October 2012 Forever Young Lifestyle Magazine

• Forever Young Lifestyle Magazine • September 2012

October 2012 • Forever Young Lifestyle Magazine •

‘Celebrating the50-Plus Community

of the Palm Beaches’

OCTOBER 2012

PublisherBarry S. Manning

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COnTEnTsYour guide to this month’s issue

Columns‘And They Call It Puppy Love’ ... Join Me As I Recall Youthful Romances

memorY lane BY JOE nASuTI, PAgE 29

A Late Bloomer As A Child, I’m A Late Bloomer Becoming A grandmasenior moments BY DEBORAh WELkY, PAgE 30

On The CoverTeresa Franzoso and Lorna Johnson of Wellington’s Your Bosom

Buddies II Breast Cancer Support Group. PHoTo BY LAuREN MIRó

8Breast Cancer Support group Serves As A LifelineAbbe Felton describes the loving circle of allies she found at Your Bosom Buddies II, a support group for breast cancer patients and survivors, as being “like coming in from the cold and being covered with a warm, fuzzy pink blanket.” The group meets at Wel-lington Regional Medical Center. By chris felker

12Survivor Lorna Johnson Reflects On her JourneyRoyal Palm Beach resident Lorna Johnson had just disposed of all the records from her bout with breast cancer 15 years ago, but a little voice inside her head warned her that something was not right. It turned out that little voice was correct. Last month, Johnson took up the fight again. By chris felker

20k&E Travel Makes Vacation Planning EasyRedefining the travel industry, K&E Travel has made it easier for the average person to plan a vacation and even become a travel agent. Owner Mark Elie is an experienced businessman with a background in promo-tions who decided to expand his business to include travel. By Jessica GreGoire

22kravis Center Season Chock Full Of Fun FareWant to feel forever young? There’s no better way than to visit the Kravis Center. From comedy to the classics, from rock and pop to Broadway, this year’s season features performances sure to please every age group. Yet arts lovers over 50 may be most tempted by shows on the calendar. By DeBorah Welky

Forever Young Feature

Your Bosom Buddies II Breast Cancer Support Group: Friends Who Understand

“It’s almost lIke coming in from the cold and being covered with a warm, fuzzy pink blanket.”

that’s how abbe Felton of loxa-hatchee describes the loving circle of allies she found when she first walked in to a meeting of Your Bosom Buddies II, a local support group for breast cancer patients and survivors. although the organization also does a lot of fundrais-ing to help its members, the best part about it is the comfort of being around women who face a similar situation, Felton said.

Felton was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, and ended up going through a mastectomy, five months of chemotherapy and then reconstructive surgery, but she wouldn’t go through it alone.

“I had just been diagnosed, and I knew absolutely nothing about breast cancer. I never even knew anybody who had breast cancer,” she recalled. “one of my doctors suggested that I check out Your Bosom Buddies II, and I wasn’t sure if that was what I wanted to do. I couldn’t imagine anybody being able to understand what I was going through. I think I was in the group maybe 10 minutes and they had absolutely won me over. It’s just amazing.”

Felton said that her “warm, fuzzy pink blanket” metaphor was the best way she could think of to describe this group of advocates.

“that’s exactly how it felt, because you walk in there and you’re over-whelmed, and you have so many ques-tions, and you don’t even know what to ask,” she said. “and then you come into

this group, and everything just starts flowing. Lots of hugs, and information — things that you might never have thought of on your own.”

Unlike other prominent groups such as susan G. komen for the Cure, Your Bosom Buddies is focused on helping breast cancer sufferers cope with the trials and tribulations of the regimen they must undergo to achieve the life-altering status of “breast cancer survivor.”

the origin of Your Bosom Buddies, though, arose out of a story similar to the promise that Nancy Goodman Brinker had made her older sister, susan Good-man komen, before she died of breast cancer in 1980 — that she’d do every-thing she could to end breast cancer.

according to Your Bosom Buddies II founder teresa Franzoso of Wellington, the original group Your Bosom Buddies was founded in kendall by her friend, linda Burrowes. the two had met in the Cayman Islands while Franzoso lived there in the late 1980s.

“We became very close friends down there,” Franzoso said of Burrowes. “then I moved to Florida. she followed me two years later and found out she had breast cancer. so I would go down there (to kendall) to support her all the time, and she started the [original] group down there.”

Burrowes started the group to fill a void. “tee and I have been friends for over 30 years. after I was diagnosed in 1997, I was searching for a support group and I didn’t find any that filled my needs, so I started my own,” she said.

It is now one of the most successful

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breast cancer support groups in the state. “We have anywhere from 40 to 80 members who attend our meetings, and that’s phenomenal for any kind of sup-port group,” Burrowes said. “I didn’t like the gloominess and the depression that many of the support groups radi-ated, so my mission was to get through this disease with humor, positive thinking and just an all-out effort. our meetings are like parties — they really are. We’ve been fortunate because we haven’t lost a whole lot of members over 15 years, and I keep attributing it to humor and our mind-set.”

Your Bosom Buddies has been a labor of love for Burrowes.

“my life has been blessed by this, and you talk about life giving you lemons and then making lemonade: I got a job through my involvement for breast cancer awareness,” she said. “I was offered a job three and a half years ago with Baptist Health’s breast center in south miami. I’m a care coach for breast cancer patients.”

Your Bosom Buddies II branched off from the original group in kendall because of Franzoso’s and Burrowes’ collaboration and friendship.

“I used to take a friend of mine down there who actually co-founded the group; her name is Barbara turner,” Franzoso said. “It was a fabulous, very up type of group, with many members. Barbara and I eventually decided it was too far for us to go, so we spoke with Wellington Regional medical Center, and they agreed to let us start our own group here. We just celebrated our 13th birthday this year.”

