Town-Crier newspaper January 30, 2015

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ORCHARD HILL CLAIMS JOE BARRY CUPSEE STORY, PAGE 17

Hundreds of fourth-grade students from elementary schools in Wellington flooded the fields and stands at the International Polo Club Palm Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 20 for the 13th annual Fourth Grade Polo Day, where students watched an exciting polo game while enjoying snacks and meeting mascot Chukker. Shown here, Towana Cohen has a ball signed by polo star Luis Escobar. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9

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FOURTH GRADERSVISIT THE POLO CLUB

By Ron BukleyTown-Crier Staff Report

Wellington’s controversial K-Park parcel on State Road 7 will remain designated for a park, or at least open space, until the vil-lage conducts workshops to hear residents’ ideas on what they want to see at the site.

A record number of residents attending Tuesday’s meeting over-flowed from the Wellington Mu-nicipal Complex council chambers on Tuesday as six presenters made their best pitch to develop the va-cant 65-acre site and three council members debated its future.

The residents’ apparent favor-ite, Wellington Garden Partners, received several ovations during its presentation, although it did not receive a high ranking from council members, which ranked the Bainbridge-Brefrank proposal first, followed by Divosta, Stiles and Wellington Gardens, with Reinvent America and Lennar tied for fifth.

Many residents, especially those in nearby developments, pleaded for the site to remain a park, say-ing that they did not want the additional traffic and five-story buildings near their homes.

As in an earlier meeting where the rankings were made, only three council members were on the dais. Councilwoman Anne Gerwig had recused herself under a Commission on Ethics finding of a possible conflict of interest. Meanwhile, former Councilman Howard Coates resigned two weeks ago in preparation to accept an appointment as a judge on the 15th Judicial Circuit Court, and although his replacement, attorney John McGovern, had been selected earlier in Tuesday’s meeting, he will not be sworn in until next month.

About 40 residents spoke during public comment.

Rick Greene of Olympia, who is director of development services for the City of West Palm Beach, was the village’s capital projects director when the Wellington

Municipal Complex was built and served as vice president for two of the proposers, said he shared some of the residents’ concerns about the Bainbridge proposal for 780 residential units.

“That’s a great amount of de-velopment, and my concern also is that the project seems like it is turned inward toward the lake, and you have surface parking on both State Road 7 and Stribling Way,” Greene said. “I think the site plan, if you choose to go that route, could be enhanced by trying to eliminate the eyesore by eliminat-ing all that surface parking along the perimeter.”

He added that the Divosta plan has merit, but on a less dense scale than what they had proposed.

“As a resident walking to this site, my first thought would be what would be of greatest interest to me and my family,” he said. “When I look at that, I look at the Wellington Gardens proposal.”

Greene said he was concerned about a proposed gas station on the corner. “I think at that prominent intersection of Stribling and State Road 7, an entry feature of some significance should be built there,” he said. “All in all, I think with the botanical gardens, the mix of uses, this is a project I would like to come visit.”

Former Mayor Tom Wenham asked for a referendum to see what the citizens want.

“Many years ago, we bought this 70-acre parcel,” Wenham said. “Mayor Margolis was on the council when we bought it. It was bought for parks and recreational use. Every presentation we have seen this evening, there’s a lot of single-family, there’s apartments, and that means children — and one thing that we have prided this com-munity on is the amount of parks and recreation and open space that we provide for our children.”

Wenham pointed out that during negotiations regarding the Binks Forest Golf Club, the council put a restrictive covenant on the site to

Council Votes To Keep K-Park As A Park… For Now

See K-PARK, page 4


The Wellington Village Council unanimously selected attorney John McGovern on Tuesday from among more than 20 candidates seeking to replace former Council-man Howard Coates.

McGovern thanked council members for his appointment.

“I think this was a very interest-ing process for all of us who ap-plied, and I think there were many, many outstanding candidates,” he said in accepting the appointment. “I’m proud to have been chosen from among them. I think it says this community is loved and this community has many people who are willing to serve, as you all serve, and I think that is a wonder-ful thing.”

McGovern, who grew up in Wellington, said he was proud to be joining the council. He will take his seat next month.

“All I can say is that I hope to

make you proud, and I will work hard to earn the people’s approval and to continue to make Wel-lington the great place that it is,” he said.

McGovern moved to Welling-ton in 1986 and was a member of the first graduating class to attend a full four years at Wellington High School.

“I applied for the council open-ing because I felt it was a unique opportunity to serve the commu-nity where I grew up and where my children are growing up — the community that I love,” he told the Town-Crier on Wednesday.

His goals are to bring a unique perspective to the council.

“I think I’ll be the first person to serve on the council who grew up in Wellington, having a chance to shape its future,” McGovern said. “That’s what I’m really looking forward to. To say that I have an agenda or an idea of one particular thing with a term of only one year

John McGovern Will Replace Coates On Wellington Council

I don’t think is really the best prac-tice, but I know why I’m doing this and I know who I’m doing it for.”

He will be up for re-election next year for the remaining two

See McGOVERN, page 19


Engineers gave updates on drainage projects in response to Tropical Storm Isaac flooding to the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors last week. The projects involve rebuilding large pump stations and drainage pipes.

At the Jan. 21 meeting, Joseph Capra of Captec Engineering explained that the inverted siphon at the M-1 Canal allows water to go north to south underneath the West Palm Beach M Canal, and that the existing drainage head is located in the easement of the M Canal, which the City of West Palm Beach plans to widen in a few years. That will require ITID

Expert: New Pipes Under WPBCanal Could Cost ITID Millions

See ITID, page 19

Art Society’s ‘Artfest On The Green’ This WeekendBy Julie Unger

Town-Crier Staff ReportThe Wellington Art Society will

present its ninth annual Artfest on the Green at the Wellington Am-phitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington) on Saturday, Jan. 31 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The juried fine art and fine craft show will feature artists from around the country showing off unique designs across multiple mediums, including painting, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, textiles, photography and more.

“Our goal is to bring art and community together,” said Leslie Pfeiffer of the Wellington Art Soci-ety. “Artfest gives the community an opportunity to interact with art-ists, learn more about the creative processes, different mediums and techniques, and learn about the artists’ lives.”

This year’s judge, she said, will be Anita Lovitt, who is an educa-tor, illustrator, graphic design artist and highly regarded art judge.

Several artists will be working on site, Pfeiffer said, and the 51 fine artists participating in the festival were selected for their cre-ativity, mastery of the techniques and level of excellence.

Pfeiffer, past president of the organization, is one of the three co-chairs for Artfest, along with Adrianne Hetherington and Wel-lington Art Society President Donna Donelan.

The trio will be on hand to assist visitors as they navigate through a children’s art activity area where art can be created, shared and taken home, as well as through the fine art selection by professional and emerging artists from across the region displaying their original artwork.

With a wide variety of works of

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art for sale, Pfeiffer is sure there will be something for everyone at the show.

“It’s a celebration of art, of life, enjoying a wonderful day at the beautiful amphitheater,” Pfeiffer said.

Original art — nothing manu-factured or reproduced — will be available for purchase.

The 100 members of the Wel-lington Art Society, founded in 1981, cover a vast variety of mediums. The group is open to all artists and provides a place for regional and local artists to share their work and their craft.

The proceeds from Artfest help finance the Wellington Art So-ciety’s longstanding scholarship program.

“We’re very proud that every year we’re able to award scholar-ships to local high school students going on to careers related to art. We’re going on our tenth year of

PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

VINCEREMOS BUCK OFF CONTEST

The Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center began the qualifying rounds of its annual Buck Off and Poker Shoot Out on Thursday, Jan. 22 at the White Horse Tavern. Qualifying continued on Thursday, Jan. 29 and will conclude on Thursday, Feb. 5 from 6 to 10 p.m. The finals of the Buck Off and Poker Shoot Out will be held at Vinceremos’ annual auction and dinner, set for Friday, Feb. 13 at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. Shown here are the Florida Community Bank Cowboys team of Shan Quraeshi, Will Piper, Thomas Schweiser, Josh List and Wyatt Harlow.

MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5PHOTO BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

to move the drainage heads by extending them into the district right of way.

“They obviously want to widen this whole area of the canal,” Capra said. “As you can guess, that is going to cost you a little more money, and that’s the unfortunate part of the whole thing.”

The good news is that the new construction will increase the flow of the inverted siphon, improving the overall efficiency of the M-1 Canal, and allow the upper basin areas to drain more quickly, he said.

The problem is increased by the proximity of a Florida Power & Light pole that would require additional sheet piling to assure structural integrity. “Unfortu-

nately, that all comes with a price,” Capra said.

Capra looked at the project in two different ways, two 6-foot-by-12-foot double box culverts at $2.6 million, and an 8-foot-by-12-foot single box culvert at $1.6 million, which he said would work but would also limit the district’s options in operating the system.

“This is obviously a major canal system for the district,” he said, explaining that the double box would give the district a backup system. “If we had to do any re-pairs or work in the box culvert, we could take one out of service and keep the other one in service. Do I think that’s worth $900,000?

awarding scholarships,” Pfeiffer said, noting that high school teach-ers receive a notice to encourage students to apply.

While the art is enjoyed, there will be food trucks to satisfy stom-achs, musicians to satisfy ears, and all the art that can be imagined. It will be a community event, and everyone is encouraged to attend, Pfeiffer said.

“Art can unite a community. It also informs, inspires and enriches our lives tremendously. We’re committed to having art very much a part of our life experience here in Wellington,” she said. “We en-courage people to take in art in all forms wherever they may travel, because it does definitely reflect the human experience.”

Artfest is free to the public, thanks in part to national and lo-cal sponsors, including Whole Foods Market, the Town-Crier, Jerry’s Artarama, the Village of

Wellington, the Wellington Pres-ervation Coalition and the Jacobs family, Wellington The Magazine, the Children’s Hospital at Palms West, Graphic-Signs and Republic Services of Palm Beach.

The Wellington Art Society meets the second Wednesday of the month, September through May, starting at 6:30 p.m. with refreshments and following with a demonstration, speaker or activity at 7:30 p.m.

Meetings are currently be-ing held at Village Park (11700 Pierson Road) and are open to the public. The next meeting will be Wednesday, Feb. 11, featuring a pastel and watercolor dem-onstration by Deborah LaFogg Docherty.

To learn more about the Wel-lington Art Society, visit www.wellingtonartsociety.org or www.wellingtonartsociety.blogspot.com.

John McGovern

EDUCATIONAL SERIES AT LOCAL TEMPLESEE STORY, PAGE 7

Royal Palm Beach Has Extensive Plans For Park ImprovementsEighteen concrete-slab disc golf tee boxes, four 75-foot-tall Great Lawn light poles, and a 2.5-acre dog park, all at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park, are among the park upgrades scheduled to be completed this year, Royal Palm Beach Parks & Recreation Director Lou Recchio told Recreation Advisory Board members Mon-day. Page 3

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By Lynn DemarestTown-Crier Staff Report

Eighteen concrete-slab disc golf tee boxes, four 75-foot-tall Great Lawn light poles, and a 2.5-acre dog park, all at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park, are among the park upgrades scheduled to be completed this year, Royal Palm Beach Parks & Recreation Director Lou Recchio told Rec-reation Advisory Board members Monday.

Disc golf, a 50-year-old game in which players throw flying discs at eye-level chain baskets, is explod-ing in popularity, Recchio said. The village’s 18-hole course is the fourth in Palm Beach County and, according to reviewers at www.dgcoursereview.com, the best by a narrow margin. The others are at Okeeheelee Park, PGA National Park and the Florida Atlantic Uni-versity campus in Jupiter.

The 6-foot-by-12-foot slabs, which cost $8,200, are scheduled to be completed by the end of February.

“Every day, there’s somebody out there playing disc golf,” said

Recchio, longtime director of the department set to spend $3.4 million this year for capital im-provements.

The $42,000 set of four light poles will be positioned around the perimeter of the Great Lawn at Commons Park, alleviating the need to use portable rental lighting during nighttime events. They’ll look like sports field lights but will be individually controlled and have fixtures on both sides so that the two volleyball courts and two playgrounds skirting the Great Lawn can also be lighted. Electri-cal work is already underway, Recchio said.

The $236,000 dog park — which Recchio has called “one jewel of a dog park” — will be near the center of Commons Park. Scheduled to be completed in May, it will include three areas. One will admit dogs weighing up to 30 pounds. A second will be for larger dogs. A third area will be opened to either dog group when its regular area is undergoing flea and tick treatments and sod repairs. Each area will have a shade pavil-

ion. “People are excited about it,” Recchio said.

The village already has several smaller dog parks at Crestwood Park (2700 Pine Road), Todd A. Robiner Park (350 LaMancha Ave.) and Homeplace Park (1016 Grandview Circle).

Other improvements slated for the coming year include:

• New, more energy-efficient field lighting controllable with a smartphone, to be installed at the Bob Marcello Baseball Complex and Preservation Park at a cost of $160,000.

• A $25,000 irrigation-system component at the sprawling Com-mons Park that will inject fertilizer into the outgoing water so it will no longer need to be spread manually. Recchio said the system will be installed in the next 30 days.

• Demolition of the 6-year-old boardwalk at Wetlands Park, a small natural area on the west side of Crestwood Boulevard South, a few blocks north of Southern Blvd. “We are looking to take it down,” Recchio said. “It is totally infested with termites.”

Royal Palm Beach Has Extensive Plans For Park Improvements• Replacement of decade-old

bleacher shade covers at the Bob Marcello Baseball Complex at Willows Park, the Katz Soccer Complex at Preservation Park and Vivian A. Ferrin Memorial Park already have been replaced at a cost of $35,000, Recchio told the board.

Some of the planned improve-ments will be financed with grants, including:

• A Land and Water grant to install walkways and a floating dock to enable handicapped access to the kayak facilities at Commons Park.

• A $200,000 Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP) grant to refurbish Field 5 at the Bob Marcello Baseball Complex, including batting cages, lighting, a picnic pavilion, exercise equipment and a small fishing dock. Under the terms of the grant, Recchio said, the work must be done by the end of the year.

• A $200,000 FRDAP grant to help construct the amphitheater with sound and lighting at Com-mons Park.

• A FRDAP Recreational Trails Program grant to construct a pedestrian entry walkway at the northeast edge of Commons Park, at the site of a foreclosed home purchased by the village.

Recchio also told the board about park improvements to be completed in 2016 and beyond, including:

• $150,000 worth of renovations to the kitchen and bathrooms at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center, which date back to 1992. The bid process on the project is already underway. The lighting also will be upgraded, which is important, Recchio said, because senior citizens are now using the facility during the day.

• A $550,000 amphitheater at Commons Park, for which grant money is being sought. Comple-tion is expected in 2017.

• A $250,000 mini-golf course and a set of three full-sized golf holes to accompany the existing driving range and 18-hole putting green at Commons Park. Shade covers for the driving range tees also are planned for 2016. Royal

Palm Beach will know in mid-2015 whether it will be awarded grants to complete the projects. The mini-golf course will be built in 2016, the three full-sized holes the following year.

• Replacement of playground equipment and new tennis lights at Camellia Park, and restroom renovations at the Bob Marcello Baseball Complex and Vivian A. Ferrin Memorial Park.

• New restrooms on the east and west sides of the Commons Park Great Lawn, slated for 2017 and 2018.

• Paving the grass overflow lots at Commons Park.

• 2016 skate park improve-ments, including additional ramps and apparatuses, costing $110,000. “There are kids in that park every single day,” Recchio said.

Recchio reported to board mem-bers that $27,400 is being spent to repair the 10-year-old interactive fountain used by children at Vet-erans Park. The village shut down the fountain after Palm Beach County Health Department public


The Royal Palm Beach Planning & Zoning Commission on Tues-day gave architectural approval for CubeSmart storage at the Sawgrass industrial development on Belvedere Road to repaint its building, but denied a roof color change from green to red because it did not fit with the rest of the complex.

Site Plan Coordinator Kevin Erwin said that CubeSmart, for-merly Safe & Secure Self Storage, wanted to repaint the building in beige tones, with a red roof.

