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Raising money for good causes a family tradition for Josh Lukes, 16

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BOCA RATON - Seven special community lea-ders became even more special this past Saturday night when the Rotary Club of Boca Raton hon-ored them with the OPAL (Outstanding People and Leaders) Awards at the

14th annual presentation.Rotary President Alan Kaye said the fundrais-ing gala at the Country Club at Boca Pointe cel-ebrated “the numerous accomplishments and contributions of a select group of out commu-nity’s finest citizens who make a difference in our

lives and in our world.”A packed house saw the following receive honors in various categories: ac-tivist Marta Batmasian, for community service; Boca Regional Hospital president and CEO Jerry Fedele, in the healthcare and medicine division; Florence “Flossy” Kees-

ely for lifetime achieve-ment; Boca Community Resources and Affairs Specialist Emily Lilly for civil service; Boca Community High School teacher Dr. David Robbe for education and Jim and Arlene Sclafani in the private sector divi-sion.

Rotary Club of Boca Raton honors community leaders with OPAL Awards

Continued on page 12From left - David Robbe, Jerry Fedele, Emily Lilly, Flossy Keesely, Jim and Arlene Sclafani and Marta Batmasian

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There is a lot of talk about the Founding Fathers and the roots of America as a Christian nation. We’re not going to get into that, but there is plenty of reason to think that, at the very least, Declaration of Inde-pendence writer Thomas Jefferson harbored serious doubts about Christianity. For example, he secretly edited the Gospels into “The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth,” which collected Jesus’ ideas wi-thout any mention of di-vinity.Shades of Conan and Jay! On the last episode of “The Larry Sanders Show,” who replaces Larry on his own show?A) Jimmy KimmelB) Jay LenoC) Chris RockD) Jon Stewart

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Q: My vehicle registration expires this month. Does it expire on my birthday or the last day of the month? Is there a grace period for renewal?A: There is no grace period for vehicle registrations and all registrations expire on the birthday of the vehicle’s registered owner.Crime and safety questions are answered by officers from the Boca Raton Police Crime Prevention Unit. For more information, visit www.BocaPolice.com.

BURGLARY TO BUSINESS 01/22/2011 ON NE 2ND STREETBetween 01/21/11 at 2130 hours and 01/22/11 at 0657 hours, Jonathan`s Corner was burglarized. $668 in cash was stolen from the register. No forced entry was used.

BURGLARY OTHER 01/24/2011 NW BROKEN SOUND BOULEVARDUnknown person(s) cut or broke locks off four trail-ers belonging to Sir Electric at the job site for Centra Homes Numerous rolls of Lomax copper and aluminum wire taken.

BURGLARY TO RESIDENCE 01/24/2011 NE 2ND COURTThe victim reported a delayed residential burglary to her vacant residence on NE 2nd Court. Unknown per-sons forced entry and attempted to remove the refrigera-tor from the kitchen which caused a water line to burst resulting in the interior being flooded. The unknown persons were able to remove a washing machine from the screen enclosed patio area along with a lawn mower and generator from a shed within the fenced enclosed property.

BURGLARY/ THEFT FROM AUTO 01/22/2011 ESPLANADEThe complainant advised police her vehicle had been broken into. It was determined the crime occurred between 0900hrs and 1830hrs while the vehicle was parked at Royal Palm Place. A GPS ($200) and Chanel purse ($3,000) were left in plain view, police said.

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BOCA RATON - County Commissioner Steven Abrams, center, attended a dedication reception rec-ognizing the generous do-nation of a Personal Mul-timedia Chemo Infusion Station by the Schmidt Family Foundation in memory of Flora Slade O’Brien, the late sister of Boca Raton Mayor Susan Whelchel. The reception was held in the Harvey & Phyllis Sandler Pavilion at the Eugene M. & Christine E. Lynn Cancer Institute in Boca Raton. With Abrams

Donation honors Boca mayor’s late sister

are M.J. “Mike” Arts, left, retired president of the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce and a former Boca Raton City Council member, and Slade O’Brien, son of the late Flora Slade O’Brien.

BOCA RATON - They’re colorful. They’re informa-tional. And they’re waving from nearly 100 poles in downtown Boca Raton.They are branded down-town Boca banners, a major component of the strategic destination branding and marketing plan developed for and approved by the city of Boca Raton’s Com-munity Redevelopment Agency to create a “sense of place” for its “next gen-eration Downtown” initia-tive.The banners have gone up during the past few weeks.Boasting a vibrantly colo-red parade of 92 street banners with messaging that showcases the assets and attributes of the multi-faceted downtown commu-nity, the branded initiative - done in Erin Green, Ocean Blue, Logo Red, Mineral Blue, Ginko, Orange, Bur-gundy, Concorde, Tuscan, Turquoise, Pacific Blue and All Sunbrella - runs along the perimeter of the Down-town community redevel-opment area. It begins at Camino Real

Colorful banners attract attention to assets of downtown Boca Raton

and moves north to include pole locations on Federal Highway, Dixie Highway, Palmetto Park Road, North-east Boca Raton Boule-vard, and Southeast Mizner Boulevard. Designed to encourage area residents and visitors to “come early, stay late…where something for ev-eryone awaits,” the viv-idly colored banners pro-duced in a collection of jewel tones tout the official Downtown Boca logo with its tagline: It’s Happening! with alternating banners featuring the official logo paired with complimenta-

ry themed taglines…It’s Business!, It’s Families!, It’s Shopping!, It’s Com-munity, It’s Dining!, It’s Historic!, It’s Living!, It’s Nightlife! and It’s Parks & Recreation! A grouping of banners rea-ding It’s Happening! At Mizner Park and It’s Hap-pening! At Royal Palm Pla-ce are also being posted at their respective locations. “This extensive banner ini-tiative will help physically define the downtown Boca community and educate drivers, walkers, runners, cyclists, and those doing business there about the

wonderful collection of assets and advantages one has when living, working, and visiting in our dynam-ic downtown,” said Boca Raton CRA Chairwoman and Council member Con-stance Scott. “This cam-paign shares the unlimited array of business and life-style opportunities to dis-cover, engage and indulge in our downtown.”For more about downtown Boca and all it has to offer, visit www.downtownboca.org frequently for the latest news, an events and enter-tainment calendar, a direc-tory listing, tips on “getting around” utilizing a flash map showcasing the vari-

ous downtown Boca community quarters and what one can find there, a series of blogs to fit a variety of interests - from women’s, men’s, family to business perspectives - as well as postings of Downtown Deals.

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Society. The banner boasts: “It’s Historic.”

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BOCA RATON - The Luff House, a rare survivor of an era when bungalow-style homes were common in Florida, is still in danger of being demolished, said of-ficials from the Boca Raton Historical Society.“The Luff House property is privately owned, and the owners would like the house removed from the property,” said Historical Society Executive Director Mary Csar. “They have of-fered the house to the His-torical Society; however, the Society currently has no funds for the cost of the relocation of the house, a new site for the house, the necessary foundation and infrastructure for the house, nor restoration funds.”The home, located at 390 Palmetto Park Road, has been vacant since January 2010, when developer Greg Talbott lost the property to foreclosure, said Csar. She added that the current owner, Pios Grande East Palmetto Park Road, L.P., told the Society it doesn’t want to pay to maintain the house and it wants the building moved off the property by the end of the year. Officials estimate it would cost about $175,000 to move it.

Rare 1920s bungalow-style Luff House remains in danger of demolition

The structure remains in danger of demolition if a buyer and new site for the house are not found. Csar said the Historical So-ciety “has received several calls regarding the property due to recent news articles; however, there has been no resolution as of yet.”“Although it would be eli-gible for grant funds like those provided in the past by the Florida Bureau of Historic Preservation, these are limited and cannot be counted on. The Historical Society is seeking individu-als interested in relocating the house for private use or funds to relocate the house for community use. Inter-ested parties may call us for contact information on the current owners.” The Society’s phone number is 561-395-6766.She said that since the home has no historic desig-

nation, it can be torn down at any time.Pioneer residents Theodore and Harriet Luff had the house at 390 E. Palmetto Park Road constructed in the early 1920s. It is a Florida interpretation of the bungalow style, employing coral rock on the porches and chimneys. Csar said “this type of bun-galow, once fairly common, is now an exceedingly rare survivor in the state and is literally unique in Boca Raton today. As Palmetto Park Road grew more com-mercial, the structure was occupied by a number of retail businesses and was home to community agen-cies such as the Junior Ser-vice League and the Boca Raton Historical Society. It has been a vital part of downtown Boca Raton in historic and modern times, serving as a residence and successful retail establish-ment.”“This house is one of the oldest surviving structures in Boca Raton,” she said. “Once gone, it will be gone forever. Please contact the Boca Raton Histori-cal Society if you would like to support the effort to preserve this rare historic link with our community’s past.”

