Town-Crier Newspaper July 18, 2014

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OPINIONDon’t Become The NextVictim: ‘Lock It Or Lose It,’ Warns The PBSOIt’s the middle of the summer. Days are long, it’s always too hot or too wet, and the magic of summer vacation has dimmed in kids off from school. It’s also prime season for vandalism and petty thefts — especially opportunistic vehicle burglar-ies. However, that is a problem that can be minimized with a few proactive measures.

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By Ron BukleyTown-Crier Staff Report

The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors approved a nearly $13 million preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2015 at a workshop Wednesday, July 9.

At the workshop, supervisors instructed ITID staff to reduce a proposed 9.41 percent average assessment increase by equalizing reserves in individual units where some had excess reserves.

ITID President Carol Jacobs said she favored the limited assess-ment increase in light of resident demands for improved drainage and better roads, as well as funding efforts to fight overdevelopment in the area.

The total budget of $12,974,864 will be about $136,607 less than last year’s $13,111,471 budget.

Jacobs pointed out that the cur-rent budget is still significantly less than the Fiscal Year 2006 budget of almost $14 million.

“We kept it the same for all those years that the recession was going on,” Jacobs said. “This budget

we’re proposing now is still lower than 2005-06. Most of you in the audience are pretty active, and you know we have a lot going on in the district. It would be unrealistic to lower this budget. It would be wise to keep it where it is.”

The budget includes a $77,000 increase in the administration department, from $1.66 million to $1.74 million. The parks depart-ment was virtually the same at just over $1 million. Maintenance was down about $760,000 from $5.92 million to $5.16 million. M-1 Ba-sin improvements were up more than $445,000, from almost $1.7 million to just over $2.1 million, while M-2 Basin improvements were up about $104,000, from almost $154,000 to more than $258,000.

The average assessment with the proposed increase would be $466 per year, or about $39 per month.

Supervisor Jennifer Hager asked whether there were alternatives to increasing the assessment.

Director of Finance Donald

By Julie UngerTown-Crier Staff Report

Isabella, fondly called Bella, is leading a pampered life. Few jag-uars have the luxury of being cared for by Judy Berens at the Panther Ridge Conservation Center in Wellington.

Berens works diligently to raise awareness for the need to protect animals like Bella. It all began 20 years ago, when Berens acquired a small exotic cat as a personal pet.

“I had that animal a couple of years before people started telling me about cats in trouble, cats in need,” she recalled. “What started out as one cat, and one cat only, mushroomed over the years.”

In her current location for the

past 15 years, Berens has been the primary caretaker for as many as 24 exotic felines. A former equestrian, she rode for 35 years, and Wellington was the place to be.

Berens’ lush 10-acre landscape nestled in the heart of Wellington’s equestrian community is home to 17 cougars, caracals, cheetahs, clouded leopards, jaguars, leop-ards, ocelots and servals, along with a few barn cats.

She has a special relationship with each cat, many of which have survived abuse, abandonment and neglect prior to joining the Panther Ridge family. Berens and Bella, however, have a particularly spe-cial and unique relationship.

Born in September 2009 to two

See ITID BUDGET, page 16

ITID OKs Spending Plan With Higher

Assessments

Sick Jaguar Has Sanctuary Asking Community For Help

WELLINGTON EXPANDS GRANT PROGRAMSEE STORY, PAGE 7

NEW PBC INSPECTOR GENERAL ARRIVESSEE STORY, PAGE 3

SANTAMARIA KICKOFF

EVENT HELPS MILITARY BRIDES

Bacio Bacio Bridal Salon in Wellington partnered with Brides Across America last week to help 11 special brides find their perfect gown. More than 12,000 wedding gowns have been donated to military brides through Brides Across America, an organization that helps military brides find the gown of their dreams. Shown here are Hailey Lynn, Sgt. Jamarie Cora, Katie Riker and Bacio Bacio owner Lenyce Boyd. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 10

PHOTO BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

See JAGUAR, page 7

A large crowd was on hand for a campaign kickoff event hosted by Michelle Santamaria last Sunday at the original Wellington Mall. Santamaria is running without a party affiliation in the race for Palm Beach County Commission in District 6 with the hope of succeeding her father, term-limited County Commis-sioner Jess Santamaria. Shown here, Michelle Santamaria greets supporters. MORE PHOTOS INSIDE

PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

ITID Hears From Minto, Consultants

On DevelopmentBy Ron Bukley

Town-Crier Staff ReportMinto West representatives

presented their revised plans to develop the 3,800-acre former Callery-Judge property with less residential development but in-creased commercial uses at the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday, July 9.

Meanwhile, ITID consultants hired by the district to address development projects in the area also gave reports.

In late June, Minto West sub-mitted a new plan to Palm Beach County that reduces the number of homes from about 6,500 to 4,549, but increases the non-residential space from 1.4 million to 2 mil-lion square feet. The developer currently has approval for 2,966 homes and 235,000 square feet of commercial space.

ITID supervisors have regis-tered deep concern about the im-pact of such a large development on the surrounding community, mainly due to its traffic increases.

Minto West planner Donaldson Hearing of Cotleur & Hearing said his goal was to invite discussion with ITID to reach agreement in some areas.

“I truly believe that while we have differences, if we could enter into an open dialogue, we can achieve our goals much more effectively, your goals as well as our goals,” he said, pointing out that they had offered to make any members of the Minto staff avail-able to ITID staff to discuss issues and impacts.

Hearing said the changes Minto West has made so far are based on what the developers have heard from the community. “I’m sure

See ITID MINTO, page 7


The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District approved a resolu-tion Monday adopting a $1.6 mil-lion budget for next year, reporting $147,265 in excess revenue and no assessment increase.

The budget will include the purchase of a new tractor with a box blade, bush hog and seeder, improvements to the district’s meeting room and a truck side-pour device.

LGWCD property owners pay between $107 and $113 per acre, depending upon their location on a paved or unpaved road.

“This was a very unusual year,” Supervisor John Ryan explained. “We had $213,000 of project funds from the United States Department of Agriculture that relates back to the recovery from Tropical Storm Isaac, and even though we’ve indicated that we’ve got a surplus of $147,000, that does not count close to $45,000 of remaining billings that we have not been reimbursed for.”

LGWCD Administrator Ste-phen Yohe said his staff plans to submit an additional invoice that would take the excess revenue to $213,000.

Supervisor Don Widing thanked

LGWCD Approves $1.6 Million Budget With Excess Revenues

Ryan for his work on the budget, including financial discoveries he made that helped put the district in a revenue position that it had not seen in many years.

Supervisor Frank Schiola, who had recommended the purchase of the box blade and seeder, said they will go a long way toward improving the appearance of the community.

“It’s going to keep the mowing of our canals down, and it’s going to be more efficient,” Schiola said. “The way we’re mowing our flat lands right now with our mower is very inefficient. It takes a long time. This is going to be a better way of doing it.”

Schiola also recommended coordinating with the Town of Loxahatchee Groves on mowing the equestrian trails. He added that he was happy that the district was going to be able to purchase the equipment outright, at a cost of $65,000, with no need for financing.

Ryan noted that the budget pro-poses using $35,000 of reserves to balance expenditures, but that the line items were pretty much carried over from the previous year.

Ryan also pointed out that the $95,000 a year for equipment leas-

ing was actually a lease/purchase for the long-reach backhoe and hydraulic arm mower obtained last year. He said the backhoe is used continuously for canal dredg-ing and water flow improvement, while the hydraulic arm mower enables mowing all the way down the sides of the canals.

He also noted that the budget includes a 4 percent salary increase and retirement benefits for district employees.

Schiola noted that although the district does not carry a large reserve, it does have access to an emergency loan through a bank agreement.

Ryan said they had renewed a $400,000 line of credit for emer-gency funds.

“That line of credit is secured first by FEMA and USDA emer-gency watershed payments and secondarily by the assessment authority of the district,” Ryan said. “The standby fee by the bank is $1,000. That’s a very generous fee.”

Widing made a motion to ap-prove the budget, which carried 5-0.

Supervisor Robert Snowball said he appreciated the district staff’s ability to hold down the


Members of the Wellington Village Council got an update last week on the $12.5 million twin projects of rebuilding the Wel-lington Community Center and building a completely new Wel-lington Tennis Center.

At the July 8 meeting, Director of Operations Jim Barnes gave an update on progress since the council approved a bid for the work in March.

Barnes said the updated com-munity center site plan is similar to the one originally proposed by the design-build team.

“We really don’t anticipate any

changes to the footprint of the building,” he said. “What we’re working on now are refinements to the internal layout and distribu-tion of the program space in the facility.”

As with the original proposal, there will be an area to the front of the building that is open green space that can be programmed or used for informal gatherings.

Possibly the most dramatic and functional difference will be the elimination of the steep hill visi-tors need to climb to get into the current building.

“We won’t have the grade issues that we currently have,” Barnes said. “We will be accessing this

at grade to the parking lot. The building and the entry will be at the same grade.”

Councilman Matt Willhite was concerned about the driveway to the entrance having parking spaces.

“It comes in to what is basically a bunch of parking spots,” Willhite said. “Wherever the vehicles go, they have to meander through parking where people are pulling out. I made a request to the design team to see what the feasibility is of continuing that road straight out and close the other driveway.”

Willhite thought that the drive-way redesign would make more of

Work To Begin Soon On Tennis Center And Community Center

See PROJECTS, page 16

of the jaguars at Panther Ridge, Bella was rejected at birth. An ul-trasound revealed that her mother was unable to produce milk.

“Nature told her to walk away from that baby,” Berens said. “We kept coaxing her to go back and take care of the baby. She just wouldn’t. She put her head in the corner, and she actually was distressed. It was very sad. It was heartbreaking.”

Eventually, Berens was able to get to Bella and feed her. From there on, Berens was Bella’s adopted mother and has enjoyed watching her grow from a baby to an adult.

Jaguars like Bella are listed as

See LGWCD, page 4

Panther Ridge’s Bella the jaguar needs your help.PHOTO BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

Young Professionals Sponsor July 19 ConcertThe Young Professionals of Wel-lington are sponsoring a special edition of Wellington’s Tribute Concert & Food Trucks series this Saturday evening at the Wellington Amphitheater. The event will feature food trucks on site from 5 to 10:30 p.m., along with music from Neil Diamond tribute artist Neil Zirconia at 6:30 p.m., followed by the Lazy Bones ’80s Rock Tribute Band at 8:30 p.m. Page 4

Royal Palm CouncilFavors Plan To Speed Up Dog Park PhasesRoyal Palm Beach staff is in the process of rewriting parts of the village’s five-year Capital Improvement Plan in the Fis-cal Year 2015 budget after a resident suggested a change to the phasing of a new dog park that made sense to members of the Royal Palm Beach Village Council at last week’s budget hearing. Page 3

Children’s TheatrePresents ‘Mulan Jr.’The Wellington Children’s The-atre performed Disney’s Mulan Jr. on Saturday, July 12 at Trinity West Church in Loxahatchee Groves. Page 17

Jacobs Family, WPC Sponsor Free Admission Day At Wellington PoolThe Jacobs family and the Wel-lington Preservation Coalition sponsored a free admission day Saturday, July 12 at the Wellington Aquatics Complex. In addition to free entry, a com-plimentary hot dog, chips and drink were available. Page 5

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By Chris FelkerTown-Crier Staff Report

Royal Palm Beach staff is in the process of rewriting parts of the village’s five-year Capital Improvement Plan in the Fiscal Year 2015 budget after a resident suggested a change that made sense to members of the Royal Palm Beach Village Council at last week’s budget hearing.

Royal Palm Beach’s recreation infrastructure — especially future improvements to Commons Park — dominated the discussion of capital projects during the Tues-day, July 8 hearing.

A new dog park area at Com-mons Park probably will now be built all at once rather than in two phases. Jackie Larson, longtime member of the Royal Palm Beach Planning & Zoning Commission, told council members that she was confused about the phasing of the dog park construction and asked whether the village could do the second phase sooner.

Village Engineer Chris Marsh noted that the first phase is on track for completion in March 2015.

“The park is funded in the cur-rent fiscal year,” Marsh said. “We are currently designing the park. We are anticipating advertising [for bids on] the park sometime in the next month, month and a half. Obviously, after that bid is opened, we will construct the park.”

“What fiscal year budget are you planning for the structures to come in with the park?” Larson asked.

Village Manager Ray Liggins said that second phase would come out of the Impact Fee Fund in 2017, but added that could be changed.

“In looking at the final numbers, there’s money in there,” he said, noting that the village could indeed move up phase two. “That would not put the Impact Fee Fund at a negative balance.”

Larson suggested the council discuss building the accompany-ing structures in 2016, the year after the dog park is first installed.

“I don’t have a problem with phasing it,” she said. “What I’m worried about is taking too long in the phasing.”

Marsh then detailed the Capital

Royal Palm Council Favors Plan To Speed Up Dog Park PhasesImprovement Plan budgets, be-ginning with the 2015 Recreation Facilities Fund slate, which lists two projects: a Royal Palm Beach Recreation Center exterior reha-bilitation project costing $93,512, and an air conditioning chiller replacement for the building, at a proposed $167,186.

In the Impact Fee Fund, he noted that $52,067 is carried for-ward to cover a Partridge Walkway improvement project that is part of grant-financed additions planned to Okeechobee Blvd., which will add vehicular and pedestrian light-ing from Folsom Road to State Road 7 and is budgeted to cost $970,000 over the next five years.

For the dog park, Marsh said, $93,000 is carried over into the 2015 budget for phase one, with phase two budgeted at $100,000 sometime over the next five years.

Three pavilions with lighting are proposed for phase two. Construc-tion of phase one is set for October through February. Current timing for phase two would be to design and construct it in 2017 and 2018.

“If the pavilions were moved

into 2015, we could bid them together, and there wouldn’t be a whole lot of design modifications to do that, because we already are anticipating the pavilions, so we created a grading plan where we’d just be able to set those in place,” Marsh said, adding that structures are similar in design to those at Commons Park, except benches facing each other were envisioned for the dog park.

“So you’re saying it would be smarter to include them in the plans, now?” Councilman Fred Pinto asked.

Marsh supported that idea and recommended that the council do so.

Liggins noted that seat walls would be included to provide lots of seating at the park.

“These pavilions, I think, are the key to the success of the park,” he said. “You can say it’s a dog park, but it’s really a park for people with dogs. This is the place that gives people the opportunity to socialize with each other while the dogs are doing whatever. This is the central gathering place for the

people, and this is why people will come back to the park.”

By consensus, the council agreed to reconsider the timing of the dog park’s phasing.

Marsh also detailed plans that will put an amphitheater on the Great Lawn at Commons Park, at a starting cost of $50,000 in the coming year, and a total of $550,000 over the next several years.

“We have applied for a grant to the tune of a half-million dollars,” Marsh said. “The unique part of the grant is that we’re able to use funds we’ve already expended to construct the park for that, so our match is funds that have already been spent. It will reduce the op-erating cost for our large events to the tune of $75,000 to $100,000. We would be looking to begin design in 2015, begin construction in 2016 and complete in 2017.”

The Commons Park North Ac-cess project, Marsh said, is bud-geted for $370,000, with a trails grant being sought for $200,000. Design would start in 2016, with completion by 2018.

A parking lot addition for the park would add 78 more spaces, partially grant-financed, and the village would spend about $75,000 toward the $245,000 total cost. A $250,000 mini-golf course is planned down the road, but sev-eral council members questioned whether the need would arise for more amenities.

More controversial was a dis-cussion of an aquatic center in the village.

Parks & Recreation Director Lou Recchio noted that under his contractual services budget, a substantial increase will provide for a $25,000 feasibility study on the possibility of either taking over Palm Beach County’s Ca-lypso Bay Waterpark at Seminole Palms Park on Lamstein Lane, or building a proposed village-owned aquatic center.

“The feasibility study for the aquatic center will be looking into the possibility of either Palm Beach County working with us where we would take over that facility… or building our own


John Carey, Palm Beach County’s new inspector general, was the featured speak-er at a meeting hosted Wednesday evening by County Commissioner Jess Santamaria at the original Wellington Mall.

Carey replaces a beleaguered Sheryl Steckler, who left the position in June when her contract expired, to return to her family in Tallahassee after four years of fighting to establish the new position.

Carey said the resistance to the new office does not disturb him.

“I spent 30 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, spent 10 years in local law enforce-ment back in Indiana, and for the past 14 years I’ve been in the inspector general business, first as the deputy inspector gen-eral for the Marine Corps,” he said.

For the past eight years, Carey was the inspector general for the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency.

“I’ve been in tussles,” he said. “I’ve been in fights at the local level. I‘ve been in tough situations. I’ve been in combat — actual combat and in political combat in D.C., so I’m ready for the situation we have here. I know that we can overcome some of the challenges and do some re-ally good things for the citizens of Palm Beach County.”

