprehensive climate science reports were released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, she said.

Using indicators such as the amount of greenhouse gases

in the air and melting glacial ice, the reports demonstrated how global warming is already shifting the odds in favor of some extreme weather and climate events, such as the Texas drought and heat wave of 2011.

“We’re not talking about 50 years from now, but now.

The new normal is warmer and wetter. These are tough issues,” said Cullen, author of the book The Weather of the Future. She is a lecturer at Princeton University; a senior research fellow at the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania; and was the first on-air climate expert at the Weather Channel.

Hurricane Sandy has changed our ability to talk about this issue, she said, adding that polls show most New Yorkers believe climate change caused the hurricane.

“Extreme weather events have quadrupled. Experts predict more extreme weather, and more simultaneous events,” she said. “The kinds of extremes we see now are a pale shadow of what we will see in the future.”

The U.S. has had record high temperatures. Record highs should equal the lows, she said, but now we have twice as many record highs as record lows since 2000.

Cullen noted that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city will rebuild with climate change in mind. We can’t wait for predictions to come true, and react to disasters, she warned. Local governments have to plan for them.

The dikes in the Netherlands are an example of planning for epic flooding disasters. They fortified the country for a 1-in10,000-year event, which most people would think is extreme, she said. But the alternative is one most residents don’t want to do — move people out of high-risk areas. Communities will have to do a lot of soulsearching in coming years to decide what to do, she told community leaders.

And while planning for the worst, they should be working to avert disaster by reducing greenhouse gases. Communities can take steps together, such as providing green public transportation, she said.

The Florida Keys will be affected first by climate change, she said, which Keys officials didn’t doubt.

“The sea level rise is quite recognizable in the Lower Keys,” said Monroe County Mayor George Neugent.

“We’re having to elevate roads that used to be high and dry.

We’ve been set back by the Bill O’Reillys of the world. This is very important. We can’t even build dikes to protect us.” The

highest point in the Keys is 12 feet, with most people living below 4 feet, he said.

Matti Bower, mayor of Miami Beach, said her city is working on a master plan and is taking sea rise into account.

Beckmann of Miami Beach said 90 percent of the seawalls are privately owned. “What

happens when you tell people they have to raise their sea walls?”

“We’re concerned,” Cullen said, “about the economy and jobs, but we can care about this issue and still care about other things. And we can fix things that help right now and will help in the future.” Ú

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Manalapan

Resident complains to state, saying police use racial profiling

By Tim O’Meilia A 20-year Manalapan resident has filed a complaint with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, claiming that the town’s police force engages in racial profiling.

In a Dec. 27 two-page letter to FDLE’s top official, Kersen de Jong said the police chief and an officer had both told him in separate conversations that 1,400 traffic stops made

by Manalapan officers in 2011 were designed to keep potential troublemakers out of town.

“My sense is I don’t seek any money. What I want to see done is to improve the system and stop this nonsense,” de Jong said. He also submitted 37 pages of research and emails he has compiled since April.

Manalapan’s Police Chief

Carmen Mattox did not respond to a Dec. 31 request for comment, but Town Manager Linda Stumpf said she spoke with an FDLE representative early Dec. 31 and was told that no complaint had been made.

“As far as the town is concerned, no complaint has been filed,” she said. She said she would respond if a complaint is filed.

An FDLE spokesman could not confirm Dec. 31 that the complaint had been received.

The documents were scheduled for delivery that day.

In his complaint, de Jong said he met with Mattox Sept.

28 to discuss the traffic stops.

He quoted Mattox as saying, “I want to know who is in town and I want those people out of town as quick as possible.” de Jong’s complaint said

he spoke with Police Officer William Shepherd Nov. 7. He quoted Shepherd as saying, “Policy has always been to stop as many cars as possible … and sometimes being ordered to stop all cars after sunset … you know, we need to keep the riffraff out … when blacks congregate you know something is coming down de Jong … since the Lantana Bridge was closed we have much less traffic, and on riffraff coming from Lantana, and less stops … When the Lantana Bridge opens up again (2013) we have to start stopping as many cars as possible so word gets out to riffraff in Lantana: Do not drive into Manalapan.”

In the past few months, de Jong has circulated several emails to commissioners, town staff and residents making similar allegations. He met with town officials Dec. 5 and was advised to make a written complaint to FDLE since the town has no internal affairs division. de Jong declined to meet with FDLE or FBI officials when he was contacted by them at Mattox’ request. Mattox and Shepherd have both denied the statements attributed to them.

“I haven’t seen the actual complaint, but I’ve seen some of his emails that weren’t actually factual,” said Mayor Basil Diamond. He noted that Mattox and Shepherd denied making the statements. de Jong also asked the FDLE to look into several other issues if the agency decides it has jurisdiction. He contends: • The town mislabeled police log incidents as “criminal events” to inflate the town crime statistics and mislead townspeople into supporting a change to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office.

• The town has not met requirements in documenting its anti-profiling and antidiscrimination efforts and training.

• Mattox is not qualified to be chief since he lacks a fouryear degree. Stumpf said town policy does not require a fouryear degree, but a combination of study and experience.

• The recently filled lieutenant’s position was not posted for qualified town officers.

• He was misled about Shepherd’s employment.

De Jong is a disability rights advocate and president of the Netherlands American Trust Inc., which supports youth education programs.

Before he retired in 1999, he was managing director of the Netherlands Chamber of Ú Commerce in the U.S.

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Manalapan

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Police dispatching to remain in-house

By Tim O’Meilia For the second time in two years, the Manalapan Town Commission rejected bids from outside agencies to handle the town’s police dispatch services.

Both neighboring Ocean Ridge and Lantana submitted proposals well under the town’s $241,600 annual dispatch costs, but Point Manalapan residents called for the dispatch center/ gatehouse at the entrance to the point to continue to be manned 24 hours a day.

Hiring guards to man the center would add $122,000 to $148,000 annually to the cost of outsourcing the dispatch services, town officials estimated.

“I was surprised at the amount of money involved,” Town Commissioner David Cheifetz said. “Given the spread between the two costs, I suggest we stay (with our own dispatch).”

Commissioners voted 5-1 to continue their own dispatching.

“Looking clinically, it’s a $100,000 savings that will appreciate over time,” said Commissioner Donald Brennan, who opposed keeping the service.

He suggested that using the dispatch center as a police substation where officers would be there occasionally was a better solution.

“With the cost of the gatehouse, it’s obvious to me

that we stay as we are,” said Commissioner Bill Quigley.

During the last two meetings, Point residents said that having the gatehouse manned, even if by unarmed dispatchers, discourages crime on the south end of Hypoluxo Island.

“I think it would hurt property values if we didn’t have a gatehouse,” said Point resident and former Commissioner Tom Thornton.

“To me, it’s a wash.”

Ocean Ridge’s bid added to first year implementation costs was $204,800. Lantana’s was $240,100. Staffing the gatehouse would cost another $130,000 or so. The town’s estimate to continue with dispatching was

$241,600.

The second year, without start-up costs, Ocean Ridge would cost $153,300, Lantana $207,200 and Manalapan $248,800.

Under questioning, both Manalapan Police Chief Carmen Mattox and Ocean Ridge Police Chief Chris Yannuzzi said police response time to calls should not be affected by farming out dispatching.

Two Manalapan police officers urged the commission to consider their strong working relationship with the Lantana and South Palm Beach police departments.

Manalapan and South Palm Beach use each other

for backup, and Manalapan officers are familiar with Lantana officers since they drive through part of Hypoluxo Island to reach the point.

Three full-time and four part-time dispatchers handle the town’s handful of 911 calls and about 400 non-emergency calls per month.

The cheaper contracts negotiated by neighboring towns for dispatch services prompted commissioners to seek proposals. South Palm Beach pays Lantana $54,000 annually, and Gulf Stream pays Delray Beach $54,000.

Previously, Manalapan handled South Palm Beach calls, but Lantana underbid the Ú town several years ago.

Lone critic receives criticism in Stumpf retention vote

By Tim O’Meilia Before Manalapan Commissioner Howard Roder could make a motion to fire Town Manager Linda Stumpf, the other commissioners quickly gave her a 5-1 vote of confidence Dec. 18.

“I want to consider other candidates for the position of town manager,” Roder said, less than 24 hours after emailing his complaints about Stumpf to other commissioners.

Roder had little chance to enumerate his complaints about Stumpf before Commissioner

Louis DeStefano leapt to her defense and moved to retain her.

“I feel we’re fortunate to have her as town manager. She works all hours and has always been available to the Town Commission,” said Mayor Basil Diamond, who votes only in case of ties.

Commissioner Bill Quigley, who served on the commission through four of the last five town managers, said, “I have never seen a more professionally willing person. I think it would be travesty if we lost her.”

Dispatcher retires from ‘temporary’ town job

By Tim O’Meilia Kathy Clark had been a police dispatcher for the Boca Raton Police Department for 18 years and was taking college courses to become a paralegal when her dad asked her for help.

Could she fill in as a dispatcher in Manalapan?

Her father was Manalapan Police Chief Ralph Clark Meadows.

How can you say no to dad?

“He got me to come here temporarily. Temporarily lasted 24 years,” Clark said with a laugh.

Clark, who turns 65 this month, retired Jan. 1, after working under four police chiefs over the years.

The daytime dispatcher hidden behind the computer terminals and locked steel door that everyone calls the Point Manalapan gatehouse won’t be Clark any longer.

“I got to know a lot of residents over the years. I hear when they’re sick. I know when they’re gone. I’ve gone to their funerals,” she said.

“A lot of people have been

very good to me, and I’m going to miss a lot of them,” she said.

“A couple of people told me I can’t retire.”

Born in West Virginia, Clark came with her family to Florida when she was 11, and she lived mostly in Lantana. She graduated from Lake Worth High School and worked as a telephone operator while she studied law enforcement. Boca Raton hired her in 1970.

Clark will have more time to devote to remodeling her home with her significant other of 21 years. She has a son and a grandson. She will also spend more time working on her family genealogy and researching the history of Lantana and Manalapan.

She is one of the founders of the Lantana Historical Society and volunteers at Yesteryear Village at the South Florida Fairgrounds, where the original bridgetender’s house for the Lantana bridge is preserved.

Clark was recognized for her years of service at the Dec. 18 Town Commission meeting.

She said Police Chief Carmen Mattox has asked whether she would fill in as a dispatcher if the need arose.

“Maybe I’ll get the itch,” she said, making no promises. “It’s Ú a good little town.”

In his email, Roder complained that Stumpf overstated how much the town would save if the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office replaced the town’s police force, that she misstated police statistics and inflated crime statistics, among other things.

“I realized the information being supplied was not fully researched, misleading or manipulated. I am not saying that this was done purposefully or maliciously,” he wrote in the email.

“You’re cherry-picking some errors, some factual, some

typos,” DeStefano told Roder.

“Your aim is to find fault and make an issue of it.”

Commissioner David Cheifetz said sloppy paperwork didn’t negate how well she handled the Sandy storm crisis, during which oceanfront seawalls were damaged.

Stumpf called in state officials to walk the beaches and arranged for several meetings with affected homeowners.

Commissioner Donald Brennan bemoaned the public discussion of Stumpf’s performance. “I make a plea

that we have to de-escalate the public display and the exchanges because it’s unproductive.”

Stumpf, former administrator in Palm Beach Shores and Mangonia Park, was hired as the town’s finance director in 2003. She was appointed interim town manager in October 2010 and was hired permanently two months later. She earns $105,000 a year.

She said nothing until the vote to retain her was taken.

“Thank you very much for Ú that,” she said.

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Delray Beach

Talk of Trader Joe’s at Linton and Federal too much for SPRAB board

By Tim Pallesen

A Trader Joe’s grocery store and eight restaurants might be too much to squeeze onto a 10-acre site near the Linton Boulevard Bridge, a city advisory panel says.

The developer of the proposed Delray Place project east of Federal Highway on the south side of Linton Boulevard will scale back the project after the city’s Site Plan Review and Appearance Board rejected its site plan by a 5-0 vote on Dec. 12. Board members voiced concern after the developer told city staff that the Californiabased Trader Joe’s might be a tenant.

“In California, it’s a nightmare getting into Trader Joe’s,” board member Rustem

Kupi warned.

“Trader Joe’s will be a mess if that’s who comes in here,” board member Jason Bergman agreed.

Delray Place’s site plan requests 130,000 square feet of commercial space that includes two anchor stores, a bank and the eight restaurants in a line along Linton. “We think the site is too small for the amount of commercial space here,” city planner Ron Hoggard said.

The developer, Retail Property Group Inc., also is asking the city to approve a reduction in required parking spaces (from 524 to 453) plus reductions in open space, landscape and setback requirements.

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board approval a week later to submit a revised site plan in February or March. “They’ve agreed to address our issues,” Hoggard said.

The developer declined to comment about Trader Joe’s.

But Hoggard said the popular boutique grocery chain was described as a “potential tenant” during his talks with the developer.

Trader Joe’s opened its first Florida store in Naples two years ago. More stores are planned in Sarasota, Gainesville, Tallahassee and south Miami-Dade County.

Residents living near its possible Delray Beach location protested when the developer told Hoggard delivery trucks would arrive at the grocery store as early as 5 a.m.

Ron Kolins, an attorney representing 14 Tropic Isle residents, requested a 12-foot buffer wall to be built and a ban on truck deliveries before 8 a.m.

Neighbors also want outdoor music to be banned at the restaurants and no outdoor food served after 9 p.m.

“A restaurant, while an enjoyable place, brings a lot of noise and impact,” Kolins told the advisory board.

“Delray Beach has been very sensitive about the impact projects have on neighbors,” he said. “I’m asking you to live up to that.”

Neighbors and board members agreed at the Dec. 12 meeting that the site now zoned for offices needs to be redeveloped, but with smaller buildings and more parking.

“That intersection requires something special,” board member Jose Aguila said.

“But this developer missed an opportunity by jamming the site.” City commissioners approved rezoning for Delray Place on first reading on Nov. 13, but they also expressed concerns about the developer’s site plan, which the commission still must approve. Ú

Time capsule dedicated The Delray Beach Preservation Trust dedicated its message to the future in December, a time capsule that won’t be opened for a century.

The capsule, which is housed in the lobby of City Hall and celebrates the city’s 100th Centennial, contains photos of Delray Beach, newspapers, local history projects and more.

Dan Sloan, who spoke on behalf of the Preservation Trust before Commission at the Dec. 4 meeting, said the items in the capsule are documented, so town officials and residents of tomorrow “will know what’s in there in the future before they open it,” Sloan said.

– Margie Plunkett

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News 13

Gulf Stream

Town hopes to add to Australian pine ‘signature’ look

By Tim O’Meilia The hammock of dense growth will remain along A1A in front of the old Spence property in Gulf Stream — noxious non-native plants included — and Australian pines will be planted to make the foliage even thicker.

Town commissioners struck that compromise Dec. 14 between advocates of replacing the exotic plants with the town’s beloved Australian pines and nearby residents who favored keeping the natural hammock now in place.

But the plans may be scrapped if state road officials insist on an 18-foot-wide “clear zone” for driver visibility along the three-lot stretch of the new Harbor View Estates.

Until recently, an 11-foot clear zone has been the standard elsewhere in Gulf Stream and along A1A. The wider zone would not leave enough room for the Australian pines. The town has appealed the right-ofway ruling.

“We want to make a statement that this is what Gulf Stream is,” said Commissioner Bob Ganger. “We intend to make Australian pines the signature tree on our A1A corridor from south to north.”

Nearby residents, including two members of the town’s Architectural Review and Planning Board, opposed the pines.

“This exercise to keep

Australian pines along A1A are part of Gulf Stream’s signature look. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star Australian pines seems almost unanimously opposed by the neighbors,” said planning board chairman Scott Morgan, who lives nearby. “The problem is it upsets the natural foliage of southern Gulf Stream.”

Australian pines have long been a favored species in the town. Noted architect Addison Mizner is widely believed to have brought the fast-growing species to the area in the 1920s.

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In 1991, the town’s civic association donated $5,000 to a Save Our Trees effort. A special act of the state Legislature approved in 1996 allows the town to maintain and plant the trees along A1A between Pelican Lane and Sea Road because of their historic value to the town.

The species is among many on the list of invasive, nonnative plants that must be

removed under Palm Beach County regulations when a property is redeveloped. The regulations do not apply to state road right-of-way where the pines would be planted.

“Your brand is important, and, for better or worse, Australian pines are part of our brand,” Ganger said.

The town’s original plan called for 14 non-native species to be removed from the clear

zone, including Brazilian peppers and tropical almonds.

Other native species would replace them, along with 10 to 60 Australian pines.

Seaside Builders, which is developing the six Harbor View Estates lots, has agreed to pay for the installation.

Behind the clear zone is a 10foot buffer on private property and behind that will be planted buttonwoods and other species to block the Harbor View privacy wall along A1A. Morgan feared that “then you’ve got trees like soldiers lined up like a military formation.”

With the commission’s unanimous approval, the exotic plants will not be removed and other new species will not be installed. The pines will be planted irregularly along the stretch to look more natural. Landscape architect Dave Bodker said the pines would grow up through the present vegetation without difficulty. The town grows its own Australian pines because they can no longer be sold by commercial nurseries.

The project could take several years if state road officials approve the clear-zone waiver from 18 to 11 feet.

Town Manager William Thrasher has proposed removing five Brazilian peppers and six almond trees along the west side of A1A and replacing them with 40 to 60 Ú Australian pines.

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The Boca Raton Police Department has a fleet of unmarked cars that include hybrids. Photo from Boca Raton Police Chief Daniel Alexander’s Facebook page

Along the Coast

Local police choosing hybrids and SUVs for fleet

By Rich Pollack

There was a time when you could spot a police car, marked or unmarked, a mile away.

After all, just about all the police cars on the road in South Florida were Ford Crown Victorias, those large boxy models with the big grill and the square headlights.

Even the unmarked police cars used in most TV shows are Crown Victorias.

But that’s all changing.

These days, that Toyota Prius or Ford Fusion next to you at the red light might just be driven by a detective or possibly even a police chief.

Even before Ford stopped making its Crown Victoria, about a year ago, local police departments were looking at nontraditional vehicles for their plain-clothes officers, who generally didn’t have to worry about having to chase down a fast-fleeing felon.

In Boca Raton, for example, the department retains a fleet of what it calls nontraditional police cars that include a handful of 7-year-old Priuses and a lot of other vehicles most people would never suspect are being driven by police.

And that’s the whole idea, according to Boca Raton Assistant Police Chief Edgar Morley.

“When you need to blend into the community, you need vehicles that blend into the community as well,” Morley says. “Our officers drive everything and anything.”

And it’s not just stealth that is leading police departments in South Florida away from those large, gasguzzling vehicles. It’s also economics and environmental consciousness.

In Boca Raton, 13 of the vehicles driven by detectives and administrative personnel are hybrids. That fleet includes a few Ford Fusions and a couple of older Mercury Milans.

You’ll also find hybrid vehicles in the fleets of other area police departments.

In Boynton Beach, for example, detectives and administrative police officers are driving four Ford Fusions, and another four will be arriving soon.

One of the downsides to hybrids, and what might be keeping departments from using more of them, is the high purchase price. Hybrids

in some models can have an upfront cost that is $5,000 to $10,000 more than traditional versions of the same model.

How much departments save taxpayers in fuel costs — and environmental costs — over the long term still remains to be seen.

“It’s not just a monetary issue, it’s also an environmental issue,” said Morley.

While having hybrids and other nontraditional cars in a police fleet may work for some larger departments, the practice doesn’t always work for smaller departments like those serving Palm Beach County’s coastal communities.

In towns such as Ocean Ridge and Highland Beach, most cars in the police fleet are used for road patrol and are designed specifically for that purpose.

With the phasing out of the Crown Victoria, more and more departments will be shifting to new Ford Police Interceptors, the Chevy Caprice or Dodge Charger designed specifically for police use.

The Gulf Stream Police Department will be making a dramatic change to its five-car fleet, planning to phase in Ford Police Interceptor Utility SUVs, with the first one expected in early spring.

Police Chief Garrett Ward said that the department, which buys two cars a year, found the SUV better suited for the town’s usage than the Ford sedan, which has a similar engine and fuel mileage.

He said the department expects to make a final decision on whether to convert the whole fleet to SUVs based on the how well the early vehicles perform.

In Ocean Ridge, the department recently began using a brand-new Ford Police Interceptor Utility SUV, built on the Ford Explorer frame. The vehicle, purchased with money donated by an independent group that supports department needs, will replace a 2002 Ford Escape.

That vehicle, like all others in the Ocean Ridge fleet, is equipped with a powerful and durable engine and has room for the equipment road patrol officers require.

“Patrol is patrol,” said Chief Chris Yannuzzi. “They need a mobile office.” Ú

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Ocean Ridge

Donors fuel police car purchase previously cut from budget

By Margie Plunkett

Thanks to anonymous donations, the Ocean Ridge Police Department is getting a new police car that had previously been cut from the budget.

The commission in December accepted the donation of $30,000 from the Ocean Ridge Support Group, which was made by the anonymous donors, for the purchase of a 2013 Ford Explorer for the police force.

“We have a terrific opportunity for the Ocean Ridge residents,” Chief Chris Yannuzzi said at the Dec. 3 meeting in announcing the donations earmarked for the police car.

Up to $5,000 would be taken from the contingency fund to cover any additional money needed for the car.

When asked by Commissioner Zoanne Hennigan the identification of the donors, Yannuzzi said, “The folks wish to remain anonymous,” although he indicated it was multiple people.

He also pointed out that purchases made possible by the support group become the property of the town.

Yannuzzi’s request for two new police cars outfitted with laptops — to the tune of $68,000 — was not financed

as commissioners worked to balance what’s been an evertightening budget.

“We’ve had the opportunity to drive the car,” Yannuzzi said, “and it handles unbelievably.”

Gulf Stream has also ordered one of the SUVs but hasn’t gotten it on the road yet, he said.

When resident and former Commissioner Betty Bingham suggested that any cash left over after the purchase could be put in a separate fund, Dr. Lynn Allisson, who was acting as mayor for the evening, pointed out the money was designated only for the car.

The two police cars were proposed for purchase in the last budget season and survived a couple of rounds of cuts. By the end of September, however, they became casualties of budget-cutting.

In separate business, Town Attorney Ken Spillias noted that in a letter to the commission, former Mayor Ken Kaleel indicated that he had been asked by Ocean Breezes LLC — which was before the commission several years ago — to represent the group on a site plan.

Spillias said because of the time that has lapsed, he did not view it as detrimental to the town. Commissioners directed the staff to prepare a letter of informed consent allowing the Ú representation.

Lantana

Police to get two squad cars and a generator

The Lantana Police Department will be getting two 2013 vehicles this year — a Dodge Charger pursuit car and a Chevy Tahoe 1500.

Total cost for the vehicles is $47,971 — $21,401 for the Dodge, $26,570 for the Tahoe.

Another $36,702 will be spent for painting and adding police decals and emergency lights, radio, graphics and video equipment to the cars.

At its Dec. 10 meeting,

the Town Council also gave the thumbs-up for the Police Department to buy a backup generator for $37,650.

The old generator needs repairs, and parts are not available. The town will spend another $3,350 to hook up and install the generator.

Money for both cars and the generator had been set aside in the budget.

— Mary Thurwachter

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ABOVE: More than 30 Boynton Beach police officers delivered dozens of toys on Dec. 12 to M&M Appliance on Federal Highway in Boynton Beach, where they were later distributed to The Children’s Healing Institute program.

LEFT: Brody and Payton Cyr and Abby and John Vazquez wave in excitement as Santa arrives during the event. All of the children in attendance got to open a gift onsite. Brody received a toy police squad car.

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Briny Breezes

Plan would allow houses, more commerce in town

By Tim O’Meilia

Park Ranger Gery Moran puts out barricades after sunset to close off a portion of the parking lot at the Boynton Inlet. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

Inlet parking lot closed overnight

By Margie Plunkett Ocean Inlet Park has gotten a new tenant — and its parking lot is being closed off from dusk to dawn in response to increasing concerns about crime there.

A Palm Beach County Parks employee is now housed at an apartment at the Inlet park, and barricades are being put in place each evening to close off the parking lot, according

to Ocean Ridge Police Chief Chris Yannuzzi.

Permanent gates will be installed at the park for the routine nightly closure, he said.

The Ocean Ridge Police Department met with county parks personnel, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and Manalapan officials Nov. 29 to discuss crime and loitering at the park. The meeting was in response to a letter sent to the county parks

department by Manalapan Police Chief Carmen Mattox, according to Yannuzzi.

“The joint effort is an excellent example of the cooperation that exists among these government entities,” Yannuzzi wrote in his town’s newsletter.

Even while the parking lot is closed at night, there is still access for fishing and the marina all day and night, he said. Ú

South Palm Beach

Police contract brings focus to other employees’ pay

By Tim O’Meilia If the South Palm Beach police bargaining unit signs a three-year contract in the next month or so, the five members will each get a $1,500 lumpsum bonus.

The town’s other six full-time employees will get zip.

At its Dec. 18 meeting, the Town Council decided not to give the other town workers a one-time pay boost to match the police officers’.

“We made a conscious decision not to do it (during budget hearings last summer),” said Vice Mayor Joseph Flagello. “Come budget time, we’ll look at it. Everyone deserves a raise. It’s about our ability to give that raise.”

None of the town’s 11 fulltime employees, including the police, has received a pay raise in four years. The town has lost 40 percent of its property tax base since 2008 during the economic downturn. While property values in other towns inched up this year, South Palm Beach lost another 1.7 percent.

“There is no reason to reopen it at this time,” said Councilwoman Stella Jordan.

“I’m saying that because we spent so much time considering it during our budget sessions.”

If all 11 town workers and two part-timers received prorated $1,500 increases, it would have cost $19,000, including other payroll taxes, according to Town Manager Rex Taylor’s calculations.

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Aside from the five officers, the other town employees include the police chief, captain and lieutenant, the town manager, the town clerk and assistant town clerk/ administrative assistant.

Although the council and the bargaining unit agreed to a contract during a five-hour bargaining session in October, the union has yet to vote on the contract.

