03/08/12 Sun Times Issue

LITTLE HAVANA –Bob Nieman and hisgirlfriend, CherylAnnMacLellan, have beento opening day atCincinnati severaltimes, have been tostadium openings

across the country,but the PembrokePines’ residents werenot ready for whatthey saw on Saturdayat the new MarlinsPark.An estimated 40,000

fans, wanting to get alook at the neweststadium in majorleague baseball,flocked to Fan Fest2012, and when theyarrived, they wereblown away by a facil-ity that will be home tothe Miami Marlins.“Amazing,” said Nie-

man. “I have been tojust about every newstadium across thecountry, and this is re-ally one of the best.

Fan friendly.”Hard to believe that

you are on the sameland as the fabled Or-ange Bowl when yousee this state-of-the-art structure that hasjust about everythingfor everyone. The onlyclue that you are inLittle Havana is whenyou leave this struc-ture that tax payersfought, and continueto fight against.

IT WILL BE USED -OFTEN

I recall a columnthat I wrote the daythe first shovel of dirt was thrown onto the––––––––––––––––– ––BLUSTEIN, Page 7A

AVENTURA - At the Aventura HEAR Center, your hearing is Prior-ity One. If people tell you your TV is too loud, or if you keep missingbits and pieces of conversation and have to ask people to repeatthemselves, or if itseems that people arealways mumbling,come see the hearingaid specialist, Javier“Bob” Benitez, BC-HIS.He's eager to help youhear better.After 15 years, the

HEAR Center is anAventura fixture. It isbehind Loehmann’sPlaza right next to thenew Heavy Burgerrestaurant with itsbright red canopy bythe back of Publix.The Aventura HEARCenter is a modern of-fice equipped to fit patients with the best hearing technology avail-able.

It is a cheerful place, bright and airy. Ellen Pardue, the patient co-ordinator, greets you and in no time at all, you get to see the special-ist. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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HALLANDALE BEACH DENTAL OPTIONSFIRST PRIORITYBroward B-Cycle is

coming to the City ofHallandale Beachlater this month. B-

Cycle is completing in-stallation of two

bicycle rack stations inthe city in anticipation

of a mid-Marchlaunch. Want to knowmore? See Page 8C.

It doesn’t take muchtime for a water leakto do extensive dam-age to your home orbusiness. In fact, it

can happen just hoursafter the leak occurs.

1st Priority Restora-tion can find the leakand fix it quickly. Seefor yourself, D.

Now there is all themore reason to smilewhen you visit DentalOptions in Aventura.They offer an array of

dentistry servicesdone by highly quali-fied professionals allbrought together inone office. Check it

out today on Page 1C.

Hearing Aid Specialist, Javier“Bob” Benitez makes the

experience of coming to AventuraHear Center one to remember.

AVENTURA HEAR CENTER‘NEW wireless aids make

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A NEW ERABEGINS

It's all about showing off the beautiful Miami skyline atthe new Marlins Park. While there were many opposedto building this facility on the site of the fabled OrangeBowl, others who attended Fan Fest 2012 last Saturday,suddenly have a short-term memory, believing that thisis just the thing to get the economy rolling in Little

Havana and surrounding areas.

Marlins' franchise gets a kick-startwith a new home and identity

The most important part of the new stadium is how fanfriendly it was built - with TV screens everywhere.

LarryBlustein

SAFETY FIRST – Hallandale Beach Fire Department paramedics werenamed the top Advanced Life Support team in the country recently atthe 2012 National ALS/BLS Team Competition in Daytona Beach.

Hallandale Beach Chief Daniel Sullivan, second from right, joins teammembers Firefighter Paramedic Sasha Elmore-Hackett, left, FirefighterParamedic Saray Zambrano, second from left, and Firefighter Para-medic Jo Ann Shapins, right, after the team took first place. The teamalso included Firefighter Paramedic Sasha Elmore-Hackett. The teamcompeted against advanced life support and basic life support teamsfrom throughout the nation. The teams were called to mock disastersand had to assess the severity of the injuries and act. Last year, the

team placed third at a national event in Orlando.(Photo courtesy Louis Mallory)

The very best in the country

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Over the past weeksthe city has been con-ducting our BudgetAwareness meetingsin each quadrant ofour community. Thelast meeting was heldfor our Northeastquadrant. Over thepast years these townhall meetings haveevolved. The new for-mat has been createdto focus strategicplanning and residentinput. In the past wepresented more of afinancial budgetoverview and thenopened it up for citi-zen input.

The one financialslide that has beenpresented duringthese forums is asummary of all our re-serve accounts. TheCity of HallandaleBeach continues toimplement fiscallyconservative practicesto preserve financialstability. Last year ourcity did not utilize anybudgeted reserves.Quite frankly, manyresidents find thishard to believe. It istrue. We are not likemany other cities thatare facing drasticbudget deficits. Ourcity's general fund re-serves are at $23 mil-lion. We also haveenterprise fund re-serves that cover spe-cific operatingexpenses. The com-bined overall reservesare upwards of $50million which repre-

sents almost 50% ofour entire budget. Our first four Budget

Awareness meetingsthe city had yet to re-ceive any preliminaryreports from theBroward propertiesappraisers’ office onproperty values in ourcommunity. Twoweeks ago a reportwas issued showingthat the City of Hallan-dale Beach’s valuesincreased by almost4%. To say the least,this is wonderful newsfor our community andmost importantly forour taxpayers. It willcertainly make it eas-ier to address ouroverall pension liabili-ties this year which re-main at $12 million.As I've written in thepast, pension liabili-ties remain of criticalconcern going for-ward. Last year the City

Commission imple-mented a communitywide-survey. Unlikeour past survey doneby FIU, this surveywas conducted by

mail and phone andhad a 95% level ofconfidence. The sur-vey results includedoverall importanceand satisfaction as-sessment. The level ofmatrix ranked thelevel of importanceand satisfaction rat-ing. Many services ex-ceeded expectationsand allowed us to pro-vide a guide of whatitems we must focuson to address our citi-zens needs. The mainareas of improvementincluded the city stormwater drainage sys-tem overall flow oftraffic and mainte-nance of our citystreets, medians,buildings and facili-ties.

This year we will bebreaking ground onour drainage programin the Northeast. Thequestion came upabout the completiondate of this project.The city has beenworking with the De-partment of Environ-mental Protection inBroward County tomove forward on thepermits. There was adelay in these ap-provals that delayedthe issue for Requestsfor Proposals to buildthe system. The proj-ect will be going out tobid with an estimatedcompletion date within18 months. Residentsshould be assuredthat our temporarypumping system is in

full effect and hasworked keeping thestreets clear of flood-ing.