‘I had just been diagnosed, and I knew absolutely nothing about breast cancer. I never evenknew anybody who had breast cancer,’ Abbe Felton recalled. ‘One of my doctors suggestedthat I check out Your Bosom Buddies II, and I wasn’t sure if that was what I wanted to do.

I couldn’t imagine anybody being able to understand what I was going through. I think I wasin the group maybe 10 minutes and they had absolutely won me over. It’s just amazing.’


Your Bosom Buddies II members at a recent meeting on the campus of Wellington Regional Medical Center.photos by Lauren Miró/fyLM staff

The September meeting of YourBosom Buddies II featured a visit by

motivational speaker James Supreme.


Forever Young FeatureFranzoso, who is 60 and has never

had breast cancer, can’t thank Wel-lington Regional enough for the hos-pital’s enduring support of the group. “They’ve been our support; they’d do anything for us. They love us. Welling-ton Regional is great, and they support everything we do,” said Franzoso, who works as a lab technician at IRL Labo-ratories and has been in the medical profession for more than 30 years.

Your Bosom Buddies II meets at 7 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the conference room at the Regional Cancer Center at Wellington on the WRMC campus.

The organization tries to fulfill its credo at every gathering: “To be a car-ing, sharing breast cancer support group by providing emotional support to any and all who need us.”

It also provides financial help to members who are struggling with medi-cal expenses or even just their electric-ity bill. Group Vice President Lorna Johnson said grants of up to $1,000 per member per year are available, and the money goes directly to caregivers or creditors.

“We invite a variety of guest speakers to our monthly meetings who provide education, laughter, yoga, therapy and more,” explained Franzoso in the group’s newsletter.

For example, the September meet-ing featured a visit by motivational speaker James Supreme. He explains how “positive affirmations,” written and spoken daily, “can have a powerful positive effect on your health, relation-ships and even finances.”

Your Bosom Buddies II will have several gatherings and fundraisers dur-ing October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month:

• The Pink Ribbon Brunch & Fashion Show took place at the Binks Forest Country Club from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, with group members modeling Dress Barn apparel. The cost is $25 per guest.

• Thursday, Oct. 11, a “Girls Night Out” at Players Club in Wellington will substitute for the usual meeting at the hospital. From 6 to 9 p.m., 25 or more vendors will be selling their merchan-

dise, with each donating one item to be given away in a raffle. Proceeds will benefit Your Bosom Buddies II. The event will feature drink specials and music. Family and friends are wel-come, and the group thanks Maureen Gross of Phelps Media Group for her support.

• The “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk” is one large event, staged from the Meyer Amphitheatre in down-town West Palm Beach on Saturday, Oct. 13. Anyone who wants to partici-pate can register online.

• On Wednesday, Oct. 17, the group will be the beneficiary of the “Quarters Auction” beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center. A variety of vendors will be offering food items, makeup, candles, Tupperware, jewelry and other goods, with bidding in increments of 25 cents.

• “Petals and Bows” hosted by Spa Zen (10115 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) is an FY

event the next night, Thursday, Oct. 18, where survivors are the guests of honor. The group asks that anyone intending to attend RSVP at (561) 790-5554.

There are two other fundraising op-portunities during October for those wishing to support the efforts of Your Bosom Buddies II:

• Brighton Collectibles will once again be donating a portion of the sales of their breast cancer bracelets to the group. Located in the Mall at Welling-ton Green, the store can be contacted at (561) 333-3558.

• Hi-Tech Plumbing will continue to support the fight against breast cancer by donating 5 percent of all its sale pro-ceeds during October to the group. Con-tact co-owner Jathynia Garcia at (561) 790-6966 or [email protected] for more info.

For more information about Your Bo-som Buddies II, call (561) 422-6034 or visit www.yourbosombuddiesii.org.

Teresa Franzoso and Abbe Felton at September’s Your Bosom Buddies II meeting.photo by Lauren Miró/fyLM staff


Breast Cancer Survivor Lorna Johnson Reflects On The Past — And The Future

Lorna Johnson was just beginning to think she had banished that nagging little voice in her head that would inter-rupt her slumber to needle her, “I’m still heee-ere ... ”

on meeting this bright, shining, bub-bly lady, one would never suspect that she would have such a foreboding voice bothering her; she seems so at peace with the world.

“I was just getting ready to say to my-self: ‘Take a sabbatical. Back off. Give up so much responsibility with this,’” she said — “this” being her work over the past decade with Your Bosom Bud-dies II, a breast cancer support group based at Wellington regional Medical Center.

“For 15 years, all I have done is to stay with the message, ‘Do your breast ex-ams.’ I go to colleges and high schools, I talk to children and young adults, emphasizing the importance of breast exams,” Johnson said.

In 1997, at age 48, she was diagnosed with an early-stage cancer in her left breast, found through a regular mam-mogram. The prognosis was good.

“Because it had gone nowhere, I had reconstruction done right away,” John-son recalled. “I had a transplant. I had no chemo, no radiation because it was so early; it hadn’t spread.”

and every July since, she has celebrat-ed “the anniversary of my second life” by going in for her annual checkup.

“I said to my regular doctor, ‘Ever since I’ve lived in Palm Beach County, I’ve gone to one center for all of my im-aging.’ I said: ‘I want to go somewhere else this year. send me somewhere that’s

newer, fresher; I want some new eyes to see my body.’”

so she went to Independent Imaging in Wellington and specifically asked for a mammogram and ultrasound on her left breast. “nobody likes to pay any at-tention to the side that’s reconstructed. They figure, ‘You’re clean, you’re good; go live your life.’ But this year, there was something … I call it woman’s intuition … a gut feeling.”

Those tests came back negative for any recurrence of cancer. Even so, she was not convinced. “I take a shower, lay in bed at night, and I still have that feeling,” she said. “It’s that little voice in my ear.”

Johnson decided she would see a specialist for a second opinion, so she asked a friend in the area, Dr. Kathleen Minnick, to examine her. Johnson took in all her images and reports.