An apparent misunderstanding over whether police could go over the bridge during their 30- to 45-minute meal breaks prompted an exchange of paperwork before the issue was resolved. The police union members are expected to vote before the January Town Ú Council meeting.

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That half-billion-dollar dream would have created dozens of instant millionaires of modest mobile home dwellers. That deal collapsed in 2007 of its own ambition — state regulators said it was too big for its own good.

Now, the 43-acre town/trailer park is taking its first steps toward designing a more modest future.

The town’s Planning and Zoning Board has unveiled a new comprehensive land use plan that would allow more than mobile homes in town. The plan would allow traditional oneand two-story single-family homes, a commercial corridor of town-serving businesses and low-rise multi-story condos and rental units on the west side.

“Our mission is to give Briny permission to evolve if it chooses to,” said planning board Chairman Jerry Lower.

The board has scheduled a Jan. 17, 4 p.m. public hearing on the plan at the Town Hall.

Whatever is recommended will go to the Town Council for approval later. The town has an April 2013 deadline to complete the land use plan, which hasn’t been changed since 1989.

The land use plan is more concept than hard-and-fast requirement. The plan does not specify building types or heights and refers to stores and businesses only in general terms.

Regardless of what the Town Council eventually endorses, the shareholders of Briny Breezes Inc., the mobile home coop that owns the entire area of the town, control any change that actually occurs. Mobile home owners hold shares in the corporation based on their size of their lots.

“This is a blueprint to permit the corporation to do what it wants, to deviate from just a trailer park, if it wants,” said Mayor Roger Bennett.

The key component of the plan allows “owners to have the ability, with the corporate board’s approval, to replacing existing mobile homes with one- or two-story residential units that are more storm-worthy and insurable than a mobile home,” Lower said.

The town has survived the hurricanes and tropical storms of 2004 and later with relatively minor damage.

Briny Breezes was founded in the mid-1950s as a destination for people who drive travel-trailers to Florida on vacation. The town remains a largely seasonal area.

The A1A commercial corridor leaves much to the imagination. The only businesses in town now are a hairdresser and a family-run drug store. Suggestions have included a barber shop, an urgent care center and an ice cream shop, all requiring little parking.

Briny’s high-rise plans of the mid-2000s drew harsh criticism from neighboring towns fearing increased traffic and congestion.

“I applaud their efforts. They’re giving themselves the chance to grow and change,” said Kristine de Haseth, chairwoman of the Florida Coalition for Preservation, which vehemently opposed the previous plan.

De Haseth has attended many of the planning and zoning board’s meetings. “The plan absolutely makes sense to us. We’re delighted they’re actually, after 23 years, starting to self-evaluate and plan for the future.”

Lower said he sees support from officials in surrounding towns. “I‘ve talked to people in Ocean Ridge and Gulf Stream and they’re excited about the idea of Briny evolving over time, especially the idea of more storm-worthy buildings.”

The plan has been several years in the making. Rather than hire an outside consultant, the Town Council commissioned Town Attorney Jerome Skrandel, who also has a corporate background, to help craft the plan with the Planning and Zoning Board.

“I’m very pleased with Mr. Skrandel’s work,” Bennett said.

“He has an understanding of the town that an outside firm wouldn’t have.”

Briny is basing its plan on housing and population figures that are at odds with the 2010 census. While the U.S. Census counts 601 residents and 800 homes — a nearly 50 percent increase of both over 2000 — Briny claims only 417 permanent and 488 homes. The town figures a seasonal population of 924 which could expand to 1,161 by 2015.

The town has filed an appeal of its housing and population Ú figures.

Editor’s Note: Jerry Lower is the owner/publisher of The Coastal Star and a property owner in both Briny Breezes and Ocean Ridge.

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Delray Beach

City to negotiate with Connecticut man for manager’s job

By Margie Plunkett The first choice for the Delray Beach city manager position was picked for the “fresh eyes” he’d bring to the community — and chosen over the inside candidate.

City Commission voted Dec. 11 to enter contract negotiations with Louie Chapman Jr., who has been town manager Chapman of Bloomfield, Conn., for 19 years.

But Commission will further investigate unsolicited information on questionable behavior in the candidate’s current position while simultaneously negotiating his contract, the commissioners agreed at their Dec. 8 workshop.

Included in the start of negotiation are a salary of $160,000, car allowance of $400 a month and temporary housing costs of up to $1,500 a month and capped at $9,000, according to Commission consensus at the workshop meetings. They are scheduled to discuss the contract again at their Jan. 3 meeting.

If commission ultimately approves Chapman’s employment contract, he will succeed City Manager David Harden, who is retiring this month after 22 years.

An interim manager will

be named to take over after Harden leaves and prior to the new manager’s start.

Mayor Woodie McDuffie said that unsolicited information came to the Commission after its Dec. 11 vote for Chapman. The sources said that Chapman had moved his girlfriend in with him using a city vehicle, according to the mayor.

He also asked a member of the police department to remove the head of Human Resources at his city and to escort her out of the building because he no longer could deal with her and wanted her gone, according the mayor’s account of the source’s report.

The police officer declined, because he said the woman hadn’t done anything.

The allegations fueled discussion among commissioners about whether and how it should be vetted.

Vice Mayor Tom Carney pointed to whistleblower statutes and said, while allegations under those circumstances may not always be true, they are taken seriously.

“There are things we have to do to make sure we are confident on our decision,” Carney said, adding, it’s better to address the questions now than later.

The workshop meeting followed by a week the meeting at which Commissioners chose Chapman above a candidate

already at work in the Delray Beach City Manager’s office.

“Delray Beach should really have a manager who’s been a manager,” said Carney at the Dec. 11 meeting, adding, “It’s important that we have fresh eyes here.”

Chapman, previously assistant city manager in Charlottesville, Va., beat out Delray Beach Assistant City Manager Doug Smith for the position. Carney, along with Commissioners Angeleta Gray and Al Jacquet, supported Chapman, while Mayor Woodie McDuffie and Commissioner Adam Frankel favored Smith for the experience and knowledge he has of Delray Beach.

“Delray Beach Florida, has a lot of different issues than Connecticut,” Frankel said. “One thing I failed to mention: Every staff member who I spoke to is behind Mr. Smith.

“We’re at a time in Delray where this could be a lot of transition. A lot of senior staff is facing retirement. It’s too much upheaval for me.”

Jacquet, who said, “We need new blood,” countered that Harden was an outsider when he was hired into the position. “like him or not, the city has moved forward.”

Several commissioners — both for and against Chapman — said his stand on pensions raised cautionary flags.

“The one concern I had was

his position on pensions,” Jacquet said. “With that being said, we five are the ones who are tasked with the responsibilty to make policy decisions. It does not matter what Mr. Chapman thinks about pensions.”

Commissioner Carney said he too asked Chapman about pensions. “He said his job would be to implement the views of the Commission.”

Mayor McDuffie raised two issues: That Chapman repeated several times that he would not “clean house,” which caused the mayor concern that “he doth protest too much” on the topic.

The mayor also described a second issue, which he said was a domestic dispute in which no charges were filed.

Commissioners pointed out that the townspeople did not demand Chapman’s resignation and he remained in his position for 10 years after the situation.

The newly selected city manager has a master’s in planning from the University of Virginia and a Bachelors from Norfolk State University.

Chapman was among four candidates Commission brought in for interviews at the beginning of December. Ú

Businesses want change in new noise ordinance

By Margie Plunkett

A group of downtown restaurant and bar owners wants to revise the city’s noise ordinance after it became apparent several are in violation of newly adopted requirements.

Members had asked City Commission for 60 days to come up with more fitting noise regulations.

The group met with a consultant, the Downtown Development Authority, attorneys who drafted the city’s ordinance and code enforcement officers in an attempt to come up with a better noise ordinance.

Group members had differing opinions on how noise should be regulated and didn’t reach a consensus in a meeting held Dec. 17, according to Burt Rapoport of Deck 84.

About 30 people attended the five-hour meeting, he said, and the group plans to meet again after the holiday to

determine what it wants out of the ordinance. They’ll come back to City Hall after that meeting.

At City Commission’s Dec. 4 meeting, Mayor Woodie McDuffie said of the city’s ordinance, “It would appear practically, that what we’re requiring is almost undoable.”

Commissioner Adam Frankel said then that the Wednesday before Thanksgiving he had received an email from Rapoport about his surprise about the ordinance and the public hearings that were held.

Several establishments noted that they had no knowledge that the public hearings on the issue would be held, the commissioner said.

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Carl Smith

By Cheryl Blackerby

DELRAY BEACH — Carl Smith spent most of his life putting smiles on the faces of those around him.

At Miramar Gardens in Delray Beach, he was known as the easygoing golfer and tennis player whom everyone called “Doc” — the guy with the oneliners about Notre Dame football.

“He used to tell people that there were only two important Catholics in the world,” said his son Dana Smith. “There was the pope.

And then there was the quarterback of the Notre Dame football team.”

Before moving to Delray Beach in 1982, he spent most of four decades taking care of the smiles in Trumansburg, N.Y., where he established a flourishing dental practice after coming home from World War II. “He was a real people person,” Dana Smith said.

“He enjoyed the company of others and had many happy tennis matches in Delray.

He loved it when they called him Doc.” Carl Richard Smith died Dec. 3 in Delray Beach at the age of 93. His wife, Virginia, “Ginny,” died in 2007, shortly after they celebrated their 60th anniversary.

The two met in France during the war. She was a Red Cross nurse and he was an Army Air Corps dentist.

“Mom went back to Seattle after the war, and dad went back to New York,”

said Dana Smith. “She was quite independent. She got into a car and drove all the way to Trumansburg to find him. She did and that was it. They were together from then on.”

Doc and Ginny married in San Mateo, Calif., in 1947 and returned to Trumansburg to raise five children, all of whom survive: Dana (Roxanne) Smith of Trumansburg; Eric (Maria) Smith of Ligonier, Pa.; Paul (Robin) Smith of Bend, Ore.; Mike (LaJuana) Smith of Los Angeles; and Beth Smith (Mike Lambert) of Eugene, Ore. The couple leaves eight grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one step-greatgrandchild.

Doc Smith earned his bachelor’s degree from Notre Dame and went on to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania’s dental school. One of the family’s special retreats was a cottage on Cayuga Lake, one of the Finger Lakes, where they enjoyed summer vacations together with friends.

Doc Smith played tennis well into his 80s and followed Notre Dame football until the end.

There are no services, but friends can make memorial contributions to St. James Catholic Church, P.O. Box 709, Trumansburg, NY 14886. For more information, contact NessSibley Funeral Home in Trumansburg, (888) 5345446.

Family members plan to gather sometime next summer for a memorial celebration of Doc’s life.

January 2013

Gertrude Dombroski

By Ron Hayes

BRINY BREEZES — Gertrude Dombroski started spending her winters here in 1953 and became a permanent resident in the early 1980s.

She left, from her own bed, at 6:35 p.m. on Nov. 28, holding her daughter’s hand as I’ll Be Home For Christmas played on the stereo.

She was 95 and always claimed that Briny was “the closest thing to heaven.”

“She loved the clean air,” recalled her daughter, Candy Alexandra, who shared her home. “There was nowhere on Earth where you could open your door in the morning and smell the salt breeze. In the early days, everybody knew what everyone else was having for supper because all the windows were open.”

Born Gertrude Koskulitz in

Hazleton, Pa., on Dec. 29, 1916, she was one of eight children, all of whom she had survived.

In 1940, she married Ted Dombroski, who died in 2001 after 61 years of marriage. The couple were in the amusement business.

In addition to her daughter, she had a son, also named Ted, who died in 2007.

Although she did not attend college herself, Mrs. Dombroski stressed the importance of education, and both her children earned doctoral degrees.

Her son held a doctorate in behavioral psychology from the University of Houston.

Her daughter has master’s degrees in music education and music therapy from the University of Colorado and Florida State University and also earned a doctorate in early childhood development from Nova Southeastern University.

“I got my love of music from my mother,” she explained. “We didn’t have a radio in the car, so I’d ask her for a song and she’d

sing it. She used to wake us up by singing any cheerful song that came into her mind, or else she’d make one up.”

Despite having suffered from severe rheumatoid arthritis in her early 30s, Mrs. Dombroski taught herself to walk again and recovered so much agility that friends and neighbors in the park were astonished by her vitality.

“She used to run all over the place,” remembers neighbor Terry Kline, who met Mrs. Dombroski when she was 90.

“She was the most amazing woman, running around all over the place. My dog, Madison, always loved her because she gave him treats.

Whenever I took him for a walk, he only wanted to go next door.”

A funeral Mass will be said at 11 a.m. on Jan. 9 at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church in Delray Beach.

Her daughter requests that no flower or monetary donations be made. “Just say a prayer for her,” she said.

Henry ‘Hank’ Gribensk

By Emily J. Minor OCEAN RIDGE — Henry “Hank” Gribensk, 60, a veteran of the U.S. Army who many years ago used his opportunities in the military to get off drugs and turn his life around, died Dec. 5.

Mr. Gribensk was a wellknown and well-loved property manager at two island condominium complexes, Crown Colony and Ocean Walk — where he also lived.

Rhonda Gribensk said her husband had been diagnosed

with liver cancer about a year ago, and had declined rapidly in the last few months.

A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Mr. Gribensk was the third of four children. The son of a Brooklyn produce driver, Mr. Gribensk was closest to his grandmother, who lived with the family. “You know how those big Italian families are,” said Rhonda Gribensk.

After his grandmother’s death, Mr. Gribensk dealt with the loss by turning to drugs, eventually developing an addiction to heroin, Mrs. Gribensk said.

“He went to rehab — a really hardcore rehab that straightened him out,” said Mrs. Gribensk, who met her

husband about 15 years ago at the bowling alley in Boynton Beach, where he worked then as the manager. “Then he went into the military,” she said.

“He loved the military. He did have a really hard life, but the military is what really changed him. After that, he was like a different person.”

The Gribensks had been married eight years and Rhonda Gribensk said he was the kindest, most loving man she’d ever met. “He treated me like a princess,” she said.

To the residents of the two complexes where he worked, Mr. Gribensk was the go-to handyman who could fix just about anything. “He was the greatest guy in the world,” said Patrice Mahon, who lives at Ocean Walk. “He was always happy, and would do whatever you asked him to do.”

She said she had visited with him on the afternoon of his death at his Ocean Walk condo.

Mr. Gribensk was buried at South Florida National Cemetery, the veteran’s cemetery on U.S. 441. Mahon said there were more than 50 people there.

“I looked around and, if it had been raining, there were too many of us to fit under the canopy,” she said. “It was very nice.”

Mrs. Gribensk said her sonin-law, Michael Roper, has been hired to take her husband’s job and manage the property at Ocean Walk.

Beside his wife, Mr. Gribensk is survived by their blended family of six children and 10 grandchildren.

Mrs. Gribensk said all the grandchildren adored him, and called him “Papa.”

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Along the Coast

Patrols aim to protect manatees, educate boaters

By Cheryl Blackerby Right on cue, mother and baby manatees appeared on the surface of the Intracoastal Waterway as Sgt. Doug Sills of the Lantana Police Marine Unit advised boaters Rick Wohlfarth and John Gwynn of Delray Beach to watch out for the marine mammals.

Sills’ Saturday afternoon patrol Dec. 8 was part of Operation Mermaid, a countywide campaign to remind boaters to slow down during manatee season, which is mid-November through March 31.

Manatee patrols are conducted by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Marine Units along with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and law-enforcement agencies including Lantana, Boynton Beach, Tequesta, Jupiter, West Palm Beach and Riviera Beach.

The name Operation Mermaid was inspired by early mariners’ sightings of “mermaids,” which were in fact manatees. It’s easy to understand the confusion if a nearsighted sailor was observing from a distance — manatees will often surface, raise their heads out of the water and turn to look at you, then disappear with a slap of their big tails.

But explorer Christopher Columbus must have gotten a fairly close-up view when he sailed near the Dominican Republic Jan. 9, 1493. He wrote in his log that he saw three mermaids, and described them as “not half as beautiful as they are painted.”

Coastal community residents can get their own close-up sightings as hundreds of endangered Florida manatees seek warm water in South Florida waterways.

Sills sometimes gives manatees a police escort on the Intracoastal Waterway to keep them safe.

“Last year, I had a herd — there must have been 30 of them. I traveled with them with the lights on. They’re so slow and helpless.”

Sills tells boaters to look for the line of ringed ripples manatees leave on the surface; to be alert for their heads when they come up for air; and to note their direction and try to stay away.

“When you see one, there are usually others,” he said.

Recreational watercraft have caused about onequarter of all manatee deaths since 1974 (when recordkeeping began), and are their No. 1 threat, according to Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission research. Many manatees have the familiar

Keep Manatees Safe

The Operation Mermaid patrols hand out laminated instructions for boaters about manatees, and what to do if they see one injured or dead. Here are some of the tips: • Slow down and observe all manatee speed zones and caution areas. The fine is $90 if you don’t.

Manatee zones are generally the area of water within 300 feet from shore, where manatees feed on seagrasses.

• While swimming or diving, do not approach or chase a manatee.

• Don’t pollute. Pick up trash such as fishing line and plastic bags.

• Respect manatee signs.

‘Idle Speed’ is the lowest speed needed to maintain steerage and forward motion (about 2-3 mph).

“Slow Speed” is little or no wake; the vessel must be completely settled in the water. “Resume Normal” means resume safe speed according to water and traffic conditions.

• If you see a sick, injured, dead or tagged manatee, call (888) 404-FWCC (888404-3922).

long white scars on their backs from propeller injuries.

They feed on seagrass beds in shallow water, where there is little time or room to avoid oncoming boats. Deaths are usually from propeller wounds, the impact with boat hulls, or crushing.

In the first 11 months of 2012, manatee deaths from watercraft, including boats and Jet Skis, totaled 78; two were killed in Palm Beach County. This is a far greater number than the total of manatees killed in 1980 statewide — 16, and none in Palm Beach County — when there were far fewer people and boats.

A statewide survey in winter 2010 showed there were 5,076 manatees, but this is not a true estimate of the population, according to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Research is being conducted to get a more accurate number.

Many boaters are not aware of manatees, said Sills. He stopped a boater from Jupiter who didn’t even know that manatees ever swam in the Intracoastal Waterway. “You see manatees out here?” the boater asked in amazement.

Other boaters were more informed. “We saw some manatees today,” said Jared Rosen, who was boating with his two young children, who both nodded in excitement.

“It’s crazy how people just fly down the waterway without thinking about them.” Ú

Sgt. Doug Sills (right) talks to Rick Wohlfarth (in blue shirt) and John Gwynn of Delray Beach to raise awareness of manatees. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

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Gulf Stream School

By Libby Volgyes Juliana Papera eyes her opponent’s moves with the calculating experience of a chess player far beyond her years.

But she has the politeness of a 7-year-old who knows her manners.

“You’re so good at this, Reece,” she compliments her opponent.

The game plays out as she watches carefully from the floor, where they play with 4-inch pieces of indestructible plastic.

“But you’re probably not thinking about what my move is,” she cautions him.

The game proceeds at Gulf Stream School, piece after piece taken with the uncontained glee of firstgraders on a Friday.

“All you need is to take my king. But that’s impossible!” she says.

Gulf Stream School has been teaching chess the past three years. Among the firstgraders learning one recent morning, six have chessboards at home and one has a private chess tutor.

“Certainly they use a lot of their chess knowledge when they’re solving their math problems,” said Nicole Hoffman, the first-grade homeroom teacher. “It’s the highlight of their week. They

Chess classes capture youngsters’ interest

Trevor Zankl, 7 (left), makes a move during chess at Gulf Stream School in his first-grade class as Hunter Presson, 6 (center), peers over to watch his move. Libby Volgyes/The Coastal Star adore chess.”

Jake Julien, 7, who has a tutor, likes how the queen can move in any direction and also likes the “en passant” move.

He knows exactly who has the most points at any given time and enjoys playing chess with his parents, “but usually beat(s) them.”

Bruce Perrotta of Wellington is the chess instructor who comes to the

school to work with the students each week. He learned the game when he was 9 or 10 and travels Perrotta to teach at different schools throughout South Florida.

He also teaches dance and is retired from semi-pro football.

“The game itself, the rules are more complicated than your average kids’ board game, but you take them in bites,” he said. “You teach them concepts in bite-size pieces. As they become comfortable with that, you begin adding on. For example, take kindergartners.

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Down the hall, the kindergartners study chess every week for 20 minutes.

“They’re just so eager to learn, and they remember so much,” kindergarten teacher Deb Handler said. “They’re such sponges, and they want to learn it all.”

“Chess promotes the idea of logical thinking, of planning, of understanding, of giving in order to get,” Perrotta said.

“Of coordinating a team, of overcoming obstacles.

It’s basically built around a simulation of conflict in life, so the idea is on understanding how to approach conflict and gain confidence in solving problems to create success.”

Karen Awaida, 5, reminds a classmate how the different pieces move.

“Only that one can jump because horses can jump,” she says, pointing to the knight.

Karen plays with her brother Stefan, 8, who competed last year in a chess competition — winning three and losing two matches. Stefan plays on his iPad a few times a week as well as with his sister.

“I take it hard on her, just to give her a lesson,” Stefan said. But the lessons seem to be working, as she surely and deftly maneuvers the pieces around the board.

That is, until the lesson’s over.

Then it’s time for snacks and recess. Ú

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Unity School

Eighth Grade Poetry Contest winners (from left) Gus O’Hare (Gulf Stream), Luke O’Carroll (Ocean Ridge), Morley Wyler (Ocean Ridge) and Remy O’Hare (Gulf Stream) display the pictures that served as the inspiration for their poems. Unity Middle School language arts instructor Jeanette Perrella comments: ‘It was very interesting to see which paintings inspired the students to write. The class’s true individuality and creativity were apparent in their writing.’ The first- and second-place winning poems are reprinted below.

BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS Morley Wyler, ‘13 The day is crystal clear Not a single cloud is near The pond is peaceful and full of life The colors that fill the water are as sharp as a knife The wind blows softly through your hair All you can do is sit and stare The lilies look as soft as silk Their colors are as creamy as milk A man sits on a bench on a peaceful day Living his life away The sun beating in the sky No one asks him “why?”

Not a single worry does his mind chase Because of the stillness of this enchanted place The water lilies grow, and never cease to inspire Never does his mind of this lovely scene tire As the man looks at the pond, he thinks of his life He thinks of his two young children and his gorgeous wife And the day turns into night.

BLUE HORSE Remy O’Hare, ‘13 Riding alone under a desert sky A million stars shine down on my Friend and teacher who I have always admired.

I think I know what he would say When asked the most important question of the day.

“Listen to your heart, stay close to your friends, Protect the weak and fully live your life until it ends.”

“For life sometimes is filled with sorrow and pain So let the clouds and rain come again.

Life will always be sweet and beautiful.”

This makes my heart so full To share with others and raise their spirits high And with them travels the spirit in the sky.

What better way to spend one’s life To ignore the anxiety and strife To know it’s there but you choose to see Only the good things God has given me.

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“We never had a recycling bin at our house, until now.”

Alyssa Gangale, 12

LEFT: Alyssa Gangale is one of the co-chairs of the Boynton Beach school’s K-Cup Crusade. ABOVE: Ryan Graham, 6, of Delray Beach is a study in concentration as he fills his K-Cup with potting soil and seeds. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

St. Joseph’s Episcopal School

Students get down and dirty in ‘green living’ program

By Ron Hayes Erin Donahue’s dog ate her homework.

Before she could eat it herself.

Barkley, the family’s Shar-

Pei mix, romped into the back yard one day and dug up all those tomatoes and chives, the rosemary and basil that Erin had planted so lovingly and tended so loyally.

This would embarrass

any seventh-grader, but it’s especially awkward for the co-captain of the K-Cup Crusade at St. Joseph’s Episcopal School in Boynton Beach.

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“My parents were making coffee in a Keurig machine,” she recalled, “and I realized they were perfect little pots to hold a seedling plant.”

Keurig cups, for those who still swear by Mr. Coffee, are the small, prepackaged plastic containers, slightly larger than an individual serving of cream, that are loaded into Keurig machines to make a single cup of coffee.

Erin’s mother, Michelle Donahue, is St. Joseph’s development director. When she heard her daughter’s idea, the project quickly developed.

Parents and teachers, students and administrators are collecting K-Cups as if they were rare postage stamps. And every second Tuesday of the month, they’re put to work.

For nearly an hour, the first- and sixth-graders pair off beside the school’s 10-by-60-foot garden, where tomatoes, eggplants and green peppers are well on their way to a harvest.

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ABOVE: Lucy Ream (right) and Sophia Rex tag-team the weeds that grow between the rows in the school garden. BELOW: First-grader Ryan Fellowes labels his seedling cups.

With the older kids lending a hand, the firstgraders scrape coffee grounds into compost buckets, and the K-Cups are set aside to be washed and planted with seeds.

“My biggest challenge is to teach them it’s OK to get their hands dirty,” Michelle Donahue laughed. “Put your hand in the dirt and feel it!

Touch it! It’s OK!” In addition to germinating seeds for their own school garden, the students are packaging the cups with dirt pellets and seed packets to be distributed at school and community events.

And next year they’ll send the packaged K-Cups to students in New York and New Jersey to help communities affected by Hurricane Sandy replant school and community gardens.

So far, the students have collected about 820 cups, with a goal of 2,000 in mind.

On a recent Tuesday afternoon, the philosophy of “Living Green” had clearly inspired the students.

“Green means to keep the

world healthy and be good to the world,” explained Ryan Graham, 6, of Delray Beach. “I’m planting … ” He frowned. “Let me think … cucumbers and watermelons.”

Watermelons? In such a tiny coffee container?

“It’s going to grow up,” he said with confidence.

“I’m learning that you

should help the Earth stay healthy and pick up garbage,” said Sophia Rex, 6, of Boynton Beach, as she packed a K-Cup. “I’m planting everything there is. If you saw it, you’d be amazed.”

The K-Cup Crusade is only one project in a school-wide “Live Green” program. In time, the students’ garden will be harvested and the tomatoes, eggplants and green peppers used in meals, which in turn will yield a cookbook.

