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M AG A Z I N E
March 2010

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Keeper Days Page 10 Photo by Debra Todd

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Around the Point is a column that includes news items relevant to the residents of LHP.
We reserve the right to reject material that may not be in the best interest of the community.
EUROPEAN EDEN BUFFET OPENS
WITH ALL YOU CAN EAT MENU
A few years ago, restaurant owner Richie and Chef Jane
moved down to South Florida from Brooklyn, where they ran a
similar restaurant for twenty years.
“What makes our new restaurant different from any other is
that we offer something special from each country in Europe at
our buffet table. And we feature a wide variety of choices that
include Brisket, Viener Schnitzel, Roast Pork, French Chicken
Breast, Lamb Shank, Stuffed Cabbage, and much, much more!”
says Richie.
European Eden Buffet will have on display, not only a wide
array of freshly prepared meats, but fruits, salads, and
homemade cakes and pastries as well.
The All You Can Eat menu includes lunch at $7.99 and
dinner at $13.99. The hours are Monday thru Saturday 11:30
a.m. until closing, and Sunday dinner from 2:30 p.m. until
closing.
The restaurant is located in the Shoppes of Beacon Light at
2460 N. Federal Hwy., in Lighthouse Point. Call 954-781-3138.
NATURAL PET FOOD STORE OPENS
To our furry friends;
We would like to extend to you a warm invitation to visit our
new store location in Lighthouse Point, “Natural Pet Food”
dedicated to fulfilling your pet’s entire nutritional needs. Our
son, David discovered the need to expand our holistic pet food
department and decided to establish a one-stop shop for safe
and organic pet food, scrumptious treats and natural
supplements. Meanwhile embarking on a mission to discover
addictive toys well suited for your pet's playing habits! We look
forward to you joining our elite pet culture.... Sniff you later!
Natural Pet Food, LLC, 3130 N Federal Hwy., Lighthouse
Point, Florida 33064, Phone 954-782-2113, or email to
info@954petfood.com.
CUT-A-THON “RELAY FOR LIFE”
FUND RAISER
The Lighthouse Point Chamber of Commerce together with
The Hair Studio will hold a Cut-A-Thon on Tuesday March 9,
2010 from 4-8 p.m. at The Hair Studio 1803 East Sample Road
Pompano Beach, Fl. The design team will donate their time
cutting hair, a manicurist will also be donating her time, Traci
Perkins a Silpada rep will be on site. We will also have raffle
baskets from local businesses. You can make an appointments
for this event by calling 954.234.9028. All proceeds will go to
Relay For Life Deerfield Beach/Lighthouse Point.
Should you want to help our efforts you could also go to
www.relayforlife.org/dblpfl and find The Lighthouse Point
Chamber page to donate or become a team member! We look
forward to the city coming together to support our efforts in
any way they can!
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Around the Point
4th GENERATION MARKET FOR
THE HEALTH CONSCIOUS!
Have you shopped at the 4th Generation Organic
Market in downtown Boca Raton just minutes from
Lighthouse Point? They are Southeast Florida’s premier
Organic market with the most exciting concept in raw-
vegan-vegetarian and Gluten-Free food selections. Stop in
today to enjoy their 100% Organic Juice Bar with delicious
smoothies featuring dairy alternatives such as hemp milk,
alongside the hot prepared food menu starting daily at
11am. There is something for every palate, even Organic
Roasted Chickens and Garden Turkey Burgers. They also
feature all Organic produce, keeping it local when they
can, and grocery items, including Organic wines. Come
tour the market and meet this friendly staff, including
Ashley and Bryan, who are the 4th Generation and see for
yourself how easy it can be to go Organic! After their
successful first year in business, it’s time to thank their
customers and invite everyone to celebrate this exciting
time. The month of March will have daily specials,
samplings of all the delicious foods and grocery items and
events that will include cooking demonstrations,
speakers, and wellness programs.
Located in East Boca on the corner of SE 3rd Street
and Federal Highway in front of Royal Palm Place.
Open Monday-Friday 9a-7p and Sunday 10a-6p, Visit
our website at www.4thGenerationMarket.com.
REBUILDING TOGETHER BROWARD
COUNTY PLANS LOCAL REBUILDING DAY
This local affiliate of a national nonprofit is celebrating
their 10th Anniversary in Broward with their largest ever
National Rebuilding Day, a signature event which will be
held in Pompano Beach on Saturday, May 1st. Plans are to
improve twelve homes in one day.
Their mission is to bring volunteers and communities
together to improve the homes and lives of low-income
homeowners. The objective focuses on the elderly,
disabled and families with children — to restore safe and
sanitary living conditions. The goals include conserving
energy and preserving the environment by retrofitting
homes to be more energy, water and resource efficient.
The repairs are at no cost to the homeowner.
Rebuilding Together Broward County is looking for
community partners and donations of supplies and materials.
For additional information please contact Sandra
Veszi, Executive Director at sandra@rebuildingtogether
broward.org or by visiting www.rebuildingtogether
broward.org.
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Editor
F eatures
MISTER NICE GUY #1
Oh, how they tug at my heart strings,
From the
in tar-like globs of oil? The clean-up job
promised by Exxon has never been
10 10th Annual these big corporation do-gooders. The satisfactorily completed.The consequences
Coca Cola Company recently published
Keeper Days three full pages in the Wall Street Journal
have been and continue to be disastrous to
our environment in ways hard to imagine.
expounding on the scholarship awards to
15 1st Annual LHP more than 1,400 students a year, plus Has Exxon ever compensated the
Environmental Fair support they’ve given to the Boys & Girls Alaskans? After many court cases, it finally
Clubs since 1946. But Coca Cola failed to wound up in the lap of Supreme Court
19 Florida Shores Bank mention how many children and adults Justice Samual Alito, who decided to excuse
Groundbreaking have seen their teeth rot and suffered himself, possibly because he reportedly had
deleterious effects from the 7-9 teaspoons
between $100,00 and $250,000 in Exxon
30 Taste of LHP of sugar they pour into every 8 ounce
stock. In calculated and quiet deals, Exxon
bottle or can of soda. Child obesity and
paid of a small group of fishermen, but
40 Anti-Aging diabetes has continually been on the
rise, but there is no mention of those failed businesses, suicides and lost tourism
supposedly insignificant details. Coca Cola will be the legacy of Prince William Sound.
claims that their Triple Play program has Now let’s fast-forward to a non-oil-covered
“helped” more than one million kids learn gentleman in a clean white shirt on TV,
the importance of physical activity and
telling us about the great strides Exxon,
proper nutrition. Try pouring a little Coca
The complete March Cola on the hood of your car and watch and their commitment in saving our
issue and back issues of the paint peel off. Thank you for your environment and in preventing global
heartfelt concern about our children, warming. Oh my, thank you Exxon for
Lighthouse Point Coca Cola! this obvious attempt to make us believe
Magazine
❖❖❖ anything you say is the truth.
can be seen on our great There are many thousands more “Nice
MISTER NICE GUY #2
website at www.LHPmag.com Guys” out there. But because we tend to
Do you remember TV coverage of tragic
sometimes forgive and forget too easily,
Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, blamed on
a drunken ship’s captain, and the pitiful this is just a small reminder that big corpo-
Advertising Rates sights of oil-covered birds, seals and otters, rations and lawmakers don’t necessarily
& Information as well as the devastated coastline, soaked have your interests in mind!
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C ontents
Al’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
I Love My Pet
Around the Point . . . . . . . . . . . 5
As I Was Saying . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Beauty Spot of the Month . . 26
Cantankerously Yours . . . . . . 56
Cookin’ with the Community. 62
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Eyes Have It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Garden Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Green Harriet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Happy Birthday . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Healthy Choices . . . . . . . . . . 60
Hot Off the Grill . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Identity Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
I Love My Pet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Legal Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Library News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Mortgage News . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Teddy
On Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Hi, my name was Teddy.
Out & About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Pet Birthday Gallery . . . . . . . 71 My mom adopted me when I was only six weeks old because I couldn't walk
and my brother and sisters would jump all over me. Over time, I learned how to
Pet Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
walk on grass and carpet. My birth defect, spinal stenosis, made it difficult to walk
Real Estate News . . . . . . . . . 58 on tile floors. Everyone said I looked like Bambi on the ice rink!
Sheriff Lamberti Reports . . . . 64
For just one year I had the best life...car rides with mom, chasing my Yorkie
Skin Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 girlfriend at the park and howling for mom to carry me upstairs. My condition got
Strange, But True . . . . . . . . . . 54 worse around Christmas time and soon I couldn't walk anymore.

NOTICE But now I’m now having a great time flying around in heaven. I may be a cute
little angel now, but who needs wings with cool ears like these!!!
Past issues of
Lighthouse Point Teddy
Magazine
can be viewed online at
www.LHPmag.com Please send us a favorite photo of your pet. Also, include 75 words, or less why
you love your pet, your name, address, phone and the name of your pet.
To accommodate the many Send photos by regular mail, or by email as a PDF or jpeg file to
requests we get for our publication, LHPnews@bellsouth.net. No photos will be returned.
copies of the Lighthouse Point
Magazine are now available during
the first week of each month at:
LHP Library, Police Station,
MARCH QUOTE
Red Fox Diner, LHP Yacht & “I find it amazing that each day I wake up knowing less
Racquet Club, J. Marks, Yahoo’s,
Rita’s Ice, Bonefish Mac’s, Duffy’s than I knew the day before.”
Diner, Federal Grill, European Eden
Buffet and Offerdahl’s Cafe. – J. Frangipane
Call for other locations.
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Lighthouse Point
10th Annual Keeper Days
Photos by Debra Todd
The old axiom,“A picture is worth a thousand words,”
holds true once again. For this year, LHP’s own
photographer Debra Todd has covered our yearly event,
and as you can see, has done a super job.
Great photos of Friday night’s kick-off dinner at the
Lighthouse Point Yacht & Racquet Club from 6:00 to
10:00 p.m.
On Saturday, the parade began at the Pink Church at
10 a.m., continuing on to Frank McDonough Park. The
afternoon festivities included a Pet Contest at 2:00 p.m.
The party continued that evening from 6:00 to 9:00
p.m., and finishing up at Dan Witt Park with on a chilly
Sunday with a Sports Competition from 1:00 to 4:00
p.m.
In a year that has been economically depressing, the
spirits were high and the Lighthouse Point community
once again came together for this wonderful weekend.
Congratulations to Keeper
Days founder Jane
McLaughlin, Recreation
Director John Trudel, Kenton
Hydich and the hard working
city team.
Sunday was the Sports
competition from 1:00 until
4:00 p.m.

