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FEATURES UNITED IN 24 EXCELLENCE Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center in Coconut Creek molds world-class judo athletes. THE 28 GOODS Product recommendations for a fun and productive summer. MEET YOUR 33 MAYO R Get to know new Coconut Creek mayor Joshua Rydell. DEPARTMENTS 5 LIFESTYLE GREETINGS 9 MAYOR’S MESSAGE 11 AROUND TOWN 16 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Guitar Center 18 BUSINESS Docking Bay 94 20 DINING Pad ai 30 DAY TRIPPER What’s new at Walt Disney World 34 CITY VOICE Coconut Creek’s IT Department 36 #MYCOCONUTCREEK On the cover: Giovanna, Jacob Stay connected to Coconut Creek and Maia, judo athletes who 38 GREEN EXCELLENCE train at Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center in Coconut Patriotic plants Creek. In their respective age 39 CREEK FAMILY PD divisions and weight categories, Tips to avoid scammers all three are ranked ﬁ rst nation- 40 CALENDAR ally by USA Judo.

42 SNAPSHOTS This page: Ki-Itsu-Sai owner Photos from the city’s third Tree Planting Jhonny Prado and coach Ger- man Velazco Ceremony and Free Tree Giveaway 46 COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT Location: Ki-Itsu-Sai National A nonproﬁ t promotes a life-saving law Training Center at 6855 Lyons Technology Circle, Suite 9, Coconut Creek

Photos by: Eduardo Schneider

Correction: The June issue gave the wrong phone number for Cookie Cutters. The correct number is 954.637.4948.

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FEATURES UNITED IN 24 EXCELLENCE Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center in Coconut Creek molds world-class judo athletes. THE 28 GOODS IN IT TOGETHER Product recommendations for a fun hile preparing this month’s issue, I was inspired, as usual, by the stories of the people we’ve met and will introduce to you in the following pages. and productive summer. is month, I was struck by something German Velazco, the head coach MEET YOUR at Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center, said to me during our interview. 33 MAYO R e head coach at the judo training center, the subject of our cover story, coaches children and adults and helps them to be not only better athletes but better people through the Get to know new Coconut Creek W support of the center’s extended family. mayor Joshua Rydell. “I think the biggest mistake that any young [person] can make is to feel alone,” Velazco says. “ ey have to understand that they have a big family. ” DEPARTMENTS As we were getting our issue ready to press, I saw that this theme shows up in our 5 LIFESTYLE GREETINGS stories. At Docking Bay 94, a community of people from all walks of life get together 9 MAYOR’S MESSAGE to celebrate comic book heroes and play games. At Guitar Center, a community of 11 AROUND TOWN teachers and students connect through a shared love of music. At Towers with a Heart, a 16 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT community works together to raise awareness for a lifesaving traﬃ c law. And at Ki-Itsu- Sai National Training Center, a community led by Velazo and his brother-in-law Jhonny Guitar Center 18 BUSINESS Prado molds athletes who follow their dreams through discipline and perseverance. We put together this magazine to help readers meet their neighbors—to tell the stories Docking Bay 94 20 DINING of the communities that form our lives. e world can be dark, and life can have its share of challenges, but we’re stronger together. And we’re not alone. Pad ai 30 DAY TRIPPER Enjoy the July issue. What’s new at Walt Disney World 34 CITY VOICE Coconut Creek’s IT Department 36 #MYCOCONUTCREEK On the cover: Giovanna, Jacob Stay connected to Coconut Creek and Maia, judo athletes who 38 GREEN EXCELLENCE train at Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center in Coconut KEREN MOROS, MANAGING EDITOR Patriotic plants Creek. In their respective age 39 CREEK FAMILY PD divisions and weight categories, [email protected] Tips to avoid scammers all three are ranked ﬁ rst nation- 40 CALENDAR ally by USA Judo.

Photos by: Eduardo Schneider

Correction: The June issue gave the wrong phone number for Cookie Cutters. The correct number is 954.637.4948.

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Time fl ies. When my wife Jamie and I moved to the world today. I see arguments on Facebook, the the city in 2011, I never thought I would have the news and in real life. We have become more focused honor of writing the Mayor’s Message for Coconut on electronic devices than on each other. Regardless Creek Lifestyle. It is a true privilege to serve the of how small we may think we are, we can make a residents of Coconut Creek as mayor. Since 2015, positive change in our community. We can do that Mayor Joshua Rydell I have been proud to represent Coconut Creek in by being kind—saying something nice to a coworker, was born in Buff alo, numerous places around the county and country. holding a door, sending a thoughtful message, New York; he moved I will use this time to, hopefully, capture our bringing your neighbor’s garbage can up a driveway, to Florida after residents’ attention to relay a specifi c message smiling at someone or appreciating the person who receiving his Bachelor in each of my articles. is month’s message is a never gets appreciated. ese are small acts that go of Science degree from simple one: kindness. I was recently a panelist on a long way with the person receiving the gesture. the University of a forum with Laura Reiss, founder and president We are all meant to be diff erent in this world. Delaware. He moved of the [Florida-based nonprofi t] Samaritans365 Instead of focusing on the perceived negatives, we to Broward County Foundation and a self-proclaimed leader of kindness. should focus on how those diff erences make us and attended Nova Her message was simple: Kindness Matters. unique. It actually makes for a better community. Southeastern University is modest statement resonated with me, which I want to live in a world where, through kind where he received his is why I have the need to share it with all of you. actions, we can inspire others to do the same. Juris Doctorate Degree. Laura’s passion to give back and inspire others We are truly blessed to have an amazing Rydell is principal to do the same was inspired by her kind parents community in Coconut Creek, which is why I attorney with e and fueled by her commitment to raise her three off er each person reading this a challenge. Do Law Offi ces of Joshua children with compassion, gratitude and kindness. something kind for someone in our community, D. Rydell, with a e Golden Rule is one of the fi rst things that and, remember, today is the tomorrow you focus in criminal and civil litigation as well my 5-year-old daughter learned. It’s something that worried about yesterday. Are you with me? as administrative everyone reading this knows, but it’s also something Learn more about Reiss and the Samaritans365 professional that can easily be forgotten: treat others how you want Foundation at samaritans365.org. representations. to be treated. People are at odds with each other in

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954.757.1119 MOORE HANNELORE OF COURTESY PHOTOS www.PineHollowFlorida.com COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 LMGFL.COM • 11 aroundtown THAT’S LIFE MEET ’N‘ GREET Coconut Creek presents Creek Life Skills 101: How to Coconut Creek has a new networking group. Change a Car Tire. Participants 14 and older learn how The Latin Professional Networking Group meets to safely change a car tire. Car and tools are provided. the fi rst Wednesday of each month at MCK Fu- Class is at the Community Center (1100 Lyons Road) sion (1375 Lyons Road) to exchange ideas and on July 14, noon-3 p.m. Cost is $5 for residents and make new contacts. Lunches cost less than $10 $10 for nonresidents. Call 954.545.6670. and include a free drink. Contact janet.lopez@ nm.com for information. WATER MATTERS EXPLORE THE FOREST Coconut Creek’s 2017 Water Quality Report will be available for viewing by July 1 at coconutcreek. Fern Forest Nature Center (201 S. Lyons Road) net/2017waterreport. It will contain information hosts programs throughout the summer. Relax with about the source and quality of your drinking water. yoga every Thursday at 6 p.m. ($10 a person) and The city has detected 10 contaminants set by the get out and about with free guided nature walks U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; none was each Sunday at 1 p.m. Children ages 8-11 can enjoy above the acceptable maximum level for drinking Nature Detectives Summer Camp, July 30-Aug. 3, 9 water. Copies can be mailed upon request, once a.m.-noon ($75/week). Plus, learn basic nature photo available, by calling 954.973.6786. instruction during Zooming in on Nature on July 14, 10-11 a.m. ($5 for participants 10-up). Some programs require registration. Call 954.357.5198. LITERARY CULTURE Head south for the 15th annual South Florida Book Festival, July 20-21, featuring book discussions, talks, workshops, cooking demonstrations and more at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center (2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale). Featured au- thors include chef Kevin Belton, author Mary Monroe, blogger and food photographer Jerrelle Guy, TV person- ality Martin Amado and others. The main event—Eat, Drink, Read: A Literary Culinary Experience—is July 20, 7-9:30 p.m. and features culinary samples and craft cocktails from food personalities and restaurateurs. Tickets are $40. Visit broward.org/library. FUN AT FESTIVAL Enjoy events at Festival Marketplace (2900 W. Sample Road, Pompano Beach) this summer. Festival Kids Fun Days are each Monday through Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. to noon for children ages 5-12. Children enjoy games, crafts and lunch. Adults can enjoy bimonthly Brush and Brunch painting parties, Saturdays through Sept. 29, and trivia contests each Monday, 1-3 p.m. To reserve spots and see specifi c dates, visit shopfestival.com. AT THE LIBRARY The North Regional/Broward College Library (1100 HOMETOWN HERO Coconut Creek Blvd.) hosts a Make Your Own Ter- Coconut Creek City Manager Mary Blasi was one of rarium class to teach participants how to create an seven Broward County offi cials who received the Home indoor garden. Materials are provided for the class, Rule Hero Award from the Florida League of Cities. The hosted July 14, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Room 226. award is given to offi cials who make efforts to advance Call 954.201.2657 to pre-register. the league’s legislative agenda and communicate with The following week, on July 21, enjoy Rock to legislators to provide local perspectives on issues. The the Beat to play video games such as Guitar Hero, league unites governments to increase awareness and Dance Dance Revolution and Just Dance. Event is provide resolution to issues that affect the daily opera- 2-4 p.m. in Room 154. tions of local government.