The school has elections for its “Live Green Council,” as well as “Green Ambassadors,” who carry leftover fruits and vegetables from the lunch table to the compost bin.

And the message seems to have taken root.

Erin’s co-captain of the K-Cup Crusade is Alyssa Gangale, 12, who organizes exhibits and talks that highlight the school’s “Live Green” projects.

“We never had a recycling bin at our house,” she confessed. “Until now.” Ú For more information, visit www.sjeslivegreen.org.

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aniel Herrick doesn’t look 92. He doesn’t act it, either, as he describes the events of his life in vivid detail.

He calls himself “one of the luckiest people I know,” and good luck is a recurring theme as he recounts his 20-year naval career and subsequent success in business.

During World War II, he served on the USS Lansdowne, a destroyer stationed in the South Pacific. “They called it Lucky L,” he says. “We were never hit.”

He was transferred to Hawaii, then to Miami at war’s end — lucky warm-weather assignments for a kid from New Jersey.

“They sent me down to Miami and gave me what’s called a ‘spot promotion’ to lieutenant. I was all of 25.

This was at the Fifth Naval District, and I was in charge of petroleum products for the ships in the Florida area,” Herrick says.

“I lucked into getting an apartment in Miami, which in those days was very difficult, and mine was right on Biscayne Bay with sailboats going by.

And there were a lot of girls in Miami. I thought, ‘boy, this is the duty!’ ” Other lucky transfers included Guam — “I lived in a quonset hut on a cliff overlooking the harbor, with a dog, a piano and an American girlfriend” — and later San Diego, where he and his first wife had a home on Naval Air Station North Island.

Years later, after a divorce, Herrick was assigned to work in personnel at the Department of the Navy in Washington, D.C. Being a single man, one of his extracurricular duties was White House aide, helping President and Mrs. Truman host dinners and receptions.

“I would be at the head of the receiving line, introducing guests to the president and first lady,” he says. “The Trumans were nice as could be. They treated me like family.”

While in Washington he met and married his second wife, a member of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service).

He attended Harvard Business School and earned an MBA on the Navy’s dime — another stroke of luck that helped launch his post-Navy career in finance.

Now divorced a second

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MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR: Daniel Herrick

Daniel Herrick, who lives at St. Andrews Club, got his MBA while serving in the Navy for 20 years. His long civilian career in finance included stints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star time but happily retired at St. Andrews Club, Herrick stays active swimming, spending time with family (two grown daughters and six grandchildren), and traveling around the world.

Last year he cruised with friends from Hong Kong to New York aboard the Queen Mary 2.

And it appears his famous luck is still holding: after taking up croquet at age 91, he was given the “rookie of the year” award.

— Paula Detwiller Q. Where did you grow up and go to school?

A. I grew up in Montclair, N.J., and graduated from Montclair High School. I attended the University of Virginia, planning to become a lawyer. While there, I joined the Navy ROTC. Well, I got my college diploma on June 15, 1942, and on June 30, they commissioned me as an ensign in the Navy Supply Corps,

and I went on active duty. I was sent to a destroyer in the South Pacific called the USS Lansdowne. I caught up with the ship on Dec. 30, 1942, in Noumea, New Caledonia. I was 21.

Q. What professions have you worked in?

A. At the end of the war, I left the Naval Reserves and joined the full Navy. Over the next 20 years, I worked in naval supply operations and personnel. At one point, the Navy sent me to Harvard Business School to get an MBA, so I was wellequipped to work in finance when I got out. My first civilian job was with the W.R. Grace Company. I later became chief financial officer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. I was there 17 years before being recruited to join the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., as their CFO. I retired for good in 1995.

Q. How did serving in the military during WWII change you?

A. It made me grow up from being a boy to a man. Before that, I’d never had any real responsibility. I’d worked as a waiter at the country club during the summer, but that was about it. So to be sent to a destroyer and all of a sudden be in charge of a group of men and have to set up an office and order supplies and food for the ship — that was completely new.

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

A. I have said this to my grandchildren: I think young people, when they get out of college, should do a couple of years of service to their country, in the military, the Peace Corps, some kind of government service. It’s a way of maturing that helps them as well as the country.

Q. How did you choose to make your home in St. Andrews?

A. A high school classmate of mine had a place here,

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and about 25 years ago he invited me down for a couple of days. I thought, “Boy, this is a nice place, the lawns are so green and well-kept, and the buildings are all freshly painted.”

About 25 years later, after my friend had died, I had occasion to come back here, and by gosh, the grass was still manicured, the houses were still painted nicely. After renting here for a while, I decided to buy a unit and fix it up.

Q. What is your favorite part about living in St. Andrews?

A. The people are nice. I swim a lot, and I’ve taken up croquet, so I like the pool and the croquet courts. And I like to walk on the beach, which is just across the street.

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

A. Yes — one of my professors at Harvard Business School, Gen. Georges Doriot, a Frenchman … in the U.S. Army. He owned the first venture capital company in the U.S. He was a maverick who didn’t use the typical Harvard Business School “case study” approach to teaching.

Doriot liked to get our creative juices flowing. He’d make us think of a new idea for a business every single week.

One time my classmates and I came up with the idea of a flat television set that you’d put up on a wall. In those days, that was pretty far-out thinking! But now we have it.

Q. What book are you reading now?

A. The Admirals, by Walter Borneman, about the five-star admirals who won WWII at sea. And I just finished a good book by David McCollough called The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris.

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

A. Richard Burton. He [could] play anybody and … [had] wonderful taste in women.

Q. Do you have a favorite quote?

A. The chief justice of the United States, Oliver Wendell Holmes, was walking down Constitution Avenue one day with his law clerk, and two pretty girls walked by.

Holmes leaned down to his law clerk and said, “I wish I was 75 again.” I think that’s a wonderful quote, and I feel that Ú way, too, sometimes.

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The Casa Alva saga

Manalapan mansion to have just third owner in its storied history. Pages H4-H5

International pro

St. Andrews’ David Bent played on the USA Croquet Team that took fourth in international play.

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The koi pond at Ocean Ridge Town Hall has aquatic plants so koi have hiding spots. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

Don’t be coy!

Religion

Area churches concentrate efforts on helping needy and orphaned children. Page H8

Wade right in to learn about colorful koi fish He thinks that having the natural-looking pond with its pink, yellow and purple water lilies and very day at around 3 p.m., receptionist Lisa dancing fish helps take “the hardness” out of the Burns feeds the orange, black, white and government buildings. cream koi darting about the manmade Shelley Crawford, owner of Butterflies Are Free pond in front of the Ocean Ridge Town Inc., a landscape design company in Boca Raton, Hall and Police Department. On weekends, the duty has installed koi ponds for customers. “People go falls to a policeman or dispatcher. crazy for koi,” she says.

Dr. Jim Weege, a semi-retired veterinarian, Koi are carp that have been hybridized by the donates his time to care for these fish. “I thought Japanese, to whom these fish symbolize love and it would be neat to participate and give back to the friendship. town where I’ve lived for 22 years,” he says.

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Pets

Ocean Ridge family’s beloved Labradoodle is being trained as a service dog for teenage son.

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By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley

Religion

WINDOWS TO THE SOUL Stained glass still captivates in tours at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Secret Gardens

Dine among tropical flora and fauna at Delray Beach’s Sundy House, where the garden even provides some menu ingredients. Page H13

Health & Harmony

Reflexologists aim to provide holistic therapy, not just a great foot massage. Page H14

By Mary Thurwachter While not meant as a recruitment tool to lasso in the faithful, the Bethesda-by-the-Sea Church tour has drawn in many a curious visitor to Palm Beach over the years.

The tour has been around for 40 years, said Ann Elizabeth Hall, who serves as chairwoman of the tour committee and heads up a team of docents including Peter Broberg, Robert E. Jackson, Robbie Jackson III, James Goodner, Charles Frankel III and John Buxton.

“It changes people’s lives,” she said. “It has brought people from all over the world into the church to learn more about it.”

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A detail of the window at Bethesda-by-the-Sea that depicts the biblical story of Jonah. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

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Continued from page H1 You may find watching them relaxing and be tempted to create a koi pond in your backyard. But before you dig, here are questions to ask yourself: Do I want another pet?

Keeping koi is similar to owning a cat. “You can leave them alone for a couple of days but then you need to give them some attention,” says Gordon Nash, president of the Tropical Koi Club with members in Palm Beach County.

Do I have space? To keep koi, the pond must be quite large and deep. Start with one that holds 10,000 gallons of water and is at least 5 feet deep, suggests Crawford.

You need the depth so that the fish can hide from herons, raccoons and kingfishers that like to feast on them.

What does it cost? A professionally installed 5- by 5-foot koi pond with the necessary filtration and algaefighting equipment that’s landscaped with real rock will cost you about $10,000, according to Crawford.

However, she has installed ponds that cost upward of $40,000.

Where should I place my pond? Where you’ll be able to see and enjoy it. Near your home or patio is a good place.

What will be my biggest headache? Algae is a constant concern. There are systems such as ultra violet light and chemicals as well as aerators

that help prevent algae bloom, but you have to keep after it.

You’ll also need to regularly test the water for things such as pH as well as nitrites and nitrates.

How do I build a koi pond? There are many different types of ponds including prefabricated ones.

But if you want to build one, you might begin by laying a hose out in a pattern that is aesthetically pleasing and fits your landscape. Then you can use spray paint to mark the outline of your pond.

You also have to decide if you want a waterfall and where to place it. And you’ll need to install plumbing and pumps necessary to recirculate and filter the water.

Nash strongly recommends a drain at the bottom of the pond to remove fish waste

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Dr. Jim Weege volunteers his time to care for the koi at Ocean Ridge Town Hall. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star that settles there. “A koi pond without a bottom drain is like a car without an engine,” he says.

Then, go ahead and dig.

But because you are probably scooping out sugar sand, Crawford suggests you line the hole with cement blocks.

Otherwise, after the first rain, the sand will fall back into it, she says.

A felt liner makes a soft layer between the blocks and keeps the plastic liner you lay on top of it from tearing when it’s filled with water.

Next, landscape with boulders and plants such as papyrus and grasses.

When ready, fill your pond with water. But don’t add the koi and water lilies just yet.

First you have to treat the water to remove chlorine and other chemicals.

How do I select koi?

Grand champions from Japanese breeders can cost $100,000. And one member of the Tropical Koi Club has a fish worth $250,000, according to Nash. Koi are priced according to color, sex, pattern and scaling.

“It’s individual preference.

Some people like a Toyota, others a Lexus,” Crawford says.

How many koi should I buy? Moderation is key, says Crawford, who recommends six to 10 fish in a 10,000-gallon pond. If you have more, they compete for food and their waste can overload a filtering system.

Do I like frogs? Chances are your pond is going to be home to tadpoles and lots of frogs. “If you don’t like the sound of them chirping at night, you don’t want a pond,” says Crawford, who likes to listen to nature.

This all may sound like a lot of work and expense, but Crawford doesn’t discourage you from keeping koi.

Like any addition to your home, there’s an initial investment, she says. But the fish and pond are going to make your home more attractive and valuable while giving you hours of fun and relaxation.

Nash agrees: “Just sitting watching your fish can suck the stress out of you. They are very calming to see.” Ú The Ocean Ridge town koi pond is funded by donations.

If you’d like to contribute to the Ocean Ridge Koi Garden Fund, contact Dr. Jim Weege at 523-5705. For information on the Tropical Koi Club, visit tropicalkoiclub.org.

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This window on the north side of the church shows the story of Jonah. The window was donated in 1945 by Lawrence Emory Haskell as a memorial to his wife. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

STAINED GLASS Continued from page H1

Docents, stylishly dressed in navy blazers and white slacks, share the history and art of Bethesda with those who may have never been inside the church before, as well as those who come regularly.

“Some people have become church members after taking the tour,” Hall said. Seeing the church and its majestic stained glass windows certainly has had a lasting effect on her.

Hall, a longtime Palm Beach resident who now lives over the bridge in West Palm Beach, was a 9-year-old girl who desperately wanted to hold onto her belief in Santa when she first set foot inside Bethesdaby-the-Sea Church many years ago.

“It was Christmas Eve,” recalled Hall, who had come down with her family from Asheville, N.C. “The church was exquisite and I saw St. Nicholas in a stained glass window. I couldn’t wait to tell everyone. Surely Santa was real if they had his picture in the church.”

The Episcopal church in Palm Beach, built in 1925-1926, has been near and dear to her ever since.

With more than 50 stunning stained glass windows, it’s hard to pick a favorite. Hall’s first choice is the sapphire blue Te Deum window over the high altar. It was made in England and shipped to Palm Beach in 1940 during World War II in three pieces on three different ships.

Hebrew prophets Micah and Isaiah are in the left lancet, Apostles Peter and Paul are in the middle along with a depiction of the Annunciation of the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary. The right lancet contains church fathers Pope Gregory and St. Augustine.

“No matter where you sit in the church, that window is captivating,” she said, “especially in the morning when the sun shines through.”

Hall’s sister, the late author and historian Kathryn E. Hall, was in charge of the tours for

Bethesda-by-the-Sea docents include Peter S. Broberg (left), Robert E. Jackson Jr., Robert E. Jackson III, Ann Elizabeth Hall, James S. Goodner, John Buxton and Charles J. Frankel III. Photo by Nick Kindred

If you go:

This window on the north wall depicts St. Nicholas. many years and wrote the first church tour as well as two history books about Bethesda.

Ann Hall, a historian and an author herself, worked with her sister on the tours, history projects and publications and wrote the most recent tour book (available at the church).

Bethesda, the guide explains, means “the house of healing.”

The parish itself began in 1889 and there have been three church buildings.

The first was a small wooden building on the north end of the island; the second, a Moorish-style church on North Lake Trail that was deconsecrated after 31 years and is a private home today.

The current Gothic-style church, at 141 S. County Road, was designed by Hiss and Weeks of New York.

The tour covers more than just the stained glass windows. Visitors learn

Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church is at 141 South County Road, Palm Beach.

During the season (September through November and January through May), church tours are given at 12:15 p.m. on the second and fourth Sunday of the month, following services.

During the summer (JuneAugust), tours are at 11:15 a.m. on the fourth Sunday.

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about the cornerstone that commemorates Ponce de Leon’s landing in Florida, the sculptured stone on both sides of the front entrance and the inviting Cluett Memorial Garden outside, with its Japanese koi fish and colorful blooming plants.

But the stained glass windows are show-stoppers, each with a story of its own.

Most people, Hall said, know about Jonah being swallowed by a whale, so that window is always a favorite.

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By Christine Davis Bill and Maura Benjamin have happily downsized from their longtime historic home, Casa Alva at 1300 Lands End Road in Manalapan, but it wasn’t without its last-minute stresses. When the time came to move, for example, they had one month to do it.

Moving is a daunting challenge for most of us, but consider this: Casa Alva has 26,177 square feet of living space with eight bedrooms.

Bill has owned the house for 57 years and he and Maura have lived in it for 33 years; they had one month to move out — and it was the holidays.

“When you live in a house this big, you never get rid of anything,” Maura said. “You just stuff it in another closet.”

However, move they did.

“I really had wonderful help,” Maura said in retrospect. “People say I could run a corporation. I was extraordinarily organized, and now I’m extraordinarily tired.”

The Benjamins first listed the house for sale in 2007 at $23 million, and they sold it Dec. 7 for $6.8 million, the price recorded with the deed by the Palm Beach County Clerk’s Office.

“We are now renting a townhouse in Wellington,” Maura said. “We had a terrible time squeezing everything in.

We had so little time to find a place to live and we have two dogs, which made it a little

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Maura and Bill Benjamin have enjoyed living in their historic Manapalan home for 33 years. Photo provided harder.

“I love where we are, and I don’t know where we are going next.”

They were ready, she said, speaking a few days after the closing. “When I woke up today, I realized I didn’t have to worry about anything.

“We had parties and projects there, but we are both getting older, and we didn’t want the responsibility of the house. It

was no longer fun.”

For her, Casa Alva was an amazing adventure and Bill loved the landscaping part — Farmer Bill she called him. “He even ran a Bobcat, moved earth and planted trees,” she said.

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in the hall, Regency boiserie in the master suite sitting room.

“The first time I saw it, I realized I’d never have an opportunity to decorate a house as beautiful as this again and I said ‘I’m going to go for it.’ It was totally insane — too big a job. There was nothing in the house when we moved in, so finding furniture was fun.

Everything had a story.”

Now the house is empty again. There was no time to add clauses for furniture into the closing, Maura noted. What they didn’t keep was sold. But thankfully, the new owner, Gary W. Parr, vice chairman of the Lazard Ltd. financial advisory and asset-management firm, appreciates the house, too, she said.

Parr, who declined to comment for this story, has a home on Park Avenue in New York City, as well as a 24,000-square-foot home on more than six acres in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. He serves as chairman of Venetian Heritage and has supported a variety of restoration and preservation projects, according to published reports.

“Mr. Parr had been looking at the house for about two years. He loved it and he wants to keep the integrity, which makes us happy,” Maura said.

“He’d like to preserve the landscape and keep its wonderful tropical feel. He loved all the beautiful paneled rooms, the history of the house and all the illustrious people who have lived and visited here. He wants to maintain its historic value and restore what’s necessary.

“He’s going to repaint the entry, which we wanted to do,” she added.

Lawrence Moens of Lawrence A. Moens Associate represented both the buyer and sellers.

Five years ago, Premier Estate Properties listed Casa Alva. In 2010, Illustrated Properties acquired the listing and set the price at $13.5 million, later dropping it to $11.75 million before the listing expired. Moens acquired the listing in January 2012 and set the price at $9.85 million at that time.

“I sold this magnificent estate and property owned by the most lovely of couples to an absolutely wonderful gentleman,” Moens said. “The transaction was a terrific experience.”

Nelson Hammell of Devonshire Antiques is coordinating a garage sale of some of the Benjamins’ belongings at 233 Seville Road, West Palm Beach, from 8 a.m. to noon Jan. 12.

Also, the Benjamins’ property will be highlighted as a special section of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ upcoming Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts auction on Feb. 10 and 11 in its Chicago headquarters. The catalog will include detailed auction information with full descriptions for each lot including provenance, exhibition history and auction estimate as well as photographs of select highlights. An illustrated online catalog will be available four weeks prior to the auction. Some of the Benjamins’ works of fine art will be included in the auction house’s American and European Art and Modern and Contemporary Art auctions on May 12 and 13. Buyers can bid in person during the auction or they can register to telephone bid. They also can bid live online and through thirdparty bidding platforms. For more information, visit www. Ú lesliehindman.com.

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Casa Alva has links to British nobility, Winston Churchill

By Mary Thurwachter

Manalapan found its place on the social map with the construction of two grand homes for two great-grandchildren of shipping and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt. One was built on the ocean in 1929 for Commodore Harold Vanderbilt. The other was Casa Alva, built across the lagoon in 1934 for Harold’s sister, Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan.

Consuelo married into an aristocratic European family. Her husband was the Ninth Duke of Marlborough, making her the Duchess of Marlborough. Her domineering mother, Alva, arranged the match. After the pair divorced in 1926, Consuelo reconciled with her mother (the house’s namesake) and found true love with French balloonist Col. Jacques Balsan.

During the height of the Great Depression in 1934, the Balsans bought the south end of Hypoluxo Island and three nearby islands for $75,000.

There was a home on the 50-acre property. It was called La Linda and it had belonged to the John Demarest family.

The Balsans hired Palm Beach architect Maurice Fatio, the same man who designed Harold Vanderbilt’s home, to turn their love nest into a romantic mansion.

Fatio had his work cut out for him because the house had to be renovated to include the couple’s priceless collection of exquisite 18th- and 19thcentury, French hand-carved wood paneling. Collected from churches, castles and manor houses before World War II, the paneling varied in height so the ceiling height in different rooms had to vary, as well.

The wilderness mansion’s north wing became the bedroom wing and the south wing housed servants. The old garage area, with its cypress ceiling, became a living room.

As Fatio’s work continued, all that remained of the original structure was a stucco tower.

Casa Alva mirrored the Balsans’ attention to detail and was known to be one of the most richly furnished homes in all of South Florida.

Sir Winston Churchill, a family friend and cousin of Consuelo’s first husband, visited Casa Alva several times and often spent his time painting scenes around the grounds.

In 1957, the former Duchess of Marlborough, Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, sold Casa Alva to developer William E. Benjamin II. He turned much of the mangrove hammock island into a gated, luxury subdivision called Point Manalapan and transformed the Vanderbilt Balsan estate into a private social club and golf course.

Members were provided a full round of social activities

Casa Alva, built in 1934 for a Vanderbilt heiress, has been both a private home and a social club. Photo provided including dancing, gala balls, fashion shows, lectures, bridge, game instruction and tournaments.

Hotel service was available as well. Guest suites, with views of the lake or the golf course,

were air-conditioned for heat or cooling. Many had private terraces and fireplaces.

It took two years to get Casa Alva into club form. Kitchens were modernized, a golf course was installed, men’s and

women’s locker rooms and a snack bar were added to the old pool house, and the yacht docks were expanded.

By 1976, Benjamin determined it was time to raise the annual dues by $100. When

members balked, he closed the club for good.

Benjamin, who had lived in a large Point Manalapan home overlooking Manatee Cove, moved into Casa Alva after the club closed. His wife, Maura, handled the interior design, making the 26,177-square-foot manse more light and airy.

New air conditioning was installed and kitchens were updated in the home, with its eight bedrooms (including two master suites), eight bathrooms and six half-baths, a stunning pair of wrought-ironembellished staircases, and even a basement for storage.

The house, on five acres of land with 500 feet on the water, even has a special closet for hats, a silver vault, and an elevator to the second floor.

Apart from the main house, there’s a four-car garage, pool, and a one-bedroom cottage cantilevered over the lake. Ú

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Mary and Joseph, played

by Alice Robinson and Hunter Gregg, were surrounded by wise men, angels and shepherds during dress rehearsals for a telling of the Christmas story at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic School in Delray Beach. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

Finding Faith

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Avenue Church works to build shelter for foster children

he ambitious dream is to provide temporary shelter for the children of South County families in crisis.

City House would be a safe and loving haven for children who otherwise would be thrown into the state’s overwhelmed foster care program.

Members of The Avenue Church are appealing for believers from outside their congregation to provide special talents and resources to help make the dream a reality.

“We are at a point where a team can be assembled to move forward,” the Rev. Casey Cleveland said. “But it’s a vision that’s way bigger than we are, requiring many more resources than we have.

“This would have to be of the Lord or it’s not going to happen,” Rev. Cleveland said.

Organizers hope to acquire a 17,000-square-foot former sausage packing house south of Atlantic Avenue for City House.

The Avenue Church has focused on orphans since it began two years ago. Members participate in the national Safe Families program where they open their homes to children

The Women’s Circle Christmas and Students Award Ceremony was held Dec. 16 at the First United Methodist Church in Boynton Beach. Certificates were awarded to women who successfully completed courses in English, typing or computing. Participants had a fashion show in which they held a runway walk wearing the red and green hats, shawls and dresses they had knitted or crocheted.

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whose parents are temporarily unable to care for them.

But the need exceeds one church’s ability to respond.

About 10 children are turned away each month for lack of space.

“This is a horrific crisis that’s stirring our hearts,” women’s ministry director Allison Good said. “The orphan crisis isn’t just international — it is local as well.”

Other churches in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach have seen the need and already formed 4KIDS

of South Florida to open temporary shelters. But there is no shelter between the two cities.

Orphans are the cause for a 50-mile bike ride on Feb. 16.

Eric Johnson, who regularly bicycles down State Road A1A on Saturday Johnson mornings, got the idea.

“Here I am riding my bike on A1A,” Johnson recalled, “and I wonder if these people would ride for a reason.”

“Christians are called to help people. The Bible specifically calls out widows and orphans,” he said.

Johnson’s eyes were opened when he visited orphanages in Haiti. “Orphans need our help big time,” he said.

The Ride for Orphans bike ride starts and finishes at Spanish River Church in Boca Raton.

Bikers can register at www.spanishriver.com/ ride4orphans or by calling 994-5000. The fee is $35.

The route goes to north to Boynton Beach, where bikers cross over to A1A at Woolbright Road for the coastal homestretch to Palmetto Park Road.

The Avenue Church will provide one of four rest stops at Anchor Park in Delray Beach. The Journey Church, Calvary Chapel and Boynton Beach Community Church will provide the others.

Money raised with go to the Global Orphan Project, an orphanage in Haiti and 4KIDS of South Florida.

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“It is very gratifying to work two or three hours to fill a truck and know that food is going to be eaten by someone who is hungry within 48 hours,” promises the Rev. Pam Cahoon, executive director of Christians Reaching Out to Society (CROS) Ministries, which supervises the gleaning and distributes the food in Palm Beach County.

The fresh produce would be wasted in fields after harvesting if volunteers didn’t collect it. Cahoon started the program when she realized that Palm Beach County is the largest producer of sweet corn.

Much of the gleaned produce appears to feed the poor at the Caring Kitchen in Delray Beach, where 88,691 hot meals were served last year.

Volunteers may contact CROS gleaning director Viviane Fils-Aime at 233-9009 Ext. 107. Families are welcome.

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Organizers of the annual Boca Raton Greek Festival at St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church are expecting as many as 20,000 to attend the fourday event on Jan. 24-27.

The popular event — billed as the largest ethnic festival in South Florida — features Greek music and dancing, traditional Greek food and pastries, children’s rides and vendors from around the world.

Admission is $5 for adults with children for free. See www.saintmarkboca.net for more information.

The Rev. Edmund Bolella will speak at the annual Mayor’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast at Pompey Park in Delray Beach on Jan. 8.

The Rev. Bolella, a Delray Beach resident and education director for a Unitarian congregation in Boca Raton, will discuss what it means to serve in the community. The Delray Community Choir will perform.

Tickets are $25. Call (561) 279-0907 for details.

Members of Boca Raton Community Church haven’t decided yet whether to replace spires with crosses that were blown off their roof by Hurricane Sandy.