A 1920s construction picture of the Luff House

The Luff House as it is today



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For years, I’ve been follo-wing the efforts of Boca Raton officials to bring a new luster and attraction to downtown Boca Raton.There have been many ef-forts over the years, but no-thing seemed to catch fire.So it was with some mea-sure of satisfaction that my wife and I visited the Fine Arts show that took place this past weekend at Royal Palm Place.It was basically a full house on Saturday. And Jennifer Ortega, one of the people running the Boca Raton Tribune booth at the event, said that on Sunday, the crowd was even larger. I guess the weather was a lit-tle better on Sunday. Satur-day seemed to verge on rain throughout the afternoon.What we found amazing was the number of people who traveled many, many miles to get here. Many from the south, but I talked to a man who came down from Chicago and there was

Fine arts a welcome addition to downtown Boca Raton

a booth run by a gentleman from Belgium. My wife and I couldn’t help noticing a woman who brought her wares down from Newport, R.I., one of our old haunts.These were not just painters and sculptors, but people who worked with a variety of media - many of which I can’t even count. This was a unique show - and my wi-fe and I have taken in a lot of art shows in our time.The venue seemed just right, set in a large parking lot with plenty of room to move a-round. Along the perimeter were dining spots large and small, vending anything from coffee to pastries and dinners. There were also retail shops galore. It was certainly a place to make a full day of it.I couldn’t help thinking of Jim and Marta Batma-sian, owners of Royal Palm Place, who have been wor-king to put downtown Boca Raton on the map by sche-duling special events and

activities. They are the ones who erected that statue of Addison Mizner that stands at the edge of the parking lot, atop a performing arts stage.If Boca Raton could at-tract crowds like this every weekend, then revitalization would be a snap.

News nuggetsJust a few observations a-bout some of the things that happened this past week.It’s been a busy week, and we like that. We were so busy, we missed the first night of “American Idol.” But we did see Boca’s Brett Loewenstern, the 16-year-old student at Spanish River High who got through the audition round with a pass to the next stage of compe-tition in Hollywood. Good luck to you. Let’s bring a title back here to Florida!It’s really great to be back working with the likes of Ray Russotto, the caricatu-re artist who has joined our

Boca Tribune “family.” We spent a lot of years working together a few years ago, and we’ve become close friends.My wife and I attended the OPAL awards this past weekend - and want to thank Ben and Rosemary Krieger for the invitation to join the folks at their table. It’s always a pleasure.I couldn’t help noticing that a lot of winners traced their roots back to New York. I don’t know if that is signifi-cant or just coincidental. But now that both the New England Patriots and New York Jets have lost their ef-forts to make it to the Su-per Bowl this year, I guess things are equal between us.And one more thing. Don’t forget the Paul Todd con-cert Sunday at 4 p.m. at St. Matthew Church, 6090 Hypoluxo Road in Lake Worth. Tickets are $20 each, and, as I said in a previous column, the show is well worth it.

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Dr. Synesio Lyra, Jr. is a Florida resident who, for many years, was a professor at the post-graduate level. He is a writer, a sought-after conference speaker, a man who lived in five continents of the world, having

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.

By Douglas Heizer

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We cannot give the appea-rance of being anything other than what we really are. The impressions we give may work for a while but very quickly people will catch up with who we truly are! We are not what oth-ers think we are; we are far from being what God wants us to be; we are not what we think others imagine us to be; we are not who we, ourselves, think we are!Authenticity reveals the shape and color of who we truly are, for it must be a quality of our individual character. Webster defines the word “authentic” as “conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.” This is not an impossible goal. Our daily task is to ascertain in greater depth what we are supposed to be and do! !Nothing short of following a clear design for our life will ever do or satisfy our lon-gings, giving us the tran-quility we desperately need in a broken and confusing world. But because we of-ten fail, we need to submit ourselves to an “Extreme Makeover” from time to time so our being may re-align itself with the purpos-

Our Need for Authenticityes for which we exist!Our productivity in the world, our job achieve-ments, our most basic tasks in life, will be adversely af-fected if we lack authentic-ity. Who wants to be viewed as a “con” man? Who de-sires to be considered a fake? Yet, this is precisely who we will appear to be if there’s not a continual striving toward authenti-city - matching our walk with our talk!Whatever we attempt to accomplish in life can be easily destroyed in a mo-ment, if we don’t watch our conduct to maintain it consistent with sound, honest prescriptions. Lack of authenticity can never be fixed with band-aids, scotch tape, or any other form of patch-up from the outside. No pill can be swallowed to restore it to us. Authenticity is an inside job, and corrective mea-sures applied toward mak-ing it so, can only come from within, out of genuine conviction and a new de-termination to live by the highest standards. If it is ever lost, it may be nearly impossible to recapture it

in one’s life, at least with respect to those who in-teract with us on a regular basis.Being authentic does not en-tail “washing dirty clothes” in front of many people. In other words, it does not re-quire our “confessions” to other people in a display of contrition which may not necessarily be fully genu-ine. Confession is always good for the soul, but only when it is made to God and to a trusted confidant. Hon-esty and sincerity must be manifested in our attempt to observe a consistent sen-se of accountability! Life is truly fulfilling when we know that we are walk-ing in the right path, perio-dically checking the correct map, making necessary cor-rections along the way, and recognizing that we are making progress instead of going contrary to the prescribed direction. Many people will notice better and greater things happen-ing in us and with us, which will enable us to regain the impact we desire to have in their lives and in those of many more!

Thumb through the program from last Saturday night’s OPAL (Outstanding People and Leaders) Awards cere-mony and you’ll find one page devoted to each award-ee.Those pages offer a thumb-nail sketch of each person’s achievements. But you can imagine the many, many things that could not be in-cluded for space reasons. These are all exceptional people who inspire us all to seek the American Dream. Most came from middle class homes and families, but as they grew, they developed a burning desire to seek more. While I don’t want to single out any one particular re-cipient, I feel very much in common with Marta Batma-sian. She immigrated to the United States from Turkey; I came to the U.S. from Bra-zil. We both worked hard to build successful businesses. After touching American soil, Marta devoted herself to education, business, politics and community service. She earned bachelors, masters and PhD degrees, and she and her husband created Investments Limited, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in South Florida.From the viewpoint of ano-ther immigrant, I commend Marta for her amazing ac-complishments. Not only has she become a notable busi-ness woman, but she is also a community activist and phi-lanthropist. During her 27 years in Boca Raton, she has been a member of 37 differ-

OPAL Award winners inspire us to seek the American Dream

ent boards and commissions. She continues to serve as a leader of many groups.It may have been a coinci-dence, but President Obama, in his State of the Union ad-dress Tuesday night, empha-sized the need to recognize the good that immigrants have done, and not just force them out of the country be-cause they may be undocu-mented. Imagine what we would have lost if Marta Batmasian were told by the government to return to her native land.If you look at all the OPAL recipients, you can see how each has contributed. Jerry Fedele has spent more than 24 years in the healthcare field. He is credited with saving a major academic hospital and three commu-nity hospital affiliates from what would have been the largest healthcare bankrupt-cy in US history. But more important to our area, he has stopped the financial losses at Boca Raton Regional Hospital and pulled the insti-tution back from the brink of fiscal disaster. Boca depends on this hospital, and the community, as a whole, sup-ports it. It may be appropriate to note that among his many other accomplishments, Jer-ry was valedictorian of his class at Duquesne University School of Law.Emily Lilly, our wonderful community resources and af-fairs specialist for Boca Ra-ton, has proven her worth by talking the talk and walking the walk. A former teacher

from upstate New York, she has brought her expertise and experience to Boca - and the city is better off for it. If you’ve ever been to an event in Boca, you’ll find Emily there - having already taken care of all the arrangements.We can’t say enough about Flossy Keesely, who is a li-ving legend at age 97. She has dedicated her life to fine arts and philanthropy, and can be counted on to be first in line to aid various com-munity agencies. She has her own non-profit organi-zation, Flossy’s Dream, and been a major supporter of the Rotary Club’s Future Stars competition and assists the Rehabilitation Center for the Handicapped and St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.Dr. David Robbe, an edu-cational institution at Boca Raton High School, has ta-ken students where few high schoolers have gone before - from Ground Zero in New York to the USS Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor. He has a history of working with brain-injured and au-tistic children, and when he isn’t volunteering for com-munity causes, he is a Bob-cat athletic coach.Jim and Arlene Sclafani have truly realized the American Dream by establishing the Multi Image Group audio vi-sual company. From a small firm started in 1979, MIG has grown to 95 employees.We congratulate all of you and thank you for your gen-erosity and caring. Your a-wards are truly deserved.



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BOCA RATON - Josh Lu-kes smiles and says he is just carrying on a family tradition.This is quite true, but Lukes is no ordinary 16-year-old. On Monday, Jan. 31, he will be honored at the an-nual South Florida Lun-cheon hosted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum of Washington, D.C. at Boca West Country Club.Lukes headed a team of volunteers that raised more than $2,500 for the museum this past Thanksgiving with a day of football at Patch Reef Park.“About 150 people partic-ipated, so they all deserve credit,” said Lukes mo-destly. “My dad started a family tradition of raising money for charities every year when I was just a little kid. I took over six years ago. My mother and sister help.”Lukes is a junior at St. An-drew’s School in the Inter-national Baccalaureate pro-gram instituted this year. One of the requirements of the IB program is that each student undertake a two-year research project and submit a paper. Lukes chose the doomed MS St. Louis, a ship which disembarked from Ham-burg, Germany in 1939 with 937 German Jews aboard, bound for Havana, Cuba and what was thought a safe haven. The voyage proved to be a cruel Nazi

Raising money for good causes a family tradition for Josh Lukes, 16

propaganda hoax when Cuba refused entry of the refugees, followed by the USA. The ship was forced to return to Europe, where hundreds of the passengers were killed. Ultimately on-ly about 450 survived.“I have a great-uncle, Henry Redlich, who is a Holocaust survivor,” Lukes reveals. “He lives here in West Boca, and he has taught me a lot about the Holocaust.”Lukes is just one of sev-eral honored guests at the luncheon, hosted by Arlene Perlman and Lynn Sexton of Boca Raton. Honorary chair is Arlene Herson, who chaired last year’s lun-cheon and is the museum’s National Chair of the Lega-cy of Light Society. Florida State Senator Maria Sachs, Peter S. Sachs and Elaine and Bernard Roberts are luncheon vice chairs, and for the second year in a row WPTV Channel 5 newscaster Jim Sackett is master of ceremonies. The keynote address will be gi-ven by Hannah Rosenthal, U.S. State Department Spe-cial Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.“I got a call from Jack Kara-ko, who invited me to the luncheon,” recounts Lukes. “He is director of the South-east Regional Office of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which is based here in Boca Ra-ton. I told him it would be an honor to be there.”Josh Lukes will attend with his great-uncle. He and his family intend to host an-

other Thanksgiving charity event in 2011. The recipient of donations will again be the US Holocaust Memorial Mu-seum.For more information, call 561-995-6773 or go to www.ushmm.org.

