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Volume 14, No. 6February 2004

JLBR Captures the MomentGirl's Night Is Good for You!Shoes - The More the Merrier

Know Your "Netiquette"Boca Raton Caught the Spirit of Giving

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GIRL�S NIGHT OUT IS GOOD FOR YOU! ........................................................6SHOES - THE MORE THE MERRIER..................................................................7KNOW YOUR �NETIQUETTE� ..........................................................................8BOCA RATON CAUGHT THE SPIRIT OF GIVING ..............................................10WOW - WHAT A KISS!..................................................................................13JLBR CAPTURES THE MOMENT ....................................................................16LEGENDS OF ST. VALENTINE�S DAY ..............................................................28

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PRESIDENT �S MESSAGE

President�s Perspective

Dear JLBR Members,

I woke up in the middle of thenight recently and realized thatwe are eight months throughour League year. I wasastounded. It feels as if theMay Dinner meeting was just

the other day and suddenly it�s February! It is hard to believehow much has been accomplished in this time. First of all, I amwriting this article from the brand-new president�s desk in thebrand-new office in the brand-new Vegso Community ResourceCenter in the Countess de Hoernle Building. This, in and ofitself, is an amazing statement. We moved on December 19thand had our grand opening celebrations on February 4th and5th. The word is out! The Junior League of Boca Raton is con-tinuing to fulfill its mission, in bigger and better ways than everbefore.

Not only are we working on providing training and support forall charitable agencies in our community, but we have solidifiedour partnership with such organizations as the CommunityFoundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties. We will nowmaintain a funding resource center so that nonprofit organiza-tions can research funding sources for their programs. We haveprovided office space for a family interventionist fromChildren�s Place at Home Safe so that parenting and preventionprograms can be implemented with the families who participatein our programs, past, present and future. Last, but certainly notleast, the Vegso Community Resource Center in the Countessde Hoernle Building has provided the opportunity for JLBRmembers to work in an environment that is efficient, beautifuland most of all, safe. Welcome Home!

Speaking of homes - February is cottage meeting month. Thisyear, we decided to change cottage meetings from January toFebruary. Since we do not have a regular General MembershipMeeting in December, it seemed that the span from Novemberto February was just too long. We miss each other! Cottagemeetings are a wonderful way to gather in small groups in thehomes of various League members. During the cottage meet-ings, you will have the opportunity to discuss League matters inan intimate setting, complete the Membership SatisfactionSurvey (honestly, I hope) and perhaps get to know fellow mem-bers a little bit better. Please plan to attend a cottage meeting.Your participation will truly be valued and I know that it is anopportunity that you will not want to miss.

I will close this letter by thanking you once again for all that

you do, and for giving me the opportunity to be a part of yourlives as volunteers.

Fondly,

P.S. I am thrilled that so many of you chose to self-nominate forleadership positions. To be a leader within the Junior Leagueis an experience like no other!

The Junior League of Boca Raton

invites you to an

Open House

Celebrating the Grand Opening

of the new

Vegso Community Resource Center

in the

Countess de Hoernle Building

261 N.W. 13th Street

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Thursday, February 5, 2004

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

for more information call 561-620-2553

There has been a lot of buzz lately overthe fact that this is the final season ofthat popular TV show �Sex and theCity.� Apparently the girls are treatingthe show as their characters did theirrelationships: end it while they are stillhaving a good time. There has beencountless press about the show�s demiseand I can�t help wondering: What is itabout the show that makes us tune in,

week after week? Granted, the show is irreverent and funny. Onthe surface it appears that I have little in common with any ofthe four characters. I am long married, settled, live in suburbiawith my white picket fence, 2.2 kids and a dog-named TootsieRoll. I don�t even own a single pair of Jimmy Choos (no, real-ly!) There is very little in my life that compares to theirs, as itis with most of my friends that tune into the show every week.What is it about the fabulous four that we can relate to?

The answer, it seems, lies in the bond the four women have witheach other. They have found within each other the love and sup-port that seems to elude them with their other relationships.They are very different women, each with their own unique per-sonality traits and lifestyles, but they have found in each othera common bond: they empower each other and appreciate eachother and their differences when no one else will. They are eachother�s soul mates. It is this energy that we tune in for, for Ithink all of us can identify with and have a need for thesefemale friendships.

As the mother of two girls I can attest to the fact that femalerelationships are different than that of boys. Girls are moredemanding, empathetic and confiding in their friendships. Ican�t tell you how many times I have found a �Are you my bestfriend ? Check ___yes or ____ no,� note tucked in the pocketof my 10 year-old�s jeans from one of her friends. Laura can�tgo anywhere with one of her friends without receiving (or mak-ing) the �What are you wearing? Let�s dress alike,� phone call.Whereas the neighborhood boys run in a pack and occupy theirtime in group-sports, the girls tend to pair up and spend theirtime in one-on-one play, giggling and whispering secrets toeach other. I doubt any of the boys would think about requiringone of them to declare him �his BFF (Best Friend Forever)�before he will play.

Finding a friendship soul mate can be as elusive as finding yourhusband or life partner. In fact, in some cultures it is believedthat a soul mate is actually someone you knew in a previous lifeand have happened to bump into in this life. Talk about a smallworld! I guess that would explain that �instant connection� youfeel when you have finally found him or her. The dictionarydefines a soul mate as two people temperamentally suited to oneanother. I can remember in high school my best friend, Missy.Missy had transferred to our school our sophomore year and webecame instant friends. She was pretty, outgoing and had aneasygoing nature that the boys loved to be around. I waspainfully shy (believe it or not!) and Missy drew me out ofmyself and taught me how to flirt and be more assertive andself-assured. We were inseparable. Then, towards the end of oursenior year disaster struck: I found out that Missy was going outwith my boyfriend behind my back! I was completely devastat-ed. Not, as you might think, by the loss of the boyfriend. Keithwas very cute, and I had been thrilled and shocked when heasked me out, but the truth be told after a couple of dates it wasclear we had very little in common. Aside from the joy of justlooking at him, I was getting a little bored. If Missy had told meshe liked him, I would have handed him over on a silver platter.What upset me was the loss of my best friend. Her betrayal was,in my teenage mind, unforgivable, and although we eventuallystarted speaking again our relationship was never the same.After our �breakup� I started to search for a new best friend. Ihad plenty of casual friends but I was missing that connectionthat a best friend provides. I remember feeling like that bird inthe book �ARE YOU MY MOTHER?� Everyone I would meetI would wonder, �Are you my new best friend?�

A study by UCLA has found that when women hang outtogether an anti-stress chemical, oxytocin, is released into theirbodies, producing a calming effect. (And all this time I thoughtit was the wine!) This effect does not occur in men, apparent-ly because of their levels of testosterone. Estrogen, it seems,

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SHOES - THE MORE THE MERRIER BY STACEY HIGH

Women have a fascination with shoesthat often seems inexplicable andwell�.maybe even a little irrational.What is it about an unusual heel, strapstructure and profuse beading that takesus over the top? Why do we insist that17 pairs of black shoes are �essential� toour wardrobe? And who can explain thesame shoe / multiple color strategy?The men in our lives have pondered

these questions endlessly, all the while compressing and stack-ing their own belongings to make room for the gradual influx oftheir beloved�s additional shoes. At what point does this fasci-nation become an obsession?

Truth is, we girls already know it�s an obsession, however onethat can be easily rationalized and explained. Here�s the deal.A pair of shoes can make or break an outfit. The right color, the

right height, the right style � it�s all key to �finishing� the look.If you take a fabulous red dress and pair it with a pair of dowdybrown flats, well . . . you get the picture. Not good. On theother hand, a mediocre red dress can be significantly improvedwith a great pair of strappy stilet-tos. Make sense? Therein liesthe justification for shoe quanti-ty. Unless you�re wearing reddresses every day, odds are thatred strappy stilettos won�t workevery time. Variety is the spiceof life and shoes are no excep-tion to that rule. Bottom line -you boys need to come to termswith this one and invest in someadditional closet space. Ourshoes are here to stay! (Nextlesson � lip liners.)

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enhances oxytocin. Although all the implications of thisresearch have yet to be made clear, one thing is evident: thehealth benefits of stress reduction have been documented withcountless studies. Getting together with our friends may actu-ally help us live longer. So the next time you feel like a nightout with the girls � go for it! It�s actually good for you - in bothbody and spirit!

�For where you go I will goAnd where you lodge I will lodge,

Your people will be my people,And your God my God�

. . . Ruth, affirming her friendship and devotion to her mother-in-law, Naomi Old Testament; Ruth 1:16-17.

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SPECIAL FEATURE

The Bridge January 2004

KNOW YOUR �NETIQUETTE� BY ANNE CONKLIN

In last month�s BRIDGE I shared withyou my (admittedly unsolicited) opin-ion on cell phone etiquette. This month,whether you like it or not, I�m back onthe etiquette soap box. This month�stopic: email manners. How many timeshave you gotten an email that�s riddledwith typos or full of capital letters?Whether you�re drafting a personal orprofessional email, your email style

says more about you than you realize. So here are a few thingsto keep in mind:

" Try to respond to emails within a few days. Email is sup-posed to be a relatively quick medium. Let�s keep it thatway!

