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Nicol JenkinsManaging Editor

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СontentsIt’s only a few weeks into the

New Year and so many exciting things are happening already.

First up, OTN did its first big fund raiser – we have assist-ed and promoted a lot of fund raising events but this is the first one we organized as far as I know. We had a movie night at the Paragon Deerfield 8 Movie Theater (our gracious hosts and partner in the event). The event raised money for the Lisa Boccard Breast Cancer Awareness Fund. The Gard Gallery, the local art school and gallery for kids, which is owned and run by the delight-ful Elizabeth Gard, was also a big help with this project. Elizabeth had even offered to donate a large painting entitled “The Pink Lady” by artist George Torjussen and solicit donations toward pur-chase of the painting with pro-ceeds going to the charity but we were not really able to get that piece off the ground. If some-one would like to contribute the money – we want a minimum of $5000 – the painting will be hung locally with a plaque indicating donor(s). If you are interested, let me know. We had a great time with our movie night regardless and raised money and awareness for Lisa Boccard’s efforts.

Next, I want to announce some special editions of OTN – this we are very excited about!

At the beginning of February we will release our third Margate special edition. This publication is being produced jointly with The City of Margate and will be responsible for delivering local government and community in-formation to all of the residents and businesses in Margate – over 28,000 copies will be mailed out making it our biggest single edition. All of our digital sub-scribers will also receive a copy

JB’s Corner in early February – sign up for a FREE digital subscription to Our Town News publications at www.TheOurTownNews.com (left side of the page a little ways down from the top).

The next special edition will be tied to two local events – BizArt 2012 and Our Town America Festival 2012 – taking place over

the first two weekends of March. BizArt is a cele-bration of Coral Springs businesses and the City art project. Several sculptures have been re-cently installed along Sample Road for the competition. The ART

part of BizArt will focus on that competition by encouraging lo-cal residents to come out and see the artworks and vote on their fa-vorite. One of the entrants will be selected to be purchased and per-manently installed along Sample Road. The BIZ part of BizArt is a showcase of local businesses with great food and all kinds of interest-ing stuff lining the grounds of the event. It will be a great Sunday af-ternoon event on March 4 starting at noon with music and entertain-ment to make it a festive event for the whole family.

The first half of the OTN spe-cial edition being published for the event will have a map of the event location, schedule, pictures of all of the artworks and notes on the artists plus info on all of the event’s sponsors. Part Two of the special edition will be a guide to this year’s Our Town America Festival which attracts upwards of 100,000 peo-ple each year over the three day weekend (second weekend in March).

So much more is happening! But, it will have to wait for a fu-ture entry. We live in vibrant excit-ing times of unending possibilities. Remember, you can either mope around feeling sorry for yourself or treat life as an adventure where you just need to focus on what you really want to make all kinds of wonderful things happen! continued on page 10

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Our Town America will run from Friday, March

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By Nicol JenkinsEditor

Our Town America is gearing up for another year of fun for the entire community.

For 33 years, Our Town America has brought fun and entertainment to the City of Coral Springs. The three-day arts, entertainment and business festival will run from Friday, March 9th through Sunday, March 11th at the Coral Springs Sportsplex.

This year’s Our Town America theme was designed to inform the community about Our Town America’s dual pur-

pose: to provide a fun festival for the whole family, while rais-ing funds for programs and ser-vices of Community Non-profit Organizations in the Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade County areas. Many non-prof-it organizations will benefit this

year. “We have had a success-ful festival for over 33 years now, with great attendance and spon-sors. The missing link has been the lack of awareness about the true purpose of the festival,

which is to support not-for-prof-its in the community. The rides are fun, but this year we want to re-emphasize the giving that goes back to many worthwhile causes. After the weekend festi-

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Each year, the City of Coral Springs takes on the task of plan-ning a weekend long celebra-tion in recognition of and honor-ing the life and messages of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This year, marked the 22nd Anniversary of the event and the MLK planning committee has worked tirelessly to ensure that the celebration was orchestrat-ed flawlessly.

The festivities were launched on January 13 at Church by the Glades, where a Business Luncheon, featuring speaker Willie E. Gary, was held.

Later that evening, a commu-nity celebration was held at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts which featured entertainment,

recognition of the student win-ners of the Art & Literary Exhibit Contest and a keynote address by Willie Gary.

The weekend events cul-minated with a Leadership/Diversity Day for Coral Springs high school and middle school students.

It was called “It’s a Day On, not a Day Off”. The activities fo-cused on the inspirational mes-sages of Dr. King of showing re-spect, working hard and giving back to your community.

The students were able to have roundtable discussions with their local city politicians.

The Coral Springs City Commis-sion recently honored the MLK Jr. Committee mem-bers and Sponsors of the event.