“Dr. Minnick looked it all over, and she said, ‘Do you like butter?’ I said, ‘I love butter.’ she said to me, ‘so it seems to me they might be just fat cells. They never become malignant. But if they bother you, I’ll take them out,’” Johnson recalled. “But then she said, ‘Let’s not take any chances based on your history.’”

so Johnson went back for more tests, and when Dr. Minnick got the results, “she called me one evening and told me to be in her office at 7:30 because she needed to do a biopsy.”

That was right before Labor Day weekend. The Wednesday after the holiday, Dr. Minnick called her in again, sat her down one-on-one and told her, “Lorna, you have cancer.”



although it has turned out to be a less aggressive, “new cancer, a rare cancer, a slow-growing one — not metastasized from the original cancer,” Johnson said, she decided to act right away, and had surgery just three weeks later, on sept. 26 at Good samaritan. she wouldn’t learn for several more days whether further treatment would be needed.

her biggest question for Dr. Minnick was, “how can it be in that breast, when they took everything?” her original surgery had been a transplant using her own skin. Dr. Minnick explained that some cells were left behind in order for the skin to stay alive. so there was her answer.

Thursday, Sept. 13, was the day John-son had gone in for a PET scan and MrI, and that evening was the regular meeting of Your Bosom Buddies II. It was an emotional moment for all present when Johnson shared her news with her fellow survivors.

But hers was not the only bad news she had to tell. another woman close to the group was in the hospital; her breast cancer, diagnosed two years ago when she was 29, had spread. Jessica aguirre of Greenacres, now 31, became the poster girl for the Komen race for the Cure this year after she had shown up at the 2011 event without her wig, making a bold fashion statement.

“Jessica had seizures while she was having chemo, and she’s in Good samar-itan now, doing oK,” Johnson said.

she has a lot of empathy for her young friend, who has two sons, ages 5 and 6. “When I was diagnosed, my kids were grown; I was at a different place in my

Dealing with these wrenching emotional passages is where the backing of a group like YourBosom Buddies II becomes a godsend. ‘As women, we share information. We talk about the

reaction of children,’ Lorna Johnson said, tearing up just a little. ‘I know my oldest son is really struggling with it. I may have to get the doctor to talk to him … It is scary, you know, but youhave faith. You’ve been there before; you’ll do it again. You put one foot in front of the other.’


Breast cancer survivor Lorna Johnson. photo BY chrIs feLker/fYLm stAff

life. and now, when I see women in their late 20s and early 30s with chil-dren and some with no insurance [being diagnosed with cancer]; it’s very sad,” Johnson said.

But dealing with this disease using optimism and one’s own positive energy is key to survival, Johnson said. aguirre, always thinking of her breast cancer compatriots, invited the guest speaker for the Sept. 13 meeting, not knowing she wouldn’t be there.

James supreme of West Palm Beach is a motivational speaker. “I’m friends with Jessica and have been doing these

kinds of sessions for a number of years just for my friends,” he explained. “Jes-sica asked me, ‘Why don’t you come to our group and do for them what you do for us?’”

he couldn’t refuse, even though he’d never done his routine in a formal group setting before. supreme told the group that it was a blessing for him to be there because he’s felt the same types of emo-tions the members were going through. supreme spoke of the “energy and power of love” and said it was very im-portant for the women to “keep finding new ways to love yourself,” no matter

what they might be going through.supreme related how his mother had

taken sick a few years before and kept being rushed to the hospital over several months. He finally confronted her doc-tors and demanded to know what was ailing her, even though she’d told him not to worry about it. They told him she had been diagnosed with a cancerous tu-mor above her liver a few months before, and when he looked at her, “I saw the fear in her eyes. I knew that she’d been too afraid to fight it. I told her, ‘Mommy, you’ve got to do whatever it takes to try to beat this.’”


Forever Young Featurea few weeks later, she underwent

surgery to remove the tumor, but she had waited too long to fight the cancer.

“I’m just like you. I’m your son, I’m your cousin, I’m your neighbor, I’m a human being just like you,” supreme told the women. “I just want to remind

you that we’re all the same, and it’s im-portant for us to know that.”

There were hardly any dry eyes in the room.

For Johnson, one of the hardest parts about dealing with cancer is how to tell family members. her husband, Joseph,

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is a cancer survivor as well. Diagnosed with prostate cancer eight years ago, he’s still undergoing treatment to this day, from the implanted radioactive “seed” that is working to shrink the cancer cells.

she also has two grown sons living in Canada. Her older son, Sean, 40, of Montreal, is very apprehensive about this bout she’s going through with the cancer; he witnessed the difficult treatment she went through the first time. “My surgery was 11 hours, and I was in the hospital seven days and six nights, and he’s having flashbacks,” Johnson said.

Of her younger son, Mark, 34, John-son said: “I think Mark is just out there in denial.”

Dealing with these wrenching emo-tional passages is where the backing of a group like Your Bosom Buddies II becomes a godsend.

“as women, we share information. We talk about the reaction of children,” Johnson said, tearing up just a little. “I know my oldest son is really struggling with it. I may have to get the doctor to talk to him … It is scary, you know, but you have faith. You’ve been there before; you’ll do it again. You put one foot in front of the other.”

after all, she’s already way ahead of where she could have been. “Because you know what? If I had just put a check-mark on my to-do list, having done my results, my testing, and got them back and everything was oK, and if I just checked it off until next year, who knows what might have happened?” she said.

Johnson is ready to do whatever she needs to do.

“Today, there are 2.6 million of us sur-viving. It’s a huge number. and nobody really expected breast cancer to be where it is today,” she said. “and you’ve got groups like ours, and we really are sup-port. We can’t give any medical advice, but we sure share an awful lot of this journey that we’ve gone on.”