" A descriptive subject line is always appreciated. I find it a bitannoying when someone sends me a message with just theword �Hi� in the subject line or worse yet � a blank subjectline. That tells me absolutely nothing about the email. Now,I�m not suggesting that you sum up your life story in the sub-ject line � I�m just asking that you use words that willdescribe the general purpose of your e-mail. It can be as sim-ple as �how are you doing?� or �new pictures of babyEmma.�

" If you�re replying to a message, be sure to include some orall of the original e-mail, so the reader has some context foryour response. My cousin is forever sending me responsesthat begin something like: �I totally agree� or �I know whatyou mean.� Now, I have far too much going on in my life toremember what I was chit-chatting with my cousin about lastweek via email, so I have no clue on what she�s agreeing withme. (Maybe if she responded in a timelier manner �)

" If you�re forwarding a message to someone, strip all theextraneous information and characters from it beforehand. Itcuts down on the size of the message and just plain makes iteasier to read.

" If you want to send an email to several people, don�t paste allthe email addresses into the �To� or �CC� fields. If you dothat, each recipient will see the email addresses of all theother people you�re writing to � which really irks some peo-

ple. It�s better to use the �BCC� field instead. That way, eachperson only sees his or her own email address. (This alsomakes it seem like you�re sending a more personal note).

" DON�T TYPE WITH YOUR �CAPS LOCK� ON. All-capsmight seem cool to you, but it�s annoying to the reader. Yes,you can use all-caps for headings or titles in your message,or even to EMPHASIZE certain words, but anything beyondthat is basically the equivalent of screaming at someone.DON�T YOU HATE IT WHEN SOMEONE YELLS ATYOU?

" If you can say what needs to be said in two sentences, by allmeans, be my guest. No one wants to read a five-paragraphemail on something simple. Less is more. Really. Keep itshort.

" Nobody likes reading run-on sentences because they�re hardto read, and besides, your brain gets really tired of thinkingabout the words and by the time you finish reading the darnsentence a few minutes later and you�re ready to move ontoa new sentence which might be part of a bigger paragraphthen it already seems to be all jumbled together without anysign of ever ending and who remembers what the sentencewas about anyway?

" Be very obvious with your meanings, since subtleties can belost or completely misunderstood. You might think you�rebeing funny (or serious) in your email, but it may comeacross differently to the reader. If you want to ensure theirunderstanding, use an emoticon. They are also known as�smileys,� and there are tons of possible combinations (seepage 9.) But, please keep in mind that emoticons can beoverused. Limit them to one or two per email. (And keepthem out of business emails all together.)

" Do me a favor when you�re done typing your email: run thespell check. Or, at least read it again to make sure nothing isgrossly misspelled. I know, I know, it might just be a friend-ly email to a fellow Leaguer and you don�t think grammarreally matters, but your writing style conveys somethingabout your intelligence and capabilities.

" Before you hit the �Send� button, make sure you�ve got theright person in your �To� field. My girlfriend Jules onceaccidentally sent her boss a steamy email that was meant forher boyfriend. I don�t think she looked her boss in the eyefor about a year after that.

" Don�t type up an email when you�re upset with someone.We�ve all broken this rule before, and you sure felt guiltywhen you reread your note later, didn�t you? Cool off first,then write the email.

" Just say no to chain emails. Receiving a �forward this to allthe angels in your life�-type email is nice, because it lets meknow you�re thinking about me, but I�d much rather get aquick personal note from you. And don�t even think aboutpassing on �the next 100 people to visit www.footlooseand


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fancyfree.com will get a free pair of shoes� email. You knowit�s too good to be true. (And I know, because I actuallychecked.)

" If what you�d like to communicate is of a sensitive nature,requires very specific instructions, or if you are trying to con-vey your thoughts, feelings or ideas, an email may not be thebest form of communication. Why not pick up the telephone?Sometime it�s just a nicer, friendlier way to communicate.

The bottom line is � communication between humans is approx-imately 90% body language, 8% tone of voice, and 2% what yousay. Be aware of this when you write your next email. You�reonly working with 2%, so you�ll need to express yourself well!

COMMON ONLINE EMOTICONS

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BCNU = be seeing youBTDT= been there, done thatBTW = by the wayCWIM = see what I meanFTR = for the recordFWIW = for what it�s worthHTH = hope this helpsIMHO = in my humble opinionJ/K = just kiddingLOL= laugh out loudNP= no problemROTFL= rolling on the floor laughingTIA= thanks in advanceTTFN = ta ta for nowTTYL= talk to you laterTNSTAAFL= there�s no such thing as a free lunch


SPECIAL FEATURE

BOCA RATON CAUGHT THE �SPIRIT OF GIVING� BY CAROLE PUTMAN

Volunteers serve the community inmany ways. However, every once in awhile a project comes along that is trulyspecial and affects one deeply. Thisyear, that is what happened to me.

For years, through the League�s toydrive and very caring friends who host-ed holiday toy drives, (BarbaraWilliams, Barbara and Dick Schmidt

and Lisa and John Mullhall) I always donated toys, which Iknew would be distributed to various children�s charities in thearea. Usually each person or group collecting had a �special�place to which they gave. There was a lot of duplication.

It became apparent there had to be a better way, and a veryexceptional woman, Barbara Schmidt, decided to do somethingabout it. Starting with the goal of ending this duplication, acoalition was formed. Both the groups who gave to the chari-ties and the charities themselves set out to make sure that ALLthe children who needed to be served would indeed receive giftsfor the holidays. That�s how the �Spirit of Giving� began.

Working with Debbie Prehn, the Executive Director of KIND,Barbara spearheaded an endeavor to coordinate efforts betweenthe various �giving and getting� organizations. Last year wasthe first year. Toys were brought to the Wayne Barton Center inDixie Manor. It was a huge success. This year an arrangementwas made to have toys collected at several locations including

the Town Center Mall. Donated toys were then brought toBarbara�s storage warehouse, where they were sorted by ageand special requests, and distributed to the receiving agencies.

Aside from Debbie and the other community liaisons, Barbararecruited some of her good friends to help her: CarolynCunningham; Carol Gunnell; Rita Head; Jeanette Himes; D.J.Lindsay; Pat McCall; Marilyn Osborne; Deanna Rosemurgy;Ann Rutherford; Deanna Wheeler; Susan Whelchel; and thisyear � me. If most of those names sound familiar, they should.They�re Junior League members, sustainers, and friends of sus-tainers who stepped up to the plate, and who (at a very busytime of year) made the time to spread holiday cheer to thosewhose holidays do not always contain very much cheer. We didmany different jobs: helping Barbara get the word out; makingcollection runs to the mall and the other toy gathering locations;going to Target with donation money to buy more of the toyswhich were in high demand; baking and delivering cookies toagency holiday parties and working at the warehouse sortingand filling requests from individual children.

Everywhere I went (book group, bridge games, board,Personnel council, and CARES committee meetings - just abouteverywhere actually) I gave out little gingerbread paper dolls -each representing a child, requesting clothing and shoes. Theywere all different ages and all different sizes. Some of themalso required deciphering in order to figure out what age and


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HATS OFF TO . . .

size they were.But that did notdaunt my friends.They took thoselittle paper dolls(some took morethan one) andbought those out-fits and mademany childrenextremely happy.I was completely

overwhelmed by the whole experience and I am so grateful toeach and every person who helped.

Working at the warehouse was quite an event. The agencieswould arrive and we would have their toys and/or clothes ready.Huge plastic bags and cartons of toys would get picked up: hun-

dreds and hundreds of items in a day. Just when I thought wewould run out and there would not be enough toys for the nextgroup, huge loads of them would appear. The mall response wasincredible; the League response, especially DIAD, who workedwith the Spirt of Giving Committee throughout the year, wasincredible; and the community came through with flying colorsfor the kids.

Barbara said about 15,000 items were distributed in all. It wasamazing and she is amazing. After Christmas, Barbara left ona trip with her family and when she returned, went to her ware-house to put away holiday decorations. There she found about25 large plastic bags full of toys that had been delivered fromthe mall. She asked us what we thought she should do withthem. My initial reaction was - �well . . . these are the kind ofproblems we should always have.� Then I thought - �knowingBarbara, she�ll find just the right place for them!�

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CARING HEARTS

Linda Halstead for doing such an awesome job moving theJLBR into our new Building. We are so fortunate to have Lindaon our team!

Lisa Bariso for arranging the move to the new office and Leslie

Jackson, Kathy Adkins and Lisa for their help in packing forthe move.

Fall 2003 New Member Class for successfully completing thenew member course. Congratulations.

The Junior League of Boca Raton gratefully acknowledges thefollowing people and companies for their �Caring Hearts:�

Royal Palm Women�s Golf Club for donating the toys for theIn The Pines children.

Tony Palermo who volunteered as Santa for the CommunityAssistance Committee�s holiday parties.

BONG, for allowing the JLBR to be the beneficiary of its VIPGrand Opening.

Lorber Photography for his award winning skills in taking thepanoramic photo of the Vegso Community Resource Centerwhich was used on the January cover of THE BRIDGE.

Steve Adolf, Zimmerman Partners Advertising, and MarkGoldstein at M.O.R. for designing and printing the invitationsto the BONG restaurant opening.

Denise and Jordan Zimmerman for graciously underwritingthe new JLBR T-shirts that were distributed to all members atthe January General Membership Meeting.

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MEMBERS OF THE MONTH

OUR OWN JLBR ANGEL BY CHERYL SCARDINA

The JLBR has an angel working amongstus and just in case you missed her�wings,� we�d like to help spread theword. Mandy Faust has been selected asthe December Member of the Month!