“This was planned as a planned industrial development (PID),” Erwin said. “Safe & Secure Self Storage was the first building that was constructed within the Sawgrass PID. They were required to get an architectural approval at the time that they were going through the process, and basically there was a stipulation that since this was the first building in the PID, that all the other buildings constructed afterward would need

to match with similar colors and roofs to the existing Safe & Secure Storage building.”

He said that CubeSmart was requesting to paint the body of the building in beige tones similar to the other buildings, but with a red roof in contrast to the other green roofs.

“The other buildings in the Sawgrass PID have probably about three or four different-in-color beige tones, with the hem-lock green roof, which is what the existing roof on the Safe & Secure Self Storage has, now Cube Smart,” Erwin said.

He added that the hemlock green roofs actually extend into the retail portion of the site. “The idea was that this would be part of a cohesive commercial planned industrial development, and that is why staff has made a recommen-dation to approve the body of the paint colors and trim, but not to ap-prove the bright-red standing seam metal roof change,” Erwin said, explaining that it is inconsistent with the other roof colors.

Applicant Tom Hankey on be-half of owner CubeSmart said the village had approved the colors for another CubeSmart location on State Road 7 in Royal Palm Beach.

“It’s pretty consistent,” Hankey said. “We do this throughout the country. It’s our brand awareness, and it’s very important to us, and we’re very proud of our image.”

Hankey said he thought that the village had taken great strides to maintain its image and urged commissioners to consider the roof change.

“At times you tweak a little bit here and a little bit there, and it actually enhances things,” he said.

Commissioner Jackie Larson said she appreciated the harmoni-ous but not monotonous colors, but was concerned about the re-quirement for red colors in South Florida.

Commissioner Joseph Boyle made a motion to accept staff’s recommendation to allow the beige on the main part of the building, but deny the roof color change, which carried 5-0.

RPB Zoners OK CubeSmart’s Building Color, Not Red Roof

See RPB PARKS, page 19

On Wednesday, Jan. 21, the Wellington Chamber of Commerce hosted a luncheon at the Wanderers Club featuring author and inspirational speaker Michael Solomon. Solomon encouraged chamber members in their 2015 endeavors. For more information about Solomon, visit www.successtalkinc.com. Learn more about the Wellington Chamber at www.wellingtonchamber.com. Shown here, Solomon signs his book for Bill Tavernise. PHOTO BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

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Thoughts On The K-Park MeetingI had the misfortune of watching

this week’s Wellington Village Council meeting, in particular the K-Park agenda item.

Apparently, insufficient home-work was completed by the coun-cil, for they were not ready for the Castellina contingent and a few others who spoke vehemently against five of the six applications.

Although the council sat re-spectfully and quietly for three or four hours while the residents complained, they were not af-forded the same courtesy, and the meeting was disrupted numerous times.

Most communities have a po-lice presence in attendance, and they escort unruly citizens out of the meetings to allow business to continue. Sadly, the council did not use this necessary tool.

Before the meeting, the council should have had answers to the following questions:

1. Do we need another park? Simple solution: Have staff do a survey of existing undeveloped

properties and build out, and de-termine if we meet self-imposed ratios of park and open space to residents/houses. If so, saving the park (as Mayor Bob Margolis suggests) is not necessary.

2. Do we need a hotel? Same process as above. If the answer is yes, then where should we locate the hotel? On a major thoroughfare with the least amount of intrusion into Wellington and the least neg-ative impact? Obviously the State Road 7 and Southern Blvd. corri-dors would be most appropriate, and not in the Equestrian Preserve Area or any internal Wellington site that would cause quality of life issues and traffic.

3. Let the residents in attendance know the previous history of K-Park such as a state university attempting to locate there, with all its traffic and other negative aspects.

This K-Park site has always considered in the mix a commer-cial element that would pay for the village’s cost of buying the park; this is nothing new.

Councilman John Greene wants Councilwoman Anne Gerwig to

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vote on this issue despite the fact that the county’s Commission on Ethics has advised her of a possi-ble conflict of interest with one of the applicants. So either Greene wants to flaunt the Commission on Ethics, or he wants one of the applicants to withdraw, neither of which is his business at all. Greene also wants, rather belatedly, to kick this can down the road (typical pol-itics) to allow more public input.

Be advised, that just using this meeting as an example, 99 per-cent of the people in attendance, including Greene himself, live in the adjoining community. This phenomenon is called NIMBY (not in my backyard) and is com-monplace and occurs every day somewhere in the United States as people adjacent and/or contiguous to proposed construction voice their displeasure.

When Binks Forest went through a similar circumstance and close to 200 townhomes were proposed on a golf course, 95 percent of the people in atten-dance speaking against it were its neighbors. Zoning changes were made and shortly construction

will begin.This is how democracy works.

It’s called compromise. In Binks, we saved the golf course (however, now it is for sale again), but the main theme is no matter where you build, somebody is going to com-plain and all the meetings, com-mittees and studies will not change the facts of the case. Postponing is only kicking the can down the road and the council members not do-ing their job by making decisions that they were voted into office to make. If everything were to go out to a referendum, we wouldn’t need elected leaders.

George UngerWellington

A New PlanFor K-Park

This week’s K-Park meeting was a disaster; but much of it was well received, while other com-ponents were rejected summarily. There may be components that would appeal to a lot of the citizens of Wellington.

Some of the components that

most of the attendees liked were: the botanical gardens, quality restaurants, passive corridor/out-door plazas, wedding pavilions, fountains, a trolley, green space, a movie theatre and a bowling alley with café.

Components that should be re-moved include a gas station, hotel, retail stores and four-story parking,

Possible units to be maintained: 48 villas and three-story senior living (250 units), both of which are in the back of the project, and retail components that would be convenient and specialized.

New ideas: Waterways in the

botanical gardens, with water trails that could be navigated with kayaks. Exercised trails with stop places for additional stretch and strength exercises.

These ideas would give Wel-lington a new and unique “park,” that would not be limited to resi-dents. It would be open to all. It would be appealing to youthful citizens, active adults and senior citizens.

I am sure our residents will come up with additional ideas. Let’s get it started and develop a unique facility.

Morley Alperstein

Humans are not good at judging risk. We tend to overestimate the risk associated with some behaviors (such as flying on a commercial airplane) and casually ignore the much higher risks associated with others (such as driving a car). And when it comes to our health, consider the nationwide panic last fall regarding the Ebola virus.

Outside of West Africa, the likelihood of coming in contact with Ebola is enormously slim. Five months since the first American case was discovered, the only people to have had Ebola in the United States either caught it in West Africa or cared for one specific patient who caught it in West Africa. Yet schools were closed, businesses shuttered and travel plans to certain parts of the country canceled — all when a handful of simple precautions was all that was necessary.

Thankfully, it appears that the deadly disease is finally on the wane in the stricken nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Yet there are more pressing risks that actually could bring about a tragic death much quicker than Ebola fells its victims. For example, heart disease and stroke.

February is American Heart Month, which aims to call attention to the misunderstood risks of cardiovascular disease — the top killer of men and women in the United States. Sadly, many of the deaths from cardiovascular disease could have been prevented. So many instances of heart

disease are the result of a poor diet, and it’s up to individuals to know if their lifestyle is condu-cive to a healthy heart, or if it’s contributing to an early demise. Education is key, because the more you know early on, the more likely you’ll take it seriously before it becomes a problem. Unfortunately, many people learn about heart disease the hard way — not getting serious about it until their doctor tells them to. Still others don’t learn about this killer until after a heart attack or stroke — if they survive.

Education starts early, and it’s important that children develop a proper heart-conscious life-style so that when they reach middle age, they’re not scrambling to undo decades of bad habits. There are plenty of online resources to start on your path to a healthy heart, beginning with www.americanheart.org and www.cdc.gov. Although a proper diet is essential to heart health, other lifestyle changes include quitting tobacco, good stress management, routine medical check-ups and sufficient regular exercise. As Floridians, we’re fortunate to be able to enjoy the outdoors in February. Here in the western communities, we have an excellent parks system, and now’s a good time to use one of the many heart trails available. Run, jog or walk — anything is better than sitting on your couch.

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As A Park,For Nowcontinued from page 1

protect it from future development.“We have heard some great

presentations this evening; they all did a good job,” he said. “I recom-mend to this council that you, the three of you at this point in time, put a restrictive covenant on this 70 acres of land that we own, that the residents of this community will vote to sell this land.”

Clarence Odom of the nearby Castellina community, said he and his family moved there from an area south of Wellington that had declined due to development.

“The community had nice fam-ilies and schools, and then the developers came in and built the large developments, the shops and hotels and apartments,” Odom

said. “It drove our property values down, it created such gridlock in our community to the point where we could not get out of our devel-opment.”

Odom said he lives along Strib-ling Way, which he said is already busy and will be more so if the site is developed.

“There’s no way that Stribling can handle the amount of traffic that’s going on right now,” he said. “Bring in apartments and hotels and development, it’s just going to drive us down. It’s going to make a more transient community as opposed to residents who are vested in Wellington.”

Antoinette Starace-Garza, also of Castellina, said Stribling Way is her alarm clock every morning.

“It’s a speedway, and my son fights for his life just to get on the bus on Stribling, and to consider even widening it would be very dangerous,” she said. “Shame on you guys for considering 780 apartments.”

Jim Grice said he moved to Wel-lington in 1981, when State Road 7 was a two-lane road. “It now is about 10,” Grice said. “I’m a little offended by that.”

He spent two years on the county’s Conservation Land Ac-quisition Committee.

“We diligently sought to pre-serve property along SR 7, but I’ve watched it erode from Okeechobee all the way down to where we are now,” Grice said. “I was thrilled we got a mall. We certainly needed that, but look at all the vacancies we have along the road now, all these buildings — they’re an eyesore.”

During council deliberation, Vice Mayor John Greene said Wellington Gardens had been his first choice but was concerned that only three council members would be making the decision.

“I think [Wellington Gardens] fits what is best for and what is missing in this community,” Greene said. “That being said,

regardless of what I liked or didn’t like, what’s most important to me is the process that we follow. We have 40 percent of the elected of-ficials that you guys put into this office not able to participate in this process. I think that is wrong.”

Greene said he would prefer to postpone the vote until McGovern is settled in on the council, and possibly short-list the applicants, which would likely eliminate Gerwig’s conflict of interest.

“I think we have a pretty good sense of what the community wants,” he said.

Councilman Matt Willhite said that in his seven years on the coun-cil, he has seen the deliberations over the site move from a Palm Beach State College campus to a horse park to the current proposals.

“There has been many ideas of what should go on this piece of property other than what its origi-nal purchase thought process was at the time, that Wellington needed more park space,” Willhite said.

He explained that the village has a self-imposed goal of one acre of park space per 1,000 residents, which it has met, and the problem with a park at K-Park would be dealing with residents’ concerns about lighting the athletic fields, baseball going on until 10 p.m. and the accompanying traffic.

“I don’t think we’re ever going to make everyone happy about what goes on this property, other than to say, ‘Let’s leave it as a farm right now,” Willhite said. “But we’ve had concerns with that, as well.”

Willhite also pointed out that there had always been agreement that the front portion of the prop-erty would have commercial uses on it. It was also agreed to put out a nationwide request for proposals, adding that all the proposals were conceptual.

“Any one of these plans that we talk about, like or dislike, is probably going to change,” he said. “This is probably going to be

a three-month process of negoti-ating a deal, and then it’s going to go through probably at least five public hearings that every one of you will be invited to.”

Mayor Bob Margolis said he would prefer to leave the site the way it is for now and hold workshops with residents to get their input.

“This is a simple process for me,” Margolis said. “I heard ev-erything you said and just because we voted on this project doesn’t mean we’re voting here today to move forward. I voted a long time ago to keep this as park space and was adamant about this. I moved my family here for the parks and recreation that it had, and the open space.”

Margolis made a motion for K-Park to remain a park for now, although he was not opposed to community meetings to see what residents want there. His motion was seconded by Willhite and carried 2-1, with Greene opposed.

Supporters of the Lord’s Place will gather for the fourth annual Cabaret Night at the Colony Ho-tel’s Royal Room in Palm Beach to benefit the local nonprofit. The featured entertainers will be the legendary pop trio the Lettermen.

The gala evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5 with a poolside cocktail reception, followed by a dinner and the show

Event co-chairs Jamie Stern and Pamela McIver. PHOTO BY CAPEHART PHOTOGRAPHY

Swochchhanda Shrestha came in first place overall.

Runners came out on a cool and sunny Saturday morning for the seventh annual Abi Kattel Memorial Foundation Run for Education held Jan. 17. The run held true to prior years, with cool temperatures and sunny skies awaiting the runners.

The foundation, which pro-vides scholarships to college students and children seeking to attend YMCA summer camps, was founded by the family of the late Abi Kattel. Bijaya and Archana Kattel, Abi’s parents, along with numerous volunteers, make sure that everything goes off without a hitch.

Volunteers from the Kohl’s store in Royal Palm Beach were a tremendous help in assisting with checking in runners and handing out water along the course. Vol-unteers from the Boynton Beach YMCA also helped with handing out water and directing runners to ensure that they stayed on course.

Swochchhanda Shrestha, a 16-year-old athlete, was also rec-ognized for his work in winning an essay competition. He decided to donate his entire winnings from the competition to the foundation.

“We hope to grow the run into something that people really make a plan to join,” said Ajay Kattel,

Abi’s younger brother. “We have great turnout, and many returning runners, and that’s really a great thing, to see people coming out for the second, third or even sixth time. We love seeing new faces, as well.”

This year’s race, like all previ-ous runs, involved both runners and walkers. Taking home the overall race win was Swochch-handa Shrestha, who finished in 18 minutes, 54 seconds. Tam Sissen-wein was the first female to cross the line in 22 minutes, 9 seconds.

The 5K is held at Okeeheelee Park, winding around the lake and providing the runners and walkers with a beautiful view. Proceeds

go directly to the scholarships and events of the foundation, which also includes a “feed the homeless” day and blood drives every holiday season to help those in need.

The Abi Kattel Memorial Foun-dation is a charitable nonprofit organization based in Wellington. Founded in 2006, the purpose of the foundation is to draw light to and encourage a student’s pursuit, regardless of financial ability.

“We want to help give children every opportunity to succeed,” Archana Kattel said.

For full race results, more in-formation about the foundation, or to make a donation, visit www.abikattelfoundation.org.

at 7:30 p.m. The Lettermen will perform many of their hits, which have made them one of the most beloved pop music acts of all time.

Welcoming guests will be co-chairs Jamie Stern and Pamela McIver. Event patrons include Ruth and Ted Baum, Michele and Howard Kessler, Joan and Charles Lazarus, Pamela and Brian McIv-er, Joyce McLendon, Jamie Stern

and Stephen Brown, and Anne and Bob Van Gieson.

All proceeds will benefit chil-dren’s programming and services at the Lord’s Place, which has been helping the homeless in Palm Beach County change their lives for more than 30 years. Tickets are $500 at the donor level and $750 for the patron level. For more information, call (561) 537-4645.

Abi Kattel Memorial Foundation Holds Annual Run for Education

Cabaret Night With The Lettermen Feb. 5 To Benefit The Lord’s Place


NEWSVINCEREMOS HOSTS ANNUAL BUCK OFF AND POKER SHOOT OUT QUALIFIERS

Devon Kane ridesthe mechanical bull.

The Florida Community Bank Cowboys of Thomas Schweiser, Josh List, Wyatt Harlow, Will Piper and Shan Quraeshi

with Vinceremos Executive Director Ruth Menor.

BRIGHT HORIZONS LEARNING CENTER CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING ON SR 7Daycare and early learning center Bright Horizons (3220 S. State Road 7, Wellington) held its grand opening celebration Saturday, Jan. 24. Children and parents were able to explore the new preschool, enjoy snacks from Yummy In My Tummy, entertainment by Daniel Margil and swim demonstrations from Quality Swimming. For more information, visit www.brighthorizons.com.

The Palm Beach Equine Bull Busters team of Joscelyn Gray, Barbara Lanigan, Sarah Puchalski and Kelsey Swanson.

The Diamante Killers team of Lucas Guerra,Mackenzie Jenkins, Devon Kane and Robert Gallardo.

Bright Horizons staff members Susan Brenner,Penny Wenman and Randy Netko with Wellington ViceMayor John Greene and Councilwoman Anne Gerwig. Entertainer Daniel Margil with the children.