Josh Lukes

Josh Lukes and his family at the fundraising Thanksgiving football game

Josh’s great-uncle, Henry Redlich, seated, is a Holocaust survivor. He is shown with other relatives at the Thanksgiving football game.

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BOCA RATON - The 10th Annual Men with Caring Hearts (MWCH) awards luncheon will take place April 28 at Woodfield Country Club in Boca Ra-ton.The event gives non-profit organizations an opportu-nity to provide community-wide recognition and thanks to male volunteers who ha-ve given time, talent, ener-gy and resources to make life better for others in Palm Beach County.This year’s event will be chaired by Carrie Rubin, a Boca Raton philanthropist and a Florence Fuller Child Development Center board member, and Mark Wyllie, CEO of Flagship Solutions Group, Inc.Cliff Viner, general part-ner of AVM, L.P. as well as chairman and owner of the Florida Panthers hock-ey club, will be this year’s “Biggest Heart.” This is a title given to a philanthropic leader whose selfless dedi-cation has impacted indi-viduals and the community at large.

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In addition to the Biggest Heart, all Palm Beach Coun-ty nonprofit organizations are invited to pay tribute to one gentleman who has made a significant differ-ence to their organization for the Outstanding Volun-teer Service award.Also, a new award this year is the opportunity for the par-ticipating agencies to nomi-nate a male youth volunteer for the first ever Youth in Philanthropy award.To bring even more recog-nition to these volunteers, FFCDC announces that it will grant $500 to the Out-standing Volunteer Service

award winner to give to the charity of his choice. The winner will also benefit from the award with a $500 scholarship toward his edu-cation and new notebook computer compliments of Toshiba.The event is predicted to be another sell-out. For details, contact Jenny Mahoney, 561-391-7274 x 125.Proceeds will benefit pro-grams at FFCDC, which provides quality childcare and preschool education to 625 children from low-income families at its two locations, in east and west Boca Raton.

Men with Caring Hearts chairs Mark Wyllie and Carrie Rubin

BOCA RATON - Florida A-tlantic University recently installed a web camera to document the highly an-ticipated construction of its 30,000-seat football sta-dium on the university’s Boca Raton campus. View-ers can catch the progress online at www.fau.edu/sta-dium/earthcam.html. The web cam posts a new snapshot every 15 minu-tes, which is immediately

Web cam offers a view of FAU stadium construction

archived for remote vie-wing as far back as Novem-ber 23, 2010, to gauge the progress that has been made. On any given day, the site allows viewers to enlarge the view, zoom in for a closer look or share it with others, as well as monitor the climate condi-tions on site.The FAU stadium is the centerpiece of FAU’s In-novation Village, located

in the north central area of campus. Home of the Owl football team, the open-air stadium, a $70 million project, is slated to feature 6,000 premium seats, in-cluding 24 suites, 26 loge boxes, 1,000 premier club seats and 4,000 priority club seats, and the latest, state-of-the-art amenities. For more information on the stadium, visit www.faustadium.com.

BOCA RATON - The Collings Foundation will bring a display of World War II bombers called “The Wings of Freedom” to Boca Raton Airport from Jan. 27 to 31. Tours of the airplanes and rides will be available. Veterans will be there to talk with attendees about their experiences. Food and drinks available for purchase Entrance fee: $12 for a-dults, $6 for children under 12; World War II vets free.Walk-through tour times (no reservations required) are: 1/27/11 - 2-4 p.m.1/28/11 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.1/29/11 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.1/30/11 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.1/31/11 - 9 a.m. to noon.When the Wings of Free-dom arrive, the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), the US Air Force Volunteer auxiliary, will be there as they have been every year when the Collings Foundation brings these “big birds” to town. Cadets and senior members of the Boca Raton Compos-ite Squadron perform com-munity service helping

World War II bombers to visit Boca Raton Airport Jan. 27-31

with crowd control and miscellaneous duties. A re-cruiting tent will be set up where visitors will have the opportunity to learn about Civil Air Patrol’s three mis-sions of Emergency Servi-ce, Aerospace Education

and Cadet Programs. Everyone who attends will receive a special tour and firsthand account from World War II veterans, from men such as Civil Air Pa-trol members, Major Bill

Civil Air Patrol Cadets get tour inside B-17 WWII Bomber.

Civil Air Patrol cadets get first hand stories from WWII veter-ans at Collings Foundation Wings of Freedom.

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BOCA RATON - Florida Atlantic University’s Alan B. Larkin Symposium on the American Presidency presents “Daniel Ellsberg Speaks: The Pentagon Papers 40 Years Later,” a discussion with Daniel Ellsberg and George Her-ring. A free screening of the Academy Award nomi-nated film “The Most Dan-gerous Man in America” is also scheduled.The free film screening will take place Tuesday, Feb-ruary 15, at 3:30 p.m. in the University Theatre on FAU’s Boca Raton campus. Following the screening, a discussion and commentary will be led by George Her-ring, the leading authority on the Pentagon Papers and the Vietnam War. Ellsberg’s lecture and book signing will take place Wednesday, February 16, at 3 p.m. in the Kaye Audito-

Two programs at FAU focus on Daniel Ellsberg and the ‘Pentagon Papers’

rium in the Student Union on FAU’s Boca Raton cam-pus. Tickets for the lecture are $12 for the public and may be obtained by visit-ing www.fauevents.com or calling 1-800-564-9539. Students and teachers can pick up free tickets at the box office in the Student Union by presenting their faculty or student ID cards. In the 1970s, Daniel Ells-berg, a military analyst

with top secret security clearances, released the Pentagon Papers, detail-ing the secret history of the Vietnam War. This was the biggest national security leak in U.S. history prior to recent events surrounding WikiLeaks.Ellsberg became the most famous dissident in Ameri-can history when he re-leased the top secret “Pen-tagon Papers” to the media

Daniel Ellsberg speaks to the public in front of the United States Court House in this circa 1971 photo.

in 1971. All told, he leaked over 7,000 pages of clas-sified documents that re-vealed in meticulous detail the lies and deceptions be-hind the Vietnam War. Instantly, Ellsberg became America’s most wanted man. Richard Nixon’s top advisor, Henry Kissinger, called him “the most dan-gerous man in America.”President Nixon was so threatened by Ellsberg that he created a special unit designed to silence him, the so-called “dirty tricks” squad. Members of this group raided Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office, an incident which ultimately backfired on Nixon as it set in motion the chain of events that culminated in the Watergate burglary scandal and Nixon’s resig-nation.

Bottle, a former pilot in the US Army Air Corps who per-sonally flew the aircraft on display and Captain Ira Lotter, seasoned soldier who fought in most of the major Euro-pean battles with the Army Tanker Division. Also bombardier, ex- POW and Distinguished Flying

Cross recipient, Lt. Irwin Stovroff, whose mission now is to provide special assistance dogs for disabled veterans. He will bring his service dogs to the event. For more informa-tion, visit www.flwg.us and www.gocivilairpatrol.com

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C/AIC Alex Gelbard examines the equipment on this WWII B-24 Bomber.

Cadet Lt Colonel Christina Zarrilli learns about how Special Assistance Guide Dogs like Cash help returning injured soldiers with daily living tasks from WWII Veteran, ex POW Irwin Stovroff.