As a brand-new member to our organi-zation, Mandy has truly shown the spir-it of giving and caring, not only duringthis holiday season, but starting many

months ago for the Fund Enhancement and Development com-mittee. Yes, this angel of ours has been very busy earning herwings.

For starters, Mandy has chaired some great events that so manyof us have all enjoyed, such as Bloomingdales� Girls Night Out(way to go Mandy!) and Mario�s Dining for Dollars. Whatmore could a JLBR girl want?

She went on to organize a lecture on antiques, giving us theopportunity to broaden our horizons and further educate our-selves. I guess for an angel like Mandy, the sky is the limit!

�Mandy is simply awesome!� said one of the committee mem-bers, �she is always eager to learn new things. Mandy is a realasset to the JLBR.� I am sure we all agree that we are honoredto have her within our organization.

There�s more. Wait until you hear this - it gets better! Mandyvolunteered (in her spare time that is) to write THE BRIDGEarticles for her committee and they have all been nothing shortof wonderful. At last count, she also managed to completeseven, yes, seven Done-In-A-Days while working full time andmoving into a new home. Mandy, how did you do all that andnot have your halo slip? We all congratulate you for all yourachievements and wish you only the best in your new home!

Now you can see why Mandy Faust has been selected for suchan award. Thank you for all your dedication and enthusiasm. Iwas told that the stars that shine bright in the sky are angels look-ing down on us. Well, Mandy, we are lucky to have you here toshine and make our lives and those around you a bit brighter.

Congratulations to our special angel!

SMILE, SAY, �TIBISAY� BY PAMELA DISHER

We are delighted to announce that ourfirst Member of the Month for 2004 isTibisay Vasile. Tibisay seems to havefound her calling this year by serving onthe Family Portrait Day fundraiser. Herexpertise, enthusiasm and dedicationhelped this new fundraiser of the JLBRexceed its expected earnings by raisingover $6,500.

Tibisay�s main responsibility was to be in charge of the reser-vations for the photo sessions and handle all the scheduling ofthe JLBR volunteers for their fundraiser shift. Her committeeresponsibilities didn�t stop there; she took it upon herself to sup-ply the photo shoot location at the South Inlet Park in BocaRaton with a First Aid Kit and several cans of insect repellent.Unfortunately, the windy weather was out of her control!

To further describe her dedication would be to tell about howshe lives in Parkland and has two jobs: one as a reservationistwith Air France and another with Minuteman Press. Yet, eachday from November 14th through November 23rd, she woulddrive to check on the photo shoots and volunteer sign-ups forthat particular day.

As her committee chair, Lori Durante shared with me, �Tibisaywas truly a superwoman with this project. Family Portrait Dayshould become a permanent committee for her because sheshowed so much passion for her job. She has a special skill and

talent that has shown through with this committee.�

We congratulate you Tibisay - keep up the great work!

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WOW - WHAT A KISS! BY ROBIN PHILPIT

ROVING REPORTER

I have been chosen to be the RovingReporter for February. Since this is themonth of love and chocolate, I�ve decidedto ask League members what was theirmost memorable kiss. This kiss could beromantic, funny, exotic, or just plain crazy.This kiss could be with your husband, sig-nificant other, or anyone else you felt likesmooching with. The five responses I

received along with my own have to do with 2 birds, Paris,Smackers, The Boss and a concussion - wow, what a kiss!

I�ll start with my own story, which has to do with a bird. Oneweekend, when I was a high school senior, my steady boyfriendand I went to Crandon Beach, a family beach in Miami. Here Iwas in my beautiful black and white polka dot bikini (it reallywas a two-piece that showed your belly button) and my verycool sunglasses. I don�t remember what Jimmy was wearing,but I am sure he looked cool too. Here we are looking cool onour beach blanket soaking up rays in the daytime when Jimmydecides to give me a kiss. He was so cute - I digress. Anyway,as he was bending over to kiss me, we heard this loud, horrible�plop� noise. All of a sudden, I couldn�t see the sun. I knowall my friends think of me as a animal fanatic, but at thatmoment when I was looking up and saw bird doo-doo drippingoff my sunglasses, I wanted to throttle that Sea Gull. Those pairof sunglasses saved two things, my dignity and the birds life.Needless to say, word got out and I was known as the bird ladyfor the rest of my senior year.

For a while my brother raised exotic birds and hadseveral very special birds as pets. One of them, aMacaw named Shaka, spoke like a person . . . actual-ly better than some people. When the phone rang, hewould answer, �Hello.� When my sister-in-law

walked by, he commented, �Wow, great legs!!!� Well, you getthe picture. We were there visiting one holiday and Shaka saidto me, �Give me a kiss!!� So I walked over to his cage leanedover and made �kissy� sounds. He came over to where I wasleaning and latched onto my bottom lip and simply would notlet go. I stood there attached to him . . . beak to mouth. Afterhearing the rumpus, my brother came over and mercifullydisengaged me. My lip was bleeding and immediatelyswelled to a size unbelievably disproportionate to the rest ofmy face. - Carole Putman, Sustainer

While I was in college I spent a winter term studyingin Paris and did all the fun things a college persondoes while away from home, including having aEuropean boyfriend. At the end of our stay myboyfriend and I had our farewell kiss on the steps of

the Louvre museum in front of the Winged Victory statue. Itwas very romantic and is a memory I look back on fondly as aquintessential part of my college experiences. - SuzanneSpinelli, Active

�Kiss, kiss, kiss and kiss!� That is how the Disherhousehold begins and ends each day, I receive onekiss from everyone. Now granted, my crew is not theangelic, lovey bunch you may think they are. Thereare the � . . . mommy, you�re so mean, I don�t want to

get up, I don�t feel like going to school today, I�m not tired, Idon�t like you, I�m not going to brush my teeth, you promised539 bedtime stories and you only read one, I�m clean and don�tneed a bath, I won�t clean my room and honey--pizza again?�kisses. But on more mornings and nights than not, �Mom getsa smooch� from six-year-old Blake, �sugar for Mumsy� from 4-year-old Julia, and �an issy for Mama� (which is more like alick of sorts) from 2-year-old Paige. Who would�ve thoughtthese three little kisses would result from one big ol� smackerfrom Scott 11 years ago in a parking lot, complete with specta-tors! Ooh, la la! - Pamela Disher, Active

My most memorable kiss was given by me toBRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. I met him back stage andtold him that for my entire life I had wanted to givehim a big SMACCA kiss. Would you believe, heobliged by letting me plant one on his cheek, the one

on his face?! I was so thrilled! Love and kisses to all youBOSS fans. - Betsy Bleich, Sustainer and Boss Stalker

It was 7th grade summer in Ocean City, N.J. PatMcMinaman and I were walking on the sand by theboardwalk when he put his arm around my neck andpulled me under the boards. My head slammed into therafters, bounced off and I still managed to get frenched

for the first time. What a surprise! - Kimberlee Stiles, Sustainer

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FOR THE REAL WOMEN BY ANITA KREILEIN

COMMITTEE NEWS

Let�s face it! Most of us don�t havea lot of time to do the MarthaStewart routine and do the shortcutsaround most of our meals. Butwhile Savor the Moment is one ofthe best entertaining cookbooks everwritten, it also has some very simpleyet flavorful menus that speak tomost of our busy schedules. Butbefore we get to the recipes, here are

some cooking tips for you real women out there.

Ladies vs. Real Women

Ladies: If a lady accidentally over-salts a dish while it�s stillcooking, she drops in a peeled potato and it absorbs the excesssalt for an instant �fix-me-up.� Real Women: If you over-salt a dish while you are cooking,that�s too darn bad. Please recite with me, The Real Woman�smotto: �I made it and you will eat it and I don�t care how badit tastes.� **********Ladies: Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rubit on your forehead. The throbbing will go away. Real Women: Take a lime, mix it with tequila, chill and drink.You might still have the headache, but who cares?

**********Ladies: Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugarcone to prevent ice cream drips.

Real Women: Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of thecone, for Pete�s sake. You are probably lying eating it on thecouch, with your feet up, anyway.

**********Ladies: To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in thebag with the potatoes. Real Women: Buy boxed mashed potato mix and keep it in thepantry for up to a year.

**********Ladies: When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan,use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won�t be anywhite mess on the outside of the cake.

Real Women: Go to the bakery - they�ll even decorate it foryou.

********** Ladies: If you have a problem opening jars, try using latexdishwashing gloves. They give a non slip grip that makes open-ing jars easy.Real Women: Go ask the very cute neighbor guy to do it.

**********Ladies: Don�t throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into icecubes for future use in casseroles and sauces. Real Women: Leftover wine?

********** And finally the most important tip . . .


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THE �FUN� IN FUNDRAISING BY MANDY FAUST

A good friend will come and bail you out of jail . . . but, a truefriend will be sitting next to you saying, �Damn . . . that was fun!�

Here is a recipe for Real Women . . . Chocolate!