Strong winds brought down two of three spires at the Boca Raton church located at 740 NW Fourth Ave. The spires were constructed from concrete and rebar in the late 1950s on the original church building. Crosses were added at the top of each spire eight years ago.

Church business manager John Barber reports the damaged third spire has been removed. “We didn’t want that to come falling down while people were around,” Barber said.

Now the question is whether to test Mother Nature again by replacing the spires as they were before on the roof.

“We’re still in the process of repairing damage and determining what to put there in the future,” he said.

“We will put up a cross at some point,” Barber predicted. “But we haven’t decided whether it will be on the ground or back on the building.”

Tim Pallesen writes about people of faith, their congregations, causes and community events.

Email him at tcpallesen@ aol.com.

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Sunday - 1/6 - Kabbalah & Coffee: The Secret of Simplicity at Chabad of East Boca Raton, 120 NE 1st Ave., Boca Raton. Includes weekly Living Torah Video Presentation. Held every Sunday.

10-11:30 am. Free. 417-7797 or www. chabadbocabeaches.com.

Tuesday - 1/8 - 12th Annual Mayor’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast: “A Life in Community” at Pompey Park, 1101 NW 2nd St., Delray Beach. Guest speaker Edmund Bolella. Sponsored by the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce. 7-9 am. $25. RSVP required. 279-0907 or www.delraybeach.com.

Friday - 1/25 - T.G.I. Shabbat at Chabad of East Boca, 120 NE 1st Ave., Boca Raton. Monthly Friday night Shabbat dinner. With guest speaker David Nesenoff.

6:40 pm. $25/adults, $12/children ages 3-12. 417-7797.

Sunday - 1/27 - Lecture: The Shoah, the Covenant and Religious Responsibility - Reflecting on the Future for Christians and Jews is presented by Rabbi Eugene Korn as part of a series of lectures on the Holocaust and Judaic Studies in the Engineering Building, room 106 at Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. 7:30 pm. Free.

297-2979 or www.fau.edu.

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With the Delray Beach boat parade keeping bridges in an upright position, he didn’t have too much of a choice. After all, his customers were counting on the Delivery Dudes to get their sushi, filet mignon and dessert crepes delivered right to their door — and fast — boat parade or not.

It’s not every company founder who jumps in via skateboard, but then again, Koss isn’t really one for titles — or stiff protocol. And he’s not above pitching in — whether that means skateboarding food to his drivers or manning the phones.

“No titles, not really dudelike,” he says, preferring just to be known as “The Dude.”

Koss grew up in Islamorada and moved to Deerfield Beach for middle school. He graduated from North Broward High School and attended the University of Central Florida for two semesters.

He spent several years working in his family’s business, which contracts with different manufacturers to produce tailored clothing to sell to large retailers.

Four years ago, he moved to Delray Beach. Delivery Dudes was born about one year later, when Koss wanted food delivered but found that no one delivered food that he was interested in eating.

“What we’ve found is that everyone wants delivery at one time or another,” Koss said.

“The only choice you’ve been able to have is really cheap Chinese or pizza. But now … [you] can get prime beef.”

It wasn’t until last year that Koss devoted more of his time and energy to Delivery Dudes.

“One day I thought ‘Holy crap, the Delivery Dudes has survived three years of neglect and still somehow makes money. What would happen if I concentrated my efforts here?’”

Koss said.

That’s when what started as a simple delivery service

Jayson Koss, known as ‘The Dude,’ founded Delivery Dudes three years ago. The company has expanded across Palm Beach County and into Broward. Libby Volgyes/The Coastal Star

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They’ve gone from one location (Delray Beach) to six (Lake Worth, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach and Wellington), from 300-400 deliveries a month to 2,000 a month — with that number increasing 20 to 30 percent each month, Koss said.

Their business has almost tripled in the last eight months and by next summer they plan to have 30 locations. A Palm Beach location is planned for mid-January. They currently have almost 100 restaurants signed up and about 25 employees.

Delivery Dudes started with delivering food but goes far beyond.

“We specialize in food …

We got the best food in each town, the food that would normally never be delivered.

We’ve got customers that are such good people that we’ll always want to figure out (how to help). We might say ‘no’ because we don’t want to move eight kayaks across the state but we’ll want to help. You need stuff moved around the house?

Sure. You need to be dropped off at the airport tomorrow?

Sure,” Koss said.

The Dudes provide a variety of other services, such as delivering spears and tanks for Dixie Divers in Deerfield Beach and milk for Heritage Hen Farm. Or you can have PeterMark Salon come to your house for a haircut and style and the Dudes will bring along champagne and chocolatecovered strawberries — for $450.

His drivers give advice on where to park on the Avenue in Delray Beach; buy, wrap and deliver Christmas presents; drop off cakes for parties. They deliver snacks from their own pantry. They help out however they can.

Their motto remains: “Do good, be good and have fun.”

“I can’t find anything wrong with those three things,” Koss said. “I’m not trying to build a house of cards, I’m trying to Ú build a true foundation.”

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lthough the name of my column is called Paws Up for Pets, for this issue, it may be more appropriate to refer to it as Wings Up for Pets.

In the past decade, I’ve written 24 books on dogs and cats and am certified as a cat and dog behavior consultant with the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. Yes, I know how cats and dogs think, but I confess that I know zilch about pet birds.

So I am devoting this column to our winged friends and shining the spotlight on one of the nation’s foremost bird experts: Dr. Gwen Flinchum, a veterinarian board certified in avian medicine, who operates the All Bird Clinic in Lake Worth. And for many years, she served on the advisory board of the Wildlife Care Center in Fort Lauderdale.

Step into her clinic and you won’t hear barks or meows. You will see birds of all shapes and colors, ranging from parakeets and cockatiels to African grays and Macaws. Some are accomplished singers and others can charm or confound you with their wordsmith skills.

“We will treat any type of bird except ostriches — they are

far too dangerous,” Flinchum says. “Most clients bring in parakeets and cockatiels, but we see all types of pet birds.

“We even have a clinic bird, a pigeon named Twinkie, who loves greeting people. She’s a smart pigeon, too. When it’s time to put her back in her cage, we open her cage door, tell her to come to get her treat and she flies right into her cage.”

The All Bird Clinic (www. allbirdclinic.net) provides medical, nutritional and behavioral care. I learned from Flinchum that parakeets tend to live about seven years and cockatiels can surpass age 20 if they receive regular veterinary care and are provided the right nutritional diet.

“Being on a poor diet of seed is the No. 1 cause of disease in pet birds,” she states. “Feeding your bird seeds is like feeding your children only french fries. Seeds are high in fat and contain no nutrients. Birds need to be on formulated pellet diets.”

Pellets should be the mainstay, but Flinchum says to think orange and green when serving treats to birds.

“Fresh broccoli, carrots, papaya are healthy treats and some birds enjoy almonds,” she adds. “But don’t give them table

Dr. Gwen Flinchum interacts with Sydney, a 13-year-old black palm cockatoo. Flinchum is owner/veterinarian at the All Bird Clinic of the Palm Beaches. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star food. The biggest reason birds pull out their feathers is because they are not on a good diet.

Anything that affects their liver causes them to be itchy and to start pulling out their feathers.”

Behavior-wise, Flinchum says most types of birds are smart and learn best when their owners are consistent, clear and concise in their training. And just like dogs and cats, many birds form close bonds with their favorite people and enjoy showing off.

“I love dogs and cats, but I find birds to be so smart and I love that some can talk,” says

Flinchum, explaining why she made the decision after graduating from veterinary school 17 years ago to specialize in birds.

Her home in Loxahatchee is within sound of the roar of lions residing at Lion Country Safari. She shares her home with a pair of beloved dogs named Sophie and Lucy, but the passion in her voice heightens when she starts to talk about her flock of 17 birds that include personality-plus African gray parrots named Pandora, Kamtoris and Baby Dora.

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I didn’t know what to say when the good veterinarian informed me of that linguistic talent of Baby Dora.

And then there is Freddy, a friendly female flamingo who chaperones Flinchum and her close friends in their regular ritual of strolling to the edge of her five-acre property to watch sunset and sip wine or Champagne.

“We hang out with Freddy and then she goes back to the aviary by herself,” says Flinchum. “The next time you’re in the area, you should join us.”

Now, I’ve sipped wine in the company of dogs and cats, but never in front of a flamingo. It’s an opportunity I don’t intend to miss. But when attending a wine party featuring a flamingo, does one bring red or white — or blush?

Arden Moore, founder of fourleggedlife.com, is an animal behavior consultant, editor, author, professional speaker and certified pet first aid master instructor. She happily shares her home with two dogs, two cats and one overworked vacuum cleaner. Tune in to her Oh Behave! show on PetLifeRadio. com and learn more by visiting www. fourleggedlife. com.

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LEFT: Brandon Martel, 15, relies on his Labradoodle, Sophie, to help him during stressful times when he is prone to having seizures from an as-yetundiagnosed condition. RIGHT: Trainer Nick Kutsukos of Elite K9 Academy poses with Sadie, a 2½-year-old German shepherd that is currently in training. Photos by Libby Volgyes/The Coastal Star

Pets

Family pet growing from puppy to protector

By Arden Moore Little did Brandon Martel realize that when his parents gave him a spirited puppy named Sophie two years ago that this Labradoodle would grow up to become his most trusted health ally.

After experiencing a seizure at school on Jan. 13, 2012, this 15-year-old Ocean Ridge teen collapsed and hit the floor hard. For the past year, local physicians and specialists at Miami Children’s Hospital have performed tests (ruling out a brain tumor), but have yet to pinpoint the source of Brandon’s condition.

All Brandon is certain of is that he is desperately afraid to be left alone for fear that he will pass out, hit his head and bleed.

He is now home-schooled and takes anti-seizure medicine daily.

In searching for remedies, his parents, Cindy and Victor Martel, investigated the possibility of pairing their youngest son with a certified service dog trained in detecting early triggers for seizures and capable of positioning quickly and calmly by Brandon’s side.

Service dogs from national agencies typically costs more than $10,000 to train and there are often waiting lists. And pairing a service dog with an individual can be challenging.

Then the Martels discovered a veteran service-dog trainer right in their own county: Nick Kutsukos of Elite K9 Academy.

For four decades, Kutsukos has been providing customized service-dog training in South Florida that meets American Disabilities Act guidelines.

He is the patriarch of a threegeneration family dog-training center based in Jupiter.

His current task: elevating Sophie’s status from happy-golucky family dog to focused service dog for Brandon.

“A service dog is trained to assist a disabled person and make their life as normal as possible,” Kutsukos says.

For the past several months, Kutsukos has been working a few days a week with the Martels in honing Sophie’s service dog skills.

“Sophie is a very sweet dog who loves to be with Brandon,” Kutsukos says. “It has turned out to be a great match. The medical field can’t figure out what is wrong with Brandon, but we’ve made a lot of progress. When we first started, Brandon was too afraid to walk further than one house from his own; and now with Sophie by his side, he is walking down the block and going to shopping malls and restaurants. Sophie is a smart dog who wants to learn, wants to help Brandon.”

Adds Brandon: “Sophie is

helping me get through stuff when I get anxious or worried.

I give her a hug and she has a way of calming me. She stays by me and leans against me when I start to have a panic attack. Now whenever I say, ‘Let’s go to work,’ she comes right up to me and sits down.

She gets in a calm mode and concentrates on me.”

Progress is steady but there have been minor setbacks. In November, the training took them to the Boynton Beach shopping mall, where the goal was for Sophie to stay quiet under the table during lunch. According to Kutsukos, Brandon “zoned out, got up and went outside” and began experiencing quick, shallow breaths — the prelude to a panic attack and passing out.

“I brought Sophie out to him and she was able to calm Brandon down,” he says.

“Normally on the onset of a panic disorder, a person will emit a scent that trained dogs can pick up. It has to do with changes in the body chemistry, and we are training Sophie to be able to detect this scent and go immediately to Brandon and not pay any attention to any other dogs or other distractions. We are making good progress.”

Kutsukos is optimistic that Sophie should meet all the requirements to become a certified service dog within a couple more months if they continue the three-times-aweek customized training sessions with Brandon.

“I’ve trained dozens of service dogs for people as young as 5 and as old as 88 and for each one, we tailored the dog’s training skills to meet the needs of the person with a disability,” says Kutsukos.

“I’ve trained all kinds of dogs from German shepherds to toy poodles to mutts. If the dog’s personality is good and the dog is willing to learn, the breed means nothing. And Sophie definitely has the temperament and ability to become a great service dog for Brandon.”

And after watching the transformation of Sophie, Cindy Martel says, “At first, I had my doubts. I did not think Sophie could be trained to be a service dog. Why, she used to jump up playfully to greet guests in our homes. Sophie is so comforting to Brandon and she listens and obeys so well.

She amazes me with how well she is in tune with Brandon.”Ú To learn more about veteran dog trainer Nick Kutsukos and his Elite K9 Academy based in Jupiter, visit www. elitek9academy.com.

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Croquet

St Andrews pro swings between racket and mallet

By Steve Pike David Bent wants you to know that croquet is more than just a backyard sport. It’s even more than a group of whiteclad men and women enjoying a Sunday afternoon on the croquet field.

For Bent, the tennis and croquet professional at St. Andrews Club, just north of Gulf Stream, croquet is as competitive and intense as any other sport. And he has the credentials to prove it.

Bent competed for the U.S. team this past December in the Golf Croquet World Team Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The tournament featured eight, four-man teams from around the world. The U.S. team, led

by Bent and nine-time U.S. champion Ben Rothman, finished fourth. They had vied against such countries as tournament winner Egypt and Great Britain, where croquet is much more ingrained into the sporting life than in the U.S. Palm Beach County is one of the places in the U.S. where croquet is popular recreationally and competitively. The National Croquet Center in West Palm Beach will host the U.S. Croquet Association Laws National Championship from April 29 through May 4 — an event in which Bent plans to compete — and PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens has top-rated croquet facilities.

Bent, who has been tennis professional since 1971, began playing croquet in 1998 when the St. Andrews Club built its 105-foot by 84-foot lawn. He quickly took to croquet thanks to lessons from his friend Archie Peck, a six-time national champion, member of the U.S. Croquet Hall of Fame and a

Tennis pro David Bent took up croquet 14 years ago and recently played for the U.S. team at a tournament in Johannesburg, South Africa. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star fixture in Palm Beach County croquet circles. Bent had given Peck’s children tennis lessons at

St. Andrews Club, so it seemed natural that Peck teach Bent how to play croquet.

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“I knew nothing about the sport,” said Bent, who has been ranked as high as second in the

U.S. and 30th in the world. “But I like to approach things with an open mind. It was fantastic for me. I was still playing a game outside in the sunshine hitting balls. And it made coming back to tennis much more exciting because if you do anything for a lifetime, it starts to wear on you.”

Approximately 40 people use the croquet lawn at the St. Andrews Club, with the majority playing the golfcroquet format of the sport.

Golf croquet, played with six wickets, is easier to learn and play than the nine-wicket format.

“It’s basically the Egyptian set of rules,” Bent said. “If croquet goes anywhere in the U.S. it will be with this set of rules because they’re pretty simple. You still have to use tactics and strategy, but one guy isn’t just sitting.

“The other (nine-wicket) game is just like shooting pool. Once a guy gets a break, you’re going to sit and he’s going to run the table. It’s a much slower-moving game with various shots in it that are difficult to hit.”

In golf croquet, everyone plays, and each turn is just a single stroke. There are no extra strokes rewarded. The game is played individually or in teams of two.

Basically, a player has four options: Try to run through the hoop (or wicket); take a position to clear an opponent’s ball away; block an opponent; or nudge a partner’s ball.

The first player to run through a hoop is awarded a point. The game is usually won by the first player to seven points.

“It’s easy to follow and easy to learn,” Bent said. “I can get you playing croquet immediately with this game, Ú and it’s fun.”

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ABOVE: Angel trumpets stand at one of the water features near the dining area at the Sundy House. RIGHT: The 100-yearold royal poinciana dwarfs the seating arrangement. CENTER: A wild ginger glows with a radiant magenta hue in the morning light. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

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Variety enriches Sundy House garden experience

t the Sundy House in Delray Beach, you’ll find the Taru Gardens, home to 750 plant species including more than 100 medicinal and fruiting plants. Some of these are from as far away as Thailand and Singapore.

But the garden was not always this way.

When Tom Worrell bought the 1½-acre-property in the mid-1990s, he got not only the historic Sundy house but also an asphalt parking lot, a decrepit stable and a small apartment building that was being used as a crack house.

“There was a pit bull in just about every apartment, and the parking lot was covered with syringes,” Worrell recalls.

It took $1.6 million and the help of Richard Wilson, who owns Excalibur Fruit Trees in Lake Worth, to turn the property into a poster child for

redevelopment.

But that wasn’t the end of the story.

In 2004, Worrell left his restaurant as well as his gardens in the hands of a management company that did no pruning, mulching or fertilizing. “They just didn’t care,” Wilson says.

The magnificent royal poinciana just inside the front wrought iron gate really suffered. It already had a hollow trunk, but during this time a branch fell into the parking lot, breaking the tree nearly in half.

Now back in charge, Wilson and Worrell were able to save the tree by filling the center of its trunk with concrete and metal rebar. And yes, the almost 100-year-old poinciana survived although its 40-footwide canopy is partially supported by wooden columns and metal jacks.

As you enter the garden, look

Gardening Calendar Note: Events are current as of 12/28. Please check with organizers for any changes.

Saturday - 1/12 - Vegetable Growing Workshop is held at Palm Beach County Cooperative Extension Service, 559 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Tips and techniques on site preparation, seedling establishment, planting, garden maintenance and harvesting. 9 am-1 pm. Free. Limited to first 100 registrants. Registration: 233-1792.

1/12 - Living with Flowers: Orchids Galore with John Klingel - Presented at the Society of The Four Arts, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. Combine your imagination with these hearty, adaptable blossoms to design a creation that will impress. 10:30 am-noon. $65/materials included. 805-8562 or www.fourarts.org.

Friday - 1/18 - Florida Arbor Day: For The Love Of Trees at Mounts Botanical Garden, Garden Pavilion, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Join Mounts as it salutes trees with a ceremonial tree planting, guided tours of the Garden, and a special Tree Trek for children. Vendors will be selling trees suitable to South Florida yards. 10 am-3 pm. $5 donation/non-members. 233-1757.

Saturday - 1/19 - Urban Farming: Vegetables & Fruit Growing is held at Mounts Botanical Garden, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Learn how to grow healthy food, nature’s way - even in a

small lot or in containers. 9 am-1 pm. $30/ members, $40/non-members. 233-1757.

Sunday - 1/20 - The Art of Bonsai: Beginners at The Morikami Japanese Museum and Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. Five-week beginners course allows students to become familiarized with horticultural aspects of growing bonsai including styling, care and maintenance. Fee includes learning manual, pruning tool, one beginner’s bonsai tree, bonsai pot and use of wire and soil.

Additional trees available for students to work on with an option to buy. Class meets again 1/27, 2/3, 10 & 17. 9 am-noon. $81/ members, $91/non-members plus material fee of $35 for five weeks. Registration: 4950233.

1/29-30 - Florida Federation of Garden Clubs Inc. District X 57th Annual Tropical Short Course is held at Mounts Botanical Garden, 559 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Informative and inspiring speakers are scheduled for this two-day event. T: 8 am-3 pm; W: 8 am-2:30 pm.

Admission: T: $35; W: $33; Advance two-day registration (by 1/20): $60; Regular two-day registration (after 1/20): $70. 635-8809 or www.districtx.org.

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If You Go

Sundy House, 106 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; 561-272-5678.

Garden tours are available at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and Friday. Call for information and reservations. out over what Wilson describes as “berms and vistas.” There’s something new to see with every turn of the limestone rock path.

For example, you might spot something like the spiny silk floss tree in the distance.

It certainly will draw your attention. But when you follow

the winding path to reach it, you’ll come across a plantcovered hillock that hides the flowering tree from view.

You also may spot whitelinen covered tables set among the foliage. Here you can enjoy the blooms as you eat lunch, dinner or Sunday brunch.

You also may find the garden represented on the Sundy House menu. The chef’s options for picking include jaboticaba with the dark, grape-like fruit growing on its trunk and black sapote that has fruit reminiscent of chocolate mousse. Just add sugar.

“I looked for some of the strangest things I could find when gathering specimens to plant,” Wilson says.

The pool area has three naturally filtered water features surrounded by banana palms laden with green hands, varieties of ginger with pink

to red torch-like flowers, and a mango tree with fruit that tastes like piña coladas, we are told.

On your way out, stop by the brick patio at the front of the restaurant. You don’t want to miss the bodhi tree with its heart-shaped leaves. It’s the same type of tree under which Buddha is said to have sat when he gained enlightenment.

Wilson gets it right when he says, “Walking through these gardens makes you feel like you’ve been away on a very long trip.”

Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley is a certified master gardener who can be reached at debhartz@att. net when she’s not digging in her yard.

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an applying pressure to the soles of the feet create a healing response in our internal organs?

That’s the theory behind reflexology, a type of therapy based on the belief that there are reflex areas in the feet that correspond to all the organs, glands and parts of the body.

Practitioners knead, press or roll those reflex areas to help provide relief from a number of conditions, from Pressure on areas of the feet headaches to infertility. may heal other body parts.

One of reflexology’s leading proponents is Laura Norman, by stress and tension, so a Long Island native who you work the whole nervous winters in coastal Delray system to help them relax.

Beach. She literally wrote the Also, working the adrenal book — Feet First, a Guide to gland area helps. We produce Foot Reflexology, published in our own cortisol — our own 1988 by Simon and Schuster steroids — and so if you — and has devoted 40 years of stimulate the adrenal gland her life to the practice. zone, it’s going to help reduce “What’s interesting about the inflammation, so they can reflexology is that everything breathe more easily.” is connected,” Norman says.

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published in the Medical Journal of Australia — based on randomized, controlled studies — concluded that “the best evidence to date does not demonstrate convincingly that reflexology is an effective treatment for any medical condition.”

But that doesn’t stop people from believing in it.

Shelly Himmelrich of Gulf Stream says she has personally gotten “amazing results” from reflexology.

“After a session with Laura, my right knee, which is stiffer and not as strong as the other one, feels good — better range of motion, less pain. I always tell her, ‘You fixed my knee’ and she says, ‘I simply allowed your body to heal itself, through your feet.’ ” Diana Stone, a Delray Beach mother of six, says reflexology helped her little girl overcome bouts of painful constipation.

“Laura taught me to apply pressure to the arch of my daughter’s foot, which Page corresponds to the digestive system,” Stone says. “After that, she was able to go to the bathroom with ease.”

The first time Stone had her own reflexology session with Norman, it took a spiritual turn.

“I felt a profound relaxation. I heard music — a harp playing in my head — and I saw a purple light. It was a feeling of complete calm and gratitude.”

Reflexology techniques can also be done on three other places believed to have reflex zones: the palms, the face and the ears.

When Norman offered to give me the full treatment at the conclusion of our interview, I was curious to see what I might experience.

I came away relaxed and energized at the same time, a unique feeling for me. I didn’t detect any sensations in my internal organs during the session, but it was by far the best foot massage I’d ever had.

To Norman, that wasn’t really a compliment.

“Reflexology is so much more than a foot massage,” she told me, and proceeded to explain the reflex theory again.

Here’s my takeaway: To the extent that our physical health can be influenced by our beliefs, reflexology appears to be a holistic therapy that can’t hurt — and might just help.

For information about local reflexology treatments and classes, see lauranorman reflexology.com.

Paula Detwiller is a freelance writer and lifelong fitness junkie. Find her at www. pdwrites.com.

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1/7 - Jazzercise/Light at Sugar Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. 50-minute class pairs moderate aerobics with exercises designed to improve strength, balance, and flexibility.

Held every M, W & F. 9:40-10:30 am. First class is free. 8 classes: $56/residents, $70/ non-residents. 16 classes: $96/residents, $120/non-residents. 347-3950.

1/7 - Tai Chi for Beginners of All Ages at Veterans Park, 802 NE First St., Delray Beach. Learn natural ways to relieve tension, stress and pains. Held every Monday. 11 am-noon. Per class: $15/ residents; $20/non-residents. 243-7350.

1/7 - Parkinson’s Exercise Class at Sugar Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Exercises work to improve balance, flexibility and muscle strength. For all ages. First class is free. 8 classes: $32/residents, $40/non-residents.

16 classes: $60/residents, $75/nonresidents. Mondays: 11:30 am-12:30 pm.

Wednesdays: 2-3 pm. 347-3950.

1/7 - Chair Massage at the Highland Beach Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. Licensed Therapist offers 10-minute sessions. Held every Monday. 1 pm. $10/session. 2785455.

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Saturday - 1/5 - 2nd Annual Delray Beach Fit Day at Old School Square Park, 51 N. Swinton Blvd. Local fitness, health and beauty businesses offer demonstrations, samples, health screenings and more. 9 am-noon. Free.

243-7250 or www.delraybeachfitday.com.

1/5 - SPIN® Class at Oceanfront Park, 6415 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Ridge.

Classes are held seven days a week on the boardwalk overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Sunrise to 9 am and 4 pm to sunset.

Donations accepted. 287-0953.

1/5 - Saturdays @ Sanborn: Yoga Class at Sanborn Square, 72 N. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton. Held Saturdays.

Registration: 8:45 am; class: 9 am. Free.

393-7703 or www.downtownboca.org.

1/5 - Yoga Class at the Train Depot, 747 S. Dixie Hwy., Boca Raton. Held T,Th&Sat: 9:30-11 am & T: 6:30-8 pm. 5 classes: $65/ residents, $81.25/non-residents; 10 classes: $110/residents, $137.50/non-residents; 20 classes: $200/residents, $250/nonresidents. 477-8727.

1/5 - Judo Class - Saturdays at the Boca Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd. Warm-up exercises, instruction, practice and tournament training. Two sessions: Mixed ages & ranks.

10 am-noon. Per month: $21.50/resident, $27/non-resident. 393-7807.

1/5 - Zumba Class at South Beach Park Pavilion, 400 N. State Road A1A, Boca Raton. Held every Saturday. 10:30 am. Free.

