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April, 2010 – LPBC Networking & Information Session

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The Leadership Palm Beach County

Board of Governors, Past Presidents and Alumni

Extend a Special Invitation to

 

Palm Beach County’s Hispanic Leaders

To connect with fellow leaders at an invitation-only

 

Networking & Information Session

Highlighting LPBC’s Adult Leadership Program

 

Join LPBC Graduates and Fellow Leaders from Local

Businesses, Nonprofits and City & County Government

 

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

5:30-7:30 PM 

American Cancer Society Building

621 Clearwater Park Road, West Palm Beach, FL  33401

 

Complimentary Refreshments

Lite Latin fare provided courtesy of

Havana Restaurant

 

RSVP’s Required by Sunday, April 11

RSVPs and Inquiries to stacey@leadershippbc.org or 561-833-4321

 

Class of 2011 Applications are due April 30

Applications available on-line at:

www.leadershippbc.org

 

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LPBC Mission:  Educate & Unite Leaders to Build a Better Community

April, 2010 – Celebrating Earth Day

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Wellington  Garden Club News Item

Contact:  Loretta Granito,

 

       Wellington Garden Club Joins Township in Earth Day Celebration

 

On Sunday, April 18, from 1-3 PM , a celebration of Earth day will be held  at Peaceful Waters Sanctuary located at  11760 Pierson Road, Wellington.

In addition to all the planned township activities, Wellington Garden Club will have two tents housing  its special events.  Young attendees will pot tree seedlings of live oak, cypress and crepe myrtle that were obtained by the garden club from the National Arbor Foundation.  Milkweed plants and flower seeds will also be available to take home and nourish. 

Keynote speaker, Jason McCobb,  will discuss sustainable gardening and do a presentation on vermiculture (worm habitats).  This year’s junior winners of garden club essay and poetry contests will be featured.  And participants will learn how to make a rain barrel and properly recycle all types of trash.

At the close of the celebration,  a sabal  palm tree will be planted by the garden club in honor of former member,   Bruce Cook.   

April, 2010 – April Events at Whole Foods

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For Immediate Release

Contact: Lauren Belinsky

2635 State Road 7

Wellington, FL 33414

561-904-4000

Lauren.Belinsky@WholeFoods.com

 

April, 2010 Events, Wellington Whole Foods Market

2635 State Road 7

Wellington, FL 33414

Open 8:00am to 10:00pm Mon-Sat. 9:00am-9:00pm on Sundays

 

Events are held at 2635 State Road 7, in the Lifestyle Center and are free of charge unless otherwise noted.  Register by phone at 561.904.4000 or at the customer service desk. Refunds, credits, or transfer of classes will not be honored for no-shows or cancellations made fewer than 24 hours before event. All events are subject to change.  Classes with low registration may be cancelled.  Any classes cancelled by Whole Foods Market will be refunded. Space is limited. 

 

 

Announcements:

Let’s Retake Our Plates:  April is Earth Month and Whole Foods Market wants to help you learn the story behind your food and how it affects our planet and our community.  Visit www.Letsretakeourplates.com to learn more.

 

Do you have a recipe you would like us to make?  Submit your favorite recipe that utilizes one of our Block Party Featured Ingredients for your chance to win $100 gift card and for your recipe to be published in our June Newsletter!  Please submit recipes to our customer service desk and make sure you include the recipe name, your name, phone number and email address.  All recipes must include ingredients that can be purchased at Whole Foods Market Wellington and turned in by April 30th.  One recipe submission per person, No Purchase Necessary, official Rules and Regulations at Customer Service.  The top 8 recipes will be prepared by our teams for Block Party on May 4th, 2010.  Customer votes will determine the winning recipe on May 4th so be sure to bring your friends and family!  Good luck and Happy Cooking!  

Events, Seminars, & Classes:

Block Party with Featured Ingredients!
Tuesday, April 6th 5:30-7:00pm ~ Gorgeous Greens

Tuesday, April 13th 5:30-7:00pm ~ Bountiful Beans

Tuesday, April 20th 5:30-7:00pm ~ Grand Grains

Tuesday, April 27th 5:30-7:00pm ~ Fabulous Fruits
Experience a new way to shop for dinner!  Enjoy free samples around the store and your chance to vote for your favorite sample!  Teams will create new recipes each week with the Featured Ingredients to give you new cooking ideas and to compete for our recycled Earth trophy, so be sure to pick up a ballot in our produce department to cast your vote!

Savvy Shopper Tour
Thursday April 8th 6:30-7:30pm Free!

Join us for our budget friendly tour sure to please your family and your wallet! Our experts will show you how to shop our private label, weekly specials and our new family sized savings. Registration required; space is limited. Meet at customer service on the day of the tour.

Flavors of Wellington
Friday, April 9th from 6:30-9:30pm
Come out and support Whole Foods Market at the 7th annual Flavors of Wellington event at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center as we compete for Best in Show and Best Dessert.  For ticket information visit www.WellingtonChamber.com.
 
