January 2017

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staircases. 2763 sq ft of covered patios and balconies, Hardwood floors 

thru-out. Gas heated 35x20 resort style pool and spa with 2 waterfalls, all 

hurricane impact glass windows and doors, and so much more. 

CYPRESS HEAD $1,375,000 

2-Story lakefront estate with main house plus guest house with full kitchen and 

bedroom and bath. Main house with 4-bedrooms + Library, 4 full and 2 half baths. 

and 3-car side entry garage. Sweeping staircase to master suite on second floor with 

marble bath, his and hers dressing areas, walk in closets. Private sundeck overlooking 

lake. Kitchen with center island, granite counter tops and stainless steel 

appliances. Many architectural details and crown molding thru-out plus; Family 

room with 20 ft ceilings and foyer and living room with 21 ft ceilings. All bedrooms 

with wood floors. All hurricane impact windows and doors and house generator. 

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pond with fountains and waterfall. A 2 story main house; with 

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2nd floor with sitting area, loft and screened patio. Horses 

permitted; 500 ft. driveway, 3+ acres maintained with pride of 

ownership. 4 Bedrooms, 3 ½ Baths, 2 Car Garage with City 

Water..... and no HOA fees. 

WHISPERING WOODS $1,095,500 

Sprawling estate on 1.5 acres with 5 bedrooms, 4 full baths, 3-car 

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Split bedroom floor plan with hurricane protection on all windows 

and doors. 20x40, Heated, salt water, Open pool and spa. Family 

room with fireplace, and built in entertainment center. Master with 

sitting area and new marble master bath with his and hers dressing 

areas. Crown molding and all 8’ doors throughout. White kitchen 

with stainless steel appliances and center island. Newer roof. 

CYPRESS HEAD $929,950 

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completely remodeled, Corner, Cul-de-sac location on builder’s 

acre, 3-Car Side entry garage and Circular Driveway. This custom 

estate offers 5 True Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths, Split Floor plan, 

Marble floors and French doors throughout. Beautiful decorative 

wrought Iron Foyer entry, New Kitchen, new appliances, 

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much more, loaded with extras. 

CYPRESS HEAD $845,000 

One Story Custom Estate home on Builders Acre with room for private 

tennis court or guest house, completely and totally remodeled. Cul-desac 

location with canopy trees. 5 Bedrooms, 4 Full Baths, and oversized 

3-car side entry Garage. 24x24 Turkish Marble floors thru out, Wood 

plantation shutters, all doors and windows with hurricane protection, 

split bedroom plan, Remodeled kitchen with wood cabinets and granite 

counter tops, all top of the line appliances, wood burning coral stone fireplace 

in family room, 5th bedroom/office with wood floors and Murphy 

bed. Open pool and spa with separate screened patio and endless views. 

FOX RIDGE $624,000 

Sought after Fox Ridge- a family community with Gated Entry. 

This Cayman Model features, Hurricane impact windows and 

doors plus 40K house generator with 200 gallon buried gas 

tank. 2 new ac units, updated bathrooms, 5 Bedrooms, 3 Full 

baths and 3- car garage. 3 way split floor plan, 5th bedroom 

being used as den/office with builtin cherry wood cabinets 

and desk. Master bedroom with his and hers walk- in finished 

closets, Master bath with his and hers dressing areas. Open 

pool and patio and total privacy. Priced to Sell!!!! 

CASERAS IN PARKLAND GOLF & CC $545,000 

First time offering, original owners in pristine condition and 

meticulously maintained-Shows better than a model. This 

2nd Floor Caseras unit is loaded with extras and upgrades. 3 

Bedrooms plus Den, 2 full baths and 2 car garage. Wood staircase 

and wood paneled custom elevator, all impact windows 

and doors, built-ins, crown moldings and more. With elegant 

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JANUARY 

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FEATURES 

50, 51 Holocaust Museum 

Holocaust Museum in the 

making in Dania 

58, 59 Boca Concours 

The Eleventh annual event 

drives to raise money for charity 

60, 61 Kravis Center 

The center celebrates its 

25th anniversary 

82 Medical Matters 

Articles featuring medical, 

health, and wellness issues. 

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94 

14 MLK Legacy 

Dr. King’s philosophy explored 

18 Cyber War 

Are computers our worst enemies? 

22 Post Holiday Blues 

Dealing with holiday let-down 

26 No New Year’s Resolutions 

Goals are better than resolutions 

30 Male Matters 

A tribute to those lost in 2016 

36 Mom’s Perspective 

Winter Wonderland 

40 Humor 

January means a clean start 

44 Guy Talk 

Taking back my life 

56 MS Gala 

The 34th Annual Luncheon 

62 Wine Watch 

Something different: Moonshine 

Busy Day Recipes 66 

Warm soup for chilly days 

Voyager 72 

Update on a 40 year journey 

into space 

Agriscience 74 

New program teaches more 

than gardening 

Education Expert 76 

Teaching your child to read 

Saving For College 78 

The 529 savings plan 

Ask the Expert 80 

Don’t fear the teacher 

Equestrian News 108 

For the love of a horse 

Pet Talk 109 

When the dog eats the leftovers 

Last Word 110 

Let’s start something new 

IN EVERY ISSUE 

Editor’s Letter 6 

Parkland’s Mayor 8 

Coral Springs’ Mayor 9 

U.S. Congressman 10 

Community News 12, 13 

Events Calendar 54 

School News 68, 69 

Parkland Library Events 70 

Last Word 110

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CONTRIBUTORS 

Sheila and Bennet 

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Mark Bohm is an attorney 

and freelance writer living 

in Parkland. 

Dr. Renae Lapin, LMFT 

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with the Broward County 

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Charles Marcanetti 

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Elliot Goldenberg, an 

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to Coconut Creek after a 

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The start of a new year usually means new goals or 

resolutions. Some may want to improve their finances, 

relationships, or may have more personal goals. Most, 

though, strive for better health. This month, we begin 

our three month sojourn on medical and health issues. 

Starting on page 82, you will find a list of interesting articles 

about the latest technology in hospitals, page 83, a nod 

to Cervical Cancer month, page 98, and answers to the 

gluten issue, page 96. We also discuss the controversial 

issue of medical marijuana, pages 88, 89. This is just a 

sampling of stories this month; some of the areas we will 

explore next month are Online Doctors, National Heart 

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A year long celebration has begun for the 25th Anniversary 

of the Kravis Center. We take you through the history of the 

center. An interesting factoid: The Kravis Center is on the 

highest spot in Palm Beach County. Enjoy reading how this 

spot in Palm Beach went from Connie Mack Field to the 

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, pages 60, 61. 

There are two more important events coming up. One 

is the MS Gala Luncheon on January 18. This event is a 

very important fundraiser that helps the National Multiple 

Sclerosis Society work towards a cure, page 56. Do you 

like automobiles and airplanes? The 11th Annual Boca 

Raton Concours d’Elegance, which takes place February 

10 through 12, is for you. The Concours is touted as one of 

the fastest growing fund-raisers in South Florida to benefit 

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County. Hosted by Rick 

and Rita Case, the Concours should be three days of fun 

and interesting events, pages 58, 59. 

There is a site in Broward County that is important to visit. 

It’s the Holocaust Documentation & Education Center. 

It has moved to Dania Beach and is going to become a 

museum, which should be finished this year, for all to visit 

and remember a horrific time in history that should not 

be forgotten or repeated, pages 50, 51. This time period 

magnifies mans inhumanity to man, but also tells of the 

human spirit to survive and the courage to do what it takes. 

As you read through our magazine this month, I hope you 

enjoy our usual columnists and I hope we have given you 

food for thought as to goals for the upcoming year. 

As always, if you have any questions, comments, or story 

ideas, email me at parklandereditor@gmail.com. P 

Barbara Negron 

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Christine 

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Happy New Year. On behalf of our 

family and myself, I hope that all of 

you, your families and friends had a 

joyous holiday season. 

Last year was a year of changes in the City. 

We elected three new members to the 

City Commission and I was elected as Mayor. The Commission is off 

to a great start and I am confident that we will continue to effectively 

serve our residents with the same vigor and passion that the past 

Commissions and Mayors have. 

Speaking of past Mayors . . .we are thrilled that former Parkland 

Mayor Michael Udine was sworn in as the newest Broward County 

Commissioner for District 3. I know he will provide the residents of 

Parkland and those of the other cities in his district with excellent 

representation at the County level. I cannot be happier for his success 

and am sure all Parkland residents wish him and the entire County 

Commission the greatest success. 

With the start of the new year, many people take the time to set new 

goals for themselves. A goal you may want to consider is getting more 

involved in the community. One of the great things about Parkland is 

the commitment of our residents to making the community special. 

For decades our dedicated City Commission, staff, and residents have 

worked side-by-side to make Parkland the great city it is. 

Residents frequently ask how they can become more involved in the 

City. There are many avenues including: serving on the City Advisory 

Boards, volunteering at the Parkland City Library, working with one 

of our many youth sports leagues, participating in the local PTA, PTO 

or PTSA at one of the A-rated Broward County Public Schools in 

Parkland, and many more areas. Volunteer opportunities, that should 

meet a skill or passion for nearly every resident, are plentiful in the City. 

Any resident interested in volunteering in the city can visit the City 

website at: cityofparkland.org/volunteer or contact the Human 

Resources Department at 954-757-4145 for volunteering opportunities. 

Also be sure to sign up for the City of Parkland e-blast or “like” the 

official City of Parkland page on Facebook. 

I hope that 2017 has gotten off to a great start for your family and you. 

As always, I welcome your comments, questions and feedback and 

can be reached at chunschofsky@cityofparkland.org . P 

www.cityofparkland.org/farmersmarket.org 954-757-4105 

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CORAL SPRINGS MAYOR 

SKIP CAMPBELL 

Happy New Year! I’m looking 

forward to what 2017 has in store 

for our wonderful City. I hope you 

and your family had a wonderful holiday 

season. 

The City ended 2016 on a great note. 

We were pleased to once again have 

the City’s AAA credit rating affirmed by 

Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s agency. This rating is the 

highest bond rating an organization can earn. As an AAA rated 

City, Coral Springs has saved, and will continue to save, millions 

of dollars in interest and credit enhancements such as bond 

insurance. This credit rating confirms our stable financial position, 

and that has a tremendous fiscal impact for our residents. 

With the start of a new year, we have exciting events to look 

forward to. Each January, we honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther 

King, Jr. Don’t miss I Have a Dream - a special performance 

reflecting the life and words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It will take 

place on Friday, January 13, at the Center for the Arts at 7pm. 

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children. Tickets are now 

available at the Center for the Arts, City Hall, and City Hall in the 

Mall. 

I am also excited to have our third Mayors’ Chess Challenge 

on Saturday, January 28, from 9 to 11am at Coral Glades High 

School. Mayors throughout Broward County and other local city 

officials will be there to participate. This event is open to everyone, 

regardless of age or skill level. This is a free, open play event, so 

registration is not necessary. Coral Glades High School is behind 

the Sportsplex at 2700 Sportsplex Drive, Coral Springs. 

On Saturday, February 4, we’re hosting a Family Fun Day and Car 

Show at the Sportsplex from 10am to 2pm. There will be music, 

food trucks, vendors, bounce houses, and entertainment. There 

will be a nominal fee for some of the activities. Cost to register a 

vehicle is $15, or $20 on the day of the event. For information, call 

954-345-2200. 

Last but not least, I also want to invite residents to the annual 

State of the City, which will be on Thursday, February 16, at 

6:30pm. The City will highlight its accomplishments over the 

past year, thank its volunteers, and end the night with a concert 

by GetBack!, featuring favorite hits from The Beatles. The event 

is free and will be at the Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs 

Drive. Tickets are free and available on a first-come, first-serve 

basis at City Hall and City Hall in the Mall. Please keep in mind that 

residents must be 13 to attend. P 

If you would like to meet with me to discuss any City issues, 

feel free to visit with me during my office hours. My office 

hours are the second Tuesday of every month from 4:00pm 

to 6:00pm at City Hall in the City Commission Office. To 

make an appointment, call 954-344-5911. Don’t forget 

to ‘Like’ the City on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/- 

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Speaking to Students 

Congressman 

Ted Deutch 

(D-FL 21 st District) 

With the beginning of 

a new year and new 

Congress, I want to take 

this opportunity to share 

with you a few highlights of 

my work last year in your 

community. 

It’s always a privilege to meet local students of all ages. 

In October, I spoke to the Politics Club at Stoneman 

Douglas High School about current legislation in 

Congress, civic engagement, and the need to make 

sure that every American has access to high-quality 

education. 

I was also honored to take part in a film produced by 

two exceptional students at Stoneman Douglas. Their 

powerful documentary, Target, explores the issues 

and arguments surrounding gun safety and school 

shootings. The students and I discussed our shared 

concerns about gun violence in America, especially in 

schools. 

Autism Awareness 

In April, I joined local business Rising Tide Car Wash 

to recognize National Autism Awareness Month. While 

federal funding for autism research has increased in 

recent years, a lack of support for adults with autism 

has led to nearly 60 percent being unable to find 

employment. We must combine federal investment 

with private sector participation to succeed in helping 

autistic adults live independent lives. Rising Tide is a 

business leader in Parkland that employs autistic adults 

helping them to reach their full potential. 

Honoring Service Members 

On Memorial Day, I joined the community of Aston 

Gardens and Parkland city officials at a ceremony 

paying tribute to the men and women who sacrificed 

for our nation’s security and values. One of my greatest 

honors as a member of Congress is to advocate for 

South Florida’s veterans. If you are a veteran who is 

experiencing a VA problem, contact my office for help. 

Wishing you a Happy New Year. P 

Should you have questions or concerns call my office: 

954-255-8336 or 561-470-5440 or 202-225-3001. 

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JANUARY 

2017 

EVENTS 

Southern Handcraft Society of Coral Springs 

January 3rd, 7pm 

Southern Handcraft Society of Coral Springs will meet in the 

Cypress Park Clubhouse, 1300 Coral Springs Drive, Coral 

Springs. New members are welcome. Meetings are on the first 

Tuesday of each month. January’s project is a snowman. The 

group will meet on January 17th at 10am at Hobby Lobby in 

Coral Springs. For more information and supplies to bring, call 

Sally 954-798-1672. 

Silent Peace Walk 

January 7th, 7am 

Walk for 20 minutes in silence while holding thoughts of peace. 

After the walk join us for coffee and conversation. The Silent 

Peace Walk at the International Peace Garden in Coral Springs 

adjacent to the entrance of the Coral Springs Center for the 

Arts (access through NW 29th Street). For more information, 

visit SilentPeaceWalk.org. 

Parkland Farmer’s Market 

January 8th and January 22nd, 9am to 1pm 

Shop for fresh produce and other items at the Parkland 

Farmer’s Market at Equestrian Center at Temple Park, 8350 

Ranch Road, Parkland. For information, call 954-757-4105. 

Coral Springs Farmer’s Market 

January 8th and 22nd, 9am 

The Coral Springs Farmer’s Market features more than 50 

vendors selling fresh and organic products. The market is at 

9405 NW 31st Court, Coral Springs. Visit coralsprings.org. 

Eats N Beats 

January 14th, 5:30 to 9:30pm 

Sugar Ray and The Bluetones perform. Bring blankets, 

chairs, and enjoy live music and food trucks at Michael Udine 

Amphitheater,10555 Trails End. Visit cityofparkland.org for 

more information. 

Family Concert Series 

January 21st 7 to 9pm 

Come sit under the stars and enjoy music with your family 

and friends at the Coral Springs’ free Family Concert Series 

at Betti Stradling Park, 10301 Wiles Road. Fast Forward - A 

Kenny Chesney Tribute Band - will play his top hits. Parking 

and admission are free. Blankets, lawn chairs, and coolers are 

welcome, and refreshments will be available for purchase. No 

glass containers, alcohol, and pets. For more information, call 

954-345-2200. 

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St. Andrew Family Carnival 

January 26th, 5 to 9 pm, January 

27th 5 to 11pm, January 28th 

11am to 11pm, January 29th, 

noon to 9pm 

Saint Andrew will have its annual 

family carnival at St. Andrew Catholic Church, 9990 NW 29th 

Street, Coral Springs. The event will have rides for the entire 

family, games, food, wine and beer garden, and a variety of 

vendors. For information, visit carnival@saccs.org. 

Drive-in Movie 

January 28th, 7pm 

Bring the family out to Equestrian Center at 

Temple Park, 8350 Ranch Road, for a free night 

at the movies. Free. Call 954-757-4105 for 

movie title or information. 

Bird Walks in the Parks 

First Saturday and Sunday of the month 

Bird Walks will be at Tall Cypress Natural Area, 3700 Turtle Run 

Blvd., Coral Springs, at 8am. This event is for all ages. The 

walks are free, registration is required. Call 954-357-5100. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

Daley 

remains as 

Vice Mayor 

The City 

Commission 

reappointed 

Dan Daley as 

Vice Mayor last 

month. Daley 

has served as 

a Coral Springs Commissioner since 

November 2012. Daley is currently 

a Commission liaison to the Charter 

School Advisory Board, Customer- 

Involved Government Committee, 

Economic Development Advisory 

Committee, Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Committee, and the Neighborhood 

and Environmental Committee. 

For more information, or to schedule 

an appointment with Daly, call 

954-344-5911. 

Scholarship Opportunities 

The City of Parkland is offering two 

scholarships for graduating Parkland 

seniors. Application deadline is 

January 27. 

Education Advisory Board 

Scholarship: Open to Parkland 

residents with a minimum cumulative 

grade point average of 2.5 who 

are eligible for high school graduation 

in the current school year. This 

scholarship recognizes students with 

a demonstrated commitment to community 

service beyond the required 40 

service hours. 

Engineering Scholarship: This 

opportunity is offered in partnership 

with Unger Engineering Services and 

Winningham and Fradley Inc., and is 

open to Parkland 

residents who are 

eligible for high 

school graduation in 

the current school 

year and intent on 

pursuing a degree 

in civil engineering, 

surveying, 

or a related field. 

For information 

and to apply, visit 

cityofparkland.org/ 

scholarships 

Volunteer 

Parkland 

Earn volunteer hours by helping 

others, or helping the City of Parkland. 