Celebrity judges Bobbie Reber, Martha Jolicoeur,Toby Wayman and Dr. Randy Laurich.

The Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center began the qualifying rounds of its annual Buck Off and Poker Shoot Out on Thursday, Jan. 22 at the White Horse Tavern. Qualifying continued on Thursday, Jan. 29 and will conclude on Thursday, Feb. 5 from 6 to 10 p.m. The finals of the Buck Off and Poker Shoot Out will be held at Vinceremos’ annual auction and dinner, set for Friday, Feb. 13 at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. For more information, visit www.vinceremos.org.

PHOTOS BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER


The Masters Circle Matadors team of Mike Mosher,Chanette Chemmitz, Melissa MacLaren and Billy Velix.

Kids help dignitaries with the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Billy Velix ends his turnwith a perfect score.


CRIME NEWS

By Julie UngerTown-Crier Staff Report

JAN. 27 — A deputy from the Acreage/Loxahatchee substation of the Palm Beach County Sher-iff’s Office was called to a home on 70th Place North in The Acre-age on Tuesday afternoon regard-ing a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 3 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday, some-one entered the victim’s property and removed the RV, valued at $11,500. According to the report, the concrete barrier at the entrance to the property was damaged by whoever stole the RV.

• • •JAN. 16 — A deputy from

the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation met with a resident of the Victoria Grove community Jan. 16 regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, the victim noticed unauthorized charges totaling $1,600 to his Bank of America account. According to the report, the victim contacted the bank to dispute the charges and cancel his debit card.

JAN. 19 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach sub-station was called to an apartment on Christina Drive last Monday regarding a vehicle burglary. Ac-cording to a PBSO report, some-time between Sunday, Jan. 18 at 11 p.m. and 1 p.m. on Monday, Jan .19, someone broke into the vic-tim’s locked 2004 Toyota and stole an HP work laptop, valued at $600, left on the rear seat. According to the report, there were no signs of forced entry. DNA and fingerprint evidence were taken at the scene.

JAN. 20 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home on La Mancha Ave. last Tuesday morning regarding a vehicle bur-glary. According to a PBSO report, someone entered the victim’s 2005 Toyota Tundra at approximately 8:30 a.m. and removed a black satchel containing $703 in U.S. currency and various documents. According to the report, the victim saw a possible suspect, a white male wearing a gray shirt, leav-ing the area of the home on foot. However, PBSO deputies did not find the suspect during a canvas of the area.

JAN. 23 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substa-

RV Stolen From Acreage Home

tion was called to investigate a case of fraud last Friday. According to a PBSO report, deputies were contacted by a woman in North Carolina regarding the theft of her Social Security money. The money was not directly deposited into her account in January. According to the report, the victim checked with Social Security and was told that her account had been changed to a debit card system, and that the funds had been withdrawn from an ATM at the Publix store on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. According to the report, $1,280 had been stolen via fraudulent ATM withdrawals in two transactions.

JAN. 24 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substa-tion was called to a home in the Binks Estates community last Saturday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6:30 p.m. last Friday and 6 a.m. last Saturday, someone removed a brown wallet containing $140 and the victim’s license and credit cards from an unlocked 2010 Dodge Nitro. According to the report, the wallet was left on top of the center console. The victim found the wallet thrown on the grass. Fingerprint evidence was gathered at the scene.

JAN. 24 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a residential business on 120th Avenue South last Saturday morning. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 p.m. last Friday and 8:30 a.m. last Saturday, someone entered into the victim’s unlocked office and residence and removed an Apple computer, a Dell laptop and a Toshiba laptop, as well as the victim’s wallet. According to the report, the victim’s Honda 4-wheeler, with its key in it, was also removed. Apple was contact-ed, and the computer was tracked to a Lake Worth residence, where detectives were able to obtain a search warrant and recover the stolen computers.

JAN. 24 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation received a fraud report last Saturday afternoon from an Acreage resident. According to a PBSO report, someone attempted to open a Nordstrom credit card

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Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s help in finding these wanted fugitives:

• Justice Lassiter is a black male, 5’10” tall and weighing 165 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. His date of birth is 05/29/96. Lassiter is wanted on felony charges for battery on a law enforcement officer. His last known address was Shoma Drive in Royal Palm Beach. He is wanted as of 01/22/15.

• Javier Varela is a white male, 5’9” tall and weighing 160 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. His date of birth is 07/20/71. Varela is wanted on felony charges for grand theft and the fraudulent use of personal iden-tification information. His last known address was at large. He is wanted as of 01/22/15.

Remain anonymous and you may be eligible for up to a $1,000 reward. Call Crime Stoppers at (800) 458-TIPS (8477) or visit www.crimestoppersp-bc.com. Javier Varela

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The Palm Beach County Sher-iff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in finding two unknown black males wanted in connection with television thefts at the Target store in Royal Palm Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6.

The men were captured on surveillance video loading three

32-inch TVs into a cart and rolling it out of the store without paying for them. They loaded the TVs into a blue, four-door truck and drove away.

If anyone can identify the sus-pects, they are urged to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-458-TIPS.

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Legislative Affairs Director Todd Bonlarron updated the Palm Beach County Commission on Tuesday about the county’s 2015 legislative agenda and highlighted some of the accomplishments of 2014.

County legislative staff was successful in getting the Environ-mental Protection Agency to back off for now on enforcement of its recently created numeric nutrient criteria.

“The numeric nutrient criteria was an issue that we fought hard back on, and the EPA withdrew their federal rules in September of last year,” Bonlarron said, explain-ing that the county has been among the leaders in the discussions going

on and rulemaking, and in working with legislators, the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the rules.

The county also received more than $1 billion last year for Com-prehensive Everglades Restoration Plan projects, water resource fund-ing of $65.5 million for construc-tion of restoration projects, and almost $20 million for operations and maintenance.

Meanwhile, the State Road 7 extension to Northlake Blvd. received a favorable biological opinion on the snail kite study as a result of work with federal agencies.

For public safety, the county received $75 million for repairs to the Herbert Hoover Dike and was successful in getting relief to

PBC Lobbying Priorities: Federal Water Quality Rules, Flood Mapshomeowners for new flood insur-ance regulations. It also worked with the Federal Emergency Man-agement Agency to get significant beneficial changes to the proposed flood maps.

“We have become a model in the State of Florida on how to work with FEMA on these issues through the appellate process,” Bonlarron said.

He hopes to build on those achievements and other county-related issues in 2015.

The federal agenda proposed for the year includes bringing forward a climate compact with Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe coun-ties.

“We will also continue to work on the Hoover Dike project,” Bonlarron said. “We’ve been ac-

tively working with a colonel at the Corps of Engineers to continue to expedite that, as well as the [water standards] and continue to push back with federal regulators on how that could affect us, and we’ll continue to do that this next year.”

Bonlarron’s office also plans to continue to push for better regula-tions of sober homes at the state and federal level, and will continue to work with the congressional delegation on that.

Flood insurance issues will continue to top the agenda.

“The pushback that we’ve done has gotten us some favorable re-sults, but we still have a long way to go, particularly in the Glades region with the Herbert Hoover Dike and the flood areas in that region, and we’re going to have to

continue to work on those issues,” he said.

The county also wants to be involved with the so-called “Ca-dillac Tax” under the Affordable Care Act. “Basically, what it does, is it would penalize us for having a program for our employees that is considered too generous,” he said. “One of the things that staff has asked us is if we can look at that, and there’s a number of different strategies about how we can approach this with the federal government.”

Bonlarron expects that initiative to take some time.

“It doesn’t kick in for several years,” he continued, “but I think we need to start working now to see if we can find some alternatives to that Cadillac Tax if our board is

going to continue to provide the same benefits to our employees in the future and not be penalized with millions of dollars in fines.”

Mayor Priscilla Taylor asked about the status of the numeric nutrient criteria rules, and Bonlar-ron said his staff brought together representatives of the EPA, the Department of Environmental Protection and the South Florida Water Management District for a two-day discussion.

“We have drafted a lengthy response and comments to them with about a half-dozen or more suggestions,” he said. “We’re still in that comment period working with them. I feel like we’ve gotten a good conversation going with them, and we’ve gotten a lot of support.”

EVENT AT DRESSAGE FESTIVAL SHOWCASES PUREBRED SPANISH HORSES

Alexandra Meghi aboardIlliado II and trainer Tina Irwin. Flamenco dancers Edwin Suarez and Esther Pardo.

One of the horses takes a bow.Jann Rumbough with Junior.

The cast of the Knights and Horses of Medieval Times.

United States Purebred Spanish Horse Association hosted the USPRE Fantasia Party 2015 on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at the Global Dressage Festival’s International Arena in Wellington. It was a free evening of dressage featuring the beauty and talent of the PRE (Pura Raza Española) horse. Special guests were the Knights and Horses of Medieval Times, who put on a show with live jousting knights and spectacular horsemanship. There was also a silent auction. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Head of the ANCCE Sports Commission Ignacio Candau, USPRE President Kimberly Boyer, USPRE Vice President Betsy Ketcham, Pedro Azor of ANCCE and Spanish Olympian Jose Daniel Martine.

Sylvie Ferot, Chris Cohnand Annie Royer danceto the flamenco music.

By Julie UngerTown-Crier Staff Report

Temple B’nai Jacob in Wel-lington will be hosting a special program titled “Transforming Your Life Through Biblical Mod-els” over the next several months, featuring insight and expertise from the congregation’s founder, Rabbi Bernard Eisenman, and its current spiritual leader, Rabbi Da-vid Abrams, who is also a licensed psychologist with a flourishing practice in Boynton Beach.

The program will take place on the third Friday of the month, start-ing in March and continuing until June. However, the first meeting is set to take place on Friday, Jan. 30, shortly after Friday night Shabbat services at 7 p.m., and concluding before 8:30 p.m.

With his unique perspective, Abrams is excited to bring his skills and education to the con-gregation, as well as anyone in the community who is interested in learning more about key figures in the Bible.

“I live in two worlds,” he said. “One is that I see people transform

their lives, as a psychologist, with all of the modern things that we’ve learned about psychology and neuroscience. As a rabbi, I also see people transform their lives religiously.”

This led him to create the new educational series.

“I thought it would be great and unique to bring both my professions together, and Rabbi Eisenman has a background also as a pastoral counselor to the congregation, so they could ex-perience both with me. Both the psychology part and the religious part,” Abrams said.

When Abrams approached Eisenman, who is rabbi emeritus and also attends Temple B’nai Jacob, Eisenman was thrilled to not only participate but to help facilitate the discussion.

“My perspective is coming from the life experiences I’ve had as a rabbi in terms of seeing congregant transformations,” Eisenman said. “I’m excited that I can be with Rabbi Abrams doing this because he is an outstanding Bible teacher and explicates the Bible narrative

outstandingly from a psychologi-cal perspective, as well as a reli-gious perspective.”

The two rabbis will be explor-ing biblical characters through the eyes of a psychologist, hoping that when participants leave the class, they will feel an emotional connec-tion to those they have discussed.

The first character’s psyche they will delve into is that of the great lawgiver Moses.

“He was someone who was abandoned at a very young age, who spent the rest of his life leading people who were aban-doned,” Abrams said. “You have to wonder about his psychological background and how his trauma affected him. I’m going to show them even how different parts of his brain might have been affected by the abandonment and his per-sonality structure — and then have people really begin to explore their own lives and learn from Moses as a biblical character. That way, they’ll feel a closer connection to him as a human being, and in turn, help themselves.”

This, he said, is what modern

psychology and science allows him to see in Moses. “This is what we would see today, and what he’s going through,” Abrams said.

Following Moses, the class will focus on other biblical charac-ters, including Abraham, Jacob, Sarah and Rebecca, generally seen through the lens of a hero. But the class will reach beyond the heroics and into the individual.

“When we see them in a more human sense, instead of a miracu-lous figure, they relate to our lives even more so,” Abrams said.

The rabbis have a common goal for participants: When they leave the class, they’re going to feel an emotional connection to the bibli-cal characters.

The approach of the class is to show people that they really can change their lives, especially through the unique combination of religion and psychology that Rabbi Abrams is able to provide.

One such change centers on loss. “If people have had issues of loss in their lives, or abandon-ment or struggles, that at the end of the day, would know that

Judaism, and religion per se, is healing for them and can be heal-ing. Every biblical character had flaws, but they found some solace and comfort in religious practice and their relationship with G-d,” Abrams said.

Through his practice both as a rabbi and a psychologist, he has been fascinated with the relation-ship between physical health, psychology and religious practice. “People need to be aware that religion can change one’s life,” he said. “I see it as a psychologist, and I see it as a rabbi.”

Eisenman couldn’t agree more, and finds the philosophy that Abrams brings to be unique and innovative.

“Rabbi Abrams is uniquely a psychologist and a rabbi, and he was seeking this program because he really believes that the syna-gogue as an institution is for the purpose of transforming the lives of people,” Eisenman said. “Not just for mere worship, it should be transforming their lives. That’s the theme of his rabbinate.”

Open to the public, the class

Educational Series Aims To Shed New Light On Biblical Figures

will take place those Friday nights after services, which begin at 7 p.m., and is expected to be over by 8:30 p.m. Refreshments will be available.

For more information, call (561) 793-4347 or visit www.templebnai jacob.com. Temple B’nai Jacob is located at 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd. in the original Wellington Mall.

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Garage Sale At St. Michael

St. Michael Lutheran Church (1925 Birkdale Drive, Wellington) will host a multi-family garage sale Saturday, Jan. 31 from 8 a.m. to noon. Items for sale in-clude appliances, furniture, home goods and more. The church’s youth group will run a hot dog and snack stand. For more info., call (561) 793-4999 or visit www.stmichaelelc.com.

FLARA Chapter To Meet Feb. 2The Western Communities

Chapter of the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans will meet Monday, Feb. 2 at St. Peter’s United Methodist Church (12200 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington). A business meeting will begin at noon with a program from 1 to 3 p.m.

Paola Wierzbicki, director of the Palm Beach PACE program, will explain the all-inclusive, joint Medicare/Medicaid program for elderly people preferring to age in place at home. This educa-

tional program is free and open to the public. A light lunch will be served. For more information, call Nancy Tanner at (561) 793-9677.

PAS Will Host Dinner Dance

The public is invited to attend “A Night of Romance,” the 15th annual formal Valentine’s Dinner Dance, hosted by the Philippine American Society of Palm Beach County. The event will take place on Saturday, Feb. 14 from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Marriott hotel located at 630 Clearwater Park Road in West Palm Beach. Hors d’oeuvres begin at 7 p.m., with dinner at 7:30 p.m. and dancing to follow.

The fundraiser will help further the organization’s mission of pro-moting Filipino heritage, culture and traditions. “The dinner dance brings Filipinos together with community supporters in a fun setting,” PAS President Marlyn Sepanik said. “People are looking for something fun to do for Valen-tine’s Day. By attending our fun-draiser, you have it all: romance, dinner, dancing and supporting a good cause all at once.”

Tickets to the Dinner Dance are

$70 each. To purchase a ticket, call Sepanik at (561) 289-0837, Mercy Abellana at (561) 315-2316, Cristina Regino at (561) 723-9323, Lloyd Flores at (561) 352-6527 or Conchita Mateo at (561) 386-1209.

‘Mrs. Kate’ To Perform At

Church Feb. 25Recording artist “Mrs. Kate”

Carpenter will be sharing her origi-nal songs at Palms West Alliance Church on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 6:45 p.m. A pizza dinner will be served at 6 p.m.

Carpenter will present a fun, in-teractive folk and spiritual concert for all ages. Everyone is welcome to share in the family-friendly fun. The concert is free, but a love offering will be received for the artist. A Christian folk musician, Carpenter will delight the audience with her original songs. Using puppetry, unusual instruments and riveting stories, her interaction with the audience is creative and unforgettable. Learn more at www.mrskate.com.

The church is located at 16401

Southern Blvd. For more informa-tion, call (561) 791-0524.

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Meeting Feb. 11The Wellington Art Society

will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 6:30 p.m. at a new venue, the gymnasium at Village Park off Pierson Road. There will be a meet and greet, followed by a brief meeting and a demonstration by well known wildlife artist Deborah LaFogg.

