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Stonewall Jackson is bu-ried near Guinea, Va., so-me 30 miles from his arm, which is buried where he left it at Chancellors-ville. Oddly enough, you can go pay your respects to the remains of his de-tached arm. The grave is in Ellwood on Wilderness Battlefield, part of Freder-icksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park. You can also see where the rest of him got accidental-ly fragged by friendly fire. If Hermes had been a su-perhero, what superhero’s power would he have copied?

A)AtomB) FlashC) HawkmanD) Hulk

Previous answer: Michael Jordan’s number was retired

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The book title, “THE HOUSE OF M. LUCRETIUS,” was accidentally misspelled in a recent headline in the Boca Raton Tribune.

To find out more about the book contact [email protected] or [email protected]. The House of M. Lucretius is available at www.Arche-Books.com or at: http://www.amazon.com

Q: A man came to my house and offered to sell me alu-minum hurricane shutters for all of my doors and win-dows. He took a $500 cash down payment but never returned. The card he gave me has a disconnected phone number. What can I do?A: First, file a police report. Second, if you are over 55, contact the local “Seniors vs. Crime” office. They are sponsored by the Florida Attorney General and have helped many seniors. Their phone number is 561-395-8920. Lastly, never hire a soliciting contractor, check references with the Better Business Bureau, get two es-timates from licensed providers, and never make down payments with cash.Crime and safety questions are answered by officers from the Boca Raton Police Crime Prevention Unit. For more information, visit www.BocaPolice.com.

•Palm Beach County reopens after-hours kennel for lost pets

•We need to fight, because our babies shouldn’t have to

BURGLARY TO BUSINESS Sometime between 1700 hours on 11/12/2010 and 1030 hours on 11/15/2010 unknown suspect(s) forced entry through a window at 6971 N Federal Hwy unit 103 and removed $2,700 worth of computers and office equip-ment. Blood stains were found throughout the office, which are believed to be from the suspect(s).

THEFT OF AUTO PARTS The victim, a 29-year-old woman, advised police that unknown subject(s) stole the four rims and tires from her vehicle, while it was parked in the street, in front of her residence. The subject(s) left the vehicle on four decorative bricks. The theft occurred between 0001 and 0630 hours, on 11/15/2010.

OTHER THEFT Sometime between 11/1/2010 and 11/15/2010, someone stole a $4000 ice machine and two refrigerators valued at about $1000 each from the side alley area of a shut down restaurant on SE 1st Avenue. The business has been closed for about two months, and the stolen items were accessible without entering the building.

VEHICLE THEFT AUTO Stolen vehicle is a 2009 white Ford E-350 passenger van. Keys possibly with the vehicle, said police.

• Morris Katz, a legendary popular artist in Manhattan, passed away November 13 at Ja-cobi hospital in Bronx, NY., after experiencing a second stroke.

• Hazel Linda Kent Oxendine was born on Novem-ber 4, 1952 in New York City, New York, to the late Edward A. Oxendine and Beulah Kent Oxendine.

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BOCA RATON - The Boca Raton City Council has shelved, at least for the time being, the idea of annexing property from the western suburbs into the city limits.Council members and city officials had been eying three areas which, together and individually, generate more income than expens-es, according to a report prepared by consultants PMG Associates.Phil Gonot of PMG met recently with council mem-bers to deliver some unset-tling news about the parcels that Boca wanted to Velcro to the existing city borders.

Boca City Council nixes annexation, citing decreased revenue, legislative uncertaintyGonot said more recent studies of revenue and expenses show that the amount of money the city would get if it annexed all nine of the parcels under consideration has dropped because of a decrease in land values. Most recent figures show the city would get $2,678,311 in net rev-enue, a drop from what had been figured earlier.The three areas under an-nexation scrutiny are Boca Grove, to the west near Florida’s Turnpike; Boca Country Club and the Costco land in north central Boca and six communities in the northwest – St. An-drews, Newport Bay, Field-

brook, Boniello Acres, Polo Fields and Le Lac.Annexation is the process of bringing county land into Boca city limits. Normally, it yields additional revenue because providing services to largely residential areas is less expensive than the amount of taxes generated. Also, many Boca city ser-vices are not as costly as county utilities. In addition to the worries about revenue, said Gonot, “if more than 70 percent of the land in a proposed an-nexation area is not owned by registered electors in the area, the area may not be annexed unless the owners

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of more than 50 percent of the land in the area consent to annexation prior to the required referendum on the annexation.” This state regulation applies to some areas of possible annexa-tion and not others.Sewer and water service in the area is also a mat-ter of concern, said coun-cil members. “Water and sewer services are provided by Palm Beach County in all the areas to be an-nexed, with the exception of Mediterrania, which is on city of Boca Raton wa-ter and sewer, and Le Lac, which is on well and septic service.” He said state law requires that before annex-ation, the community state how it intends to deliver water and sewer. The city’s stand thus far has been to

hope the county continues to provide the service, but “we have not had any dis-cussions with the county regarding the provision of water and sewer to ensure the city is in compliance with the statute if we annex any areas currently served by Palm Beach County utilities,” said Gonot.Getting back to the finan-cial end, the consultant said “the taxable value of real estate has declined about 13 percent since the original annexation analy-sis was completed, and no sensitivity analysis has been performed to address potential future decreases in valuation and their effect on net revenues to the city.”In addition, he said, “If the Florida Legislature impos-es further limitations on or

reductions in ad valorem revenues, similar to 2008, future net revenues to the city from the annexation areas would be uncertain.”He also said that revenue estimates are based on bringing all nine areas into the city. If certain areas are annexed individually, “net revenues from those areas might be significantly im-pacted. If, he said, Boca annexed only St. Andrews Country Club, the cost of additional fire/rescue ser-vice would reduce net rev-enues from $1.4 million to about $316,000.Not all council members are sold on the idea of annexa-tion. In a discussion earlier this year, Deputy Mayor Susan Haynie said she fa-vored the continued study, but “that doesn’t necessar-

ily mean I will support an-nexation.” Councilwoman Constance Scott expressed concerns, as Haynie also did, about the fact that Le Lac has wells and septic tanks – utilities the city has been trying to eliminate for years.

Boca City Council nixes annexation..

And Councilman Anthony Majhess, citing the “dra-matic change” it would cause in the community, said, “I don’t support it [annexation] as a means of raising money.”City Manager Leif Ahnell said the proposal to annex

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land at this time was the re-sult of inquires from St. An-drew’s Country Club and Boca Grove. Also, Mayor Susan Whelchel has cited the need to consider ways of pumping up revenue in light of the tight economy and budget restrictions.

The Le Lac community, off Clint Moore Road, is a concern because its homes have wells and septic systems, systems the city is trying to eliminate.



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BOCA RATON - Officers from the Boca Raton Po-lice Services Department’s Traffic Homicide Unit in-vestigated a fatal motor vehicle crash shortly after midnight Nov. 11 at 5400 North Federal Highway.Public Information Officer Sandra Boonenberg identi-fied the deceased driver as Charles West, 83, of Boca Raton. The Bentley he was driving collided with a Mack truck operated by Mario G. Guzman, 59, of Miami Gardens, the said.

Driver of Bentley killed in traffic crashShe said West, the driver of the 2006 Bentley, was traveling north on Federal Highway and lost control of the vehicle as it entered the construction area in the 4700 block of Fed-eral Highway. The vehicle continued north on Federal Highway passing Yamato Road where it struck the rear of a construction ve-hicle. The construction vehicle, a Mack dump truck, was stopped within the blocked-off inside lane. The collision caused

the Bentley to veer to the east, where it came to rest. The construction vehicle stopped within the inside lane and grass median. Boonenberg said West was pronounced dead on the scene by Boca Raton Fire Rescue. The driver of the construction vehicle was not injured. Investigators are asking anyone who may have wit-nessed the crash to contact Traffic Homicide Inves-tigator Chris Somers at (561) 620-6141.

Katz was born in Poland in the spring of 1932, moving to Manhattan with his fam-ily, where he became a car-penter in 1949. A famously prolific and successful artist for almost sixty years, Katz had been showing his work and participating in events with his close friend Yaacov Heller at Gallery 22 in Boca Raton before becoming ill.Widely known for creating a revolutionary brand of quick-art using toilet paper and a palette knife, Katz coined his own radical ar-tistic philosophy: “Paint it good, paint it fast, and sell it cheap.” This fascina-ting new technique drew a great deal of media attention, earning Katz television in-terviews with the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Regis Phil-bin, and David Letterman – not to mention the 600 other television appearances, of

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which Katz would often proudly boast.Katz, whose work has been displayed in galleries and museums across the globe for decades, was also the winner of two Guiness world records: “the fastest painter in the world” and “the most prolific,” surpass-ing Picasso in 1994. Katz once finished a painting, which he called “a child in the snow,” in 38 seconds

flat, and sold more than 225,000 pieces of art during his lifetime.Mr. Katz conducted his ca-reer mostly in the Catskill mountains in upstate NY, but also kept galleries in Greenwich Village and Je-rusalem.A graveside funeral service was held Sunday morning at 10am at the Pineroad cem-etary in Long Island, NY.

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Hazel received her Bach-elor of Arts degree in Po-litical Science from Her-bert H. Lehman College. Further advanced studies at NYU included Real Estate Law and Finance, Urban Planning, and Economic Development.Her work career began at Lehman Brothers in NY where she was involved in

Urban Rede-v e l o p m e n t nationwide. She moved to Washing-ton DC and worked for the Federal Deposit In-surance Cor-poration (the FDIC). She

then moved to Florida and worked in Financial Ser-vices for UBS. In 2003, she became the Director of the Palm Beach County Office of Small Business Assis-tance. Although she worked hard, she had a fun side. She en-joyed dinner parties with her husband Tonyo and made him cook whether he

liked it or not. She liked to play tennis when she could. She didn’t see a video game she didn’t like. She was quite the prankster, always teasing everybody, especially her big sister Thais. Despite her regal appearance, she was tick-lish and extremely afraid of bugs! Finally, and most im-portant, she loved helping other, especially children. She was passionate about her involvement with the Wayne Barton Study Cen-ter.She leaves behind her hus-band, Anthony John Niles; three brothers, John, Ray-mond, and Michael; one sister, Joan; and many niec-es and nephews. She will be remembered and missed by a host of friends and as-sociates, who loved her.

Hazel Linda Kent Oxendine



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I remember the day I be-came a permanent resident of Florida. I stepped off the plane at PBIA and headed for the rental car lot. A shuttle driver yelled to me, “Welcome to Florida.”That’s was just 10 years ago. And I think I’ve learned a few things about this state that should be passed on to newcomers so they won’t have to go through the so-metimes troubling process of learning them.I’ll deal with one major is-sue here, and, someday, I may tackle others.

