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HERON ESTATES IN HERON BAY $4,499,000 

Palatial estate on double lake lot, featuring indoor basketball court; theater 

room w/seating for 12 & separate Lobby, club room w/wet bar, 2 master 

suites, elevator, Guest house, private wood library, huge eat-in kitchen 

With gas cooking, double fireplace, foyer w/ grand Double marble staircase, 

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doors, 100 kW Whole house generator and Crestron lighting system.6 

Bedrooms, 8 ½ Baths, 4 Car Garage 

BBB RANCHES $3,295,000 

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house, Amazing patios/gazebo for outdoor entertaining; Har-tru lighted Tennis 

and Basketball courts, open salt water pool w/3-waterfalls. All Impact glass 

windows & doors, whole house generator. Gourmet kitchen, all top of the line 

appliances. Ceiling details throughout, coffered ceilings, pecky cypress, wood 

beams. Wood,slate/ marble floors throughout; meticulously built & renovated 

by Steve Mrachek. This home belongs in Architectural Digest!!! 

PARKLAND GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB $ 3,295,000 

Custom Mediterranean Estate home in the luxurious Parkland Golf & 

Country Club, built to the finest quality by renowned builder Ellemar. 

Includes six bedroom suites, formal living room, dining room, bar, club 

room, loft, and library plus a 4 car side entry garage. Enter the circular 

driveway and pass through the ten foot high double hardwood entry doors 

into this extraordinary home. Exquisite attention to detail: from the beautiful 

marble flooring with mosaic inlays, reclaimed cherry wood flooring 

and stairs, custom wrought iron balustrades and quality wood cabinetry 

throughout, all accented by magnificent barrel, coffer and groin ceilings. 

Interior and exterior stone columns, beautiful covered summer kitchen 

with built-in bar and BBQ, and a magnificent resort style pool and spa. 

Impact hurricane windows and doors and much more. 

PARKLAND GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB $2,495,000 

Exceptional estate with style and sophistication + breathtaking views 

of the fairways and lake - Exclusive Club Estates with only 19 homes, 

and on a beautiful half acre lot with 5 bedrooms, 5 full - 1/2 baths, 

plus finished library, and huge loft area, can convert to 6th bedroom 

or theater room. 24 ft ceilings in living room, Great floor plan with 

junior suite on first floor, tranquil 2nd floor master suite and sitting 

room overlooking golf and lake. Hurricane impact windows and 

doors. Heated open pool and spa. Completely renovated in 2012 

IN THE PINES $1,770,000 

Stunning 3-story, lake front estate on .59 of an acre. This estate 

features 6 bedrooms, 6 full baths and 2 half baths, plus library, 

loft, 2 staircases, and mud room. Chef’s kitchen with large center 

island, gas cooking, 2 sinks, and 2 dishwashers. Separate 

26 x 36 rec room and 20 x 40 resort style pool and spa. This 

custom home was built by Ellemar. 

BBB RANCHES $1,395,000 

Botanical sanctuary with gated entry, large pond with fountains 

and waterfall, 2 story main house, plus a 1692 sq. ft. Barn with 

3 stalls and tack room. Private master bedroom on 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 

CYPRESS HEAD $1,299,000 

Lake front estate home with 276 ft. of water frontage. Newer 

roof, 4 ac units, cul de sac location, 5 true bedrooms, including a 

junior suite + library/office + game or media room + children’s 

playroom in children’s wing. Solar heated and salt chlorinated 

pool and spa. House has hurricane shutters, cabana bath, and 

outdoor shower. French doors thru-out and much more. 

TALL PINES ESTATES $1,150,000 

Completely renovated Estate home with 5 true bedrooms, 

+ Library + (13 x 22) exercise room or Guest house and 4.5 

baths. Your very own Hockey Rink, whole house generator, 

new salt water open pool with rock waterfall and marble 

patio, all on an acre+ in the Estate section of Tall Pines. 

PINE TREE ESTATES $795,000 

A private gated and completely fenced estate on 1.09 acre. Offering 5 

bed/4 full baths, open floor plan with a double sided fireplace between 

living room & dining room. Updated kitchen with center island, casual 

family room, Florida Room, breathtaking gardens and ponds, walking 

paths and fruit trees lead to a built in summer kitchen, granite sitting 

areas and patio,with fire-pit. All impact windows, accordion shutters on 

all doors, movie room w/wine room, renovated bathrooms, 3 new a/c 

units, New water filtration system, new saltwater pool, solar hot water 

system, solar panels, all finished closets, New drainage system, New solar 

shades-newer roof and so much more, a true Botanical sanctuary. 

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FEATURES 

Engaged Couples: 

18 Local Engaged Couples 

24 Where Are They Now? 

26 Wedding Research 

Medical 

90 Precision Eye Surgery 

94 All About Ultrasounds 

96 Pinhole Rejuvenation 

98 Five Reasons Not to Skip an Eye Exam 

100 Past Life Regression 

Financial 

104 Six Ways to Grow Your Business 

106 Business Pitfalls 

108 Property Taxes 

14 Black History Month 

28 Matchmaking 

Meeting Your Sweetheart 

32 Culture 

Chinese New Year 

36 Humor 

Chocolate Does the Trick 

42 Male Matters 

Political Correctness 

48 Guy Talk 

Simplicity John Wick 

54 Mom’s Perspective 

Driving Me Crazy 

60 Community 

Parkland Farmers Market 

66 Travel 

Healthy Traveling 

Wine Watch 70 

Good Wines, Bad Labels 

Food 72 

A Cavalcade of Soups 

Restaurant Review 74 

Saito’s 

From The Expert 80 

A Friend in Need 

Dietitian’s View 86 

Foods and Inflammation 

in Our Bodies 

Equestrian News 102 

Keeping Hoofs Dry 

Pet Talk 103 

No Substitute for a 

Professional Opinion 

IN EVERY ISSUE 

Editor’s Letter 6 

Parkland’s Mayor 8 

Coral Springs’ Mayor 9 

Broward County Commisioner 10 

Community News 12 

Events Calendar 68 

School News 78 

Parkland Library Events 82 

Last Word 111 

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CORRECTION: The article Rethinking What You Eat by Dr. Morteza Taeb, M.D., in 

the January issue misstated the effects of an enzyme in mushrooms. The enzyme 

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Sheila and Bennet 

Bodenstein have been 

married for 49 years and 

have been writing about 

wine for 29 of those years. 

Mark Bohm is an attorney 

and freelance writer living 

in Parkland. 

Phil Fishman, M.A. 

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has written for regional 

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and magazines and is a 

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Elliot Goldenberg, an 

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not only writes a humor 

column, but also writes 

books on espionage and 

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Bill Johnson is a freelance 

writer. He semi-retired 

to Coconut Creek after a 

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congressional aide. 

Dr. Glenn Kalick is the 

owner of Brookside 

Animal Hospital in 

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from the Parklander. 

MONTHLY GIVEAWAY 

Victoria Landis is a 

freelance writer and 

artist living in West Boca. 

Dr. Renae Lapin, LMFT 

and author, provides 

free counseling services 

to children and families 

with the Broward County 

School Board. 

Freelance writer/editor 

Cynthia MacGregor is 

the author of over 100 

published books. She has 

also worked as the editor 

of magazines and books. 

Nancy Ouhib is a 

registered, licensed 

dietitian who works at 

Plantation Nursing and 

Rehabilitation Center. She 

is also a freelance writer 

and speaker. She resides in 

Parkland with her family. 

Cheryl Pangborn is 

a Parkland resident and 

the mother of two 

children, one with 

special needs. 

David Volz has written for 

many publications over the 

last 27 years, including the 

South Florida SunSentinel, 

Miami Herald and South 

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The winner of the Parklander’s February giveaway will receive a 

cute and sophisticated Jackie O shoulder bag by Gucci. Featuring 

Gucci’s GG web pattern with a turquoise leather trim to add color to 

your ensemble, its rose gold hardware adds a charming touch to the 

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FROM THE EDITOR 

February is the time for valentines, and we have you 

covered with tales of romance, wedded bliss, and 

chocolate. This issue is one of four each year when we 

announce wedding engagements, and what better time to 

be thinking about getting married. 

Writers Nancy Kalikow Maxwell and Monique McIntosh 

profile two same-sex couples — Johnnie and Paul, and 

Bernadette and Cristina — who got married last Valentine’s 

Day in a mass ceremony in Wilton Manors, and were 

featured in our February 2015 issue. After one year, both 

couples are still very much in love. 

For a longer-term view, Martin Lenkowsky looks at how 

computers have changed the way couples meet. And 

columnist Victoria Landis offers a humorous look at the role 

chocolate plays in courtship. 

But February isn’t just for lovers. We also have an article on 

the ways African-Americans have contributed to the growth of 

Broward County — in observance of Black History Month — 

and another on the importance of Chinese New Year’s, which 

falls this year on February 8. 

Take a look at contributor David Volz’s piece on the Parkland 

Farmers Market, which is in the middle of its tenth year, then 

circle February 7 and February 21 on your calendar, and go to 

the market in person. There’s a reason vendors keep returning. 

We continue our medical emphasis from January with more 

articles of interest — from robotic-assisted cataract surgery, 

to uses of ultrasound beyond pregnancy, to taking your mind 

on a “past life regression.” 

In our financial section, you’ll find six secrets to grow your 

business, pitfalls to avoid when you’re starting out, and 

options for paying your property taxes. 

You’ll also find recipes for delicious soups for the season, a 

look at an action movie that remembers to keep it simple, and 

a mother’s lament that her daughter is old enough to drive. 

Whew! Thank goodness it’s leap year. We can use the extra 

day this month to get through all these stories and still have 

time to enjoy the wonderful winter weather. P 

-Steve Plunkett 

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PARKLAND MAYOR MICHAEL UDINE 

By now, I am sure everyone is 

back up to speed after the 

holidays and New Year. It 

is hard to believe we are already 

one month into 2016. Good luck 

to all our high school seniors as 

they hear from different colleges 

throughout the country. Our 

students are being accepted into 

some impressive universities. As 

the old saying goes, “hard work 

pays off.” Good luck! 

Come Visit the Parkland Farmers Market! 

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I am proud to report that the City of Parkland was voted by 

the online financial and lifestyle site WalletHub as the Best 

City in Florida to raise a family. Speaking with our longterm 

residents, I can see the pride they have in the City of 

Parkland. As I meet and talk with new residents, they tell 

me that some of the things that attract them to Parkland 

are our great parks and open spaces, highly rated schools, 

and the overall sense of community throughout the City. 

Thank you for everyone involved with making Parkland so 

desirable. Each year we seem to get better and better! We 

are continuing to work hard to provide high-quality services 

and offerings for our residents. From the Farmers Markets 

to our senior programs, teen groups, “buddy” programs, 

there truly is something for everyone to get involved with. 

I encourage people to frequently check our website www. 

cityofparkland.org for different listings of our events. 

I am happy to report that we have officially opened the 

“new” Parkland Community Center. Our city staff has done 

a fantastic job with the opening of this facility. I encourage 

everyone to stay up to date with the different program 

offerings. We are truly trying to make this a facility that 

offers something for everyone. As of this writing there will 

be cooking classes, dance classes, senior programs, and 

child care offered. We are trying to make this a first-class 

community center and something that all the residents can 

be proud of. 

Between the Community Center, our great Municipal 

Library, and our parks and recreation offerings, there is 

some really great programming being offered throughout 

Parkland. I encourage everyone to continue to take 

advantage of the different programs. P 

I value your questions or comments. Reach out and ‘friend 

me’ if you want to follow me on Facebook or look me up 

on Twitter (www.twitter.com/michaeludine) if you want to 

follow my updates. As always, if you have any questions or 

concerns, please email me at MUdine@cityofparkland.org. 

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CORAL SPRINGS MAYOR 

SKIP CAMPBELL 

Hope everyone has had a great 

start to the New Year! We have 

some exciting events coming 

up that I would love to tell you about. 

Starting off with our Family Fun Day 

and Car Show at Downtown Coral 

Springs on Saturday, February 6, 

from 10am to 2pm. Admission is 

free, and there will be music, food 

trucks, vendors, bounce houses, and 

entertainment. Cost to pre-register a vehicle is $15 or $20 on 

the day of the event, so sign up today. For more information or 

to register, call 954-345-2119. 

If you have any hazardous waste you need to dispose of, 

you can do so on Saturday, February 6, from 9am to 2pm at 

the Westside Maintenance Complex, 4181 NW 121st Ave. 

They will be accepting a full range of household hazardous 

materials at this location. As a reminder, Coral Springs residents 

can drop off paint, electronics, and fluorescent lights 

the first Saturday of every month from 8am to 5pm at the 

Waste Transfer Station at the end of Wiles Road at Northwest 

126th Avenue. 

I also want to invite residents to our annual State of the City 

on Thursday, February 18, at 6:30pm at the Center for the 

Arts. We will briefly highlight the city’s accomplishments over 

the past year, thank our volunteers, and end the night with 

a memorable performance by The Hit Men. The band will 

keep you dancing with hits from the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s. The 

Center for the Arts is located at 2855 Coral Springs Drive. 

The event is free to Coral Springs residents, and tickets are 

available on a first-come, first-serve basis at City Hall and 

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Our next Slice of the Springs neighborhood meeting will be 

Thursday, February 11 at 7pm. Residents from the Center 

West and Town Center areas are invited to come to Coral 

Springs Elementary and meet city staff. You will also have the 

opportunity to discuss any neighborhood concerns. For more 

details, visit CoralSprings.org/slice or call 954-344-1114. 

Lastly, our community comes together annually to participate 

in the Race for Women’s Wellness Half Marathon and 5K. 

If you’re interested, save the date for Saturday, March 26. 

Both events benefit the Broward Health Coral Springs Lisa 

Boccard Breast Cancer Fund. For details or to sign up, visit 

Active.com. P 

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

feel free to visit with me during my office hours. I hold office 

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

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

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

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

CoralSprings and follow us on Instagram and Twitter. 

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BROWARD 

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Stacy Ritter 

One of the biggest events in 

2016 for Broward County will be 

the opening of our new courthouse 

in the spring. I’m proud 

that, as mayor back in 2009, I 

was the one who established the 

task force that brought about the 20-story building you now 

see in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The continually breaking 

pipes, issues with mold, and other structural problems forced 

the county to construct this new building. The best part was 

that we were able to do it all without raising taxes. 

This new Broward County Courthouse not only changed the 

skyline of the City of Fort Lauderdale, but it helped keep Broward’s 

economy going during one of the worst recessions. 

Along with other projects like the new south runway at Fort 

Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport, it created jobs 

and kept businesses going. 

This new courthouse is functionally designed, LEED-certified 

so it is energy-efficient, and the layout is much better than 

the current courthouse structure. Plus, there will be great 

views with integrated art throughout, including wall murals 

with court-related designs. 

If you are called for jury duty, it should not have much of an 

impact other than a more pleasant atmosphere. Jurors are 

keeping the same parking location and will meet in the same 

jury room, but if called to serve, the courtrooms will be much 

more comfortable. More hearing rooms will mean the judges 

will not have to hold hearings in chambers. There is a connecting 

bridge to the new tower from the eastside building 

so there will be no need to walk outside. Plus, that connecting 

bridge has separate areas for judges, the public, and 

in-custody defendants, making it safer for all. 

When visiting the new courthouse for anything from getting a 

marriage license or paying a fine to being a witness in a trial 

or party in a probate proceeding, there will be no more lines 

outside and no need to worry about inclement weather. The 

security check will be much smoother with the main courthouse 

area having five lines with one specifically for judges, 

employees, and attorneys who regularly use the courthouse. 

Security will be enhanced with more advanced protocols. 

Overall, I’m looking forward to the opening of our new Broward 

County Courthouse in the next few months. It will be a 

building that Broward County can be proud of. 

See you at the ribbon-cutting! P 

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2016 

FEBRUARY 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

County Reprints 

Guide to Museums, 

Galleries 

The recently reprinted 

Museum & Gallery Guide 

showcases some of the 

many cultural institutions 

that preserve Broward 

County’s century-old 

history. The Broward 

Cultural Division’s popular 

directory includes listings for almost 100 of the County’s 

museums, art galleries, historic and cultural venues, and 

science and technology exploration centers. Places like the 

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum at Okalee Village, which showcases 

the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and Stranahan Historical House 

Museum, the oldest surviving structure in Broward County, 

ensure the interested traveler that there is much here to see 

and learn about. The guide may be obtained at libraries, galleries, 

and museums, or by calling 954-357-7457. 

ACHIEVEMENTS 

Valentine’s Day Tribute to Honor Trini Lopez 

The Footlighters Club of South 

Florida will transform Valentine’s 

Day into “ValenTrini Day” when 

it honors singer, musician, 

and actor Trini Lopez with its 

entertainer of the year award. 