393-7703.

1/5-6 - Yoga Workout at the Beach - Held every Sat., Sun. & M at Red Reef Park West, 1221 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton.

Build strength and flexibility, improve postural alignment and stabilize the core.

Classes held on the grass overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway. Cash not accepted on-site. Sat. & Sun.: 10-11 am; Mon.: 6:307:30 pm. $15/residents, $19/non-residents per class, or 60 day membership (unlimited classes) for $65/residents, $81.25/nonresidents. 393-7807.

Sunday - 1/6 - 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.

Monday - 1/7 - Jazzercise/Body Sculpting at Sugar Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. 50-minute workout features a creative combination of weight training and stretching. Held every M, W & F. 8:45-9:35 am. First class is free. 8 classes: $56/residents, $70/nonresidents. 16 classes: $96/residents, $120/ non-residents. 347-3950.

1/7 - Jazzercise at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. All ages and levels welcome. Class runs M-Sat. 9-10 am.

Fees start at $38/month. 742-6240.

1/7 - Yoga Class at the Boca Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd.

Classes held M-W-F, 9:30-11 am & Th, 6:30-

1/7 - Bereavement Support Group at The Center for Group Counseling, 22455 Boca Rio Road, Boca Raton. Mondays 1-2:30 pm. First session free, $5 thereafter. 4835300.

1/7 - Yoga Sunset at the Beach at Spanish River Park, 3001 N. State Road A1A, Boca Raton. Build strength and flexibility, improve postural alignment and stabilize the core. Classes held next to Lifeguard stand number 18. Cash not be accepted onsite. Mondays, 6:30-7:30 pm. $15/residents, $19/non-residents per class, or 60 day membership (unlimited classes) for $65/ residents, $81.25/non-residents. 393-7807.

1/7 - Body with Style Aerobics at the Ezell Hester, Jr. Community Center, 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. Class held M & W. 6:30-7:30 pm. $3/at the door. 7426550 or www.boynton-beach.org.

1/7 - Meditation Mondays at the Highland Beach Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd.

Meditate to enhance overall health and well-being. Mondays at 7 pm. Free. 2785455 or www.highlandbeachlibrary.org.

1/7 - Sophisticated Discussions: A Singles Group - Join over-50 peers in a supportive, singles group discussion at the Boca Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd. Refreshments. Mondays, 7-8:30 pm. Free. 393-7807.

1/7-8 - Fitness Boot Camp for ages 18 & up at Pompey Park, 1101 NW 2nd St., Delray Beach. Class held M & T. 6-7 pm. Per class: $5/residents; $6/non-residents. 2437356 or www.mydelraybeach.com.

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1/8 - Fit Mom’s Boot Camp at Sugar Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Workout incorporates cardio exercises, strength training, running drills, body weight resistance training, agility drills and core strengthening. Perfect for new moms looking to get back in shape as well as moms to-be looking to stay active and fit during their pregnancy. Held every T & Th. 9:30-10:20. 4 classes: $36/residents, $45/non-residents; 8 classes: $66/ residents, $82.50/non-residents; 16 classes: $118/residents, $147.50/non-residents.

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1/8 - Breastfeeding Support Group at The Red Tent, 20 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Bring your baby and join a community of mothers and mothers-to-be to discuss breastfeeding questions. For all stages of pregnancy through weaning. 10 am-11:30 am. Free. 309-4314.

1/8 - Beginners Yoga at the Highland Beach Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd.

Enjoyable program helps you stay fit. Bring yoga mat. Held every T & Th. 10:15 am. $10.

278-5455.

1/8 - Adult Folk Dance Class at Pompey Park, 1101 NW 2nd St., Delray Beach. Ages 18 and up learn new dances from around the world for physical fitness, exercise, and fun. Held every Tuesday.

10:30 am-12:30 pm. $6/class. 243-7356.

1/8 - Caregivers Support Group at The Center for Group Counseling, 22455 Boca Rio Road, Boca Raton. Tuesdays, 2-3:30 pm. Free. 483-5300.

1/8 - Irritable Bowel Syndrome Presented by Delray Medical Center as part of the Healthy Living Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 3 pm. Free. 736-8044.

1/8 - Women’s Issues Support Group at The Center for Group Counseling, 22455 Boca Rio Road, Boca Raton.

Tuesdays, 7-8:30 pm. First session free, $5 thereafter. 483-5300.

Wednesday - 1/9 - Yoga for Ages 18 and Up at Veterans Park, 802 NE First St., Delray Beach. Held every W & F. 9-10:30 am. Per class: $10/residents; $15/nonresidents. 243-7350.

1/9 - Spinal Stenosis - Presented by Dr. John Conde as part of the Healthy Living Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free. 266-9490.

1/9 - Tai Chi Class at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Davis Therapy Center, 650 Glades Road. Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 pm. $10/class or $48/six consecutive weeks. Registration: 955-5321.

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1/9 - Tai Chi Class - Wednesdays at the Boca Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd. Emphasizes moving meditation for focus, concentration, release of stress and attention skills. Two sessions: beginners, 6:10-7:10 pm; intermediate, 7:10-8:10 pm. 8 classes: $48/residents, $60/ non-residents; 12 classes: $66/residents, $82/non-residents. 393-7807.

1/9 - Childbirth Education Prenatal Class is offered as a four-week refresher course at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach.

Provides an overview of the signs of labor, breathing techniques and more. Bring two pillows and a blanket. Wear comfortable stretchy clothes. Held again 1/16, 23 & 30.

6:30 pm. $75. Registration: 369-2229.

1/9 - Mind/Body Development with Karate at the Highland Beach Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. Class offers vibrant, yet soothing routines applicable to both young and old. Wednesdays, 6:30 pm. $10.

278-5455.

1/9 - Judo Class - Wednesdays at the Boca Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd. Warm-up exercises, instruction, practice and tournament training. Two sessions: Mixed ages & ranks: 6:30-8 pm; Advanced: 8-9 pm; All groups: Saturdays 10am-noon. Per month: $21.50/ resident, $27/non-resident. 393-7807.

Thursday - 1/10 - Delray Beach Walkers Club at Veterans Park, 802 NE 1st St., Delray Beach. Improve your health, make new friends, and enjoy the beautiful vistas of Delray Beach. For ages 18 and up.

Thursdays, 8 am. Free. 243-7352.

1/10 - Yoga Class at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. Increase flexibility, improve health and reduce stress. All levels. Thursdays through 2/21. 6-7 pm. $60/residents, $75/nonresidents. Registration: 742-6240.

Saturday - 1/12 -New Years’ Resolution Open House at The Gym 111, 111 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach.

Complimentary classes, day passes and refreshments. 8 am-noon. Free. 274-7477.

Monday - 1/14 - Electrical Heart Update: What’s New In The Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation and Other Heart Rhythm Disorders - Presented by Daniel Goldman, M.D., as part of the Heart Symposium Series at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. 4:30 pm. Free. 731-2273.

Tuesday - 1/15 - Healing From the Inside Out: No Drugs, No Surgery, No Kidding! - Presented by Dr. Marilyn Shore as part of the Healthy Living Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free. 266-9490.

1/15 - Management of Breast Cancer: Surgery and Beyond Presented by Sonali Pandya, M.D., as part of the Community Lecture Series at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. 4:30 pm.

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Wednesday - 1/16 - Posture & Pain: Alexander Technique - Presented

by Matt Pressman as part of the Healthy Living Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free.

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Thursday - 1/17 - A Beautiful Mind: The Art of Women’s Self Defense at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Thursdays through 2/21. 9-9:45 am. $49/ residents, $62/non-residents. 742-6221.

1/17 - Unlocking The Mysteries of the Brain is presented by Dr. David Fitzpatrick as part of Max Planck Florida Institute’s 3nd Annual Public Lecture Series at the Royal Poinciana Chapel Fellowship Hall, 60 Cocoanut Row, Palm Beach. Lecture focuses on the work of Fitzpatrick and the other research group leaders at the Max Planck Florida Institute of Neuroscience. 6:30-7:30 pm. Free.

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Friday -1/18 - Alzheimer’s Cafe at the Shirley & Barton Weisman Delray Community Center, 7091 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. A unique gathering for people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related memory loss, along with their families, friends, caregivers and professionals. Share laughter and each other’s company in a relaxed setting, Held the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month. 2-4 pm. Free. RSVP: 866-7086.

Wednesday - 1/23 - The ABC’s of Skin Cancer & Prevention - Presented

by Dr. Ronnit Stein as part of the Healthy Living Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free.

266-9490 or www.delraylibrary.org.

Thursday - 1/24 - Johns Hopkins: A Woman’s Journey at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Annual women’s health conference and luncheon features recent medical findings from faculty and physicians from Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Program includes a special presentation by the new Johns Hopkins Medicine Dean/ CEO as well as seminars on health topics from the benefits of turmeric to back pain and new advances in cancer. 9 am-2 pm.

Registration $150. 659-1155.

1/24 - Breast Tomosynthesis and the Latest in 3D Mammography - Presented by Carol Adami, M.D., as part of the Bethesda Memorial Hospital Community Lecture Series at Ross Jewish Community Center, 8500 Jog Road, Boynton Beach. 11 am. Free. 259-3000.

Monday - 1/28 - Memory Matters: Staying Sharp! is presented by Barbara Klau as part of the Lifelong Learning Community Institute at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Course covers easy to learn, educationally valid memory enhancement strategies to help one feel more empowered and in control.

First of a four-part series. Class continues 2/4, 11 & 3/4. 2-3:30 pm. $50/session.

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Tuesday - 1/29 - Stress: Develop Skills to Manage and Cope at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Discover stress buster techniques.

Presented by Dr. Sharon Ryalls, JFK Medical Center. 10:30-11:30 am. Free. 742-6390.

1/29 - Workshop: Stroll for WellBeing at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. A specially developed journal is used as a guide and a means to record personal thoughts through the 12 themed garden strolls. An explanation about the program is provided during the first meeting. Class meets again 2/26 & 3/26. 10:30 am-noon. $100/non-members, $40/members. Registgration: 495-0233.

1/29 - Brain Matters: Prevention of Aging, Dementia & Stroke - Presented

by Dr. Mark Brody as part of the Healthy Living Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 3 pm. Free.

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1/29 - The ABC’s of Breast Screening - Presented by Sonali Pandya, M.D., as part of the Bethesda Memorial Hospital Community Lecture Series at West Boynton Beach Library, 9451 S. Jog Road, Boynton Beach. 4:30 pm. Free. 734-5556.

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Along the Coast

BOCA RATON: Rabbi Ruvi New lights the menorah before the beginning of the Hanukkah concert at Sanborn Square on Dec. 10. The concert and lighting were hosted by Chabad of East Boca.

Scenes of the Season

DELRAY BEACH: Elizabeth ‘Lisa’ Potts dances in the Delray Beach Holiday parade Dec. 8 with the Atlantic Eaglettes. Lisa, 17, is a senior at Atlantic High School in Delray Beach.

OCEAN RIDGE: Sean Owen, grandson of Baby and Kahn Owen of Ocean Ridge, enjoyed getting his face painted and basking in the lights of the Christmas tree during the town’s annual Light the Lights festivities on Dec. 14.

Photos by Tim Stepien and Jerry Lower/ The Coastal Star BRINY BREEZES: Dozens of decorated boats, including this one that looks like a floating Christmas tree, took part in the annual Boynton Beach/Delray Beach Christmas Boat Parade on Dec. 7.

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House of the Month

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LEFT: French doors allow easy access to the outdoor spaces of this Delray Beach home, which has custom moldings.

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Delray Beach

LEFT: The old Delray Beach Library in the late 1940s. CENTER: The library groundbreaking on Southeast Fourth Avenue in 1949. RIGHT: Supporters sold quilts and other handmade items to raise money for the library in 1930. Photos courtesy of the Delray Beach Public Library Archives

Century takes library from 40 books to the digital age

By Ron Hayes

On April 11, 1913, the Ladies Improvement Association of Delray gathered in their clubhouse at 419 E. Atlantic Ave. The 40 ladies brought 40 books.

A library was born.

And a century flew by.

Today, those 40 books have grown into a collection of 174,784 items — books and magazines, CDs, DVDs — and Delray Beach is celebrating the first 100 years of a library that would make its founding mothers proud, if they could have imagined it.

“We kicked off the celebration on April 11, 2012, because 99 is the new 100,” jokes Kimberley TromblyBurmeister, the library’s development director.

“We wanted to maximize the opportunity and truly embrace the whole year with a community-wide celebration.”

This year, its $100-perperson Birthday Bash on April 11 will be followed two days later by a free Community Day celebration with balloons, a dog parade and a children’s storyteller.

But no story that storyteller tells could match the true story of the library’s service to the community.

“We’re a womb-to-tomb institution,” says director of community relations Bonnie Stelzer. “Pregnant women come in and we serve them with books about childbirth, and then when their babies are

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Members of the Southen Dance Studio perform the Nutcracker Suite in the lobby of the Delray Beach Public Library during a holiday fundraising reception. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star born, we serve the babies.”

Louise Weir Glover knows this well.

Her grandmother, Athella Grace Weir, came to town from Bryn Mawr, Pa., in 1932.

Grace Weir used the library, and so did her son, Mahlon Slane Weir.

When Mahlon grew up, he married Joan Battin, and they used the library, too.

“The library has always been a beacon of light for our Weir family,” Joan Battin Weir wrote in a recent memoir.

Then Mahlon and Joan had Louise, John Mahlon and Melinda, who loved the library.

“I remember getting my first

library card,” says Glover, a financial adviser with MerrillLynch Wealth Management.

“I felt so important and grown up. At that time, the library had special evening story times. My parents would have us get in our pajamas, grab our favorite stuffed animal and blanket, and we would all walk to the old library on Fourth Avenue and listen to Mrs. Hunter read to us.”

Dr. Lynda Hunter, the children’s librarian, is still there, and Glover’s son, Slane, also heard her stories when he was a toddler. Now he’s a mature 9-year-old, checking out Rick Riordan’s Percy

Jackson & The Olympians series.

Lots of books. Lots of memories. Lots of history.

By the time Grace Weir arrived in 1932, the library had grown from a shelf in the Ladies Improvement Association to a room in Town Hall.

In 1939, the library incorporated as the nonprofit Delray Beach Public Library Association, a uniquely funded institution with its own board and budget.

“Every year, we go to the City Commission and ask for money,” Trombly-Burmeister explains. “Winter Park is the

Friday, Feb. 1 — “Laugh with the Library.” Comedian Tom Cottters entertains at the Delray Beach Marriott.

Tickets $150.

Thursday, Feb. 28 — Deadline for Centennial Young Adult Creative Writing Contest.

Saturday, March 9 — “Literary Picnic in the Park.” Choose a book and have your team dress as characters from it. Tickets $250 per 12-member team.

Thursday, April 11 — “Centennial Birthday Bash.”

Tickets $100.

Saturday, April 13 — Centennial Community Day Celebration. Free.

For more information, call 266-0775 or visit www. delraylibrary.org only other library in the state with this arrangement.”

Last year, about 71 percent of the library’s $2 million budget came from the city, 15 percent from the Community Redevelopment Agency and 3 percent from the state. The remaining 11 percent was raised through fundraisers, as is its entire capital endowment.

In 1913, library users paid a 50-cent fee. Today, the library is free, and any resident of Florida can get a card.

By 1950, when the library finally got its own building See LIBRARY on page AT7

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Grand Opening celebration

Casino still betting on February completion date

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t’s still officially “under construction” and plans are to be finished in February, but the Lake Worth Casino and Beach Complex already has tenants open for business.

Mama Mia’s on the Beach, a pizzeria serving pies, salads, calzones and other dishes, offers both dine-in and take-out service. It’s open daily for lunch and dinner.

Mulligan’s Beach House Bar & Grill opened in October.

The anchor restaurant, part of a chain with others in Jensen Beach, Stuart, Vero Beach and Sebastian, serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. There’s an emphasis on seafood, but pasta and steaks, bar foods and sandwiches also are on the menu with beer and wine and a full bar with specialty rum drinks and sangrias.

Lake Worth Beach Tee Shirt Company and Kilwin’s, an ice cream-chocolate shop, should be open this month. Benny’s on the Beach is using the time during construction for renovations of its own. It’s set to be completed by February.

The 3,000-square-foot ballroom already is taking reservations for events — weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, concerts, exhibitions, seminars and so on. The room is equipped with a stage, chairs, tables and a full kitchen. It accommodates 280 seated diners or 400 people seated theater style. Call 533-7395.

Terri Neil has been hired as the sales and marketing director, and event manager for the ballroom and casino complex. She also will handle booking for the north side beach area where an area for weddings on the shore has been added in the beach improvement project. That area, along with new restrooms, is set to open in February.

The entire complex and casino building is set to have grand opening festivities March 1, according to Neil.

Rumors apparently are true: The Fresh Market will come to Delray Beach. The grocery store will be at the southeast corner of Federal Highway and Linton Boulevard, and the lease negotiations still have the details trickling. No opening date has been announced.

Fresh Market news seems to effectively quash the rumor of a Trader Joe’s coming to the same area. The Greensboro, N.C.-based grocery chain has 128 other stores scattered around the states primarily east of the Mississippi. There are 33 already in Florida.

About 100 jobs will come with the market, officials say.

The dining scene is growing again. Gary Rack, of Rack’s Downtown in Boca’s Mizner Park, is opening his newest

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concept, Rack’s Fish House and Oyster Bar, in the old VFW hall in Delray Beach. It’s scheduled to open this month.

Sustainable “ocean to table” seafood will be a hallmark of the New England-style fish house, with retro cocktails that are trending again. The steam kettles will be reminiscent of the Grand Central Station Oyster Bar, and décor will be a contemporary twist on nautical design. Look for hand-painted brick walls and a zinc bar and expect something unusual in lighting; chandeliers at his other restaurants are notably quirky.

Menu items include Ipswich clams, oysters Rockefeller, oyster and fish pan roasts, po’ boys and a live raw bar.

Rack’s Fish House & Oyster Bar is just off Atlantic Avenue and Southeast Second Avenue.

Lindsay Autry, chef about town who competed on Bravo’s Top Chef Texas, and who helped Michelle Bernstein open MB’s at the Omphoy in Palm Beach, has been named executive chef of the Sundy House.

The botanical garden restaurant set in the historic mayor’s home in downtown Delray Beach will get a makeover, Autry said. She’s already replaced napery color schemes and dishware; a kitchen makeover may be coming, including a theater kitchen with other updates.

The menu will be eclectic.

Autry blends her Southern roots with Mediterranean in a contemporary style.

Yet another gourmet burger chain is here: Smashburger, one of the fastest-growing chains in the U.S., opened in Boynton Beach. The chain is known for the Angus beef burgers formed, seasoned and “smashed” on the 400-degree grill. “Smashfries” are seasoned in rosemary and olive oil with sea salt.

Unique to the group is a menu offering regional favorites as well as traditional burgers, other sandwiches, salads and Haagen-Dazs shakes.

Powers that be decided Florida wants Cuban-style burgers, and created the Miami Burger for the menu here: grilled Spanish chorizo, frita potatoes, aged Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and spicy chipotle mayo on a Cuban roll.

Smashburger is at 1729 S. Federal Highway (at Sunshine Square), Boynton Beach, open for lunch and dinner.

A Neil Simon play is first billing at the new theater opening in Boynton Beach downtown. Stage Left Theatre, a nonprofit, comes from principals from the Royal Playhouse in West Palm Beach, run by Peter Pagliao.

I Ought to Be in Pictures will run Feb. 8-17 at the 98-seat

Style Spa, Palm Beach – Dec. 13

Keira Glynn of Hypoluxo Island was one of dozens of patrons treated to a portrait during the grand opening of The Style Bar, which moved from the Hamptons and is now in the Palm Beach Executive Center near the Lake Worth Casino. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

Top dog London poses with his handler, Ann Rairigh, at the Eukanuba World Challenge in Orlando. Photo provided theater south of Boynton’s City Hall at 145 SE Second Ave. The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County helped Pagliao, working on the theater as a nonprofit venture, secure the abandoned building. In a statement, Council President Rena Blades said, “We’re thrilled to see Stage Left Theatre come to Boynton Beach. It’s a great addition to the city and the downtown cultural corridor.”

Boynton’s Community Redevelopment Association also played a role in bringing the playhouse to the area that houses the Avenue of the Arts, the Children’s Schoolhouse Museum and a scattering of restaurants and stores.

City Council approved an 18-month lease in November; the building refurbishment also was approved.

A full youth program as well as workshops and summer plays are planned. Rehearsals began this month for the Neil Simon play — the only play announced at presstime.

Volunteers are needed at the theater for the upcoming season. Call 301-5404.

A green squeaky snake is the comfort toy of the world’s Top Dog. That would be London (formally known as Jaset’s Satisfaction). The black standard poodle competed in December at the Eukanuba World Challenge in Orlando,

and beat dogs from 155 other countries to win Best of Show.

Owners Jamie Danburg and Michele Molnar of Boca Raton were with London at the event that netted them the $10,000 purse. This was London’s 89th Best of Show award, Danburg said. “It’s an amazing feat for any one dog.”

Off stage, the poodle is “just like your pet,” he said. “He likes squeaky toys, he plays Frisbee, likes to swim in the lake. He just gets dressed up once a week or so.”

Get your swing ready!

Duffers can get in on the 13th annual Allianz Golf Championship Feb. 4-10 at The Old Course at Broken Sound Country Club in Boca Raton.

Along with 2012 Allianz winner Corey Pavin, expect past winners Tom Lehman and Bernhard Langer, and top PGA players Mark Calcavecchia, Fred Couples, Fuzzy Zoeller, Tom Watson and Fred Funk, who will play for a piece of the $1.8 million purse in this first of the season full-field tournament. This is the seventh year for the tournament in Boca Raton.

Oenophiles can get in on the action as well, with Grapes on the Green Golf and Wine Experience. It’s a chance to mingle with the golfers near the 18th green on Feb. 9.

Live entertainment and an auction are part of the aftergame event that will benefit the Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

From last year’s event, the hospital received $50,000 from the Boca Raton Champions Golf Charities, organizer of the tournament.

It’s big money for the area, too, according to Ryan Dillon, BRCGC director, who said $15 million came into the area from the 65,000 spectators and others attending the tournament.

Tickets for the Grapes on the Green are $85, with other ticket packages available that include hotel stays and tournament passes. Admission for the tournament is $20 for adults. Information and

schedules are available at allianzchampionship.com.

The Arts Garage kicks off 2013 with legends — namely Bob Margolin, one of the last members of Muddy Waters’ band, a trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He’ll perform Jan. 19. Randy Brecker, a big name and Grammy winner in blues and jazz, appears Jan. 26.

The Theatre at Arts Garage stages its second production, the black comedy Gloucester Blue, by playwright Israel Horovitz.

Also midmonth, the student band The Grease Monkeys, of the Performing Arts Academy, will perform at an open house for the academy. The Arts Garage Guild also will hold an open house. See artsgarage.org, or call 450-6357.

Cabaret artist Bruce Linser will appear at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in downtown Lake Worth at “Cabaret for a Sunday Afternoon.”

He will perform Jan. 13, bringing a program of Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart and other Broadway classics.

The parish hall will be set up club-like with table service featuring wine, punch and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets are $20 for adults. For more information, call the church at 582-6609.

Anne and Norman Jacobsen of Boca Raton have given a $1 million gift to name the Jewish Family Services’ food pantry. The Jacobsen Family Food Pantry is in a new 2,600-square-foot warehouse on Congress Avenue in Delray Beach. It serves more than 550 people with bi-monthly food packages.

Jan Norris writes about Food and Florida on her blog, jannorris. com. Email her at jan@ jannorris.com.

Thom Smith is on assignment working for FEMA in the Northeast in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. He hopes to return to Around Town soon.

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Pay it Forward

Pay it Forward is a calendar designed to celebrate the many philanthropic events in the community from October through April each year.

Events in this listing are current as of 12/30. Please check with organizers for any changes.

JANUARY 5 Saturday - 1/5 - Your Medical School Gala at The Royal Palm Yacht Club, 2425 Maya Palm Drive W., Boca Raton. Support the “Compassionate Care Through Education” Medical Scholarship Campaign at Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine during a blacktie-optional reception, auction, dinner and dance. $295. 6:30 pm. 699-7198 or http://med.fau.edu.

JANUARY 6-12 Wednesday - 1/9 - In-Store Shopping Event at Evelyn & Arthur, 3011 Yamato Road, Boca Raton. Peruse the newest merchandise of the season while sampling tidbits and libations, getting advice from a personal wardrobe consultant and benefiting Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service. Time is 6-8 pm. Cost is free. 572-0900 or www.evelynandarthur.com.

1/9 - Bell Society Dinner at The Colony, 155 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach.

Don black-tie attire for this benefit for Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County. 7 pm. $500. 832-2755 or www.mhapbc.org.

Friday - 1/11 - Caron and Hanley Treatment Centers Gala 2013 at The

Breakers, 1 South County Road, Palm Beach. Ring in the beginning of a new year and stay through the night for the Young Friends After Party. 7 pm. gala; 10 p.m. after party. $500-$1,000. 8411048 or www.hanleycenter.org.

Saturday - 1/12 - 51st Annual Boca Raton Regional Hospital Ball at Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 E. Camino Real. Pay tribute to Elaine J. Wold and celebrate the Wold Family Center for Emergency Medicine. 7 p.m. $400. 955-4142 or www.brrh.com.

JANUARY 13-19 Monday - 1/14 - Lymphoma Research Foundation’s Seventh Annual South Florida Luncheon at St. Andrews Country Club, 17557 Claridge Oval W., Boca Raton. Delight in a welcome reception, silent auction and raffle while enjoying a Best of Spring 2013 Fashion Show and Boutique. 10:30 am. $125. 646-465-9103 or www. lymphoma.org.

Thursday - 1/17 - Lion of Judah Luncheon at Boca West Country Club, 20583 Boca West Drive, Boca Raton. Luncheon speaker is Lara Logan, CBS News Chief Foreign Affairs and 60 Minutes Correspondent. 10:30 am. $85 couvert with gift of $5,000 or above to the 2013 UJA/Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Annual Campaign. 852-5054 or www. jewishboca.org.

