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Jupiter Senior Softball

Your Style – Your Design A plaque honoring Ted Battistone as the first inductee Investment Properties Team. He was inducted into the the Town of Jupiter. Games are every Monday, Wednesday
into the Jupiter Senior Softball Association (JSSA) Hall
National Senior Softball Hall of Fame in 2005.
and Friday morning beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Jupiter
of Fame was unveiled at a dedication ceremony Jan. 11 The Jupiter Senior Softball program is open to persons 55 Community Park. For information contact Tom Cosentino
at the Jupiter Community Park. and over and is sponsored by the JSSA in cooperation with at (412) 721-0173 or go to www.leaguelinep.com/jssa.
Ted’s wife Juanita and sons, Greg and Chip, and
grandsons, Nick and Dan, and family friend Janet Hope
attended the event. Ted, a longtime softball player and
Association member, died April 19, 2020 after battling
cancer. After the unveiling of the plaque mounted in the JSSA
display case League Commissioner Tom Cosentino said:
“Ted set the standard when it came to competition,
sportsmanship, and friendship,” and added, “This plaque
will hang in his honor and keep his memory alive with all of
us. We miss him and we will never forget him.” The plaque’s
first brass nameplate has the inscription “Ted Battistone,
2020,” the year the Hall of Fame was established.
After the dedication, Cosentino presented Juanita with
a framed copy of Ted’s obituary that was published in the
Senior Softball USA Newsletter to honor Ted. Juanita
thanked the Softball Association saying that playing softball
was Ted’s first love and “was such a joy in all of our lives.”
The JSSA Hall of Fame was established just five
days before Ted’s passing last year and he learned of his
selection before he died. Ted played in the Jupiter Senior Juanita Battistone and son Greg admire the brass Hall of
Softball League for more than 20 years and was also a Juanita Battistone with Tom Cosentino and framed obituary Fame plaque with Ted Battistone’s name inscribed as the
player and general manager for 22 years for the Florida published by Senior Softball USA to honor Ted Battiston first inductee.

Gladys Knight And Dana Carvey from page 1 A native of Georgia, Knight began her singing career He has received much praise for his uncanny comedic
with her siblings at age 8 in a group called the “Pips.” The impersonations of American political figures (popular with
The Lady in Red Gala is also about doing great things group opened for R&B legends in the 1950s, then headed both audiences and the subjects of his impersonation),
for the most vulnerable and at-risk members of society. to Motown and crossed over to pop music. As “Gladys including the elder George Bush, Ross Perot, Jerry Brown,
And this year continues that tradition: Proceeds will benefit Knight & The Pips,” they recorded their signature song, and Bob Dole.
disabled veterans through the “Pups4Patriots” program at Midnight Train to Georgia. Other group and solo hits Chairs of the gala are Lois Pope and Suzi Goldsmith.
American Humane, and South Florida youth through include: I Who Have Nothing, Where My Heart Belongs, Grand Honorary Chair is Christine Lynn and Honorary
the Palm Beach County Food Bank’s Lois’ Food4Kids That’s What Friends Are For, Every Beat Of My Heart, Chairs are Bjaye and Frank Pilotte. Generous corporate
program. The former takes dogs languishing in shelters, and I Heard It Through The Grapevine. sponsors for the night include: Ambassador Realty Corp.,
provides them with specialized therapy dog training, and Dana Carvey is the Emmy-Award winning actor and Conair Corporation, Van Cleef & Arpels, Wells Fargo
gives them free of charge to disabled veterans suffering comedian who is best known for his iconic and indelible Advisors, and Gladys & Sy Ziv Foundation, Ronald S.
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weekends, and during the summer. The COVID-19 crisis
has exacerbated an already tenuous situation for these
“So while we are enjoying all the great entertainment, Aquarian’s Design Style
children; one in five go hungry every night.
we’re also making a difference in people’s lives,” said
Pope. “That’s always been our guiding principle.” Submitted by
She credits the thousands of gala attendees and Lynda Louden Interiors
LIFE supporters for being able to fulfill this mission. Happy New Year! We
“Everything that we have achieved with the Lady in Red are all hoping for better. We
Gala over these more than two decades – all the lives we have learned a lot, maybe a
have touched for the better, the difference we have made in bit too much. We have been
helping disabled veterans, impoverished and underserved flexible. We have certainly
children, in saving dogs, cats, and other animals, and so made adjustments. Home has
much more – is because of them and their generosity, become very important. I hope
empathy, friendship, and commitment.” you have optimized your home
Of course, the success of the Lady in Red Gala is also as necessary, making it functional and beautiful. Beauty
attributable to the quality of its entertainment. Indeed, the comes in all manner of forms. Some like it soft and fuzzy. four elements, the earth, air, water or fire. Which are you?
great ones endure, and Gladys Knight has long been one Others want rough and textured like fresh cut wood or a Here is what we designed for an Aquarian living room:
of the greatest. Very few singers over the last 50 years log cabin and a mountainscape. We decided to work with a blue and yellow theme.
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time Grammy winner who has enjoyed No. 1 hits in pop, not believe it to be certain truth, but it’s always fun. We tend to unpredictable, so we opted for asymmetry with
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television and live performance; and made a difference we? A designer analyzes a room the same way: very focused and working on some reform or program
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2. Designers also review the individuals and their life. the stars!
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despite the huge reference
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Water is an important feature of
these vibrant, socially involved
persons. They are represented
by the water bearer who brings
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