An all -star tribute is planned 

for the performer, who rocked 

the music world with “If I Had 

a Hammer,” his own version of 

the traditional Mexican song “La 

Bamba,” and “Lemon Tree” during the 1960s and 1970s. The 

spectacular will be held Sunday, February 14th, starting at 

6pm in the grand ballroom at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel 

and Casino, in Hollywood. In addition to honoring Lopez, the 

event will be a fundraiser for the Footlighters Foundation for 

Indigent Entertainers and Musicians. Tickets are $250 each 

for Platinum Circle, $200 each for Golden Circle, $150 for 

nonmembers of Footlighters and $100 for members. Call 

305-651-3823 for more information. 

EVENTS 

“Victorian Rose” Art Exhibit 

February 3 through 29 

It will be a month-long celebration of Valentine’s Day at the 

North Regional/Broward College Library with an exhibit of 

colorful, one-of-a-kind, Victorian-inspired collage and decoupage 

by Coconut Creek artist Roselle Orlando. The library 

is located at 1100 Coconut Creek Blvd. in Coconut Creek. 

Hours are Monday to Thursday 7:30am to 8pm; Friday 

7:30am to 4pm; weekends 10am to 6pm. For information, 

call 954-201-2600. 

Give a Box, Get a Box 

Friday, February 5, 5pm to 9pm 

To honor our women and men in the armed forces, Girl 

Scouts of Southeast Florida has created a one-day only promotion 

to support their Cookies for the Military program while 

giving the community a chance to get free Girl Scout cookies. 

The Girl Scouts have teamed up with Duffy’s Sports Grill for 

the Give a Box, Get a Box campaign. At Duffy’s locations, 

anyone who donates a box to Cookies for the Military will receive 

a free box of cookies of their choice while supplies last. 

Last year, more than 3,300 boxes of cookies were donated in 

just four hours. To find a cookie booth, use the Cookie Booth 

Locator at www.gssef.org. 

Peter and the Wolf 

Sunday, February 14, 3pm 

Friends of Music Inc. has planned a perfect valentine treat 

for the entire family. The nonprofit group of dedicated music 

lovers will present the Amernet Quartet in concert, performing 

Peter and the Wolf in a delightfully different style. Friends 

of Music volunteer their time and talents to give money back 

to local public middle and high school music programs and 

to present a small concert series. The concert will be at J.P. 

Taravella High School on 10600 Riverside Drive in Coral 

Springs. Tickets for adults are $25, students $5. Teachers 

and parents accompanied by students are $15. For tickets 

call 954-752-5620. 

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Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance 

February 19 , 20, and 21 

The 10th annual Boca Raton 

Concours d’Elegance 

will be celebrating a decade 

of philanthropy at the 

Boca Raton Resort & Club 

in Boca Raton. This year’s 

Concours will feature the 

Classic Car Club of America ’s Grand Classic and showcase 

Packard as the marque. The event benefits the 12,500 children 

who rely on the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County. 

In 2015, the event attracted thousands of attendees. Friday 

kicks off the weekend with the Live Hangar Party at the Boca 

Raton Airport. Saturday features educational automotive 

seminars and in the evening the Gala Dinner Auction & Show. 

Guests will enjoy a cocktail hour and silent auction, followed 

by a gourmet dinner and live auction. One-of-a-kind trips and 

experience packages, luxury jewelry, and more will be auctioned 

off throughout the evening, which will be capped off by 

a performance by comedian and car collector Jay Leno. The 

weekend concludes on Sunday with the Automobile & Motorcycle 

Exhibition at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, featuring 

an automotive showcase with over 200 collector cars and 

motorcycles from around the country. 

For additional information or a full schedule of events, please 

visit www.bocaCDE.com. To purchase tickets, call 954-537- 

1010 or visit www.bocaCDE.com. 

“What You Do Matters” Luncheon 

February 22, noon 

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum invites the 

community to attend its “What You Do Matters” Luncheon at 

the Boca Raton Resort and Club. The luncheon will feature 

best-selling author Jennifer Teege — My Grandfather Would 

Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi 

Past — with music played by the renowned Holocaust Survivor 

Band. Helen Jonas, of Boca Raton, a Holocaust survivor, 

will receive the museum’s National Leadership Award. 

Registration is required by Feb. 12 at www.ushmm.org/ 

events/2016-florida-luncheon. For more information contact 

561-995-6773 or southeast@ushmm.org. 

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH 

by David Volz 

February is a time to reflect on the accomplishments 

of the African-American community. 

Many African-Americans have made substantial contributions 

to the local community. Tameka King, for one, earned a Ph.D. 

in educational leadership and is an assistant principal at Coral 

Springs High School. She believes it is important to celebrate 

the many cultures that are represented at her school. 

“At Coral Springs High we make it a priority to celebrate all 

cultures throughout the year highlighting certain ethnicities during 

designated times of the year, such as Black History Month 

in February. During February we highlight people of color who 

have made significant contributions to our world during our 

daily video announcements,” said King. 

The bulletin boards surrounding the Media Center at the high 

school are decorated to showcase the outstanding contributions. 

The school holds a Multi-Cultural Show that attracts 

over 700 visitors annually. In the Multi-Cultural Show students 

illustrate their cultural ethnicities through dance. 

“It is important to allow students to celebrate their cultures not 

just in the sense of trying to understand what cultures they 

bring with them, but also the hidden values that make their 

worlds feel so rich regardless of their situations or circumstances. 

While trying to understand the culture of people of 

color, we also take time to understand the historical context of 

the expression for people of color,” said King. 

A graduate of Coral Springs High herself, King earned her 

bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Florida State University 

and her Ph.D. at Florida Atlantic University. She believes 

coming from a strong family that valued education and work 

helped her succeed. 

There are many stories of success in the local African- 

American community. Years ago, agriculture was the primary 

industry in Broward County. Pompano, which later became 

Pompano Beach, was a farming community when it was 

founded in 1908. Hazel Armbrister, a member of the Pompano 

Beach Historical Society and the president of the Rock 

Road Restoration Group Inc., has studied the history of the 

area and seen it develop. 

“Years ago, people came from north Florida, Georgia, the 

Carolinas, Alabama, and the Bahamas to work on the farms. 

The land was fertile and word got out people could get work 

here. Whole families would come and work on the farms,” 

said Armbrister. 

Eventually a vibrant African-American community developed in 

eastern Broward County. Businesses, churches, civic organizations, 

and schools were established. Segregation existed 

and there were fewer educational opportunities available for 

African-Americans as many had to spend part of the school 

year harvesting crops. But eventually this changed. Blanche 

Ely High School 

was named after 

a respected area 

educator. 

Remembering the Past 

African-Americans Reflect on Their Contributions 

Some prominent 

African-American 

leaders 

include E. Pat Larkins, who served for many years as Pompano 

Beach mayor and commissioner. Shortly after he died, a 

community center was named after him. 

Dr. Martin 

Luther 

King, Jr. is 

honored in 

Coral Springs 

with a new 

monument, the 

first of its kind 

in Broward 

and Miami- 

Dade Counties. 

The monument, located 

in front of the Northwest 

Regional Library, was 

produced by an artist 

known as Dari. She 

shares her feelings 

Tameka King 

on civil rights through 

sculpture and painting. 

The Lac Du Bonnet 

Pillar, coral colored granite, stands for equality, freedom of 

speech, unity, and democracy. The base is made of Mesabi 

Black Granite. The Raven Black monument stands for the 

Rainbow Coalition and King’s dignity, teaching, and strength. 

Dr. Mark Gendal, chair of the Coral Springs Martin Luther 

King Monument Committee, is pleased with the statue, which 

was dedicated in January. 

“This monument is a dedication by our entire community that 

we, according to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream, will make 

every effort to see each other not by the color of our skin, but 

by the content of our characters.” P 

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nthony brought the right bait to the “Plenty of Fish” online 

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mily and Jon met waiting tables at The Melting Pot. They 

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Jon and Emily live in Columbia, South Carolina. Jon is an account 

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photographers who Allen had hired pretended to be tourists and 

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At college, the couple attended UCF football games. They also 

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They’ve picked the theme of their wedding (classic/romantic), the 

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(Napa and Hawaii). But other details remain to be determined. “I 

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Where Are They Now? 

A Diamond Year 

Johnnie and Paul 

For Wilton Manors couple Johnnie and Paul Goodnight, 

February 14 th , 2016 could mark both their paper and 

diamond wedding anniversaries – depending on how you 

count. The couple, who started dating in 1978, bought rings 

just over 30 years ago as a sign of their lifetime commitment 

to each other, awaiting the day when the law would officially 

recognize their vows. So when same-sex marriage was 

legalized last year, Paul and Johnnie were thrilled to finally 

exchange those rings. They joined the “We Do!” mass wedding 

ceremony hosted by Broward Cultural Division and the 

City of Wilton Manors on Valentine’s Day, as 50 local couples 

finally tied the knot and began counting legally. 

A Cook in the Kitchen 

Bernadette and C ristina 

Ever since her wedding to Cristina Rivas at Wilton Manors City 

Hall last year, Bernadette Roelofs has been doing more cooking. 

“I’m not a great cook, but I’m trying,” she admits. According 

to her nieces, their aunt’s increased interest in the culinary 

arts is part of her becoming “more domesticated” since the 

wedding. “They have also been amazed to see me wearing a 

dress twice this year, something they had rarely seen before.” 

Since the wedding 

– with 37 years 

together as a couple 

– there haven’t been 

any honeymoon 

surprises. Paul does 

confess, however, 

to being overjoyed 

about one particular 

change – officially 

adopting the name 

“Goodnight” over his 

previous surname, 

Skurtovich. Choosing 

to change his name 

to Goodnight “simply 

because of its ease in spelling and pronounciation,” Paul 

has definitely “cherished a year of no one asking ‘how do 

you pronounce that?’ or ‘how do you spell that?’” 

For their first year of marriage, the serious DIY remodelers 

chose to celebrate – neither with diamonds or paper – but 

with a full renovation for their dream bathroom and kitchen 

at their Wilton Manors home. Starting the project last 

February close to the wedding date, the avid foodies managed 

to “wrap up [the kitchen] beautifully in time for our 

traditional Christmas breakfast,” says Johnnie. The couple 

fully intend to put their stunning kitchen to good use for 

their very first wedding anniversary, as “a new tradition of a 

Valentine’s Day anniversary dinner!” 

As for their tried-and-true formula for 37 happy years together? 

“The secret of our relationship’s success is simply 

being each other’s best friend,” says the couple. 

Roelofs is not sure why the wedding changed her kitchen endeavors 

or sartorial choices but guesses it may have something 

to do with an increased comfort level. No similar changes have 

been noted in her mate, however. “Cristina is exactly the same 

as she was 25 years ago,” she says, “which I love.” 

Since participating in the Valentine’s Day wedding ceremony 

in February 2015, Roelofs reports the couple has been “very, 

very happily married.” Roelofs, a community service officer 

with the Hollywood Police Department, and Rivas, who is in 

sales, have been together since 1990. They were originally 

planning to marry in July on what would have been their 25 th 

anniversary of being together. However, concerned about a 

possible Supreme Court decision, they opted to replace their 

later wedding date with the Valentine’s Day “We Do!” event. 

Looking back, Roelofs is happy that the event enabled them 

“to validate our relationship. It is not something to be hidden 

behind closed doors anymore.” 

Following the wedding ceremony, the couple did not take 

an official honeymoon but plan to celebrate their anniversary 

with a seven-day St. Thomas cruise. “We’ll be going on Olivia 

Cruise Lines, which is all gay women,” says Roelofs. Most 

likely she won’t need to do any cooking, but perhaps she’ll 

end up packing a dress or two. P 

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Celebrating its 30 th Anniversary 

Salon Delivers Latest Styles 

Join the crowds from as far away as Tampa, Orlando and 

even New York City that flock to the Pink Pony Tail salon and 

spa for the latest in hairstyles. 

The salon in Coral Springs has built up a very loyal and supportive 

clientele in the decades since Susan Tasharofi founded it in 1985. 

Susan came to U.S. from England, where she was a very successful 

stylist for many years. She saw the need for great hairstylists 

in south Florida. She and her two daughters, Simi and Roya 

Saramoot, who are equally passionate about their craft, soon 

opened the Pink Pony Tail. “To this day we still have guests that 

travel far to get the very best haircut and color!” she says. 

After 30 years, the salon now has 23 employees. Each highly 

qualified stylist is handpicked for his or her skill and high level of 

education. Many of them have had advanced training at Sassoon, 

Goldwell and other well-known places and are continuously refining 

their craft through education. 

Guests at the Pink Pony Tail feel very comfortable knowing they 

are in good hands. “We strive to keep a very professional atmosphere 

but at the same time be very friendly and vibrant,” Simi 

says. “We are a big salon with a boutique feel.” Guests have 

included celebrity 

wives, radio 

personalities and 

models. “We have 

also had celebrity 

stylists train our 

staff for the latest 

trends in hair and 

color,” she says. 

The Pink Pony Tail specializes in color as well as the ombre, 

sombre and balayage techniques. The salon has a Quidad certified 

stylist, who uses the unique carving and slicing technique that 

was created solely for curly hair. The salon performs color corrections, 

permanent makeup, and wedding hair and makeup and 

offers a variety of 100 percent high-quality hair extensions. 

“Our craft is one that gives instant gratification because you see 

the result of your work right away while making people feel great 

about themselves,” Roya says. “We make people feel beautiful 

and happy every day. It can’t get better than that!” 

The Pink Pony Tail salon and spa is located at 997 N. 

University Drive in Coral Springs, across from Coral Square 

Mall. The telephone number is 954-344-0234. The email 

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NUPTIALS 

by W.E. Brower Jr. 

Look BeforeY ou 

Research Each 

Member of Your 

Leap 

Team As You 

Plan Your Big Day 

Imagine this: It’s the big day and just moments ago you made 

that first step into married life. The guests are still drying their 

weepy eyes while bestowing various compliments about 

the nuptials to you and your loved one. Following all the photo 

sessions and a scramble to your vehicles, you arrive at the 

reception, once again greeting everyone with joy and pride. 

Then the DJ you hired calls you to lead your first dance and 

soon, to your surprise, you hear Dionne Warwick asking why 

you have to be a heartbreaker. And there’s more! Along with the 

music being off topic, picture your shock at the realization that 

“chicken 10 cents per pound” was referring to chicken wings 

instead of chicken Francese. 

Almost 2,000 catering companies 

and 5,000 DJs are available in 

the tri-county area to create a 

memorable event for you. But 

before setting a date and cutting 

the check it’s beneficial to work 

with them on a team effort, inquire 

about their experience, and make 

sure they are knowledgeable of 

your needs and can see to them in 

a timely manner. Does this mean 

spending more time than originally 

planned at this appointment? 

More than likely yes … but it’s 

far better to be safe than sorry, 

and with moments like these you 

have enough hats to wear. When 

spending time with the catering 

company it’s equally important 

to review the meal courses and 

inform them of any food allergies 

or certain dishes needed because 

of religious traditions; granted, 

some of you are probably reading 

this nodding in agreement, but 

surprisingly that single course of 

action is often overlooked. 

Location is 

always a vital 

choice, but 

before you 

decide, contact 

the property 

first and inquire 

of any policy 

it might have 

that would run 

counter to your 

needs. A limo 

service is a 

splendid way to 

make a grand 

entrance to the 

venue on the 

big day. 

Look BeforeYou Leap Look 

Wedding attire is a topic in and of itself. Once 

the style of the wedding is set, be sure to have 

yourself properly fitted and remain relaxed during 

the process. If you are a broad build, don’t take a 

breath to hide the stomach (unless you don’t mind 

paying for missing buttons that fell off the rental). 

And don’t forget to coordinate with the other party 

as a last-minute gesture before providing the final 

sign-off and confirmation. 

As a final effort, it’s important that a few days prior 

to the event you perform a final review between all 

the hired parties. This provides the needed time to 

alter any selections without the additional burden 

of doing so the day of the ceremony. Although 

the pressure is building at this point and stress 

levels are soaring toward heart palpitation levels, 

remember to remain calm and provide enough time 

for the parties to follow through on your requests 

in an efficient manner. While you face the task of 

creating a dream wedding, they bear the burden of 

ensuring your needs are met. 

Once everything appears to be in order and up to 

standards, it’s time for the most important stage of 

the entire planning process … sit back and savor 

the moment around you! P 

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MATCHMAKING 

T 

he day we honor love and romance 

– not to mention red roses and 

chocolate – arrives this month, and 

when it comes to the ways many of today’s 

couples first met, there’s definitely 

a new game in town. 

In years past, couples would usually 

meet the ones they love through rather 

traditional means, perhaps at a high 

school dance or a college fraternity/ 

sorority party or maybe just a simple 

old-fashioned introduction from a 

mutual friend. 

What would most certainly have been 

a huge no-no before has now gone 

to the head of the class as a way of 

connecting with others. More and 

more couples today are meeting their 

“perfect match” initially via computer 

screen, not face to face. 

Native New Yorker and former South 

Florida resident Laurie Geronemus is 

getting married to her fiancé, Tony Raio, 

in two months. They met on Christian 

Mingle, an online dating service. 

At first, Geronemus had reservations 

about online dating. “I was not about 

to go online to meet somebody,” she 

said. “I had been dating a friend for a 

few years and I broke up with him. My 

cousin insisted I go online.” 