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New Location on the Water

3100 E. OAKLAND PARK BLVD. • FT LAUDERDALE, FL 33308

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LHP Eco Fair and Plant Sale

On Saturday, January 23, the Lighthouse Point Environmental
Committee sponsored an Eco fair and Plant Sale at McDonough Park.
The Lighthouse Point Environmental Committee, Chaired by Taryn
Palo, is a collective committee made up of The Lighthouse Point
Beautification Committee, Community Wildlife Habitat Project, Master
Gardner Mobile Extension Office and the Lighthouse Point Sprouts
youth organization.
These groups, joining with the Lighthouse Point Garden Club
organized this event to provide local companies with a venue to
display what products and services their companies provide, sell
plants and other items, and how their products and services are used
to help improve and/or protect our environment. In addition, local
community groups attended to raise awareness regarding their efforts
to help protect our environment.
Vendors displayed items like rain barrels,
a car that runs on used cooking oil, green
lawn services, solar energy for your home,
and many other environmentally conscious
products and services. Our Red Fox Diner
brought the food and Vince Alessi provided
the music and, aside from a little rain, it was
an all around good time for everyone.
We plan to bigger and better in 2011!

More photos on page 16

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Florida Shores Bank Groundbreaking

Benefits Local Charities
Local charities found
buried treasure while assist-
ing Florida Shores Bank, the
only community bank head-
quartered in Pompano Beach,
with their groundbreaking
ceremony on January 14th.
Representatives from the
Florida Humane Society,Wood-
house, Sample-McDougald
House Preservation Society
and The Boys & Girls Club of
Pompano Beach used golden
shovels to dig for buried
treasure chests filled with
$2,500 in donations on the
site of the bank’s new corpo-
rate headquarters located at Left to right: N. Dale Kaper, Chief Financial Officer, Florida Shores Bank; Joseph E. Ernsteen,
400 N. Federal Highway. Retired/Investor; Frank H. Furman, Jr., Chairman/CEO, Frank H. Furman, Inc.; Steven D.
“While the groundbreaking Hickman, President/CEO, Florida Shores Bank; Benjamin A. Smith, III, Chairman of the
Board, Florida Shores Bank; Cort A. Neimark, Attorney, Fowler White Burnett, P.A.; William J.
ceremony is certainly a
Gallo, AIA, Gallo Architects & Development Consultants, Inc. and Mayor Lamar Fisher
milestone event for Florida
Directors not present: Leon P. DeVisser, Paul E. Simpson
Shores Bank and the Great
City of Pompano Beach,
having these four charities
join us in being recognized for all of the wonderful work
they perform in our community was the real highlight of
the event,” said Steven D. Hickman, President and CEO of
Florida Shores Bank. “Expressing our gratitude in this small
but impactful way further demonstrates the commitment
our bank has for the citizenry of Pompano Beach.”
The celebration also drew special guests Pompano
Beach Mayor Lamar Fisher and Lighthouse Point Mayor
Fred Schor, as well as local officials, business owners and
residents.
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Lamar Fisher, Pompano Beach Mayor

addresses the gathering.

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The groundbreaking ceremony began construction

on the permanent Southeast Florida headquarters,
replacing the temporary bank. The new building was
designed in a classical villa style, true to traditional
Tuscan architecture. The two-story community bank
will consist of 11,700 square feet of offices, a
community conference room and banking service
areas. Additionally, the bank will feature four drive-
through lanes with an ATM machine open 24-hours a
day. Construction is expected to conclude before the
end of the year.
Gallo Herbert Lebolo, an architecture, interior
design and consulting firm headquartered in Deerfield
Beach, provided design and consulting services; and
JWR Construction Services, a construction man-
agement firm headquartered in Deerfield Beach, is
handling construction for the project.
Florida Shores Bank is the only full-service
commercial bank headquartered in the city of
Benjamin A. Smith, III, Chairman of the Board, Florida Shores
Pompano Beach. The bank provides both personal
Bank, Fonnie Gill, Vice President Steven D. Hickman,
and commercial banking services consisting of President/CEO, Florida Shores Bank
interest-bearing deposit products; lines-of-credit that
support the working capital needs and growth of local
businesses; customized loan products that support
various other needs of small-to-medium size
businesses and specialized services for Condo
Associations, such as lockbox, operating accounts,
extended FDIC insurance and loans.
For more information, contact Florida Shores
Bank at (954) 876-2300 or visit www.floridashores
bank.com.

The charities represented were Woodhouse, Marsha Linville;

Florida Humane Society, Carol Ebert; Sample-McDougald House
Preservation Society, Dan Hobby and The Boys & Girls Club of
Greg Jones, Executive Director, Boys & Girls
Pompano Beach, Caroline Rogow.
Club of Pompano Beach.

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AS I WAS SAY I N G
Glass Dismissed
By Alan Williamson
Peek inside the kitchen cabinets in our home and you’ll
come face to face with a disturbing secret my wife and I
have kept quiet for decades: we keep our socks and
underwear in with our plates and dishes. Okay, not really.
That’s a disgusting lie designed to get your attention, but if
you really did open our kitchen cabinets, you would see
something almost as jarring: a massive stash of drinking
glasses that has spiraled way out of control and continues
to expand against all rhyme or reason.
Spooked by the seemingly bizarre imbalance, I recently
sat down and did the math: 2 people divided by 124
glasses = 62 glasses per person per day. And that doesn’t
even factor in the countless glasses squirreled away in
china cabinets, the living room wall bar, and boxes under
beds, in closets and stacked out in the garage.
Our “glasses of mass consumption” surplus started
innocently enough.When my wife and I first joined forces,
I possessed a certain number of assorted drinking glasses
(8) and Sherry had a certain, somewhat higher number
(58).As time went on, my glasses—which mostly consisted
of 16 oz. plastic tumblers commemorating an outdoor
event that I consumed a cold beer at—were weeded out to
make room for more respectable, stylish glasses that came
in sets, had elegant stems, and illuminated alluringly when
the light hit them.
Now, as best as I can figure it, here’s where things
started to get out of hand. During occasions when our
“good glasses” played a prominent role in a social gathering
at the house, we became quietly and irrevocably identified
by well-intentioned friends and family as “appreciators of
nice glasses.” This led to our receiving sets of glasses as
gifts on a regular basis. Red wine glasses. White wine
glasses. Red and white wine glasses. Crystal dinner glasses.
Smoked dinner glasses. Every day dinner glasses.
Indoor/outdoor glasses. Fancy coffee drink glasses.
Holiday-themed coffee mugs. Coffee mugs from the White
Castle Hamburger collection that, in spite of their blatant
promotional purpose, are sturdy, first-rate mugs worth
reaching around the more “respectable” mugs in the
cabinet to get to.
On any given day, in fact, my choice of glasses follows a
conspicuously narrow and predictable pattern.
Morning: I’ll reach for a White Castle coffee mug or a
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mug that says “The Grand Village: Branson, Missouri.” (I’ve
never been to Branson, Missouri, but the mug evokes an
odd sentimentality in me fueled by visions of an ancient
Andy Williams singing The Hawaiian Wedding Song while
I eat roasted chicken and mash potatoes at a dinner theater
with busloads of tourists.)
Noon: I’ll reach for a 12 oz. plastic tumbler that says
“Promenade in the Park: The Family, Food and Fun Festival”
or a 16 oz. plastic tumbler that says “It’s 5 o’clock at the
Quarter Deck Lounge.”
Night: I’ll reach for a tinted German wine glass with a
green spiral stem or a goblet-style wine glass with grapes
hand-painted on it by our friend Jane while she skillfully
drank wine from another glass.
According to my meticulous calculations, that leaves
about 56 glasses allotted for my daily use that are severely
underemployed and deserve to hear the words “glass
dismissed” any day now. Even if I quadrupled my daily fluid
intake, I’m reasonably confident that I could still get by
with less tha ten glasses, even if it meant resorting to more
or less unlimited refills of the multipurpose “Promenade
in the Park: The Family, Food and Fun Festival” mug.
One consolation in all this is that during candid
conversations with intensely private couples who prefer to
remain nameless (Uncle Al and Aunt Jean), I’ve discovered
that others have a similar baffling surplus. While the
consensus is that it’s nice to have extra glasses around for
when you have company, Sherry and I don’t throw the
kind of get-togethers where 124 glasses are needed on
standby to be called into active service.
Actually, Sherry and I don’t throw the kind of get-
togethers were 24 glasses would be needed. That being
said, you never know when the national tour bus of a
philharmonic orchestra might break down in front of your
home and serving refreshments in paper cups would
reflect poorly on your reputation for exceptional class and
cultural sophistication.
In the meantime, please excuse me while I refill my “It’s
5 o’clock at the Quarter Deck Lounge” mug. It’s not the
most attractive glass in the house, but it holds a hardy 16
ounces and when I accidently knock it over lunging for
the last chicken wing I can pick it right up, wipe it right off,
and start all over again. ■
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The Garden Lady Says…

Home, Sweet Tree
By Donna Torrey

In our world, trees are the foundation of many things and
without them, some life forms would not exist. Such is the
case with orchids.
Orchids are the most highly evolved of all plants, which
translates to the most exacting in their growing needs. Some
orchids are so specific that they can only be pollinated by one
species of insect! Should the flower be pollinated, the seed
capsule can take up to a year to mature.
When it does burst open, if it hasn’t first become some
creature’s midnight snack, the thousands of dust-like seeds
float in the air, some actually so small they become part of the
jet stream. If the seed makes contact with a suitable host,
preferably a tree, it has the chance of taking root, and
becoming an orchid.
Here's the cool part. Orchid seeds are incomplete, lacking
the part of the seed that supplies the initial nutrients for
germination. The miniscule seed must attach to a tree that can
supply the proper mycorrhizae, fungi that act like nursemaids,
transforming basic elements to the chemistry needed by that
particular orchid to germinate and grow. Many orchids are
totally dependent on certain trees having these necessary
fungi, and are found nowhere
else.
Due to our climate in
South Florida, we have the
great joy of being able to grow
orchids in our trees. They
especially love trees with fissured, rough bark, and if you have
an orchid plant languishing in a pot, mount it on a tree and I
guarantee that it will thrive, as long as it gets the proper
amount of shade/sun and water.
Most orchids are completely at home on a tree; potting is
somewhat unnatural for them, an attempt to recreate the leaf
litter, bird droppings and other debris found in the branches
of trees. If you have shade trees, put your Phalaenopsis,
Oncidiums and Brassias on them and watch the beauty unfold.
If your trees are smaller and more light gets through, it’s a good
place for Cattleyas, Dendrobiums and Vandas.
Simply symbiotic.
Garden gate Nursery is located in the Pompano Citi Centre.
Donna can be reached at 954-783-GATE, or at www.donnas
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6th Annual The location was perfect at the Lighthouse Point Yacht and

te of
Racquet Club for the 6th Annual Taste of Lighthouse Point. This is

TasLighthouse the yearly signature event for the LHP Chamber of Commerce.
Linda Bourguet of Merle Norman Day Spa was the Auction
Chairperson, Lou Petrone of Red Fox Restaurant was the Restaurant
Chair along with Rene Sabatini of Azure Realty and KZ Spalma of

