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How do you know if you've made the right decision?
Which decisions count the most?
What are the tools to a good decision?

find out the:

JEWISH SECRETS

To Self Improvement

"How To Make The
Right Decision"

With Guest Lecturer Rabbi Alon Tolwin

Tuesday, January 6, 1998
7:30 P.M.

Its museum displays coins salvaged
from shipwrecks, and a skull and
bones found in the caves. Visitors
enjoy walking down the stone staircase
into Mermaid Hole to see a boiling
hole.
The cave was discovered in 1969 by
a scuba diver and is part of an under-
water system averaging 45 feet in
depth; it's the site of the discovery of a
living fossil, the crustacean
speleonectes lucayensis.
Don't miss a visit to UNEXSO
(Underwater Explorers Society), a
snorkeling and diving center that pro-
vides another exciting activity. For its
Dolphin Experience, guests are taken
by boat to a dock with a netted area.
Here Atlantic bottlenose dophins join
participants standing in the water and
play with them. Dolphins are free to
swim into the ocean, but like things so
much here they keep returning.
But truth to tell, Cydnie preferred
staying on the ship to land-based
activities. The Big Red Boat staff pro-
vides more extensive attention to chil-
dren than other lines, with highly
enthusiastic and. skilled counselors.
Children are divided into five age
groups, with activities and facilities
specifically geared to each. Looney
Tunes characters appear at varied
events throughout the cruise — such
as the exuberant sail-away party on
deck with music, traditional streamers,

and conga lines — and may be
booked for personal tuck-in service.
The mid-sized cruise shop (782
feet) is small enough that kids can find
their way easily within a short time,
yet large enough to offer a multitude
of activities. The staff is meticulous
about who signs a child in or out.
Activities range from arts and crafts
projects, face painting to swimming in
the pool. The youngsters rehearsed,
made costumes and exuberantly pre-
sented a play the final night. They can
tour the bridge with the captain, play
pogs and participate in a treasure
- hunt. (Older children have ice cream
parties, video games and Beach
Olympics.)
Even the dining room staff is espe-
cially warm and patient. Although
there's a menu featuring favorites such
as pizza and chicken nuggets, our serv-
er told us little ones are free to indulge
in anything from the adults' menu.
No doubt, when the new Disney
Magic sets sail in spring 1998, facili-
ties will be more sophisticated with
that Disney polish. But it would be
hard to beat the enthusiasm of the
crew aboard the Big Red Boat — and
prices can't compare.
On certain sailings, two children
accompanying two adults sail free in
the same cabin. For information, con-
tact Premier Cruise Lines at (800)
990-7770 or your travel agent. ❑

Jewish Community Center

Maple/Drake Building

There is no charge for this program.

Refreshments will be served.

Please call (248) 661-7649 to register for the lecture.

Jewish Secrets will be held on the first Tuesday of every month.

Sperber's North kosher restaurant, located inside the JCC,
will be serving dinner until 8:00 p.m.

For the hearing impaired an Infrared Sound System is available.

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1998

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Reefs, Lagoons, Conch
All On Key Largo

RUTH ROVNER

Special to The Jewish News

I is name is often associated with
the classic Humphrey Bogart
movie of the same name. But
the real star of Key Largo is
nature — especially the marine envi-
ronment.
Emerald-green lagoons, clear blue
sea, vivid coral reefs — plus palm
trees, pines and mangroves — all
combine to give Key Largo its lush
tropical ambiance.
Located just 42 miles south of
Miami, it is the largest of the chain
of islands known as the Florida Keys.
Key Largo, the first of the Keys, has
marine attractions which include the
nation's first underwater park, the
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State
Park, as well as the Key Largo

National Marine Sanctuary. Together
they feature 55 varieties of delicate
corals and almost 500 different
species of fish.
No wonder this is a top destina-
tion for seasoned scuba divers,
snorkelers, sailors and other water
sports lovers. But non-divers can also
enjoy the pleasures of this underwater
park by boarding the San Jose, a glass-
bottomed boat which took us on a
guided tour of Molasses Reef, the
most popular reef in the marine sanc-
tuary. During our tour, we saw high
coral ridges and tunnels, intricate
coral formations and fish of every size
and color.
Meanwhile, seasoned divers were
boarding the Scuba Express and varied
snorkeling dive boats for trips to dive
sites where they could view the amaz-
ing underwater world of coral reefs.