Carey recalled that several years ago,

New PBC Inspector General: I’m Accustomed To Tough Fightshe was at a conference attended by many inspectors general, where U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman gave a speech about the impor-tance of democracy and its power.

“One of the things that he said is that the strength of democracy comes down to the trust of the citizenry in government,” Carey recalled.

The next speaker was Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke who said, “Ul-timately, what inspectors general provide is confidence in government.”

Carey said he will rest his faith in the citizens of Palm Beach County.

“The citizenry knows,” he said. “They know that there’s somebody out there for them who is detached and independent. They’re not part of the executive side or legislative side. They have this unique independence that they can look and shine the light on things and make rec-ommendations. Inspectors general speak for the people. We provide that trust in government.”

He said the purpose of his office is to make government better.

“We do that by providing independent, objective oversight by shining the light on what’s going on in the government and making it transparent,” Carey said. “More transparent so everybody can see what’s going on.”

Carey broke down the office’s mission

into three parts: insight, oversight and foresight.

Insight is through audits, reviews and objective recommendations.

“We make recommendations to make government more efficient. How can we spend our taxpayers’ dollars better?” he said. “We make recommendations on how we can make our government more effective.”

Carey said that in his experience, people who break the public trust are few.

“I can tell you the vast majority of public servants are good people,” he said. “We are trying to be good stewards of the taxpayers’ dollars. They are trying to do a good job. We try to help the good people, in and out of government, by making these recommendations to make govern-ment better.”

But there are people in government, in business and everywhere in life who break the trust.

“There are folks who are really bad, and there’s folks who just use poor judgment,” Carey said. “And the inspector general is on the other side. We take care of that aspect, too.”

The oversight role is not only to make sure taxpayer money is being spent in compliance with the law, he said, but also to root out fraud, waste and mismanage-ment.

“We will look for that, we’re there to find it, and we bring those people who have broken the public trust into light so the public can take appropriate action,” Carey said.

In the foresight role, inspectors general not only react to allegations brought to them, they also try to prevent things from going wrong. He explained that the inspector general has an office that looks at contracts and procurements to assure that they are not taking improper actions that could lead to problems in the future.

Carey noted that Palm Beach County’s Office of the Inspector General was sup-posed to have about 40 staff members, but after four years, it has only 23 due to funding shortages.

“We’ve got a small team, but we’ve got a good team that has done some really great things,” he said.

The office’s budget is currently about $2.8 million a year, which he said might seem like a lot of money, but it’s only about $2 per year for residents in the county.

He pointed out that in the four years the office has existed, it has either identified or questioned costs not properly docu-mented or avoidable amounting to about $20 million.

“That’s what the county is getting for those 23 people,” Carey said. “When I

Palm Beach CountyInspector General John Carey

was asked during my interview if I can do this, I said, ‘Well, certainly. I’m go-ing to do the job… I’m going to do what we can.’ We’re going to do the job with what we have. What can we do with 40 people? I guarantee you, we can do more than that.”

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

It’s the middle of the summer. Days are long, it’s always too hot or too wet, and the magic of summer vacation has dimmed in kids off from school. It’s also prime season for vandalism and petty thefts — especially opportunistic vehicle burglaries. Need proof? Just peruse the blotter.

Here in the western communities, violent crime is rare, but property crime remains a continual problem. However, it is also a problem that can be minimized with a few proactive measures.

Too often, the relative safety of our communities lull us into a false sense of security. Many residents feel comfortable leaving doors to vehicles and homes unlocked, and valuable items on display in cars. This is a waiting invitation for crimes of opportunity.

Recently, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office send out a reminder to all residents regarding its “Lock It Or Lose It” campaign. The reminder was in response to several

weeks of increasing vehicle burglaries, specifically in the Royal Palm Beach area, but also in other communities. A large number of these incidents involved owners forgetting to lock their vehicles.

The PBSO warns all residents not to leave valuables such as GPS units, laptops, cell phones and purses/wallets in plain view; do not leave windows open and/or doors un-locked; do not leave keys or garage door openers inside the vehicle; do not leave out items with personal information; and do not move valuable items to the trunk while in public view.

It is true that home invasion burglaries are also a concern in the western communities, and those are harder to prevent. However, a little bit of precaution by securing your ve-hicles and keeping your valuables inside at night will make it far less likely that you will become the next victim of a petty criminal roaming the street at night.

Michelle Santamaria’s

CampaignOn Sunday, July 13, despite

afternoon thunderstorms and the final of the FIFA World Cup, a crowd of some 600 people from the western communities con-verged on the original Wellington Mall for the launch of Michelle Santamaria’s campaign for the District 6 seat on the Palm Beach County Commission being va-cated by her famous father, Jess Santamaria, due to term limits.

The atmosphere inside the mall was both friendly and electrifying, and after a speech by her dad and a number of elected officials, Michelle took to the stage and received a rapturous ovation. She stated that she was not a clone of her father and asked members of the audience who had children to raise their hands. Most of them did. Then she asked how many of their children are exactly like them. Only one hand was raised... to much laughter. Michelle then stated that if elected, she would fight to end corruption in Palm Beach County, demand honest government and demand honest business.

She further stated that whilst she is not against development, she would fight to maintain the high quality of life that we enjoy in the western communities and to ensure a safe environment for our children and our children’s children.

Protecting the character and quality of life of our diverse west-ern communities, she has also said she would fight to cut government waste by fighting for 100 percent independence and funding of the inspector general.

With her solid university edu-cation (three degrees), very strong professional experience (assistant state attorney 2005-2009), a busi-ness owner (2009-present) and training law enforcement officers to testify in court (including FBI

agents). These credentials make Michelle Santamaria the best candidate in the field; a cut above the others.

If the enthusiasm shown by Sunday’s crowd is carried forward to the polls in November, then I confidently predict a landslide victory for Michelle Santamaria. She’s got momentum!

Karl WitterThe Acreage

Endorsements And District 6

Candidates seem to make quite an issue of their supporters, and in the Palm Beach County Commis-sion race in District 6, this seems to have taken on a life of its own with Democratic candidate Melissa McKinlay. I can’t tell you what her education is or even where she has worked for the 20 years she claims that she has been in government, but I sure can tell you she can rattle off a list of endorsements from Tallahassee to Miami. So I am going to assess her with what she wants to give me, and this is what I come up with:

Endorsements by State Sena-tor [Joseph] Abruzzo and State Attorney [Dave] Aronberg: The Post reported that State Sen. Abruzzo worked in concert with State Attorney Aronberg to use their influence with the State Ethics Commission to investigate the Palm Beach County Ethics Commission. Without going into the full story, it led to the disrup-tion of the voter-supported Palm Beach County Inspector General. So I am guessing she is a “No” on supporting the IG.

Endorsements by West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio and commissioners Keith James and Shannon Materio: The City of West Palm Beach has been at war with the central and western communities to stop all planned, funded and approved roadways desperately needed for safety and vital to economic sustainability

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of District 6. West Palm Beaches’ actions have included protests, Washington lobbyists, legal suits and influencing Washington pol-iticians to sign letters and slow up the U.S. Army Corps environ-mental reviews. So I am guessing a “No” on supporting State Road 7, Roebuck Road and Seminole Pratt Whitney Road.

The final endorsement is an oxymoronic alliance between Palm Beach County BIZPAC, the Economic Council and the unions. I have got to ask how this can possibly be. BIZPAC includes in its mission statement: “We prefer elected and appointed officials who appreciate the role of busi-ness and the value of the private enterprise system in our com-munity.” The Economic Council pontificates it “create(s) an envi-ronment in Palm Beach County that helps business prosper… (by) promot(ing) prudent economic growth.” Unions on the other hand clearly and expressly serve their membership making no excuse for their adversarial relationship with business. So I am guessing a “No” on business, a “Yes” on larger union budgets and pensions; or is that a “Yes” on business and “No” on union interests?

Although I remain convoluted on Ms. McKinlay, I do know where her opponent, Kathy Foster, is in this primary election. I know where she has been, and I trust where she is going. So I will no longer guess when Aug. 26 comes around. I will walk into the voting booth, stand tall, and vote for Ms. Foster.

Thank you for allowing me to share my observations.

Jen WeilerRoyal Palm Beach

Is Lox Groves A Company Town?The Town of Loxahatchee

Groves and the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District have agreed, with an executed

interlocal agreement, and “ac-knowledge that the eligible public roadway improvements include construction and re-construction of roadway drainage facilities including, but not limited to, canal excavation, culvert replacement...”

The town agrees to reimburse the LGWCD in an amount not to exceed $150,000, as provided in section 336.025 of state statute.

At the July 1 Loxahatchee Groves Town Council meeting, an elected LGWCD official took exception with the claim that the interlocal agreement specifies the LGWCD as being financially responsible for public culverts located on roads designated on the town’s gas tax map.

“Wanting to clear the facts,” the LGWCD spokesman explained, “the language of the agreement was to allow for the use of gas tax funds for the public culverts that crossed over Okeechobee Blvd. We spent $42,000 to clean and repair those culverts.”

Fact: The agreement does not include any of the aforementioned language.

Fact: LGWCD funded the re-pairs of public culverts.

Adopted town policy states roads on the gas tax map are pub-lic use. The county required the LGWCD to fund repairs to public culverts under a county road. The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council is charged, by having such policy, to require the LGWCD to fund repairs to public culverts under town roads. The use of the $42,000 of town funds on a county road requires further examination by council.

Each Groves property is assessed by the LGWCD for road maintenance. Each Groves property located on roads that have OGEM is assessed by the LGWCD for the debt. The LGWCD receives additional town funds for the road repair contract. The town also surrenders the town’s gas tax revenue to the LGWCD. The LGWCD operates under a legal one-vote-per-acre election process

instead of one-man-one-vote, which is the norm.

The LGWCD has fashioned Loxahatchee Groves into a com-pany town.

Keith HarrisLoxahatchee Groves

The High CostOf Ethnicity

The plight of a successful new business continues in Royal Palm Beach with the owners of Los Agaves Restaurant insisting that rather than the Royal Palm Beach Village Council seeing their win-dows as an “obnoxious display” of national origin, it really does not differ from the current Indian, Italian and Chinese restaurants substantially, and in as much as their window display, which is one way and where patrons have additional privacy, such patrons have grown to expect the addi-tional ambience, which, to many, adds character.

I wonder whether it’s not better to grant a variance to what has become a very successful restau-rant than to cater to our recent, but noteworthy, turnover created by either poorly run or too esoteric restaurants with ho-hum menus?

Patrons who frequent restau-rants that express their ethnicity have come to expect their unique-ness.

The question for patrons is whether the village representa-tives represent them or are just looking at the next election and responding to pressures of un-successful businesses, who seek

to limit or eliminate competition. Hopefully, such may not be the case, but it does make one won-der why the council has denied a variance, as the one given appears ludicrous.

Attracting quality and success-ful businesses will probably not continue, which may be the point, if businesses like Los Agaves and the Zoo Health Club have to face this kind of bureaucracy, in my opinion.

Richard NielsenRoyal Palm Beach

Opposed To Abortion

The left has claimed for years that conservatives are waging war on women. This is false.

The real war is being waged from the left, along with the Na-tional Organization for Women, is on children. They have agreed to abortion of our children, stating it’s a woman’s right. Allowing and voting in favor of abortion. Creat-ing clinics and centers, then asking the public to financially support abortion when most people believe it to be murder, while convincing and supporting young women to abort their children. This is the real war. Many Republicans (RINOs) agree with the left and their clinics and centers.

Whatever God you believe in, we should agree that all of these gods would condemn abortion! These are God’s children. Why would he want them dead?

Ronald PirettiWest Palm Beach

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The Young Professionals of Wellington are sponsoring a spe-cial edition of Wellington’s Tribute Concert & Food Trucks series this Saturday evening at the Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.).

The event will feature food trucks on site from 5 to 10:30 p.m., along with music from Neil Dia-mond tribute artist Neil Zirconia at 6:30 p.m., followed by the Lazy Bones ’80s Rock Tribute Band at 8:30 p.m.

As title sponsor, the Young Professionals of Wellington hope to promote community involve-ment and awareness within the 25-year-old to 45-year-old de-mographic.

“This will be the first time that we’ve had an open forum at the village. This is one where we don’t have to worry about the population being capped,” said Michael Dra-hos, founder and immediate past chairman of the group. “We’ve gone in and sent out over 1,000 invitations on Facebook, and the response has been pretty good.

So, we’re hoping for a pretty big crowd.”

Young Professionals of Wel-lington ’80s Night Event Chair Jay Henley said the desire for a summer activity where everyone in Wellington could participate was the driving force in promoting the 1980s-themed concert.

At the event, the group plans to present a survey to the community. Members will be manning a booth and walking through the crowds with the survey.

“The survey we’re planning on giving to people while they’re at

the event is to find out more about their opinions on certain matters in Wellington, especially the fu-ture of the K-Park site and local businesses in general — how they view them, where they frequent, what they do like, what they don’t like,” Henley said.

Henley said the Young Profes-sionals of Wellington seeks to “just get an idea of our age group and their thoughts on Wellington and what we can improve and what things are going well already.”

As the next progression in the music series that began with the

1950s and has progressed to the 1980s, the July 19 event is ex-pected to be even larger than the rest, which have had an average attendance of between 1,500 and 2,000, said Wellington Cultural Programs & Facilities Manager Joe Piconcelli.

“It’s an interesting concept of music when you go through it by decades,” he said.

Piconcelli pointed out that at-tendees should bring a chair or blanket to sit on.

The upcoming fall concert schedule includes tributes to Frank

Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Chica-go, the Beach Boys and the Eagles, Piconcelli noted.

Membership in the Young Pro-fessionals of Wellington is typi-cally through a referral process, where each potential candidate is vetted and interviewed. By Mon-day, the 10-question survey will be available on the group’s web site and Facebook page. To learn more about the group, or to take the sur-vey, visit www.ypwellington.com.

For more information about the event, or other village events, visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.

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budget despite the purchase of large pieces of equipment.

Ryan thanked Yohe and his staff

for their work on the budget.“It’s very easy to work with

Steve,” Ryan said. “He has really got both feet in the process, oper-ating the district and understanding the money flow. Hopefully we won’t have another disruptive storm. Although it’s nice to get extra money and to generate a

surplus, that’s not the way I’d like to do it.”

Widing complimented staff members for their communication ability. “I’ve been many years on this board, and we always get anxious when it’s budget time,” he said. “This is probably one of the smoothest and best-communicat-

ed budget seasons that I’ve been through.”

He also thanked Ryan for his work on the budget. “I know you’re on point, and you know how to use that calculator,” Wid-ing said.

Schiola was excited that the district will be able to get more

equipment to improve the appear-ance of the area.

“I wanted that tractor bad, and I wanted that bush hog bad,” he said. “It’s something that we’ve been without for many years. The old ways were to hook up the bush hog to the back of a tractor, and that was an extremely inefficient

way of doing it. It’s nice to have a tractor that’s going to be dedicated to mowing, seeding and box-blad-ing where we need it.”

The improvements to the meet-ing room are also a plus, Schiola added. “And doing it without raising assessments one cent is outstanding,” he said.


NEWSJACOBS FAMILY, WPC SPONSOR FREE ADMISSION DAY AT WELLINGTON POOL

Lifeguards Kamil Baska, Brooke Johnson andAndrew Anagnostu check out the oxygen tanks.

MICHELLE SANTAMARIA HOSTS CAMPAIGN KICKOFF EVENT IN WELLINGTONA large crowd was on hand for a campaign kickoff event hosted by Michelle Santamaria last Sunday at the original Wellington Mall. Santamaria is running without a party affiliation in the race for Palm Beach County Commission in District 6 with the hope of suc-ceeding her father, term-limited County Commissioner Jess Santamaria.

Catherine Magnetti with Charlie and Chris Genor.

Daniella and AnthonyAddonisio in the pool. A large crowd was on hand to enjoy the free admission day.

Candidate Michelle Santamaria (center) with her parents,County Commissioner Jess and Victoria Santamaria.Some of the supporters gather for a group photo.

Candidate MichelleSantamaria introduces

herself to the crowd.

Wellington Aquatics Complex Manager Eric Juckett withTom Wenham of the Wellington Preservation Coalition.

The Jacobs family and the Wellington Preservation Coalition sponsored a free admission day Saturday, July 12 at the Wellington Aquatics Complex. In addition to free entry, a complimentary hot dog, chips and drink were available. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Lilyanna and Kylee Mattes after a dip in the pool.

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JULY 11 — A woman contacted the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach last Friday afternoon re-garding lost property. According to a PBSO report, sometime between noon and 1 p.m., the victim left her beach bag behind the lifeguard post at Calypso Bay Waterpark and went to the pool. When she returned home, she noticed that her wallet, which contained her license, bank cards, insurance cards and cash, was no longer in the bag. The victim cancelled the bank cards, and no fraudulent activity was reported. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 13 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach sub-station was dispatched to Calypso Bay Waterpark last Sunday after-noon regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime be-tween 1 and 1:45 p.m., the victim accidently left a clear plastic bag containing credit cards, $53 and his driver’s license at the facility. According to the report, earlier in the day, an unknown woman brought a bag matching that de-scription to the lost and found, only to return later to pick up a same bag, saying she was related to the victim.

