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SECTION PRODUCED BY FORUM PUBLISHING GROUP PS SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 2011 SUNSENTINEL.COM SUN SENTINEL 1 5' L.l i'jnm. iifi 171. rsr 4 CHARACTER COUNTS: See this week's profile 4 rmmA boca xiatoh highland beach 4 tL SECTION EDITOR RUBEN CUETO 954-574-5330 rcuetotribune.com J7f7n knimg slow $mm wir West Boca Raton High to get school speed zone on Glades Road should be addressed on a case-by-case basis, only when needed and justified by an engineering study." There are no guidelines for the study, according to the brief. The county is only responsible for school zones on county roads that are under county jurisdiction, Al-Turk said. Of the 21 high schools in Palm Beach County, nine front county roads, and Olympic Heights and Spanish River high schools in Boca Raton already have school speed zones.

and middle schools. "We were aware of repeated requests of speed zones on Glades," said Mo Al-Turk, assistant director of the county's traffic division. "We will probably put speed limit signs 100 feet in either direction in front of the school." He expects the design work to take up to two months, and installation typically takes a few weeks, he said. By Marci Shatzman STAFF WRITER Look out for yellow flashers on Glades Road in front of West Boca Raton Community High School. The county changed its school zone policy on Feb.

1, allowing for speed zones. on county-maintained roads in front of or adjacent to high schools. It already allowed zones for elementary "We use solar panels with batteries, so we don't need to have an electricity supply," he said. The cost of the whole project is expected to be $16,000, plus $600 for annual maintenance, he said. "It's great news," said West Boca High's principal, Mark L.

Stenner. We have been petitioning the County Commission since the school opened seven years ago." Parents of children attending Seminole Ridge High School in Loxahatchee asked for a speed zone there, according to a brief the county Engineering and Public Works Division prepared for county commissioners. The Florida Department of Transportation has a school speed zone policy that says the zones are not usually needed at high schools, but "when special circumstances occur, they MUSEUM GUIDES YOUNG ARTISTS 'Retiree Invasion' Talk addresses Boca Raton's development history By Jonathan D. Marcus STAFF WRITER 1 v. A recent Boca Raton Historical Society presentation addressed past periods of development that spurred massive growth in the city and state.

William B. Stronge, a Florida Atlantic University professor emeritus of economics, gave a Town Hall Talk titled "What Made Modern Boca Raton? The Retiree Invasion: 1950-1980." Stronge traced developments after the first influx of seniors to eastern areas of Boca beginning in the 1950s, when large numbers of retirees purchased the new two-bedroom single-family homes with carports. "It was interesting to hear how it developed in the '50s. Our house was built in the '50s and it has a carport, just what he was talking about," said John Stetson, a retiree who has lived in Boca Raton since 2006. The single-family housing of the 1950s and 1960s is too small for many people now considering purchasing those homes, and those who do often consider remodeling, Stronge said.

"Later generations of occupants of the city have to incur costs to make Please turn to HISTORY, 6 1 A I u. PHOTO BY JONATHAN D. MARCUS Artist-in-resldence assistant Lauren Shapiro helps kindergarten students Tyler Qulnn and Emily Tenorio with their projects at Hammock Pointe Elementary School during a recent studio session. Artist-in-residence program a hit at W. Boca school HI-Hi they worked on gluing items into a box that another child had previously painted.

The lesson taught the importance of sharing, Hoffman said. During their studio time, students complete a piece to take home and one to display at school. "This is really great that the children are able to do what they like to do and be so creative," said kindergarten teacher Dawn Noonan, whose class worked on the cigar box project. The school's cafeteria, media center and administrative offices are filled with the fruits of past projects. Installations of pieces joined together, such as those representing bronze sculptures, hang on walls, and many individual objects, like clay human heads, Please turn to ARTIST, in studio.

Children also see the work of the artist or artistic period they are studying during a visit to the museum. Hoffman and Shapiro, who are professional ceramicists, break the projects down into steps that help children develop gradually in a supportive setting, Hoffman said. The projects incorporate beginning artistic skills such as gluing, painting and drawing. The program makes completion of pieces dependent on cooperation, teamwork and problem-solving skills, Hoffman said. Recently, kindergarten children worked on a project based on the work of the late abstract artist, painter and sculptor Louise Nevelson.

Children fashioned cigar boxes that were joined together to mimic Nevel-son's "Shadow Chord" sculpture at the museum. Each child painted a box, and the next day, By Jonathan D. Marcus STAFF WRITER Children are developing artistic and social skills through a Boca Raton Museum of Art program. Artist-in-residence CatalinaAguirre Hoffman and her assistant, Lauren Shapiro, are guiding pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade students at Hammock Pointe Elementary School west of Boca Raton on creative projects based on visual art at the museum. The 3-year-old artist-in-residence program is designed to be a springboard for children to explore, self-confidence and develop an awareness of art's role in society, said Luis Glickman, the museum's assistant curator of education.

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