“Thank you all for what you do for this community. It is impor-

City Of Coral Springs Honors MLK,

Jr. Sponsors And Committee

By Ari PorthState Representative

Helping our most vulnerable is why I ran for office. Sponsoring and helping to pass the Window of Opportunity Act of 2008 was my proudest moment in the Florida House of Representatives. The bill required insurance companies to cover Applied Behavioral Analysis therapies (ABA) for children on the autism spectrum. Getting au-tistic children between the ages of three and five these specialized therapies often allow them to be mainstreamed into school classes, learn socialization skills, become verbal, and have the potential to lead tremendous and fulfilling lives.

Children across Florida have benefitted from therapies their parents would not have otherwise been able to afford and an untold number of lives have been pos-itively changed as a result of our 2008 legislation.

In this year’s legislative session, as cuts and dereg-ulation run rampant, some Representatives are being heart-less in their pursuits. One such example of this is House Bill

7091 by Representative John Wood. The bill would repeal or undo the good work of 2008 from the Florida Statutes.

This mean spirited, high five to the insurance lobby re-moves not only the ABA cover-age, but requirements that insur-ance companies cover treatment for cleft pallet, mental and ner-vous disorders, and bone mar-row transplants.

If a society is to be judged by how it treats the most vulner-able among us, Florida gets a failing grade this legislative ses-sion, especially if HB 7091 is al-lowed to pass. It is an extreme and callous display of choosing industry profits over dire medi-cal needs.

I am doing everything in my power to defeat this awful legisla-tion, and I hope you will stand with me in making sure that the State of Florida will continue to protect our most at risk, in the words of Hubert Humphrey, “Those in the dawn of life, the twilight of life and the shadows of life.”

In Service to Our Community,

Ari Abraham PorthYour State Representative

Listening And Legislating


Peter Pappas has helped save the life of three peo-ple.

And he’s only 11 years old. The Coral Springs City

Commission recently honored Peter Pappas, a fifth grade stu-dent at Parkside Elementary School, for his courageous ac-tions. Pappas has saved his little brother from drowning, raised money for a teenage girl’s dou-ble lung transplant, and now helped catch a hit and run driv-er.

“He has done a number of remarkable things at such a young age,” said Coral Springs Mayor Roy Gold, as he hand-ed Pappas an award at a recent City Commission meeting.

His most recent act of brav-ery was chasing after a hit and run driver. Peter ran after a car as it left the scene of an acci-dent in Tamarac on January 12. He caught up to it, got a partial tag number and led Broward Sheriff’s deputies to the sus-pect’s parked car, where the suspect was arrested for leav-ing the scene of an accident and DUI among other charg-es, according to the arrest report.

“He was great, and I got to be honest with you, without this kid’s information we may nev-er have found the guy, let alone to put him behind the wheel,” Broward Sheriff’s Deputy Daniel Lovallo said of Peter.

Peter said he was acting on instinct. “I wasn’t thinking. I was reflexing. I just worried how I would get the guy.”

He also immediately came to the aid of a local girl who needed money for a lung trans-plant. When he was 8 years old, he started a daily coin collec-tion at Broadview Elementary and raised $3,688 for Brieanna, a 13-year-old girl with cystic fi-brosis who needed a double lung transplant.

When he was 5, his then-2-year-old brother Spiro took off his life jacket and jumped in the deep end of the fam-ily’s backyard pool pretend-ing he was Superman. Peter instantly came to his broth-er’s rescue.

“I reflexed again and saved

him,” said Peter, who is also known for his friendly demean-or while talking to customers at his family’s restaurant, Pappas Restaurant.

The local boy plans to con-tinue helping others by follow-ing in his Uncle’s footsteps and becoming a Navy Seal one day. He hopes his peers will also learn the importance of giving back to others in need.

“I hope other kids can help people and make them feel good about themselves,” said Peter.

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tant to embrace diversity,” said Coral Springs City Commissioner Claudette Bruck. “I am very proud of you. The group has been together for 22 years and it has grown. It was a great year this year,” said Coral Springs Mayor Roy Gold. The MLK Committee

members that were honored included: Henry Andre, Mark Gendal, Jackie Bolden, Patrick Campbell, Ainsworth Clarke, Carolyn Courtney, Maria Giacalone, Michelle Richards-Phillips, Michael Singer, Reginald Smith, Emma Winston, Mildred Bryant, Joyce Campos, Cheryl Cooper, Bessie Cristwell, Evette Guralnick, Dorothy Ruffin, Leilani Smith and Carlos Verney, Jr.