Point Balistreri Real Estate. Warren Persky of HandSanitizerStore.com was

the Sponsorship Chair along with Susan Gingerich of Basket Garden
Gifts. The remainder of the Committee members: Julie Mahfood,
By Michele Greene
Campbell Rosemurgy Real Estate; Pat Anderson, Pat Anderson Artist;
Photos by LizAnn Brown, Campbell Rosemurgy Real Estate; Dr. Carol
Jon Frangipane
McNamara, McNamara Chiropractic; Cindy Tenberg, Law Office of
Cynthia Tenberg; Denise Bauer, Edible Arrangements; Meg Griffin,
Food For The Poor; Lucille Pignataro, Bank United and Michele
Greene as Event Chair, State Farm Insurance. Thank YOU, each
and everyone!
The attendance for this year’s event peaked at 445 attendees. The
outlay of the entire club made for mixing and mingling for all
possible and pleasant.Thank you to the LHPY&RC for their support
Lighthouse Point and help that day to make it all come together, it was beautiful!
Chamber of The 27 restaurants in full flare and fare were delicious and
Commerce enjoyable! There was something for every pallet and the
President presentations were spectacular! Thank you to the chefs and their
Michele Greene teams for all their efforts.
Our sponsors added to the success of the event. Due to having all
costs underwritten, the net proceeds will be donated to numerous
causes as in the past. Thank you to everyone for their generosity.
Our Premier Sponsors were: Azure Realty Services, HandSanitizer
Store.com and Dr. Paula Hedglon and The Shoppes of Beacon
Light. The Premium Sponsor was: Broward Health, The Lighthouse
Point Yacht & Racquet Club, McNamara Chiropractic and State Farm

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Insurance. The Prime Sponsors were: Balistreri Realty,
Sheehan AutoPlex, Pac-n-Send, Jack & Cathy Prenner, Dr.
Brian Rask, Chateau Poochie, Coral Cadillac, Pat Anderson
and Florida State Home Inspectors. The Specialty
Sponsors were: ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, Alianza
Transportation, The Light – Lighthouse Point News &
Beyond, Premier Beverages, Replications and Kall Graphics.
The Chamber will use some costs to promote itself and
the members that make it all happen. The 2010 Navigator
will be distributed to homes and additional copies are
available at many of the retail member’s locations. The
remainder of the distribution of the $30,000 netted will
be announced after the February Social.
Thank you to everyone that continues to support this
event! We live here, we support our local businesses and
we continue to give back to our community — please
join us. www.lhpchamber.com.

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Colombo’s Market
(Thomas and Talle Hasis)
(Kelly Dorall)

Olympia Flame Diner

(Debra Moore, Chris McFadden,
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Sicilian Oven LHP Yacht & The Cove (Glen Adriana,
(Chef Andrew Gararuso, Racquet Club Cancel Porto and Chef Eric)
John Como and (Chef Rudy)
Samantha Weaver)

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Photos continue on page 36

Dockside Galley Grille (Lorena Adams,

Michael Kidrow, Nikki Kidrow and French Quarter (Tori Heath,
Fin & Claw (Britta Schlager, Charlie
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Elin Trousdale and Helen Byram) Pease and Chef John D’Siena) Coldstone Creamery
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The Taste of Lighthouse Point, Continued from page 32

Red Fox Diner (Jeff Smith, Bonefish Macs (Casey Sinclair

Katie Shepard and Laura Irvine) and Caitlin Cooper)

John L. Sullivan’s (Kim Stiles,

Diane Evers and
4th Generation Natural Foods Michael Hughes) J. Mark’s (Tabitha High,
(Chef Collin Cook, Jamie Ehrenfeld Nicole White and Todd Fletcher)
and Ashley Litowich)
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Daily Grind
Casa Macaluso (Andrew Donald and
(Antonio Macaluso) Graeme Donald)

Edible Arrangements Christine’s (Chef Maircelo Colon,

Rita’s Ice (Denise Bauer and Justin Heusner) Roxanne and T.J. Mesoraca)
(Lyle Metzger)
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Teacher Arrested at
John F. Kennedy Airport
A teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy
International Airport as he attempted to board a flight
while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a compass, a
slide-rule and a calculator.
At a morning press conference, the Attorney General
said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-
Gebra movement. He did not identify the man, who has
been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math
instruction.
“‘Al-Gebra is a problem for us,” the Attorney General said.
“They derive solutions by means and extremes, and
sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values.”
They use secret code names like ‘X’ and ‘Y’ and refer to
themselves as “unknowns,” but we have determined that
they belong to a common denominator of the axis of
medieval with coordinates in every country.
As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, ‘There
are 3 sides to every triangle.’
When asked to comment on the arrest, President Obama
said,“If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math
instruction, he would have given us more fingers and toes.”
White House aides told reporters they could not recall a
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AN TI-AGI N G
Ken Rubin and Susan Mosley
Enjoy Fighting the Clock!
By Marla Schwartz

Lighthouse Point residents Kenneth Rubin (born and

raised in Jacksonville) and Susan Motley (a denizen since
1978, hailing from Long Island, NY) are shining examples
of fellow community members who have taken their anti-
aging regimen to an admirable level. Basically, anti-aging
refers to attempts to slow down or reverse the processes
of aging to extend both the maximum and average
lifespan. And these two do it with such grace and
aplomb that when you meet them in person, you’ll
be motivated to do the same.
Personable, humble, decent, considerate and
charming are all good ways to sum up Kenneth and
Susan, a married couple, who met in the early ‘80s
in law school at Nova Southeastern. “There was a
group of students that ran together while we were
in law school and this where we met,” said Ken.
Being someone who came from a familial
background where weight gain seemed to be the
norm, Ken is a person who always took initiative in
taking care of himself. It hasn’t been easy for him,
but he keeps an open mind about his anti-aging
regime and does a splendid job in maintaining it.
“I’ve always had a battle with weight but when I
began to work out with a trainer and began
participating in a nutrition program, this made a big
difference in my anti-aging strategy. I also used to run in you’re assigned a trainer and
marathons until my knees could no longer take it and now the trainer will meet you at
I’ve traded in my running shoes for cycling on the Cybex the gym according to your
machine.” Then he smiled lovingly at his wife and said, schedule needs.
“Susan is doing quite a bit more when it comes to her anti- It’s interesting that this
aging regime. She not only does cardio, but works out on charming couple has taken
all levels.” their anti-aging needs to a
Susan has always had an interest in exercise, beginning professional training facility
from when she was very young. “I usually run five days a as a way to discover more
week,” Susan mentioned. “I also take an individual Pilates lessons on how to take care
lesson once a week. I’m not particularly flexible and the of themselves, as opposed to becoming professional body
Pilates has helped me tremendously when it comes to builders. And as it turns out, people who exercise a mere
flexibility issues. I also work on balance, fitness and weight three hours a week actually have a younger DNA than
training.” everyone else — younger by up to nine years. They must
In addition, to working out on their own, they also be really young inside because they workout more than
belong to a nearby gym where they get personal attention the three hour a week minimum.And, once they joined Say
to help them bring their own anti-aging programs to yet Fitness, their anti-aging regime jumped up to an even more
another level. They are members of Say Fitness, Inc. It’s remarkable level of commitment, and this includes things
not a membership facility, but is a gym based strictly on other than exercise, especially the aspect of nutrition
one’s personal needs. After receiving an initial evaluation, which has come to play a very important role in the lives

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of this lovely couple.

Ken started to get
a little nervous, not
wanting people to
think he’s some
nutrition guru,
although Susan, on
the other hand definitely loves the fresh taste of
vegetables.“Don’t tell them about the dinners.”Then they
both laughed. “We do occasionally enjoy pizza, but
otherwise we make healthy eating choices. It’s important
to eat well to stay well.” Susan agreed with this statement.
“We like to go out to dinner with our friends,” Susan said.
“Although over the years we’ve really gotten smarter about
what we eat, once a week, on Sunday, we
enjoy eating real eggs.”
The idea of anti-aging is a simple one in
that it involves taking care of our physical
beings. Nutrition, stress reduction and
exercise such as cardio-vascular condition-
ing and resistance training make for a
first-rate anti-aging environment. Not only
does exercise help your cells stay younger,
there are a whole range of exercise benefits
that will have you feeling younger while
you fight aging. It does seem that Ken and
Susan have mastered an anti-aging
technique that is good for them individually,
as a couple and as responsible citizens of
Lighthouse Point.
The good news is you can stop the clock
because the loss of strength, endurance, flexibility and
balance isn’t inevitable. The National Institute on Aging
believes that, when older people lose their ability to do
things on their own, it doesn't happen just because they’ve
aged. More likely it’s because they’ve become inactive.
Therefore, don’t let inactivity happen to you and if it has,
do something about it now!
Say Fitness is located at 801 S.E. 10th Street, Suite 1 and 2,
Deerfield Beach, FL 954-421-2116.

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Lighthouse Point
10th Annual Keeper Days
Continued from page 12

Continued on page 46

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Exchange Club of Pompano Beach Child Abuse Prevention

At the January 27, 2010 weekly Exchange Club
meeting, here in Pompano Beach, the club made a special
contribution of $80,000 to be used by the Institute to
reduce debt and provide additional funds to continue
operations and keep existing services available. Larry
Crismond, Board Chair of the Institute and Exchange
Club past President, said that “by reducing the Institute’s
debt, we free up more money to continue offering the
high level of services we provide to the community at
large. We can help more families.”
In addition to child abuse prevention programs, Dr.
Sandy Munoz, Institute CEO, has added pediatric health
services and support to the Institute’s already broad list
of family services. She says that “family health and
prevention of child abuse and neglect go hand in hand.”
Contributions are always welcome. Should you wish Bob O’Conner, Jim Davis, Dr. Sandy Munoz, Lou Perone,
Larry Crismond, Scott Alford and Susan Santosus.
to help, you can call or e-mail the Institute as follows:
The Children’s Healing Institute is an Exchange
Club/Dick Webber Center for the Prevention of Child
Abuse for the Gold Coast; 1199 W. Lantana Road, Lantana,
FL 33462, 561-585-1650.

