Barrys Buzz June 28, 2012

Kudos to John and Mary Shuff, Marie Speed and Kevin Kaminiski on the 168 page issue of Boca Magazine, the premier Boca publication, featuring the Boca 100 and profiles on luminaries as Don Shula and Emily “Happy Day” Lilly. After nearly a year of discussion, the Boca Raton City Council Tuesday killed a $2.9 million project that would have upgraded two city-owned parks on the Intracoastal Waterway in cooperation with three other agencies, but Boca Mayor Susan Welchel hopes the project can be resurrected despite the loss of some funding from the timetable needed. Frank Theatres will open an IMAX theatre at the Marketplace in Delray with 12 screens and a bowling alley. J. Alexander’s restaurant chain, with a location in Boca Commons, has been sold for $72 million. Lebron James earned $15 million and Dwayne Wade made $23 million from the Heat in 2011. The Business Development Board of Palm Beach County announced that it helped three companies with expansions that will bring a total of 16 new jobs. The BDB helped the companies with relocations, expedited permitting and training grants from the Workforce Alliance. Boca Raton-based educational software company ArchieMD plans to add 10 employees to its workforce of 18. Marine LED lighting manufacturer Lumitec in Delray Beach plans to increase its workforce to 23 from 17. Hollander Home Fashions, a designer and manufacturer of home fashion items, relocated to a new headquarters in Boca Raton, where it will retain 77 employees. Ragbir Group/Keyes Company Realtor Joanne Epstein and public relations consultant Barry Epstein were named among the Top Small Business Leaders of the South by Business Leader magazine at a Bankers Club dinner in Miami. For the What, Where and When for Boca and West Boca families, check out www.minivanmadness.com. Kery Knutson was appointed director of marketing and membership development for the YMCA of South Palm Beach County. She formerly was with the Sun-Sentinel, City of Margate and Office Depot. Florida Atlantic University will test its emergency alert system with sirens at 11 a.m. this morning. Slow Burn Theatre presents Xanadu at the West Boca Performing Arts Theatre in the West Boca High School through July 1. Fri./Sat.’s at 8 p.m. Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets and info at www.slowburntheatre.org. Call 954.3237884. Barry Epstein Live internet television show airs Friday at 10 a.m. on www.wrpbitv.com featuring Entr’Acte Theatrix producer Michael Lipshitz and John Justice Parker, playing Jesus, author Justin Deering, Movie Maven Morrie Zryl and his partner in the Last Picture Show Arthur Friedman, Sun-Sentinel columnists Kingsley Guy and Lynn University political professor Dr. Robert Watson. Watch to win free tickets to the Cinemark theatres. Movies opening at the Cinemark Theatres Friday are Magic Mike, People Like Us, Madea’s Witness Protection and Ted. Movie opening Friday at The Movies of Delray and Lake Worth is People Like Us. The Immigrant and Backwards in High Heels are at the Stage Door Theatre 8036 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs Don’t miss the true story of an Immigrant coming to Texas. Call 954.344.7765 for ticket information. Tune into WWNN Radio 1470 at 3 p.m. Saturday with Al Zucaro and yours truly. 16 Handles, a premium self-serve frozen yogurt store located in University Commons, will celebrate the final day of National Frozen Yogurt Month with Free Fro-Yo Day on Saturday, June 30, 2012. Little River Band plays a free concert at Mizner Park, Saturday, June 30 at 8 p.m. Sponsored by the West Boca Community Council, come celebrate the Fourth of July free at the Sunset Cove Amphitheatre in the South County Regional Park west of 41 at 6:30 p.m. with music by Whitestone Band and Fireworks by Zambelli and at FAU. Picnic baskets and lawn chairs permitted. No pets, BBQ’s or personal fireworks allowed. Jesus Christ Superstar will be at the Count de Hoernle theatre, 7901 N. Fed. Hwy. Boca from July 5-15. Go to http://www.entractetheatrix.org/ for ticket prices, reservations and further information or call 561.366.9033. Jan McArt, The First Lady of Florida Theatre will be feted at the Sunday July 8 matinee performance. $15 reception cost. Starting July 11, the West Boca Leaders networking group will be meeting at Sachs Sax Caplan, 6111 Broken Sound Parkway, Suite 200, Boca Raton. Interested in joining? Check out www.westbocaleaders.com for category availability and call 561.852.0000. On Friday, August 31, the Sunset Cove Amphitheater will host a live concert featuring Sublime with Rome with special guests Cypress Hill, Pepper, and the Dirty Heads. The Boca Raton Theatre Guild’s 2012-2013 season will begin with a comedy, and end with a classic. A.R. Gurneys Sylvia, and Kander & Ebbs Chicago will run in September and March at the Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park, located at 300 South Military Trail in Boca Raton, just south of Palmetto Park Road. Tickets for Sylvia will go on sale on August 1st, and can be purchased at the Willow Theatre Box office: 561-347-3948. Birch Communications is a multi-million dollar company with an exclusive wholesale agreement with AT&T. If you would like to save money on your AT&T land phones without changing your numbers, call 561.852.0000. You can have your own internet television show very inexpensively. Contact Wayne at wrpbitv@yahoo.com. For Al-Anon-meetings in South Palm Beach County, go to www.southpalmbeachafg.org/meeting_list.html. WWW.WestBocaLeaders.com has openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information. If you have foreclosure issues, go to www.finestofsouthflorida.com and call 561.945.0000 for the help you need. Enjoy the Fourth of July holiday with your family and/or loved ones. Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the Luxury Chamber of Commerce (www.luxurychamber.com), the West Boca Leaders networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.wrpbitv.com. Website; www.publicrelations.nu; email: pr@publicrelations.nu, or fax column items to 561.451.0000. His blog is on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com.