Sponsors of the event were also honored and included: Title Sponsor - Citibank, Silver Sponsor - Walmart at Heron Bay, Media Sponsors- Advanced Cable Communications & The Forum Publishing Group, Bronze Sponsors- Abundant Life Christian Academy, Baptist Medical Plaza at Coral Springs, Maroone, an AutoNation Company, The Links, North Broward Chapter, Emerald Sponsors - BJ’s Wholesale Club, McKinley Financial Services Inc,, Drs. Jeffrey Reisch & Mark Gendal of Vision World, Coca-Cola Refreshments, Costco Wholesale, Dairy Queen in Coral Springs, and Whole Foods Market of Coral Springs.

“These are great businesses and it’s wonderful that people have taken the time to say we will support Coral Springs. We are extremely thankful for what you’ve done,” said Mayor Gold.

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Message From The MayorMessage From The MayorI would like to invite our res-

idents to take part in the annu-al Waterway Cleanup on Saturday, March 10, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. This year’s cleanup will once again be taking place at Riverside Park located at 205 Coral Ridge Drive. I have spearheaded this event over the years and find it to be a great way to do our part in creating a cleaner and greener South Florida Community. I urge anyone interested in participat-ing in this worthwhile event to vis-it www.coralsprings.org/events for more information.

Also this month, is the annu-al Our Town America Festival. The three-day festival will run Friday, March 9 through Sunday, March 11 at the Coral Springs Sportsplex.

As always, festival admission is free, but there is a $5 parking fee per car. For more information on this and other upcoming events, visit www.CoralSprings.org/events.

Don’t miss the City’s annual Trash to Treasure Garage Sale at Mullins Park on Saturday, March 31 from 8 to 11 a.m. This popu-lar event offers a great opportunity to buy or sell household and other items. Vendor spaces are $25 be-fore March 4, $35 between March 5 and March 18, and $45 there-after. For more information, call 954-345-2204.

Another great event I am very excited about is our upcom-ing Teen Political Forum set for Monday, April 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Center for the Arts. A panel of

elected officials will answer ques-tions from the audience and ad-dress issues of interest. I am al-ways impressed by our students who volunteer and come togeth-er to make the forum such a suc-cessful event and I want to thank them in advance for their leader-ship.

This will be the last year I’ll get to be part of the panel and I’m looking forward to seeing you all there. For more information or if you’d like to participate, call 954-344-1005.

Lastly, I hope you received and had an opportunity to read through the City’s annual report, which highlights the top accom-plishments during Fiscal Year 2011. I am proud to share our

City’s many accomplishments last year, and restate my commitment to working toward making simi-lar strides in the City’s progress in 2012. As always, if you would like to meet with me to discuss any City issues, feel free to visit with me during my office hours.

To view my scheduled monthly hours, please visit www.CoralSprings.org/events. If you haven’t already friended the City on Facebook, please do so at www.Facebook.com/CoralSprings. If there is anything else that I can help you with, feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] or call me at 954-971-4040.

All the best,Mayor Roy Gold

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I have a deep passion for and am a speaker on women’s health issues such as fibromyalgia, migraine headaches and pregnancy.

I am a very proud mother of 2 beauti-ful sons, who are 2 years old and 4 months old. My husband and I are a great chiro-practic team that work side by side in our beautiful office to help educate and bring health to our community, by utilizing the latest techniques and therapies.

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My name is Dr. Aliyah Stotter, I’d like to show my appreciation for the warm welcome the community has shown me by announcing Febru-ary 20 - March 1st as Community Appreciation Week. It’s my way of saying THANK YOU to the people who have been so helpful and mean so much. I hope this will benefit you and yours.

I’ve agreed to “giveaway” (to any-body who asks for it) $200 worth of my services for only $20.

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Coral Springs, Parkland and North Broward area feel better and live healthier, more productive lives through chiropractic care. I would now like to introduce you to the many benefits my profession has to offer. For instance, chiropractic care may be able to help you if you’re suffering from any of the following conditions.• Migraine headaches• Lower-back pain• Sciatica• Carpal Tunnel• Neck pain• Arm Numbness• Arthritis• Herniated Discs• Degenerative Discs• “Whiplash”

And a whole host of other prob-lems, ranging from dizziness to ring-ing in the ears. These symptoms can be caused whenever the vertebrae in your spine are out of alignment be-cause this “misalignment” directly affects your nervous system.

Fortunately, if you’re suffering from such problems or similar con-ditions right now, they may be re-lieved or eliminated by proper chiro-practic treatment (commonly called “adjustments”).

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• Answers to all your most probing ques-tions about chiropractic care and what it can do for you...

The appointment won’t take long at all. And like I said, we normally charge $200 for this (most of which just covers the cost of the set of X-rays). But now, as part of this one time offer, you can come in and find out for certain if you need chiroprac-tic care and how it can help you eliminate the pain you’re feeling. Before you come in, though, you’ll probably want to know a little bit more about me.

DOES CHIROPRACTIC REALLy WORK

Absolutely! When you come in I’ll provide you with studies that show why chiropractic is a preferred method of treatment. But what provides the best “proof ” on how well chiropractic works is what the patient says about it.