Food Inc. Movie Screening

Saturday April 10th 1:00pm Free!

Join us for a free movie screening of the film Food Inc. and find out what it is all about. Award-winning filmmaker Robert Kenner worked for over six years to bring Food, Inc. to the screen and now you can enjoy it for free with complimentary organic popcorn and assorted drinks.   Feel free to bring your friends, neighbors or anyone that you think will enjoy this and don’t forget a cozy sweater to make you the most comfortable.  For more information about Food Inc. visit: www.foodincmovie.com; Pre-registration required with customer service to attend the screening.

Mommy-Baby Yoga by Amazing Births
Thursday April 8th 10:30-11:15am $10/Class *First Class is free
Join us every Thursday and enter our comfortable, supportive environment where moms can meet other new moms, enjoy special bonding with their babies, and experience the benefits or yoga. Bring a mat for you and a blanket for your baby and wear loose, comfortable clothes. No prior yoga experience necessary, newborns to crawlers fit this class best.  (*please arrive 10 minutes before class time). Pre-registration required with Customer Service; payment collected at time of registration.

Block Party: Featured Ingredient ~ Bountiful Beans!
Tuesday, April 13th 5:30-7:00pm
Experience a new way to shop for dinner!  Enjoy free samples around the store and your chance to vote for your favorite sample! Teams will create new recipes each week with the Featured Ingredient to give you new cooking ideas and to compete for our recycled Earth trophy, so be sure to pick up a ballot in our produce department to cast your vote!

Green Mission: Operation Cleanup!
Wednesday, April 14th 7:00-9:00am
Join us in our mission to keep our streets clean and help us pick up debris along the east and west sides of 441.  Volunteers will meet in the Whole Foods Market Parking lot closest to 441at 7:00am and get their reflective vests and instructions.  Please bring protective gloves if you own them.  Complimentary breakfast will be provided in our lifestyle center for volunteers following the clean up.  Pre-registration required at customer service.

Mommy-Baby Yoga by Amazing Births
Thursday, April 15th 10:30-11:15am $10/Class *First Class is Free
Join us every Thursday and enter our comfortable, supportive environment where moms can meet other new moms, enjoy special bonding with their babies, and experience the benefits or yoga. Bring a mat for you and a blanket for your baby and wear loose, comfortable clothes. No prior yoga experience necessary, newborns to crawlers fit this class best.  (*please arrive 10 minutes before class time). Pre-registration required with Customer Service; payment collected at time of registration.

Gluten Free Cooking
Thursday, April 15th 6:30-8:00pm Free!
Chef Joe will be teaching new delicious Gluten Free recipes that are easy for anyone to put together.  Bring your appetite and your gluten free questions.  Pre-registration required with Customer Service.

 

Local Vendor Fair
Saturday, April 17th 12:00-4:00pm Free!
Join us as we celebrate our local vendors with our first Local Vendor Fair.  Come out and meet our local vendors, taste their products, and enjoy face painting.

U.S Open Championship Polo Finals
Sunday, April 18th 3:00pm at the International Polo Club
Enjoy Whole Foods Market Ice Cream while on the polo field during the half time divot stamp!  For ticket information visit:  www.internationalpoloclub.com or call 561-204-5687 ext. 107

Living the Green Life Inside and Out
Monday, April 19th 6:30-7:30pm Free!
Join Dr. Tim DeCanio, a board certified chiropractic neurologist, and learn how to control your health from the inside out while reducing waste into the environment.  This informative talk will also highlight eating organic and identifying human safe plastics.  Pre-registration required with customer service.

Block Party: Featured Ingredients ~ Grand Grains!
Tuesday, April 20th 5:30-7:00pm
Experience a new way to shop for dinner!  Enjoy free samples around the store and your chance to vote for your favorite sample! Teams will create new recipes each week with the Featured Ingredient to give you new cooking ideas and to compete for our recycled Earth trophy, so be sure to pick up a ballot in our produce department to cast your vote!

5% Day on Earth Day to Benefit Sierra Club
Thursday, April 22nd 8:00am-10:00pm

5% of the day’s net sales will be donated to the Sierra Club and their Inner City Outings program as

well as the Elaine Usherson Environmental Youth Scholarships Program.  These programs give

inner city and at risk youth the opportunity to learn about nature in the outdoors with Sierra Club

trained volunteers at no cost to the families. 

In honor of Earth Day and 5% Day there will be activities throughout the day:

8:00am First 100 Customers to receive a free canvas bag!

8:00-10:00pm– Sierra Club information table with Children’s Eco-Game and Prizes

1:00-2:00pm – Guest Chef, Ursula Rafer from Sierra Club, will be teaching us how to make delicious Key Lime Cupcakes that are vegan, gluten free, and no sugar added as well as a Citrus Salad! Pre-registration required with customer service.

5:00pm- Inner City Outings camping demonstration in the back of the café.

6:30-7:30pm- Guest Chef, Ursula Rafer from Sierra Club, will be teaching us how to make delicious Key Lime Cupcakes that are vegan, gluten free, and no sugar added as well as Citrus Salad! Pre-registration required with customer service.

