News-Press from Fort Myers, Florida • Page 47

NEWS-PRESS ASK YOUR VET 3 TV LISTINGS .7 MOVIE LISTINGS 8 DEARABBY. 10 THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1981 ei ins OWL lew i- athletic clinics available, including sports such as track, tennis, T-Ball, soccer, and swimming. So Mom and Dad, you might want to save this page. Even if you don't think you need it now, it may come in mighty handy by July. Lee County Mt i are you gonna do now that kids are home for the summer? Read on and relax BY BETTY PRICE News-Press Staff Writer For newly released students, the first couple of weeks of summer vacation is tbe greatest thing since ice cream.

For the next couple of weeks, it's OK. And after that, it all too frequently turns into a contest between parent and child to see who can drive the other crazy first. At that point, a bit of scheduled activity away from home can do everybody good. With Lee and Collier county schools dismissing students Friday, and Charlotte following suit June 1 1, families may discover that the coming weeks of freedom are a good time to explore new interests that are overlooked during the busy school year. Even if a youngster is reluctant to tie up several weeks of his vacation (and everybody needs some time to do nothing), there are plenty of week-long actvities planned by various Southwest Florida youth organizations.

For the youngest children there are plenty of day camps sched Lee County Nature Center The center on Ortiz Avenue is offering a series of weekly sessions June 22 through July 23; Monday-Friday, 9:45 a.m.-2 p.m. for students aged 5-15. Different age groups will be taught separately, and each participant should bring his own lunch, drinks and wear appropriate clothing. Cost is $25 a week for members and $35 a week for nonmembers. The sessions are as folio ws: June 22-26, Space Journey Ad venture, for ages 5-7, 8-1 June 29-July 3, Natural Cycles, ages 8-10, 11-15; July 6-10, Animals and Plants Live Here Too, ages 5-7, 8-10; July 13-17, Everything Has A Home, ages 5-7, 11-15; July 20-24, Sharing Our Home, ages July 27-31, Nature, The Greatest Magician, ages 8-10, 1 1-15.

Registration should be made at least one week before the desired session. For more information call 332-2206. Lee County Alliance of the Arts: The alliance is offering three series of classes for students from kindergarten through high school. The classes begin the week of June 8 and run for six weeks. Registration should be made as soon as possible.

Schedules are: Dance, Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.-l 1 :30 a.m., $20; Music, Wednesdays, 1 1 a.m.-12:30 p.m., $1 1.25; and acting experience, which will be scheduled later. Interested parents should call the alliance office, located on McGregor Boulevard at Colonial, at 939-3993. See SUMMER, page 3D uled in Southwest Florida to give them a good chance to try the, waters away from home with new friends. The county YMCAs have a comprehensive day camp program for all ages that include a wide range of activities. But the child who has a specialized interest can also find plenty of nature study programs (complete with field trips), arts-related activities, and A 47-year delay made his Clear the air with an all-purpose grad speech bar mitzvah even better XXl ON Vi PEOPLE MAUREEN i BASHAW News-PressJim Mazzotta crossroads b)a standstill c)a standoff d)each other's throats.

"Your toughest decision will come in choosing: a)whicb path to take b)what mouthwash to use c)a spouse with a meaningful inheritance d)a good accountant "Speaking as one with: a)the wisdom of years b)advanced senility c)acid indigestion d)a good buzz on "I would advise you to follow: a)the straight and narrow b)the yellow brick road c)your nose d)the unfolding drama of "As the World Turns" "and don't lose sight of: a)your goals b)your creditors c)that cute little blonde who sat in front of you in social studies." "But don't expect the world to be handed to you on a silver platter. No, to fulfill your goals. It will take plenty of: a)hard work b)greed c)bribes d)sleeping around. "Even then there will be disappointments. Just remember, if at first you don't succeed then: a)try, try again b)join a convent c)run for political office d) there's always suicide.

"And don't despair. Always look: a)on tbe sunny side of life b)both ways before crossing c)for an excuse d)for revenge "Sometimes it may seem as if you will never be able to accomplish all your goals. Dont worry. Keep in mind that Rome wasn't a See SPEECH, 3D If you wake up these days noticing a bit of stateness in tbe air, don't worry. It's merely a sign of tbe season.

Which is to say, it's graduation time and the worn-out words from thousands upon thousands of interminable commencement speeches lay heavy on the land. We here at Monotony Industries are proud of this fine tradition of tedious boredom. As purveyors of hollow words and fallow phrases to generations of commencement speakers, we are pleased to be responsible for all the graduation speeches you've ever heard. This commencement season, as you sit in your stuffy, smelly gymnasiums or hot buggy football stadiums, listening to the same old words over and over again and wondering if tbe speaker will ever shut up, pause briefly to thank the fine folks at Monotony Industries. Under the leadership of our president Mr.