12 • LMGFL.COM COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 aroundtown THAT’S LIFE MEET ’N‘ GREET Coconut Creek presents Creek Life Skills 101: How to Coconut Creek has a new networking group. Change a Car Tire. Participants 14 and older learn how The Latin Professional Networking Group meets to safely change a car tire. Car and tools are provided. the fi rst Wednesday of each month at MCK Fu- Class is at the Community Center (1100 Lyons Road) sion (1375 Lyons Road) to exchange ideas and on July 14, noon-3 p.m. Cost is $5 for residents and make new contacts. Lunches cost less than $10 $10 for nonresidents. Call 954.545.6670. and include a free drink. Contact janet.lopez@ nm.com for information. WATER MATTERS EXPLORE THE FOREST Coconut Creek’s 2017 Water Quality Report will be available for viewing by July 1 at coconutcreek. Fern Forest Nature Center (201 S. Lyons Road) net/2017waterreport. It will contain information hosts programs throughout the summer. Relax with about the source and quality of your drinking water. yoga every Thursday at 6 p.m. ($10 a person) and The city has detected 10 contaminants set by the get out and about with free guided nature walks U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; none was each Sunday at 1 p.m. Children ages 8-11 can enjoy above the acceptable maximum level for drinking Nature Detectives Summer Camp, July 30-Aug. 3, 9 water. Copies can be mailed upon request, once a.m.-noon ($75/week). Plus, learn basic nature photo available, by calling 954.973.6786. instruction during Zooming in on Nature on July 14, 10-11 a.m. ($5 for participants 10-up). Some programs require registration. Call 954.357.5198. LITERARY CULTURE Head south for the 15th annual South Florida Book Festival, July 20-21, featuring book discussions, talks, workshops, cooking demonstrations and more at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center (2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale). Featured au- thors include chef Kevin Belton, author Mary Monroe, blogger and food photographer Jerrelle Guy, TV person- ality Martin Amado and others. The main event—Eat, Drink, Read: A Literary Culinary Experience—is July 20, 7-9:30 p.m. and features culinary GET FREE DRINKS* O N samples and craft cocktails from food personalities and restaurateurs. Tickets are $40. Visit broward.org/library. MSC SEASIDE, THE BEST NEW SHIP FUN AT FESTIVAL Enjoy events at Festival Marketplace (2900 W. Sample Road, Pompano Beach) this summer. Sail to the Caribbean with unlimited DRINKS ON US! Quench your thirst and Festival Kids Fun Days are each Monday through we’ll pick up the tab. Choose from popular house brands of wine, beer and mixed Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. to noon for children ages 5-12. drinks to a wide selection of refreshing non-alcoholic beverages. Children enjoy games, crafts and lunch. 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Draft Dreams. Monarch High grad Calvin Ridley made local history when the Atlanta Falcons took him in the ﬁ rst round of the NFL draft. The University of Alabama standout wide receiver, the 26th overall pick, became the ﬁ rst Monarch grad to be drafted by an NFL team. He signed a four-year deal worth nearly $11 million.

Tea Anyone? The Women’s Club of Coconut Creek hosted its third annual tea with Coconut Creek High School’s Elite Ladies of Sophistication. SUBMITTED BY CLUB PRESIDENT JANELL BANTZ PHOTO COURTESY OF CORAL SPRINGS CHAMBER Business Class. The Coral Springs Regional Chamber hosted its Education Recognition breakfast for the DECA and Business Professionals of America clubs of seven local high schools. Each club, including those in Monarch High and Coconut Creek High, received about $700. Pictured are students from Monarch’s DECA club.

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Play (Pickle)ball. Top participants in Creek’s pickleball tournament: Raymond Pierre and Guy Rauthier (second-place team) and Hector Evangelista and Eileen Castro (ﬁ rst-place team). To see the city’s pickleball schedule, see the Calendar in this issue. Pickleball, for the uninitiated, is a sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis and table tennis.

On an Adventure. The Parks and Recreation Department’s Joy Mastrocola was featured in WLRN’s “The Public Storyteller.” On the program, the Senior Center coordinator told the story of taking Creek seniors on a cruise on The Jungle Queen. To hear the story, visit wlrn.org/programs/ public-storyteller.

Use the Force. Coconut Creek neighbors took in a showing of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at the Community Center. Kids made their own light sabers and attendees viewed a demonstration by the Saber Legion.

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Richard Bendit

16 • LMGFL.COM COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 Rick Averill and Richard Bendit

Six-stringLearning to play isn’t the only beneﬁ t forerapy the older students at Guitar Center By Michelle F. Solomon | Photos by Eduardo Schneider

n avid outdoorsman, Richard in Promenade at Coconut Creek, and tells him about the time they’ve Bendit of Wynmoor would which off ers a variety of music classes. spent practicing. “ ey’ll say, ‘When sometimes run 15 miles a day. Teaching private lessons has been everyone has left the house and I have A en there were the hours of weight gratifying for Averill, who was a the place to myself, I sit down to play.’ training. After that, he’d swim laps in music educator for most of his career I listen and I think ‘Wow, this is me the pool, so many that he wasn’t able to in middle schools and high schools really doing this.’ at’s the best part keep track. throughout Florida and Georgia. “I of my job.” After he was diagnosed with would work with the kids on a very ere’s another benefi t that Bendit melanoma 10 years ago, his workouts high level of musicianship for three has discovered since he began learning didn’t slow down. When he retired or four years, and then they would to play guitar three months ago. While from the art gallery he owned for 30 graduate and then go on to other he misses the intensity of his outdoor years, New Art Gallery in Deerfi eld things,” he says. “But when teaching training, learning to play a musical Beach, he began to intensify his adults, they don’t age out of the instrument off ers a diff erent type of workouts. instruments.” workout. “ is is mental exercise,” he But, a few months ago, Bendit was Averill believes, too, that retired says. “It really is good for your brain.” forced to slow down. e cancer had people are in a position in life to either returned and was more serious. “I had pick up where they left off , or start two bouts at the same time in the last something new. “Maybe they played in PLAY ON couple of months,” he says. the marching band or orchestra when Guitar Center offers free monthly e 64-year-old decided that it was they were in high school, then life got community group classes, including in his best interest to not train outdoors in the way,” Averill says. “Now they a senior guitar class, women’s guitar anymore, but he needed an outlet to have this discretionary time.” night and guitar for kids. It also offers channel his energy. He discovered the And, he says, there is no age limit lessons in ukulele, bass guitar, key- guitar. to learning or relearning the skill. board, vocals, drums and percussion, “I could have just stayed in the gym “Someone who played football in high and brass and woodwind instruments. and used the treadmill, or found an school probably isn’t going to play Choices of lessons are a standard indoor pool, but I always wanted to when they are 60, but people who package (four hour-long private learn an instrument, so I bought a played an instrument, they can pick lessons a month, $259.98) and the guitar,” Bendit says. right up where they left off .” express package (four half-hour pri- Once a week, usually on Fridays, he What the musician and teacher vate lessons a month, $129.99). Visit meets his teacher Rick Averill for a fi nds most gratifying is when one guitarcenter.com for details. private guitar lesson at Guitar Center of his students comes in for a lesson

