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Community News

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Alex Shanks is the New Pastor of First United Method-ist Church Coral Springs

Municipal News

Dan Daley and Dr. Mark Gendal Run for Coral Springs Commission Seat Two

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BusinessLynn’s College of Business and Management Creates New Internship Initiative

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Coral Springs Water Tower Project

Next Stop Broadway Offers Six Week Teen Summer Theater Project

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Sherie Adanti loves the idea of working on a community art project.

Adanti, associate director of the Coral Springs Museum of Art is participating in the

Building a Community Through Art program. Members of the Coral Springs community are being encouraged to par-ticipate in a project to paint the water tower at

Mullins Park. People are serving on a task force to come up with ideas for the project.

“I am looking forward to putting artwork on the tower,” said Adanti.

She was among a group of people who partici-pated in a family fun day art project at the Coral Springs Museum of Art. People could see a replica of the water tower that

will be painted.In March 2012, the

Coral Springs Museum of Art received a $67,150 Community Foundation of Broward “Art of the

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People who want to find a job in Coral Springs may want to check csoutreachpro-ject.com. Job seekers can post their resume and personal biography on this website. Cor-al Springs businesses that want to hire local residents can place their information on the website. The goal is to match Coral Springs job seekers with suitable businesses in the city.

Vice Mayor Tom Powers and commis-sion candidate Dan Daley came together to develop the website as a way to get students who graduated from college and had grown up in Coral Springs to come back to the city. A good job would be a way to attract young people back home who might seek opportu-nities elsewhere.

A database was created to see what stu-dents were majoring in while in college. “A person could put in information and try to pair up with local businesses in Coral

Springs,” said Daley. “From there it expand-ed and we opened it up to anyone. This is a partnership between local business owners and job seekers.”

This program helps individuals who are looking for work in Coral Springs. But it also is a selling point for companies that may want to locate their operations in the city. If a company in another city wants to relocate, executives from that organization can view the website and see that Coral Springs has a well educated and skilled workforce.

Currently the program has 459 job seek-ers signed up and 12 participating business-es. “We have new businesses that have prom-ised to hire from our database,” said Daley. “Coral Springs is the only municipality that does this.”

People can access the database at csout-reachproject.com. Those who are signed up can update their information at any time.

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Coral Springs parents who allow underage drinking parties in their homes may have to pay a fine.

During the July 17 Coral Springs meeting, the com-mission passed an ordinance that would require the own-ers of properties where these events take place to pay a fine of $250 per person for each person under age 21 who is consuming alcohol. The cap for a first offense is $750 and the cap for offenses after that is $1,000. It is consid-ered the first municipal ordinance of its kind in Florida.

Mayor Roy Gold said the cap should be set at $750 for first offenders to send a message to homeowners. Origi-nally, the ordinance would have set the cap at $1,500 for an underage party.

Some commissioners expressed concern that parents would be unaware of drinking taking place on a property. Others said there was the potential problem of teenagers using the porch or front yard of a home when the owner is not home.

This ordinance is not meant to prevent parents from allowing their teenagers to have a drink at a family din-ner. Rather it is meant to prevent drinking at large scale parties that can involved many young people. In some instances these drinking parties can lead to accidents.

The final reading for this ordinance will take place on August 21.

The Commission passed on final reading an ordinance prohibiting the sale and display of herbal incense prod-ucts on stores. It also passed on final reading an ordi-nance prohibiting the sale of bath salt products. Both of these products have been used as synthetic narcotics and created major problems.

Parents Will Pay $750 Fine if They Allow Underage Drinking at Their Homes

Coral Springs Collects Back to School Supplies

Back to school shopping is underway, but some children will head back to the classroom without much-needed, basic supplies. To help make sure all children are prepared for success, the City is col-lecting school supplies for economically disadvantaged children in the community.

Some of the items needed include: pens, pencils, crayons, double pocket fold-ers, composition books, backpacks, tis-sues, hand sanitizer, rulers, scissors, glue, loose leaf paper, etc.

“Through the help of City staff, vol-unteers and the community we can give

these children the supplies they need to be properly prepared for the school year,” Volunteer Services Coordinator Kim Sa-necki said.

Donations can be dropped off at Vol-unteer Services inside Mullins Park, 10000 Ben Geiger Drive (N.W. 29th St.) or Citizens Services inside City Hall, 9551 W. Sample Road. Cash donations also are accepted toward supplies and uniforms. School begins August 20 in Broward County.

For more information, contact Sanecki at 954-346-4430.

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John Arnold is running for the Mayor of Coral Springs. He is running against Com-missioner Vince Boccard.

“I will make a difference. People are look-ing for a change. I want to fight for small businesses and new businesses in Coral Springs,” said Arnold.

Arnold said he wants to see more eco-nomic development in Coral Springs. He wants the Chamber of Commerce and the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) work closer together.

“I want to be sure that our city is econom-ically viable for the future. I think we have missed economic opportunities for us to in-crease revenues,” said Arnold. “I want to see

opportunities such as business and technol-ogy incubators in Coral Springs.”

Arnold describes himself as a servant leader. “I have a commitment to serve. I want to make sure Coral Springs is economically viable for the future. I am not afraid to chal-lenge the process and ask hard questions.

Arnold has lived in Coral Springs since 1982. He has been married to Kathie for 30 years. They have three adult children and three grandchildren.

He has been involved with the Taste of Coral Springs since the mid 1990s and has done strategic planning work for the Coral Springs Museum of Art on a voluntary ba-sis. Arnold spent 25 years in the corporate

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Alex Shanks is the New Pastor of First United Methodist Church Coral Springs

First United Methodist Church Coral Springs has a new senior pastor.

Pastor Alex Shanks came from Christ Church in Fort Lauderdale. There he was the executive pastor. He has been serving First Church since July 1.

Shanks wants to lead the congrega-tion in reaching out to the community and wants to find ways to let people know about God’s love. Currently First Church has a food share program that distributes free groceries to people in need in the community on the first and third Friday of each month beginning at 5:30 p.m.

“This is a great church and I am excit-ed to be here,” said Shanks. “I am excited about working with the leadership of this

church.”Shanks said he wants the congrega-

tion’s worship to be vibrant and relevant. He wants to lead members of the congre-gation in the study of God’s word.

First Church is known for its Bethle-hem Revisited program that is offered in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

Shanks grew up in Virginia and moved to Florida when he was in high school. Shanks is a graduate of Florida Southern College. He received his Master of Divin-ity Degree from Duke Divinity School at Duke University.

Shanks is married to Angela. They have three children.

Commissioner Vince Boccard and John Arnold Run for Mayor of Coral Springsworld in financial services. He has spent the past 16 years working with business owners and leaders in their organizations.

Arnold is a partner in Human Capital Group. “My work involves helping business leaders take their organization to the next level. I want to bring those business skills to serve our city,” he said.

Commissioner Vince Boccard is running for Mayor of Coral Springs.

His opponent is John Arnold.Boccard believes he brings a passion to

government. He has occupied Seat Two and officially resigned from his seat to run for Mayor.

Boccard believes he has contributed a great deal with the leadership team of Coral Springs and considers it important to spend with with residents, city personnel and busi-ness people to address their problems and concerns. He has worked to make the Coral Springs Building Department more user friendly. He is the chair of the Construction Review Committee which is responsbile for all capital improvements in the city. Boccard served as chair of building the Public Safety Building and the new Fire Station 80.

“I am not an arm chair commissioner,”

said Boccard. “I respond to people and help them with their problems. I stay until their problems are resolved. I believe in process improvements and I don’t rest on my lau-rels.”

If elected mayor, Boccard would con-tinue on a course to move the city forrward. He wants to promote economic growth and neighbhorhood stabilization programs to bring up property values. He wants to con-tinue to reinvest in city resources. He wants to continue the transparency in city govern-ment. “This is the most transparent commis-sion we have had.”

Boccard also believes his experience on the commission is valuable. “I am very ap-proachable and I am a guy who gets results. I make things happen. There will be no learn-ing curve for me. I know what is going on.”

