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Jupiter Senior Softball Association

The Jupiter Senior Softball of the program, and for that I know that all JSSA members The year-round slow-pitch senior softball activity is open
Association (JSSA) has are most appreciative.” to persons 55 and over. New players are being sought to help
selected Mike Richmond as Richmond is a retired journalist who, after his newspaper fill pick-up games that are held every Monday, Wednesday and
the 2021 inductee into its Hall career, served on the staffs of two U.S. congresswomen’s San Friday morning beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Jupiter Community
of Fame that was created last Diego offices. He and his wife Alice are parents of a blended Park. For information contact Tom Cosentino at (412) 721-
year in honor of the late Ted family of six grown children and two grandchildren. 0173. To register go to www.leaguelineup.com/jssa.
Battiston, the 2020 honoree.
The Hall of Fame honors
members who represent
the very best of the JSSA. theatre happenings
They are players who have
set the highest standards for
membership and teach that sportsmanship and competition
are not mutually exclusive. An engraved plate with Mike’s Rex Recommends
name as the 2021 inductee will be added next to Battistone’s
in the Hall of Fame plaque in the association’s outdoor display
case at Jupiter Community Park. By Rex Hearn
Mike, 85, has been involved in senior softball for 30 With nearly everyone Jan. 5 to 9, 2022. This is all about the lovely girl from Boston
years, starting in San Diego, Calif., at the age of 55, and vaccinated we can return to with a voice from heaven! Then comes the magnificent Cats
after moving to Jupiter in 2002. His participation in Jupiter’s our concert going in style. from Feb. 8 to 13. It is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s greatest for
Senior Softball program includes efforts to help promote the Dress for the occasion, no which H.M. The Queen of England gave him a Lordship!
Senior Softball program throughout the area, serving on the more “emphatic casual!” I Anastasia opens March 9 to 13. Escaping a firing squad the
nonprofit organization’s Board of Directors and managing a feel one can show respect 18-year-old princess finally finds happiness and recognition
winter league team. for the artist by wearing married to an American professor. Next is My Fair Lady, April
In announcing the Hall of Fame selection, Association good clothes … and jewels 19 to 24. Based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion it’s
President Tom Cosentino said, “Mike’s selection is a well- too. Go anyway to show about a cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, who becomes a
deserved honor for his many years of dedication to the your support for the arts. lady by taking elocution lessons! Rounding out this fantastic
league. The Jupiter Senior Softball program’s profile in the The Kravis Center season will be An Officer and a Gentleman, from May 3 to 8.
community has risen and resulted in many new players being As one would expect, the Based on the Richard Gere movie, it’s about a young man
recruited because of his efforts.” Kravis Center has put its best foot forward in its plans for swaggering his way through life until a drill sergeant takes
Upon learning of his selection for the Hall of Fame, the 2021/22 season. Here are some highlights. him to task. He changes, and wins the girl he loves. This is
Mike said he was surprised and honored to be chosen. “I’ve Broadway shows are back! Seven great musicals to whet a sweeping romance that will lift you up.
received much more than I’ve given to the league. It has your appetite are: Come From Away, Nov. 16 to 21. It’s about Next month I will write about the Regional Arts Classical
enriched my life in so many ways. Foremost among them 7,000 tourists stranded in small town Newfoundland and how Concert Series and their MUSIC “At Eight” (8 p.m.) and
is the camaraderie and friendships I’ve enjoyed with so the citizens welcomed them. Dear Evan Hansen is next from MUSIC “At Two” (2 p.m.) programs in detail. Some highlights
many wonderful teammates.” Also, “The Town of Jupiter’s Dec. 15 to 19. This is a deeply moving musical about life and to look forward to are: Renee Fleming, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua
commitment and cooperation have been crucial to the success the way we live it. The Donna Summer Musical follows from Bell as well as seven world-famous orchestras.
Pet Matters

by Pat Deshong, President of Furry Friends Featured Adoptables
Adoption, Clinic & Ranch, May 2021
Ms. West
“For the Love of Animals” Sweet Ms. West is STILL
features real stories happening
at Furry Friends in Jupiter. We waiting for her forever home.
are The Humane Society of Ms. West is about 1.5 yrs. old
Greater Jupiter/Tequesta and the and has the most beautiful
only no-kill shelter open to the coloring. She was brought in
public in northern Palm Beach as a stray, so we don’t know
County. We’ve been rescuing,
rehabilitating, and re-homing all too much about her. She is
the homeless animals in our shy at first but can be sweet
community for more than 30 and loving with patience and
years. Our not for profit 501c3 understanding. Anyone would
organization consists of our be lucky to have this stunner
Jupiter based adoption center,
veterinary clinic (open to the It’s been about 6 months since that fateful day, and we are join their family.
public), thrift boutique, and happy to share a glimpse of the highly anticipated transformation.
Palm City Ranch. Sammy
Hope has been living with her new forever family, the Jacobs,
since the end of November. Her transformation is nothing short Abandoned at a boarding
of miraculous and is why we do what we do every day...so more facility... unbelievable! This
It was mid-October 2020, President Pat Deshong received a dogs will have “Hope” for a new, loving furever home. boy loves to be loved. Sammy
text she would not soon forget. As she opened her messages, she is a beautiful 5 year old terrier/
was horrified at the images of two emaciated dogs and immediately
agreed to help. She learned that an employee at a WalMart in St. chocolate lab mix, who weighs
Lucie County had witnessed two sweet and incredibly neglected 65 lbs. He loves his crate but
puppies being abandoned near the dumpster. One of our rescue doesn’t need to be crated. He
partners went out to the scene, after seeing the extensive medical likes to hide his food in his
care the pair would need, she called Furry Friends. They arrived favorite bowl so he knows
at our Jupiter facility too weak to stand and walk on their own,
so we carried them inside. They weighed 20 and 21 pounds and where it is for later. AND he
not the 45 - 50 they should. We gave them soft beds to rest on as knows basic commands! He’s lived in a home with cats
their entire bodies looked skeletal with a thin layer of fur covering and was fine with them. As for humans and dogs, he would
their protruding bones. We offered them their first meal in weeks thrive best if proper introductions are made.
to months. Their new names are Hope and Truman.

When considering adding a furry family member to your
family, please visit our Palm City Ranch at 4841 SW Zarrella
Street or our new Jupiter Adoption Center at 100 Capital Street in
the Jupiter Commerce Park. PLEASE CALL 561-747-5311 AND
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT PRIOR TO VISITING EITHER
LOCATION DUE TO COVID-19.
Blessings to you for your support and faith in us… all for the
LOVE of animals!

Patricia Deshong, President

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