Mommy-Baby Yoga by Amazing Births
Thursday, April 22nd 10:30-11:15am $10/Class *First Class is Free
Join us every Thursday and enter our comfortable, supportive environment where moms can meet other new moms, enjoy special bonding with their babies, and experience the benefits or yoga. Bring a mat for you and a blanket for your baby and wear loose, comfortable clothes. No prior yoga experience necessary, newborns to crawlers fit this class best.  (*please arrive 10 minutes before class time). Pre-registration required with Customer Service; payment collected at time of registration.
 
Cooking with Sustainable Seafood
Friday, April 23rd 6:30-8:00pm
Join Terry Guam, Regional Associate Seafood Coordinator and Chef Joe as they teach you great recipes utilizing our sustainable seafood!  Participants will enjoy an informative tour of our seafood case and learn to make and taste different seafood recipes! Pre-registration required with customer service; space is limited

 Double Dip for Earth Day
Saturday April 24th 12:30-1:30pm $15/Child Ages 6 and up
Calling all kids!  Come out and learn to stir up some dips that are healthy and lick them off earths’ wonderful fruits and veggies. To register stop by our customer service desk; payment collected at time of registration.

Healthy Eating Tour and Cooking Demonstration
Sunday April 25th 2:00-4:00om
Join our Healthy Eating Specialist, Carlos Acosta, for an informative tour of the healthiest foods around the store.  The tour will be followed by a cooking demonstration in the Lifestyle Center by Chef Joe.  Participants will learn about the most nutrient rich foods and take home recipes using these ingredients. Pre-registration required with customer service; space is limited.

Block Party: Featured Ingredients: Fabulous Fruits!
Tuesday, April 27th 5:30-7:00pm Free!
Experience a new way to shop for dinner!  Enjoy free samples around the store and your chance to vote for your favorite sample! Teams will create new recipes each week with the Featured Ingredient to give you new cooking ideas and to compete for our recycled Earth trophy, so be sure to pick up a ballot in our produce department to cast your vote!

Deliciously Raw with Renate: Mediterranean Nights Cuisine
Tuesday, April 27th 6:30-8:00pm $20/person
Join Raw Foods Chef, Renate, as she shares her secrets to living a raw foods lifestyle.  Each month, Renate will be sharing how to live a raw lifestyle without sacrificing taste!   Each class will include three delicious recipes all with plant-based ingredients full of nutrients.  This is the perfect class for the amateur, novice or expert!   Payment collected at time of registration, pre-registration at customer service desk.

Mom’s Morning Escape with Mommy and Me Yoga!
Thursday, April 29th  9:00-11:00am Free (Mommy and Me Yoga at 10:30- see details below)
Calling all Moms!  Join us for a Mom’s Morning Escape where Mom’s are invited to enjoy a free coffee or tea, and muffin from the coffee bar.  Please check in with customer service and pick up your Mom’s Morning Escape Voucher, then, make your way to the coffee bar for breakfast. Also enjoy a relaxing five minute chair massage by My Massage Corner in the café (first come first served)!  Pre-registration required with Customer Service.

Mommy-Baby Yoga by Amazing Births
Thursday, April 29th 10:30-11:15am $10/Class *First Class is Free
Join us every Thursday and enter our comfortable, supportive environment where moms can meet other new moms, enjoy special bonding with their babies, and experience the benefits or yoga. Bring a mat for you and a blanket for your baby and wear loose, comfortable clothes. No prior yoga experience necessary, newborns to crawlers fit this class best.  (*please arrive 10 minutes before class time). Pre-registration required with Customer Service; payment collected at time of registration.

Chef Chris Paul’s “Truffles…Treasures of the Earth”
Thursday, April 29th 7:00pm $35/Person
Enjoy a five course, five star meal prepared by Master Chef Chris Paul from Wild Orchids Fusion.  The night begins with an introduction by our wine specialist, to the three wines that you will taste throughout the evening.  You will then be dazzled by the chef as he creates the most delectable dishes you will ever taste!  Pre-registration required with Customer Service; Payment collected upon registration.

Spring Fling Wine Tasting!
Friday, April 30th from 6:00-8:00pm Free!
Join us in our Specialty Department to taste a variety of fine wines perfect spring and enjoy artisan cheese pairings at each table.  There will be live music and a free drawing for your chance to win top rated wines, gourmet cheese & chocolates, and a $50 Whole Foods Market Gift Card. No Purchase Necessary to Win.  Pre-registration requested at customer service.

Cooking for Haiti with Chef Ron Duprat

Friday, May 7, 2010 6:00 to 8:00 pm Cost: $25 per person

Chef Ron Duprat, a contestant from Top Chef Season 6: Las Vegas, is partnering with Whole Foods Market to help raise funds for Food for the Poor, the non-profit organization providing relief efforts in Haiti. Guests will be treated to a demonstration of the Chilean Sea Bass recipe that he used in one of season six’s Quick Fire Challenges and will also learn various cooking tips and inside information from the show.  If you would like to attend this Food for the Poor fundraiser featuring Chef Ron Duprat, reservations are required and can be made by calling 561-904-4000.  The cost is $25 per person and 100% of your donation will directly benefit Food for the Poor.