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Miniatures painted by Docking Bay 94 regulars NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER BRINGS COMICS AND GAMING EVENTS TO THE COMMUNITY By Nicole Chavannes | Photos by Eduardo Schneider

n what some might consider a gratifying John Miller character arc, the owner of Docking Bay 94 had humble beginnings in the comic industry. Under diff erent ownership, Docking Bay 94 Iwas John Miller’s go-to spot in 1998; it was where he got his weekly comic fi x and even worked part time—fi rst as an errand boy paid in store credit and access to new books before they were available for purchase. “I’d pick up their books, bring them back to the store, and then I’d get the honor of open- ing them up and sorting them for inventory like a mule,” Miller says with a laugh. “And I was just so content to get store credit and access to the comics.” Miller’s positive outlook paid off . He eventually bought the store with the stock he’d

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earned working at Publix and made like, sometimes, when the books and Docking Bay 94 what it is today— writers aren’t trying, I get mad.” COME AND PLAY complete with a “Walking Dead”- Miller’s frustrations with the Docking Bay 94 hosts these themed restroom. comic book industry might explain weekly events. Miller has a lifelong love for why he’s trying to break into it Monday: Open gaming comics. He started reading them himself. He’s working with James Tuesday: “Whynot” Learn to as a child (he was a Marvel fan), Michael Whynot, a published artist Draw Class, 6 p.m. and now, as the owner of Coconut who teaches Docking Bay 94’s Miniature Painters Club, 6 p.m. Creek’s only comic book store, he weekly “ ‘Whynot’ Learn to Draw” Comic Culture Club (C3), 8 p.m. shares that love with others. Miller class, as a creator on some projects. Wednesday: also off ers a free subscription service Miller hopes to publish his own New Comic Book Day for patrons to order their books comic alongside Whynot and sell it Thursday: Open Gaming in advance and avoid the hassle of in his store. Friday: Friday Night Magic picking them up on release days. Along with the drawing class, Standard Tournament, 7 p.m. “I love that young kids are dis- Docking Bay 94 (the name is a “Star Saturday: Warhammer, 11 a.m.- covering that you can play games Wars” reference) hosts a weekly close; Magic 101, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. with real books and be in a room Comic Culture Club (known as C3) Sunday: Pokemon League and play,” Miller says, referring to meetings—a comic book reading Tournament, 11 a.m. a recent infl ux of young Dungeons group that discusses the newest and Dragons players, thanks to the releases—as well as weekly roleplay Netfl ix TV series “Stranger ings.” game events. While the Coconut Creek res- ese events are frequented by DOCKING BAY 94 ident’s love of comics is what got people from “all walks of life,” from Location: 7710 NW 56th Way, him started, it can sometimes lead to police offi cers to veterinarians, attor- Suite 100 disappointment. “I just love the sto- neys and teachers. Contact: comicsandgames.com; Miniatures painted by Docking Bay 94 ries, I love the comics … I probably “ ere’s defi nitely a sense of com- 954.427.1694 regulars take it too personally,” Miller says. munity here,” Miller says. “I love the stuff so much that I feel

Playing Dungeons NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES and Dragons LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER BRINGS COMICS AND GAMING EVENTS TO THE COMMUNITY By Nicole Chavannes | Photos by Eduardo Schneider n what some might consider a gratifying John Miller character arc, the owner of Docking Bay 94 had humble beginnings in the comic industry. Under diff erent ownership, Docking Bay 94 Iwas John Miller’s go-to spot in 1998; it was where he got his weekly comic fi x and even worked part time—fi rst as an errand boy paid in store credit and access to new books before they were available for purchase. “I’d pick up their books, bring them back to the store, and then I’d get the honor of open- ing them up and sorting them for inventory like a mule,” Miller says with a laugh. “And I was just so content to get store credit and access to the comics.” Miller’s positive outlook paid off . He eventually bought the store with the stock he’d

COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 LMGFL.COM • 19 DINING

R A A FAMILY-RUN THAI RESTAURANT REGALES ITS DINERS WITH OUT-OF-THE-BOX SUSHI CREATIONS

By Keren Moros | Photos by Eduardo Schneider

he steady stream of customers that entered Pad ai in Margate on a recent Friday night attests to the restaurant’s status as Ta long-time local favorite for ai cuisine. It’s a familiar sight to Annie Lertworasiri, whose family has owned the restaurant for 11 years. (It previously was owned by another family.) During the years she’s helped her family at Pad ai, she’s seen regulars grow up and bring their own children to the restaurant. What keeps them coming back are the ai dishes made by Lertworasiri’s mother, Deedee. Traditional dishes include pad see ew (sauteed rice noodles with egg, broccoli and soy sauce) and, of course, pad thai (stir- fried rice noodles with shrimp, scallops, chicken and other ingredients). Chef specials include duck, Chicken Volcano (fried whole chicken breast breaded with ﬂ our and served with red chili sauce) and deep-fried snapper. But even regular customers can precipitate change. As Nick, Lertworasiri’s father, puts it, regulars started asking him why the restaurant served only ai dishes as their children preferred sushi. “Around here, most of the ai restaurants do oﬀ er sushi,” Annie says of their decision to add sushi to the menu. “In the beginning, [we wanted] to stick to ai food, but we have to evolve with the market.” Nick and Annie Lertworasiri Last April, the restaurant’s owners introduced sushi to the menu and eventually hired friend and chef Scotty Sriwan to make it. Sriwan, who also is Pad Thai ai and began learning about sushi 18 years ago, Location: 5458 W. Sample Road, Margate says Japanese cuisine is the “food of art” because of its Contact: 954.977.8980; padthaimargate.com adaptability to creativity and pleasant presentation. Proof of this is the wide variety of Sriwan’s special rolls.

20 • LMGFL.COM COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 DINING Clockwise from left: Sushi chef Scotty Sriwan at work; an example of an omakase presentation; hamachi crudo; pad thai

R A A FAMILY-RUN THAI RESTAURANT REGALES ITS DINERS WITH OUT-OF-THE-BOX SUSHI CREATIONS

By Keren Moros | Photos by Eduardo Schneider he steady stream of customers that entered Pad ai in Margate on a recent Friday night attests to the restaurant’s status as Ta long-time local favorite for ai cuisine. It’s a familiar sight to Annie Lertworasiri, whose family has owned the restaurant for 11 years. (It previously was owned by another family.) During the years she’s helped her family at Pad ai, she’s seen regulars grow up and bring their own children to the restaurant. What keeps them coming back are the ai dishes made by Lertworasiri’s mother, Deedee. Traditional dishes include pad see ew (sauteed rice noodles with egg, broccoli and soy sauce) and, of course, pad thai (stir- fried rice noodles with shrimp, scallops, chicken and other ingredients). Chef specials include duck, Chicken Volcano (fried whole chicken breast breaded with fl our Standouts include Lady in Pink (with tuna, white fi sh, Sriwan and the Lertworasiris, who listen to and served with red chili sauce) and deep-fried snapper. salmon, cream cheese, asparagus and avocado wrapped their diners’ needs, suggestions and requests. But even regular customers can precipitate change. in pink soy paper) and Sakura (with kani, tamago, “Most people who order [omakase] will know As Nick, Lertworasiri’s father, puts it, regulars cucumber, ebi and masago wrapped in pink soy paper). what they like and don’t,” Annie says. “So if they started asking him why the restaurant served only Using his experience from working in restaurants tell the chef ahead of time that they don’t like ai dishes as their children preferred sushi. in Colorado and South Florida, Sriwan lets his eel, he’ll omit that from the selection. But it’s “Around here, most of the ai restaurants do off er imagination run wild. For instance, he tops off adventurous and having fun with your food.” sushi,” Annie says of their decision to add sushi to hamachi crudo with a sauce made of ai chili When she isn’t working full time as a software the menu. “In the beginning, [we wanted] to stick to paste (used in ai tom yum soup) and a cilantro engineer, Annie takes advantage of Sriwan’s creativity, ai food, but we have to evolve with the market.” sauce of his own creation, which Annie notes “gives testing his new recipes and posting them on Pad Nick and Annie Lertworasiri Last April, the restaurant’s owners introduced it a spicy kick that has a ai feeling to it.” ai’s Instagram page (@padthaimargateoffi cial). sushi to the menu and eventually hired friend and A special treat is Sriwan’s omakase, a chef ’s- And lucky for her and Pad ai’s customers, chef Scotty Sriwan to make it. Sriwan, who also is choice serving style, which runs the gamut of Sriwan isn’t slowing down anytime soon. Pad Thai ai and began learning about sushi 18 years ago, choices, including oysters and sea urchin. Sriwan “I try to create every week—keep going Location: 5458 W. Sample Road, Margate says Japanese cuisine is the “food of art” because of its jokes that sometimes customers come and say, nonstop,” he says. “When people come, they Contact: 954.977.8980; padthaimargate.com adaptability to creativity and pleasant presentation. “Scotty, feed me” and let him run the show. get the new stuff every single time.” Proof of this is the wide variety of Sriwan’s special rolls. is customer voice is a high priority for

COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 LMGFL.COM • 21 22 • LMGFL.COM COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 LMGFL.COM • 23 UNITED IN EXCELLENCE LOCAL JUDO INSTRUCTORS BRING OUT THE Jhonny and German with several OLYMPIC BEST IN STUDENTS AT COCONUT CREEK judo athletes. From left to right: Maia, Christopher, Giovanna, Jhonny, By Keren Moros | Photos by Eduardo Schneider German, Jacob, Emily and Alexander

24 • LMGFL.COM COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 UNITED IN EXCELLENCE LOCAL JUDO INSTRUCTORS BRING OUT THE Jhonny and German with several OLYMPIC BEST IN STUDENTS AT COCONUT CREEK judo athletes. From left to right: Maia, Christopher, Giovanna, Jhonny, By Keren Moros | Photos by Eduardo Schneider German, Jacob, Emily and Alexander

COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 LMGFL.COM • 25 Trophies and Olympic mementos at Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center

hough Jhonny Prado admits both to the global stage is what they a competition his son was involved he doesn’t like tattoos, a impart to students at Ki-Itsu-Sai in, Prado was unsatisfi ed with the lift of his right shirt sleeve National Training Center in Coconut quality of training. He thought, “We Treveals the familiar Olympic rings Creek. One of four training centers can do better than that” and started and the year 2012 etched on his skin. in the country designated by USA holding informal training sessions It’s a reminder of the time he went Judo (the others are in Boston, in his garage at his Coconut Creek to the 2012 Summer Olympics as an Colorado Springs and San Jose, home around 1999. assistant coach for the United States’ California), it is the home training Soon, the lessons became so judo team. base for Team USA members popular that they outgrew the space. “It’s a diff erent thing to hear about Angelica Delgado, who competed in Prado moved the center to locations the Olympics [than to be] part of the the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in North Miami, North Lauderdale Olympics,” Prado says of the London and Adonis Diaz and Ryan Vargas. and Coral Springs. In the meantime, Games, which made up for having For Prado, who also coached at the they gained traction. Both of Prado’s to miss a coaching opportunity at Rio games, the center is the result children (Veronica and Joshua) started the Beijing Games in 2008. “It’s an of years of working to make it in placing in national competitions experience of a lifetime.” the United States after immigrating around 2001, and other athletes Prado, certifi ed as an international from Lima, Peru, when he was 19. earned spots on the USA team. In gold coach for USA Judo, the sport’s He and his siblings were involved 2004, Prado became a coach for the governing body in the United States, in the martial arts discipline that national team and traveled with judo isn’t the only one who’s lived the emphasizes takedowns and grappling athletes from around the country. thrill of competition. His brother-in- maneuvers as children, but, when he In 2012, they moved Ki-Itsu-Sai law, German Velazco, competed for came to the States, he put his passion to Coconut Creek, in Lyons Business Peru in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney for the sport aside to focus on Park at 6855 Lyons Technology and placed seventh in the World making a life for himself. His brother, Circle, Suite 9. Prado says the center Championships in 2001. Julian, however, took Prado’s son to has grown at the Coconut Creek e determination that took them judo lessons. When they watched location, which is a hub for athletes

26 • LMGFL.COM COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 from around South Florida and Latin and athletes, something is missing— “overwhelming,” a journey recently America, who train there regularly. you can’t reach the objective. at capped off by his recent victory at the ere, after putting in a day’s work is why I talk with the parents. I say, Florida Open Judo Championships. at their full-time jobs—Prado owns ‘Support them. Be there for them.’ “He cried. He was so happy,” Prado Tile, Marble and Granite, and When they understand that they Guevera says. “We cried because we Velazco is a code enforcement offi cer have people that support and care, were shocked. … He went from a for Miami-Dade County—the Coral they’ll be stronger.” kid who had no social skills to a kid Springs residents oversee the 70 or Someone who has experienced who won his fi rst medal. ...We are so so students who train from 5:30 to this family support fi rsthand is Carla overwhelmed with how much he’s 9 p.m. on weekdays. Around 5:30, Guevara, who credits the Ki-Itsu-Sai changed and how he came out of his parents watch as Velazco and other family with changing the course of shell.” black belts (including Julian) guide her son’s life. About a year ago, the younger students through drills. Coconut Creek resident decided GIVE AND TAKE Later in the evening, adult athletes to look for a place where her son, Michael’s story, among others, is a keep Prado and Velazco busy. Michael, 12, could learn martial arts. refl ection of what Velazco empha- e long hours produce sizes as a coach: valuing world-class athletes, not the education, being a good least of whom are members of citizen, having respect the Prado family, as shown by and working hard. e their victories in their respective hard work is clearly age and weight categories. shown in the array of Prado’s niece, Giovanna, trophies at the center placed third in the Pan and in their athletes’ American Open in 2016 and standings. Earlier this second in the Youth National year, Delgado, Diaz Championships this year. Her and Vargas all earned brother, Alexander, placed medals for the U.S. fi rst in the same competition at the Pan American and is ranked fi rst nationally. Senior Championships Trophies and Olympic mementos Velazco’s son, Christopher, won in Costa Rica, and they at Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center gold at the 2016 Infantile Pan continue to compete American Championships. around the world. At Seeing athletes on podiums press time, Delgado was and moving up in the rankings hough Jhonny Prado admits both to the global stage is what they a competition his son was involved ranked 12th interna- is what makes the long hours he doesn’t like tattoos, a impart to students at Ki-Itsu-Sai in, Prado was unsatisfi ed with the tionally, Diaz 22nd and worth it for Prado. lift of his right shirt sleeve National Training Center in Coconut quality of training. He thought, “We Vargas 31st in their “ at’s the mentality that we reveals the familiar Olympic rings Creek. One of four training centers can do better than that” and started respective divisions and put to the beginners: when you T PHOTO COURTESY OF CARALA GUEVARA weight classes. and the year 2012 etched on his skin. in the country designated by USA holding informal training sessions get to that level, you keep it,” It’s a reminder of the time he went Judo (the others are in Boston, in his garage at his Coconut Creek Michael holding Beyond the hard Prado says. “When you get to a to the 2012 Summer Olympics as an Colorado Springs and San Jose, home around 1999. his gold medal work, Prado and Velazco higher level, you need to work assistant coach for the United States’ California), it is the home training Soon, the lessons became so support the athletes’ life on your mistakes.” judo team. base for Team USA members popular that they outgrew the space. goals as well. He was being bullied at school, and “It’s a diff erent thing to hear about Angelica Delgado, who competed in Prado moved the center to locations “I try to teach passion,” Velazco FAMILY FIRST Carla was worried he needed more the Olympics [than to be] part of the the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in North Miami, North Lauderdale says. “I try to teach love—whatever social interaction. She met the father Olympics,” Prado says of the London and Adonis Diaz and Ryan Vargas. and Coral Springs. In the meantime, Prado and Velazco emphasize the they do, they need to do it in the best of Angelica Delgado, who helps with Games, which made up for having For Prado, who also coached at the they gained traction. Both of Prado’s importance of family, refl ected in the way and use their maximum eff ort.” training at Ki-Itsu-Sai. She loved the to miss a coaching opportunity at Rio games, the center is the result children (Veronica and Joshua) started way parents interact while watching is approach to training has family environment and the discipline the Beijing Games in 2008. “It’s an of years of working to make it in placing in national competitions their children on a typical weekday earned the love and respect of parents Michael learned from Velazco. experience of a lifetime.” the United States after immigrating around 2001, and other athletes at the center. In fact, the name of and supporters. Recently, they held a Before, she says, Michael would Prado, certifi ed as an international from Lima, Peru, when he was 19. earned spots on the USA team. In the center is a Japanese phrase Prado fundraiser to buy a new mat for the spend hours in front of a screen. gold coach for USA Judo, the sport’s He and his siblings were involved 2004, Prado became a coach for the learned from his sensei (teacher) in center. Parents raised more than the Now, he splits his time between governing body in the United States, in the martial arts discipline that national team and traveled with judo Peru: it essentially means “always $6,000 needed even before the date homework and judo practice and is isn’t the only one who’s lived the emphasizes takedowns and grappling athletes from around the country. united” and refl ects Velazco’s philoso- of the fundraiser. After the fundraiser, a yellow belt. Guevara has registered thrill of competition. His brother-in- maneuvers as children, but, when he In 2012, they moved Ki-Itsu-Sai phy that “the only way to be success- the fi nal total was more than $8,500. Michael with USA Judo so he can law, German Velazco, competed for came to the States, he put his passion to Coconut Creek, in Lyons Business ful in life is together.” Prado was touched by the vocal gain points as he competes that Peru in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney for the sport aside to focus on Park at 6855 Lyons Technology “In judo, you compete alone, but support. “It’s not about me or might qualify him for a future and placed seventh in the World making a life for himself. His brother, Circle, Suite 9. Prado says the center you don’t train alone,” Velazco says. German,” he says. “It’s always about Olympics should he choose to pursue Championships in 2001. Julian, however, took Prado’s son to has grown at the Coconut Creek “If you don’t have the complete the name of the club and the kids.” it. Guevara describes his change as e determination that took them judo lessons. When they watched location, which is a hub for athletes chemistry between parents, coaches