HOME AND CONDO ASSOCIATIONS - These groups have no counter-part up north. When I was growing up in New Eng-land, no one told me when to paint the house, what color to paint it, when my sidewalk was dirty, when I was playing music too loud and other demands even more ludicrous.This is the job of associa-tions. And we pay them money for it, too!In all fairness (I suppose), they do keep the grounds looking nice. Some asso-ciations do more for you

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than others. And some are specifically for those age 55 and older.You may recall an earlier editorial in which I told how I was banned from going into an age 55-plus complex because I had my dog in the car. I’m over 55, but must the dog also be? (And is that 55 in dog years?)Associations are like little kingdoms, with Shrek-like rulers sitting on the boards. I’ve tried to speak at meet-ings and been told to sit down because I’m “not on the agenda.” So much for free speech.Every now and then, we receive a “violation notice” from the board. These are some I have actually re-ceived - and I’m not joking: Power wash your driveway, you have been leaving your trash cans out too long, pick up after your dog and - get this - don’t feed the ducks.What’s worse, if you don’t comply, you get whacked with a $100 a day fine! You can probably go around smoking dope and get off with a smaller financial punishment.There’s something else that

usually comes with asso-ciations, and that’s GATES. Yes, many of us live in gat-ed communities. Now, that would be fine if the gates actually improved the safety of the commu-nity. They don’t. And that, I think, is because nobody respects them.Over the years, I have seen a Chevy Suburban go up onto the sidewalk to by-pass the gate. I have seen motorcycles go around the gate, ditto for bicyclists and pedestrians. And the secu-rity guards seem incapable of doing anything but stand and look.When I’m walking my dog inside my development, I see a plethora of vehicles that obviously don’t be-long to residents. Saturday is rubbish collection day, and in come a bunch of old trucks driven by trash pick-ing people. I don’t really mind - after all, I was a big fan of the TV show, San-ford and Son.One recent night, my dog and I were approached by a man in a smelly, old, bro-ken-down car who said he was “looking for my wife and kids.” He asked me if

they might live in the house directly behind me because they had just moved in. I told him I lived at the oth-er end of the complex and didn’t know the occupants there.I will admit that living in a homeowner association is an adventure. We also have some very nice neighbors, so there is a redeeming quality.Maybe in Florida, home-owner associations are just necessities.Anyway, I have to go home now. I’m still waiting for the association to replace the trees that were knocked down by Hurricane Wilma.



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received his education in four of them. When he resided in southern California, he wrote a weekly column for the daily “Anaheim Bulletin,” which was carried for about six years, until he moved to south Florida.

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Few are those who desire gloomy, dark places in which to live and work. For those who so prefer, a reason may be the nature of their assigned labor, or the mental and emotional estate which governs their life.Most people can accept periods of darkness when they know that light and brightness shall re-emerge. The motto of the city of Geneva, in Switzerland, is expressed in the Latin phrase “Post Tenebras, Lux” which means “After Darkness, Light”!In daily living every per-son experiences night fol-lowed by day; one is char-acterized by darkness and the other, by light. In the north pole such experience is extended annually in that people residing there face a long stretch of night darkness only, after which several months bring ex-tended hours of brightness daily.Personal circumstances in the life of each individual can also result in periods of dark, gloomy situations one has to face, just as they may also reflect the bright-

Looking For Bright Tomorrowsness most persons desire. As we often have to pass through dark locations be-fore reaching well-lit path-ways, we develop courage and enthusiasm to face whatever dark clouds may affect any of our days or moments. Life dispenses much that is good, even exhilarating. But it also brings difficult moments, characterized by heavy and somber ex-periences that one must confront, as a thick cloud hangs over us for much longer than one desires. On that account, we should never wait until dark-ness disappears before we act. It’s like what happens when electricity fails: we swiftly proceed to do what we must so as to restore all the benefits it brings. Failure to act promptly in any difficulty will simply prolong the misery which that situation may force us into.Anticipating bright tomor-rows is not a passive pos-ture; it entails doing our part to bring that about, in dependence on every available guidelines and resources. It requires di-

rect involvement associ-ated with what is being sought, since “poorly-di-rected efforts can rob us of vital energy” as someone wisely recorded.It also demands personal, studious reflection, consul-tation with others, prompt action when called for, and diligent search for wisdom and discernment. Looking for bright tomorrows is not seeking something which has been lost; it simply means an attitude of expec-tancy of what is not merely desirable, but also fully possible and attainable. It’s a natural consequence of the positive steps taken to bring that about. Any path toward a bright tomorrow is not devoid of detours, stumbling stones, and other possible obs-tacles. Yet, it still leads you to where you need to go and what you desire to find. The tunnels may be long, the clouds may hang on indefinitely, the nights are also inevitable. But through persistence and consistency you will reach your bright tomorrows where to enjoy additional, unexpected favors!

Holiday time is truly the season of giving

Generosity happens all year round. But during the holiday season, the thought of sharing what we have with those who struggle all year to survive is much stronger.And lately, a lot more peo-ple have been struggling to keep their heads above water than have done so in many past years.Boca Raton has always been a giving community - even when things were difficult. And we know that as Thanksgiving, Ha-nukkah and Christmas approach, that spirit will come alive again.

Carousel DayOne event that is very dear to our hearts at the Boca Raton Tribune is the annu-al Carousel Day at Sugar Sand Park.This year, the event will be held Sunday, Dec. 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the carousel in Sugar Sand Park at 300 South Military Trail.This event began as a showing of gratitude by the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District to the four Rotary Clubs that raised a portion of the money to help the city pay for the carousel, which opened in

November 2005.(I’m sure you all know that I have a special place in my heart for Rotary, for the local clubs and for Ro-tary International, which is one of the hardest working organizations I have ever been connected with. And it doesn’t take a holiday to bring out the generosity of the clubs here and around the world.)Anyway, Carousel Day gives the Rotary Club Sunset and the West Boca Rotary a chance to open up the carousel to the com-munity for free rides, hot dogs and hamburgers. It’s an enjoyable family day. What’s really important is the request that all visitors bring an unwrapped toy that will be given to chil-dren served by the Wayne Barton Study Center and those who get their meals from Boca Helping Hands.This is a very important and giving activity, and we hope everyone comes by to enjoy the carousel and give something of them-selves to a good cause.

Decoration contest reminderDon’t forget, the Boca Raton Tribune is sponsor-ing a Holiday Decorations

Contest open to everyone in Boca and West Raton. There will be a small fee to participate (to benefit the Rotary Club Founda-tion) and prizes will be presented in four separate categories: “Most Popular Decora-tions” (as determined by an online public vote)“Best Themed Decora-tions” “Best Apartment or Con-dominium Decorations” “Best in Boca” (the grand prize winner)We are also looking for local sponsors to provide prizes and/or funding to help make this event the best it can be. There will be intense cov-erage of this contest and its sponsors in both the online and print editions of the paper. The contest will also be the front page fea-ture in our special Holiday Edition paper following the contest’s conclusion. A panel of well-known residents is now being or-ganized to judge the sub-missions.

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BOCA RATON - Cadets from the Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, participated in Veterans Day ceremo-nies Nov. 11 that paid trib-ute to America’s veterans and armed forces. At Veterans Memorial Park in West Boca Raton, cadets from the Boca Ra-ton Composite Squadron proudly carried the colors along side the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Gold Coast Women in the mili-tary. “We are so pleased that these kids made the effort and got special per-mission to take the mor-ning off from school,” said Ralph Shear of the Veterans

Civil Air Patrol cadets take part in West Boca Veterans Day ceremonies

Coalition of South Florida.Guest Speaker, 12-year-old Cadet Airman Basic Hudson Rickard, moved the audience of about 300 when he told them what patriotism meant to him. In his closing remarks he said, “I love my country and all that it stands for. I am a patriot; you are pa-triot; and together we make our country strong. Maybe the next time Americans hear the song, ‘God Bless America,’ they will realize what a wonderful place we live in.” Cadet Chief Master Ser-geant Judah Brown re-turned from college to help train the squadron’s Color

Guard. He told the teenag-ers, “By honoring Amer-ica’s veterans we demon-strate that we respect and value American democra-cy. Before you go to sleep tonight, find a veteran, go up to them and thank him or her for what they have done to protect your free-dom and this great country of ours.”The Boca Raton Compos-ite Squadron meets Tues-day evenings 6:30 to 9 at Boca Raton Airport, north-ern most gate near Lynn University’s Flight School Building. Credit: Photos by CAP Lt. Jackie Zarrilli

At Veterans Memorial Park in West Boca Raton, the various Color Guards line up

for the Procession of Colors.

Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Judah Brown (far left with rifle) returned from college to help train the Boca Ra-ton Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol Cadet Color

Guard for Veterans Day.

Boca Raton Composite Squadron Cadets es-cort Gold Coast Women in the Military. From left are C/AB Patrick Soares, C/AB Quang Le, Shirley Glassman, Josephine Anton, C/AB Luis Marmolejo, and C/AB Hudson Rickard

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•Families build boats at Coral Spring Museum of Art

•Veterans honored in Coral Springs

•Larry Vignola is Coral Springs newest commissioner

•Singers billed for 3 shows this season

•Authorities need your unused medicine

•Disney teen stars to speak at 2 area schoolsCadet Hudson Rickard flanked by Veterans

Ralph Shear (US Army WWII) and Jacob Mirsky (US Marine Corps)



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BOCA RATON - The Adolph & Rose Levis Jew-ish Community Center’s West Boca Theatre Com-pany is currently accepting entries for the Fourth An-nual International Jewish Short Play Competition. Writers near and far are asked to submit an original play based on the theme of exploring an aspect of Jewish life or culture from modern or historic times. Plays are limited to non-musical genres, with a per-formance time between 8 – 20 minutes and a cast of no more than six characters. The deadline for submis-sions is February 1. Win-ning entries will be per-formed as staged readings April 2 and 3 in the Bei-

JCC of Boca Raton seeking Jewish playwrights for international competition

field Auditorium at the Le-vis JCC’s Sandler Center. Cash prizes will be ward-ed: First Place $500, 2nd Place $300, 3rd Place $200. Only one entry per author is permitted, and it must be accompanied by a $10 entry fee (check pay-able to the Levis JCC). Submissions must include three copies, all with a cover page that contains the title of the play, the author’s name, his/her ad-dress, phone number and e-mail address (the play should begin on “Page 2” and should not include the author’s name). Send submissions to: West Boca Theatre Company – Play Competition, c/o Myrna Loman, 9801 Don-

na Klein Boulevard, Boca Raton, FL 33428. For more information visit www.levisjcc.org/cultur-alarts/competitions, or contact Myrna Loman at (561) 558-2118 or [email protected]. The mission of the Adolph & Rose Levis JCC is to preserve, transmit and strengthen Jewish continu-ity by enriching personal, cultural, social and physi-cal development. The Cen-ter fosters leadership, en-hance education, create a neighborhood of common-ality for Jews of all beliefs, promote the welfare of the Jewish community and the community as a whole, and affirm the significance of the State of Israel.