Lorna Johnson at a recent Your Bosom Buddies II meeting.photo BY LAuren mIró/fYLm stAff


Support Group Gives Survivors Strength To Carry On While Also Helping Others

The women who make up the Your Bosom Buddies II breast cancer sup-port group all bring different stories, strengths, needs, offerings and vulner-abilities as their contributions to the support circle. hundreds of members have come and gone through the group’s 14-year history, with about 30 active right now.

It’s a lively group, with lots of laugh-ter and smiles punctuating the difficult yet hopeful stories shared every second

Thursday of the month, with snacks, cookies and refreshments sitting on the table and hugs all around.

Several of the survivors talked one-on-one with Forever Young about their stories and the positive affirmations they get from the group.

Roz PomatatAt 53, when she was living on Long

Island, n.Y., Roz Pomatat remembered, “It was new Year’s eve 2000, I was



premenstrual, and I had some itching. I found a lump in one breast but I wasn’t too concerned.”

She had just seen her gynecologist and was due in January for her mam-mography. “I had the mammogram and they also did an ultrasound; I’d never had one,” she said. “They wouldn’t tell me anything, and I refused to leave the office until they would tell me what was going on.”

A few minutes later, after they had called her primary doctor, she called Pomatat. “I explained the situation to her, knowing I wouldn’t be able to get test results for several days, and she said: ‘They don’t like what they see. You’ll have to see a breast surgeon.’ And I was oK with that, but I just had to know something,” she said.

Pomatat had a lumpectomy on Feb. 2, 2000, and when she awoke afterward, practically her whole family was present. “my doctor, Karen Kostroff, said she had never seen such support.”

That carried her through. “I never went alone to a chemo, ever. I remember that someone from my family would ... stay in the room with me and hold my hand. It was a rough time,” she said.

Pomatat took six weeks of leave and treated herself to a kitchen makeover, which she had always wanted. It made her feel better. After moving here in 2003, she was at an American Cancer Society walk when she came across the Your Bosom Buddies II booth, struck up a conversation and ended up joining in their ceremony.

“They had all the survivors get up, and they let out doves for the survivors, and they all held hands,” she said. “I cried like a baby; it was just very emotional.

‘I have made friends here who will be my friends for life.’

Roz Pomatat (left)photo by chrIs felker/fylm staff


It was a sisterhood. You know, I had wonderful support, but until you walk in my shoes, you’ll never know what I went through and what I think ... But I thought, these people have walked in my shoes, and then I started going to the meetings.”

Pomatat has been going ever since. She said the group’s support was invalu-able when her son was diagnosed with testicular cancer two years ago and then developed complications for which he was repeatedly hospitalized.

Five years ago, she developed a con-stant cough and later learned that she has interstitial lung disease as a result of her previous treatments. The prognosis wasn’t good, but she’s still here.

Pomatat harnesses the positivity she feels from the group. “I go on with my life. I don’t dwell on the fact, and I move on. I don’t think about it every day,” she

said. “And I have a very little scar; it’s like nothing.”

CaRmen FeliCianoA two-time cancer survivor, Carmen

Feliciano found out more than 20 years ago, when she was 28, that she had ovar-ian cancer. Three of her four sisters and her brother all test positive for a genetic marker that indicates predisposition to cancer; one sister survived breast cancer, and another died of it.

Right after she was diagnosed, her sister edna, then 34, found out she had breast cancer. “She and I became advo-cates. I joined forces with her because there wasn’t too much out there about ovarian cancer,” Feliciano recalled. “It was basically a death sentence at that time … Race for the Cure, American Cancer Society — I was very active, and I was an advocate.”

So, at a young age, Feliciano became a cancer survivor. “I was very fortunate that they were able to get it all,” she said. “I had to have a hysterectomy, and a year of chemo, then they went back in and did exploratory surgery after all my treatments were done, and they were comfortably able to determine that I was in remission.”

From new York, Feliciano moved to Florida five years ago to take a new job. “I had all these great expectations when I arrived, and three months into being here, I was diagnosed with breast cancer,” she said.

But because of her advocacy experi-ence, she was pretty well-versed and educated on matters related to breast cancer. “when I was diagnosed, I knew what to do, but I knew the first thing I needed to do was find a support group,” she said.

‘these groups become your strength at thatmoment of weakness, and they carry you through. they kind of become your wings.’

Carmen Feliciano (above)

‘there would be survivors for 12 years, 13 years, 10 years. that gave me hope. so now, being 13

years and still going strong, I’m glad that I’m able to say that and give someone else hope.’

Ida Bentivegna (above)photos by lauren mIró/fylm staff


Forever Young FeatureFeliciano found Your Bosom Buddies

II through an Internet search and joined immediately.

After numerous biopsies, she decided against advice that she have a double mastectomy and had just one breast re-moved, then several lumpectomies and more surgery, including reconstruction and a breast implant, as well as eight courses of chemotherapy.

Feliciano started that treatment in January 2009, and the next month, edna died at 61.

“For me it was very important to find a support group, because I knew that was where I was going to find the comfort I needed, the most empathy, because this is what you need when you’re diagnosed. And I got it, absolutely,” she said. “You have to own your body. You have to be in tune with your body, recognize when something goes wrong, and be on top of it. And not be fearful — easier said than done. A positive attitude is a must, but you’re not always positive. So you come to these groups and they carry you. And then you regain your strength and you’re back in that place where you feel, ‘Yeah, I can do this.’”

ida BentivegnaA 13-year survivor, Ida Bentivegna,

63, was diagnosed in 1999 with breast cancer after she had just celebrated her first wedding anniversary.

“It was a little rough because we were in the process of relocating from new York to Florida. my dad had end-stage Parkinson’s disease, and when they came to live with us, my mom had suffered a heart attack and I was going through chemo,” she said, somehow with a jolly laugh. “But as they say, ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!’”