The idea seemed a bit taboo to her at 

first. “My mother always told me ‘you 

don’t speak to strangers.’” However, 

things changed when she first saw Tony 

on her computer screen. “Then there 

was this face and big brown eyes,” she 

recalled. “He just looked like somebody 

who was so honorable.” 

She and her now-fiancé communicated 

online for about a month before she 

agreed to meet him. “He said let’s go 

to dinner, and we even bypassed the 

usual ‘safe public places’ to meet like a 

Starbucks or a Panera Bread.” 

by Martin Lenkowsky 

The New Way to Meet Your Match 

Online Replaces Face-to-Face 

And has her onceguarded 

opinion about 

meeting someone 

online changed? “It’s 

a new ballgame. I told 

my daughter to do it,” 

she said. 

And he quickly proved himself to be a 

true gentleman. “There was a puddle 

beside my car,” she said, “and he put 

his jacket down on the puddle. I knew 

he had a sense of decency. I detected 

sincerity and a desire to get on with his 

life. He was ready to meet someone.” 

And has her once-guarded opinion 

about meeting someone online 

changed? “It’s a new ballgame. I told my 

daughter to do it,” she said. 

Michele and Steven Amowitz, who live 

in West Palm Beach, met on an online 

Jewish dating site called JDate. Michele 

said she was getting bored with watching 

TV and decided it might be time to 

start dating again. “So I went on JDate 

and Steve was on,” she said. And as 

soon as she set her eyes upon him, 

something rather unusual caught her attention. 

“He had a monkey on his shoulder,” 

she said, “and I said ‘nice monkey’ 

and we chatted for an hour.” 

Michele said after their initial chat, they 

both felt good; however a minor obstacle 

did exist: She lived in upstate New 

York and he in Virginia. They continued 

to talk online frequently and shortly afterward 

began taking turns visiting each 

other. 

And in case you were wondering, why 

the monkey? 

“He had gone with his kids to the zoo,” 

Michele said, “and put a monkey on 

his shoulder. He used that as his profile 

picture for the dating site.” 

Michele’s profile picture was a bit out of 

the ordinary as well. “I was wearing a 

waist-length blue wig I had from Halloween,” 

she said, adding when she got off 

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chat, her mom and daughter noticed 

immediately. They asked her what she’d 

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CULTURE 

Suddenly, there it is – a flash of 

glimmering red scales as the 

magnificent dragon emerges 

from the back of the theater. Perfectly 

in sync with the pounding rhythm of the 

drums that fills the room, the dragon 

marches the length of the auditorium 

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creature bounds from one side of the 

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side to side with each step. As the 

auditorium lights illuminate the dragon’s 

body, which moves in graceful waves as 

it follows a ball that taunts it, a collective 

gasp of joy arises from the audience. 

The dragon dance, a cultural tradition 

designed to bring good fortune 

and prosperity, flawlessly captures the 

essence of Chinese New Year. Celebrated 

on the first day of the Chinese 

lunar calendar, which happens to fall on 

February 8 this year, the Chinese New 

Year focuses most predominantly on 

the union of friends and family and the 

generation of good luck for the following 

year. The holiday, known as the Spring 

Festival in China, is the most important 

Chinese celebration of the year and 

brings together family from all over the 

country as well as the globe. 

The dragon dance represents just one 

of the countless traditions that adorn the 

holiday, but it bears the common theme 

that runs through all of the Chinese 

New Year traditions: good luck. The red 

color that appears in the dragon’s body 

is a color that saturates this holiday. 

From the red lanterns strung from every 

conceivable surface to the red couplets 

stuck on the doors and the walls, the 

color of happiness and good fortune 

dominates Chinese New Year. The color 

red also appears in the festival’s most 

common gift of red envelopes, which 

contain “lucky money” to pave the way 

for future prosperity. Wearing red underwear 

represents yet another important 

tradition of the Chinese, as such an 

intimate object in the color of luck is 

believed to minimize any forthcoming 

bad luck. 

The superstitions, however, do not stop 

at wearing bright underwear. Chinese 

New Year is a holiday that does not 

shy away from food. Lucky foods like 

noodles, whose length symbolizes longevity, 

and spring rolls, whose gold barlike 

shape symbolizes wealth, become 

A Better Year for Goats 

Chinese New Year Is Bad News for Monkeys 

The holiday, known 

as the Spring Festival 

in China, is the most 

important Chinese 

celebration of the year 

and brings together 

family from all over 

the country 

especially important on this holiday. Additionally, 

during the Spring Festival, the 

Chinese prohibit all cleaning, forbidding 

everything from straightening up the 

house to maintaining personal hygiene. 

I can’t remember how many times my 

mother stopped me from taking a shower 

on Chinese New Year, for fear that I 

would wash away the good luck. On the 

other hand, good luck is reinforced by 

fireworks. Used to drive away the evil of 

the coming year, fireworks light up the 

sky every Spring Festival. 

by Joanna Zhuang 

The Spring Festival also marks the transition 

of the animals of the Chinese zodiac, 

which bears a total of 12 animals, 

with each animal representing one year 

in a cycle of 12 years. The Chinese New 

Year of 2016 will bid farewell to the year 

of the goat and introduce the year of the 

monkey. Contrary to popular belief, the 

year of one’s animal sign on the Chinese 

zodiac is perceived as the least lucky 

year of the 12-year cycle. Thus, on February 

8 this year, individuals 

with the goat sign can 

breathe a sigh of relief, while 

those with the monkey sign 

should take a large inhale 

and be extra careful of any 

impending danger. 

With China’s budding influence 

on the western world 

and the increasing outward 

migration of Asians, the 

Chinese New Year will undoubtedly 

continue to grow 

in popularity outside the Asian continent. 

In our own community, celebrations 

are held every year by multiple organizations, 

including the Coral Springs 

Chinese Cultural Association and the 

Chinese Association of Science, Education 

and Culture of South Florida. 

These celebrations are open to the 

general public and are often held at local 

schools. So, as February 8 approaches, 

put on your best red clothing, stuff some 

luck into those red pockets, and get 

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HUMOR 

by Victoria Landis 

Chocolate Does the Trick 

But Watch Out for Stray Ear Hairs 

Gentlemen, if you wish to enhance 

the likelihood of a lusty Valentine’s 

canoodling, pay attention. 

While long-stemmed red roses are the 

cliché classic, you can do better. Add 

chocolate. You know we love it. “But 

wait,” you say, “I do give her chocolates, 

and the canoodling, if I can get any, is 

iffy at best.” 

Well, if you’ve done the check list of 

pre-date tasks (helpfully listed below), 

and you haven’t recently compared 

her unfavorably to your mother or an 

ex-girlfriend, then your problem is you 

bought cheapo, drugstore-bargain 

chocolate. You might as well have given 

her a bottle of sewer water instead of 

perfume. Listen now and take notes. 

There is a valid and scientific reason 

to give chocolate to your sweetie on 

Valentine’s Day. Women react to and 

crave chocolate more than men do. I 

dare say we crave it in lieu of men at 

times. Science has discovered why. It has 

theobromine and phenylethylamine in it, 

and apparently females are more sensitive 

to them. But what the heck are those 

things, you ask? Trust me, while I did do 

the arduous research, the explanations 

and reasons are complicated and pretty 

much boring enough to be an effective 

anesthetic. I fell asleep while reading 

what I printed out. Twice. 

Simply accept the 

miracle I’m 

sharing. 

They call phenylethylamine 

the “Love Drug.” 

I’ve seen three different 

spellings for it — even 

the experts can’t stay 

awake long enough to 

get it right or agree with 

each other. 

(Obviously, neither they nor I had the 

sense to eat chocolate while tackling 

this.) And no matter which way I type it, 

my dear friend Bill Gates (Word) tells me 

I’ve got it wrong. I also don’t know how 

to pronounce it. So I’m nicknaming it 

Penny-Ethel. No wonder nobody reports 

on this. It’s way too tedious, and all 

anyone really cares about is eating the 

end results. Because of Penny-Ethel, a 

man’s chances of getting some serious 

loving on Valentine’s Day are much better. 

Penny-Ethel is a dopamine booster. 

Makes her feel euphoric and excited. 

Couple that with the caffeine-like effects 

of the theobromine and before you can 

say melt in your mouth, your honey will 

melt into your arms. 

Here’s the catch. (There’s always a 

catch.) You have to open the wallet 

and spring for the good stuff. Cheapo 

chocolate just won’t work. The higher the 

quality of the cacao, the more magical 

the Penny-Ethel in it. It is worth searching 

out the best — chocolate made from the 

Criollo variety in Venezuela is the ultimate. 

Another catch is you must attend 

to your personal 

grooming. Get a close 

shave. And for God’s 

sake, trim those 

nasty, wiry, out-ofcontrol 

nose, ear, and 

eyebrow hairs. Take 

a shower. Use deodorant. 

Brush and floss your 

teeth. Don’t eat garlic that day. Wear 

unwrinkled, clean clothing with no rips or 

stains. I know, I know — what a pain in 

the patookie. But a crinkled 2-inch hair 

protruding from your ear is enough to 

make us run scared — after snagging the 

chocolate, of course. 

Unfortunately, there is yet one more 

catch. One I didn’t know existed until a 

friend pointed it out. To get lucky, you 

have to do everything else right, too, if 

you believe what you see on television. 

Or rather, what she’s seen on television. 

Everything. Like choosing the right 

flowers, making a dinner reservation at 

the right restaurant, wearing the right 

clothes, smelling of the right aftershave, 

and so on. None of that ever seemed to 

matter to anyone in real life that I knew, 

but I’ve come to learn after many years 

that we — where I grew up — were 

not, in fact, hip. So tiptoe over those 

eggshells, boys, and increase your odds 

with my chocolate advice. 

Or — dump the high-maintenance 

chick with the attitude and addiction to 

crappy television, and find one who’ll 

be thrilled you thought of her. It is a 

made-up holiday, after all. (But you still 

have to pluck. Sorry.) P 

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by Elliot Goldenberg 

Political Correctness, Baby! 

Kojak and The Old Hollywood Bugaboo 

If nothing else, actor Ben 

Affleck, lucky enough to 

have been married to Jennifer 

Garner, is politically correct. 

Actually, he’s politically 

correct to a ridiculous fault. It 

was during the anti-politically 

correct “Summer of Trump,” 

after all, that Affleck reared 

his politically correct head – 

and for that should be named 

to the Political Correctness 

Hall of Fame. 

You see, Affleck is so politically 

correct that when he 

found out he had an ancestor 

who was a slave owner, 

the shamed actor actually 

tried to hide it. Earth to 

Ben: Thomas Jefferson 

had slaves! Ben, would you 

deny it if you found out you 

were a descendant of the 

third president? 

Besides, you know that old 

saying about the “sins of the 

fathers.” Who could blame 

Affleck for what, say, his 

great-grandfather did any 

more than baseball player 

Ichiro Suzuki can he blamed 

for the Japanese sneak attack 

on Pearl Harbor? 

By the way, there’s also a 

rumor that Affleck is related 

to a white duck that sells 

insurance, to which the actor 

has no comment. 

Truth be told, there’s no 

ducking the fact, however, 

that no place on earth is 

more politically correct than 

that make-believe world Ben 

lives in known as Hollywood. 

Then there’s what I like to call 

the “Kojak Factor.” 

Kojak was a popular TV show 

that aired in the 1970s and 

starred Telly Savalas as a 

fictional, street-smart New 

York police detective who had 

a shaved head, a lollipop in his 

mouth, dapper clothes, and 

was, above all, a Greek, just 

like Savalas himself. 

So what does politically correct 

Hollywood do with this 

icon? Three decades later they 

come out with a new Theo 

Kojak, who is exactly like the 

old Kojak with one slight difference. 

Played by Ving Rhames, 

this Kojak is black. 

Now Rhames was great in 

the role, as he is in everything. 

But what defined Kojak 

was his being Greek – not 

Jewish, not Irish, not Italian, 

but Greek. And, yes, I know, 

he wasn’t a real person. Still, 

Kojak was as Greek as Aristotle 

Onassis, as Greek as 

Zorba, and as Greek as anyone 

who has ever owned a 

diner. However, to a politically 

correct Hollywood, a black 

Kojak made perfect sense. 

So did a black James West. 

When I was growing up I 

was a fan of Wild, Wild West, 

with Robert Conrad starring 

as James West, a fictional 

special agent in the old 

west during the presidency 

of Ulysses S. Grant – who 

wasn’t a Greek even though 

his first name was Ulysses. 

Wild, Wild West spawned a 

movie, meanwhile, with Will 

Smith as West. 

Now I love Will Smith as a 

leading man. He was great 

destroying bad robots, shooting 

down aliens with Tommy 

Lee Jones and playing the 

real-life Ali. I just didn’t want 

to see him as James West. 

I know, these aren’t real 

people, so why should 

we care? 

So what does politically correct Hollywood do with this icon? 

Three decades later they come out with a new Theo Kojak, who 

is exactly like the old Kojak with one slight difference. Played by 

Ving Rhames, this Kojak is black. 

Well, I also enjoyed the 

movie Shaft. Richard 

Roundtree was perfect as 

the tough, fictional private 

eye who trusted very few 

white people, and the 

soundtrack by Isaac Hayes 

was classic. A few years 

ago, Shaft was remade with 

Samuel L. Jackson in the 

starring role. You couldn’t 

have asked for a better Shaft 

than the guy who quoted 

from scripture in Pulp Fiction 

before sending his victims to 

meet their maker. 

That being said, here is 

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another remake of Shaft 

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And you will also never see 

John Shaft played by Ben 

Stiller, Jeff Goldblum, or 

Adam Sandler. Talk about 

diversity – how about a 

white Shaft who can speak 

some Yiddish? 

Now that would not be politically 

correct. P 

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I’ve written about how I don’t watch 

movies much anymore, how my 

attention wanes. Every so often, 

however, a film will surprise me. That’s 

what happened not long 

ago during a dull late 

night in front of the television, 

flipping through the 

channels. I came upon 

a movie I’d heard of and 

remembered seeing 

advertisements for, but 

knew nothing about: 

John Wick. 

I gave it a few minutes to capture my 

interest and it succeeded. I didn’t think 

about it at the time but later I saw a 

brief review online mentioning the 

story’s simplicity, and it hit me – 

that’s what helped grab me, why 

it was so easy to watch. It was 

the film’s lack of complication. 

To be sure, John Wick is a fullfledged, 

R-rated, wait till the kids go 

to bed action movie. Lots of long, 

meticulously composed fight scenes 

in which the central character 

(whose name serves as the film’s 

title) uses his deft hand-to-hand 

combat and firearm skills to mow 

through countless challengers. 

And I found these plentiful fight 

sequences mesmerizing by 

their choreography, almost 

like watching some kind of 

ultra-violent but enthralling 

dance. Also, the movie has 

a visually stunning quality, 

paradoxical as it may 

seem, with all the destruction 

somehow presented 

with an air of elegance. 

Most refreshing though was the 

fact that all the carnage was brought 

about from the most straightforward 

of places. A thug stole a guy’s car and 

killed his dog. 

Mind you, the victimized guy was John 

Wick, a retired hit man who can be 

fairly described as the superhero of 

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political science 

to figure out 

what’s going on. 

assassins, and his dog was the last gift 

bestowed upon him by his deceased 

wife, thus making it a very special dog. 

But that’s pretty much it. As the film 

made its way through the cable TV 

rounds and I got a chance to see it 

again (that’s right, twice), it occurred 

to me while watching the action unfold 

that the script didn’t need anything 

more. Of course, most action-packed, 

explosion happy, car chase-filled flicks 

require us to suspend reality for much 

of the tale. But why not keep the 

underlying plot simple and let’s get on 

with the fun? Sometimes I don’t want 

my action thriller to make me feel like 

I need a degree in political science to 

figure out what’s going on. Intricate 

conspiracies, corrupt plots within 

factions of government, convoluted 

schemes to create doomsday weapons 

– they make my brain hurt. In John 

Wick, we’re shown a stolen muscle 

car and a dead puppy, and we know 

there’s gonna be hell to pay. 

To put a finer point on it, maybe the 

John Wick storyline struck a chord with 

me because, in a way, its unsophistication 

makes it more authentic. 

I suspect that in real life, more often 

than not, it’s the very plain motivations 

that make some bad things happen. 

I know I’m not the only one who 

was pulled in. I read somewhere that 

the John Wick sequel is currently in 

production. I look forward to seeing it. 

Especially if they keep it simple. P 

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MOM’S PERSPECTIVE 

and even though I assured her I checked the requirements 

online we showed up terribly unprepared and they turn us 

away. Somehow I missed the part where you have to have 10 

forms of proof of residency and identification along with a DNA 

sample. She left dejected and rather suspicious. I apologized 

profusely but was really thinking, “Score! I have at least 

another week.” 