By: Sam Tett

We at the Boca Raton Tri-bune are pleased to an-nounce that this year marks the beginning of our annual Holiday Decorations Con-test!Are you looking forward to the holidays? Do your fantastically festive decora-tions put your neighbors to shame? Let’s face it: you’re probably decorating for the holidays anyway, so this year we would like to in-vite you to challenge your-self, make your neighbors jealous, and enter for the chance to win some fabu-lous prizes. Don’t celebrate Christmas? No problem – we welcome and encourage all kinds of decoration. If you live in Boca Raton or West Boca – be it house, townhome, apartment, or condo – take part in our contest by visiting http://holidaycontest.bocaraton-tribune.com. To register for the chance to win our great prizes, and to see your home featured in our special Holiday edition newspaper, simply enter the information required, and follow the steps online. The contest begins as soon

as you register your home – and the earlier you register and get those pictures on-line, the better chance you have of winning the popu-lar vote! Registration must be complete by December 10, and costs just $10. Pro-ceeds will benefit the Ro-tary Foundation.If you would prefer to reg-ister by mail, you can send a check (along with your name, address, phone num-ber, a nickname for your home, and some photo-graphs of your decorations) to PO Box 97053, Boca Raton, FL 33497. Make checks payable to The Boca Raton Tribune.Next? Simply decorate the exterior of your home in any way you see fit. Use as much pizzazz as pos-sible. Incorporate music, if you feel so inclined, and as many twinkling lights as your home can hold. Re-ally like Rudolph? Go for a theme! The adage “go big or go home” clearly applies here. We have invited a plethora of Boca greats to be our judges, and they will be presenting prizes in four separate categories: “Most Popular” home, as deter-

mined by an online pub-lic vote; “Best Theme,” be it the Grinch, Ebenezer Scrooge, a Charlie Brown Christmas or Miracle on 34th Street (better still, come up with one of your own); “Best Apartment” for the most impressively decorated apartment exte-rior (balcony, doorway…use your imagination!); and “Best in Boca,” our overall grand prize winner!When you have completed your display, simply upload your photographs at the website provided above (or mail them to our PO Box, if you registered by mail), and wait for the votes to flow in! Want more votes? Invite friends and family to the unveiling of your home – why not make an evening of it, and join us in getting Boca into the Holiday spirit this year?Register your home before December 10 to take part. Judging will take place on Sunday, December 19. Join us - let’s make Boca spar-kle this Holiday season! If you have questions about the contest, or if you would like to become one of our sponsors, email me at [email protected].

Making Boca sparkle with our first annual Holiday Decorations Contest!

10 -November 18 through November 24, 2010



Take Stock in Children, a state-wide non-profit o r g a n i z a t i o n

with a 15-year history of working to help low-inco-me and at-risk teenagers break the cycle of poverty by providing scholarships, mentors and hope for chil-dren, has received a $1 million donation from the Helios Education Founda-tion at a special event at-tended by more than 300 Florida business and com-munity leaders. “Helios Education Foun-dation’s community inves-tments are driven by the goal of getting students prepared to succeed in post-secondary education,” said Foundation President and CEO Paul Luna. “Take Stock in Children has a similar mission and that’s why we’re so pleased to invest $1 million in sup-port of their efforts to help students advance success-fully from middle school through postsecondary. We commend Take Stock for their undying commitment to students, and for achiev-ing national recognition through the i3 program.”This $1 million donation satisfies the requirement of a recently announced federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education awarded to Take Stock in Children, which called for a 20 percent private sector match in order to receive the award. Take Stock in Children will use these funds for high school mentoring, enhance-ments to its web-based data collection system, online

Take Stock in Children gets $1M from Helios Education Foundationcollege readiness tools, en-rollment training modules in English, Spanish and Creole and for online vir-tual college tours featuring major Florida colleges and universities.With the federal and priva-te grant funds, Take Stock in Children plans to launch its FLIGHT program (Fa-cilitating Long-Term Im-provements in Graduation and Higher Education for Tomorrow). FLIGHT is designed to improve aca-demic and behavioral stu-dent outcomes, increase post-secondary matricula-tion and reduce college remediation. The program also aims to enhance uti-lization of student data to identify high-need stu-dents and implement time-ly interventions to increase their academic success.

“This investment will fur-ther demonstrate Take Stock in Children’s unpar-alleled success in graduat-ing youth from high school and continuing their post-secondary education,” says Richard Berkowitz, State Board Chair of Take Stock in Children. “We ap-plaud the Helios Education Foundation for making it possible for us to expand our new enhanced pro-gram model to serve Take Stock in Children students beyond high school and throughout their first 18 months of college.”Take Stock in Children is an innovative organiza-tion with a proven track record of helping to close the achievement gap and increase high school grad-uation, as well as college enrollment rates. The or-

Take Stock in Children graduate Ivaneza Moliere and her Take Stock in Children volun-teer Mentor Cassandra Wiggins at a 2010 graduation celebration event.

ganization continues to re-port an unparalleled high school graduation rate of 92 percent, with 81 percent enrolling in college. Those numbers are 61 percent higher and 189 percent higher (respectively) than the Florida state averages for at-risk students. The organization serves nearly 8,000 low-income and minority students in grades 6-12 annually throughout 60 counties in Florida. To learn more about ben-efiting from Take Stock in Children or becoming a valued mentor or sup-porter, please call 888-322-4673 or visit www.takestockinchildren.org.

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BOCA RATON – The Children’s Museum will host its 17th Annual “Breakfast with Santa” Saturday December 4 on the museum grounds, 498 Crawford Blvd., Boca Ra-ton. It runs from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Advance res-ervations are required and are $9 per person. Highlights include tons of real snow, train rides, a feather-light pancake breakfast with fresh or-ange juice and bananas, multicultural crafts, live music, cartoon sketches by

It’s snowing at the Children’s Museum Boca Raton during ‘Breakfast with Santa’

“Captain Cartoonist” Dick Kulpa, entertainment and a special picture with Santa. The event is sponsored in part by Target Family Stores, Boca Raton Lions International, Palm Beach County Cultural Council, Schmidt Family Founda-tion, Flossy Keesely, the Michael & Madelyn Sa-varick Family Foundation, Clock Restaurants, Pamela Ann Black, Mary Anna Fowler, Captain Cartoon - Dick Kulpa, Boca Raton Kiwanis, Chaos Bakery, Publix Super Markets, So-

roptimist International of Boca Raton, Winn Dixie Stores, Zonta Club of Boca Raton Area and the city of Boca Raton.For more information or to make reservations for Breakfast with Santa, call (561) 368-6875.The Children’s Museum is a hands-on museum for children specializing in programs highlighting the arts, sciences and humani-ties. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.



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ENTERTAINMENTBy Skip Sheffield

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By Rebecca Coleman

One of the most anticipated events of the social season, the Boca Raton Museum of Art’s Annual Gala, will take place at 7 p.m. Febru-ary 5, 2011 at the Boca Ra-ton Resort & Club. Join chairpersons, Terry and Sheldon Adelman, for a lavish evening that will include entertainment and recognition of the Gala’s honorary chairs, Marilyn and Richard Davimos,

Celebrating Boca Museum milestones

long-time Museum sup-porters. This year’s Diamond Anni-versary theme commemo-rates the Museum’s 10th year in Mizner Park and its 60th birthday. For the past two decades, the Museum’s Annual Gala has remained a highlight of South Florida’s social calendar. This prestigious event celebrates the Mu-seum’s achievements over 60 years and supports the institution to perpetuate its

permanent collection, stel-lar exhibitions and educa-tional and family program-ming benefiting the cultural life of many residents and visitors to South Florida.“The Boca Raton Muse-um of Art has continually strived and succeeded over the past six decades to pres-ent brilliant world-class ex-hibitions, at the same time serving the community with programs to educate and enrich everyone who participates,” said Terry

Adelman. “My husband and I are excited to be co-chairing the Gala for this landmark anniversary cel-ebration.”“The overwhelming spon-sorship response by the community thus far has demonstrated this institu-tion is a priority for our community. I am anticipat-ing a wonderfully celebra-tory evening reflecting the pride we have in the Boca Raton Museum of Art,” she added.

The black-tie event will begin with a cocktail recep-tion at 7 p.m. followed by dinner, entertainment, in-cluding music and dancing and a silent auction. The silent auction will provide an opportunity for guests to bid on luxury life-style packages and unique expe-riences.Sponsors of the Gala in-clude: Sara Jo Kobacker, Brenda & Jeffrey Bleustein, Marilyn & Richard Davi-mos, Phyllis & Jerry Rubin, Edith & Martin Stein, Dalia & Duane Stiller, Acey & Bill and Jacqueline Wol-gin, Terry & Sheldon Adel-man, Jane & Ray Epstein, Marleen Forkas, Andrea Kline, Marilyn & Stan-ley Barry, Paul Carman, Andi & Michael Dubroff, Mady Friedman, June & Ira Gelb, Phyllis & Leon-ard Greenberg, Robin & Walter May, Arlene & Bob Merson, Diane & Stanley Miller, Mary Jane Pollack, Myrna & Norman Ricken, Jan & Larry Ruben, Dani & Jack Sonnenblick, Ellie & Norman Weiss and Cindy White.Tickets are $350 per person. For individual and table reservations or sponsorship opportunities, call Belle Forino at 561.392.2500, ext. 208.

Members of the Boca Museum gala planning committee are : Front row, from left, Andrea Kline, Renee Ball, June Gelb, Terry Adelman, Marilyn Davimos, Myrna Ricken, Grace Horowitz, Jennifer Shesser. Back row from left, Jane Epstein, Diane Miller, Brenda Bleustein, Marleen Forkas, Cindy White, William Wolgin, Doreen Alrod, Marlene Pomeranz, Robin May and Dalia Stiller.



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Civil Air Patrol Cadets from the Boca Raton Composite Squad-ron participated in the Veterans Day Ceremonies held in

Veterans Memorial Park.

Twelve year old Civil Air Patrol Cadet Hudson Rickard told crowd at Veterans Day Ceremony what patriotism means to him.