One of the other twoareas we continue tofocus on: over $5.7million was budgetedin the last two fiscalyears for transporta-tion and facility im-provements and manyof these projects areunderway. The Mainproject which will bethis big fiber optic realtime signalization proj-ect has been bud-geted by theDepartment of Trans-portation for comple-tion in 2014-2015.

Street maintenance,landscaping and facil-ity maintenance isgoing to be a key areato tackle in this year'sbudget.

According to surveyresults public safetyhas exceeded expec-tations when it comesto fire rescue in re-sponse times for bothpolice and fire. Areasof opportunity for im-provement will be visi-bility and frequency ofpolice in our localneighborhoods and astronger focus oncrime prevention. Sur-vey results for mainte-nance also had a

direct correlation topublic safety. Resi-dents wanted to seeimproved city streetlighting and sidewalksin our community.

Parks and Recre-ation and our parkprograms were alsoone of the areas thatwere focused onwithin the survey.Understanding thatquality of life is di-rectly impacted by theamount of parks andprograms we provideto our community, thecity conducted theParks Master Plan. ––––––––––––––––––––

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FORT LAUD-ERDALE - Can I beyour new best friend?I’m Zizou (ID# 444612)a 4 year old, 17 poundfellow who is the victimof divorce. My sisterPines is here too andwe are hoping some-one will give us achance. I’m very smart(I know how to turn offand on light switches)and I’m very friendly. Ilike people of all agesand I get along withother pets. Becausemy sister and I are overthe age of 6 months areadoption fee is waived,so won’t you pleasegive us a home for life?

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home for me. The $85 adoption fee

for felines over 6months is being waivedand for kittens it hasbeen reduced to $50!The adoption fee fordogs over 6 months is$100 and under 6months is $135. Thefee includesspay/neuter surgery,preliminary vaccina-tions, microchip andregistration, heartwormtest for dogs and felineleukemia test for catsand more. The adop-tion fee for rabbits is$20.00. For more infor-mation call the sheltertoday at 954-989-3977. The HumaneSociety of BrowardCounty is located at2070 Griffin Road, justa block west of I-95.

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––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Last year the City Commission voted on a 4-1 to begin implementa-tion of these park improvements. Three parks have already beenslated for design and construction to begin this fiscal year. Thesethree parks are already funded.

These survey results were utilized as a guideline to set up ourstrategic priorities for the year and related performance measures.There are four strategic priorities that were established collabora-tively by the commission; Livable Communities, Excellence in Gov-ernment, Environmental Sustainability and Economic Development.In analyzing all the data we directed Staff to create performancemeasures relative to the strategic priorities.

The next phase of budgeting will continue with the monthly Com-mission City Manager workshops. There will also be one more gen-eral citywide Budget Awareness meeting to review all our residentinput. Over the next few months Staff will continue to work internallyand report back to the City Commission on the progress. The goal isto have our budget completed in June. This will give the City Com-mission and residents time to review and discuss the budget beforeit's finalized at our Public Hearings in the fall.

As always it is critically important for every resident to share theirideas and concerns. Please come out to participate in these meet-ings and workshops.

GREEN TIP: The Chamber of Commerce GLO is accepting applications for ven-

dors for the Annual “GREEN FEST” being held on Saturday May5th. Visit the Chamber’s website for more information at www.Hal-landaleBeachChamber.com

Hallandale High School will be hosting a State Invitational TrackMeet this weekend. Many residents may not know, but HHS hasmany rising track stars. Come to: 720 NW 9th Ave and cheer themon!

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AROUND AVENTURAAventura Spring Camp Cruisin’ through Spring!Get ready to set sail for the high seas! Explore a va-riety of cultures while docking at different port eachday. Aventura Spring Camp will be held Monday,March 12 through Friday, March 16 at the AventuraCommunity Recreation Center. Come celebrate theGoombay Festival, compete in the Alaskan WinterGames, participate in the Survivor Outback Chal-lenge, and much more! Field trip destinations includeZoo Miami and swimming! Spring Camp is open tochildren ages 5-14 years.

The Community Recreation Center is located at3375 NE 188 Street and camp hours are 7:30 AMthrough 6:00 PM, daily. The fee is $150 for Aventuraresidents and $180 for non-residents. Register atthe Community Recreation Center, Founders Park,Waterways Park, or online atwww.cityofaventura.com. For more information onSpring Camp, please call 305-466-3883.

Founders Park SplashPad Operating Hoursfor 2012

The City of Aventura proudly announces theFounders Park SplashPad operating hours for theupcoming 2012 season. The SplashPad opens onSunday, March 11, 2012 from 10 AM – 6 PM and willremain open through Sunday, March 18, 2012 duringSpring Break. The SplashPad will be open week-ends only until Saturday, May 26, 2012. SplashPadhours expand on Saturday, May 26, 2012 throughSunday, September 2, 2012 from 10 AM –7 PM sixdays per week, Tuesdays through Sundays.

In addition, the SplashPad will be open on Memo-rial Day and Labor Day from 10 AM – 7 PM. TheSplashPad will then be open weekends only throughSaturday, November 3, 2012.

The Founders Park SplashPad is located at 3105NE 190 Street. Please call 305-466- 0183 for more

information or visit the City’s website atwww.cityofaventura.com

If you call in the morn-ing, you can usuallyget an appointmentthe same day, and ifyou just want to dropby while you are inthe area, Ellen will doher best to get youright in."What we are doing

here," Bob said, "is of-fering the best hear-ing care anywhere, soyou won't wait long tosee me and you willbe treated profession-ally and courteously."The hearing evalua-tion takes 15 to 20minutes and there isno charge.

"The first thing I dois to check the earswith our advancedequipment." A video-otoscope is used, anon-invasive devicethat transmits imagesof the ear canal andeardrum onto a moni-tor's high definitionplasma screen. "I lookin there and makesure there is not a lotof wax in the ear.Wax can cause a mildhearing loss, andsometimes removingthe wax eliminates theproblem! If there isno excessive wax, wego to the test roomand I do an audiomet-ric evaluation to see ifthere are some tonesthe patient cannothear well."The natural aging

process and noisecan cause a hearingloss, natural agingbeing the most com-mon reason for hear-ing problems.Stereos, I-pods, boomboxes, traffic, and anoisy work environ-ment all contribute tothe cause. "It's theprolonged exposureto noise that does it,"he said.