• • •JULY 8 — A deputy from

the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was called to the TJ Maxx store on State Road 7 last Tuesday afternoon regarding a case of shoplifting. According to a PBSO report, the suspect, Greenacres resident Jolene Ful-ton, was observed concealing numerous perfumes worth $69.97 inside her purse before passing all points of sale. She was charged with retail theft, and the items were recovered.

JULY 9 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach sub-station was called to Walgreens store on Southern Blvd. early last Wednesday morning regarding a case of shoplifting. According to a PBSO report, between 1:50 and 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 9, Acreage residents Edward Santoro III and Stephanie Fried-man were witnessed concealing items worth approximately $105 in their pockets and a purse, and then passing all points of sale. Both were arrested for retail theft, and the items were recovered.

JULY 9 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a business on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. last Wednesday morning regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8 and 10 a.m. the following morning, an employee noticed that the air conditioner was not working. She called a service technician, who informed her that the condenser unit had been stolen, with the power wires ripped out and the low pressure line cut. The damage was estimated between $2,800 and $3,000. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 10 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to the Royal Ascot Estates last Thursday after-noon regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim was surveying a location when someone stole a piece of surveying equipment, valued at $5,000, from his truck. There were

Thefts Reported At Calypso Bay

Waterpark In RPBno suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 11 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was called to a home in Pinewood East last Friday regarding a de-layed vandalism report. According to a PBSO report, on Saturday, June 28, the victim found cake smeared all over her garage door and a Walgreens bag filled with urine-drenched paper towels in her yard. On Tuesday, July 8, she discovered that several eggs had been thrown on her property’s front yard. Neither accident caused serious damage. According to a PBSO report, the victim had a suspect in mind. There were no witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 12 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on 93rd Road North last Satur-day morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10:30 p.m. last Friday and 10:30 a.m. Saturday, the victim’s pressure washer, hose and sprayer, along with other items, valued at ap-proximately $1,135, were stolen from his truck. No DNA evidence or fingerprints were found at the scene. There were no suspects at the time of the report.

JULY 12 — A vehicle stop for careless driving last Saturday after-noon on Southern Blvd. in Royal Palm Beach led to the arrest of a Jupiter man. According to a PBSO report, a sergeant from the Royal Palm Beach substation noticed the suspect driving carelessly at approximately 2:30 p.m. and at-tempted to stop the vehicle. The suspect failed to stop and attempt-ed to flee, driving into the parking lot of a nearby business, where two men exited the vehicle to flee on foot. PBSO units established a perimeter, pursued the suspects on foot and eventually caught one suspect, Robert Schott. He was charged with possession of mar-ijuana, resisting an officer, know-ingly driving with a suspended license and fleeing police by failing to obey an order to stop. According to the report, Schott identified the second suspect, who had not been located at the time of the report.

JULY 12 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Publix supermarket on Southern Blvd. last Saturday afternoon in response to a forgery. According to a PBSO report, between 5 and 6 p.m., an unknown man attempted to pur-chase several items and pay with a counterfeit $100 bill. According to the report, when the manager told the man that the store would have to keep the bill, he left. The counterfeit bill and security foot-age of the incident were taken as evidence.

JULY 13 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on 70th Street North last Sunday regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim left the house on Saturday, July 12 at 11 a.m., returning at 10 p.m. that evening. The following day, he noticed that a laptop com-puter, a Playstation 3 video game console and $15 were missing. The items were valued at $565. Pry marks were discovered on the rear sliding glass door, which was found ajar. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 13 — Two homes in

THE INFORMATION FOR THIS BOX IS PROVIDED BYCRIME STOPPERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. CRIMESTOPPERSIS WHOLLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT SHOWN HERE.

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

• Raul Perez, alias Raul Perez-Lucas, is a white male, 5’5” tall and weighing 198 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. His date of birth is 10/18/90. Perez is wanted for failure to appear on felony charges of presenting false information of identity. His last known address was C Road in Loxahatchee Groves. His oc-cupation is landscaping. He is wanted as of 07/10/14.

• Richard Scott is a white male, 6’0” tall and weighing 270 lbs., with brown hair, brown eyes and a tattoo on his chest. His date of birth is 01/26/67. Scott is wanted on felony charges for uttering a forgery and engaging in con-tracting without certification. His last known address was Berenger Walk in Royal Palm Beach. He is wanted as of 07/10/14.

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.crimestopperspbc.com. Richard Scott

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NEWS


The Wellington Village Council approved a resolution last week adopting an amendment to its fledgling Community Develop-ment Block Grant program, which led to a discussion of possible fu-ture uses for the money, including current CDBG financing for the Boys & Girls Club.

The small amendment carried over $19,888 of the village’s $258,600 CDBG revenue fund for a senior home repair program. Most of the money is for senior-related programs, including the construction of 180 ramps and raised sidewalks.

But Councilman Howard Coates asked how CDBG funds, provided by the federal Depart-ment of Housing and Urban De-velopment, are used for programs such as those run by the nonprofit Boys & Girls Club, which has been allocated $10,790 in CDBG money for outreach efforts.

“When I look at the allocation of the funds, everything appears to be public-related entities or pro-grams, with the exception of the Boys & Girls Club neighborhood outreach efforts,” Coates said. “I’ve received questions over the six years that I’ve been involved

with the council about the amount of support we provide to the Boys & Girls Club. Part of my answer is always what they provide to the community.”

He was concerned about wheth-er the village-run Wellington Community Foundation should be looking at financing nonprofit organizations, as opposed to public entities.

Coates asked village staff to explain the benefit the Boys & Girls Club neighborhood outreach program will actually provide and how it differs from other nonprofit operations.

“I want to make sure that there is actually an understanding that what they are doing supplants what we would be doing publicly, so that when other nonprofits come to us and look for money and other benefits, they do so with the understanding that when we have done it in the past, there’s usually a public benefit,” he said.

Community Development Strat-egist Jim Fackrell explained the community benefits of CDBG grants. “These are typically servic-es that benefit the elderly or ben-efit abused children, that benefit low-income or moderate-income residents of the neighborhoods,” he said, explaining that in the past

Wellington Expands Community Development Grant Programyear, they conducted neighborhood surveys in transitional neighbor-hoods and found all of them were eligible to receive CDBG funding.

“The problem is that access to the Boys & Girls Club is very limited,” Fackrell said. “For some of our residents, it becomes a trans-portation issue, so we looked at one point at transporting the youth in those neighborhoods to the Boys & Girls Club. Later, we had a dis-cussion of whether we wanted to take some of those programs the Boys & Girls Club offered out to the neighborhoods, and we’re still kind of divided on that.”

Fackrell said that in talking with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, he learned that a majority of the village’s crime and vandal-ism is caused by youth that lack supervision or proper recreational outlets.

“We don’t know exactly wheth-er we want to take the programs out to the neighborhoods and target the youth there, or try to bring the outreach into the Boys & Girls Club,” he said. “In talking to the Boys & Girls Club, there’s really a problem in that the youth age 14 and up really don’t want to be affiliated with the Boys & Girls Club.”

Village Manager Paul Schofield

said some of the programs could be done through the Wellington Community Foundation, noting that sports provider programs re-ceive financing through the foun-dation, but the CDBG program is trying to reach out to youth who do not fit into those programs.

“The reason we’re not looking for these out of general revenue funds or foundation funds is that it is one of the programs that is entitled to funding under CDBG,” Schofield said, explaining that the federal CDBG funding is highly structured and goes to specific programs.

Director of Operations Jim Barnes said the foundation cur-rently can finance only capital projects and explained that they are looking at partnering with the Boys & Girls Club because there are hard-to-reach youth in the community that do not have access to services provided by the village that the Boys & Girls Club provides. That organization is uniquely equipped with transporta-tion and programs to provide those services, he explained.

Coates asked about the village’s requirements for reporting by the Boys & Girls Club, and Barnes said the village has an agreement that goes far and above what it

requires of other third-party pro-viders.

“We have a funding agreement that has very precise and specific performance measures that they have to report on regularly, in-cluding the makeup of their client population,” Barnes said.

Coates said he approved of the services the Boys & Girls Club provides but just wanted an ex-planation he could give to other nonprofits that seek money from the village.

“I don’t want to be construed as criticizing that at all, but you did mention that in the age bracket 14 to 18, they don’t have as great of an influence, so I would be particular-ly interested in what the strategy is for them going into an area where they haven’t had great influence,” Coates said. “How is that going to benefit our community?”

Barnes said that Fackrell would be responsible for that on the CDBG side and that the Boys & Girls Club is accustomed to that type of reporting. He added that the new Boys & Girls Club facil-ity on Wellington Trace would be a great impetus to draw in the 14-to-18 age group.

Mayor Bob Margolis said he would like to look into the Wel-lington Community Foundation as

a source for nonprofits to finance more than capital projects, such as athletic uniforms.

“We have funds just sitting there, and we should probably make a decision to start using more of those funds,” he said, explaining that he understood the foundation currently has about $50,000. “We haven’t moved forward on that, certainly since I have been here.”

Schofield said that previous councils had not been able to reach a decision on use of the funds be-sides for capital projects, and he would add it to the list of projects for the council to accomplish in the next quarter.

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig said she understood that CDBG money is highly regulated.

“I just want to thank you for the hard work,” she said. “I’m proud of what we’ve come up with. As a newly entitled city, I think we’ve done a very good job.”

She also complimented Fackrell on the work he has done seeing that all the projects qualify for CDBG financing. “The regulation involved with this is immense, and I just want to commend you guys,” Gerwig said.

Coates made a motion to ap-prove the amendment, which carried unanimously.

JaguarHelp

Panther Ridge

continued from page 1near threatened by the World Wildlife Foundation, placing them just a few categories away from extinction. Because there are so few, Berens will eventually be looking to mate Bella, as was done previously with Bella’s parents, to diversify the gene pool and increase the population.

But motherhood plans for Bella will have to wait. Right now, the young jaguar is fighting for her life.

It began one day in May. When Bella yawned, Berens noticed that one of her back teeth didn’t look quite right and her appetite was down. Berens brought Bella to the veterinarian, who discov-

ered a growth in the back of her mouth. Pathology tests and blood work were taken. Bella was given medicine and stitched up.

A few days later, she went through another surgery, and the pathology report determined the growth was non-cancerous. The next task was stitching Bella’s wound, but those stitches lasted only a few days. The second set of blood results showed problems with Bella’s blood. Her red and white blood cells were down, and her liver enzymes were up.

In mid-May, Berens rented a large van and Bella was brought to the University of Florida for a CT scan, ultrasound, biopsies and many blood tests. During the two days they were there, Bella under-went dozens of specialized tests.

“We were lucky enough to have there, that particular day, a pathologist from Disney. We had several great minds working on this,” Berens said.

Eventually, Berens was told that Bella should be taken off all medi-cations and should heal herself. The stitching just wasn’t helping.

Once home, Bella barely had any appetite.

“She did start to turn the corner, and started to eat a little more and a little more. Every day now has been a little bit better,” Berens said. “She was one sick kitty, but she is getting better.”

The mystery of what has been ailing Bella has been an unnerving and expensive waiting game.

“The two days in Gainesville racked up a bill of more than $7,000, and for a small organiza-tion like this, that is a real hit.” Berens said.

For now, Berens has to cross her fingers and hope for the best, since a diagnosis for Bella has been elusive.

Panther Ridge, a nonprofit conservation center, is run by Berens with help from a few

interns. It doubles as a research and education facility. Panther Ridge is accredited by the Feline Conservation Federation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and has a permit from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Appointment-only guided tours and donations help alleviate the costs of running Panther Ridge, but Bella’s recent, and possibly ongoing, illness has taken a chunk out of the annual budget.

To raise awareness that Bella needs help, a page on the Pan-ther Ridge web site has been created and posts on Facebook shared. Contributions made to Bella’s medical expenses are tax-deductible, and Berens is looking for ways to raise money on Bella’s behalf.

To help Bella, donate to her medical fund, book a tour or learn more about Panther Ridge, visit www.pantherridgecc.org.

Panther Ridge’s Judy Berens with Charlie the cheetah.PHOTO BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

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Consultants Concerned

continued from page 1that it doesn’t satisfy everybody, but we’ve made very significant changes,” he said.

The original plan submitted by Minto West had smaller buffers around the edges and less recre-ational space than what is now proposed.

“The existing plan had a 100-foot buffer,” Hearing said. “We are now proposing a minimum of a 400-foot buffer around the perimeter boundaries of our site. In many cases, our boundary far exceeds 400 feet, sometimes more than 1,000 feet. We’ve done that in response to what we’ve heard.”

Hearing said that he believes that the revised plan would provide significant benefits to the area.

“The most significant change in our plan has been on the east end of the site, as well as the west end of the site, of about 500 acres that we would leave in continued ag-ricultural operation,” he said. “On the east end of the site, we have a substantial increase in open space and green area. On the east end, the setback from 140th [Avenue] is at

a minimum about 1,200 feet, and on the west end, you have close to a mile before you come to any development area.”

He noted that the current pro-posal has 55 percent green space or water, whereas the initial plan had 30 percent. “We have really put all the density in the center of the property to be consistent with what the county has been asking,” Hearing said, explaining that the design complies with New Urbanism concepts required for agricultural enclaves, of which the Minto West property is presently the only one in the state.

The developments on the south end of the property would be 2.6 units per acre, and the develop-ments on the north side would be about 2.7 units per acre. The proj-ect would have about 242 acres of public recreation space operated by the Seminole Improvement District, including a 100-acre regional park and a 67-acre park by the elementary school.

The developers are also provid-ing a 50-acre site to the county for a district park that would be an extension of Seminole Ridge High School. They would also provide sites for a fire station and a 25,000-square-foot Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substa-tion, as well as a 12-acre site for an elementary school.

“We’ve listened and we’ve made some very substantial chang-es,” Hearing said. “We hope to continue in the dialogue of provid-ing the drainage improvements, the additional one-inch discharge that would be available to the area to the north.”

Regarding the non-residential space, Hearing said 1.5 million square feet would be designated for economic development cen-ters.

“It’s intended for us to try to find the opportunity to bring jobs to the western communities,” he said. “We’re talking jobs that would find meaningful employment and reduce the number of people traveling to the east. The county actually encouraged us to provide additional non-residential square footage.”

He added that the proposed con-nection to Orange Grove Blvd. at the southeast corner of the prop-erty had been eliminated at the request of residents.

ITID President Carol Jacobs said she would like Minto to stop the mass mailing of fliers to resi-dents, which received a round of applause from those attending the meeting.

“I would love you to stop and give that money to charity,” she said. “I can’t imagine what you’ve spent on those fliers.”

After the Minto West presenta-tion, ITID consultants gave their report.

Lead attorney Martin Perry said his team had submitted a detailed report to county staff and had listened with interest to the Minto presentation that evening.

“We have not had an oppor-tunity to review Minto’s revised plan as it was submitted tonight,” he said, adding that he thought the reduction in residences and the elimination of the Orange Grove Blvd. connection were significant, but not enough.

“We’re still concerned about the traffic that will be coming out of the project to the east through the neighborhoods,” Perry said. “We, as a consultant to your board, which is responsible primarily for roads, drainage and recreation, are concerned about the impact of those trips coming directly east.”

Perry said there are numerous projects of that size and scope throughout Palm Beach County, and the county never allows that type of encroachment through neighborhoods.

“They always require that this type of development use the arte-rial roads and the collector roads,” he said. “That’s not the case being presented here by the applicant. If the applicant is sincere, it’s something that can be discussed

with them, but it continues to be a problem.”

Attorney Frank Palin said the county has the process on a fast track but is not changing its sched-ule, and that they had submitted a detailed report to the county before a presentation the previous night at Seminole Ridge High School.

“We felt that as a group, it was important to get information to the county as quickly as possible,” Palin said. “We had to take advan-tage of the opportunity to get it in before the meeting last night so that we would have some kind of opportunity to hopefully influence the thinking of the county.”

Palin said the county and the developer have made several assumptions about the carrying capacity of ITID’s infrastructure to support the kind of use, par-ticularly for roads, that will be generated by Minto West.

“They also made some assump-tions about the availability of the works of the district for outside landowners,” he said. “The works of the district were designed to serve and benefit Acreage land-owners, not the general public. The works were built and are maintained by special benefit as-sessments on the landowners in the district, not the county taxpayers, or outside property owners such as Minto, GL Homes or any of the

other properties that are looking at development in this area.”

Palin asserted that the project is urban sprawl, but that the county has been forced to deal with it due to Florida’s agricultural enclave law. “It wouldn’t have been ap-proved by the county any time in the past,” he said. “It was a legisla-tive action.”