Boccard want to market Coral Springs outside of Broward County. He wants to bring in new residents who will support Coral Springs businesses. John Arnold runs The Human Capital Group, LLC where he is Partner/Owner It is an executive coach-ing and consulting business where he advises business leaders nationally and internation-ally.

Coral Springs Discusses BudgetThe Coral Springs Commission dis-

cussed the Fiscal Year 2013 budget and goals for the City during a business plan workshop on July 24.

The proposed Coral Springs budget for Fiscal year 2013 is $98,056,719. Coral Springs staff proposed a millage rate of 4.3939, the same millage rate as last year. This would be considered a 1.56 percent tax increase. This would mean the average single-family homeowner would pay an ad-ditional $11.62 in property taxes.

Also, the debt service millage rate will decrease by 0.31 percent from $0.2915 to $0.2906. The residential solid waste special assessment will decrease nearly three per-cent or $6.48 for a single family household. The fire assessment fee will increase by $9.33 for a single family home. Water rates will increase by three percent.

A number of new initiatives are planned for the upcoming year. They include an effort to create a brand image for Coral Springs. There will be economic development en-hancements including an EDF web site re-design, economic development incentive ac-count and economic development strategic

plan.There will be a program for youth devel-

opment and family values including a 50th Anniversary Celebration, half marathon and 5K run/walk and downtown planning. Efforts will be made to develop the Artisan Food and Green Market and Downtown Bi-zArt.

To improve the city’s roads, improve-ments will be made to the 38th Drive side-walk and drainage improvements. A right turn lane will be added at Shadow Wood and Riverside Drive. There will be a building in-spection transaction survey, charter review, IT infrastructure modernization and City Hall entrance/ADA modifications.

Other goals include a single rental reg-istration program, Royal Palm entryway implementation, median master plan phase I implementation and public art project for the City’s 50th Anniversary.

Other initiatives include the Burglary En-forcement and Reduction Unit, Sportsplex Drive median landscape improvements phase II, Mullins Park revitalization phase II, public safety upgrades and resurface pub-lic master parking lots and alleys.



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Junior Tennis Camp in Coral SpringsYoung people are learning the finer

points of tennis at the Junior Tennis Camp in Coral Springs.

Everyday, kids aged 5 to 16 work on basic tennis skills such as proper foot-work, drilling and match play develop-ment. Some of the players will go on to compete in tennis tournaments.

“We have about 50 kids,” said Kevin McCarthy,” director of the camp. “About 40 kids are here in the morning but we have about ten work practice in the after-noon. Tennis is an individual sport. We teach the basic skills and the kids play a lot of games.”

Michael Witkowski, a tennis instruc-tor at the camp spent a recent afternoon teaching young players proper the proper forehand, backhand and serving tech-niques. The players learned proper foot-work.

“The kids learn everything about ten-nis,” said Witkowski. “They learn the basics and then we go into tennis court strategy.”

Coral Springs offers a wide variety of sports camps. There are also camps for artistic expression and even business de-velopment programs.

Shadow Wood Neighbhorhood Watch is Recognized During

Commission Meeting

Members of the Shadow Wood Neigh-borhood Watch were honored during a recent Coral Springs Commission meet-ing. They won third place from Neigh-borhoods USA Neighborhood of the Year. Members of the organization love their work. They meet four times a year in events that are described more as social gatherings rather than business meetings.

The meetings take place in a member’s driveway on Saturday nights People bring

food and discuss any problems that might be taking place in the neighborhood. Peo-ple look for any crime patterns that might be taking place in the neighborhood.

“This brings neighborhoods together,” said Kerry Draddy. “We watch for crime in the neighborhood. When we have meetings, people bring a covered dish to share. We like each other and care about each other. This neighborhood is very close.”

Kids Make Solar Oven at Camp Wild

Young people at Camp Wild at the Sawgrass Nature Center spent a recent afternoon making a solar oven. They used this oven to make a summer camp favorite, smores. The goal was too teach the kids to har-ness the energy of the sun, accord-ing to Dotty Molski, director of the Nature Center.

The kids are also learning how energy works in general and they will be building rockets. The young people who participate in Camp Wild spend the summer studying local wildlife, environmental effects. They spend time in the great out-doors.



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Moody’s Rates Coral Springs Bonds

Wall Street credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed Coral Springs’ Aaa general obligation rating and a Aa1 non-ad-valorem and special tax ratings on the City’s $53 million of currently outstanding debt. Moody’s changed the rating outlook from stable to negative due to the level of overall tax revenues which have not fully recovered to pre-recession levels. Moody’s also mentioned the long time horizon required to rebuild the City’s taxable assessed values which forms the foundation of its future tax revenues. These revenues are of interest to the rating agency because they are pledged toward the repayment of loans.

According to Moody’s, “The Aaa general obligation rating is based on the city’s sizable but declining tax base, sound financial management practices, and manageable debt position.”

Moody’s praised Coral Springs for its strong management with long term planning, strong financial position, and manageable debt burden.

Much like an individual’s credit rating, a bond rating is a measure of an organi-zation’s credit worthiness. Organizations rated Aaa demonstrate the strongest creditworthiness relative to other US mu-nicipal or tax-exempt issuers or issues. Aaa bond ratings are often referred to as the ‘Prime’ rating because it symbolizes the highest quality investment with the smallest degree of risk. As a Aaa rated city, the City of Coral Springs has saved, and will continue to save, millions of dol-lars in interest and credit enhancements such as bond insurance.

“It is encouraging to see that Wall Street appreciates the City Commission’s commitment to long-range planning and their willingness to make difficult deci-sions that are in the best interest of our residents,” City Manager Erdal Donmez said. “This achievement was a collective effort,” Donmez added, “that would not have been possible without the diligent effort of all our employees pitching in and working together during these very difficult economic times.”

Pickup Basketball at Cypress Park

Every weeknight a group of men gather at Cypress Park in Coral Springs to play games of pickup basketball.

The games are intense but everyone is friendly. Games are usually played until one team gets 16 points. Then the losing team sits out and those who have been waiting get to play. Experienced and tal-ented players may be chosen more often but those with developing ability receive an opportunity to play.

“I have been coming out for years. I

just love to play basketball,” said Phillip Nawroth. “I am here most nights.”

David Eger also loves to play basket-ball. “I come out here and have fun,” said Eger.

Basketball is a popular game in Coral Springs. The courts are open during the days and evenings. Week nights and Sat-urday and Sunday mornings are popular times to play. There are opportunities for players of all abilities.

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Dear Friends,Campaign season is in full swing and I have been enjoying traveling around House District 89 and meeting with residents and small business owners to get their input on how we can jumpstart our economy. I have been humbled by the support our campaign has received. In recent days my campaign has been endorsed by the Florida Retail Fed-eration, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and State Senator Joe Negron.Sincerely,Bill HagerRepublican CandidateHouse of Representatives, District 89

To the EditorPlease join us for the next Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce membership breakfast Aug. 9 from 7:45 to 9:15 a.m. at Via Mizner Golf and Country Club at 6200 Boca Del Mar Drive, Boca Raton. Boca Raton City Manager Leif J. Ahnell will present a “State of the City” address about new changes and updates that affect the city.Sincerely,Troy McLellanPresident and CEOGreater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce

Coral Springs Tribune EDITORIALS/LETTERS Coral Springs, FL

The second issue of the Coral Springs Tribune is here.

Coral Springs continues to be a good place to live and raise a family. Business could be a little better. There are shop-ping areas that could benefit from more business enterprises. But overall things are very good in the city.

The Walk is a very nice place to go spend time and perhaps have dinner. Mul-lins Park continues to be a place where thousands of people gather to play sports. The Coral Springs Performing Arts Center offers a wide variety of cultural programs and activities. Coral Springs schools continue to offer a top education. Many of the city’s high school graduates have gone on to top universities and suc-cessful careers.

The Coral Springs Tribune will pro-vide extensive coverage of city activi-ties in the coming months. There will be section of high school and community sports. The Taravalla football team is coming enjoyed a 9-1 regular season re-cord last year and should do well this year. Coral Springs is also expected to do well.

Coral Springs is a hotbed for volleyball, swimming and cross country.

