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Edgewater Competes In First Ever “Virtual” OlympiActs

By Oris Martin, Fitness Director at Acts Retirement They are Billiards, Cornhole, Cybercycle Challenge,
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Engineering Challenge, Jigsaw Puzzles, Golf Putting,
More than six months into the Covid crisis and we’ve Minute to Win It, Paper Airplane Challenge, Spelling Bee,
had to rethink many of the things that we once took for Trivia, Walking Relay and Wii Bowling. The events will
granted. We’ve seen virtual workouts, rather than in- take place over the course of two weeks. However, five
person exercise classes, business meetings conducted events will be done in real-time using teleconferencing.
through teleconferences, and visits with loved replaced These “live” events (Engineering Challenge, Jigsaw
with Zoom calls. Puzzles, Minute to Win It, Spelling Bee and Trivia) will
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For more than a decade, Acts Retirement-Life be played simultaneously in all five communities and
Communities has held an annual event called OlympiActs residents will watch TV screens to observe each other
where residents, including a team from Edgewater at Boca while competing.
Pointe, compete in a series of sporting and intellectual Residents from the five Acts communities in the
games. The event was established to promote community Southeastern Region will be competing against each other
unity with an emphasis on fun, friends and fellowship. showcases the capabilities of older adults and recognizes for Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. The communities
This year’s event had originally been scheduled for them as fully participating members of society. are Edgewater at Boca Pointe and St. Andrews Estates in
mid-March but had to be canceled. After much debate, Planning a virtual event meant going back to the Boca Raton; Indian River Estates in Vero Beach; Azalea
it was decided to reschedule the event during October drawing board on what games will be played since many Trace in Pensacola and Westminster Village in Alabama.
to coincide with the celebration of Active Aging Week of the events in past years did not lend themselves to the As with anything in 2020, October’s virtual games
which will be observed October 5-11. virtual environment, or to social distancing. OlympiActs will be a learning opportunity to adapt in this “new
This year marks the 17th anniversary of Active Aging emphasizes the importance of an active lifestyle with normal” yet stay active. It’s the silver lining in these
week, which is a global event that was introduced by events that fit one of three categories - body, mind, and challenging times, to try new experiences that motivate
the International Council on Active Aging, to celebrate spirit. The twelve events that were decided on all fall into us to stay healthy and socially connected to members of
aging and the benefits of being active at any age. It also one or more of these areas. our community. 
It’s Time To Learn, To Know, And To Understand Part IV

By Harold Katz, R.Ph. the way to the Supreme Court of The United States for this great country for a gay married couple to function.
adjudication). Today, laws protecting citizens of this Social scientists tell us that SSM bonds are often much
LGBT (Lesbian, gay, country from discrimination in public accommodations stronger than in the case of heterosexual marriages
bisexual, transgender) people based on sexual orientation exist in only 19 states and the (HSM). Additionally, children raised in SSM are just as
face a lot of restrictions and District of Columbia. Legislators in the other 31 states well or better adjusted to the real world as those in HSM.
resistance in their daily life should ask each other: Is this fair?? Legislators in lagging states should purge their antiquated
that does not befall others. DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION: Title lX laws and bring them up to par with the constitution and
If we start with the premise of the Educational Amendments of 1972 “Prohibits amendments of this great nation.
that all citizens of the United discrimination on the basis of sex in all educational All minorities suffer discrimination of some kind.
States deserve equal treatment programs and activities that receive Federal funds.” Fair thinking citizens make themselves aware of these
(in what they choose to do), That in itself seems like a fair statement of purpose. In humiliations; awareness encourages us to eliminate them.
then visiting these situations will give light to the fact, however, in too many states, LGBT students face It is time to learn, to know, to understand, and to help
problems facing the LGBT minority: bullying, exclusion, and discrimination, putting them eliminate bias of all kinds in our daily life and in those
PUBLIC ACCOMODATIONS: These include places at physical and psychological risk thus limiting their of all minorities. This writer invites your comments.
of business, public transit, hotels/motels, restaurants, etc. educational progress. In schools of eight states, the
LGBT people have suffered discrimination and discussion of homosexuality at all levels is restricted Harold Katz R.Ph., Edgewater Estates 
humiliation in all of the above areas. If I can register for by law; thirty-one states have no laws against bullying
a hotel room which is offered, why can’t a gay person on school property. State legislators, the department
register for the same public accommodation? If I can of education, and school administrators in these states Lease Renewals
enter a restaurant to be seated for a meal, why can’t a should ensure that old, antiquated anti-gay laws are
gay person do the same? If I can order a cake from a removed, and replaced with protective regulations for Renters- If you plan to renew your lease at Boca
bakery to celebrate a special occasion, why can’t a gay LGBT students, as they have for other minorities. Pointe, please provide the BPCA Management office
person order a cake as well? (This question went all SAME SEX MARRIAGE (SSM): For many, this is a a copy of your renewal lease and vehicle registration
difficult subject to get their mind around. There have been prior to your lease expiration date. Both items are
social and religious objections raised to SSM. However, needed to ensure that your transponder does not
when two people commit to spend their entire lifetime get deactivated when the lease ends. Please email to
together, not interfering with anyone else’s activities and admin@bocapointe.com.
obeying the laws of the nation, surely there is room in Thank you! 

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