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February 2021 Viewpointe, Page 3

15th Annual Festival Of The Arts Boca from page 2 On Monday, March 8 at 7 p.m., Admiral James Stavridis DADS on NBC. Feiler’s two TED Talks have been viewed
author and retired four-star U.S. Naval officer, will talk more than two million times.
The Festival will close about leadership. He is currently an Operating Executive On Thursday, March 11 at 7 p.m., the Festival will
on Sunday, March 14 of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm and Chair welcome Sonia Shah, science journalist and prize-winning
with Grammy-Award of the Board of Counselors of McLarty Associates, an author of the heavily lauded, The Next Great Migration: The
winning South Florida international consulting firm. Previously he served for Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move, that explores our
favorite, jazz flutist five years as the Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and centuries-long assumptions about migration through science,
Nestor Torres, and his Diplomacy at Tufts University. He led the NATO Alliance history, and reporting, predicting its lifesaving power in the
band at the Boca Raton in global operations from 2009 to 2013 as Supreme Allied face of climate change. Her 2016 book, Pandemic: Tracking
Resort and Club. Commander with responsibility for Afghanistan, Libya, the Contagions from Cholera to Coronaviruses and Beyond was
If a flute could talk and Balkans, Syria, counter piracy, and cyber security. He also released in August 2020 with a new preface and has been
sing, it would certainly be served as Commander of U.S. Southern Command, the first called “superbly written,” (The Economist) , “bracingly
in the voice of Nestor Naval officer to do so, with responsibility for all military intelligent” (Nature), “provocative” and “chilling,” (New
Torres, for he speaks operations in Latin America from 2006-2009. He earned York Times), a “lively, rigorously researched and highly
through his instrument. more than 50 medals, including 28 from foreign nations in informative read,” (Wall Street Journal) and “absorbing,
Nominated for several his 37-year military career. complex, and ominous,” (Publishers Weekly). Sonia Shah
Latin Grammy Awards, On Tuesday, March 9 at 7 p.m., Bruce Feiler will discuss discusses the fascinating interplay of microbes, ecosystems,
Torres won it in 2001 for his latest book, a top 10 New wildlife and livestock and human behavior. In her July 2020
his CD This Side of Paradise, a bittersweet victory given the York Times bestseller, Life Is essay in the Nation she writes, “It’s time for a new story, one
fact that the Awards’ ceremony was scheduled for 9/11/2001. In the Transitions: Mastering that more accurately captures the reality of how contagions
His CD “Dances, Prayers & Meditations for Peace” signaled Change at Any Age, a unfold and why. In this story, pandemics would be cast as
a new departure, as a reflection of his experience on 9/11. collection of hundreds of life both a biological reality and a social phenomenon shaped by
Torres’s most recent Grammy -nominated CD, Nouveau stories, exploring how we human agency.”
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Latino, heralds the flautist’s exuberant return to his Salsa and can navigate life’s growing For more information visit festivalboca.org or call (561)
Latin Jazz roots. In addition to his achievements in the studio number of transitions to live 571-5270. 
and on the stage, Torres has received numerous awards and with more meaning, purpose,
commendations, including two honorary doctorates for his and joy. Feiler is the author
commitment to youth, education, and cultural exchanges. of seven New York Times
This season’s Authors & Ideas program will include bestsellers; the presenter of From The Desk Of from page 1
interactive discussions with three authors, Admiral James two prime-time series on
Stavridis, Sonia Shah and Bruce Feiler, via Zoom. PBS; and the inspiration for the drama series COUNCIL OF Volunteer Physicians Needed

Are you a retired doctor or a doctor with some extra
time to spare?
Board Of Directors with the FDOH to support the distribution of vaccines
The Palm Beach County Medical Society is working

April 2019 – April 2020 Officers/Executive Committee through a network of volunteer physicians when the
additional supplies of the vaccine becomes available.
Retired physicians or physicians willing to
Chairman and President Barry J. Haberman District 5 Dan Gabrielle (La Corniche) volunteer with the local vaccination rollout are asked
Vice Chair Steve Retzer Esplanada, Caravelle, Palomar, La Corniche, to contact John James, the Society’s director of Public
Vice President Gail Ehrlich and El Dorado Health and Disaster Services, at johnj@pbcms.org or
2nd Vice President Jim Collins District 6 Marvin Lazarowitz (Villa Stel)
Secretary Steve King Villa Flora, Montego Bay, Villa Stel, and Palladium 772.284.2069.
Treasurer Harvey Kaplan District 7 Joyce Britt (Villa Sonrisa) Physicians are asked to complete a Medical Reserve
The Plum/Cortina, Villa Sonrisa and Pointe 100 Corps application and will need a recent background
District Directors District 8 Len Kagan (Costa del Sol) check to be eligible to volunteer.
District 1 Costa del Sol and Costa Brava
Encantada, Valencia and The Palms District 9 Robin Gliboff (Edgewater) Fraud Alert
District 2 Steve King (Imperial Royale) Edgewater Pointe Estates and Stratford Court
Promenade, Imperial Royale, Imperial, Regency The COVID-19 vaccine is free to the public and only
and Panaché At Large Directors At Large Directors a $15 administrative fee can be charged.
District 3 Steve Retzer (La Mirada) Through 2020 Through 2021 Unfortunately, demand for the vaccine has made it
La Mirada and Meridiana Carsten Bethge (Valencia) Howard Davis (La Corniche) ripe for abuse by scam artists.
District 4 Bob Greenstein (La Paz) Jim Collins (Caravelle) Gail Ehrlich (Villa Flora)
El Viento, La Paz, and Southwinds Harvey Kaplan (Meridiana) Barry J. Haberman (Encantada) The FBI reports scammers purporting to sell the
vaccine are trying to mislead people to give money and
personal information such as social security numbers.
Our State Attorney, Dave Aronberg, notes that while
there have been no reported cases in Palm Beach County,
he is working closely with law enforcement to crack down
on potential scams affecting local residents.
If you suspect COVID-19 health care fraud, call your
local law enforcement agency.
Please stay safe! And as always, feel free to contact
my office if you require assistance at RWeinroth@pbcgov.
org or 561.355.2204. 

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