The city has some of the best marching bands around. Taravella, Coral Springs, Coral Glades and Coral Springs Charter all have top notch band programs. And the schools offer excellent service and academic clubs. These will be covered ex-tensively as well.

Those with an artistic mind might want to consider getting involved in painting the water tower at Mullins Park. The Coral Springs Museum of Art is looking for volunteers with this effort.

Young people and their parents will have to behave on the weekends. The Coral Spring Commission just passed an ordinance to fine parents if they host un-derage drinking parties. Parents will pay $250 per under age drinker with a cap of $750 per event for a first offense. The sec-ond offense will mean a cap of $1,000.

But overall things are looking good for the city. At a time when many munici-palities are struggling, Coral Springs is in good financial health. And there are many successful businesses in the city.

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By Robert J. TamasyMy first trip to Europe is one

I will never forget. Since I was going to attend a CBMC World Convention in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany, I had ar-ranged to depart for Europe a week early and join my uncle and aunt in Budapest, Hungary, since they were seasoned trav-elers. Because my ethnic back-ground is Hungarian, I was ex-cited about seeing the country where my grandparents were born, as well as briefly visiting Giessen, Germany, where I was born while my father was serv-ing in the U.S. Army.

The flight from Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. was uneventful, but when we landed in Stutt-gart, Germany the pilot advised us the jet was having mechani-cal problems and could not complete the trip to Budapest. Instead, all passengers were shuttled to Frankfurt, Germany to arrange for an alternative flight.

I never felt so alone. On the bus to Frankfurt, listening to people speak in animated Ger-man, I hardly understood a word. “How will I figure out how to get a flight to Budapest?” I wondered. “And how will my uncle know when I arrive in Bu-dapest? If he is not there, what will I do? I cannot speak Hun-garian either!”

As you can imagine, this first international experience filled me with anxious thoughts. Eventually, all of my concerns

were resolved. I gravitated to-ward other English-speaking travelers; we were able to re-ceive directions about which air-line would provide our connect-ing flight; and when I arrived in Budapest, my American-born uncle, who spoke fluent Hungar-ian, was waiting even though I was several hours late.

Have you ever experienced anything like that? Maybe it did not involve travel, but you might have been in the midst of a major project at work and felt isolated, totally alone with-out anyone to ask for help. Or you might have been strug-gling with a difficult personal matter by yourself – turmoil in your marriage, a seriously ailing child, overwhelming financial problems, or a major career cri-sis. How did you feel? And what did you do about the situation?

I have learned the Bible of-fers helpful assurances for what we should do in those “all alone” moments:

You are never truly alone. We can be in a crowd of thou-sands, yet feel totally alone. We might not see one familiar face, but God promises His follow-ers no matter where they go, He will be with them. “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10).

God will never abandon you. During our lifetimes we inevi-

tably will confront uncertainty, sometimes even terrifying mo-ments. But God promises to remain with His children, re-gardless of circumstances. “Be strong and courageous. So not be afraid or terrified…for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor for-sake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6).

We can never escape the presence of God. There is a saying, “You can run, but you cannot hide.” The Bible says this is true with God. We may be lost in the midst of a huge, unfamiliar city, alone in a hotel room, or at our desk at work, feeling overwhelmed. No matter where we are, God promises to be there for us. “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there” (Psalm 139:7-10).

Robert J. Tamasy is vice president of communications for Leaders Legacy, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. A vet-eran journalist, he has written Tufting Legacies (iUniverse); Business At Its Best: Time-less Wisdom from Proverbs for Today’s Workplace (River City Press); and has coauthored with David A. Stoddard, The Heart of Mentoring (NavPress). For more information, see www.leaderslegacy.com or his blogs, www.bobtamasy.blogspot.com and www.bobtamasy.wordpress.com.

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THOUGHTS FROM THE PUBLISHERBy Dr. Synesio Lyra, Jr.

POSITIVE LIVINGCoral Springs Tribune EDITORIALS/LETTERS Coral Springs, FL

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Making Sense of Life

Life is not an accident, nor is your personal being the re-sult of chance. When you ac-quire this basic perspective, your life will be saturated with new meaning, in spite of the contradictions and trials it en-counters on earth. Good and bad combine to make life in the world what it is!

Nevertheless, no specific moment in your human, earth-ly experience, whether joyful or sad, can be the determina-tive factor that truly defines your life, or expresses your true identity.

The Creator constructed a beautiful world in which He placed the first human couple – Adam and Eve. Through their disobedience, however, evil came to permeate the en-tire universe, and adversely af-fect many an earthly activity.

This is what robs true meaning from any person, un-less the right, divine prescrip-tion is followed and the proper remedy is taken! Otherwise, one can be led into despair, as it sadly happens to several in-dividuals!

While much good is still experienced by all human earth-dwellers, evil in its man-ifold ugliness does exist in

excessive abundance, and fre-quently displays much of the devastating effects it brings, especially in the way individ-ual lives are perennially, ad-versely impacted.

With God taken out of the picture, not much of anything will ever make sense in life. Everyone needs a corrected vision, and open eyes with a fresh outlook, so as to make sense of life even in the midst of so much confusion still found in this universe we oc-cupy.

Troubles will accompany you through your earthly pil-grimage, and new and repeat-ed disappointments you shall face on a daily basis. “The fact is that nothing is finally rel-evant except in relation to the true and the eternal” as author Os Guinness biblically reflects.

Although so much in life does not make sense through physical, human eyes, it is still possible that in the depths of your being you can interpret reality by utilizing divine lens-es, and acquiring the perspec-tive which God provides to all who desire to understand reality from His perspective! As the Creator, I believes He knows best!

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.

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State Releases School Grades for Elementary and Middle Schools

The State of Florida released school grades for elementary and middle schools. The school grades were calcu-lated using more rigorous standards and new achievement levels.

Overall, Broward schools were simi-lar to the State’s averages – 43.5% of schools across the State received a letter grade of A; 43.3% of Broward County Public Schools receive a letter grade of A.

“Final school grades are visibly im-pacted by new standards and the increase in rigor,” said Superintendent Robert W. Runcie. “This was anticipated based on the individual student scores released earlier. As we have stated before, this doesn’t mean that student achievement has decreased, it means that the expec-tations for our students have increased.”

The District recently restructured to put a specific focus on school perfor-

mance and student achievement.The results for Broward schools also

show: ten schools improved by one letter grade or more; more than 69% of Bro-ward schools received a school grade of A or B; 124 schools showed no change in letter grade; and 90 schools decreased by one letter grade. Five schools received a grade of F, three traditional schools (Sunland Park Elementary School, Ar-thur Ashe Middle School and Lauderhill Middle School) and two charter schools (Kathleen C. Wright Leadership Acad-emy and Imagine at North Lauderdale Middle School).

“We know that this grade does not reflect the hard work and efforts of the students and staff,” said Runcie. “The District is in the process of re-evaluat-ing strategies for our under-performing schools.”

Westglades Middle School Students Win Science Award

A mousetrap car designed by West-glades Middle School’s SECME (South East Consortium for Math and Engi-neering) Team took first place middle school honors in the national SECME Engineering Design Competition held in late June at the University of Alabama. Westglades Middle School is located in Parkland. This is the second year that a team from Westglades has earned top honors at the annual competition.

After netting first place at the re-gional Broward SECME Olympiad, the three-member team, consisting of then eighth- graders James McLaugh-lin, Zach Xu and Drew Fltcher, earned the right to represent Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) at the national final Engineering Design Competition, a highpoint at the annual SECME Sum-mer Institute. The Westglades Middle team received first place at the national competition based on a combination of their car’s performance, engineering drawings, technical reports and group interviews.

Teams were required to design and build a racecar that was small, light-weight and powered solely by a stan-dard wooden mousetrap. Students were

judged on their car’s performance as well as mastery of scientific knowledge, tech-nical engineering drawings and collabo-ration of ideas through teamwork.

