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The East Pompano Civic Association
| Volume 2, Issue 2 February 2010 |
By Dawne Richards
Welcome to the February 2010 edition of the East Pompano Civic Association newsletter! Although our first “Second Saturday Spruce-Up” on Atlantic Boulevard was rained out, we will be there on Saturday February 13, from 10 to noon. Community Service Hours are available for students. From here on in, we’ll be doing the cleanups on the second Saturday of each month, so that we can show our adopted child (Atlantic Boulevard) that we really do care! Hope to see you there. If you’ve got ideas, questions, or concerns, drop us a line, visit our website, or give us a call.
As always, if you’d like to include news of an event in our newsletter, please let us know.
Don’t forget that the East Pompano Civic Association is now collecting dues! $5 a year - a bargain at twice the price!
Ken Billups and Mary Ann Holmes:
| Member Updates |
As involved as ever! Ken can probably tell you that he has often worked harder, and longer, as a “retiree” than he thought was possible. Thanks to Ken and Mary Ann both!
Rafael Katz:
VERY busy (and happy!) to be on the East CRA Advisory Board. In fact, as I write this, I am at a shockingly festive meeting, where Rafael is absolutely gleeful, as he should be. Thanks for all that you do, Mr. Katz, for the community, our children, and the South Florida world at large.
William Meleski:
New space, new branch of the business, new bride! What a year for William of Greight Spaces, and now William and Corey of Greight Outdoors, AND the soon to be Mrs. William! Congratulations, and all the best of everything!
- Every Sunday at 8:30 am: FREE Surf lessons from Surf World Surf Shop! I’m still planning to get up the courage for this! For store hours and other info, call (954) 545-SURF. The store is located at 435 S. Federal Hwy.
- Every Wednesday, 7:00 am to 8:00 am: FREE Coffee and Sweets at Greight Spaces! Come by 2611 Atlantic Boulevard (the Boulevard Building, in the Harbor Village Shops), for a cup of coffee or a delicious bite, or both! It’s a Greight way to start your day!
- Every Friday. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm: $10 Wine Tasting, Bispo’s Cellar, 2112 East Atlantic Boulevard. OK, so the free tastings are over, but this is a bargain at twice the price. Try it, you’ll like it! A great experience! To learn more, please call 954-788-8117 or email info@bisposcellar.com .
- Every Saturday, 8:00 am to 1:00 pm: Pompano Beach Greenmarket. Three new words: “Fresh baked bread.” And the delicious smells wafting out of that stand every Saturday morning are amazing! Yum. Come out and listen to music, meet the vendors, taste the samples – DOUBLE yum!
- Saturday February 13, 10:00 am - noon: Second Saturday Spruce-Up. Meet at McNab Park for our now-monthly Atlantic Boulevard Cleanup. Community service hours available for students!
- Saturday February 13, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm and Sunday February 14, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm: American Glass, Pottery, and Dinnerware Show at the Emma Lou Olson Civic Center, sponsored by the South FL Depression Glass Club. $6.50 admission. For more information please call 305.884.0335 or visit the club site atwww.sfdgc.com.
- Saturday February 13, 6:00 pm – midnight: Tiger Trail Festival Black Tie Gala. This will be held at the Marriott North and will celebrate thirty-two Men of Honor, men who have had a positive influence in their Community and set an example of giving back to the Community. This black-tie event will be a tribute to Community involvement, tapping students from the high schools to act as Hosts and Hostesses, earning service hours necessary for graduation. For more information, visit http://www.tigertrailfestival.
org . - Monday February 15, 7:00 pm: Monthly meeting at Bispo’s Cellar. Bispo’s Cellar is located at 2112 East Atlantic Boulevard. See you then!
- Friday February 19. 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm: “Cruise-In” on Historic A1A. For all of you car buffs - or beach lovers! - get out there and celebrate a terrific evening of classic cars and (we hope!) cool (but not too cool!) ocean breezes. This fun new event is held on the third Friday of every month. For more information, visit the Chamber at http://www.
pompanobeachchamber.com . - Saturday February 20, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm: Tiger Trail Festival Presents: The Street Festival. Vendor setup begins at 6:00 a.m. and continues to 9:00 a.m. Community at its best! Vendor booths, church groups, Kid's World, and headlining entertainment - The Masters of Funk, featuring The BarKays. Come out and enjoy the best that Pompano Beach has to offer.
- Friday February 26, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm: Tiger Trail Festival Presents: Gospel play “watch your choices.” Tickets are $20.00 This inspirational play about how our choices affect our future will be performed at the E. Pat Larkins Center, 520 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, and is produced by Real Plays Production Inc. For more info please call James Dale at 954.245.6012 or email jamesrealplay@yahoo.com.
The play was written by James Dale of Real Play Productions and features local actors and technicians. This is the first time a play has been produced as part of the Tiger Trail Festival events. - Saturday February 27, 7:00 pm: City of Pompano Beach Annual Piano Competition. This free performance takes place at the Emma Lou Olson Civic Center. For more information, please call 954-786-4111.
- Saturday February 27, 8:00 pm and Sunday February 28, 2:00 pm: Hello Dolly (Musical) The Curtain Call Playhouse Theater at the Herb Skolnick Civic Center. For more information please call 954-784-0768.
- March: The Dog Park opens, yes? Keep up with the latest news about the Dog Park at http://www.pompanodogpark.com.
| Description |
| 1. Ed Ball ran the Florida East Coast Railway for many years; his detailed prenuptial agreement spelled out - in addition to financial issues - lifestyle expectations, including a definition of "nagging." |
| 2. Sylvester Love started work at a local famous (infamous?) restaurant as a dishwasher and ended up as a chef, feeding some very important people. |
| 3. In 1934, Gene Hardy opened Put and Take, at 201 NE 1st Street, offering customers both gas and groceries. This was a novel idea at the time. The unusual name was a reminder that credit was not extended -- you put down your money and then could take what you wanted. |
| 4. Emma Lou Olson was our mayor in 1979. |
| 5. George Butler, one of our pioneer settlers, was appointed postmaster for the new settlement (and supposedly ran the post office from home, out of a cigar box). |
| 6. William L. Kester arrived in 1923. While originally coming to this area for the fishing, he also helped form the town’s first Chamber of Commerce, opened the Farmers Bank of Pompano, and made generous charitable gifts, including land for a public library and for a park that would be named in his honor. In addition, much of today’s public beach was sold to Pompano by Mr. Kester at a discounted price. |
| 7. In 1900, the first general store was opened by M.Z. Cavendish at NE First Street and Flagler Avenue. |
| 8. Some of those who arrived in Pompano in the first decades of the 20th century were able to acquire property by bartering their labor for land. Tom Baker was one such person, who came to Pompano in 1908, and eventually secured title to land west of town (approximately in the 800 block of today's Martin Luther King Boulevard). |
| 9. Local legend has it that the name for our city, “Pompano,” came about from a notation made on a survey map by Frank Sheen – who had apparently dined on the tasty fish and wanted to remember its name. |
| 10. Following Pompano’s incorporation, John R. Mizell was elected to be its first mayor. |
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