Bentivegna had a bilateral mastec-tomy with reconstruction, followed by chemo. “I didn’t have that great of a time of it. I lost my hair, my fingernails, my toenails and I was left with nerve damage from the chemo, neuropathy. Yet, I’m grateful for every day that I’m here, because in 13 years I’ve gotten to see a lot: my children getting married, grandkids being born, spending time with my husband. I was able to care for my dad until he passed away 11 years ago, and now I have my mom, who’s 93 and lives with us.” FY

She learned about Your Bosom Bud-dies II through a contest she entered. “Abbe [Felton] and I both wrote in to this Valentine’s Day radio contest on Sunny 104.3 back then telling our story about meeting our husbands on Valentine’s Day. There were 10 winners, and both of us were among them,” Bentivegna recalled. So I met Abbe, and then both being cancer survivors, she invited me to the group. But it took me a year until I got up the guts to come, but I’ve been coming ever since.”

Bentivegna finds Your Bosom Buddies II helpful and uplifting.

“There’s information that you can get from it. when I come to the meeting, there are things that apply to me and things that don’t. But you know what? There’s something here for everyone,” she said. “So you live every day to the fullest … You do the best you can and you live every day and you hope for the best … There are things that I’ve learned that I probably would have never learned had I not come to the group. whether it be nutrition, or what you should or shouldn’t do, it has been very informa-tive and positive.”


Looking To Get Away? Wellington’s K&E Travel Makes Vacation Planning Easy

Redefining the tRavel industry, K&e travel has made it easier for the average person to plan a vacation and even become a travel agent.

Owner Mark elie is an experienced businessman with a background in promotions who decided to expand his business to include travel.

elie particularly chose to go into the travel industry because of his interest in travel.

“i enjoy traveling, and i’ve been

many places,” he said. “My favorite thing to do is go on cruises.”

K&e travel recently relocated its office headquarters to Wellington from greenacres, where the company had been since it started. a 23-year resident of Wellington, Elie thought it would be a great place to relocate.

“We are new to Wellington, but not new to travel,” he said. “K&e travel is a full-service travel agency, but the major part of our business is cruises


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and tours. We represent all cruise lines, including Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, nCl, Carnival, Princess, Seabourn, viking River Cruises, and for those who want that 5-star experience, Regent Seven Seas.”

The firm also represents the major tour companies, such as globus, tauck tours, Cosmos, ambercrombie & Kent, Pleasant holidays, apple tours and more. “We offer tour companies for all age brackets and budgets, from luxury

K&E Travel owner Mark Elie in his new Wellington office.Photo by Jessica GreGoire/FyLM staFF

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to economy,” Elie said. “Whether you want a fully guided tour or a completely independent tour — whatever fits your individual needs.”

Knowing which vendors can deliver the best experience for you in each market is important when dealing with an agent, elie stressed.

in 2001, elie made a monumental business move by deciding to take K&e travel a step further to become a host agency. “We have agents all over the country,” he said. “We have over 300 agents who book travel through us and gain a commission.”

as a host agency, its agents are able to work under the K&e travel license. “they earn commission whether they book for themselves, friends, relatives or business associates,” Elie said. “We have a very simple saying here at K&e travel, ‘if you are booking travel for yourself and others now and you are not getting paid, why not become an independent agent with us, and you can get paid for all your efforts?’”

By working either independently or with help from K&e travel, agents are

able to build up their own business. “they can either book it through the vendors directly, using our identifica-tion numbers, or they work WITH our office and we help them do the book-ings,” elie said.

ninety percent of the planning and bookings are done over the phone or on the internet. K&e travel agents com-municate with clients on a daily, weekly or monthly basis depending on the clients’ needs. “We create something for the clients depending on what their needs are,” elie explained.

When assisting clients in planning for a vacation, agents initially ask many types of questions to find out what type of vacation the client is looking for.

“they ask them things like what’s their budget and whether they want to drive or fly,” Elie said. “They try to understand exactly what they are look-ing for, and then they make suggestions based on what the client tells them.”

agents can plan for all types of people in various situations, from large groups to people on tight budgets. for local residents, K&e travel Manager Jim

norman is able to meet with clients in person at the company’s new location. “he has been in the travel industry for over 20 years up in Boston, so he knows what he’s doing,” elie said.

Planning a vacation on your own can be overwhelming, and K&e travel understands how frustrating it can get for its clients.

“Over the internet there are thousands of sites, and it gets very confusing,” elie said. “and statistically, this was in the Wall Street Journal, 85 percent of all travel bookings, other than air-line tickets, are booked through a live person.”

With so many different options, it’s easier to have someone who can tell people specific types of information. “they want to talk to a live person who knows all the right information, and we are going to take care of you,” elie said. “if you have any problems or questions or concerns, we are just a phone call away.”

K&E Travel is located at 12789 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 2C. For more information, call (561) 966-9808.

Forever Young entertainment

New Season At The Kravis Center Chock Full Of Fun Fare For The 50-Plus Crowd

Want to feel forever young? there’s no better way than to visit the Kravis Center for the Performing arts in downtown West Palm Beach. from comedy to the classics, from rock and pop to Broadway, this year’s season features performances sure to please every age group. yet arts lovers over 50 may be most tempted by shows coming up at the end of this year and in early January.

“With such a well-rounded roster of performances, the Kravis Center once again is providing something for every-one,” said Ilene arons, marketing and public relations director for the Kravis. “Most of our shows during november and December appeal to the over-50 crowd. tony, grammy and olivier award-winning best musical Jersey Boys is returning to the Kravis Center for a three-week run in December and January. The music from this show defi-nitely appeals to the over-50 crowd.”

yes, it does. and with nary a glance at ticket prices for Alvin & the Chip-munks, we of a certain age can start looking forward to Jersey Boys as well as a performance by the subjects of this musical biography — the real frankie valli & the four Seasons.