Friday - 1/18 - Iron Chef Competition at Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 E. Camino Real. Grab some kitchen utensils and join a team to compete in a heated showdown that

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will benefit Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum. 6:30 pm. $175. 3956766 or www.bocahistory.org.

Saturday - 1/19 - OPAL Award Gala at Boca Pointe Country Club, 7144 Boca Pointe Dr., Boca Raton. Honor five nominees for their dedication to Boca Raton. 6:30 pm. $250. 477-7180 or www.rotaryclubbocaraton.com.

JANUARY 20-26 Sunday - 1/20 - 2013 Palm Beach SCOPUS Award Gala at The Breakers, 1 South County Road, Palm Beach.

Take in a performance by Broadway and television sensation Megan Hilty as American Friends of The Hebrew University honors philanthropists who have shown extraordinary support to the organization. 7 pm. $1,000. 7508585 or www.afhu.org.

Monday - 1/21 - Annual Gala Luncheon and Fashion Presentation at The Polo Club of Boca Raton, 5400 Champion Blvd. Take in the fashions of Badgley Mischka while helping the Pap Corps’ Greater Boca Raton Cancer Chapter raise money to fund research toward a cure. 11 am. $145. 637-5960 www.papcorps.org.

1/21 - Kravis Center Annual Gala at Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Experience a performance by Pink Martini with a pre-performance black-tie reception.

6 pm. $375-$750. 832-7469 or www. kravis.org.

Wednesday - 1/23 - American Red Cross Designers’ Show House Preview Party at 123 Santa Lucia Drive, West Palm Beach. Appreciate

Feb. 7: Delight in the decadence of all things indulgent, including chocolate, fine wine, sparkling jewelry and other temptations, to benefit the Junior League of Boca Raton.

Time is 5:30-9:30 pm. Cost is $40-$75. Call 870-9083 or visit www.jlbr.org. Front, from left: Stephanie Economos and Johanna Tibavisky; Back, from left: Co-Chairwoman Melissa Roberts, Laura Nowadly and Co-Chairwoman Jennifer Yuil.

Photo provided architecture and interiors during an evening celebration. 6-9 pm. $200. 2482700 or www.redcross-pbc.org.

Thursday - 1/24 - Palm Beach Watercolor Society’s 30th Anniversary Luncheon & Art Auction at Latitudes Ocean Grill, 2809 S. Ocean Blvd., Highland Beach. Support Very Special Arts for the Handicapped, as well as art supplies in public schools.

Noon-4 pm. $30-$3. 452-0276, 8650013 or www.pbwatercolor.org.

1/24 - Fine Wines & Hidden Treasures Gala at The Mar-a-Lago Club, 1100 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach.

Savor a four-course gourmet dinner

with wine pairings and silent auctions to benefit Food for the Poor. 7:30 pm. $450. 888-404-4248 or www. foodforthepoor.org.

Saturday - 1/26 - Caribbean Cowboy Ball at Red Reef Park, 1400 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Enjoy the ocean breeze at one of the coolest events in South Florida and help raise money for George Snow Scholarship Fund.

6-11 pm. $175. 347-6799 or www. scholarship.org.

1/26 - Impact Gala: Celebrating the Art of American Fashion at Boca Raton Museum of Art / Mizner Park Amphitheater, 501 Plaza Real. Delight in artful cocktails, food, fashion anf fun during a thrilling black-tie event. 7-11 pm. $375. 392-2500, Ext. 208 or www. bocamuseum.org.

JANUARY 27-31 Monday - 1/28 - 20th Anniversary Luncheon of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum at Boca West Country Club, 20583 Boca West Drive, Boca Raton. Eat lunch and listen to a keynote speaker after enjoying a lovely reception. 11:30 am-1:30 pm. $125. 995-6773 or www. ushmm.org.

1/28 - Hearing the Ovarian Cancer Whisper “Time is of the Essence” Luncheon at Flagler Museum, 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach. Support a serious cause while learning from speakers Dr. Robert Bast and Dr. Judith Reichman. 11:30 am. $325. 837-2285 or www.ovariancancerpbc.org.

Thursday - 1/31 - Palm Beach Wine Auction at The Mar-a-Lago Club, 1100 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach. Enjoy an elegant evening featuring a five-course wine dinner to benefit Kravis Center.

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Building Hope Gala

The Polo Club of Boca Raton Feb. 2: The annual Building Hope gala raises money that empowers citizens of Third World countries by providing safe and secure shelter for them and their families. The Food for the Poor event returns with an extravagant night of dining, dancing and live-auction bidding.

Time is 6:30 pm. Cost is $250. For information, call (888) 404-4248 or visit www. foodforthepoor.org/boca.

From left: Becky Carlsson, Kara Seelye, Allison Venditti and LaMae Klos walk with hundreds of new homeowners in Olivier, Haiti, who waved branches and signs while they danced and sang to greet members of the Building Hope Gala committee. Photo by Benjamin Rusnak

1/31 - Country Club Chef Showdown at Boca West Country Club, 20583 Boca West Drive, Boca Raton. Get ready for a showdown when specialty chefs go knife-to-knife in a celebrity-judged competition benefiting Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation. 7-10 pm. $100.

651-4320 or www.hpbcf.org/chef.

FEBRUARY Saturday - 2/2 - All American Tailgate Party at Delray Beach Center for the Arts, 51 N. Swinton Ave. Join Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce Men’s Group and Achievement Centers for Children & Families at the All-American Tailgate Party, featuring traditional tailgate fare, live entertainment, raffles, auctions and a children’s activity area. 2-8 pm. $5-$20.

266-0003 or www.delraytailgate.com.

2/2 - HaNadiv Gala at Woodfield Country Club, 3650 Club Place, Boca Raton. Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center at the “Diamonds & Pearls” themed extravaganza. 7 pm. $250.

852-3253 or www.levisjcc.org.

Friday - 2/8 - Lynn Travis Stender Art Scholarship Fundraiser “Venetian Masquerade” at Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 E. Camino Real. Take a painting class and enjoy the art creations over a lunch while Women in the Visual Arts presents scholarships. 10:30 am-2 pm. $125.

362-6335 or www.witva.org.

Saturday - 2/9 - Cleveland Clinic Florida’s “Dare To Dazzle” at The Mar-a-Lago Club, 1100 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach. Black-tie event will raise money for the nonprofit medical center with locations in West Palm Beach and Weston. 7 pm. $1,250. 804-0264 or www.clevelandclinicflorida.org/ palmbeachball.

2/9 - Lake Worth Playhouse’s 60th

Anniversary Diamond Jubilee at Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave. Join guest of honor Burt Reynolds for an evening of cocktails, dinner, dancing and silent-auction bidding, with the theme “Decades.” 7 pm. $150. 5866410 or www.lakeworthplayhouse.org.

Saturday - 2/23 - Cunningham Bar’s William Holland Scholarship Luncheon at Ritz-Carlton, 100 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan. Keynote speaker is Washington insider, attorney Judy A. Smith. Event helps provide scholarships for 3rd year law students.

655-9279 or www.cunninghambar.org.

Tuesday-Thursday - 2/26-28 Wayside House’s 2013 Spring Boutique at Colony Hotel & Cabana Club, 525 E. Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach. Shop for merchandise among 35 vendors from across the country to help benefit substance-abuse treatment programs and outreach services. 10 am-5 pm. $5. 78-0055, Ext. 126 or www.waysidehouse.net.

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Jan. 21: LPGA greats Beth Daniel and Meg Mallon will serve as official tournament hosts and will welcome a slew of other golf professionals at the fourth annual Bethesda Hospital Foundation Pro-Am Golf Tournament. Time is 10 am to 3 pm. The event is free to the public, with a $5 parking charge. $6,600 per foursome. 737-7733 or www. bethesdahospitalfoundation.org. From left: Mallon, Bethesda Memorial Hospital President and CEO Roger Kirk, Daniel, former President and CEO Robert Hill and Kay Harvey, Bethesda Hospital Foundation executive director. Photo provided

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Library books energetic comedian for fundraiser fun

By Lucy Lazarony Just how funny is a Laugh with the Library charity event benefiting the Delray Beach Public Library?

One audience member banged his head on the table.

Another spit out his drink all over a friend. And at the end of a night of comedy, some folks were holding their jaws, after laughing so long and so hard.

As co-chairs of the event for the past seven years, Heidi Sargeant of Delray Beach and Becky Walsh of Gulf Stream have seen it all.

And sometimes they are part of the jokes flying around the comedy club they create at the Delray Beach Marriott.

“You say, ‘Wait a second, did they just insult me?’ ” Sargeant says with a laugh.

It’s all part of the fun of the night, with the proceeds benefiting the children and teen programs at the Delray Beach Public Library.

“We wanted it to be a night of fun. The ticket price is $150, everything included. Sit back have fun, no pressure,” Sargeant says.

Audience members can wear what they want.

All the fancy black-tie

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What: Laugh with the Library: Chapter Seven, a night of comedy, cocktails and supper by the bite, benefiting children and teen programs at the Delray Beach Public Library Where: Delray Beach Marriott When: Friday, Feb. 1 Performer: Tom Cotter Tickets: $150 For more information: Call 266-0775 To register online: Visit www.delraylibrary.org. clothes can be left at home.

“You can wear jeans,” Walsh says. “The husbands love it because they don’t have to dress up.”

Listening to Sargeant and Walsh talk about Laugh with the Library is like watching a comedy duo perform: They finish each other sentences and laugh at each other’s jokes.

“It’s all the years of doing this together,” Walsh says.

Laugh with the Library co-chairs Heidi Sargeant and Becky Walsh. Photo provided Sargeant adds, “We are very hands-on. We do everything from putting the event together to putting stamps on the envelopes.”

Comedians who have performed at Laugh with the Library over the years include Bobby Collins, who performed for two years in a row, Dom Irrera, Rocky LaPorte, Eddie Brill and Sebastian Maniscalco.

Walsh recommended Bobby Collins for the first Laugh with the Library event after seeing him perform in New Hampshire. And it was during Collins’ second year of performing at Laugh with the Library that the night of comedy just wouldn’t end.

“The second year that Bobby performed, no one wanted to leave the room.

The buzz in the room was so

great. People just lingered and Bobby was holding court and people were just listening. It continued on to the hotel bar,” Sargeant remembers.

This year’s comedian is Tom Cotter, the first comedian to reach the finals of America’s Got Talent.

Walsh and Sargeant saw Cotter perform early on in the America’s Got Talent competition and reached out to him. Cotter has a highenergy, rapid-fire style of comedy.

“We try to find comedians on the rise. And we just thought this guy is so talented … we ought to take a chance on him,” Sargeant says.

West Palm Beach news anchor Suzanne Boyd of CBS 12 will emcee this year’s event, which will be held at the Delray Beach Marriott on Feb. 1. Last year’s Laugh with the Library show raised more than $40,000.

Sargeant and Walsh both love books and reading and contributing to the children and teen programs at the Delray Beach Public Library.

They both also serve as board members for the library.

“It only takes one book to unlock a love of reading,” Sargeant says. Ú

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LIBRARY

Continued from page AT1 at 29 SE Fourth Ave., the collection had grown to 15,528 items.

Computers arrived in 1986 and public internet access 12 years later.

And the ladies of the Ladies Improvement Association?

Their descendants are still here.

In 1924, they became the Woman’s Club of Delray Beach. Its members still volunteer at the library, and this year Joann Haros, the president, is a centennial cochair, along with Linda Gunn.

‘It’s so friendly and relaxed,” Haros says. “You can concentrate. You can relax.

I don’t know if people are aware of how many children use it for the computer labs.

Not everyone can afford a computer.”

In 2006, the library left its 56-year-old site on Southeast Fourth Avenue for a modern incarnation at 100 W. Atlantic Ave. The club room in the Ladies Improvement Association was

Pay It Forward/History AT7 25 square feet. The new library is 46,826 square feet.

“It’s clubs, art exhibits, cooking classes, a geography club,” says TromblyBurmeister.

Movie nights and job-search services, Lifelong Learning classes and free computer access.

“We’re the living room of the community,” says

Alan Kornblau, the library’s director. “Our long-range plan only goes to 2018, so it’s hard to forecast the future.

But we do know kids are being born, and will continue to be born. The digital world is changing the way books on CD and DVDs are going to be delivered, but I guarantee we will be providing those Ú services somehow.”

Maculeuse St. Amie, left, thanks siblings Tori and Colin Wheat for their donation of Colin’s old bicycle, which will go to St. Amie’s grandson. Photo provided

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Giving ‘old’ bike, getting happy feeling completes the Circle

conversations ensued.

In the car, Colin was It’s nice being a grandma, chatting with his sister — and especially this time of year. he said: “Are they going to give And it’s especially nice when me something?” your grandson is sweet and Martin, who was driving, kind, like Colin Wheat, who is was silent for a moment, and it all of age 5. was a good thing. Because big “I was just so moved by sister Tori did not miss a beat. it,” says Peggy Martin, aka “She said, ‘Yes, Colin.

“Gammy,” who lives in Delray They’re going to give you Beach. “It was so sweet.” something. They’re going to Rewind, if you will, to the give you happiness.’ ” beginning of December when And Gammy just about Colin, who has a big sister, Tori, cried. (Well, actually, maybe 7, was about to celebrate his she did, just a little.) birthday. Doting grandparents And so there they were. The Martin and her husband, Joe, little boy wasn’t there, but his got their grandson a new bike, caretaker was. And Maculeuse even though the old one was St. Amie thanked Colin and practically as good as new. thanked his sister and thanked “He walked in and he saw it Gammy. and he said, ‘Oh, is that mine?’”

Colin was shy from all the she remembers. attention, but Tori stepped And indeed it was, new horn up to the plate, chatting up a and all. storm. Tori and Colin are the But it wasn’t too long until children of Christina and Troy Colin had an idea, and it was Wheat, also of Delray Beach. an idea prompted by the life Christina is Peggy and Joe’s lessons he’s already been taught. daughter, and she teaches at “They have been introduced to Gulf Stream School, which the the volunteer aspects of life,” children attend. says Martin, who is heavily And on the way home, the involved with a charity called bike now headed to a young, Women’s Circle, which trains unsuspecting owner, Colin was illiterate and unskilled women quiet. So Gammy stormed in. so they’re self-sufficient. “It’s “I told him how wonderful also very much instilled in he was and how giving he was them by their parents.” and how his heart has to be The old bike, it was decided very happy because he made by a certain birthday boy, someone else happy,” she said. should be given to someone Happy, indeed. A sweet little who might otherwise be stranger, two loving parents, without. and a very special woman Ú Gammy knew just the place: named Gammy.

Women’s Circle.

For information about the So she packed up the Women’s Circle, call 244-7627, grandkids and she headed or visit womenscircle.org. The over to the offices in Boynton organization is a 501(c) charity.

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January 2013

Farmworker Children’s Council presentation The Jim Moran Foundation, Deerfield Beach – Oct. 23

Literacy Coalition breaks ground

3651 Quantum Blvd., Boynton Beach – Dec. 4

More than 150 supporters, along with an army of tiny ‘workers,’ celebrated the groundbreaking of the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County’s new Literacy Center for Education, Training and Outreach. To kick off the construction, a group of little ones from the Family Literacy Program in Belle Glade donned construction hats, tools in hand, and helped build a miniature model of the new facility. Photo: Brenda Medore (front row, fifth from left) bought the naming rights for the center, to be called the Brenda and C.P. Medore Campus. Photo provided

The Jim Moran Foundation honored Donna Marie Goray with a $50,000 award for volunteerism and advocacy of providing educational opportunities for children of migrant families in Palm Beach County. The award will support the charity of Goray’s choice: the Farmworker Children’s Council. She also received a bronze sculpture. ‘Donna is an inspiring example of leading with commitment and heart,’ said Jan Moran, chairwoman and president of the foundation. ‘I know my husband would want to recognize her for making a real difference in the lives of those children who have been impacted by her unconditional love, encouragement and guidance.’ Photo: Jan Moran (right) presents Goray with a $50,000 check for the Farmworker Children’s Council. Photo provided

YMCA Community Support Campaign Delray Beach Club – Oct. 4

The YMCA of South Palm Beach County launched its Community Support Campaign with a ruby red-themed dinner that brought in $330,000 in donations, $20,000 above the goal. The campaign ensures that the YMCA has the resources to continue to provide South County residents with enriching and rewarding experiences. Photo: (from left) Mary Jo Pollock, Paul Adkins, YMCA President and CEO Richard Pollock, Tim Devlin, Amy Devlin, Linda Spielmann, Bradley Kitchens and John Mulhall. Photo provided

Take Steps Walk

CityPlace, West Palm Beach – Nov. 10 Inspiration, love and hope filled the air at the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s Take Steps Walk, as more than 500 walked to support the services, support groups and education programs provided by the organization. The event raised more than $72,000 to fund research toward finding a cure for digestive diseases.

Photo: Event Chairwoman Wendy Greenhut (left), with Harleigh Tow, the 2012 honored hero.

Photo provided

New office dedication

Lang Real Estate, Delray Beach – Nov. 28

Lang Real Estate celebrated its new location on Atlantic Avenue with a celebration and ribbon cutting. Photo: (from left) Karen Granger, Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce; Delray Beach Vice Mayor Tom Carney; Bill Issacson, co-owner, Lang Realty; and Scott Agran, co-owner / president, Lang Realty. Photo provided

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Celebrations Wedding at the Beach Clubhouse Briny Breezes – Dec. 20

ABOVE: Briny Breezes Mayor Roger Bennett, father of the bride, officiates at the wedding of Jo Bennett and Jay Kelly.

LEFT: The bride and groom take a golf cart tour of Briny Breezes as ring bearer Quinn Frakt rides along.

More than 100 friends and family members attended. The couple lives in Dayton, Ohio.

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Community Calendar Note: Events are current as of 12/28. Please check with organizers for any changes.

Worth. 10 am-4 pm. Held again 2/2-3. Free.

586-8666.

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Saturday - 1/5 - Sand Sifters Beach Cleanup at Oceanfront Park, 6415 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Ridge. 8-10:15 am. Free. Held again 2/2. Registration: 734-9128.

1/5 - Paddle Away teaches kayaking and water safety tips at Intracoastal Park, 2240 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach. Explore the Lantana Preserve and the Ocean Ridge Natural Areas. Ages 15 to adult. Held again 1/19 & 2/2.

8 am-11 am. Per class: $50/residents, $63/nonresidents. 742-6221.

1/5 - The Writer’s Studio at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again 1/12, 19 & 26. 10 am. Free. 638-7251.

1/5 - Exhibition: Palm Beach Watercolor Society Annual Showcase at the Crest Galleries, Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach.Runs through 1/13.

M-F: 9:30 am-4:30 pm, Sat.: 10 am-3 pm. Free.

243-7922.

1/5 - Art Appreciation: Awesome Authors, Amazing Artists is held each Saturday at Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. Kids and families make a Picasso potato head, create a Warhol soup sculpture and enjoy a visit from one of Jim Henson’s signature characters. 10:30-11:15 am. Free with paid museum admission. 742-6780 1/5 - Piano Classes at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. Ages 6-12 learn the basics of keyboard and piano without the high cost of private lessons while still enjoying individualized attention. Class held Saturdays through 2/16. Beginner I: 10:30-11:30 am; Intermediate: 11:30am-12:30 pm; Advanced: 12:30-1:30 pm. $48/residents, $60/nonresidents. Registration: 742-6240.

1/5 - 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.

Girls are welcome. For ages 12-20. 4-6 pm. $5/ non-members. 243-7158.

1/5 - The Nightmare AFTER Christmas at Cultural Plaza in Downtown Lake Worth (Corner of Lake Avenue and M Street.) Divas Professional Drag Show mix of Halloween and Christmas. 6-9 pm. Free. 533-7363.

1/5 - Jace Vek and Drew Tucker Present The New Standard at the Old School Square Entertainment Pavilion, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. A powerful performance of reimagined classics and original works by Emmy Award-winning composer Jace Vek and worldrenowned percussionist Drew Tucker. 8 pm. $25. 243-9722.

1/5-6 - Lake Worth Art League Outdoor Show - View and purchase works by local artists at Cultural Plaza, 414 Lake Ave., Lake

Sunday - 1/6 - Sunday Breakfast is held each week at VFW Post 5335, 500 NE 21st St., Boynton Beach. 8-11:30 am. $2.50-$5. All are welcome. 732-1989.

1/6 - Ocean Mile Swim for All Ages at Anchor Park, 340 S.Ocean Blvd. Delray Beach. One-mile ocean swim with medals for the top three finishers in each age group.

All participants receive an event T-shirt.

Patricipants must sign a liability waiver when registering. Registration begins 8 am, race starts 9:30 am. $25. 243-7352.

1/6 - The Art of Close-Up Photography Workshop at Mounts Botanical Gardens, 559 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Join nature photographer John J. Lopinot for a three-days designed to teach you to shoot close-up photos in the garden. Held again 1/13 & 20 - times vary by class. Noon-2 pm. $100/members, $125/ non-members. 233-1757.

1/6 - Sunday in the Park: Live Music at the NE corner of E. Ocean Avenue and NE 4th Street, Boynton Beach. Noon-3 pm. Free.

737-3256.

1/6 - Recycle Art & Love at Project Mate Bar, 314 NE 4th St., Delray Beach. Kids of all ages create something from nothing with materials, crafts supples and free mate for all. Food truck, music and instruction. Free family event. 2-6 pm. 926-0605.

1/6 - Art Show at South Palm Beach Town Hall, 3577 S. Ocean Blvd. 2-4 pm. Free.

588-8889.

1/6 - Annual Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival at Bethesda-by-the-Sea, 141 S. County Road, Palm Beach. A perennial favorite of the Christmas season. $15 donation. 2:30 & 4:30 pm. 655-4554.

1/6- Lecture: Chiune Sugihara - The Japanese Schindler is presented by Yoshiji Hirose as part of a series of lectures on the Holocaust and Judaic Studies in the Performing Arts Building, Room 101 at FAU, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. 4 pm. Free. 297-2979.

Monday -1/7 - Imagination Station at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Ages 3½-5 learn shapes, colors, numbers and the ABC’s through creative art. Session runs M/W/F through 2/15. 9 am-noon. $71/ residents, $89/non-residents. 742-6221.

1/7 - Senior Bingo at Pompey Park, 1101 NW 2nd St., Delray Beach. Ongoing class held for adults ages 60 years and up. Held every M&W. 11 am-noon. Free. 243-7356.

1/7 - Another Opening, Another Show - Presented by the Friends of the Boynton Beach City Library as part of the Brown Bag Series, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Noon-1 pm. Free. 742-6390.

1/7 - Cover to Cover at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. After listening

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Municipal Meetings 1/7 - Ocean Ridge - First Monday at Ocean Ridge Town Hall, 6450 N. Ocean Blvd. 6 pm.

Agenda available at www.oceanridgeflorida.com.

1/11 - Gulf Stream - Second Friday of the month at the Gulf Stream Town Hall, 100 Sea Road. 9 am. Agenda available in clerk’s office.

1/14 & 1/28 - Lantana - Second & fourth Mondays at Lantana Town Hall, 500 Greynolds Circle. 7 pm. Agenda available at www.lantana.org.

1/15 - Delray Beach - At Delray Beach City Hall, 100 NW 1st Ave. 6 pm. Agenda available at: www.mydelraybeach.com.

1/22 - Manalapan - Fourth Tuesday at Manalapan Town Hall, 600 S. Ocean Blvd. 9:30 am.

Agenda available at www.manalapan.org.

1/22 - South Palm Beach - Fourth Tuesday at South Palm Beach Town Hall, 3577 S. Ocean Blvd. 7:15 pm. Agenda available at www.southpalmbeach.com.

1/24 - Briny Breezes - Fourth Thursday at Briny Breezes Town Hall, 4802 N. Ocean Blvd. 4 pm. Agenda available at www.townofbrinybreezes-fl.com. to a description of a book, design artwork for the cover. When everyone is finished with their design, the actual book cover will be revealed to see whose design is closest to the real one.

Grades 3-5. 1:30-2:30 pm. Free. 742-6393.

1/7 - From Whom Our Street Names Came by Marc Thompson is presented as part of the Centennial Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free.

266-9490 or www.delraylibrary.org.

1/7 - B-I-N-G-O for All! at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Play everyone’s favorite game, BINGO! Grades 2-12.

3-4:30 pm. Free. 742-6393.

1/7 - Hope: A Conversation with Hope Alswang is presented as part of the Culture & Cocktails Series at The Colony Hotel Pavilion, 155 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach. Executive director and chief executive officer of the Norton Museum of Art will be interviewed by Steven Maklansky, director of the Boca Raton Museum of Art. Proceeds benefit the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. 5-7 pm. $50.

472-3330 or www.palmbeachculture.com.

1/7 - Perfection of Deception: Magicians Who Affected History at FAU Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. A one-time special lecture presented as part of the Winter Lecture Series at FAU Lifelong Learning Society. Annual membership: $45. 7-8:45 pm. $20/member, $25/non-member. 297-3171.

Tuesday - 1/8 - Little Hands Class at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Caregiver and child enjoy creative play. Ages 1224 months. Class held T through 2/12. 9-10 am. $30/residents, $38/non-residents. 742-6221.

1/8 - Creative Kids for Children 3-4 at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Crafts, stories, songs and creative play. T&Th through 2/14. 9-11 am. $54/residents, $68/ non-residents. Registration: 742-6221.

1/8 - Small World Class for ages 3-4 begins at Intracoastal Park, 2240 N. Federal Highway, Boynton Beach. Children enjoy structured play and educational activities in a

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safe and entertaining environment. Sessions for three or five days per week through 1/31. Held again 2/1-2/28. 9 am-noon. M-F: $95/residents, $119/non-residents; M/W/F: $64/residents; $80/non-residents. 742-6650.

1/8 - Pompey Park Senior Club at Pompey Park, 1101 NW 2nd St., Delray Beach.

Activities include field trips, breakfasts, games and events, fitness and health activities and social gatherings. Meets every Tuesday. 10 am-1 pm. $10-$20 annually. 243-7356.