 

About Whole Foods Market®
Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (www.wholefoodsmarket.com), a leader in the natural and organic foods industry and America’s first national certified organic grocer,  was named “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store” in 2008 by Health magazine. The Whole Foods Market motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet”™ captures the company’s mission to find success in customer satisfaction and wellness, employee excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to its 53,000 Team Members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by FORTUNE magazine for 12 consecutive years. In fiscal year 2008, the company had sales of $8 billion and currently has more than 275 stores in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Whole Foods Market, Fresh & WildTM, and Harry’s Farmers Market® are trademarks owned by Whole Foods Market IP, LP.  Wild Oats® and Capers Community MarketTM are trademarks owned by Wild Marks, Inc.

April, 2010 – April Events at Maltz Jupiter Theatre

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CHILDREN’S SHOW, CONCERT, SATIRE
AND AUDITIONS COME
TO MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE

March 31, 2010 (Jupiter) – The Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s 2009/2010 Dream Imagine Escape season recently ended on a high note with near sell-out of the tap-dance extravaganza Anything Goes.

But the theatre won’t be quiet for long, as it raises the curtain on a series of top-notch Limited Engagements. And talented kids should audition for two of next season’s shows, Academy and The Sound of Music.

Here’s a look at the next few weeks:

CHICK-FIL-A PRESENTS THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES – 10 a.m. Saturday, April 24 –  Join some crafty swindlers, the bumbling Emperor and his entire court as they learn the cost of conceit in the original “fashion faux pas.” This endearing musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen classic is sure to weave its way into your heart. Tickets: $12.

COOPER GETSCHAL AND THE BEACH BOOMERS – 8 p.m. Saturday, April 24 – The singer-songwriter, who has worked with everyone from Michael Jackson to Jeff Barry, performs a concert titled 3 Minutes from Retirement. Tickets: $20.

SHINE THE LIGHT – 3 p.m. Sunday, April 25 – Concert to honor Makayla Joy Sitton will benefit the Jupiter Academy of Music and Florida Classical Ballet Theatre. WPTV-Channel 5 anchor Kelley Dunn will emcee the event, at Tickets: $15-$50.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST – 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 30 – Student director Wade Jennings and the Future Youth Director’s Chair presents Oscar Wilde’s satire, written and set in 1895. In it, Jack leads a double life, in which he is Earnest in town, and Jack in the country.  He has come to town “expressly to propose to Gwendolyn.” However, Algernon discovers Jack’s double life, and a hilarious mistaken identity tale ensues when Jack accidentally reveals to Algernon the location of his home in the country. Tickets: $15 adults, $8 students. This is a Dreyfoos School of the Arts Student Production.

FIRST STEP TO STARDOM – 12-8 p.m. Saturday, May 1 – Auditions for Academy and The Sound of Music will be for children ages 4 to 18. Audition workshops, to help children learn what will be expected at auditions, will be offered at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 17, and 3 p.m. Saturday, April 24. For information, call (561) 972-6113 or e-mail studentauditions@jupitertheatre.org.

Tickets to shows are available at the theatre box office at (561) 575-2223 or online at www.jupitertheatre.org.

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre is an award-winning professional not-for-profit regional theatre dedicated to the performing arts whose mission is to entertain, educate and inspire our community. The Theatre is a member of the prestigious League of Resident Theatres and is located east of U.S. Highway 1 at 1001 East Indiantown Road and State Road A1A in Jupiter.

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Media Contact:
Scott Simmons (561) 972-6132
ssimmons@jupitertheatre.org

 

April, 2010 – Electrochemical Cancer Therapy Talk

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“Electrochemical Cancer Therapy” Talk on April 28

 

Presented by the Annie Appleseed Project

 

6-8 PM on April 28th at the Church of the Palms, 1960 Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, FL

 

RSVP to the Annie Appleseed Project annieappleseedpr@aol.com

 

561 749-0084

 

4/28 Delray Beach Electrochemical Cancer Therapy 

 

With two distinguished speakers –

C.K. Chou, Ph.D. “Research Results with Electrochemical Cancer Therapy at City of Hope”

Dr. Chou is the former director of a five year research program on Electrochemical Therapy (EchT) for cancer conducted at City of Hope National Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

CK Chou information

Professor Frank Hartman, M.S.

Director of Biomagnetic Integration, IABC Foundation for North America, Inc. www.iabc.readywebsites.com

Frank Hartman information.

April 28, 2010 from 6-8 PM. Reservation required. Email to annieappleseedpr@aol.com or call 561 749-0084.

Location: Church of the Palms, 1960 Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444.

