Last Wednesday night after a meeting of the Delray Camera Club we interviewed Stuart Freedman, APSA Photographer and President of the club in preparation for a story about him and the club that I am writing for the Sunday Sun-Sentinel Community News Section that will appear in four to six weeks.

Stuart showed me a few of the photographs he took that morning at Green Cay off Hagen Ranch Road. I want to share one of the pictures he took. He calls this "Mated Pair." Outstanding!

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Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 33 lessons life taught me. " It is the most-requested column I've ever written.. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends, parents or spouse will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
9. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
10. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
13. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
14. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
15. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
16. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
17. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
18. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
19. The most important sex organ is the brain.
20. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
21. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
22. Always choose life.
23. Forgive everyone everything.
24. What other people think of you is none of your business.
25. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
26. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
27. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
28. Believe in miracles.
29. Your children get only one childhood.
30. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
31. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
32. The best is yet to come.
33. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

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On Sept. 6 2009 I went to the West Delray Regional Park with my nine and six year old boys. We were at the opposite end of the park from where the remote planes were flying. We had my sons small remote plane which only hasa range of about 500 feet.

A man in a blue van suddenly pulls up and tellsus to stop flying the plane. He took the remote from my son and looked at the back of it. Then proceeds to tell us if we keep flying it the sheriff will come and kick us out of the park. No sooner does he leave and another person who said he was safety coordinator for the field told us we could not fly the plane there as well. He was very rude and abrupt. He was not very open or forthcoming with any information about the RC club.

My two boys were very upset and a little scared. We were treated as a nuisance and nothing positive came from this confrontation. I don't believe this is how a representative from the RC club should be treating people. There was no mention of the club. The only thing that was said that we needed insurance for around 30 dollars. Now my son does not want to go to the park again and does not want to fly his plane for fear of the sheriff showing up.

I understand from both of these gentlemen that our remote might have interfered with the other planes flying but I think this situation could have been handled differently. I was trying to get my children interestedin the RC hobby, but because of two crass individuals, they want nothing to do with it.

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Coca Woods resident Muriel Reiffe sent me this recent adventure that took place in her home:

"The latest excitement here was when my cat caused a false alarm. He loves to sit on windowsills, and the other day he pulled out a wire that was connected to the burglar alarm. We were out, so the security company called the police.

When we came home there was a call on the answering machine telling us that there had been an alarm and that the police had been notified. I called back and asked her to cancel the police call but it was too late, for there was a uniformed officer ringing our doorbell!
When I realized what had happened, I picked up Merlin, the culprit, and said, "Officer, arrest this cat!"

Everything has quieted down. I had to rewire the window, and I put some duct tape over the area that Merlin had picked at.

Such excitement--I could do without it."

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For the past year everyone in West Delray area has been watching one large 5,800 sq. ft. luxury home being built on Linton Blvd., just west of Jog Road in a development called the Estates of Tuscany. I drive by it every day when I exit on to Linton Blvd. from the rear gate of my community. It has 6 bedrooms and 6 ½ bathrooms, swimming pool and Jacuzzi spa, a two car garage and a separate garage for a single car. The downstairs will have marble floors and the upstairs will have unique black wood floors,

It is on a piece of land that can accommodate 11 or 12 homes. The owner of the property is Mizner Grande Partners LLC.

Recently they appointed a real estate agent to sell the house, Ms. Desiree Pierce of Lang Realty. I contacted her and this past Tuesday she took me through this model house. The exterior is completed, including landscaping. The interior will be completed and fully furnished by May 15 and will be seen by appointment with Ms. Pierce. You can reach her at 213-3457.

The asking price for this model home completely furnished is 1.9 million dollars.

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As in our past a man appears, who was born to answer the call.
And on this day we can all rejoice, for united we will not fall.
As the years progress and we heal our wounds, we can take pride in our insightful choice For our people were led by a man of vision who spoke in just one voice.

-- David Rogers, Delray Beach, Florida

The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-090119poems-htmlstory,0,3879630.htmlstory

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To All our Readers, Friends, Neighbors and Family, we wish you a healthy and joyful Thanksgiving Weekend!
Lucille and Mort Mazor

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Need new heels, soles, lifts, taps? Right close by at 15073 Jog Road, next door to the recently closed Kings Point Fish Market is Kings Point Shoe Repair where you’ll find 6’ Ed Jarman, 54 year old native Brooklynite repairing, resoling, or stretching men’s and ladies shoes, boots and sandals. He is also equipped to repair handbags, briefcases and luggage. Ed learned his trade by working in his father-in-law’s shoe repair shop in Hallandale in 1980.

Ed’s wife Marion often helps in the store checking work in and out, while Ed mans the various machines in the back, cutting leather, then building a resole and heel job. These folks have lived in Delray for 26 years and have been in this business for 13 years. They have one adult son, Michael.

Ed’s leisure time activities include studying the Bible, and deep sea fishing, but his principal goal is to make a living for his family. He admires people who are honest, generous, considerate and have compassion for others.