Gardening, Parks and Recreation 

events, the Parkland Library, and 

community events and projects are 

among the volunteer opportunities 

available. For information and to apply 

online, visit www.cityofparkland.org/ 

volunteer or call 954-757-4145. 

Successful Food Drive 

The City of Parkland hosted its annual 

holiday food drive and collected 621 

pounds of non-perishable food, much 

of which was donated by Parkland 

residents, and provided it to Feeding 

South Florida. City volunteers pitched 

in to prepare about 8,000 meals in a 

Debra and Jennifer Quercioli are two of 19 volunteers 

helping at the food drive. 

three-hour shift. Volunteers met early 

at Parkland City Hall then traveled 

by bus to Feeding South Florida in 

Pembroke Park. There they received 

orientation and training on how to 

inspect donated items for sorting. 

While 621 pounds of food was 

donated by Parkland, the volunteers 

assisted in sorting more than 10,400 

pounds of food. P 

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HISTORY 

The 

Legacy 

of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

by Frank J. Cavaioli, Ph. D. 

M 

uch 

has been written 

about the Reverend Dr. 

Martin Luther King’s 

legacy in the Civil Rights Movement. But 

one aspect of that legacy that has been 

largely ignored is his philosophy based on 

the Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian 

heritage, much of which inspired his work. 

The March on Washington and King’s 

I Have A Dream speech has rightfully 

drawn much attention, which most 

Americans are aware of. However, in the 

spring of 1963, Dr. King led massive, 

peaceful demonstrations in Birmingham, 

Alabama against the city’s white racist 

practices, only to be confronted by 

unyielding segregationists. Dr. King was 

criticized by white religious leaders for a 

being an outsider and a troublemaker. 

For defying the local laws, he was jailed 

and while there, composed the Letter 

from Birmingham City Jail justifying his 

reasons for demanding justice and for 

practicing civil disobedience. He based 

his arguments on traditional values of 

western civilization. 

In this letter he stated that he was in 

Birmingham because injustice prevailed, 

emphasizing the interrelatedness of all 

communities, and pointing out that just as 

the “prophets of the eighth century 

B.C. left their villages” and “just as the 

Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus to 

carry the gospel of Jesus Christ” to the 

ancient world, he was compelled to carry 

the “gospel of freedom.” He stressed the 

need for constructive non-violence and 

for understanding its underlying causes. 

He referred to Socrates who practiced 

creative tension in the mind so that 

people would rise above prejudice and 

achieve true brotherhood. Dr. King said 

blacks have waited 340 years for their 

constitutional and God-given rights. For 

years he was told to wait. But wait always 

meant never. Citing philosopher Reinhold 

Niebuhr, he stated privileged groups 

seldom relinquish power voluntarily. 

Further, Dr. King responded to the 

Birmingham religious leaders who claimed 

he was breaking the law with sit-ins and 

other demonstrations. He urged them and 

others to obey the Supreme Court’s 1954 

decision outlawing segregation in public 

schools. He insisted a just law must be 

obeyed because it is in harmony with the 

law of God. He agreed with St. Augustine 

that an “unjust law is no law at all.” He 

cited St. Thomas Aquinas who believed 

an unjust law is a human law that is not 

rooted in eternal law and natural law. 

Thus, all segregation laws are unjust. 

Dr. King pointed out that civil 

disobedience was nothing new, 

having been practiced by the 

refusal of Shadrach, Meshach, and 

Abednego to obey the immoral laws 

of Nebuchadnezzar. Similarly, the early 

Christians faced hungry lions and other 

persecutions for not obeying the Roman 

Empire’s unjust laws. In modern times, 

what Hitler did in Nazi Germany was 

legal, while Communist countries also 

suppressed the Christian faith. 

Dr. King warned that if white moderates 

did not fight to achieve civil rights for 

blacks, then various black-nationalist 

groups, such as Elijah Muhammad’s 

Muslim movement, would fill the void. He 

predicted continued racial discrimination 

will produce more violent extremists who 

lose faith in Christianity and America. 

Letter From Birmingham City Jail summed 

up the true meaning in the universal 

search for freedom and equality as it 

applied to African Americans, as well as 

to all people of good will. It espoused 

principles that rested on traditional 

democratic values of western civilization. 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. understood 

the relevance of the past and applied it 

to injustices that were challenging to the 

fulfillment of the American Dream. P 

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I 

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our banks were raided and all our 

money was in China or russia. That’s 

not funny anymore or far-fetched fantasy. 

While our computers and Internet 

systems brought astounding efficiency 

and convenience, they also contain the 

seeds of extraordinary damage and may 

be our most dangerous enemy. 

a cyber warrior in the Chinese military is 

now more dangerous than a squadron 

of bombers or a long-range missile that 

we’d have time to intercept. (even a tech 

savvy Iranian screwball in his mother’s 

basement can wreak havoc on us with a 

few keystrokes.) 

richard Clarke, a recognized national 

security expert with decades of 

experience in the White House, 

Pentagon, and other agencies, along 

with technical expert robert Knake, 

sounded a chilling warning about cyber 

war in an aptly titled book, Cyber War. 

Clarke and Knake make a compelling 

case that nearly every aspect of our 

society is vulnerable to attack – banks, 

sewage, water treatment plants, 

subways, trains, air traffic control, and 

so much else in our daily lives that now 

depend on computers. Many of our 

largest companies, banks, and federal 

departments have been hacked. 

Our computers may be our worst enemy 

The White House, the Pentagon, the 

Treasury Department and others have 

all been broken into. Millions of federal 

personnel records (including mine) were 

stolen from the Office of Personnel 

Management. 

because our military now depends on 

computers to run our ships and planes, 

guide our bombs, spot the enemy, 

deploy our troops (even foot soldiers 

now have computerized weapons), it’s 

easy to imagine the next war will be 

fought in cyber space. Nations with 

the financial ability have established 

departments of cyber warriors. In the 

past, we could see an enemy coming, 

but Clarke and Knake point out that 

once an enemy disables your computer 

system you cannot retaliate, creating the 

need for a “first strike strategy,” which is 

fraught with problems. 

Cyber War outlines examples of what 

tech-savvy warriors have done. Here are 

a few examples: 

• Israeli planes destroyed a building 

in Syria, which was believed to be 

a weapons manufacturing plant. 

They did so with no resistance from 

the ground or air. Israeli intelligence 

officials won’t comment, of course, 

but analysts believe the Israelis 

breached Syria’s russian-made 

radar system and reprogrammed 

it to show empty skies when Israeli 

planes flew in. 

• Russia punished the independent 

nation of Georgia by shutting down 

its banking and mobile phone 

systems. 

• China took control of 1,300 

computers at embassies worldwide 

and could turn on cameras and 

microphones without being 

detected. 

• The U.S. Energy Department 

knew that data was being stolen 

from its nuclear laboratories but 

couldn’t stop it. 

• Hackers can cripple a system 

simply by overwhelming it, blasting 

it with messages. 

Finally, Clarke said we may not even 

know that some of our systems 

have been infiltrated and “bombs” or 

“trapdoors” were installed to be triggered 

later. 

The genie is out of the bottle and we 

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MEDICAL 

How to Cope with 

Post 

Holiday 

Blues 

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You’ve opened all the presents, recovered from too 

much food, and uploaded your holiday pictures to 

Facebook. Now that the trimmings are gone and 

parties are over, are you feeling down? It might come as 

no surprise that seasonal blues often reach their peak 

once the festivities have ended. 

“As fun as they can be, the stress and 

expectations with the holidays can overwhelm 

us and switch our brains into overdrive,” said 

Deena Golding, a psychologist based in Boca 

Raton. 

Think about it: days and weeks of socializing, cooking, gift 

shopping, traveling, and tying up loose ends at work – all 

of which amplify stress and leave little room for self-care 

like exercise or meditation. Luckily, it doesn’t 

have to be that way. We’ve rounded up the 

best tips for kicking the post holiday 

blues so you can get through the 

rest of winter happily. 

Expect some letdown. 

Expecting to feel a 

little low is a way of 

telling yourself that 

this is a normal feeling 

and that it will soon 

pass once the routine 

re-establishes itself. 

Don’t fast forward past 

holiday cheer. A huge 

part of keeping our 

spirits up after the 

holidays relies on 

tweaking our 

attitude toward 

the positive. 

Instead of 

collapsing 

under the 

weight 

of obligation, remember the good 

experiences you had during the 

holidays says Mildred Berry, 

Education Professor at Florida 

Memorial University. Try your hand at 

reviving the lost art of writing thank 

you notes, not emails or texts. 

Choose the benefits of a blank 

January calendar. Any break in 

your routine is good for your health, 

providing you with the chance to 

rejuvenate. Take it easy when you are 

settling back into your usual routine. Your more rested self 

is a good thing and gives you the opportunity to take a 

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Look forward to something. Revive feeling anticipation by 

arranging fun activities, such as having dinner with friends, 

starting a new hobby or interest, going to sporting event, 

or going to the movies. Choose activities that meet your 

budget and interests. 

Make healthy choices. The holiday season is not good for 

the waist line and can leave you feeling a little out of shape 

in the nutrition department. Aim to return to eating healthy 

food and ensuring you get the right amount of exercise. 

Expect to enjoy the year ahead. Think ahead to the 

changing seasons and the sorts of things you’d like to do 

as the year moves on. Doing something about the things 

you’d like to happen is the first step. 

With the holidays over and life in full swing, many of us 

might experience dips in mood, motivation, and energy. 

Getting back on track takes a few weeks, so take it easy 

as you transition back to a normal routine. Avoid overly 

high expectations, schedule fun outings to look forward 

to,and don’t forget to relax and be grateful. 

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OPINION 

by Cynthia MacGregor 

New Year’s resolutions? Bah, 

humbug! Hardly anyone keeps 

them beyond a week or so, 

anyhow—a month at the most. Why 

bother? I haven’t made a New Year’s 

resolution since … well, I don’t think I 

have ever. 

But if starting out the new year on a 

new foot is your kind of thing, may I 

suggest that, rather than resolving to quit 

smoking, quit being so short-tempered 

with your spouse, go on a diet, or go to 

the gym regularly, you focus on things 

you want to accomplish in the new year. 

Goals. Not resolutions but goals—that’s 

the ticket. 

What goals would you like to set for 

yourself for the new year? Some of them 

could still be health- or fitness-oriented, 

such as losing 15 pounds or eating more 

green veggies. 

Others might be career-oriented: Start 

your own business. Go back to school 

and get that degree (or advanced degree) 

you never got the first time around, in 

order to further your career. Learn a new 

skill that will help you in your work. 

Still other goals might be leisure-timeoriented: 

Find a new hobby. Learn to 

arrange flowers artfully. Start a vegetable 

garden. Learn to play bridge. Join a 

bowling league. Take up water-skiing 

or snorkeling. Learn to play an 

instrument. Take singing lessons. 

Some might be financial in nature: 

Take a more active part in managing your 

investments instead of leaving yourself 

totally in the hands of your investment 

advisor. Start saving toward a roundthe-world 

cruise or toward the purchase 

of a new, larger, nicer home (or a major 

overhaul and expansion of your current 

home), with a target of having X amount 

of money saved by December 31st. Fill 

in the missing coins or stamps in your 

collection—and then possibly sell the 

completed collection for a hefty price. 

Make extra payments on the principal of 

your mortgage, setting a certain target 

date for an early pay-off. 

Some might be family oriented: 

Reconnect with those distant cousins 

you haven’t talked to for two decades. 

Create a family tree and fill in any blanks 

for which you now have no information, 

such as the names, birth dates, 

and birthplaces of your great-greatgrandparents. 

And, closer to home, 

mend any rifts or strains that exist in your 

relationships with your more immediate 

family members. 

It’s never too early to start writing your 

memoirs or autobiography—even if 

you’re only in your 30s, but especially 

if you’re already in your 50s or beyond. 

That’s a good goal for you to work on 

accomplishing. 

You can keep adding to it periodically, but 

start now to get down on your computer 

your personal history from birth to the 

present. 

Speaking of writing, do you have any 

stories, songs, poems, plays, or other 

creative output you wrote and then 

shoved to the back of a drawer—literally 

or figuratively? Why don’t you make it a 

goal to resurrect them, work to improve 

them, and try to get them published, 

recorded, or produced, as the case may 

be? 

In selecting your goals for this year, ask 

yourself: 

• What would improve my life? 

• What would add more fun to my life? 

• What projects did I drop in the past, 

or what goals did I abandon, that I really 

should get back to? 

Yes, “What would add more fun to my 

life?” Your goals don’t have to all be 

about self-improvement. There’s nothing 

wrong with having goals that lead to fun. 

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull 

boy”—or Jill a dull girl. Enjoy life! Have 

some fun. Have a lot of fun. 

Set those goals, whatever they are. But 

then be sure to follow through and really 

work toward those goals. Don’t 

abandon them. Goals are good. 

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MALE MATTERS 

Notable passings: 

Some of those we lost in 2016 

By Elliot Goldenberg 

It was quite a few years ago – during 

the Jurassic period I think – when I 

went to a book fair in Coral Springs 

and had a life-changing experience. The 

fair that day was filled with authors – some 

prominent, some not so prominent – most 

of whom were situated at tables where 

the fair’s “enlightened” organizers felt their 

status as writers entitled them to sit. 

As low man on the proverbial totem pole, 

one writer was literally banished to Siberia 

– kind of on the outskirts of the fair – and 

it was that then-obscure writer who I 

approached, talked to, got to know a little 

bit, showed some of my work to, and got 

some genuinely positive feedback. 

“You’re definitely talented; this is really 

good,” he told me, probably just being 

polite. “Whatever you do, don’t give up 

your dream. Keep plugging away.” 

The writer’s name was Pat Conroy, his 

new book at the time was The Great 

Santini, he went on to be called one of 

America’s greatest living novelists, and I 

was sorry to learn of his passing this year, 

one of many artists and celebrities who 

are now no longer with us. 

Another great 

novelist, Harper Lee 

– who wrote To Kill a 

Mockingbird and 

made Atticus 

Finch a household 

name – also 

passed this past 

year, not long 

30 

after a new long-awaited book of hers 

was finally released with accolades galore 

in the snobby world of publishing. 

Another literary giant leaving us in 2016 

was Edward Albee, the celebrated writer 

of plays including Who’s Afraid of Virginia 

Wolf. Best-selling novelist Umberto Eco 

passed as well, as did Elie Wiesel, the 

Noble Prize-winner whose book, Night, 

garnered worldwide accolades and led to 

him being called the “conscience of the 

Holocaust.” 

Surely, there will also be some sweet 

jamming in the afterworld. Musicians 

who passed included that innovative 

talent David Bowie, who took his name 

to pay homage to the frontiersman with 

the innovative knife; and Glenn Frey, who 

soared with the Eagles. Mohammed 

Ali, an eagle if there ever was one and a 

soaring spirit, is also no longer with us, 

nor is a country legend, Merle Haggard. 

Actor Abe Vigoda, who told new 

godfather Michael Corleone that his 

betrayal was “just business,” before 

starring as Barney Miller’s friend, the 

deadpan Phil Fish, is now gone, too, as 

is TV’s Wyatt Earp, the handsome Hugh 

O’Brien. 


The multitalented Prince is surely 

headlining in rock ‘n’ roll heaven with 

Bowie and Frey. Also in ‘the Good 

Place’ is Nancy Reagan, no doubt in the 

company of her own prince, Ronnie. 

If there is a Yiddish theater in heaven – 

and why would there not be? – Fyvush 

Finkel is surely entertaining there. Gary 

Marshall, creator of Happy Days and the 

Fonz, would certainly be in the audience, 

smiling. So would Doris Roberts, who, 

on the other side, no doubt still loves 

Raymond. 

Alan Rickman, a great character actor 

who made the perfect villain, also left us 

this year, as did a great comic actor, Gene 

Wilder, a Mel Brooks favorite. 

Then there was Patty Duke, Morley Safer, 

former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon 

Peres, Supreme Court Justice Anton 

Scalia, and too many others to name – as 

is the case every year. 

The death of comedian Gary Shandling, 

who left us way too soon, was a total 

shocker, but perhaps no death shocked 

us more than that of Florida Marlins’ 

pitching great Jose Fernandez, only 

24. Fernandez, so full of life, survived 

a harrowing sea voyage from Cuba, 

during which he rescued his mother from 

drowning, to come to the U.S. to live out 

his dual dream of pitching in the Major 

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MoM’s PersPective 

by Cheryl Pangborn 

It’s January, I’m in Georgia and I am 

cold. Truthfully, I’ve been cold since 

the end of October. One of the things 

I was most looking forward to about the 

move here was not sweating 362 days 

out of the year. I can also profess to have 

been, in my estimation, completely ready 

for this weather fashionably speaking. 

For the last 20 years of my life, I have 

shopped for this. I have hats, scarves, 

sweaters, jackets, and most importantly, 

boots. Knee length boots, ankle boots, 

high-heeled boots, fuzzy boots, and riding 

boots. I think you get the picture. Even 

as I was getting ready to move during 

the hellish summer months of 2016, I 

was scavenging clearance racks for any 

winter wear I could get my hands on. In 

mid-October, we started to get cooler 

mornings but by midday, it was in the 80s. 

Am I wearing sweaters, shorts, jeans, 

or tank tops? Help me! My reasons for 

coveting the cold are twofold. First, you 

know, the sweating profusely thing but 

also, I want to wear my boots all day every 

day. The good news is I didn’t need to 

panic for long because eventually, we had 

a cold day and then that was the start of 

it. It was cold pretty much all day every 

day. I have never lived in a place that is 

consistently cold. Additionally, I have not 

had a day where I didn’t feel like 

the recipient of boot 

shaming by others. It 

really is not practical 

to wear boots all day 

in Florida. You 

can get away 

with this maybe 

for an evening, 

but when it’s 90 

degrees at noon 

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you’re feet are craving a flirty 

wedge sandal. 