Palin added that the county had promised that the impacts of the ag enclave, such as traffic, would be addressed in the future. “They have not done so, in our opinion,” he said.

Palin said a regional approach to managing the impacts of develop-ments in the western communities is needed.

“There are other projects lined up behind Minto,” he said. “GL Homes is already having discus-sions with the county. Cumula-tively, all of those projects are going to have an enormous impact on this part of the county.”

ITID has encouraged munici-palities in the area to join with the district and the county in coming up with a regional solution, Palin said.

“The county is going to do what the county is going to do, and they have a process,” he said. “They’ve started it. It’s going to culminate on Oct. 29 one way or the other for Minto.”

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FIRST WAVE OF MICHELLE SANTMARIA’S SUPPORTERS

An overflow crowd of more than 500 residents of Wellington, The Acreage, Royal Palm Beach, Loxahatchee and the Glades at-tended Michelle Santamaria’s first public introduction as a candi-date for Palm Beach County Commissioner in District 6. It did not take long for most everyone to express excitement and approval with exclamations like “Hurrah, she’s super smart”; “So full of Life!”; “Amazing!”; “Fabulous!”; “Palm Beach County needs a young (37-year-old), highly educated, experienced and fearless professional as our next County Commissioner for District Six!”

Michelle’s experience as Assistant State Attorney prosecutor and business owner working with, among others, the FBI are posi-tive factors, as she will continue her father’s fight to bring honesty to government and rid Palm Beach County of the shameful “cor-ruption county” title.

Michelle grew up in Palm Beach County and understands the Western Communities and the needs of its residents. A major part of her platform is to protect the character and quality of life in the Western Communities, in addition to cutting government waste by demanding 100% independence and 100% funding of the Inspec-tor General with government vendor fees.

Royal Palm Beach Councilman Fred Pinto introduced Mi-chelle, saying she is “the right candidate at the right time in the

right place” for the position of District 6 County Commissioner. While we have made progress, there is still so much more to be done to achieve a government by the people, of the people and for the people. Thanking Councilman Pinto, Michelle went on to explain how she feels compelled to carry on the work of her father in protecting the rights of the people in our communities. “Why did she sign up for this position?” she asked herself. It was the result of hearing from so many people, including her peers. Her desire to always push herself to the edge was clearly evident in her work as a trial attorney, and is in character with her personal endeavors such as surfing. She jokingly noted that her times of surfing with the sharks prepared her for the County Commission!

On a more serious note, Michelle made it clear that she will not change who she is, and getting elected to office is only a first step. She said she cannot accomplish all that is needed alone. “It takes a village,” she said. “It is up to all of us together to help, to create change, to support the Inspector General and ensure continuation of the quality of life to which we all came to live in our beautiful Western Communities. Change will happen; it begins with respon-sible and capable leadership.” Michelle concluded her comments to a standing ovation, again urging each person to demand “Hon-est Government and Preservation of our Quality of Life!”

Less than half of those who attended was able to squeeze into the above photo, due to the limited space around the stairway!

“We the people must unite to reestablish a Palm Beach County Government of The People, by The People, for The People!”

Jess, current PBC Commissioner Michelle, Future PBC Commissioner Councilman Pinto Endorses Michelle

MICHELLE WITH HER SANTAMARIA FAMILYA Lifetime Legacy of Public Service

A united family that works, plays, and prays together. Michelle grew up in an environment of excellence, achievement, and a commitment to serve others.

Marcia Andrews, School Board Alan Ballweg, Indian Trail Jermaine Webb, Belle Glade Morley Alperstein, Wellington Jeff Hmara, Royal Palm Beach Bill Louda, Loxahatchee

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Political advertisement paid for and approved by Michelle V. Santamaria, No Party Affiliation for Palm Beach County Commission District 6.

FIRST WAVE OF MICHELLE SANTMARIA’S SUPPORTERS

An overflow crowd of more than 500 residents of Wellington, The Acreage, Royal Palm Beach, Loxahatchee and the Glades at-tended Michelle Santamaria’s first public introduction as a candi-date for Palm Beach County Commissioner in District 6. It did not take long for most everyone to express excitement and approval with exclamations like “Hurrah, she’s super smart”; “So full of Life!”; “Amazing!”; “Fabulous!”; “Palm Beach County needs a young (37-year-old), highly educated, experienced and fearless professional as our next County Commissioner for District Six!”

Michelle’s experience as Assistant State Attorney prosecutor and business owner working with, among others, the FBI are posi-tive factors, as she will continue her father’s fight to bring honesty to government and rid Palm Beach County of the shameful “cor-ruption county” title.

Michelle grew up in Palm Beach County and understands the Western Communities and the needs of its residents. A major part of her platform is to protect the character and quality of life in the Western Communities, in addition to cutting government waste by demanding 100% independence and 100% funding of the Inspec-tor General with government vendor fees.

Royal Palm Beach Councilman Fred Pinto introduced Mi-chelle, saying she is “the right candidate at the right time in the

right place” for the position of District 6 County Commissioner. While we have made progress, there is still so much more to be done to achieve a government by the people, of the people and for the people. Thanking Councilman Pinto, Michelle went on to explain how she feels compelled to carry on the work of her father in protecting the rights of the people in our communities. “Why did she sign up for this position?” she asked herself. It was the result of hearing from so many people, including her peers. Her desire to always push herself to the edge was clearly evident in her work as a trial attorney, and is in character with her personal endeavors such as surfing. She jokingly noted that her times of surfing with the sharks prepared her for the County Commission!

On a more serious note, Michelle made it clear that she will not change who she is, and getting elected to office is only a first step. She said she cannot accomplish all that is needed alone. “It takes a village,” she said. “It is up to all of us together to help, to create change, to support the Inspector General and ensure continuation of the quality of life to which we all came to live in our beautiful Western Communities. Change will happen; it begins with respon-sible and capable leadership.” Michelle concluded her comments to a standing ovation, again urging each person to demand “Hon-est Government and Preservation of our Quality of Life!”

Less than half of those who attended was able to squeeze into the above photo, due to the limited space around the stairway!

“We the people must unite to reestablish a Palm Beach County Government of The People, by The People, for The People!”

Jess, current PBC Commissioner Michelle, Future PBC Commissioner Councilman Pinto Endorses Michelle

MICHELLE WITH HER SANTAMARIA FAMILYA Lifetime Legacy of Public Service

A united family that works, plays, and prays together. Michelle grew up in an environment of excellence, achievement, and a commitment to serve others.

Marcia Andrews, School Board Alan Ballweg, Indian Trail Jermaine Webb, Belle Glade Morley Alperstein, Wellington Jeff Hmara, Royal Palm Beach Bill Louda, Loxahatchee


NEWSWELLINGTON’S BACIO BACIO DONATES WEDDING GOWNS TO MILITARY BRIDES

Taylor Postlethwait (center) with Hailey Lynn and Lenyce Boyd of Bacio Bacio.

‘ALMOST MANILOW’ AND DISCO BRING SOUNDS OF THE ’70S TO WELLINGTONThe Wellington Amphitheater hosted a 1970s-themed Tribute Concerts & Food Trucks event on Saturday, July 12. The evening included Almost Manilow’s tribute to Barry Manilow and a Studio 54 disco tribute. Next up is a 1980s-themed evening on Saturday, July 19 from 5 to 10:30 p.m. featuring a tribute to Neil Diamond at 6:30 p.m. and the Lazy Bones Band at 8:30 p.m. Visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

Erica Barfoot seeks the perfect dress for her March wedding.

Erica Nicole, bride Erica Barfoot, Bacio Bacio Bridal Salonowner Lenyce Boyd, Deborah Coldera and Hailey Lynn.

Sgt. Jamarie Cora looks through Bacio Bacio’s selection of wedding dresses.

Almost Manilow performs one of Barry Manilow’s many hits. The Smith family relaxes on the amphitheater lawn.

Taylor Postlethwait shows off one of the dresses.

Bacio Bacio Bridal Salon in Wellington partnered with Brides Across America last week to help 11 special brides find their perfect gown. More than 12,000 wedding gowns have been donated to military brides through Brides Across America, an organization that helps military brides find the gown of their dreams. Bacio Bacio participated in the event July 11 and 12. For more info., visit www.brides acrossamerica.com and www.baciobacio.com. PHOTOS BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

Wellington Elementary School teacher Katie Riker (left) and Sgt. Jamarie Cora (right) try on dresses.

PHOTOS BY ADAM NIR/TOWN-CRIER

Carl and Frank Pignataro enjoy the performance.

Allen and Noreen Erickson arrive at the amphitheater hoping to find a good spot.

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Deborah Burggraaf’s ‘The Noodle Club’ A Humor Finalist In FAPA Book Awards

RPB Native Returns To Start New Church

The Noodle Club by local author and middle school teacher Debo-rah Burggraaf, has been selected as a finalist in the humor category by the 2014 Florida Authors and Publishers Association (FAPA) Book Awards.

The Noodle Club follows Burg-graaf’s seventh book, Flutternut-ter, which received two silver medal awards for Best Children’s Picture Book and Best Cover Design at the Florida Authors and Publishers Association 2013 President’s Banquet in Septem-ber.

The Noodle Club is a tale about retirees in Florida who meet daily in the swimming pool with their Styrofoam noodles and develop long-lasting friendships.

Children ages 10 and up will enjoy splashing into the pool with the “golden oldies,” as they float

away each day celebrating the joy of friendship. The illustrator for The Noodle Club is Matt Lumsden of Delray Beach.

(Above) Local author Deborah Burggraaf. (Right) The cover of The Noodle Club.

This month, thousands of Sweet Adelines International members worldwide will be “Bowling for Barbershop” in bowling centers across the globe.

Locally, 30 members of the Women of Note Chorus have formed teams and will be “Bowl-ing for Barbershop” and harmoniz-ing on the evening of Wednesday, July 30 on the lanes of the AMF Bowling Alley in Boynton Beach.

For the past two months, do-nations have been made online and within the community to help advance the musical art form of barbershop music, as well as provide opportunities for wom-en to participate in singing and performing the rich tradition of barbershop harmony throughout the Palm Beaches.

To find out more about Bowling for Barbershop, and to donate to

Women Of Note To Bowl For Barbershop And Harmony

Temple B’nai Jacob of Wel-lington has named Rabbi Janie Grackin as its new religious school director.

Grackin is working with Tem-ple B’nai Jacob’s leadership to redesign and update its religious school, combining traditional knowledge and love of Judaism in a new curriculum infused with art, music, technology and drama. The school will re-launch this fall as the “New School at B’nai Jacob.”

Grackin has traveled the world creating programs for intergener-ational populations in synagogues and schools in the United States, Europe and Israel. She has been honored with awards, including

the Solomon Schechter Gold Award for Family Education, the Coalition for Advancements in Jewish Education (CAJE) National Award for specialty pro-gramming and the Commission for Jewish Education Torah Award for Jewish Education. She has been an invited presenter at Limmud London, an international Jewish learning conference, for several years.

Grackin is a graduate of the Whizin Institute for Family Edu-cation at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles.

Temple B’nai Jacob member Andrea Cohan, who previously served as the religious school

Temple B’nai Jacob Welcomes Award-Winning Educator Rabbi Janie Grackin

director, will continue to serve as chair of the Education Committee.

For more information about Grackin, visit www.janiegrackin.com.

The New School at B’nai Jacob serves children from kindergarten to seventh grade with classes twice a week. The school year begins Sunday, Sept. 9. Contact the temple office at (561) 793-4347 to find out how to enroll for classes this fall.

Temple B’nai Jacob of Welling-ton is a Conservative, egalitarian synagogue that seeks to inspire members to become more deeply connected to Judaism. Visit www.templebnaijacob.com for info.

The award ceremony will take place Saturday, Aug. 9 at the Mar-riott in Pompano Beach.

Parents, educators, adults and

children alike will welcome the activities available at Burggraaf’s web site, located at www.dburgg.com.

The Rev. Lee Michele Har-vin-Sapp has returned to Royal Palm Beach to plant her first church, the Shepherd’s Heart AME Church.

Sapp grew up in Royal Palm Beach along with her younger brother, Kevin M. Harvin, for whom the Kevin M. Harvin Cen-ter on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. is named. She met and married her husband of 25 years, Forrest Sapp of Jupiter, and moved to his hometown.

Since becoming an adult and leaving Royal Palm Beach, Sapp has adopted six children. She is an entrepreneur and has owned and operated Transcripts by Sapp for the last 15 years. She is the author of The Pastor June Murder Mysteries, which she describes as Christian fiction for grown folks. Sapp earned her master’s of divin-ity degree from Payne Theological Seminary.

The launch of worship services took place on June 29 at Royal Palm Beach High School. The

evening prayer service and dinner celebration was attended by more than 50 local and district church pastors, including the presiding bishop of the 11th Episcopal Dis-trict of the AME Church.

The Shepherd’s Heart meets weekly on Sundays at 11 a.m. at Royal Palm Beach High School.

Rev. Lee Michele Harvin-Sapp

Jeannie Knight-Faske of Wel-lington passed away on Thursday, July 3.

Faske was born in Bronx, N.Y. to William H. Knight Sr. and Dr. Mary S. Bear, both deceased, on Aug. 18, 1945. She attained her bachelor’s degree in education from the State University of New York at Cortland and her master’s degree from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn.

Faske taught at elementary and secondary schools in Locust Valley, N.Y.; Clarksville, Tenn.; Fairfax County, Va.; and the last 25 years at H.L. Johnson Elementary School in Royal Palm Beach.

She leaves her husband of 37 years, Robert C. Faske, along with daughter Jennifer Wagner Davis (Jeff) of Fairfax, Va.; sisters Mary Ann Houck (Leo) of Bardstown, Ky., and Paula Rothschild (Marty) of San Diego, Calif.; brothers Wil-liam H. Knight Jr. (Hanna) of New York City, N.Y. and John P. Knight (Cheryl) of Barto, Penn.; sister-in-law Janet Knight of Bronxville, N.Y.; and grandchildren Madelyn

Jeannie Knight-Faske, Local Teacher, Dies At 68

and Benjamin Davis.Her ashes will be interred in

Bardstown, Ky. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to H.L. Johnson, Habitat for Humanity or the charity of your choice.

A remembrance will be held on Saturday, July 26 at 11 a.m. at Palms West Funeral Home in Royal Palm Beach. Visit www.palmswestfuneralhome.com for more information.

Jeannie Knight-Faskeyour favorite team, visit http://bowlathon.sweetadelineintl.org. On the drop down menu, choose “Support a Bowler.”

Sweet Adelines International is a worldwide women’s singing organization committed to raising awareness of barbershop harmony through education, competition and performance. With more than 20,000 members, Sweet Adelines International brings harmony and

music education to women’s lives, schools and communities across the world.

The Women of Note Chorus provides the gift of music to thousands of listeners in the Palm Beaches each year. Rehearsals are held each Monday evening from 7 to 10 p.m. at Palm Beach Central High School. For more info., visit www.womenofnote.com or check them out on Facebook.

Rabbi Janie Grackin

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SCHOOL NEWSNEW HORIZONS FOURTH

GRADERS EXPLORETHE EVERGLADES

PBSC Building Earns LEED Certification

The Palm Beach County School District’s Child Find program recently received a grant from the Palm Beach County CTA-Retired.

Child Find is a unique branch of the Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System designed to serve children with special needs or disabilities by supporting edu-cators, families and communities. This is done by locating, identi-fying and obtaining services for children who have disabilities or special needs.

The group also promotes aware-ness of services for children and youth with disabilities, screens children and youth to determine

evaluation procedures, and pro-vides coordination, training and support to assist service providers. Child Find utilizes parent services, human resources and the latest technology in its mission of help-ing students with special needs.

When Child Find submitted its grant proposal, the Palm Beach County CTA-Retired saw the im-pact that such a grant would have on the children served by Child Find. Therefore, the Child Find team in the central area received a $100 grant to pursue its preschool literacy activity. The grant money was used to purchase books, bags, crayons and book marks.

New Horizons Elementary School fourth graders, under the di-rection of science teacher Patrick McNeece, recently explored the Florida Everglades. Students immersed themselves in re-searching, creating a digital slideshow, using their class blog to post research, building an Everglades set and performing a skit for other classes. Students enjoyed learning about one of Flori-da’s treasures. Pictured here are McNeece and his fourth-grade explorers.

NEW HORIZONS FIRST GRADERS HONOR

DADS AND GRANDDADS

Palm Beach State College’s Public Safety Training Center on the Lake Worth campus has been awarded LEED Gold certifica-tion by the U.S. Green Building Council.

LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a green building certification pro-gram that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices.