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Before coming tothe Aventura HEARCenter, Bob was, for13 years, with StarkeyLaboratories, the pre-mier manufacturer ofhearing technology inthe United States. Heis a Harvard graduate,a licensed HearingAid Specialist in theState of Florida, andnationally BoardCertified in HearingInstrument Sciences.At Starkey, he was afitting specialist. "Iwas the one to whompeople like myself (ahearing professional)would send their pa-tients when theycouldn't figure out a

way to make thosepatients happy withtheir hearing instru-ments." This experi-ence made Bob anexpert with hearingaid fittings. “The newdigital instruments arecomplex and requireexpertise if they are tobe properly tuned fora patient’s individualneeds,” Bob said.

IT IS POSSIBLEYOU SUFFER

SOME HEARING LOSSIf the tests show

conclusively that yousuffer permanenthearing loss …Benitez said, " Oneout of three Ameri-cans over age 65 hasa hearing problemand half of adults over75 have one. Every-one over 65 years oldshould be getting theirhearing checked reg-ularly. Hearing prob-lems, like havingdifficulty understand-ing what people say,can get worse if nottreated. That is whyit’s important to getyour hearing checked.Once you know youhave a problem, youcan take steps to dealwith it. Just as yourprimary care physi-cian does not rou-tinely check youreyesight, she or hewill not be checkingyour hearing. In bothcases physicians nor-mally assume you areseeing a specialist forcare in these areas.The sad part is thatwhile most seniorstake good care oftheir eyes, very fewactually have yearlyhearing tests. Thereis no reason for it!You do not need a re-ferral to have a hear-ing evaluation—justcall the AventuraHEAR Center and askfor an appointment!”Improved hearingleads to an improvedquality of life. Manypeople who have ahearing loss becomemore and more iso-lated because theycannot enjoy conver-sations in social situa-tions, but hearing helpis now available thatreally works.

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Hearing aids havebecome very sophisti-cated and there aremany, many choices.

How is a patient todecide which hearingaid to wear? “It startswith a hearing profes-sional you can trust,”Benitez said. “It is agood thing to do re-search and find outwhat you can abouthearing loss and howhearing aids can help,but when it comes tochoosing a hearingaid, you need to fol-low the advice of aprofessional.” Manypatients think be-cause their friend or afamily member didwell with a particularhearing aid that theywill also do well.“That’s not always thecase. Certain typesof hearing instrumentsare designed for par-ticular configurationsof hearing loss, andyour friend or relativemay have a high fre-quency loss and dowell with those aids,but you have a lowfrequency loss andthe aid is completelyinadequate for you.As a hearing profes-sional, I am responsi-ble for evaluating yourloss and recommend-ing the appropriatehearing aid for yourloss, lifestyle, andbudget.”“Lifestyle is impor-

tant,” he adds, “be-cause a person whois not active or whohas a very limited so-cial life due to healthissues simply doesnot need some of theadvanced featuresavailable on the moresophisticated instru-ments.” Some hear-ing aids offer featuresdesigned specificallyfor very active sociallives, and that is notwhat everyone needs.On the other hand,most patients wouldbenefit from a hearingaid that does notwhistle all the time, oran aid that makesnoisy rooms morecomfortable, or onethat allows for tele-phone use without

having to push a but-ton. Benitez said,“many of the old prob-lems that people hadwith hearing aidswhich prevented themfrom wearing themhave been overcomeby advances in tech-nology, so even if youhave tried hearingaids in the past anddid not liked them,there are good rea-sons to take a secondlisten.”And what about all

those different hearingaid companies, whichone makes the besthearing aids? “Theyall do,” Benitez addswith a chuckle, “it’snot the company, it’sthe professional fittingyou that is crucial.”There are several bighearing aid compa-nies worldwide, andthey all make verygood products, theyare all priced verycompetitively, and theAventura HEAR Cen-ter has relationshipswith all of them. “Itused to be one com-pany was better atone type of aid andanother at a differenttype. With the adventof digital aids, thathas all changed. Myexperience workingfor the manufacturergives me a certainedge—I have a levelof training and pro-

gramming expertisenot available to mostdispensers and that’san important aspect ofwhat I offer my pa-tients. Even if youbought your aids else-where, there may besomething I can do tohelp you hear betterwith them!”

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“Many patients com-plain that they cannothear TV well. Theyhave to turn up thevolume and theirspouses (or neigh-bors) complain that itis too loud. New wire-less technology al-lows effortless TVviewing by turning thehearing aids into per-sonal headsets—it’slike wearing ear-phones! The hearingaids are nearly invisi-ble and very comfort-able to wear.”What about people

who want hearingaids that are morethan “nearly” invisi-ble? Benitez says,“We have two optionsfor the patient whowants completely in-visible hearing aids:the extended-weardevices that stay in

the ears for two orthree months and arethen replaced withnew ones, or the newSoundLense fromStarkey that also dis-appear into the earcanal but use regularbatteries and last sev-eral years before theyneed to be replaced.They have been verywell received by thepublic and are themost cost-effective ‘in-visible’ solution.”

Finally, what of themany people whohave just a little bit ofa hearing problem butwant to hear betterwithout spending a lotof money? “Well,”Benitez smiles, “we’vegot just the thing forthem. It’s called theAMP and it is a per-sonal amplifier that issmall and discreet,appropriate for mildlosses, and costs only$750 per side. It isthe best way to beginto experience betterhearing sooner ratherthan later when hear-ing aids may not helpas much.” It soundslike there is a way tohelp anyone whowants to hear better.“Exactly, we have so-lutions for every typeof loss and everybudget!” So, what areyou waiting for? An in-vitation?

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NEW! Men’s Recreational Basketball Leagues AVENTURA - The Aventura Community Recreation Center is proud to host

new men’s recreational basketball leagues for full and half court. Full courtage divisions are 18–25, 26–35, and 36–50 years old. Half court age divi-sions are 18–35 and 36–50 years old. The full court league starts Sunday,March 18, 2012 at 8:30 am and the half court league starts Monday, March19, 2012 at 6:00 pm. Both leagues include a 12 game season and playoffs. Registration is $600 per team for the full court league and $400 per team forthe half court league. Membership is required to participate. The CommunityRecreation Center is offering a membership special of buy 3 months, get 3months free when you register. Registration is open through March 15, 2012.