Banal N. Trite, and his capable and lovely research assistant Miss Plati Tude, we have once again dipped into our treasure trove of clickless cliches and idiotic idioms to come up with a conglomeration of words that sound nice, but mean absolutely nothing. This year we are happy to present the latest version of our ever-popular "General All-Purpose, Fill-In-The-Blank Commencement Speech." The beauty of this speech the Torah, the Hebrew bible. "I was 47 years late but I made it," said Horowitz. "I'm glad I waited.

I understand Judiasm a lot more now than I did when I was a kid of 13." THERE'S GOING TO be some fancy dancing going on in this old town June 12. The Fort Myers Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alphi Psi will be staging its first annual Black and White Ball at tbe Fort Myers Exhibition Hall on the banks of the Caloosahatchee. Dress is strictly black and white. If you arrive at the ball In a coat of many colors you will be asked politely to leave. Tickets for the affair are $15 for couples, $8 for singles.

And the money Is going for a good cause, to establish the Co-die L. Jones Memorial Scholarship. Jones, valedictorian of the Class of 1952 at Dunbar High School, served four years in tbe Air Force, graduated from Florida and was a member of Kappa Aphi Psi. In the arly 1 960s Jones returned to his home town to teach at Cypress Lake Middle School. While still In his 40s he died of high blood pressure.

His widow, Louise and daughter, Colette, died in a car accident a few years later. A son, Cody Jones Is living with a relative and going to school in Gainesville. "A lot of people here knew Cody, said Fred White, president of the lo-See PEOPLE, page 6D I i Joe Horowitz, 60, was bar mitzvahed the other night in a ceremony at Temple Beth-El in Cape Coral. And almost 300 people, including his 85-year-old mother, rejoiced. The next night he was the guest of honor at a reception at The Helm in Fort Myers.

And about 150 people ate, drank, and made merry. By conventional standards Horowitz should have been bar mitzvahed 47 years ago when he was a lad living with his parents and brother and two sisters tn Springfield, Mass. However, when he was 13, the age when Jewish boys are considered ready for religious responsibility, America was in the midst of the Great Depression. His dad, a worker for Pittsburgh Glass Co. simply didn't have enough money to spend on the celebration which usually follows the solemn bar mitzvah service.

"I'll tell you the truth, I would have been bar mitzvahed when I was 13 in a quiet ceremony on a Thursday night I had studied Hebrew for three years," said Horowitz, owner of Gulf Iron and Metal Co. In Fort Myers. "But I wanted a Saturday night bar mitzvah with a party afterward like most of my friends were having. I told my mom and dad 'If I can't be bar mitzvahed like my friends I don't want it' It would have cost between 1200 to $300 for the Saturday night bar mitzvah. They didn't have the money.

I didn't really care." But Horowitz never stopped going BOB MORRIS is that it can be tailored to your specific needs. Firmly traditional or boldly relevant liberal or conservative, optimist or pessimist this is the speech for you. Just complete the sentences: "Ladies, gentlemen and graduates "As I stand before you today, looking out on this sea of a)shinlng faces b)hope and ambition c) drugged and blank stares d) spineless jellyfish, "I am reminded of a fond, old saying that goes, 'In the game of life, it matters not whether you win or lose but' a)how you play the game b)whether you have free agent status c)who the scorekeeper is d)how you lay the blame. "Today, as you proudly stand up and leave these: a)hallowed halls b)overcrowded classrooms folding chairs borrowed from a funeral parlor "To face: )your destiny unemployment c)the music d)ultimate failure "You will find the world at a)a to the Temple. As the years slipped by he married and fathered two sons.

In 1955, when he came to live in Fort Myers, his family became active in Temple Beth-El, then located on Grand and Linbart in Fort Myers. The membership of the temple was 25 families at that time. Horowitz began working to build the membership. When he was named president of the congregation In 1962, the membership had risen to 55 families. When Rabbi Joseph Liberies died in 1964, Horowitz was lay rabbi for the temple for almost three years.

During his 26 years at Temple Beth-El, Horowitz has attended dozens of bar mitzvahs including those of his sons. Fort Myers attorney Bill Horowitz and Mark Horowitz, a student at Samford University. At Horowitz's 59th birthday party last year, his wife, Sue, and his sons and daughter-in-law, Andrea Horowitz, urged him to make arrangements for his own bar mitzvah. Finally he consented. For six months betook lessons In Hebrew from Rabbi Solomon Agin of Temple Beth-El.

During his bar mitzvah he read from 5.