Chocolate ParadiseServes ten

Ingredients: The Cake3/4 lbs. dark chocolate, chopped1½ tbsp. butter3 tbsp. prepared espresso coffee3/4 tbsp. vanilla9 eggs separated1 pinch salt3/4 cup sugar

The Ganache1½ lbs. dark chocolate2 cups heavy cream

Procedures & Notes: Melt the chocolate and butter over doublebroiler. Take off the heat and add yolks one at a time and thenadd espresso and vanilla. Whip the egg whites with sugar and

salt until stiff. Combine both as if foldinga souffle. Spoon into two 9 x 13 inchpans or a 14 inch rimmed sheet pan. Bakeat 425 degrees for 3-5 minutes. The ideais to have it rise and fall. It will be thin.Heat cream and pour over chopped

chocolate, mix together. Layer Ganache and cake into a 9½inch loaf pan. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm.Unmold and slice. Serve with melted white chocolate on thebottom of the plate.

FOR THE REAL WOMEN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14

As we stroll into 2004, I often findmyself singing about how much FUN itis to raise money. Fun is had by all in somany different aspects of a fundraisingevent. It must be because we are such astrong and vibrant League that laughteris always around. We have had manyevents this Junior League Year whichhave benefitted all of our communityprojects such as Family Portrait Day,

Food & Wine Silent Auction, WVOY Luncheon, Mario�s, GirlsNight Out, and Bocadoro. We recently enjoyed the BONG restau-rant opening on January 29th and look forward to the Trinkets &Treasures scheduled for the weekend of February 28th. Moreevents will follow, so keep reading the League wide e-mails!

Did you know that JL fundraisers are for your family and friendstoo? Please encourage as many people as possible to attend theseevents. More people at an event not only increases the amount theJunior League receives, it also makes the event exciting andFUN! If you aren�t able to attend a fundraising event think abouthelping out in another way, such as stuffing invitations, collectingitems for Trinkets and Treasures, and/or volunteering during setup. This is my first year in the League and I have found this to bethe best way to meet new people, try different things, and gababout my favorite reality show.

The Fund Enhancement & Development Committee welcomesany idea or suggestion that you may have about a restaurantopening or business opening as a possible future fundraiser.Please contact Denise Zimmerman, Committee Chair, at [email protected] or (561) 213-3641.

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COMMITTEE NEWS

JLBR MEMBERS CAPTURE THE MOMENT BY KRISTIN B. CALDER

Our Family Portrait Daycommittee is thrilledwith the success of thisfirst-ever event. We arepleased to report thatmore than 40 familiesattended a private por-trait sessions on thebeautiful South InletPark on the beach in

Boca Raton, sharing the experience with friends and family.We raised over $6,500, surpassing our first year goal of $5,000.

Our own talented member Darcy Plimpton-Sims, photographer of the Savor the MomentCookbook CD-ROM and owner of Child ofMine Photography, shared some thoughts withme recently about the enjoyment she experi-enced at each of the family portrait sessions.She loved seeing all of the members and theirgrowing families and meeting new members at the sessions.

�People showed up with a few more children than when I firstbegan taking their family portraits,� she said. �And, it was funto see how all the children have grown.�

You can see how fabulous the portraits are from the photos inthis issue. Darcy attributes the wonderful photos to the families�excitement.They were having fun as she took pictures all over

the beach. People stood on the rocks as the waves crashedbehind them, up in the trees by the park and even got their feetwet in the ocean surf.

�I took photos of mothers and daughters, brothers and sisters,grandparents and grandchildren - so many combinations offamily. It was wonderful to see everyone interact and reallyenjoy just being at the beach,� she said.

My husband Glen and I were exposed to Darcy�s enthusiasmfirst-hand with our family portrait day experience. It was agreat chance to have our families together to preserve this spe-cial time in our life. Our parents, parents-in-law and siblingsmet to be a part of the first trip to the beach for our son,Harrison, who was five-months-old at the time. We had suchfun watching him wiggle his toes in the sand and flap his armsin the blowing wind. The photos we have to show from thisspecial event are priceless. Looking back at the photos fromthat day brings smiles to our faces and warms our hearts.Capturing him laughing with his grandparents and being cud-dled by us are precious moments that will always stay in ourhearts and minds. Now they are preserved on film forever.We�re truly glad we had our family portrait taken by Darcy andit was a fun way to support the Junior League.

Darcy added, �It was really great working with the JuniorLeague membership on this project. Knowing that photograph-ing our member�s families would benefit families in need through


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TRINKETS & TREASURES UPDATE BY HELEN BELAND

JLBR MEMBERS CAPTURE THE MOMENT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16

our Junior League projects was really special. That�s why itwas so much fun.�

The Family Portrait Day committee - Lori J. Durante,Chairperson, Kristin Calder, Chair-Elect, Julianne Carelli, Jill

Patterson and Tibisay Vasile extends our thanks to all whohelped make this event a success. Your support allowed ourmembers to preserve a special time with their family while ben-efitting the JLBR�s many wonderful causes! We hope to be ableto organize this project again next year.

The Trinkets and Treasures Thrift Salewill be held at Old School Square indowntown Delray Beach (corner ofAtlantic Avenue and Swinton) the week-end of February 28 and 29, 2004. ThePreview Party sponsored by Bacardi willbe held Saturday 28 at 7 p.m. Friends,dates, spouses, neighbors, business asso-ciates, etc. are all welcome! Tickets are$35. Send in your check to the JLBR

office or call Linda at the office 620-2553 to purchase by creditcard. The Sale will follow on Sunday, February 29, 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.

The committee has been busy gathering fabulous silent auctionitems for the Preview Party! A Michele Watch, (4) tickets to seeWillie Nelson at the Mizner Amphitheater, boat rentals, tickets tosporting events, Sunbeam Products, Pilates classes at Body Partsand World Gym, a signed Miami Dolphins jersey, NV Day Spapackages and many more exciting items are coming in! Plus,party goers will have first dibs on our outstanding seconds at twicethe price, it�s still a bargain! So, bring your honey and a wad ofcash. Let�s have some fun!

Last drop-off dates: Saturday, February 7 & 14th, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Merchandise MUST be stored in boxes with the contents clearlylabeled on the outside. If you arrive without boxes, we are sellingthem for $1.25 each. Jewelry, buttons, and other very small itemsshould be placed in a Ziploc bag. Please remember that we can-not accept undergarments of any kind.

Drop off your items at the (generously donated) Security Self-Storage facility located at 189 Linton Boulevard. It�s on the north-west corner of Dixie Highway and Linton Boulevard in Delray

Beach. The unit is on the left, Building 2, door 2. We will also becollecting sturdy shopping bags to bag purchased items for the dayof the sale. Feel free to drop them off at the storage site on anyday listed above.

If you have not yet fulfilled your $100 financial obligation, wehave a Sustainer/Active Partnership. Any Sustainer who wouldlike to donate $100 of saleable goods will be paired with an Activewho will be responsible for pick up and delivery to the storagesite. The Active then gets credit for the Sustainer�s $100 financialcommitment. If you are interested, please contact Tracey Rossi at561- 212-6757.

This is also a fun event to fulfill your Fundraiser Shift requirement- there are over 60 shifts available. Check out the Junior League�sweb site at www.jlbr.org to sign up.

If you have additional questions, please contact DorothyMacDiarmid at [email protected] or 561- 302-4996 or AlisonSiciliano at [email protected].

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February 28: Preview Party, 7p.m. (Preview Party Tickets $35)

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For more information call 620-2553


COMMITTEE NEWS

MORE THAN JUST AN ORNAMENT BY SUZANNE PETRIZZI WILSON

Well, the elves of the In the Pines com-mittee were at it once again. InDecember, the children and families ofIn the Pines were invited to MuvicoPalace Theaters in Boca Raton. Allwere treated to an afternoon of holidaycheer complete with a festive craft,pizza party and the hilarious Elf movie.

As holiday carols played on, the chil-dren were as busy as Santa�s little helpers making their treeornaments. With velvet ribbons, glitter-adorned sugar plumsand swatches of garland, each of the handmade ornaments wasunique and became the perfect addition to any tree.

It was only that afternoon that we learned the significance of theornaments and the reason the children were so overjoyed about

making them.

�This was the first year that our families have Christmas treesin their apartments. One real tree was generously donated toeach family so the kids are more excited than ever. We usuallyput up one tree in the day care center for all to see, but the factthat they were able to make ornaments for their own trees issomething that they will always remember,� noted Kay Larche,executive director of In the Pines.

Imagine that, the simplicity of feeling such joy about hanging ahomemade ornament on your Christmas tree. As a committee,we were thrilled that we were able to help make this holidayseason so extraordinary for these families. Over the years, boththe In the Pines children and parents have showed us that it istruly the little things that make the biggest differences and cre-ate the most magic, during the holidays and always.

HUSBAND OF GAIL KRUMHOLTZ, SUSTAINER

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FILLED WITH THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT BY JERI McDONNELL

Cheers to Michelle Duffy for workingovertime this past holiday season to helpfill the stockings of the young adults in theKids@Home program. December was abusy month but a very successful andrewarding time for everyone involvedwith the program.

Thanks to Michelle for encouraging St.Jude School to adopt the Kids@Home

group for their annual �stocking stuffer� drive. This year theStudent Council members began the drive at the beginning ofDecember as well as incorporating the drive into their �PeaceWeek.�

The students collected over 1,000 items including school supplies,hygiene products, stationary, pictures frames and more. During theKids@Home Holiday Party the young adults were given gift bagsfilled with wonderful things that the St. Jude students collected.

The Kids@Home Holiday Party was held at Winston Trails inLake Worth on December 14th. The Junior League supplied thewonderful lasagna dinner and Michelle Duffy and Jami Guttenbergwere on site setting up and passing out presents. Thank you Jamiand Michelle! The community mentors for the Kids@Home par-ticipants were at the party and many of the young adults gave a

public thank you to the adult who has been guiding them through-out the year. Dan Brannen, President and CEO of Kids@Homegave a warm thanks to the Junior League for all of our support andhard work. The party was a success!