I do notice that my family 

seems a bit more bundled up, 

like we are visiting the Alaskan 

Tundra as opposed to a state 

only six hours from South 

Florida. The Low Country 

folk seem content in jeans 

and a T-shirt, some even in 

shorts, while I’m swathed 

in fleece and wool and 

denim resembling a 

fashion forward Eskimo. 

The issue I have here is that while 

I’m all about the footwear I am not a 

jeans person. I rarely wore jeans in Florida 

and in Georgia everyone wears them. I 

am, however, a huge fan of tights. That’s 

another item of clothing I would try to 

wear in Florida that always was an epic 

fail because tights in the Sunshine State 

offers nothing more than the possibility 

that they will act like those hot pants for 

slimming your thighs. So, I am attempting 

to use the tights/skirts here in Georgia 

but in 45-degree weather it’s rather 

impractical for a Florida girl. I love the 

look, and normally I am willing to sacrifice 

comfort for fashion, but shivering like I’m 

experiencing some type of freaky entire 

body muscle spasm might be scary to 

people. 

The cold weather most definitely takes 

a little getting used to. Waking up in the 

morning when it’s just frigid outside does 

not promote family efficiency. Just working 

up the guts to make it to the bathroom 

is a challenge. When we had our first 

few days of cold weather, we wanted 

to fling all the doors and windows open 

like we did in Florida. If it dropped below 

80 in Parkland, the A/C went off and the 


windows were open. You have to 

regulate this a little more closely 

here in Georgia because the house 

can get really cold. Unbearably 

cold in fact. I actually caught my 

husband Steve wearing my 

red fleece oversized Victoria 

Secret nightshirt because “he 

doesn’t like the cold!” (do I 

hear the waaambulance?) He 

is actually saying to me at night 

“So, where is my nightshirt?” It’s scaring 

me but in all fairness, I have no limits 

to what I’ll wear privately or in public 

if it keeps me warm. Sweatshirt and 

jeans, yes, I’m that girl now. I never really 

understood the point of the puffy vest. 

Your arms don’t get the benefit of the 

fleecy, puffy material so what good it is? I 

bought one mostly to look good but am 

amazed at the warmth it provides. I guess 

it keeps your core warm thus warming the 

rest of you? Whatever, it’s really cute and 

I’m warm. 

Trust me, I am not complaining about this 

weather. It’s refreshing and invigorating. 

Like many things of late, I am on a crash 

course in Georgia 101 figuring out how 

to dress, where to go, what to do. I know 

that this part of the Low Country also 

gets some very warm, sticky, buggy, 

wet weather so I plan to enjoy this cold 

spell for as long as I can. I have every 

intention of wearing my boots for as long 

as is socially 

acceptable here 

in Savannah 

even if I have to 

pair them with 

shorts in a few 

months. So, all I 

can say for now 

is happy winter 

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HUMOR 

I 

love writing for the January issue. It’s a 

new year. An arbitrary date that really 

means nothing, yet it symbolizes a fresh 

beginning. The chance for everything 

to be washed clean, metaphorically 

speaking. 

We’ve been doing silly things 

in honor of the new year, ever 

since we invented calendars. 

Why should 2017 be any 

different? 

In honor of our being washed clean, 

starting anew, etc., let’s see how many of 

our planetary roommates celebrate. 

First up – Throwing stuff away. In theory, 

I can see how getting rid of the old 

to make room for the new became 

a tradition. Somehow, the Italians 

embraced the idea a little too fervently, 

though, and began tossing old furniture 

out the window. One would imagine 

copious amounts of wine had something 

to do with it. Think about it. Okay, Maria 

and Antonio decide new chairs are in 

order. They want to get rid of the old 

nasty ones with 200 years’ worth of wear, 

sweat, wine, and god-knows-what-that-is 

stains from untold numbers of folks. 

Yeah, that would gross me out, too. Most 

people would simply carry them out the 

door. For some reason, on that particular 

New Year’s Eve, Maria and Antonio 

thought, “Hey, let’s toss them from 

an upstairs window instead. With any 

luck, we’ll accidentally hit that annoying 

Fabrizio who’s been soused and camped 

A 

Clean 

Start 

out on the sidewalk for two days.” Maybe 

they eliminated poor old Fabrizio, then 

all the neighbors agree it was a brilliant 

accident? And it caught on. That’s the 

best I can come up with. Honestly. 

Not to be outdone, the South Africans 

apparently loved the Italian thing, so they 

go one better and earn bonus execution 

points for throwing old appliances out 

the windows. Do not get drunk and loiter 

under windows in Johannesburg, people. 

Continuing with the destruction of 

property (and possibly people), the good 

citizens of Denmark have a strange belief 

that throwing old dishes at their friends’ 

front doors will bring luck. To whom, 

I’m not sure. But offhand, if I woke up 

on New Year’s Day with shattered china 

littering my stoop and cut marks in my 

door’s paint job, I’d be ticked off, but 

good. 

Thailand has a bizarre way of cleansing 

for the new year. They throw buckets of 

water on anyone, anywhere. Water pistols 

the size of machine guns and hoses are 

also employed. No one is safe. Cars 

driving by with open windows? Target. 

Old ladies ambling by on the sidewalk? 

Target. You’re getting doused whether 

you like it or not. But the next part is the 

real puzzle. Step two is flinging talc at you 

until you look like you crawled through a 

white mud bog. How did this start? 

In many countries, celebrants visit 

graveyards honoring ancestors. This, I 

understand. Some carry it too far and 

actually spend the night sleeping on the 

graves. I suppose if you’ve never seen a 

horror flick, you wouldn’t be creeped out 

by this, but for the rest of us? That would 

be a big, resounding hell no. One weird 

moan from a distant animal in the night, 

and I’d scramble over anything or anyone 

in my path. 

I’m pretty 

sure my 

ancestors 

wouldn’t 

approve 

of my 

accidentally 

crunching 

someone’s 

hand, foot, 

or head as I 

escaped. 

Now we 

come to 

wardrobe 

choices. Especially in the unmentionables 

department. Yellow undies are all the 

rage in Venezuela to bring luck. Red 

underpants are supposed to bring 

romantic love in the new year. Green 

undies will lead to financial fortune. This 

might explain quite a bit in my life. I’m not 

sure I’ve ever owned private garments in 

any of those colors. So that’s what I’ve 

been doing wrong. Well, I’m correcting 

that immediately and will report back to 

you with my scientific results. 

Rats! As 

usual, I’ve run 

out of space, 

just when I 

was getting 

warmed up. 

Hope you 

all have had 

a happy 

New Year 

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Guy Talk 

Taking Back 

My life In 

by Mark Bohm 

Here’s my resolution. I’m going 

to take my life back. Not in any 

far-reaching, substantial way. No 

major life decisions, nothing that requires 

months of planning. Just some of the 

minor annoyances. More like ripping off 

the itchy tags on the back of the T-shirt 

of my life. Maybe enough small things 

will add up to something large. 

a couple of examples. Number one. The 

dog ain’t sleeping in my bed anymore. 

I like our dog very much. Great dog. 

Very good-natured canine. I want the 

best for her. But she’s probably had it 

a little too good and I’ve been a bit too 

accommodating, especially when it’s 

meant paws parked against my back 

for half a night. I’m pretty sure she’ll be 

fine even if she doesn’t slumber on a 

pillow top mattress with Egyptian cotton 

sheets. It’s gone on too long and it’s time 

for Maddie the dog to sleep through the 

night in her comfy dog bed on the floor. 

For this one, I couldn’t even wait for 

the new year so I started my resolution 

early. It’s not easy each night convincing 

the dog. We have a sitting area in our 

bedroom with notches in the wall where 

I can prop a gate. I placed the dog’s 

bed with a soft blanket in the sitting area 

and I stand there with the gate in my 

hand. When my dog sees a gate she 

knows what’s up, so she looks at me 

as if to say, “I’m not going in that sitting 

room, you think I’m stupid?” But then I 

get out the doggie beef jerky and lay a 

fat piece on the dog bed. She agonizes 

over her dilemma for a good minute or 

so, creeping toward the sitting area, 

nose in the air taking in that delightful 

scent of smoked beef, then backing 

away quickly, realizing if she goes too 

far she’ll be stuck in there. She’ll do that 

dance two or three times but I suppose 

the temptation of beef jerky 

is simply too much for 

any dog; eventually, she 

reaches a conclusion 

along the lines of, “Oh 

heck, I’ve gotta have that 

jerky!” and she races 

in and I close the gate 

behind her. I haven’t slept this 

well in years. In a small way, I’m 

taking my life back. 

Number two. The mountain of 

papers on my desk is going away. 

Nothing complicated about this one. I 

collect paper. Mail, bills, work stuff, my 

kids’ school stuff, a magazine here and 

there. It’s overwhelming and stressful to 

have so much paper piled in front of me 

while I try to get something done in my 

office. as much as I have to get done, 

the clutter makes me feel like I have 

a thousand more things to do. This is 

another one that couldn’t wait for the 

new year. I was running out of space to 

put my coffee cup. So, I took it all to the 

shredder, sifted quickly through it and I 

dumped it in. anything truly important I 

put aside and stuffed into a folder, but I 

needed to move quickly or else I might 

lose my resolve. Truth is, if I hadn’t had 

the need to look at it for months, how 

important could it be? Now I have a 

clean, shiny desk with lots of space and 

it really improves the mood in the room. 

keeping it this way will be the tough part 

but I’m determined. In a small way, I’m 

taking my life back. 

Here’s to a great 2017 and I hope 

it’s a year in which we all experience 

something that makes our lives a little 

better, even if it’s only in a small way. P 

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COMMUNITY 

HOLOCAUST 

MUSEUM 

in the Making in Dania 

by Dale King 

The inevitable passage of 72 years has 

threatened to erase the nightmarish memories 

of a horrific event with terrible results: Millions 

killed, thousands more forced to live with 

hunger, fear, and disease, trembling, wondering 

if they would be killed by a Nazi soldier or 

lethal gas from a deadly pipe. 

For three score and 12 years, survivors of the Nazi-driven 

Holocaust – the worst genocide in human history – have 

carried their once-hidden messages outward into the 

light of human understanding. Their cry of “Never Forget” has 

rung out across the globe and into the hearts of all feeling 

people, even as Holocaust deniers try to expunge 

those recollections. 

Broward County has taken a major step toward 

creating a center that will resound with and amplify 

survivors’ stories for all future generations. The 

existing Holocaust Documentation & Education 

Center, opened in 1980, officially moved in July 

2016 to a 26,000-square-foot former warehouse at 

303 North Federal Highway in Dania Beach. Here, 

Phase 1 of the center’s two-part effort to become 

a full-fledged museum has just been completed. 

Julius Eisenstein kisses the Sherman Tank at the Holocaust 

Documentation & Education Center in Dania Beach. A tank 

of the same class liberated the Dachau concentration camp 

where Eisenstein was held prisoner. 

“We will be the first museum in North America 

to tell their stories in English and Spanish,” 

said the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, 

Henry Ehrlich, a Polish citizen who endured the 

rigors of 11 concentration camps, yet escaped 

alive. “My late father represents the true 

strength and courage of the human spirit.” 

The planned Holocaust 

Museum in Dania Beach. 

"That second phase should be finished in 2017", 

said Rositta Ehrlich Kenigsberg, the center’s 

president who has spent more than 30 years 

working to solidify Holocaust memories and 

message. Completion is still $6 to $8 million away. 

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State Sen. Eleanor 

Sobel, D-Hollywood, 

left, and Rositta 

Ehrlich Kenigsberg, 

who says the senator 

offered “unbelievable 

support” for facilities 

that recall details of 

the Holocaust. 

Founding chair of the first Children of Holocaust Survivors 

Group created in South Florida in 1981,Kenigsberg was born 

in the Displaced Persons Camp of Bindermichl in Austria. Her 

fight for a proper, public, and accessible venue to maintain 

Holocaust memories and history was “a promise I made to 

my father,” and one that has gained solid and considerable 

support from many Floridians, among them, state Sen. 

Eleanor Sobel, D-Hollywood. 

She and many lawmakers gathered in 1994 when Gov. 

Lawton Chiles signed a bill mandating Holocaust education 

in all public schools in the state, from kindergarten through 

college and university levels. “Every Florida student will have 

the opportunity to learn that promises of ‘Never Again’ are 

empty and meaningless if we remain silent and indifferent in 

the face of any hatred, bigotry, and bullying.” 

The HDEC has spent 36 years making a museum happen. 

It has already created a research library and administrative 

offices in the Dania Beach building along with two anchor 

exhibits – a U.S. Army M-4A3E8 Sherman Tank, the same 

type that helped liberate the Dachau prison camp in 1945, 

and a Polish railroad car, which, according to Nazi code 

numbers found underneath, was one of the vehicles that 

carried innocent victims to Nazi death camps. It is one of only 

nine on display around the world. 

By creating oral histories, the center “will 

put names and faces to the victims, raising 

the sounds of their moral voices of conscience 

to mute the noise of prejudice and hatred,” 

Kenigsberg said. 

The HDEC’s Documentation Department continues to 

videotape interviews with survivors, liberators, rescuers, and 

other eyewitnesses to preserve their stories. 

Kenigsberg helped create the U.S. Holocaust Museum in 

Washington, D.C. and lent institutions such as the United 

Nations, Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation, and the Simon 

Wiesenthal Center the expertise to develop oral histories of 

their own. 

To date, the Dania Beach facility has some 2,500 stories in its 

spoken history collection along with 6,000 volumes of Holocaustrelated 

books, journals, DVDs, and videos from that era. 

The existing HDEC has won praise for taking its programs 

into communities in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, 

and Monroe counties. Annually since 1986, the center has 

conducted Student Awareness Days that not only educated 

children and young adults from middle and high schools, 

colleges and universities, but also give them a chance to 

meet and speak with Holocaust survivors. 

Kenigsberg said young people are also aware that 

extermination of races is still practiced today. “In light of the 

ongoing problem of genocide in our times and the inadequacy 

of the world's response to it, we must sensitize future 

generations to remain vigilant and responsive in this.” 

The HDEC also has a division linking Holocaust speakers with 

schools, community organizations, churches, synagogues, 

state, and federal agencies. 

Kenigsberg promises the museum Holocaust stories “will be 

appropriate for ages 11 and older, with parental discretion 

advised. The design will take a multimedia, state-of-the-art 

approach, combining pictures, text, audio and interactive 

displays.” 

One survivor eager to see completion is Julius Eisenstein, 97, 

of Hallendale Beach. A native of Poland, he was moved from 

a Polish ghetto to Blizin Labor Camp and held at four other 

internment centers until 1945, when he was liberated. During 

a Student Awareness event at the NDEC, he met one of the 

people who liberated Dachau – the last place he was held. 

“I made arrangements with God that He should not take 

me away before the opening of the museum,” Eisenstein 

said. “I want to make sure the future generations know what 

happened.” P 

Julius Eisenstein 

and Rositta Ehrlich 

Kenigsberg 

shown holding a 

plated photo of 

the liberation of 

Dachau. 

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JANUARY 1 

New England Patriots vs Miami 

Dolphins 

SUN LIFE STADIUM 

JANUARY 1 

An American in Paris 

ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER 

JANUARY 3 

Mia Madre 

BROWARD CENTER 

JANUARY 3 - 8 

Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story 

on Stage 

KRAVIS CENTER 

JANUARY 3 - 8 

Wiesenthal 

KRAVIS CENTER 

JANUARY 5 - 6 

Forbidden Broadway 

The 35th Anniversary Tour 


JANUARY 6 - 15 

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & 

Bailey present 

Out of This World 

AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA 

JANUARY 7 

Chasing Rainbows: 

A Tribute to Judy Garland 



Cabaret 


JANUARY 12 

Golden Dragon Acrobats 

KRAVIS CENTER 

JANUARY 12 

What’s Going On: 

The Marvin Gay Experience 

KRAVIS CENTER 

[EVENTSCALENDAR] 

JANUARY 13 

The Pure Zeppelin Experience 

KRAVIS CENTER 

JANUARY 13 

Michael Bolton 

KRAVIS CENTER 


Greg Bavli 

Master of the Mind 


JANUARY 14 

Chris MacDonald’s 

Memories of Elvis 

Rockin Birthday Bash 

KRAVIS CENTER 

JANUARY 15 

Jay Leno 

KRAVIS CENTER 

JANUARY 15 

The Five Irish Tenors 

PARKER PLAYHOUSE 

JANUARY 15 

Winter Jam 

BB&T CENTER 


Sunday in the Park with George 



The Martin & Lewis Tribute Show 

KRAVIS CENTER 

JANUARY 19 - FEB 5 

Titanic The Musical 



Miami City Ballet presents 

Program Two 

KRAVIS CENTER 


Kyle Cease 


JANUARY 21 

The Comedy Get Down 

BB&T CENTER 

JANUARY 24 

Kenny Rogers’ Final World Tour 


JANUARY 26 – 27 

Agatha Christie’s 

Murder on the Nile 

KRAVIS CENTER 


James and the Giant Peach 


JANUARY 27 

Gladys Knight 


JANUARY 27 

Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular 



Madama Butterfly 

KRAVIS CENTER 

JANUARY 28 

Biscuit The Little Yellow Puppy 



Much Ado About Nothing 

KRAVIS CENTER 


The Nile Project 


JANUARY 30 

The Wizard of Oz 



Shen Yun: Experience a Divine 

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COMMUNITY 

South Florida Chapter’s 

34th Annual MS Gala Luncheon 

by Jayne Bonilla 

JOIN THE MOVEMENT 

While this year marks the 

National MS Society, South 

Florida Chapter’s 34th Annual 

Gala Luncheon on January 18, it was 

seven years ago that my friend Noreen 

received a phone call that changed 

her life. Noreen’s 28-year-old daughter 

complained of a tingling sensation 

on one side of her body. She insisted 

her daughter seek immediate medical 

attention while Noreen boarded the 

next flight to New York, distraught with 

worry. A series of doctor’s visits and 

tests confirmed an MS diagnosis. “I was 

devastated,” Noreen said. “I don’t care 

how old they are, our children are always 

our babies. I’m the mom; this should 

happen to me, not my child.” 

Noreen returned home to Florida in 

search of answers. “I was beside myself. 