1/8 - Coral Reef Shark Feedings are held 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. 274-7263.

1/8 - Young Explorers for Ages 24-36 Months at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Improve eye-hand coordination through creative movement and music.

Tuesdays through 2/12. 10:30-11:30 am. $30/ residents, $38/non-residents. Registration: 742-6650 or www.boynton-beach.org.

1/8 - Chess Club at Veterans Park, 802 NE 1st St., Delray Beach. Knowledge of the game is necessary. All levels welcome. Ongoing event held T & F. Noon-4 pm. Annual fee: $20/ residents, $30/non-residents. 243-7350.

1/8 - Senior Formal Dance and Luncheon - Presented by the Boynton Beach Senior Center and the Boynton Beach Woman’s Club at the Boynton Beach Woman’s Club, 1010 S. Federal Hwy. Upscale event includes lunch, salad bar, coffee and tea station, one free drink ticket, full cash bar, entertainment and free valet service. Noon-3 pm. $20/senior center members, $25/non-members. 742-6570.

1/8 - Guided Tour of the Historic Boca Raton Resort & Club - Explore the world famous resort’s history with a 1.5-hour walking tour at Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 E. Camino Real. Presented by the Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum. Held every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month through May. Not recommended for children under 12. 2-3:30 pm. $10/BRHS members, $15/non-members, $11

valet fee per car. Registration: 395-6766, Ext. 100 or www.bocahistory.org.

1/8 - Poetry Workshop at the Highland Beach Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. Led by poet Maureen Ford, participants are asked to bring copies of their works to share with others. Held again 1/24. 3-5 pm. Free. 278-5455.

1/8 - Nisei Goju-Ryu Karate Academy for ages 5-18 at Veterans Park, 802 NE First St., Delray Beach. Learn selfdefense techniques in a safe and structured environment to increase self-awareness and confidence. Held every Tuesday. 3-4:30 pm. $40/residents; $50/non-residents plus a onetime $30 uniform fee. 243-7350.

1/8 - Discovering the Orchestra: The Concert is presented as an afternoon tea and musical video presentation featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (30-minute video) at Carmen’s Restaurant at the Top of the Bridge, Bridge Hotel, 999 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton.

Sponsored by The Allegro Society, support group of the Boca Raton Symphonia. 3-5 pm. $25. RSVP: 376-3848.

1/8 - Karate is offered for kids 5-17 at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. Learn self-control, respect and confidence. T: 3:45-4:30 pm. Class runs through 2/12. $74/ residents, $94/non-residents. Registration: 767-1154 or www.boynton-beach.org.

1/8 - Kid Swim Fit for skilled swimmers ages 4-17 at the John Denson Pool, 225 NW 12th Ave., Boynton Beach. This class is for those who wish to have a swim team workout without having to compete in meets. Children must be able to swim 25 yards freestyle and 25 yards backstroke. Class runs through 5/31. T-F. 4-4:30 pm. Cost per month: $45/resident, $57/ non-residents. 742-6645.

1/8 - 10 and Under Tennis: Junior Development Clinics for children ages 4-12 begins at the Ezell Hester Jr. Community Center, 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd. Four-week session held Tuesdays through 1/29. Age 4: 4:30-5pm; age 5-6: 5-5:30 pm; age 7-8: 5:30-6:15pm; age 9-12: 6:15-7:15 pm. For ages 4-6, $20/residents, $25/ non-residents; for ages 7-12, $30/residents, $38/non-residents. Registration: 742-6550.

1/8 - Adult Spanish for Beginners at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. Class assists the Spanish language learner in building a foundation of useful vocabulary and grammar, using numbers, days, months, and more. Held Tuesdays through 2/12. 6-7 pm. $50/residents, $63/non-residents. Registration: 767-1154.

1/8 - Learn Castilian Spanish at the Delray Beach Community Center, 50 NW 1st Ave. Held twice a week for six weeks. Tuesdays: 6:30-8:30 pm, Saturdays: 10 am-noon. $30/ residents, $40/non-residents. 243-7250.

1/8 - Line Dancing at the Ezell Hester Jr. Community Center, 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd. Held Tuesdays. 7-8:30 pm. $5. 742-6550.

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Wednesday - 1/9 - Lil’ Ones Dance Time at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Ages 3-5 move to the music in this new class. Held Wednesday through 2/13 or Saturday through 2/16. 9-10 am. $30/residents, $38/non-residents. 742-6221.

1/9 - Love to Knit meets every Wednesday at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest. If you love to knit or want to learn. You can bring your own project with you if you wish. 9 am-noon. Free. 742-6886.

1/9 - Shuffle Board/Disc Knockout at Veterans Park, 802 NE 1st St., Delray Beach. A fun game involving skill and strategy. For all ages, minors accompanied by an adult. Ongoing event held W & F. 9-11 am. Annual fee: $15/ residents, $25/non-residents. 243-7350.

1/9 - Lawn Bowling at Veterans Park, 802 NE 1st St., Delray Beach. For ages 18 years and up. Enjoy a sport that takes skill and practice.

Everyone is welcome. Held W & F. 9 am-11 am.

Annual fee: $40/residents, $45/non-resident.

243-7350 or www.mydelraybeach.com.

1/9 - Oil and Acrylic Painting at Harvey E. Oyer, Jr. Park, 2012 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach. For adults. 6-week class runs through 2/13. 9-11:30 am. $60/residents, $75/nonresidents. 742-6570.

1/9 - Adult Sculpting Class: Placed on a Pedestal at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Adults enhance their creativity and reduce stress. Session runs Wednesdays through 1/30. 9-11:30 am. $50/residents, $63/ non-residents. Registration: 742-6650.

1/9 - Free Seminar for Condominium, Homeowner and Cooperative Associations is presented by Kaye Bender Rembaum at the South County Civic Center, 16700 Jog

The COASTAL STAR Road, Delray Beach. Kaye Bender Renbaum is a commercial law firm concentrating on the representation of more than 800 community associations throughout Florida. 9:30-11:30 am.

Free. RSVP: 954-776-1999, Ext. 230.

1/9 - Author Ron Wiggins: Florida Authentica - Presented at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Listen to speakers present educational and entertaining topics on Wednesdays. 1:30-2:30 pm. Free.

742-6390 or www.boyntonlibrary.org.

1/9 - 16th C. Maritime History and Navigation: Dr. Juan Riera is presented as part of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County’s Distinguished Lecture Series at Bethesda-by-the-Sea, 141 S. County Road, Palm Beach. Riera’s lecture highlights the role of ships, sailors, and mariners such as Juan Ponce de Leon, Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Jean Ribault, and Hernando de Soto in the exploration, conquest, and settlement of Florida. 3 pm. Reception follows. $10/members, $20/others. Reservations: 832-4164, Ext. 0.

1/9 - Wednesday Dinner is held each week at VFW Post 5335, 500 NE 21st St., Boynton Beach. 4:30-7 pm. $8. All are welcome.

732-1989.

1/9 - Cameraderie and Jazz in the Garden at Boca Raton Museum of Art Sculpture Garden, 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Meet up with art, new friends, and the jazzy tones of Marshall Turkin and his ensemble. Evening includes performance, a free glass of wine, and entrance to the Museum galleries. 6-8 pm. $8/members, $10/non-members. 5:30-8 pm.

392-2500, Ext. 208.

1/9 - Wine Education Class by Bob Burchill at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 6:30 pm. Free. 266-9490.

1/9 - Adult Pottery at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Learn to use a slab roller, coil maker and an electric wheel while creating pottery. Session runs Wednesdays

through 2/13. 6:30-9 pm. $60/residents, $75/ non-residents. Registration: 742-6650.

1/9 - Adult Oil & Acrylic Painting at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Adults enhance their creativity and reduce stress. Session runs Wednesdays through 2/13.

6:30-9 pm. $60/residents, $75/non-residents.

Registration: 742-6650.

1/9 - Tenor Harry Dunstan and Soprano Kay Krekow - Presented as part of the Cy Schonberg Memorial Concert Series, under the artist direction of Dr. Robert Sharon at South Palm Beach Town Hall, 3577 S. Ocean Blvd. 7 pm/doors open, 7:30 pm/performance. Single event tickets are $25. For complete series tickets or for more information, call 588-8889 or www.southpalmbeach.com.

Thursday - 1/10 - 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.

1/10 – Knit ’N Purl - Twice monthly class presented at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again 1/24. 10:30 am.

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

1/10 - Work in Progress: Memoir Writing with Lois Cahall - Presented at the Society of The Four Arts, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. Learn the legalities of what can and can’t be written, what must be paraphrased, and the necessary research (if any) on telling a true-life story which stems from exploring and understanding literary journalism. Eightsession course held Thursdays through 2/28.

10:30 am-noon. $200. 805-8562.

1/10 - Adult Acrylics Art Class at Veterans Park, 802 NE 1st St., Delray Beach.

Local instructor teaches basic acrylic painting techniques to beginners and available for instruction to advanced painters. Call for list of supplies needed. Class held every Thursday for ages 18 & up. Noon-2 pm. Fee for six- classes:

January 2013 $55/residents, $60/non-residents; or $10/ class. 243-7350 or www.mydelraybeach.com.

1/10 - Senior Bridge at Veterans Park, 802 NE 1st St., Delray Beach. All experienced players are welcome. Partners are not needed.

Held every Thursday. For ages 18 and up. 1-4 pm. Annual fee: $15/residents +$1/game, $25/ non-residents + $2/game. 243-7350.

1/10 - Musical Performance: Heart and Soul Duo by Bobby & Frani at the Highland Beach Library Community Room, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. 5 pm. Free. 278-5455.

1/10 - Wine Tasting at Old Vines, Wine & Spirits, 900 E. Atlantic Ave. #3, Delray Beach.

Held again 1/24. 5:30-7:30 pm. Free. 276-2076.

1/10 - Writers Corner 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.

1/10 - Palm Beach Watercolor Society General Meeting at the Boca Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd. Meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of the month, October thru May. 6:30 pm. $2/ suggested donation. 416-9600.

1/10 - Joe Gillie on a Stick: 20th Anniversary Roast - Presented at The Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach.

Join a FUNdraising night of laughs. Joe has been marinating for 20 years, and it’s time to throw him into the fire! Master of Ceremonies, Bill Wood, will lead a rambunctious group of celebrity roasters. 8 pm. $50/reserved, with cash bar; $100/premium seating includes 7 pm pre-show party with open bar. 243-7922, Ext. 1, or www.delraycenterforthearts.org.

Friday - 1/11 - Michael Connelly: The Black Box is presented as part of the 9th Annual Author Breakfast Series Founded by Parker Ladd at the Brazilian Court Hotel, 301 Australian Ave., Palm Beach. New York Times bestselling author (and former newspaper reporter) discusses his latest work with moderator Scott Eyman. 8:45-10 am. $100 includes breakfast, valet parking and copy of the featured book. Reservations: 366-4301.

1/11 - Mangrove Paddle - Enjoy a naturalist guided tour from the boardwalk at James A. 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, an adult must participate with each child. Held again 9:15-11:15 am 1/26.

9-11 am. $15/member, $22/non-member.

Reservations and pre-payment required: 5448615 or www.gumbolimbo.org.

1/11 - 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 2/15. 9:30 am-noon. $60/residents, $75/nonresidents. 742-6221.

1/11 - Social Dance for Beginners at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. Learn the basic steps to popular dances such as the foxtrot and merengue. Held every Friday.

Noon-1 pm. $5 at the door. 742-6240.

1/11 - Bob Roberts Society Orchestra at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. Full 16-piece big band plays a variety of tunes to entertain lovers of music and dance in a social setting. Dances held every Friday. 1:303:30 pm. $4. 742-6240.

1/11 - Opening Reception: Colorforms

by Jane McIntyre & Roxene Sloate at the

Highland Beach Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd.

Exhibit runs through 2/28 during regular hours.

4:30 pm. Free. 278-5455.

1/11 - Free Art Demo: Daily Painters Guest Artist Nancy Spielman at Hand’s Office & Art Supply, 324 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach.

5-7 pm. Free. Registration required. 276-4194.

1/11 - Beach Bonfire - Presented by the City of Lake Worth Leisure Services Department at the Lake Worth Beach, 50 S. Ocean Blvd. Featuring a live DJ providing music and entertainment throughout the evening.

Weather permitting. Held again 1/21. 6-10 pm.

Free. 585-6858 or www.lakeworth.org.

1/11 - Night Explorers at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Hike with creatures of the night along the boardwalk, see the tanks under a different light, and peek at the night sky courtesy of the Palm Beach County Astronomical Society. For ages 7-adult, children must be accompanied by an adult. 6:30-9 pm. $7/members, $10/nonmembers. Reservations: 544-8615.

1/11 - Free Friday Concert: Plaid Blazer (Old School Hip-Hop) - Presented as part of the Free Friday Concerts series at the Old School Square Entertainment Pavilion, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Featuring gourmet food trucks. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets; rental chairs available. No pets or outside food/ beverages. 7:30-10:30 pm. Free admission; cash bar. 243-9722 or www.oldschool.org.

Saturday - 1/12 - 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. Class held Saturdays through 2/16.

9-11 am. $49/residents, $62/non-residents.

Registration: 742-6650.

1/12 - Claying Around for Ages 8-14 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 2/16. 9-11 am. $49/ residents, $62/non-residents. Registration: 742-6650 or www.boynton-beach.org.

1/12 - Gymnastics for Children Ages 4-16 begins at the Ezell Hester Jr. Community Center, 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd. Introductory skill development on the vault, bars, beams and floor. Saturdays through 2/16. Age 4-7: 10-11 am; age 8-16: 11 am-noon. $57/residents, $71/ non-residents. Registration: 742-6550.

1/12 - Ride & Remember Trolley Tour departs from the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, 170 NW 5th Ave., Delray Beach.

2-hour tour focuses on 5 historic districts. Held the second Saturday of each month. 10 amnoon. $20. Reservations: 279-8883.

1/12 - Start Smart Tennis for Ages 3-5 at the Catherine Strong Park, 1500 S.W. 6th St., Delray Beach. Introductory program which teaches basic fundamentals of the sport. Saturdays through 2/2. 10:30-11:30 am.

Four-week session: $20/residents, $30/nonresidents. 243-7194.

1/12 - I Love Art Classes at Intracoastal Park, 2240 N. Federal Highway, Boynton Beach.

Children create amazing art utilizing recycled items. For ages 4-10. Two sessions: 10:30 amnoon and 12:15 -1:45 pm. Session runs Sat. through 2/2. $36/residents, $45/non-residents.

742-6650.

1/12 - Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Lake Worth and Lantana – Conducted by the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History departs at 11 am from Macy’s at Boynton Beach Mall, 801 N Congress Ave, Ste.

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January 2013 483. Four-hour tour includes a combination of both bus and walking tour and food sampling, along with visits to historical and cultural sites. Held the second Saturday of each month, year-round, rain or shine. Reservations required - check website for available dates. $35/adult & senior citizen, Free/children under 18 (max 5 children free per family.) 243-2662.

1/12 - Wildlife Workshops at The South Florida Wildlife Center, 3200 SW 4th Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Open house, tours and workshops include: 11 am: What to do with baby wildlife, Noon: Safe Animal Handling. 954-524-4302.

1/12 - Gourmet Food Truck Expo returns to Plaza del Mar, 230 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan. More than a dozen food trucks featuring a variety of culturally diverse culinary delights. 11 am-4 pm. Free admittance. 7625340 or www.plazadelmarshopping.com.

1/12 - Guitar Class for Kids 8-18 at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave on Wednesdays.Learn chords, riffs, tuning and tunes. Students must have their own guitar (acoustic or electric). Class held Saturdays through 2/16. Noon-1 pm. $66/residents, $83/ non-residents. Registration: 742-6240.

1/12 - Sneak Preview: Celebrating Art in Motion Opening Reception at Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, 601 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. Advance installation of kinetic artwork that will be exhibited a the 2/8-10 International Kinetic Art Exhibit and Symposium in Boynton Beach. Reception: 3-5 pm. Advance exhibit: 1/12-2/2. 742-6026.

1/12 - Happy Birthday Elvis Tribute Show: Starring Scott Ringersen with the White Stone Band at The Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Enjoy a memorable night of fun and entertainment with special appearance by Tony Mariano with the sounds of Sinatra, Dean Martin and doo-wop. 7:30 pm. $35-$45. 243-7922, Ext. 1.

1/12-13 - 26th Annual Boca Fest at The Shops at Boca Center, 5250 Town Center Circle, Boca Raton. More than $15 million in artwork displayed by an eclectic mix of national, regional and local artists. 10 am-5 pm. Free.

954-472-3755 or www.artfestival.com.

1/12-13 - 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. 8432311 or www.delrayartleague.com/dal.

JANUARY 13-19 Sunday - 1/13 - Oshogatsu : A New Year’s Celebration - Celebrate the Year of the Snake at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. The traditional New Year festival is celebrated with games and entertainment.

Activities include Japan’s customary ricepounding, making mochi rice cakes as well as kakizome, calligraphy and omikuji, fortune telling. Special appearances by Shishimai, the lion dancer. 10 am - 5 pm. Advance tickets (until 1/11) are $12/adults (ages 11+), $6/children (ages 4-10); At the gate: $15/adults (ages 11+), $10/children (free for children 3 and under).

495-0233 or www.morikami.org.

1/13 - Haiku Workshop at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. Learn to write your own original Haiku. Workshop provided in collaboration with the 6th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival. Free with paid museum admission. 10:30 am-noon. 495-0233 ext. 2377.

1/13 - Tour of Boca hosted by the Boca Raton Bicycle Club and the Recreation Services Department, riders meet at Patch Reef Park, 2000 Yamato Road, Boca Raton. Tour Boca Raton with an easy-paced, police-escorted bicycle ride. Children must be at least 10 years old and accompanied by an adult if under age 14. All riders are required to wear helmets. Ride is approximately 14-15 miles, with a rest stop at Rutherford Park (mile 9) for beverages and snacks. Registration: 12:30 pm. Ride begins 1 pm. $2/rider. 391-6109.

1/13 - Lecture: The Ten Commandments on the Court House Lawn and Elsewhere is presented by Paul Finkelman as part of a series of lectures on the Holocaust and Judaic Studies in the Performing Arts Building, room 101 at FAU, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. 2 pm. Free. 297-2979.

1/13 - 14th Annual Author’s Showcase at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Featuring twelve local authors who will speak briefly about their books and sell and autograph them as they meet the public. 2-4 pm. Free. 266-9490.

1/13 - Concert: Daphne Spottiswoode, piano, and Mei Mei Luo, violin - Presented as part of Music At St. Paul’s series at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 188 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Recital features Prokofiev’s amazing D Major Sonata. 3 pm. $20/preferred seating, $15/requested donation, $5/students. 2786003 or www.stpaulsdelray.org.

1/13 - Cabaret for a Sunday Afternoon is presented at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 100 N. Palmway, Lake Worth. Bruce Linser performs Gershwin, Rogers & Hart and Broadway classics in a chic cabaret with elegant table service, wine, punch and hors d’oeuvres.

Green Markets

Boynton Beach Community Farmer’s Market is held in the parking lot at the Southeast corner of Boynton Beach Boulevard and Federal Highway. Delicious, locally grown artisan food, fresh baked goods, specialty olive oils, handmade jewelry and more. Held every Saturday. 9 am-2 pm. Free. 714-2745 or www.communityfarmersmarketsofsouthfl.com.

Delray GreenMarket is held each Saturday at the Old School Square Park, NE Second Ave., one block north of Atlantic Ave. 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.

Lake Worth Farmer’s Market is held each Saturday at Old Bridge Park, A1A and Lake Avenue, northeast corner, in Lake Worth. 8 am-1 pm. Free. 547-3100 or www. lakeworthfarmersmarket.com.

4 pm. $20/adults, $10/students under 18.

582-6609.

Monday - 1/14 - Quilting Bee - Twice monthly quilting class presented at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again 1/28. 10 am. Free. 266-0194.

1/14 - Dance to Your Own Beat at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Ages 1-5 engage in fun exercises and dance movements using scarves, musical instruments and a parachute. 10-11 am. Free.

742-6390 or www.boyntonlibrary.org.

1/14 - It’s What You See: Luncheon with John Loring at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, 601 Lake Ave., Lake Worth.

John Loring, Design Director Emeritus of Tiffany & Co. and former New York bureau chief of Architectural Digest, will speak to a small, intimate group of attendees. 11:30 am-2 pm. $100/person. Reservations: 471-2901.

1/14 - Lunch & Learn: Miami City Ballet’s new Leader Lourdes Lopez is presented by Steven Caras at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Weiner Banquet Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and co-founder and director of Morphoses dance company, Lourdes Lopez sets out to blaze her own trail as Miami City Ballet’s next artistic visionary when Edward Villella, company founding artistic director, steps down on April 30. Admission includes lunch prepared

by Catering by The Breakers. 11:30 am. $75.

832-7469 or www.kravis.org.

1/14 - Author Barbara Bixon: Sex, Lively Seniors and Special Cupcakes Presented by the Friends of the Boynton Beach City Library as part of the Brown Bag Series, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Noon-1 pm. Free. 742-6390.

1/14 - Hats Off to You! at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. It’s National Hat Day and we will make crazy hats and learn about hats worn in different parts of the world. Grades K-5. 1:30-2:30 pm. Free.

742-6393 or www.boyntonlibrary.org.

1/14 - The Best Kept Secrets of Online Dating - Presented by Dr. Dale Koppel as part of the Healthy Living Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free.

266-9490 or www.delraylibrary.org.

1/14 - What Writers Need to Know, An Evening with Literary Agent Betsy Lerner is held as part of “Off the page: Events for Readers and Writers” series in the Live Oak Pavilion of the FAU Student Union, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. 7 pm. Free. 297-2974.

Tuesday - 1/15 - Passport to the World: A Cultural Adventure for Kids at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum and Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach.

Held Thursdays. Ages 6 and up are immersed in a country’s culture, cuisine, customs, music, landmarks and more. Final class features a “worldly feast.” 3:30-4:30 pm. $4.50 per class/ members, $5.50 per class/non-members.

8-session discount available. 742-6780.

1/15 - Young Artwork Class for Ages 2-6 at Veterans Park, 802 NE 1st St., Delray Beach.

Young Artwork is a bilingual art program where participants explore colors, shapres, textures, line and form. This six-week session held Tuesdays through 2/19. Age 4-6: 3:30-4:15 pm; age 2-3: 4:30-5:15 pm. $96/residents; $120/ non-residents. 243-7350.

1/15 - Recent Elections in the United States and China: The Impact and the Consequences is presented by Jerry Cooke as part of the Lifelong Learning Community Institute at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Course discusses the fundamental issues faced by the United States and China and possible changes due to the recent elections in these two countries. First of a three-part series. Class continues 1/22 & 29.

6-7:30 pm. $45/session. 266-9490.

Wednesday - 1/16 - The Market Tour: A Journey into Local Ethnic and Specialty Markets with Roberta Sabban - Presented as part of the Campus On The Lake Lecture Series at the Society of The Four Arts, Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. Find out where Four Arts culinary master Roberta Sabban “gets her goods.” The tour stops are: Don Victorio, El Bodagon, The Indian Bazaar and Cod and Capers, where a luncheon featuring “gifts from the sea” will be served.

Prompt departure from The Four Arts at 9:30 am; approximate return 4 pm. $75/includes transportation, tours and lunch. Reservations: 805-8562.

1/16 - Art Exploration: Oodles of Art at Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. Ages 2-4 craft and create using simplified forms of mosiac art, origami, clay sculpting, food art, printing, stamping and more. Held W & Sat. 10:30-11:15 am & 11:30 am-12:15 pm. Free with paid Museum admission. Registration: 742-6780.

1/16 - Author Jeff Braun: The Secret of the Just - Presented at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Listen to speakers present educational and entertaining topics on Wednesdays. 1:30-2:30 pm. Free. 742-6390.

1/16 - Cheerleading Classes at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. Program focuses on developing teamwork and a positive attitude with an emphasis on safety. Held Wednesdays through 3/13. Level I (Recreational): Ages 3-9; 4-4:50 pm; $100-125.

Level II (Competitive): Ages 4-10; 4-5:45 pm; $155-194. Tumbling & stunts (all levels): Ages 4-10; 6-6:30 pm; $54-68. Registration: 9010637 or www.littlekiddos.com.

1/16 - Dreyfoos Goes Old School at The Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach.An evening filled with art, music, theater and dance by students from Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts. Appetizers, silent auction and a performance by the Dreyfoos Jazz Combo. 6:30-9 pm. $75. 805-6298 or www. delraycenterforthearts.org.

1/16-17 - Obama II or Romney I: U.S. Foreign Policy for the Next Four Years is presented by FAU professor Dr. Jeffrey Morton at South Palm Beach Town Hall as part of the 17th Annual Cultural Series. Morton is an author, professor of international law and politics in the Department of Political Science at FAU, Director of FAU Jack Miller Forum for Civics Education and Life Long Learning Society Distinguished Professor of Current Affairs. 7:30 pm. Single event tickets are $25. For complete series tickets or for more information, call 5888889 or www.southpalmbeach.com.

Thursday - 1/17 - Tour of Historic and Contemporary Boca Raton is presented by the Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum.

Enjoy a 1.5-hour trolley tour of Boca Raton. A brief introduction to historic Town Hall and Boca Raton’s history will be presented prior to boarding the trolley. Held the third Thursday of the month through April. Leaves from Old Town Hall, 71 N. Federal Hwy. at 10 am. $20/person; $15/Boca Raton Historical Society members.

Reservations: 395-6766, Ext. 100.

1/17 - S.T.E.A.M Power at Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. Parent-child course lets ages 3-5 engage in early learning forms ot Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. Held Thursdays through 3/7. 10:15-11:45 am. $6.50 per class/members, $7.50 per class/non-members. 8-class discount available. 742-6780.

1/17 – Publix Apron’s Cooking School Lecture & Cooking Demonstration: Super Bowl Favorites is presented by Chef Rey De La Osa at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 10:30 am. Free. 266-9490.