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property, signalingthat there would in-deed be a baseballstadium built on thissite. If you remember,I had said that whenthis facility was com-pleted, many wouldforget why they op-posed it in the firstplace.“You can plainly see

when the roof isclosed, that it can beused for many thingsoutside of baseball,”said Hollywood resi-dent Mark Wagner.“Basketball, tradeshows, boat shows,

concerts and a lot ofother things. You canguarantee that theywill get the money outof this facility.”Having grown up at

the Orange Bowl, andspending 28 years ofmy life at the leg-endary Miami Base-ball Stadium, in justabout every capacityyou can imagine, thiswas indeed a thrill forme to be in this base-ball only facility witheverything that allthose great parks wesee across the coun-try has.Marlins Park is just

about everything a fanwould want. Conces-sion choices with fairpricing highlights this

facility that finally getsit when it comes to fanfriendly. Outside of theparking garages thatoffer smaller than usu-ally parking spaces,the Marlins Parkwants to be the centerof the neighborhood.It wants to be theplace that attractspeople, spiking theeconomy in Little Ha-vana.

FAN FRIENDLYCLUB

The one thing thatthe Marlins have al-ways done is play onthe fact that the play-ers will do anything toget into the communi-ties. On Saturday, itwas more than evi-dent that this wasgoing to be the caseas autographs weresigned, hands wereshaken and questions

were asked duringseveral community-oriented meetings thatfans had the pleasureof taking part it.“The Marlins really

wanted to make astatement,” said Nie-man. “We were stand-ing feet away fromRicky Nolasco as hewalked through thecrowds along withother stars of theteam. They stopped to

take photos. I am surethese guys are tired ofplaying in front of10,000 every night.”The Marlins’ front of-

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stands locatedthroughout the sta-dium. The jerseysbeing sold along withcaps, T-Shirts andanything that saidMiami Marlins wouldback that up.

BASEBALL ATMOSPHERE

Unlike at Sun LifeStadium, where therewas little or no base-ball atmosphere, Mar-lins Park hasrestaurants, shopsand even a picnicarea outside the sta-dium. With so manyevents plannedthroughout the courseof a year, gettingspace may be easynow, but once theword starts to spread,many of the busi-nesses will be thrivingyear round.

The idea of startingon the property andthen bringing the restof Little Havana intothe economic pictureis the only way thisarea will start to seesome major renova-tions in a communitythat can really use amajor financial boost.

WAITING FOR THISThis is not the Little

Havana that once re-lied on the OrangeBowl and its manysoccer and footballgames to supplementtheir incomes by hav-ing event-goers parkon the lawns or sellproducts on streetcorners. It has beennearly five yearssince a steady flow ofpeople have been

coming to this area,and local business-men such as D’MoriMartinez has weath-ered the storm.

“This has not beeneasy down here,”Martinez said. “Youput your time intomaking a small mar-ket go down in LittleHavana, but the pop-ulation has changed.There are differenttypes of people doingthe buying aroundhere, so we’ll see ifthings change.”Aside from a few

negatives, this is allabout getting the ballrolling in Little Ha-vana and spreadingtoward downtownMiami to give thisarea a much-neededeconomic boost. Iwould like to seethem get some fund-ing to add buses toshuttle from differentSouth Dade, Browardand Palm Beach lo-cations to take awaythe excuse of driving,which would be avalid one if you don'tfrequent this area ofSouth Florida.

WALKING TOURAs I walked around

the stadium, and fa-cility, there weresome things that Imade note of thatwere indeed interest-

ing:* Once you get in thestadium, the firstthing you notice isthat there is not a badseat! 37,000 viewsthat are impressive -all the way around.* It only makes sensewith such a hugeJewish populationthat there would be aKosher Food conces-sion area. It will beclosed for every Sat-urday game, but openand serving somegreat favorites therest o the season.They also haveCuban food and burg-ers.* The jumbo screenthat they have out-side the stadium - be-fore you even reachinside - is better thanmost video screen in-side stadiums acrossthe country.* If you are hungryduring the game anddo not want to miss apitch, you don't haveto. All concessionareas are at fieldlevel, so you can seethe action live whilewaiting for your food.

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The Aventura Arts &Cultural Center will becelebrating the centen-nial of America’s oldestand longest-runningmovie studio, Para-mount Pictures and thebeautiful music theybrought to life with theshow,"Thanks for theMemories," now onstage through March 11,2012. Founded in1921, Paramount wasthe first studio to re-ceive an Oscar for theBest Picture. Success inthe movie musical fielddid not end with WorldWar ll. It was BingCrosby, Bob Hope andDorothy Lamour, withtheir songs in the com-edy, Road To-- series,that became so popularand successful. Para-mount is the studio re-sponsible for the twolargest grossing andmost influential musicalfilms of all time. "FlashDance" and "SaturdayNight Fever," which in-clude these songs:"Thanks For the Mem-ory," "Swinging On aStar," "Polka Dots andMoon Beams," "Moon-light Becomes You,""Silver Bells" and"Stayin' Alive," in addi-tion to so many more.

The show is part ofMelodies and Memo-ries, bringing one en-chanted evening ofbeautiful music from the

great American SongBook. Elite talented mu-sicians and singers willjoin Barry Levitt, formerdirector of the 92ndStreet’s world-renowned"Lyrics and Lyricists," incelebration of greatsongs from Tin PanAlley, Broadway andHollywood, evenings at8 p.m. Matinees Satur-day and Sunday at 2p.m. Tickets are $34 atthe Center’s box officelocated at 3385 North-east 188th Street, inAventura. For reserva-tions, call: 1 (877) 311-7469.

DON CASINO’S AN-NUAL SHIP SHOW-CASE SAILED INTOPORT WITH THEWORLD'S GREATESTENTERTAINERS: Muchto the delight of apacked audience, DonCasino does it againwith another outstand-ing Ship Showcase.

How Don does it, yearafter year, with eachshow better than theyear before, only illus-trates his talent tochoose the very bestperformers from all overthe world, who will beentertaining passengerson the largest cruiseships. This year, asusual, the show wasconducted by one of thegreatest Master of Cer-emonies and comedi-ans, Bruce Smirnoff,who is always the per-fect man for the job. Heis a natural born comicwho delivers his hilari-ous humor so naturally,the audience has agood belly laugh everyminute he’s on stage atthe Littman Theatre inNorth Miami Beach.