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Lighthouse Point
10th Annual Keeper Days
Continued from page 42

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MORTGAGE N EWS
FNMA Changes, Again
By Karen Hammett
Now more than ever it is crucial for
the professionals involved with your real
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Purchase Contract is being written.
Some issues that may arise as a result of
that communication not taking place may cost you time and money
that could have been avoided.
One issue that has arisen lately is one of Interested Party
Contributions. Most banks are getting more and more strict
regarding this issue. Under no circumstances should any personal
property be included in the Purchase Contract. Built-in appliances
such as stoves, refrigerators, dishwashers, curtains and blinds are
considered as fixtures, so they may be listed. However, the aggregate
value of personal property not commonly considered as fixtures
such as, pool equipment, lawnmowers, patio sets, pool tables, etc,
should be excluded from the sales contract. The most common “no,
no” item included is furniture, which in most cases is of little value,
but can cause a big problem.
If personal property is included in the sales contract the
aggregate value is considered a sales concession and the loan
amount must be adjusted accordingly. However, the sales contract
may not be changed and must remain at the agreed sales price. So,
if the personal property is included in the contract, the bank will
reduce the loan amount by the amount of the determined value of
the personal property, but not the sales price. So the buyer must
come up with the difference out of their pocket.
In addition, (as if we didn’t have enough problems with
LEGAL MAT TERS
Marital and Family Law Perspectives
Parenting in Tough Times
By Catherine Iaconis Favitta
Not one of my clients has ever felt that going through a divorce
with children is easy. Professionals concur that the end of a marriage
is traumatic enough for adults so that some of the emotional stress
spreads to the children. Gary Neuman, a licensed psychotherapist
and rabbi, is the creator of the Sandcastles Program that helps lesson
the trauma of divorce for children, and supports parents during
those tough times as well.
In an interview for Parenting with Spirit Magazine, Neuman
shared his observation about parents involved in family court
disputes:“The cruel irony of divorce is that when a child needs their
parents the most, the parents are most likely to be emotionally
unavailable.” He says a five-year-old child cannot “just grab the car
keys and go exercise at the gym” to blow off stressful feelings about
the break up of their family.
As a result, Neuman designed his Sandcastles Program to provide
children with problem-solving skills, including appropriate means of
expressing anger. The program includes identification of each
child’s unique qualities and strengths, to equip them to overcome
obstacles they face during the divorce and beyond. The parents’
portion of the program helps fathers and mothers co-parent, even
when they think they can’t, and gives practical advice on how to
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appraisers since the HVCC was introduced), any personal property
conveying from the seller to the purchaser must be notated on the
appraisal by the appraiser. The aggregate value of any personal
property may be established by the appraiser. If the appraiser does
not include the value of the personal property in the appraisal or is
unwilling to provide the value than a value must be established by
a third party, such as websites or catalogs, and included in the loan
file. If the appraisal report contains photographs of the personal
property being conveyed, those photographs may assist in
determining the value of the personal property; however,
photographs of the personal property are not required to be
included in the appraisal.
At the end of the day, it’s just avoids a lot of time, money and
aggravation to just leave it off the contract.
The second reason for consulting with the Mortgage Broker first
is that as of Jan 1, 2010 FNMA guidelines have changed. A loan
approved in December of 2009, may not be approved in January of
2010. Debt-to-Income Guidelines have been tightened among a host
of other changes. Keep in mind that FNMA policy changes take place
on a regular basis, not to mention individual bank guideline changes.
It is becoming more and more important to consult with an experi-
enced Mortgage Professional when you begin to shop for a home.
Karen Hammett is a licensed Mortgage Broker and owner of
Howard Grace Mortgage located in the Duval Court Professional
Centre located at 625 SE 10th Street, Deerfield Beach. Please call
her at 954-421-3010 or e-mail her at karen@howardgrace
mortgage.com.
stop fighting with an ex-spouse. In many jurisdictions, including
Miami-Dade County, this program has become mandatory for
parents getting divorced.
Neuman has also been a frequent guest on Oprah, Good Morning
America, and The View. One tip from Neuman on parenting in tough
times:“Playing with your child is one of the most important things
a parent can do…because that’s their therapeutic place.” He explains
that cooking with your kids, chopping vegetables, mixing
ingredients, and playing simple games like checkers and cards gives
kids a calm, safe feeling, with the opportunity to ask questions and
talk while mom and dad are just “hanging out” with them.
For more parenting tips, check out Neuman’s web site
www.mgaryneuman.com where you can also find more details
about the Sandcastles Program, his “Marriage Turnaround Day” and
many other resources for parenting in tough times.
Catherine Favitta is a Family Law Attorney and Florida Supreme
Court Certified Family Law Mediator who has been serving South
Florida for over twenty-six years. Catherine’s parents, Ike and
Dorothy Iaconis, also live in Lighthouse Point. She can be reached
at 954-767-8340, or Email: Catherine@FavittaLawFirm.com
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LI B R ARY N EWS
Celebrate Our Library
By Doreen Gauthier
Each spring libraries across the nation celebrate “National Library
Week” or “Library Appreciation Month.” Florida’s libraries are
recognized by the Governor with a proclamation extolling the
importance of a strong library presence in every community. No
library can rest upon its history — we must set the stage for the
future. Among the libraries’ virtues cited by the Governor are the
cornerstone of our educational system, providing access to research
on health, economics, the environment, basic literacy, and the
expansion of electronic networks.
Never have I doubted the importance of the library in the City of
Lighthouse Point with the impact upon the “quality of life” that we
evidence. More than once in our history has the community come
forward with generous giving to expand the physical plant, provide
essential resource equipment, materials, and staff. Our present
library is the cultural centerpiece of the City for both vital
information and recreational reading.
A recent American Libraries article states “A financial turndown
has predicable result: Libraries across the country are seeing an
upsurge in use people borrow what they cannot buy, attend programs
that don’t require an outlay of cash, retool for a new career, hunt for
new jobs, or simply hang out in a friendly place…We are there for
our communities when they most need us.” The concept of good
Return on Investment shows that libraries return to their
communities between $4 and $8 for every tax dollar received. In
P ET CAR E
Dental Disease and Your Pet
Fluffy just had a yearly wellness exam, and your vet tells you that
Fluffy has periodontal disease and needs a dental. At this point you
are thinking to yourself “is she kidding me? Clean my pet’s teeth?
You are joking, right?” Actually not!
Teeth are often overlooked or not taken too seriously; after all,
dogs in the wild don’t seem to be affected by dental disease, so why
should Fluffy be any different?
Remember wild canids (dogs) and felids (cats) have a vastly
different diet and possibly a much shorter life expectancy than our
pampered pets. So dental diseases are less of an issue for them
What is periodontal disease and how does it develop?
It’s inflammation occurring around the teeth and involves the
gums and the periodontal ligament, (a very strong ligament which
holds teeth in their sockets).
The process is a gradual one and starts when protein substances
in the saliva form an invisible layer that coats the teeth. Bacteria stick
to this layer, proliferate, and cover all teeth within 24 hours. This is
known as plaque.The bacteria invade between the gumline and the
teeth causing inflammation of the gum-line (gingivitis).
If left untreated, the bacteria invade even further causing the
inflammation to spread into the gums causing them to become
swollen, very sore, and very painful. You may notice an offensive
odor coming from your pet.
As the disease advances the gum tissue is destroyed by bacterial
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2009 our Senior Educational Programs registered 137 residents and
had a total attendance of 2740 at their variety of activities.
Surveys point out that most of the public express the view
“libraries are nice” but that same public has little understanding
what it takes to make the library work. Libraries should be exciting
and indispensable places for learning. Our library prides itself in “we
look for ways to say yes” to afford every positive opportunity for
our customers. In my opinion, it is not purely coincidental that
National Library Week and National Volunteer Week frequently are
designated for the same or nearly the same dates. In Lighthouse
Point we celebrate with our library volunteers each year — their
contribution of time is perhaps the most valuable asset any
organization can develop. Over 60 individuals contribute nearly
10,000 hours annually to enhance the personalized professional
assistance provided by the collective 75-years-of-librarianship-
competent employees. Our marriage of staff and volunteers has
received statewide recognition — many libraries express the desire
to clone our significant partnership.
We celebrate our library not only when the Governor issues a
decree, but every day! Our resources are a source of pride and we
eagerly share the best we have to offer with each and everyone of
our revered public.
Spring Book Sale — Thursday, Friday & Saturday
March 11th-13th – 9:00 am-4:00 pm at Dixon Ahl Hall
By Dr. Brian Weekes
enzymes and gums begin to recede exposing the necks of the teeth.
Your pet’s mouth will be very sore affecting chewing and the odor
becomes objectionable! At this stage periodontitis has begun and
will result in bone and tooth destruction and loss.
There is more! Because the gingival tissues are infused with
numerous blood vessels, the bacteria associated with periodontal
disease often invade these vessels and travel to vital organs (liver,
kidneys, and heart) where they can cause severe disease.
What to look for?
Signs and Symptoms
• Terrible breath
• Bleeding, swollen or receded gums
• Tartar (creamy-brown, hard material)
• Loose or missing teeth
• Difficulty eating and chewing food
What to do?
• Get medical attention for your pet. Proper dental care requires up
to twice yearly visits for dental prophylactic treatment.
• Use dental treats and water additives, and brush teeth regularly
• Check your pet’s mouth regularly.
This article was submitted by Dr. Brian Weekes of Lighthouse Point
Animal Hospital, under new ownership, conveniently located at
3138 N Federal Hwy. Contact us today for your complimentary
exam with your scheduled appointment: 954-946-0040.
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The Disappearing Rainforests
• We are losing Earth’s greatest biological treasures just as we are
beginning to appreciate their true value. Rainforests once covered
14% of the earth’s land surface; now they cover a mere 6% and
experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be
consumed in less than 40 years.
• One and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second with
tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries.
• Rainforests are being destroyed because the value of rainforest land
is perceived as only the value of its timber by short-sighted
governments, multi-national logging companies, and land owners.
• Nearly half of the world’s species of plants, animals and
microorganisms will be destroyed or severely threatened over the
next quarter century due to rainforest deforestation.
• Experts estimates that we are losing 137 plant, animal and insect
species every single day due to rainforest deforestation. That
equates to 50,000 species a year.As the rainforest species disappear,
so do many possible cures for life-threatening diseases. Currently,
121 prescription drugs sold worldwide come from plant-derived
sources. While 25% of Western pharmaceuticals are derived from
rainforest ingredients, less that 1% of these tropical trees and plants
have been tested by scientists.
• Most rainforests are cleared by chainsaws, bulldozers and fires for its
timber value and then are followed by farming and ranching
operations, even by world giants like Mitsubishi Corporation,
Georgia Pacific,Texaco and Unocal.
• There were an estimated ten million Indians living in the Amazonian
Rainforest five centuries ago. Today there are less than 200,000.
• In Brazil alone, European colonists have destroyed more than 90
indigenous tribes since the 1900s. With them have gone centuries
of accumulated knowledge of the medicinal value of rainforest
species. As their homelands continue to be destroyed by
deforestation, rainforest peoples are also disappearing.
• Most medicine men and shamans remaining in the Rainforests today
are 70 years old or more. Each time a rainforest medicine man dies,
it is as if a library has burned down.
Green Harriet Backyard Birding
At our recent First Annual
Environmental Fair at McDon-
ough Park, bird nesting houses
and valuable information
providing food, shelter and
water for backyard birds was
displayed by Environmental
Teacher Suzy Pinnell of the
Deerfield Middle School and her students. A project such
as this can bring hours of enjoyment and education to your