Singers natalie Cole, Kenny rogers and Paul anka have been on our radar screens for decades — now we can hear them live and in person. longtime comedian Whoopi goldberg is another big name we may want to check out.

for symphony lovers, there are a number of great concerts to choose from — the national Symphony orchestra of Cuba will play, as will the Boston Pops, the Philadelphia orchestra and the tokyo String Quartet. for something

new and different, there’s the eclectic international music of Pink Martini.

and the Kravis Center has really pulled out all the stops when it comes to its Broadway series. Priscilla Queen of the Desert isn’t something you have the opportunity to see every day; A Chorus Line and The Taming of the Shrew are there for traditionalists; but let’s not forget Billy Elliot the Musical, Catch Me if You Can and Jekyll & Hyde. Plus, who can pass up a show with the title Forbidden Broadway? It’s a lambasting of the highest order.

Have grandkids? are they well-behaved? (of course they are!) What better way to reward good behavior and to introduce a whole new generation to the theater than by taking them to see a live performance of Mary Poppins?

like country music? then how about Sheryl Crow? or Clay aiken? If you thought aiken was merely a “made for tv” star, you can judge for yourself when the acclaimed singer takes the Kravis stage with his family-friendly Christmas concert. other acclaimed solo stars include 12-year-old Jackie evancho, gershwin archivist Michael feinstein, perennial favorite Dudu fish-er, Queen (“of jazz, blues and soul”) latifah and the singer Matisyahu.

and what better way to round out an election year than with the irreverent humor of the living parody Capitol Steps?

all this talent is coming to town just for you — so circle your favorites and make note of the dates. need we mention that Kravis tickets are the gifts that keep on giving? also, make sure to check out the Kravis Center’s “Beyond the Stage” offerings for free


By DeBorah Wekly | Forever young Staff report

discussions and musical presentations before selected shows. Want still more? the 2012-13 Kravis Center gala dinner dance will follow the Pink Martini per-formance on Monday, Jan. 21.

and remember that the Kravis is handicapped-friendly, with courtesy wheelchairs, accessible seating and restrooms on all non-balcony levels, special seating for the vision- or hearing-impaired, listening devices, american Sign language and open Captioned performances for Broadway Series per-formances, large print programs, Braille signage and handicapped-accessible garage parking.

So there’s really no excuse for miss-ing your favorite shows. visit www.kravis.org or call (561) 833-8300 for tickets.

Selected Show Schedule

National Symphony orchestra of cuba, Nov. 10-11: this Havana-based Cuban orchestra continues its interna-tional touring with first-ever concerts in the united States. vibrant works by Cuban composers will alternate with well-loved classics. Shows are Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.

Catch Me if you Can, Nov. 13-18: Based on the hit DreamWorks film and the incredible true story that inspired it, Catch Me if You Can is the high-flying, splashy new Broadway musical that tells the story of frank W. abagnale Jr., a teenage runaway in search of the glamorous life. With nothing more than his charm, imagination and millions of dollars in forged checks, frank lives the high life. eight show times, including three matinees.

‘With such a well-rounded roster of performances, the Kravis Center once again is providingsomething for everyone,’ Ilene Arons said. ‘Most of our shows during November and Decemberappeal to the over-50 crowd. Jersey Boys is returning to the Kravis Center for a three-week runin December and January. The music from this show definitely appeals to the over-50 crowd.’

clay Aiken, Nov. 23: When Ameri-can Idol’s Clay aiken belted out his touching 2003 rendition of Simon & garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water, he won over the hearts of mil-lions. now, nine years later, he has gone on to play to standing-room-only concerts, sold more than 6 million al-bums, penned a bestselling memoir and starred on Broadway. aiken’s Christmas concert will be filled with holiday classics, including many from his platinum holiday album.

a Chorus line, dec. 3: Seventeen dancers auditioning for a new Broad-way musical. eight spots. one dream. this is a brand-new version of A Chorus Line, the musical for anyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all on the line. Winner of nine tonys, including best musical, this show dazzles with songs such as I Hope I Get It, At the Ballet and One. one show only.

Jackie evancho, dec. 12: there’s something genuinely magical about Jackie evancho, the 12-year-old cross-over classical vocalist who has become a sensation through her appearances on PBS, youtube and America’s Got Talent. the best-selling debut artist of 2010, she is the youngest solo artist ever to go platinum.

Jersey Boys, dec. 19-23, dec. 26-30 & Jan. 1-6: this show is “Working Its Way Back” to West Palm Beach. Close to 50,000 theater-goers cheered at its sold-out premiere at the Kravis Center in 2010. the show tells the story of rock-n-roll Hall of famers “the four Seasons” — four blue-collar kids who became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. the 24 show times include eight afternoon matinees.

Forbidden Broadway, dec. 26-31: Since 1982, Forbidden Broadway has lampooned america’s most talked-about stars and shows in a lightning-paced musical spoof that pays side-splitting homage to the “great White Way.” Journey through more than 20 Broadway shows. eight show times, including two matinees.

whoopi Goldberg, Jan. 11: Multi-talented comedic genius Whoopi gold-berg remains one of a very elite group of

The hit musical Jersey Boys returns to Kravis in late December and early January.Photo Courtesy JoAN MArCus


(Clockwise from above left) Singers Natalie Cole (Jan. 23), Kenny Rogers (April 12) and Frankie Valli (Feb. 10) will all pay a visit to the Kravis Center this season.

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Paul Anka, Jan. 12: this singer’s life changed forever when, at age 16, he wrote a song for a girl four years his senior — Diana. the rest is history. anka’s songs, style and delivery have made this prolific singer/songwriter a giant in music. Come hear all the hits again.

tokyo String Quartet Finale, Jan. 13: the Kravis Center is fortunate to host the storied tokyo String Quartet in its

44th and farewell season. the program stretches from the glorious Mozart Hoffmeister to Brahms’s fierce dynamo of a First Quartet to a delightfully song-filled Kodály, rooted in the spirit of Hungarian folk melodies. afternoon show.

dudu Fisher, Jan. 13: In what is becoming a tradition, Dudu fisher returns to the Kravis Center for an encore. Perhaps best known for the PBS special In Concert from Israel as well as his stirring portrayal of Jean valjean in Les Misérables, fisher showcases his full vocal range through the music of Broadway, Israel and his cantorial years.