LaFogg grew up in Connecti-cut, where as a child she painted woods and swamps near her house. She had no formal training until attending art college, major-ing in advertising and illustration. After graduation, she moved to Florida and was a freelance pho-tographer. She presently works for a newspaper as a special sections designer.

LaFogg paints daily and loves going out into the field and com-ing face to face with nature’s wild animals and scenery. She works in pastels, acrylics and oils and has studied with world-renowned

pastel artists. In 2011, she received the Masters Circle Award from the International Association of Pastel Societies. LaFogg is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America, the Pastel Society of North Florida, an associate member of the Society for Animal Artists and an associate member of Audubon Artists and many other societies.

For more info., visit www.wellingtonartsociety.org or www.wellingtonartsociety.blogspot.com

Retired Teachers Group Meets

The Palm Beach County Class-room Teachers Association-Re-tired met recently at the CTA complex on Spencer Drive in West Palm Beach for its monthly meeting.

The presenters were Lillie Greenwood, Michael Hartman, Cesar Espinosa and Kevin King from Palm Beach Memorial Park of West Palm Beach. Members received valuable information concerning economic, physical and psychological end-of-life planning.

Lunch for the group of retirees

was supplied by the speakers.In addition to monthly speak-

ers, the retirees volunteer in com-munity projects, award annual scholarships to local high school graduates, and support teacher and parent concerns in Palm Beach County and the state.

The Feb. 10 meeting will feature Karen Jerinsky from H&R Block.

Car Wash For Ally Rene

The Wellington Landings Mid-dle School Student Government Association will hold a car wash Saturday, Jan. 31 from 9 a.m. to noon at Park Avenue Barbecue (corner of Wellington Trace and Greenview Shores Blvd.) to help a fellow student who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer. Ally Rene, an eighth-grade student at WLMS, was diagnosed in Decem-ber and needs help from the com-munity. Money raised from the car wash will be donated to Rene’s family to help cover the cost of her mounting medical bills. For more info., or to make a donation, call SGA advisor Janet Winkelman at (561) 792-8100.

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NEWSAREA FOURTH GRADERS ENJOY A FUN DAY AT THE INTERNATIONAL POLO CLUB

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Kendrick Leandre, Bo Squitieri, Zack Brent, Jace Lovell, Aliaan Patel,Ben Fabrikant, Carl Maranto and Paulo Hudson of Panther Run.

WELLINGTON SENIORS CLUB ENJOYS LUNCH AT THE EQUESTRIAN FESTIVALThe Wellington Seniors Club visited the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center and enjoyed a buffet lunch at the Winter Equestrian Festival on Friday, Jan. 23. For more information on the Wellington Seniors Club, call President Howard Trager at (561) 333-8885.

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Towana Cohen, Krystal Velasquez, Bailey Kiviniemi, Jason Worthen, Emily Singer and Kelsey Deguzman of New Horizons.

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Hundreds of fourth-grade students from elementary schools in Wellington flooded the fields and stands at the International Polo Club Palm Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 20 for the 13th annual Fourth Grade Polo Day, where students watched an exciting polo game while enjoying snacks and meeting mascot Chukker. For more info., visit www.internationalpoloclub.com.

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Diamante Farms’ Chase Hickok Wins Classes Sponsored By Diamante FarmsChase Hickok, based out of

Diamante Farms in Wellington, started the 2015 Adequan Global Dressage Festival strong by win-ning both the FEI Young Rider Grand Prix 16-25 and the FEI Intermediare II 16-25 classes.

The wins were made extra-spe-cial as Diamante Farms is the title sponsor of the U25 classes throughout the show series, which runs through March 29. In addition to two blue ribbons, Hickok’s im-pressive performances on KWPN gelding Sagacious HF earned her a prize of a Diamante Farms duffle bag.

The Diamante Farms team, in-cluding head trainer Devon Kane and Hickok’s fiancé and trainer Kevin Kohmann, look forward to continued success. “Chase is the

Wellington Art Society CelebratesA Decade Of ‘Art In Public Places’

exact example of the type of rider and person we are hoping to pro-mote and encourage by sponsoring these classes,” Kane said. “Chase has successfully come through the Young Rider ranks, and she con-tinues to work hard, train hard and seek out opportunities to learn.”

Kane, and her mother Terri Kane, an owner of Diamante Farms, were thrilled to watch Hickok achieve first places in both of the Diamante sponsored classes.

“Diamante Farms is extremely proud to have been an inaugural part of the Global Dressage Fes-tival and plans to be a part of it for many years to come,” Terri Kane said.

For more information, visit www.diamantefarms.com or call (561) 307-2831.

(L-R) Chase Hickok on Sagacious HF, Terri Kane of Diamante Farms, judge Gary Rockwell and Devon Kane of Diamante Farms.

(Above) Student artists Dakota Nicole Adorno and Talia Fradkin share their artwork. (Left) Participating artists include Rania Awada Assi, Talia Fradkin, Joanne Baker MacLeod, Dakota Nicole Adorno, Lorenzo Laiken, and George McGowan.

The Wellington Art Society held a reception Wednesday, Jan. 14 to commemorate a decade of celebrating local artists.

Nine artists participated in the tenth annual Art in Public Places Program, sponsored by the Village of Wellington, and showcased their talents in oils, stained glass, sculpture and photography.

This year’s milestone collection was curated by Michelle Garvey, community programs manager for the village. The exhibit included the work of two student artists, Dakota Nicole Adorno, age 9,

and Talia Fradkin, age 16. Adorno began painting at the age of 7 and completed her most recent piece in four hours.

Fradkin enjoys taking landscape photography and is also an avid volunteer in the community. This is Fradkin’s fourth time exhibiting work in the Art in Public Places Program.

The 16 pieces vary in themes ranging from a variety of land-scapes to a larger-than-life horse sculpture. The public is invited to view these pieces at various locations in Wellington.

Jhan Machuca GraduatesU.S. Army Basic TrainingArmy Pvt. Jhan S. Machuca

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exercises, armed and unarmed combat, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness and first aid, and Army history, traditions, and core values.

Machuca is the son of Donna J. Machuca of Royal Palm Beach. He is a 2014 graduate of Royal Palm Beach High School.

What do you get when seven siblings get together to honor their mother’s memory with six of her grand-children and about 250 friends and family? You get the Young Singers Mary Murray Scholar-ship 5K Walk/Run, set for Saturday, Feb. 7 at Okeeheelee Park.

The Young Singers of the Palm Beaches’ annual 5K event ben-efits the Mary Mur-ray Scholarship Fund, which was created to assist children who have an inter-est in singing and a desire to train and perform with Young Singers but are unable to financially do so. Murray’s family formed the fund to honor her memory.

“When my mother was taken unexpectedly, it brought such sad-ness to our family,” explained Mel-anee Blankstein, Mary Murray’s daughter and managing director of the Young Singers. “To celebrate her love for music and children, we felt that we could create joy by bringing families together for exercise and fun. In addition, we are able to raise scholarship dollars to support singers who could not afford to pay tuition.”

Mary Murray’s connection to Young Singers began more than 10 years ago, when her grandson, Drew, was a member of the choir. Murray’s attachment grew when her daughter began working for the nonprofit organization eight years ago. Murray’s grandson, Tyler, has been in the choir for eight years as well, and this is his last year performing with the Young Singers, as he will be graduating high school in May.

The excitement for participa-tion in the 5K has become even greater this year knowing that so many of Mary Murray’s family members are coming down to West Palm Beach from out of state to volunteer and participate in the race.

Son Brett Murray was part of the first annual race event last year and was overwhelmed by the loving spirit and support of all involved with the race. “Young Singers is truly a family; a family that my mom would be very proud of,” Brett said.

The 5K event this year wel-comes runners and walkers of all ages, and the public is invited to register and attend. Breakfast will be served and an emcee will offi-ciate the day, complete with music, raffles and an awards ceremony.

The Feb. 7 event will take place at Okeeheelee Park. Online regis-tration is now open at www.yspb.org/5K. All registrants receive a complimentary event day t-shirt, and a family registration discount is available. For more information, call at (561) 659-2332 or visit www.yspb.org.

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At Okeeheelee Park

Melanee Blankstein, BrettMurray and Kathy Murray.


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Record-Setting Pilot Inspires Oxbridge Academy Students To Reach New Heights

The Oxbridge Academy proved to its students that the sky is the limit by bringing in world-famous pilot Capt. Barrington Irving as a distinguished guest speaker in De-cember. Irving helped launch the secondary school’s new Institute for Aviation and shared his story of persistence and passion to a crowd of nearly 550 students.

“Never let anyone tell you it cannot be done,” Irving said during the all-student assembly.

At age 23, Irving became the youngest person and only Afri-can-American to ever fly solo around the globe on a 97-day, 30,000-mile journey in a sin-gle-engine aircraft. Raised in inner-city Miami, the former high school football athlete told stu-dents about his journey to aviation and the challenges he overcame in order to pursue his dream.

“This is a man who gave up a full-ride football scholarship in

order to chase his dream,” said Dr. Karen Hinkley of the Oxbridge Academy. “Not only did he have to find a way to pay for his pilot training, he then had to secure an additional $650,000 to fund an airplane. What our students heard today was that when you want something badly enough, you keep going until you find a way to over-come the obstacles before you.”

While mathematics and science courses are part of traditional high school curricula, Oxbridge takes learning a step further with hands-on immersion into the field of aviation. Coursework includes applied lessons of physics in flight, motion and materials science as it applies to aviation and aerospace. Guest speakers, field trips and flight time in the new Redbird MCX full-motion simulator will round out the program, giving students a firsthand experience of the science behind flight.

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The New Horizons Elementary School Running Club, under the direction of physical education teacher Kirstin Voitus, has been meeting each week to promote healthy living. Recently, some of the students participated in the South Florida Fair Kids Mile competition. Pictured here are student participants with Voitus.

The aviation program is one of many opportunities that Oxbridge students have to explore their pas-sions or discover hidden talents. From science and technology to English and the arts, students apply classroom concepts to real-world applications, thereby achieving deeper learning while improving their values of confidence, disci-pline and perseverance.

Oxbridge Junior Liam Char-dack, who is already a licensed pilot, said he has dreamed of a career in flight for as long as he can remember, and seeing Irving

The State of Florida has award-ed Florida Atlantic University’s College of Education a $4.3 mil-lion grant to establish a Center of Excellence for Elementary Teacher Preparation.

FAU is one of four recipients to receive the grant, “Collaborative Transformation: Establishing Excellence in Elementary Prepara-tion,” which is an innovative part-nership between FAU’s College of Education, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, as well as Learning Sciences International and the New Teacher Center. Bro-ward County Public Schools and the School District of Palm Beach County, the sixth and the 11th largest school districts in the nation respectively, will be partnering with the College of Education to enhance field experiences for undergraduate elementary educa-tion majors and better prepare K-5 teaching candidates for classroom success.

“This collaboration is a tremen-dous opportunity for us to develop and implement a cutting-edge program that will better prepare how our future teachers learn to teach and positively impact students’ learning experience in today’s complex global society,”

FAU’s College Of Education Awarded $4.3 Millionsaid Valerie Bristor, Ph.D., dean of FAU’s College of Education and co-principal investigator of the award.

FAU’s Center of Excellence for Elementary Teacher Preparation will combine content, teaching and assessment strategies in uni-versity coursework with clinical experiences and measurable out-comes. The project will advance pre-service teacher training in core subject areas such as mathematics, science, social studies and English language arts.

“We are extremely grateful to receive this award from the State of Florida, which will transform our undergraduate program so that we can continue our tradition of ongoing research and teaching excellence,” said Barbara Ridener, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning in FAU’s College of Education and principal investigator of the award.

The partnership will develop a strengthened, replicable and sustainable elementary education teacher preparation program to equip novice teachers with indi-vidualized instructional competen-cy profiles. Strengths and growth areas of the participants will be aligned with Broward and Palm Beach school district evaluations

The Palm Beach Central High School Student Government Asso-ciation attended a Florida Association of Student Councils (FASC) District Conference in Boca Raton on Jan. 17. Marissa Latouche, representing PBCHS, ran for president of FASC District V and won. Congratulations to the PBCHS SHA and sponsor Ailyn Barrios on the prestigious victory.

Kelsey Dougherty (seated) pictured with her fourth-gradeclass at A.D. Henderson University School.

Barrington Irving (right), the youngest pilot to flyaround the world, speaks with Oxbridge senior

Stephen Berkner and sophomore Brandon Hayek.helped show him he can make it a reality with hard work and determination.

“He really showed me that I’ve got to keep trying and I will make it,” Chardack said.

The Oxbridge Academy’s mis-sion is to provide a challeng-ing, dynamic education in the classroom, laboratory, art studio, athletic field and now airfield to produce leaders through mean-ingful, hands-on student research, collaboration and creativity. For more info., visit www.oapb.org or call (561) 972-9600.

to prepare new teachers for dis-trict employment requirements. New content courses and revised program coursework will increase candidates’ core content knowl-edge, and the program will focus on practice at the center of teacher preparation with approximately 832 hours of practical experience in a variety of classroom settings.

The School District of Palm Beach County has 185 schools, serving more than 183,000 stu-dents who speak 150 languages and dialects. According to Palm Beach County’s Department of

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FAU’s College of Education offers numerous accredited under-graduate and graduate programs from the departments of Commu-nication Sciences and Disorders, Counselor Education, Curriculum, Culture and Educational Inquiry, Educational Leadership and Re-search Methodology, Exceptional Student Education, Exercise Sci-ence and Health Promotion, and Teaching and Learning.


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EXEMPLIFIES PRIDE

Rosarian Students Paint Their Hearts Out To Help Woman And Disabled Daughter

Led by Rosarian Academy’s National Junior Honor Society, 25 middle school students spent Saturday, Jan. 10 painting the West Palm Beach home of a woman in her 80s and her disabled daughter.

As part of its sponsorship of Paint Your Heart Out, the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County provided the recycled paint and painting supplies at no cost to the homeowner.

“It was a great event because the students had an opportunity to serve a fellow member of the community in need while also learning valuable life skills,” said Patrick Hansen, Rosarian teacher and NJHS moderator. “I was proud of the students’ efforts and that they voluntarily took a huge part of their Saturday to give back and do something beneficial for others.”

Through Paint Your Heart Out, more than 80 homes were painted or repaired last year. The Solid Waste Authority donated more than 7,000 gallons of recycled paint to nonprofit and governmen-tal agencies. For more informa-tion, visit www.swa.org.

To learn more about the Rosar-ian Academy, a private, coeduca-tional Catholic school, visit www.rosarian.org.

Mardi Gras Carnival At St. Clare School Feb. 12-15

Renaissance Charter School at Palms West student council mem-bers represent the school’s student body within the school and around the community. Student council members instill pride in the school and exemplify the Renaissance Charter School at Palms West “Mustang Way.” Shown here are student council members.

‘SOCKTOBER’ WINS GOLDSt. Clare Catholic School’s

much-anticipated annual Mardi Gras carnival will take place on school grounds (821 Prosperity Farms Road, North Palm Beach) beginning on Thursday, Feb. 12 and concluding Sunday, Feb. 15. The entire community is invited to experience this fun-filled event.

Mardi Gras is St. Clare School’s signature event. This family-friendly carnival began in 1991 and has been attended by thousands of people over the years. The St. Clare campus is brilliantly transformed from green open fields to an amazing array of rides, midway games and vendors.

Thursday, Feb. 12 will kick off this year’s Mardi Gras with a Food Truck Invasion. More than 15 food truck vendors will provide an array of sensational fare and will fulfill any craving. Thursday evening will also be a ride preview, night and ride wrist bands will be sold for $25. Several local bands will grace the stage each night. New rides have been added to the festival, and live entertainment

will provide non-stop fun to this exciting four-day event. With all of the new changes coming to Mardi Gras, many old favorites will be back as well. The putting competition is always a crowd pleaser, the Knights of Columbus cannoli will be available and the grade-level game booths will be jumping and hopping.

The money raised at Mardi Gras will assist in funding educational enrichment, technology initiatives, sports programs and countless other programs and endeavors.

Mardi Gras 2015 runs from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12; noon to 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13; 1 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14; and 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15.