Barrys Buzz June 21, 2012

Former Boca Police Chief and former PBSO Sheriff Charles McCutcheon has died at the age of 83. A viewing will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Glick Family Funeral Home, 3600 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton. A church service and burial will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Joan of Arc Church, 370 SW Third Street, Boca Raton. Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher told the Boca Advisory Board for People with Disabilities that all polling places will be equipped to handle any handicapped needs. Despite reports to the contrary, Mitt Romney confirmed that Marco Rubio is being vetted to be his running mate. George LeMieux dropped out of the Republican race for U.S. Senate to go up against Sen. Bill Nelson. After four years, former Asst. Executive Director of the Levis JCC Randy Colman, returns Sept. 1 to head it up. Former head football coach of the FAU Owls, Howard Schnellenberger, in his new role as Ambassador at Large provides motivational speeches to groups and is raising millions for the University’s budget. The Florida Atlantic University Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geomatics Engineering is the $25,000 grand prize winner of the 2012 NCEES Engineering Award for Connecting Professional Practice and Education. Cpl. Burt Richards is collecting used cell phones for veterans to get a free 60 minute calling card. Contact pr.group@juno.com to donate your old phones. Palm Beach County commissioners approved a job growth incentive grant for $75,000 for Digital Risk LLC, a financial services firm which recently opened a 25,000-square-foot office in Boca Raton and is expected to create 150 jobs by 2014 with an average annual salary of more than $48,000. Washington Post: Boca’s Pine Crest School is the #2 private school in the U.S. and the only one ranked in Florida. Palm Beach County had the eighth best high school graduation rate among the nation’s largest school districts and the second best in Florida in 2009, according to the national education publication “Education Week”. Gerald Riopelle was appointed principal of Omni Middle and Renee Elfe was appointed principal of Boca Elem. Five million tourists visited Palm Beach County in 2011, spending and average $1,040/day and staying 3.5 days. Bank of America dismissed 675 employees despite backlog requests for mortgage modifications. Slow Burn Theatre presents Xanadu at the West Boca Performing Arts Theatre in the West Boca High School June 22-July 1. Fri./Sat.’s at 8 p.m. Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets and info at www.slowburntheatre.org. Call 954.323.7884. Barry Epstein Live internet television show airs Friday at 10 a.m. on www.wrpbitv.com featuring FAU Ambassador-At-Large and former head football coach Howard Schnellenberger, Attorney Robert Kesten, chair of South Tech Academy and Palm Beach World Trade Center Chair Al Aucaro. Watch to win free tickets to the Cinemark theatres. Movies opening at the Cinemark Theatres Friday are Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Moonrise Kingdom, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Brave. Movie opening Friday at The Movies of Delray and Lake Worth is Seeking a Friend For The End of the World. Ermani, an opera from Bologna plays Saturday at noon and Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Movies of Delray and The Bright Stream from the Bolshoi Ballet plays Saturday at noon and Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Movies of Lake Worth. La Cage is at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Four stars! The Immigrant and Backwards in High Heels are at the Stage Door Theatre 8036 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs Don’t miss the true story of an Immigrant coming to Texas. Call 954.344.7765 for ticket information. 