Pink Martini, Jan. 21: Drawing inspiration from music from all cultures, while crossing genres of classical, jazz and pop, Pink Martini returns to Dreyfoos Hall with a diverse repertoire influenced by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Tito Puente and Xavier Cugat as well as the argentine tango, Brazilian samba, Italian folk music, Asian flair and romantic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and ’50s.

Natalie cole, Jan. 23: for the past three decades, gram-my-winner natalie Cole has been one of the nation’s most treasured and successful iconic voices. the soulful effortless-ness of her legendary voice has led to some of contemporary pop’s most elegant interpretations.

The Taming of the Shrew, Jan. 25-26: In The Taming of the Shrew, she’s got an attitude — but he’s got a plan! Mar-riage, money and mayhem take center stage in Shakespeare’s uproarious battle of the sexes. It’s a clash of wits and will as Petruchio drags Kate to the altar. two evening shows.

Paul Anka will bring his magical melodies to the Kravis Centeron Jan. 12.

Mary Poppins, Jan. 29-31, Feb. 1-3: Mary Poppins is bringing its own brand of Broadway magic to theaters across the country. get swept up in the fun of this high-flying musical that the New York Post gives four out of four stars and calls “a certifiable super hit.” Eight show times, including three matinees.

Philadelphia orchestra, Feb. 5-6: over two weekdays, the Philadelphia orchestra will welcome back legend-ary pianist andré Watts and the great “Philadelphians.” one of the world’s great orchestras, Philadelphia will salute its justly celebrated history in an arrangement of Bach by legendary music director leopold Stokowski. evening and afternoon shows.

Michael Feinstein, Feb. 9: Master showman Michael feinstein returns to Dreyfoos Hall with the ultimate gersh-win tribute. Based on his upcoming book, The Gershwins and Me, feinstein shares the inside story behind perennial favorites of the “great american Song-book.” as Ira’s personal assistant and archivist for years, feinstein became the expert interpreter of Ira’s witty lyr-ics and his brother george’s melodies.

Frankie Valli, Feb. 10: Don’t miss this one-show opportunity to hear frankie valli, one of the most cel-ebrated pop artists of the 20th century, sing the music that inspired the smash Broadway hit Jersey Boys. valli’s trade-mark falsetto, when coupled with the four Seasons’ distinctive “doo-wop-meets-rhythm-and-blues” sound, made this group one of the most enduring in all of rock ‘n’ roll.

Sheryl crow, Feb. 18: nobody sells a song like nine-time grammy-winner Sheryl Crow. With six top 10 albums

and worldwide record sales topping 35 million, her classic hits are as limitless as her talent. get set for a rollicking evening of chart-topping favorites, new classics and warm memories.

Matisyahu, Feb. 24: Matisyahu brings his acoustic show back to the Kravis Center following a sold-out performance in 2011 that received rave reviews. returning with local guitarist and longtime friend adam Weinberg, Matisyahu will perform songs from his repertoire including his latest release, Spark Seeker. the evening will also fea-ture a Q&a session with the audience.

Boston Pops Medley, March 3: award-winning vocalist and song-writer ann Hampton Callaway joins Keith lockhart and the Boston Pops to celebrate america’s grande dame of entertainment, Barbra Streisand. this concert features soaring symphonic spins on Streisand’s classic songs from her Broadway shows through her later concept albums. to kick off the evening, Maestro lockhart leads the orchestra in a tribute to the Big apple with works by Bernstein, gershwin and Duke ellington. two shows.

Billy elliot the Musical, March 5-10: this show is the joyous celebra-tion of one boy’s journey to make his dreams come true. Set in a small town, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a surprising talent that inspires his whole community and changes his life forever. eight show times, including three matinees.

capitol Steps, March 12-17, 19-24: america’s most hilarious political satirists inject a much-needed dose of humor and musical madness into the

serious business of politics. Since they began, the Capitol Steps have recorded more than 30 albums, including their latest Take the Money and Run for President. Sixteen show times, includ-ing six matinees, at the Marshall e. rinker Playhouse.

Queen latifah, March 24: this lady is a one-woman entertainment conglomerate. Hip-hop’s first lady has hosted a self-titled tv talk show, starred in the tv comedy series Living Single and appeared in numerous films, including Chicago and Hairspray. Join her for a memorable evening of jazz, blues and soul.

Jekyll & hyde, March 26-31: after four years on Broadway and multiple worldwide tours, this dark and danger-ous love story from frank Wildhorn returns in a stunning new pre-Broadway production that grabbed audiences and made Jekyll & Hyde into a theatrical phenomenon. eight show times, includ-ing three matinees.

Kenny Rogers, April 12: Known for his instantly identifiable, sweetly raspy vocals, three-time grammy winner Kenny rogers has sold more than 120 million records worldwide, recorded more than 65 albums during his storied career and had 24 no. 1 hits.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert, April 23-28: this musical is an uplifting story of a trio of friends who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship in the middle of the australian outback and end up finding more — lots more. Funny and fabulous! (note: recommended for ages 13+ due to mature language and situations.) eight show times, including three matinees.


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MeMory Lane by Joe Nasuti

‘And They Call It Puppy Love’ ... JoinMe As I Recall My Youthful Romances

Joe Nasuti is an entertainment columnist for the Town-Crier newspaper.His monthly Memory Lane columns feature memories from bygone days.