Ed lives those traits every day. Twenty years ago he donated a kidney to his sister. She passed away a year ago. His generosity provided her with the gift of life for nearly twenty more years. A person Ed looked up to as a youngster who possessed these traits was his grandfather who became Assistant Highway Commissioner for the City of New York.

If you were wondering whether to repair your favorite shoes, or buy a new pair, visit Ed Jarman’s King’s Point Shoe Repair shop with those shoes in hand. Ed will solve your problem with careful, excellent workmanship. The store is open Monday through Friday 9 AM to 4:30 PM; Saturday 10 AM to 1 PM.

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Father Matthew Didoné, age 64, who has served as the Pastor of Our Lady Queen of Peace Mission at 9600 West Atlantic Avenue in West Delray, was recently promoted to Provincial Superior of the Society of St. Charles Scalabrinians, based in Staten Island,
N. Y.

“Father Matthew,” as he has been affectionately called by the parishioners at Our Lady Queen of Peace since he was first assigned there in 1992, will now supervise the Eastern Region which includes: Colombia, Haiti, Venezuela, Canada, Dominican Republic and the eastern part of the United States from Upstate New York to Florida.

Arriving in America in 1964 at age 20 from Rosa, a small town in the foothills of the Alps 30 miles north of Venice, Italy he attended St. Charles Theological Seminary, Staten Island, N. Y. and was ordained in 1967. He learned to speak, read and write English during his first two years at the seminary. In 1974 he began a ten year assignment that took him to Puerto Rico and Caracas, Venezuela where he learned to speak fluent Spanish.

In 1999 and 2000 for one month each summer he traveled to Belo Horizonte, 150 miles north of Rio de Janeiro on the east coast of Brazil, and the nearby village of Coronel Fabriciano. A cousin there tutored him in Portuguese eight hours a day. In addition he participated in the local cultural and religious customs. This intensive study enabled him to communicate with the members of the Queen of Peace Mission who spoke only Portuguese. Seventy-five per cent of the members of this parish are poor Spanish and Portuguese speaking farm laborers from Central and South America. More than 3,000 families from Pompano Beach to West Palm Beach see the mission as their place of spiritual refuge.

Now this soft-spoken, much beloved priest leaves Delray Beach to greater responsibilities traveling internationally. His heart will always have a warm spot for the people he tended at Queen of Peace. Indeed, his new responsibility area also includes this Mission which began in a Quonset hut building in 1958 and is presently a beautiful, modern church building—a fitting tribute not only to the parishioners but to Father Didoné himself who put in so much effort and energy to oversee its construction. Interestingly, one of his duties will be to recruit a replacement for his position at Our Lady Queen of Peace.

Father Matthew also created the Mission Health Clinic on the church grounds for the migrant workers and their families to receive medical, dental and eye examinations and treatment from volunteers and five full-time staffers who tend to more than 1,500 patients a month. In addition there is a free standing building on the premises which has 10 class rooms where English is taught to the migrant worker families.

Since 1999, members of the Gleneagles Country Club, West Delray Beach established a Mission Clinic Luncheon and an Annual Honorees program. The honorees selected originally were mainly Gleneagles residents, honored for their help raising funds. Seven years ago, surrounding communities were invited to the annual luncheons with the proceeds used to further the growth of the Mission Clinic. The 50th Anniversary luncheon celebrated February 11, 2008 at Gleneagles Country Club attended by almost 400 people, honored two ladies who have served both the young and old migrant parishioners of the Mission directly for many years.

The two honorees, Conchy Arauz, Office Manager at Our Lady Queen of Peace and Minnie (Cortez) Garcia have much in common. Both are bilingual in Spanish and English. (Photo l. to r. Conchy Arauz, Father Didoné and Minnie (Cortez) Garcia.)

Father Didoné has built a legacy of compassion, care and dynamic growth during his 16 year tenure at the West Delray parish. The staff and parishioners look forward to his future occasional business visits to Our Lady Queen of Peace.

Those wishing to reach Our Lady Queen of Peace for information can call (561) 499-6234.

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Dr. Steven Sederholm, a frequent guest speaker at Delray/Boynton Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America meetings will be competing in a 5 kilometer race in Charlotte, NC on April 4, 2008 to benefit Pediatric Audiology.

Please feel free to sponsor him by logging on to www.audiologyfoundation.org
or calling (703) 226-1049.

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“Listening is a magnetic and strange thing—a creative force.
Stop what you are doing and listen for two minutes. Then write the new thoughts you had as a result of this simple activity of just listening.”

I gave the above assignment to the students of the Advanced Writing Class I conduct at Kings Point recently. I want to share with you an imaginative piece of excellent writing by student Dr. Sidney Prager:

By Dr. Sidney Prager
Listen, just listen to the world, even more than that, listen to the universe.

At the shore the water takes command as the waves slowly form and grow and crash against the rocks or sand to let you know who or what is in control here.

The message is clear. I am Nature or I am Poseidon, and this is my domain. All of life has come from me and without me all would perish. I have been here for billions of years, and intend to stay for billions more.