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helped decrease my lower back pain sub-stantially! I originally came in because I have Fibromyalgia, headaches and low back pain. I feel that the chiropractic care has helped me by improving my pain, muscle spasms, and improve the ringing in my ears. I’m even sleeping better.I have been to so many doctors that haven’t lis-tened to me and I feel that Dr. Craig and Dr. Aliyah really listen and really care!”-Sincerely, Elizabeth Hauser,Photographer, Margate

SHOuLDER PAIN, ARM PAIN & NECK PAIN

“When shoulder and arm pain started to affect my house work, I came into Coral Springs Spine & Nerve seeking re-lief. Chiropractic Care has taken my pain away and I am able to clean my house and not be cautious about doing daily ac-tivities anymore. I would describe CSSN as a kind and caring place. The amaz-ing part of Chiropractic Care is that… IT WORKS!”-Thank you,Marcia Jacobs, Homemaker, Coral Springs

SCIATICA & LOW bACK PAIN

“Before I started chiropractic care I had pain going down my leg and limited range of motion. Now I can wake up without severe pain, so I get my day moving faster! I have learned that although lifetime wellness is a process for me, the doctors at CSSN continue to reinforce and educate me. I can even play more tennis with my daughter. I am amazed at how chiropractic care has worked so fast!” -Thank you,Patrick barbanes,IT Manager, Coral Springs

HERNIATED DISCS & STENOSIS

“I had been suffering with low back pain for a VERY long time, so I decided to check out Coral Springs Spine & Nerve after a friend referred me. I tried every

outlet for my pain and nothing had worked. I also had epidurals that failed and left me still in pain. Before coming to CSSN, I could not sit comfortably on the sofa, I could not walk for long peri-ods of time and I could not pick up my kids without excruciating pain. Chiro-practic Care has significantly decreased my pain and I can go about my daily routine normally. I am amazed how, in such a short amount of time, I have seen improvement!”-Thank you so much,Ann Gables,Banker, Coral Springs

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Thank you so very much, and I look forward to helping you get rid of your pain so you can start living a healthier, more productive life.

God Bless,Dr. Aliyah Stotter, D.C.

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zations,” said Ernie Kubasek, Chairman of Our Town America, Inc.

Our Town America, Inc., a not for profit 501 (c) 3 orga-nization’s Board has put on the event every year.

A program of giving back to the community with Our Town America proceeds was estab-lished. Non-profit organiza-tions involved with the festival receive funding from the pro-ceeds for their various worth-while charities.

Though the weekend event is known for its amusements, classic car show, the “Miss Our Town America” Beauty Pageant and booth, this very important

purpose of giving back to the community has made the event very meaningful for the commu-nity.

Our Town America Inc. Board Chairman Ernie Kubasek

stated, “Our Town America has one mission in mind- to provide a quality family event for our tri-county communi-ty while providing financial as-sistance to needy non-prof-it organizations.” This year’s Our Town America festival will feature events geared towards family fun and include live enter-tainment, a food court, amuse-ment rides, such as the new

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It’s no secret that we have been in a buyer’s market for quite some time now.

While this can be extremely frus-trating for the seller in today’s mar-ket, there are ways to prepare and tri-umph.

With a sound strategy in place, anyone can sell in this market; but like most things in life, it takes work, care and time.

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Residents may soon see more mobile food vendors popping up at city events.

Coral Springs City Commissioners recently approved a pilot program to allow mobile food vendors for temporary events on public property. The pilot pro-gram will last for two years.

“The pilot program tests this concept. Presently, the only plac-es that mobile food vendors can sell are private property. We want to test it out at pubic proper-ties for a couple of years,” said Coral Springs City Manager Erdal Donmez.

This provides the opportunity

for mobile food vendors to be al-lowed at any city-sponsored and approved event, according to Coral Springs City Attorney John Hearn.

“They must have a proper per-mit or be stationary during the time of the event. The pilot program will look into how we can tweak the program later on,” said Hearn.

Coral Springs City Commissioners were in favor of this pilot program to allow mobile food vendors on public property.

“I am happy to see this move forward. Let’s see what will come out of this opportunity,” said Coral Springs Mayor Roy Gold.

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By Miranda PalumboStaff Intern

The contest between the South Florida firefighters for the best bar-beque ribs is on!

At Markham Park in Sunrise, the Metro Broward Professional Firefighters Benevolent Association will be hosting the annual “Fire and Feast” rib cooking competition. On February 26, all of the firefighters will suit up and come out and compete to barbeque the best tasting ribs.

Be prepared for more than just cook out fun. With a $5 admission fee, Markham Park will be loaded with activities for the entire family to en-joy beginning at Noon and ending at 5 pm.