The students committed themselves to hours of preparation, perfecting their mousetrap car design, technical draw-ing, interview skills and technical re-port. They solicited the help of Marjo-ry Stoneman Douglas and Coral Glades high school principals who allowed prac-tice time on their schools’ gym floors. The team also met in parents’ homes and even the Parkland library and WalMart provided support and encouragement to the students.

SECME, Inc. is an alliance of schools, universities, science- and technology-based businesses and industries, and public and private agencies in 17 states, the District of Columbia and Grand Bahama that share a goal to renew and strengthen the professional capacity of K-12 educators, motivate and men-tor students, and empower parents so that all students can learn and achieve at higher levels. SECME also supports STEM, a nation-wide initiative that fo-cuses on Science Technology Engineer-ing and Mathematics.

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Sherie Adanti loves the idea of working on a community art project.

Adanti, associate director of the Coral Springs Museum of Art is par-ticipating in the Building a Community Through Art program. Members of the Coral Springs community are be-ing encouraged to participate in a proj-ect to paint the water tower at Mullins Park. People are serving on a task force to come up with ideas for the project.

“I am looking forward to putting artwork on the tower,” said Adanti. She was among a group of people who par-ticipated in a family fun day art project at the Coral Springs Museum of Art. People could see a replica of the water tower that will be painted.

In March 2012, the Coral Springs Museum of Art received a $67,150 Community Foundation of Broward “Art of the Community” Grant. The Museum partnered with the City of Coral Springs and a Citizen’s Task Force to receive the grant. The Mu-seum must match the grant.

Barbara O’Keefe, executive director of the Museum was pleased to receive the grant and believes it will benefit the community. The purpose of the project is to create a sense of commu-nity in the city.

The project will use art as a catalyst to create a sense of community and celebrate the diversity present in Coral

Springs. Residents representing all the cultures of the City will be involved in the design and painting of a graphic on the water tower.

This project can be likened to a modern day “barn raising” to bring the community together. Along with the creation of a diverse Citizen’s Task Force, multiple community engage-ment events are planned around the visual and performing arts that will be open to the public for enjoyment and participation.

Task forces have been meeting to discuss the project and come up with ideas to reach larger segments of the population for civic engagement. In September there will be a design com-pletion that will be open the public. Four artists will select the designs and then merge them into a cohesive im-age. Members of the public will then have the opportunity to paint that im-age onto the water tower. Professional artists will pain the top portion and community members will paint the bottom section. The painting will be a representation of who the residents of Coral Springs are.

Brooke Shaw a museum intern said she likes the idea of a community art project. “I really think it is a great op-portunity for people in the community to get together,” she said.

A group of people who are meeting to discuss the water tower art project in Coral Springs





Three vehicles were stolen from Valet Self Storage at 3860 Northwest 118th Avenue Coral Springs on July 8. Three vehicles were stolen. One was owned by Israel Gonzalez, Jr., the owner of Master Cuts Lawn and Maintenance. His truck and trailer were stolen. Another was owned by Patrick McDaniel, the owner

of Justin Time Lawn Service. His truck and trailer containing lawn equipment was stolen. The truck and trailer were lat-er recovered in Miami. Andy Blecker, the owner of Andy’s Green Thumb report his truck and trailer with lawn equipment inside stolen.

Former BTU leader Pat Santeramo Arrested for Racketering and Other OffensesThe Broward State Attorney’s Office has

charged former Broward Teachers Union president Patrick Santeramo with one count of racketeering and 19 other theft-related and campaign-fraud charges.

Santeramo turned himself in at the Bro-ward County Jail Tuesday morning.

Besides the Racketeering charge, Santer-amo was charged with six counts of Grand Theft; five counts of Campaign Contribution Violations; four counts of Money Launder-ing; three counts of Organized Scheme to Defraud and one count of Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering. The Warrant to Ar-

rest was signed Monday by Broward Circuit Court Judge Ilona Holmes.

The investigation, conducted by the Broward Sheriff ’s Office and the Broward State Attorney’s Office, showed that after Santeramo’s election as president of BTU in November 2001, the new union president “began using the BTU as his artifice to orga-nize his scheme to defraud the union and its members.”

“Santeramo, while using his unilateral control of the union’s business to include contracting, vendor approval, payment au-thorization and distribution of union assets,

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Coral Springs Police Hosts Prescription Drug Collection

As part of the Prescription Take Back Program, the City is working to target and deter the use of illicit prescription drug use within our City. The Coral Springs Police Department is encouraging residents to bring any unused, unwanted or expired prescrip-tion medication to the following drop off locations.

Upcoming dates are: - Saturday, August 11 from 9 to 11

a.m. at Walgreens, 10350 Royal Palm Blvd., located at the southeast corner of Royal Palm Blvd. and Riverside Drive.

- Saturday, September 15 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Walmart Grocery Store, 10635 W. Atlantic Blvd., located just east of Coral Springs Drive.

Three Lawn Equipment Vehicles Stolen

Coral Springs Seeks Public Art Proposals to Celebrate 50th Anniversary

The City of Coral Springs is seek-ing Public Artists who are interested in creating a commissioned art piece for permanent display. The artwork should embody the city’s mission as the nation’s premier community in which to live, work and raise a family, as well as cel-ebrate the City’s 50th Anniversary.

The City of Coral Springs Public Art Program is requesting concept propos-als for a distinct location within the City of Coral Springs. The budget amount of $75,000 is intended to purchase artwork

for the proposed location at the east en-trance on Atlantic Boulevard. Proposals by both single artist and/or teams of artists will be accepted. Please visit the City’s Public Art section on their web-page to download the RFP. Deadline for Proposals is September 1, 2012. No tax dollars are used toward purchasing public art in Coral Springs. All financing comes from a fee charged to developers who have projects larger than 12,500 square feet.

manipulated the union’s business, accounting and financial operations for his own benefit,” according to the Affidavit to Arrest.

Between 2001 and January 2012, Santer-amo was able “to systematically divert ap-proximately $165,500 in union funds to himself through an invoice-kickback scheme with a construction company.

In one of those 43 instances of racke-teering that investigators uncovered, Santer-amo had the construction company bill BTU $89,295 for repairing the BTU building el-evators. The company gave $20,000 of the union’s payment back to Santeramo in cash, investigators found.

Santeramo is also accused of making a series of illegal campaign contributions by having 25 individuals, including BTU mem-bers, make donations to a variety of candi-dates for which he then reimbursed them with BTU funds. Santeramo also improperly collected more than $121,848 by claiming false sick time and vacation time, it was dis-covered.

The lead investigator for BSO is Det.

Michael Johnston. Assistant State Attorney Adriana Alcalde of the State Attorney’s Public Corruption Unit is prosecuting the case.

Racketeering and Conspiracy to Com-mit Racketeering are first-degree felonies punishable by up to 30 years in Florida State Prison.

One Grand Theft charge is a first-degree felony, the other five charges are third-de-gree felonies.

Four of the campaign contribution viola-tions are third-degree felonies; one is a first-degree misdemeanor.

The four money-laundering charges are third-degree felonies.

One count of Organized Scheme to De-fraud is a first-degree felony, the second count is a second-degree felony, and the third count is a third-degree felony.

Second degree felonies are punishable by up to 10 years in prison; third-degree felo-nies are punishable by up to 5 years in prison.

Judge Holmes set bond for Santeramo at $480,000.

Coral Springs Commission Recognizes 2012 Government

Academy Participants

The Coral Springs Commission rec-ognized residents who participated in the 2012 Government Academy at the July

17 Commission meeting. Those who par-ticipated attended a course where they learned how a city government works.



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Dan Daley and Dr. Mark Gendal Run for Coral Springs Commission Seat TwoDan Daley wants to see improved eco-

nomic development, better public safety and an enhanced look and feel to the City of Cor-al Springs. He is running for Seat Two on the Coral Springs Commission and will be facing Dr. Mark Gendal. The seat is being vacated by Vince Boccard who is running for mayor.

Daley has lived in Coral Springs since 2001 and is a graduate of Stoneman Doug-las High School. He earned a BA in Political Science and Criminal Justice from Florida State University. Daley is the business de-velopment director for iTrace, a non-profit preventative health research organization. He owns and operates a company that dis-tributes horse supplement products. He served as a legislative aide to Ari Porth of the Florida House of Representatives.