I felt helpless,” Noreen said. She called 

the National MS Society, asking a million 

questions. Along with answers came 

comfort and a plan of action. The MS 

Society became a place for Noreen to 

devote her energy. “I felt empowered 

like never before. I’ve become stronger, 

resourceful, and proactive,” she 

said. Noreen’s daughter, now 35, is 

a mother of two healthy children and 

remains active, positive, and compliant. 

Noreen still flies to New York as often 

as possible. Now it’s to babysit her 

grandchildren and celebrate. 

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society 

is working toward a cure for MS. The 

South Florida Chapter hosts the largest 

luncheon worldwide, drawing more than 

1,000 guests from Broward, Miami- 

Dade, and Palm Beach counties every 

year. To date, The MS Gala Luncheon 

has raised 6.7 million dollars to help the 

Society fund cutting-edge research, 

drive change through advocacy, facilitate 

professional education, and offer 

programs and services designed for the 

9,000 people with MS and their families 

in the South Florida area. 

When you attend this year’s Gala, 

you can expect magic to happen 

the moment you enter the room. 

Friendship, fashion, flavor, and 

fervor will be on the menu. 

Highly acclaimed designer Mayda 

Cisneros will be debuting her Spring 

2017 Couture Collection during the 

fashion show. 

“This is my third year participating in this 

extraordinary event. It is an honor to 

collaborate with such a wonderful group 

of women. They each put their entire 

heart into this Gala and their dedication is 

incomparable,” Mayda said. Showcasing 

her original designs, cocktail, evening 

wear, bridal wear, and custom couture, 

Mayda’s passion for fashion is as much 

a part of her success as is her empathy 

for others. A proponent of a variety of 

charities, Mayda has pledged to give 

a percentage of the sales from her 

collection to The National MS Society. 

Karen Schneier 

Dresbach 

This year The 

Society’s MS Hope 

Award, the National 

MS Society’s 

highest volunteer 

award, will be 

presented to Karen 

Schneier Dresbach, 

president of the 

National MS 

Society, South 

Florida Chapter, 

for the past 17 

years. Karen 

believes her work 

with The National 

MS Society is her “calling.” Karen is 

drawn to the MS community, whose 

collective vision is to eradicate MS, a 

disease that affects more than 2.3 million 

people worldwide. “My goal is to change 

people’s lives, one person at a time, so 

that they may live their lives in a most 

dignified way,” Karen said. Under Karen’s 

leadership, more than $50 million dollars 

has been raised, designating $10 million 

to MS research. She has pioneered 

countless programs in wellness, 

education, kids and teen camps, men’s 

and women’s retreats, and continues 

to rally to discuss the importance of 

access to healthcare, drug therapies, 

and quality of life. “Karen Schneier 

Dresbach is one of the most dedicated 

hard-working professionals in the entire 

world of MS,” said David Schulman, Vice 

Chair, National MS Society, South Florida 

Chapter 

Board of 

Trustees. 

“Through 

her efforts, 

the South 

Florida 

Chapter 

has 

improved 

the lives 

of literally 

thousands 

of people 

with MS. I 

Davie Schulman, left, 

Karen Schneier Dresbach, 

and Carrie Schulman. 

can’t think of another person who would 

be more deserving than Karen to receive 

this year’s Hope Award,” Schulman said. 

Karen feels like a member of the MS 

family. “We struggle together and we 

celebrate together. The phone rings in 

the middle of the night, and I am always 

there to pick up.” At the helm, she has 

made an impact on the lives of many. 

But Karen insists that it is she who is 

impacted. “The people I have met have 

made me into the person I am today.” 

Karen credits her committee with 

creating a bigger and better Gala each 

year. She is grateful for their devotion, 

ideas, talents, and energy. As a result, 

The South Florida Chapter has the 

largest MS luncheon in the world. “We 

just keep raising the bar.” Raising the 

bar means raising awareness, funds, 

and hope. With a corps of volunteers, 

sponsors, and advocates who give their 

heart and soul every day Karen knows 

that “mountains can be moved.” 

IF YOU GO 

DATE: Wednesday, January 18 

TIME: 10am to 1:30pm 

WHERE: Broward County Convention 

Center, 950 Eisenhower Blvd. Fort 

Lauderdale 

Visit: nationalMSsociety.org 

For information about reserving tickets, 

becoming a supporter, volunteer 

opportunities and more, call Monica 

Whiting at 954-676-3925 or Monica. 

Whiting@nmss.org. 

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Concours d’Elegance Event 

by Jayne Bonilla 

The fact that the 11th Annual Boca 

Raton Concours d’Elegance is 

the fastest growing Concours in 

the nation. and the world’s largest for 

charity, is no surprise. Because if you 

know founders Rita and Rick Case, of 

Rick Case Automotive Group, then you 

understand this extraordinary couple 

prefers to take the road less traveled, 

and forge their own path. Always driven 

by hard work, dedication, and passion, 

Rita and Rick Case are compelled 

to improve the lives of others. As an 

automobile aficionado and car collector, 

the merging of Rick Case’s passion 

for charity and his love of cars was an 

organic concept. 

“I wanted to bring a Concours d’ 

Elegance close to home, 

since none had yet existed 

in South Florida,” Rick said. 

“Ours is the only Concours 

that takes place during the 

winter, when our population 

doubles.” Rick Case is 

empowered to create 

enormous exposure for his 

charity by bringing as many 

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people as he can together over the span 

of a weekend. The Boys & Girls Clubs 

of Broward County, and the more than 

12,500 at-risk youth it serves, has been 

what the Case family poured their hearts 

into for more than 30 years. To date, 

the Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance, 

which began in 2007, has raised more 

than $9.2 million for The Boys & Girls 

Clubs of Broward County. 

As the 11th Annual Boca Raton 

Contours d’Elegance shifts into gear, 

readying itself for three days on February 

10, 11, and 12, Henry Estrada peers 

into the review mirror, looking back to 

1992 when he was just 16-years-old. 

Henry and his friends eagerly awaited 

the completion of a large building across 

the street from where they played 

basketball after school. “I’ll never forget 


when the sign went up,” he said. “It read 

“Coming Soon: The Boys & Girls Club of 

Hollywood.” For Henry and his friends, 

it couldn’t have come at a better time. 

“The day it opened I went in for a tour, 

ran home and asked my parents for their 

permission to join and for the annual fee 

of $4.” Henry said. “They gave me both.” 

Henry admits he loved the sports 

programs, his initial draw to the club, 

but looking back he is most grateful for 

the nurturing environment, the friends 

he made, and the guidance of those 

coaches and mentors that always lent 

him an ear when he needed one, namely 

Matt Organ, who opened the club in 

Henry’s neighborhood. When asked 

how long he was a club member, Henry 

said “I never left!” Today, Henry Estrada 

serves as the director of the same club, 

The Marti Huizenga Boys 

& Girls Club/Hollywood 

Unit, where he began his 

membership in 1992. He 

serves to support The Boca 

Raton Concours since its 

inception, with as much 

fervor as he manages his 

Boca Raton Concours d 

Elegance Hangar party.

IF YOU GO 

BGBC President and CEO Brian Quail, left, Tom duPont of duPont 

Registry, Event Founder Rick Case, and Founding Event Chair, 

JamesE. McDonnell IV. 

club, his home-away-from-home. “The Boys & Girls Club has had 

a profound impact on my life,” Henry added. Today Henry’s mission 

remains the same. “To inspire and enable all young people, especially 

those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, 

caring, and responsible citizens.” He may not have realized it 25 years 

ago, but believes now that the “Coming Soon” sign planted outside the 

construction site across the street turned out to be a very good sign. 

Just ask Matt Organ about The Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County 

and you might think he built each of the 12 facilities with his bare 

hands (he practically has.) Matt talks about The Boca Raton Concours 

d’Elegance with so much gusto that you might think he’s entering an 

antique automobile or one of the judges for the event. 

The Concours kicks off on Friday night, February 

10, with the duPont Registry Live Hangar Party at 

Atlantic Aviation at the Boca Raton Airport. Guests 

will experience gourmet tastings from more than 20 

of South Florida’s finest restaurants and an array of 

fine wines and spirits as well as live entertainment 

provided by Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. 

On Saturday night, February 11, The Gala Dinner 

and Show will set the standards for all Gala events 

to come. Comedian Jeff Foxworthy, one of the 

most respected and successful comedians in the 

country, will take guests on a hysterical road trip. 

Sunday, February 12, concludes the weekend’s 

festivities with an automotive showcase like no 

other. Wayne Carini, host of Chasing Classic Cars, 

will serve as Grand Marshal, accompanied by 

an expert panel of judges. Expect to see some 

of the finest automobiles and motorcycles ever 

built, spanning all eras and from an array of time 

periods. Master of Ceremonies Bill Rothermel and 

Tom DuPont, will select the finest vintage, antique, 

classic, and exotic vehicles based on period, 

presentation, and overall style. Guests will enjoy a 

selection of gourmet food, wine, and cocktails from 

more than 30 of South Florida’s finest restaurants 

at the Concours d’Gourmet Pavilion. 

Boca Raton Concours d Elegance Automobile and 

motorcylce exhibition. 

But as Executive Vice President of The Boys & Girls Club of Broward 

County and an affiliate of the charity for the past 35 years, being 

zealous is just in Matt’s nature. “Where else can you enjoy three funfilled 

days and help a child?” Matt asked. Since “Great Futures Start 

Here” is The Boys & Girls Clubs motto, there’s no time like the present 

to build “Great Futures” during The Boca Raton Concours d’ Elegance. 

“I know donors have a choice when it comes to their 

money. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County 

organization is very conscientious and respectful of 

every donor’s dollar,” Matt said. “Where else in the 

country can a child go, for the cost of $15 a year, 

and receive an education while learning the skills 

necessary to lead a successful and fulfilling life?” 

he said. 

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ARTS 

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the 

Performing Arts as it stands today. 

(All photos courtesy of Kravis Center) 

Kravis Center for the 

Performing Arts Marks 

by Dale King 

As the spring training camp for the Philadelphia 

Athletics and St. Louis Browns, it became known for 

strong performances and lots of hits. Since 1992, the 

Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has stood 

on that same gently rising promontory along Okeechobee 

Boulevard. It has also become known for its strong 

performances and lots of hits. 

Its 2016-2017 season is being dedicated to the 25th 

anniversary of the 10.6-acre complex that’s home to the 

2,195-seat Alexander W. Dreyfoos Concert Hall, the 300-seat 

Marshall E. Rinker Sr. Playhouse, the 1,400-person-capacity 

outdoor Michael and Andrew Gosman Amphitheater, and the 

newest arrival, Helen K. Persson Hall, another 300-seat venue 

that was opened in 2003. 

A free-standing parking garage offers space for 1,100 vehicles. 

And a commemorative plaque marks the spot where home 

plate was located at Connie Mack Field. 

Photo shows construction well under 

way on the Kravis Center. 

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“Just over a 

quarter-century 

ago, building a 

major performing 

arts center in 

Palm Beach 

County seemed an 

uphill challenge,” 

said Kravis CEO 

Judith Mitchell. 

“Today, a thriving 

cultural complex, 

which acts as a 

gateway to downtown 

West Palm Beach, 

not only serves the 


community 

but also is 

gaining a 

worldwide 

reputation 

as a premier 

entertainment 

venue 

and arts 

education 

facility.” 

Judith Mitchell, chief operating 

officer of the Raymond F. Kravis 

Center for the Performing Arts. 

The full 

season of 

stage shows, concerts, lectures, and stars from TV and films 

will celebrate the performing arts center’s jubilee. The figures 

tell the story. The number of Broadway series shows has 

increased from six to seven. Productions in Persson Hall rose 

from six to nine. PEAK (Provocative Entertainment at Kravis) 

series shows rose from nine to 11, lectures jumped from four 

to five and Lunch & Learn events increased from three to four. 

The really big show of the 25th year hits the stage Feb. 11 

when a cluster of performers arrives at Kravis. Hosted by 

Michael Feinstein, leader of the center’s pops orchestra series 

which will perform that night, the program includes organist 

Cameron Carpenter, actors/singers Alan Cumming and Darren 

Criss, singers Denyce Graves, Storm Large, and Neil 

Sedaka, plus movement artists Lil Buck and Jon Boogz, 

Greg Schreiner’s Hollywood Revisited, and Tap Ensemble by 

Nouveau Productions. Robert Pullen is director of the starstudded 

event that he promises will be filled with surprises. 

The folks at Kravis say the 25th anniversary “Night of Stars” 

will be the most glittering lineup since the center’s grand 

opening in 1992, when Burt Reynolds emceed a show that 

featured Faith Prince, Isaac Stern, Lily Tomlin, the Alvin Ailey

Singer/songwriter 

Neil Sedaka will 

perform at the 

“Night of Stars” 

Feb. 11 at the 

Kravis Center. 

(Courtesy of 

Kravis Center) 

Actor, musician and composer 

Darren Criss will perform at 

the “Night of Stars” Feb. 11 at 

the Kravis Center. (Photo by 

Catherine Asanov) 

Singer Storm Large will perform at the 

“Night of Stars” Feb. 11 at the Kravis 

Center. (Photo by Laura Domela) 

Dance Company, Roberta Peters, and the Florida Philharmonic 

Orchestra. It drew an audience of 2,000. 

After the show, guests proceeded to the transformed roof of 

the Kravis Center parking garage where a dinner dance took 

place. 

One of the mightiest “acts” in Kravis history was its creation – 

a process that took a good 40 years. From early cultural arts 

inklings that roused in the early 1950s came the Palm Beach 

Playhouse, which morphed into the Royal Poinciana Playhouse 

in Palm Beach. Ideas for a more elaborate venue came and 

went and locations were suggested, changed, or tossed away. 

Bessie and 

Raymond Kravis. 

The Palm Beach County Council 

of the Arts (later renamed the 

Palm Beach County Cultural 

Council, which still exists) 

was formed, chaired by 

Alexander W. Dreyfoos, then 

chairman and president 

of Photo Electronics 

Corporation/WPEC TV- 

12, and Judy Goodman, 

an executive with his firm. 

That panel began to give 

serious thought to a major 

performing arts center. 

prominent geologist and philanthropist who wintered in Palm 

Beach with his wife, Bessie. This gift served as a catalyst for 

a private fundraising campaign and inspired the naming of the 

center in Kravis’ honor. 

The goal of the Kravis Center, Mitchell said, has been to 

“present diverse, world-class entertainment; offer arts 

education programs for all-ages; provide a home for local and 

regional arts organizations to showcase their work; and, offer a 

comfortable, safe, and state-of-the-art gathering place for our 

community.” 

Kravis is home to such area arts organizations as the 

Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Miami City Ballet, 

Palm Beach Opera, Palm Beach Symphony, and the Young 

Singers of the Palm Beaches. 

Mitchell promises that Kravis will continue to offer “performers 

and shows that will appeal to audiences of all ages and every 

entertainment preference, from Broadway to offbeat musical 

sensations to delightful 

shows for children.” 

“As we have 

done for the last 

quarter-century, 

the Kravis Center 

is once again 

providing superior 

programming as 

sophisticated, as 

diverse and as 

family-friendly 

as the community 

The effort grew to involve 

many people and many donors 

contributing a great deal of cash. In 

1986, a major contribution shifted money-raising efforts 

into high gear. A consortium of friends of Oklahoma native we serve.” P 

Raymond F. Kravis agreed to raise $5 million in honor of the 

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WINE WATCH 

by Sheila and Bennet Bodenstein 

With the end of Prohibition (1920- 

1933) the anti-alcohol caucus 

in the Congress was still very 

strong. While they did give up their fight, 

they managed to make the sale and 

distribution as difficult as they possibly 

could. To do so, they passed a series of 

laws that insured the cost of an alcoholic 

beverage would be as high as possible. 

One of the laws that was instituted was 

the three-tier distribution system, which 

dictates that the producer (tier one) must 

sell his product to a distributor (tier two), 

and finally, the distributor must sell to 

the retailer (tier three). The arithmetic is 

simple here. Each set of these entities 

must make profits, which dramatically 

increases the price the consumer will 

pay. This system is still in effect today. 

But there is more. 

The manufacture of alcohol by anyone 

that was not a government anointed 

producer was also forbidden under strict 

penalties. This gave the myriad of illegal 

backwoods distilleries, affectionately 

referred to as moonshiners, an 

opportunity to continue to practice 

their trade by producing low cost, 

but drinkable alcoholic beverages at 

considerably lower prices than the “legal 

stuff.” As a side note, the automobiles 

that the bootleggers used to deliver their 

product during the prohibition period 

were souped up cars able to outrun 

any “revenuer” car that may be chasing 

them. These cars and their drivers 

evolved into the NASCAR races we 

enjoy today. But there is still more. 

Home beer making, a “sport” that was 

very popular during the prohibition, 

remained illegal until 1978. The amusing 

part about home beer making prior to 

1978: All of the supplies to make beer at 

home was legal to sell, including the malt 

and hops. Today, home beer making has 

become a popular hobby. 

Why this long winded introduction to 

the main subject? To prepare the reader 

for what comes next, Sugarland Shine 

of Gatlinburg Tennessee. Sugarland 

Shine is a moonshine lookalike (it’s 

even supplied in mason jars) that is 

about as fine an alcohol beverage as 

can be found. While Sugarland does 

manufacture some of the familiar 

varieties, they hang their hats on their 

flavored beverages. Purists might frown 

upon the newer flavored drinks, which 

by the way are becoming very popular, 

that can be enjoyed either as they 

come or used to create a plethora of 

individually designed cocktail drinks, and 

perhaps even engender a new hobby, 

mixology. I have picked out a few to tell 

you about, but the entire line can be 

viewed at sugarlandsdistilling.com 

Sugarland Shine Root Beer 

Moonshine ($24.99) Take quality 

alcohol, infuse it with the natural 

ingredients used in the root beer of old, 

and you have Sugarland Shine Root 

Beer Moonshine. The first sip is like a 

time warp back to the Old West (sans 

gunslingers). Although it is a bit stronger 

than the root beer of long ago, it is a 

drink that will happily remain in your 

memory for a long time. 