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WHAT’S NEW The new fi reworks show at Magic AT DISNEY? Kingdom ADVENTURES ABOUND THIS SUMMER AND BEYOND—INCLUDING A GAME-CHANGING ADDITION By Kevin Kaminski Just when you think Walt Disney World Resort can’t possibly cram more family fun into its 40-something square miles, the world’s most visited theme park destination HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: fi nds fresh and innovative ways to lure the In the 20 years since Animal Kingdom debuted, the 500-acre adventure 50 million-plus visitors who descend on park that is home to some 2,000 creatures has seen its share of milestones. e fi rst animal born on the Orlando each year. grounds was a kudu (an African antelope); more recently, the park welcomed Augustus, a newborn Nile is summer is no exception, as Animal hippo that tipped the scales at 168 pounds. e Kingdom’s zoo hospital is one of only two in the United Kingdom, Disney Springs and Disney’s States with on-site computed tomography scanners for immediate diagnoses. And, last year, the debut of Hollywood Studios all celebrate new off er- Pandora: e World of Avatar—the jaw-dropping 12-acre multisensory world based on the James Cam- ings. Meanwhile, excitement continues to eron movie, raised the park’s profi le to new heights. e special eff ects-laden Avatar Flight of Passage—a build for an upcoming land that promises simulated fl ight on a winged predator that soars above and around fl oating mountains, waterfalls, jungle to recast Hollywood Studios as one of foliage and countless surprises—already ranks as one of Disney’s crowning achievements. As part of the the must-see destinations this side of the anniversary celebration, Animal Kingdom also debuted Up! A Great Bird Adventure, a new 25-minute Mississippi. show that features Russell and his dog, Dug, from the hit animated fi lm “Up”—along with some 15 species of birds from around the world.

30 • LMGFL.COM COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 DAY TRIPPER An on-property safari Pandora: The World of Avatar STEP INTO THE SPRINGS: Once at Animal Kingdom Lodge known as Downtown Disney, the new-and- improved Disney Springs re-emerged two years ago as a sprawling entertainment/dining/ shopping complex—one that shows no signs of resting on its laurels. In addition to the high-end stores (Coach, Kate Spade, Lilly Pulitzer) among its 100-plus retail outlets, the Springs also has raised the bar on its culinary off erings. Recent openings include e Edison (a 1920s-era electric company theme with contemporary American cuisine), Maria & Enzo’s (an Italian trattoria, circa the 1930s, with a Sicilian-inspired menu), and Terralina Crafted Italian (from James Beard Award winner Tony Mantuano). Also, don’t miss Enzo’s Hideaway, an under- ground speakeasy setting with gourmet Italian fare and Prohibition-era cocktails. As a teaser for ANIMAL HOUSE: Animal Kingdom Lodge, Disney World’s Af- what’s to come next year at Hollywood Studios, rican-themed luxury resort that opened in 2001, never ceases to amaze the Springs also welcomes “Star Wars: Secrets with its on-property savanna that hosts some 200 mammals and exotic of the Empire,” a hyper-reality attraction that birds. In recent years, the lodge has added to that experience by off ering transports teams of four to another world as part the Wanyama Sunset Safari. e reservation-only adventure gives up to of a Rebellion reconnaissance mission. 12 visitors the chance to ride through the reserve in an open-air vehicle for early evening encounters with zebras, giraff es, impalas, wildebeests, SAY HI TO SHERIFF WOODY: As part bongos and much more. Afterward, visitors feast on savory South Af- of its ongoing facelift, Hollywood Studios is rolling rican cuisine at Jiko: e Cooking Place. e resort also off ers Starlight out Toy Story Land this summer, an 11-acre world Safaris, complete with night goggles. themed around the toys in the backyard of Andy, the The lobby at Animal little boy in the animated fi lm. Attractions include The new fi reworks WHAT’S NEW Kingdom Lodge a family-friendly coaster (Slinky Dog Dash), an show at Magic interstellar saucer ride (Alien Swirling Saucers), and Kingdom one of those “4-D” ride-and-laser-blast adventures AT DISNEY? (Toy Story Mania). ADVENTURES ABOUND THIS SUMMER AND BEYOND—INCLUDING A GAME-CHANGING ADDITION By Kevin Kaminski Just when you think Walt Disney World A rendering of the upcoming Resort can’t possibly cram more family fun “Star Wars”-themed resort into its 40-something square miles, the THE FORCE WILL BE WITH US: world’s most visited theme park destination HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: e fi nds fresh and innovative ways to lure the In the 20 years since Animal Kingdom debuted, the 500-acre adventure buzz surrounding the debut of Star Wars: Galaxy’s park that is home to some 2,000 creatures has seen its share of milestones. e fi rst animal born on the 50 million-plus visitors who descend on EdgeCaption at Hollywood Studios in 2019 is matched only Orlando each year. grounds was a kudu (an African antelope); more recently, the park welcomed Augustus, a newborn Nile by the 14 acres Disney is dedicating to the experience. is summer is no exception, as Animal hippo that tipped the scales at 168 pounds. e Kingdom’s zoo hospital is one of only two in the United Brought to life with the help of Industrial Light & Kingdom, Disney Springs and Disney’s States with on-site computed tomography scanners for immediate diagnoses. And, last year, the debut of Magic—the visual eff ects company started by George Hollywood Studios all celebrate new off er- Pandora: e World of Avatar—the jaw-dropping 12-acre multisensory world based on the James Cam- LIGHT UP THE NIGHT: e new nightly fi reworks celebration at Lucas, the original “Star Wars” director—expect an ings. Meanwhile, excitement continues to eron movie, raised the park’s profi le to new heights. e special eff ects-laden Avatar Flight of Passage—a Magic Kingdom—Happily Ever After—makes even the most ambi- ode to the movie series and its characters unlike any- build for an upcoming land that promises simulated fl ight on a winged predator that soars above and around fl oating mountains, waterfalls, jungle tious Fourth of July display look like two guys lighting sparklers in the thing imaginable, including a customized secret mis- to recast Hollywood Studios as one of foliage and countless surprises—already ranks as one of Disney’s crowning achievements. As part of the backyard. e 18-minute production brings the park to a halt as visitors sion on the Millennium Falcon. In addition, Disney the must-see destinations this side of the anniversary celebration, Animal Kingdom also debuted Up! A Great Bird Adventure, a new 25-minute enjoy scenes from more than 25 Disney fi lms, projected on and around also will unveil a matching “Star Wars”-themed resort Mississippi. show that features Russell and his dog, Dug, from the hit animated fi lm “Up”—along with some 15 spe- Cinderella’s castle amid spotlights, lasers and fi reworks. A 75-piece that, through over-the-top staging and aesthetics, cies of birds from around the world. orchestra produced the accompanying score. fully immerses patrons “in a galaxy far, far away.”

COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 LMGFL.COM • 31 32 • LMGFL.COM COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 Rydell at the Butterﬂ y Festival with daughters Isabella (in his arm) and Rachel (far right), along with a family friend

Rydell and his daughter, Rachel, the day he was resworn in as commissioner in March 2017. Meet Your New Mayor Like many people from up north, Joshua Rydell came to Bite Bagel, where my daughters will usually be eating a South Florida to escape the snow. Besides the sunshine, Mickey Mouse pancake. he also found the perfect place to raise a family with his wife, Jamie. What improvements would you like to see happen in “From the day I moved to the city, I realized this is the city in the near future? a community that has a small-town feel in a very large I am looking forward to the addition of two splash county,” Rydell says. pads at our Recreation Center and Community “People know their neighbors, the community comes Center. Being the father of two little girls, I love seeing Mayor Rydell was born together for events, and there is always something continued additions to our city that accommodate our in Buff alo, New York; he interesting going on.” young families. moved to Florida after Rydell’s love for the city grew into community receiving his Bachelor of involvement; he was elected commissioner of the city’s What are some issues Creek is facing that are Science degree from the District E in 2015 and was selected vice mayor in especially important to you to address? University of Delaware. March 2016 and March 2017. When I was elected in 2015, I campaigned for smart He moved to Broward Recently, Rydell was selected by other city growth and controlled development. I will always fi ght County and attended commissioners to become mayor. While his for our community to prevent overdevelopment and to Nova Southeastern responsibilities will remain the same as a commissioner, maintain our quality of life. I will also fi ght for Coconut University’s Law Rydell will serve as the offi cial face of the city at local Creek with any issues dealing with Monarch Hill Center, where he received his Juris and statewide events. At 36, Rydell is the youngest Landfi ll, [and I’ll do] all I can to ensure the safety of Doctorate Degree. mayor in the city’s history, and he looks forward to his our residents. Rydell is principal two young daughters learning about how he shaped the attorney with e community for the better. Is there anything else you’d like Lifestyle readers to Law Offi ces of Joshua Coconut Creek Lifestyle asked Rydell, an attorney with know about you? D. Rydell, with a his own practice, a few questions for readers to get to I truly enjoy serving the residents of the city. I want focus in criminal and know him better. our community to know that I am accessible to them civil litigation as well with any of their concerns. My cellphone number is as administrative What are some of your favorite Creek hangouts? 954.856.8015. I will always be available to our residents professional You can usually fi nd my family and I in one of the great for anything they need, and, if I can’t help, I will fi nd representations. establishments in the Promenade. We make it a point someone who can. to always support our local businesses. I have to give a special shout-out to our regular breakfast spot at Big

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Changing With the Times one are the days of fl oppy disks, typewriters electronic permitting, online water bill payments, and Rolodexes. e advancement of lobbyist registration, and registration for recreation technology will continue to have a major programs. impactG on businesses, both big and small. For the A day in the life of an applications team city of Coconut Creek, this is no diff erent. As a member includes juggling various projects while Jenny Cosper is an IT forward-thinking and innovative municipality, troubleshooting a range of common and complex systems analyst with Coconut Creek continually anticipates the changes errors that can occur in our software systems. We the city of Coconut and challenges that technology brings. e eff orts of speak many programming languages, including SQL, Creek. She studied at the the city’s information technology staff ensure smooth Javascript, C Sharp and Visual Basic, to name a few. University of Florida operations for each department, allowing continued, We love our jobs—each day brings new challenges and earned her master’s excellent service and improvements for our residents. and puzzles to solve. e best part is helping make degree in management One component of the IT department is the others’ lives easier through technology. information systems applications team. Our responsibilities are far- from Nova Southeastern reaching, supporting almost every aspect of the University. She has city’s operations. A key task is the management of worked at the city for the city’s mission-critical operations, including the more than 10 years, enterprise resource planning system, which comprises starting with the human our fi nancial, human resources, public works and resources department utilities services. We also work extensively with our before transitioning to own employees to understand software development a career in information lifecycles in an eff ort to improve processes. A lot of technology. the work also is done in translating the needs of each department into solutions that meet both technical and business suitability. We maintain and support the many digital services provided by the city, including

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Patriotic Plants By Linda Whitman and Sharon Vollmer

ummer is in full swing and it’s time for our most full sun to partial shade. A fast-growing evergreen (up to 4 patriotic celebration of the year: Independence Day. feet), its white showy fl owers bloom from spring through Did you ever think about making a patriotic garden? early winter. Dense and compact, it’s great for containers, SWe have a few suggestions for you. or low, informal hedges. is native shrub is a nice nectar source for several butterfl ies. RED Sweet almond bush (Aloysia virgate): One of the Tropical sage (Salvia coccinea): is short-lived perennial sweetest fl owers you’ll come across, also known as the wildfl ower produces sweetly aromatic foliage and incense bush, it smells like almond or vanilla. is fast- brilliant red fl owers that are irresistible to butterfl ies and growing non-native (from Argentina) will fl ower year- hummingbirds. round. Grows best in full sun. Attracts pollinators such as Jatropha (Jatropha integerrima): Evergreen shrub or butterfl ies, bees and hummingbirds. small tree with glossy leaves and clusters of bright, star- shaped scarlet or vermilion fl owers. Grows in full sun or BLUE part shade; drought tolerance high; attracts butterfl ies and Blue porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis): Native, hummingbirds. low-growing, semi-woody shrub. e height ranges from Red pentas (Pentas lanceolata): Dark green, lance- 2 to 3 feet and leaves are 1 to 4½ inches. e blue-violet shaped, somewhat furry and deeply veined leaves with tubular fl owers are on a long spike that can reach 3 feet clusters of never-ending, fi ve-pedaled fl owers. Likes and bloom all year. Great for a butterfl y garden. moderately fertile soil, partial shade, and attracts butterfl ies Blue plumbago (Plumbago auriculata): Blue plumbago and hummingbirds. is an excellent evergreen shrub that provides color nearly year-round. Grows in partial shade to full sun. Drought- WHITE tolerant once established. Native to South Africa, it is White Geiger (Cordia boissieri): e silvery green leaves popular here in Florida and California. have a velvety texture and the showy, white fl owers appear Blue daze (Evolvulus glomeratus): is beautiful year-round if enough rainfall or irrigation is available. Its groundcover produces profuse amounts of powder-blue olive-like, white fruits have a sweet fl esh relished by birds fl owers almost continuously. Grows in full sun and attains and other wildlife. Grows 15 to 20 feet tall with a 10 to a height of about 12 inches maximum, but spreads twice 15 foot spread; full to partial sun; water regularly after that in a neat mound. Can tolerate a little shade and needs planting and during dry spells. Interesting tidbit: resistant well-drained soil. to wind-storm damage. White plumbago (Plumbago scandens): is is the Linda Whitman is a senior planner and Sharon Vollmer is an plumbago species that’s native to Florida and likes to be in urban forester for the city of Coconut Creek.

