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Panhellenic Alumnae Of Palm Beach County

Announces Speaker For March Fundraiser

Second Vice President, Kimberly Brock, was pleased
to announce that everything is in readiness for the March
Second Annual Scholarship Benefit Luncheon of the
Panhellenic Alumnae of Palm Beach County during the Feb.
11 meeting at her home. Cynthia Hite, Florida Emmy Award
winner, media specialist, a partner in a private investigation
company, and a talented performer, will discuss her life
and various talents at the luncheon. Her biography is too
extensive to list, so members and guests are looking forward
to hearing all about her life and many careers.
The luncheon will be held at the Abacoa Golf Club in
Jupiter. This is the first time it’s been held since 2020, so
its return is well anticipated. As in the past there will be
raffle baskets, a silent auction, a 50/50 split of money, a With lunch finished, Barbara Palmer, Karen Tirburzi, Jeanne
chance to win a lottery hat, and door prizes, and for the Hibbard, Shirley Collee, and Kathleen Pollack enjoy time Officers of Panhellenic Alumnae of Palm Beach County Patty
first time there will be a buffet instead of plated meals. to sit and visit. Hiscock, Nancy Stainback, Jeanne Hibbard, and Kimberly
Brock pose after the business portion of the Feb. 11 meeting.
Sitting On A Rainbow

Palm Beach Gardens Book Review:
Taylor Hagood, a Professor of Literature at FAU,
Resident, James Patrick and among other impressive achievements author of the

Rooney, Is Proud To upcoming Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country
Music Legend had this to say about Sitting on a Rainbow:
Announce The Release Of This debut novel is full of magic, Irish folklore and
history, and romance all wound around experiences
His First Novel: Sitting On A of disability and drama inside a high-stakes wealth
management firm in West Palm Beach. James Patrick
Rainbow: A 21st Century Irish Rooney gives the reader a great yarn with intriguing
American Morality Tale characters and a fully realized protagonist whose defeats
and triumphs are attuned to an excellent soundtrack.
Jim extends his gratitude to the accomplished Professor Honnie McClear, Meg Kravetz, Cheryl Gooding, Sandy
Hagood for his generous comments. Scavnicky, Stacey Easterling, Joyce Garberoglio, and
Sitting on a Rainbow: a 21st Century Irish American Anita Spassoff share some time together at the Panhellenic
Morality Tale (ISBN: 9781958729625 /9781958729571) Alumnae meeting.
can be purchased through Amazon, Barnes & Noble,
Walmart, Books-A-Million, and elsewhere. The paperback The event raises money for scholarships to be awarded
retails for $20.99, the hardcover retails for $29.99, and the to college women carrying a full load in their third year
eBook retails for $6.99. Wholesale orders are available or above and are residents of Palm Beach County. They
through Ingram. Review copies, signed copies, interviews, must have a GPA of 3.0 or above and show a financial
and book club appearances may be available upon request. need. Application forms are found on the Panhellenic
Alumnae’s website.
About The Author: Panhellenic Alumnae of Palm Beach County,
First time author James Patrick Rooney was born in celebrating its 96th Anniversary, is also a member of
National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) which consists
Bronx, New York, raised in Westchester County, and has of 26 women’s NPC sororities or fraternities.
been living and working in Northern Palm Beach County for
his entire adult life. After having been blessed to reside in
Sitting on a Rainbow: a 21st Century Irish American such world-class communities as PGA National, Admiral’s
Morality Tale is a story of severe loss and courageous Cove, Tequesta Country Club, Seminole Landing, and Old
resilience, financial markets and malfeasances, Irish Marsh, he and his wife, Cindy, now live in the exceptional Wanted
history and mythology, justice served, and broken promises community of BallenIsles. To accomplish this impressive
remaining to be mended. array, in sum, they always bought early and sold too soon.
Set in West Palm Beach, Florida, in the early 2010s, the Young Jimmy’s first loves included sports, particularly People are vandalizing golf
novel follows Patrick Connelly, a mid-fifties paraplegic ice hockey, a variety of music and culture, and his adopted courses after play hours. Sand
who works as a stockbroker and financial advisor at a major homeland of Ireland. When an ice hockey-related injury traps, greens and fairways
Wall Street firm. The protagonist, whose life experience at age nineteen left him a paraplegic, he turned his focus are being damaged. If you see
oftentimes mirrors the author’s, not only faces the adversity away from the physical toward developing his mind. Soon anyone on courses after hours,
of disability each day, but also has a front row seat to the after finishing college at (then infamous) “Suntan U” in please call POA Security at
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love, powerful friendships to moments of despair at the state that same time, he met his enduring love—his family. Thank you.
of humanity, readers are pulled into a rich, detailed world Married to Cindy ever since, together they’ve raised
that combines elements of history, Irish myth, finance, the two superb children—Patrick and Megan—who are now
arts, and beyond. As the story unfolds, Patrick must take thriving young adults.
bold action to save his career—and maybe even his life. While managing an ambitious reading group (Old Best Bin Caddy#
Complete with a playlist of relevant songs to enjoy Marsh—2005-2014), Jim fell in love with fine literature
while reading, Rooney’s book is a unique approach to and was inspired to write more competently (i.e., several NEW!
memoir, fiction, and education that ultimately digs into college-level creative writing courses and other modes of
what it means to live a life of joy and purpose. Readers self-learning). To hone his skills further, he wrote short
will encounter romance, business, mystery, and folklore in stories, imaginary book reviews for his reading group,
this textured and detailed narrative, and feel inspired by and later edited and authored articles for a now defunct
the main character’s determination to find the magic and lifestyle website (2018-2020). After stepping away from
beauty all around him. financial advisory in 2014, Jim began working on his first
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