One of the most annoying things is that now I feel like my own 

driving skills are under a microscope as the teen watches and 

remarks on my every move. I feel guilty cutting someone off, 

making the occasional illegal U-turn, and running that mostly 

red but sort of yellow light. I’m being reminded constantly of 

the speed limit and keep hearing things like, “Shouldn’t you 

always use your signal when you change lanes?” It’s like being 

back in the car with my father 30 years ago when he was 

teaching me to drive. I’m afraid to even look at my phone 

when sitting at a red light for fear of being reprimanded. 

Driving Me Crazy! by Cheryl Pangborn 

My Teenage Daughter Versus The Mighty Mercedes 

I 

have been frightened by many things since having a 

teenage daughter. However, none compares to the reality 

that she will be driving. I am completely unprepared to 

deal with this. It always seemed as if it was a lifetime away 

and then I wake up one day and bam! — she’s 15 and she 

wants her permit. And I am ready to go to Tallahassee, mom 

on a soapbox, to challenge this ridiculous permit thing for 

a child. Good grief, she still likes an afternoon at Chuck E 

Cheese! The roads and people in South Florida are hostile 

and dangerous and they scare me. This is no place for a 

distracted teenager whose biggest priority in my car to date 

had been choosing the radio station and finding her brush on 

the floorboard. Friends with teen drivers in the family are trying 

to convince me that it was the greatest thing ever. I don’t buy 

it. I’m willing to play the role of “Driving Miss Katey” well – 

forever or at least until she’s married. 

My daughter Katey did not get her permit the second she 

turned 15. Mostly because any time she brought it up I 

expertly changed the subject by offering a stop at Dunkin’ 

Donuts or the clever “Honey, do you need some money.” 

Offers of cash and coffee worked for a while. Then she started 

pushing me. Truthfully the only thing she needed from me 

was payment since the State has decided to make it ohso-easy 

by offering the stupid test online. She took matters 

into her own hands and took the test. I secretly felt superior 

because I knew she never studied. She didn’t even have the 

book because I kept conveniently forgetting to get her one. 

Knowing this I assumed she’d fail, then I’d tell her she couldn’t 

take it again until she studied and was quizzed by me. Epic 

fail – not her, me, since she passed. Stupid smart genes. Now 

I’m forced to take her to the DMV. We make an appointment 

This forces me to wonder how my 

own parents felt as they turned 

the keys over to me at 16. How 

could they let me drive away in 

the family car after I failed both 

my permit test and driving test the 

first time around! 

The other issue to consider is that my car is my pride and joy. 

She and I call it the Mighty Mercedes and if she thinks she is 

ever driving away in my baby without me in the vehicle she’s 

crazy. It’s hard enough sitting in the passenger seat as the 

instructor. I’m a nervous wreck and am in full-out panic just 

driving down our street. I cringe as we pass every mailbox. 

I’m like, “Stop the car, pull over!” if another car is heading 

the opposite direction. She retorts, “Mom, I can’t stop every 

time a car comes near the Mighty Mercedes. You need to 

chill!” This has forced her to ask the question, “Gosh, Mom, 

do you love your car more than me?” Um- no? I mean no – 

absolutely no – you’re better than the car. 

At least for now she has me along for the ride. I am really trying 

not to be crazy as I teach her, but I’m a work in progress. 

Truth be told, maybe it’s not her I don’t trust. It’s all the sloppy, 

texting, phone-obsessed, distracted, road-rage-filled drivers 

she’ll encounter. I’m not proud of my manipulation, but 

could I sabotage the lesson on parallel parking to gain some 

more time? Oh well – best I can do is remind myself – deep 

breaths, be the adult, and drive on. P 

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COMMUNITY 

Fresh From the Farm 

Parkland market is in the 

midst of a busy 10th year 

The Farmers Market occupies a large 

field at the Equestrian Center, 8350 

Ranch Road, and offers about 150 

vendors selling a huge variety of food 

products. It is open two Sundays every 

month in season and is one of the largest 

and most popular events offered in 

Parkland. 

There is the bustle of a popular shopping 

venue with people buying food. 

And there are shoppers having a lot of 

fun, enjoying treats together, socializing, 

playing with their dogs, and having 

some high-quality family time. 

Lissette Munoz manages the outlet for 

Brothers Farmers Market, which sells a 

number of organic fruits and vegetables 

and is very popular. “We have been here 

for six years and it is a good opportunity 

for us. We like being a part of the Parkland 

Farmers Market,” she said. 

If you like pickles and olives then you’ll 

want to visit Dr. Pickle. It is run by Harold 

Pitts, a retired New York firefighter who 

was involved in rescuing people during 

the 9/11 attack. “We have 20 different 

by David Volz 

The Parkland Farmers Market is a great place to shop for organic 

fruits and vegetables and look for smoothies, cakes, giant 

pretzels, pies, and other treats. It’s also a perfect environment 

to hang out with friends and make new acquaintances. 

Shoppers inspect the many fruits for sale. 

pickle products. I have been to many 

farmers markets and the one in Parkland 

is the best. I love it here. The community 

supports it and there is a lot of camaraderie 

here,” said Pitts. 

Lexi Cantore, who operates Gluten 

Free Granola, enjoys being a part of the 

Parkland Farmers Market. “We cook 

and prepare our granola products on 

Friday and Saturday. I love being here,” 

she said. 

Visitors to the Farmers Market can munch 

on cider doughnuts. Amanda Lopez had 

many individuals lined up to buy them. 

“This is a good event and we are getting a 

lot of customers,” she said. 

Shoppers could satisfy their taste for 

French baked goods at Le Petit Pain. 

“This is a very nice market,” baker 

Jeanine Griffon said. 

For some vendors, the market is an 

opportunity to meet potential customers. 

Alison Koss, who runs an art studio 

in Parkland, said a number of families 

she met at the market wanted her to run 

parties for them. She was also showing 

children how to create artistic projects. 

“This is a good event and we have met a 

lot of people here,” she said. 

Stacey Rosen, who visited the market, 

called it fantastic. “I love the atmosphere 

here and I like the people. I can buy 

fresh vegetables produced locally,” she 

said. 

Evan Sollecito also enjoys coming to the 

market. “This is great. I love coming here 

and I like the products here,” he said. 

Inbal Hackman had a smoothie and 

spent time with family and friends. “This 

is very nice,” she said. 

The Parkland Farmers Market began in 

2006. At the time there were 12 vendors. 

The market grew in popularity and 

became a fun social event. 

In 2009, Mercantil Commercebank and 

Parkland established a partnership, with 

the bank providing financial support, and 

the market grew even more. Usually, it is 

open from 9am to 1pm on the first and 

third Sunday of the month from November 

to April. This month’s dates are 

February 7 and 21. 

Kids line up for market treats. 

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Some bins hold organic produce. 

Melons are among the crops for sale. Parkland stages its market twice a month in season. 

Tomatoes catch one hungry shopper’s eyes. 

A variety of sauces are available for purchase. 

The February 7 market will showcase 

a health fair. Other special events 

include a craft fair, kids safety day and 

public safety day. 

Some vendors offer baked goods. 

“This is a very popular event and thousands 

of people come out. It is one of 

the most successful farmers markets 

in Florida,” said William Lawler, vice 

president of branch sales and service 

manager for Mercantil Commercebank. 

Retired firefighter Harold Pitts is Doctor Pickle. 

The Parkland Farmers Market has developed 

a large following from all over 

South Florida. 

“We have so much to offer and a lot 

of the vendors there have a following. 

The Farmers Market is in a great location 

with access to plenty of parking. A 

lot of people look forward to Sundays 

when the market is in operation,” city 

spokesman Todd DeAngelis said. P 

The market has grown from 12 vendors to 150. 

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TRAVEL 

Stay 

Healthy 

Overseas 

Remember these 

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are well prepared 

for happy and 

healthy travels 

At least 4-6 weeks before traveling, 

especially somewhere exotic, it 

is important that you visit a travel 

medicine specialist or a doctor familiar 

with travel medicine. While websites 

such as the Center for Disease Control 

and Prevention can provide basic information 

relevant to your travel location, 

it’s important that you consult a specialist. 

The specialist will be able to make 

more specific recommendations regarding 

vaccination and/or medications 

based on factors such as: your destinations, 

the length of your trip, your age, 

medical history, and any activities you 

may have planned. When looking for a 

travel medicine provider, you can first 

consult your primary care physician 

who will be able to refer you to a proper 

specialist. There are also private clinics 

that specialize in pre-travel advice 

and preparation, which can be found 

through the International Society of 

Travel Medicine or American Society of 

Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 

When you begin packing, some important 

self-care items to include would 

be SPF-appropriate sunscreen, insect 

repellent, small first aid kit, pain/fever 

reliever, feminine hygiene products, and 

hand sanitizer. While many of these 

items may be available during your travels 

they may not be the formulation you 

are accustomed to and are often very 

expensive. 

With regard to medications it is important 

to bring all of your prescription and 

over-the-counter medications in their 

original bottle with enough supply for 

the duration of the trip plus a few extra 

days should any issues arise. It is also 

important to pack all medications in your 

carry-on baggage. 

Call your health insurance company 

before traveling to check what extent 

your policy covers your health needs in 

a different state or abroad. Make sure to 

include copies of your health insurance 

card in your travel documents. Depending 

on your standard health insurance 

coverage, you may want to consider 

purchasing additional travel health insurance. 

The price of the premium will vary 

by trip but can be very reasonable for 

the peace of mind it provides. 

Two of the most important steps you 

can take to prevent illness while traveling 

is to stay hydrated and wash your 

hands. However, if you or someone you 

are traveling with unfortunately becomes 

ill while traveling, it is important to seek 

help as soon as possible. If you are on 

by Ellen Settler 

a group trip or a cruise, you can alert the 

group leader or cruise health provider 

to the situation. If you are traveling on 

your own, you can first contact the U.S. 

embassy or consulate, which will be able 

to refer you to appropriate local doctors 

and medical facilities. Detailed information 

on doctors abroad can be found in The 

Official ABMS Directory of Board Certified 

Medical Specialists, published for 

the American Board of Medical Specialties, 

or the International Society of Travel 

Medicine website. It is also helpful to 

contact your health insurance company 

to alert them of your situation, to expedite 

coverage, and they may be able to 

provide additional resources. Maintain 

copies of all medical records and bills you 

receive during your medical care, and be 

sure to follow up with your primary care 

physician when you return home. 

By spending the extra time to prepare, 

you will be able to fully enjoy your travel 

adventures knowing you are ready not 

only to have an unforgettable time but 

also to properly address your health 

needs should they arise. P 

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WINE WATCH 

Good Wines Bad Labels 

Ok, we made it. It’s 2016, and we 

hope the effects of the New Year’s 

celebrations have worn off by now. 

Normally, most columnists start 

off an after-New Year with goo and 

pabulum about the great expectations 

for the coming year. This is 

an election year, there is trouble 

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doom and gloom; our suggestion 

… drink more wine. 

We will start the year off with one 

of our prime gripes: good wines 

with stupid labels. Why a producer 

has to resort to an idiotic label to 

attract buyers rather than relying 

on the quality of their wines is 

beyond our ability to understand. 

While a label presenting a name 

such as “Fat Bastard” may be 

funny to some, it certainly is not an 

invitation to buy but rather a recommendation 

to avoid. Therefore, 

with a tongue in cheek, let’s look 

at some of the other “interesting” 

labels that decorate store shelves. 

by Sheila and Bennet Bodenstein 

PLUNGERHEAD 2013 Lodi Zinfandel ($12). 

This wine is a very nice and affordable 

Zinfandel and aside from the label, we 

can recommend it to you without question. 

Please do not be dissuaded by the 

illustration on the label of a man with a 

toilet plunger on his head. The fact that an 

instrument whose sole utility is clearing 

a stuffed toilet is on the label might not 

be conducive to result in a purchase and 

might leave a bad taste in the mouth 

about the wine. The difficult part is that 

Lodi Zinfandels are usually excellent and 

in spite of the label, this one is too. Grit 

your teeth, give it a try, and if you must, 

serve it in a brown paper bag so no one 

sees what’s on the label. 

BONNY DOON 2014 Vin Gris De Cigare Pink Wine ($18). Pink wine is the very American way to say 

rosé, and despite the French name this is an American wine. The label on this wine illustrates a 

calm and sedate pastoral village chateau scene, as did the French wine labels of old. There is just 

one small difference. In the upper left-hand corner, just above the trees, is “Le Cigare,” the French 

term for a flying saucer. OK, that’s different but definitely not objectionable for a first-class wine. 

ARROGANT FROG Sauvignon Blanc ($9.99). 

Need we say this: Arrogant Frog Sauvignon 

Blanc is a French wine, and never in all of the 

history of nutty wine labels has one engendered 

as many sneers, snickers, agreements 

and comments as has this label. This is a 

very nice Languedoc district Sauvignon Blanc 

wine but really, the name alone leaves some 

very large questions. Is the label referring to a 

green croaker (Rana temporaria for the scientific 

types) that has an attitude problem or to 

the nasty and derogatory appellation applied 

to the French? It’s not clear, but with respect 

to the modern trend toward political correctness, 

we prefer to consider the former and 

not the latter as the winemaker’s intention. 

Some others that we encountered while 

perusing the shelves at a local wine merchant 

were Kung Fu Girl, Zombie Zin and 

The Velvet Devil (both probably made for 

Halloween), Fish Eye, The Frog Prince (is 

that another frog joke?), The Mad Housewife 

(no comment), The Prisoner, Boom 

Boom, and the list goes on and on. 

Unfortunately the odd, strange, and weird 

names continue to decorate dealer’s shelves 

but behind those rather strange labels, there 

are usually some pretty good wines. Bad 

wines really do not exist anymore; modern 

winemaking techniques have totally eliminated 

that problem so all wines are decent 

and very drinkable. The variation is in the 

drinker’s preferences and the question “are 

you paying too much just for a funny label.” 

There were also labels that, in our opinion, 

go a bit too far and in some cases approach 

the obscene and good taste prohibits us from 

mentioning them, but they are out there. P 

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FOOD 

A CAVALCADE 

of Soups 

by Cynthia MacGregor 

Up north it’s “soup season,” and while we in South Florida are enjoying much more temperate 

weather, that’s no reason not to enjoy some good, hearty soups. This collection even has a 

cold soup – vichyssoise – that we fortunate Floridians can enjoy any time of the year. 

Quick Shrimp 

Bisque 

1 1 /2 lbs shrimp, peeled 

4 Tbs butter 

4 Tbs grated onion 

3 cups milk 

1 cup cream (may substitute milk) 

Salt and black pepper to taste 

A grating of fresh nutmeg 

Optional: Chopped fresh parsley or 

chives to garnish 

In a food processor, chop the shrimp into very 

small pieces. In a 2-quart saucepan, heat the 

butter and onion just until the onion becomes 

transparent. Add the shrimp and cook over 

moderate heat, stirring constantly, until the shrimp 

has changed color. Add the remaining ingredients, 

except for the garnish, and simmer over moderate 

heat until the soup almost boils, but do not boil. 

Serve immediately, optionally garnished with 

fresh parsley or chives. Serves 4–6. 

Vichyssoise 

4 large leeks (white and tender 

green parts), thickly sliced and 

well cleaned 

4 large baking potatoes (about 2 lbs) 

peeled and cut into large chunks 

4 cups chicken broth/stock 

2 cups water 

1 cup cream 

Salt and pepper to taste 

In a large pot, combine the leeks, potatoes, 

broth/stock, and water. Bring to a boil, lower 

heat and simmer for 30 minutes, until the potatoes 

are very soft. Puree the soup in a blender 

or food processor until smooth. Return to the 

pot and stir in the cream. Adjust seasoning with 

salt and pepper. Thoroughly chill before serving, 

tasting and adjusting the seasoning after 

it’s chilled. Optionally soup may be served hot. 

Serves 6–8. 

Tuscan Sausage 

Soup 

1 1 /2 lbs Italian sausage links 

(spicy or mild—cook’s choice) 

10 slices bacon, diced 

2 yellow onions, peeled and diced 

3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced 

6 cups pork or chicken stock/broth 

4-5 cups peeled and diced potatoes 

1 1 /2 lbs fresh spinach leaves, rinsed, 

drained, coarsely chopped 

1 can cannellini (white kidney beans), 

drained and rinsed (optional) 

1 1 /2 cups heavy cream 

Salt and pepper to taste 

Slice the sausage links in half lengthwise and 

place them onto a rimmed nonstick baking 

sheet. Cook in a preheated 400°F oven for 10 

minutes. Turn the links over and cook for an 

additional 10 minutes. 

Meanwhile, cook the bacon in a Dutch oven 

over medium heat until it is crisp. Transfer the 

bacon to paper towels to drain. Do not discard 

the grease. Add the onions to the bacon grease 

and cook for about 6 minutes, until tender. Add 

the garlic and cook for an additional minute. 

Add the chicken broth and potatoes and simmer 

them for about 15 minutes, or until the 

potatoes are tender. 

Cut the cooked sausage into 1/2-inch pieces 

and add them to the soup, along with the 

spinach, cream, and optional beans. Simmer for 

about 5 minutes, until it is hot, and then stir in 

the bacon. Serve immediately. Serves 6–8. P 

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Ceviche Makes A Mark 

Mancora Ceviche Bar opened last year and specializes in 

Peruvian cuisine. The restaurant brings a trendy and healthy 

option to Coral Springs using the freshest ingredients and 

offers diners a combination of traditional and fusion Peruvian 

dishes with a modern interpretation. 