In other holiday news: Michelle Duffy�s annual holiday party raisedover $3,000 in cash, gift certificates and items for Kids@Home. Inthe spirit of the giving season, Michelle and her husband Johnrequested donations for the charity in lieu of a hostess gift. Herguests showed an overwhelming response of generosity and itemsincluding towels, pots and pans, a microwave and many gift cardsand cash gifts were brought to the party for donation.

We are looking forward to another successful year and continu-ing to grow with Kids@Home.

CARES SPRINGS INTO ACTION! BY LOURDES M. DELFIN

The members of the CARES Commit-tee are proud to announce their SpringCaregiving Seminar Event. The eventwill be held at the NEW VegsoCommunity Resource Center onSaturday, March 20, 2004, from noon -3:00 p.m. There will be experiencedspeakers to provide information on top-ics such as communicating effectivelywith your physician, supporting care-

givers� needs and elder driving laws and visual testing.

Look for more information about this amazing informationalevent in the coming months from the committee. If you are

interested in learning more about the event, please do not hesi-tate to contact D�Lisa Borden at 498-8621 directly.

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Please join the Junior League of Boca Ratonfor a

Caregiving SeminarSaturday, March 20, 2004, 12 noon until 3 p.m.

at the Vegso Community Resource Center261 N.W. 13th Street, Boca Raton

12 noon - 12:30 p.m.Caregivers Support - Judie Rappaport

12:35 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.Effective Communications - Drs. Neil Gold & Bruce Martin

1:20 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.Elders and Driving - Dr. Denise Sparks

1:55 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.Meet the Vendors

Hosted by the C.A.R.E.S. Committee

Seating will be limitedRSVP by March 12th

D’Lisa Borden, 561-498-8621(Refreshments will be served)


DIAD TOY DRIVE BY NANCY DOCKERTY

COMMITTEE NEWS

Well looks like we�re off to a good startfor the year. Didn�t January seem to flyby? Congratulations to all the memberswho have already completed theirDIAD shift. Remember, you have tocomplete one shift by the end of thisLeague year, which is May.

We have several of the old favoritesreturning this year, Habitat for

Humanity, Special Olympics, Safety Safari, and Cooking Nightat Carver Estates as well as many new opportunities. Do youlike working with kids? Great, how about signing up for a shiftat Dixie Manor for arts & crafts or for their FCAT tutorials?We�re also looking for members to help out with study-time atSibling Shelter. All of these shifts are available on our web site.Please keep in mind that we are always looking to add newevents. If you know of any organizations that need some vol-unteer hours please let us know. You can send an email [email protected].

We would like to thank all the members who have participatedin more than the one required DIAD shift. We are so fortunateto have so many people who are willing to give up some of theirfree time to help in our community. Of course, the fact that themember who completes the most DIAD shifts receives a pieceof jewelry from Tiffany�s doesn�t hurt!

We are thrilled to welcome four new members to our DIADcommittee. Amy Brand, Liz Gallo, Millie Strickroot and AlisonMerring. Nothing better than having more �woman-power.�

DIAD is a super committee to be on. You have the opportuni-ty to meet many of our members as well as see all the wonder-ful things the Junior League does for our community. Since thisis the time of year to start thinking about placements for nextyear, please consider joining DIAD. If you enjoy it even half asmuch as I have, then it will be your favorite placement!

Karen Schlesinger and Margi Helschein at the Spirit of Giving

SANTA DELIVERS SMILES BY DALE NICHOLSON

The members of the Children�s Assistance Committee (CAC)had some additional help from Santa in delivering smiles to thechildren of Dixie Manor, New Pines, and the Youth ActivityCenter. The December holiday parties at the centers were atremendous hit! The children visited with Santa, had their pho-tos taken with him and were treated to a fun pizza party. Leaguemembers also helped the kids decorate their own special holi-day frames to hold their photos of Santa. �It was a great expe-rience,� said CAC Co-Chair Christie Secreto. �The childrenwere delighted, you could see it on their faces!�

There are a number of upcoming opportunities for League

members to get involved in DIAD projects with the children.The third Thursday of each month is Monthly Story Time andArts & Crafts at Dixie Manor. The Children�s AssistanceCommittee invites members to sign up for this rewarding DIADproject. Also coming up are chances to volunteer for specialevents at the activities centers including High Touch High Techand help with FCAT study sessions in the spring. Please con-tact the DIAD committee for opportunities to help the childrenat Dixie Manor, New Pines and the Youth Activity Center. Thewarm feeling you get from working with these wonderful chil-dren is its own reward!

Hopefully we�ve all become accus-tomed to writing �04 instead of �03. It�sofficially 2004, the year we�ll find outwhose to run our nation for the next fouryears. We�re also officially in Februaryand this is one last reminder of theFebruary Cottage Meetings. That�sright, the Cottage Meetings will com-mence on February 10th, so please getin touch with Nicole Mugavero

([email protected]) if you have not yet signed up.

It�s also time to be thinking about your placement for next year.Options catalogs, which contain valuable placement information,will be on the web site (JLBR.org) and hard copies will be avail-able at the March General Membership Meeting. The cataloggives a description and the requirements of each committee. Thiswill help you match your individual needs to the needs of the com-mittee. Don�t forget that your advisor is a great resource to helpyou select your placement for next year. Please give this carefuland serious consideration and your Nominating/Placement advi-sor will contact you to set up a placement interview in March.

Status changes are due March 1st, which is right around the cor-ner. Please contact your advisor if you need to make a changefor the coming year.

Just as a reminder, your responsibilities for this year are as follows:

1. Financial Commitment

Pick one of the following:

! $100 underwriting WYOY or Thrift Sale

! Purchase 4 cookbooks $122.72

! In-Kind donation to WVOY or Food & Wine (minimum value $250)

! Donation to Trinkets & Treasure (minimum value $100 � to be defined by thrift)

! Purchase (or acquire and sell) $100 for the $10,000 drawing for �Show Me the Money�

2. Annual Dues

3. One DIAD Shift

4. One four-hour fundraiser shift

5. One two-hour fundraiser shift

6. Complete placement interview with a Nominating/Placement Advisor in the spring

Have a terrific February!

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OFFICIALLY FEBRUARY BY STEPHANIE CRITCHFIELD

COMMITTEE NEWS

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Lucille wants to build a life-long relationship with you as your real estate consul-tant. By providing you with exemplary personalized service beyond your expecta-tions, she will help you achieve your goals quickly, easily and with a minimum ofstress. Lucille knows that her client�s complete satisfaction and subsequent referralsare the basis of her future business. That�s why she gives YOU her undivided atten-tion when you need it...while you are buying, selling or waiting to close the trans-action. In return for this high level of service, Lucille hopes that you will considerher your real estate consultant �for life�...not just for one transaction.

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COMMITTEE NEWS

INVOLVED YET? BY CATHERINE TIMS

Membership Satisfaction and TrainingCommittee brings to you many opportu-nities to get involved in the League.This month at the Cottage Meetings wewill distribute the annual MembershipSatisfaction Survey. This is your chanceto tell us more about your experience inthe League, what you love about it andhow the League can better serve itsmembers. Let us know about any sug-

gestions for making your experience and involvement in the

League even more amazing. Don�t miss it and fill out the survey!

Also if you have not yet signed up for an interest group you maydo so at any time. In November we had the first gathering of thewine interest group! It was a lot of fun!

The interest group was hosted by Karen Schlesinger and AnnaParrot from the transfer committee. This was truly an eveningof laughter and friendship. This was an event where we had anopportunity to meet other ladies in the League, and had time torelax and chat.


OUT WITH THE OLD & IN WITH THE NEW! BY KARA DONVITO

If you did not attend the January GeneralMembership meeting, you sure missed abig surprise! Thanks to the generous under-writing provided by Denise and JordanZimmerman of Zimmerman & PartnersAdvertising, our members and sustainersreceived beautiful t-shirts with our officialnew JLBR logo. We know that you willwear your JLBR shirt with pride, and kind-ly ask that you make every effort to wear it

while completing your DIAD and fundraiser shifts. So, yes�it�stime to �retire� your pink polo shirt and begin wearing your brandnew white shirt which showcases our wonderful black and red logo.What a simple and great way to promote our League!

For those of you who did not re-ceive your shirt at the Januarymeeting, please stop by the Community Resource Center andLinda will be glad to give you one. Available sizes includesmall, medium, large, and extra-large.

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COMMITTEE NEWS

WELCOME SPRING 2004 NEW MEMBER CLASS BY REAGAN SUCH

Hello! My name is Diane Ellen and I help women have the most positivechildbirth experience possible. I have over 14 years experience as aRegistered Nurse in labor and delivery, postpartum, and newborn care.Although childbirth can be foreseen as an exciting and rewarding event,there is a certain amount of worry that most expectant mothers feel, espe-

cially if it is their first baby. My specialty is to work with these women by providing relevantinformation and emotional support before, during, and after the delivery.

Prior to labor, my specialized program includes spending time with the pregnant woman andher significant others. I use a variety of teaching techniques, props, and informational handoutsto help explain what to expect during labor and delivery. During labor, I provide companion-ship, support, and reassurance as well as explanations of medical terminology and procedures.After delivery, my support and attention continue for a couple of hours and may include breast-feeding assistance. There is follow-up home visit after the birth. Please consider allowing meto be a part of your delivery experience!