“We need to create an environment that says we are open for business and this is a place to move your family,” said Daley. “I want to see more downtown development. I want a more vibrant downtown for Coral Springs.”

Daley said Coral Springs should consider

buying the vacant land at the intersection of Sample Road and University Drive where a Publix used to be located. He would like to see that area as a central town square where residents would go.

“Some areas of Coral Springs look tired and worn. We need to encourage property owners to take better care of their proper-ties,” said Daley.

He believes that when one property de-clines in appearance surrounding properties decline in appearance.

“I want people to take pride and owner-ship in the community,” said Daley.

Daley would like to see enhanced commu-nity policing. “We have an awesome police force and there are areas of Coral Springs that need more policing.”

Daley also wants the city to take better care of its properties. “Coral Springs resi-dents have always enjoyed a pristine look in their city but there are some areas where it has faded. If we take care of these issues, busi-ness will boom. People want to do business in an area that is safe, clean and vibrant.”

Dr. Mark Gendal is running for Coral Springs Commission Seat Two. He is op-posed by Dan Daley.

Dr. Gendal is an Optometric Physician. He is a partner in Drs. Reisch and Gendal’s Vision World. He recently received the Coral Springs Chamber Covered Bridge Award: 30 years in Business in Coral Springs.

Dr. Gendal has lived in Coral Springs for 29 years.

“I am running because our Coral Springs City Commission needs my life experience and vision to go forward. I have the desire to serve Coral Springs and lead our city to greater heights….I am concerned for the sustainability and future of this great City. The City looks old and tired. The crime rate

is going up. Public safety has never been more important. We are at a historical cross-roads for our City of Coral Springs. We are approaching our fiftieth anniversary in 2013. I am offering my life and business experience to serve the City of Coral Springs. My as-piration is to ensure that our students, resi-dents and business community can achieve the goals they seek in a safe village to live, work, play and raise a family.”

Dr. Gendal is concerned that taxes, water and fire service fees are skyrocketing. “Taxes can only stay level if property values increase or stabilize with commercial and small busi-nesses sharing more of the load. Our Park of Industry is severely vacant and undeveloped. Empty retail and industrial space must be filled with progressive new stores and high tech light industry.”

Gendal wants to ensure that leaders of national companies are informed that Coral Springs has a well-educated workforce and is a great place to raise a family.

“Job creation in Coral Springs will in-crease the value of our homes and increase our tax revenue. Coral Springs has started to look its age. We need to reface, beautify and modernize the look of the city to avoid further sliding of our property values. I will take a leadership role in executing a cohesive plan for developing our downtown Sample Road area. My goal as commissioner is simple. I want the City to be a place that my children and grandchildren will want to live, work, play and raise a family.”

Dr. Gendal said he loves Coral Springs and is concerned about its future. “We need to ad-dress the increase in crime and home invasion burglaries throughout our city. My biggest concern is that residents are telling me that they feel unsafe in Coral Springs. We need more community policing. We need officers

out in our communities and on their bikes. We need to encourage friendly dialogue between our law enforcement and our children.”

Dr. Gendal said he believes Coral Springs has lost its face and originality. “The city is looking its age. I will take a leadership po-sition in developing our downtown Sample Road area. The Land Development Plan for our Park of Industry should be re-examined and changed. The signage code recently passed was step in the right direction.”

Dr. Gendal wants to build an upscale mixed use City Hall – Municipal Center that presents Coral Springs as a global business Communi-ty. He wants more job creation so more young families will want to move to the City.

Dr. Gendal said he is grateful to Coral Springs for providing him a wonderful place to pursue a career and raise a family. He ad-mires how Coral Springs emphasizes educa-tion. He believes Coral Springs does a great job of mentoring young people.

Dan Daley

Coral Springs and Fraternal Order of Police Reach AgreementAfter more than a year of negotiations,

The City of Coral Springs and the Frater-nal Order of Police Lodge 87 have reached an agreement on a new 3-year contract. Both sides were prepared to present their case to the City Commission at an Impasse Hear-ing on the morning of July 16. After hear-ing both sides of the dispute, the City Com-mission was charged with making the final decision on the terms of the new contract. Instead, having reached an agreement over the weekend, Deputy City Manager Susan Grant and FOP Representative Scott My-ers presented a joint recommendation for the resolution of the impasse.

The new deal provides for an average wage increase of 2% in 2013, 2% in 2014, and 2.5% in 2015. The new contract also restruc-tures the police pension plan. The restruc-

tured plan makes the following changes for years of service after September 30, 2012: reduces the multiplier from 3.5% for every year of service to 3%; the Cost of Living Adjustment was changed from 2.5% per year beginning the first year of retirement to 1% per year beginning 5 years after retirement; the retirement benefit which is currently calculated based on the average of the last 3 years of service will be calculated on the last 4 years of service; normal retirement will in-crease from 20 years of service to 25 years; and the compensation used to calculate the fi-nal average salary will change from base sal-ary plus up to 14.5% of additional compensa-tion to base salary only. As a result of these changes, the City expects to lose $893,000 a year in “Chapter 185” state contribution to-ward the pension. The new agreement reduc-

es the member’s contribution to the pension from 9.875% of pay to 8%.

Other than wage and pension changes all other terms of the contract remain un-changed.

The new pension plan is expected to save the City $3 million the first year alone and save $14 million during the first five years. The savings is expected to reach $32 million during the first 10 years.

“I was flattered and honored to work alongside the FOP representatives who re-mained cordial and professional during this very difficult process,” City Manager Erdal Donmez said. “At the start of the process our goal was to create a pension plan that was permanent, affordable, fair, competitive, and sustainable,” Donmez continued, “I am happy to report that we have met all of those goals.”

“Of course, the union is not happy to give up any benefits,” FOP Representative Scott Myers said, “but our members felt these changes were important to allow the City to meet its financial goals. This was truly a com-promise with neither side coming away with everything it wanted.”

Commissioner Vince Boccard said he was pleased the city and the union had been able to reach an agreement. He said that Coral Spring and other city governments do not have the financial resources they did in the past.

Commissioner Claudette Bruck agreed. She said that the agreement was a family coming together. Bruck said she and the City respect the police department and the work that police officers do. She said this respect will continue.

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BOCA RATON, FL (July 31, 2012) –Downtown Boca will be this year’s premier hotspot for celebrating Brazil-ian Independence Day on Friday, Sep-tember 7th as “Boca and Brazil Meet to Celebrate the Brazilian Beat” as part of the destination’s popular monthly Friday Night LIVE! series presented by JM Lexus. Held at Downtown Boca’s Sanborn Square in partnership with the Consulate General of Brazil in Miami, Café Brasil 88.9 FM, the Palm

Beach County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Boca Tribune, Rotary Club of West Boca Raton and others, the free and open-to-the-public festivities will feature award-winning singer Rose Max and fan-favorite Batuke Samba Funk within its jam-packed schedule that in-cludes a Capoeira and Carnival show and Zumba demonstration, DJ Fred, dis-plays of art, vibrant fashion and more alongside delicious Brazilian “grab and go” cuisine served up curbside by the

Gourmet Truck Expo. The Friday Night LIVE! activities

begin at 6:00 p.m. at Sanborn Square, 72 N. Federal Highway (one block north of Palmetto Park Road) with Gourmet Truck Expo dining, a spirited Zumba demonstration and DJ Fred fol-lowed by a procession of Capoeira danc-ers and Carnival drummers and dancers.

Showtime starts at 7:30 p.m. as Batuke Samba Funk, a unique collec-tive of musicians

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Brazilian Independence Day Takes The Stage in Downtown Bocafrom Brazil and Miami, takes the stage to perform the classic samba/soul sound originating in Rio de Janiero in the late 1960s. The group combines the percus-sive grooves of Brazilian samba with the funk rhythms of American legends like James Brown and Earth, Wind & Fire. Batuke Samba Funk was founded in 2008 by bassist extraordinaire Diogo Olivera and features a revolving cast of the very finest musicians playing gui-tars, bass, drums, vocals and Afro-Bra-zilian percussion. As a signature element of the show, the band will erupt into a samba jam session using traditional Bra-zilian drums as well as recycled objects such as cans, buckets and scrap metal to create a joyous carnival atmosphere.

