March 2013

Time to get your shenanigans on!  The inaugural “ShamRock Fest” is from 6pm to 11pm Saturday at Gazebo Park in downtown Stuart.  Dance and jig to live music by Uproot Hootenanny and enjoy green beer, traditional Irish food, dancers, and bagpipers.  A king and queen will be crowned for looking the “luckiest”.  Proceeds from the event will benefit the families of the fallen soldiers through the Moustache March for Military organization.  Tickets are $5.00.  Please call 772-284-3007 for more information visit http//KaleidoMinds.com.  Kids under 12 get in free.

Downtown Jensen Beach is about to be shaken up with Gaelic fun. Festivities run from 11:00am to 7pm. A puppy parade begins at 3pm with canine friends dressed in all things green and shamrocks. Join the

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All Aboard Florida is an innovative, new concept in railroads and it’s coming to us here in south Florida! The All Aboard Florida system is a private, high-speed train set up to run along the east coast of Florida from Miami to Orlando. The train will complete its trip from Miami to Orlando in less than three hours and will have stops in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. 

One of the leaders in development is former Disney executive, Donald C. Robinson. The former exec ran hotel operations for all of Disney Orlando Resorts as well as contributed to the Hong Kong and Paris Disney locations. Robinson is spearheading the project with development the operational functions for the project and purchasing the trains. Land for the stations has been

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Some of the biggest names in local golf will be among the sponsors of this year’s Palm Beach County Golf Association season of amateur events. 2013 will mark the 38th season of PBCGA Events that take place at some of the best golf courses and clubs in the county.

The season will kick off this weekend with the Spring Four-Ball event at the Fountains Country Club’s North Course in Lake Worth. There will be 25 events in total and the season will go through the middle of November. Some of the events featured will either be hosted or sponsored by local professional golfers.

Jupiter Island Resident Nick Price will host The “Pricey” Par Three Shootout on Friday April 12 at Jupiter Dunes. North Palm Beach Resident and World Golf Hall of Famer Jack Nicklaus and

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Local golfers Tiger Woods, Keegan Bradley, and Rickie Fowler will all be taking advantage of their off week by competing in Medalist Golf Club’s Member-Guest tournament in Hobe Sound.

A Jupiter Island Resident and Medalist Club member, Woods will pair with Golf Channel host Ahmad Rashad. The two will face off against Hall of Fame basketball player and Jupiter resident Michael Jordan and his guest, Tequesta resident and PGA tour pro Keegan Bradley.

Also participating in the tournament is defending member-guest tournament champion Rickie Fowler. The Loxahatchee River Resident will once again pair up with his business manager Sam McNaughton, with whom he won last year’s trophy. Fowler just defended his title at the other club where he is a member, Seminole

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Can you imagine yourself walking along the water in the warm sun with endless sights of super yachts and super cars? Well, you can do just that at the Palm Beach Boat Show. The legendary event is a super show that has been the most popular event put on in Palm Beach for years and a top 10 show in the nation. This year is sure to be a chart-topping success with over $350 million worth of luxury vessels, cars and equipment. 

The boat show is designed for all tastes and interests and features inventory for everyone whether or not you are looking to buy a boat. So, if you need a boat, just want a boat or want to dream about boats, you can’t miss this jaw-dropping event. There will be everything from super ships, Cigarette boats, power cats, cruising and

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GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO A GOOD DEED!  It is time for the monthly beach clean-up…Please join Lynne Wells and her group of Blue Friends Society on Saturday, March 16th, 2013 at 8:00am – 9:00am at the back gate of the Loggerhead Marinelife Center.  This is a perfect opportunity to keep our beautiful Juno beaches and ocean environments clean.  The clean-up lasts one hour and it is open to everyone who is interested.  Following the one hour clean up, volunteers are invited to join for a light refreshments sponsored by Whole Foods Market in Palm Beach Gardens. Please help keep the beach that the turtles call “home” free from liter and debris.

Loggerhead Marinelife Center, located in Juno Beach, is one of 12 sea turtle rehabilitation facilities in the state of…

For the third consecutive year, Els for Autism will host its golf challenge at 21 golf courses in the United States and Canada. The super-regional events will take place from April through September.

Teams will be playing for their “Honorary Captain”, a child on the autism spectrum who they play and fundraise in honor of. A team’s fundraising ability is valued as much as their performance on the course. Teams will compete for a selection of first class Regional prizes and all groups raising at least $13,000 will enjoy a two-day extravaganza of golf and entertainment in Las Vegas hosted by Ernie and his wife Liezel in October.

The trip will include entrance into the Grand Finale golf tournament for two players, a pro clinic with PGA Tour professionals, an

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Photo Courtesy of the Palm Beach Post The historic Lake Worth Playhouse Honors iconic Burt Reynolds with the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award. On the commemoration of the playhouses 60th anniversary, Burt Reynolds returned to the stage where his acting career began.  He was just a college student when he started acting in plays, which included performances at the historic playhouse on Lake Avenue in Lake Worth.
 
The stage of the historic Lake Worth Playhouse was transformed into a formal dining room on Saturday, February 9, 2013 for the diamond jubilee anniversary. Sitting at the head of the table, happily entertaining guests was Palm Beach County resident and entertainment legend Burt Reynolds.
Reynolds, the charismatic Tequesta resident, was…

Tiger Woods fought off a star studded field for four days to win the World Golf Championship-Cadillac Championship at Doral. The Jupiter Island Resident went wire-to-wire, shooting 19 under par in the four day event to win by two strokes. The win was Woods’ 76th of his career on the PGA tour and now puts him six wins behind Sam Snead for the all-time record.

It was more than just another win for Woods, who now has two tour wins this season. His play was reminiscent of the Tiger of the mid 2000s and his putting was some of the best of his career. He fought off a leaderboard Sunday that featured some of the best players in the world, including Phil Mickelson and Tiger’s weekend playing partner Graeme McDowell.

Woods has now won two tournaments (Torrey Pines…

It is almost springtime, and since 1918, it is that time of year when we lose that one hour of sleep. 

Daylight Savings Time kicks in this weekend on SUNDAY, MARCH 10th, 2013 at 2:00am.

It sounds so cheery and uplifting, “spring forward”,  but why is everyone so irritable?  It is only one little hour.  Did you know that Hawaii does not observe Daylight Savings Time?  Nor does every part of Arizona – the Navajo Nation does not observe daylight savings time.  U.S. overseas territories of Puerto Rico, America Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands also do not observe daylight savings time.

You could just blame it on Benjamin Franklin.  He suggested it back in 1784 in an effort to save on candles.   It wasn't until 1918

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