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Personal Childbirth TrainerDiane Ellen, R.N.

We are still looking for coordinators for Bunco and the BookClub. It is very easy. Here are some tips:

How to Be a Group Coordinator

1. Call or email those on your group list and introduce yourself.Find out when is the best time to get together. (We will giveyou the list of names of ladies who have already expressedan interest in the same group.)

2. Set a date or pick an event to meet for the first time.

(Example - a book signing event for those interested in theBook Club, or just set a date to play Bunco.)

3. Call or email for confirmation on date and place.

If you have any questions please contact Maria Lasso Morejon [email protected] or Catherine Timm at [email protected].

We are also looking forward to the Grant writing seminar comingthis spring. It will be held in the new Community Resource Center.

In January, the Spring New MemberClass got off to a fabulous start at thewonderful Kickoff party, graciouslyhosted by Lori Fertel. Once again thecommittee put together a lovely evening.

We are all very excited that the coremeetings for the Spring 2004 NewMember Class will be held at the VegsoCommunity Resource Center. We are

thrilled by the convenience and ease of this facility!

This Spring Class will see a few more changes to the training,such as group DIAD�s and fundraiser shifts. The committee hascome up with some dazzling ideas to make the Core meetingsfun, interesting and informative. The New Members will also

have access to our New Member web page on www.jlbr.org.They can access information such as the meeting schedule, achecklist of requirements, and other information. Our MentorProgram should also be up and running now so each NewMember will be paired with an experienced League memberoutside of Membership Development of whom she can askquestions and seek advice.

Our committee is once again fired up and ready to turn anothergreat group of women into incredible JLBR volunteers. Wewant them to learn the importance of volunteering, giving backto the community, attending fabulous events, and buying raffletickets and a glass of wine at General Membership Meetings!Watch out ladies, here we come!

INVOLVED YET? CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22

Happy Valentine�s Month. Some of uswill try to ignore the 14th so we won�teat candy. Others still have childrenwith school parties. Many of us try tohint to our husbands that flowers and/ora gift would be nice on the 14th.However you plan to acknowledgeValentine�s day, hopefully you cancome to our first ever Sustainer

Valentine luncheon on Thursday, February 12th. What a greatway to see old and new friends while enjoying a lush Italianmeal, hosted by Sustainer Kim Stiles, owner of the BasilGarden Italian Restaurant. For only $30 we will have an antipasto, entree, dessert, and all the ice tea or soda you can drink.Cash bar for us wine lovers.

Cindy Krebsbach had just a few descriptive words about thenew Vegso Community Resource Center. She said; �Awesome!I�m speechless! We have all the parking we need! We can walkright in the front door! It is the biggest treat in the entire uni-verse!� That is how she began. Do you think she is pleasedwith the end result of our new building? They are still unpack-ing, but things are really shaping up. I can�t wait until we havea meeting or party there.

Carolyn Arnold, our beloved leader, was on her way to buychampagne for the first ever board meeting in the new buildingon January 6th when I spoke to her. She wanted to celebrate thefirst official meeting at the Center for our hard-working Board.Carolyn feels that the new Center is �taking the League to newheights.� We are offering the community a valuable resourcefor learning and for meeting, as well as offering a social work-er to help with many community needs. Carolyn hopes manyof you joined in the opening of BONG, an Asian fusion restau-rant which replaced the old Mezzanote. We were asked to cel-ebrate the opening of this restaurant on January 29th. Carolynfeels the League is so fortunate to be invited to so many open-ings of restaurants and department stores and to be able to usethese events as another source of fund raising.

Hopefully many of you attended the January GeneralMembership Meeting which honored the Sustainers. The

League really does appreciate the many Sustainers who give somuch of their time to the League. Even if you are a Sustainer,you can be as active as you wish. You would be surprised athow many hours our Sustainers are giving to the League ineither an active or advisory role to committees.

We wish to thank Dale Workman for the great culinary eventshe had for many Sustainers. Don�t we all wish we had the tal-ent in the kitchen that Dale does? The lucky attendees musthave learned a lot at her demonstration. Thanks again, Dale.

Finally, don�t forget The Trinkets and Treasures Preview partyand sale. We even have an extra day in the month to fit thisevent in our busy schedules.

Now, here�s what is happening in the month of February foractive Sustainers:

General Membership Meeting: Cottage meetings this monthSee January BRIDGE for locations.

Vegso Community Resource Center: Grand Opening to thecommunity on Thursday, February 5th, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Dinner Group: February 24th, 6 p.m. Bocadoro in BocaCenter (Old Crocker Center). Send a check made out to CarolAuerbach for $35 (which includes dinner, beverage, tax andgratuity) to Carol at 976 Alamanda Dr., Delray Beach, FL33483. RSVP to Lucille Gioia at 988-0811 [email protected] by Monday February 16th.

Bridge Group I: Friday, February 6th, Bridge Group I usuallymeets the first Friday of every month.

Bridge Group II: Tuesday, February 17th, Hostess: NancySchwaderer - Bridge Group II usually meets the 3rd Tuesday ofevery month.

Book Groups I & II: Thursday, February 5th, 12 noon, Febru-ary Book - The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd.(Another great story written from the viewpoint of a young southern girl who learns that love is more important than skincolor.)



SUSTAINER NEWS

SUSTAINER SCOOP BY LOU ANN SUCH

TTuullaannee KKiidddd IInntteerriioorrss,, IInncc..

MARSHA L. LOVEINTERIOR DECORATORA past JLBR President

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Group I: Hostess - Linda Eckelson (RSVP) 495-8198. GroupII: Hostess - Barbara Williams (RSVP 391-2491)

Movie Day: Wednesday, February 11th, 12 noon. Plan to havelunch and see a movie (to be determined) at Mizner Park. CallJoan Genest at 561-338-8627 for details.

Valentine Luncheon: Thursday, February 12th, 11:30 a.m. atthe Basil Garden Italian Restaurant - 5837 North FederalHighway, Boca Raton. Send a $30 check to Debbie Stine.RSVP by February 6th. The invitations were mailed in January.

Stitch and Beach: Thursday, February 19th at 11:30 a.m.Bermuda High Club House 2150 A-1-A in Delray, just south ofLinton. Betsy Owen has arranged for us to use her clubhouse.Come to stitch, beach and lunch! You can bring your own lunchor we�ll order in. Please RSVP by email or call Marina Chaneyat 998-2392.

Trinkets and Treasures: Preview Party: Saturday, February28th at 7 p.m. Sale: Sunday, February 29th from 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.at Old School Square in Delray Beach. See page 17 for details.

Palm Beach Tropical Flower and Garden Show: Saturday,February 21st, 10 a.m. We will caravan up to Flagler Drive inWest Palm Beach and have reserved seating for lunch. Ticketsare $11 at the gate and lunch is at your expense. RSVP toDebbie Abrams at 394-4874 to let her know you are coming soshe can plan lunch. Meet in front of K-mart on Palmetto Parkand I-95. We are still trying to get a bus donated, but if we don�tget the bus, please let Debbie know if you are willing to drive.

The 8-acre garden festival will include more than 20,000 squarefeet of exquisite garden displays featuring waterfalls, roses, but-terfly gardening and tropical plants. There will be gardeninglectures and cooking demonstrations. The Garden Marketplacewill offer rare botanical prints, teak furniture and the mostunusual plants from around the world. The Design Pavilionwill feature outdoor patio settings.

Sketch Class: Barbara O�Connell is conducting her secondseries of beginners basic drawing classes for six Wednesdays.She began January 14th, and so far her students are very happywith the classes. If you have questions about these classes callBarbara at 487-8871.

NOTE: Most of the interest groups welcome new faces and oldfriends. Just call the Chair to ask if you can join a group or sug-gest a place to go. Call Betsy Bleich, Marina Chaney or Lou AnnSuch for the names of any of the Chairs you wish to contact.

We still have many events coming this spring planned by thezany twosome, Marina Chaney and Betsy Bleich, including aHouse Tour in March, the Spring Luncheon in April, and ofcourse, Derby Day in May plus more Stitch and Beaches, moreMovie Days, another Dinner Group and other outings. Andremember, we were promised our own party at the newCommunity Resource Center.

Call me at 561-368-8838 if you have any news you would liketo announce. After all, this is our Sustainer page.