April, 2010 – So Long, Insecurity

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Please mark your calendar for the Beth Moore Simulcast on April 24th – “So Long, Insecurity”.Insecurity is a very serious issue with most women and teen girls in

today’s high-pressure society. Community of Hope Church of the Western

Communities is presenting a live simulcast for Beth Moore’s new book, “So Long, Insecurity”, which addresses this topic. We want to extend a special invitation to all women and high school girls in our area.

Beth’s new book was just released on February 2nd and has already reached

the best seller list immediately after its release. Don’t miss this

opportunity to hear Beth discuss this topic thoroughly.

Location: Royal Palm Beach High School Auditorium, 10600 Okeechobee Blvd, Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411.

Date: Saturday, April 24th

Time: 9:30 am

– 4 pm (with a hour and a half break for lunch)Cost: $15 for students, and $25 for adults.

To purchase tickets either email us at events@gocoh.com or call us at 561-753-8883.

We hope you and your friends are able to join us.

Sincerely,

Peggy DiPirro

Community of Hope

A Church for the Western Communities

14104 Okeechobee Boulevard

Loxahatchee, Florida 33470

O: 561-753-8883

events@gocoh.com

 

 

http://www.gocoh.com

April, 2010 – Happy Easter, Happy Passover

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April, 2010 – Happy Easter, Happy Passover

Letter from the Editor

Stella and Paul on an Easter Egg Hunt. Photo: Christine Rose.
Stella and Paul on an Easter Egg Hunt. Photo: Christine Rose.

 

 

April, 2010

                                                                                                                  

 

Dear Around Wellington Readers,

 

Happy April, Happy Easter, Happy Passover!

 

As we enter into April, there are several things that come to mind – spring, Easter, April Fool’s Day, Earth Day and mating season for animals. In this issue of our online magazine, we have touched upon the first four of these.  If you feel inspired (or would like to get inspired) about spring cleaning, check out “Mommy Moments” by Shakira Muneswar. Getting control of clutter or “bedlam” as she refers to it is a great feeling! If you’d like to try a fun Easter craft with kids, check out our “Kids Corner” for a “Chicks-in-the-Shell” craft. And if you need a little April’s Day material in your day, see Evan Baumel’s “Teen Talk” with his proposal to resolve the national deficit. What about Earth Day on April 22nd…are you willing to take a major step in a green direction? Read Jathy Garcia’s “Living Green” for helpful information on choosing solar panels.

 

This month I had the pleasure of interviewing Patti and Tom Neri of U.S. Building Inspectors for our “AW Spotlight” story. They are an amazing, hard-working couple, co-owners of the inspection company. They are located in the clubhouse of the Polo Club in Wellington and reach as far as five counties. Read about their combined experience, and you will see why Tom and Patti Neri have a keen eye for detecting what’s functioning properly and what’s not . . . in the world of residential and commercial inspections. See their valuable coupon under “AW Coupons” if you are in need of a home inspection, mold inspection, air quality test or insurance savings inspection. As a totally unrelated sidenote, Patti rescues turtles and tortoises; she has started her own foundation for this.

 

A warm welcome to our new advertisers this month Lechuza, award-winning, self-watering, indoor planters and Standing Ovation Performing Arts, a high-energy, education-based performing arts studio located in Boynton Beach. On a personal note, I bought one of the Lechuza planters at the Lechuza Grand Opening (located inside Playmobil FunPark), and it was a steal at $29.99 for a waist-high, beautiful, self-watering planter. With Lechuza, the plants can go without watering (if necessary) for up to three months!  Standing Ovation is a great place for acting classes, summer theater camp, musical theatre, vocal performance, puppetry, improv, workshops, productions and dramatic birthday parties!

 

Our wonderful contests continue this month! The first one runs from April 1st to 10th and the prize is a relaxing, one-hour massage from Massage Envy! Here’s what our last Massage Envy contest winner had to say. “I just wanted to say thank you so very much for the massage. It was so wonderful. It was my first massage.  Massage Envy made it so relaxing and easy. Loved it so much, that I joined the spa!” And then please don’t forget to return to our “Contest” page April 15th – 20th for a very special prize. It’s a special diet, valued at $590! If you have already given up on that diet and exercise plan that you vowed to keep on January 1st, maybe you’ll be our lucky winner and in great shape after all!

 

AroundWellington.com has covered several events recently, so if you visit “Photo Galleries” or our “Archives” (then “Photo Galleries”), you will find photos of the Palm Beach Harvest Fundraiser, the Whole Foods “Meet the Artist” Reception with Jerry Ginsberg and the Royal Palm Art & Music Festival. Soon to come…beautiful polo photos from the past season by Christine Rose Photography and photos from Your Bosom Buddies Pink Ribbon Gala.

 

For a little inspiration, see our “AW Stories of the Month,” including stories on our own South Florida “dog whisperer” Jay Meranchik, a brief interview with a Binks Forest Elementary School teacher Lisa Gifford and recent inductees to the Polo Museum’s Hall of Fame. Thanks, as always, to Lisa Dawn Wax of “Lighten Up With Lisa” who inspires us this month, using a new format. She responds to one reader’s question about how to “start over” when you feel like you have lost everything.