The night’s entertainment culmi-nates with the performance of “South Florida’s favorite Brazilian singer,” Rose Max and her mesmerizing guitarist Ra-matis Moraes. They will be “firing up” the streetside dance floor with authen-tic, classic samba music inspired by the nightclubs of Rio de Janiero accompa-nied by a pulsating band and a lively percussion section. Max’s talent and performance has earned her several Mi-ami New Times “Best of ” awards as well as three Brazilian International Press

Awards. Rolling out the welcome mat to the

thousands of event-goers, Downtown Boca ambassadors, including Rotary Club of West Boca volunteers who are fluent in Portuguese, will be stationed throughout the event at the Downtown Boca Welcome Center conveniently located in the heart of the festivities. Participating businesses will extend hours with special sidewalk tastings, samplings, trunk shows, dining specials, menu items and discounts and late night “after parties” at area pubs and clubs will be held for exploring and enjoying the destination, from Mizner Park to Royal Palm Place, including the signature col-lection of shops and boutiques, restau-rants and galleries along Palmetto Park Road and Plaza Real South.

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Visitors are encouraged to “come ear-ly, stay late...where something for every-one awaits” as thousands have done for previous Friday Night LIVE! events that have featured Tito Puente, Jr. and his Latin Jazz ensemble; Chris MacDonald, the “ultimate Elvis tribute artist”; the “CountryTown” Garth Brooks Tribute

Show and line dancing; Florida Panthers Patrol Red Zone Night; and City Link’s Boca Beerfest.

Free parking for Friday Night LIVE! Brazilian Beat is available at City Hall (201 West Palmetto Park Road), the Downtown Library (200 Northwest Boca Raton Boulevard), and other loca-tions downtown where event signage is featured.

To extend event-goer celebration through the weekend for more time to explore Downtown Boca and sur-rounding areas, the shopping/dining/entertainment destination and the Palm Beach County Convention & Visitors Bureau are teaming up with area hotels to offer “soon to be announced” special discounted “Stay & Play” room rates for the “Brazilian Beat” weekend.

“We look forward to welcoming thousands from South Florida, some for the first time, to Downtown Boca to en-joy the Brazilian Beat festivities,” said Boca Raton Downtown Manager Ruby Childers. “It will be a great night of cel-ebrating, dancing, dining, and exploring all there is to see and do in Downtown Boca. In working with our program-ming and media partners, we expect a memorable evening.” She added that

the Friday Night LIVE! presented by JM Lexus on October 5, 2012 will have a “Community & Culture” theme and kick off a series of programing related to “American Stories As Told Through The Cultural Arts” with the backdrop of the upcoming presidential debate to the area.

Future Friday Night LIVE! series dates* and themes* planned, include the following; unless noted, all evenings are free and begin with festivities at 6:30 p.m. and live entertainment to take the stage at 7:30 p.m.:

October 5th Community & Culture—Mizner Park Amphitheater

November 2nd K i d s Night In, Parents Night Out—Sanborn Square

December 7th Holiday Sounds—Sanborn Square

*Themes subject to change. Most se-ries events are free.

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In the gym or in among friends there are always so many suggestions in what to do to achieve the results desired without wasting time. It also important to focus on form and to protect your joints from being injured. Below is a list of tricks that will maximize your results and will help you to achieve your goals.

Do not strain your back against the floor to get your crunches done.

To protect your joints while exercis-ing is a key element during training. Many people experience increase in back pain when performing crunches. Using exercises balls promotes improved support to your spine and allows training the abdominal muscles in most of its range of motion. Plank and it’s variations are also a good way to strengthen your abs eficciently. Support your body on forearms and toes maintain-ing your spine neutral for periods of 30 seconds to one minute is the best way to strengthen your abs.

Do not waste your time with exercis-es that target small muscles.

Gym equipment that targets small body parts may be useful at times, however, muscles where made to work together, and they respond better that way. Exercises like presses, squats, and lunges cause the activa-tion of the small muscles in combination com the large muscle groups in a correct and efficient way.

Not all types of pain are considered normal after an exercise session.

Some discomfort during and after ex-ercises is expected, however, if you experi-ence pain associated to redness and swelling it may well be an overuse or poor exercise technique injury. Use ice compress when needed and focus on form for the following session. If the symptoms persist affter a few days consult a physician or physical thera-pist.

Strengthening and interval training are the best choice.

If the objective is to eliminate body fat, focus on strengthening with weights alter-nated with periods of high intensity exercise on the bike, elliptical or treadmill, followed by a short period of rest. This combination

will elevate you body metabolism and will keep it up for hours after your workout in-creasing the amount of fat burned.

Use enough weights to make the dif-ference.

In general women tend to choose light weights to shape and tone the body, while the guys go straight to the heaviest weight they can posibly lift. Others yet rather, use the exercise machines. I recommend free weights for the reason that you activate sev-eral muscle groups at once upon performing one exercise, instead simply sitting down in one exercise machine and work one muscle group at time.

Increase the weight load regularly to challenge your muscles.

When exercising allow the number of repetitions to dictate the weight to be cho-sen. Look for weights that allow you to per-form eight to 10 repetitions, but not 12 if your goal is to get some muscle definition. In a few weeks u will notice that you could even perform up to 12 repetitions without difficulty. This is the time for you to increase the weights and go back to performing with to 10 repetitions for three sets.

Weight train three times per week.Weight training twice a week is also

beneficial, however, the results are not as re-markable as if you weight train three times a week. In contrast, if you weight train more than three times a week, depending on how your exercises are structured you may not allow enough time for muscle recovery.

Don’t worry: you are not going to look like a pile of muscles

Women have low testosterone hormone levels so they don’t get as muscular as men do. Actually even men need supplementation help to get there. According to the Ameri-can College of Sports Medicine, when indi-viduals use testosterone as anabolic steroid, they will experience increases in muscle and strength significantly beyond those ac-quired through training alone. Women can experience a sudden drop in testosterone by as much as 50 percent if they have their ovaries surgically removed. Such decreases in testosterone can lead to muscle wasting.

The Next Stop Broadway Summer Camp is underway at the Coral Springs Performing Arts Center.

It is a six week teen summer theater project that provides young people in Coral Springs the opportunity to devel-op professional level performing and act-ing skills. The actors and actresses are age 14 to 19.

Currently the young people are re-hearsing for the August 3 performance

of “Legally Blonde.” The musical will be performed at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Cynthia O’Brien, musical director said rehearse in a professional atmo-sphere. The play is fully choreographed. The young people learn dancing, singing and acting skills.

“Many of these young people hope for professional acting careers,” said O’Brien.

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FOOD REVIEWBy Marc Kent

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Shanghai City offers true authentic Chinese cuisine plus versions of standard Americanized favorites.

Of the 16 appetizers, we tested their egg roll and veggie spring roll – house make – then their Shanghai seafood roll – crunchy, meaty and tasty. The steamed pork dumplings had a gentle taste while the boneless spare ribs were rich, tender and very tasty in the deep flavor sauce. We tried salt and pepper fried calamari –large strips in light batter producing a fine result …not too chewy at all. Others to be sampled in the future.

The wonton soup was a light broth with ample wontons and a fine taste. The hot and sour soup is a winner, lovely taste with a true bite yet not too strong. There is a chicken corn soup that is a mild com-bination of sweet tastes. 6 additional soup choices await another visit.

Under the heading of “Seafood”, we found 17 selections featuring 12 shrimp versions and a couple of scallop versions plus two of lobster. Most everyone’s fa-vorite is shrimp with lobster sauce and their take on this was tender, gentle and above par in the taste department.

Take shrimp, scallions, broccoli, snow peas, celery, water chestnuts and mush-rooms, put them in a rich garlic sauce and savor! We tried “Midnight Shrimp”, steamed shellfish over a bed of spinach

with – our choice- black bean sauce ---a lovely dish to try.