family. This is a wonderful way to enjoy the sight and sound
of birds...and learn about bids and their habitat needs at
the same time.
In some places, birds are becoming more and more
dependent on people for water, in particular. With few
natural fresh water sources in our concrete jungle, birds
have to search diligently for fresh, clean water. Urban birds
are often seen drinking out of dirty street puddles. Yuck!
Because birds help control insect populations, pollinate
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• When a medicine man dies without passing his arts on to the next
generation, the tribe and the world loses thousands of years of
irreplaceable knowledge about medicinal plants.
The Wealth of the Rainforests
• The Amazon Rainforest covers over a billion acres, encompassing
areas in Brazil,Venezuela, Colombia and the Eastern Andean region
of Ecuador and Peru. If Amazonia were a country, it would be the
ninth largest in the world.
• The Amazon Rainforest has been described as the “Lungs of our
Planet” because it provides the essential environmental world service
of continuously recycling carbon dioxide into oxygen. More than 20
percent of the world oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest.
• More than half of the world’s estimated 10 million species of plants,
animals and insects live in the tropical rainforests. One-fifth of the
world's fresh water is in the Amazon Basin.
• One hectare (2.47 acres) may contain over 750 types of trees and
1500 species of higher plants.
• At least 80% of the developed world’s diet originated in the tropical
rainforest. Its bountiful gifts to the world include fruits like
avocados, coconuts, figs, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, bananas, guavas,
pineapples, mangos and tomatoes; vegetables including corn,
potatoes, rice, winter squash and yams; spices like black pepper,
cayenne, chocolate, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, sugar cane, tumeric,
coffee and vanilla and nuts including Brazil nuts and cashews.
• At least 3,000 fruits are found in the rainforests; of these only 200
are now in use in the Western World. The Indians of the rainforest
use over 2,000.
• Rainforest plants are rich in secondary metabolites, particularly
alkaloids. Biochemists believe alkaloids protect plants from disease
and insect attacks. Many alkaloids from higher plants have proven
to be of medicinal value and benefit.
• Currently, 121 prescription drugs currently sold worldwide come
from plant-derived sources. And while 25% of Western pharma-
ceuticals are derived from rainforest ingredients, less than 1% of
these tropical trees and plants have been tested by scientists.
flowers, disperse seeds and serve as food
for larger predators, they are important to a
healthy environment.
Birds, like all wildlife, continue to lose natural
sources of food. Habitat loss is the leading
cause for endangered and extinction of species.
But migration in urban areas means that the birds
need places to rest, eat and drink as they travel. Even year
round residents would appreciate a helping hand.
If you decide to attract birds to your backyard, think of
them as “wild pets.” If you feed or water them, they will
depend on you for quality food and water and safety from
predators.
So think of feeding birds as a very simple but important
element of environmental responsibility. Enjoy the birds –
you need them and they need you.
Backyard birding is a great way to begin learning about
the wonders of natural habitat, wildlife and our native
landscapes.
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C AN TAN KE R O U SLY YO U R S
Laments of a Senior Stud Wannabe
By Wendell Abern
Dear Internet Investigators,
I have several friends who have signed
up on Internet dating sites, and I confess to
a growing curiosity as to how these work.
I call my kids in Chicago to tell them I am about to browse
around a couple of popular websites.
My daughter Beth: “Oh no! Whatever you do, don’t tell them
you have kids! Last time you went into cyberspace, I received e-
mails for six months from fourteen different chocolatiers!”
My son Steven: “Oh, Lord.”
My kids never take me seriously. I plow ahead.
I check out a site called plentyoffish.com. I scan for a while and
fill out a form that asks me to describe myself. I write a pithy and,
I think, intriguing description, and e-mail it to Beth to see what she
thinks. She phones me two minutes later.
“DA-ad!”
We all know we are in disfavor with our offspring when they
make a two-syllable word out of “mom” or “dad.” I call it,
“Denouncing While Pronouncing.”
“What?”
“Dad, you can’t do this! You are five foot five, 77 years old and
exist on Social Security! You can’t say you’re a 53-year old
millionaire who is six-foot four!”
“Why? Who will know? Do they have someone who monitors
the descriptions? Do I need approvals?”
“The woman you meet will know! As soon as she sees you, she’ll
walk out on you!”
“Good. Then I’ll know she doesn’t have a sense of humor.”
“DA-ad!”
“Okay, okay.”
I take a break and eat a salami sandwich. Since I know I’ll also
be sending my next effort to my daughter, I eat two salami
sandwiches.
I go back to my computer and find a site called “Dating for
Seniors.” They ask for a picture of myself. I balk, on grounds of
computer ineptitude: I’ve never been able to figure out how to scan
pictures into websites. I type what I believe is a suitable explanation
and e-mail it to Beth. She calls two minutes after she arrives home.
“DA-ad!”
“Now what?”
“In the first place you should include a photo of yourself. If you
don’t know how to scan it in, get help from a friend. And In the
second place, if you don’t include a picture, you can’t say your photo
might cause confusion because you are frequently mistaken for
George Clooney!”
“Should I have put Johnny Depp?”
“DA-ad!”
Back to “Dating for Seniors” again. I notice a section I’d
overlooked earlier: “Search our senior membership by category.”
Women are listed as
“Senior girls,” “Senior chicks,” “Senior babes,” and other
oxymoronic descriptions.
I look over the categories for men, find one that describes me
perfectly and e-mail it to Beth.
She calls two minutes later. From work.
“DA-a-ad!”
Three syllables. Bad omen.
“This confirms it. Now I know for sure I was adopted. I’m going
in for DNA testing tomorrow.”
“Now what?”
“First of all, you cannot call yourself a ‘Senior stud!’”
“Why not? If a woman can call herself a ‘Senior girl,’ why can’t I
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call myself a ‘Senior stud?’”
“Okay, I’ll give you that. But you cannot say you were the
inspiration for the country and western hit, ‘I May Be a Real Good
man, but I Am Also a Real Bad Boy!’”
“Why not?”
“Because you weren’t, Sam Stud! And those cannot be your
genes I’m walking around with! DNA testing. Tomorrow.”
I’ve had enough of Bossy Beth, and decide to bounce my next
effort off my son. First thing the next morning, I go back to “Dating
for Seniors,” read a bit, then take a different tack: rather than write
about myself, I write what I am looking for in a companion, and e-
mail it to Steven. He calls one minute later.”
“DA-ad!
Another one.
“What?” I ask wearily.
“What? What! You write,‘I am looking for an attractive woman
who is interested in a meaningless relationship,’ and you ask me,
‘What?’”
“I was going to add that I want to unleash her inner slut.”
“DA-ad!”
“But I would like to meet such a woman!”
“Listen, Stud” (evidence that Beth and Steven have been talking
about me, no doubt disparagingly) ... if you met such a woman, the
first thing you’d ask her is if she plays bridge.”
My kids know me too well.
Another visit to Dating for Seniors.
All of the profiles begin with a headline. The site posts examples
from a few guys: “Is that Special Lady Out There?” “Handsome and
Classy,” and “Loving, Athletic and Passionate.”
Headlines! Piece of cake! Been doing that my whole life!
I sit down, decide on the best way to present myself with a
provocative headline, and e-mail the effort to my son. Steven phones
me two minutes later.
“Okay, who are you and what have you done with my father?”
“Why do I anticipate a lecture?” I ask.
“You can’t do this, dad!”
“What? I’m marketing myself. I thought, I’m more upbeat and
content than most guys my age, and I know I have more hair than
guys my age, so I thought I’d lead with that.”
“So lead with it! But not with a headline that says,‘Happy, Hairy
and Horny!’ They won’t post it on the site, and if they do, I will
never admit to being your son.”
Wonderful. Raise a few kids and they turn out to be critics.
The next morning, I receive a surprise. Even though I have not
actually joined any of the dating services, I had browsed through
several and registered my name. That was enough, I guess, to receive
profiles.
From fourteen different women.
Including “Fun-loving Intellect” from Canton, Ohio, and
“Sugarplums” from Wellington, New Zealand.
Enough. So I’m not a senior stud. I’ll take my chances without
internet dating, white lies and reprimands from my progeny.
That night, I settle in with a book by one of my favorite authors.
I am just turning the first page, when Steven calls me. He has been
talking to Beth. They have an appointment with some lab tomorrow
for DNA testing.
Cantankerously Yours,
Wendell Abern
Wendell Abern can be reached at dendyabern@comcast.net.
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ON R E LIG I O N
The Powerful Pause
By Reverend Jack Noble
Robert Louis Stevenson made a good many wise observations
about life, but one in particular has stuck with me for a long time
now. “Extreme busyness, whether at school, kirk or market, is a
symptom of deficient vitality.” When I first ran across these twelve
or fifteen years ago I thought to myself, what an odd thing to say,
surely “deficient” must be a mistake — he must have meant
“abundant,” or “rich,” or “enormous.” Then he continues, “It is no
good speaking to such folk: they can not be idle, their nature is not
generous enough.”
I have often wondered, is it possible that such bustling displays
of energy are in reality (and counter intuitively, I might add) little
more than a cover for a spiritual vacuum? I have friends in Europe
who feel that that is certainly the case for us Americans. As they see
it, we are so manic in our getting and doing that we are not living.
This, I must say, has sounded to me like sheer and utter nonsense,
bordering on heresy, with a drop or two of envy thrown in for good
measure. Then I look at myself a second time, and I am caused to
really wonder.
I cram my life full, and I take pride in the fact that I never have
an idle moment. And this rapid-fire pace and breathlessness
enhances the excitement of living. Then again, I look at myself,
and I wonder.
Over the past decade or so, I have been working on slowing
down some, changing the pace if you will, and finding moments of
complete quiet, none of which is particularly easy for me. But I have
to tell you that when I do in fact follow a pattern of quiet reflection
I am able to see the landscape a bit clearer, and things tend to come
into sharper focus.
WRITERS’ NETWORK STAGES NEW PLAYS
A program of staged
readings of seven plays by
South Florida playwrights
will be presented by the
Writers’ Network of South
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MARCH 13 at 2 p.m. at the
Broward Main Library
Auditorium, 100 S. Andrews
Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. Admission is FREE.
You get the chance to see the work of some fine writers
who know their trade.
• Barbara Dinerman’s Baby Girl, directed by Darla Warrior,
explores the struggles of Alzheimer’s through the
relationship of a mother and daughter.
• Sumner P.Wolsky’s Water, also directed by Darla Warrior,
features a romance in Outer Space between Oxygen and
Hydrogen.
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Another interesting discovery I make when I follow such pattern
that this pausing can actually increase my efficiency. Sometimes,
deliberately putting off a task for a day or two, can give me the
needed insight as to how to do it better. Waiting will sometimes
dispel the tension that comes with thinking that whatever it is that
must be done has stamped across it in big red letters the word:
URGENT. Sometimes waiting allows me the opportunity to “think
through” — the steps if you will — as to what must be actually done,
and in what order. Why; I suspect because I have allowed my
subconscious to take a breather.
Then, there is the added benefit from the pause that allows me
a better chance to explore the deeper and more profound question,
“is the action I am about to take the right action, the good action, the
moral action?”
Now, to be sure, pausing can be overdone. Lying in bed that
additional five minutes is delightful; an extra hour, however, might
not only be dull but also disastrous. Our lives are filled with endless
mechanics — car pools, calls to be returned, letters to be written,
shopping to be done, bills to be paid. Yet I wonder.
Might not those and the countless other things needing our
attention, be done better with a pause, a time out, some reflection
to regain the emotional balance that comes with controlling my
energy and deliberately slowing the pace? I wonder.
What would happen to our world — individually and collectively
— if more of us made up our minds that we won’t be hurried,
rushed, or pushed?
• In The Signpost Of Providence, written and directed by
Todd Caster, a teacher calls a parent into the school to
discuss problems with her son and they discover they
have a past to share.
• Joyce Sweeney directs Jon Frangipane’s Greyhound, set
on a bus where a weird, caustic character sets up an
uneasy relationship with a woman passenger.
• What happens when a young widow and two ex-wives
come together to hear their late husband’s will? That’s in
Mary Unterbrink’s Last Will And Testament, directed by
Joanne Lewis.
• Marjory Lyons directs Peter Hawkins’ Madly, Madly which
traces two lives backwards - from almost the tomb way
back to the womb.
• In Jack Friedman’s Going Parallel, directed by Darla
Warrior, a president far in the future explores another
world that’s just like ours — but not quite!
Come and enjoy an afternoon of great fun!
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Lighthouse Point 10th Annual Keeper Days The Lighthouse