There will be great music, a rock wall, bounce houses, as well as vari-ous vendors that will make this event very entertaining.

But the main event is the rib tasting. Kids under three get in for free. With the $5 admission, the ribs will be yours to taste, but a panel of expert judges makes the fi-nal decision.

All proceeds from this event will benefit the Metro Broward Professional Firefighters Benevolent

Association. This organization is com-mitted to serving the Broward com-munity and giving back to those in need. All members include firefight-ers from various fire departments in Broward.

“My favorite part of the event has always been the actual competition. I love to see all of the firefighters go head to head against each other,” said Dana Shumate, Office Manager for the organization.

This event has expanded since its inception. It used to include just the nine-firefighting districts of Broward County, Coral Springs Fire Department, Parkland Fire Department and others. Due to the overwhelming success of the event, Palm Beach and other fire departments have joined the fun. Of course, they are there to support the organization, but also love competing against each other.

With the donation of ribs from Doris’ Italian Market, the Metro Broward Professional Firefighters Benevolent Association is able to make this event possible.

For more information, to sign up for a vendor table or to make a dona-tion, please visit www.3080benevolent.com.

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a buyer’s market, this is a factor that cannot be ignored.

When factoring in hold costs, an offer of $340,000 in your first week is greater than $350,000 six months from the list. A $3000 monthly hold cost is a fair average for a $350,000 home.

That’s $18,000 after six months. In essence, the 2nd offer six months later is a relative $332,000.

If you had settled for $340,000 on the first offer, you would have saved $8000! It is imperative that you know your hold costs and factor them into all negotiations.

Get Real

The biggest problem we face in today’s Real Estate market is the con-tinuing effect of the bubble bursting. While it’s unfortunate, it is, as they say, what it is.

We cannot fool ourselves into believing our homes are worth what they were in the good ‘ole days.

We HAVE to be realistic with to-day’s market and price accordingly. We always want to maximize our po-tential dollar but pricing out of mar-ket is simply the wrong way to do so.

Understanding true market value, pricing accordingly and making your home stand out is the way to success in a buyer’s market.

Market effectively and consistently

Marketing mediums have and continue to change at a rapid pace. A buyer’s market clearly carries more inventory than is standard.

Thus, we need to STAND OUT from the crowd! With so much com-petition around be sure to work with an agent who understands marketing to not only today’s buyers, but to your specific buyer base.

This is not the type of market where one ad in a Sunday paper is effective. There needs to be a con-sistent flow of effective marketing until you reach your goal. Without it, you are going to be lost in the pack.

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Veterans Meeting Jewish War Veterans Meeting

Post 606 @ The North Satellite Clubhouse of the Ramblewood East Condominium – Coral Springs. Need a lift we will pick you up! Last Sunday of every month, 9 am – bagel break-fast. You don’t have to be Jewish and you don’t have to be a veter-an. Just have to have a desire to help our servicemen and wom-en. Memorial Day services are at Veteran Park. Post 606 adopted a hospital in Alabama where quar-terly we send a package filled with various items, such as toilet-ries, playing cards, socks, greet-ing cards, slippers, yarn, etc. We save cancelled stamps for Veteran arts and crafts projects. We save old eyeglasses for the Lyons Club and box tops for education for Ramblewood Elementary School. Please come to our meeting. We are friendly and sociable and will make you feel welcome. Call Alan Paley our commander, 954-753-65411 or Bea Bushman our Auxiliary Pres., 954-973-1953.

City’s Annual Community

Garage Sale Set For March 31

Vendor Spaces are now avail-

able for the Trash to Treasure Garage Sale, to be held at Mullins Park on Saturday, March 31 from 8 to 11 a.m. This popular event of-fers a great opportunity to buy or

sell household and other items. Vendor spaces are $25 before March 4, $35 between March 5 and March 18, and $45 thereafter. Also needed is a separate $30 de-posit check that will be returned after the event if the space is clean. No refunds will be given for ven-dor cancellations. Mullins Park is

located at 10000 N.W. 29th Street. For more information, call 954-345-2204 or register at the Coral Springs Gymnasium at 2501 Coral Springs Drive from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

Coral Springs Police Holding 32nd Citizens

Police AcademyThe Coral Springs Police

Department is now taking ap-plications for participants in the 32nd Class of the Citizens Police Academy. The Academy begins on March 14, 2012 and ends with graduation on June 13, 2012. Classes are held on Wednesday evening from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00

p.m. at the Public Safety Building. Established in June 1994, the Citizens Police Academy offers participants an inside look at law enforcement operations and an opportunity for hands-on ex-perience in various areas of po-lice work that are covered in the curriculum. The Citizens

Police Academy is open to any Coral Springs resident, anyone that is employed within the City of Coral Springs or City of Coral Springs business owner over 18 years of age. In addition to res-idents, members of the clergy, City Commissioners, and local business owners are among the Academy’s graduates. Applicants should call or e-mail Nereida Milenkovic at 954-346-1278 or [email protected] to register.