We noted 10 listings as “Fish” – floun-der, snapper and salmon in various forms which we will explore another time. The same to be said for the extensive offerings of beef, pork and poultry dishes.

Chef Hui lists some 20 “Specials”, com-binations most varied and creative. The “Imperial XO Pair” is shrimp and chicken stir fried with asparagus and snow peas in a succulent XO sauce – nice pairing! A must try is “Classic Cantonese-Style

Clams”- a dozen or so large beauties, sautéed in a savory black bean sauce. We love duck and Shanghai City’s “Hong Kong Duck”, crispy roast duck, cut up in large pieces with scallion brushes and hoisin sauce was a genuine treat. We plan another dinner visit to try more of these listings.

We had standard white rice and fried rice with our sampling though there are 15 rice and noodle dishes on the standard menu. 8 vegetables choices are available as well.

Shanghai City dabbles in Thai food with choice of major ingredients, a choice of sauces and curries to please any taste.

There are daily specials to augment the extensive standard menu and we were asked to sample “Shrimp with Pine Nuts” –nice size shrimp, stir fried with celery, string beans and water chestnuts cut in a small dice, provided a crunchy back-ground for the tasty shrimp. Generally there are 6 0r 7 daily specials – Take note! For couples dining or a group of four, there are complete combination dinners to consider.

Wines and beers are available, no other libations. Shanghai City is located at 7860 Glades Road at Stanford Plaza in Boca Raton (561-482-1291). Open 7 days, service is from 11AM to 10PM weekdays, from 3PM to 10PM on Saturdays and Sundays. The standard menu is changed only yearly, but a Sunset menu and the daily special give ample choice.

This bright, modern restaurant has creative, quality dishes and an excellent, knowledgeable wait staff. Prices are quite reasonable, so…Go and Enjoy!

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Cathy Rigby soars again, possibly for the last time locally, in her signature role of Peter Pan in the award-winning pro-duction of “Peter Pan,’ running Aug. 1-5 at Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.

It’s hard to believe it but the former Olympic gymnast first undertook the role of the boy who refused to grow up almost 40 years ago in 1974 in a small theater-in-the-round production in Cali-fornia.

Rigby turns 60 Dec. 12, but you would never know it. The 4-foot-11 ath-lete/dancer/singer has always stayed in shape and like the character she plays, has barely aged at all.

Peter Pan the musical has a long and illustrious history. Based on the beloved 1904 J.M. Barrie children’s classic, the original 1954 Broadway production won a Tony Award for its star Mary Mar-tin and co-star Cyril Ritchard as Capt. Hook. Martin continued playing the role on stage and television until 1960 at age 47.

In a 1979 revival, Sandy Duncan was nominated for a Tony and the show was nominated for a Best Revival Tony. Cathy Rigby was nominated for Best Lead Actress for her 1990 Broadway de-but and the show was nominated for Best Revival.

Rigby announced she was retiring from her Peter Pan role in 2004, but she was persuaded to give it another go in a

tour produced by Rigby and her husband Tom McCoy and Nederlander Presenta-tions. Co-starring as Capt. Hook is Brent Barrett.

Tickets start at $25. Call 800-572-8471 or go to www.kravis.org.

“Divorce Party: The Musical” at Kra-vis Center

Also at Kravis Center through Aug. 19 in the smaller Rinker Theater is a re-turn engagement of the raucous musi-cal “Divorce Party the Musical” subtitled “The hilarious journey to Hell and Back.”

The cast includes Janna Cardia (“Wiz-ard of Oz,” “Grease”) returning from the sold-out run earlier this season, with So-ara Joye-Ross (“Les Miserables”), Stacey Todd-Holt (“Cry Baby,” “Elf ”) and Scott Ahearn as multiple male characters

Again tickets start at $25 and may be reserved by calling 800-572-8471 or go-ing to www.kravis.org.

“Godspell” at Showtime Boca Raton Right here in downtown Boca Ra-

ton Showtime Performing Arts presents its summer production of the musi-cal “Godspell” at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 2 and 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3.

All tickets are $10 and may be re-served by calling 561-394-2626 or going to www.showtimeboca.com. Showtime is located on the east side of Royal Palm Place at 503 Mizner Blvd., suite 73.

Cathy Rigby Soars Again as Peter Pan

Peter Pan (Cathy Rigby) with Wendy



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Don’t be afraid you can use a different texture; it helps create an illusion of richness.More tips goes to www.alemontesdeoca.blogspot.com

Colors in LayersHave you ever been in a space where only 1 or 2 colors were used but it

seemed as if there were 20? Tone on tone coloring or layering, is a decorative technique that takes a single or a few colors and uses different saturation of

that color(s) throughout the space. The result is a room that can be dramatical-ly transformed just by lightening or darkening of that color. If you are happy

with the color of your space, but would like to give it more definition and style, look at some ways to change your space with tone on tone color.

Very good example, when we look at this room seems like has a lot of colors in it.

The color palate is rich. Remember dark colors give a sophisticate look in

any room.



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

Wasserman & Gora P.A. in Boca Raton. Mr. Gora may be reached at mailto:[email protected].

DIVORCE FLORIDA STYLEBy Mike Gora

The PrenuptialQ. I met this nice man who is about my

age on “Frumster.Com” a dating site for orthodox Jewish people. I am financially very secure, and have children of my long marriage with the love of my life who passed away a few years ago from cancer.

The new man has asked me to marry him, and I’m starting to ask myself, Why not? He is a real gentleman, lives in a beautiful home in Palm Beach, drives a Mercedes, and has a second home, an apartment, in Chicago.

My friends all say that I need a pre-nuptial agreement to protect myself and my children. I went to a lawyer and he explained that I could have such an agree-ment drawn up in a way that will protect my children in the event that I died first, or if there was a divorce (God forbid).

However, the lawyer said that in order to have a complete and binding agree-ment in Florida both me and my intended would have to disclose to one another all facets of our wealth. My Max, dead five years, still whispers in my ear. He tells me go ahead with the marriage but don’t tell him anything.

Can David (new guy) and I agree not to disclose our money and property to one another and still have a binding pre-nuptial agreement? Why would I need to know about his “stuff ” and he know about mine?

A All of the statutory and appellate

law in Florida tells us that in order to have a valid prenuptial agreement in Florida

the two of you must disclose all of your assets, liabilities and income to the other. Assuming that neither of you is employed at this time the respective incomes would be the product of your investments, the interests, dividends, and net trading prof-its.

While it might be possible to reach an agreement under which you both waive the right to see the other’s financial pic-ture there seems to be a real necessity to make this exchange to protect yourself. Candidly, he should feel the same way.

The two of you are committing your-self for the rest of your lives. While “Da-vid” presents himself as a wealthy person one never knows. You might have a home with all equity and no mortgage. His beautiful home might be in foreclosure, and he might be fighting lawsuits by the score.

You may have $10 million in broker-age accounts, annuities, oil interests and real estate and he may be deeply in debt because he lost what he had in the recent near recession.

He may be looking to you as his meal ticket instead of a love interest. It is not difficult for a person to live in a big house, drive a nice car, and have the ability to sign for a fancy trip on a credit card and still have little if any money in the bank.

The next time that Max whispers in your ear tell him that you appreciate his advice but you do not believe it’s a good idea to buy a new car without looking un-der the hood.

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Be Wary Of Tempting Shortcuts

One summer our family took a vaca-tion by car, with our only goal being to see the western half of the United States. We had loaded up our van and headed out in search of an adventure. By the conclusion of our two-week trip, we had put more than 5,000 miles on the odometer.

For most of the trip we simply focused on enjoying the journey rather than rush-ing toward a destination. But in one of the states we traveled through (which will remain unnamed) we were so bored with the monotony of the unchanging scen-ery, I got what I thought at the time was a brilliant idea: to take a shortcut to the next large town.

The alternative road the map displayed seemed perfectly acceptable, appearing to be a direct route to the next town. Based on what the map showed, we reasoned this shortcut could save us at least an hour of traveling time – and spare us from having to stare at the tedious roadway vista. So we got off the well-traveled highway and set off on the alternative route.