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WELLINGTON - Professional eques-trian and philan-thropist Georgina Bloomberg, daugh-ter of New York Ci-ty Mayor Michael Bloomberg, was selected to serve as honorary event chair-woman for the inau-gural Jump for Home Safe, an entertaining event of world-class equestrian competi-tion and unique in-teractive fun for at-tendees of all ages. The event is set for Saturday, February 5 as part of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington.Actively involved in chari-table work, Bloomberg is lending her strong sup-port to help raise funds and awareness for Home Safe - a non-profit organi-zation helping victims of child abuse and domestic violence. Home Safe serves over 14,000 infants, chil-dren and adults annually in Palm Beach County and surrounding areas, and has seven facilities - including locations in Boca Raton, West Palm Beach and Lake Worth. Jump for Home Safe is a family-friendly evening consisting of: VIP seating for the equestrian competi-tion, horseless jump con-tests for attendees of all

Daughter of New York City mayor heads fundraiser for Home Safe’s effort to aid

abused children

ages, dinner under the stars and live and silent auction items.“We’re proud Georgina Bloomberg has joined Ho-me Safe’s efforts to help fight child abuse and do-mestic violence in south Florida,” said Cherie Co-penhaver, event chair and a board member of Home Safe. “She’s an exceptional role model for young wom-en looking to make positive contributions to society.”“I am equally excited, proud and humbled to par-ticipate in such a fun event that benefits such a wor-thy cause as Home Safe,” said Georgina Bloomberg. “Palm Beach County is my second home and helping abused and neglected chil-dren is paramount for me and should be for the entire

community.”Individuals named as event co-chairs include: Charles Moorcroft, J Bar Ranch (Jennifer Bieling), Stepping Stone Farm (Sandy Kelly, Monty Kel-ly, Amy Momrow, Shaine Brooks), and Sweet Oak Farm (Shane and Ali Sweetnam).Event committee members include: Ann Marie Barry, Amy Carpenter, Caron Dockerty, Gwen Dvorkin, Jessica Eisenfelder, Megan Eisenfelder, Brit-

tany Hammel, Jacqui Hammel, Lynn Holcomb, Janet Lano, Jackie Lano, Ada Molina, Lisa Mills, Alice Nelson, Hannah Pat-ten, Gloria Pierson, Brooke Qualk, Karen Roderman, Kayla Roderman, Maggie Stolzberg, and Rob Vargas.In existence since 1979, Home Safe is a nationally-accredited non-profit orga-nization helping improve the lives of victims of child abuse and domestic vio-lence, with a growing em-phasis on prevention. Each year, Home Safe serves over 14,000 infants, chil-dren and women in south Florida and surrounding areas.

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Georgina Bloomberg

Each stepped to a podium centered between two large TV screens to receive the award from either Kaye or co-chairs Ingrid Fulmer and Neil Saffer.The awards ceremony opened with an invoca-tion from Mayor Susan Whelchel, who asked for a moment of silence for those recently killed and wound-ed by a gunman in Tucson.Robbe was first to the po-dium, and offered recollec-tions of his many years at Boca High. He organized a “Journey of Courage” to the Ground Zero site of the 9/11 terror attacks, where students spent three hours in the firehouse closest to the World Trade Centers. He also organized student trips to the USS Missouri at Pearl Harbor; worked the Caring Kitchen on Vete-


rans Day and supported the Go Pink campaign at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, among other things.During his years as an in-structor, he said it was “my privilege to look into the fa-ces of hope and the eyes of excitement.”Fedele, credited with kee-ping Boca Hospital out of bankruptcy, said, “It takes a team to accomplish any-thing.” He honored the staff who “stayed the course” despite staggering financial problems. At Boca Hospi-tal, he led an initiative that resulted in an operations im-provement of $60 million in 18 months.Lilly, a familiar face in Bo-ca where she is the go-to person when events need to be planned, is a former teacher in upstate New York who was named to

“Who’s Who among Na-tional Educators.” The al-ways-jovial lady looked over to Mayor Whelchel and said, “My evaluation is coming up.”She is a member of numer-ous organizations, includ-ing the Children’s Museum where she chairs the Kids-Fest celebration; Boca Bal-let Theatre, Soroptimist In-ternational; Kiwanis Club of Boca Raton and the George Snow Scholarship Founda-tion. “I appreciate Rotary and what Rotary does for the community,” she said.Marta Batmasian has ex-celled in the fields of edu-cation, business, politics and community service. She received bachelors and master’s degrees from Em-erson College and a Ph.D in Near Eastern Studies from Brandeis University. A member of 37 different or-ganizations over the years, she paid tribute to the other recipients, saying, “I am very grateful to you all, all the unsung heroes.”She is co-founder and direc-tor with her husband, Jim, of PROPEL, an organization that provides homes, jobs and work skills to youths who have aged out of the foster care system. The Sclafanis took a hu-morous turn at the mike, each joking that they would talk for half an hour. The couple operates Multi Ima-ge Group, an audio visual company they founded in 1979. MIG now has a staff of 95 and is recognized na-tionally and internationally.Jim has been involved in Rotary since he became a member of the club in Walden, N.Y. in 1957.

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BOCA RATON - In cele-bration of five years in Boca Raton and the PGA Cham-pions Tour tournament’s 11th year, management has added exciting new “events within the event” to this year’s Allianz Championship to be held February 7-13th at The Old Course at Broken Sound Club to benefit Boca Raton Regional Hospital. For the second year, general admission is free through the generous underwriting by sponsors Allianz Life, the City of Boca Raton, JM Lexus, Administaff, and Konica Minolta Business

2010 champ Langer to defend title when Allianz tourney benefiting Boca Hospital tees off Feb. 7

Solutions. There are still op-portunities for individuals and companies to purchase Partners Club tickets and executive skybox seating on the 18th green. More than 85,000 are ex-pected to come to Boca Raton from South Florida and beyond to observe such golf legends as defend-ing champion and Boca Raton resident Bernhard Langer, Nick Price, Tom Lehman, Corey Pavin, Gary Player, Paul Azinger and tour rookies Kenny Perry, Mark Calcavecchia, and Steve Lowery compete for

the $1.8 million purse. All three championship rounds will be televised on the Golf Channel with segments showcasing the features, advantages and benefits of living, working, and visiting Boca Raton.Kicking off tournament week will be the first Alli-anz Championship Women’s Executive Pro-Am presen-ted by Lilly Pulitzer on Tuesday, February 8th at The Old Course. The first Allianz Champion-ship Fairway 5K will hit the green on Saturday, February 12th at 7:15 a.m. offering

runners and walkers a first-time Florida experience of running on a championship golf course followed by a City of Boca Raton-hosted Family Day starting at 9 a.m. jam-packed with multi-generational interactive golf and entertainment activi-ties. The introduction of the Alli-anz Championship “Birdies Fore Charity” fundraising program to this year’s golf experience line-up offers nonprofits limitless op-portunity to generate funds with 100 percent of dollars raised going directly to the

nonprofits. The popular Al-lianz Championship Golf & Wine Experience returns Friday, February 11th at close of tournament play. Tell your friends and col-leagues about all the “events within the event” and visit www.allianzchampionship.com for full event schedule and tournament updates, and to register for all events, participate in “Birdies Fore Charity”, purchase VIP and skybox tickets, and explore sponsorship and volunteer opportunities or call the tournament office at 561-241-GOLF.



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FOOD REVIEWBy Marc Kent

Jake’s Stone Crabs Plus Fresh Fish Galore!

Boca’s own Jake’s Stone Crabs has a menu of quality offerings featuring a dozen appetizers, six salads and some thirty entrees, all at quite reasonable pricing.We sampled a she-crab soup, creamy smooth, gen-tle flavor with chunks of delicious crab - then a Ba-hamian chowder, very tasty with a very little “bite” per-fectly done flavor coming through.Six plump oysters Rocke-feller had a subtle, yet hear-ty taste and were expertly prepared as was a hugh presentation of an unusual dish of chilled Maryland lump blue crabmeat and gulf shrimp resting on a bed of warm potato/onion hash and served with a fine mus-tard dill dressing - Do try it!The appetizer portion is a single large crab cake, crusty “shell” and tender flavorful meat therein- the dinner portion being two of these full flavor delights.For those who enjoy Caesar salads, we can recommend Jake’s highly…shards of torn romaine with a dressing rich in taste and texture - just the perfect consistency. Comments on the fresh stone crabs…stones are a-vailable, in season, in ser-vings of 2 to 5 pieces, de-pending on your choice of medium to super colossal sizes. They are crisp, full

of flavor and have a nice creamy mustard sauce for dipping - they are brought in from the Keys daily. for guaranteed freshness.Two of Jake’s Signature Dishes - Bouillabaisse - a large crock of sea scallops, shrimp, white water clams, grouper and other daily fish offerings in a deep and fla-vorful red broth with a hint of spice including saffron, garlic and? This French de-light is enhanced by Jakes’s daily ingredient choice and served with garlic toast - a must try! To satisfy re-quests for a fish fry - there is Jake’s panko encrusted fish dish of shrimp, grou-per, calamari and scallops served with French fries and coleslaw.Steamed soft shell crabs with rice, spinach and a lemon butter sauce were indeed soft, not crispy with a slight crunch. It’s a fine tasting and filling dish.The extensive entrée list of-fers most every local fish, both Maine and Florida lobsters, a “ surf and turf” plus filet mignon and NY cut steaks with red wine demiglace, sautéed mush-rooms and roasted potatoes. All fish are available plain or with Jake’s herb spice and can be baked, broiled, grilled, sautéed, blackened or fried…your choice. All have rice and house veg-

etables on the plate.A note - if youngsters are in your party, just ask owner David Leschen to suggest kid’s favorites. He is crea-tive and most helpful.David has researched, de-veloped and mastered his seafood offerings over two decades and this is evident at this top quality restau-rant.Attention dessert lovers, there is a rich, juicy and creamy NY cheesecake, an authentic and delicious Key Lime pie wedge plus - for chocoholics - a choco-late bomb, a deep flavored cake with shards of rich chocolate inside - sweet en-dings indeed!Jake’s has an extensive wine menu to accompany your entrée choosing. Ask for suggestions to enhance your dining experience We certainly enjoyed ours.Jake’s is open 5PM to 10PM from Sunday thru Thurs-day, till 11PM Friday and Saturday. Seating 80 insi-de and 70 more on patio, Jake’s Stone Crabs is loca-ted at 514 Via de Palmas - the corner restaurant in Royal Palm Place where Federal Highway and South Mizner Boulevard meet. Call 347-1055 and ask for Owner/Host Da-vid Leschen, then…Go and Enjoy!