Keeper Awards
Honoree Recognition Dinner went to:

Continued from page 47 Marylyn Durie

Kenton Hadjic

Jane McLaughlin

Ted McLaughlin

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S KI N C AR E
Healthy Skin and Nutricosmetics
By Melanie S. Hecker, MD, MBA
When you combine the two terms,
nutrition and cosmetic, you get the newly
used term of nutricosmetic. Many of the
new food introductions at the grocery store
are nutricosmetics. For example, milk is enriched with Vitamin D,
but yogurt traditionally is not. However, now a new line of yogurt
containing added Vitamin D is being marketed and it is found to aid
in digestion and elimination. Another competing brand of yogurt
now contains probiotic organisms and has been found to improve
elimination and improve our overall health from the inside out. Thus
our skin appears healthier with improved digestion and elimination
of the body’s toxins.
These days, adding nutrients and vitamins may not only be healthy
for us, but due to their excellent safety, low cost and high consumer
acceptance, they have become a great way to improve our skin’s
appearance.
Vitamin D is important for healthy skin as it maintains the bony
structure under the skin. It is used both topically and orally. Vitamin
D functions as a humectant, which increases the body’s water-holding
capacity of the skin. Vitamin D is fat soluble and manufactured by
the body when exposed to sunlight. Inhibiting Vitamin D synthesis
by using sunscreen and avoiding sun has led to some consumers to
mistakenly stop using sunscreen and even increase their sun
exposure to prevent Vitamin D deficiency. However, Vitamin D
deficiency has largely been eliminated with the foods containing
Vitamin D such as Vitamin D-enriched milk, sardines in oil, mackerel
and salmon, for example. Increasing sun exposure, especially in
TH E EYES HAVE IT
Eye Site Myth Busters
How many times do you hear certain
quotes and believe they are true because
the exact “sayings” have been told for
centuries. Lets’ take a few sayings and see
if they are just Wives’ Tales or if there is
actually any truth to them.
The first saying on my list, and I am sure everyone has heard this
one at least a thousand times, “Don’t read in the dark, it will ruin
your vision.” True or False? Well, when you read in the dark it is
much more difficult to see because your cones (or fine vision),
works on color, which is almost absent in the dark, but this will not
make your prescription get worse over time. So the answer is false.
Reading in the dark doesn’t make your prescription get worse.
Second,“Eat more carrots, it will help your vision”. True or False?
Beta-carotene lasts in your body for a long time and excess carrots
don’t improve your vision at all. So the answer is false, carrots do
not improve your vision. There are special anti oxidant vitamins
that contain licopene, zalathin, and other anti oxidants that can
improve your vision. These antioxidants do help patients with
macular degeneration changes. So take your antioxidant vitamins,
and eat your carrots, for a healthier you.
Third on our list, “Television and computers can make your
prescription worse.” Using your eyes will not wear them out, nor will
they change the shape of your eye and subsequently will not make
your prescription worse. This Wives’Tales is false. Interestingly enough,
certain video games can improve children’s eye hand coordination.
Our fourth tale,“Everyone after the age of 40 starts to lose their
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South Florida, raises one’s skin cancer risk dramatically.
Vitamin C, also called ascorbic acid, is also used both orally and
topically for the skin. Topically, Vitamin C is used in cosmeceuticals
for hyperpigmentation, or problems of darkening of the skin. Orally,
vitamin C is used as an anti-oxidant which scavenges for free radicals
in the skin. Thus vitamin C is helpful in skin wound healing.
Other skin benefits of Vitamin C intake include preventing
scurvy, a disease with many skin manifestations that include fragile
skin, gingivitis and corkscrew hairs. Vitamin C is also helpful in
maintaining youthful skin. Vitamin C is found in most citrus fruits
and vegetables as part of our natural diets.
Vitamin E is probably the most popular vitamin associated with
skin care. Similar to Vitamin C, Vitamin E is a naturally occurring
antioxidant. Vitamin E works synergistically with Vitamin C in its
antioxidant capacity. Vitamin E levels are maintained in the body
through the intake of vegetables, oils, seeds, corn, soy, whole wheat
flour, margarine, nuts and some meat and dairy products.
Vitamin A (Retinol) is one of the most important vitamins as it
is necessary for vision and it is well-known to be excellent at improving
photo-damaged skin. Foods that are high is Vitamin A include sweet
potatoes, kale, mangos, turnip greens, spinach and papaya. Low-fat milk,
skim milk, margarine, and cereal are commonly enriched with Vitamin
A. Many skin care products are Vitamin A derived.
Dr. David J. Hecker, a Board-Certified dermatologist, has joined our
practice. Please contact us at: 954-783-2323 or visit us on-line at:
www.heckerderm.com for an appointment.
By Dr. Goberville
ability to focus up close or read small print. True or False? Sorry, this
statement is true. Unfortunately, Everyone around the age of 40
experiences loss the ability to focus up close. It is not true that
they’re making the newspaper smaller these days and the light bulbs
are not as bright as they use to be. It’s all a result of presbyopia or
otherwise known as the “Birthday Disease.”
Quote number five, “Looking straight into the sun can damage
your eyes”. The sun is extremely powerful and extended direct
viewing can burn holes in your macula and causes blindness, and
can cause solar retinitis, macular degeneration, and other corneal
dystrophies. So, the answer is true. The sun can cause serious
damage to your eyes.
Question number six. Using artificial sweeteners will make your
eyes light sensitive. The answer is oddly enough true. There are other
medications that can do this as well such as antibiotics, oral contra-
ceptives, hypertension medications, diuretic, and antidiabetic medi-
cations So read your medicine bottles well for adverse side effects.
Last but not least, the bonus quote for the parents’ of young boys.
“Shooting air soft guns without safety glasses can lead to blindness”.
True,“You’ll shoot your eye out kids”. So be careful and wear safety
eyewear at all times during this activity.
Some myths were busted today and some myths will live on so
that we can tell our grandchildren how they can keep healthy eyes.
Dr. Gary Goberville, an Optometric Physician, and his staff
welcome your calls in Lighthouse Point at 954-943-3779, or visit
our showroom at 2490 N Federal Highway, Lighthouse Point.
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Cookin’ With The Community

We encourage those who can perform magic in their kitchens to submit favorite creations that can be enjoyed by readers
of our magazine. To submit your recipe, please email us at: LHPnews@bellsouth.net and type “RECIPE” in the subject line.

SHEPARD’S PIE CHICKEN STEW WITH DUMPLINGS

Ingredients Ingredients
• 2 large carrots, peeled and chopped (about 1 cup) • 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
• 1/2 small onion, chopped fine • 3 cups water
• 2 tablespoons olive oil • 1 cup chopped celery
• 1-1/4 pounds lean ground beef • 2 onions, quartered
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste • 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup frozen corn kernels • 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1 cup purchased beef gravy • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2-1/2 to 3 cups mashed potatoes from a mix • 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
(follow the directions for 6 servings) • 5 carrots, sliced
• 1 egg • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen green peas
• 2 tablespoons milk • 4 potatoes, quartered
Cooking Instructions • 3 cups baking mix
1. Preheat the oven to 350° F. Spray a 2-quart baking dish • 1-1/3 cups milk
with cooking spray. Preparation
2. In a large skillet, saute the carrots and onion in the olive oil 1. In large, heavy pot, combine soup, water, chicken, celery,
for about 5 minutes, or until soft. Add the ground beef and onion, salt, poultry seasoning, and pepper. Cover and cook
cook for 10 minutes or until it is done, breaking it up with a over low heat about 1-1/2 hours.
large spoon as it browns. Drain any accumulated fat from 2. Add potatoes and carrots; cover and cook another 30
the beef mixture. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in the minutes.
frozen corn kernels. Spoon the mixture into the baking dish. 3. Remove chicken from pot, shred it, and return to pot. Add
Pour the gravy over the ground beef mixture. Bake, peas and cook only 5 minutes longer.
uncovered, for 20 minutes. 4. Add dumplings. To make dumplings: Mix baking mix and
3. While the beef mixture bakes, prepare the potatoes milk until a soft dough forms. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto
according to the directions on the box. Spoon the mashed boiling stew. Simmer covered for 10 minutes, then
potato topping over the meat mixture, spreading it out so uncover and simmer an additional 10 minutes.
that it is even. Serves 5.
4. In a small bowl, beat the egg with the milk. Brush the egg-
milk mixture evenly over the mashed potato topping.
5. Return the dish to the oven and bake it for 10 minutes. IRISH LIME PIE
Remove and set oven to broil. Broil the shepherd’s pie for 5 Ingredients
minutes, or until the mashed potatoes are golden brown. • 5 egg yolks
Serves 6. • 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 6 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 prepared graham cracker pie crust
IRISH BROWNIE PIE • Whipped cream (purchased or fresh) or non-dairy whipped
Ingredients topping
• 1 (20 ounce) package chocolate brownie mix with pecans • Green sprinkles for decoration
• 1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix Preparation
• 1 cup milk 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a mixing bowl, beat
• 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed the egg yolks with the sweetened condensed milk and the
• 1/4 cup shaved semisweet chocolate, for garnish (optional) lime juice until it is smooth.
Preparation 2. Pour it into the pie crust. Bake for about 15 minutes, or
1. Make brownies in a 9x13 inch pan according to package until set. Remove the pie from the oven and allow to cool
directions. Bake and cool. to room temperature, then refrigerate.
2. In a small bowl, combine pudding mix and milk. Whisk until 3. Pipe whipped cream on top of the pie or spread it with
smooth. Allow to set up 5 minutes, then spread over cooled non-dairy whipped topping. Sprinkle the top of the pie with
brownies. Spread whipped topping over pudding layer. green sprinkles.
Garnish with shaved chocolate and crushed chocolate Make-Ahead
wafers immediately before serving. Store leftovers in This pie can be made the morning that you want to serve it. It’s
refrigerator. best eaten within two days.
Serves 12.

