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Meet Your Neighbor — Christian Leighton

Coastal Delray Beach!
“Three years ago,

By Emily J. Minor
DELRAY BEACH — Ret. Air Force Col. George Robert Brendle, 92, died in his home at Seagate Towers
Condominiums on April 6 surrounded by his family, including his wife of 67
years. His son said he had been in failing health for so

Briny Breezes — L.J. “Jay” Beardslee passed away on March 25 at his residence in Palm Bay with his wife of 64 years, Grace, at his side.

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SUMMER CAMPS SAMPLER 2010

NOTE: With so many Summer Camps offered in our area, we selected those located between theBoca Raton Inlet and the Port of Palm Beach. We kept our listing east of I-95. Not all Summer Camp schedules have been set. Please c

By Antigone Barton

Gulf Stream — Charles R. Carden flew around the country as an airline pilot and immersed himself in history, reading whatever accounts of centuries past he
could find.

But mostly, the Gulf Stream resident loved his life in Flo

By C.B. Hanif

The last Monday in May is the unofficial beginning of summer. It’s also a day when Americans visit cemeteries, gather for parades and picnics, or watch the
National Memorial Day Concert at the U.S. Capitol.

Most important, folks ref

Take this trivia test (see answers below):

1. Jim Davis first attempted to syndicate a comic strip featuring:

bugs

horses

rabbits

2. Garfield was named in honor of Jim’s:

son

Test your Garfield knowledge with our quiz

Raise your hand if you cruised I-95 back in the late 1980s with a goofy, orange tabby stuffed animal suction-cupped to your car window. It’s OK; I’m raising my hand,
too.

America’s connection to Garfie

Private Clubs — The Manalapan Club: An occasional history series

Back in 1957, Eisenhower was president, Leave It To Beaver premiered on TV, and Elvis was shaking, rattling and rolling
his way toward becoming the King of rock

When we moved to the area over 25 years ago, Easter marked the beginning of the endof tourist season. I-95 was still four- to six-lanes wide and occasionally a group of young locals would stand on the overpasses and wave goodbye to the cars in the

Just south of Briny Breezes, east of the St. Andrews golf course and north of Gulf Stream sit two rarities: pieces of barrier island land that are unincorporated,
belonging to no city.

The fitness bug took root many, many years ago, with little notice, when Leonard Griff began teaching his four children through example.
Griff, a retired radiation oncologist, would take the stairs. He’d bike to work. He
jogged bef

We joined the Citizen’s Police Academy sponsored by the Boynton Beach PoliceDepartment. This is our second year taking this class. The class meets on Wednesdays for 10 weeks from 7 to 10 p.m.

During each session we had up to six policemen give us d

By Thom Smith

Brace yourselves. It’s April, but it seems like the season is just starting.

Savor the Avenue’s long table has barely been cleared, the last reel is stillspinning at the Delray Beach Film Festival, and already the aroma of conch

By Margie Plunkett

Five more sets of crosswalk signs designed to safeguard pedestrians and educatedrivers will be installed on A1A after a state study deemed test signs near Atlantic Avenue effective.

The Florida Department of Transportation g

By Dianna Smith

Local officials are continuing to comb the seas and beaches for Haitians fleeingtheir devastated country.

Though no refugees have been spotted in Palm Beach County since January’s deadlyearthquake in Haiti, four Haitian nationals

By Tim O’Meilia

The South Palm Beach Town Council is going green. Not environmentally speaking, butexperience-wise.

Two new council members, Stella Jordan and Susan Lillybeck, were sworn at the March23 Town Council meeting by U. S. District

By Margie Plunkett and Mary Kate Leming

McKinley Park on Hypoluxo Island has been a meeting ground, a community “piazza” that’s brought parents and children together over the years to bond and play. A main
draw for families, the playground equipm