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Paul anka’s PuPPy Love was the perfect song for me throughout my teenage years. Monica was my first love, from third grade to eighth-grade graduation. She was blonde and beautiful. It was as if everyone at Saint Monica’s Grade School knew we were a couple. In fact, in the eighth-grade school play, we were the featured couple in every skit. We appeared together as a framed picture album from the 1920s to the ’50s.

After graduation, we moved on to separate high schools and went our separate ways. I often won-der what would have happened if we had gone to the same high school.

My next “Puppy Love” was Joan. My summertime love from Sea Isle City, N.J., she was also blonde and beautiful. Perhaps the Drifters’ under the Boardwalk would be a better song choice for her. Joan’s dad was the original “Piano Man” — he played at a local restaurant and all the weddings. He also gave free lessons to anyone, thus start-ing my interest in music. Joan and I had summertime romances for three years.

When I was at the ripe old age of 15, my family moved from South Philly to South Jersey, where I met Barbara … and, you guessed it, she was blonde and beautiful. Are you detecting a trend here? Friday nights were a page out of Happy Days: We would go to a Camden Catholic High School dance, fol-lowed that with Cokes and fries at Calico Corner, and would cool our heels until midnight when we’d catch the last bus back home. Yo ... growing up in the 1950s … it was the best of times ... “Those were the days, my friend!”

Finally at the end of the summer of ’58 ... I met Stella. Yes, of course, she was also blonde and beautiful. To bare the facts: I knew Stella from the age of 4, and we hated each other for 12 years. I was like one of the original dead-end kids, and she was like Shirley Temple. She was so stuck up and way too good for me ... until that fateful night at the

Lifeguards Ball.When she walked in, everybody

else faded to black, and there she was in her white-and-yellow gown. She looked stunning, and it was love at first sight. I asked her to dance and, while we were danc-ing ... I asked her to be my dance partner for the rest of my life.

Our song went from Paul Anka’s Puppy Love to his Put your Head on My Shoulder. She did, and the rest is history. Three years later, she became Stella Nasuti, the mother of our five children.

Teenage love is beautiful, natural and a learning experience. I really enjoyed growing up with all my family, my friends and, epically, my blonde and beautiful loves, from Monica to Stella. I would do it all over again and not change a single thing. It was that good, and the memories are priceless.

So please take a moment to reflect back on your own puppy loves, and when that smile comes across your face ... for your health and well-being, make sure your spouse is in the other room!

Well, that takes care of this month’s stroll down Memory Lane. Once again, I hope I jogged your memory and brought a smile

or two to your face. Until next month, remember: We can’t help growing older, but we don’ have to grow up ... so please stay Forever Young!


teenage love is beautiful, natural and a learning experience. i really enjoyed

growing up with all my family, my friends and, epically, my blonde and

beautiful loves, from Monica to stella. i would do it all over again and not

change a single thing. it was that good, and the memories are priceless.

Senior MoMentS by Deborah Welky

A Late Bloomer As A Child, I’m A Late Bloomer Becoming A Grandma As Well

Deborah Welky’s humor column The Sonic Boomer is published weekly in the Town-Crier. Follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TheSonicBoomer and visit The Sonic Boomer page on Facebook.

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RemembeR when you weRe in sixTh gRade and all your friends started changing because they had discovered the opposite sex? i do.

a late bloomer, i simply couldn’t understand why girls who had gone down to the creek with me to catch polliwogs the month before school started now would scream and run when they encountered the most innocent of spiders.

Then i realized they only did this when the boys were around. Let a centipede find its way into the girls’ room, and it was still death by spiral notebook. but out in the hallway? no way.

i didn’t get it. why would a guy be attracted to anyone that squeamish? i knew for a fact that boys liked snakes and spiders and toads and insects, so why wouldn’t they rather hang out with someone willing to join them on a polliwog hunt — someone like me, who had retained her sanity? Then puberty hit, and i realized the girls were thrusting the boys into the role of Protector — and had cast themselves into the role of “damsels in distress.”

ohhhhh.maybe that’s the way it’s supposed to be.so i quit fraternizing with polliwogs. i occasionally wore

a dress to class. I let the boys take the first swat at bugs.The ruse worked — guys started asking me out on dates,

and i eventually got married, had a couple of kids, limited my creek visits to the kids’ field trips. Did everything I was supposed to do.

but evidently i am still a late bloomer because even after accomplishing all this, i recently found myself out of the loop again –— lone at the creek, if you will.

Turns out now my girlfriends were peeling off to become grandmothers with a capital g. They did this quietly, before i knew what was happening. Lunches at CityPlace were can-celed due to sudden baby-sitting responsibilities. weekends that formerly would’ve meant neighborhood barbecues were now spent “with family.” Vacations were no longer planned around who was going to the bahamas but around where the grandchildren would be. again, i didn’t understand. after all, grandchildren are just babies.

Then it happened to me, just like puberty.i was sitting in my living room last Christmas day, enjoy-

ing subdued conversation with my parents and other family members, when my daughter quietly took her husband’s hand and announced that she was pregnant.

all hell broke loose! The laughing, the crying, the details of the long-anticipated revelation! People jumped from their chairs; eyeglasses went flying; a stool was tipped over!

additionally, i expect there will not be another quiet Christmas again for a long, long time. because now I’m a grandmother, and I finally get it. Grandchildren are “just babies” like boys are “just boys.” There’s no such thing.

The moment you see that smile, feel that touch of that hand, are implored to cuddle and be cuddled, well, it’s all over. your life is no longer your own.

Love changes everything.


I recently found myself out of the loop again. Turns out now my girlfriends were peeling off to

become Grandmothers with a capital G. They did this quietly, before I knew what was happening.

lunches at CityPlace were canceled due to sudden baby-sitting responsibilities. Weekends

that formerly would’ve meant neighborhood barbecues were now spent ‘with family.’

Deborah Welky’s new grandson, Orion Garbos.


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