Civil Air Patrol cadets take part in West Boca Veterans

Day ceremoniesBOCA RATON - Inter-FACE™ Network, a na-tionally recognized talent marketing company, mar-ked the official opening of its new Florida regional headquarters with a recent ceremony.Steve Bleier from the Greater Boca Raton Cham-ber of Commerce and Ro-man Vintfeld, chief execu-tive officer of InterFACE™, cut the ribbon at the new

InterFACE Network opens office in Boca Raton

From left are Janixx Parisi, executive director of development and marketing of the Boca office; Eric Bernstein, vice president of operations of the Boca Office; Danielle Vintfeld, vice president; Roman Vintfeld (holding scissors), CEO of InterFACE; Mike Vintfeld, Lana Vintfeld, Sioban Shariat, vice president of deve-lopment and marketing of the Boca Office (behind Lana); Steve Bleier (holding scissors from Boca Chamber of Commerce and Mitch Rubin (behind Steve), chief operating officer of InterFACE.

From left are Steve Bleier from the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce; Roman Vintfeld, CEO of InterFACE and Eric Bernstein, vice president of operations of the Boca Office.

12,000 square foot office at 150 East Palmetto Park Road, Suite 175. The firm will employ about 50 peo-ple. Roman Vintfeld, and other InterFACE executives were present to celebrate the firm’s third center. The na-tional headquarters for In-terFACE is in New Jersey and a New England center is in Connecticut.

Mitch Rubin, Chief Operating Officer of InterFACE and Ro-man Vintfeld (holding scissors), CEO of InterFACE

Eric Bernstein, vice president of operations of the Boca Office

Guests at InterFACE Boca Raton ribbon cutting event



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BOCA RATON - The “Royal Palm Place Smooth Jazz Concert Series” kicked off last Saturday with stellar performances by Urban Gypsy and head-liner Marc Antoine. It was an electrifying evening, not likely to be forgotten by the crowd of over 450 attendees. URBAN GYPSY is a Nuevo Flamenco/Latin-Smooth Jazz trio, blend-ing Acoustic Guitar, Sax-ophone, and Flute with exotic and urban grooves.Marc Antoine’s career boasts many # 1 hits on the contemporary jazz charts, as well as topping the Bill-board charts. At the Amer-ican Smooth Jazz Awards, Marc was named the 2010 “International Artist of the Year.”Urban Gypsy opened the show, then Marc Antoine

Royal Palm Place Smooth Jazz Concert Series

performed several solo songs, inviting Urban Gypsy to come back on-stage and “jam” with him afterwards. That’s when the sparks started flying. The passion they exhibited brought the crowd to thun-derous applause time and time again.This concert series is the brainchild of Jacqui Wy-att, Director of Market-ing for Investments Lim-ited, and Ken Levinson, Founder of Smooth Jazz Spot. Responsible for the talent lineup is Steve But-ler, CEO of Mighty Music Corp. in New York. Upcoming concerts in-clude Jeff Kashiwa (De-cember 10th), Matt Mar-shak (January 15th), Shilts and Nate Najar (Febru-ary 12th), Brian Simpson (March 18th) and Jackiem Joyner (April 9th).

Marc Antoine Jazz Awards

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City of Boca Raton 2010 Holiday ExperienceBOCA RATON - Twinkling lights, parades, family en-tertainment, seasonal mu-sic, tasty delights - they are all part of the 2010 holiday experience planned by the City of Boca Raton. The community will delight in the events that have been planned, and chances are you will want to participate in each and every one of them - all free! The festivities begin with

the “lighting up” of the city on November 26th at the Mizner Park Amphithe-ater, beginning at 5:00 p.m. Boca Raton Mayor Susan Whelchel will officiate at the annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony. Also planned for the evening are musicians, stage entertain-ment by the Boca Raton Community High School Band, followed by a holi-day stage show by ZMC

Productions. There will also be handmade arts & crafts displays for holiday gift-giving. Mr. and Mrs. Santa will make an appearance, and will be available for pictures. There will also be opportunities for children to decorate their own holiday ornament and other take-home crafts. In addition, children can enjoy various rides, facepainting, bal-loonmaking, sand art, and cupcake decorating. The Boca Raton Garden Club will showcase the 17th an-nual Boca Raton holiday ornament, which will be on sale at the event. Wreaths and poinsettias will be dis-played for purchase. Wednesday December 8th will bring the 40th an-nual Holiday Street Parade, scheduled to begin at 7:30

p.m. in downtown Boca. There will be a line-up of local bands and choirs, mu-sical entertainers, dancers, cheerleaders, baton twirl-ers, drill teams, and over 40 colorful floats. Many sur-prises are planned for the evening, including some special “tropical” treats and an extra large animal bal-loon.Sponsors of the holiday events include The Boca Raton Tribune, Sun-Senti-nel, WRMF97.9 FM, Flor-ida Health & Chiropractic Medicine, Aurora Nurses Home Health Care, Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, and the Greater Boca Ra-ton Beach & Park District. Sponsors for this year’s pa-rade are Brandano Displays, Inc. and Doolan’s Amuse-ment Company, snowma-

kers for Santa’s visit. Returning for the 34th year is the Boca Raton Holiday Boat Parade on Saturday, December 18th, at 6:30 pm, beginning at the Boca Ra-ton-Delray Beach border. A traveling fireworks display will lead the boats down the parade route. Free bleacher seating for viewing is avail-able at Red Reef Park lo-cated on A1A and Silver Palm Park located on East Palmetto Park Road. Pre-senting sponsor this year is SUMMIT BROKERAGE, with additional financial support from Marine In-dustries of PBC, Boca Re-sort & Club, Barry Epstein Public Relations, Skechers USA, Atlantic Intracoastal Navigation District, Beverly Hills International Inc., Py-rotecnico, Florida Health &

Chiropractic Medicine, and Aurora Nurses Health Care. Bring the family to the 12th Annual Children’s Winter Fair scheduled for Tuesday, December 28th, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Patch Reef Park. Enjoy games, arts & crafts, contests, stage entertainment, clowns, kid-die rides, facepainting, bal-loon art and much more. Entrance is free, with nomi-nal charges for some activi-ties and ride tickets.Mark your calendars for all these events. planned by the City of Boca Ra-ton Recreation Services. For additional information, please visit the City’s spe-cial event offices at the Boca Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Boulevard, call (561) 393-7827, or visit www.myboca.us/rec/specia-levents.




ENTERTAINMENTBy Skip Sheffield

Be forewarned: “A Film Unfinished” will make you weep.I have seen dozens of films about the Holocaust, but none as chilling, gut-wrenching, infuriating and

“A Film Unfinished” a staggering, devastating

documentary

heartbreaking as this docu-mentary by Israeli televi-sion editor Yael Hersonski.What separates “Film Un-finished” from most Holo-caust films is that it is real footage shot in the Warsaw

Denzel Washington catches a runaway train and Rachel McAdams wrangles with Harrison Ford in this week’s movie offerings.I have always loved trains, so I was a sucker for “Un-stoppable,” an action-thrill-er based on an actual inci-dent in 2001, when a CSX freight train took off with-out its engineer in Ohio, its throttle on full and brakes disengaged. Worse, it had a number of tank cars filled with toxic chemicals.The facts are doctored for dramatic effect, but after a slow start “Unstoppable” becomes a nail-biting ride, enlivened by some of the most amazing stunt work you are ever likely to see on a moving train, under the di-rection of action specia-list, Tony Scott.His head shaved, and sport-ing spectacles, Denzel Wash-ington is Frank Barnes, an engineer of 28 years experi-ence saddled with a rookie conductor played by hand-some, piercing blue-eyed hunk Chris Pine. Barnes resents the rookie, Will Col-son, and feels he is being forced out to pasture at his Pennsylvania-based railroad.The back story goes on a bit long as we wait for the big chase: Frank and Will in a single locomotive rac-ing to catch up and couple on to the back end of an unmanned half-mile-long train and attempt to slow the whole juggernaught to a crawl so Will can jump into the lead locomotive and

Denzel Washington saves the day again in “Unstoppable”

bring the thing to a halt be-fore it hits a perilous sharp-curved elevated trestle.That’s about it folks. If you dig trains, you’ll love the unbelievable crashes, bash-es and close calls. If not, you may pass on this one with my blessing.

Rachel McAdams shines in “Morning Glory”

“Morning Glory” featu-res two old pros and a dewy-eyed young miss in a situation comedy about a grumpy old man, his sharp-tongued contemporary and an ingenuous but smart and determined young movie producer.

This was all done befo-re and more effectively in 1987 with “Broadcast News,” but, hey, this is a new generation, and Rachel McAdams is an irresistible rising star.McAdams’ Becky Fuller, a neophyte television pro-ducer, loses her job at a failing New Jersey early morning news show to be hired as a what-the-heck last ditch chance by station owner Jerry Barnes (Jeff Goldblum) to resuscitate a last-place New York morn-ing news show called “Day-break.”Becky takes a chance by hir-ing serious, award-winning but cynical, condescend-

Denzel Washington and Chris Pine star in “Unstoppable”

Rachel McAdams confronts Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford in “Morning Glory”

ing veteran newsman Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford) to be the new co-anchor with equally seasoned Colleen Peck (Diane Keaton)Yes, it is hate at first sight as Mike insults Colleen and refuses to lower himself to doing the “fluff news” that is Colleen’s specialty.Through sheer force of will, ever-perky and cheerful Becky gets the warring co-anchors at bay while mirac-ulously bring “Daybreak” out of the ratings cellar. She is cheered on by hunky Adam Bennett (Patrick Wil-son), a fellow up-and-com-ing TV producer.Aline Brosh McKenna’s script is not nearly as clever or biting as her adaption of “The Devil Wears Prada,” but it is serviceable as a vehicle for the unstoppable Rachel McAdams, who brightens every frame of the film.

Scene from “A Film Unfinished”



The Boca Raton Tribune B - BOCA LIFE & ARTS East/West Boca Raton, FLghetto in May of 1942. In essence these are outtakes, discovered in 1998, from a larger film commissioned by the Nazi Party as propa-ganda and discovered just after World War II. This “lost footage” gives glimp-ses of the reality behind the rosy picture being created to depict cheerful, humane-ly-treated Jews who have been relocated to their own district in Warsaw, where a half-million human beings were crowded into an area of three square miles.“This film documents evil, passionately and system-atically,” the introduction explains. “This is a rough draft of a film called ‘The Ghetto.’ This systematic deception should not be for-gotten.”Silent black-and-white 16 mm film is juxtaposed with

interviews of present-day survivors, most of whom were young children in 1942. Their reactions are varied from anguish to hor-ror.The “systematic deception” is made apparent by cap-turing scenes of suffering, diseased, starving ghetto dwellers, many of them dead or dying.This is contrasted with ed-ited footage that shows parties and banquets cho-reographed by the Nazi filmmakers. The intention is to show rich Jews living it up while their poorer breth-ren suffer and starve.The footage is augmented by narrative: a diary kept by detainee Adam Czer-nikow; recollections of the Jewish Council leader in Warsaw and court testimo-ny by German filmmaker

REBECCA REPORTSBy Rebecca Coleman

Willy Wist.“Film Unfinished” is a per-fect example of how truth can be distorted and turned inside out through care-ful staging and editing. Of course, Nazis weren’t the only ones who practiced this deception. Consider the recent political campaigns and the outrageous charges of some of the candidates. Warsaw was just one ex-ample of what went on all over Europe in the name of “racial purity.”Director Hersonski saves the worst for last: footage of the disposal of those who did not survive to be herded into cattle and hauled to death camps. The inhuman-ity of it all is staggering and devastating, but the horri-fying truth must survive.