The Public Safety Training Cen-ter, which was completed in April 2013, earned gold certification for its successful use of methods to conserve energy, water and resources. Winning strategies in-clude super-insulated walls, roofs and windows, energy-efficient lighting, low-flow water fixtures, materials with low VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and use of regional and recycled materials. The result reduces greenhouse

School District’s Child Find Awarded A Grant

gas emissions, preserves natural resources, creates a healthier en-vironment and saves money on annual operating costs.

Savings on electrical costs have been dramatic. A new central energy plant, built concurrently with the Public Safety Training Center, was designed to power not only the center, but also three other building complexes on the Lake Worth campus.

“We added 140,000 square feet of new construction and our en-ergy consumption went down by over 1.1 million kilowatt hours,” Facilities Director John Wasukanis said. “It just runs so efficiently that we actually reduced our overall electrical consumption on the Lake Worth campus by almost 21 percent, saving the college approx-imately $132,000 in the first year of operation.”

Earning LEED certifications is nothing new for PBSC. The highest LEED certification, plat-inum, was earned in 2012 for the Technical Education Center on the Belle Glade campus. The TEC building was the first in the Florida College System to achieve this highest designation. The Center for Bachelor’s Programs on the Lake Worth campus is currently under LEED review.

The college’s commitment to sustainability will grow even stronger on the new fifth campus in Loxahatchee Groves, where Wasu-kanis and his team are starting with a clean slate.

“We’re looking at a lot of ex-citing technologies that will put us on the cutting edge,” said James Storms, PBSC’s assistant manager of facilities planning and construction, and a LEED-accred-

H.L. Johnson Elementary School students have been earning money and prizes for their school by collecting and recycling the drink pouches they use at home and in the lunchroom.

H.L. Johnson students have just reached the second level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade milestone contest by collecting more than 18,000 drink pouches. The students have earned more than $2,700 for their school by collecting the drink pouches.

The Drink Pouch Brigade is a free recycling program that rewards people for collecting and

sending their waste to TerraCycle to be recycled or upcycled. The Milestone Program began in September 2013 when Capri Sun added prizes for collecting certain amounts. Now, in addition to the money they earn for each piece of waste collected, participants can win prizes made from recycled drink pouches, such as park bench-es, recycling bins, a playground and other fun rewards.

“The Milestone Program is meant to inspire individuals and organizations to collect more waste while receiving prizes for their achievements,” said Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle. “It is

rewarding to see the students and administration get so involved in making this work. It’s an incredi-ble achievement to have kept so many pouches out of the waste stream.”

Thousands of other schools across the United States participate in the Drink Pouch Brigade. To learn more about the program, or to sign up, visit www.terracycle.com. The program is free to any interested organization or individ-ual, and all shipping costs are paid. In addition, for each piece of waste received, participants earn money for a charity of their choice.

TerraCycle is an international

Child Find Grant — Gilda Morgan-Williams, speech pathologist; Deborah K. Ricker, case manager; Alyssa Estornell, bilingual pathologist; and Dr. Kathryn Gundlack, pre-K psychologist, with some of the grant materials presented by Kay W. Brown, president of CTA-Retired.

H.L. Johnson Elementary Recycles With TerraCycle

New Horizons Elementary School first graders recently honored their fathers and grandfathers by inviting them into their class-rooms for “Dads and Donuts.” The children shared songs, cards and special notes. Pictured here is Jackie Barrett with her first graders and their fathers and grandfathers.

ited professional. “We’re studying the feasibility of creating a ‘net zero campus,’ which is a term that means you produce as much energy as you use.”

Wasukanis is excited about the prospect. “We’re looking to push energy conservation and college building further than we ever have before,” he said.

The Public Safety Training Cen-ter, designed by Stephen Boruff Architects + Planners Inc. and built by Balfour Beatty Construction, is also one of 58 buildings nominated for the People’s Choice Award competition held by the Florida Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Serving 48,000 students, Palm Beach State College is the largest institution of higher education in Palm Beach County. For info., visit www.palmbeachstate.edu.

upcycling and recycling company that takes difficult-to-recycle pack-aging and turns it into affordable, innovative products. TerraCycle is the world’s leader in the collec-tion and reuse of non-recyclable post-consumer waste. TerraCycle works with more than 30 major brands in the U.S. and around the world to collect used packaging and products that would otherwise be destined for landfills. It repur-poses that waste into materials and products that are available online and through major retailers. For information on how to join a TerraCycle brigade program, visit www.terracycle.com.


NEWS

Patricia Cordeiro of Royal Palm Beach on the slalom course.

The Florida State Water Ski Championships took place at Okeeheelee Park last weekend. Approximately 150 water ski athletes trav-eled to the three-event water skiing competition of slalom, trick and jump. Both men and women of all ages participated in the event, authorized by the Florida Water Ski Federation. For more info., visit www.floridawaterskifederation.org.

OKEEHEELEE PARK HOSTS THE FLORIDA STATE WATER SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS

Adam Pickos of Santa Rosa, Fla., on the trick skiing course.

Maria Gerasikova and Alexis Pickos after their competition.

PHOTOS BY FABIANA OTERO/TOWN-CRIER

Samantha Dumala of Wellington on the slalom course.

Laurie Lindsey of West Palm Beach, safety directorof the tournament, on the slalom course. Marion Mathieu of France and Scott Ellis of Polk County, Fla.


FEATURES

At an estate sale last weekend, my husband Mark wanted to spend $125 to buy a plain copper pot with two handles and a lid. He claimed it was a pressure cooker, hand-hammered in England. I wasn’t so sure.

“I think it might be a tourist item made in India,” I said.

“No way,” he countered. “Look at this house. Everything in here is an antique. These people were world travelers.”

“India is part of the world,” I noted.We could’ve left a bid on it and waited

to see if we could get it for less, but Mark was worried someone else would snap it up in the meantime. He wanted to pay full

price and take it right then.I hemmed and hawed and decided to

take a closer look. I lifted the lid, peered inside, and that’s when I said, “Let’s buy this thing.”

Now, you may be thinking that perhaps

it was stamped “1821” or maybe that there was a $100 bill inside. Or even that someone left a diamond ring in there.

No. Those are not the kinds of things that would cause me such excitement. Plus, those last two things would be steal-ing. What there was, was a green sticker that read, “Evidence.”

Screw provenance, that sticker upped the value of the pot significantly. I can sell that pot in my shop at a profit now. It has a tale to tell.

Of course, I will have to do the talking for it. I don’t know the name of the owner of the estate, so I have no idea what kind of hanky-panky they were involved in.

I will have to guess — which I prefer anyway.

“What’s the history of this pot?” my potential customer will ask.

And I will respond, “Oh, we’re not sure but…” (here I will lift the lid with a flourish) “…it does have this ‘Evidence’ sticker inside. And you will notice that it is just the right size to hold a human head.”

“What?!”“Yeah, it’s a shame really. The people

who owned it were world travelers. They got this in England, then had a falling-out when they got back to America. He went to jail and…” (in hushed tones) “…all they found of her was her head.”

The potential customer will either run off screaming or simply run off. Or they might want that pot on their mantel, as a macabre conversation piece.

Of course, the real story is likely much duller. The couple that owned that pot could have been at an estate sale and the husband wanted it because he thought it was a pressure cooker hand-hammered in England. She may have opened it up and seen the ‘Evidence’ sticker inside and bought it to put on their mantel as a macabre conversation piece.

Or, they could’ve gotten into a really big fight over it, and now she’s in jail, and all they found of him was…

If you think that the new movie Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is simply a sequel, you are in for a surprise. Just as another superior sequel, The Empire Strikes Back, struck new ground in the Star Wars series by turning from a simple story of heroism into a darker family po-litical drama, the new movie breaks new ground in the series. Unlike the numerous sequels of yesteryear where people in gorilla costumes played out simplistic stories, this new film deals with ambition, raw power and how it can corrupt.

The movie does not simply go on from the end of the first film in the series, Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Since that time, a massive plague — the one created by people that increased the intelligence of the apes — has wiped out most humans. Only one in 500 is immune, and a lot of that group wound up dead in riots. We are a race quickly eroding. So it is the apes that move to the center stage, with one

of the main issues being what they will do with the humans and how they will treat them. This is a socially conscious movie that deals with difficult issues but makes certain they do not get in the way of either the action or the drama.

In some ways, the problems between the species resemble some of our more intractable political problems, with no seemingly effective way to resolve is-sues. Caesar (Andy Serkis) has created a strong ape culture outside San Francisco based on justice and the idea that “apes

do not kill apes.” A handful of humans come upon them looking to find a dam that needs repair in order to have power inside the city, and then the problems be-gin. The movie combines a real political discussion mixed with strong drama and all the action any one of us could want. But most of the key participants are the apes. The humans are there, as a point of discussion, and they do take part in some of the action, but it is the apes at the center of the action.

As before, Caesar is the leader, a strong and decent one. However, his key assistant Koba (Toby Kebbell) is deeply conflicted and filled with hate toward humans because of his treatment when he was a lab animal. Adding to the confusion is the fact that there are many among the leftover humans who can hate just as readily, particularly those led by Gary Oldman. This film metaphorically could represent many seemingly never-solved

human issues. Clearly, the intent of the writers and director is to create a sense of urgency about peace. But, wisely, they point to the problems as part of an overall action film instead of providing long, preachy speeches about the need for cooperation between opponents.

The acting, particularly by Sirkis and Kebbell, is extraordinary. Of course, there is plenty of computer graphic magic that turns their work into that of intelligent apes, but the two are stunning.

There has been a controversy about Sirkis and his work ever since he cre-ated the role of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit franchises. Some critics think that the motion-capture act-ing, consisting of heavy-duty stop-action photography of many of the elements of the bodies and features of the characters, is not really acting. Sirkis has been blocked from possible nomination for his performances — a real shame, since

his work here probably has been the best I have seen this year. The early series of films used people in ape suits. Here, the apes of all types seem incredibly real-istic. And the rest of the visual effects are stunning.

The humans are generally less impres-sive and, with one exception, have far less to do. Jason Clarke as Malcolm, the one really good guy among the humans, does a creditable job. Oldman, however, plays his role as the leading anti-ape spokesman far too simplistically, with far too little shading. Keri Russell is mostly wasted.

Although this is a summer movie and a sequel, the film works well dramatically. The issues seem very real, even if a bit overly metaphorical.

I highly recommend this movie. It, along with Captain America: The Winter Soldier, both sequels, are the best movies out. This one is easily worth the cost.

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NEWS BRIEFSYard Sale At

Acreage Green Market July 20The Acreage Green Market will

include a special event Sunday, July 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Acreage Community Park.

In addition to normal activities, there will be a huge community yard sale, a surprise character, Su-per Dave’s Conch Shack, a free bounce house and water slide, the OneBlood blood mobile, Dough Dough’s Donuts, Zweigle’s Hot Dogs & Sausages, fresh produce, arts and crafts and more.

The Acreage Green Market is held at Acreage Community Park, located at 6701 140th Ave. North, and is open every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Reserve your spot today at [email protected]. For more info., visit www.acreagegreenmarket.org or call Sandra Love Semande at (561) 723-3898.

LGLA To MeetOn July 24

The Loxahatchee Groves Land-owners’ Association (LGLA) will

meet Thursday, July 24 at 7 p.m. at Palms West Presbyterian Church (13689 Okeechobee Blvd.).

The speaker for the evening will be Pat Johnson from the Emergency Operations Center. Johnson will discuss what to do before, during and after an emergency. She has been asked to talk about how to prepare your property and animals so the dam-age can be minimized. There will be a question-and-answer time, so come prepared to ask about concerns you may have.

This meeting is open to the pub-lic, but only current LGLA mem-bers can make motions or vote on a motion made by a member. For more info., call Marge Herzog at (561) 818-9114.

Abruzzo Honored By Prosecuting

Attorneys GroupState Sen. Joseph Abruzzo (D-

District 25) will be presented the 2014 Senate Leadership Award by the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association next month.

The award is given to legislators who display outstanding assis-

tance to prosecutors and leadership in criminal justice issues.

“I am honored to be receiving this award,” Abruzzo said. “Our prosecutors work in tough and complex levels of our legal system. That’s why it’s vitally important to do everything that we can to provide them with the tools and funding so that they can best serve our justice system.”

Abruzzo most recently passed legislation that will enhance penal-ties to a second degree felony for anyone using personal identifica-tion information fraudulently ob-tained from minors, an individual 60 years of age or older, a disabled adult, a public servant, a veteran, a first responder, a State of Florida employee or a U.S. government employee. In addition, a penalty of $250 will be assessed against anyone convicted of such a crime, a portion of which will be used to pay for prosecutions.

“With this bill now law, the judi-cial branch can continue to be the guardian of the constitution and defender of the people when their rights are violated,” Abruzzo said.

The Florida Prosecuting At-torneys Association will present Abruzzo with this recognition

during a ceremony next month in Naples.

Marshall Foundation To

Host ReceptionThe Arthur R. Marshall Foun-

dation will hold an appreciation reception on Tuesday, July 22 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Sundy House Restaurant, Inn & Botani-cal Garden (106 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach).

A $15 donation includes a tour of the iconic destination, a chance ticket for a personalized Ever-glades tour for four people, hors d’oeuvres and a drink ticket. To register, visit www.artmarshall.org.

Columbus Day Dinner In RPB

Sons of Italy Loggia Michel-angelo #2864 will host a Gala Columbus Day Dinner Dance on Saturday, Oct. 11 from 6 to 10:30 p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center (151 Civic Center Way).

The menu will feature an all-

inclusive Italian buffet catered by Mamma Mia, along with wine, beer and soda, dessert and coffee or tea.

The evening will feature live music for dancing and a special performance by the extraordinary Andrew Doll singing Italian clas-sics.

The cost for the evening is a do-nation of $40 per person. To RSVP, call Pat Devivo at (561) 249-1298, Sam Pittaro at (561) 412-8684 or Jan Schneider at (561) 681-1435.

Alien Invasion At Science CenterGo out of this world with this

month’s Nights at the Museum: Alien Invasion at the South Florida Science Center & Aquarium (4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach) on Friday, July 25 from 6 to 9 p.m.

Treating earthlings to a special experience, aliens (science center educators) will shed light on the night sky, galaxies and the uni-verse with space-themed activities. Guests are also invited to a special screening of the new WXEL-TV children’s program Space Racers.

Space Racers is a new animated preschool program that follows young spaceship cadets as they soar through the Solar System, learning about the power of scien-tific investigation and observation, the wonders of space exploration and the importance of working together as a team. Get a behind-the-scenes look from the show’s creator, Richard Schweiger.

Other activities include: make-n-take galaxy goo, make-n-take moon sand, a flying saucer craft, reach out to others with ham radio, observatory exploration, music, dancing, face painting and gem panning.

Additionally, all attendees will be able to explore Mazes, the science center’s newest traveling exhibit. Mazes winds its way over 9,000 square feet with more than 60 puzzling experiences that in-spire endless hours of exploration and ingenuity.

Admission for members is $5.50 for adults and children are free. Admission for non-members is $12.50 for adults, $11 for seniors, $9 for children and children under 3 are free. For more information, call (561) 832 -1988 or visit www.sfsciencecenter.org.


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Wellington’s Village Walk neigh-borhood reported vehicle burglar-ies last Sunday. In the first incident, sometime between Saturday at 7 p.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday, someone entered and rummaged through the victim’s unlocked vehicle, but nothing was reported stolen. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report. In the second incident, sometime between 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 6:45 a.m. the following morning, an iPhone was taken from the victim’s unlocked vehicle, but was later recovered in a neighbor’s yard. DNA evidence was collected, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 13 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on Persimmon Blvd. last Sunday afternoon regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, two weed-eaters, valued at approximately $330, were stolen from the victim’s truck sometime between 11 a.m. and noon. There were no suspects at the time of the report.

JULY 14 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called Monday to property owned by the Florida Forestry Service on D Road in Loxahatchee Groves regarding a delayed theft. According to a PBSO report, a forest ranger was doing lawn work with a weed-eater last Sunday morning. Upon returning for the weed-eater, which was left on the lawn, between 10:15 and 11:30 a.m.,

the victim discovered that it was missing. The weed-eater was valued at $300. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 14 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called Monday morning to a home on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. regarding a stolen ve-hicle. According to a PBSO report, the victim left his company-owned Ford F-350 utility truck parked on the driveway overnight. Sometime between 11:30 p.m. Sunday night and 5:30 a.m. Monday, the vehicle and equipment valued at $7,350 was removed from the driveway. There were no suspects or wit-nesses at the time of the report.

JULY 14 — Two vehicle bur-glaries were reported last Monday morning in Wellington’s Grand Isles community. According to one PBSO report, sometime be-tween 11:30 p.m. last Sunday and 7:30 a.m. Monday, unknown perpetrator(s) entered the victim’s unlocked car and stole a black pouch before entering the vic-tim’s other unlocked vehicle. The suspect then fled, but the black pouch was found on a nearby sidewalk. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report. In a second incident, the victim’s dog was barking shortly before 5 a.m., so he went outside to discover the driver’s side door of his unlocked vehicle open. A bag of change, a Bluetooth headset and headphones, valued at $240, were missing from the vehicle. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

Liberty Park Elementary School summer campers took a tour of the Costco store in Royal Palm Beach on Wednesday, June 25. Costco’s Staci De Raimondo took the kids around the store and visited the different departments. Costco provided pizza, water and cookies to the visiting campers after their tour.

