The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida • Page 97

SL THE PALM BEACH POST MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1993 3D MARTINST. LUCIE COUNTY PEOPLE TO WATCH Help foster a positive beginning to school TODAY'S BEST BETS By HAP LeCRONE Palm Beach Post-Cox News Service Many families start the school year with a mind-set and outlook typical of midsummer. All sorts of excuses emerge to put off making a commitment to academic pursuits and involvement in school. Some parents passively resist the start of school by letting their children continue to stay up late, not purchas 'V jf i J' I 1 i Private Pilot Ground School Classes to 8 p.m. today and Wednesdays, Aug.

30 to Oct. 18, at the Indian River Community College Center in Stuart. Lyric Original featuring original songwriter nights at 8 p.m. tonight at the Lyric Theatre. 'Performers sign up at 7:30 p.m.

Admission is $1. Call 220-1942. Social Dances with the music of Justice and Company are 7:30 to 10 p.m. today at the Stuart Recreation Center, 201 S.W. Flagler Ave.

Fee is $3. Call 288-5335. fl Open Duplicate Bridge 7 to 10:30 p.m. today at the Hobe Sound Civic Center. Cost is $3 per person.

Call 546-0312. COMING TUESDAY Guided Nature Walks of the Savannas are offered by the South Florida Water Management 9 a.m. every Tuesday and the second and fourth Saturday of each month. Canoe trips of the Savannas are 9 a.m. first Saturday and 2:30 p.m.

the last Sunday of each month. Call 468-4097. Hidden Treasure Chorus, a Sweet Adelines group is now being formed. Meetings are 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Christ Lutheran Church, 1592 S.E.

Floresta Drive, Port St. Lucie. 878-1207 or 461-2139. Free adult film program at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the main branch of the St.

Lucie County Library, 124 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce. Call 468-1615. fl Leisure activities 1 to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 8:30 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Saturday at the East 10th Street Recreation Center in Stuart. Free. Women's Doubles Tennis League meets ai'8 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday at Lyngate Park, Pdrt St Lucie.

Call 878-7620. Keep family discussions about knowledge, learning; and school positive! skills with your children, their teachers and other school personnel. Show an active interest fii your children's work. Keep family discussions about knowledge, learning and school positive. fl Recognize that the first days or even weeks of school may be stressful for some children; Those who have not gone tp school before and are separating from their parents for the first time, those who are moving from one school to another and other similar situations can produce some stress that needs special attention from parents and teachers.

fl Be sure your children get enough sleep and are not going t6 school without proper rest. Help children get organized the night before to minimize morning rush and confusion. fl Spend time after school talking with your children about how their day went their feelings about their teachers, classmates and subjects in school. Look ovej any work they bring home and show an interest in what they are doing. Help your children set goals for future educational pursuits.

Tell them learning is a lifelong activity, that each school day and year is part of an ongoing learning process. Develop a positive mind-set, one with heightened expectations and realistic goals. Learning how to learn takes on added significance when you realize that in the future education will be August Gabriel August Gabriel, owner and founder of television station WAR-Channel 16, has been working in radio since he was 15 years old. "I got involved through amateur ham radio in Detroit during the depression when a group of us used to talk to each other," he said. "We didn't have much else to do but communicate so we decided to get our commercial licenses.

But there still were no jobs." Eventually he worked for the radio division of the Detroit Police Department. After nine years he moved to Fort Lauderdale for a radio job he had been promised with the Fort Lauderdale Police in 1953. But when he got there he was told there was no job. "There I was with my wife and three kids in the car. So I looked in the paper and got a job repairing televisions and two-way radios." After six months he moved on to a radio monitoring station.

Still dissatisfied, he opened his own shop repairing television and two-way radio equipment until he secured a franchise to repair General Electric radios. "The turnpike was being built and I did a lot of work installing equipment and that gave me a start." His business empire grew from a one-man operation to a company with 85 employees. He also started a telephone answering service with 27 operators and a mobile telephone service that developed into cellular and beepers. He sold his business, retired and moved to Martin County in 1986. But after about four years, he became restless and applied for a low power television station license and got it in 1991.

"Television is radio with a picture. The transmitter is a little more complicated but once you get started it's like eating peanuts. I could eat the whole bag." Now 74, Gabriel says the television station is not a retirement toy. It focuses on local events and broadcasts 24 hours a day via cable channel 12 and from three satellite feed channels. "To me it's a challenge and an opportunity to pay back to a business that has been very good to me." Personal: Married 54 years, three children and "so many grandchildren I've stopped counting." Car: 1990 Mazda MPV.