The entire show,three and a half hourslong, is the best thatcan be seen anywhere.It would be impossibleto elaborate on eachand every act in soshort a space, but toname a few, there was"The Unexpected SurferBoys Band," with theirtribute to the BeachBoys and all their time-less classic hits andchoreography. TheHawley Magic Grand Il-lusion show, a high en-ergy act, leaving theaudience in great sus-pense. Craig Meyer, Al-most Elton John, onewould swear, was Elton

John, in person. Hislooks, costume andsound was an exactElton double. All 12 actswere equally super lastbut not least, was a sur-prise performance bythe well known artists"Peaches & Herb,"whose career hasspanned over fourdecades singing all theirtop hits. February 2013,Don Casino will do it allagain, same time, sameplace, next year.

PEMBROKE PINESTHEATRE OF THEPERFORMING ARTSIS DELIGHTED TOPRESENT MEL BROO

K’S MUSICAL "THEPRODUCERS": It takesan enormouse amountof courage to stage ashow that features frol-icking Nazi storm troop-ers literally singing tothe praises of the ThirdReich, although it’s asatire conceived by MelBrooks, one of the mostchosen of the chosenpeople. In spite of the"Springtime for HitlerSequence," the audi-ence will find it too hys-terical and will belaughing all theway through it. "TheProducers," is outra-geously entertaining.

"The Producers," de-

buted as a film in1968, with Zero Mosteland Gene Wilder whichtold the story of a losertheatre producer MaxBialystock and hisyoung accountant LeoBloom who discoverthat a producer canmake more money froma flop than a successfulshow. The pair sets outto find the worst playever written, hire theworst director in theworld and offend every-one, enabling them topocket all the profit anddisappear. Much to theiramazement, the showbecomes a smash suc-cess, but due to someillegal finagling landsboth characters in jail.

The show runs fromMarch 9 through April 1,2012, performing onvarious days throughthis engagement. Evenings at 8 p.m. with mati-nees at 2 p.m. Ticketsare $14 to $21 at theBox Office located atthe Susan B. Katz,River of Grass ArtsPark,17195 Sheridan Street,Pembroke Pines. Call:(954) 437-4884.

“See You at the Theatre”.

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‘Thanks For The Memories’ - A tribute to Frank Loesser &the songwriters of the Paramount Picture era

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A TRIBUTE TO FRANKLOESSER

Al Lambert to receive Humanitarian of the Year Award Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti will receive the Humanitarian of theYear Award at the 31st Annual Dinner of Chabad ofSouth Broward. The Dinner will take place on Sun-day, March 11, at Chabads' Headquarters, 1295 EastHallandale Beach Blvd.

The Sheriff is being recognized for his overall kind-ness and dedication to all Broward citizens, and forhis partnering with Browards' premier and most rele-vant Drug Prevention and Education Program,PROJECT PRIDE.Also being honored that evening are Izzie Wolman,

with the Comeback Kid Award. Mr Wollman is an 82year old success story, a survivor from Lodz, recentlyBar Mitzvah'd at Young Israel of Hollywood- Ft Laud-erdale; David and Robin Taney will receive the Par-ents of the Year Award. The Taneys are dedicated totheir children, the Hallandale Hebrew Club, and the Kollel for Businessmenand Professionals; David and and Noga Sedaghati, will accept the YoungLeadership Award.The Sedaghatis are dedicated to the CHAI Tots Pre-school, their growing synagogue, and the future of Yiddishkeit. HonoraryChairmen for the Dinner is Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper, and NickiGrossman, President of the Greater Ft Lauderdale Convention and VisitorsBureau. Dinner Co-Chairs are Dr Barry Alter, Past President Jewish Federa-tion of Broward County, Mr Bernie Friedman, Past President Posnack JCC,and Mr Steve Kerzer, Past Recipient of Rebbe's Ambassador Award.Dinner will celebrate Chabads' 32nd ( Lev- Heart) year as leaders in Jew-

ish Education, Outreach and Social Sevices in Broward County. Over fortyprograms and institutions are based at Chabads' Headquarters in Hallan-dale Beach, with 12 separate Chabad Centers throughout South Broward.Price per Person is $180, per Table is $1,800.Featured Entertainment at the Dinner is the popular Comedian MODI.

Cocktails are at 5PM, Dinner at 6PM. Rabbi Raphael Tennenhaus,Chabads' executive-vice-president, invites the entire community to attend."We offer education to preschoolers and to Seminary students, our non-sec-tarian drug prevention program reaches thousands in public and privateschools, and our Special Needs Services include The Friendship Circle andMikvahs for the Physically Challenged. As we celebrate the year of "LEV"(Heart-32), many in the community, regardless of religious observance, viewus, and turn to us, as the heart of the community, and the very Center oftheir lives. The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M schneerson, annu-ally sent a personal letter to our Dinners. The last letter the Rebbe signed,after going to the the Mikvah, and right before going to the Ohel, on 27 Adar1, 1992, was the letter to our 11th Annual Dinner. Surely, the Rebbe's bless-ings continues to extend to all Dinner Honorees and Guests."

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Sheriff Al Lamberti

Dear Friends:To put it mildly, I

hate snipe signs. I re-ally do hate them. Iam talking aboutthose little, obnoxiousplastic signs advertis-ing “Cash for YourHouse,” or “We BuyJunk Cars.” They lit-ter not only Holly-wood, but virtually allSouth Florida. Ille-gally placed on publicproperty by twistedentrepreneurs whohave no intention ofever picking them up,snipe signs are ascourge on the Holly-wood landscape.

You may recall nottoo long ago, I con-ducted a sign contestthat promised toaward $500 (of non-public funds) to thecity resident who re-moved the highestnumber of unlawfullyplaced snipe signs.That contest was asmashing success.Average residentsbegan picking upsigns wherever theycould be found.Overnight, thosecrummy, cheap,ridiculous signs van-ished, and the city’snormal landscape, re-turned. The contestdrew local and na-tional media atten-tion, and I took greatsatisfaction when re-porters swarmed thecontest’s winner forTV interviews. It wasawesome.

The contest wassuccessful andproved what could beaccomplished whenresidents band to-gether for a commonpurpose. Admittedly,though, things havecooled off a bit. Likeweeds, the signshave returned—though maybe not tothe same extent asbefore. Neverthe-less, I am forced toacknowledge my ulti-

mate goal of total andpermanent eradica-tion was not fully real-ized.

I presume the peo-ple who put up snipesigns must be reallystrange folks, indeed.After all, littering pub-lic rights-of-way isagainst the law. But,scofflaws who putthese signs all overtown actually printtheir phone numberson the board itself!Can you think of anyother crime where acriminal intentionallyleaves their callingcard?