ROYAL PALM COSTCO GIVES INFORMATIVE TOUR FOR SUMMER CAMP KIDS

Membership Marketing Manager Deadra Bryan and Staci Di Raimondo send off the campers with a big package of cookies.

Campers with Center Floor Manager Nancy D’Angelo in the kid’s clothing section.

Staci Di Raimondo and camp counselor Krista Tafe get ready to serve the pizza.


RPB BudgetAquatic Center Study

continued from page 3center,” Recchio said. “The study will come in and give us numbers and tell us just how feasible is it.”

Vice Mayor David Swift chuckled at Recchio’s sugges-tion about taking over the county facility.

“Four years ago,” he recalled, “I went to the county to ask for numbers, because I was interest-ed in that whole issue. Could the village actually take over that or build a facility similar? I got the

revenue side, but I never really got the expense side. That was buried all over the place. I don’t think even a public records re-quest would get you the informa-tion you’re looking for… Will a feasibility study get the numbers you’re looking for? Good luck.”

Village Manager Ray Liggins said the study would focus on the bottom line, with an emphasis on specific operating costs, such as lifeguards, and the capital invest-ments required. “It looks like a winner,” he said, but the study would dig in and enumerate the potential.

Swift did not agree. “Is there anybody up here who really thinks there’s a positive cash flow from that?” he asked.

Mayor Matty Mattioli replied, “Absolutely not. I can tell you from experience: you own the pool. Plus it costs you to maintain that pool. And now you want an aquatic center?”

Councilman Fred Pinto was more upbeat on the idea.

“Actually, Calypso Bay is one of the few positive revenue streams of all of the aquatic facilities that the county owns,” he said. “My concern is that we want a facility within the village vicinity that our citizens can take advantage of, and we’ve talked about this. I thought one of the reasons we were doing the analysis is, we really don’t have a frame of reference… Hopefully we’ll get some credible expertise

and expert insight from this con-sultant.”

Mattioli warned of hidden expenses.

“You think Commons Park is running you broke? You get the aquatic center, and Commons Park will look like a Boy Scout camp,” he said. “You gotta have two full-time lifeguards, you gotta have the water tested every hour… you don’t know what you’re getting into.”

Pinto insisted that the village should get the information, and Councilman Jeff Hmara agreed.

But Swift pointed out that the fact that the county runs Calypso Bay is a good thing. “A service is provided, and we don’t have to pay anything for it,” he said.

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Rinzel pointed out that although the proposed assessment had in-creased, staff was recommending that the reserve be held the same, although reducing the reserve is an option in order to reduce the assessment increase, if that was the board’s preference.

However, that money is kept on hand in case of an emergency. “If something happens, rather than having a line of credit and

ProjectsPlans For

Community Center

continued from page 1a straight shot that would reduce the number of headlights shin-ing into the amphitheater during shows, and make better and safer travel throughout the parking lot.

“I think it makes more of a direct route, and it pulls vehicles away from the pool area where we potentially have children run-ning around,” he said. “If we’re going to look at reconstruction and reconfiguration, it appears that this would be the best time to do that.”

Barnes said a quick look at the parking configuration was more of a trade-off of spaces, which is about 80 additional slots.

Councilman Howard Coates said one of the key goals for rede-signing the complex was to gain additional parking, and he would not want to take away from that.

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig was wary of redesigning the drive-way that close to Forest Hill Blvd.

Barnes said they would look

going into debt, we will have that money,” Rinzel said.

Supervisor Gary Dunkley, who was attending the meeting by phone, asked why the cost of the administration budget had not gone down since they had elimi-nated high administrative salaries. ITID Manager Jim Shallman said there was a $60,000 decrease in administrative salaries, but that did not include the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office staff, which had increased.

Hager agreed that residents had asked for increased patrols. Rinzel also pointed out that the human resources position had been reinstated.

“The administrative budget

went up $77,000, and $72,000 of that is related to the sheriff’s of-fice,” Rinzel said.

Supervisor Michelle Damone supported keeping the PBSO budget as it had been proposed.

During public comment, for-mer Supervisor Mike Erickson said that he favored a zero-based budget rather than tacking on or removing amounts from the previ-ous year’s budget.

“You all know where I stand on the budget,” he said. “I firmly believe that the budget starts at zero, not at last year’s assessment. I firmly believe that a government should be run like a business. At the end, you should have a zero profit. The gain should be the as-

sets and capital improvements you make in a community.”

Resident Anne Kuhl said she was wary of an assessment in-crease because once it is in place, it is difficult to reduce.

“It’s kind of hard for govern-ment agencies to go back,” Kuhl said. “They just continue to say, ‘Well, that’s what we did last year, and we need more, more, more.’ We have to realize it’s the taxpay-ers’ money.”

However, Jacobs stressed that ITID is responding to issues raised by concerned residents, demand-ing attention to road and drainage improvements, as well as fighting overdevelopment.

“Taxpayers are asking for cer-

tain things that we cannot do if we do not have the money in our bud-get,” she said. “And Minto West? That’s not over yet, and that’s not the end of what we have dealing with overdevelopment out here.”

Jacobs agreed that 30 percent was the proper amount to keep in reserves. She also pointed out that no salary increases for staff had been approved.

Shallman said the average in-crease to property owners is $3.36 a month, although the increase varies by unit, actually going down 1.73 percent, or $2.59 an acre, from $149.86 to $147.27 in Las Flores Ranchos, to an increase of 56.76 percent in Dellwood, from $93.95 to $147.27.

Resident Patricia Curry said some of the units had excess reserves, as high as 50 percent or 60 percent, and that the Federal Emergency Management Agency probably would refund money spent for disaster recovery. She agreed with Erickson’s preference for zero-based budgeting.

Supervisor Ralph Bair said having the money in reserve was a boon during storms, although

FEMA did eventually refund the money.

“It’s there in case we need it for a hurricane, and we don’t have to go out and borrow it,” Bair said.

Damone suggested to Rinzel that he go back and analyze the spending from Tropical Storm Isaac and see how much was used in each unit in reserves.

She said she would rather keep the reserve at 30 percent, but try to keep it as even as possible between units.

“I don’t want to see it go to 25,” Damone said, explaining that any unit that is under 30 percent needed to come up, but that any unit over 30 percent should have the excess applied to projects or reduced, which she said would reduce the overall assessment increase.

Damone made a motion to try to reduce the budget based on units that had reserve amounts above 30 percent, but replenish any units that are below 30 percent, with a target goal of reducing the average assessment increase to 5.6 percent. Damone’s motion carried unanimously.

into it not only from engineering and design perspectives, but also to see how it would play into the overall program.

He said the first floor as pro-posed would have multipurpose program spaces, except for arts and craft rooms, to accommodate youth, adult and senior programs.

The largest space will be de-signed to accommodate large ban-quets. It will also function as two spaces with the use of a partition, although the maximum capacity has not yet been finalized.

“It could probably accommo-date upwards of 220 or 230 in a seating capacity standpoint,” Barnes said. “With the adjacency of the catering kitchen on the first floor, it could accommodate those types of uses.”

Three elevators would provide access to a larger facility and of-fice space on the second floor. Two would be adjacent to the entrance and the other at the opposite end of the building near a storage area for moving freight and catering purposes.

Barnes added that the overall design goal is to maximize the view of the lake and other open space around the building.

The large, 4,500-square-foot events hall on the second floor will not only provide a vista of the lake, but also have open, fresh air capability.

“The event hall actually cantile-vers out over the first floor so that space that you would assume to be one continuous balcony is actually two types of spaces, one enclosed, air-conditioned space, glass so you still have the views, and the other one is open air,” Barnes said.

That space is expected to seat more than 300 people, although the allowable fire capacity will probably be more than that, he said.

A second-floor catering kitchen will have the capacity to expand to a full kitchen, if that is needed in the future, while a second-floor conference room will also double as a green room or bride room for weddings.

Barnes noted that a full stage was not recommended by de-sign staff for that room because it would not give full benefit if it is not completely rigged with lighting and other equipment. However, there would be a tem-porary stage.

The exterior design would com-

plement the adjacent municipal complex, with similar colors and roof types.

The Wellington Tennis Center, which will move to a new facility on Lyons Road, is similar to the original plan as proposed, except that they have stayed with the original 21 courts with Har-Tru surfaces and an underground irri-gation system, but have the ability to accommodate future expansion of six regular courts as well as two center courts with bleachers.

The tennis center building would be two stories, or 3,700 square feet, with an elevator and two stairwells, and have 144 park-ing spaces. The second floor would have an air-conditioned viewing lounge as well as an open wrap-around balcony.

Barnes said they are looking at a groundbreaking in the fall for the tennis center with an opening in April, leaving about seven months’ construction time.

They would not be able to be-gin demolition or construction of the new community center until the new tennis center is finished, Barnes noted. Construction of the community center will take about 12 months once it gets underway.

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Wellington The Magazine is excited to continue “Wellington’s Next Top Model,” a monthly spotlight on some of Wellington’s most beautiful people, all of whom seriously have what it takes to be the next runway superstar. In June, we began teaming up with local fashion retailers, hair and makeup industry professionals, and others, who will work with our models to get them camera ready for a full-on model shoot courtesy of Abner Pedraza, a professional photographer with Wellington The Magazine. Each month, we will feature a different model and share a bit about their pursuit of becoming a professional model. When the series is concluded, we will ask our readers to help us decide who should be named “Wellington’s Next Top Model,” earning the top prize: a professional modeling portfolio, in print and digital versions, valued at more than $2,500, as well as being featured on Wellington The Magazine’s December cover as winner of the contest. Think you have what it takes or know someone who does? Visit us online at www.wellingtonsnexttopmodel.com and submit your information and photo.

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NEWSWELLINGTON CHILDREN’S THEATRE SUMMER CAMP PRESENTS ‘MULAN JR.’

The Wellington Children’s Theatre Camp Summer Stage Players. Mushu (Emma Allison) encourages Mulan (Caleigh Little).

DOG CLUB’S ALL-BREED SHOWS RETURN TO SOUTH FLORIDA FAIRGROUNDSThe Jupiter-Tequesta Dog Club held its 72nd and 73rd All-Breed Dog Show, and its 9th and 10th Obedience and Rally Trial July 12-13 at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center. The weekend featured 1,100 dogs from across the nation competing each day. At the end of each day, a Best in Show was awarded. For more info., visit www.jtdc.org.

Mulan (Caleigh Little) receives advice from Grandmother Fa (Giada Robinson).

The ancestors (Julia Orell, Darity Carr, Brianna Valentin, Sophie Weinstein and Skyler Chung) reprimand Mulan (Caleigh Little).

Lily Edmiston, Mariapaz Sanchez, Giada Robinson and Amelia Haymond as soldiers in training.

Morgan Humphrey and mom Heather wait to compete with Sir Cedric, a Pembroke Corgi. Handler Gina Grosso with a group of Shelties.

Karen Braunstein gives direction to Carly Docekal (as Captain Shang) and her peers.

The Wellington Children’s Theatre performed Disney’s Mulan Jr. on Saturday, July 12 at Trinity West Church in Loxahatchee Groves. The show was directed and produced by Karen Braunstein and showcased the children’s humor, singing and dancing. For more on fall classes or upcoming shows, visit www.wellingtonchildrenstheatre.com. PHOTOS BY FABIANA OTERO/TOWN-CRIER


Catherine Buhaly grooms Lexi, a Samoyed.

Basenji B.B. gets some love from Madison Osborne.


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BusinessNonprofit Resource Depot Asks LocalBusinesses To ‘Spare One For Teachers’While children across Palm Beach County are en-joying summer vacation, a local nonprofit is already thinking of the upcoming school year and how it can help educators fill their classrooms with needed sup-plies without emptying their own wallets. Resource Depot is asking local businesses for help in expand-ing back-to-school collection efforts. Page 22

SportsWellington Hosts The Little League State TournamentLast weekend, Wel-lington was the host venue for the finals of the 2014 Little League Baseball State Tour-nament. The two-day event took place at the Olympia Park baseball fields, with pool play on Saturday and the cham-pionship game on Sun-day. Page 27

Morning Star Ranch Adds Trail Riding ProgramTucked away on three quiet acres in Little Ranches, Morning Star Ranch offers a variety of therapeutic horsemanship classes. Turning Point Therapy is the brainchild of owner Trisha Coates. Coates’ newest offering is the Trail Riders. The goal: to do a trail ride at Okeeheelee Park. Ellen Rosenberg’s Column, Page 21

Bellissimo, Johnson Team Up On Carolina ResortMark Bellissimo, managing partner of Tryon Equestrian Partners, recently announced plans to create an equestrian lifestyle desti-nation in the foothills of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, teaming up with fellow Wellington resident Sheila C. Johnson of Salamander Hotels & Resorts to develop the project. Page 23

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FEATURESMorning Star’s Trisha Coates Adds Trail Riding Program

Tales From The Trails

By Ellen Rosenberg

Tucked away on three quiet acres in Little Ranches, Morning Star Ranch offers a variety of hippotherapy and therapeutic horsemanship classes.

Turning Point Therapy is the brainchild and special mission of owner Trisha Coates. The ranch’s mission is to support equestrian programs that promote physical, emotional, cognitive, psychological and social well-being of individuals with disabilities, while using an equestrian setting to provide coaching, mentoring, counseling and life skills to dis-advantaged individuals in a caring, Christian atmosphere.

Coates’ newest offering is the Trail Riders. The eight sessions run every Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. It launched June 28 and continues through Aug. 23 (they skipped July 5). The goal: to do a trail ride at Okeeheelee Park on the last meeting.

“Right now we have four riders in the class,” volunteer John Constantakos ex-plained. “Three are teens, and one is an adult. These are our more advanced riders, so we decided to start this class to challenge them a bit. They may have someone leading their horse and side-walkers, or they may be able to ride unassisted. Some of the riders have mental and/or physical disabilities, but this group is open to anyone at all, any age, with

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or without any particular problems.”The goal is both fun and therapy.“They ride and have fun while furthering

their proficiency and knowledge,” he said. “They learn the parts of the horse and work on specific skills. Our horses are pretty special, too. They remain calm no matter what. Every-one’s really looking forward to the trail ride.”

The skills are assessed at each weekly meet-ing on a check-off sheet. They include tying a horse using an easy-release knot, grooming, picking out hooves, leading and riding a horse past an obstacle, rinsing off a horse, keeping balanced while riding downhill, performing a safety check on the horse and tack before mounting, mounting and dismounting, and keeping a safe distance between horses.

Lisa DeRubeis has been bringing her 9-year-old daughter, Maddisen, to Morning Star Ranch for the past five months.

“I found out about it at Spectrum Speech,” she said. “Someone there recommended it. Maddisen was having trouble with everyday things like standing up and fine motor coor-dination. She’s on the autism spectrum and See ROSENBERG, page 29

has dyslexia and language problems. Just doing normal tasks like getting dressed was difficult.”

DeRubeis has seen improvements in her daughter since the therapy began.

“Maddisen used to fall down all the time just walking. She’d trip on air. She had poor

muscle tone. Coming here has been wonder-ful. It has made a huge difference. She doesn’t even realize she’s having therapy. She loves being around the horses,” DeRubeis said. “Trisha has an amazing way of working with her on her core balance and coordination.

Trisha Coates works with Morning Star Trail Rider Samantha aboard Luke.


BUSINESS NEWSResource Depot Asks Businesses To ‘Spare One For Teachers’

While teachers and children across Palm Beach County are enjoying another summer vacation, a local nonprofit group is already thinking of the upcoming school year and how it can help educators fill their classrooms with needed supplies without emptying their own wallets. The organization is Resource Depot, and this summer it’s asking local businesses for help in expanding back-to-school collec-tion efforts to include a selective list of new supplies through the “Spare One For Teachers” collection drive.

“Our nonprofit collects reusable materials for education throughout the year, and our efforts are of tremendous benefit to the hundreds of teachers who access our ware-house,” Resource Depot Executive Director Jennifer O’Brien said. “But at the beginning of the school year, even the most resourceful teachers need a boost in the form of items that simply cannot be reused — glue sticks, pencils, tape, for example. So this year, we decided to do even more. We developed ‘Spare One.’”

Local businesses can show their support for education and the envi-ronment by becoming a supply drop location to collect internally or in public spaces. Resource Depot will provide locations with a collection bin and poster promoting the Spare

One campaign and a supply list to staff and passersby. The Spare One concept is simple — if members of the community each “Spare One” from the office supplies they buy in bulk this summer, these individual contributions add up to significant relief for Palm Beach County’s teachers, which then enhances ed-ucational opportunities for children in the school system.