16 Handles, a premium self-serve frozen yogurt store located in University Commons, will celebrate the final day of National Frozen Yogurt Month with Free Fro-Yo Day on Saturday, June 30, 2012. Sponsored by the West Boca Community Council, come celebrate the Fourth of July free at the Sunset Cove Amphitheatre in the South County Regional Park west of 41 at 6:30 p.m. with music by Whitestone Band and Fireworks by Zambelli. Picnic baskets and lawn chairs permitted. No pets, BBQ’s or personal fireworks allowed. Jesus Christ Superstar will be at the Count de Hoernle theatre, 7901 N. Fed. Hwy. Boca from July 5-15. Go to http://www.entractetheatrix.org/ for ticket prices, reservations and further information or call 561.366.9033. Jan McArt, The First Lady of Florida Theatre will be feted at the Sunday July 8 matinee performance. $15 reception cost. On Friday, August 31, the Sunset Cove Amphitheater will host a live concert featuring Sublime with Rome with special guests Cypress Hill, Pepper, and the Dirty Heads. The Boca Raton Theatre Guilds 2012-2013 season will begin with a comedy, and end with a classic. A.R. Gurneys Sylvia, and Kander & Ebbs Chicago will run in September and March at the Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park, located at 300 South Military Trail in Boca Raton, just south of Palmetto Park Road. Tickets for Sylvia will go on sale on August 1st, and can be purchased at the Willow Theatre Box office: 561-347-3948. Birch Communications is a multi-million dollar company with an exclusive wholesale agreement with AT&T. If you would like to save money on your AT&T land phones without changing your numbers, call 561.852.0000. You can have your own internet television show very inexpensively. Contact Wayne at wrpbitv@yahoo.com. For Al-Anon-meetings in South Palm Beach County, go to www.southpalmbeachafg.org/meeting_list.html. WWW.WestBocaLeaders.com has openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information. If you have foreclosure issues, go to www.finestofsouthflorida.com and call 561.945.0000 for the help you need. Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the Luxury Chamber of Commerce (www.luxurychamber.com), the West Boca Leaders networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.wrpbitv.com. Website; www.publicrelations.nu; email: pr@publicrelations.nu, or fax column items to 561.451.0000. His blog is on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com

Barrys Buzz June 14, 2012

Barrys Buzz June 14, 2012 A free Avoiding Foreclosure Seminar with Palm Beach County Clerk of the Courts Sharon Bock, will be Monday June 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lakeside Terrace, 7880 Glades Road (at the Turnpike behind City Fish Market) RSVP to 561.945.0000. Refreshments will be served. Please share to all who are in or facing Foreclosure. Foreclosure is NOT an option! Delray Beach businessman and former political candidate Nick Loeb is back with his girlfriend Sofia Vergara, star of Modern Family. The duo were spotted together holding hands in New York City last week. Its official! Delray Beach is a finalist for the 2012 All America City Award! They will travel to Denver on June 29th to hopefully bring the THIRD title back to Delray. Delray is the only city in the State of Florida to have won the award twice! Congressman Alan West has moved from Plantation in Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz’ district to a PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens home in Congressman Tom Rooney’s current district, who is moving to a new one. Glades Road will be repaved from west of Boca Lakes Drive to west of the Turnpike in the next few weeks. Boca city and residents oppose a FDOT proposal to widen Federal Highway to six lanes from Glades to Yamato. The new Spanish River Sports Complex is open but a ribbon cutting will take place after the traffic light is installed. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush sold his Coral Gables home at 629 Altara Avenue for $775,000. Researchers at Florida Atlantic University were awarded a $1.8 million, four-year Federal grant from the National Institute of Health to study how nursing home patients can avoid hospitalization. The Black Diamond casino cruise will launch service from the Port of Palm Beach in July. The twice-daily service on a 500-passenger ship will feature slot machines, roulette, craps and more. The South has suffered the steepest drops in median income than any other region since the Great Recession hit. Hillsboro canal docks in Boca will be removed for a cleaning project by the S.FL. Water Management District. 