The roots of Peruvian cooking come from Andean, European, 

African, and Asian cultures and beautifully combines these 

flavors into one unique cuisine. On Mancora’s menu there 

are traditional Peruvian favorites but also unique dishes that 

sets them apart. “As a matter fact, our cooks have been 

training with a Sushi Chef to create our next Sushi Ceviche 

menu, combining the best of Japan with the best of Peru. 

We try to be innovative so we can provide our customers 

with great food, great service in a welcoming environment.” 

explained its owner, James P. Holden. 

Holden was born in Peru and came from a family of 

restaurateurs with over 40 years of experience in the 

business. He says that while he was working in real estate 

last year he was presented with the opportunity to do 

something that he had wanted to do for a very long time. He 

explains, “It was a great investment opportunity that has now 

become so much more.” 

“One of the most rewarding parts of owning Mancora 

Ceviche Bar is the diversity that this restaurant brings 

to Coral Springs. It is wonderful to see different cultures 

interact with each other enjoying our delicious food. It’s 

always a pleasure to see our customers’ faces light up 

when they see our presentations and try ceviche for the first 

time,” says Holden. 

Peruvian cuisine is making its mark on the world palette. 

Peru has won the World’s Leading Culinary Destination and 

has three of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. You may not 

be able to visit Peru but Mancora Ceviche Bar invites you to 

experience, savor, and enjoy...Peruvian cuisine. 

Visit Mancora Ceviche Bar at 7679 W. Sample Road, Coral 

Springs on the corner of Woodside Drive and Sample 

Road. Visit their website www.mancoracevichebar.com or 

call (954) 800-7812. P 

Experience 

Enjoy 

Peruvian Cuisine 

7679 W. Sample Road 


(954) 800 - 7812 

Savor 

www.mancoracevichebar.com 

Monday – Thursday 11:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. 

Friday & Saturday 11:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. 

Sunday 11:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. 

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RESTAURANT REVIEW 

by Charles Marcanetti 

Saito’s Japanese Steakhouse 

Authentic Kobe cooking, but not for everyone 

Years ago, when I first reviewed Saito’s, I raved about the 

wonderful sushi … masago, ikura, salmon, tuna, salmon 

skin, etc. I can say, once again, that the sushi is exactly 

as it should be, fresh, moist, and correctly proportioned (more 

fish than rice). Back then I gave my “sushi restaurant caveat”: 

when you walk into a sushi restaurant, if you smell fish … walk 

out! At Saito’s you’ll only smell the aromas of the hibachi chef’s 

creations, the fragrances of Asian spices, and the redolence of 

the simmering meats. That is, of course, if you sit at one of the 

hibachi tables … if you dine on the other side of this beautiful 

restaurant, where the sushi is served (actually you can have sushi 

on either side), you’ll only have the artistic presentations of the 

raw fish delicacies to whet your appetite. And whetted it shall be. 

If you’ll just take my word for it, I won’t have to dwell on the great 

sushi in the remainder of this review. This go-around, I really want 

to concentrate on the hibachi. 

Hibachi service today is not what it was when it was formulated. 

In 1863 the Japanese cooked their main meal on a small 

charcoal grill, the hibachi. And so it was for almost a hundred 

years until the West discovered it. It has long since evolved into 

a dining style. A communal table surrounds a large grill with a 

huge exhaust just above to suck up the smoke and steam from 

the flash cooking. There, the diners watch a master “hibachi” 

chef work wonders. Tragically, the chef has become recognized 

more as a mere entertainer than an entertaining master chef. Let 

me explain: I was raised in a restaurant family. I know how many 

years, how many burns, and how many knife cuts it takes just to 

become adequate at flash cooking. I know how many errors and 

wasted food and lectures (more like screaming tirades) it takes 

to have the nuances of proper cooking and presentation drilled 

into one’s psyche. And so, when we are amused, impressed, 

or entertained by this seemingly easy food preparation, 

remember — it takes years and years of discipline and energy 

and frustrations and exhaustions to make it all look so easy. The 

flipping of the spatulas, the twisting of the knives, the rotating of 

Saito’s sushi 

is what and 

how sushi 

should be 

served. And 

since Saito’s 

is a regular 

eatery for 

me, I can tell 

you it doesn’t 

matter when 

you go, any 

day, any time 

… the food 

is fresh and 

the service is 

professional. 

the food, the pushing here on the 

grill and then there on the grill, the 

oil fire flash, and the onion-volcano 

erupting show-stopper are not 

gimmicks. They’re demonstrations 

of skill and examples of masterly 

training. If you keep this in mind your 

joy of watching your meal prepared 

before your eyes will be increased 

ten-fold. Then the actual eating will 

be more of a thank you to the chef 

than an end to a short dance. 

When I went for my review dinner I was told they had real Kobe 

beef (not American or Australian). I was told that it was airovernighted. 

“OK,” I thought, “let’s put it to the test.” I’ve had 

Australian, good! I’ve had American, very good! Now I can say 

that I’ve had authentic Japanese Kobe. OMG! Now, listen. It is 

not for everyone because it is differently textured than even the 

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finest filet mignon, though every bit as soft, in fact, much softer, 

if you can imagine that. It has the consistency of savory melted 

butter – creamy smooth – juicy. I am a steak eater and I like to 

chew my meat. Kobe is incredibly delicious but softer than I 

would go out of my way for. It is not that Saito’s has prepared 

it incorrectly; quite the reverse. All of my research tells me that 

Saito’s prepared it exactly as it should be. For me though, even 

filet mignon is too soft. I prefer their scrumptious skirt steak 

hibachi. But for those of you who want to experience a true 

delicacy, I can recommend Saito’s Kobe beef. 

The manager, Duc, was gracious and balanced his perfectly 

timed visits with not being intrusive. A refreshing change from 

south Florida’s sometimes overbearing attention. Duc let the food 

speak for itself, and it shouted “delicious.” Our server, Sahapoom 

Yamsakul, of Thai heritage, must have written the book on how 

to properly attend to dining guests. But I reserve my highest 

accolade for Justin, our hibachi chef for the evening. He has 

been so well trained he makes the whole food preparation 

experience look easy, and that, dear readers, is incredibly difficult. 

During the course of our dinner, 

we enjoyed Hero Sake, sake 

that I never had before and 

I consider to be a great find: 

superior to anything available 

as far as I can tell. It is ultra 

premium sake and is served hot 

or cold. 

The dessert of fried ice cream, 

bananas and chocolate sauce 

topped off an evening of great 

food and great fun. P 

The Promenade 

4443 Lyons Road 

Coconut Creek 

(954) 582-9888 

www.saitosteakhouse.com 

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School 

FEBRUARY 

FOREST GLEN MIDDLE SCHOOL 

by Robyne Friedland 

During the month of February we will see many of our 

students either competing or preparing to compete in sports 

events, drama competitions, and so much more. Let’s show 

our support either by cheering them on, helping with a 

fundraiser, or positive words of encouragement. 

We will celebrate our second-quarter Straight A Honor Roll 

students on February 1 st at 10am. Parents of these students 

are invited to attend this ceremony. 

Our volleyball team will compete at Ramblewood Middle 

on February 2 nd and at Lyons Creek Middle on February 

4 th . Both games take place at 4:30pm. Hope to see you 

there. Go Wildcats! 

Our Valentine’s Dance is on February 12 th . Please stay 

tuned for more details about this event. 

Parents, if you want to learn about the curriculum and what 

goes on behind the scenes at Forest Glen, then join us for 

our SAC meeting on February 9 th at 8am. All parents are 

welcome to attend. 

Finally, we are so proud of our drama team. First they will 

be competing in Melbourne on February 5 th -6 th at the State 

competition and then they will travel to Texas to compete in 

the Junior Nationals competition February 12 th -15 th . Good 

luck and have a great time. 

If you have any questions or concerns about events at Forest 

Glen, please visit our website forestglen.browardschools.com 

or call 754-322-3400. 

Pictures will be taken on February 16 th and 17 th ; you will 

be getting a specific date according to the grade level from 

your child’s teacher. A SAC meeting will be held on Monday, 

February 22 nd , at 2:30pm in the school cafeteria. 

Come out to McDonald’s on Coral Ridge Drive on 

Wednesday, February 24 th . Support our school and see your 

teachers in action for McTeacher Night on that day. A percentage 

of the purchases made starting at 5pm will benefit 

Heron Heights. Last important date in February is Thursday 

the 25 th ; we will have an early release day. 

Also, please save the date on March 11 th . Our PTO will be 

holding an evening event at the Marriott. This is an Adult 

Night with fun, food, and an auction. Don’t miss it! More on 

that event coming to you next month. 

Have a great month and Happy Valentine’s Day to all 

our Hawks! 

MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CATHOLIC SCHOOL 

by Helen Downey 

The week of February 1 st is Catholic Schools Week. This 

week is filled with festivities organized by our national junior 

honor society. The week concludes on Friday, February 5 th , 

with our very popular Grandparents Day where we have a 

chance to involve our loved ones in a special morning of faith 

and fun activities. We also have early dismissal on the same 

day with no after-care. 

HERON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 

by Gaby Franklin 

We are looking at a busy month for the Heron Heights 

Hawks. February starts with a PTO meeting on Thursday, 

February 4 th . Parents are invited to join us at 9:15am in the 

school cafeteria to get an update on past events and also 

programs to be held in the next few months. 

Coins for a Cure will be collected through the week of 

February 8 th . All donations benefit Relay for Life and if we 

reach our goal, Mr. King will be kissing an animal friend 

on Friday, February 12 th . There is no school on Monday, 

February 15 th , in observance of Presidents Day. Spring 

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talented students. Another fantastic event is Cultural Arts 

Night – a night filled with lots of fun and entertainment, all 

while celebrating the arts. Look for additional information 

to be sent home or check our website for more details on 

these fun and memorable nights for our families. 

There will be no school on Monday, February 15 th , and 

early release on Thursday the 25 th . Don’t forget to visit the 

Park Trails PTA website at www.ParkTrailsPTA.com for more 

information and upcoming events for the Spring. 

Wednesday, February 10 th , is Ash Wednesday Mass. On 

Monday, February 15 th , school is closed for Presidents 

Day. We have a 1:00pm early dismissal on Wednesday, 

February 17 th . 

Our Home and School open meeting is on Tuesday, 

February 9 th , at 8:00am in the church. Please come along 

and hear about all of the great voluntary opportunities at 

MHOC. We have lots of events coming up, including the Gala 

on April 8 th ; this is a fantastic evening out for parents and we 

need all hands on deck to help support this annual fundraiser. 

PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 

by Erica Cukierman 

Love is in the air at Park Trails and we are now more than 

halfway through the school year, but there are still plenty of 

things happening. First we would like to thank everyone who 

contributed to the Dan Marino Walk last month. The event 

was a great success and helped raise much needed funds for 

local autism education. 

Mark your calendars … the Fifth 

Annual Man in My Life event 

will be held Friday, February 

12 th . It will feature a sports 

theme with various 

games to play and 

treats to eat. The event 

promises to be loads 

of fun for both students 

and that special man 

in their life. For more 

information, contact 

adampam@gmail.com. 

Coming up, we have 

Park Trails Performs, which 

will showcase some of our very 

RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 

by Pam Ofstein 

February is here and we are excited to bring Riverglades families 

together for this month’s events and good times. Jump 

right in by joining our monthly PTA Meeting February 3 rd at 

9:00am in the cafeteria. The PTA continues to be busy with 

more fun-filled activities planned for the month and remainder 

of the year. It’s always a good time to get involved – we love 

your support. 

On February 12 th , Riverglades PTA shows its heart-filled 

appreciation for our staff - Riverglades Staff Valentine’s 

Treat Day. Nothing is sweeter than showing our Riverglades 

staff a little love (and giving some goodies too) and how much 

they mean to us. 

In addition, on the 13 th our students will participate in Jump 

Rope for Heart. This is a great event supporting the American 

Heart Association – getting our kids active – and having fun 

giving back. 

So, you think you’re as smart as a kindergartner, 1 st , 2 nd , 

3 rd , 4 th , or 5 th grader? On February 18 th , at the Parkland 

Commons Publix (on the corner of University Drive and Trails 

End) it’s time to get your math brain in gear. The annual 

Family Math Night is on. This popular event is returning for all 

you Riverglades families and students to participate in shopping 

for fun and learning at your local merchant. Kids love it 

and parents do too. It’s a fantastic way to apply the 

skills they have learned in the real world. 

And of course, Carnival is fast approaching. 

Get ready for Riverglades’ big event of 

the year on Saturday, March 12 th . The 

carnival will feature exciting rides and 

attractions, lots of delicious carnival 

food, and arts and crafts. If you 

would like to sponsor a game or ride, 

donate, or simply volunteer, please 

contact RoseAnn Brown at rmassa@ 

bellsouth.net for further details. Be 

ready to have a blast. 

Don’t forget to check out the RES website 

www.myvlink.org/rivergladeselementarypta/ - 

here’s to another great year! P 

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FROM THE EXPERT 

ASK DR. RENAE 

Friend in Need 

Teen Fears Her 

Parents Are Butting 

Into Her Business 

Dear Dr. Renae, 

My parents saw something very private 

on my phone written to me by a friend 

when I did not get a chance to delete the 

text conversation. My friend was asking 

my advice and I encouraged her to talk 

to her parents, although she did not want 

to. Now my parents feel that it is their 

responsibility to tell my friend’s parents. 

My friend is still not ready to tell her 

parents and may never be ready. I wish I 

could go back in time and delete it! How 

can I convince my parents to stay out of it? 

- Caught in the Middle 

Dear Caught in the Middle, 

I see your concern. Although this feels like a violation of 

your friend’s privacy, you must consider three main things: 

Is she putting herself in danger? Is she putting others in 

danger? Are others endangering her? If you answered 

yes to any of these questions, then your parents do 

have a right to be concerned. Talk to your parents before 

anyone takes action. Discuss any possible, no matter 

how unlikely, consequences of not helping her. I know 

you don’t want your parents to tell hers in fear of her 

hating you. Wouldn’t you rather your friend be angry with 

you for a little while and resolve her conflicts than remain 

her friend and let her suffer? I think it’s important that if 

she is a threat to her own safety and health that you and 

your parents, together, explain to her parents the situation 

and let them handle it. I know it sounds scary, but your 

friend’s safety and life should take priority over your friendship. 

It may even sound unimaginable, but in the long run, 

she will thank you. Most people who share their problems 

are looking for an outlet to receive help without asking for 

it. It’s important that her parents have the knowledge and 

ability to help her before it’s too late. 

- I’ve Been There 


Tell your parents that what they read on the phone is 

between your friend and her parents and they should 

respect her privacy. Explain to your parents that it is up to 

your friend to be responsible enough to tell her parents 

and to give her the time to handle what the text conversation 

was about in her own time. 

- 13-year-old guy 


As annoying, frustrating and “ugh”-ifying as it may be, 

your parents are most probably right. Yes, I know, that’s 

not the response you were hoping for. However, your 

parents are probably only insisting on this because they 

think it is in your friend’s best interest or personal safety 

that her parents be informed. They’re not out to get your 

friend in trouble, they are doing this because they care 

about your friend’s well-being. Don’t you? 

Instead of trying to stop your parents and get them to 

stay out of it, you should rise to the challenge of doing 

what’s best for your friend. If it truly is in her best interest 

or personal safety that her parents be informed, you have 

the moral obligation to tell them, even if it’s tough and 

your friend might be angry. If your friend does get upset, 

it may take a long time for her to bond with you again. 

However, I am 100 percent sure that eventually, your 

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friend will come to realize the tremendous help you gave her 

by doing what was right, and she’ll be eternally grateful. I wish 

you all the best, 

- A Thoughtful Teen 


Do your friends know that texts and emails they send to you 

are not private from your parents? If your friend put her problem 

in writing with this knowledge, it is possible she is looking 

for a way for adults to help her. Keeping an important problem 

from parents can be very stressful for teens as they get anxious 

wondering when and how their parents will find out. Your 

friend may have left other clues for her parents or texted other 

friends. You recognized that your friend needs adult guidance 

and can help her with this. I recommend that you offer to go 

with your friend immediately to your school’s Family Counselor, 

Social Worker, or Guidance Counselor. If the problem is not 

life-threatening or child abuse it would not necessarily need to 

be shared with your friend’s parents. A professional can help 

your friend assess whether it is wise to tell her parents and 

prepare her to talk with her parents. The counselor can also 

help her parents address their feelings about the situation by 

providing information and support. Your parents might agree to 

this plan. A true friend like you will risk the friendship in order to 

do what is right and keep their friend safe. 

- Dr. Renae 

CALLING 

ALL 

MIDDLE AND 

HIGH SCHOOL 

TEENS 

ASK DR. RENAE is an advice 

column for teens with advice from 

real teenagers. We are currently 

recruiting interested middle and 

high school students to help provide 

advice to their peers. 