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Patriotic Plants By Linda Whitman and Sharon Vollmer ummer is in full swing and it’s time for our most full sun to partial shade. A fast-growing evergreen (up to 4 patriotic celebration of the year: Independence Day. feet), its white showy fl owers bloom from spring through Did you ever think about making a patriotic garden? early winter. Dense and compact, it’s great for containers, SWe have a few suggestions for you. or low, informal hedges. is native shrub is a nice nectar source for several butterfl ies. RED Sweet almond bush (Aloysia virgate): One of the Beware of Scam Artists Tropical sage (Salvia coccinea): is short-lived perennial sweetest fl owers you’ll come across, also known as the wildfl ower produces sweetly aromatic foliage and incense bush, it smells like almond or vanilla. is fast- ertain things never get old. Like a good e goal of every scam artist is to get you to act brilliant red fl owers that are irresistible to butterfl ies and growing non-native (from Argentina) will fl ower year- pepperoni, bacon and ground beef pizza. A emotionally. If they call posing as an IRS agent hummingbirds. round. Grows best in full sun. Attracts pollinators such as chocolate malt. Or watching “ e Golden threatening to put you in jail because you “didn’t Jatropha (Jatropha integerrima): Evergreen shrub or butterfl ies, bees and hummingbirds. CGirls” (while eating pizza and drinking a chocolate pay a fi ne,” they’re trying to elicit fear. If they call small tree with glossy leaves and clusters of bright, star- Scotty Leamon is malt). a grandmother posing as her grandson wanting shaped scarlet or vermilion fl owers. Grows in full sun or BLUE the public safety In crime prevention, one rule that never gets old her to send him money, they’re looking for pity. part shade; drought tolerance high; attracts butterfl ies and Blue porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis): Native, information offi cer is “If it’s too good to be true, then it probably is.” If you’re looking for a job and see an ad on a site hummingbirds. low-growing, semi-woody shrub. e height ranges from for the Coconut Creek If someone sends you a check in the mail for like Craigslist for a “secret shopper” claiming that Red pentas (Pentas lanceolata): Dark green, lance- 2 to 3 feet and leaves are 1 to 4½ inches. e blue-violet Police Department. “winning a sweepstakes” you never entered, it’s too you’ll get money to shop, the emotion they’re shaped, somewhat furry and deeply veined leaves with tubular fl owers are on a long spike that can reach 3 feet good to be true. If someone promises you a job in going for is joy. Who wouldn’t want to shop with clusters of never-ending, fi ve-pedaled fl owers. Likes and bloom all year. Great for a butterfl y garden. which you can make $5,000 a week but only have someone else’s money? moderately fertile soil, partial shade, and attracts butterfl ies Blue plumbago (Plumbago auriculata): Blue plumbago to work one day a week—yep, too good to be true. e bottom line is to remember that not all and hummingbirds. is an excellent evergreen shrub that provides color nearly If, as happened here in Coconut Creek recently, scams are based on fear. Con artists also use kind- year-round. Grows in partial shade to full sun. Drought- someone claims they’ll pay you $1,800 to wrap ness as a weakness. ey’ll use desperation as a WHITE tolerant once established. Native to South Africa, it is your car in an advertisement … too good to be means to humiliation. ey’ll strive to lead you to White Geiger (Cordia boissieri): e silvery green leaves popular here in Florida and California. true. make seemingly easy decisions that force you into have a velvety texture and the showy, white fl owers appear Blue daze (Evolvulus glomeratus): is beautiful e No. 1 thing to remember with this rule is some hard situations. year-round if enough rainfall or irrigation is available. Its groundcover produces profuse amounts of powder-blue to apply it when necessary. Here’s an example: e If it’s too good to be true, it probably is. olive-like, white fruits have a sweet fl esh relished by birds fl owers almost continuously. Grows in full sun and attains girl you just met on a dating app is totally into and other wildlife. Grows 15 to 20 feet tall with a 10 to a height of about 12 inches maximum, but spreads twice you, laughs at all of your jokes, and says you’re her 15 foot spread; full to partial sun; water regularly after that in a neat mound. Can tolerate a little shade and needs “soul mate” even though all you know is her fi rst planting and during dry spells. Interesting tidbit: resistant well-drained soil. name. However, she always has an excuse for why to wind-storm damage. she can’t meet face-to-face, then asks you for mon- White plumbago (Plumbago scandens): is is the Linda Whitman is a senior planner and Sharon Vollmer is an ey to pay one of her bills. at’s the proper time to plumbago species that’s native to Florida and likes to be in urban forester for the city of Coconut Creek. apply the “too good to be true” rule.

COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 LMGFL.COM • 39 ALL CENTERS FITNESS CLA SSES SPECIAL NEEDS SILVER SNEAKERS SENIORS RIDAY NIGHT SOCIALS Increases strength and movement. Chair used for sitting/standing. Program for those with disabilities to hang out, sing, dance and play When: Community Center: Tuesdays, 11 a.m.-noon and games. For ages 13 and older. July 13 theme is Wii Sports Bowling 1-2 p.m. and Thursdays, 1-2 p.m.; Recreation Complex: Mondays, and July 27 theme is Garden Cleanup/Decor. Wednesdays and Fridays, 11 a.m.-noon When: Every other Friday through Aug. 10; 5:30-7:30 p.m. Fee: Free for members; $6 residents; $8 nonresidents Fee: $15 residents; $20 nonresidents

YOGA SPECIAL NEEDS OWLING LEAGUE Physical, mental and spiritual exercise to transform your body and Summer league open to those with special needs and their families. attitude. Learn meditation and postures for health and relaxation. All levels welcome. Meet at AMF Marget Lanes, 2020 State Road 7, When: Community Center: Mondays, 9-10 a.m. and Wednesdays, Margate. Transportation not provided. 9:45-10:45 a.m.; Recreation Complex: Thursdays, 9-10 a.m. and When: Mondays through Aug. 13; 6:30-8:30 p.m.; arrive at 6:15 Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Fee: $72 for nine weeks; must be paid in full Fee: Free for members; $6 residents; $8 nonresidents DRAMA WORKSHOP OR ALL AILITIES Middle school students learn fundamentals and improve skills. Ends COMMUNITY CENTER with a performance for family and friends. 1100 Lyons Road; 954.545.6670; coconutcreek.net/webtrac When: Saturdays, Aug. 18-Oct. 13; 10 a.m.-noon Fee: $25 residents; $30 nonresidents CHILDREN PEE WEE LAG OOTALL Teaches fundamentals of ﬂ ag football. For ages 3-5. Parent RECREATION participation is mandatory. COMPLEX When: Sept. 13-Oct. 18, 6:15-7:15 p.m. 4455 Sol Press Blvd.; 954.956.1580 Registration: Begins July 18 Fee: $50 for residents; $60 for nonresidents FITNESS CLA SSES PEEWEE HIP-HOP Unless noted, fee is $6 for residents, $8 for nonresidents and free for Teaches hip-hop, dance and stage performance fundamentals. members. Register by walk-in or on coconutcreek.net/webtrac. When: Ages 4-7; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, through Aug. 17; no class July 4; 6:15-7:15 p.m. ODY SCULPTING Daily Fee: $100 for residents; $125 for nonresidents Calisthenics and weightlifting improve muscular endurance and strength. When: Mondays, 6:15-7:15 p.m. ADULTS INDOOR PICKLEALL CORE MORE A paddle sport with simple, easy-to-learn rules. Paddles and balls are Abdominal exercises, ﬂ oor work and stretching. When: available from front desk with photo ID. Mon., Wed., Fridays, 6:45-7 a.m.; Thursdays, 5:15-6 p.m. When: Tuesdays through Aug. 22; 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. OREVER IT Fee: $2 for residents; $4 for nonresidents; free for Senior Center Slow-tempo class focuses on stretching, balance and coordination. members, Silver Sneakers members and Fitness Center members When: Tuesdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