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DELRAY BEACH - Za-vee’s First Cause Chal-lenge came to a festive conclusion at La Cigale in Delray Beach as supporters of The Milagro Center, For-gotten Soldiers Outreach and the Delray Miracle League attended a cocktail party where each charity received a $500 donation from Ron Stack, the COO of Zavee LLC. The free community-based website (zavee.com) offers cash back rewards every time members shop and dine at hundreds of South Florida stores and restau-rants. Zavee also supports local causes by allowing members to guide the com-pany’s charitable dona-tions.“The Challenge encour-aged the three charities to rally their supporters to sign up for Zavee within a month’s time frame,” ex-plained Stack. “The more supporters each charity has, the greater the giving they control. And while the Challenge is over, the bene-fits continue. Joining Zavee at anytime will help your favorite cause and will start saving you money!”

Zavee hosts Cause Challenge Award Party at La Cigale

From left, John, Jeff and Julie Kadel, Angel Sanchez and Ron Stack

Michael Coleman, left, with Annette LaTorre and Russell DiTocce

From left are - Patrick Griffin, Gina Grave, Ellyn Okrent




Earning a lifetime achievement award was Flossy Keesely, who, at nearly 97 years of age, has “dedicated her life to the field of fines arts and philanthropy,” Rotarians said.He heads her own non-profit corporation, Flossy’s Dream, and has been a major supporter of the Rotary Club’s Future Stars fundraiser, an event scheduled March 4. It will kick off the 2011 edition of Festival of the Arts BOCA.


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BOCA RATON - A sell-out crowd gathered in the ballroom of the Country Club of Boca Pointe last Saturday night to honor seven residents with OPAL (Outstanding People and Leaders) Awards. It was the 14th event sponsored by the Boca Raton Rotary Club, and was a major success.The Boca Raton Tribune is publishing a variety of photos showing the many activities from that night. Some pho-tos are in the paper while others are on our website, www.bocaratontribune.com. Of course, please take note of the article which begins on page 1.There are too many pictures for just one edition, so the Tri-bune will publish additional photos in next week’s edition, and even others after that if the need arises. If you don’t see the photo you want, stay tuned for more!

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BOCA RATON - Philan-thropists Madeline and Eugene Pargh hosted a cocktail reception for 50 guests at their Boca Ra-ton home Jan. 9 in support of the Southeast Region of the American Society of the University of Haifa

Madeline and Eugene Pargh host cocktail reception to support American Society of the University of Haifa

(ASUH). Event committee members were: Barbara & Dr. Jeffrey Feingold, Phyl-lis & Gerry Golden, Elyssa & Barry Kupferberg, Jan Silverman & Jerry Enger-man, Yehudit & Herman Swartz, Elaine & Howard Trachtenberg and Shelley

& Barry Yeckes.ASUH Executive Director, Fran Ginsburg, welcomed guests and spoke about the internationally renowned work of the University of Haifa researchers and scholars. The university re-cently escaped damage but there was loss of life du-ring the recent forest fires on Mount Carmel, site of the university campus. The university has launched a $10 million appeal to pre-vent future loss of life and damage. The highlight of the event was a private briefing and update, “The Future of Iraq: ‘Bracing for the U.S. Drawdown and the Impact on America’” by Dr. Am-atzia Baram, a professor of Middle Eastern history and director of the Center for Iraq Studies at the Uni-versity of Haifa. Dr Bram had spoken at Temple Em-manu-El Palm Beach and Temple Emanu-El, Miami Beach several days earlier. An internationally recog-nized authority on Iraq, best known for testifying before the U.S. government about Saddam Hussein in September 2002, Professor Baram recently appeared in the acclaimed documentary “No End in Sight.” He is currently on sabbatical as a Goldman Chair Professor at Georgetown University.To donate to ASUH or join the mailing list for upcom-ing events and presenta-tions, contact Linda Slavin, Southeast Regional Di-rector at 954-344-6604 or [email protected]. Details about the organization can be found at www.asuh.org.

From left, Barbara Feingold, Dr. Amatzia Baram, Madeline & Eugene Pargh

Herman & Yehudit Swartz, left, with Leonard & Sara Aronson

Shown from left are Shelley Yeckes, Jerry Engerman, Jan Silverman

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ENTERTAINMENTBy Skip Sheffield

“All Good Things” is the richly ironic title of a mov-ie about very bad things like extortion, racketeering and murder.“Good Things” is the fic-tion feature debut of An-drew Jarecki, maker of the unsettling documentary “Capturing the Friedmans” in 2003. The story is based on the real life drama of Robert “Bobby” Durst, the irresponsible, screw-up eldest son of a prominent New York real estate mag-nate.The Bobby Durst character of David Marks is played by Ryan Gosling. Daddy Sanford Marks is played by stage and screen great Frank Langella.The story begins in 1971 after David’s mother has met a violent death, of which we learn more later. Dressed in a tuxedo, David performs an emergency plumbing repair for Katie (Kirsten Dunst), a pretty, free-spirited coed and one of his father’s tenants.The physical attraction is

Bad things happen in “All Good Things”

mutual and strong, giv-ing David direction to his otherwise rudderless life. Against his family’s ob-jections (“She’s never go-ing to be one of us,” dad sneers), David marries Katie and they attempt to carve a new, good life in Vermont, running a health food store called All Good Things.The idyllic period is short-lived. Dad arrives from New York in a chauffeured limousine. He has become a major landlord of seedy peep shows and question-able businesses in the pre-cleaned up Times Square area, and he demands that David rejoin the family business as a kind of bag man.David protests weakly, and much to Katie’s dismay they return to New York. David quickly falls into his father’s shady business dealings while Kate at-tempts to better herself by attending medical school. Then she becomes preg-nant and Bobby, to put it

mildly, is not happy.Katie Marks disappeared as did her real-life coun-terpart in 1982. David Marks is strongly suspect-ed of foul play, but there is no body and no hard evidence. The story picks up again in 2000 when the case against David is reopened. There is no dra-matic conclusion to this unsavory story of power, corruption, greed and lust. David Durst is still alive and well and it has been reported that he likes this film. While the powerful acting performances of Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst cannot be denied, the story is a real bummer, man; the opposite of the American Dream.

“No Strings Attached” is the opposite of a bummer. It’s a feel-good, R-rated sexy romp about the power of true romance over mere animal attraction by direc-tor Ivan Reitman (“Ghost-busters”).

Adam (Ashton Kutcher) and Emma (Natalie Port-man) are friends from early teen years at sum-mer camp. They keep on bumping into each other until they both end up in Los Angeles in their early 20s. Adam is an aspiring script writer and Emma is working toward a medical degree at a teaching hos-pital. The mutual attrac-tion that has been bubbling under the surface bursts forth in an erotic one-night stand that leads to another and another. In Elizabeth Meriwether’s witty script, the couple’s stereotypical sexual roles are reversed. Adam longs for cuddling and commitment. Emma wants slam, bam, thank you m’am and back to work.“No Strings” has an en-tertaining supporting cast, lead by Kevin Kline as Adam’s aging Lothario movie-star dad Alvin. British actress Ophelia Lo-vibond amuses as Adam’s

shallow ex-girlfriend and dad’s new flame. Rap-per Ludicris shows he has both acting and comic chops as Adam’s room-mate Wallace. Lake Bell is outstanding as Adam’s accommodating boss, who develops an awkward, fun-ny crush on him.Perhaps because I went into this with such low ex-pectations I was pleasantly surprised at the genuine laughs amidst the raun-chy material. “When Harry Met Sally” and “500 Days of Summer” said it better, but “No Strings” contin-ues Natalie Portman’s role as a formidable, sensuous starlet. Pretty boy Ashton Kutcher knows his limi-tations, and he cheerfully plays them to best advan-tage as an incurable ro-mantic.

Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst in “All Good Things.”

Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman in “No Strings Attached.”