Not long ago, at myurging, the HollywoodCity Commissionpassed a law to goafter these scofflaws,creating a legal pre-sumption that theplacer of the sign is,in fact, the same per-son to whom thephone number be-longs, even in the ab-sence of aneyewitness seeingthe sign beingplaced. My nextstep, however, is toup the ante, alto-gether.

Today, I am an-nouncing my inten-tion to beat thesescofflaws at their owngame. To do it, Iasked City staff to re-search and acquiresome inexpensivesoftware to allow“robo”-type calls tothe phone numberson those signs withjaw-dropping fre-quency. After all, thesign makers want usto call them, right?We do like helpingothers, right?

So, to help the signcreators get whatthey want, the planI’ve developed is to

call their phone num-bers with admirablefrequency. I’d like tobe able to leave arecorded messagethanking them fortheir entrepreneurialefforts, but informingthem that their signswere illegally placedon City property (be-cause I am sure theyhad no idea), andthat the signs mustbe removed. My goalis to have these callscontinue until the re-cipient comes to thecode office at theHollywood Police De-partment and ac-knowledges that alltheir signs have beenremoved. I am surethat since we are de-livering a public serv-ice message, the callrecipient will not mindreceiving multiplephone calls per day.Because it is criticalwe get our publicservice message out,we may need to blockour phone number, oruse different numbersaltogether, since weneed to assumethese “entrepreneurs”may be using callerID.

Because this is a“team” effort, I willneed your help, too.When you see snipe-signs littering the city,I want you to call thenumber and tell thenice person who an-swers to stop litteringpublic rights-of-wayand remove theirridiculous, plastic,snipe signs. Sure, Iknow you feel weirdabout calling andhaving someoneknow who you are,but that’s what *67was designed for.Just dial *67 beforethe phone number

you call, and likemagic, your phonenumber will beblocked to caller ID.If they give you anytrouble on the phone

(they may actuallynot want to answersince you may betheir 21st phone callof the day), don’t beafraid to make me the

bad guy. They cancall me because I’vegot a few things I’dlike to tell them.

PETER BOBER

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Dr. Gordon contin-ued, “We view the im-ages and can takemeasurements andenhance with com-puter by adding colorand 3-dimentionalviews. This reallyhelps us with diagno-sis, preventive den-tistry and eliminatesoverlooking anything.”

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Dental Options’ highlyeducated dentistshave trained atrenowned Universitiessuch as Harvard, Co-lumbia, Tufts, NYUand the University ofFlorida. Among othersurgeries and proce-dures, the Oral Sur-geon performswisdom teeth extrac-tions. The Periodon-tist is responsible fordoing gum surgeryand treatment, im-plants and bonegrafts. The Endodon-tist at Dental Optionsperforms the rootcanals treatmentswith a powerful micro-scope. Dental Op-tions’ Prosthodontistspecializes in fullmouth reconstructionsand challenging cos-metic procedures.

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Many people don’tknow what implantsare. An implant is atitanium piece thatgoes inside the bone.The bone growsaround the threads ofthe implant during a 3to 4 months period.The patient returns tothe office and a crownor a bridge is then fit-ted on top of the im-plant(s).

THE PATIENTCOMES FIRST

The American DentalAssociation hasstarted a huge cam-paign. At Dental Op-tions, they encourageevery one of their pa-tients to have an oralcancer test adminis-tered.

The patient rinseswith a solution andthe dentist will exam-ine the inside of themouth with a speciallight wearing darkglasses. They candetect any pre-can-cerous tissue thatcannot be detectedwith the normal eye.

The beauty of Den-tal Options is that allthe Dentists and Den-tistry specialists worktogether in the sameoffice. They are com-mitted and consultwith each other, pro-viding the patientswith all the options.

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PARKER PLAZA2/2, unfurnished.North view tile/woodfloors, mid $200’s.HALPRIN REALTY

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THE WAVEDirect Ocean view.#320, 1/1,$2,200 mo., yrly. $2,800, mo, seas.Available April 1st.PH 15, 1/1,$2800 mo, season. Avail 4/2.

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TOWER 400Full 2/2 split $189K.

TOWER 1001 Bedroom 1.5 Bath,immaculate, ownerrelocating, $179K.Winston Towers Realty

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APARTMENT

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BISCAYA IVAVENTURA

Clean,furnished, 1/1.54th floor, available immediately, $84,900.One Sotheby’s Int’l RltyDiana Hall: (305) 318-5670

DIPLOMAT RESIDENCES

Fab. 3/3.5, 14th fl, E.vu 2 balcs, marble/wd fls, $1,350,000.


GOLDEN ISLES DRIVE2/2, full baths, jacuzzi, 1250sf.Totally redone/granite countertops/ Water views from all rooms, also Oceanview from the terrace. Big closets, $149K.

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HEMISPHERESBN1/1low fl,unf $150K.2/2, furn/unf, $175K.ON Direct Ocn vu, cor,2/2furn/unf,$2,000 mo.BS15fl,1/1.5unf. $1225.BN 8 fl,1/1,unf, $1175.


HOLLYWOOD BEACHBY OWNER

PH cor, dir. Intra.vu w/some Ocn vu.2/2 split, renov kit. &baths, $345,000.

Owner/AgentMargee: (954) 927-9731

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27TH & TAFT STREET4th floor, corner unit, beautiful canal view 1 Bed 1 Bath, $85K.Boat dock available.


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2080 FOR SALE2/2, lg cor unit, wd fls,granite kit/baths,beaut.cond., 1500 sf. W/D,dogs ok, low $400’s.


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ARTECH PENTHOUSEThis unique 3 levelpenthouse offers a privaterooftop terrace!Full service building.One Sotheby’s Int’l RltyDiana Hall: (305) 318-5670

AVENTURA2/2, 1200 sq ft.Rent from $900 mo.

SUNNY ISLES1/1.5, updated condo, $875 mo.2/2, gorgeous Oceanviews, $1400 mo.Miami Inter Realty

TINA HAUN:(954) 478-6378

EASTERN SHORESEDEN ISLES

2/2, tile, new kitchen.$1100 per month.55+ community.Winston Towers Realty

(305) 935-1500

HALLANDALE BEACHQuiet, gated location.Beautifully furnished.Cheerful 2/2, amen-ities, 55+, no pets.$1195 mo. Annual.

(201) 247-3537

HALLMARKLg 2/2, hi-fl, facingOcn, furn, upgrd kit& baths. Full srvcbldg., in-dr pkg.Todd Miller RealtyFerne Zam: (954) 336-8476Off:( 954) 437-5001 X: 2035

HEMISPHERES2/2, bldg on Ocean,gym, tennis, 24 hoursecurity, restaurant, nrshops, A/C & basic cable incl. $1200 mo.

