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Community News

Section B

Palm Beach’s Wildest Night Raised More

Than $2.8 Million To Benefit Wildlife And

Palm Beach Zoo And Conservation Society

Life-sized lighted giraffes welcomed 500 guests to Deborah Dauman and Suzanne Johnson served as chairs “Thank you,
Palm Beach’s wildest night of the season. Palm Beach of the Journey to Africa Gala on Jan. 27 on the lush, tropical everyone, for
Zoo and Conservation Society’s Journey to Africa Gala grounds of Palm Beach Zoo. Michele Kessler, chairman of contributing to the
brought together friends, world-changers and wildlife the zoo’s board of directors, and Thomas C. Quick, board most successful gala
lovers to make a difference and elevate Palm Beach Zoo member, served as honorary chairmen for the event that – ever – to help save
to its true next level: the zoo of the future. raised a record-breaking $2.8 million in support of the wildlife here and
organization’s conservation mission and bold vision. in the wild,” said
Kessler.
Quick added, “For
more than 50 years,
Palm Beach Zoo
has been committed
to animals and
o u r c o m m u n i t y
in bringing wild,
w onder -filled
e xpe ri e nc e s t o
underserved children
whose only chance
to experience rare Maura Ziska Christu, Frank and
a nd e nda nge re d Laura Baker

Sarah Johnson, Holly Johnson Bartlett and Lutes Bartlett Candace Hamm, Frank Chopin and Carole Moran Palm Beach’s Wildest Night on page 23
Constanţa The City By The Sea

Previously submitted by the
late Don Kiselewski, MCC,
D.S., Palm Beach Gardens
Travel Leaders
For those of you who
are mythology buffs, you
may recall that Jason with
his Argonauts landed on the
shore of the Black Sea after
he had found the Golden
Fleece. Tomis was the name
of the city where he was
supposed to have landed. The city’s history dates back some
2,500 years. It became a natural location for a city because
it was situated at the crossroads of several commercial
sea routes. Tomis is located on the west coast of today’s
Romania, about 50 miles north of where the Danube River
empties into the Black Sea. It’s 180 miles northeast to the
Bosphorus Strait. But don’t go searching for Tomis on the
map, because you won’t find it.
The city was founded by the Greeks who traveled east
across the Black Sea from Miletus. You won’t find Miletus The Casino building features a sumptuous architecture and a wonderful view of the sea. The pedestrian area around the
on a current map either. It was a Bronze Age city that had Casino is a sought-after destination for couples and families, especially at sunset.
its beginnings recorded by
Homer at the time of the of the Bulgarian Empire as an independent principality under
Trojan Wars. The Greeks Mircea 1 of Wallachia, Constanţa fell under the control of the
arrived in the sixth century Ottoman Empire in 1419. It remained under the Ottomans
B.C. and controlled the area for 450 years until 1878, when it was claimed by Romania
until 71 B.C. when they lost in the Romanian War of Independence. This acquisition gave
control to the Romans. It Romania a seaport that has become the fourth largest in Europe
was the Roman Emperor after Rotterdam, Antwerp and Marseille.
Constantine the Great Shortly before this time, in 1860, a railroad was
(274 to 337) who changed constructed linking Constanţa to Cernavodă. The terminal
the name of the city to building was badly damaged during the War of Independence.
Constantiana in honor of Parts of the structure have been reclaimed and while doing
his sister. Apparently the so, they discovered the substantial remains of what is said
name didn’t catch on right to be the longest mosaic pavement in the world. The Roman
away, because the first Mosaic is believed to have been built in the fourth century
recorded usage was in 950 A.D. It connected the upper lever of the city to the harbor.
A.D. The Great Wall of Some 9,000-plus square feet of the colorful mosaic remains
Trajan ended at the seaward today. Along the walkway there is archeological evidence that
city of Constantiana, which points to the existence of warehouses and shops. The public
itself was surrounded by a baths are still in evidence at the lower end of the walkway
number of fortitications. near the Casino. On the subject of water, a Roman Aqueduct
The name was shortened brought water six miles into the city.
to Constanţa during Ottoman
control. After becoming part The Great Mahmudiye Mosque The Genoese Lighthouse Constanţa The City By The Sea on page 22