8,000 hospitality staff are wanted for country club and resort jobs. Contact www.workforcealliance.com. Barry Epstein Live internet television show airs Friday at 10 a.m. on www.wrpbitv.com featuring Realtor and Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) Joanne Epstein, and Sun-Sentinel editorial columnist Kingsley Guy. Watch to win free tickets to the Cinemark theatres. Dr. Denise ST Patrick-Bell has been appointed Executive Director of the Boca Raton Children’s Museum. Movies opening at the Cinemark Theatres Friday are Rock of Ages and That’s My Boy. Movies opening Friday at The Movies of Delray are Hysteria, Rock of Ages and Chinese Take Away in Spanish with English sub-titles. A two hour fundraiser cruise for Allen West will be held 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, June 19 aboard the “Bottom Line” leaving from the Boca Raton Resort & Club docks. Cost is $500 per person. RSVP to Catherine Faulkner at 772.600.7123. The Immigrant and Backwards in High Heels are at the Stage Door Theatre 8036 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs through July 1. Call 954.344.7765 for ticket information. Twin Palms Center for the Disabled and Met Life is offering a complimentary seminar on Family Dynamics of Special Needs Planning 6 to 7 p.m. tonight at 306 NW 35 st. Boca Raton. Reserve by calling Dee at 954.625.1531. A free Classic, Sports and Antique Car Show will be at Mizner Park Sunday for Fathers Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts and Comptroller Sharon Bock will headline a free panel seminar on Foreclosures and Short Sales 6 to 8 p.m. June 18 at Lakeside Terrace, 7880 Glades Road at the Turnpike. Refreshments will be served. Reservations required by calling 561.945.0000. All facing mortgage payment problems should attend. On June 20, The Palm Beach County School Board will recognize Cpl. Burt Richards for his efforts to successfully close schools on Veterans Day, Nov. 11 to educate students about War History and founding a Veterans Speakers Forum. 16 Handles, a premium self-serve frozen yogurt store located in University Commons, will celebrate the final day of National Frozen Yogurt Month with Free Fro-Yo Day on Saturday, June 30, 2012. Jesus Christ Superstar will be at the Count de Hoernle theatre, 7901 N. Fed. Hwy. Boca from July 5-15. Go to http://www.entractetheatrix.org/ for ticket prices, reservations and further information or call 561.366.9033. Jan McArt, The First Lady of Florida Theatre will be feted at the Sunday July 8 matinee performance. $15 reception cost. On Friday, August 31, the Sunset Cove Amphitheater will host a live concert featuring Sublime with Rome with special guests Cypress Hill, Pepper, and the Dirty Heads. The Boca Raton Theatre Guilds 2012-2013 season will begin with a comedy, and end with a classic. A.R. Gurneys Sylvia, and Kander & Ebbs Chicago will run in September and March at the Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park, located at 300 South Military Trail in Boca Raton, just south of Palmetto Park Road. Tickets for Sylvia will go on sale on August 1st, and can be purchased at the Willow Theatre Box office: 561-347-3948. Birch Communications is a multi-million dollar company with an exclusive wholesale agreement with AT&T. If you would like to save money on your AT&T land phones without changing your numbers, call 561.852.0000. You can have your own internet television show very inexpensively. Contact Wayne at wrpbitv@yahoo.com. For Al-Anon-meetings in South Palm Beach County, go to www.southpalmbeachafg.org/meeting_list.html. WWW.WestBocaLeaders.com has openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information. If you have foreclosure issues, go to www.finestofsouthflorida.com and call 561.945.0000 for the help you need. Take time to observe Flag Day today and Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads out there. Thanks for all the good wishes. Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the Luxury Chamber of Commerce (www.luxurychamber.com), the West Boca Leaders networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.wrpbitv.com. Website; www.publicrelations.nu; email: pr@publicrelations.nu, or fax column items to 561.451.0000. His blog is on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com.