South Florida Tour de CureOn Sunday, March 4th, the

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Florida Tour de Cure Presented by Cleveland Clinic Florida and zMotion features four route op-tions (10k, 35, 62 and 100 miles) for riders of all skill levels. Tour de Cure is a ride, not a race, so take your time and enjoy the jour-ney. All Tour de Cure routes are safe, scenic and fully support-ed including rest stops stocked with hydration and a variety of snacks to keep you fueled. Cross the finish line to cheering volun-teers, great food, entertainment and more! Register today to take the ride of your life and help STOP DIABETES! For more information, contact Jessica Birch at 954-772-8040 or visit http://main.diabetes.org/sfltour.

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Committee The City of Coral Springs is

currently seeking volunteers to serve on the 50th Anniversary Committee, which will assist with planning for this exciting commu-nity celebration. Areas of exper-tise are needed in sponsorships, fundraising, event logistics, ven-dor management, entertainment, marketing, community involve-ment, and volunteer coordination. The City’s anniversary date is July 10, 2013, but applicants will serve through the end of 2013. To ap-ply, please fill out the online form at CoralSprings50.org. All applica-tions must be received by Friday, February 24, 2012.


Don’t be stuck in an unhappy ‘co-coon’. You are a unique butterfly…. Fly to your ‘relationship freedom’!

This is the message of local au-thor and relationship expert Victoria Howard’s new national movement and paradigm called the Butterfly Movement. The purpose is to unite men and wom-en back together through co-indepen-dence and it stems from her new book,

“The Butterfly Effect”, also co-authored by Allan Jay Friedman, an Emmy award winning author, director and lyricist.

The movement focuses on an Eleven Step program that takes you out of the ‘cocoon’, you have been living in due to low self esteem or abuse, and through the metamorphosis stage into becoming the free beautiful butterfly you always were.

“The book and movement guide you through the Butterfly Effect: the 11 Step Program, into the person you were cre-ated to be,” said Howard, who credits her success and accomplishments to

her father, Peter Roccasano, for always encouraging her to follow her dream and be true to herself.

Chapters have also blossomed in various states throughout the country, in-cluding Florida, California, Pennsylvania, and on March 24, Victoria will be start-ing the first ‘Chapter’ in Spring, Texas, at the renowned women’s spa, ZEN SPA. King Ayi, the King of Togo in Africa, is also in support of the movement and will be opening a Chapter.

Once a month, the chapters hold meetings focusing on empowerment, so-cializing, guest speakers, and network-ing.

Victoria Howard hopes this move-ment changes people’s lives like it has hers. Howard has been called the wom-an with nine lives. She started her career as a professional model, dancer, and a beauty queen; she even represented West Virginia in the Mrs. USA Pageant. She was a race horse trainer who once owned “The Two Year-Old Filly Of The Year.”

Although she co-owns three race-

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But it was her time spent visiting the Aboriginal Tribe in Australia after a divorce that launched her ‘Spiritual Perfume: Sariel and Ariel”, which ulti-mately started the Butterfly Movement. After Howard gave her earrings to a translator, the Chief of the Tribe asked her to stay for three days. He told her,

“There is something very important that you have to do in your life.” When she asked what it was, the Chief responded,

“You will know when the time is right.”For years she searched for that ‘pur-

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this was what the Aboriginal Chief had meant, This was her calling.

“In 2010 by an accidental meeting, she met Allan, who is a renowned lyr-icist and producer. Together, they cor-roborated -long distance- and “The Butterfly Movement was born! Allan Jay Friedman is such a wonderful per-son. Our purpose is to unite mankind in equality, love and harmony.

It’s a new wave of thinking to bring men and women back together. One person at a time, we will make that change in the world,” said Howard.

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to ‘the homeless and bat-tered children and animals in the world’ through Dr. Richard McKinsey, who is head of the Children’s Hospital in LA.

The next Chapter meeting will be held on February 23 from 6 pm to 7:30 pm at Gizzis Coffee in Delray.

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T he Reading and Learning Clinic of Coral Springs be-gins FCAT Preparation class-

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It will be a six-week program for grades 3 through 10. Class enrollment will be limited to ten students per group.

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The Reading Clinic provides excellence in their educational programs.

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By Helen DowneySpecial to the News

There’s a lot going on in the month of March, beginning with the usual early dismissal on Friday, March 2 for all grades. On Sunday, March 4, the annual Parish Picnic will be held. This very popular event is a favorite with our fam-ilies and a great way for parents to socialize and for the children to play.