Best Picture•"Black Swan," Mike Me-davoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, producers•"The Fighter" David Ho-berman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, produc-ers•"Inception," Emma Thom-as and Christopher Nolan, producers•"The Kids Are All Right," Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, pro-ducers•"The King's Speech," Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, producers•"127 Hours," Christian Col-son, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, producers•"The Social Network," Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán, producers•"Toy Story 3" Darla K. An-derson, producer•"True Grit" Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, producers •"Winter's Bone" Anne Ro-sellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, producers

Actor in a Leading Role•Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"•Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"•Jesse Eisenberg in "The So-cial Network"•Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"•James Franco in "127 Hours"

Actress in a Leading Role•Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right"•Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole"•Jennifer Lawrence in "Win-ter's Bone"•Natalie Portman in "Black Swan"•Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine"

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BOCA RATON - The Ma-thew Forbes Romer Founda-tion (MFRF) and 166 special guests enjoyed “An Evening of Sweetness & Laughter” featuring the “Laffing Mat-terz” dinner show Jan. 9 at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Generous sponsors and guests raised more than $45,000 for the Foundation.Inspired by the strength of

‘Evening of Sweetness and Laughter’ raises $45,000 for Romer Foundation

Mathew Romer, who lost his eight-year battle with Tay-Sachs disease in 2003, MFRF was founded in South Florida 12 years ago to sup-port education and research of children’s genetic diseas-es of the brain.The annual “See the Light” Awards were a highlight of the evening. Awardees in-cluded Deborah Barbouth, M.D, and Miguel-Sena Es-

teves, Ph.D. Dr. Barbouth is Medical Director for Genetics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the Victor Center. Dr. Sena-Esteves is the team leader for the In-ternational Tay-Sachs Gene Therapy Research Consor-tium. Both were honored for their outstanding con-tributions in pioneering and delivering genetic testing and education programs and moving research forward to eventually find a cure.Guests were moved by a stirring video presentation starting with children and families who motivate the Foundation’s work and con-tinuing with the progress being made with programs in education, genetic test-ing, and research, including an international research consortium rapidly approa-ching clinical trials. “Our ‘Sweetness and Lau-ghter’ theme symbolizes both how sweet these children are and how laughter is an im-portant way of coping with the devastating impact of these diseases,” said Kevin Romer, MFRF president and Mathew’s father.Major sponsors included the Adolph & Rose Levis Foun-dation, Judy Levis & Paul Markhoff, Lois & Herm Sie-gel, Karen & Eric Schiffer/Sheila Gold Foundation, Carole Romer, Marcelle & Andrew Rosen, Baron De-livery on Demand, Florida Atlantic University, Betti-na and Pablo Meles, Linda and Harry Meran, Lillian Raen, Joan and Mike Sie-gel, Tyco Security Products, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Hussman Institute for Hu-man Genomics, West Boca Medical Center, and Jenni-fer and Edward Yorke.

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts’ Laffing Matterz dinner show provided a wonderful setting for the event

Lisajane Romer celebrates with “See the Light” honorees, Dr. De-borah Barbouth and Dr. Miguel Sena-Esteves, and Kevin Romer

Representing Tyco Security Solutions: (back row from left) Matilde Young, Monique Young, Adriana Adelson, Steve Shap-iro and Debi Shapiro; (front row from left): Augusto Titarelli,

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Art enthusiasts turned out in huge numbers for one of Boca Museum of Art’s strongest set of exhibitions in recent years. “Cut! Cos-tume and the Cinema” fea-tures 43 costumes created for period films. Museum marketing director Bruce Herman gave me a private tour. He told me exhibition co-curator Nancy Lawson took 10 days to install the meticulous display! My personal favorite was the pink confection worn by Emmy Rossum in “Phan-tom of the Opera!” Impressionism fans will love “California Impres-sionism: Paintings from the Irvine Museum.” This is the first time the 60 mas-terpieces have traveled outside California. My “Boca First List” is getting longer by the min-ute. Jean Stern, execu-tive director of The Irvine Museum, his wife, Linda Stern, and James Irvine Swinden, attended the opening reception. Save some stamina for the third exhibition in the small-est gallery because there’s nothing small about the names on these walls! “Romanticism to Modern-ism: Graphic Masterpieces

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from Piranesi to Picasso” features 21 works by Pi-casso, seven by Miro and six by Goya to name just a few! You’ll probably need two visits -- ah ha maybe that’s the plan!ZED 451 hosted a jam-packed reception for Festi-val of the Arts BOCA. Co-producers Wendy Larsen and Charlie Siemon were on hand to greet over 200 supporters. This year’s festival, the fifth, run-ning March 4-12 features younger names, including the youngest performer ever, 10-year old soprano Jackie Evancho, who will sing with the Young Stars of the Metropolitan Opera and the Boca Raton Sym-phonia in the closing con-cert “A Night at the Opera” on March 12. Tickets from festivaloftheartsboca.org.Speaking of opera, our own Palm Beach Opera has big plans to celebrate its upcoming 50th anniver-sary season. Stand by for updates!I enjoyed a fun evening at Jamie Barlow’s restaurant La Stella’s on East Pal-metto Park. This bijoux bistro features contempo-rary Italian dishes and a great wine list and, oh yes,

white furniture so they had me at the door! The eve-ning was hosted by Step-ping Out Florida founder Debi Goldfarb. Special guest was Shari Gherman, president and co-founder of nationally renowned American Fine Wine Competition. This year’s competition takes place at the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 on Feb 12. Shari gave us a preview of the $20K dia-mond necklace that some lucky live auction bid-der can win, along with a Lexus. (You drive honey, I’ll wear the diamonds!) Tickets are $200 from 561-504-VINE (8463). And finally, to leave you on another sweet note, don’t forget the Junior League of Boca Raton’s 10th Annual Chocolate Decadence cel-ebration coming up Feb. 3 at Boca Center. Tickets from 561-620-4778 are $35 or $75 for the VIP Lounge… psst…go for the Lounge!

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animal shelter located at 21287 Boca Rio Road in Boca Raton. The shelter is open for adoptions Tuesday through Sunday, 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 vaccinations. Included in the adoption fee is one year of free office visits to Regency Veteri-nary 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’.



BusinessThe Boca Raton Tribune

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.

For a family to be success-ful, the relationship must be on a firm basis. It must be cohesive or it crumbles. Just as it is important in your personal life to esta-blish good relationships, so is it important for the life of your business. Distrust, disrespect, secrets, gossi-ping and the like shake the foundation. We can’t be all things to all people but we can be team players. Just as in families, the stan-dards are set at the top and filter down, so is it in busi-ness. It all starts at the top! When I walk into an office and the receptionist is cold, unfriendly or downright nasty, I get a clue - the boss pro-bably is, too. The true relationship be-tween an organization and its clients actually starts after the transaction is completed. How well the relationship proceeds is de-termined by how it is man-aged by the organization. Ethics and honesty play a major role in relation-ship development. Always remember, it is mo-re cost effective to maintain exist-ing clients than it is to find new ones to replace them. Retaining your customer base is always a prio-rity.

Building relationshipsGood relationships with clients should not be under-estimated.In a selling situation, for example, it used to be that the organization and buyer sat on opposite sides of the fence. Today, this has largely changed to a part-nering situation between buyer and seller working together to achieve their mutual goals. Sellers to-day recognize that a buyer’s failure with their product/service will reflect negatively on their perfor-mance. Therefore, it be-hooves the seller to take an active role in helping the buyer select the right prod-uct the right equipment, the right style. Before the seller starts a relationship with the buyer she/he must understand what the buyer wants in the relationship. Buyers want their sellers to be team members and have a high degree of ethics and integ-rity. They want that com-fort zone in the relation-ship in knowing that the seller will do as promised. The relationship cannot progress unless the seller is able to be a problem solver, provide the buyer with service and satisfy the

buyer’s perceived value. The seller can ensure a lasting relationship by try-ing to make sure that each and every transaction will be mutually beneficial. Strange as it may seem, sometimes the best way for the seller to establish this trust and build a rela-tionship is to solve a prob-lem when she/he foresees one that the buyer may have with his/her prod-uct/service; late delivery, merchandise not received as ordered or any area that the company has not per-formed as promised. Statistically, more than 50 percent of marriages end in the divorce courts. We are living in a “me first” society, want immediate success, instant gratifica-tion, all this, without be-ing committed to making things work! Maintaining a successful relationship, both personally and in business, requires a will-ingness to work at it. Excerpts from the book, The Real World Guide to Fashion Selling & Man-agement, Gerald J. Sher-man & Sar S. Perlman, Fairchild Publications, Di-vision of Conde Nast.

“Sharing a life together is sharing steps in time. The music is different to each of us - but how beautiful the dance.” Flavia.

Even couples that lived a lifetime together have trou-bles. I know, because they come into my office with their broken dreams. In so-me cases, the difficulties began upon returning ho-me from their honeymoon. And as the bickering and fighting grew, so too did the resentments. This oc-curs because the communi-cation was lacking. Instead of fixing the issues, the continuous fighting only furthered the already dam-aged relationship. DON”T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!“Of those who stay mar-ried, 90% report their marriages as Unsatisfacto-ry.”- Gary Brainerd, PhD., American Bar Assoc. This is both stunning and sad.

How to keep Love alive - at Any Age!

Virginia Crist, Ph.D., Individual and Couples Therapist Certified Diplomate, American Psychotherapy Association

As a licensed psychothera-pist, what I do is help peo-ple attain healthy love re-lationships out of the hope that they can lead happy lives. Marriage is the join-ing of two imperfect in-dividuals. Mature love is your awareness that you are making a commitment to an imperfect person. Love involves caring, intimacy, trust, and commitment. It is important to accept the dif-ferences of your partner. Smile often. Start each day with a kiss. Look for posi-tives.You want to know what I hear as one of the greatest maladies among couples?She never listens to me. He doesn’t talk to me. We don’t communicate. And they boil with frustration. One of the chief dysfunc-tions in failing marriages is of the verbal variety. Satisfying intimacy cannot be achieved without good communication. There is a critical difference be-

tween ineffective and ef-fective communication. We all want, deep within ourselves, to be heard and understood. That is a basic need and desire for partner-ing. However, it seems that many people, however well intended, are very poor lis-teners, which leaves many in their lives hurt and frus-trated. Love is fun. An unhappy marriage can take away pleasure in so many other aspects of your life. A joy-less relationship depletes the energy of an otherwise vibrant individual. As hope is renewed in my counsel-ing sessions, steps can be taken to reinvigorate your life with new energy, more smiles, and that special twinkle in the eyes. How beautiful will your dance be? It’s all up to you.