The best thing about Martin County: It reminds me of Fort Lauderdale in the '50s and it's about ready to explode. In the next five years there will be a lot of changes as far as population and businesses. The worst thing about Martin County: It's tough for young people to ing needed school supplies or study aids for their children, or even letting their children skip classes during the early part of the school year. The first few days and weeks of school are very important in helping students establish a positive perception and expectation for the academic year. If they fall behind, fail to get to know their classmates at the beginning of the year or become inhibited due to feelings of being different, problems of adjustment may be increased.

Parents can do a lot to foster a positive beginning to classes. The following suggestions may be helpful: Let your children know that you expect school to be among their highest priorities. Let them also know that you hope they will see their education as a challenge and an opportunity rather than drudgery and something to be avoided. fl Set priorities for home study. Have a place available for each child to concentrate and work.

Encourage your children to set aside a definite time for study each day and help them make a commitment to stick to a schedule. fl Build good communication August Gabriel, a Martin County resident for six years, founded WAR-Channel 16 in 1991 after he felt too restless to retire. make a living here and county government has to improve and get more things done faster, including public transportation. My greatest asset: My desire to keep moving. My greatest weakness: Giving in to people.

My biggest accomplishment: With my ambition and desires I was able to build Gabriel Communications. The television station is an offshoot of it and I hope to do the same thing with it. My personal hero: Fred Link, the father of two-way radio. He was always inspiring to talk to and encouraged me to keep going and expand. The best part about the communications business: We are going through a terrific change.

In another 15 years fiber optics will take over and there won't be any need for all these big, powerful stations. The worst part about the communications business: You will have a flood of people going into the business and there will be a lot of duplication. Last good book I read: Iacocca by Lee Iacocca. Last good movie I saw: The Firm. If I couldn't be In communications: I would like to have a band of 30 musicians and be the band leader.

My personal philosophy: Be positive all the time and don't listen to negativism. NISHA PULLIAM LOOKING AHEAD Kids: Disney World favorite place to visit fl Living in Harmony with Nature, by Sarah Pride, will be the featured lecture in the New Creative Discover Series 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Center for Self Discovery, 2000 N.E. Jensen Beach Jensen Beach. Cost is $10.

Master Gardeners of Martin County answer questions by phone or in person 9 a.m. to 'noon Wednesday and Friday at the Agriculture Center, S.E. A1A, Stuart. Call 288-5654. fl Bingo at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday at St Ana-siasia Catholic Church Auditorium, 401 S. 33rd Fort Pierce, and at 6:45 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus, 451 S.W. Ravenswood Lane, Port St. Lucie.

fl Stuart Chess Club meets 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday at the Stuart Recreation Center, 201 S.W. Flagler Ave. Fee is $1. Call 220-8825.

Those responding to the survey of 45,000 first- through sixth-graders also said that if they had $10, they'd save it. They said their favorite movie is Home Alone, their favorite singer is Garth Brooks and their favorite magazine is Sports Illustrated for Kids The Associated Press Where do kids want to visit most? In a survey of its readership by Weekly Reader, a national student newspaper, Disney World and Grandma and Grandpa's house tied for first, with the state of Florida winning third place. DICK WILLES REG MILLER'S oooooooooooooooooooooo t. -I GREAT GOLF SHOOT OUT IV 9 0 and rsn present 0 BALLEN1SLES COUNTRY CLUB SEPTEMBER 11, 1993 BREAKFAST REGISTRATION 7:30 A.M. 9:00 A.M.

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Entry fee includes all green and cart fees, breakfast, refreshments on the course luncheon buffet immediately following at awards ceremony. HOLE IN ONE WINS A NEW CAR Prizes will be awarded for longest drive, closest to the pin, and various other categories as soon as we make them up. Donations are tax deductible as provided be law 501 C-3. Documents are available for inspection upon request. September 16-19, 1993 at the West Palm Beach Auditorium For General Show Information Call (407) 683-8012 For Groups of 20 or More Call (407) 683-6010 Also Sponsored By 0 little Caesars MSTPMMBFtm jummtsniu f5 Substance Abuse Awareness Program GOLF TOURNAMENT SEPT.

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