Discounted ride tickets (savings of 25 percent) and wrist bands can be purchased at St. Clare Catholic School before Thursday, Feb. 12. There are no admission fees. Food, game and ride tickets can also be purchased at the event. For more information about Mardi Gras, or sponsorship opportunities, call (561) 622-7171.

Rosarian students standing in front of West Palm Beach home they painted.

The Seminole Ridge Student Government Association took first place in the Florida Association of Student Councils’ District 5 project competition, held Jan. 17 in Boca Raton. The winning “Socktober” event, an October community service project, en-couraged SRHS students to donate socks for the homeless. SRHS students and staff parted with almost 600 pairs of socks, donated to the Homeless Coalition of Palm Beach County. Shown here are SRHS SGA students with their first-place trophy (L-R) Jasmine Parson, Emily Keogh, Chad Bonincontri, Caroline Rimel, Kyle Huff and Daisia Grafton.

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I was out and about this morning, tool-ing around in my car with no particular place to go, and I got to thinking about flying cars. It’s something we all dream about from time to time. We’ll be stuck at a stoplight and think, “If only I had a leap button, I could clear this mess.”

Well, at one time I did have a leap button, and it was tremendous fun. It was a gag level that you stuck onto your dashboard, and it read “Eject.” I drove kids on field trips back then and, believe me, it kept peace in the car. No one ever knew which seat was the ejector seat, you see, and no one wanted to risk it. Only one

eight-year-old was ever brave enough to ask me if it was real; the rest of them just assumed it was.

But I’ve gotten off track, just as I would be if had a flying car. I’ve decided that we

don’t deserve them. In fact, maybe Detroit has already come up with one and, on the way home from work, the inventor looked around at the way people drive and said, “No.”

Humanity can’t always handle its own creations. You’ve heard “build it and they will come?” Well, what about, “Build it and they will find a way to destroy them-selves with it?”

I can barely get from Point A to Point B without seeing six people staring at their phones while they drive; applying makeup or fiddling with the CD player. As they do this, they’re balancing hot coffee in their

lap and munching on fries. Yet when Mark has me up in a Cessna, he is totally fo-cused. I am so grateful for that. (Of course, there are no drive-through windows up there either, where I can say, “Ooh, let’s stop and get a dozen doughnuts!”)

My point is that if people had flying cars, they’d be dropping from the sky like mosquitoes. And where would they be dropping? Onto us earthbound drivers, of course. Isn’t it bad enough that we have to maneuver around road hazards, watch out for texting drivers and avoid those crazy squirrels, without having to keep one eye on the sun roof as well?

“Watch it, mom, here comes another flying car!”

I suppose we could insist that those with flying cars get a pilot’s license, but then they would inevitably go higher and higher until they were interrupting the air space of real pilots.

“Delta 257B to Ground Control, there’s a teenager up here buzzing the passenger windows again.”

“I know, Delta. He’s a frequent flyer. We’ll call out the F-16s.”

It could get expensive.And how would they park? Driver

The Oscar nominations are out, and despite the controversies, they are pretty much what those of us who actually see all the movies expected. The big movies, the ones where the theaters are crowded all day and night, were essentially ignored, and many small movies got the nods. And generally speaking, the films and perform-ers selected were not duds. Unlike the Golden Globes, you seldom get examples of unworthy folk coming on stage because the voting turned weird.

The nominees for best film just about all fit the bill. Several were British. For some reason, we are fascinated by stories from England, particularly so when they are well-done. The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game, more or less biographical stories, were so well-acted that the audience was completely drawn in. Boyhood is a gimmick movie. It was made over 12 years with the cast returning occasionally for filming.

Birdman is a clever American film,

almost a classic “let’s get a show togeth-er” movie that had a Mexican director who wove a surrealistic web around it. Whiplash, a surprise nominee, was another small movie, in this case a smart and pow-erful film about a young musician and his teacher. The Grand Budapest Hotel was a charming bit of fantasy turned nightmare.

American Sniper was a powerful war film that focused mainly on the life of Chris Kyle. In other words, an Ameri-canized version of the British bio story, but one that looked less at science than warfare. Only one “big picture” was on the

list, Selma, not that it was that much more expensive, but it was also a biographical vehicle built out to focus on a major event in American history.

All the movies were very, very good. And it should be noted, there is one im-portant differentiation. A few — Birdman, Boyhood, Budapest — were actually made for an audience’s enjoyment. Not exactly comedies, but the movies provided a sense of relaxed entertainment, at least for most of the films. The others were dramatic and powerful. Watching Hawking’s physical deterioration (The Theory of Everything) or the horror of the chemical castration of Turing (The Imitation Game) or the excruciating sniper scene with the woman and child (American Sniper), provided examples of just how strong a good script and a top director can make a film. The sense of destiny for Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers, and the terrorism they faced, was a superb use of technique to re-create a vital time in Selma.

The actors chosen all were exceptional. There is a controversy over the lack of non-white actors, none of whom was nom-inated. I doubt this was due to racism. In general, people get nominated because of the parts they play. A really dramatic part certainly helps, and in a year when there were several top performances by British actors (Eddie Redmayne gives one of the best performances I have ever seen in The Theory of Everything), there were fewer places for others. David Oyelowo was excellent as Dr. King, but the nominees all were superb. Oyelowo so dominated Selma that the other performers in it were overshadowed.

The most interesting element of these award competitions is that the popular movies, the ones that people really go to see, are generally ignored. Although American Sniper is doing well, most of the films are very small-scale, with audi-ences now coming simply because they have won nominations. While the general

theory is that top movies come at the end of the year to make it easy to remember them for these awards, the real reason they appear now is because people will go because they have been nominated.

There were few other people in the theater when I saw many of the films; I was sitting alone, completely alone, for Birdman. On the other hand, the theaters were jam-packed for Guardians of the Galaxy, the Hobbit movie and the Hunger Games picture. As always, we seem to differentiate between the really popular and the award-winners.

Which one should win? Frankly, all were good. My personal favorite was The Grand Budapest Hotel, but any of the others would not distress me. There were no great films on the list, but quite a few very good ones. Various entertainment magazines are pushing one or the other. The best advice I can give is that you will not go wrong seeing any of them that you have not seen before.

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POLO & EQUESTRIANOrchard Hill Tops Villa Del Lago To Win Joe Barry Memorial Cup

By Alex WebbeThe final of the 20-goal Joe

Barry Memorial Cup was just the fast-paced, smash-mouth battle it was expected to be with Villa Del Lago (Jim Zenni, Agustin Obregon, Polito Pieres and Julian de Lusarreta) facing Orchard Hill (Steve Van Andel, Lucas Cria-do, Facundo Pieres and Remy Muller).

Between the two teams, two of the best ball control artists in the game were on the field. Orchard Hill boasted the talents of 10-goal-er Facundo Pieres, while Villa Del Lago saddled up with 9-goaler Polito Pieres (recently elevated to 10 goals in Argentina). The Ar-gentine cousins were high-scoring machines who regularly carried the ball through seemingly impass-able defenses to score.

Orchard Hill’s Facundo Pieres opened the scoring with the con-version of a 60-yard penalty shot, 1-0, in the first 80 seconds of play. Julian de Lusarreta responded with

a goal from the field two minutes later to tie the game at 1-1. Polito Pieres scored on a 30-yard penalty shot two minutes later to give a 2-1 lead to Villa Del Lago. Facundo Pieres leveled the score at 2-2, scoring the final goal of the period with just 43 seconds on the clock.

The pace continued to heat up as the second chukker got underway. De Lusarreta scored for Villa Del Lago with just 32 seconds off the clock, 3-2, followed by a 40-yard penalty goal from Polito Pieres at the 5:41 mark for a 4-2 lead. Facundo Pieres scored a goal from the field with Polito and Facundo exchanging penalty goals to close the chukker with Villa Del Lago in the lead, 5-4.

Facundo Pieres tied it at 5-5 in the opening 30 seconds of the third chukker with a beautifully execut-ed neck shot. Polito Pieres took the lead back for Villa Del Lago, 6-5, at the 4:17 mark. Facundo Pieres ended the chukker with consecu-tive penalty goals from 40 yards

and 60 yards for a 7-6 halftime lead for Orchard Hill.

The pace continued to quicken as the second half of play began. The ball moved up and down the field at breakneck speed, with both Facundo and Polito giving an exhibition of ball handling on the polo field.

Polito was the first to score in the fourth chukker with a tying goal, 7-7, in the opening minute of the period. A goal from the field from de Lusarreta was followed by a penalty goal from Polito as the Villa Del Lago lead grew to two goals, 9-7. Polito scored a goal from the field as Villa Del Lago continued to beat up on a stagnant Orchard Hill offense. Villa Del Lago led by three goals, 10-7, with time running out. Orchard Hill team captain Steve Van Andel scored the final goal of the chukker with just 38 seconds on the clock, but Villa Del Lago rode off the field at the end of the fourth on top of a 10-8 score.

Facundo Pieres went on a tear in the fifth chukker, scoring the opening goal on a 30-yard penalty conversion in the opening seconds of play, 10-9. He followed up less than a minute later with a 130-yard neck shot for a goal and then took the ensuing throw-in and raced 150-yards down the field to score the go-ahead goal, 11-10. Facundo scored his fourth consecutive goal from a melee in front of the Villa Del Lago goal to make it 12-10. Polito Pieres and Lucas Criado traded goals to end the chukker with Orchard Hill in the possession of a 13-11 advantage.

Polito Pieres cut the Orchard Hill lead down to 13-12 with a goal in the opening minute of the sixth chukker. Criado scored less than two minutes later, making it 14-12. De Lusarreta scored to bring Vila Del Lago to within a goal of the lead, 14-13, but Orchard Hill was not going to let the game slip away. With 2:11 on the clock, Facundo Pieres scored the final goal of the

game for the 15-13 victory.English 6-goaler Mark Tom-

linson has played against both Facundo and Polito and had some observations from the sidelines.

“Polito probably has the best

stick work of all the top players,” he said. “His close ball control and skills are phenomenal. Facundo is a serious winner, and that’s what most strikes you when you play

Facundo Pieres and his cousin Polito Pieres battle on the field.PHOTO BY ALEX PACHECO

Rider Georgina Bloomberg And Lilli Light Up The Night At WEFGeorgina Bloomberg guid-

ed Gotham Enterprizes LLC’s 11-year-old Brandenburg mare Lilli to the big win in last Saturday night’s $127,000 Adequan Grand Prix CSI 3* at the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival.

In a five-horse, all-American jump-off, Bloomberg topped the class over Laura Chapot and ISHD Dual Star in second, Wilton Porter with Diamonte Darco in third, Schuyler Riley and Dobra de Porceyo in fourth and Todd

Minikus with Babalou 41 in fifth.With a class of 45 entries and

13 different countries represented, the five American riders were the only contestants able to make it through to the jump-off over Leopoldo Palacios’ course. The competition was the highlight event of week three, sponsored by Adequan.

First to go in the grand prix jump-off, Chapot raced through the short course with Mary Chapot’s ISHD Dual Star and

set a very fast pace in 48.06 sec-onds. Minikus followed with Two Swans Farm’s Babalou 41, finish-ing almost four seconds faster in 44.77 seconds, but had a rail going into the double combination. Riley and Wolfstone Stables’ Dobra de Porceyo were next to go with a clear round in 49.66 seconds. Porter and Sleepy P Ranch LLC’s Diamonte Darco crossed the tim-ers clear in 48.43 seconds. Last in the ring, Bloomberg and Lilli gal-loped to victory in 46.98 seconds.

Bloomberg has ridden Lilli for about two and a half years and stepped the mare up to the grand prix level last year. Lilli has served as a second horse to Bloomberg’s top mount, Juvina, but is now moving up to even out the work-load. “This was one of my first big grand prixs with her and my first time jumping her under the lights,” Bloomberg said. “I have felt more confidence with her, and she has been jumping well over bigger jumps. I felt like tonight was a good opportunity for her to step up, and I was very happy with her.”

Bloomberg admitted that al-though she watched some of Chapot’s opening round in the jump-off, she did not pay close attention to it because she did not

think she would be able to catch the speedy rider.

“I thought that whatever I did, she would be faster, so there was no point in watching her go,” Bloomberg laughed. “I didn’t get to watch her round carefully enough to see the route she took, but my horse has a big stride. Even though her horse is quicker, I tried to make up for the fact that I’m on a big, slow horse and leave strides out between the jumps.”

This was Bloomberg’s first win in a major Saturday night grand prix at WEF, as well as a great start to her 2015 season.

“I have never won a Saturday night class here before. This is my first, and my first big class of the season, so it is nice to start out on a good note,” she said. “I have to add that I think all of the riders are appreciative of Adequan’s support for the sport. I think Adequan’s involvement in the sport is greatly under-appreciated for the amount that they do, and I know that we all really appreciate it. I also have to say that it is a huge honor to beat every rider in this class, but especially to beat Laura Chapot. I think anybody who competes the rest of the week in the other rings knows how much she wins and how difficult it is to beat her.”

With her second place round, Chapot’s mount ISHD Dual Star marked a great start to her season as well, and Chapot was very hap-py with the performance.

“This is probably the most dif-ficult course I have shown with her,” Chapot noted. “I was very, very pleased with the way she went. My plan in the jump-off was really to just put in a clear and prompt round. I think there were a couple of places I definitely could have been a lot faster, but I really just wanted a good, solid round, and to try and make everyone else try and beat that. She is a naturally careful horse, so I had to take a few little chances. She tries hard, and she was jumping great.”

Wilton Porter’s horse, Dia-monte Darco, was jumping in her very first Saturday night class, and Porter was focused on giving his mare the best experience possible.

“This was my first time compet-ing in a Saturday night WEF grand prix with her, so I am really happy with her,” Porter said. “My plan was the same as Laura. I wanted to have a nice, prompt round in the jump-off and have a positive expe-rience for my hose. She was really good, so I am pretty pleased.”

Allyn Mann, director of the Animal Health Division at Luit-

pold Pharmaceuticals, makers of sponsor Adequan, was on hand to witness the fantastic competition.

“First of all, Georgina, congrat-ulations on your first Saturday Night Lights win. Wilton, con-gratulations on your first Saturday Night Lights competition with your horse and Laura, you are just awesome and keep doing what you are doing and you will end up back here in the winner’s cir-cle for sure,” Mann praised. “We are just really blessed to have the opportunity to be involved with Mark [Bellissimo] and the Winter Equestrian Festival, as well as the Adequan Global Dressage Festi-val. It is two completely different environments, but the people are so special and that is really what the journey is all about.”

Bellissimo, CEO of Equestrian Sport Productions, was thankful for Adequan’s sponsorship.

“There were great athletes here tonight, and it takes great sponsors to make this work. Allyn has been such a great supporter the last several years, and we are excited about that relationship and hope we will be working more and more together in Wellington.”

For more information, and a full schedule of events, visit www.equestriansport.com.

Georgina Bloomberg rides Lilli Saturday night at WEF.PHOTO BY SPORTFOT

See POLO, page 19


NEWSHOLLYWOOD SALON & SPA IN WELLINGTON CELEBRATES ITS GRAND OPENING

Cindy McDade and Annie Vo. Mary Kanyah, David Karroll and Susie Labriola.

‘GAME OF THRONES’ THE THEME AS COMCAST OPENS NEW XFINITY STOREThe HBO series Game of Thrones visited Comcast’s new Xfinity Store in Wellington on Saturday, Jan. 24. There were craft activities for children, photo opportunities and giveaways. The new store features a unique, open layout and allows customers to learn more about Xfinity services. The store is located at 2815 State Road 7, Suite 300, near Trader Joe’s.

David Carroll, Annie Vo, Beth Smart,Lauren Kugler and Becky Weeks.

Landon and Lila Saake sit on the throne andvisit with Adam Ramos as White Walker.

Alexa Valenti as Khaleesi, Stuart Store ManagerCheryl Lanier, Wellington Store Manager Rhonda

Arnette and Adam Ramos as White Walker.

Gladys Montero, Chelsea Alyse Murphy, Tatiana Zhukovsriy,Kelita Torres, Annie Vo, Wah Aurelius, Tamy Tran and Richard Do.