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SUSTAINER NEWS

SUSTAINER SCOOP CONTINUED FROM PAGE 24

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS*1 Cynthia Burt2 Lisa Morgan7 Rita Head8 Shelby Rogerson9 Robin Philpit

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Vicki Hull20 Kathleen Altizer

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MINUTES

MINUTES BOARD OF DIRECTORS, JANUARY 6, 2004

The Junior League of Boca Raton Board of Directors� meetingwas called to order on January 6, 2004, at the VegsoCommunity Resource Center at 7:15 p.m. Attending: CarolynArnold, Lisa Bariso, Leslie Jackson, Kristen Ross, SharonMcGuire, Michele Toomey, Heide Taylor, Kathy Adkins, KaraDonvito, Elizabeth Pankey-Warren, Dorothy MacDiarmid,Dennis Zimmerman. President's Remarks: Carolyn Arnoldthanked Linda Halstead for her efforts during the recent moveto the Vegso Community Resource Center. Carolyn alsothanked Leslie Jackson and Kathy Adkins for their helping inpacking for the move and thanked Lisa Bariso for not only help-ing but for arranging the physical move itself. Carolyn movedto accept the Consent Agenda, seconded by Michele Toomeyand passed. Communications Council: Leslie Jackson movedto amend the JLBR Bylaw Article X, C 7 (page E -17 of theJLBR yearbook) the motion would delete "annual report" andadd "website" to the functions of the Publications/SummerPublications Committees. After discuss of the impact of thechange on the present and future uses of the annual report, themotion, by vote, failed to pass. Leslie moved to amend theJLBR Bylaw Article X C 7 (page E -17) to add "website." LisaBariso seconded and the motion passed. Leslie requested Boardguidance as to the use and/or placement of classified ads in thevarious JLBR media. The Board recommended that the mem-bership be surveyed to determine if and what medium wouldserve the needs of the membership. Kara Donvito, Pr/Marketingreported on the January 19 article on volunteerism that will bepublished by the Sun-Sentinel, Society Section, that will featureJLBR and the Vegso Community Resource Center. The com-mittee is checking on other ways to receive news coverage ofthe CRC. T-shirts are being printed to be handed out at theJanuary 13, 2004 General Membership Meeting. ZimmermanAdvertising underwrote the shirts. Kara requested assistancefrom the Board members to distribute the shirts to the generalmembership. Kara advised the Board that AJLI had templatesthat could be used to expedite the preparation of the new sta-tionery. Leslie Jackson requested that each Council encouragetheir committees to submit article to THE BRIDGE on a timelybasis to keep the membership well informed of League activi-ties. Finance Council: Sharon McGuire reported that there arenot yet final numbers to report for WVOY or Family Portrait

Day. Trinkets and Treasures are in the final stages of securing alocation for their event. The preview party will be Saturday 28,2004, the actual sale February 29, 2004. Denise Zimmerman,Fund Development, reported on the BONG Restaurant Openingfor January 29, 2004. With the help of Denise, the invitationswill be underwritten. BONG will underwrite the cost ofpostage. Community Council: Kristen Ross reported that theStraw Ballot is in its final draft. Kristen noted that there hasbeen a higher incidence of member cancellation and some dif-ficulty staffing some of the recent DIADs. She suggests that theschedule be revised downward during next years holiday sea-son. Member of the Month: Mandy Faust, Fund Development,was voted Member of the Month for December. Tibisay Vasile,Family Portrait Day, was voted Member of the Month forJanuary. Kathy Adkins, Nominating/Placement, reported thatWillingness to Serve Form is being prepared for inclusion in theJanuary General Membership Meeting. She requested Boardmembers sign-up to facilitate the February Cottage Meetings.Planning Council: Michele Toomey reported that the CapitalCampaign Grand Opening Celebrations have been scheduled:February 4, 2004, Wall of Honor Donation Reception at 6 p.m.,February 5, 2004, General Open House from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.There will also be a Wine and Cheese Party in March for theSustainers. Michele reported that signage will be added soonand that the plaques should be installed before the celebrationevents. Adequate insurance coverage was questioned. Sharonreported that our insurance policies have been updated for theneeds of the Vegso Community Resource Center and noted thatAccordia Insurance Co is now handling our policies. Michelerequested that the Board review for approval the current draft ofthe Center's rental agreement to be used with outside agenciesand groups. Copies will be emailed to Board members for feed-back prior to January 26, 2004, meeting of the PlanningCouncil. Michele noted that Pattie Damron, Carole Putman andLucy Craske have all committed to sitting on the endowmentfund committee. Additional business: Carolyn discussed vari-ous options for maintaining the CRC. Norm Shapiro will writeup a formal schedule of required maintenance. There being nofurther business the meeting adjourned at 9:35 p.m.

. . . Respectfully submitted by Linda Halstead

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HEALTH NEWS

HEALTH TRENDS FOR 2004 BY JENNIFER WARNER, WEBMD

Low-Carb Cop Out? Express Workouts Hit the Gym. Those arejust a few of the health stories likely to make headlines in 2004.But how will these trends affect you? WebMD asked the expertsto dust off their crystal balls and break down the hype behind theirtop picks for health trends to watch in 2004.

FOOD FADS

The low-carb craze that struck fear into the hearts of pasta loversin 2003 shows no signs of slowing in 2004, say diet and nutritionexperts.

More restaurant chains are expected join Subway, KFC, T.G.I.Friday�s, and others in expanding their �Atkins friendly� menuofferings. Food manufacturers will also stock supermarket shelveswith a growing number of low-carb or reduced-carbohydrate ver-sions of popular items like beer, snack foods, and desserts.

But researchers say they're eagerly awaiting the release of newstudies that will address the long-term safety and effectiveness oflow-carbohydrate diets, such as Atkins. So far, studies have onlylooked at these issues in the short term.

�Hopefully we'll see some longer-term studies in 2004,� saysCindy Moore, MS, RD, director of nutrition therapy at TheCleveland Clinic. �Everyone is anxious, especially dietitians, tosee those results.�

Moore says that right now the marketing of low-carb diets is wayahead of the science to support them. Unless scientific researchcan show that the diets are safe and effective in promoting long-term weight loss, she says the low-carb craze of 2003 may turn outto be just another food fad like the fat-free frenzy of the 1990s.

Other food trends on the horizon in 2004 include:

! Trans fats. As the 2006 deadline for including information ontrans fats (trans fatty acids) on the Nutrition Facts food labelapproaches, snack and processed food manufacturers will seek toreformulate their products to lower the content of this artery-clog-ging fat. ! Healthier crops. The soy industry is investigating new cropsthat may eliminate the need for hydrogenation (the process thatturns healthy liquid vegetable fats into unhealthy solid ones) increating shelf-stable baked and processed foods.

! Functional foods. Adding calcium to orange juice was just thebeginning. Experts predict more foods will be fortified with addi-tional ingredients, such as plant stanol esters, natural substancesthat have been shown to help promote healthy cholesterol levels. ! Bad news for �grab bags.� FDA officials are consideringforcing companies to base nutritional information for food andbeverages on the container size rather than serving size to giveconsumers a better idea of how many calories they're getting in abag of chips or 2 liter bottle of soda. ! Meal solutions. �People want a home-cooked meal, but theywant it prepared for them,� says Nelda Mercer, RD, spokeswomanfor the American Dietetic Association. She says supermarkets willcontinue to respond to the call for quick-fix meal solutions withexpanded offerings.

FASTER FITNESS

When it comes to fitness, experts predict that in 2004 workoutswill get faster but more effective by incorporating a variety ofmind and body techniques to provide the most benefits in the leastamount of time.

According to the American Council on Exercise, gyms will con-tinue to respond to the needs of busy Americans by offering effi-cient workouts and exercise programs that blend elements ofPilates and yoga for a holistic approach to physical fitness.

Other fitness trends to watch in 2004 include:

! Functional fitness. Rather than working on muscle groups inisolation, functional fitness will focus on exercising and strength-ening several muscles and joints together to help people performtheir daily activities with less pain and discomfort. ! Get a coach. Lifestyle and performance coaching will becomemore popular as the Internet makes these services more affordable. ! More places for help. Healthcare providers and companieswill provide and partially subsidize preventive lifestyle programs,such as providing web sites for wellness information, risk assess-ment, fitness calculators, how to contact a fitness professional, andother services. ! Smarter equipment. Manufacturers will offer equipment thatprovides feedback on everything from lactic acid production (acompound released during exercise) to preparing for a major ath-letic event like a marathon.

TRANSITION REPORT FOR DECEMBER SUBMITTED BY LINDA HALSTEAD

CHANGES:

Leslie Keyes (A)e: [email protected]

Virginia Page (S)828 Estuary Way Delray Beach 33483h: 330-2512

Jennifer Ryan (A)6421 Bella Circle, Unit #304Boynton Beach 33437h: 561-702-3578e: [email protected]

Patricia Trevarthen (S)901 S.W. 4th Ave., #B-1Boca Raton 33432 - h: 394-5149

TRANSFER IN:

Debbie Lepley (S)3015 S. Ocean Blvd. Unit 1BHighland Beach 33487h: 330-7312c: 651-9965From JL Palm Springs


VALENTINE REPORT

LEGENDS OF ST. VALENTINE�S DAYThere are many legends which surround theorigins of St. Valentine�s Day, a holidaywhich has withstood many depressing eras.The socioeconomic forces involved with theholiday have contributed to its continuity -like lovers of all ages focusing on this brightspot amid the bleakness of winter, and the

suppliers of goods that emphasize the message of affection.

On February 14th, 273 A.D., a Roman priest named Valentinewas beheaded by Emperor Claudius II. The emperor had out-lawed marriages because he felt they decreased the male�s zestfor battle. Valentine was condemned to death because heignored the emperor�s decrees and continued to perform mar-riages for young lovers.

Another St. Valentine (there are reports of up to eight aroundthis time period) was a Roman martyr who had been jailed.Valentine wrote love letters to his jailer�s daughter with the lastnote signed, �Your Valentine.� Other sources cite this Valentineas restoring the sight of his captor�s daughter.

Some etymologists point to a medieval Norman French word,�gelatin,� meaning �a lover of women.� They say it was oncewritten and pronounced with a �V.�

In England, the Romans, who had taken over the country, hadintroduced a pagan fertility festival held every February 14.After the Romans left England, nearly a century later, the paganritual was abolished by Pope Gelsius who established St.Valentine�s Day as a celebration of love in 496 A.D.