On Thursday, I made my way to Saks Fifth Avenue Boca Raton to interview one of my favorite wom-en entrepreneurs, Laurice Rahme, founder and CEO of Bond No 9 Fragrances. It’s the top selling fragrance company in all 30 Saks stores in the US. This was the third time I’d interviewed Laurice. The first time, she told me Saks stores were clamoring to have their own store per-fume. The second time she told me Saks Boca Raton was the first store to get its own signature fragrance. The store now has three signature fragrances. Num-ber three is available now in a special holiday edition Swarovski crystal bottle. Six other stores nationwide have their own fragrance. Just imagine. Boca beat Chicago!Talking of sparkling crys-tals, Boca Raton Museum of Art announced plans for its annual gala taking place Feb. 5, 2011 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. The gala will have a dia-mond anniversary theme commemorating the mu-seum’s 10th year in Mizner Park and its 60th birthday. Chairpersons are Terry and Sheldon Adelman. Honor-ary chairs are Marilyn and Richard Davimos. My birthday celebrations kicked off with dinner with good friend Linda Baratz at Burt Rapoport’s still popu-lar “Henry’s.” The place was packed! Linda has re-

The season begins to sparkle!cently joined Dr. Martha Rendon’s office, consult-ing on stress management techniques. The holidays are coming -I think she’ll be busy! Sunday, I found myself at Barnes & Noble for B’Nai Torah’s Fourth Annual Book Fair. The featured author was Gloria Kamen, mother of “Real House-wives of New York” star, Jill Zarin and co-author with Jill and her other daughter Lisa Wexler, of “Secrets of a Jewish Moth-er.” The full house was well entertained for over an hour by Gloria’s very per-sonal take on life, love and motherhood. I bumped into Jane Udell, busily planning the Lym-phoma Research Founda-tion’s Jan. 11th lunch at St. Andrews Country Club. Jane told me the luncheon’s

live auction will feature among prizes a 3-night stay at the Canyon Ranch Spa in Tucson AZ. You’ll have to buy a luncheon ticket to bid. Tickets are $125 and available from Taylor Zitay at 646-465-9103.Thursday is a double cele-

bration in downtown Boca. The first promises to be an-other sparkling event, the first anniversary of the D. Stern fine jewelry store in Mizner Park. Guests will be serenaded by a violinist from the newly re-ener-gized Boca Symphonia. The invitation says there will be a drawing for two grand prizes. If I’m ac-companied by a bodyguard the next time you see me, you’ll know I was one of the lucky winners! Then I’ll be dashing over to the official opening of Yaccov Heller’s sculpture garden in Royal Palm Place where I’m sure I’ll be look-ing at a very different kind of “rock!”And that is life in Boca…

RebeccaRebecca Coleman is foun-der and president of Eureka! Productions, a PR and mar-

keting agency, specializing in arts and lifestyle clients. Pictured at B’Nai Torah’s Fourth Annual Book Fair at Barnes & Noble Boca Raton are, from left, Mi-chelle Riggs, Alissa Maizes, Gloria Kamen and Randee

Wechsler.




Fourth Annual Carousel Day at Sugar Sand Park benefits needy children at holidays

By Dale M. King

BOCA RATON - Sugar Sand Park is one of the most ela-borate recreation venues in the city.It has a Science Explorium, a theater, a playground, ball fields and, since 2005, a ca-rousel.At that time, Boca Raton had four Rotary Clubs, and they joined forces to raise the money Boca used - along

with the city’s own cash - to purchase the intricate mer-ry-go-round, recalled Dave Wilson, currently president of the Boca Raton Rotary Sunset Club.Because of the Rotary Clubs’ generosity, the Grea-ter Boca Raton Beach & Parks District, which owns the play area, offered each one a chance to use the car-ousel one day a year with-out charge.

The Boca Raton Rotary Club Sunset and the newly formed Boca West Rotary Club decided to combine their days - and turn that event into a toy drive to ben-efit needy children.“I saw Wayne Barton on TV, asking for toys,” said Wilson. So, the hearts of Rotarians in two clubs went out to Barton and others in-volved in charitable organi-zations.The toy collection day has come to be known as the Annual Carousel Day at Sugar Sand Park. This year, the fourth annual event will be held Dec. 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the carou-sel in Sugar Sand Park at 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton.

Wilson said the day is spe-cial for a number of reasons. Kids can ride the carousel for free. All visitors can en-joy hot dogs and hamburg-ers with all the “fixin’s.” Those planning to attend are asked to bring a new, unwrapped toy to be distrib-uted to children for Christ-mas at the Wayne Barton Study Center and to young-sters who get their meals from Boca Helping Hands. The special day of free rides and food in exchange for a donated toy is sponsored by the Boca Raton Rotary Club Sunset and the Boca West Rotary Club.For information, call 561-347-3900.The carousel opened Nov. 19, 2005, in conjunction

with Sugar Sand Park’s 10th anniversary and the 100th anniversary of Rotary International. It was manufactured by Chance Morgan of Wichi-ta, Kansas. It is 36 feet in diameter with 30 jumping horses (3 abreast) with two chariots (benches) that are wheelchair-accessible.It was decorated with Dent-zel-style scenery created by Gustav A. Dentzel, one of America’s carousel pio-neers. The Dentzel family began producing carousels in 1867 in a shop in Phila-delphia. The horses are reproduc-tions of various hand-carved wood originals produced for use on steam-powered machines of the 19th and

early 20th centuries. The names of the original horse designers are familiar to afi-cionados of this art form: Parker, Carmel, Illions, Looff, Spillman, Dentzel, and the Philadelphia Tobog-gan Company. Chance Morgan has ob-tained the rights to molds of these venerated antiques, and today, creates hand-painted fiberglass reproduc-tions that are suitable for all-weather use. The carousel is placed on a large brick patio, surround-ed by benches and shade trees. It is surmounted by a decorative tent, complete with finial. Multitudes of lights and music enhance the festive scene.



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By Steve L. PomeranzON THE MONEY

Steven L. Pomeranz, Certified Financial Planner, is President of Steven L. Pomeranz Finanacial Management, the host of NPR Radio’s “On The Money!” on WXEL 90.7 FM and a frequent expert guest

on CNBC. For more than 28 years Steve has bwwn providing wealth management advice to high net worth individuals and has been named Top 100 Advisors by Worth Magazine and a Top Advisor by Reuters.

Pre-empting Market CyclesTypical Investor BehaviorWhy is it that the market con-tinually confounds us? First we are taught to buy and hold good quality stocks through thick and thin. Then we get a crisis like the one in 2008, and are told that we should have sold all our stocks because buy and hold is dead. Many investors panicked and sold stocks during the declines in 2008 and 2009, and have been sitting on cash since then - money market rates were low but still tolerable, and market news kept getting worse so cash felt good while the world was in chaos.Hellishly Volatile MarketAs you contentedly sat on cash - time and the markets marched on… rather capri-ciously. Stocks dipped horrendously in March 2009, wobbled to a his-toric peak by early 2010, suf-fered a scary decline in Febru-ary, stunningly rose to a peak in late April, then saw a flash crash in May and a bloodcur-dling drop in June and July (oh… pardon my Halloween spirit for that blood metaphor.)Since September, against all common sense, the market has risen with a strong upward bias. Yet many of you feel safer in cash despite record low interest rates on savings and CDs, perhaps because you don’t want to get whipsawed again.The CycleSo, what must you do differ-

Are You Ready For The Next Bull Market?

ently to change this vicious cycle?The answer lies in that one word… cycle. You have to un-derstand the Cycle of Market Emotions.When the market starts to rise, you get optimistic. As it rises more, you get euphoric and a little delusional. You think to yourself - I am smart, I’m a good investor, I can retire 10 years early…Then the market starts to turn and go down. At first you feel a little anxious and perhaps a bit nonchalant – after all, you are a buy-and-hold value in-vestor, and didn’t the market bounce back to new highs the last time around??But the market continues to decline and you feel that fa-miliar, uncomfortable knot in your stomach. As the market shows no signs of recover-ing, your discomfort turns to panic, you curse yourself for not having seen this coming, can’t stand it anymore and sell everything.Then, after staying more-or-less flat for a while, the market starts to impercepti-bly turn. Gradually, news re-ports turn upbeat and bullish. Slowly, your optimism returns and you’re back to where you started - another CYCLE! Where Are We Today? Small investors are still wait-ing for the time when every-thing feels safe again. While you wait, stock prices will continually rise, housing and employment will stabilize and

incidents such as the banking meltdown and Greece’s debt crisis will be old news. Then you will jump back into the market and think you’ve timed it perfectly. Like Icarus, you will fly but once again too close to the sun and fall to earth.The FixThe good news is that this cycle can be broken. Here’s how:First, remind yourself that investing is about ensuring the asset you invest in has consistent and rising earnings. Make sure you pay a reason-able price for those earnings, adjusted for the risk and un-certainty you are assuming. Fair-price analysis is funda-mental to investing, and like gravity, you ignore it at your own peril.Second, make sure the money you invest can be committed for a reasonably long period of time. Why? Because mar-kets move in cycles and you must be able to ride out some inevitable storms. Don’t in-vest money you may need three months down the road for living or other expenses because then you will almost certainly suffer a loss which may never be recovered. For starters, educate yourself and get a financial advisor that speaks this language - because this is the only language that will get you to your goal of wealth and financial security.



By Barry EpsteinBARRY’S BUZZ

Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, and is president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce (www.westbocachamber.com).