40 • LMGFL.COM COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 Calendar ALL CENTERS FITNESS CLA SSES SPECIAL NEEDS STEP AEROICS SILVER SNEAKERS SENIORS RIDAY NIGHT SOCIALS Intermediate/advanced; complex choreography with a step bench. Increases strength and movement. Chair used for sitting/standing. Program for those with disabilities to hang out, sing, dance and play When: Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. When: Community Center: Tuesdays, 11 a.m.-noon and games. For ages 13 and older. July 13 theme is Wii Sports Bowling TGI 1-2 p.m. and Thursdays, 1-2 p.m.; Recreation Complex: Mondays, and July 27 theme is Garden Cleanup/Decor. Interval, functional training and core class. Tone and shape while When: Wednesdays and Fridays, 11 a.m.-noon Every other Friday through Aug. 10; 5:30-7:30 p.m. performing cardiovascular and mobility exercises; resistance Fee: Fee: Free for members; $6 residents; $8 nonresidents $15 residents; $20 nonresidents and core work with weights, resistance bands, TRX, stability ball, spinning bikes, ropes, slam balls and kettlebells. Modifi cations YOGA SPECIAL NEEDS OWLING LEAGUE available for all levels. Physical, mental and spiritual exercise to transform your body and Summer league open to those with special needs and their families. When: Fridays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. attitude. Learn meditation and postures for health and relaxation. All levels welcome. Meet at AMF Marget Lanes, 2020 State Road 7, When: Community Center: Mondays, 9-10 a.m. and Wednesdays, Margate. Transportation not provided. TOTAL ODY CONDITIONING 9:45-10:45 a.m.; Recreation Complex: Thursdays, 9-10 a.m. and When: Mondays through Aug. 13; 6:30-8:30 p.m.; arrive at 6:15 90 minutes of cardiovascular exercises, agility drills, body sculpting/ Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Fee: $72 for nine weeks; must be paid in full toning and core work, followed by fl exibility training and relaxation. Fee: Free for members; $6 residents; $8 nonresidents When: Sundays, 9:15-10:45 a.m. DRAMA WORKSHOP OR ALL AILITIES YOGILATES COMMUNITY CENTER Middle school students learn fundamentals and improve skills. Ends Breath control, simple meditation and postures for health and with a performance for family and friends. relaxation through a combination of yoga and Pilates techniques. 1100 Lyons Road; 954.545.6670; coconutcreek.net/webtrac When: Saturdays, Aug. 18-Oct. 13; 10 a.m.-noon When: Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Fee: 9/30/18 $25 residents; $30 nonresidents UMA CHILDREN Dance aerobics performed to high-energy music. Hip-hop, samba, PEE WEE LAG OOTALL salsa, merengue and mambo dance movements. Teaches fundamentals of fl ag football. For ages 3-5. Parent RECREATION When: Mondays and Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m.; Saturdays, participation is mandatory. COMPLEX 10:30-11:30 a.m. When: Sept. 13-Oct. 18, 6:15-7:15 p.m. 4455 Sol Press Blvd.; 954.956.1580 Registration: Begins July 18 Fee: $50 for residents; $60 for nonresidents FITNESS CLA SSES PEEWEE HIP-HOP Unless noted, fee is $6 for residents, $8 for nonresidents and free for LOCAL TEAM OF MORTGAGE Teaches hip-hop, dance and stage performance fundamentals. members. Register by walk-in or on coconutcreek.net/webtrac. BROKERS TRIPLE BUSINESS When: Ages 4-7; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, through Aug. Potentially Industry Changing Technique ODY SCULPTING 17; no class July 4; 6:15-7:15 p.m. Michael Mali has recently been awarded the title, “Top Producing Branch Manager” Daily Fee: $100 for residents; $125 for nonresidents Calisthenics and weightlifting improve muscular endurance and For PRMG In South Florida for 2017. With PRMG Capturing majority market share strength. in south Florida, It took more than company resources to make this team fl ourish. When: Mondays, 6:15-7:15 p.m. Since 2015, annual business has soared from 10 to nearly 30 million. By designing ADULTS and implementing a unique marketing platform, Michael Mali and his team leader INDOOR PICKLEALL CORE MORE John Rosemary have been consistently on an upward rise. A paddle sport with simple, easy-to-learn rules. Paddles and balls are Abdominal exercises, fl oor work and stretching. The Michael Mali team is now offering other MLO’S the opportunity to do the same When: available from front desk with photo ID. Mon., Wed., Fridays, 6:45-7 a.m.; Thursdays, 5:15-6 p.m. with their business. Using his devote marketing staff, Mali works closely with When: loan offi cers increasing originations. MLO’S are being welcome to preview the Tuesdays through Aug. 22; 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. OREVER IT key aspects of what makes this team fl ourish. Lunch and Learns are being held Fee: $2 for residents; $4 for nonresidents; free for Senior Center Slow-tempo class focuses on stretching, balance and coordination. weekly and are available to attend on a fi rst come, fi rst serve basis. To inquire members, Silver Sneakers members and Fitness Center members When: Tuesdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. about reserving a spot, contact Michael Mali at the information below.

SENIOR CENTER HIIT Activities such as pot lucks, discussion groups, bingo, movies, parties, High Intensity Interval Training. Multi-joint tactile exercise with short fi eld trips and more. Newsletter is provided each month. For ques- recovery time. When: tions, call Joy Mastrocola at 954.545.6693. Wednesdays, 6:15-7:15 p.m. Michael Mali When: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. SPINNING Branch Manager | NMLS#15753 Annual fee: $20 for residents; $30 for nonresidents Indoor cycling class. Intense cardio workout. Sign-up begins 30 Email: [email protected] Offi ce: 954-317-0653 minutes before class. Direct: 954-790-9770 FITNESS CLA SSES Fee: Free for annual members; daily fee for nonmembers is $6 for 2005 W Cypress Creek Rd. residents or $8 for nonresidents plus cost of class. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 SCULPT TONE Mike John Class costs: $2 for Express; $4 for Spinning Note: Loan approval and rate is dependent upon applicant’s credit, collateral, fi nancial history and program availability at time of origination. Rates and terms are subject to change without notice. This is not a loan commitment or guarantee of any kind. 1265 Corona Pointe Court, Suite 301, Corona, CA 92879. ©2018 Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. (NMLS ID A total-body workout with calisthenics and light weights to improve When: 75243) has the following Licenses: CA Department of Business Oversight, Residential Mortgage Lending Act License #4131268 and Finance Lenders Law License #603D903, AZ Mortgage Express (30 minutes): Mon., Wed. and Fri., 6:15-6:45 a.m. Banker License #910387, Georgia Residential Mortgage Licensee #32807, IL Residential Mortgage Licensee #MB.6760962, Kansas-Licensed Mortgage Company, #MC.0025196, MA muscular endurance. Promotes balance and fl exibility. Mortgage Lender License #ML75243, ME Supervised Lender License #SLM12384, MS Department of Bank and Consumer Finance, NV Mortgage Broker License #3693, License by the Spinning (60-minute class): Tuesdays, 5:15-6:15 p.m.; Thursdays, NH Banking Department 17393-MB, License by the NJ Banking Department and Insurance, OH Mortgage Broker Act Certifi cate #MB.804171.000, OR Lending License #ML When: Thursdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. -4437 Dept. of Banking in the Common Wealth of PA #37894, RI Licensed Lender #20112799LL, and is also approved to lend in: AL, AK, AR, CT, DE, DC, FL, ID, IA, KY, LA, 6:15-7:15 p.m.; Saturdays., 9:15-10:15 a.m. MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NM, NC, ND, OK, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV, WI. Governed by the CO Department of Real Estate.www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org (4.4.18). Fee: Free for members; $6 residents; $8 nonresidents

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Planting to Remember As part of Coconut Creek’s Arbor Day celebrations, the Rotary Club of Coconut Creek planted 17 cypress trees at City Hall in memory of the 17 victims of the Parkland shooting. A few days earlier, the city also issued a proclamation recognizing the ceremony and Arbor Day. COCONUT CREEK LIFESTYLE • JULY 2018 LMGFL.COM • 43 SNAPSHOTS

Giving Life Coconut Creek hosted its 18th annual Free Tree Giveaway, which marks Arbor Day and contributes to the city’s environmental health and tree canopy by giving residents free trees and plants. Residents also learned about green topics and received help from local volunteers.

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Patrick and Allison of Towers with a Heart at a local event

the Coconut Creek Police Department and the Broward Philanthropy Sheriff ’s Offi ce, among others. e organization also spreads its message at such in Tow community events as Unity Day in Pompano Beach and the Coconut Creek Butterfl y Festival. Every year, Local towing company gives on the weekend before anksgiving, it partners with administrators of Florida’s Turnpike to promote the law. back by advocating for safe ese outreach programs are where the organization sees the impact of its hard work. driving “We got a lot of responses from people who come By Nicole Chavannes by with their young kids who haven’t driven yet and are getting ready to get their licenses,” Jennings says. “[Parents] oconut Creek residents might recognize Emerald will have us explain to their kids about the Move Over Label: Community Spotlight Transportation’s trucks as the city’s contracted [Act] and the dangers of driving. We aff ect a lot of lives in Head:Subhead: Possible sidebar: towing company. But what they might not know that respect.” Cis that the company also is home to Towers with a Heart, is year, the organization is focused on putting out its a nonprofi t organization that began in 2012 to educate fi rst public service announcement in cooperation with fi rst Florida drivers about the so-called “move-over” law. responders. It also is trying to pass a federal version of the Jim Jennings, a member of the organization’s board, Florida law, plus it’s putting together a scholarship fund for says tragedy inspired its birth. On Jan. 2, 2012, Emerald high school students. Towing operator Joseph Ricciardelli was killed by a driver ose looking to support the cause may like the Towers who did not abide by the law that requires drivers to move with a Heart Facebook page, volunteer at any outreach over a lane, or slow to a speed that is 20 mph less than the events or donate to the organization. To learn more, visit posted limit if they cannot move over, when they approach towerswithaheart.org or call Emerald Towing Service at stopped law enforcement, emergency, sanitation, utility 954.917.4747. service vehicles and tow trucks. “At that point we were all searching for a way to honor Joe and to honor all fi rst responders,” Jennings says. STATISTICS e mission of Towers with a Heart and its fi ve Average annual fatalities in the U.S., according volunteer staff members is to promote the law and safe to Jim Jennings, because of distracted driving and driving in Florida. Its signature fundraiser is an annual disregard for “move-over” laws: golf tournament to raise money for billboard advertising Towing operators: 70 and outreach events. is year’s tournament in May Law enforcement: 12 to 15 drew about 130 golfers and raised about $16,000. It was Fire rescue: 6 to 10 attended by representatives of the Boca Raton Fire Rescue,

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