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FAITHBy Pr. Sandy Huntsman

Pastor Sandy Huntsman - Administrative PastorBoca Glades Baptist Church - www.bocaglades.org

Alan Greenspan, Chair-man of the USA’s Fed-eral Reserve Bank said of Americans in 1997, “I am afraid that too many have given in to the thinking of irrational exuberance.” An assumption by definition is “a proposition that is taken for granted, as if it were true based upon presuppo-sition without preponder-ance of the facts.”False assumptions can lead to wrong conclusions, and wrong conclusions can lead to wrong actions. In some cases, we can laugh at the outcome of our false assumptions. In other cas-es, false assumptions can be deadly.“A professional carpet-layer stepped back to sur-vey a newly installed car-pet. Reaching into his shirt pocket for a cigarette, he realized the pack was miss-ing. At the same time he noticed a lump under the carpet in the middle of the room, about the size of the missing cigarette pack.

“Assumptions”There was no way to re-trieve his cigarette pack from under the attached carpet without ripping ev-erything up and starting over. Finally, he decided to beat the object flat, thereby destroying any evidence of his mistake.Gathering his tools, the carpet layer walked out to his truck. There on the seat of his truck was the mislaid pack of cigarette. As he lit one up, the home-owner hurried out of the house and asked, “Hey, have you seen my son’s gerbil?”(Braude’s Trea-sury of Wit and Humor, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Hills, NJ.)Most of us are living with some false assumptions. Our parents, our teachers, our culture, the media, all have input into our lives. And some of those inputs are false assumptions. For instance, many young people have the false as-sumption that a good mar-riage is built on a diamond

ring, good feelings and compatibility. Such false assumptions lead to the wrong conclusion, that nothing else is needed to build a good marriage. And the result is passiv-ity after marriage, which often leads to disappoint-ment, disillusionment and even divorce. On the other hand, those who are married and ex-perience a rewarding mar-riage know that hard work, forgiveness and self-sac-rifice must be part of the equation for a good mar-riage. False assumptions lead to wrong conclusions, which lead to wrong ac-tions.All of us need to work very hard to continually evalu-ate our thought processes, question our assumptions, and research the facts be-fore forming our opinions and choosing a course of action. Over the next few weeks we will consider some common “false as-sumptions.”

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As matrimonial attorneys, my colleagues and I deal with the community’s least happy people on a day-to-day basis. There is really no part of divorce litigation which one can describe as a fun experience. Months or years of unhap-piness culminate with a de-cision to admit failure to achieve one of life’s most heartfelt endeavors, a happy marriage, surrounded by suc-cessful children and loving friends.Those of you who are in-volved in the process, or plan to become involved in the process over the next few months, know that the trip will not be easy or inexpen-sive. However, I know that there is life after divorce, after enjoying 33 years of a loving second marriage. To make the most out of your divorce I suggest you take the following recommenda-tions:1. Before starting, learn as much as you can about Flor-ida divorce law. There are hundreds of online sources. Reading Chapter 61 of the Florida Statutes provides a meaningful beginning. If you can read a newspaper, you can learn a lot by taking an hour or two to read the basic provisions about ali-mony, child support, parent-ing plans and distribution of property. Knowing as much as you can about the process will prevent you from having

DIVORCE FLORIDA STYLEBy Mike Gora

How to properly prepare to enter the divorce process

unrealistic expectations.2. Retain an appropriate at-torney for your case. Choose an experienced attorney, but one you can afford. Rates go from $250 an hour to over $500 an hour. You are usually better off with an at-torney who specializes only in matrimonial law, in the county where you live. He or she will know the judges, and the judges will know them. While it is a good idea to ask your friends of their experiences with their at-torney, but realize that their case may be vastly different from your case, and that they may have been disappointed because they had unrealistic expectations. Hiring a Board Certified Florida Matrimo-nial Attorney will usually insure that your counselor is knowledgeable and prepared to help you. You can find many Board Certified Ma-trimonial attorneys in Palm Beach County on the web-site of The Florida Bar.3. Do not involve your chil-dren in your divorce case, or use access to your children as a bargaining chip. There are few cases in which the reason for a divorce is to-tally the fault of one of the two adults involved. There are no cases in which your children caused the divorce. Bringing your arrows against your husband or wife to the children will hurt them more than it will help you. If a judge finds out you have

been enlisting your children on your side you will lose your credibility in court. If the judge does not like you, you will lose.4. Follow your attorney’s advice, while you continue to work together. It would be foolish to pay a profes-sional, and then to ignore his or her advice. You cannot hope for a good result if you resist helping your attorney prepare your case. Expect to have a lot of homework to prepare and turn over to your counsel during the discove-ry phases of the case. You will need to use basic math skills to help to complete your financial affidavit, upon which alimony claims are based. You must communi-cate with your attorney, ans-wering his or her questions, and providing insight about your spouse’s business and personal spending habits. You and your lawyer must become the better team.5. Understand that while the-re are a number of issues that can require litigation in eve-ry divorce case, not all are equally important in every case. Most cases eventually settle as negotiations often result in compromise. The intent of the Florida divorce law statute is to produce a result which is fair to both husband and wife. Do not forget, there is life after di-vorce.

Michael H. Gora has been certified by the Board of Specialization of The Florida Bar as a specialist in family and matrimonial law.



City Furniture adds jobs, opens South Florida’s “greenest” furniture store in Boca

City Furniture superstore, Boca Raton has high-performing, low-emitting glass that lets in light without excess heat. Bike racks and preferred parking for low-emitting and fuel-efficient vehicles

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BOCA RATON - Position-ing for growth throughout Southeast Florida, City Fur-niture recently opened a 93,680-square-foot “desti-nation” furniture superstore in Boca Raton that features both City Furniture and As-hley Furniture HomeStore showrooms. Innovative and “green” from its rooftop solar tubes for daylight harvesting to its LED lighting inside and out, the structure at 3350 Airport Road is South Flor-ida’s first full-line furniture store pursuing Leadership in Energy and Environmen-tal Design (LEED) certifi-cation from the U.S. Green Building Council.“This opening is truly about

sustainability - both econo-mic and environmental,” said City Furniture Presi-dent Keith Koenig. “Our company’s roots are in South Florida, and we’re deeply committed to grow with and help sustain this region. We’re pleased to have generated more than 200 construction jobs and to be adding about 50 new retail jobs as we launch the store’s operations.” Over-all, the Broward County-based company employs more than 800. City Furniture’s ground lease with the Boca Raton Airport Authority will also help support local econo-mic growth, with rent go-ing to enhance airport ope-

rations. Built by Stiles Construc-tion and designed by archi-tectural firm Garcia Strom-berg, the new building takes its design inspiration in part from the neighboring Boca Raton Airport. Rooflines are memorable - a wing-li-ke roof defining the Ashley Furniture HomeStore and a dramatic vaulted roof over City Furniture recalling the shape of historic airplane hangars. With the Boca Raton lo-cation in full swing, re-configuring its network of stores to grow “smarter and greener” is at the heart of City Furniture’s business strategy. The company re-cently closed three smaller stores in Boca Raton, Pom-pano Beach and Lantana, anticipating that the Boca Raton store will draw re-gionally and produce sub-stantially higher revenues. The firm now has 14 City Furniture stores and nine Ashley Furniture HomeSto-res throughout Southeast



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BOCA RATON - Boca Ra-ton Regional Hospital has announced the appointment of the following physicians to the Hospital’s medical staff: Gladys R. Martinez, DO, is board certified in inter-nal medicine. She attended osteopathic school at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. Her in-ternship was completed at Brookdale University Med-ical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and she completed

New physicians join medical staff at Boca Regional Hospital

her residency at William Beaumont Hospital in Roy-al Oak, Mich. Sreedhar Chintala, MD, is board certified in inter-nal and critical care medi-cine. He attended medical school at Sri Venkateswara Medical School in India. Dr. Chintala completed his internship at Montefiore Medical Center and his residency at Jacobi Medi-cal Center, both in Bronx, N.Y. His fellowship in criti-cal care medicine was also

completed at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y.Chere R. Lucas Anthony, MD, is board certified in dermatology. She attended medical school at Duke University in Durham, N.C. She completed her in-ternship at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Wash. and her residency at University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.

Chere R. Lucas Anthony Gladys R. Martinez Sreedhar Chintala

City Furniture adds jobs,... Continued from page 23and Southwest Florida.City Furniture is the Ash-ley Furniture HomeStore brand’s licensee in south-

east and southwest Florida. Koenig said his company plans to roll out its next-generation store format

and increase the number of adjacent Ashley Fur-niture HomeStores going forward. Several hundred

guests attended the opening event Jan. 13, which featured a silent auction of home furnishings to benefit Hospice by the Sea of Boca Raton and Florida Atlantic Universi-ty.