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By: Rick Boxx

According to two studies conducted by The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, only 28 percent of the individuals surveyed, including only 44 percent of business leaders, be-lieve people use the same set of ethical standards in the workplace as they do in their personal lives. Appar-ently, business and profes-sional men and women ex-hibit marked differences in their public and private be-havior. At least that is how they are perceived – and for many observers, perception is reality.This double standard might explain some of the well-documented ethical prob-lems we have been hear-ing about in the media. Although leaders may es-pouse values such as hon-esty, integrity and fairness, those virtues are often cast aside in favor of expedien-cy – whether that involves professional advancement, closing a sale, misrepre-senting accounting records, or many other unethical practices.The individual that con-sistently lives out beliefs is becoming increasingly rare as an “end justifies the means” philosophy reigns. And frankly, most business schools rarely if ever offer classes on ethics since it

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The Problem of double standardsseems so difficult to reach a consensus on what ethical standards to uphold as the model.Let me suggest one “text-book” that would serve that purpose well: the Bible. While the Scriptures cer-tainly are not limited to workplace issues, there is a wealth of teaching about proper conduct in business. And it does not suggest a “situational ethics” ap-proach: The beauty of hold-ing to a biblical worldview is you only have to remem-ber one set of standards – and they apply to both your personal and business life.In the New Testament’s ac-count of the life of Jesus Christ, which we know as the Gospels, we see that Je-sus often encountered those who had a double standard, and He was always stern in dealing with them. He warned in Matthew 23:27-28, “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the out-side you appear to people as righteous but on the in-side you are full of hypocri-sy and wickedness.” Strong words, right?Jesus was addressing reli-gious leaders in this situ-

ation, but His point was clear: He condemned any-one in a position of respon-sibility that professed to believe one thing yet acted in a completely different manner. Not one of us is perfect, but Jesus hated hy-pocrisy.There are some who would argue that although the Bible offers lofty standards for behavior, whether in public or in private, those standards are unrealistic and simply do not work in the real world of the 21st century. I would dispute such an argument whole-heartedly. There are nu-merous examples around the world of leaders – and companies – that have con-sistently turned to the Bible as their guide for everyday operations. Yes, it might be difficult at times to stand firm when faced with the temptation to compromise, but the rewards of becom-ing known as a person – or organization – that lives out what you believe are worth the effort.Are you tired of living ac-cording to two different ethical standards, vacillat-ing according to circum-stances and the need of the moment? Have you grown weary of promising one thing and then doing some-thing very different? Try simplifying your life and just use one standard: the Bible.

•FAU team dentist, Dr. Ri-chard Staller, will be the re-cipient of the first Presiden-tial Medallion awarded by president Mary Jane Saun-ders at the December FAU commencement.•Ruth Madoff, wife of convicted swindler Bernie Madoff has dyed her hair red and is reported living in obscurity in Boca Raton, dependent upon relatives for support.•A group of five Palm Beach firefighter/paramedics took home the first-place team title at the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge world championship in Myrtle Beach. Their win marks the first time in the history of the sport for a team to win both nationals and worlds in the same year.•As he has for the past 14 years, Wayne Barton will be once again sponsoring a free Thanksgiving dinner for 1,500 children and vo-lunteers as well as dona-tions are needed to make the event on Nov. 22 from 2:30 to 6 p.m. a success. Donations, including cash can be sent to the Wayne Barton Study Center, 269 N. E. 14th st. just east of Federal Highway and north of Glades Road, from 7 to 7 weekdays and 9 to noon on Saturday. Call 620.6203 to volunteer to help. •The extension of Lyons Road from West Atlantic Avenue to Boynton Beach Boulevard will be put out to bid on Nov. 23 for the 3.2 mile project.•Among the guests on barry

epstein live Friday at 10 a.m. on www.wrpbitv.com are Palm Beach Post gos-sip columnist Jose Lambiet, New Times investigative reporter Bob Norman, Sun-Sentinel editorial columnist Kingsley Guy, Lynn Uni-versity political professor Dr. Robert Watson, Palm Beach Pops Executive Di-rector and Central Animal Hospital’s new vet. Tune in anytime.•The November 23 network of the West Boca Cham-ber of Commerce is on a Tuesday this month due to Thanksgiving and will be held at the Bluefin Sushi Thai Grill hosted by General Manager David Teitlebaum in Parkland Town Center. Members of the Margate Chamber will also partici-pate. Details are at www.westbocachamber.com or call 561.482.9333.•Winston Churchill, Walk-ing with Destiny, narrated by Academy Award Winner Sir Ben Kingsley, is the fun-draising film of the Simon Wiesenthal center at the Cinemark Premiere theatre on Tuesday, November 30, followed by a dessert recep-tion. RSVP to Tamar Kohn Marks at 305.935.2280 or email to [email protected]. •The Boca Raton Children’s Museum will be sponsor-ing the 17th annual “Break-fast with Santa”, Dec. 4, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at 498 Crawford Blvd. featur-ing live music, real snow, multi-cultural crafts, enter-tainment, cartoon sketches, fresh orange juice and pho-tos with Santa. Reservations at $9 each are required by calling 368.6875.

•The 34th annual City of Boca Raton Holiday Boat Parade will be Saturday, December 18 at 6:30 p.m. from the C-15 canal (Boca-Delray city limits) south to the Broward County line, sponsored by Summit Bro-kerage, The Boca Raton Re-sort & Club, Marine Indus-tries of PBC, barry r. epstein associates and others.•Temple Beth Shira 5th an-nual Yard Sale will be Sun-day December 19th from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 912-1453 for one of the only 200 spaces available. 5,000 attended last year/ They ex-pect 6,000 this year.•The swing and jazz preser-vation society season kicked off Tuesday at the Span-ish River Church. The next concert is Dec. 21. Tickets are $18 for members, $26 for nonmembers. Subscrip-tions are available at $102 for six shows. Membership in the society is $30 the first year, $25 every year there-after. Spanish River Church is at 2400 Yamato Road. Call 561-499-9976 or visit http://www.swingandjazz-preservationsociety.org.•The Ultimate Jersey Boys tribute concert, Frankie Va-lli and the 4 Seasons will be the Temple Beth Shira fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 8 at 8 p.m. in the Countess de Hoernle Theatre at Span-ish River High School. Call 912-1453 for the $35 tick-ets.•Movies opening this week include Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Next Three Days and Cool It. Enjoy the Thanksgiving weekend with your family and loved ones.



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By Gerald ShermanWHAT BUSINESS ARE YOU IN?

Gerald J. Sherman of Sherman & Perlman LLC is a marketing and public relations person and has written several books and articles on these subjects.

BOCA RATON - Boca Home Care Services Inc. CEO Joseph Bensmihen has been elected president of the national Private Care Association (PCA). PCA is responsible for cre-ating and improving na-tional standards in home care for America’s seniors including protecting their right to choose their indi-vidual caregiver.Bensmihen owns and ope-rates Boca Home Care Ser-vices, Inc., a nurse registry, and Boca Home Care, Inc. - a Medicare certified agen-cy. He is a court-appointed guardian and immediate past president of the PCA of Florida from 2006-2010. During his tenure as Flori-da’s PCA president, Bens-mihen successfully uni-fied nurse registries from around Florida toward a shared interest of consumer choice. He was instrumen-tal in creating an annual lobbying day in Tallahas-see, brought in speakers to organization confer-ences and forged relation-ships with business owners around Florida.

Boca Home Care Services CEO named president of national private care group

As president of the na-tional PCA his goals in-clude expanding lobbying and legislative initiatives to strengthen consumer choice, improve standards of care delivery and grow both membership and con-ference participation.In addition, Bensmihen has served as president of Boca Raton Synagogue and as a

member of the city of Boca Raton’s Advisory Board for People with Disabilities. Bensmihen has also created an educational foundation named for his father that has provided more than $25,000 to students at-tending Hillel Day School, Weinbaum Yeshiva High School and Florida Atlantic University.

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Manufacturing made the United States one of the strongest, richest countries in the world but we dropped the ball. We have been out-sourcing our products and services for several decades, and we wonder why we are having problems. Our mid-dle class is disappearing, We are having employment problems, and we have lost industry after industry. We have become an outsource nation, we consume but do not produce; our trade agree-ments with foreign nations have had a dire effect on our economy. It is time that we strength-en our production of goods for the global market and the American consumer. We have the greatest col-leges and universities, the best marketing, production, designing, technical and fi-nancial talent in this country. We must find ways to uti-lize these talents for ‘Made in America’ products. La-bor and the politicians must change their ways, bite the bullet to start production once again. Our government and pri-vate industry have to invest in various manufacturing industries so that we can be a competitive force at home and in the Global market-place. Our legislators must be on notice about what industry/manufacturing needs sup-

Outing outsourcing and making America’s businesses strong

againport. They gave Wall Street and the banks relief to keep them afloat. Why ignore the manufacturing resources that made this country great? Labor unions have to re-evaluate their wage de-mands and adjust their perks in order for us to be com-petitive. We need special loans and tax deductions for companies manufacturing in the USA and a way to penal-ize those manufactures who outsource. Our global com-petitors have received tax re-lief from their respective go-vernments to build factories, and received other financial benefits for their exports. We must meet competition by financing our manufacturers who employ American labor and do everything we can to help them compete in the global market. The stimulus money has been used for some worthy things, such as weatheri-zing your home, extending unemployment benefits, re-bates on appliances, health insurance to some, rebates on buying a home, getting a small business loan, money for college, and training for green jobs. But nothing al-located to encourage manu-facturing and the jobs that follow. According to http://www.recovery.gov, (11/05/2010, Source for Distributing and Reporting: US Treasury, Federal Agency Financial

and Activity Reports), we have paid out $568 billion of $787 billion in stimulus money and about $219 bil-lion dollars is still not paid out. We can use this money to help solve our unemploy-ment situation and be com-petitive in the global market place by investing it into our manufacturing industry. Another way to try to ba-lance the trade deficit…why not make it mandatory for foreign manufacturers who sell their goods to us to out-source a percentage of their production to the USA? Some overseas automobile manufacturers are assem-bling and sourcing mate-rials for their automobiles in our country thus helping the employment situation. If the auto industry can do it, other foreign industries can outsource some of their pro-duction to the United States.Every problem becomes an opportunity if you find the solution. Let’s get the great brainpower in our country to start thinking out of the box and solve this unem-ployment puzzle. How good would we feel when we start seeing the, ‘Made in Ameri-ca Label’ again? How about encouraging our consumers to buy American, and have American makers become more proactive in advertis-ing, public relations and marketing, “Made in Ame-rica” products.