What a great mistake that proved to be! The road presented one difficulty af-ter another, a series of troublesome ob-stacles: construction work; a line of slow trucks that we were unable to pass; cattle, and then sheep, in the middle of the road, blocking our advance; potholes seemingly as big as meteor craters; and no gas sta-tions or restrooms to serve our traveling needs.

The bottom line of this experi-ence: My proposed “shortcut” ended up taking much longer than the original route would have required, we nearly ran out of gas, and I had a very aggravated, unappreciative family!

The lesson: Shortcuts are not always

as good as they may seem.

Although some physicists might want to debate this point, it seems obvious that

sometimes the shortest distance to a goal is NOT a straight line.

Shortcuts – and their potential dan-gers – of course, are not limited only to traveling. Today’s competitive business climate, for example, often tempts us to cut corners in order to speed up prog-ress on projects, or to cut expenses and increase the margin of profit. Time pres-sures, management demands, greed, or even laziness can prompt us to take ill-advised diversions en route to chosen ob-jectives.

But ethical shortcuts, such as short-changing a customer on the quality of a product or service, will always come back to haunt us, at least in the long term, if not immediately.

In its timeless wisdom, the Bible offers several warnings against shortcuts:

“The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out (Proverbs 10:9).

“Dishonest gain will never last, so why take the risk?” (Proverbs 21:6).

“Money that comes easily disappears quickly, but money that is gathered little by little will grow” (Proverbs 13:11).

“The man who wants to get rich quick will quickly fail” (Proverbs 28:20).

The next time you are tempted to take a shortcut – think carefully and cautiously before taking it.© 2010, Purpose Driven Life. All rights reserved. Adapted from a column by Dr. Rick Warren, the author of numerous books, including the highly acclaimed, The Purpose-Drive Life, which has been translated into many languages and sold throughout the world. It affirms the importance of having a carefully considered, clearly expressed purpose to guide everyday life. It has been named one of the 100 Christian books that changed the 20th Century. He also has written The Purpose-Driven Church and The Purpose of Christmas.

FAITHBy Rick Warren



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90 Minutes StrongBy Pedro Heizer

Fort Lauderdale’s Mark Anderson is Making a Name for HimselfMark Anderson, a 5’10 forward from Eng-

land is making a name for himself in the NASL.But before Anderson was the Strikers’ high-

scoring forward, he was part of the Barry Uni-versity Buccaneers from 2008-2010.

During that time span Anderson had a very successful college career. As a freshman he led the nation in assists per game and was seventh in the nation for points in a game.

In three seasons with the Buccaneers, he scored 38 goals and had 28 assists in 58 games. In 2011 he was named the Division II National Soccer Player of the Year and the Capital One Academic All-America of the Year for DII men’s soccer.

Last year Anderson represented Great Brit-ain at the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China. He scored two goals, leading his team to the finals before losing to Japan 2-0.

In February of this year, Anderson decided to showcase his talents for all eight NASL teams in the 2012 NASL Combine and he didn’t disap-point.

More than half of the teams were inter-ested in the young forward, but only one team

appealed to Anderson, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.

Due to the fact he was still in school, An-derson wanted to finish his education and the Strikers became the clear choice for the 23 year old forward.

“Fort Lauderdale was the team that appealed to me the most. It’s close to home, and I could finish school while playing here,” said Anderson

“We knew that with Mark being a local play-er we would be able to manage a schedule with him,” said Strikers head coach Daryl Shore.

Anderson had to balance school and soccer for a while at the start of the season, “I would come to practice once or twice a week max be-cause of classes,” said Anderson. “I couldn’t miss class; I wasn’t going to give up four years of my life just for a couple of weeks of train-ing.”

“You have to respect that,” said coach Shore. “When you play in this league nothing is guar-anteed, so when a player comes to us and says he wants to finish his education because he needs to think about his future, you respect that.”

Anderson is having the best season by a

Strikers rookie since the team formed in 2006 as Miami FC. He already holds the record for most goals scored by a rookie in a season with 10 and is also third in franchise history in goals scored in a season and is only five goals behind Alex Alfonso for second place with plenty of soccer still to be played.

“He started out slow because he was still in class,” recalls coach Shore. “But he battled through it, had a good work ethic and now that he’s been training everyday and getting himself fitter, he’s put himself in spots on the field to not only scores goals but to make plays for his teammates.”

As a rookie, Anderson has already been named the NASL Offensive Player of the Week twice, and deserves recognition for his drive to keep the Strikers in playoff contention. If An-derson keeps up his dominant play and goal-scoring prowess, he should not only be a con-tender the NASL Rookie of the Year, but for the MVP honor as well.

“He works hard, reads the game really well and is passionate about it,” said coach Shore. “He’s been a great addition to our team.”

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Lynn University has created an innovative new program to support and help prepare stu-dents in the “Colleges and Schools” College of Business and Management for a career in the business world.

Rick Sayers, who has served as the executive in residence of the college for the past three years, has been named executive director of new Internships and Cooperative Education Pro-gram. The goal is to help students discover their intellectual and personal strengths through formal preparation to include: mock interviews (face-to-face, phone and Skype), resume and cover letter writing, business etiquette skills and personality profile (Myers-Briggs).

“Getting Lynn students ready for a successful professional life after college is a primary re-sponsibility,” said Sayers. “This program will give them an advantage in obtaining internships and cooperative education experience and make them better prepared to meet, interview and work with individuals in the business community.”

An important component of the program will be the business relationships that will be de-veloped with the corporate and business community. “We will reach out to organizations that match up with the skills, interests and global diversity of our students for mutually beneficial partnerships,” he said.

Contacts have already been made with Office Depot, PwC, Sherwin Williams, Parker Hannifin, Jarden, Via Mizner, 02 media Inc., AXA Equitable and C3 Interactive and others.

In hiring students for internships Sayers said corporations are looking for the opportunity to “test drive” potential employees before making a permanent offer. They also look for intelli-gent, energetic talent with summer and/or school year projects. Students benefit by experienc-ing the company culture, management style and other organizational dynamics before having to make a decision for full time employment as well.

Internships are required in virtually all COBM curriculums. Though this program will initially be rolled out in the COBM, it is expected to expand to the other colleges.

“We are very fortunate to have Rick as executive director to lead this new program,” said Thomas Kruczek, dean of the College of Business and Management. “With his extensive background in human resources in the corporate space, he knows exactly what corporations

are looking for in new hires and he will do an outstanding job of getting our students ready.” Sayers has more than 35 years of senior executive human resources and corporate busi-

ness leadership experience. He was executive vice president and chief human resources officer for Agilysys Inc., an IT solutions corporation; a managing director for the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) practice at PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP; and corporate vice president for human resources at Invacare Corporation, a billion dollar leading manufacturer of home health care products. He began his career at TRW, a Fortune 100 automotive and aerospace organization where he rose to the level of human resources vice president for the Global Steer-ing and Suspension business.

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Life Extension Foundation® Needs Volunteers for Alzheimer’s Disease StudyFORT LAUDERDALE -- Life Extension Foundation® is sponsoring an Alzheimer’s

disease study with South Florida residents who have mild or moderate Alzheimer’s disease. The objective is to measure the effects of weekly injections of a medication plus nutritional supplements that help suppress the inflammatory factor that is implicated in the neuronal degeneration of Alzheimer’s disease.

Study participants receive blood tests, evaluations and blood pressure checks, as well as study medication and supplements at no cost. The study requires weekly visits and runs about 17 weeks.

More than 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time, becoming severe enough to interfere with daily tasks. There are no treatments available that stop the progression of Alzheimer’s dis-

ease. However, there are FDA approved medications that temporarily improve symptoms.For study information call toll-free at 866.517.4536 or email LEClinicalResearch@

LifeExtension.com Study pre-registration is available at www.lef.org/ClinicalResearch.com.

Life Extension Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to finding new scientific methods to enhance and expand the healthy human life span. It funds re-search programs aimed at developing new anti-aging therapies and combating such age-related killers as heart disease, stroke, cancer, and Alzheimer’s. Life Extension Foundation has donated more than $100 million to anti-aging and disease prevention studies.





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