Participating businesses are en-couraged to promote their drop locations through social media using hashtag #SpareOneForTeachers and through its Facebook event page (search for “spare one”). Individuals can contribute at these businesses or at Resource Depot, which also welcomes volunteer help sorting and preparing items for distribution. All participants will be recognized at the group’s Aug. 16 Back to School Block Party and on its web site.

Commitments to become a supply drop location are due by Thursday, July 31. More information about the Spare One School Supply Drive and participation information is avail-able at www.resourcedepot.net or by calling (561) 882-0090.

Resource Depot, which moved to 2510 Florida Ave. in West Palm Beach last fall, is a Palm Beach County nonprofit with programs aimed to build a more environmen-

tally, economically and artistically sustainable county through reuse.

Founded in 1999 by a diverse group of charter members from the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County, the Children’s Ser-vices Council of Palm Beach Coun-ty, the Palm Beach County School District and Florida Power & Light, its mission is to divert clean, safe, reusable materials into the hands of

people who can use them for educa-tional and artistic purposes.

Local teachers, families and non-profits can become annual members to “shop” at Resource Depot for educational and arts materials, bring their class for student experiences or have Resource Depot visit their school. Additionally, Resource De-pot facilitates a number of grant-sup-ported programs that deliver a blend

of art and environmental education to local students. These programs di-verted 193,322 pounds of material in the last year from the waste stream.

The public is welcome to visit Re-source Depot’s gallery and boutique of repurposed and upcycled artwork, attend do-it-yourself classes and community events and support the organization through donations and volunteer efforts.

The Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller Office’s financial reports have once again earned the highest honor from the Government Finance Officers Association, with the fiscal 2014 budget receiving the association’s “Distinguished Budget Presentation Award.”

It is the second time the office has submitted its budget for GFOA review and received the presentation award. The GFOA judges budget documents based on how well they serve as a policy document, a finan-cial plan, an operations guide and a communications device.

It is also the second straight year that the office earned three of the GFOA’s most prestigious recogni-tions. The clerk’s office also earned GFOA awards for its 2012 editions

of the Comprehensive Annual Fi-nancial Report and for “Checks & Balances: Your Guide to County Finances.”

“The clerk and comptroller is one of 20 government agencies in Florida to receive all three financial reporting honors from the GFOA,” Palm Beach County Clerk Sharon Bock said. “This is a tremendous credit to my team, and speaks vol-umes about their professional skills and their dedication to providing the highest standards of financial information to Palm Beach County and its taxpayers.”

The GFOA will notify the office later this year if it received awards for the 2013 editions of those two documents. That financial report has received the Certificate of Achieve-

ment for Excellence in Financial Reporting for 24 consecutive years, while “Checks & Balances” has earned the award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting for seven con-secutive years.

The GFOA is a nonprofit profes-sional association that offers bench-marking and independent analysis of public accounting practices and financial reporting.

As the elected chief financial officer of Palm Beach County, Bock serves as the county’s accountant, treasurer and auditor, handling fi-nances, investments and all county financial reporting.

For more information about the office, visit www.mypalmbeach-clerk.com or call (561) 355-2996.

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Wellington resident Mark Bellis-simo, managing partner of Tryon Equestrian Partners, recently an-nounced plans to create “a signifi-cant equestrian lifestyle destination” in the foothills of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains.

Bellissimo has teamed up with fellow Wellington resident Sheila C. Johnson, founder and CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts, to assist in developing and managing hospitality and golf operations.

The planned Tryon Resort will be a 1,400-acre retreat featuring the new Tryon International Equestrian Center. The project has created hundreds of construction jobs and is projected to contribute hundreds of permanent jobs and tens of millions of dollars to the economy and tax base in the Tryon, N.C. area.

Tryon Equestrian Partners, which started the project in January, em-ployed more than 500 people to move 1.6 million cubic yards of earth, build five riding arenas with world-class footing, erect 500 per-manent stables, lay 7-plus miles of fiber-optic cable, create miles of walking and bridle paths, install utilities and build more than 20 per-manent structures, including several homes in the new Log Cabin Village.

Tryon features a broad range of equestrian sports that includes

Bellissimo, Johnson Team Up On North Carolina Resorthunter/jumper, steeplechase, cross country, carriage driving, dressage, breeding, young horse shows, fox hunting and the Western disciplines.

“Our goal is to create a special place that focuses on the passion and love for both horses and horse sport,” Bellissimo said. “We aim to create a destination that equestrian, leisure and group travelers from all over the world will visit.”

Tryon Equestrian Partners’ found-ing shareholders are Mark and Kath-erine Bellissimo, Roger and Jennifer Smith. Gwen and Howard Dvorkin, Lisa Lourie, Diana and Jenji Mercer, and Joe and Cindy Mitchell.

The Tryon International Eques-trian Center began hosting the first of numerous multi-day, internation-al-level equestrian competitions across several disciplines on July 2 in collaboration with the Tryon Riding & Hunt Club. These events will complement the Tryon Horse Show, the third-oldest in the country.

When completed, the equestrian facility will feature up to 10 riding arenas (including one with stadium seating for 6,000), 1,000 permanent stalls, elevated and shaded viewing decks, a large covered riding facil-ity and the Tryon Sports Complex, which will include a health club, game room, kids’ camp, sports bar, children’s playground, tennis courts,

mountain bike park, climbing walls, basketball court and a large pool with private cabanas.

Some investors in Tryon Eques-trian Partners are also principals in the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, home of the re-nowned Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington.

Located on and adjacent to the former White Oak community, Try-on Resort features numerous accom-modations for guests, competitors and spectators. Situated alongside White Oak Creek, Log Cabin Vil-lage includes new 2,600-square-foot, three-bedroom vacation rental cabins. The new Tryon RV Park offers hookups for water, sewer, electric and cable TV. The resort also offers private, multiple-bedroom, luxury homes available for rent.

Perched above the equestrian show grounds and scheduled to open in 2016 is a 150-room hotel being developed by Salamander Hotels & Resorts and designed by AW Architects.

Additional plans call for a luxu-rious resort featuring a world-class, nature-inspired spa, and dining and conference space set atop a pan-oramic vista; the completion of the resort’s Arnold Palmer Signature Design golf course; and construction of new luxury homes. Salamander

will manage each component.Extensive knowledge of luxury

hotels and resort operations, eques-trian culture and golf course man-agement is what led Tryon Eques-trian Partners to select Salamander Hotels & Resorts to manage the hospitality components of the resort.

In August 2013, Salamander launched the equestrian-inspired Salamander Resort & Spa in Mid-dleburg, Va., the historic heart of Virginia’s horse and wine country. Acclaimed as one of last year’s top hotel openings in the world, the 168-

room property features an on-site equestrian center and miles of riding trails and dining options.

“I am grateful to the Bellissimos, whom I have known and respected for many years, and Tryon Equestri-an Partners for choosing Salamander to manage this exciting and multi-faceted development,” Johnson said. “We look forward to delivering on their extraordinary vision of a world-class resort in Tryon.”

For more information, visit www.tryonresort.com or www.tryon horseshows.com.

Sheila Johnson of Salamander Hotels & Resorts with Paige Bellissimo and Mark Bellissimo, founding partner of Tryon Equestrian Partners, at the site of the new Tryon International Equestrian Center.

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SPORTS & RECREATIONWellington Hosts Little League Baseball State Tourney

By Gene NardiTown-Crier Staff Report

Last weekend, Wellington was the host venue for the finals of the 2014 Little League Baseball State Tournament.

The two-day event took place at the Olympia Park baseball fields, with pool play on Saturday and the championship game on Sunday. The event drew seven teams from around the state.

Little League Baseball is the largest youth league in the country. Florida is made up of several dis-tricts within the state, and the top teams play against each other until one team is crowned champion and sent to compete at the regional level.

Palm Beach County is District 7 and was earlier eliminated from the competition.

“This is an annual event, and there were 232 teams that started in the state tournament back in June,” District 7 Administrator John Knapp said. “Today, the remaining seven teams playoff here. These kids are intermediate level, ages 11 to 13.”

Each team played three games. The top team in each pool played in the championship game. The winner moves on to play in the Southeast regional tournament in Apopka. From there, the winner travels to Oakland, Calif., for the national championship.

J.C. de los Reyes, Florida district administrator and Wellington league

president, said Wellington was cho-sen to host to the event because of the facilities it could provide.

“The deciding factor for the event to be held here in Wellington was because the facilities were able to accommodate the required field sizes and the number of teams com-peting,” he said.

The teams that made it out of their district to compete in Wellington were Hobe Sound, Braden River, Fort Myers, St. Cloud, St. Augus-tine, Clearwater and Kendall.

Fort Myers defeated Kendall 8-0 in the final game on Sunday to claim the state championship title.

For more information on Little League Baseball, visit www.little league.org.

The Kendall pitcher throws to the plate in the fifthinning of the championship game against Fort Myers.

PHOTOS BY GENE NARDI/TOWN-CRIER

A Braden River batter bunts against Fort Myers in pool play.

A Fort Myers runner heads for third base inthe final championship game against Kendall.

A Braden River runner slides in at theplate to score the run against Fort Myers.

A St. Augustine runner sprints to second base after a hit

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FLORIDA STATE JUNIOR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

For the second year in a row, Michael Nardone from West Palm Beach successfully defended his title as the Florida State Junior Golf Champion in the U.S. Kids Golf Boys 7 & Under division. Nardone won his second Florida State Championship on Walt Disney World’s Oak Trail Course. Prior to the state championship, he also won the Doral Publix Junior Golf Championship in Miami, the Desert Shootout Junior Golf Championship in Phoenix, Ariz., and defended his title in Austin, Texas, as the Texas Open champion.

Tropical Show Series The ‘Cool’ Place To Be For Area EquestriansThe Palm Beach Riding Academy

held its premiere Tropical Show on Sunday, June 22. The festivities kicked off on Saturday, June 21, as Florida riders, trainers and equestri-an enthusiasts flocked to the stadium at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center show grounds in Wellington. The Tropical Show series will host its second show in a new two-day format this upcoming weekend, July 19-20.

Midway through schooling on Saturday, dark clouds rolled in and the skies burst with a torrential rain, but the Tropical Show participants were completely unaffected by the storm in the Van Kampen covered arena. The skies cleared just in time for the Tropical Exhibitors’ Party, sponsored by the Tackeria. Exhib-itors, trainers, sponsors and family members enjoyed socializing over a delicious sit-down dinner catered by White Horse Catering.

“I wanted to create something very special exclusively for the year-round horse enthusiasts of South Florida,” explained Sean Jones of the Palm Beach Riding Academy. “The goal was to keep the costs extremely affordable and to provide an exemplary introduction to horse

showing for grassroots participants in a very laid-back, pressure-free and enjoyable atmosphere.”

The single-day show saw un-precedented numbers on Sunday, providing quality competition for all participants under the cool shade of the covered ring. The 284 trips ran as smoothly as the sounds of the Caribbean music playing softly in the background throughout the day.

Riders and trainers from different barns came together, demonstrating great sportsmanship as they clapped for and encouraged one another. The

courses were inviting yet challeng-ing, with the jumps beautifully set among palm trees and flowers.

The $2,500 USHJA Outreach Child/Adult 2’6” Hunter Derby sponsored by the Tackeria was the highlight class, drawing horses and riders from all across the state. Cruise and McKenzie McManaman topped the field of 20 participants, earning the highest overall score from the combined two-round class.

For more information, visit www.tropicalshowseries.com or call (561) 758-1664.

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RosenbergTrail Riders At Morning Star Ranch

continued from page 21She’s very patient and kind. She throws a beach ball to Maddisen while she’s riding, and Maddisen has to throw it back. She has to talk and follow directions. She’s doing great, the best I’ve seen her in years, and we’ve done a lot of different therapies for a very long time. This is the first one that really worked for her on so many different levels, including socially.”

Her daughter agrees. “Riding is

a lot of fun,” Maddisen said. “My favorite horse is Mighty. He listens to me. He stops when I lean back on the reins, and he goes when I bend my knees and squish him with my legs. I’m really looking forward to the trail ride.”

Lenn Holland found Morning Star Ranch several months ago and signed up her daughter, Dan-ielle, 11.

“I heard about it from Lisa,” she laughed. “I love the progress I’m seeing. We have two rescue hors-es at home, but Danielle was too fearful to ride them. Riding here is a great way to socialize with other kids while accomplishing a lot of goals, especially her balance and fear.”

Holland has also seen strong progress in her daughter.

“She is having a blast and is much more confident. I believe that she will be riding independently pretty soon. She is reluctant to try new things, but I think she will be able to ride our two horses one day. She can trot while holding the reins. She has improved her posture and has a lot of pride,” Holland said. “Trisha is won-derful. She has a way of building Danielle’s self-esteem and making her feel comfortable. I give her a lot of credit. Danielle is excited about going on the trail ride. It’s a great motivating goal. Danielle has been defeated so many times in so many different situations. I love seeing her here laughing with the other kids and

accomplishing so much.”Danielle enjoys her time at the

ranch.“I like riding and grooming the

horses,” she said. “Learning to trot was hard but fun. I’m excited and a little scared about the trail ride, but I think I’ll do good.”

Coates loves what she does. She holds hippotherapy and therapeutic riding classes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings.

“Everyone needs a hobby,” she said. “Riding is not only fun and therapeutic, it’s something you can do and work on improving for a lifetime. You learn a lot of life skills when you’re around and on horses.”

Coates is hoping to find a few more knowledgeable volunteers,

14 or older, preferably with horse experience, although she welcomes anyone who wants to help.

“We need horse leaders , side-walkers, people to help with barn chores and grooming. And our horses could use some riding and conditioning,” she said. “We can use lots of help in a variety of areas: painting, photography, carpentry, farm maintenance, fundraising. We could also use some extra tack, both English and Western. Our wish list includes a wheelchair ramp, a por-table office and a round pen. Plus there are still some openings for more Trail Riders.”

For more information, call (561) 793-8007 or visit www.msranch.org.

Three Finish Defense CourseGenbu-Kai Karate recently

tested and graduated three women who participated in the eight-week self-defense class offered at Royal Palm Beach High School’s adult education program.

The women were taught fundamental releases from attacks such as wrist grabs, bear hugs and chokes with karate moves such as elbow and palm heel strikes, knee and stomp kicks. The testing

was conducted with the lights off, in a dark and unfriendly atmosphere in order to assim-ilate a real life night attack.

The program was taught by Brent Bedwell, an assistant instructor at Genbu-Kai Ka-rate. Chief Instructor Sensei Keith Moore said the women did exceptionally well. The main focus for the graduation ceremony was to make the at-tacks as real as possible, while keeping student safety para-

mount. All women are from the western communities.

Genbu-Kai Karate is in the Wellington Marketplace. For more info., call (561) 804-1002 or visit www.florida genbukai.com.

(Right) Assistant Instructor Brent Bedwell, Connie Guz-ik, Diane Lambert-Cole, Jackie Fignar and Chief Instructor Sensei Keith Moore.

• The Safety Council of Palm Beach County will hold a Beginning Motorcycle Rider Course on Thursday, July 24 from 6 to 10 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27 from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Wellington High School (2101 Greenview Shores Blvd.) Visit www.safetycoun-cilpbc.org for more info.

• The South Florida Science Center & Aquar-ium and the West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority will host Science is Sexy starting at 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 24 at O’Shea’s Irish Pub (531 Clematis Street) as part of the Science on Tap series. The guest speaker will be board certified sexologist Dr. Jason Car-ter. For more info., call (561) 832-1988 or visit www.sfsciencecenter.org.

Friday, July 25• The Arthur R. Marshall Foundation for the

Everglades will host its second annual Sea Level Rise Symposium on Friday, July 25 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Oxbridge Academy with keynote speaker Kristin Jacobs, presentations and breakout sessions. Breakfast and lunch are included. Call (561) 233-9004 or visit [email protected] for more info.

• Whole Foods Market in Wellington (2635 State Road 7) will host Mom’s Morning Escape on Friday, July 25 from 9 to 11 a.m. Moms will receive a free coffee or tea, and muffin from the Coffee Bar. Call (561) 904-4000 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Sensory Science for ages 2 to 4 on Friday, July 25 at 11 a.m. Little ones can activate and utilize their five senses with stimulating science experiences. Dress to get messy. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Palm Beach Zoo (1301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach) will host Safari Nights: An-imals in the Sky on Friday, July 25 from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Guests can enjoy a kid-friendly DJ and dance party in the Fountain Plaza, face painting, up-close animal encounters and more. Admission includes access to the entire zoo. For more info., visit www.palmbeachzoo.org.