Hollywood Salon & Spa, located near the Mall at Wellington Green at 10520 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 300, held its grand opening celebration Friday, Jan. 23 to the delight of those anxiously awaiting the opening of the salon’s new location. For more information, call (561) 784-3938 or visit www.hollywoodsalonspa.com.



Owner Annie Vo with Jill Goldhaber,Vicki Cohen and Renée Clansey.

Beige McNaab and Bart Lubin handed out many giveaways.

Bryan Vo and Kathleen Wile.

Carina Bayer andPerry Lancianese. Kelita Torres and Holly North.


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safety rules could insist that they land in parking lots just like the rest of us but, when visiting a friend in the hospital, wouldn’t the rooftop helipad be tempting? Of course it would. Zip in, zip out. Meanwhile, Trauma Hawk has to keep circling.

So, in a way, I’m happy that there are no flying cars. The only

one who is really responsible enough to be trusted with one is... me, of course.

I’d follow the rules! I’d stay away from airplanes, avoid hospi-tal helipads and put my phone in a box in the backseat when flying.

I can’t say I wouldn’t snack a little bit, though. You gotta eat.

So, if you’re out and about someday, stuck at a stoplight, and a Twinkie hits your windshield, look up.

It’s me.Hi.

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against him. When he needs to turn it on he can. I was fortunate enough to be on the winning Hal-cyon Gallery team against Facun-do playing for Zacara in the 2014 British Gold Cup quarterfinals. It’s going to be interesting watching the winter season unfold.”

Facundo Pieres scored 12 goals in the game (five on penalty conversions) and was named MVP for his efforts. Criado was credited with two goals, and Van Andel added a goal for the win. Polito Pieres scored five of his

team-high nine goals on penalty shots for Villa Del Lago. De Lu-sarreta picked up four goals in the losing effort.

Best Paying Pony honors went to Facundo Pieres’ Shelty.

Audi Takes Bobby Barry Cup — American 8-goaler Nic Roldan scored eight goals in leading a talented Audi lineup (Marc Gan-zi, Lucas Lalor, Nic Roldan and Fred Mannix) to a 12-10 win over Lechuza (Luis de Borbon, Marcos Alberdi, Juan Martin Nero and Tomas Goti) in the Bobby Barry Memorial Cup, the subsidiary of the Joe Barry Cup.

The high-goal polo season con-tinues at IPC this weekend with the Ylvisaker Cup. Learn more at www.internationalpoloclub.com.

The winning Orchard Hill team of Steve Van Andel,Lucas Criado, Facundo Pieres and Remy Muller.

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ment store in the Mall at Welling-ton Green on Sunday afternoon regarding a shoplifting incident. According to a PBSO report, at 3:20 p.m., a mustache-wearing Hispanic male, wearing a large white hat and a blue plaid shirt, stole a $180 Fossil purse from the store. According to the report, the unknown man was seen getting into a brown minivan before fleeing the area.

JAN. 26 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach sub-station received a letter regarding the theft of appliances, plumbing, a door and a heating/cooling system from a vacant Fannie Mae bank-owned property in the Counterpoint Estates community. According to the PBSO report, the letter reporting the theft came from a company assigned to man-age the home on Dec. 15.

JAN. 26 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach sub-station was called to a business in the Commons at Royal Palm shopping plaza Monday morning regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, on Jan. 22, the business manager discovered that a water pump and time box for an irrigation system, valued at approximately $2,500, was miss-ing from the property. According to the report, the victim believes that the perpetrator would have had to know what they were doing to remove the complicated parts with such accuracy.

JAN. 26 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substa-tion was called to the Eastwood community Monday morning regarding an attempted vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 p.m.

Sunday and 9:30 a.m. Monday, someone attempted to break into the driver’s side of the victim’s 2012 Infiniti QX60. Nothing was reported removed from the vehicle.

JAN. 27 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on 87th Lane North in The Acre-age on Tuesday evening regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, residents of the home left at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday and returned around 9 p.m. to discover that the rear sliding door was open, as well as a potentially unlocked bedroom window. Ac-cording to the report, two check books from Bank of America, a gold locket valued at $50, and medications were removed. Fin-gerprint evidence was collected at the home.

substation was contacted Sun-day afternoon regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, last Saturday, between noon and 2:30 p.m., the victim had been shopping at several locations on Southern Blvd., and upon attempting to pay at one loca-tion, noticed that her Michael Kors wallet, valued at $100, was missing, along with her driver’s license and various bank cards. According to the report, the vic-tim began calling to cancel her cards and was told that her Chase Bank card had already been can-celed due to suspicious activity and her American Express card had been used for unauthorized purchases at Best Buy and Target totaling more than $4,000.

JAN. 25 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to the Dillard’s depart-

JAN. 25 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a vacant home on F Road in Loxahatchee Groves on Sunday afternoon regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 4 p.m. last Friday and 1 p.m. Sunday, some-one entered the home owned by Deutsche Bank and stole multi-ple Frigidaire brand appliances, including a microwave, range, dishwasher and refrigerator, val-ued at $3,000, in addition to a light fixture, valued at $150. The theft was discovered when the agent for the property performed her weekly check. She noticed a broken window, tool marks upon the entrances and that the front door of the residence was ajar.

JAN. 25 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach

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online with the victim’s informa-tion. According to the report, a Nordstrom representative called the victim to confirm the applica-tion, and once it was determined to be fraudulent, the application process was halted.

JAN. 25 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home in Margate Place early Sunday morning regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, shortly after midnight, the PBSO was called to the home after a neighbor saw five teenage boys enter the residence. Deputies locked down the home and were able to detain the minors, who did not have permission to be in the unoccupied home. The minors, who had marijuana on them, were later released into the custody of their parents.

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swimming pool inspectors de-clared the water unsafe.

The problem arose, Recchio said, because water treatment chemicals were stored in the same area as the pumps and controls, slowly destroying them over time, which made it difficult to keep the chemicals at safe levels. “It was just a mess,” he said. “It just kept eating away and eating away.”

The problem will be solved simply by separating the chemicals and pumping equipment, he said.

Program supervisors Sheryl Sawyer and Steven Poyner, as well as Cultural and Community

Events Superintendent Carlos Morales, presented a rundown of upcoming events and programs, which included everything from early childhood programs to bal-ance control classes for seniors.

The village has long supported its Parks & Recreation Depart-ment. Only the $7 million contract with the Palm Beach County Sher-iff’s Office consumes more of its yearly operating budget.

Recchio, proud of the organiza-tion he has fostered over the past 17 years, said he doubted that there is any community more dedicated to its parks. Commons Park, built on the site of a 160-acre former golf course, is his department’s crown jewel.

Board members had few com-ments, but both Vice Chair Phyllis Katz and Board Member Sean

Fitzpatrick asked whether some-thing could be done about the traffic backups during popular events at Commons Park. Fitzpat-rick said traffic tie-ups made him miss the tree lighting ceremony last month. “The traffic actually started at Okeechobee and Royal Palm,” he said.

Conversely, Katz said she had trouble getting home after an event. “I live across the street from the park,” she said. “It took me over an hour to get home.”

Recchio blamed the gridlock on the popularity of the department’s programs. “We had 25,000 [peo-ple] for Winter Fest, which we never anticipated,” he said.

Recchio said the department is learning as it goes. He invited board members to suggest traffic solutions. “Traffic is an issue,” he

said. “There’s one way in and one way out. There’s no way around it.”

Fitzpatrick suggested a second entrance south of the existing one, for use only during big events, but Recchio did not think that would do much to ease the gridlock.

A foreclosed home bordering the northeastern quadrant of the park has been purchased and will be razed in order to create an alter-native entrance for bikers, pedes-trians and emergency vehicles, but Councilman Richard Valuntas, the recreation board’s council liaison, noted that residents living near the property objected strenuously even to using it for pedestrians, so allowing cars to enter the park there is a non-starter.

“It’s going to be a mess,” Katz declared, “no matter what we do.”

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years of Coates’ four-year term, and will consider running when the time comes.

“I think anybody who applied for the seat should be thinking that way,” McGovern said. “Certainly, I am considering it. That being said, having not done the job for one day, not knowing if I would be good at it or not, I’m not commit-ting myself one way or another.”

He said he doesn’t know if his being an attorney had anything to do with his selection, since Coates had been the sole attorney on the council. “I wouldn’t presume to put myself into speaking for any of them, but I certainly think that it is a good thing, particularly on a municipal council, to have an attorney, and I’m honored to be the attorney following now-Judge Coates,” he said.

McGovern, whose law office is in Lake Worth, said he has no special interest or agenda to push with the council.

“I don’t have any personal business interest in Wellington,” he said. “I’m in Wellington like the vast majority of our full-time residents. I’m there because it’s my home and a great place to raise my children, so I don’t come in with

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Probably not, but I just wanted you to be aware of the issue.”

He said it will be critical to do the work while West Palm Beach widens the canal, adding that they could start doing some work now but the cost would probably go down if it is timed closer to the West Palm Beach project.

Capra said an inspection had been done on the pipe a few years back, and the existing pipes built in the 1970s were fine, but explained that the City of West Palm Beach had indicated it would have to take the pipes out anyway in order to widen the canal.

Supervisor Michelle Damone asked what initiated the study, and Capra said the head loss problem was reducing the overall capacity of the M-1 Canal in The Acreage.

District Engineer Jay Foy said that after Tropical Storm Isaac, when the South Florida Water Management District finally al-lowed drainage through the lower M-1 Canal, the lower basin went down very quickly, within a day, but they could not get the water to drain quickly from the upper basin. “It just took forever,” Foy said.

Damone said she would prefer to start setting aside money now and do all the work at the same time as West Palm Beach.

“I think we would be better off waiting until they do some construction and piggyback off the cost of it,” Damone said, and Capra agreed with that idea.

Damone suggested that they come up with an estimated cost and put money aside to anticipate the project and do it along with the city’s project instead of paying for it all at once.

Supervisor Ralph Bair said he thought the district should not bear the full cost of the project.

“Why are we paying for most of

it or all of it?” Bair asked. “We’re not moving [the canal], they are. That’s a lot of money for just an extension.”

Foy explained that West Palm Beach owns the right of way.

“It’s in their right of way, and it’s been there so long it’s a handshake deal, but it’s in their land and they can tell us what to do,” he said.

Foy said the new culvert heads would be a completely new con-struction into the district’s right of way, but that the new inverted siphon pipes would still be under the West Palm Beach right of way. He reiterated that the head loss would be reduced, thereby increasing drainage potential in the upper basin.

He explained that the new drain-age would be a rectangular and smooth wall, rather than corru-gated pipe.

Damone made a motion to re-ceive and file the report, get reports on the estimated cost and set aside funds in a designated account. The motion carried unanimously.

Foy also reported on the planned improvements to Pump Station 2 just north of Orange Blvd. on the M-1 Canal.

Although the plan has been permitted by the SFWMD, Foy said the final drawings will not be ready until March.

“We don’t want to do this during the wet season,” he said. “This is just a status report to tell you where I’m at. The structural engineer has to design these. It’s going to be a sheet piling and con-crete and sheet piling again, so the structural engineer has to design it so it doesn’t fall over.

Foy said the canal will have to be rip-rapped in order for the plan to work. A 9-foot diameter pipe is to be installed, in addition to the existing 7-foot diameter pipe.

Because of the change in de-sign, he said it will probably cost closer to $500,000, rather than the $300,000 originally estimated. “We can’t really tell until it goes out to bid,” Foy said. “This is a specialized item.”

any preconceived notion or agenda or interest, financial or otherwise.”

During his presentation to coun-cil members on Monday, McGov-ern said that unlike in Washington and Tallahassee, he believes that the people of Wellington hold to the idea that good policy decisions come not from the extremes of one side or another, but from finding the middle ground.

“Certainly, I think there are issues upon which to stand your ground, but I don’t think that’s every issue, and I think that in a nonpartisan council role such as this, the motivating force has to be to find common ground, therefore it is the middle ground that moves the village forward,” he said.

McGovern added that Wel-lington has tough challenges, but that all vibrant, forward-thinking communities do.

“In Wellington, there is great diversity and a lot of competing interests, and I think that is the greatness of Wellington, but keep-ing all of those groups and interests in the boat, involved and rowing in the same direction, is a challenge,” he said. “This is particularly so in a governmental context when you’re dealing with fixed revenues and a budget, and there will always be people who would want to do more than the budget might allow. Then you have to make the tough choices.”

He believes the equestrian in-

dustry and the Equestrian Preserve Area are vital to the success of the village. “I think that we are uniquely blessed to have a thriving equestrian industry operating as a core economic engine in our com-munity,” McGovern said.

He also wants to revitalize older communities in the village while building new ones.

“I think that Wellington should be crafting policies to be support-ive of both those groups of people, those who are moving into the new neighborhoods… and those who live in the parts of Wellington and the neighborhoods that have been there for 30 or so years,” McGov-ern said.

Regarding the controversial K-Park parcel on State Road 7, he said he thinks the council made a wise decision to keep it designated as park space, and does not feel there was a lot of difference in the viewpoints of Vice Mayor John Greene, who voted against the motion, and those of Mayor Bob Margolis and Councilman Matt Willhite.

“That is, as we heard from all the residents, the last great, large sig-nificant green space, particularly in that corridor,” McGovern said. “Therefore, if we’re not absolutely sure, including with the support of the residents, of what to do there, I think the right decision is to do nothing, and I think that’s often the case. If you’re not sure, then

don’t act yet. That doesn’t mean don’t ever act, but don’t act today.”

McGovern said he views his ap-pointment as a great responsibility.

“I am very proud to have the opportunity to come back and serve, and especially proud to have been listed on all four of the council members’ ballots,” he said. “I hope to prove worthy of their votes and make the people of Wellington proud.”

During the scoring on Tuesday, Vice Mayor John Greene and Councilman Matt Willhite both gave McGovern the maximum 5 points and did not rank any other candidates.

Mayor Bob Margolis gave Mat-thew Kurit 5 points, Ernie Zim-merman 4 points, Carol Coleman 3 points, McGovern 2 points and Ellie Halperin 1 point.

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig gave Michael Drahos 5 points, Randall Laurich 4 points, Michael Posner 3 points, McGovern 2 points and Halperin 1 point.

Total points were McGovern 14, Drahos 5, Kurit 5, Laurich 4, Zimmerman 4, Coleman 3, Posner 3 and Halperin 2.

Gerwig made a motion to ap-point Drahos, which died for lack of a second, and then Greene made a motion to appoint McGovern, which carried 4-0.

McGovern will be sworn in at the council’s next meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 10.

The West Palm Beach Antiques Festival is not just about antiques. Oh, you’ll find things that grand-ma had, but now, more than ever, antiques are gaining popularity as decorative objects.

“It used to be that our aisles were filled just with collectors,” said Kay Puchstein, who with her husband, Bill, owns the monthly show held at the South Florida Fairgrounds. “But now, we’re seeing savvy consumers who recognize that vintage objects lend a unique touch to just about any décor.”

“It’s true. We’re seeing shoppers taking home antique trunks to use

with contemporary décor,” Bill Puchstein added. “Why go shop-ping for accessories at a big-box retailer when you often can find one-of-a-kind objects for much less money at our show.”

And it’s not just grandma’s antiques.

“It amazes me how designers are pairing mid-century pieces, like Lucite lamps, carts and mag-azine racks, with antiques, and they just look so natural together,” Kay said.

The West Palm Beach Antiques Festival has expanded to include dealers in art, jewelry, couture clothing and accessories, as well

as updated lighting and other ac-cessories. There also are artisans on hand to help with glass, watch, jewelry and porcelain repair, as well as art restoration.

The shows, typically held the first weekend of the month, bring together 300 dealers from across the country.

The February Extravaganza, which will draw more than 1,000 vendors offering a range of ob-jects priced from a few dollars to thousands of dollars, will be held during the weekend of Feb. 6-8.

“I tend to think of our shows as treasure hunts,” Kay said. “And sometimes, the biggest treasure

may be the lowest priced object at the show. You never know what you’ll find.”

Bill agreed. “I’ve been in this business nearly 40 years, and I’m always amazed at what I see at the shows,” he said.

The show will be open from noon to 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7 and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8 at the South Florida Fairgrounds, located at 9067 Southern Blvd.