School is closed on Monday, March 5, although teacher/par-ent conferences will be held that day so make sure you have yours scheduled. ITBS testing begins Monday, March 12 until the fol-lowing Friday for grades 2 through 8. These tests are purely a meth-od to assess our students and sup-port their academic strengths and challenges as they move forward.

Eighth grade Confirmation takes place on Sunday, March 11

at the church beginning at 3:00 p.m. School is closed on Friday, March 16.

Night of the Arts is on Tuesday, March 20 and gives students a chance to show off their creative skills. On Friday, March 23, the church is hosting a special Mass for all MHOC fathers.

The Scholastic spring book fair begins on Monday, March 26 through Friday, March 30. Rounding out the month, field day takes place on March 28 for all grades.

Onto a more sociable note, don’t forget your tickets for the MHOC Gala on Friday, March 9 themed ‘Starry, Starry Night’. The event is being held at Parkland Golf and Country Club and in-cludes dinner and dancing plus an amazing live/silent auction. It promises to be a night to remem-ber. Don’t miss out!

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In order to get the community more involved in the news, Our Town News is incorporating a new section in the magazine which will show-case creative writing from local high school students. Entries should be no longer than 250 to 350 words. We will select the best articles and put them in the magazine. The lucky writers will be chosen to receive free Florida Panthers tickets and VIP parking passes, a one-year family mem-

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By Tiffany ThompsonStaff Intern

The Florida Pokers Baseball Team held a “family” reunion for their longtime coach- Mike Roberts.

The reunion included guests, such as baseball players, other coaches, and umpires, along with the coach’s family. The celebra-tion was planned by Roberts’ fami-ly, including his son Lenny Roberts.

Mike Roberts, the Founder of the Original Florida Poker Baseball Club and the honoree of the reunion, has dedicated his life to the game of baseball and help-

ing children through the game. The coach, who founded the

club in 1990, has said that he coaches kids because he “wants to see them smile.”

Through his club, Roberts dedicated himself to helping teach and train high school boys about the game of baseball; he spent countless hours at practices and searching for tough competition for his team.

With his strong knack for com-radeship and sportsmanlike con-duct, Roberts asked his players to thank their parents, umpires, and ground crew after each game. In addition to his superb coaching

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Also, since 1990, during sum-mers he took his team around the country for them to play 80 games over a period of 80 days. Presently, Roberts coaches his grandsons, who are on various Pokers’ di-visions on Coral Glades High School’s field. Roberts has sus-tained many wins as a byproduct of hard work and at 70 years old has said that he will coach for as long as he can.

“Baseball is the name…life ed-ucation is the game” is the Poker Baseball club’s mission statement.

Founded in 1990, the club’s goals are to help as many kids play base-ball in college to further their ed-ucation and establish a program in which serious baseball players can play in competitive games.

These goals have come into fruition because 96% of former players matriculate to college.

The club has certainly grown over the years, according to Faline Roberts.

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I Have A DreamBy Devin MakovskyEagle Ridge Elementary student

Do you have a dream you want to come true? I do. I want to become a baseball

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To begin with, I love baseball. I want to become a baseball play-er because I am usually on the baseball field every day because

I want to become the next Derek Jeter.

In addition, I am on a trav-el baseball team called the Renegades. My baseball team goes all over Florida just like the Yankees travel the United States.

In conclusion, baseball is a very rough sport and is not easy to play. That’s why if I am very good at baseball. It will be awesome to step on a baseball field almost ev-ery day.

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Hands of a Magician! That’s what many people and pros would say about John McEnroe. That guy could hit the ball anywhere from any part of the court and make it look so easy. His touch around the net was and still is to many con-sidered second to none. So how do we get to become magicians? Well, first we need to be born with his God given talent. So let’s for-get that!

Now moving on to what we can do. I’ve been lucky enough to meet and work alongside a for-mer Top 5 player in the world and heard a story that I believe to be true; it was when McEnroe was a young aspiring junior. McEnroe’s coach saw him fooling around with some other juniors, hitting weird little touch shots around the net.

They would play within the short court area not hitting hard, just trying to out-touch each oth-er. The coach was furious, told the kids that if they continued messing around, they should go down to the last court and work out them-selves. I think the games worked out pretty well for Mr. McEnroe. Nowadays, most of us coach-es teach and play these games as much as possible.

There are several mini-ten-nis styles of games you could play. I’ll give you a few to try and explain what their purposes are: (1) – Angle’m Out – Take two cones and place them about 2 to 3 feet from the net on the singles side-line. One cone should be

on the deuce court and the oth-er on the opposite side of the net’s deuce court. Hitting only fore-hands, you and your opponent are trying to knock over each oth-er’s cone.

Play to 5 points and it should take you a little while. It’s not very easy to hit the cone. You’re trying to work on hitting topspin angles in this game, so don’t slow your racquet speed down.