Sugarland Shine Unaged Rye 

Moonshine ($24.99) This drink is 

crystal clear with none of the color 

or flavor imparted by aging barrels. If 

you are a lover of rye whiskey, this rye 

is a journey into the world of a pure 

unadulterated beverage with none of the 

external flavor and color trappings. This 

whiskey produced the most vibrant and 

delicious Bloody Mary that I have yet 

experienced. 

Sugarland Shine Southern Sweet 

Tea Moonshine ($24.99) This offering 

from Sugarland Shine raises sweet tea 

to a new height of greatness. It is so 

good that you may have a tendency to 

overdo it; so please be careful. 

Sugarland Shine Silver Cloud 

Moonshine ($24.99) The name says 

it all, smooth, no burn, and the perfect 

replacement of vodka as a mixer. 

Sugarland Shine Butterscotch 

Gold Moonshine ($24.99) Gobs of 

butterscotch offer a beautiful golden 

color. Straight, it is an experience; as 

a mixer, it is capable of producing 

some astounding, interesting, and 

novel cocktails. P 

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RECIPES 

by Cynthia MacGregor 

Artichoke Soup 

4 tbs butter, preferably unsalted 

1 carrot, chopped 

1 rib celery, chopped 

1/2 onion, chopped 

4 tbs all-purpose flour 

Warm Soups for Those Chilly Days 

Okay, nobody’s building any snowmen outside your kitchen window, but this 

time of year we do get chilly days in South Florida. Here are four “warmer-upper” soups. 

2 (15 oz) cans artichoke hearts, 

drained and chopped 

6 cups vegetable or chicken stock 

1 cup heavy cream (or half-and-half) 

Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 

In a large pot over moderate heat, heat the butter and sauté the carrot, celery, and onion until soft, about 10 minutes. Stir in the 

flour and cook for three minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Puree in batches in an electric blender or in the 

pot using an immersion blender. Serves 6-8. 

Spicy 

Cheddar 

Soup 

2 tbs butter 

1 medium onion, finely chopped 

1 medium potato, peeled and grated 

2 cups chicken or vegetable stock 

2 cups milk 

1 cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese 


Cayenne pepper to taste 

In a saucepan over moderate heat, melt the butter and sauté the onion until soft, about five minutes. Add 

the grated potato, stock, and milk and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to a simmer, and 

simmer until the potato has cooked and dissolved into the mixture. Add the cheese, salt, pepper, and cayenne. 

Stir until the cheese is melted. Serves 4-6. 

Chicken Tortilla Soup 

2 tsp olive oil 

1 medium onion 

4 garlic cloves, minced 

1 medium jalapeño pepper, chopped 

1/2 medium green or red bell pepper, diced 

4 small boneless skinless chicken breasts 

2 cups frozen corn kernels 

1/2 cup dry white wine (or water) 

2 tsp cumin 

1 tsp chili powder 

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 

8 cups or 4 (14 oz) cans chicken stock or broth 

2 (14 oz) cans diced tomatoes 

2 (8 oz) cans tomato sauce 

Optional toppings: 1 cup tortilla chips and/or 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese 

In a large pot, heat the oil and sauté onion, garlic, jalapeño, and bell pepper until soft. Add remainder of ingredients and bring to 

a boil, uncovered. After about 15 minutes, remove chicken breasts and shred. Return shredded chicken to the pot and simmer 

an additional 45 minutes. Serve, with toppings. Serves 8-10 

Greek Bean Soup 

2 cups dried cannellini 

(or navy beans or lima beans) 

8 cups water 

2 stalks celery, including leaves, chopped 

2 medium carrots, chopped 

1 large onion, finely chopped 

1-1/2 cups canned diced tomatoes 

1/4 cup chopped parsley 

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 

2 tbs tomato paste 

1/2 tsp sugar 


In a large pot, combine the beans and water and bring to a boil over high heat. Remove 

from the heat and leave pot covered until the beans are plump, 1 to 2 hours, depending 

on the beans. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer covered for 2 to 3 hours, until the 

beans are tender. Serves 6-8. P 

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School 

the Parklander 

January 2017 

WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL 

by Margaret Curtis, Westglades PTA 

Corresponding Secretary 

Happy New Year from Westglades 

Middle School. The SGA and PTA wants 

to begin 2017 by thanking all of those 

who have shared in our 

vision of the need to update 

our Media Center space by 

recognizing the importance of 

creating a flexible, innovative 

environment conducive to 

21st Century learning. Your 

donations are already hard at 

work. The walls have been 

painted and the poles have 

been wrapped with a contemporary 

mural of our mascot, the wolf. We also 

have new blinds hanging in the windows 

and the carpet has been professionally 

cleaned. Toward the end of January 

or beginning of February, we expect 

to have our new tables and chairs, the 

new circulation desk, and Genius Bar. 

If you would like to find out how you 

and/or your business can help with this 

project, please contact Robin Lopatin 

at RobinLopatin@gmail.com or visit 

WestgladesPTA.com where you can 

adopt a piece of furniture on which your 

name will be permanently recognized. 

Our next PTA meeting is on January 20 

at 9:30am. 

Open House will be on January 24 from 

6:30 to 8:30pm; we invite all 4th and 5th 

grade parents and students to attend. 

You will have the opportunity to tour the 

campus, meet the 6th grade teachers 

and learn what to expect and about the 

many clubs, activities, and athletic teams 

available to your child. We will also 

have teachers from every grade level, 

coaches, Guidance Counselors, ESE 

specialists, Administration, and current 

parents and students on hand to answer 

questions and address concerns. Come 

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and see why Westglades Middle School 

should be your first choice in education 

for your middle school student. 

From January 23 to 27, Westglades 

will be celebrating literacy week with 

“Literacy Changes the World.” There 

will be a number of fun activities planned 

to 

stimulate 

students’ 

interest 

in 

reading. 

There 

will be 

guest 

readers 

during first period classes throughout 

the week. Each day will have a different 

theme. Tuesday is Super Readers, so 

wear your Super Hero Gear. Wednesday 

is Literacy Dress Up Day, so dress like 

your favorite book or character. On 

Friday, we will celebrate the All American 

Reader so wear red, white, and blue. 

For more information, visit westglades. 

browardschools.com. 

Registration for the Eighth Annual 

Westglades Glow Run 5K on March 

4 at 7pm at Pine Trails Park continues. 

This is a family event sponsored by the 

SGA and all proceeds will go to support 

the Media Center renovations. Register 

on the PTA website. For information 

about the event and/or if you would like 

to be a sponsor, contact Margaret Curtis 

at westgladessecreatery@gmail.com. 

Our band is preparing for the upcoming 

competition season. The first fundraiser 

will be on January 27, at the Panther’s 

Ice Den, from 8:30 to 11pm. There will 

be a boys and girls flag football meeting 

on January 12, at 8:15am in the gym. 

Tryouts are after school from January 

17 to 20. Visit the Westglades website 

for more information on all school 

sponsored programs and clubs. 


FOREST GLEN MIDDLE 

SCHOOL 

by Robyne Friedland 

We hope you had a wonderful holiday 

season and a restful winter break. We 

are near the end of the second quarter 

so stay tuned for more events and activities 

as the month rolls on. 

We are always proud of our students, 

but here is a very proud moment for our 

music program. 

On Thursday, November 10, 2016, 100 

of Forest Glen Middle Schools’s topachieving 

music students performed at 

Walt Disney World in Kissimmee, Florida. 

FGMS was represented with both a 

choir, led by Dr. Anthony Zoeller, and a 

band, led by Ms. Kristen Lewis. Both 

groups were required to complete an 

audition for Walt Disney World before 

being selected to perform. Students 

from all different class periods prepared 

for this special performance with over 

a month of extra rehearsals outside of 

the school day. Their hard work paid 

off, when the choir and band brought 

an outstanding performance to the 

Waterside Stage at Disney Springs. 

Congratulations to the FGMS Wildcat 

Choir and Wildcat Band for not only 

representing Forest Glen Middle School 

well, but the entire Coral Springs 

Community. 

If you have any questions or concerns, 

call Forest Glen at 754-322-3400.

School 

HERON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY 

by Casey Monti 

Heron Heights Elementary 

kicks off the New Year 

preparing for its annual 

Multi-Cultural Arts 

Night, on February 

9 at 6pm. Don’t miss 

this fabulous interactive 

evening, as the school is 

transformed into a global marketplace 

featuring exotic cuisine, artwork, special 

musical and dance performances, 

and more from all across the world. If 

you want to represent your heritage or 

country in the program, contact PTO 

President at HeronHeightsPTO.com. 

School resumes on January 9. There is 

no school on January 13 and January 

16. January 12 is an early dismissal day. 

Thank you to all students and families 

for last month’s contributions to the 

Snowflakes for Larkdale Elementary toy 

and fundraising drive. The remarkable 

efforts made a sincere impact on the 

lives of deserving children and families. 

HHE Hawk generosity shines year-round 

benefiting: Food for the Poor (Haiti), 

Hawks Go Pink (cancer research), 

Hawks Love our Troops (candy collection), 

as well as the annual community 

Harvest Drive. 

Do you believe your time and talents 

could serve our school community in 

a unique and positive way, benefiting 

all of our students and staff at HHE? 

Contact the PTO at HHEPTOPresident@ 

gmail.com to find out what you can do. 

The PTO sponsors and funds programs 

including: KidSafe, the Halloween 

Bash, Family Nights (including MCAN, 

Bingo, and the Winter Festival), Meet 

the Masters art program, field trips, Kids 

of Character, Yearbook, and more. The 

PTO meeting will be on January 18 at 

2:30pm to discuss ongoing goals to 

support the enrichment of our students, 

the beautification of our campus, and 

support the HHE staff. There is also 

a SAC/SAF Meeting scheduled for 

January 23, at 2:30pm in the Art Room. 

Finally, don’t miss McTeachers Night 

on January 24. HHE teachers and staff 

will be working at the local McDonalds, 

to raise money for the school. Visit 

the school website for details, 

HeronHeightsElementary.com. 

RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY 

by Pam Ofstein 

Happy 2017! Let’s ring in the New Year 

and start 2017 Building our Future! 

After a long winter break, it’s time to get 

moving with our annual Riverglades 

Field Day from January 9-11. Students 

will participate in races, obstacle 

courses, and field activities working with 

Coach Tonietti and the PTA, staff, and 

teachers. 

Riverglades loves community support 

and giving back. On January 20, we 

proudly support our Dolphins Jersey Day 

for Dan Marino Autism Foundation. 

Donate a dollar and wear your favorite 

Dolphins jersey, T-shirt, or football garb to 

show your pride and support for Autism. 

Report card day is February 2. Mark 

your calendars down to join in on the 

Riverglades Yogurt Craze Gathering 

and enjoy a cool treat while celebrating 

all the hard work you kids did this grade 

period. 

A special thanks to all our Riverglades 

families who continue to help us support 

our sister school Park Ridge Elementary 

in Deerfield Beach. With the help of our 

administration in conjunction with theirs, 

we continue to assist and volunteer to 

help support their growth and student 

success. 

For upcoming information and happenings 

sign up online at myvlink.org/ 

rivergladeselementarypta/. Here’s your 

chance to digitally get school news, 

volunteer, donate, become a Partner in 

Education, and so much more. 

Monday, January 9 and registration for 

current students begins later that week 

on Thursday, January 12. School is 

closed for Martin Luther King Day on 

Monday, January 16. 

Our second quarter honors ceremony 

and mass on Friday, January 20. 

Wednesday, January 25, is 1pm early 

dismissal. 

Open enrollment begins on Thursday, 

January 26. We will be celebrating 

Catholic School’s Week between 

January 20 and February 4. 

Our Home and School open meeting 

for all families is Monday, January 16, 

at 8am at the back of the church. Come 

and hear about the amazing volunteer 

opportunities at the school and listen to 

our Principal, Dr. Stephen Brown, share 

news about MHOC and its growth. 

PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY 

by Erica Cukierman 

The new year is here 

and the Park Trails 

family is eager to 

welcome back our 

students with many 

great events in store 

for 2017. Thanks so 

much to everyone 

who participated in 

our Toy Drive. Many 

holiday wishes were fulfilled because of 

your generosity. 

Join our school this month and take 

part in the Dan Marino Walkabout 

Autism event on Saturday, January 21, 

at the Miami Dolphin’s Stadium. Our 

team will raise money for local autism 

education, including our own ESE 

program at PTE. Go to the Park Trails 

PTA website to join and/or donate to 

our team. 

There are many other fun and exciting 

events coming up soon. Don’t forget 

to visit the Park Trails PTA website at 

ParkTrailsPTA.com for information and 

upcoming events for 2017. 

Classes resume on Monday, January 

MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS 9. There is early release on Thursday, 

SCHOOL 

January 12 and no school Friday, 

by Helen Downey 

January 13, and Monday, January 16. 

The Park Trails family would like to 

Happy and Healthy New Year to all our wish everyone in our community a very 

MHOC families. Classes resume on happy and healthy new year. P 

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Parkland Library Events 

January 2017 

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Register online www.cityofparkland.org/library or call 954-757-4207. 

Parkland Library card is required to participate. 

Library reading buddies (K-5th grade) 

Mondays, 3:30 to 4:30pm 

Reading Buddies is a cross-age, effective 

method of energizing young readers. The 

Parkland Juniorettes have partnered with 

the Parkland Library to help students that 

are struggling with reading. The Parkland 

Juniorettes are high school girls dedicated to 

making a difference. Reading Buddies will 

meet every Monday at the Parkland Library. 

On the Mondays that school is closed 

Reading Buddies will not meet. Registration 

not required. 

Knit n KnowLedge 

Monday, January 4th, 10:30am 

Bring your own projects, tips, techniques, 

and ideas to share with fellow knitters at the 

Parkland Library. 

bricKs and booKs 

Thursday, January 7th, 4pm 

Children age 7 and older, bring your imagination 

and Lego building skills to the library. At 

each Bricks and Books meeting we will have 

a new building challenge. Conquer each challenge 

with a buddy or work on your own. 

art reception with diane simpson 

Saturday, January 9th, 11am 

Diane Gonzalez Simpson is a native of 

New York. She moved to Broward County 

with her family in 1972. Diane has called 

Coral Springs her home since 1987. She 

has always been interested in Art, taking 

electives in school. After many years of 

crafting as a Girl Scout Leader, she began 

painting in 2007. Today, in her spare time, 

Diane paints for fun. She started painting in 

oil at the Coral Springs Community School 

under the direction of Bill Hargreaves. She 

has painted landscapes, portraits, animals, 

and seascapes. Diane was featured in the 

May 2015 issue of the Parklander. 

coffee bar and used booK fair 

Saturday, January 9th, 10am to 1pm 

The book fair will be held in the Library 

Lobby. Sponsored by the Parkland Friends 

of the Library. 

crafternoon in the Library 

Monday, January 11th, 4pm 

Crafternoon: an afternoon solely devoted 

to the joys of crafting. Parents and children 

ages 5 and older will enjoy making a sock 

snowman together. 

a LooK inside the redesigned sat 

Wednesday, January 13th, 6:30pm 

This interactive talk for parents and students 

is to demystify the Redesigned SAT. 

For several months, the Mindworks Prep 

team has been hard at work deconstructing 

the revised SAT in order to adjust their 

training and materials. They’ve scrubbed 

the test thoroughly, assessing the concepts 

covered, the frequency with which those 

concepts appear, and the difficulty levels 

of the questions. Mindworks Prep is eager 

to share their insights and conclusions with 

you to guide you through the Redesigned 

SAT journey. 

mah Jongg for beginners 

Friday, January 15th, 1pm 

In five sessions you will learn the basics of 

this challenging game. The instructor, Jill 

Vogel, is a Mah Jongg aficionado and will 

share both her knowledge and love of the 

game with you. 


The Unlikely Pilgrimage of harold 

fry by racheL Joyce 

Saturday, January 16th, 10:30am 

Harold Fry is convinced that he must 

deliver a letter 

to an old love 

in order to save 

her, meeting 

various characters 

along the 

way and reminiscing 

about 

the events of 

his past and 

people he has 

known, as he 

tries to find 

peace and acceptance. 

chess cLub 

Wednesday, January 20th, 4:15pm 

Parkland Library Chess Club is for children, 

ages 8 and older. Beginners can learn to 

play and players meet your match. You 

must be a Parkland Library card holder 

to join. Children must be 8 years or older. 

Registration is required for each game date. 

minecraft cLub (age 7 and oLder) 

Wednesday, January 27th ,4pm 

Are you crazy about Minecraft and just 

can’t stop building? The Parkland Library’s 

Minecraft Club is right for you. Children will 

get the chance to build, explore, share, and 

learn the basics of Minecraft. Participants 

must bring their own device with Minecraft 

already downloaded. 

afternoon fiLm and discussion: Chef 

Saturday, January 30th, 1pm 

After a controlling owner (Dustin Hoffman) 

pushes him too far, Chef Carl Casper (Jon 

Favreau) quits his position at a prestigious 

Los Angeles restaurant. As he tries to figure 

out what his next step should be, he finds 

himself in Miami. Carl joins forces with his 

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EDUCATION 


A fresh look at 

Voyager’s 

astounding journey 


As a nation, we’ve become 

nonchalant about space exploration. 

Since we stood in awe of a man on 

the moon and spaceships blasting off from 

Cape Canaveral, the budget and mission 

of the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration was dramatically reduced, 

private companies began experimenting 

with space travel, and we now depend 

on Russia to carry American astronauts to 

and from the international space station 

that orbits the Earth every 92 minutes. 

Nonetheless, unless you’re a space 

science geek who lives with this stuff day 

in and day out, some of what’s going on 

out there can boggle your mind. Consider 

this: It’s been about 40 years since NASA 

launched the Voyager on its mission. 

You’ve probably forgotten about it, if you 

ever even paid attention from the get-go. 

But since 1977, way back when Jimmy 

Carter was president, Voyager has been 

going…and going…and going. 

Each hour that passes Voyager is 38,000 

more miles from Earth. On its way it 

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revealed previously unknown facts about 

the planets Jupiter and Saturn and taught 

us there are active volcanoes on one of 

Jupiter’s moons. 

