Page 15 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - May '21

Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens, Page 15
Commissioner’s Update

Hurricane Preparedness 2021 on your personal situation. The basic steps include: who learn how to take emergency response actions in
• Make a plan – devise your own disaster plan safe ways until the professional emergency responders
By Commissioner including where you will wait out a storm, what you will can respond. The Division of Emergency Management has
Maria Marino do with your pets and whether a loved one requires the trained over 3,200 CERTs throughout Palm Beach County
With hurricane season care of a special needs shelter. in disaster preparedness, response, and communications.
around the corner, it is • Build a kit – in additional to nonperishable food, Things I’ve Learned Along The Way
important that we remain health and first-aid supplies, paper goods and a full Although you may have insured your valuables, take
mindful of preparation. prescription of your required medications, keeping pictures of them and if you can, move them to a safe place.
After the past year of important documents secured in a waterproof container Make sure to remove your ice from the icemaker and turn
stocking up on toilet paper, can save you time and aggravation later. Cleaning it off. If you lose power, this will prevent melting. Put that
paper towels, cleaning supplies, tools, and of course, candles and/or flashlights ice in a plastic tub and keep it in the freezer. Take all of
products and hand sanitizer, and batteries are essential. those recyclable water bottles you have around the house
we cannot neglect our • Be informed – along with monitoring local and fill with tap water and any other container you can
hurricane supply kits. radio, television and social media, you can sign up for seal. This saves you from having to buy an overabundance
I can already hear the collective groan, made worse ALERTPBC, the county’s emergency notification system, of plastic water bottles. Your dishwasher, washer and
by recent news reports from the National Oceanic and that will quickly provide you with critical information dryer make great storage places for items you want to
Atmospheric Administration about moving up the season in severe weather, unexpected road closures, missing keep dry if you experience water intrusion. I remember
start date by a few weeks. The storm season of 2020 persons and evacuation of buildings or neighborhoods. once filling my dishwasher with my heirloom china. If
was the sixth in a row in which named tropical storms You can specify where you want the message sent. you are a diabetic or have any medications that need to
developed before the official start on June 1. By downloading the free PBC DART app on your be kept cold, please make sure to have enough ice in a
Palm Beach County has the resources you need smartphone, you will have immediate access to up-to- cooler to keep your medicines cold should you lose power.
to prepare and respond. Our Division of Emergency the-minute emergency information, and you can report Have a phone charger you can use in your car, especially
Management is your go-to for the latest information on damage following a storm event. if you do not have a landline phone. Lastly, be a “check-
matters you should consider, such as your flood zone, • Get involved – our emergency managers like to say in buddy” with your friends and family so that everyone
evacuation zone, emergency shopping list, FEMA tips that preparedness is a responsibility we all share, and will know who is safe.
for storage of food and water, shelters, gas stations and this is so true. You can volunteer with organizations that Remember to complete all major cutting of vegetation,
grocery stores with generators, and the list goes on. activate during disasters such as American Red Cross, including tree removal long before June, which means that you
From the county’s webpage at https://discover.pbcgov. The Salvation Army, United Way, Medical Reserve Corps, should focus on this type of property maintenance between
org/publicsafety/dem/Pages/Preparedness.aspx, you can and the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). December and April. If your trimmings exceed the allowable
explore links to find out how you can best prepare, based CERT is a community-based organization of residents six cubic yards at the curb for unincorporated areas or beyond
what your municipality allows, Solid Waste Authority can
arrange for removal of vegetation at a rate of $8 per cubic
Experience Dentistry with a Woman’s Touch yard. For more information about debris removal, visit https://
www.swa.org/153/Before-During-and-After-the-Storm.
If you have specific questions or concerns about the
Cosmetic & Comprehensive Restorative Dentistry accessibility of the Official Palm Beach County Hurricane
Planning Guide, we have trained individuals available to assist
you. Please contact public affairs directly at (561) 355-2754,
State of the Art & Same Day Restorations or via email at pbcaccessibility@pbcgov.org. As always, if I
can be of assistance to you, please call me at (561) 355-2201
Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen Sedation Available or send an email to mmarino@pbcgov.org.

Joanne Green, D.D.S. Rex Recommends

10887 N. Military Trail, Suite 6
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 By Rex Hearn
With nearly everyone
(561) 622-2815 • www.joannegreendds.com vaccinated we can
return to our concert
Medical College of Virginia School of Dentistry - Cum Laude going in style. Dress for
Hospital of the University of Penn - General Practice Residency Training the occasion, no more
Harvard Dental School - Former Instructor “emphatic casual!” I feel
Boston Brigham and Women’s Dental Group - Staff Dentist one can show respect for
the artist by wearing good
clothes … and jewels too.
Go anyway to show your
Mother Nature’s Pantry support for the arts.
The Kravis Center

Serving The Community For 40 Years As one would expect, the Kravis Center has put its
best foot forward in its plans for the 2021/22 season.
Here are some highlights.
Everything you need for a healthier lifestyle Broadway shows are back! Seven great musicals
to whet your appetite are: Come From Away, Nov. 16
to 21. It’s about 7,000 tourists stranded in small town
H Sandwiches & Wraps Newfoundland and how the citizens welcomed them.
H Homemade Soups Dear Evan Hansen is next from Dec. 15 to 19. This is
a deeply moving musical about life and the way we live
H Garden Fresh Salads it. The Donna Summer Musical follows from Jan. 5 to 9,
2022. This is all about the lovely girl from Boston with a
H Smoothies voice from heaven! Then comes the magnificent Cats from

H Healthy Shakes Feb. 8 to 13. It is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s greatest for
which H.M. The Queen of England gave him a Lordship!
H Energy Drinks - Juices Anastasia opens March 9 to 13. Escaping a firing
squad the 18-year-old princess finally finds happiness
and recognition married to an American professor.
We carry a complete line of Solgar, Next is My Fair Lady, April 19 to 24. Based on George
Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion it’s about a cockney flower
New Chapter, Garden of Life, Natures Plus, girl, Eliza Doolittle, who becomes a lady by taking
elocution lessons! Rounding out this fantastic season
and many more will be An Officer and a Gentleman, from May 3 to 8.
Based on the Richard Gere movie, it’s about a young
man swaggering his way through life until a drill sergeant
We Will Meet Any Competitor’s Price takes him to task. He changes, and wins the girl he loves.
This is a sweeping romance that will lift you up.
Next month I will write about the Regional Arts
4513 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, FL Classical Concert Series and their MUSIC “At Eight”
On the corner of PGA and Military Trail (8 p.m.) and MUSIC “At Two” (2 p.m.) programs in
detail. Some highlights to look forward to are: Renee
561.626.4461 Fleming, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell as well as seven
world-famous orchestras.