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By Chad Beattie

BOCA RATON -Lynn Uni-versity’s women’s basket-ball team hits the midway point in Sunshine State Conference play this week with a pair of league games. First on tap is the final SSC contest before the turn, Rol-lins on Wednesday night, before starting the back-end of play at Eckerd on Satur-day afternoon. The Fighting Knights are 8-9 overall and 2-5 in the SSC.Following her first score-less outing in a Blue & White uniform at Florida Southern, Chelsea Patter-son has upped her scoring output. The senior point guard led LU in scoring with 17 points in a victory against Nova Southeastern and added 12 more in a heart-breaking last-second loss at Barry. She leads Lynn with 15.0 points per game on 44.6% shooting, includ-ing 30.9% from three-point range and 73.5% from the free-throw line.Marquis Lee continues to be a consistent threat on

Lynn’s Women’s Basketball Hits the Turn in SSC

both the offensive and de-fensive ends. Coming into the 2010-11 season avera-ging five points and 4.1 rebounds per game, the ju-nior swing player is second the squad at 12.8 ppg while leading LU with 6.2 boards an outing.Tashina Bailey has also come along on the defen-sive side, leading the team with 29 blocks and ranking fourth in the SSC. At her current pace, the sopho-more out of Coral Springs, Fla., will swat 44 shots, which would be the fifth most in a single season at Lynn.A split last week dropped No. 16 Rollins’ record to 16-3 overall and 4-3 in SSC play. Since opening the season 12-0, the Tars have gone 4-3. Rollins brings a 24-3 all-time record against Lynn into Wednesday’s match-up, which includes a 69-67 overtime loss at the de Hoernle Center last year. Two players are scoring in double-figures, led by Kris-tina Mingos at 11.2 ppg and followed by Amber

Heistan with 10.4 ppg. As a team Rollins is scoring 74 points per contest on 43% shooting while holding op-ponents to 54.1 points on 35.8% shooting.Squaring off against Palm Beach Atlantic on Wednes-day, Eckerd (10-7, 4-4 SSC) will try for the season-sweep against Lynn on Sa-turday. A 69-53 victory on December 11 moved the Tritons to 10-19 all-time against the Knights and snapped a four-game los-ing streak at the de Hoernle Center. Ashley Lutz and Kati Rausberg are neck-and-neck in scoring, aver-aging 11.9 and 11.8 points, respectively. Tijana Brdar is one of three players in the SSC averaging 2.0 blocks a game while Krystal Char-gles is second on the team with 24 swats.Tip-off for Wednesday’s game is set for 5:30 p.m. and Saturday’s meeting is slated to begin at 2 p.m. Fans can follow all of the action live this week by logging on to www.Lyn-nFightingKnights.com and selecting “Game Central.”



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By: Suzanne Lenaerts

Among the hundreds of thousands of golfers in the world, many are avid tra-vellers. They like to com-bine holidays, weekend breaks and business trips with a chance to play the best courses in their chosen destinations. Great courses act like magnets to discern-ing golfers. Poor quality courses and facilities are not what travelling golfers are typically looking for - al-though value for money is often a consideration. It is surprisingly difficult however, for travelling gol-fers to identify the best areas for golfing breaks, which courses to play when they get there, and what to ex-pect from any particular course. Most of the avail-able guides (books) contain purely factual information and give the golfer little idea of the quality of the courses, or which courses will give them the best “golfing day-out. Distinctively different from golf guides mentioned above, are large, glossy, cof-fee-table books, that might delve into very considerable detail on a few “blue-chip” courses - but are far from ideal for planning and book-ing golfing trips or holidays. Many online golf guides display all golf courses but fail to answer key questions for golfers. Travel sites list only those golf clubs and hotels with which they have commercial arrangements. Still other sites show only the very top courses or fo-cus on a limited geography. Travelling golfers often want to play the better courses in an area, and need a reliable rating system,

Travelling golfers want to play the better courses

contact details and infor-mation about what they’ll find when they get there. http://www.where2golf.com sets out to remedy these information gaps. The online database covers cur-rently 750 top golf courses situated in UK & Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Portu-gal, Sweden, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and some popular U.S. golf areas. Site visitors can find courses by name, by geo-graphic region or by near-est city. Each golf course is rated and described, giving the golfer an impression of the quality and “ambi-ence” of the selected golf-ing destination.With a five-point rating scale based on course condition, layout and surroundings,Where2Golf.com enables golfers to dis-cover hidden gems and

to choose a new course to play based on how its rating compares to others. http://www.where2golf.com tells golfers what each course is really like, gives the historical background of the course and provides up-to-date information on near-by lodging. What’s more, the site displays photos of the courses, along with high quality maps, showing all highly rated courses within a region, created exclusive-ly to facilitate golf-break and holiday planning.All ratings and descrip-tions are based on the Where2Golf.com found-ers’ first-hand experience on each course. http://www.where2golf .com. Helping you find the top golf courses and great golfing destinations.Article Source: http://www.golfarticles.net




By Matt Pineda

Dexter Pittman was origina-lly assigned to the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBDL in late November. He played eight games with them befo-re being re-called to the team for the Holidays, but in early January he was sent back to the Skyforce to continue to develop into a NBA player. He has since played five games in January with the Skyforce.Pittman has yet to even dress in uniform for the HEAT this season. The HEAT view Pit-tman as an opportunity for the future. They have cho-sen to invest in him, by the likes of keeping him over Jerry Stackhouse, Patrick Beverly, Da’Sean Butler a-mong others. Although he is unlikely to ever get time this season unless of multiples injuries to their current cen-ter rotation.Pittman was drafted by the HEAT 32nd overall in the 2010 NBA draft out of Tex-as. His time with the Sky-force has been productive

Pittman getting time in D-League

for him, but not the team. Of the 13 games Pittman has played in with the Skyforce, they have won only 1 game. This lead to their coach being fired, but Pittman has shown real promise during his time there.One goal for Pittman that the HEAT coaching staff had for Pittman was to deve-lop stamina and durability. He has been able to do that. While in college, Pittman only averaged 19 minutes a game during his senior year. So far Pittman has logged 6 games of 30 minutes or more, including two 40+ mi-nutes games. The coaching staff claimed that when they drafted Pittman he simply would not have been able to do that with NBA talent.Pittman has also shown a rise in production. He has had six double-double games. A 15 rebound high on December 3, and a 27 point high on December 17 have shown great promise for the HEAT. Pittman is a young 6-11” 290ish pound center. He is definitely a

promise to the HEAT’s weak-ness at center. During his time with the Skyforce, Pit-tman is averaging 14.7 ppg, 7.8 rpg and 1.4 bpg while shooting 57% from the field. He has been stellar from the time he got there.Now, imagine Pittman, a tad bit lighter, alongside Bosh and the rest of the HEAT. If Pittman were able to develop a sense of identity much like Haslem has with the HEAT, he could be a very produc-tive player. He has the raw skills to be able to contrib-ute. He has good hands, his feet work is improving, and he is a fairly decent smart basketball player. He could fit in real well with this team next year.My only concern with Pittman from watching him play with the Skyforce is his attitude. He seems to have the mind-set that he should get the ball, and he lacks a few in-tangibles that the HEAT des-perately need him to have to be productive. Pittman isn’t necessarily a scrappy player which is what the HEAT need. With Bosh a finesse player, down low the HEAT need someone to do the dirty work - chase loose balls, box out, set screens and rebound every time down. If Pittman could find his identity as a scrappy player looking to make a difference by doing the small things, he will be the future for the HEAT at center. He has what it takes, he is big enough, and he’s young. But he can’t demand the ball. He must be content with being a role player on a great team.Here’s to hoping Pittman cracks the rotation next trai-ning camp and works hard to be a contributer on the Miami HEAT. Keep an eye on Pittman during his time in the NBDL. He has done some very good things, and he should continue to im-prove with more playing time.

BOCA RATON, FL - A ca-reer outing by sophomore forward Kore White led the Florida Atlantic men’s basketball team to an 88-71 win over UALR on Satur-day.White had a huge first half, scoring 15 points and pull-ing down seven rebounds in the first 20 minutes of the game. Both teams shot the ball when in the first

White Sparkles in Owls 88-71 Winhalf, with the Owls (15-6, 7-0 Sun Belt) shooting 50 percent from the floor, while UALR (12-10, 4-3) shot 54.2 percent from the field. An 11 rebound ad-vantage helped FAU to a 42-37 halftime lead.In the second half, defense was the difference as the Owls held the Trojans to 38.5 percent shooting. FAU held UALR without a field

goal for over four minutes late in the game. White end-ed up with 22 points and 11 rebounds on the day. FAU played a home game on na-tional television for the first time in program history.The Owls host Middle Ten-nessee in a rematch from earlier this season on Thurs-day night. Game time is 7 p.m. and live audio will be available at www.fausports.com.




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There are literally thou-sands of cabin rentals and chalet rentals available to choose from. A Gatlinburg cabin rental gives a fam-ily the opportunity to ex-perience the beauty and peacefulness of the Great Smokey Mountains. You can enjoy majestic moun-tain views from your cabin or chalet rental, and still remain within walking dis-tance, or a short drive, to shopping, dining and enter-tainment. Gatlinburg - Pigeon Forge - Sevierville - has a lot to offer for all ages, hiking, whitewater rafting, skiing, snowboarding, skiing, fish-ing, kayaking, and horse-back riding. When you’re done playing outdoors, take

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Gatlinburg cabin rentalin some shopping at a huge number of outlet malls. Or, spend a day at an amuse-ment park. Dollywood, located in Pigeon Forge, offers a ton of fun - rides, country/western shows, and more. Gatlinburg’s Municipal Golf Course has been completely rebuilt and acclaimed as one of the most picturesque courses in America with its’ spectacular mountain set-ting. Whether you’re on va-cation and just want to relax and play a round of golf, on a business trip or corporate outing, Gatlinburg Munici-pal Golf Course offers the pro golfer as well as the be-ginner a challenge on every hole and a great golf vaca-tion destination.Article Source: http://www.golfarticles.net

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