Future events are scheduled for March 6-8, April 3-5, May 1-3 and June 5-7. For information, visit wpbaf.com or call (941) 697-7475.

WPB Antiques Festival More Than Just Antiques

There’s a new opportunity for young Wellington artists to see their creations on public display. The village is teaming up with the Wellington Art Society for the Student Art Program, which puts youth artwork on display at Village Park.

Middle school students who either live in Wellington or attend a Wellington school are invited to deliver their original works of art to the Village Park gymna-sium (11700 Pierson Road) on Wednesday, Feb. 11 between 4 and 6 p.m. The exhibit opens the

following day on Thursday, Feb. 12, and artwork will be on display for a three-month rotation ending in May.

All artwork must be framed. The Wellington Art Society will select the artwork for the exhibit.

Information and entry forms

with program dates and guidelines are available from the Wellington Community Center and Village Park, Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

For more info., call Community Programs Manager Michelle Gar-vey at (561) 791-4082.

Student Artists Invited To Enter Artwork For Display In Wellington

This Valentine’s Day, come fall in love at the Wellington Green Market’s Strawberry Shortcake Social benefiting Big Dog Ranch Rescue. Enjoy sinful strawberry donut shortcakes featuring Plant City strawberries while visiting with many four-legged pals, just

waiting to steal your heart. The event will take place Saturday, Feb. 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Com-plex. On-site adoptions will be available, and the shortcakes will be available for a $5 donation. For more info., call (561) 283-5856.

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West Palm Beach Antiques Festival owners Bill and Kay Puchstein.


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Jesse James withher horse, Gigi.

Loxahatchee Groves Mayor Dave Browning with hiswife Sharyn, son Matthew and service dog Selah.

SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO MANY LOCAL STUDENTSThe South Florida Fair held its annual scholarship presentation on Sunday, Jan. 18. Seventeen scholarships ranging between $500 to $4,000 were awarded, for a total of $34,000. Local recipients included Victoria Dukharan of Seminole Ridge High School, Tommy Dash of Wellington High School, Janie Sanchez of John I. Leonard High School, London Walker of Wellington High School and Emma Percy of the King’s Academy. The program started in 1982 and since then has awarded approximately $493,000 in scholarship money.

Wellington Mayor Bob Margolis and hiswife Linda take part in the Mayor’s Parade.

Local recipients Victoria Dukharan, Tommy Dash,Janie Sanchez, London Walker and Emma Percy.

Fair scholarship committee members Lee Glade,Dan Lewis, Thomas Bean, Becky Isiminger,

Jack Frost, Annis Manning and Rob Pendelton.

Junior Florida Angus Association 2015 Queen Josie Chandler, 2014 Queen Victoria Hernandez, Ebonette Hunter Glisson, Sweet-heart Isabelle Torrence and Princess Gabriela Hernandez with Rusty, her Angus bull.

The 103rd annual South Florida Fair continued last week at the South Florida Fairgrounds, packing in the crowds. The annual event will conclude Sunday, Feb. 1. The fair’s theme is “Las Vegas Exposition: A Jackpot of Memories.” For more info., call (561) 793-0333 or visit www.southfloridafair.com.



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The South Florida Fair scholarship recipients.

Elvis impersonatorAlvis Maeyens.

RPB Mayor Matty Mattioli rides in the parade.

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BusinessSentient Jet Named ExclusivePrivate Aviation Partner At IPCSentient Jet, a Directional Aviation Capital company, has announced a new partnership with the Interna-tional Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington. As IPC’s exclusive private aviation partner, Sentient Jet will offer special benefits for both Sentient Jet cardholders and IPC members, as well as sponsor events throughout the 2015 season. Sentient Jet will sponsor the first annual Sentient Jet Challenge. Page 26

SportsWolverines TipBroncos, 61-60,On Basketball CourtThe Palm Beach Central High School boys varsity basketball team traveled to cross-town rival Wellington High School on Friday, Jan. 23 to take on the Wolver-ines. The Wolverines won the contest 61-60 before a gymnasium filled to capac-ity. Wellington started on all cylinders, catching the Broncos off guard. Page 33

Make Plans To Attend Lunch & Learn At WEFNow in its fifth year, the Lunch & Learn weekly educational se-ries takes place each Thursday during the Winter Equestrian Festival at the Wellington Club, located on the show grounds right next to the International Arena. They run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. each week. Ellen Rosenberg’s Column, Page 25

Wolverines Top Douglas 2-1, Head To SemifinalsOn Thursday, Jan. 22, the Wellington High School girls varsity soccer team hosted Broward County rival Stoneman Douglas High School in a regional quarterfinal match, defeating the Eagles 2-1 in a penalty kick shootout. With the win, the Wol-verines advanced into the regional semifinal round. Page 33

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FEATURESMake Plans To Attend Lunch & Learn Series At WEF

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By Ellen Rosenberg

If you’re free the next few Thursdays, here’s something fun and free you might consider attending. Now in its fifth year, the Lunch & Learn weekly educational series takes place each Thursday during the Winter Equestrian Festival at the Wellington Club, located on the show grounds right next to the International Arena. They run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. each week until March 26. The topic changes weekly.

The free lunches are catered by White Horse Tavern, and there are exciting door prizes, given by the sponsors and relevant to each session — everything from supplements to saddle pads and tack. The season finale prizes include a custom tack trunk by Clever Jumps & Trunks and a TheraPlate.

“The subjects of the talks are always horse industry-related and geared to help educate everyone in the horse community, whether professional or amateur,” said Laura Bost-wick, sponsorship events coordinator. “We try to make each session fun and accessible. Our presenters are very knowledgeable and eager to answer questions. It’s a great opportunity to enjoy a free lunch, learn something and net-work with other riding enthusiasts while fur-ther developing your skills and knowledge.”

Upcoming topics are:• Feb. 5 — Cryotherapy for the Equine

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Athlete: Not Only Laminitis Prevention, presented by veterinarians Robert P. Boswell of Wellington and James A. Orsini of New Bolton Center, sponsored by Merial and TERF (the Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation).

• Feb. 12 — Developing and Maintaining the Perfect Back, presented by veterinar-ian Wade A. Tenney of Tufts University and Robin Moore, sponsored by World Equestrian Brands and Tackeria.

• Feb. 19 — Equine Joint Health, sponsored by Adequan.

• Feb. 26 — Muscle Recovery in the Per-formance Horse, sponsored by Nutrena and Progressive Nutrition Supplements.

• March 5 — Integration of Imaging Services and Alternative Therapies for Per-formance Enhancement, sponsored by Palm Beach Equine Clinic and Zoetis.

• March 12 — Developing Products with a Purpose, sponsored by Horseware Ireland.

• March 19 — Simplifying Nutrition for the Equine Athlete, sponsored by Platinum Performance.

• March 26 — Sound Year Round: 10 Top Tips Your Veterinarian May Have Forgotten to Tell You to Help Maintain Year-Round Soundness in Performance Horses, sponsored by Theraplate.

Liz Berkos of Wellington plans to attend a few of the sessions. She has gone for the past three years. “I’m particularly interested in the one on equine influenza,” she said, referring to a session held on Jan. 22. “I remember when all the shows shut down a few years back due to a contagious disease.”

Berkos likes the topics that explain veteri-nary subjects.

“I always learn so much. I definitely rec-ommend this for horse enthusiasts at any level,” she said. “I especially like touching base with people from all over, not just locals. The presenters are entertaining, sincerely interested in sharing their knowledge, and even stay after and answer any questions you might have. They always do a wonderful job. It’s a great way to spend a very nice afternoon

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Veterinarian Wade A. Tenney leads a Lunch & Learn series event.


BUSINESS NEWS

Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa this month received the coveted 2015 AAA Five Diamond desig-nation. The property in Manalapan has maintained this prestigious rating since 2008. Only 0.3 percent of 58,000 AAA-approved hotels and restaurants receive the travel authority’s highest ranking.

Properties at this level require experienced, highly qualified staff to provide the custom service that luxury hotel guests expect, accord-ing to AAA. These establishments deliver unmatched guest comfort with luxurious accommodations, extraordinary facilities and many personalized amenities. This year, just 121 hotels and 63 restaurants hold the AAA Five Diamond Rating.

“This recognition reflects the commitment of our staff and man-agement to provide every guest with exceptional hospitality, and I am incredibly proud of their continued commitment to our valued guests,” said Michael King, Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa managing director.

Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa recently unveiled its 309 remodeled guest rooms and suites, designed by Jonathan Adler. The rooms redefine the guest experience with elegant surprises, including Adler’s signa-ture accents.

“We’re thrilled to unveil an en-tirely new guest room experience alongside our incredible amenities and activities and look forward to welcoming back past guests and

introducing the Eau Palm Beach spirit to new guests this season,” King added.

A highlight for the 2015 winter season is the resort’s “Effortless Escape” package, a promotion with up to $600 in resort credits for use in the award-winning Eau Spa, at any of the resort’s four restaurants and bars, for experience-driven kids and teen programs and for in-room indulgences. The promotion gives guests incentives with tiered credits for reservations made by April 16 for stay dates through April 19, subject to availability. Winter room rates begin at $579. For more info., visit www.eaupalmbeach.com/escape or call (800) 328-0170 and use promo code “winter.”

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An aerial view of Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in Manalapan.

Sentient Jet, a Directional Avi-ation Capital company, has an-nounced a new partnership with the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington. As IPC’s exclusive private aviation partner, Sentient Jet will offer special benefits for both Sentient Jet cardholders and IPC members, as well as sponsor events throughout the 2015 season.

“Wellington is the premier eques-trian enclave for polo, and we are

thrilled to partner with the pres-tigious International Polo Club this season,” said Andrew Collins, president of Sentient Jet. “The club provides a stunning setting for fans to watch these incredible athletes and horses, and we look forward to offering our cardholders an un-matched experience and exclusive benefits during the season.”

Sentient Jet will sponsor the first annual Sentient Jet Challenge.

Following the high-goal season, the team patron who scores the most goals during the high-goal season will be awarded a signature gift. The prize for the winner will be present-ed at the finals of the U.S. Open Polo Championship on Sunday, April 19.

Sentient Jet cardholders will enjoy VIP box seat tickets to watch polo matches throughout the season in comfort and style, while experienc-ing best-in-class hospitality. IPC

members will receive a special Jet Card offer to fly with Sentient Jet and experience the flexibility and convenience of private air travel from the inventor of the Jet Card model.

“We look forward to partner-ing with Sentient and offering a memorable experience for new and existing polo fans,” IPC President John Wash said.

Sentient Jet offers its 25-hour Jet

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BUSINESS NEWSPalm Beach Outlets Celebrates First Birthday Feb. 14

A birthday cake-eating compe-tition, entertainment, activities for kids, gifts with purchases and free kisses for all will be part of Palm Beach Outlets’ one-year birthday celebration on Saturday, Feb. 14.

In addition, up to 25 mothers who gave birth on the day Palm Beach Outlets was “born” — Feb. 14, 2014 — will be recognized. The activities will begin at 11 a.m. and continue through 4 p.m.

“These mothers couldn’t be with us last year as they were in labor, and we wanted to give them a chance this year to be a special part of our

celebration,” Palm Beach Outlets’ Marketing Director Pam Rada said.

Any mother who delivered a child that day at any Palm Beach County hospital is eligible to sign up for “A Shopper is Born” recognition, which includes a free brunch, a baby gift and a goodie bag. It’s limited to the first 25 mothers who pre-register.

Those who qualify should send an email to [email protected] and include the time of birth, hospital name, baby name and mother’s name.

It was on Valentine’s Day one year ago that Palm Beach Outlets

opened to much fanfare with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, celebrity fashions and charitable tie-ins. The shopping center opened with 90 stores and today features more than 130 retail shops and three restau-rants. Additionally, the Marketplace at the Outlets, adjacent to the main facility, opened in October.

Credited by West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio as being a symbol of the economic revitalization hap-pening in the city, the Palm Beach Outlets has delivered in drawing both local residents and tourists.

“We have been very pleased with

the number of shoppers our center has attracted in the past year,” Rada said. “Our traffic counts for the first six months — which add up to some 4 million shoppers — indicates a bright future not only for our tenants, but for shoppers who are looking for great deals as well.”

The highlight of the birthday celebration will be the world’s first birthday cake-eating championship, sanctioned by Major League Eating and sponsored by Whole Foods Market, which will open at the Mar-ketplace at the Outlets on Feb. 25. This eight-minute, all-you-can-eat

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championship will feature a field of 12 eaters battling for their share of $5,000 in cash prizes.

Musicians and entertainers will add to the ambiance, and kids will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities. Shoppers who purchase $100 or more at stores will receive a free Palm Beach Outlets bag by showing their receipt at the customer relations desk at the food court. And everyone will receive free Hershey’s kisses, while supplies last. For more information, call (561) 515-4400 or visit www.palm beachoutlets.com.

Florida Telecommunications Relay Inc., the nonprofit distributor of specialized telecommunications equipment for Floridians with hear-ing loss and speech disabilities, has opened a new distribution center in Palm Beach County at Audiology with a Heart.

At the distribution center, locat-ed at 2324 S. Congress Ave., Suite 2G, in Palm Springs, permanent Florida residents who are certified as having hearing loss or speech disabilities can easily obtain am-plified telephones and other tele-communications equipment at no cost. The FTRI center also offers

free hearing tests to those who wish to qualify.

In addition to the primary office in Palm Springs, Audiology with a Heart has convenient distribution centers in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and Jupiter. For more information, call (561) 366-7219 or visit www.ftri.org.

“Our mission at FTRI is to pro-vide Floridians with hearing loss the best telecommunications products available so they can once again en-joy conversations and stay connect-ed to their loved ones,” Executive Director James Forstall said. “We are excited about our partnership

with Audiology with a Heart and that this new distribution center in Palm Beach County will help us improve the lives of residents in the region who are struggling with hearing loss.”

FTRI estimates that more than three million Floridians experience some degree of hearing loss.

The expansion of distribution centers into additional Florida counties supports FTRI’s social media campaign #KeepFlorida-Connected, which aims to help Floridians stay connected to their families, friends and communities, and highlights the importance

of conversations in the lives of those with hearing loss or speech disabilities.

FTRI is a nonprofit organization that administers the Specialized Telecommunications Equipment

Distribution Program for citizens of Florida who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf/blind or speech-im-paired.

For more information, visit www.ftri.org.

ABWA Meets Feb. 11 In P.B. GardensThe Northern Palm Beach Chap-

ter of the American Business Wom-en’s Association will meet Wednes-day, Feb. 11 at the PGA Embassy Suites Hotel (4350 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens).

Networking will be from 6 to 6:30 p.m., with the dinner and program

following. The cost is $20. Guests are welcome. To make reservations, or for more information, contact Karen Dooley at (561) 543-5641.

For more information about the American Business Women’s As-sociation, call Chapter President Pat Key at (561) 622-2713.



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Wolverines Top Douglas 2-1, Head To Regional Semifinals

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Wolverines Tip Broncos, 61-60, On Basketball Court

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By Gene NardiTown-Crier Staff Report

The Palm Beach Central High School boys varsity basketball team traveled to cross-town rival Wellington High School on Friday, Jan. 23 to take on the Wolverines. The Wolverines won the contest 61-60 before a gymnasium filled to capacity.

No. 5-ranked Wellington start-ed on all cylinders, catching the Broncos off guard and capitalizing on quick counterattacks to take an early 10-point lead in the first

period, 16-6. The Broncos (15-7) battled back to come within seven in the second period at 21-14, and later made it a one-point game at halftime, down 25-24. Early in the

Bronco Javierre Betts goesup for two of his 21 points

against Wellington.

third, Palm Beach Central tied it up at 27-27, then stole the lead from the Wolverines and built a 45-39 lead early in the fourth.

The Wolverines (20-3) would not go away, and clawed back, rallying with sophomore Trent Frazier scor-ing 15 points in the fourth quarter, including three 3-point baskets. The Wolverines improved on their rebound ratio and passes that proved difficult for the Broncos.

With just over three minutes to play, Wellington regained the lead, 54-53. The Broncos retaliated, and the two squads traded baskets. Wellington managed to stretch its

lead to as much as five points within the three remaining minutes, but Palm Beach Central continued to pressure.