Perhaps the most amazing thing is that 

Voyager has gone to reveal secrets of a 

place where nothing associated with man 

has ever gone. It’s called interstellar space. 

Imagine that our solar system is in a huge 

bubble that’s called the heliosphere. (NASA 

scientists describe the bubble more as an 

elongated windsock.) In the heliosphere 

the sun produces what are called solar 

winds, electrically charged gas that spews 

out at more than a million miles an hour. 

But they go only so far. Beyond that — 

beyond the heliosphere — is interstellar 

space. That’s where Voyager is and it’s 

still communicating with us, responding 

to signals, and providing information. 

Because of the vast distance and the 

speed that electronic messages can travel, 

it takes many hours for a message to 

get there. Scientists tell us that by 2020 

Voyager will run out of power, and we can 

bid it adieu. It will then be about 13.8 billion 

miles from us, if you can even imagine that. 

What next? It may drift forever, wandering 

the Milky Way. 

I should mention than when referring 

to Voyager, I’ve referred specifically to 

Voyager I, which is a kind of companion to 

another explorer, Voyager II, which has its 

own story. 


Just in case these things end up in the 

hands of intelligent life, there’s a copper 

disc aboard to reveal something about 

Earth. The iconic astrophysicist Carl 

Sagan headed a project to decide what 

information should be on the disc. First, 

there are visual instructions on how to 

play the disc, presuming that an intelligent 

life form could figure out to follow them. 

Included in the sounds of Earth are whale 

calls, birdcalls, thunder, and the sound of 

surf. Information is communicated through 

symbols of mathematics and science. 

From all of this, who knows what else 

we’ll learn and how that knowledge may 

be used. In the early 1500s Copernicus 

developed the knowledge that Earth 

was not the center of the universe, and 

Galileo was later denounced as a heretic 

and given house arrest for spreading that 

theory. Discoveries can be unsettling. 

What about scientists today who imagine 

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– things beyond the heliosphere, into 

interstellar space? What can we possibly 

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Carl Sagan, or Stephen Hawking, whose 

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force us to see far beyond the stars. If only 

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SCHOOL 

by David Volz 

Agriscience 

at Coral Springs High School 

Student Leah Khalife and 

teacher Amanda Mortimer 

in the farming program at 

Coral Springs High School. 

Leah Khalife is one of 

a growing number 

of Coral Springs 

High School students 

who are studying 

agriculture and animal 

science in a new 

program known as 

Agriscience. 

“I love taking 

care of the 

environment. For 

me, it is fun to 

actually take care 

of flowers. I want 

to have a garden in 

my backyard and I like 

learning about plants and 

crops,” Khalife said. 

Amanda Mortimer teaches 

Agriscience and Animal Science 

at Coral Springs High School. 

She is building the new program in hopes that it will appeal to 

many students. “I have students who have faced difficulties in 

school and they love to work with plants. They are doing well 

in this program,” Mortimer said. “We are planting a garden and 

growing various plants and the students are learning about 

agriculture.” 

Mortimer said eventually the agriculture students will work with 

the culinary arts students to create a farm to table program. 

They will learn how the plants they grow turn into food on their 

dinner tables. Now, students are learning to grow sunflowers, 

tomatoes, cauliflower, basil, carrots, green peppers, squash, 

and other 

items. In 

the spring, 

the animal 

science 

program will 

get chickens 

that will 

produce 

eggs. 

Eventually 

Carley Neer, a 

student in the Coral 

Springs agricultural 

program. 

the teachers 

will buy the 

eggs. Also, 

the students 

will become 

more involved with Future Farmers of America and take part in 

competitions and career development events. “The students 

will learn about agricultural issues and career development. The 

students love the hands on nature of this program,” Mortimer 

said. “There is a leadership component associated with the 

agricultural program as well.” 

While there is some book and classroom work, the students get 

to work in the garden. They work on planting and maintaining 

the garden and learn about the plants. Sometime this involves 

failure. Some crops don’t thrive as well as others. For example, 

the students planted watermelons and they did not thrive. 

First year participant Jaden Lewis has benefitted greatly from 

the program. “I have learned a lot about plants and how they 

survive. I have also learned how important agriculture is.” 

Other students have similar reasons for being part of the 

Agriscience program. “I like watching the plants develop and 

flower. I think a lot of people would be interested in this,” Norris 

Brown said. 

Carley Neer said that he likes a class where you can go outside 

and learn. “I have an interest in nature and I want to learn more 

about plants.” 

Students in the Agriscience program 

Mortimer has big plans for the program. She hopes to take 

the students on a field trip to a farm in Delray Beach and is 

also pursuing grants to develop the program even more. “This 

program offers something different. They get to actually go 

outside and plant something. They are also learning making 

informed choices on the food they buy,” Mortimer said. 

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Teaching 

a child to 

for Maximum Comprehension 

Reading comprehension is one of the most important 

aptitudes a student needs to succeed in school 

and in life. Put simply, this skill allows your child to 

understand what he or she reads and analyze its meaning. 

This active process doesn’t always come naturally— 

comprehension instruction at home and in the classroom can 

help significantly. Here are few tips to help your child hone 

this skill and become a better student: 

Encourage your child to set a goal 

before beginning. 

Previewing a text before reading helps readers develop goals 

for their reading session. For example, if your child needs to 

answer a series of questions about a passage or textbook 

chapter, encourage him or her to look at its organization to 

note where the most relevant information might be based on 

what he or she needs or wants to learn. Because textbooks 

are dense with information, this process will help your child 

navigate content more effectively and retain what he or she 

reads in class and as homework. 

“Check in” after every page. Self-monitoring is essential to 

comprehension, so encourage your child to pause after 

each page (or more frequently if needed) to glance over its 

contents and make sure he or she understood what it said. 

It is helpful when reading a textbook to jot down important 

notes or main points on notecards (or sticky notes to place 

within the book’s pages). If reading together, ask your child 

periodically what a passage said and what didn’t make sense 

(if applicable). 

Use the text to answer questions. Part of effective 

comprehension monitoring is knowing when to seek further 

information. If a text references an unfamiliar or confusing 

topic, encourage your child to flip through the chapter to see 

if the topic will be discussed later. If reading a textbook with 

an index, your child should look up unfamiliar terms. 

Take notes or map it out. Visual aids are very helpful as 

students attempt to follow a plot of a story, organize ideas 

and make connections. Talk with your child’s teacher about 

story maps, cause and effect charts, or other visual tools that 

might aid your child’s comprehension as he or she reads. 

Also, remind your child not to gloss over graphics within a 

textbook. These are meant to summarize information and 

can help make complicated information more digestible. 

Summarize at the end of a section. After each natural 

section or chapter, encourage your child to take a moment 

to confirm his or her understanding of the main takeaway, 

supporting information, extraneous information, and anything 

unexpected that he or she 

learned. 

Take time to reflect. When your 

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is a beneficial exercise. After 

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child should refer back to the 

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For example, a famous baseball 

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FINANCIAL 

Saving for College: 

529 Savings Plans 

by Glenn R. Swift 

There are four plans available 

to you, all with specific tax 

advantages: 529 Savings Plans, 

529 Prepaid Tuition Plans, 

Coverdell Education Savings 

Accounts, and Uniform Gift to 

Minors Act accounts. Let’s begin 

by looking at the 529 Savings 

Plan. 

The value of a college education has never 

been greater. In fact, a study by the Pew 

Research Center released in February 

2014 showed that the earnings gap 

between young adults with and 

without bachelor’s degrees has 

stretched to its widest level in nearly 

half a century. 

Of course, you’ve also heard 

that “college tuition has been 

rising faster than the rate of 

inflation” for about as long 

as you can remember. So, the 

message should be clear—start 

saving as early as you can. 

Even modest amounts of money invested 

prudently can make a considerable 

difference down the road. Then again, 

the really good news is that saving for a 

college education is so important that the 

government is going to help you do it. 

Named after Section 529 of the Internal 

Revenue Code and legally referred to as 

a Qualified Tuition Plan, these plans are 

sponsored by the various states (every 

state except Washington has at least one) 

and managed by financial institutions 

specifically approved by the state for this 

purpose. Generally speaking, they work like an 

IRA or 401(k) retirement account. Cash 

contributions are made to an individual 

account established and managed 

for a named beneficiary. Funds 

available for higher education 

expenses depend upon the amounts 

contributed and the investment 

performance of the account. 

You should bear in mind that neither 

the account owner nor the beneficiary 

is allowed to direct the investments in 

a 529 Savings Plan. However, account 

owners are permitted to choose among a 

number of broad investment strategies 

established by the program sponsor. 

Generally, a change in investment 

strategy is permitted at least once a 

year or if a new beneficiary is named. 

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Here are some of the key 

benefits of a 529 Savings Plan: 

• Although contributions to these programs are not tax 

deductible, under federal law growth in the account is taxdeferred. 

• Withdrawals for qualified higher education expenses are 

paid directly to the educational institution and are federal 

income tax-free. Generally, tuition, fees, books, supplies, 

and equipment required for attendance qualify. Reasonable 

costs of room and board are also included if the student is 

attending school at least half time. (Please note that state 

and local law can vary widely. Therefore, contributions and 

distributions may or may not be tax exempt from state and/ 

or local income tax.) 

• Everyone is eligible to take advantage of a 529 plan, and the 

amounts that can be put in are substantial (over $300,000 

per beneficiary in many state plans). Generally, there are no 

income limitations or age restrictions on donors. 

• No federal gift tax will be payable if a contribution does not 

exceed the annual exclusion limits by the Internal Revenue 

Service (currently $28,000 for a married couple, $14,000 

for a single taxpayer). However, the donor may elect to treat 

contributions as having been made over a five-year period. 

Thus, an individual could contribute up to $70,000 for a 

single beneficiary in one calendar year and a married couple 

up to $140,000. 

• Contributions to a Qualified Tuition Plan of any type must 

be in cash and may not exceed the amount necessary to 

provide the beneficiary’s qualified higher education expenses. 

Program sponsors will specify maximum total contribution 

amounts based upon such factors as the beneficiary’s age, 

current education costs, projected inflation, and anticipated 

investment returns. (Note: Contributions may be made to 

both a Qualified Tuition Plan and a Coverdell ESA without 

penalty for the same beneficiary in the same year.) 

• Most accredited post-high school 

educational institutions offering associates, 

bachelors, graduate-level, or professional 

degrees qualify as eligible educational 

institutions for a 529 Savings Plan. In 

addition, certain vocational schools may 

also qualify. 

• The donor maintains control of the account, and (with few 

exceptions) the named beneficiary has no rights to the funds. 

In fact, most plans allow you to reclaim the funds for yourself 

at any time. However, if a “non-qualified” withdrawal is made, 

the earnings portion will be subject to income tax and an 

additional 10 percent federal income tax penalty. 

• Although the assets in a 529 Savings Plan can be reclaimed 

by the donor at any time, the assets are not counted as part 

of the donor’s gross estate for estate tax purposes. Thus, 

529 plans are often used as an estate planning tool to move 

assets outside of one’s estate while still retaining a measure 

of control if the money is needed in the future. 

• In most plans (yes, there are exceptions), your choice of 

school is not affected by the state your 529 Savings Plan is 

from. Therefore, you can be a New Jersey resident, invest 

in a Connecticut plan, and send your student to college in 

Florida. 

Of course, the 

rate of return 

of a 529 

Savings Plan 

is determined 

by the 

performance 

of the 

investments 

held in the 

plan minus 

fees and 

expenses. 

This means that you cannot predict with certainty 

how your individual plan will perform over time. 

Next month…529 Prepaid Tuition Plans 


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FROM THE EXPERT ASK DR. RENAE 

Don’t 

Dear Fearful Freshmen, 

Boy do I understand your predicament. Let me be blunt: you 

won’t be bothering your teachers if you ask them anything. 

In fact, your teachers would probably be overjoyed if you ask 

them a question. It’s their job to help you, and yes, while you 

don’t want to add to their workload, a simple question and 

a reminder would help. I’m the same way, so just swallow 

the weird, guilty feeling and ask. Your grades shouldn’t suffer 

due to fear of teachers. Being a freshman is very tough, but 

hurdles like these help us grow. Trust me, I’ve been in your 

shoes before, just speak out. 

A Sympathetic Friend 

Dear Fearful Freshman: 

As a first year high school student you might feel like a small 

fish in a big pond and it’s easy to get overwhelmed. However, 

you should know that even though your teachers might be 

busy, they are also working hard to make sure their students 

benefit from their class. You should take the time to explain 

why you are anxious and ask about your assignments and 

the zeroes reflected in your grades. This will help open 

communication between you and your teachers. In doing so, it 

will make it easier for you to talk to them when a problem does 

come up and reassure your parents you are doing the work 

required of you. 

Your friend 

Dear Fearful Freshman, 

There is nothing to be afraid of. Teachers are there for you to 

ask questions. They love when students are involved. Don’t let 

your grades suffer because of how anxious you get. It will only 

the teacher 

Dear Dr. Renae, 

I am very nervous and uncomfortable to ask my teachers 

questions about a grade or an assignment. They always 

seem so busy and stressed out. I feel like I am bothering 

them and they do not have the time for me. Sometimes 

when I hand in an assignment, it does not get posted on my 

grades. I can tell my parents are not sure whether to believe 

me that I completed it and handed it in. When I am absent 

I feel too anxious to approach my teachers about making 

up a test or a lab and I wind up with a zero. My grades are 

lower than they should be, but how can I approach my 

teachers without getting them angry and upsetting them? 

Fearful Freshman 

make the teachers assume you don’t care about your grades. 

Your teachers are there to help you. They are often stressed 

and busy, but they always have time for their students and 

will never get mad at a student who cares. It may help to tell 

your parents about this. They could set up a conference for 

you, your parents, and your teachers to talk and explain your 

situation and feelings and then you may feel more comfortable. 

A Fellow High Schooler 


Although teachers are busy, they devote their time to being at 

school and to help students. Teachers encourage feedback 

and communication from their students. A suggestion for you 

is to find out if your teachers have after school hours. This 

way you can spend one-on-one time with your teacher, which 

may make you feel more comfortable discussing the anxieties 

you feel. You should also have a heart-to-heart talk with your 

parents because there must be a reason your parents don’t 

trust you handed in your assignment and you believe they 

doubt you. Communication is important especially when 

you are feeling so misunderstood. Just remember that your 

teachers are here to help you anytime and want to see you 

succeed in school and life. 

A Friend Who Cares 


Here’s the truth about teachers: They’re also human beings. 

Sometimes they may seem frustrated or annoyed, but they 

have good and bad days, just like the rest of us. However, 

that doesn’t mean that they’re not open to assisting you and 

helping you succeed. My suggestion would be to work on 

your fear and try to approach your teachers if you need their 

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help. Make sure that you go to them at a proper time (not during 

class, for example). Even if you do approach them during lunch 

or another break, be sure to ask, “Is now a good time to talk?” 

If your teacher is busy, they’ll give you a better time to speak to 

them, then you will have their undivided attention. 

A Caring Teen 


Your teachers would feel bad to know that you were 

uncomfortable approaching them. You are observant to notice 

that some of your teachers are overwhelmed with their job. I 

recommend that you take the following steps: first, do your 

homework and research your school district policy about 

handing in late work when you are absent excused and 

un-excused. Next, review the syllabus your teacher handed 

out at the beginning of the school year which details grading 

and classroom rules and policies. Finally, contact your teacher 

in their preferred method of communication: in person, e-mail, 

after class, or during their office hours. If you do not know their 

preferred method of communication, ask. Simply approach 

your teacher and say: “when is a good time to talk with you?” 

Teachers love to have students ask questions and express 

interest in their grades. You will find them very responsive if you 

chose the right time. P 

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2017 ANNUAL 

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83 LATEST TECHNOLOGIES: Northwest Medical 

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96 GLUTEN FREE: When should you take gluten 

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98 CERVICAL CANCER: Up-to-date information 

on screenings and preventing this disease. 

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has been utilizing the latest 

technologies in patient care 

to create what they are 

calling the “hospital of the 

future.” 

“Patients deserve a hospital with 

top doctors using the latest tools, 

treatments, and technology to deliver 

the best possible care. By investing 

$3 million in essential, cutting edge 

technologies, we are cutting down 

on miscommunications, delays, and 

creating a safer patient environment,” 

said Erica Gulrich, CEO of NWMC. “We 

are excited to be the first to offer many 

of these technologies to our patients 

and caregivers.” 

Highlights and videos of the 

technologies are located on 

northwestmed.com/hightech but are 

also summarized below: 

Visi-Mobile Wireless 

Vital Sign Monitoring: 

NWMC was the first hospital in Florida 

to tap into the power of wireless 

technology with the wrist-worn device, 

named the Visi ® Mobile System. The 

device is saving lives and it is also 

allowing surgical patients at NWMC to 

get uninterrupted sleep knowing that 

they are being monitored 24/7. When 

nurses perform their hourly rounding, 

they no longer need to wake a patient 

up to check their blood pressure, heart 

rate, respiratory rate, or oxygenation 

levels. The monitor can pick up any 

abnormalities and life-saving actions 

can be initiated right away. 

iMobile Clinical 

Communicators: 

In an era of smartphones, paper charts 

and dialing nurses stations to check 

up on patients is a thing of the past. 

Since iMobile was launched at NWMC, 

it has eliminated the need to constantly 

search for care team members and 

has enabled efficient delivery of clinical 

data and communications ensuring 

timely patient care decisions. Clinical 

specialists are equipped with iPhones 

when they arrive to work; they are able 

to send secure HIPAA compliant text 

messages and pull up their patient 

charts right at their fingertips. The 

technology integrates with other tools, 

like the Nurse Call systems and vital 

sign monitoring, which will allow for 

more efficient responses. 

CenTrak ® Real-Time 

Location System: 

Location tracking is drastically 

improving hospital efficiencies and 

quality of care. NWMC is working 

with CenTrak ® , the industry leader for 

Enterprise Location Services, to enable 

multiple clinical applications including: 

asset management, hand hygiene 

compliance monitoring, environmental 

/ temperature monitoring, perioperative 

workflow, patient flow, staff locating, 

and nurse call automation. NWMC 

is the only hospital in Broward 

County using this advanced locating 

technology. 