(954) 559-5256

HEMISPHERES CONDO1/1.5, furn & unfurngreat view, incl: A/C,cable, gym, wtr, pkg.Pepe & Martha Peña

(954) 734-7274(305) 261-1945

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HOLLYWOODEFFICIENY OR 1 BEDROOM

Partially furnished.Temporary availability.3 months to a year.No lease required.Furnished. Near I-95.

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OCEANFRONT APT.Female roommatewanted to share a2 Br. 2 Ba. Will have own Bdrm. & Ba. &kitchen privileges.

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LOOKING TO RENT1 Bedroom apartmentin Sunny Isles, Ave-ntura, Hallandaleor in Hollywood.Must be in a petfriendly building and I need to rentit on a month tomonth basis only!PLEASE CALL:(305) 725-6015

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PROPERTY

2 BEAUTY SALONSREDUCED FOR

FAST SALE$29,900 & $99,900

Can be sold together or separately.

HALLANDALEVery Busy!!

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Jeff Pearl(305) 944-3050

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ABLE PERSONHelper. Driver. Local +one 3 hour trip. Vanor double cab pick-up.Hollywood area.Call after 12 p.m.

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EAST OF US-12/2+den,laundry roomlanai kitchen,fully tiled,fully fenced, small petok, $1200 mo. Also:1/1 & Efficiency avail.

(954) 923-9666

SUNRISE HOME5 Br. 2 full baths.Totally remodeled.Modern kitchen w/dishwasher andmicrowave, centralA/C. Fenced yard.$1795/ mo.

(954) 581-6963

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House has beensold, some antiques are also included.Saturday March 10 & Sunday March 11.From 8 am - 1 pm

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LOVE SEATMauve, table 48L10W 27H, ladies plus size coats,pantsuits, dresses.Leave Message:(954) 457-8549

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OFFICE BUILDINGGreat Location

Blocks from Holly-wood Circle &Federal.6 offices, 2 entrances,conference room.Reception area. Secr-etarial area. Kitche-nette, 2 bathrooms, reduced for fast sale, $589K.Citadel Rlty, LLC

JEFF PEARL(305) 944-3050

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Broward B-Cycle iscoming to the City ofHallandale Beach laterthis month. B-Cycle iscompleting installationof two bicycle rack sta-tions in the city in antici-

pation of a mid-Marchlaunch.

“We are completingthe final inspections,”said Rafael Perdomo,Hallandale BeachGreen Initiatives Coor-

dinator. When Broward B-Cyclelaunched in December,it was the only county-wide bike-sharing pro-gram in the nation. Ithas continued to grow

and soon will boastabout 40 stops fromHallandale Beach toPompano Beach.The two newest sta-

tions are at the City ofHallandale Beach NorthBeach, outside of theNorth Beach City Cen-ter, 2801 E. HallandaleBeach Boulevard, andoutside the CulturalCommunity Center, 410SE 3rd Street.

The bike-sharing con-cept is similar to carsharing, but with a fewtwists; you don't haveto return the bike to thesame pick-up loca-tion, and you can ac-cess a bike with apre-purchased mem-bership card or with acredit card at thekiosk. The cost is $5 fora day membership, $25for a weekly member-ship, and $45 for an an-nualmembership. In addi-tion to the one timemembership fee youwill also incur usagefees if you keep thebike longer than 30minutes.

Broward B-cycle ex-pands the menu of pub-lic transportationoptions. It can be usedfor shorts trips by lo-cals, forsightseeing trips by visi-tors, to get to the bus ortri-rail station,to go shopping or get abite to eat, or just forfun and exercise. Rid-ers assume all risk andare encouraged to weara bicycle helmet. Eachbicycle is equipped witha basket and bell.

“We’re encouragingshort rides,” said JoshSquire, Broward B-Cycle local operationsmanager.

While HallandaleBeach is the latest cityto join the network,Broward B-Cycle is ex-ploring additional sta-tions within the City ofHallandale Beach. If

you are interested insponsoring a B-Sta-tion at your commercialproperty, please contactBroward B-cycle di-rectly for more details.

B-Cycle waslaunched with$300,000 in seed

money from theFlorid Department ofTransportation, sponsorship funding fromHumana, as well asan investment by B-cycle. For more in-formation, contactwww.browardbicy-cle.com.


Coming to Hallandale Beach at the end of the monthBROWARD B-CYCLE

Two new Broward B-Cycle kiosks will soonbe filled with bicycles as the ride-sharingprogram expands with two new kiosks in

the City of Hallandale Beach, including thisone outside of the North Beach City Center,2801 E. Hallandale Beach Blvd. City officialsexpect to complete inspections of the racks

this week or next. (Photo courtesy Hallandale Beach Public Relations)

Hallandale Beach Senior Championships start March 12th

City officials are gearing up for six tournaments in the first City of Hallan-dale Beach Senior Championships – 2012, beginning Monday, March 12.The games run Monday through Thursday, March 15, with the awards break-fast at 10 a.m., Monday, March 19.

Seniors, 55 and older will square off in tennis, table tennis, poker, bowling,bocce and dominoes at various city venues. A seventh game, the basketballfree-throw competition was cancelled for lack of sufficient players to ensurea fair completion. Each contest was required to meet a minimum number ofparticipants.

Players will begin Monday morning at 10 a.m. with table tennis and domi-noes at the Cultural Community Center, 410 SE 3rd Street. The TexasHold’Em poker game begins at noon, but the venue has changed to the Cul-tural Community Center. Originally, the game was planned for the MardiGras Casino and Racetrack. Bowlers will toe the line at 4 p.m. at HolidayLanes Bowling Center, 106 E. Pembroke Road to complete the Mondaylineup..

On Tuesday and Wednesday, tennis players will pair off at the GoldenIsles Tennis Center, 100 Egret Drive, from 9 a.m. to noon. Play will continueon Thursday if necessary.

The games wrap up on Thursday morning with the bocce tournament be-ginning at 9 a.m., at the Golden Isles Tennis Center, 100 Egret Drive.

City officials hope to make the games an annual event. Each player will bepresented with one Championship T-Shirt, and a participation award.

Municipal Marina now accepting reservations

Reservations are being accepted for the new state-of-the-art City of Hal-landale Municipal Marina in anticipation of then April 2012, opening alongthe shores of the DeSoto Waterway, just west of the Three Islands Bridge.“We have a list of nine interested (boat owners), and have had a number ofcalls from interested people; just kicking the tires,” said City EngineerRichard Labinsky.