 

The JCC of the Palm Beaches recently invited Chris Bohjalian, author of Skeletons at the Feast, to speak at a private home in Wellington; our “Cultural Corner” columnist Marla E. Schwartz was there. Skeletons at the Feast is Chris’ twelfth novel and focuses on three individuals attempting to flee from the advance of the Russian Army during the last months of World War II. According to Schwartz, “The book is one of the greatest novels ever written in terms of depicting the horrors of the time period.”

 

This is just the tip of the iceberg, so please explore our table of contents!  Click around and see our latest stories and photos.

 

Around Wellington in Pictures

As I Was Saying

AW Spotlight

AW Stories of the Month

Birthdays

Cantankerously Yours

Contest

Cultural Corner

Health & Fitness

Kids Corner

Lighten Up with Lisa

Living Green

Mommy Moments

Pet Talk

Photo Galleries

Poem of the Month

Press Releases

The Space Room

Teen Talk

Travel with Terri

Ultimate Productivity

Videos

 

THANKS so much to our readers and our advertisers!  We appreciate you!!

 

It was inevitable!  You can now become an AroundWellington.com FaceBook fan. See our “Become a Fan” link by strolling down on the left side of www.aroundwellington.com.  Speaking of Facebook, don’t forget to read Alan Williamson’s hilarious “Facebook Family Reunion” in “As I Was Saying” this month.

 

 

Happy April, Happy Easter, Happy Passover and I hope you’re enjoying the warmer weather again!

 

Cheers,

 

Krista Martinelli

Editor

AroundWellington.com

April, 2010 – Easter Craft – Chicks-in-the-Shell

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April, 2010 – Easter Craft – Chicks-in-the-Shell

Easter Craft: Chicks-in-the-Shell

Make these adorable decorations for your spring holiday table

Easter Craft: Chicks-in-the-Shell
Photo: © Tom McWilliam

 

Thanks to: By Woman’s Day Posted March 03, 2010 from Woman’s Day Cool Crafts … for this project!

For Each One
Large or medium raw egg (off-white or brown if available)
White glue
Scraps of yellow sweatshirt or fleece fabric, orange felt and fiberfill stuffing
14″ of 1/4″-wide ribbon
6 yellow marabou feathers
Low-temp glue gun
1 1/2″ square of 1/4″ plywood or heavy cardboard for base
Acrylic paints: blue, pink, aqua, black and purple
1/2″ flat and #4 round brushes
Two 5 mm movable eyes

Template

Cut and break egg gently in half. Wash and dry. Coat inside with water-thinned white glue; let dry. Snap off shell edges if too uneven or if top half is too large.  

Read more . . .

April, 2010 – Question and Answer

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April, 2010 – Question and Answer

Lisa Dawn WaxLighten Up With Lisa

Questions and Answers

By Lisa Dawn Wax

 

Hi Readers. This month I’m experimenting with a slightly new format that I hope will inspire more of you to write in and share your stories and questions. All submissions will be kept confidential and anonymous at your discretion. If you would like to submit something for publication, you can email me directly at lisa@lightworkerlisa.com.  Not all stories will be published, but I will try to respond to as many as I can.

Dear Lightworker Lisa,

        I have enjoyed all of your inspirational and uplifting columns. However, I have a question I still need advice on and would love your help. I’m sure I’m not the only one who may be going through the ups and downs of everyday life, so I thought I’d ask you this,” How can I find balance?”  I feel like I am on a roller coaster ride everyday! I am a mother of two very young children, one who has a severe disability and needs 24 hour care. Like so many others I am unemployed, have lost my home, and now am going to be a single mother shortly. I want so much to find that balance between children, and finding a way to start my new life with basically nothing in the financial sense. I want so much to believe that with faith I can get through this, but as usual fear gets in the way. I have asked my angels for their help, but in the mean time I would love some of your words of wisdom.

                      Thank you so much – Signed “Starting Over”

Dear “Starting Over”,

You are definitely dealing with some challenging situations and I don’t want to make light of them in any way. You have valid concerns and I’m happy to have the opportunity to address your questions of balance, faith and fear; all of which most of us face on a daily basis.

 

Balance – Picture a seesaw and think about how it functions.  At the very center of the seesaw is a support upon which the seesaw pivots. When the support is properly positioned in the center it allows the seesaw to be level, which is necessary for it to be balanced. Ergo, to be balanced is also to be level and if being balanced is also being level, then we can use the analogy that being level-headed (clear and focused) might help one to feel being in balance. Essentially, before you find balance you must find your center.  Your center is that place within you that grounds you and supports you. Whereas, one person’s center might be their head, another person’s might be their gut and yet another’s might be their heart.  Ironically, it is at the center of the heart where one finds faith.