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Hot Off the Grill
By John Offerdahl
(a.k.a. The Gridiron Griller)
SHULA’S 48 oz.
PERFECT PORTERHOUSE
Perfect…a word that is more often
aspirational than attainable. When flawed
humans are able to reach perfection in any
earthly pursuit, it tends to develop a divine
dignity, a godlike grandeur. In the world of
professional football, these adjectives
describe the winningest coach in NFL history. Not only did he have
the most wins in the history of professional football (348), he and his
1972 team put together the only PERFECT season. Each year that ’72
team comes together for a champaign toast to celebrate their “only”
status. Coach Shula’s drive for excellence in the eight years I was
privileged to play under him continues to spur me on as a
businessman, father and husband.
Since both businesses these days
are more food than football, I invited
Coach and his son David (The current
Head Coach of Shula’s Steakhouse)
over to pursue a perfection of a
different sort while “dishing” a little bit
of our past memories together. While
the grill heated up, we traded stories
as he graciously autographed footballs for
my three teenagers. Yes, the 48 oz. Perfect
Porterhouse was just that, but the memories
we resurrected and created anew on the grill
where priceless! The recipe is super simple,
but the results are in the quality of meat you
use. Shula’s only uses prime Black Angus beef—the highest of all
standards. If you fall short of perfection, don’t fret! Just head over to
Shula’s Steakhouse and experience your own pursuit of the perfect
season and porterhouse. If you can finish the Porterhouse, you’ll even
make his team—the 48 oz. club!
READY
• 48 oz. Porterhouse Steak
• Kosher Salt & Black Pepper to taste
PREP
Prepare your entrée & sauces…
• Season the Porterhouse heavily with Salt & Pepper
LETS GRILL!
Heat grill to 500 super high heat and oil grill grates. Sear Porter-
house for 2 minutes per side. Turn down temp to medium/high
(400°) for 4 - 8 minutes per side depending on thickness of steak
[1" = 4 minutes; 2" = 8 minutes] and cook to approximately 90% of
desired doneness. Remove from grill and rest on sheet pan (cookie
sheet) with resting rack/icing rack for approximately 5 minutes. This
technique allows the meat to rest and the juices to redistribute
within the meat increasing the tenderness factor.
Place back on grill to bring up to temperature. Place on hot plate
and garnish with watercress.
Johnny says…
‘It’s awfully hard to reach perfection…then again, have you
tasted Shula’s 48 oz. of Perfect Porterhouse?
To watch the video of Coach Shula, Dave Shula and the Gridiron
Griller…go to www.gridirongriller.com
Offerdahl’s Cafe Grill is located at
2400 North Federal Highway • Lighthouse Point, FL
(954) 788-3464
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Sheriff Al Lamberti
Reports
Helping Victims In Haiti
And At Home
By Sheriff Al Lamberti
The deadly earthquake in Haiti left horrible scars on the face
of that impoverished nation and its impact has been felt around
the world, nowhere more than here in South Florida. Within our
Broward Sheriff’s Office family we immediately found 137
employees of Haitian descent, many with friends and relatives
who are missing, injured or killed. A total of 112 BSO people
speak both English and Creole, Haiti’s native tongue. Like caring
people everywhere, the men and women of BSO all wanted to do
something to help relieve the suffering. I am proud to say that we
responded in several ways.
To immediately help our affected BSO members,The Sheriff’s
Foundation of Broward County set up a fund to benefit those
families directly, assisting them as they begin to heal and rebuild.
Anyone interested in making a donation to that fund can visit
our website www.sheriff.org/haiti.
Two days after the January 12th disaster, BSO joined forces
with Food for the Poor (FFTP). We identified Haiti’s most
immediate survival needs and we set up collection points at all
BSO district offices and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue stations, as
well as our detention facilities. The people of Broward County
showed their generosity and brought their donations to fill up
our bins. To date, we have delivered loads of needed goods to
FFTP. Headquartered in Coconut Creek, Food For the Poor has an
established base of distribution in Haiti and other points in the
Caribbean, so we know the donations are reaching their destina-
tion to be distributed to the hardest hit.
Beyond contributing basic sustenance for quake victims, BSO
members got involved, hands-on, here and in Haiti, helping to
treat critically injured victims - men, women and children — and
providing emergency transport to our hospitals.
Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue units medically assessed hundreds
of earthquake casualties, many of them critically injured infants
and children, at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
The injuries have run the gamut, from crushing trauma to severe
burns, and we have transported the victims to hospitals all over
South Florida.The incidents involved managing up to 50 patients
at a time and the standard of care our firefighter/paramedics
delivered demonstrates their dedication and our excellence as an
emergency medical services leader.
Two of our Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue members were
deployed to Haiti with the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR)
Florida Task Force 2 Team, spending nearly two weeks in the
devastated area. They rescued many victims, including a woman
from Pembroke Pines who was trapped in the rubble of what
was once a grocery store. The team’s heroic efforts were
showcased on local and national news reports.When our people,
Capt. Kevin Bartlett and Driver/Engineer Allison Dunne, returned
via Miami International Airport they were greeted by family,
friends and fire rescue command staff. They were glad to be
home but said they would return to help Haiti in a heartbeat.
This tragic event will profoundly affect South Florida for years
to come, testing our resources, resilience and compassion. I will
always recall with pride how this agency reacted for the benefit
of people who were truly in their darkest hour. There is no
challenge too great for the Broward Sheriff’s Office as we stand
together, ready to respond.
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Pompano Beach Power Squadron Change of Watch

The Pompano Beach Power Squadron held their annual
Change of Watch Ceremony on January 9, 2010 at the
Lighthouse Point Yacht Club. The 2010 Bridge Officers are
as follows: Commander Larry L. Greenley, S.; Lt/C Richard
R. Porter, AP, as the Executive Officer; Lt/C Howard
Kaufman, JN, Educational Officer; Lt/C Ernest J. Lee, S, as
Administrative Officer, Lt/C David J. Nace, S, serving as
Treasurer; and Lt/C Lee Devane, AP as Secretary.
The Pompano Beach Power Squadron (PBPS) is a part of
the United States Power Squadron, which operates on Bridge Officers from left to right:
three fundamental principles: Community Service, Lt/C Lee Devane, AP, Secretary
Education and Fraternity. PBPS combines all three to help Lt/C Richard R Porter, AP, Executive Officer
make our boating environment safer for all to enjoy. This Lt/C Howard Kaufman, JN, Educational Officer
is done through Vessel Safety Inspections and promoting Lt/C Ernest J. Lee, S, Administrative Officer
boating safety on the water through education in the Lt/C David J. Nace, S, Treasurer
classroom. The PBPS Boating Course is designed to be
useful to all boaters, from a fisherman in an outboard to For more information on boat
the skipper of a large cruiser or sailboat. All boaters are safety, vessel safety inspections
subject to nautical rules and regulations. Skippers should or becoming a member, please
learn and respect boating courtesies. The course is meant call 954-579-8000 or go to
to be of interest to the entire family; older children are www.usps.org/pompano for more
welcome. PBPS encourages your family to attend as a information.
Commander
group. This Course is NASBLA approved and recognized Larry L. Greenley
by the Florida DEP as fulfilling the educational requirement
for obtaining a Florida Boater ID card (s327.395).