During the Middle Ages, Europeans believed that birds chosetheir mates each year on February 14. People developed theirown adaptation of this ornithological myth and began the prac-tice of drawing lots, letting fate decide the names of each per-son�s �Valentine.� Small gifts and sweets were exchanged, andthis became a common procedure for the amorously inclinedyoung men and women of this period.

Ancient Romans celebrated a festival in mid-February calledLupercalia in honor of Lupercus, the Roman equivalent of theGreed god, Pan. Festivities included a matchmaking ritual inwhich young men drew the names of young women, who eitherbecame their dancing partners during the �Rites of Pan,� ortheir partner for the year.

The Frenchman Charles duc d�Orleans sent love poems to hiswife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London onFebruary 14, 1415. These may have been the first written valen-tines, and, as the idea caught on, such notes were accompaniedby chocolate and other sweets.

The 17th century diarist Samuel Pepys recorded that loversexchanged mementos like gloves, rings and sweetmeats on St.

Valentine�s Day. Shakespeare suggested �Sweets to the Sweet,�in Hamlet.

In America, the pilgrims sent confections, such as sugarwafers, marzipan, sweetmeats and sugar plums, to theirbetrothed. Great value was placed on these gifts because theyincluded what was then a rare commodity, sugar. After the late1800�s, beet sugar became widely used and more available, andsweet gifts continued to be valued and enjoyed.

As the candy-giving custom grew, American colonists madehomemade candies with love notes scratched in the surface. Bythe mid-nineteenth century, candy-makes were preparing deli-ciously flavored sugar lozenges, pressed into hearts andimprinted with words of love -- the beginning of the modern-day conversation heart.

Red and white confections became popular, with red repre-senting the �passion,� and white the �purity� of love. By theturn of the century, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate began toappear in the confectionery shops from coast to coast.

CHOCOLATE QUIPS

Man cannot live by chocolate alone - but woman can!

Life is uncertain - eat dessert first!

I�d give up chocolate, but I�m no quitter . . .

There is nothing better than a good friend - except a good friendwith chocolate.

A balanced diet consists of items from the five major foodgroups: dairy, grains, meats, fruits/vegetables, and chocolate.

Coffee . . . Chocolate . . . Men . . .

Some things are just better when they�re rich!

Nothing chocolate . . . nothing gained.

Anything tastes better dipped in chocolate.

Nobody knows the truffles I�ve seen!

Chocolate: Here today . . . Gone today!

I�ll eat anything, as long as it�s chocolate.

I have this theory that chocolate slows down the aging process. . . It may not be true, but do I dare take the chance? Just giveme the chocolate and no one gets hurt!

Ten excuses for eating chocolate: 1. I love it. 2. I love it. 3. Ilove it. 4. I love it. 5. I love it. 6 . I love it. 7. I love it. 8. I loveit. 9. I love it. 10. I love it. (On the other hand, who needs anexcuse?)

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BULLETIN BOARD

LITTLE LEAGUER1. Kenneth A. Mogell, D.M.D.. ..................42. ETCETERA ............................................63. SouthTrust Mortgage ..............................74. Susan Hunter............................................85. Fit for A Mom..........................................9

6. Savvy on the Ave ............................................................107. Bill T. Smith, Jr. ..............................................................118. Paul M. Lawless ..............................................................119. Healthy PC ......................................................................12

10. Robin Philpit....................................................................1311. Judy Hilsmier/Barbara Hill/Coldwell Banker ................1412. Good Night, Sleep Tight ................................................1513. Jacqueline Moroco, D.D.S ..............................................1514. Really Good Cookies ......................................................1615. South Florida Interiors ....................................................1716. Mark Wilt...... ..................................................................1717. Krumholtz Orthodontics..................................................1818. Carolyn Arnold, Psy.D.. ..................................................1919. Lucille Gioia/Nationwide Realty ....................................2120. The North Broward Preparatory School ........................2221. Diane Ellen, R.N. ............................................................2322. Tulane Kidd Interiors, Inc. ..............................................2423. Steven R. Alman, D.M.D. ..............................................2424. Personal Senior Services, Inc..........................................2525. Janie Lott............................. ............................................2626. Beautiful Beasts ..............................................................26

LIST OF ADVERTISERSTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THEFOLLOWING MEMBERS ON THE BIRTH OF THEIR LITTLE LEAGUER:

Jaime and Brian Veccia on the birth of their daughter, AbigailReese Veccia, born on November 19th, 8 lbs. 5oz.

Katharine and Scott Moss on the birth of their son, Wyatt, bornon December 15th, 7 lbs. 13 oz., 20 in.

Kristen and Kevin Ross on the birth of their son, GrahamWalker, born on January 8th, 9 lbs. 5 oz.

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS2 Kathleen Lewis4 Leslie Keyes

Lynn Roda5 Barbara Nash-Robinson6 Karen Gross7 Fabiola Hooker

Dorothy MacDiarmid9 Sarah Flynn11 Lourdes Delfin13 Elisabeth Salvadore15 Michele Toomey

17 Shari Welch18 Susan Wheeler19 Helen Peck20 Megan Tormey21 Candice Fitzgibbons

Lauren Tracy Shor24 Juliette Fuller

Alice Smith25 Katrina Dixon28 Tamara Anstett29 Jane Rea

☺ 5k Town Center Run/Walk5k Town Center Run/Walk ☺Saturday, February 21st 2004Saturday, February 21st 2004

7:30 a.m. Open 5K - 8:30 a.m. �Kid K�7:30 a.m. Open 5K - 8:30 a.m. �Kid K�Town Center Mall - 6600 Glades RoadTown Center Mall - 6600 Glades Road$20/per person - $5/child under 12$20/per person - $5/child under 12$25/per person after February 7th$25/per person after February 7th

For more information call Shalise DeMott For more information call Shalise DeMott (620-01788) or Michele Buck (392-9265)(620-01788) or Michele Buck (392-9265)

Register on line atRegister on line atwww.towncenteratbocaraton.comwww.towncenteratbocaraton.com

PASSINGSTHE MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOCA RATON EXTENDTHEIR SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS:

The family of Denyse King, Sustainer, who passed away.

Emily Echeverria on the death of her beloved father.

MARCH DEADLINE FOR✰✰ STATUS CHANGE ✰✰

If you plan to make any changes in your status (sustainer,resign in good standing, or transfer), you must submit yourrequest in writing before March 1st to:

Junior League of Boca Raton261 N.W. 13th Street, Boca Raton, FL 33432

Attn: Linda Halstead

by fax (561-620-2554), or by email ([email protected]). If youdo not get it in by March 1st, you will be obligated to pay2004-2005 dues. If you have any questions, please feelfree to call the League office at 561-620-2553.

WE�VE MOVED The Junior League has moved to its new offices in theVegso Community Resource Center. Please change yourrecords to reflect the move:

Junior League of Boca Raton261 N.W. 13th Street

Boca Raton, FL 33432Telephone: 561-620-2553 Fax: 561-261-2554

Email: [email protected]: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Cookbook OfficeTelephone: 561-620-0765 Fax: 561-0767

Email: [email protected]

KID FRIENDLY: Please remember our new offices arelocated in a residential neighborhood. There are manychildren playing on our street and in our parking lot.Please drive slowly and keep an eye out for little ones!

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The Publications Committee gratefully acknowledges the generous support of THE BRIDGE from the BRIDGE PATRONS listedbelow. Your yearly contribution of $75 will help us give more to the community by absorbing some of our publishing costs.Thanks to you, we are well on the way to becoming a self-supporting publication!

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BRIDGE DEADLINE & ADVERTISEMENT RATESMarch�s BRIDGE articles are due by Tuesday, February 3rd and April�s BRIDGE articles are due by March 2nd. Articlesshould be e-mailed to the League office at: [email protected] and please fax a �hard copy� to Robin Philpit at (561) 447-9173.If submitting pictures, please call Robin at (561) 750-9036 for instructions.

Deadline for ads in the March�s issue is Tuesday, January 27th and for the April�s issue is Tuesday February 24th. Payment forads should be mailed to the League office. If ad is not �camera ready,� a design fee will be charged. ($35 for single and dou-ble size business cards and $50 for half and full page -b/w). For more information, please call Robin Philpit at (561) 750-9036.

Kathy & Paul AdkinsKaren B. ArcherCarolyn & Charles ArnoldMr. & Mrs. David AucampCarol AuerbachTeri Baker-KennedyMarta BatmasianPatsy Chamberlain HedrickPolly CochranMrs. Tami ConstantinePattie & Richard DamronClare DenessMr. & Mrs. Thomas DeVitaMr. & Mrs. Charles DeyoMr. & Mrs. Edward DienerMr. & Mrs. Scott B. Disher

Mr. & Mrs. Peter DonovanKara & David DonvitoElysa & Scott ElkJohanna & Rick FelberbaumAnnie GreeneJeanette & Ray HimesMrs. John O. HopkinsLeslie JacksonDr. & Mrs. Michael KrebsbachMr. & Mrs. Lawrence LavalleLaw Offices of Bill T. Smith, Jr., P.A.Dr. & Mrs. John LindsayEmily McMullinJanice V. MiddlebrookJacqueline R. Moroco, D.D.S., M.S., P.A.Lisa & John Mulhall

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