 

Faith – Bottom line is at every crossroad there is a choice to make. The key is to make the best-informed decisions we can when we are faced with that choice. Some choices are easy and some are excruciatingly difficult.  Unfortunately, life does not always come equipped with a net. That is why we must do our homework and gather our information so that when we make our choices, especially the difficult ones, we are fully armed with the knowledge to do so. Then, we need to trust our gut or listen to our heart center and just jump. Faith is having the courage to jump in spite of fear.  Of course, there still are times when we make informed decisions and things don’t work out the way we had hoped or planned. There is no guarantee that having faith will result in your desired outcome. You may end up with something completely different, but ironically the end result may turn out to be better than you originally anticipated. Faith doesn’t necessarily make things right, but it can give you new perspective, give you the strength to forge ahead when things appear to go wayward, and it can also help you to transcend the short-term pain and refocus on the long-term possibilities.

 

Fear – As you said life is like a roller coaster ride and we never know what’s around the next corner or to quote Forest Gump, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” Even when we think we can count on the stability of something, it can turn out to be unpredictably unstable because life is kinetic and, according to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, “the only constant is change.”  Bear in mind that without change there is no growth and growth is a very good thing. Without growth, without movement, without change what is living?  Consider life as an adventure, a journey, not as a final destination. It is important to not be static. Little to nothing can happen in a state of stasis. Even when the caterpillar is in the cocoon and seems to be doing nothing, he is hidden inside growing, evolving, and living. Don’t be afraid to evolve into the person you are meant to be.  Don’t be afraid to live. Think of fear as False Evidence Appearing Real. Then, let go of your fear and enjoy the ride; you may like where it leads you.  Additionally, try a chocolate and if you don’t like the first one, try another. You might actually find a new favorite.

 

In conclusion be proactive on your journey, take responsibility for the things you have control of and be patient with the things you don’t.  Find your center, find your faith and see past your fears.  You can do it.  I know you can. 

 

I’m here if you need me.

 

Lightworker Lisa

 

Until next time, may your days be brighter and your lives be lighter.

 

Lisa Dawn Wax, aka Lightworker Lisa, has been certified in Massage Therapy and Reiki Healing for over 15 years. In addition to being a born Lightworker she is a certified Angel Healing Practitioner and Reiki Master; both of which basically confirm her intuitive abilities to help, heal and teach. Using reiki (energy healing), divine messages and intuitive readings, she has helped many people to identify the source of their pain, clarify current life situations, and successfully redirect their focus into positive channels.  If you are in need of affordable healing and/or life coaching with immediate results, please call her at 561-594-3948 or visit her new website www.lightworkerlisa.com.

 

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April, 2010 – Our Own South Florida Dog Whisperer

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April, 2010 – Our Own South Florida Dog Whisperer

Our Own South Florida Dog Whisperer

 

By Marla E. Schwartz

 

 

Jay Meranchik, South Florida resident and well-respected dog whisperer, discovered a key element to the anti-aging process when he was still a kid. It’s his ability to value, understand and literally communicate with dogs that makes him unique. He’s not only a superlative dog trainer, teaching individuals how to build relationships with their dogs, but is one of the first pioneers in the field of pet therapy in this country.

 

Jay teaches Max how to push a shopping cart. Photo by Marla E. Schwartz.
Jay teaches Max how to push a shopping cart. Photo by Marla E. Schwartz.

 

 

 

“I helped create the laws that allow pets into nursing homes, hospitals and institutions,” Jay explained. “I’ve been recognized with a Jefferson Award, appeared in a Walt Disney educational film with my own dog, and was honored in proclamation by local commissioners.” Jay’s natural ability to bring out the best in people by introducing his dogs to them in such settings has turned into something that many of us take for granted. Always naming his dogs after superheroes, he’s currently the proud owner of Maxine (nicknamed Max), named after Jessica Alba’s character {Max Guevara, a secret government supersoldier} in Dark Angel, and it’s clear, by watching them together, that their relationship is a very special one.

 

Although Max looks like a German Shepherd, she’s actually a Belgian Malinois, and at a tender-age of 16-months, attends to Jay’s every need, and he does the same for her. Jay suffers from a rare form of polio that is characterized by progressive symmetrical paralysis and loss of reflexes, usually beginning in the legs. “I got polio from the polio shot when I was fourteen,” Jay explained. “A small percentage of people contract the disease this way.”

 

Jay and Max. Photo by Marla E. Schwartz.
Jay and Max. Photo by Marla E. Schwartz.

 

 

 

“It happened when they switched from the vaccine to the sugar pills,” he said. His body obviously didn’t have a good reaction to it. And growing up in the projects of Brooklyn, NY – he already had a rough start in life. “I grew up in Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island and in the projects the only pets you were allowed were fish and birds. No cats. No dogs,” Jay said. “But the fish and the birds were all I had when I had got sick and they meant everything to me.”

 

“I realized something was wrong right away, but it wasn’t until I fell down in school and couldn’t get up anymore that other people noticed,” Jay said. Today Jay looks like the pillar of health and one would never know he has a disability. He suffers deep pain, but it’s nothing that’s visible to the eye. He has what medical professionals refer to as an invisible illness. “That’s a problem because people think there is no problem when there is one,” he said. “I fight it all the time.”