Barrys Buzz June 7, 2012

The gauntlet has been thrown down. Boca City Council members Susan Haynie and Anthony Majhess will face off for the Mayorship in two years. A poll was conducted to gauge support for former Palm Beach County School Superintendent to run against Chairman Frank Barbieri. Former Palm Beach County Commissioner Addie Green regrets publicly selling her vote for $5 million to put Scripps in Jupiter instead of Boca, as north Florida businesses have reneged on their pledge to fund her non-profit group. The state will hold a public hearing on the widening Federal Highway from 4 to 6 lanes between Glades Road to North of Yamato Road today at 5:30 p.m. at the Boca Raton Community Center. Susan Bucher, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections will discuss disabilities and the 2012 elections at the Boca Raton Advisory Board for People With Disabilities tonight at 7 p.m. at the Boca Raton Community Center Annex, Crawford Blvd. The meeting is free and open to the public. Those with family members affected should attend. The old Mizner Trail golf course may be used for water retention instead of development to compensate owners. Digital Risk, a major mortgage transaction firm with 1,400 employees nationwide, will open an office in Boca Raton to employ 150 people who are experienced underwriters, processors, closers, compliance experts & appraisers. South Florida cable operator Comcast reported first quarter profits of a huge $1.2 billion, up 26% which came on the backs of 1.3 million subscribers nailed with a 20% rate increase. Steve and Lori Leveen, founders of Levengers, are featured in the current June 11 issue of Fortune Magazine. Florida Atlantic University is planning a $42 million, 600 bed freshman dormitory project, on the Boca campus. “Storage Wars” reality tv show series will be filming in Palm Beach and Broward Counties at their Stor-All facilities in 2013. Major film “Parker”, shot in Palm Beach County, will also open in 2013, along with reality tv series “Divers”. Part time Palm Beach resident Donald Trump wants to build “Trump Studio City”, a film studio in South Miami-Dade County, twice the size of Universal Studios. The Commission will study the proposal for the next 90 days. Barry Epstein Live internet television show airs Friday at 10 a.m. on www.wrpbitv.com featuring political activist Alan Bergstein, Movie Maven Morrie Zryl, Sun-Sentinel columnists, Lynn University Political professor Robert Watson and Kingsley Guy. Watch to win free tickets to Cinemark theatres. Movies opening at the Cinemark Theatres Friday are Hysteria, Prometheus and Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted. Movie opening Friday at the Movies of Delray is Elena. The Immigrant is playing through July 1 and Backwards In High Heels, the Ginger Musical opens June 8 through July 1 at the Stage Door Theatre 8036 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs. Call 954.344.7765 for ticket information. Soroptomist International of Boca Raton-Deerfield Beach hosts an installation banquet at Brooks Restaurant on June 10 from 4 to 7 p.m. Cost is $55 per person. Visit www.soroptomist4women.org. Soroptimists also awarded checks to 14 charities that help women and girls that meant even more with a tight economy and government cutbacks. Twin Palms Center for the Disabled and Met Life is offering a complimentary seminar on Family Dynamics of Special Needs Planning at 6 to 7 p.m. on June 14 at 306 NW 35 st. Boca Raton. Reserve by calling Dee at 954.625.1531. Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts and Comptroller Sharon Bock will headline a free panel seminar on Foreclosures and Short Sales 6 to 8 p.m. June 18 at Lakeside Terrace, 7880 Glades Road at the Turnpike. Refreshments will be served. Reservations required by calling 561.945.0000. All facing mortgage payment problems should attend. On June 20, The Palm Beach County School Board will recognize Cpl. Burt Richards for his efforts to successfully close schools on Veterans Day, Nov. 11 to educate students about War History and founding a Veterans Speakers Forum. 16 Handles, a premium self-serve frozen yogurt store located in University Commons, will celebrate the final day of National Frozen Yogurt Month with Free Fro-Yo Day on Saturday, June 30, 2012. Jesus Christ Superstar will be at the Count de Hoernle theatre, 7901 N. Fed. Hwy. Boca from July 5-15. Go to http://www.entractetheatrix.org/ for ticket prices, reservations and further information or call 561.366.9033. Jan McArt, The First Lady of Florida Theatre will be feted at the Sunday July 8 matinee performance. $15 reception cost. On Friday, August 31, the Sunset Cove Amphitheater will host a live concert featuring Sublime with Rome with special guests Cypress Hill, Pepper, and the Dirty Heads. The Boca Raton Theatre Guilds 2012-2013 season will begin with a comedy, and end with a classic. A.R. Gurneys Sylvia, and Kander & Ebbs Chicago will run in September and March at the Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park, located at 300 South Military Trail in Boca Raton, just south of Palmetto Park Road. Tickets for Sylvia will go on sale on August 1st, and can be purchased at the Willow Theatre Box office: 561-347-3948. Birch Communications is a multi-million dollar company with an exclusive wholesale agreement with AT&T. If you would like to save money on your AT&T land phones without changing your numbers, call 561.852.0000. You can have your own internet television show very inexpensively. Contact Wayne at wrpbitv@yahoo.com. For Al-Anon-meetings in South Palm Beach County, go to www.southpalmbeachafg.org/meeting_list.html. WWW.WestBocaLeaders.com has openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information. If you have foreclosure issues, go to www.finestofsouthflorida.com and call 561.945.0000 for the help you need. Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the Luxury Chamber of Commerce (www.luxurychamber.com), the West Boca Leaders networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.wrpbitv.com. Website; www.publicrelations.nu; email: pr@publicrelations.nu, or fax column items to 561.451.0000. His blog is on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com.