Try to get under the ball and brush up on it quickly. This will allow you to get the ball up a few feet above the net and then down quickly at the cone. Hitting a good topspin ball will also give your opponent trouble hitting their shot at your cone if they don’t move well.

Don’t forget, you can switch up the cones to work the back-hand side as well. (2) – One Box Mini-Tennis – In this game, both you and your opponent stand in one of the service boxes. Both players will start at the net, with one of you ready to drop a ball.

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The player with the ball will actually place the ball on the net and let it drop to their opponent’s side.

Yep! That’s what I said. Let the ball drop over to their side and let them figure out how to get the ball over to your side with-out you finishing the point on them. In this game, there is ab-solutely, NO HITTING THE BALL HARD! Remember, this is a touch game. You can lob, touch the ball short or put a crazy spin on the ball. It doesn’t matter, just no hit-ting hard. It becomes a very inter-esting game if both players think well. There is actually a lot of

strategy in this game. Play to as many points as you like.

We usually play to 11, but it real-ly doesn’t matter. (3)

– Volleyball Tennis – If you have four or more players, this is

a really fun game. You can either play within the two service boxes or use the whole court.

The rules are just like vol-leyball that you’d play at the beach. Three touches are allowed. Passing the ball to a player clos-er to the net usually will give you a favorable result. But, once again…NO HITTING HARD! No spiking or full swinging shots. Remember, these are all touch games.

There are many, many more fun touch games that can be used to soften up your hands. Tennis on T.V. is huge. Tons of power out there, but take a close look, there is still a lot of skilled touch shots being used as well.

Being a good tennis play-er doesn’t always mean that you need to kill the ball to win match-es. So go ahead and try to be-come a magician on the tennis court and make your opponents disappear. Good Luck and Good Playing!

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There is a new Sheriff in town that is there to protect your pets! That’s right… a new approach to keeping and making your pet healthy! Veterinary medicine, with its synthetic, ineffective drugs and procedures is only making the pets we love and care for suffer more than ever. Yes, that is right; we are drawing a line in the sand. We want answers!

We are sold “flea preventions” only to have our pets suffer more than ever with flea problems we never saw forty years ago! We give our pets poison to prevent heart-worms when it wasn’t a problem thirty years ago.

And with the preventive drugs, our pets are dying of liver and kidney failure, suffering from de-mentia and endocrine problems. Spay and neuter has not helped the unwanted pet population.

You see a lot of new terms here. We are replacing veteri-nary care with pet health care… because that’s what we want! We are replacing “pet over-popula-

tion” with what it really is… “Un-wanted pet population”. There is NO flea or heartworm preven-tion… only treatment. Why would you treat any living creature with a toxic drug when they don’t have the problem? Don’t believe me??? Look at the warning label with the DRUG… it’s not a preventive, but a legal DRUG!

Why have liver and kidney problems become common-place with our pets? These are the body’s filtering systems.

The more toxins we put into the body, the more work they must do. These toxins actually kill the cells in the kidney and liv-er that is doing the work so there is no longer any defense. And the toxins come from where? Look at the commercial pet foods with the hundreds of colors, stabi-lizers, preservatives, processing agents, and flavoring that are in every “nutritionally balanced and approved bag”.

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This review is dedicated to my former legal colleague and longtime personal friend, the late Karl Seif.

“It just keeps getting better and better.” But would we expect any-thing less from Robert Crais’ latest contribution, The Sentry (another Joe Pike adventure)?

Robert Crais is a yarnmeis-ter par excellence! He is the au-thor of 16 previous novels, in-cluding several in the Joe Pike series. I’ve favorably critiqued two in the Joe Pike genre (The Watchman and The First Rule), as well as several other Crais

masterpieces and shall do like-wise with The Sentry.

Reprised from previous Pike tales, include Joe Pike, Elvis Cole, Jack Straw, Lucy Chenier, and Terry Babinette. It’s good to see all of you fine folks again!

The pace of The Sentry is quick. This alacrity is no doubt aided by the very believable dia-logue. Since certain of the chap-ters are entitled with the names of several of the dramatis personae, these particular chapters are re-lated from that person’s stand-point.

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and out of the verbal landscape appearing briefly and then just as quickly disappearing, never to be seen or heard from again.

Graphic word-pictures are an integral part of The Sentry. So, “...warped scrub oak branches with arthritic fingers with leaves.” For a truly weird one, “Daniel had never seen rain fall up before.”

Then, “Picket-fence ribs pro-truded through the chest and in-ternal organs bulged like blue balloons from the abdomen.”

Then, “The twilight sun melt-ed into a magneta haze...”, and

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To continue this beautiful and colorful “artwork”, we have

“Finally the canyon swallowing his voice.”

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Mr. Crais penned for Doubleday. Doubleday’s loss is Putnam’s gain, and The Sentry certainly proves it.

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