With Wellington consuming time off the clock holding on to the 61-60 lead, the Broncos got a break and took the ball up the court but failed to convert the attack into the winning score, falling short 61-60.

Javierre Betts led the Broncos with a game high of 21 points, and Kemar Downer added 14 points. Frazier had 20 points and five as-sists for Wellington, while Aaron Kwiatek scored 15 points and had 12 rebounds.

By Gene NardiTown-Crier Staff Report

On Thursday, Jan. 22, the Wel-lington High School girls varsity soccer team hosted Broward Coun-ty rival Stoneman Douglas High School in a regional quarterfinal

match, defeating the Eagles 2-1 in a penalty kick shootout.

With the win, the Wolverines advanced into the regional semifinal round and a rematch with Boca Ra-ton High School. The Bobcats upset the District 12-5A champions, J.P.

Wellington’s Alex Dieudound tries to go up for a layup asPalm Beach Central’s Gyvicht Geneus attempts to block.

WHS girls soccer team members celebrate in the centerof the field immediately after their penalty-kick shootout

victory over Stoneman Douglas High School.

Taravella High School. The meeting between the Wolverines and Boca will be the third this year. Wellington (19-1-1) is two-for-two against the Bobcats, defeating them 5-2 in the regular season, and again 4-1 for the District 11-5A championship.

Bronco Gyvicht Geneus tries to block an attempt to score by Wellington’s Aaron Kwiatek.

Wolverine midfielder Samantha Sullivan splitsthe Douglas defenders to get the ball.

Wellington’s Kassidy Hannum battles for the header.

Wellington and Douglas battled early in a physical game. The fifth-ranked Wolverines appeared to have the edge in possession and shots on goal in the first half, but it was Douglas that found the back of the net first in the 52nd minute to take a

1-0 lead, and then fended off several Wellington attacks effectively to secure the one-goal lead at the half.

The Eagles built a solid attack in the second half but could not get past the stubborn Wellington goalkeeper,

See SOCCER, page 37

Wellington’s Trent Fraziergoes up for a two-pointer.


SPORTS & RECREATIONTKA Cheerleaders Win At RegionalsThe King’s Academy’s five-time

state champion varsity competition cheerleaders took home the first-place trophy at FHSAA regionals in Fort Lauderdale last weekend. The top two teams qualified to advance straight to the final round at states.

There were 22 teams in the di-vision, and TKA took home the top placement with a team score of 87.45. The team received the highest score of the competition, out of ap-proximately 50 teams participating

last weekend. “I am so proud of this team,” head cheer coach Jenn Allen said. “Their heart, dedication and love for each other continues to shine through in their routines. Our team goal is to hit our most difficult routine possible flawlessly every time we compete. We continue to accomplish it one step at a time.”

The team will travel to Kissim-mee this Saturday to seek its sixth consecutive state title at the 2015 FHSAA State Championship. “I

have mixed emotions, as I watch our last two and a half minutes together next Saturday on the FHSAA finals floor,” she said. “I’m sad for the season to come to an end, but so excited to see them peak just at the right time.”

The King’s Academy is a nation-ally recognized private Christian school serving approximately 1,300 students from preschool through 12th grade. More information about TKA, visit www.tka.net.

The King’s Academy’s varsity competition cheerleaders.

Last weekend, the Wildcat Dancers Dance Team from Royal Palm Beach High School competed in Davie at the Step Up 2 Dance Dance Competition. The dancers and director Michele Blecher were awarded the following awards: Judges Special Award, Musical Theater Award, 10 gold, four high gold, first place overall Jazz; second place overall Jazz, third place Solo Lyrical; second place Solo Musical Theater, first place Solo Musical Theater, third place Miss Teen Dance Diva, second place Miss Teen Dance Diva, first place Miss Teen Dance Diva, Miss Teen Dance Diva and Miss Dance Diva. The best award the Wildcat Dancers Dance Team were bestowed was when the owner of Step Up 2 Dance pulled Blecher aside to tell her that the Wildcat Dancers were the most respectful, polite and well-behaved dancers at the event.

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continued from page 25connecting with other horse peo-ple.”

Lyndi Prettyman Caruso lives in Maryland and regularly travels to WEF. She’s an “r” judge who trains and gives clinics, and always makes time to attend the Lunch & Learn series.

“I like the wide diversity of topics,” she said. “They’re all very interesting. I owned a stallion, and there was a great talk on breeding the second year. Last year, I attended two on new healing therapies. I like

keeping up with current ideas in the industry.”

She always recommends the series to people. “I most definitely recommend this. I think it’s a won-derful forum to find out about a lot of new topics,” Caruso said. “I’m a knowledge-seeker, always eager to learn more. This is a great opportu-nity for anyone to take advantage of free educational material. Plus, they offer a really great spread of health-ful food. I hope they continue this and that more people come. They do a very good job.”

Nancy Solomon lives in Welling-ton, rides dressage and aspires to show. She also attends the Lunch & Learn sessions. “It’s very well-or-ganized, with wonderful topics and

beautiful lunches. I especially liked the one last year on nutrition,” she said. “They talked about different types of hay. You could even meet with them and give them samples of the hay you were feeding and have it analyzed in terms of protein, sugar content and minerals. They consulted with us individually on our specific horses’ needs.”

She even changed her feed formu-la after the talk.

“I had been feeding straight timo-thy, which was lower in protein and higher in sugar,” Solomon said. “I started adding more alfalfa, which has very little sugar and is good for horses with ulcers. Like a lot of people, I always thought alfalfa was too rich and made horses ‘hot.’ I was surprised to find out that’s just a myth. Since I changed my hay, my horse, Waikiki, a 10-year-old Ca-nadian Warmblood, is going great. We’ve made huge strides.”

Solomon called the Lunch & Learn series “one of the best things in Wellington.”

“The lectures are very engaging. The whole event is elegant and professionally done on a very high level,” she said. “The food is terrific. I make it the main meal of my day. And they give out wonderful door prizes. I never won anything in my life, and last year I won an espresso machine. It’s totally worth going.”

Bostwick said the series has been steadily growing.

“Since our inaugural year in 2011, our attendance has grown annually,” she said. “Last year, about 60 to 75

people attended each session. This year, we’re hoping for a hundred.”

For more information, contact Bostwick at [email protected] or (561) 784-1130.

An interactive Lunch & Learn crowd at WEF.

SoccerBig Win For WHS Girls

continued from page 33junior Jessica Hole, who later would prove to be instrumental in her team’s victory. Wolverine sopho-more Megan Cebollero found space in the center of the Doulgas defense, and broke through to beat the Eagle keeper for the 1-1 equalizer in the 76th minute.

With both teams struggling des-perately to push players forward in an effort to steal the winning goal, regulation time ended. Two 10-min-ute overtime periods were played without any scoring, with both Hole and the Eagle keeper coming up big on occasion to send the game into a penalty-kick shootout.

Freshman Samantha Jenkins scored the winning penalty kick, but the anchor to the success was Hole, who stopped three of four Eagle shots during the shootout.

“We have three goalies, and the competition has made her what

she is,” Wellington coach Mike Kozlowski said about Hole. “They compete every day. There is no one better than the other. Tonight we just chose her.”

With a majority of the roster made up of mostly underclassmen, and only a handful of juniors and seniors, the future for the Wellington squad looks bright.

The Wolverines played Boca Ra-ton in the regional semifinal match on Tuesday night in Wellington, but results were not available at press time.

WHS goalkeeper Jessie Hole makes her first of three saves during the penalty kick shootout.

• The Wellington Amphitheater will host a free screening of The Penguins of Madagascar on Friday, Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for info.

• Renowned foodist and television personality Alton Brown will appear at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Feb. 6 at 8 p.m. Visit www.altonbrowntour.com or www.kravis.org/altonbrown for more info.

Saturday, Feb. 7• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic

Center Way) will host Bookercise: Move, Dance, Wiggle & Shake for ages 2 to 6 on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 10:30 a.m. Enjoy wiggling and shaking to music while using scarves, egg shakers and other instruments, all in the name of reading readiness. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Acoustic Java Jam for adults Saturday, Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. Experience a caffeinated collection of local talent or bring your acoustic instruments and jam out. Coffee will be provided. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Great Black Authors for ages 6 to 10 on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. Celebrate Black History Month with a story time followed by a fun craft. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Lego Builders Club for ages 6 to 12 on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 2:30 p.m. Meet fellow builders and work on creative projects. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The annual Firefighter Chili Cook Off to support Hospice of Palm Beach County will take place Saturday, Feb. 7 from 3 to 9 p.m. at Bryant Park in Lake Worth with uniquely deco-rated chili booths, interesting vendors, delicious cooking, cold drinks, fabulous bands and prizes for winning chilis. For more info., visit www.pbcfr-retiree.org.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Black History Family Fun on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 3 p.m. Come together to play a fun game celebrating the early contributions of African Americans to science and everyday life in America. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Great Charity Challenge, presented by Fidelity Investments, returns to the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center on Saturday, Feb. 7. The event will raise at least $1.5 million for nonprofit organizations in Palm Beach County. For more information, visit www.greatcharity-challenge.com.

• Join Fred Astaire Dance Studio for a cele-bration of dancing through the magic of time travel. “Travel Through Time” will be held at the Wellington High School Theater (2101 Greenview Shores Blvd., Wellington) on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. To order a ticket, call (561) 478-1400 or visit www.fredastairewpb.com/tickets.

Send calendar items to: The Town-Crier, 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 31, Wellington, FL 33414 or e-mail [email protected].

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host American Girl: Mia for ages 6 to 12 on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 4 p.m. Mia’s dream is to skate, just like the rest of her family, but she doesn’t want to be a hockey player, she dreams of being a figure skater. Learn about how hard it can be to pursue your dreams when all you want to do is fit in. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Japanese Animation & Culture Club for ages 12 to 17 on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 6:30 p.m. Hang out, watch anime and eat snacks while you talk with friends and fans about all the cool stuff from Japan. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• Lynn University in Boca Raton will present Brass in Blue on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. with the United States Air Force Band of the West. The concert is free but reservations are required. For more info., visit events.lynn.edu.

Thursday, Feb. 5• The Okeeheelee Nature Center (7715 Forest

Hill Blvd.) will host Story Time for ages 2 to 5 on Thursday, Feb. 5 at 10 a.m. The cost is $2 per child. Reservations are required. Call (561) 233-1400 to RSVP.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Vintage Valentine Crafts for ages 17 and up Thursdays, Feb. 5 and 12 at 2:15 p.m. and Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 2:15 p.m. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “It’s Game Time!” for ages 6 to 12 on Thursday, Feb. 5 at 3:30 p.m. Enjoy a snack while you play some Wii games, board games or card games. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host food trucks and a free concert on Thursday, Feb. 5 from 5 to 9:30 p.m. Food trucks will be on hand starting at 5 p.m., and the Big City Dogs band will play at 6:30 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Writer’s Critique for adults Thursday, Feb. 5 at 6:30 p.m. Share, offer and accept constructive criticism to improve your fiction, non-fiction and poetry in a supportive atmosphere. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host a Be My Valentine Card-Making Craft for all ages Thursday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. Paper-crafting techniques and materials will be provided. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

Friday, Feb. 6• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive)

will host Writers Live: Michael Wiley for adults Friday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. This award-winning nov-elist will talk about his new book Blue Avenue. Pre-register by calling (561) 790-6070 or visiting www.pbclibrary.org/writers-live-2015.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host “It’s a Craft Bonanza!” for ages 2 and up Friday, Feb. 6 at 3:30 p.m. Drop in and make as many crafts as you want with the supplies from the craft closet. Call (561) 790-6030 for more info.

• The International Polo Club Palm Beach (3667 120th Avenue South, Wellington) will continue the 2015 polo season on Sunday, Feb. 1 with the 20-goal Ylvisaker Cup. For more info., visit www.internationalpoloclub.com or call (561) 204-5687.

Monday, Feb. 2• The Wellington Garden Club will meet

Monday, Feb. 2 at Wellington’s Village Park on Pierson Road. A business meeting will start at 10:30 a.m., followed by lunch at 11:30 a.m. and a program at 12:15 p.m. on vultures presented by Sydelle Dombrowsky of the Green Cay Wetlands Nature Center. RSVP to Carol Coleman at (561) 792-2290. For more info., visit www.wellington-gardenclub.org.

• The Cultural Council of Palm Beach Coun-ty’s Culture & Cocktails at the Colony Hotel (155 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach) will celebrate design with a conversation with Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan on Monday, Feb. 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. Registration and cocktails are from 5 to 5:45 p.m., and the conversation starts at 5:45 p.m. For membership info., call Debbie Calabria at (561) 472-3330.

Tuesday, Feb. 3• The Okeeheelee Nature Center (7715

Forest Hill Blvd.) will host Science for Seniors: Cephalopods (Octopus) on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $5 per person. Call (561) 233-1400 to RSVP.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Game Day for ages 8 to 12 on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 3 p.m. Bring a friend for Wii gaming and board game fun. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Pizza Chat for ages 12 to 17 on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 6:30 p.m. Bring a book, comic, short story, fanfic or manga and chat with the group about it while enjoying pizza and drinks. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County will present musical The Weight of the Words on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 6:45 p.m. The anti-bullying program will take place at several locations across the county, including Seminole Ridge High School. The musical was created by Nova High School students and produced by special arrangement with Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts. Visit www.mhapbc.org or call (561) 832-3755 for more info.

Wednesday, Feb. 4• American Legion Auxiliary Unit #367 of Roy-

al Palm Beach will meet Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 10 a.m. at Palms West Presbyterian Church (13689 Okeechobee Blvd., Loxahatchee Groves). For more info., call Marge Herzog at (561) 791-9875.

• The Palm Coast Association of Health Un-derwriters will hold a luncheon Wednesday, Feb. 4 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the West Palm Beach Embassy Suites Hotel (1601 Belvedere Road) featuring a discussion of the Affordable Care Act. For more info., or to RSVP for the lun-cheon, e-mail [email protected].

Saturday, Jan. 31• The Audubon Society of the Everglades

will hold an all-day trip to the Viera Wetlands on Saturday, Jan. 31. Visit www.auduboneverglades.org for more info.

• The Audubon Society of the Everglades will hold a bird walk at Peaceful Waters Park (11700 Pierson Road, Wellington) on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 8 a.m. Meet at the boardwalk entry. Visit www.auduboneverglades.org for more info.

• ArtFest on the Green, presented by the Wel-lington Art Society, will return to the Wellington Amphitheater on Saturday, Jan. 31 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Meet local artists and view beautiful works of art available for purchase. Visit www.welling-tonartsociety.com for more info.

• The Wellington Green Market will take place Saturday, Jan. 31 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Complex (12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). Call (561) 283-5856 for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Frozen Fun Time for ages 5 to 10 on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 10:30 a.m. with ice-themed activities and crafts. Materials will be provided. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Palm Beach Zoo (1301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach) will present Story Time at the Zoo: Anook, The Snow Princess by Hans Wilhelm on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 10:30 a.m. Story Time at the Zoo encourages children to connect with wildlife through reading and is included in the cost of zoo admission. For more info., visit www.palmbeachzoo.org.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Cen-ter Way) will host Anime Club for ages 12 to 17 on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 3 p.m. Meet other teens who enjoy watching and talking about anime and share your knowledge about manga. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• Wellington’s Father-Daughter Dance will take place Saturday, Jan. 31 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Village Park (11700 Pierson Road). Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for info.

• The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach) will present folk singer/songwriter David Wilcox on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. Call (561) 832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org for more info.

Sunday, Feb. 1• Beginning Sunday, Feb. 1, all Wellington

Seniors Club activities will be held at Village Park (11700 Pierson Road, Wellington) and not the Wellington Community Center. For more info., call (561) 791-4000.

• The Royal Palm Beach Green Market & Bazaar will take place Sunday, Feb. 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. For more info., visit www.rpbgreenmarket.com or call (561) 792-9260.

• The Acreage Green Market will take place Sunday, Feb. 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Acreage Community Park (6701 140th Ave. North). For more info., visit www.acreagegreenmarket.com or call (561) 723-3898.


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Town-Crier newspaper January 30, 2015