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By Donovan Ortega Dr. Virginia Crist is a Flo-rida Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has been practicing as an Indi-vidual and Couples Coun-selor for over 20 years. Her credentials are extensive: a B.A. from the University of Florida, two Master’s de-grees in Counseling from Florida Atlantic University, a five year Ph.D in Mar-riage and Family Therapy from Florida State Uni-

versity, and a Diplomate from the A m e r i c a n Psychother-apy Asso-ciation. But what makes Crist a spe-cial therapist is the appli-cation of this

widespread knowledge to her patient’s specific needs, enabling faltering relationships to blossom into beautiful, passionate bonds. She’s the best-kept secret in Boca Raton. “I don’t just try and save marriages, I try and make them better than they ever were before,” said Dr. Crist. One statistic that Dr. Crist references is the rising di-vorce rate. Fifty percent of first marriages end in di-vorce and that number ri-

ses as individuals move on to their second and third marriages. To Crist, this cripples the myth that find-ing happy relationships gets easier with experien-ce. In America, there is a distinct lack of knowledge on the concept of love.“What is troublesome to me is that there are clas-ses on history and science, math or technologies, but no one is ever taught how to love in a healthy way” said Dr. Crist to the Boca Raton Tribune. “That’s what I like to do with my patients. I help them find their soul, and give them the ability to love happily.”While relationship therapy

Dr. Virginia Crist Offers Relationship Solutions to Boca Raton

is Dr. Crist’s expertise, ma-ny patients arrive in her of-fice depressed, anxious, or, simply unhappy. “They come in, for exam-ple, these beautiful, lovely women from Boca Ra-ton, and they ask, what’s wrong with me,” said Dr. Crist. “Well there’s nothing wrong with them, there’s just an emptiness within them that needs to be ad-dressed. Through skilled, trained conversation, I un-cover the spirit that they already have but do not realize. Knowing how to love in a healthy way is learned, it’s not innate.”And money can’t buy it either. Crist’s patient list

has been extensive and af-fluent. Household names - that include the wealthiest of the wealthy - have at-tended therapy sessions in her office. She’s been fea-tured on over 35 radio and television programs and she was a repeated guest lecturer at the Boca Raton Resort and Club.“I use my experience and knowledge to help others. I love my work. No mat-ter how much outer beau-ty you have, if you don’t know of the beauty you are keeping inside, you aren’t going to attract or KEEP a partner over time. There is a passion that has to come from within yourself, so-

mething special about your spirit. That’s what I help people find,” said Dr. Crist.Dr. Crist views her pa-tients with great respect, which is reciprocated with complete honesty. Therapy sessions are a unique and intimate experiences.



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PET OF THE WEEKDOG TALK WITH UNCLE MATTY

We Had a Great RideOne of my dear friends re-cently lost their beloved dog. I encouraged her to share her experience in words, and she did:It’s been three weeks since my dog died. When I real-ized that just now, I made a quick and quiet wish that time would stop. Or better, reverse. I don’t want to be any further from the time when he was still breathing, still working that sniffer, still soft and warm in my arms. I don’t want it to be real.Some call it self-indulgence. I call it grief. I resent the clock and its re-lentless ticking. Time mov-ing on. The earth spinning. The sun setting. The moon smiling, taunting. The only thing that feels good is the rain. Seems right. Some acknowledgment from the world that mine has forever changed. A nod from Moth-er Nature.He was just a dog.And I am just a woman. Why is the death of a per-son more important, more profound? Why is it sup-posed to be felt deeper? Is it because we put a man on the moon? Because we in-vented the wheel and took flight, tamed fire and elec-tricity, created a new uni-verse of sorts with the In-ternet and kept 33 men alive half a mile underground for 69 days?That’s the anger talking.It’s all very impressive, the accomplishments, the de-velopments. But impressive doesn’t make you feel like skipping.That’s the truth.Percy Burtch was born on March 1, 1996, the smallest of a litter of six dachshund/

beagle/Chihuahua pups. My roommate at the time plucked him from the bed of a pickup truck somewhere on the outskirts of Austin, Texas. On a college-girl whim, she brought Percy home to our apartment that didn’t allow dogs.On that very ordinary day, everything changed.It was clear from the be-ginning that Percy was, in a word, unusual. He was alternately standoffish and playful. Shy and bossy. Sweet and sour. Jekyll and Hyde. Even as a puppy, he gave the impression of hav-ing deeply entrenched opin-ions on the life he should be living, the company he should be keeping, the things he should be doing, eating, playing with, gnaw-ing on. My roommate de-cided she couldn’t hack it and put an ad in the paper: “Adorable puppy - free!”He was adorable. But I feared she and the ad would mislead Percy’s next owner, making it likely he’d end up being passed off to yet an-other home or dumped at a shelter. As the voice mails came in responding to the ad, I deleted them. All of them. There was no way this handsome pup with the deep brown eyes was going to suffer that fate. I was in love.I learned so much trying to figure that dog out. The two of us being of Ger-man stock, we were stub-born and butted heads. I was young, impatient and still indulging my desires for instant gratification and anything that felt good. He was food-aggressive, hyper-territorial, resistant to my amateur attempts at training

- a total Alpha nightmare. But the good trumped the bad, and I smelled poten-tial. He was remarkably smart and curious, not to mention exceedingly loyal and protective. He chased away more than a handful of unsavory characters. He prevented a break-in while I was home alone. He made me feel safe when my peace of mind had been assaulted. He made me feel like skip-ping.Over the next 14 years, Percy and I reached an un-derstanding. And I learned three very important things: 1) A good walk has the power to erase bad will. 2) It’s vital to stop and sniff. Often. 3) There’s nothing like a road trip to cure what ails you.I’ve done two things in the past two months of which I’m very proud:When it became clear that Percy’s time would be shorter than expected, I cleared my calendar as best I could and we hit the road. I will never forget the toothy, tongue-dangling grin on his face as we crossed the Con-tinental Divide together for the umpteenth time.And two weeks later, when it was obvious that Percy’s kidneys would not rebound, that his quality of life was not what he deserved, was not what I wanted for him or would want for myself, I asked his vet, an excep-tionally kind and compas-sionate man, to come to the house to administer an injection that would end my little guy’s suffering. And he did.Rest in peace, sweet Percy. We had a great ride.

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BOCA RATON - Hi, I’m Velvet, a Belgian Malinois, a female, age somewhere between 4 and 6, weighing 60 pounds.I’ve had some hard times, but the nice peo-ple here see my inner beauty and have named me Velvet. I’m missing a chunk of my ear, but my heart is intact and ready to love you when you adopt me. I’m a friendly girl who will try to get your attention as you pass my run. Please ask to meet me. I’m housebroken and man-nerly on a leash. A great home for me may include older children and I do get along with most other dogs. I’m so relieved to be at Tri

Velvet is making a heartfelt search for a family of her own

County but I know the next step, into your heart and home, is really going to be great. Please make my day!I’m available for adop-tion at Tri-County Humane Society, a no-kill animal shelter located at 21287

Boca Rio Road in Boca Raton. The shelter is open for adoptions Tuesday through Sun-day, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Adoption fees for companion animals are $110 and up. Animals are heartworm-tested and up-to-date on vac-cinations. Included in the adoption fee is one year of free office visits to Regency Veterinary Clinic.Please visit us to find a lost pet or to consider adding a shelter dog or cat to your family. We have puppies and

kittens, too! Call (561) 482-8110 or view many of our available animals and volunteer opportunities at: www.tricountyhumane.org. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter at ‘TriCounty Hu-mane’.



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BOCA RATON – Senior Night is supposed to be special for the Boca Raton High School football teamBut it was even more dy-namic this year as the Bob-cats scored 62 points to beat near-town rivals, the Tigers of Boynton Beach High. The final score was 62-12 in the final game of the season for Boca High.The opening ceremony was touching as the se-niors were announced to the crowd. The game was only close until the start of the sec-ond quarter as the Bobcats stretched their lead to 28-12. It was pure domination in the second half as the Tigers constantly turned the ball back over to the Bobcats.The main offensive play-ers for the Bobcats this season, according to the statistics, include running back Keith Byars Jr., 568 total yards and eight touch-downs, Quarterback Kevin Anderson has gone 86 for 163 in passing , gained 1,342 yards and threw 11 touchdowns. Wide recei-ver Cameron Lewis racked up 896 total yards and 12 total touchdowns.

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By: Bobby Lopez, PGA

For the average golfer or non professional, finding the time to practice is diffi-cult enough. In most cases, even if the golfer finds the time to practice for im-provement, their methods are flawed, thereby mak-ing the process even longer and inefficient. It’s not how long you practice but how you practice. This special report will help you make the most of the practice time you have so you can enjoy the maximum improvement for better golf. 1) Identify what it is you need to practice and what you expect to accomplish.No need to spend time prac-ticing movements in your swing that have no value for your specific swing problems. Take a lesson with video analysis and first find the exact problem you need to resolve. Stay fo-cused on that one need until it is mastered before mov-ing on to another topic. 2) Prescribe an exact drill or remedy to repair the faulty swing move.You may choose more than one drill or remedy for any one specific problem. At-tacking a problem from more than one angle can be very beneficial.3) Make sure your drills can be done without a club or ball.Practicing one night a week at the range for an hour will lengthen your improvement time considerably. To assure fast and lasting results you need to log a considerable amount of repetitions of drills or remedies until the new movement is natural.

Maximizing Your Practice Time For Maximum Results

I suggest practicing for 5 minutes every time nobody is looking! Assign yourself some drills you can do at home or office. The more you do the drills without the pressure of attempting to produce proper ball flight is recommendable. Once you put a ball down you might revert back to your old swing movements and/or compensations. Taking the golf ball out of the picture allows you to stay focused on the movement you wish to reprogram. Make no mis-take about it, this is repro-gramming of your muscle memory through repetition.4) Do your drills slowly and deliberatelyRunning through your drills quickly and in a sloppy manner is usually what I see on the lesson tee. Golf-ers do the drill two times and think it’s time to hit another ball. You need to do every drill very slowly and deliberately talking to your subconscious all the way. Taking inventory of what it feels like to travel through your new motion and posi-tion.5) Use a mirror or friend or feedback.In most cases I would sug-gest using a mirror or other

tools for feedback if need-ed. For instance, if you are working on your spine angle at address, you can place some masking tape on the mirror where you want your spine angle to be and the set to the golf ball and look at the mirror to see if you have accom-plished the goal.6) Once you decide to prac-tice on the driving range hit your golf balls slowly.Don’t tell the range owner this, but most golfers could get twice the results from half the number of golf balls hit. Of course the es-tablishment wants to see you beat your balls quickly and move on so someone else can use the mat. How-ever you should take your time between each shot and take inventory on your re-sults. Gary Player used to place his range balls behind him so he couldn’t hit them so quickly. Do a drill or two between each shot. Remind your mind and body of where you want it to go.7) Take notes on your prac-tice session and improve-ment.If you can’t measure your progress you’re wasting your time. The golf ball may not respond to you immediately. You may be improving considerably but haven’t seen the results in ball flight. That’s very common and normal. Stick to your program and mea-sure results in the form of drills completed, balls hit properly, and your ability to begin to feel comfortable with the new motion.Article Source: http://www.golfarticles.net