All advice is reviewed, selected 

and screened by Dr. Renae Lapin, a 

licensed marriage and family therapist currently 

working for the Broward County School Board’s Family 

Counseling Program. Dr. Renae has 32 years’ experience as a 

family counselor and has been writing a monthly column in the 

Parklander for the past six years on school related and parenting 

issues. Your advice will be published anonymously (but you can tell 

your friends that it is yours!). Teacher recommendation and parent 

permission required. Interested? Write to ASK DR. RENAE for an 

application at askdrrenae@att.net. 

If you are a teen with a question or problem for which you 

would like advice from a peer, write to ASK DR. RENAE for a 

confidential response to your question printed in the Parklander. 

No names or identifying information will be published. Please give 

your age and/or grade level in school, and let us know if you are a 

guy or girl. All inquiries should be directed to: askdrrenae@att.net. 

Make sure to include ASK DR. RENAE in the subject line. 

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CHESS CLUB (age 8 and up) 

Wednesday, February 3 rd , 17 th - 4:15pm 

Parkland Library Chess Club is for children ages 8 and up. 

Beginners can learn to play and players meet your match! 

You must be a Parkland Library cardholder to join. Registration 

is required for each game date. 

PARKLAND LIBRARY 

FEBRUARY 201 6 

EVENTS 

Register Online at www.cityofparkland.org/library 

or call 954-757-4207. 

A Parkland Library card is required to participate. 

LIBRARY READING BUDDIES (K-5 th grade) 

Mondays - 3:30pm to 4:30pm 

Would your child benefit from a Reading Buddy? 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. When younger students read 

with older students literacy skills are picked up in an enjoyable 

manner. Building partnerships between our high achieving 

high school students and elementary-age children is an 

excellent way to reinforce lifelong reading success. Young 

students will build self-confidence and enhance literacy 

skills! Reading Buddies meets 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, February 1 st - 10:30am 

Do you enjoy knitting? Bring your own projects, tips, techniques, 

and ideas to share with fellow knitters at the Parkland Library. 

CHILDREN’S AUTHOR VISIT (age 4 and up) 

Monday, February 1 st - 3:30pm 

Meet author Haley Marguerite Mariano as she reads her new 

book Charlie Takes an Adventure, about an adventurous 

penguin who is bored in his hometown of Pickering Wharf, 

Antarctica. Charlie sets off on a plane to Florida hoping to 

find the missing piece of his happiness. Ms. Mariano has a 

Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Multimedia Journalism from 

Lynn University. 

IT’S A SNAP! PHOTOGRAPHY MADE EASY 

(Adults and Teens) 

Wednesday, February 3 rd , 10 th , 17 th - 6:15pm 

Learn quick and easy tips to make your everyday picture 

snapping a step up from the usual. Whether you’re looking to 

document a vacation, create some family memories, or just 

up your Facebook game, this is the course for you. You’ll find 

out what makes the composition of a great photo. 

VALENTINE’S DAY STORY AND CRAFT (age 7 and up) 

Monday, February 8 th - 4:00pm 

Give your heart to books this Valentine’s Day and join us at 

the library for a Valentine-themed story and craft to make 

your holiday sweet. 

SPARKLE-IN-YOUR-SMILE (age 3 and up) 

Thursday, February 11 th - 4:00pm 

In recognition of Children’s Dental Health Month join Parkland 

Pediatric Dentistry for a story, a lesson on the importance of 

oral health, and a brushing and flossing demonstration. Each 

child will receive a tooth timer goody bag. 

ALL BOOKED UP BOOK 

GROUP THE BIG READ: 

A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA 

BY URSULA K. LE GUIN 

Saturday, February 13 th - 

10:30am 

Originally published in 1968, 

Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of 

Earthsea marks the first of the 

six now-beloved Earthsea titles. 

Ged was the greatest sorcerer 

in Earthsea, but in his youth he 

was the reckless Sparrowhawk. 

In his hunger for power and 

knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and loosed 

a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tumultuous tale 

of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, 

tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death’s threshold 

to restore the balance. The Big Read is a program of the 

National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts 

Midwest. 

COFFEE BAR AND USED BOOK FAIR 

Saturday, February 13 th - 10:00am to 1:00pm 

Located in the Library Lobby, the fair is sponsored by the 

Parkland Friends of the Library. 

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ARTIST RECEPTION WITH 

ROSEMARY CELENSKI 

Saturday, February 13 th - 1:00pm 

Rosemary Celenski began drawing 

and painting as a child and 

took some art courses in high 

school and college. She only 

occasionally had time to work on 

art while raising her family. In the 

past few years she has rekindled 

her desire to paint and works 

primarily in oils and acrylics but 

has added some watercolor to the mix. Her initial works have 

been portraits of animals but she also paints landscapes and 

seascapes. Rosemary Celenski is a member of the Coral 

Springs Artist Guild. Her work is on display at the Parkland 

Library from February 1 to February 29. 

WRITING BUDDIES (K-5 th grade and teens) 

Saturday, February 13 th - 2:00pm 

We all know how important it is to read to children, but what 

about writing? Strong communication skills are important 

throughout life. And writing is fun, too! Teens will be paired up 

with young budding authors to guide them through the story 

creation process. Each child will write and illustrate a mini 

story to take home. This group meets once a month, and a 

different genre will be explored each month. Teens 14 and up 

who are interested in becoming a Writing Buddy should also 

call for more information. 

AFTERNOON FILM AND DISCUSSION - 

THE BLACK LIST: INTIMATE PORTRAITS 

OF BLACK AMERICA 

Saturday, February 20 th - 2pm 

As a new chapter 

begins in this country, 

The Black List offers 

a dynamic and neverbefore-heard 

perspective 

from achievers of 

color. This series of 

inspired - and inspiring 

- observations on 

African-American life in 

the 21st century forms 

a roll call of some of 

the most compelling 

politicians, writers, 

thinkers and performers 

ever to tackle their 

fields of endeavor. Watch the interview-portraits and get a 

sharper snapshot of where this country has been and where 

it’s headed. Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Stars 

include Colin Powell, Toni Morrison, Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs, 

Slash, Chris Rock, Susan Rice, Lou Gossett Jr., Russell Simmons, 

and many more. 

ADULT ART CLASS 

Monday, February 22 nd - 10:30am to noon 

Art instructor Barbara Freiberg will discuss the life and art of 

Romare Bearden, whose brightly colored collages feature 

a diverse array of topics, ranging from Biblical and classical 

stories to jazz music and the lives of contemporary African- 

Americans. Participants will then create their own cityscape 

collages modeled after his work, using scrapbooking paper, 

cardstock, and magazine pictures. 

DOGGIE READ-A-THON 

(age 5 and up) 

Monday, February 22 nd - 3:30pm 

Come to the Parkland Library and 

read to therapy dogs from Canine 

Assisted Therapy. This Pack 

Reader Program helps children 

build reading skills under the 

attentive ear of a canine companion. 

Each child can read for about 

five minutes. Parkland Library 

card required to register. 

STORY SLAM (Adults and Teens) 

Wednesday, February 24 th - 

6:30pm 

Amateur storytellers (and the people who love them) will 

share and enjoy short, first-person narratives related to a 

theme. For the kick-off to this series, the theme will be “Only 

in Florida.” Bring your original poem or story of no more than 

1,200 words and volunteer to read or just come out to listen 

and support those sharing. Refreshments and discussion 

time will follow. 

BRICKS AND BOOKS (age 7 and up) 

Thursday, February 25 th - 4:00pm 

Children age 7 and up, 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. Parkland 

Library card required to register. 

MINECRAFT (age 7 and up) 

Monday, February 29 th - 4:00pm 

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. P 

Register Online at www.cityofparkland.org/library 

or call 954-757-4207. 

A Parkland Library card is required to participate. 

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DIETITIAN’S VIEW 

Can the Foods We Eat 

Affect Inflammation in Our Bodies? 

The physical symptoms of inflammation include redness, heat, 

swelling, and pain. Inflammation has been recognized as an 

indication of illness for thousands of years. In more recent years, 

the role of the inflammatory process in disease development and 

the effort to identify dietary factors that may promote or inhibit the 

inflammatory process have been studied. 

Inflammation is characterized as 

acute or chronic. Acute inflammation 

is a normal, short-lived physiologic 

response (lasting minutes to 

days) to injury, irritation or infection. 

Chronic inflammation is a long-term 

physiologic response (lasting weeks, 

months or years) to factors such as 

exposure to environmental toxins, a 

microbial or viral infection, poor nutrition, 

stress, and processes related 

to aging. Chronic inflammation is 

activated when the mechanisms of 

acute inflammation fail to stop an 

infection or heal an injury. Prolonged 

chronic inflammation eventually leads 

to the clinical symptoms of disease. 

Various foods and diet patterns are 

effective in reducing the underlying 

inflammatory responses associated 

with chronic disease. 

A diet high in fruits and vegetables 

may be one of the best defenses 

against chronic inflammation. Fruits 

and vegetables are an excellent 

source of vitamins, minerals, fiber, 

and polyphenols. Polyphenols (flavonoids 

and lignans) are compounds 

with powerful anti-inflammatory effects. 

Four to five servings each day 

of fruits and vegetables are recommended 

to combat inflammation and 

chronic disease. 

The Mediterranean diet is high in 

fresh vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, 

and nuts with a minimal 

intake of red meat and high-fat dairy 

products; increased fish consumption; 

moderate red wine intake; and a 

liberal use of olive oil. Compared with 

the Western diet, this diet is rich in 

fiber, polyphenols, antioxidants, and 

omega-3 fatty acids. It is low in saturated 

fat and refined carbohydrates. 

Whole grain foods consist of the 

unaltered grain with intact bran 

and germ components, which 

are valuable sources of fiber, 

phytochemicals, vitamins, and 

minerals. Studies have shown these 

may help decrease inflammation 

associated with metabolic syndrome, 

diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. 

Many people with diabetes, elevated 

cholesterol, hypertension, and other 

chronic health issues have high levels 

of inflammation in their bodies that 

occur over time when the immune 

system tries unsuccessfully to repair 

cells and rid itself of harmful toxins. 

Evidence continues to mount from 

studies that the right foods can help 

reduce the amount of inflammation in 

the body and improve overall health. 

by Nancy M. Ouhib, MBA, RD, LD/N 

Here are ten tips for your 

dietary intake that will help to 

reduce chronic inflammation. 

1. Boost consumption of fresh fruits 

and vegetables. Choose fruits that 

are deep green, orange, yellow, 

and purple since these have the 

greatest nutritional value. 

2. Cook with olive oil as much as 

possible. Virgin olive oil is best 

since it has more antioxidants than 

refined olive oil. 

3. Snack on walnuts instead of chips. 

Walnuts provide fiber, minerals, 

antioxidants, the fatty acids that 

are good for your heart. 

4. Eat a whole grain cereal such as 

oatmeal. Replace refined grains 

with whole grains. 

5. Eat fatty fish such as salmon. 

Wild salmon has more omega-3 

fatty acids than farmed salmon. 

6. Eat fewer fast foods. Many are 

cooked with oils that contain 

trans fatty acids which increase 

inflammation. 

7. Replace white potatoes with sweet 

potatoes. They are higher in fiber 

and vitamins. 

8. Cut down on sugary drinks. 

Omit juices, sport drinks, 

soda, and punch. 

9. Eat more lentils and beans. 

They are good sources of 

protein and fiber. 

10. Munch on fresh raspberries and 

dark chocolate. Both are loaded 

with antioxidants. 

Lastly, weight loss is known to have 

beneficial effects on type 2 diabetes, 

hypertension, and other chronic 

conditions. Studies show that decreased 

caloric consumption aids in reducing 

inflammation as well. Make wise choices 

and eat right for good health! P 

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MEDICAL 

Precision 

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by Randy Burks, M.D., FACS 

The Alcon LensX Precision Cataract Laser 

L 

aser cataract removal offers a 

whole new level of accuracy, 

precision, and safety. Cataracts 

will most likely affect you if you live long 

enough. Why? At birth, our natural 

lens of the eye is clear and flexible. 

With time, the flexibility or focusing 

capability of the lens decreases, 

making reading glasses necessary 

usually around the age of 40. With 

further aging, the lens begins to harden 

and can become cloudy. Symptoms of 

this clouding include gradual dulling of 

colors, hazy vision, halos around lights, 

glare, poor night vision, and difficulty 

with small print. These are signs and 

symptoms of progressive lens changes 

called a cataract. 

Today the only way to correct cataracts 

is to have the cataract surgically removed 

and replaced with a lens implant. The 

lens implant will return excellent vision 

providing there are no other problems 

with the eye. 

Cataract 

removal and 

lens implant 

procedures 

are over 98% 

successful. 

It is the most 

successful 

surgical 

procedure 

in medicine 

today. 

The procedure is 

usually performed in an 

outpatient surgical center 

and takes between 15 

and 20 minutes. Typically, 

eye drops are used to 

anesthetize the eye 

and mild sedation is used to make the 

patient comfortable. 

Lasers have been used in 

ophthalmology for years, but 

incorporating them for use during 

cataract removal is new. Laser cataract 

surgery is now FDA-approved. The 

laser uses 3-D image-guided 

technology allowing precise, bladefree 

surgical maneuvering. Laser 

incisions are exact each and every 

time, resulting in more accurate 

visual correction. Sophisticated, 

image-guided technology is able to 

precisely define location and density 

of the lens helping the laser to make 

incisions, decrease irregular corneal 

curvature called astigmatism, and to 

soften the hardened lens material. 

The laser automates the most 

challenging portions of the procedure 

creating the highest level of precision 

and safety available. 

Once the cloudy lens material is 

removed, an advanced technology 

implant, or replacement lens, is 

inserted to give optimal visual focusing. 

In addition to the improved quality 

of bladeless laser microsurgical 

techniques, there are new lens 

replacement options that can provide 

distance, intermediate, and near vision, 

all without being dependent on glasses. 

The visual freedom and independence 

these implants give is wonderful. 

Healing is quick, and most patients 

return to their normal active lifestyle 

within a few days. 

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removal less any deductibles, coinsurance, 

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At the present time they will not cover 

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lens implants that allow the patient to 

be less dependent on glasses. Talk 

to your ophthalmologist about your 

specific situation and ask them to 

assist you in finding the procedure 

and lens implant combination that 

will provide you with the best vision 

to meet your needs and complement 

your active lifestyle. P 

Randy Burks, M.D., FACS, is a boardcertified 

ophthalmologist specializing in 

LASIK and Laser cataract and refractive 

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Utilizing Multi-faceted Connected Care Platform, 

Northwest to Deliver Smarter Health Care 

the nurse, not the tech. Once 

the nurse provides you that 

pain intervention, he/she can 

create a reminder from the 

staff terminal to check back 

on you and reassess your 

pain in a timely manner. With 

this technology, the nurse call 

system is integrated with the 

wireless phones that clinicians 

carry on their person, 

so you can reach them 

directly anytime, anywhere. 

Northwest Medical Center brought the future to life when 

it created a Connected Care platform. The platform allows 

multiple caregiving teams to work together through 

an integration of technology so clinicians are more efficient, 

processes are improved, and patients receive the best quality 

care in a healing environment. 

If you are an admitted patient, this can be your experience with 

Northwest’s Connected Care platform: 

Upon arrival in your room, your transporting caregiver pushes 

a button on the staff terminal letting the receiving caregiver 

know that you have arrived. The receiving caregiver immediately 

heads to your room, moves you to your bed and makes 

you as comfortable as possible. From then on, you have consistent 

access to your caregiver even during intervals of nurse 

rounds. Perhaps the room has become colder or warmer or 

you need that pain relief immediately—with a push of a button 

from the pillow speaker, you can reach your caregiver directly. 

The old protocol would have meant that your call would have 

gone to the desk, answered by someone who has not been 

directly responsible for your care. With all great intentions, he 

or she would say “I’ll get your nurse for you” or “Someone will 

be right there.” And after what seems like an unending wait, 

you have no choice but to press the button again, feeling 

uncared for. With this technology at hand in Northwest, this 

wait time and the middle channel is eliminated, ensuring that 

all your urgent needs are met within minutes as the call directly 

reaches your provider or anyone you’re looking for. 

If he/she is unable to pick up, the call automatically goes to 

the nurse, then to the charge nurse, then to the coordinator 

of the unit. If you press for pain, this call automatically goes to 

Aside from 

the advanced nurse call system 

technology, Northwest is also proud 

to announce that it is the first hospital 

in South Florida to deploy the 24-hour 

mobile surveillance of vital signs 

(blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory 

rate, oxygenation). 

This wrist-worn mobile device is focused on early detection 

of clinical deterioration preventing bad outcomes. So if you 

are a surgical patient, you get your uninterrupted sleep. When 

caregivers do their hourly rounding, they don’t need to wake 

you up to check your vital signs. The monitor can pick up any 

abnormality and lifesaving action can be taken right away. 

In addition to the above, Northwest will also be using smartphone 

technology. Secure texting within the organization to 

communicate patient care, immediate alerts on lab and diagnostic 

results, and direct integration of the multiple advanced 

technologies will bring into the forefront a more coordinated, 

streamlined, and efficient delivery of care. 

