MOLDING MASTERPIECES THE YMCA PAIRS WITH ART MUSEUM TO LET YOUNG ARTISTS CREATE OUTSIDE THE CRAYON BOX.
In a dimmed room of the Peter Blum Family YMCA of Boca Raton, doodles come to life, dancing on the classroom wall, grooving to music, speaking in the voices of their creators.
Art classes aren’t just about crayons, paint and clay here. In an age where the lines are blurred between technology and art, children are learning to think about art in different ways. Best of all, it’s not coming from a book or a lecture, it’s completely hands-on.
“I like drawing. Usually, when I’m in class, I draw when I’m not supposed to, like on tests and stuff,” said Jeanette Billups, 12, of Boca Raton. “I thought it would be cool to come to this art class to learn some more stuff, not just the stuff I already know.”
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CAMERA CLUB CAPTURES LIFE ON LOCAL LEVEL MEMBERS’ WORKSHOWN AT CITY HALL
Things seem to be clicking for Larry Diou, 86, of Shady Woods in Delray Beach.
A relatively new member of the Delray Camera Club, he won second place in “Vibrant Delray,” the club’s annual members’ showcase.
Diou used his camera to capture a popular city restaurant and inn, The Sundy House.
His prize photo, Gazebo at Sundy House, is of a pristine white gazebo on the edge of a peaceful pond, peeking out behind a dense wall of vegetation.
“It’s a part of Delray that not many people know about,” Diou said. “It’s right in the center of town, but you wouldn’t know it existed.”
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COUPLES SCHMOOZE JEWISH GROUP HELPS ADULTS MOVING TO AREA FIND FRIENDS AND SOCIAL LIFE.
When Irene Berkey moved to Boca Raton 25 years ago, she left behind a lifetime’s worth of close-knit friends and family for a place where she knew virtually no one.
Missing the Jewish culture she left behind, Berkey went looking for that same connection, but there weren’t as many Jewish people living in the area then.
“It was difficult finding other people to be with,” Berkey said.
UNITY SCHOOL HELPS CHILDREN IN GHANA
When Austin Gossett-Seidman, 11, of Boca Raton, needed money to help needy children a world away, he went cushion diving in his living room and turned up $90.
“They raided our whole house. If every family did that, you can come up with some pretty decent money,” said Austin’s mom, Peggy Gossett-Seidman, public relations director of Unity School in Delray Beach and mother to three students participating in the special project.
The school packed up two crates, big enough to fit three SUVs, with 10,000 pounds of humanitarian aid for children in Ghana, in West Africa.
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FRAUD in the Community Redevelopment Agency
A detailed Story Exposing Fraud at the Rivera Beach / Singer Island CRA.
With the help of a few good sources along with their extensive forensic accounting report, this story was compiled detailing the fraudulent practices of this government agency.
Fraud included:
A former executive director who wrote his own checks.
Personal use of company credit cards.
Over $9 million paid to consultants, contractors, attorneys as well as consultants to oversee consultants for unnecessary work.
As well as a complete conflict of interest as city council members appointed each other board members of the CRA.
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