And you, you puny insignificant bit of flesh and blood and bone, you stand by my edge like millions of others have done throughout time. You are but a speck that lasts as long as a blink of your eye. Can you imagine how many others have stood like you looking over my vastness? Humans of all different colors, shapes and sizes and animals too, so many that I can’t even count them all.

Most are gone, some forms of life you will never even know existed. There is no record but I knew them all. And there are millions more within my being, in my very substance. I provide the things they need to live, to grow and to flourish. My power is greater than you can imagine and most of the things I can offer still remain hidden from even the brightest of your kind. But I have time, lots of time and I will slowly unveil what I have.

Me and Sol (that bright yellow ball in the sky) have made this planet what it is. Remember that. Lucky Sol, he is 93 million miles away and safe. But I am here and an easy target for your garbage, chemicals and poisons.

Hear me well you tiny speck, have the proper respect for me. Treat me with kindness and wisdom or you will pay a terrible price.

By the way, it’s such a nice day today, why don’t you come in for a swim?

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From the time he was 10 years old, 70 years ago, he learned to play the piano. He has performed annually at the Doctors Piano Concerts at the Steinway Piano Gallery in Boca Raton in 2005, 2006 and 2007 where he plays popular favorites such as Embraceable You, and Body and Soul as well as classical numbers including Chopin Nocturne in E Flat Major Opus 9. You get the idea—he plays it all!

Throughout his entire 45 year career as a doctor Kaitz devoted himself to help and heal his patients. His hobby during those years was horticulture, specializing in raising orchids in his own greenhouse. Upon retiring in November 1999 he maintains residences in Massachusetts and Delray Beach.


Imagine his surprise and pleasure when the American Orchid Society’s Visitors Center and Botanical Gardens opened off Jog Road in Delray in 2000. He volunteered his services and they quickly gave him a job as a weeder. When Alan began taking pictures of the orchids and designing “What’s In Bloom” posters for the Orchid Society (where he is known as “Mr. Technology”), he didn’t have to weed anymore. He also created a website which provides a virtual tour of the Orchid Society facility.

Alan, slightly built at 5’ 6 ½”, weighing 134 lbs., is a native of Chelsea, MA. After graduating from Chelsea High School he entered Harvard College. At the end of his freshman year he enlisted in the Army. Returning from service after VJ Day, with the aid of the GI Bill he resumed his education at Harvard, graduated from there and then Harvard Medical School, specializing in internal medicine and geriatrics.

He became Chief of Medicine at Chelsea Memorial Hospital and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. When Chelsea Memorial Hospital closed in 1978 he practiced in Revere, MA. until 1993. He went on to work at the Rehabilitation Hospital in Woburn until retirement, where he cared for many former high school classmates and their parents.

Alan and his wife Marlene raised two daughters and a son. One daughter is a CPA, the other a physical therapist. Their son followed in Dad’s footsteps, attending Harvard Medical School and becoming a primary care physician in Concord, N.H. The couple enjoys nine grandchildren. Alan and Marlene plan to spend more time with their children’s families who live in Andover MA., North Andover, MA. and Concord, N.H.

Dr. Alan enjoys reading biographies when he’s not practicing playing his piano, caring for his orchids, or working in his spacious home office where he uses two computers, a desktop, and a laptop, two printers, a copy machine and scanner. He also takes beautiful orchid pictures with his Sony digital camera.

Healer, piano artist, photographer, ex weeder and loving family man. That’s Dr. Alan Kaitz, the modern Renaissance man.

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You’ll find this group of fifteen men at the Kings Point Par 3 golf course every Saturday morning during season ready to tee off at 7:30 A.M.

The Italian Men’s golf Club was formed more than 25 years ago. While their membership is down from those earlier days, their enthusiasm for the game and for each other is stronger than ever. They enjoy the game and each other’s company.

On March 4 the club will hold their annual picnic with their wives at Morikami Park.

Lou Pannucci, who plays golf three times a week, retired as a New Jersey state trooper after more than 28 years of service. He has served as president of the golf club for the past twelve years. Lou has owned an apartment at Kings Point since 1995 where he lives with wife Elizabeth. They have been married 60 years and are blessed with two daughters, a son and eight grandchildren.

See you next Saturday, men!

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Over 250 children, parents and grandparents participated in the “best Vizcaya Holiday kids party yet,” said Barbara Johnson, Clubhouse Director commenting on the party that ran from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, Wednesday December 26.

“From the outdoor playground set up with a trackless train that ran around the entire asphalt walking track to the bungee trampoline,

the rock climbing wall and the ‘thunder force’ obstacle course the youngsters were busy, busy, busy having fun every minute,” said Johnson. “In addition we had the face painting clown decorating the kids and afterwards hot dogs and ice cream for everyone.”

After 1:30 it seemed like all the kids migrated to the swimming pool and didn’t leave (exhausted for sure) until after 3:30.

Vizcaya Board 1st Vice President Bob Schulbaum and Board President Mike Zeitlin (pictured right) oversaw the setting up of the temporary giant toys in the play area to make sure everyone would be safe.

Among the community residents volunteering their services this day were: Mauricio Arenzon, Dorothy and Carl Lubitz and Sam Schwartz

Photos by Allen Trauben

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