MyCare Electronic 

Whiteboards 

are being installed in all hospital rooms. 

Gone are the days of writing on a 

whiteboard with a dry erase marker. 

All patient information is updated on a 

digital whiteboard at NWMC. When a 

nurse enters a patient room the name of 

the nurse automatically populates onto 

the whiteboard so the patient knows 

exactly who is in their room. Patients will 

also be able to see their medications, 

goals for the day and upcoming 

procedures. 

Hill Rom 

Hand 

Hygiene 

goes 

high-tech 

with monitoring 

systems 

to improve 

compliance 

and reduce 

infection rates. 

NWMC staff 

are reminded to wash their hands when 

entering and exiting a patient room 

keeping patients and staff safe from the 

spread of infection. 

These multiple advanced technologies 

communicate with each other to deliver 

seamless, streamlined, and meaningful 

communication among clinicians and 

the patients, enhancing the quality of 

care as staff devotes more time at the 

bedside with the patients who are the 

center of their exceptional care. 

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HEALTH 

by Marcy Albin 

CBD and 

THC: 

The Questionable 

Green Stuff 

Globally, people from the Americas to the shores 

of Europe are in heated debate regarding the 

medicinal effects and the therapeutic benefits 

of cannabis. This is, of course, due to the fact that 

there is clinical evidence that shows cannabis and 

its components have the ability to treat a number of 

neurological and cancer-related disorders, as well as 

other pain related issues. 

Florida voters on the 

recent Election Eve, 

overwhelmingly 

approved a 

constitutional amendment guaranteeing 

seriously ill patients the right to medical marijuana. 

This was a victory for decriminalization supporters 

who narrowly lost a similar ballot fight two years ago. 

According to 

unofficial results, 

Amendment 2 

had more than 

71 percent of 

the vote. 

The newly approved Amendment 2 allows patients with 

illnesses of the “same kind or class, as or comparable to” 

cancer, HIV, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson’s 

disease, and epilepsy to obtain marijuana through stateapproved 

doctors and state-approved dispensaries. 

According to The Deparment of Health in Tallahassee, 

about 450,000 Floridians would qualify to use the drug 

under these rules. Florida law already permits patients 

with certain conditions, such as uncontrollable 

seizures, to use non-euphoric types of cannabis. Another law 

adopted in 2016 allows terminally ill patients to use full-strength 

marijuana. 

Currently, with the majority of the American population, 

Canada, Brazil, Australia, and other countries in the European 

Union, having easy access to some form of legal cannabis, 

we now face a need to sit down and educate ourselves and 

to be knowledgeable consumers and improved health care 

professionals 

Cannabis based medications have 

been used for centuries. Here is a brief 

breakdown of the cannabinoids. 

The endocannabinoid system is a group of neuromodulatory 

lipids and their receptors in the brain and throughout the 

central and peripheral nervous systems. They are involved in 

a variety of physiological processes including appetite, painsensation, 

mood, and memory, and mediate the psychoactive 

effects of cannabis. 

The best known part of the cannabinoid is THC, or 

tetrahydrocannabinol. THC has been shown to bind the CB1 

receptors, and induce an intoxicating effect, called a “high.” 

Since then, THC has been tested and has shown to effectively 

treat pain associated with cancer successfully. THC, however, 

is only one of the 70 or more cannabinoids found in the THC 

plant. 

The second most important cannabinoid is 

CBD, or cannabidiol; it is non-intoxicating, 

and shows signs of controlling 

seizures, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, and 

other dysfunctions. 

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Cannabinoids that are synthesized 

by the plants are called phytocannabinoids. Once these 

phytocannabinoids are consumed or inhaled, they have the 

ability to bind CB1 and CB2 receptors in the body. Additionally, 

several other phytocannabinoids are found in chocolate, black 

truffles, pepper, carob, and other plants and their fruits. 

THC accounts for the psychogenic effect in marijuana, gained 

either through smoking, absorbing through tinctures, oils, and 

edible foods, or ingested in capsule form. When used in low 

doses, you do not get high, the same goes for CBD oil. 

CBD is another molecule of the marijuana plant, 

which produces no psychogenic effect. If 

used in controlled, small quantities, you 

will not get high from it, but it will relieve 

symptoms related to cancer, nausea, 

epilepsy, or other diseases and 

symptoms. 

As of now, 28 states and the 

District of Columbia have 

legalized marijuana for medical 

use. But medical marijuana 

is still illegal federally, and 

patients and caregivers in 

medical marijuana states 

are in danger of federal 

prosecution. 

Last year, Senators Kirsten 

Gillibrand and Cory Booker 

spearheaded legislation to amend 

the Controlled Substances Act to 

make it legal to grow, use, and sell 

marijuana for medical use in states where 

it’s legal. This historic legislation, Senate Bill 

683, The Compassionate Access, Research 

Expansion and Respect States Act of 2015, 

or CARERS Act, would end the federal prohibition of 

medical marijuana for good. 

The CARERS Act has growing bipartisan support, with 19 

prominent co-sponsors in the Senate, but the bill still sits in 

the Senate Judiciary Committee awaiting a vote. 

More than 80 percent of Americans agree 

that marijuana should be legal for medical 

purposes. The people are ready for 

reform, it’s time for Congress to act.Tens 

of thousands of patients and caregivers 

across the country face the fear of federal 

penalties even though they are abiding by 

state law. 

The low THC, high CBD 

Compassionate Care Law of 

2014 changed the face 

of THC and CBD 

usage in the state of 

Florida. Before this, 

it was complicated, 

one had to seek out 

legal advice. Even 

then, there was only 

one dispensary open, 

out of the approved and 

mandated 

seven dispensaries. 

Now that the issue has been 

voted into law in 2016, it will 

expand to terminal patients, so 

they can have easy access 

and have the ultimate key 

to relieving not only pain, but 

nausea, dizziness, and other 

symptoms, without the fear of 

being arrested for illegal drug use. P 

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DIETITIAN’S VIEW 

The 

alidity 

of Dietary 

Supplements 

by Nancy M. Ouhib, MBA, RDN, LDN 

A 

dietary supplement is intended to 

supplement the diet; has one or 

more dietary ingredients (vitamins, 

minerals, herbs or other botanicals, 

amino acids, and other substances); 

is taken by mouth in the form of a pill, 

capsule, tablet, or liquid; and states 

on the front label that it is a dietary 

supplement. Dietary supplements are a 

$37 billion industry in the United States 

and 60 percent of women take them 

regularly. Ongoing research suggests 

that supplements, even mainstays like 

calcium, can be harmful at high doses. 

Unlike drug products, there are no 

provisions in the law for the Food and 

Drug Administration to approve dietary 

supplements for safety or effectiveness 

before they reach the counter. Once a 

dietary supplement is marketed, the FDA 

has to prove that the product is not safe 

to take it off the market. In stark contrast, 

before being allowed to market a drug 

product, manufacturers must get FDA 

approval by providing evidence that the 

drug is both safe and effective. 

It is impossible to know the quality 

of a dietary supplement product 

from its label. The degree of quality 

control depends on the 

manufacturer, the 

supplier, and 

others in the 

production 

process. 

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supplements are not required by 

federal law to be tested for safety and 

effectiveness before marketing. The 

supplements used in governmentfunded 

clinical studies are supposed to 

be analyzed for purity and standardized 

for dose. Manufacturers are required to 

do such analyses and supply the results 

to the FDA. Yet, in a report which aired 

in January 2016 on PBS’s Frontline 

investigative series, few of the thousands 

of supplement manufacturers comply 

with this process. The FDA lacks the staff 

and resources to analyze supplements 

or to compel manufacturers to even 

comply. 

Standardization is a process that 

manufacturers may use to make sure 

of batch to batch consistency of their 

products. Dietary supplements are not 

required to be standardized in the United 

States. The word ‘standardize’ on a 

supplement label does not show product 

quality. 

As a result, the contents of a supplement 

may not be what is described on the 

label. In 2013, Canadian researchers 

analyzed a random sample of 44 

supplement products by 12 different 

manufacturers. The results revealed 

that more than half of the products 

contained substances not listed on the 

labels, some of which were potentially 

harmful contaminants. In 2015, an 

investigation by the New York attorney 


general revealed that only 21 percent 

of the random samples of popular 

brand supplements purchased from 

GNC, Target, Walgreens, and Walmart 

contained the ingredients in the amounts 

listed on the labels. Some contained 

no trace at all and some were primarily 

fillers such as wheat and soy, which can 

trigger allergic reactions in some people. 

Studies have also revealed supplements 

that are adulterated with steroid 

hormones. When it comes to dietary 

supplements, the familiar slogan “buyer 

beware” is more relevant than ever. 

The value of most herbs and 

supplements remains unproven. Few are 

worth the money spent on them. Even 

more important, there is no guarantee 

that the supplements contain any of the 

ingredients listed on the label – no matter 

how convincing it sounds or appears. 

With all of this mounting evidence, 

taking supplements can be risky. The 

October 2013 publication of the New 

England Journal of Medicine has a study 

that highlights the adverse effects of 

supplements. It states the supplements 

were responsible for an average of 

23,000 emergency room visits per year. 

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a well-balanced, nutrient-dense diet 

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your everyday value and source of 

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DIET 

Why Gluten-Free? 

by Michael Biagni Hopkins Sr. 

As many of us know, gluten is a 

naturally occurring protein found in 

several grains, particularly wheat, 

barley, and rye. The word is derived from 

Latin and means glue. Gluten is used 

in the food industry as an additive, and 

helps make food 

products hold or 

stick together. 

We can think of 

gluten sensitivity 

as being on 

a continuum; 

it can cause 

mild to severe 

symptoms. 

Some people 

have an allergy 

to wheat. Wheat 

allergy symptoms usually begin within 

minutes to hours after eating wheat. 

Symptoms of a wheat allergy can range 

from mild to life-threatening. Many who 

have been diagnosed with a wheat 

allergy carry an epinephrine auto-injector 

to prevent anaphylaxis in case they 

accidentally eat wheat. 

Celiac disease is an autoimmune 

disorder wherein an allergic reaction to 

gluten damages the villi in a person’s 

small intestine. The villi are important 

to our foundational health because 

they facilitate absorption of nutrients. 

Damaged villi can lead to malnutrition. 

Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS) 

is a condition that affects many 

with symptoms that may not be as 

immediate or severe as the symptoms 

associated with an allergy to wheat 

or Celiac disease. The true way of 

knowing if you are sensitive to gluten is 

to temporarily eliminate it from your diet, 

then reintroduce it to see if you have 

symptoms. 

Some common symptoms of gluten 

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Wheat Allergy: Nausea, vomiting, 

diarrhea. 

Celiac Disease: Bloating, gas, diarrhea, 

constipation. 

Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity: Mental 

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HEALTH 

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EARLY DETECTION IS 

KEY TO SURVIVING 

Cervical Cancer 

Cervical cancer is a disease 

that can be detected 

early with the proper 

screening tests. There are 

vaccines to prevent human 

papillomavirus (HPV), 

which is the main cause of 

cervical cancer. 

Half of cervical cancers occur 

among women who are 

seldom or never screened 

for cancer and about 10 to 20 

percent occur among women who 

were screened but did not receive 

adequate follow-up care. When cervical 

cancer is found early, it usually responds well to treatment and 

most who receive proper treatments have a long survival and 

high quality of life. Women aged 21 to 65 should receive regular 

cervical cancer screening. The Papanicolaou (Pap) test detects 

precancers, which are cell changes in the cervix that could 

become cancerous if not treated properly. Women should start 

getting Pap tests at age 21 and then every three years. Women 

age 30 and older may get a HPV test along with a Pap test. If 

both test results are normal, more testing may not be needed 

for five years. 

To prevent cervical cancer, 

there are vaccines to 

prevent HPV infection. HPV 

vaccines offer the most 

health benefit to people 

who receive all three doses 

before exposure to HPV 

through sexual activity. 

Regular HPV vaccination 

is recommended for girls 

and boys at age 11 or 12 

years. Vaccination is also 

recommended for women 

through age 26 and men 

through age 21 who have 

never been vaccinated, 

according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Cervical cancer begins in the cells lining the cervix – the lower 

part of the uterus. This is also known as the uterine cervix. 

The normal cells of the cervix gradually develop pre-cancerous 

changes that turn into cancer. Physicians use several terms 

to describe these pre-cancerous changes, including cervical 

intraepithelial neoplasia, squamous intraepithelial neoplasia, 

squamous intraepithelial lesion, and dysplasia. These changes 

can be detected by a Pap test and treated to prevent the cancer 

from developing. 

Cervical cancers and cervical pre-cancers 

are classified by how they look under a 

microscope. The main types of cervical 

cancers are squamous cell carcinoma and 

adenocarcinoma. 

Although cervical cancers start 

from cells with pre-cancerous 

changes, only some of the 

women with pre-cancers of 

the cervix will develop cancer. 

It usually takes several years 

for cervical pre-cancer to 

change to cervical cancer, but 

it can happen in less than a 

year. For most women, precancerous 

cells will go away 

without any treatment. Still, 

in some women pre-cancers 

turn into true cancers. Treating 

all cervical pre-cancers can 

prevent almost all true cervical 

cancers. Although almost 

all cervical cancers are either squamous cell carcinomas or 

adenocarcinomas, other types of cancer also can develop in the 

cervix. These other types, such as melanoma, sarcoma, and 

lymphoma, occur more commonly in other parts of the body, 

according to the American Cancer Society. 

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HEALTH 

ADJUSTING TO 

by Michele Jacobson, L.M.H.C. 

Change is a fact of life. At home, at work, 

and in the world around us, the one 

thing we can always count on is that 

things will change. We celebrate changes that 

bring us pleasure, such as births and weddings. Yet, many of 

life’s changes are difficult: a job loss, a divorce, or a death in the 

family. These situations teach us lessons that success never 

can, exposing us to loss and acceptance. As a result, we often 

discover our own unexpected strengths, talents, and resources. 

Change provides us with opportunities to re-define our lives, 

jobs, and relationships in new and creative ways and the ability 

for true growth. 

To deal effectively with change it is important to 

realize that every change in our lives involves a 

period of transition. Before you can experience 

new beginnings, a person must go through an 

ending and discomfort for the in-between time. 

The best way to prepare yourself for change is to become 

comfortable with the process, so you can develop better coping 

strategies to help you be successful in your life change. 

Initially, people can expect to have confusion, uncertainty, or 

fear about what the future holds. During this stage of change, 

remind yourself that change is a natural part of life. Create “todo” 

lists to keep goals clear and review your list weekly. 

In the next stage, the significance of the change is downplayed. 

You tell others you are doing fine, and that the change is “no big 

deal”. To lower the impact during this time, tell yourself the truth 

about what is happening, and list the gains and losses that have 

resulted from the change in your life. Above all, allow yourself to 

be sad about the change. A good cry can be cathartic during 

this time. 

Many individuals find the third stage to be the lowest point in 

a transition. You may feel some anger, discouragement, and 

resentment. To help yourself, don’t be afraid to experience your 

feelings and acknowledge them. Create and surround yourself 

with a good support system of encouraging friends and family. 

Develop a positive vision of what your life will be like when you 

have finished this transition, and think of it daily. 

This next stage is all about letting go of the past. Until now you 

probably have focused on the way things used to be. Now you 

are ready to accept the change and start preparing for your 

future. To do this effectively, rip up your losses and tape your list 

of gains someplace you will see it often. Prepare with a positive 

attitude, new skills, and any other resources you feel can be 

helpful and help you move forward. Take care of yourself. Look 

for opportunities to celebrate the small successes. 

During the fifth stage, the sadness has been decreased and 

you begin to feel more energetic. This is the time to seek new 

experiences, volunteer, take up a new hobby, or enroll in a class 

you have always wanted to take. Find ways to use the skills you 

have gained. Spend time with people who have experienced 

similar changes and continue to surround yourself with a strong 

support network. 

The final stage is how to make the most of change. Now is the 

time to complete a review by looking back on the discomfort the 

change produced, and what you have learned along the way. 

Uncertainty 

has been 

replaced with 

possibilities. 

Change has 

now become 

a natural part 

of your life 

that can be 

embraced 

by keeping 

a positive 

attitude, 

focusing on 

the new you 

and striving 

to continue to 

accept, adjust, 

and achieve. 

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experience providing counseling with individuals, children and 

families. She is available for in- home or office based services 

and can be reached at 954-401-6173. 

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ADVERTORIAL 

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BY KENNETH N. WOLINER, M.D., A.B.F.M. 

“Everyone tells me how great I look for my age, 

but I don’t feel great inside.” 

Celeste did look great, either from her modelesque figure, breast 

implants, Botox, or the combination of all three. Looking at her new 

patient questionnaire, however, I had to agree, she wasn’t as healthy 

as she looked. 

Celeste continued, “My friend Jena raves about you and handed 

me one of your brochures. She said you made her feel twenty years 

younger. I want to get what she’s getting!” 

“Patient-to-patient referral has always been my best source of 

new patients, but rather than ‘selling the same program’ of tests, 

supplements, and hormones to everybody, whether they need it or 

not, I do what a board-certified physician is trained to do, I evaluate 

each patient individually. Tell me, if there was a miracle tonight, 

what would be different tomorrow?” 

“How about tonight? I’d sleep. It seems that I’m up at 3:15 like 

clockwork every morning to pee, and then I can’t get back to sleep 

until hours later. And when I wake up for real, I’m destroyed.” 

“God created night then day; night came first because it’s so 

important. I want you to wake up fully refreshed, anticipating your 

day.” 

“How can I look forward to things when my clothes don’t fit, I need 

to use hair extensions and acrylics, everything I eat bloats me to 

where I’m 5-months pregnant, and my girlfriends have more libido 

towards my husband than I do?” 

Luckily, not only do I have 80+ minutes to spend with new 

patients, I also had a box of tissues to hand to Celeste. “All of this is 

fixable. Instead of using ‘pharmacy’ (or ‘green pharmacy’ of vitamins 

and hormones) to cover up your symptoms, I prefer a Functional 

Medicine approach to make your body work properly, the way it did 

in your 20’s.” 