Community Calendar AT13 1/17 - Boynton Woman’s Club Arts & Crafts Competition & Luncheon at the Boynton Woman’s Club, 1010 S. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach. 11:30 am. cost? 369-2300.

1/17 - The National League of American Pen Women Luncheon at the Delray Beach Golf Club, 2200 Highland Ave. Elle Schorr explains the process of photo collages.

All are welcome. 11:30 am. $25. 865-9756.

1/17 - Understanding Autism: Current Research Developments is presented as part of Lunch and Learn at the Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County, Inc. 909 Fern St., West Palm Beach. Guest speaker is Damon Page, a researcher at the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter. Noon-1:30 pm. $10/ members, $15/non-members. Cost includes lunch. 832-3755.

1/17 - Wills & Probate: What You Need to Know by Michelle Hofkin & Charles Schwartz is presented at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free.

266-0194 or www.delraylibrary.org.

1/17 - From the Oceans to the Stars at Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. Ages 6 and up learn from an interactive astronomy, oceanography and earth science experience.

Held Thursdays through 3/7. 3:30-4:30 pm. $6.50 per class/members, $7.50 per class/nonmembers. 8-class discount available. 742-6780.

1/17 - Martin Luther King Birthday

Delray Beach

Event: Resurrection and Songs of the Underground Railroad is presented by Kim and Reggie Harris at Clay Glass Metal Stone Cooperative Gallery, 605 Lake Ave., Lake Worth.

7 pm. $10/advance, $12/door. 588-8344.

Friday - 1/18 - Kindermusik at Intracoastal Park Clubhouse, 2240 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach. For ages 1 month-4 years, with four different age groups. Session runs Fridays through 2/22. Start times for each 45-minute class are on the hour from 9:30 am-1:15pm. $96/resident; $120/non-resident.

742-6221 or www.boynton-beach.org.

1/18 - 9th Boomer Expo at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood. 10 am-5 pm. Presented by SeniorLife Magazine and BoomerTimes. Free.

736-8925 or www.babyboomers-seniors.com.

1/18 - We’re on a Safari!: An Animal Exploration at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. Each Friday, ages 2-4 will investigate everything from feathers and scales to fins and gills and more with live animals.

10:30 -11:30 am. $4.50 per class/members, $5.50 per class/non-members. 8-session discounts available. 742-6780.

1/18 - Woodcarvers Class at the Senior Center, 1021 S. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach.

Five-week session runs Fridays through 2/15.

Noon-3 pm. $42/residents, $53/non-residents.

742-6570 or www.boynton-beach.org.

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AT14 Community Calendar 1/18 - Boca Express Train Museum Tour at the FEC Railway Station, Count de Hoernle Pavilion, 747 S. Dixie Hwy. Guided tour of two 1947 Seaboard Air Line streamliners. Held the 1st & 3rd Friday January through April. 1 & 2 pm. $10/adults, $5/Boca Raton Historical Society members. 395-6766 ext. 100.

1/18 - Tae Kwon Do is offered 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 self-defense. Fridays through 2/22. 6-6:45 pm/beginners; 6:45-7:30 pm/ intermediates. $60/residents, $75/nonresidents. 742-6640.

1/18 - Art Exhibit: PaperCuts opens at the Ritter Art Gallery, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. Works from seven artists all have hand cut paper at their core. Gallery Talk with artist Reni Gower opens the exhibit. 7 pm. Runs through 3/2. Free. 297-2595 or www.fau.edu.

1/18 - Free Friday Concert: Marlow Rosado and La Requina (Salsa) - Presented as part of the Free Friday Concerts series at the Old School Square Entertainment Pavilion, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Featuring gourmet food trucks. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets; rental chairs available. No pets or outside food/beverages. 7:30-10:30 pm. Free admission; cash bar. 243-9722.

1/18 - Ocean Avenue Concert at Ocean Avenue Amphitheater, between Seacrest Blvd., and NE 1st St. in Boynton Beach. Food and beverages available. 7-9 pm. Free. held again

The COASTAL STAR 2/15, 3/15, 4/19 & 5/17.ms. 737-3256.

1/18-19 - 13th Annual Knock & Roll Wheelchair Rugby Tournament at the Lake Worth Therapeutic Center’s gymnasium, 2121 10th Ave. N., Lake Worth. Five teams participating will be Team Canada, Team Switzerland, Shepherd Smash (Atlanta), Michigan Storm and hometown South Florida Rattlers. 9 am-5:30pm both days. Free/ spectators. 966-7020 or www.quadrugby.com.

Saturday - 1/19 - Delray Beach FireRescue Open House at 501 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. Featuring demonstrations by the Delray Beach Police Department SWAT and K-9 Teams, free fingerprinting for children, blood pressure checks for all residents, demonstration on how to perform hands-free CPR, information on disaster preparedness, plus booths by local city and county agencies. 10 am-1 pm. Free.

243-7456 or www.mydelraybeach.com.

1/19 - Sunshine Blues Festival at Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton.

Bands include: Tedeshi Trucks Band, Dr. John, Walter Trout, Sonny Landreth, Joe Louis Walker, Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band, Matt Schofield, The Wood Brothers, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Sean Chambers and Bobby Lee Rodgers. Food and beverage available for purchase. Rain or shine.

Doors open 10:30 am, entertainment 11 am-11 pm. $49.50/general admission, $149.50/VIP package. 800-653-8000.

1/19 - Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Delray Beach & Boynton Beach – Conducted by the Museum of Lifestyle &

Fashion History departs at 11 am from Macy’s, Boynton Beach Mall, 801 N Congress Ave, Ste. 483. Four hour tour includes a combination of both bus and walking tour and food sampling, along with visits to historical and cultural sites. Held the third and fourth Saturday of each month, year-round, rain or shine.

Reservations required - check website for available dates. Held again 1/26. $35/adult & senior citizen, Free/children under 18 (max 5 children free per family.) 243-2662 or www. tastehistoryculinarytours.org.

1/19 - DeStefano Park Dedication near the J. Turner Moore Library, 1330 Lands End Road, Manalapan. A time capsule will be dedicated as part of the park celebration. 11 am-2 pm. 383-2541.

1/19 - Doo Wop - West Coast Style is presented by Dr. Robert Weber as part of the Music Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free. 266-9490.

1/19-20 - 4th Annual Boca Raton Fine Art & Craft Show at Sanborn Square Park, 72 N. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton. High quality fine art & craft event brings world-renowned & top notch local artists to sell their paintings, clay, glass, sculpture, wood, fiber, jewelry, photography and more. Sat. & Sun.: 10 am-5 pm. Free. 392-8920 or www.hotworks.org.

1/19-20 - 24th Annual Downtown Delray Beach Festival of the Arts at 1111 E. Atlantic Ave. Local and national artists line Atlantic Avenue all the way to A1A. 10 am-5 pm.

Free. 954-472-3755.

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JANUARY 20-26 Sunday - 1/20 - South Beach Blast: Art, Antiques & Architecture Tour is presented by the Art Deco Society of the Palm Beaches.

One-day bus trip to Southbeache’s Art Deco District. 9:30 am departure from Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Mimosas and muffins for the ride down with a visit to the Jewish Museum for the Mah Jongg Exhibit, three-course lunch at the Astor Hotel’s “La Casa Fiorentina”, and stroll the 36th Annual Art Deco Weekend Street Festival. Bus arrives back at approx. 6 pm. $94. RSVP: 276-9925.

1/20 - Concert: Al Guastafeste at the Boynton Woman’s Club, 1010 S. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach. 3 pm. $15. 369-2300.

1/20 - Lecture: My Holocaust Experience is presented by Fred Ferber as part of a series of lectures on the Holocaust and Judaic Studies in the Performing Arts Building, room 101 at FAU, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton.

4 pm. Free. 297-2979 or www.fau.edu.

Monday - 1/21 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 1/21 - 12th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast presented by the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum at the Delray Beach Golf Club, 2200 Highland Ave. In celebration of the legacy and spirit of Dr. King, four local speakers will share their insights on King’s contributions. The program will also include two musical selections from local students and presentations by the student winners of the Palm Beach Poetry Festival and the South Florida Youth Speak Out! oratorical contest.

A new addition to the celebration will be the recognition of community leaders with the new Unity Awards. Admission includes a full breakfast buffet and beverages. 8 am. $25/ advance, $30/door. RSVP by 1/14: 279-8883.

1/21 - Boca Beach Explorers at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Come and explore our shorelines nad its’ critters. Meet at Gumbo Limbo; pick-up will be at Red Reef Park, 1400 N. State Road A1A, Boca Raton. For ages 7-12, adults must sign-in children, but do not have to stay. 11 am-12:30 pm. $7/members, $1/nonmembers. Reservations: 544-8615.

1/21 - Tribute to Judy Garland at The Plaza Theatre, 262 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan in the Plaza del Mar Shopping Center. Held again 1/28. 7:30 pm. $30. 588-1820.

1/21-26 - 9th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival at the Crest Theatre at Old School Square, 51 S. Swinton, Delray Beach.

Featuring 11 national, award-winning faculty poets and special guest, U.S. Poet Laureate (2001-2003) Billy Collins. Readings, panel discussions, craft talks, bookstore and more.

Event times vary. $15/adults; $12/seniors; $10/ students. Festival Gala held 1/18: $250. 2437922, Ext. 1.

Tuesday - 1/22 - Resource Fair at Pompey Park, 1101 NW 2nd St., Delray Beach.

Local organizations and companies promote their services for out of school programs and summer camp. Get ideas and network with other professionals. Bring your business cards.

10 am-1pm. Vendors: $25/non-profit; $50/ profit; $20/vendor on the go; Participants: free.

243-7158 or www.mydelraybeach.com.

1/22 - Clean Up the Clutter/Financial Organization is presented by Colleen Schuhmann and Suzanne Falcone as part of the Business Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 3 pm. Free. 2669490 or www.delraylibrary.org.

1/22 - Boynton Beach Fishing Club meets the 4th Tuesday of the month at Harvey E. Oyer, Jr. Park, 2010 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach. Join other fishermen to discuss hot topics and learn new tricks of the trade. 7-9 pm.

Free. 703-5638.

1/22-26 - 18th Annual FOTOfusion at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre, 415 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. Five-day event offers more than 100 workshops, lectures, panel discussions, multimedia presentations, portfolio reviews, hands-on computer classes, demonstrations, and photo shoots taught by a faculty of industry leaders who donate their time and expertise to educate, mentor, and encourage creativity among participants of all levels and ages. Full schedule available online.

Registration open 8 am-5 pm T-F and 8 am-2 pm Sat. Single-ticket event prices start at $90, or purchase passport tickets for multiple events - prices start at $595. 253-2600.

Wednesday - 1/23 - Understanding Social Security - Presented at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd.

Listen to speakers present educational and entertaining topics on Wednesdays. 1:30-2:30 pm. Free. 742-6390.

1/23 - Florida’s Weird & Wacky History is presented by Eliot Kleinberg as part of the Centennial Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 6:30 pm. Free.

266-9490 or www.delraylibrary.org.

1/23 - Pray for Japan at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. Theatre documentary of the recovery, heroes, hope and compassion born out of the tragedy of the Great Tohoku

Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011.

Discussion led by director Stu Levy. $7/ members, $10/non-members. 6:30-9 pm. 4950233 or www.morikami.org.

1/23 - Found: The Sea Turtle Lost Years! - Presented as part of the Lecture Series at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Presented by Kate Mansfield, Ph.D. Recommended for ages 14 and up. 7-8:30 pm. $5 suggested donation. Reservations: 5448615 or www.gumbolimbo.org.

1/23 - The Speakeasy at the Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. Enjoy a fun night of drinking, gambling and an interactive theatrical experience at the vintage speakeasy set in an original 1920s theater. 7 pm. $35. 586-6169.

1/23 - Soprano Elizabeth Caballero Presented as part of the Cy Schonberg Memorial Concert Series, under the artist direction of Dr. Robert Sharon at South Palm Beach Town Hall, 3577 S. Ocean Blvd. 7 pm/doors open, 7:30 pm/ performance. Single event tickets are $25. For complete series tickets or for more information, call 588-8889 or www.southpalmbeach.com.

Thursday - 1/24 - Origami Boxes at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Learn the traditional Japanese art of folding paper into a variety of decorative or functional items. Bring a pencil, hard ruler and pair of scissors. For adults. 1:30-2:30 pm. Free.

742-6390.

1/24 - Virtual Uptown Tour of New York City is presented by Steve Schlesinger as part of the Armchair Travel Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm.

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

1/24 - Boynton Beach Art District Art Walk at 422 W. Industrial Ave., Boynton Beach. Featuring open studios, open galleries, food truck and entertainment. Held the fourth Thursday of each month. 5:30-9 pm. Free. 786521-1199 or http://ActivistArtistA.com.

1/24 - Community Writing Workshops: Writing Fiction & Writing Creative Nonfiction are held in the Department of English within the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters at Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. Both classes held Thursdays through 3/21. 6-8 pm. $250/public, $180/FAU employees, family, students and alumni. Registration deadline: 1/10. 297-2974.

1/24 - Highwayman Artists Program at the Boynton Woman’s Club, 1010 S. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach. Meet A.J. Brown who studied under one of the original Highwaymen artists. She’ll present a history of their works.

Her paintings will be on display and available for purchase. 7 pm. Free - donations accepted.

364-4067 or www.boyntonwomansclub.com.

1/24-27 - 30th Annual Boca Raton Greek Festival: Passport to Greece at St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church, 2100 NW 51st St. (Yamato Road), Boca Raton. Features Greek music and dancing, traditional Greek meals and pastries, kiddie rides and amusements, church tours, raffle prizes and vendors. Th: 4-9 pm; F & Sat.: 11 am-11 pm; Sun.: noon-7 pm. $5/person, free/children under 12. 994-4822.

Friday - 1/25 - Alex Witchel: All Gone: A Memoir of My Mother’s Dementia. With Refreshments is presented as part of the 9th Annual Author Breakfast Series Founded by Parker Ladd at the Brazilian Court Hotel, 301 Australian Ave., Palm Beach. Staff writer for The New York Times Magazine discusses her frank, bittersweet and surprisingly funny memoir with Scott Eyman. 8:45-10 am. $100 includes breakfast, valet parking and copy of the featured book. Reservations: 366-4301.

1/25 - Affairs of State: The Untold History of Presidential Love, Sex and Scandal is presented by Dr. Robert Watson as part of the Author’s Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free.

266-9490 or www.delraylibrary.org.

1/25 - 33rd Annual Outstanding Business Leader Awards Gala presented

by Northwood University at The Breakers, One South County Road, Palm Beach. 7 pm. $375.

478-5539 or www.northwood.edu.

1/25 - Free Friday Concert: Amber Leigh (Country) - Presented as part of the Free Friday Concerts series at the Old School Square Entertainment Pavilion, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Featuring gourmet food trucks. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets; rental chairs available. No pets or outside food/ beverages. 7:30-10:30 pm. Free admission; cash bar. 243-9722 or www.oldschool.org.

Saturday - 1/26 - 22nd Annual Race for the Cure is presented by Susan G. Komen South Florida beginning at Meyer Amphitheater, 101 N. Flagler Dr., West Palm Beach. 5:30-11 am. $30-45. 514-3020 or www. komensouthflorida.org.

1/26 - Sea Angels Beach Cleanup is held at Ocean Inlet Park, 6990 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Ridge. Held every last Saturday of the month.

8-10:30 am. 369-5501.

1/26 - King Library Book Sale at The Society of the Four Arts King Library, 3 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. Features refreshments, gift drawings and gently used fiction and nonfiction books as well as DVDs and CDs. 9 am-3 pm.

Free. 655-2766 or www.fourarts.org.

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January 2013 1/26 - Family Fun Day: Yamato Colonists & Vegetables at The Morikami Japanese Museum and Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. Learn about the way of life of the Yamato Colonists 100 years ago.

Plant vegetables like they did and take one home to grow. For ages 7 and up; children must be registered with a parent/guardian. 11:30 am-12:30 pm. $5 with paid admission to the museum. Registration: 495-0233 ext. 237.

1/26 - 2013 Casino Royale: Shaken, Not Stirred is a James Bond-themed, black tie (preferred) fundraising affair for The Greater Boynton Beach Chamber of Commerce at Indian Spring Country Club, 11501 El Clair Ranch Road. Martini bar, hors d’oeuvres, VIP lounge, silent auction and free gaming chips. 6:30 pm/ cocktails, 8:15 pm/casino opens. $100 or $125/ admission and poker tournament. 732-9501.

1/26 - Coffee House and Performance Poetry at Delray Beach Center for the Arts at Vintage Gymnasium, Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave. Featuring performance poetry

by Marty McConnell and Rives followed by a DJ Dance Party. 9 pm-midnight. $12/adults, $10/ seniors, $8/students. 243-7922, Ext. 1.

1/26-27 - Artists in the Park presented by the Delray Beach Art League at Delray Beach Center for the Arts, Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Fine art exhibition and sales. 10 am-4:30 pm. Free. 843-2311.

JANUARY 27-FEBRUARY 2 Sunday - 1/27 – Sunday Musical Matinee Series: Rose Max & Ramatis at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Brazilian Jazz guitar and vocal duo. 2 pm. $15 or $45/person for all four performances in this series. 266-9490.

1/27 - Ice Cream Social at South Palm Beach Town Hall, 3577 S. Ocean Blvd. 2-4 pm.

Free. 588-8889.

1/27 - St. Petersburg String Quartet and Pianist Tao Lin at The Society of the Four Arts at the Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. 3 pm. $15. 6557226 or www.fourarts.org.

1/27 - Memories of Gold Show: An Evening of Solid Gold Doo Wop at the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium at the University Center on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. Featuring The Brooklyn Bridge, The Del Satins, JT Carter, Manhattan Harmony and Mike Miller. 7 pm. $35.85-$54.72. 877-311-7469.

Monday - 1/28 - Bullets & Badges: Famous Gunfighters of the Old West is presented by Stephen Singer as part of the Lifelong Learning Community Institute at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Course covers what actually happened during the 19th century in the Old West, which is quite different from the Hollywood version.

First of a three-part series. Class continues 2/4

& 11. 10:30 am-noon. $45/session. 266-9490.

1/28 - Civil War: Manna from Heaven, Northern Supply, 1861-1862 - Presented by the Friends of the Boynton Beach City Library as part of the Brown Bag Series, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Noon-1 pm. Free. 742-6390.

1/28 - Cercle Francais: French Conversation Group at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free.

266-9490.

1/28 - 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.

No flip-flops or sandals. Ages 10 to adult.

4-5:30 pm. $5/members, $8/non-members.

Reservations: 544-8615.

Tuesday - 1/29 - Exhibition: Delray Art League at the Crest Galleries, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Multimedia exhibit showcasing oils, watercolors, acrylics, sculptures and photographs. Runs through 3/31. M-F: 9:30 am-4:30 pm, Sat.: 10 am-3 pm.

Free. 243-7922.

1/29 - Make Your Own Kokeshi Doll at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Learn about Japanese Kokeshi dolls and assemble and paint your own. For grades 6-12.

5:30-7 pm. Free. 742-6390.

1/29 - BMX Bike Night at the “505” Teen Center, 505 SE 5th Ave., Delray Beach. Open night for BMX bikers. Helmet required. Ages 5 to adult. 6-9 pm. $2. 243-7158.

1/29-2/3 - Mary Poppins at The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. T-Sat.: 8 pm; W, Sat. & Sun.: 2 pm. $25-$82. 832-7469.

Wednesday - 1/30 - Tot Tumbling for Kids 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 3/6. Ages 2-3: 10:30-11:10 am, ages 3-5: 11:15-11:55 am. $57/resident, $71/non-resident. Registration: 742-6240.

1/30 - Author Pamela Carey: How an Unknown Author found a Publisher Presented at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Listen to speakers present educational and entertaining topics on Wednesdays. 1:30-2:30 pm. Free. 742-6390.

1/30 - Writing Creative Nonfiction: Memoir Writing is presented by Ayse Papatya Bucak as part of the Lifelong Learning Community Institute at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Participants learn how to tell their story, preserving memories for others, themselves, or for a much wider audience. First of a three-part series. Class continues 2/6 & 13. 2-3:30 pm. $45/session.

266-9490 or www.delraylibrary.org.

1/30 - Beach Treasures at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Meet at the center to learn about seashells and the animals that make them.

Caravan to Red Reef Park, 1400 N. State Road A1A, and search for ocean treasures. For all ages, children must be accompanied by an adult. 4-5:30 pm. $5/members, $8/nonmembers. Reservations: 544-8615.

1/30 - The Ever-Changing World of Sports is presented by Dave Hyde, Ethan Skolnick and Mike Beradino as part of the Lifelong Learning Community Institute at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Course takes a look at the “hot-button” issues in the world of sports today as seen through the eyes of three local sports writers.

First of a three-part series. Class continues 2/6 & 13. 6-7:30 pm. $45/session. 266-9490.

1/30 - Jewish Women’s Circle Sixth Annual Concert at The Colony Hotel, 144 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach. Celebrate your Jewish femininity at a gala concert starring the international singing star Chanale Fellig. Enjoy a dessert buffet and auction. 7 pm. $54. RSVP: 659-3884 or www.palmbeachjewish.com/jwc.

1/30 - The Movie Rating System: Censorship or Consumer Protection - From The Moon Is Blue to Knocked Up at FAU Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. This is a one-time special lecture presented as part of the Winter Lecture Series at FAU Lifelong Learning Society.

Annual membership: $45. 7-8:45 pm. $20/ member, $25/non-member. 297-3171.

1/30-31 - Politics, Media And Public Opinion is presented by Dr. Kevin M. Wagner at South Palm Beach Town Hall as part of the 17th Annual Cultural Series. Dr. Wagner received his J.D., as well as his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Florida and is the Director of Graduate Studies in Political Science at Florida Atlantic University. 7:30 pm.

Single event tickets are $25. For complete series tickets or for more information, call 588-8889 or www.southpalmbeach.com.

Thursday - 1/31 - Idra Novey: Poet and Translator reads as part of “Off the page: Events for Readers and Writers” series in the Live Oak Pavilion of the FAU Student Union, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. 4 pm. Free. 297-2974.

1/31-2/3 - The Whole Caboodle Presented by Parade Productions at the The Studio at Mizner Park, 201 Plaza Real, 2nd Floor, Boca Raton. A collection of short plays by Michael McKeever. Runs through 2/24. R-Sat.: 7:30 pm; Sat. & Sun.: 3 pm. $35-$40. 866-8114111.

Friday - 2/1 - David Nasaw: The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Tims of Joseph P. Kennedy & Mary Fisher: Messenger: A Self Portrait Presented as part of the 9th Annual Author

Community Calendar AT15 Breakfast Series Founded by Parker Ladd at the Brazilian Court Hotel, 301 Australian Ave., Palm Beach. Double Feature February features two authors per breakfast. Scott Eyman moderates.

8:45-10 am. $100 includes breakfast, valet parking and copy of the featured book.

Reservations: 366-4301.

2/1 - Miami Beach Antiques Show at the Miami Beach Convention Center with Tom Corfield and Martyn Downer - Presented as part of the Campus On The Lake Lecture Series at the Society of The Four Arts, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. The Miami Beach Antiques Show is the world’s largest. Prompt departure from The Four Arts at 10:30 am; approximate return 4 pm. $85/ includes transportation, ticket, lunch and tour.

Reservations: 805-8562 or www.fourarts.org.

2/1 - What I Did for Love is performed as part of the Studio Theatre series at The Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 NW 9th St. Unexpected twists, hilarious comments, and heartfelt moments make each one of these interactive shows a one-of-a-kind. 2 pm. $15. 272-1281.

2/1 - Movies on the Avenue at Ocean Avenue Amphitheater, E. Ocean Ave. between Seacrest Blvd. and NE 1st St., Boynton Beach.

Bring lawn chairs or blankets to watch first-run movies. Food and beverages available. Free. 7 pm. 737-3256.

2/1 - The Stars from the Temptations, The Platters, The Coasters and The Drifters Salute: The American Tour at the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium at the University Center on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. 7 pm. $20-$50. 877-311-7469.

2/1-3 - Repertory Dance Theatre Ensemble - Presented at FAU’s University Theatre, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. Dances by emerging and established artists. F&Sat.: 7 pm; Sat.&Sun.: 1 pm. $20. 297-2337.

Saturday - 2/2 - Nature Photography

101: An Eye for Nature: A Photographic Winter on the Coast with Michael J. Kravit, Architect/Photographer at Sandoway House Nature Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd. Delray Beach. Participants should have a digital camera (compact or SLR) with a zoom lens. A laptop computer with Adobe Light Room is suggested. Six-week course held again 2/9, 16, 23, 3/2 & 9. 9 am-noon. $495/members, $550/ non-members. Space is limited. Reservations: 274-7263 or www.sandowayhouse.org.

2/2 - Beginning Soccer for ages 6-10 at the Carolyn Sims Center, 225 NW 12th Ave., Boynton Beach. Saturdays through 2/23. 10-11 am. $40/residents, $50/non-residents. 7426641.

2/2 - The National League of American Pen Women Art, Book and Music Fair at the South Civic Center, 16700 Jog Road, Delray Beach. Showcasing the work of members, as well as other local artists. 40 vendors, with original books, paintings, photography, crafts and more. 11 am-4 pm. $2/admission, free/ students with ID. 558-3536.

2/2 - The Music Man - Presented by American Heritage School of Boca/Delray at The Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach.

Two shows: Noon & 6 pm. $15. 495-7272, Ext. 735, or www.delraycenterforthearts.org.

2/2 - Super Bowl Kickoff BBQ at the 505 Teen Center, 505 S.E. 5th Ave., Delray Beach.

Enjoy some hamburgers and hotdogs on the back patio while socializing with friends. Ages 12-19. 4 pm. Free. 243-7158.

2/2 - Annual Daddy and Daughter Dance is held at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. A special night of music and dancing for daddies and daughters.

Appetizers, soft drinks and cake. 5-8 pm. $10/ dads, $5/daughters. 742-6224.

2/2-3 - 16th Annual Downtown Delray Beach Craft Festival at 230 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. 10 am-5 pm. Free. 954-472-3755.

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