As a patient, you want to go to a hospital where you matter, 

where technology is placed strategically to streamline communication 

so you get the best-in-class care. A place where you 

can connect to the right caregiver at the right time as precious 

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MEDICAL 

Common findings on 

ultrasound include: 

Fibroids 

Fibroids are benign muscular tumors that may cause 

bleeding or pain, or at other times may not cause any 

issues at all. They may vary from the size of a marble to 

the size of a large grapefruit. You may have one or more 

multiple fibroids. Your doctor may recommend use of 

birth control pills, stopping blood flow to the fibroids, or 

surgery to remove the fibroids or the entire uterus. 

Polyps 

ULTRASOUNDS: 

Not Just for Pregnancy 

By Dione Occenad, M.D. 

Overall, the pelvic ultrasound is a common 

diagnostic test ordered by OB/GYNs. 

Many women associate a pelvic ultrasound with pregnancy. 

However, it is also a vital test used to diagnose many 

gynecological problems. As an OB/GYN, the world of ultrasound 

makes sense, but to the patient it can be new and complex. 

A pelvic ultrasound is an imaging modality used to examine pelvic 

organs – the uterus, cervix, ovaries, and fallopian tubes. Using 

sound waves, it creates pictures of these organs. There is no 

radiation involved and ultrasound has no known harmful effects. 

Your OB/GYN may request a transvaginal and/or a transabdominal 

ultrasound. The transvaginal ultrasound uses a baton-like 

probe that is inserted through the vagina. The transabdominal 

ultrasound is done by moving a rounded probe over the lower abdomen. 

Prior to a transabdominal ultrasound, you may be asked 

to fill your bladder by drinking water, while before a transvaginal 

ultrasound, you may be asked to empty your bladder. 

Your OB/GYN may order a pelvic ultrasound if you have reported 

a change/abnormalities in your periods, absent periods, 

painful periods, bleeding after menopause, lower abdominal/pelvic 

pain, difficulty getting pregnant, or a history of an abnormal 

ultrasound in the past. 

Polyps are growths from the inner lining of the uterus 

that may cause abnormal bleeding. They are usually 

small and may have a stalk. Many polyps are benign, 

but some are cancerous. Your doctor may recommend 

placing a small camera in the uterus to evaluate the 

inside lining and remove the polyp. This may be done in 

the clinic or in the operating room. 

Ovarian Cysts 

Ovarian cysts are small sacs in the ovary that are filled 

with fluid or tissue. They are a common finding in 

women before menopause. They can be any size. Most 

are small and harmless. These usually can be observed 

and usually resolve without intervention. However, others 

can be large and/or painful. These may need to be 

removed surgically. 

Occasionally, cysts may be cancerous. This is especially 

a concern for women who are past menopause or if the 

cysts have more than just clear fluid inside. For women 

in menopause, your doctor may ask that you do a 

special blood test for a substance in your blood called 

CA125. If it is increased, this may be a sign of ovarian 

cancer. In women prior to menopause, this test can be 

elevated for multiple other reasons. 

Thickened Endometrium 

The endometrium is the inner lining of your uterus. 

After menopause, the uterus is expected to have a 

very thin lining. If the inner lining is greater than 4 mm 

after menopause, your doctor may recommend doing 

a biopsy to rule out anything serious such as cancer 

or an abnormal thickening of the uterus with or without 

atypical cells. P 

Dr. Dione Occenad practices obstetrics and gynecology 

with Dr. Alison Clarke DeSouza in Coral Springs. 

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Schein Podiatry 

Surgical and Nonsurgical Treatment of the Foot & Ankle 

KICK UNSIGHTLY NAIL FUNGUS 

AND GET HAPPY FEET 

Clear, healthy nails 

in as little as 1 treatment 

Nail infections are becoming increasingly common, 

affecting up to one in ten of the U.S. population. 

Fungal nail infections can be unsightly and 

embarrassing and, until now, fungus has been 

very difficult to treat. The certified PinPointe 

Footlaser providers at Schein Podiatry use the latest 

technological treatment, the PinPointe FootLaser 

to tackle the cause of fungal infection, not just the 

symptoms. 

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Board Certified in Foot Surgery by 

The American Board of Foot & Ankle Surgeons 

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MEDICAL 

by Candace R. Colella, DMD 

The 

Pinhole Gum 

Rejuvenation 

Technique 

A 

breakthrough in plastic gum surgery 

is finally here. The Pinhole 

Gum Rejuvenation Technique, 

also known as the Lunch-Time Gum 

Treatment, is a noninvasive procedure 

invented by John Chao, DDS, MADG. 

It was invented to correct receding 

gum lines that so many people suffer 

from. This revolutionary technique 

is becoming very popular in today’s 

dentistry because it has replaced the 

much painful and long healing treatment 

of traditional gum grafting surgery. 

That surgery can be very painful 

and requires 3-4 weeks for healing. 

With the pinhole technique, the dentist 

makes a small, .01-inch incision using 

a specially designed instrument bringing 

the gum line back to its normal 

position. This is done without the use 

of a scalpel, needles, or sutures, and 

the gums are preserved with a special 

collagen material. 

The actual pinhole is considerably 

healed in 24 hours without sutures 

needed most of the time. Using 

the Pinhole Surgical Technique can 

stabilize gums that suffer from irregular 

or abnormal tooth position, genetics, 

periodontal disease, and over-aggressive 

brushing. Another culprit of gum 

recession is caused by heavy grinding 

of your teeth. When you grind your 

teeth it flexes the neck of your teeth 

causing what is known as an abfraction. 

This can lead to microscopic crystals 

that form the roots of your teeth to 

break off little by little. Eventually your 

gums will recede as the underlying root 

surface is lost. If you are a clencher or 

grinder, the Pinhole Surgical Technique 

may be your answer to stop the annoying 

sensitivity you suffer from. Over 

many studies of the Pinhole Surgical 

Technique, the patients reported that 

their postoperative symptoms were 

BEFORE 

AFTER 

This procedure is 

so easy a patient 

can come in on 

their lunch hour 

and be back to 

their desk working 

in a little over an 

hour with minimal 

discomfort. 

The benefits of the Chao 

Pinhole Surgical Technique 

are many: 

• Less discomfort for the 

patient after treatment 

• Faster recovery for the patient 

than traditional grafting 

• No need for uncomfortable 

sutures 

• No need for scalpels or invasive 

surgical tools 

• No need to take donor tissue 

from the patient’s palate 

• Excellent, natural-looking, 

long-lasting results 

minimal and they didn’t have a large 

need for pain medication, and the effectiveness 

of the Pinhole Rejuvenation 

Technique was over 95 percent. 

Currently there are only around 1,000 

dentists in the world trained in the 

Pinhole Surgical Technique. 

So if you or someone you know is 

sensitive to cold, sweets, or you don’t 

want to smile anymore because of your 

unsightly recession, the Pinhole Surgical 

Technique may be for you. P 

Candace R. Colella, DMD, owns 

Colella Cosmetic Dentistry in Coconut 

Creek and is one of the 1,000 dentists 

in the world performing the Chao Pinhole 

Surgical Technique. 

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MEDICAL 

We’ve all been there; the eye doctor hands you a 

tissue and tells you to look up. She pulls on your 

lower eyelid and slowly sneaks a small bottle into 

view – those dreaded eye drops! Before you find 

an excuse not to be dilated, let’s look at some of 

the important things being evaluated: 

Drops of Dread 

Five Reasons 

Not to Skip Your 

Dilated Eye Exam 

by Sara Berke-Silva, OD, FAAO 

The American Optometric Association recommends comprehensive 

eye examinations at least every two years for adults between 

19 and 64 years old and annually for those over 64 when 

there are no symptoms or risk factors present that may affect 

the eyes or vision. There are many different risk factors including 

contact lens wear, taking medications with potential ocular 

side effects, having systemic conditions with potential ocular 

side effects, and previous ocular surgery. These require more 

frequent follow-up, and your doctor will determine the best time 

to return in order to prevent any vision-threatening complications. 

Additionally, pediatric recommendations are more specific 

and can be found on the association’s website. So the next time 

the “dreaded drops” come into view, think twice about passing 

up on this important procedure. Are you due? 

Sara Berke-Silva, OD, FAAO, is an optometrist located inside 

Manufacturer Direct Eyewear in Deerfield Beach. 

Cataracts 

Although these opacities inside the natural lens of your 

eye are not dangerous, it is important that your doctor 

evaluate them to determine if any vision loss can 

be attributed to this normal aging change. In some 

instances, cataracts can be present from birth and can 

also be caused by medications or systemic conditions. 

The Blood Vessels 

These oxygen-supplying rivers of red can tell us a lot 

about your systemic health. Too skinny, too curvy, too 

stiff, too leaky; these are some of the characteristics 

that can point to conditions such as diabetes, high 

blood pressure, high cholesterol, sickle cell disease, or 

even infection, to name a few. 

The Optic Nerve 

Transmitting all of the light signals to the brain, the optic 

nerve can have issues that sometimes need immediate 

medical attention. Increased pressure in the brain 

can cause swelling of the nerves. If you have new or 

strange headaches, your primary care doctor may 

want you to have an eye exam with dilation to rule out 

this condition (as well as the need for a glasses prescription). 

Glaucoma, which is an asymptomatic condition 

in the early stages, can cause “cupping” which 

makes the nerve look like a skinny doughnut instead of 

a thick doughnut. This means there has been damage 

to your nerve fibers, and appropriate testing and treatment 

should be implemented. 

Retinal Lesions and Deposits 

In the United States, about two percent of the general 

population has choroidal nevi, or freckles, in the back 

of the eye. Although most of them are harmless, some 

can be cancerous. Drusen, which are small yellow 

deposits, can be part of normal aging changes or can 

be a sign of macular degeneration. Certain risk factors 

will determine if these findings are to be monitored or if 

further testing and/or treatment is required. 

Retinal Breaks 

Holes, tears, detachments – oh my! Sometimes breaks 

in the light-sensing retina are symptomatic and sometimes 

they are not. There are certain characteristics 

your doctor will look for to determine if treatment is 

necessary. Lattice degeneration, which is a localized 

thinning of the peripheral retina, is present in 6 to 10 

percent of patients and is a risk factor for the development 

of a retinal detachment. Your doctor will be looking 

for this, as well as many other conditions in your 

peripheral retina, which is generally not visible unless 

you are dilated. P 

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WELLNESS 

Healing Through 

‘Past Life 

Regression’ 

M IND 

by Keli Raymond-Pescatore, CCHT 

going to that place where these answers live, 

hence we don’t have them and we struggle 

over and over with the same issues. Additionally 

in your right brain, you can access your cellular 

memory within your subconscious. Cellular 

memory holds all the information on each and 

every past life you’ve ever lived. 

As 2016 gains foothold, New Year’s resolutions 

still in clear focus, we are firmly 

committed to achieving our goals, intent 

upon improving ourselves from the previous 

year. Statistically, however, we know that commitment 

begins to fade as we move away from 

January and February. It’s not our conscious 

intention to abandon our dreams, so why do 

we do it? Why is our willpower not as strong as 

the vision of what we want for our life? These 

answers reside in your subconscious mind, 

also known as your emotional mind. It is why it 

is so hard to get a handle on these issues and 

why we’ve struggled with them for years. If it 

were as simple as teasing it out in our conscious 

mind, we are all pretty smart individuals, 

we problem-solve every day… we would have 

resolved them a long time ago. 

The struggle remains so daunting because 

the answers don’t live in your conscious mind. 

They are in your subconscious mind locked 

away and chances are you don’t even realize 

it. If you don’t know where to go to get the 

answers, how will you ever retrieve them? How 

sad would that be? The good news is you can 

get your answers! It’s not only possible but also 

far easier than you can imagine it to be. In fact, 

it is much easier than continuing to struggle 

as you have all these years, being stuck in the 

same cycle of disappointment, frustration, guilt, 

unhappiness, and feeling unfulfilled in your life. 

Feeling held back from the vision of where you 

want to go and who you truly see yourself to be. 

Your subconscious lives in your right brain, also 

where your imagination and creativity lies. Your 

left brain is the analytical side of the brain and 

is where most of us are used to being. We use 

it day in and out to be productive and navigate 

our everyday life. What portion of your day do 

you allow yourself to be in your right brain to be 

creative and dream? For most, it is a very small 

fraction, if at all. We are not accustomed to 

Why is this important? It’s 

important because oftentimes, 

traumatic events 

that occurred in a past life 

bleed through into your 

current life experience and 

can cause problems. 

Through the process of Past Life Regression, 

you can safely and easily revisit these past life 

events, understand them better and heal from 

it, freeing yourself once and for all from the 

hold it once had on you and your life. It can 

heal current-day emotional as well as physical 

conditions rooted in a past life experience. It is 

fast, safe, and a wonderful opportunity of selfdiscovery. 

To know and understand yourself 

from a unique perspective allows you to set 

your life on a new trajectory, to live your life free 

from the limitations previously misunderstood. 

Many emerge from these experiences, clearly 

being able to connect the dots on why they 

struggle with current-day issues, now armed 

with the information, understanding, and healing 

to move forward in their life, far easier than 

how they had been living it beforehand … all 

the while having had a very, very cool experience 

in the process. P 

Keli Raymond-Pescatore is a clinical and transpersonal 

hypnotherapist and a psychic medium at 

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EQUESTRIAN NEWS 

Keeping Hoofs Dry 

Winter Rains a Hazard 

By Donice Muccio 

As everyone knows, the rain in South Florida during the 

first week of December beat all kinds of records. In our 

community we received over five inches, which was a 

historic high for that time of year. 

Our roads were so flooded you could wakeboard after a car 

flew through the water. The roads were breaking up because 

the drivers showed no respect for the road conditions. 

People were not able to walk their dogs on their own 

properties, much less the sidewalks. Many parking lots were 

seriously flooded. 

For those of us who own or care for horses, it was an 

uncomfortable time for everyone. I had friends from Delray 

Beach to Davie who could not get their horses out. If they 

happened to have a barn aisle they could walk them through 

the barn for minimal exercise. 

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for Advanced Riders” 

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for Spring Break Camp” 

Boarders could ride in the arena the same day the stable’s 

grassy paddocks were under water. 

Turning out the horses in flooded areas has many risks. They 

could pull a tendon or ligament by sliding in the slippery and 

muddy grass. The other problems associated with standing 

water are many. A horse could develop a soft, spongy hoof 

that makes it more prone to painful bruising, which in turn 

can create a miserably painful abscess. Obviously if your 

horse turns up limping after being in the wet conditions, 

contact your veterinarian and blacksmith for proper care and 

a treatment plan. 

Horses can also acquire a bacterial infection above the hoof 

if the legs are not washed regularly with an antibacterial 

shampoo or scrub after standing in water for any length of 

time. Daily hoof care is essential under the best conditions so 

the horse retains a healthy hoof. There are many products to 

help repel water from the hoof during wet or damp months. 

Our paddocks were too flooded for turn-out, but by some 

miracle our arena could be utilized by our boarders on the 

same day our grassy paddocks were under water. This was 

the day after the rain finally stopped. We were all working 

hard to make sure the horses got out even if it was just a 

walk through the barn during those heavy rainy days. It took 

several days for the grass to dry out enough for the horses to 

enjoy their time outdoors. 

It takes so much to keep horses healthy and happy, as 

they are not as hearty as you would think. Those who have 

not been around horses are always surprised at the many 

problems and ailments horses develop. Their large, strong 

bodies are very deceiving. They are truly a dichotomy, strong 

and at the same time quite fragile. 

The meteorologists accurately predicted a wet winter for 

South Florida. We seem to have been robbed of another 

beautiful winter season; however, my mantra has been (when 

I feel like complaining), “it’s better than 105 degrees.” Hoping 

for a perfect February! P 

Photos courtesy of Donice Muccio 

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By Glenn Kalick, DVM 

PET TALK 

No Substitute 

for a Professional’s Opinion 

My technician came into my office to tell me that my 

appointment was ready to see me and that I am going 

to make her upset. I asked why and she showed me 

the referring paperwork and told me to look at the bottom. 

It wasn’t medical notes, it was an invoice for a vaccine clinic 

and the bottom said to “check with your referring veterinarian 

for MCT.” Well, this is going to be interesting because Tuffy, 

an 8-year-old pit bull, has a red spot on his chest that the 

owner thinks is a hot spot, and for her sake I hope it is. 

When I entered the examination room Tuffy came up to 

me and rolled onto his side. The owner kneeled down and 

showed me the lesion on Tuffy. There was a 3-inch raised 

red lesion on Tuffy’s side just behind the elbow. I asked 

her how long it was there and she replied that it has been 

there a while. It seems to come and go and she treats it 

with topical antibiotics and hydrocortisone, and it helps but 

it never goes away. She has success with him wearing a 

T-shirt but what she read is that hot spots should not be a 

permanent skin condition. I agreed. 

Before I gave her my opinion I asked about her last 

appointment with her veterinarian. She says that Tuffy is a 

healthy guy and she uses a vaccine clinic for his vaccines. 