• The South Florida Science Center & Aquari-um (4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach) will host “Alien Invasion!” on Friday, July 25 from 6 to 9 p.m., treating earthlings to a special experience. “Aliens” (science center educators) will shed light on the night sky, galaxies and the universe with space-themed activities. Guests are also invited to a special and exclusive screening of the new WXEL children’s program, Space Racers. The free screening will take place at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Call (561) 832 -1988 or visit www.sfsciencecenter.org.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host a free screening of the film Despicable Me 2 on Friday, July 25 at 8:30 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

Send calendar items to: The Town-Crier, 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 31, Wellington, FL 33414. FAX: (561) 793-6090. E-mail: [email protected].

County will host a Judicial Election Candidates Forum for Circuit Court groups 14 and 30 on Tuesday, July 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the Vista Center Complex (2300 N. Jog Road, WPB) with Circuit Court Group 14 candidates Diana Lewis and Jessica Ticktin, along with Circuit Court Group 30 candidates Maxine Cheesman, Jaimie Good-man and Peggy Rowe-Linn. Visit www.lwvpbc.org for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Club Pokémon for ages 6 to 12 on Tuesday, July 22 at 6:30 p.m. Bring your DS or Pokémon cards to battle, trade and make new friends. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

Wednesday, July 23• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.)

will host “It’s Game Time!” for ages 6 to 12 on Wednesday, July 23 at 3 p.m. Play Wii games, board games or card games with snacks and good friends. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-reg-ister.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Science Club for ages 8 to 12 on Wednesday, July 23 at 3:30 p.m. with “Ocean in a Bottle.” Create your own underwater world. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Teen Summer Science for ages 12 to 17 on Wednesday, July 23 at 5 p.m. Ignite curiosity with fun science experiments. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Gamerz Nite for ages 12 to 17 on Wednesday, July 23 at 6 p.m. Join a game of Yu-Gi-Oh!, play Smash Bros. or other Wii games, or try a new board game. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host iPhone Photography Basics for adults Wednesday, July 23 at 6:30 p.m. Learn to shoot, edit, process and share your photographs through native iPhone features and specialized apps. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

Thursday, July 24• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.)

will host Shocking Discoveries: Experiments in Electricity for ages 8 to 12 on Thursday, July 24 at 1:15 p.m. and 3 p.m. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Norton Museum of Art (1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach) will celebrate the great outdoors, observing plein air painters Dennis Aufiery and Hope Ries in the museum courtyard accompanied by guitarists playing soft rock music, Thursday, July 24 from 5 to 9 p.m. Join Mounts Botanical Garden Director Allen Sistrunk for a talk on gardens around the globe. Savor free Blue Bell Ice Cream. For more information, call (561) 832-5196, or visit www.norton.org.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Science Fiction Trivia Battle for ages 12 and up Thursday, July 24 at 6 p.m. Join a team and show what you know. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

July 20 at 11 a.m. with humorist and storyteller Vera Fried. The cost is $8. Call (561) 967-3600 for more info.

Monday, July 21• Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches is providing

a free week-long Harmony in the Streets day camp in Wellington that allows children to par-ticipate in various outdoor activities Monday, July 21 through Friday, July 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Wellington Boys & Girls Club. For more info., visit www.youthranches.org.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Acting Up!” for ages 12 to 17 on Monday, July 21 at 3 p.m. Come hungry for drama, laughter and pizza. Play theater games and work on basic acting skills. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Physics Fun for ages 8 and up Monday, July 21 at 4 p.m. Harness the power of the wind with your own windmill. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Hurricane Preparedness for Inland Communities on Monday, July 21 at 6:30 p.m. Bill Firestone, disaster volunteer of the Red Cross, will explain the seven recommended hurricane preparedness steps and more. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

Tuesday, July 22• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.)

will host Ocean Science with Mark Fischer for ages 5 and up Tuesday, July 22 at noon. Explore the extraordinary lives of ocean dwellers by using the scientific method to uncover the mysteries of live sea animals. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Mysteries of History: Ancient Greece for ages 4 to 7 on Tuesday, July 22 at 3 p.m. Ex-plore the daily life of ancient Greece, learn about the magic of Greek mythology, and participate in fun challenges, then craft your own Olympic medal. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Ocean Science with Mark Fischer for ages 5 and up Tuesday, July 22 at 3 p.m. Explore the extraordinary lives of ocean dwellers by using the scientific method to uncover the mysteries of live sea animals. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Arthur R. Marshall Foundation for the Everglades will host an appreciation reception at the Sundy House Restaurant, Inn and Bo-tanical Garden in Delray Beach on Tuesday, July 22 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tour of the iconic Sundy House and participate in a drawing for a personalized Everglades Tour. Call (561) 233-9004 or visit [email protected] for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Teen Game Night for ages 12 to 17 on Tuesday, July 22 at 6 p.m. Bring a friend for Wii gaming and board game fun. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The League of Women Voters of Palm Beach

Saturday, July 19• The Palm Beach County Thrift Store (2455

Vista Parkway, West Palm Beach) will hold its monthly auction Saturday, July 19. Hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., with bidding from 8 to 11 a.m. Call (561) 233-2256 or visit www.pbcgov.com for info.

• The Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International will host its bi-annual Trop-ical Fruit Tree & Edible Plant Sale on Saturday, July 19 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Agriplex building on the South Florida Fairgrounds. Admission and parking are free. For more info., contact Matthew Claassen at (561) 603-6120 or [email protected].

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Star Wars Day for all ages Sat-urday, July 19 at 1 p.m. Celebrate all things Star Wars with games, crafts and more. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Tosho-Con: Manga Meals for ages 12 to 17 on Saturday, July 19 at 1:30 p.m. Tosho-Con is a festival of manga and anime. Learn how to make some simple Japanese dishes and make delicious, beautiful snacks. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host RPB Teen Xpressions for ages 12 to 17 on Saturday, July 19 at 2 p.m. Are you a writer, poet, artist or musician? Here is your chance to share your original work with a group of your peers. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Teen Wii Gaming for ages 12 to 17 on Saturday, July 19 at 3 p.m. Meet your friends at the library for an afternoon of Wii games. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Palm Beach Zoo (1301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach) will host a Roar & Pour: Live Band and Tap Takeover on Saturday, July 19 from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Enjoy live music from a local band and a tap takeover by a local brewery. The party includes food and drink service in the zoo’s Fountain Plaza. Food and drinks are not included in the cost of admission. For more info., visit www.palmbeachzoo.org.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host Tribute Concerts & Food Trucks on Saturday, July 19 from 5 to 10:30 p.m. A tribute to Neil Diamond is at 6:30 p.m. and the Lazy Bones Band ’80s tribute is at 8:30 p.m. Food trucks will be on site from 5 to 10:30 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

Sunday, July 20• The Acreage Green Market will take place

Sunday, July 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Acreage Community Park (6701 140th Ave. North). For more info., visit www.acreagegreenmarket.org or call (561) 723-3898.

• Temple Beth Tikvah (4550 Jog Road, Gre-enacres) will hold a Summer Brunch on Sunday,


COMMUNITY CALENDAR

BOOKKEEPER NEEDED — part-time, experienced in QuickBooks, flexible hours. Please fax resume to 561-791-0952

HUNTINGTON LEARNING CENTER IN WELLINGTON — Now hiring certified teachers.$10-$15/hour. Call 561-594-1920 E-mail: [email protected]

DRIVERS: $5,000 Sign-On Bonus! — Grea t pay ! Cons is ten t F re igh t , Great Miles on this Regional Account. Werner Enterprises: 1-855-517-2488

HYGIENIST PART TIME — Mondays 10 am to 6 pm. For Royal Palm Beach General Dental Office. Send Resume to [email protected]

EMPLOYMENT

A/C AND REFRIGERATION

JOHN C. HUNTON AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION, INC.—Service & new installation FPL independent participating contractor. Lic. CAC 057272 Ins. “We are proud supporters of the Seminole Ridge Hawks” 561-798-3225. Family Owned & Operated since 1996. Credit Cards Accepted

CLEANING - HOME/OFFICE

WE CLEAN OFFICES & PRIVATE HOMES — Licensed & Insured. Call for an estimate and to schedule your apartment. Discount for Central Palm Beach County Chamber members and to all new clients for first cleaning. 561-385-8243 Lic. #2012-252779

COMPUTER REPAIR

D.J. COMPUTER — Home & office, Spy-ware removal, websites, networks, repairs, upgrades, virus removal, tutoring. Call Jeff 561-333-1923 Cell 561-252-1186 Lic’d Well. & Palm Beach. We accept major credit cards.

DRIVEWAY REPAIR

D R I V E WAY S — F r e e e s t i m a t e s A & M ASPHALT SEAL COATING com-mercial and residential. Patching pot-holes, striping, repair existing asphalt & save money al l work guaranteed. Lic.& Ins. 100045062 561-667-7716

HANDYMAN

BILLY’S HOME REPAIRS INC. REMODEL & REPAIRS — Interior Trim, crown mold-ing, rottenwood repair, door installation, minor drywall,kitchens/cabinets/counter-tops, wood flooring. Bonded and Insured U#19699. Call 791-9900 or 628-9215

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

ANMAR CO.—James’ All Around Handy-man Service. Excellent craftman Old time values. Once you’ve had me! You’ll have me back! Lic. Ins. Certified Residential Contractor CRC1327426 561-248-8528

H O U S E K E E P I N G — R e f e r e n c e s avai lab le er rands run. Chi ld care. P l e a s e c a l l L i s a 5 6 1 - 3 0 7 - 7 9 1 6

HURRICANE SHUTTERS

HURRICANE SHUTTERS P&M CON-TRACTORS — ACCORDION SHUTTERS Gutters, screen enclosures, siding, soffits, aluminum roofs, Serving the Western Com-munities. Since 1985. U-17189 561-791-9777

LAWN SERVICE

PAUL HANZLIK LAWN CARE — Owner operated, over 30 years experience, Licensed and Insured Residential & Commercial Services. 561-753-9719 or 561-301-5554

PAINTING

J&B PRESSURE CLEANING & PAINTING, INC. — Established 1984. All types of pres-sure cleaning, roofs, houses, driveways, pa-tios etc. Commercial & Residential. Interior & Exterior painting. Certified pressure cleaning & painting contractor. Lic. #U21552 Call Butch 3 0 9 - 6 9 7 5 o r v i s i t o u r w e b s i t e a t www.jbpressurecleaningandpainting.com

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

JOHN PERGOLIZZI PAINTING INC. — In-terior/Exterior - Repaint specialist, pressure cleaning, popcorn ceiling, drywall repair & roof painting. Family owned/owner op-erator. Free Est. 798-4964 Lic. #U18473

COLORS BY CORO, INC. — Int./Ext. residen-tial painting, over 20 yrs exp. Small Jobs wel-come. Free est. Ins. 561-383-8666. Owner/Op-erated. Lic.# U20627 Ins. Wellington Resident

| PET SERVICEPALM BEACH PET SERVICES, LLC — Pet sitting, dog walking, cageless boarding. 866-648-1150 License, Bonded. Insured.

PLUMBING

JEREMY JAMES PLUMBING — Licensed plumber, legitimate estimate. Water heaters, new construction. CFC1426242. Bond-ed Insured. CFC1426242. 561-601-6458

PRESSURE CLEANING

J&B PRESSURE CLEANING & PAINT-ING, INC. — Established 1984. All types of pressure cleaning, roofs, houses, drive-ways, patios etc. Commercial & Residential. I n t e r i o r & E x t e r i o r p a i n t i n g . Cert i f ied pressure cleaning & paint-i ng con t rac to r. L i c . #U21552 Ca l l Butch at 309-6975 or visit us at www.jbpressurec lean ingandpa in t ing .com

PRESSURE PROS OF PALM BEACH—Driveway starting at $59. Chemical wash roofs starting at $99 www.wellington-pressurewasher.com. Free Estimates. L i censed & I nsu red .561 -718 -9851

ROOFING

MINOR ROOF REPAIRS DON HART-M A N N R O O F I N G — R o o f p a i n t -ing, Carpentry. Lic. #U13677 967-5580

ROBERT G. HARTMANN ROOFING — Spe-cializing in repairs. Free estimates, Bonded,in-sured. Lic. #CCC 058317 Ph: 561-790-0763.

ROOFING REPAIRS REROOFING ALL TYPES — Pinewood Construction, Inc. Hon-est and reliable. Serving Palm Beach County for over 20 years. Call Mike 561-309-0134 Lic. Ins. Bonded. CGC-023773 RC-0067207

SECURITY

SECURITY — American owned local se-curity company in business 30 plus years. Protection by officers drug tested. 40 hour course. Licensed & Insured. 561-848-2600

SCREENING

JOHN’S SCREEN REPAIR SERVICE — Pool & patio rescreening. Stay tight,wrin-kle-free,guaranteed! CRC1329708 call us 798-3132. www.poolscreenrepair.com

SPRINKLER SYSTEMS

AQUATIC SPRINKLER, LLC — Com-p l e t e r e p a i r o f a l l t y p e s o f s y s -t e m s . O w n e r O p e r a t e d . M i c h a e l 561-964-6004Lic.#U17871 Bonded & Ins. Serving the Western Communities Since 1990

TILE / CERAMICS

SPECIALIZING IN BATHROOM REMODEL-ING — Free estimates serving South Florida since 1980. Quality you expect, service you de-serve. Lic. bonded & Ins. U21006 561-662-9258

TIRES/AUTO REPAIRS

TIRES/AUTO REPAIRS— Located behind Al Packer West off Southern Blvd. Tires for autos, trucks and commercial vehicles. 561-790-7228. 587 105 Ave. N. Unit 28, Royal Palm Beach.

TREE SERVICE

TREES TRIMMED AND REMOVED — 561-798-0412 D.M. YOUNG TREE SERVICE. Family Owned & Operat-ed Lic. & Insured 1992-12121 Visit our websi te at dmyoungtreeserv ice.com

FOR RENT - GREENACRES

ROOMMATE TO SHARE — 2 bedroom 2 bath apartment - Purdy & Jog Road. $550 per month. Looking for under 35 years old. 954-296-3748

FOR RENT - LOXAHATCHEE

HOUSE FOR RENT LOXAHATCHEE— Modern, open floor plan, 1 1/4 acres, 3/2 with 2 car garage, $1,800 per month, First, Last, Security. Call 954-868-1190

HOME SELLERS WANTED!

DO YOU NEED TO SELL YOUR HOME ? RESIDENTIAL AND SHORT SALE SPECIALIST: D I A N E W I D D I C K , R E / M A X D I -R E C T C A L L / T E X T 5 6 1 - 2 4 7 - 5 4 7 8 FOR FREE MARKET EVALUATION

REAL ESTATE

OFFICE SPACEEXECUTIVE AND VIRTUAL OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE – WELLINGTON FLORIDA Fur-nished or unfurnished office space available. Unlimited use of conference rooms, reception, kitchen with no extra fees. Utilities included. The best LAKE VIEW in Wellington! Please contact Steve at 561-227-1500 or at [email protected]


WALLPAPERING

PAPERHANGING BY DEBI — Profession-al Installation,Removal. Repair of Paper. Neat, Clean & Reliable. Quality work with a woman’s touch. 30 years experience. No Job too big or too small. Lic. & Ins. References avai lable. 561-795-5263

WATER TREATMENT

N E E D A N E W WAT E R S Y S T E M ! — Let us come out and give you an es t ima te . Ca l l M ike 561-792-5400


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Wanted Part-Time Writer

Local newspaper covering central Palm Beach County has a part-time position available for a news writer. Must have some writing experience and an interest in covering governmental meetings.

Fax resume and clips to (561) 793-6090 or

e-mail [email protected].


EMPLOYMENTHotel Front Desk Clerk

Job OpeningFriendly, motivated person with good communication skills sought for hotel reservations position. Flexible schedule (mainly night shift, weekends and holidays) and familiarity with Word/Excel needed. Experience preferred, but we will train. Job located in Royal Palm Beach, so commute is short for local residents. Send resume via e-mail to [email protected] or fax to 561-795-1502.

BUSINESSOPPORTUNIT Y

HELP WANTED OFFICE/PRODUCTION PERSON — Quickbooks & Microsoft K n o w l e d g e , g o o d c o m m u n i c a t i o n ski l ls, f lexible schedule, please cal l 561-333-2306. Buy It Here Flooring.

WELLINGTON TOWNCAR AND CAB — Wanted Drivers; full-time, part-time, retirees welcome. Call 561-333-0181

HOUSEKEEPING

IF YOU DESIRE FINANCIAL FREEDOM — more free time, no glass ceilings, call 800-328-0870

AUTOMOBILES96 NISSAN ALTIMA — 50K Miles, excellent condit ion, clean, Cold A/C, serviced regularly, $3,500 OBO. Call 561-793-3743

WE DO NOT SELL CHEAP FLOORING CHEAPER

WE SELL THE BEST FOR LESS!766 Pike Road • West Palm Beach, FL 33411

(Between Southern Blvd. & Belvedere)

TOLL FREE: 855-808-8555

New Location! New Showroom!

CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE!

561-333-2306

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