 

Therefore, Max is more than merely a pet, although his joy at having her in his company is self-evident, but she’s his working dog. Max is always ready to work and enjoys demonstrating her skills. Jay gives a command from the couch, “Max, go open the refrigerator and get me the water.” She does. “Good girl. You didn’t close the refrigerator (she’s young, she’s learning), go close that door.” He makes two clicking noises and she closes the door and returns to Jay. “She also gets the newspaper every morning and she starts the vacuum cleaner up for me.” Max has a training area in the backyard where the climbs the ladder, walks on the balance beam and more. She’s even learning how to push a grocery cart.

 

 

Jay and Max
Jay and Max

Jay’s fondness of animals was unmistakable as a young child because he used to run away to the local pet shop for solace. One day the owner hired him to come and work after school and feed the animals. Jay was in his element. Later on he worked as an animal handler in a biological lab that sold rat, monkey and dog cells. “They were taking dogs and killing them and selling their cells. I ended up quitting because I couldn’t take it any longer,” he said. Before quitting, he saved a liter and adopted one of the dogs. This dog became his first working dog named Natasha.

 

 

 

It was at the lab when he ran across research papers written by psychiatrists about using dogs as a catalyst for response in patients. “I’m a different individual than most,” he said. Meaning, he realized understood that this research suggested there was a need to train dogs to help therapists reach through the emotional conflicts that existed between them and their patients.

 

Jay originally moved to Florida to help take care of his mother, but he also had other plans, as well. In September 1974 he created his first organization, the Feeling Heart Foundation, based in Miami Beach. “Animals, up to this point, weren’t allowed in institutions,” he said.  His mother had a lot to do with opening up his eyes and teaching him to pursue his gift. “My mother was a woman full of faith and she took care of me when I got polio, and every time I’d reach a goal and she’d see somebody who was less fortunate than I was, whether the person suffered from polio or some other form of a crippling disease, and say, ‘there by the grace of God’. She knew I had a gift with animals and for years I didn’t know what to do with it and she’d tell me that when God is knocking at your door you just have to listen and you’ll figure it out. Finally one day I put it all together and I said I can help.”

 

He tries to hold back tears when speaking about his mother. “My mother raised me, and I was born and raised Jewish, and one of the things she always impressed upon me was how to make the world a better place,” Jay said. “She said that’s our job. She’s gone now. She passed away a couple of years ago from old age. She was almost 90-years-old.”

 

These days Jay is busy creating a new foundation called The National K-9 Working Dog, Inc, that will create a national database registry for all working dogs (Police, Search & Rescue and Service) so they can be given critical equipment needed to protect their lives and well being while doing their jobs serving and protecting the public. “I just started it at the beginning of the month and this is the evolution of what I’ve been doing all my life,” he said. “In talking with the Florida state police I found out that there isn’t a retirement program for these dogs, and without one police officers are taking on a financial burden they may not be able to handle. The dogs don’t live much longer after retirement, so the state should at least continue its financial responsibility for these dogs for their last couple of years. Otherwise, and it’s unfortunate, but most police dogs are euthanized.” Working dogs deserve much more respect than what currently exists.

 

And here’s Jay’s advice, whenever you see a working dog helping someone who is disabled, please don’t bother the dog. “When we enter a grocery store or a restaurant the public is really not aware of how to proceed and react to a service dog, so I’m trying to raise awareness in order to teach people what is not appropriate. Dogs can be easily distracted and they’re supposed to be paying attention to the person they’re servicing, so if you pet it, that’s a distraction and it’s harmful to the disabled person.” Jay has been invited by the Broward county library system to come in and speak to the children about service dogs and how to take care of and understand their pets.

 

There’s are people who love animals and a few special people who are considered dog whisperers . . . Jay is certainly both!

All rights reserved.  This article is re-printed from Lighthouse Point Magazine with permission from the editor.

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Editor’s Note: THANKS to Marla E. Schwartz for contributing this special story this month! For “Pet Talk,” Frances Goodman will return next month with more pet advice. 

 

 

Marla E. SchwartzA native of Toledo, OH and a graduate of Kent State, Marla E. Schwartz has been a professional journalist since she was a teenager.  She’s a Senior Writer for Miami Living Magazine, and a freelance writer for CRAVINGS South Florida in Aventura, as well as Around Wellington Magazine, Lighthouse Point Magazine, and P.A.N.D.O.R.A.  An avid photographer, her images have appeared in numerous Ohio publications, as well as in Around Wellington Magazine, Lighthouse Point Magazine, Miami Living Magazine, The Miami Herald, The Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and The Palm Beach Post.  She has had numerous plays published and produced around the country.  Her short play, America’s Working? was originally read at First Stage in Los Angeles and in the same city produced at the Lone Star Ensemble.  It was then produced at Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL and taken to an off-Broadway playhouse by its producers Adam and Carrie Simpson.  Her piece, The Lunch Time Café, was a finalist for the Heideman Award, Actors Theatre of Louisville. She has also written a handful of screenplays with one opted for production a few years ago.  Feel free to contact her at: meschwartz1@hotmail.com.

 

 

 

 

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