They do heartworm tests and fecal tests there also. She 

wanted to show me the history of all his vaccines. She said 

that she did need to see a veterinarian every three years for 

his rabies vaccine because the vaccine clinic didn’t have 

a veterinarian with them for his appointment. She told me 

that she didn’t have a doctor either. When she was sick she 

would go to the walk-in clinic to be seen. 

Groomers, vaccine clinics, and people you meet at the dog 

park might be able to give you helpful information about pet 

health, but there is no substitute for a professional opinion. 

Tuffy had successful surgery to remove the MCT and he was 

lucky. Looking healthy is a subjective assessment made by the 

owner about the patient, and if you own a dog that doesn’t 

complain, that doesn’t mean that he is necessarily healthy. 

Being healthy should be an objective assessment. A physical 

examination by a trained professional that performs diagnostic 

tests to prove health is a better treatment plan. P 

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Cell Tumor and that is a common malignant skin tumor 

found in dogs. MCT release histamine that causes them 

to get larger and smaller and itchy. Because it is not a 

hot spot they don’t go away. I performed a fine needle 

aspirate where I put a needle into the skin and collected 

a sample of the cells. I looked under the microscope and 

diagnosed MCT. A frustrated owner is now thinking that 

this malignant tumor has been on Tuffy for the past six 

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BUSINESS 

The Profit Power Pu$h 

6 Ways To Shake Up Your Money Tree 

by Ellis Mass 

At this very moment, midway 

through the first quarter of 

the year, hundreds of thousands 

of business owners across 

the country are doing research 

and buying books on how to grow 

their businesses. There are literally 

thousands of sources from which 

to choose – a quick Amazon search 

on “grow my business” reveals 

nearly 3,000 books available for 

purchase. (And I’ve read many on 

the first page, but I have no desire 

to try to get to all of them!) Before 

you spend a dime on a book that 

you may not find time to read, walk 

yourself through the paragraphs 

below, and do some quick, backof-the-envelope 

math. Because at 

the end of the day, there are ultimately 

only six ways to grow your 

profits, and it is a relatively simple 

matter for you to figure out which 

are the most productive ones. 

These six “levers” are highlighted 

in a great formula developed by 

business author Brian Tracy, called 

The Way to Wealth. (And yes, 

this is available in book form as 

well. But this CliffsNotes version 

should get you 80 to 90 percent 

of the way there. Feel free to buy 

Brian’s book, but don’t wait to get 

started implementing these ideas.) 

Many business owners, when 

contemplating a business plan 

for the new year, declare that they 

intend to pursue “More Customers,” 

which will help them to drive 

“More Revenues” and ultimately 

“More Profits.” What some of 

these leaders fail to recognize, 

though, is that these worthwhile 

pursuits are outcomes, not actions. 

In order to make these three 

goals more actionable, it is necessary 

to break them down further. 

HOW TO ATTRACT 

MORE CUSTOMERS 

This boils down to a relatively simple concept 

– now by saying it is simple, I’m not 

saying it is easy. It will require hard work 

to accomplish, but it is a straightforward 

enough exercise to break down this pursuit 

of customers into the first two components 

of The Way to Wealth: 

1) Number of Leads: How many new 

leads did your business capture over the 

course of the past year? 

2) Conversion Rate: What percent 

of these leads were you able to convert 

into actual, paying customers? Needless 

to say, in order to answer these questions, 

you need to be tracking both. Which is 

the bigger opportunity for you – increasing 

the number of leads next year, or focusing 

instead on improving your conversion of 

the leads that you have already identified? 

FocalPoint Business Coaching, the company 

founded by Tracy, has identified at 

least 72 strategies to generate more leads 

and at least 34 to improve conversion rate. 

But first you need to decide which of those 

areas is a better place to focus your limited 

resources of money and time. 

Putting It Into Action: To see how 

businesses might get more customers, let’s 

look at two theoretical plumbers. Each took 

a look at their numbers over the past year. 

Jim realizes that he probably hasn’t gotten 

enough leads in the door, but once he does, 

he has a very good batting average at “closing” 

that prospect. Bob, on the other hand, 

has found that his lead-generation strategy 

has been incredibly effective. But he and his 

team have done a poor job of persuading 

these prospects to sign on the dotted line. 

So even though they’re both facing the need 

to bring in “more customers,” Jim is focused 

on making his outbound marketing work 

harder … increasing his print advertising, 

expanding his network/referral strategy, or 

perhaps finally making his push into online 

marketing. Bob, of course, doesn’t really 

need to focus on those areas as much and 

instead is working to train his office staff to 

have more effective dialogue with prospective 

customers on the phone, and is working 

with a business coach or copywriter to 

tighten up his messaging and his script. 

HOW TO DRIVE 

MORE REVENUE 

Even when we look at the number of 

customers as fixed, this idea of generating 

additional revenue is a large opportunity that 

also breaks down into two relatively simple 

components: 

3) Average Dollar Value of a Sale: 

How much revenue does your average 

transaction generate? 

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4) Number of Sales per Period: 

How many times, on average, does each 

customer transact with you over the 

course of the year? If the previous section 

focused on acquiring more customers, this 

part of the formula focuses on how those 

customers translate into revenue. In some 

cases, your biggest opportunity may not 

be the acquisition of new customers, but 

in fact thinking of ways to get the customers 

who already patronize your business 

to interact with your business and your 

brand even more. Is their shopping basket 

only half full when they leave your store? 

Are there additional purchases that you 

can persuade them to make while they’re 

already there? Or would it make sense to 

pursue a frequency strategy – can you attract 

them to come back more often than 

they did last year? Again, FocalPoint has 

identified at least 69 strategies to increase 

average dollars per sale, and at least 72 to 

increase frequency of transactions. Not all 

of these may be a fit for any given business, 

but if you focus on the right opportunity, 

there are clearly a number of actions 

that you can take. 

Putting It Into Action: Look at these 

two retail stores, Pearl’s Popcorn and Liam 

& Jake’s Hot Sauce Emporium. Pearl has a 

loyal base of avid popcorn purchasers, but 

the vast majority of them buy only one item 

each time they come in. By doing some 

informal market research with her customers 

as she greets them, she realizes that 

although each person is generally in the 

mood for a “sweet” or a “savory” variety of 

popcorn when they come in, most families 

like at least two of her flavors. So she has 

implemented a new bundling strategy, 

offering up the “Sweet and Savory Combo 

of the Week,” and now more of her shoppers 

are walking out the door with two or 

three packages instead of just one. Liam 

& Jake recognize that their rabid, heatseeking 

customers are already buying 

several bottles of hot sauce on each visit 

but often go several months in between. 

They now send coupons to their most 

valuable customers every two weeks, but 

the expiration date on each coupon is only 

a week or two out, meaning that customers 

have a sense of urgency to redeem 

the limited-time offer. They’re now on track 

to reducing their average time between 

visits from four months to only three, which 

could increase their revenue by 25 percent 

without adding a single new customer. 

HOW TO GET 

MORE PROFITS 

The last two of the six “levers” focus on 

keeping more of the profits generated by a 

constant level of sales. 

5) Cost of Goods Sold (COGS): 

How much are you paying in direct costs 

for each unit of product or service that 

you’re selling? Are there opportunities to 

become more efficient, change your labor 

model, negotiate better rates out of your 

suppliers, or shift your mix to areas that are 

more profitable? 

6) Operating Expense: Direct costs 

aside, look at the overhead expenses 

that you’re carrying. Are there opportunities 

to streamline and become more 

efficient here? Does your growth over the 

past couple of years give you leverage to 

renegotiate with vendors? Better yet, are 

there costs that you can eliminate entirely, 

because you’ve outgrown them? You 

guessed it – there are at least 81 strategies 

to reduce COGS, and 74 to reduce Operating 

Expenses. Most of them may not be 

a fit for your business, but again, you only 

need one or two to make a real impact. 

Putting It Into Action: This time, 

let’s look at two medical practices. Dr. 

Mike’s practice is bogged down by low 

insurance-company reimbursement rates 

on a number of common procedures. 

Since many of these procedures are very 

time-consuming, he has found it difficult to 

reduce the direct costs for each of these 

types of office visit and therefore, his gross 

profits remain frustratingly low. But he has 

decided to actively shift the mix of his work 

– by actively changing his referral generation 

strategy, he has focused on finding 

referrers who are sending the higher-margin 

procedures his way. By generating roughly 

the same revenue but shifting the mix to 

higher-reimbursement items, Dr. Mike has 

begun to make his practice more profitable. 

Dr. Eddie, meanwhile, has similar reimbursement 

rates across his practice but 

has identified a number of indirect costs 

that he can impact. His office manager was 

able to negotiate some great new pricing 

on office supplies, telephone services, 

and even commercial insurance. So even 

though he is serving the same number of 

patients, what he takes home at the end of 

the month is pleasantly increasing. 

BRINGING IT 

ALL TOGETHER 

By now, your mind may be racing with 

ideas to start breaking down your customer, 

revenue and profitability growth opportunities. 

But hold your horses – this is only a 

model, and we haven’t done anything yet. 

Remember, the most important thing to 

get this all started is actually tracking and 

measuring the activities that drive your business. 

This shouldn’t just be theoretical, and 

it definitely should not be guesswork – your 

ability to focus on the biggest opportunities 

for your business is directly related to 

your understanding of the activities driving 

your performance. When we just guess at 

this type of thing, we often get it wrong. By 

actively monitoring your business’ performance, 

comparing these metrics to appropriate 

benchmarks, and then developing 

focused, simple action plans to go after the 

highest priorities, you put yourself in position 

to achieve breakthrough results. Good luck, 

and good hunting in 2016! And whatever 

you’re going to be, be outstanding! P 

Ellis Mass is a Certified Business Coach. 

He is an award-winning marketer and 

business strategy expert, with over two 

decades of experience in working with 

Fortune 100 companies. 


JANUARY 2015

BUSINESS 

WIN LIKE ROCKY: 

“What you need is a manager” 

Starting a new business 

is your opportunity to 

shine. You have probably 

thought about it for 

years, weighing the decision 

and the implication on your 

finances and family. When 

you finally decide to rise 

to the occasion, much like 

Sylvester Stallone’s iconic 

Rocky, you need help. When 

presented with an unexpected 

opportunity in a title fight, 

Rocky relies on his manager, 

Burgess Meredith’s character, 

Mickey Goldmill. Mickey 

understands the challenge 

at hand and tells Rocky 

“what you need is a manager.” 

Mickey then shares all 

of his knowledge and guides 

Rocky to ultimate success, 

and the rest is movie history. 

While it is 

very exciting 

to start your 

own business, 

you need to 

be wary of the 

many pitfalls 

that exist. 

There is no 

one definitive 

guidebook on 

how to start a 

new business, 

or one “right” 

way. 

Each person and each 

business is unique, even 

if you are opening up a 

franchise. You want to 

get every detail right, from 

how to incorporate to 

how to protect yourself 

from future litigation. You 

will also immediately have 

to deal with a litany of 

people, companies, and 

information coming at you 

from all directions. People 

will offer you everything 

from “get rich quick” 

ideas to huge advertising 

packages to social media 

search engine optimization. 

Maybe some of it will be 

useful for your business, 

maybe none of it will. You 

have big financial decisions 

to make at this time and 

you want to make sure you 

spend every penny wisely. 

So how is a business law 

attorney like Mickey the 

manager in the Rocky movies? 

A business law attorney 

has a similar relationship 

with you. He uses his knowledge 

and experience to 

help you navigate your new 

endeavor so you don’t have 

to go it alone. He can assist 

you in making sure that your 

business is formed correctly, 

register your trademarks, 

and check that it is compliant 

with all applicable laws. 

Once formed, he helps you 

keep your business moving 

in the right direction. He can 

give you legal advice on all 

of the products and companies 

that will be swarming 

you when you start. He 

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getting an actual location for 

your business to reviewing 

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will be signing. One of the 

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Often the business owner 

missed something when 

signing the lease and the 

problem has to be corrected 

in court. It is a better business 

decision to have an 

attorney with you from the 

beginning, reviewing these 

documents before you sign. 

An attorney thinks ahead 

and helps protect your business 

from potential lengthy 

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the terms of your lease. 

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professions, a business law 

attorney can give you the 

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run your business to reach 

its full potential. You need a 

“manager” on your side. P 

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BUSINESS 

Beware the Escrow Shortage 

Lenders will want more money to 

match hikes in taxes, insurance 

by Adam Bayer 

TWO WAYS TO 

TACKLE A SHORTAGE: 

OPTION 1 

Pay the Shortage in Full 

If you choose this option, you will send 

the lender a check for the shortage 

amount. However, your monthly payment 

will still have to be corrected to avoid 

future shortages. Therefore, you can 

expect your monthly payment to increase 

by the shortage amount plus a “buffer” 

determined by the escrow analysis. 

Ex. Shortage is $5,200 + buffer of 

$800 = $6,000 

It’s property tax season! For 

many who purchased their 

home last year (including 

myself), you may find a significant 

increase in the amount of property 

tax you owe in 2016. 

If you do not have an escrow account 

included in your mortgage loan, 

this has no effect on your monthly 

mortgage payment. You simply owe 

the increased tax amount. 

However, for the majority of 

homeowners who escrow and 

included their taxes and/or insurance 

in their monthly payment, you 

will most likely have an “escrow 

shortage.” Your lender will pay the 

property taxes due in November, but 

it will be paying them despite the fact 

that you do not have enough money 

in your escrow account. 

Once a year, usually around April, 

your lender performs an “escrow 

analysis.” This analysis looks at the 

amount of money the lender paid 

for the items you escrow (taxes, 

insurance, etc.) and determines if 

there is a surplus or shortage. In your 

case, there will be a shortage. You 

will receive a letter from your lender 

advising you of the shortage. The 

letter will also give you options for 

remedying the shortage. 

Whether you escrow 

or not … whether you 

expected the increase 

or not … a larger tax 

bill or an increase in 

your monthly mortgage 

payment is always a 

burden. There are options. 

Interest rates remain low. You may 

be able to refinance your current 

loan and pay the property tax 

shortage with no money out of your 

pocket. You may also qualify for a 

lower interest rate than you have 

now, minimizing the increase in your 

monthly payment. 

Adam Bayer is a local Parklander and the 

owner of BayBurg Financial Inc., a clientcentric 

mortgage firm in Boca Raton. 

$6,000/ 12 months = $500 increase/ 

month to your payment. 

This is called the “corrected payment.” 

OPTION 2 

Spread the Shortage Over 

the Next 12 Payments 

If you choose this option, you will see the 

same monthly mortgage payment increase 

as calculated by Option 1 above; however, 

because you chose to spread the shortage 

out over the next 12 payments, you 

will also see an additional increase to your 

monthly mortgage payment of 1/12 of the 

shortage due. 

Ex. Shortage is $5,200/ 12 = 

$433.33 

$433 + $500 (payment correction) = 

$933.33. 

This will be the additional amount added to 

your monthly payment for the next 12 payments. 

After 12 payments, you will have 

paid the initial shortage and your payments 

will reduce down to the “corrected payment” 

calculated in Option 1 above. P 

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What’s Your Story? 

by Steve Plunkett 

LAST WORD 

If you read a magazine from the front to the back, I hope you 

enjoyed the February issue of the Parklander as much as 

we liked putting it together. 

If you start from the back and work your way to the front, let 

me introduce myself. I’m Steve Plunkett, the magazine’s new 

editor, and I’m very happy to be here. As far as my credentials 

go, I’ve been an editor at the Sun Sentinel, the Palm Beach 

Post, and the Baltimore Sun. I also was an assistant managing 

editor at Insight magazine in Washington, D.C. Most 

recently I worked at the Tampa Tribune. And I still write for the 

Coastal Star, a monthly newspaper in Palm Beach County. 

Our publishers, Sharon and Jack Kornreich, have been 

guiding the Parklander for more than a decade with an aim 

of keeping it family friendly and focused on Parkland and its 

neighboring areas. Keeping things “local, local, local” is a 

mantra I also embrace. 

So don’t be 

surprised 

if you get 

a phone 

call or are 

stopped in 

the mall. 

We need 

your input 

to make the 

Parklander 

even more 

meaningful. 

Students in journalism school quickly 

learn that the closer a story is to 

home, the more interesting it is to 

readers. So news from the United 

States is generally more relevant 

than news from a foreign country, a 

story from Broward County is more 

interesting than one from Duval 

County, and one from Parkland 

catches more eyes than one from 

Miami Gardens (unless, perhaps, you 

work in Miami Gardens). 

Our stable of talented writers is already 

on the lookout for people from 

Parkland and its environs to include 

in their articles whenever possible. 

In addition to our writers, we rely on 

you for ideas for stories that show 

what makes Parkland and its neighboring 

cities unique. 

They are the special things you and your neighbors do, what 

your children are up to in school, and the issues your community 

group is working on, to name a few. 

If you have an idea for an article you’d like to see (or write) in 

the Parklander, please don’t hesitate to contact us at editor@- 

theparklander.com or 954-755-9800. We look forward to 

hearing from you. P 

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