“Just up to a few years ago, I was able to eat great tasting food 

without running to the bathroom, drink champagne at charity 

events, and still be able to play tennis the next day. Now I’m just 

spent.” 

“I’ve seen all this before, and I’m confident we can get you back to 

optimum health. Let’s finish off our assessment. Besides my history 

and physical exam, there are some tests I need. Even though you 

have a concierge physician who did a screening panel, I need to 

look in depth at your adrenals, thyroid, and other hormones. Food 

allergies and dysbiosis (bad bacteria in your gut) can cause that 

bloating, and vitamin insufficiencies are common enough that we 

have to test for those as well.” 

“Anything we can start off now?” 

“Yes! I’ve been practicing this way for over a dozen years, and 

based upon what I know now, we can start with a little of everything: 

behavior changes, diet, exercise, supplements, stuff like that.” I 

continued, “You don’t have to change your life drastically, but little 

things will make a big difference.” 

“Like what?” 

“You already take baths, so we’re going to add Epsom Salts (to 

“ 

I do offer injections of 

vitamins, minerals, glutathione, 

and other nutrients. 

“ 

absorb magnesium through your skin) to make your skin 

less dry, your muscles less achy, and your sleep better. I have 

a ‘detox diet’ handout that mentions safe foods to eat, but 

if you just think ‘protein and colorful vegetables and fruits’, 

you’ll do okay. Before you leave, I’ll teach you a stretch that 

decreases that ‘pouch’ at your beltline, and there are a few 

vitamins that are so obvious for you to start with (but safe 

to take too).” 

“But what about that IV therapy that Jena told me about?” 

“When patients are really sick, or are trying to get the most 

optimal results yesterday, I do offer injections of vitamins, 

minerals, glutathione, and other nutrients. For example, 

iron injections rapidly help hair growth, brittle nails, fatigue, 

memory/concentration, and muscle cramps (restless legs).” 

Celeste’s testing did show causes for all her symptoms and 

on her second visit, a plan specific to her was put in place. 

Three months later, she was glowing and her visits were now 

spaced out to where she only had to be seen once every six 

months. 

“Next week you get to see both my husband and daughter. 

I just booked a family trip to tour the volcanoes in Hawaii. I 

need them to keep up with me.” 

Dr. Kenneth Woliner is a board-certified family medicine 

physician in private practice in Boca Raton. He can be reached 

at: Holistic Family Medicine; 9325 Glades Road, #104, 

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HEALTH 

What is your vision for 

by Lisa Callahan 

Every January, New Year’s 

resolutions consume the minds 

of many. Traditionally, as people 

slide swiftly into the New Year, a 

vision of a “life transformation” 

dances in their head. 

A vision so clear, so vivid, it almost 

seems real already. You know it is time 

to make a change, you know this year 

will be different, and nothing is going to 

stop you from reaching your goal. 

So how come following through can 

feel so tough at times? Let’s be realistic, 

a vision is a mental image of what the 

future will, or could, be like. Therefore, it 

is not actually real. We get this mental 

image of how things will be without ever 

actually doing anything to get to our 

destination. Many times, this vision is 

the exact reason why we never actually 

come face to face with our future self. 

The vision is the very thing that stops us 

from reaching our goal. 

So why does this happen? It is all just 

a state of mind. This state of mind 

sets the mood that you are in at that 

time but doesn’t necessarily carry you 

straight to your destination. Your brain 

has memories that “trigger” certain 

things about your vision. Maybe you 

can picture yourself at 25 being the life 

of the party, running in that marathon 

you completed 15 years ago, or how 

about the times when everything 

you tried on fit you just perfectly? 

Attitude is everything and our past 

achievements give us hope of our 

future accomplishments. Everyone has 

dreams for themselves. It’s just a matter 

of how motivated you are to turn your 

fantasies into your reality. 

One way to help push closer to your 

goal is to recognize that you are the 

only one in the driver’s seat. Your mind 

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and body are waiting for you to make 

a move, and you have an obligation to 

yourself to tune in and listen. It’s that 

moment of intuition that will fire up your 

engine. You hold the key to your future 

self. No looking outside yourself for the 

answers. 

Studies show that we have 60-80,000 

thoughts per day. Within these thoughts 

is a little voice. This voice can be 

your best friend or your worst enemy. 

Positive self-talk will shower you with 

confidence, dedication, and positive 

energy. It can be a strong voice of 

reason as we are pushing ourselves into 

the correct state of mind. Keeping your 

mind open will allow you to tune into the 

best version of yourself. If you can stay 

positive, you will also remember to stay 

true to the present moment. Focus your 

thoughts on today and you will be a lot 

more motivated to keep your goals in 

place. 

When you are looking to create a 

new habit, pinpointing the real goal is 

a valuable tool. For example, if your 

vision is to get back to a size 6, ask 

yourself why that size matters to you. 

The answer is to have 

more confidence, 

patience, and energy. 

Keeping those goals 

in the front of your 

thoughts will 

give you a new 

perspective. It 

will also allow 

you the freedom 

to enjoy your 

efforts now 

instead of waiting 

until you reach 

the size 6. This 

attitude makes 

every day a gift. 


So how do you get started? Consider 

you are taking a trip on the journey of 

life. A life journey truly means to develop 

your character, to test your faith in 

yourself, to 

learn new 

things, to 

trust yourself, 

to better 

yourself, 

to know 

yourself, to 

like yourself, 

to grow up 

and to move forward, to trust your 

instincts, to live your own life. 

So, ask yourself: Are you selling yourself 

short of your life’s journey? Look at 

your life now. Have you seen this 

scene before? Start to really envision 

which parts you keep repeating and 

which ones you would like to change. 

Remember, a journey is traveling 

from one place to another. So why 

do many of us keep going around in 

circles? 

Today is a new chapter. Live your 

life. Experience your journey. Do 

this because you like yourself and 

you deserve to travel beyond your 

imagination. Make your journey 

real, and make it matter. It doesn’t 

matter where you came from, 

how you started, or what you 

have done in the past; 2017 is 

here, and you are ready to take 

your first action step. 

Onward to a positive year! 

Lisa Callahan is a lifestyle 

coach with Keep It Clean 

Lifestyle Management. 

She can be reached at 

trilifebodymanagement@gmail. 

com.

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REAL TALK 

Why don’t we 

Communicate 

anymore? 

by Celeste Catania-Opris, Ph.D. 

Open communication may be 

considered one of the key 

ingredients for maintaining a 

successful marriage. Yet, one of the 

most common issues affecting couples 

today is the inability to directly talk to 

one another. Why is it so difficult? Many 

of us remember talking to our partners 

on the phone for hours at a time. Now 

it may seem as if you don’t have the 

time or energy to ask, “How was your 

day?” This change may be due to several 

outside influences affecting the way we 

communicate with our partners. 

Responsibilities: 

Balancing a job, taking care of your 

children, and making time for family and 

friends can be rather challenging and 

overwhelming for a couple. There are only 

so many hours in a day and fulfilling these 

responsibilities can be exhausting. By the 

end of the day, most people don’t have 

the energy or drive to start a meaningful 

conversation with their partner. Still, in 

order to effectively communicate with 

your significant other, you must remember 

to offer each other the same amount of 

time and respect that you would give to a 

friend or family member. Ask your partner 

how he/she is feeling today, say thank you 

to one another, and acknowledge each 

other’s efforts. Most importantly, show 

each other appreciation and these small 

changes can offer you a starting point for 

effective communication as a couple. 

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Technology: 

How many times a day do 

you or your partner check Facebook, 

Instagram, or Twitter? The use of 

technology may affect your relationship in 

a very negative way. People can feel left 

out or ignored by the excessive use of 

technology. Try to limit the time you use 

social media. If you are on your phone 

in bed every night before going to sleep, 

then you may be unintentionally shutting 

out your partner. Your significant other is 

lying next you and wants to feel needed by 

you. Make eye contact with one another 

and try to initiate a conversation. Start with 

small talk, such as something that made 

you laugh that day or discuss a situation 

that frustrated you at work. These minor 

shifts can ultimately lead you both towards 

effective communication. 

Comfort: 

All parents raise their children differently. 

Nevertheless, our upbringing may impact 

the way we respond and react as adults. 

For instance, if a little boy were to get hurt, 

some parents would expect him to brush 

it off and to not cry, whereas other parents 

may instantly comfort their son. Girls, on 

the other hand, are frequently hugged, 

reassured, and often spoken to by a 

majority of parents when they get injured 

or begin crying. Essentially, boys may 

learn to be closed off and girls may in turn 

learn to be more vocal. This doesn’t 


apply to every family, but 

it does happen. The issue 

lies once we become adults 

and enter a relationship. Our 

roles can then become jaded, resulting in 

misunderstandings and even unnecessary 

arguments. 

We behave in ways that are familiar to 

us and make us feel comfortable. Being 

aware of your background and discussing 

these factors with your significant 

other may prove to be beneficial and 

advantageous for your relationship, 

especially when trying to understand your 

partner’s habits and tendencies. These 

ideas can also help you to make sense 

of why your partner may communicate 

in certain ways. In turn, participating in 

this open discussion may lead you both 

towards communicating effectively. 

Tell your partner how you would like to be 

spoken to and recognize that your partner 

may not be purposefully talking to you in 

a way that turns you off or pushes you 

away. Perhaps it may be the only way he/ 

she knows how to communicate. Always 

strive to understand one another. There 

may be times of uncertainty within your 

relationship, but remember that the love 

you share is real and it is uniquely yours. P 

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EQUESTRIAN NEWS 

For theLove of a 

Horse 

by Donice Muccio 

Malachi Acres along with our barn family welcomed 

winter with an awesome potluck party and horsedecorating 

contest. It was a balmy, rainy Saturday 

afternoon that tried to wreak havoc on our day but the 

weather actually made it more festive and fun. 

Every working horse farm knows that all the boarders, their 

horses, and students become family. We love our family gettogethers 

at Malachi and this last event again reminds us of 

how fortunate we are to have such a diverse group of friends 

that have the same thing in common. It truly is a little slice of 

heaven. 

This is a story about the Barnett family of Parkland, 

and their beloved horse, Sheeza. Sheeza’s life with 

the Barnett’s began 14 years ago when they fell in 

love with her at Casperey Stables. They knew Sheeza 

belonged with them. 

This very “opinionated” quarter horse mare with a bit of an 

attitude stole their hearts. 

They purchased her from someone who had gone to Circle 

F Dude Ranch Camp in Lake Wales, Florida. Campers who 

go to Circle F for at least six years can choose a program 

horse for free. Sheeza went home with a camper but was not 

happy being used in a schooling program. Rebecca Barnett- 

Stone and her 

mother Sandy 

Barnett would 

be Sheeza’s 

forever family 

after having 

been through 

six previous 

owners. Sandy 

knew she 

was an “old 

soul” from the 

moment she 

met her and 

truly believed 

Sheeza chose 

them as her 

seventh and 

last owners. 

The Barnetts 

came to our 

barn 13 years 

ago and I do 

recall Sheeza 

being a pushy 

horse with 

a very funny 

personality. 

She would stand like a rock and ignore both Rebecca’s and 

Sandy’s commands until she finally gave in and would fly 

around the arena. At 31-years-old she still canters around 

the arena like a youngster but with a much more willing and 

kinder attitude. 

When asked what Sheeza meant to Rebecca and Sandy 

they both gave the same answer; that Sheeza, along with 

their family’s love and comfort, had gotten them both through 

some very difficult times. Anyone that loves their pet, but 

especially a horse, knows what they mean. Rebecca said 

that she does not have to ride Sheeza when she feels down, 

that just wrapping her arms around her with a long embrace 

makes her feel whole. There is definitely a special bond 

between a loyal horse and its owner. 

You can see from the photo the insurmountable joy 

Sheeza gives Rebecca. These two present a lovely, 

happy story of unconditional love. 

We hope everyone had a very Happy New Year full of 

peace, joy and above all… love. 

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Thanksgiving 

PeT TALk 

leftovers for the 

counter surfer 

by Glenn Kalick, DVM 

Thanksgiving at my house is all 

about turkey, football, and listening 

to old stories that have been told 

thousands of times. This year was a little 

different. Instead of the same crew at my 

house, there were some of my daughter’s 

college friends hearing the stories for the 

first time. When I thought I was done my 

mother asked me to tell the kids about 

my first year being a veterinarian in South 

Florida. 

My first year being a veterinarian (I had 

just moved from Boston to Pompano 

Beach), I received a call from a client 

on Thanksgiving. The first thing that I 

had to say was that my boss forgot to 

take me off call because I went home to 

Massachusetts to celebrate Thanksgiving 

with my parents. The owners were fine 

that I was out-of-town because they 

only had a question for me. I told them 

that I was okay with that but if the dog 

needs medical care they were going to 

have to go to the emergency hospital in 

Hollywood. 

The story started with the fact that her 

husband knew better than to leave 

Roscoe unattended in the kitchen. I knew 

where this story was going. They left their 

turkey on the counter and Roscoe ate 

it, all of it. Being a little sarcastic I asked 

how long ago they noticed the turkey 

was gone. They said he ate it within an 

hour and probably ate it quickly. They 

laughed when they said Roscoe was a 

counter surfer and he pulls food off the 

counter when he sees it. They could only 

imagine the excitement when he didn’t 

see anyone around and started to eat 

the turkey. They also said that the turkey 

was full of stuffing and that was also 

gone. I asked how big the turkey was 

and they said that it was 16 pounds. The 

conversation then went sideways when, 

for the next two minutes, she told me 

that her house was full of hungry family 

members that now wanted to go out for 

dinner because the turkey was gone. 

She actually told me that it was probably 

too late to get reservations for dinner. 

I had to get her back on track. At 

that time my family was staring at 

me because I couldn’t stop smirking 

because for the last five minutes she 

hadn’t asked me any medical questions. 

I asked her if he ate the bones and 

she said yes. I asked her if he seemed 

uncomfortable and she said that he 

seemed a little distended in the abdomen 

and he was burping but he was drinking 

water now and was sitting by her son 

back from college begging for food. So 

to summarize, her 80 pound Labrador 

ate a 16-pound turkey, bones, and 

stuffing within the last 

hour and seems to be 

acting normal. 

So I started to talk 

about intestinal 

perforation secondary 

to sharp bones. I 

talked about bloat 

where the stomach 

fills with gas and flips 

in the abdominal 

cavity cutting off 

the blood supply. 

She quickly told me 

that she was not 

concerned about 

anything like that. 

So I asked her why 

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she called? She said that she and her 

husband have a bet. She wants her 

husband to ask me. I put the phone on 

mute and apologized to my family for 

the length of the call. My wife asked me 

if I told them that I was out-of-town and 

I told her I did. At that time the husband 

came on the phone and told me he has a 

20 spot bet on the answer. The question 

was whether we should feed Roscoe 

dinner tonight or just skip the meal and 

feed him breakfast tomorrow. 

I told them Roscoe could probably miss 

food for the next few days considering 

he just ate 20 percent of his body weight. 

My uncle, the pediatrician, welcomed 

me to the world of emergency phone 

calls. Unpredictable, late night, and 

usually starts with “I can’t believe that he 

ate that.” P 

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THE LAST WORD 

by Barbara Negron 

Let’s start something new:) 

Nope, it’s not a New Year’s Resolution. I don’t believe in 

them. To me it’s like saying “I’m going to start a diet on 

Monday,” then on Tuesday, you’re over it. It’s the same with 

the resolutions. They are promises you make to yourself, that you 

don’t keep, and end up feeling bad about yourself. I tell you, it’s a 

vicious circle, a mean trick, a Debbie Downer way of thinking. 

So let’s start something new. I’m going to use healthy eating as 

an example here, but you can apply it to anything. For me, food is 

my addiction. I love to eat, cook, bake, and eat some more. I love 

to cook big meals for family and friends. If I had my way, my home 

would be one of those clandestine eating places that you have to 

go on Facebook to make a reservation for. True story: One year 

my son surprised his wife by taking her to one of those homes in 

Atlanta. The menu is set, no substitutions, you pay up front. They 

loved it. 

But I digress, back to the new start. I need to eat better. I refuse to 

diet anymore. At my age, I don’t want to be told to measure, weigh, 

count points, etc. I just want to feel good. First, I know carbs and 

me are not friends. Sugar is a false friend too. The two together are 

back-stabbing lunatics who want me to be hurt all the time. That is 

step one: Recognize the issue. Figure out what your personal flaw 

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healthier. That is a death sentence for 

my goal. The goal is to just do it daily. 

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MRC PRODUCTIONS 

February 3rd 8:00PM 

Michelle Whited 

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has a sultry, lustrous voice 

that is a near match of the late Karen. 

“Rainy Days and Mondays,” 

“Superstar” and “Only Yesterday” 

are just a few of the songs the band 

covers during their performance. 

You’ll feel as if the band had been 

reunited, and Karen was singing the 

songs the fans know and love. 

February 18th 8:00PM 

Presents 

PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE’S 

brought us their classic 

hits, “Aimee”, “Two Lane 

Highway”, “Let Me Love 

You Tonight”, and “Falling 

In And Out Of Love”. 

Come enjoy a high-energy 

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February 11th 

8:00PM 

FIREFALL’S hits including: 

“You Are The Woman” 

“Just Remember I Love You” 

“Strange Ways” and 

“Livin’ Ain’t Livin’” 

February 26th 7:30PM 

Featuring Rus Anderson 

The Rocket Man Show is an EXACT re-enactment of an early 

Elton John concert. 

Back by popular demand the show features rich and colorful costumes, 

and a live band. 

Come join us for a memorable evening and hear Elton’s classic hits 

including; “Bennie and The Jets,” “Goodbye Yellowbrick Road”, 

“Crocodile Rock”, and “Tiny Dancer.” 

Rita Rudner is known for her hysterical one-liners. Over the course of a 

fourteen-year run and 2,000 plus shows, she became the longest-running 

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Come enjoy a laugh filled evening with Rita Rudner. 

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Box Office (954) 344-5990 

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12/20 starting at 2pm • 12/24 – 12/26 for the Christmas Holiday 

1/1 and 1/2 for the New Year’s Holiday 

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