Short putts and long putts, are played with the same golf club even though the stroke pattern and purpose are quite different. Short putts demand club face control while the long putts demand pace control. The short putting stroke should be as short as possible to lower the risk of changing your club face position after aligning the club face at the target. The long putt stroke can be long and flowing be-cause controlling the pace of the ball speed is your goal.You’ll find when you three putt a green most of the time you left your putt short or you knocked it past the hole, unless there was a sig-nificant amount of break that you did not negotiate prop-erly. It is usually the pace or speed of the ball that is the most difficult to control, es-pecially on super fast greens like Augusta.Today we discuss long putts and how to first determine the speed then the break. Most golfers look at the break first. I first have to make a decision on how fast I’m willing to roll the ball before I decide how much break or curvature the ball will take over the surface it has to cover. The slower I roll the ball the more it will break or curve.I look at the green from 150 yards first to see any tenden-cies of lean one way or the other. If I threw a bucket of water on that green which way would it flow off?Once reaching the green you need to look at the putt from both sides to gather all the information you can about the surface you are about to roll the ball on. I suggest that you drive your golf cart to the back of the green each time, (being that most golf-ers leave their ball short of the hole on approach) and

How To Read Golf Greens for Speed and Break

then walk around the back of the putt first. Try walking a half moon circle around the putt rather than straight to the ball. Look at how the green leans. Understand that the designer of the green had to account for water to flow off the green for drain-age purposes. Find the area of drainage and you’ll have the keys to the “lean” of the green. Look at the coloration of the green. Is the color a deep dark green and thick or is it light brown with very thin grass blades? Is it up hill or down? Is there a ridge where the ball will speed up on you and run by the hole? Make a determination while walking

around the hole as to how fast you need to roll the ball. Then once behind the putt, meld the information you acquired from looking at the putt from the back and the frontal view you have. Now and make an educated guess at the amount of break you should play for.Remember if you are off on your amount of break by a foot or two it probably won’t cause you to three putt. It’s that putt you leave seven feet short or twelve feet past the hole that will cause you to three putt. Get the pace first, then the line.Article Source: http://www.golfarticles.net




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Led by Jeff Vancamp’s three touchdowns, the Florida Atlantic Univer-sity Fighting Owls held on to their early lead against the Rajin Cajins of Louisa-na-Lafayette to win 24-23 in last Saturday’s game. This also marks the second straight week the Owls prevailed by a single point against a Sun Belt oppo-nent. FAU led 21-7 in the third

FAU hangs onto one-point lead to win third grid match in a row

quarter, and it seemed like they were in cruise control until the Rajin Cajins came storming back to tighten up the competition. Then, with 1:45 left in the game, Rajin Cajin quar-terback Blaine Gautier connected with a 43-yard pass to Vernon Wolfe for a touchdown, bringing the game to 24-23. The Louisiana boys decid-ed to pass on going for the

tie with an extra-point kick and opted instead to try the two-point conversion, which failed. They also couldn’t capitalize on the ensuing onside kick.The Owls kept their hopes of being Bowl-eligible alive with the win. FAU moves to 4-5 (3-3 in the Sun-Belt) and plays strug-gling Texas next weekend in Austin.

By: Chris Nelson

The Miami Dolphins wast-ed little time filling out their quarterback depth with injuries to Chad Pen-nington and Chad Henne, signing veteran free-agent Patrick Ramsey to the ac-tive roster and second-year player Tom Brandstater to the practice squad.Pennington, who is likely headed for his fourth and possibly career-ending shoulder surgery, was placed on season-ending injured reserve to make room for Ramsey.The injury to Henne’s knee does not appear to be as se-vere, as he remains on the active roster and is walk-ing without crutches. He would not officially rule himself out for Thursday’s

contest against the Bears, although it seems unlikely he will be able to play.If Henne cannot go, Ramsey looks to be the only active backup behind third-stringer-turned-start-er Tyler Thigpen.Ramsey and Brandstater earned their contracts af-ter a Monday workout that also featured Are-na quarterback Tommy Grady, journeyman J. T. O’Sullivan, and former first-overall pick JaMarcus Russell.

Patrick RamseyA star quarterback at Tu-lane, Ramsey was selected by the Washington Red-skins with the final pick of the third round in 2002 NFL Draft.Ramsey was in and out

of the starting lineup in his first two seasons un-der Redskins’ head coach Steve Spurrier. He started a career-high 11 games in 2003, throwing for 2,166 yards and 14 touchdowns with nine interceptions.When Joe Gibbs returned as the Redskins’ head coach in 2004, Ramsey gave way to veteran Mark Brunell for much of the following two seasons. He was named the team’s starter in 2005, but suf-fered a neck injury in the season opener and ap-peared in only four games as Brunell’s backup that year.Dealt to the New York Jets for a sixth-round pick in the 2006 offseason, Ramsey was ironically ac-quired to back up then-Jets starter Chad Pennington. He appeared in one game and threw only one pass before being released the following offseason.Ramsey then spent two seasons as a backup to Jay Cutler in Denver, ap-pearing in two games and throwing one touchdown pass in a 2007 game for the Broncos.Released once again in 2009, Ramsey signed with the Tennessee Titans and and served as the third-string quarterback behind Vince Young and Kerry Collins for the first month of the season before he was cut loose. Ramsey lat-er spent a brief time at the end of the season with the Detroit Lions after Mat-thew Stafford was injured.

Ramsey was signed by the New Orleans Saints in 2010 to back up Drew Brees, but lost out on the job to Chase Daniel and was released on Sept. 3. He spent a brief time with the Jaguars in October, but was released upon the acquisition of Trent Ed-wards.Financial terms of Ramsey’s deal with the Dolphins have not yet been released, but he likely signed a one-year deal for the veteran minimum.

Tom BrandstaterA three-year starter at Fresno State, Brandstater (6-5, 223) led the Bulldogs to a 9-4 record in 2007 and earned the MVP award in a Humanitarian Bowl win over Georgia Tech. As a senior in 2008, he set ca-reer highs with 2,664 pass-ing yards and 18 touch-downs.Brandstater was selected

Dolphins add quarterbacks Patrick Ramsey, Tom Brandstater

by the Denver Broncos in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft, spending his entire rookie season as the team’s third-string quar-terback behind Kyle Orton and Chris Simms.Upon the acquisitions of Brandy Quinn via trade and Tim Tebow in the 2010 NFL Draft, the Bron-cos waived Brandstater on June 4.The Indianapolis Colts claimed Brandstater off waivers, allowing him to compete for the backup job to Peyton Manning with fellow 2009 sixth-rounder Curtis Painter. De-spite throwing three touch-downs in the preseason finale, Brandstater was waived during final cuts. He spent the first month of the season on the team’s practice squad before be-ing released.As a practice squad play-er, Brandstater will make roughly $5,200 per week. He will not be eligible to

play in games, but can be signed to the active roster at any time.While Ramsey is essential-ly a lock to be one-and-do-ne in Miami, Brandstater at least has enough room to grow to where he could be re-signed this offseason as a team’s third quarterback behind Henne and Thigpen in 2011—especially since Pennington’s career might be coming to an end.




By Pedro Heizer

CRANK UP THE HEAT

The Blame Game: Miami ‘fans’ are already pointing fingers

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Miami is 6-4 and the blame game among so-called fans and sports writers are in full effect.Some blame the head coach, Erik Spoelstra. They say he’s not cut out to do this job, they say he doesn’t use the right line-ups, can’t change the personnel at the right time, sits players on the bench when they are heating up. Simply put, people are saying he is not cut out for this job.Really? After 10 games one can tell me if a person is “cut out” for a head coach-ing job? Heck, Miami is two games over .500 and barely trailing in the division and Erik Spoelstra isn’t cut out for this job? To me, Coach Spo is the second best head coach in Miami Heat his-tory, behind Pat Riley. Spo has a record of 96-78 as a Miami Heat head coach and is 18 games over .500, and you are telling me he isn’t cut out for this job?Give him a chance, he will surprise you.Now, the other person that people are putting the blame on is Chris Bosh. ‘Fans’ and sports writers are saying Bosh is not strong enough, he’s not a big man, he’s not producing the same amount of numbers as he did in Toronto, some go as far to say he is not worth a max deal.Some are saying Miami wasted money in going af-ter Bosh and were going to be better off if they pur-sued Amar’e Stoudemire or

even Carlos Boozer. Again, I ask…Really? Amar’eStoudemire and the Knicks are a dismal 3-7 and Stou-demire is averaging 20 points and eight rebounds, where in Phoenix he was averaging 23 points and nine rebounds. In Phoenix, Stoudemire had the benefit of having one of the all-time great point guards by his side in the pick-and-pop in Steve Nash, now Stou-demire has Raymond Fel-ton.Don’t even get me started on Carlos Boozer. Yes, I was one of the few people that wanted Boozer in a Heat uniform last season but let’s be honest here, if you trip on a sports bag while going to answer your door and you break your hand, you are sad. Boozer was averaging around 20 points and 11 rebounds with the Utah Jazz, but has yet to play a game as a member of the Chicago Bulls.If you think Chris Bosh isn’t effective, shame on you. I’m not sure you have

noticed but Bosh is not the No. 1 scoring option like he was in Toronto, he is now the third option behind Dwyane Wade and LeBron James.If you expected Bosh to average the same amount of points he did in Toron-to, that’s crazy talk. Bosh needs to become more of a defensive and post pres-ence, not a scoring ma-chine. Yes, Bosh is lacking in the rebounds department right now with only six re-bounds per game expect that to change once this Miami Heat squad molds and becomes a contender in the east.Some fans are so disap-pointed in Bosh that they think Miami should trade the All-Star forward. With only 10 games into the sea-son, how can you say that he’s a bust and he needs to be traded? Bosh is one of the best power forwards in the league, give him time and he will surprise every-one.A ridiculous rumor go-

ing around is that people think Bosh could be traded to Minnesota and in re-turn Miami picks up Mi-chael Beasley. Why? That would be a horrible trade for us, why would we give Bosh to a team in return for a player that we didn’t want and gave them to only get a second round pick in return? Leave Beasley alone in Minnesota; he has

played exceptionally well averaging around 21 points and six rebounds per game. The reason Beasley has been playing so well in Minnesota is because of the style they play the game. Miami is a defense-first team and if you don’t play defense, you will be benched. Michael is not a defense first type of player, he’s a scorer.

In all, I think the media and fans together should let go of the panic button and let this season play out. People expected Miami to come out of the gates swinging and clearly that has not been the case. But, for now, 6-4 isn’t such a bad record to have. Give it time, Miami will show all of the doubters wrong once they all get healthy again and bring back the big-gest weapon off the bench, Mike Miller.But for now, it’s like LeB-ron James said, “We all know Rome wasn’t build in one day. It takes time.”

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