The $800,000 marina will offer 26 premium docks for annual boat leases,and three transient docks for daily rentals, up to five days. Annual dockagerates are $15 per foot, per month, with a minimum one year lease. Dailyrates will apply for the transient slips. Marina regulations prohibit living onthe boats at the docks.

The new marina will have a secure gate accessible through a code pro-vided to the boat owner. The new facility will not have a fuel depot, however,several area licensed and insured commercial services will deliver fuel tothe dock.

Interested boat owners must provide boat registration and proof of insur-ance to lease a slip. The City of Hallandale Beach Police Department is co-ordinating applications and checking paperwork. To schedule anappointment, please call 954-457-1400. Slips will be leased on a first-come,

first-serve basis.

(Photo courtesy Aerial Photography, Inc. and the City of Hallandale Beach)

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(ARA) - Teachingkids how to find theirway around thekitchen is a good wayto encourage them tothink creatively andget excited about eat-ing well. In addition toimparting practicalculinary knowledge tochildren - includingmath skills by teach-ing them aboutmeasurements - par-ents can help fostercreativity by lettingthem "mix it up" a bit. Here are some sug-

gestions on how tonurture your child'screativity by havingfun together in thekitchen: * Fun withshapes: We allknow how much funcookie cutters can befor children. Take thatidea to the next levelby encouraging yourchildren to sculpttheir own shapeswhen baking itemslike cookies. Havethem trace the pat-tern they'd like to useon cardboard or athick piece of paperand use it as a tem-plate. * Batter up: Getkids involved in thecooking processwhen making foodthey love. Turn over

the spoon and letthem mix batter forthat next batch ofpancakes as an op-portunity to introducethem to basic cook-ing activities. You canalso encourage themto top their creationswith a unique varietyof toppings from ba-nanas to granola. * Start fromscratch: In kids'minds, noodles comefrom a box and breadcomes from a bagthat you buy from thestore. Having chil-dren help makebread, pasta or pret-zels from scratch canbe a fascinating ex-perience for them,and will help themappreciate how their

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Ingredients: 1/2 cup diced rotis-serie cookedchicken 1/4 cup asparaguspieces, about 1-inch long 1/4 cup yellowsquash pieces, cutinto half circles 2 fajita-size (6-inch)flour tortillas 2 lime wedges

Directions: 1. Chop ginger andgarlic in a small food

processor as finelyas possible. Add re-maining sauce ingre-dients and processuntil sauce is com-pletely smooth. Ifsauce is too thick,add more water, a lit-tle at a time. If sauceis too thin, add morepeanut butter. Tossabout half the saucewith the chicken andput aside in a cov-ered bowl. 2. Boil about 1 inchof water in a largeskillet; add aspara-gus. Cover skillet andturn off heat. In 1-2minutes, lift off coverand remove aspara-gus using tongs. 3. Place squashpieces into a mi-crowave-safe bowl;add a little water.Cover with plasticwrap and microwaveon high about 2-3minutes. Let coolslightly; carefullydrain off water. 4. Microwave tortillason high about 15seconds, or until tor-tillas are warm andare pliable. Putchicken on tortillas,top with asparagusand squash; drizzlewith additionalpeanut butter sauce.Serve with limewedges, if desired.

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(ARA) - Ever won-der why your meticu-lously crafted,measured and rolledcookies are justslightly off - whetherit's the way the tex-ture feels in yourmouth or the butterytaste that is yearningfor a little somethingmore. It could bethat your dessertsare rebelling againstthe ordinary ingredi-ents you are using. Even the most ex-

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chef, I am alwayslooking for where Ican buy the freshestand highest-qualityingredients," Dalkinsays. "I've beenknown to trek acrosstown just to find aperfect ingredient formy recipes, espe-cially when it comesto what I considerthe hero flavor inmany desserts -vanilla." "I look for bourbon

vanilla beans thatare sourced fromMadagascar, likethose from Spice Is-lands, which areknown for being theworld's finest. Qual-ity vanilla providespurity in taste youcan't achieve withlesser-quality vanillabeans." Choosing the right

flour is a bit morecomplex. Under-standing gluten con-tent is mostimportant when se-lecting the right typeof flour for a particu-lar baked good ordessert. "All-purpose flour

can be used in mostbaked goods, but theend result may nothave the perfect tex-ture the baker is try-

ing to achieve," Lub-bers says. "I think it'simportant to keep afew different flours ina pantry in additionto the standard all-purpose." "One with very high

gluten content forbreads, usually over12 percent protein,to achieve a morestructured texture;pastry flour that hasaround 8 percentprotein; and one ofthe most underesti-mated flours that islowest in protein,cake flour. The deli-cate tenderness itgives to cakes is ab-solutely unmatchedand can't beachieved with all-purpose flour. Bak-ers won't believe thedifference it makesin their cakes."

Many bakers preferwheat flour and itcan be used for anybaked good if thebaker wants toachieve more grainytexture. "I like to use wheat

flour in anything withnuts to complementthe nutty flavor,"Lubbers says. "I alsolike to use wheatflour as a topping forstreusels to provideadded texture." When it comes to

making suredesserts are creamy,the butter makes allthe difference. "For baking, espe-

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pean butter," Dalkinsays. "The higherbutterfat intensifiesthe flavor of thedessert consider-ably." To ensure desserts

tantalize the tastebuds, selecting canesugar that is lessprocessed or organiccreates a purer,sweeter flavor whenused in baking. "I like to use cane

sugar, but I reallythink bakers under-use brown sugar,"Dalkin says. "I usebrown sugar in al-most everything Ibake. It does givethe desserts abrownish color, butusing a muscovadosugar adds anotherlayer of taste, depthand complexity youcan't achieve with

ordinary canesugar." The same purity

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Mediterranean, likeSpice Islands', is notonly rich in traceminerals, but it is fla-vorful without beingoverpowering or toosalty. The combination of

all of the ingredientsworking together iswhat makes the fla-vor spectacular.That's why learninga little bit about eachingredient and thefunction it performsin the finished prod-uct is essential inmaking the right in-gredient choices forthe right bakedgoods. "You don't have to

be a professionalbaker to be mindfulof your ingredients,"Lubbers says."When you put thatmuch time into creat-ing luxuriousdesserts, take theextra step to use theright ingredients."

For more tips fromfood bloggers andrecipes, visit.www.spiceis-lands.com/media.

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