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On January 3rd, the imperial treatment got even better when we
opened the doors to our NEW emergency department. Inside, you
will find four times the space of our previous emergency department–
24,500 sq. ft. filled with the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic
tools available. This brand new addition also includes 20 private treat-
ment rooms, designed with input from ER physicians and nurses for a
more efficient and comfortable environment. Our goal: great care at
great speed, with short wait times. That’s the imperial treatment! POWERFUL EMERGENCY CARE
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I DENTIT Y TH EF T
Skimming –A Scam you should Know About
By Denise Richardson
Skimming has been in the headlines in recent months
and anybody who uses a debit or credit card should be
aware of it. This high-tech crime is most common in
restaurants, gas stations, and ATMs, although it can happen
almost anywhere.
Americans are using debit cards more frequently than
ever; in 2008, around 48 percent of all purchases were
made with a debit or ATM card and by 2013, it’s estimated
that this figure will be closer to 67 percent. Most of us
carry several cards and use them routinely for even the
smallest purchase. Using a debit card is much easier and
quicker than writing a check of course; the money is
debited from your bank account in just the same way and
the transaction is often immediate. And most of us carry
at least several credit cards; in fact some people routinely
carry and use up to a dozen cards. With all these cards
being used, it means that it is often all too easy for
scammers and thieves to get at your hard earned money.
Although skimming has been around for some time, in
recent years this high tech crime has become an even
more widespread problem.
A skimmer is an electronic device that records the
information from the magnetic strip on your credit or
debit card. When your card is run, the information is then
transmitted to this device in addition to — or instead of
— the device through which it is run. The card
information is then used by the thief, or is often sold to
somebody else. Fake credit cards are then made
containing the information — by the time the card owner
realizes what has happened, it may be too late. Skimming
devices are frequently used by waiters and also by those
who work in various retail outlets. The devices have
become so sophisticated that they can be placed in an
ATM and are virtually invisible.
So how can you protect yourself against skimming?
Although it isn’t possible to prevent it completely, there
are some steps you can take.
Be especially careful in restaurants — an estimated 70%
of skimming takes place in restaurants. Most skimming
takes place when the waiter walks away with your card to
run it somewhere else; if you are dining away from home
or in a large restaurant with a high turnover of staff, you
are more likely to be a victim. Although everyone is
potentially at risk, many thieves target gold and platinum
cards as they not only have a higher available cash balance;
but the card holder can often take longer to notice the
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theft. The only completely risk-free solution in a restaurant
is to pay with cash or check instead.
Gas stations are also problem areas — although it is
more time consuming to do so, experts advise that you
should always go inside and pay for your gas, rather than
use a card at the pump. If you do use your card at the
pump, try to use a credit card, rather than a debit card
which requires your pin number. Even if you use your
debit or ATM card, use the on screen prompts to indicate
that you are paying with a credit card rather than a debit
card. That way, you will not have to input your pin number
— the information the thieves are after — and your
transaction will be processed through a credit card
network, offering greater protection should you be a
victim of fraud.
If you are using your card in a store and the employee
has to go into another room or office to run the card, you
should be suspicious. ATMs inside banks tend to be safer
than those in other places, such as the mall, airports or
supermarkets. Check your bank account regularly,
especially if you suspect that somebody else may have had
access to your card information. This is one area where
couples should communicate to make sure every
transaction is accounted for. Always question what seems
to be an unauthorized transaction — some skimmers only
steal small amounts in the hope that the card owner
won’t notice.
If you have been the victim of skimming — or suspect
that you have — you should of course contact the police
as soon as possible and obtain the report number for your
case. You should also contact your bank or card issuer as
soon as possible, as well as notifying the three major credit
reporting bureaus to have an alert placed on your account.
Under Federal law, your liability is capped if you act as soon
as you know you have been a victim. And finally, it may be
worth the expense — approximately $100 or so per year
— to hire a proactive identity protection and restoration
company to monitor your information and notify you
should suspicious activity, address changes, lines of credit
or such, be opened in your name. It’s a small price to pay
for financial peace of mind.
For more tips on how to secure your identity and
become of aware of various scam techniques, visit my
website at GiveMeBackMyCredit.com. And as always, feel
free to get in touch with any questions or concerns you
may have.
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R EAL ESTATE N EWS
Should I Wait…? Or Should I Not…?
3 Reasons To Buy and Sell Now!
By Jim Balistreri
You may be asking yourself - should I wait to see if prices
go lower before I buy or wait until the market rebounds
before I sell? If you are on the fence, consider these three
reasons to take action now.
1. Interest Rates: Buy now and leverage your buying power
with today’s artificially low interest rates forced down by
at least 1% with of the Treasury’s purchase of mortgage
back securities. Come March 31st, the Treasury is out of the
market and most experts predict interest rates jumping
quickly and dramatically. For buyers, a 1% increase in
interest rate offsets the savings that could be had for a 10%
decrease in purchase price. For sellers, sell now before
rates increase, buying power shrinks putting downward
pressure on price. Bottom line — buyer and sellers take
action today.
2. $8,000 and $6,500 Cash Rebate: Many more still can
take advantage of the home buyer cash rebate with
expanded parameters. Buyers must contract to purchase
AL’S COR N ER
How the Fair Labor Standards Act Protects our Employees
By Al Siefert
Last week I was invited to attend a
workshop on wage and hour regulations
through our insurance provider. Below is a
brief recap on what was explained at the meeting.
In 1938 the FLSA Regulations were written to help protect
employees in the work force. These regulations were updated in
2004 and they are enforced by the Department of Labor, Wage and
Hour Division. They regulate minimum wage, overtime pay, record
keeping and child labor standards.
Audits by the Department of Labor can be triggered by ex or
disgruntled employees, a competitor, and even a random selection.
When an employer is selected for an audit they will receive a
letter that will give them 72 hours notice of a pending visit. In the
audit, they will be looking for whether the employees are correctly
compensated for the time they are working.The employer will need
to provide accurate time records showing compensation for all time
worked, overtime, commissions and bonuses. They will also need
gross yearly sales for the last three years, all payroll records, a list of
any minors and 1099 forms for the last two years. It was
recommended that someone with experience in these matters meet
with the auditors.
An employer should have a job description handbook for the
employees. This needs to be written so there is no question as to
what is expected of the employee.
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before April 30th and close before June 30, 2010 — there
is still time. Once this program is gone, another incentive
is removed from the market which potentially could
decrease demand. For more information go to:
www.federalhousingtax credit.com
3. Trade Up and Leverage: Now’s the time to sell your
existing home and trade-up. While you may be selling “low”
you will also be buying “low”, which has many advantages.
Consider the huge savings on the initial purchase; the future
savings on lower estate taxes with a lower “save our home”
value year after year; the savings on mortgage interest year
after year; the gain on appreciation on the more
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Some things to look out for:
Be sure to keep accurate and complete payroll records.
Classifying employees as exempt or non exempt. Exempt
classifications could be executive, administrative, and professional,
outside sales and some computer categories.
Time compensation is a big issue. Employees must be given a
full 30 minute or one hour lunch with no job related responsibilities,
if the employer is going to deduct it from their hourly pay. This
should be documented. So if an employee regularly takes a lunch
that is less than 30 minutes or works through lunch the employer
must pay the employee for that time. When an employee does a
work related task on their way to or from work that time should
also be compensated.
When a company uses a time clock the employee is allowed up
to seven minutes after the starting time to clock in and get credit for
being on time. When an employee comes to work early and clocks
in then reads the paper or does non work related tasks that time
could be considered billable. It would be a good policy to have the
employee wait until starting time to clock in.
The information above is a sampling of the requirements by the
Department of Labor. For more information on this topic their
website is www.DOL.Gov.
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Exciting Innovations at Norcrest School

By Dr. Robert D. Parks

It is my pleasure to share with you some important

news about the educational gem located in our backyard
— Norcrest Elementary School.
Beginning this fall, Norcrest will offer a new, exciting
and innovative Liberal Arts Programme for the Primary
Years that will stress strong academics and high
expectations. This is the first step in Norcrest’s application
process to become a part of the International Bacca-
laureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP). When
approved as an IB school, Norcrest will join schools in 40
countries in offering students a truly global, real world
education. IB schools are recognized and highly respected
internationally by colleges and universities as unique in
providing a challenging academic program. IB schools
educate the whole child so that every student becomes an
Classroom
inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world.
Norcrest students, at each grade level, will explore six
projects focusing on themes of global importance.
• Who we are
• Where we are in place and time
• How we express ourselves
• How the world works
• How we organize ourselves
• Sharing the planet
Each project will incorporate language arts, mathe-
matics, science, physical education, foreign language,
health, music and art. Students will complete each theme
through hands-on experiences and will be
given ample time to reflect on what they learn.
Norcrest’s goal is that students become
Media Center
effective communicators, independent
thinkers, high achievers, caring citizens and
stewards of the planet. The Liberal Arts Primary Years, Norcrest students will be
Programme for the Primary Years will provide engaged in authentic, exciting learning
students learning experiences that will give experiences that have strong and relevant
them a competitive edge in middle and high connections to their world, while encoura-
school and beyond. ging compassion and understanding of global
In conjunction with a rigorous academic curriculum, issues that are not part of their daily lives.
learning will be explored through a strong cultural arts and Norcrest Elementary School serves elementary students,
foreign language program. Norcrest’s media center has who live within its boundaries, in both Lighthouse Point
been updated with the latest digital technology and and Pompano Beach. To learn more about Norcrest
learning materials and cutting-edge technology is Elementary School and its new Liberal Arts Programme
continually integrated into the instructional program. A visit (http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/norcrestelemor), or
newly constructed cafetorium includes both inside and call 754-322-7250 to schedule a tour.
outside performance areas. If you have questions about Broward County Public
I can personally attest to the high quality of Norcrest’s Schools, please visit the District’s Web site (www.broward
staff, which includes National Board Certified teachers and schools.com) or E-mail me at (insert E-mail address) or
teachers certified in gifted education. Everyone at Norcrest call my office, 754-321-2007.
is committed to helping children reach their fullest potential.
Through the new Liberal Arts Programme for the
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Merchant of the Month

Sands Chiropractic Clinic
By Dr. Charles “Tracy” Sands, owner of Sands Chiropractic Clinic

Later this year, to mostly the spine, with some offering treatment to the
Sands Chiropractic extremities. After 26 years of practice, and the knowledge
Clinic will celebrate I have attained from my father’s vast experience, I have
its 56th year of service learned that there is no limit when it comes to the “hands
to the Lighthouse on” healing power of chiropractic. With the additional
Point-Pompano Beach therapeutic benefits of acupuncture that Dr Kim has
area. The practice was brought, our services have now expanded even further. In
established in Light- addition to treating people for problems in the neck, back,
house Point by my shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle and feet; we take on
father, Dr. Charles the more difficult conditions including all types of
Sands Sr. in 1964. This headaches, TMJ Dysfunctions, Gastric Reflux, Digestive
was the first chiro- Disorders, Sinus Problems, Allergies, Anxiety Issues,
practic office to open Fibromyalgia, Plantar Fasciitis, Tendinitis, Arthritis and
in Lighthouse Point Bursitis. Our office also provides Spinal Decompression
and was located at Therapy which is a specialized form of traction designed
3120 North Federal to treat herniated discs in the neck and back. This therapy
Dr. Chalres Sands and
Dr. Kimberly Sands-Kahn. Highway in the plaza has proved invaluable in the management of these difficult
where Wahoo’s Sports conditions, and we have been able to help many patients
Grill is located today. avoid surgery.
Dr. Sands Sr. was a Florida native who grew up in Pompano I feel that chiropractic has been the greatest career I
Beach and originally started practicing in the “Old could ever ask for! Having the ability to help people get
Pompano” area in 1954 before moving to Lighthouse Point. well, while being so loved and appreciated in return, has
I joined my father in practice after graduating Texas been one of the most rewarding aspects of my life.
Chiropractic College in 1984. The practice quickly out Continuing the tradition of healing with my lovely
grew its original space and we purchased our own office daughter makes this practice even more special.
building just 2 blocks south, on 28th street in 1985.
Dr. Sands Sr. retired from seeing patients in 1993
although remained active in the day to day
operations until his passing several years later. Last
year I welcomed my daughter to the practice, Dr.
Kimberly Sands-Kahn, also a graduate of Texas
Chiropractic College.
Dr. Kim is also certified and
licensed in acupuncture and is
excited to carry on her family’s
rich history of chiropractic and
natural healthcare. The office
currently occupies 3000 square
feet, employs four support staff
and provides a multitude of
natural healthcare services. I feel
that this is what makes our
Sands Chiropractic Clinic is located one
practice unique in the area. While
half block west of Federal Highway on NE
most people associate
28th Street, next to Pompano Ford/Lincoln
chiropractic with only neck and
Mercury.We are open five days a week and
back pain, we provide care for
offer hours every other Saturday. Phone
almost everything. The typical
954-942-8402 .
chiropractor will limit their care

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