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Boca Raton News David J. Gury named chair of FAU Foundation The Florida Atlantic University Foundation Board recently held its annual meeting and election of officers. David J. Gury was elected as the board’s new chair. Serving on the Foundation’s Executive Committee are Michael Kaufman, vice chair; Bruce Allen ’71, treasurer and Cecelia James, secretary. Barry Berg will chair the investments... Palm Beach County seeks $14 million for Head Start The Palm Beach County full day/full year Head Start and Early Head Start program budget is $23.1 million for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. 2009. Palm Beach County commissioners in turn have applied for $14.4 million in federal funding – precisely the amount requested from Federal sources for the current fiscal year. The federal funding... Boca Raton High Navy Junior ROTC ‘one of the best’ Boca Raton Community High School’s Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) program began at the school in August 1994. During the past 13 years, the class was awarded the Naval Service Training Command Distinguished Unit Award recognized it as one of the Best NJROTC units in the nation. During the past three... Palm Beach County commissioners approve a $4,000 request by Boca Raton Promise Palm Beach County commissioners have approved $4,000 toward funding the Boca Raton Promise spring break creative arts workshop, held at Boca Raton Community Middle School during the 2008 Palm Beach County School District spring break. Commissioners said Boca Raton's Promise -The Alliance for Youth, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation... Shul-Chabad Center to build a new facility A proposal by the Shul-Chabad Center to build a new facility on land near downtown Boca Raton is drawing neighborhood opposition. Most, if not all, foes seem to cite traffic and a lack of parking as reasons for objecting. At least three residents in the NE Third Street and NE Fourth Street areas have written to the mayor and city... Delray Vice-Mayor Montague stepping down, moving to California Delray Beach City Commissioner Brenda Montague, who was chosen the city’s vice-mayor as she began her second term on the city’s legislative panel in March 2008, is stepping down. Montague announced she is resigning from her position effective Friday, July 18. She said her family is being offered a professional opportunity in California... History of Boca Resort & Club subject of upcoming book Most people associate the Boca Raton Resort & Club with the influential architect who designed it, Addison Mizner. But Mizner owned “The Hotel” for less than a year. Florida’s land boom went bust, and the Mizner Development Corp. went belly-up, said Susan Gillis, curator of the Boca Raton Historical Society. “A lot of what... Boca Raton Interfaith Clergy Association plans to launch Family Promise The newly formed Boca Raton Interfaith Clergy Association plans to launch Family Promise – a program that helps the homeless find shelter and employment – as a functioning ministry starting in the fall. Between eight and 10 houses of worship are already getting involved through the association, which is taking more of a tack toward social... Palm Beach County commissioners seeking to eliminate $110 million budget gap As opposed to just eliminating services, “there are bodies on this list,” County Administrator Bob Weisman told county commissioners. And at the end of the day, 35 of those bodies will become the humans who will soon be laid off. That, and cutting low-income children summer scholarships among other things, was the opening salvo this week in... Achievement Centers for their Foundation of Friends Luncheon More than 200 guests joined the Achievement Centers for their Foundation of Friends Luncheon held at Quail Ridge Country Club in Boynton Beach. The luncheon, designed to be a catalyst to introduce new friends and supporters to the Centers, raised more than $21,000. The Auburn Group of Delray Beach was the title Sponsor of the event. Proceeds...