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Seven Candidates Seeking Three Seats On County Court Bench

Volume 37, Number 33 August 26 - September 1, 2016

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FITNESS & WELLNESS EDUCATION DAY

Three seats on the Palm Beach County Court bench will be on the Tuesday, Aug. 30 election ballot. The Group 7 race features Lisa Ann Grossman challenging incumbent Judge Marni Bryson. In the Group 11 race, attorneys Tom Baker, Gregg Lerman and Dana Marie Santino are vying for an open seat created by Judge Laura Johnson’s elevation to the circuit court bench. Finally, the Group 15 race has Esther “Ettie” Feistmann facing Bradley Harper in a contest to replace retiring Judge Barry Cohen. Page 3

The second annual Wellington Fitness & Wellness Education Day took place Saturday, Aug. 20 at Ultima Fitness & Wellness in Wellington. The event included classes, lectures, blood pressure tests, flu shots, chair massages, healthy snacks from Universal Living Sprouts and more. Shown above are Javonti Greene, Gustavo Pope-Guerriero, Judy Duany, Scott Campbell, Jill Merrell and Jeffrey Keller with a certificate of appreciation from the Village of Wellington to Ultima Fitness for its contributions to the village. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5 PHOTO BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

Quarter Auction In Royal Palm Benefits Amber’s Animal Outreach

A quarter auction was held on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center with proceeds donated to the local nonprofit Amber’s Animal Outreach. The money will be used to rescue stray and abandoned dogs. Page 13

Tina Turner Tribute Concert Rocks The Amphitheater

The Wellington Amphitheater hosted a Tina Turner tribute concert on Saturday, Aug. 20.

The band Simply Tina played songs from the pop diva and other artists. Page 19

OPINION

Focus On Experience When Voting For Countywide Officials

On Tuesday, Aug. 30, voters across Palm Beach County will go to the polls and make choices from among several candidates vying for countywide positions. As you consider people for these crucial roles, we recommend looking carefully at experience. Most of these positions are functionary posts that require detailed knowledge and experience to run fairly technical offices. Page 4 DEPARTMENT INDEX NEWS...............................3 - 13 OPINION.................................. 4 NEWS BRIEFS......................... 6 PEOPLE................................. 14 SCHOOLS.............................. 15 COLUMNS...................... 16, 23 BUSINESS......................24 - 25 SPORTS..........................29 - 31 CALENDAR............................ 32 CLASSIFIEDS.................34 - 37 Visit Us On The Web At WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM

McKinlay To RPB: Many Issues To Work On In District 6 Area

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay gave an update on District 6 issues including roads, development and sober homes, to the Royal Palm Beach Village Council on Thursday, Aug. 18.

“In the 18 months I have been in office, I have to tell you if anything is going on in Palm Beach County right now, it’s in District 6,” McKinlay said. “We have a little bit of everything, from development proposals like GL Homes and the newest city, the City of Westlake, stuff going on in the Glades, discharges from Lake Okeechobee, and everything else in between.”

The South Florida Water Management District’s permit for the completion of State Road 7 to Northlake Blvd. has been challenged by the City of West Palm Beach. “It is now within the Department of Administrative Hearings, and I believe the hearing on that should start next week,” she said. “If there is a silver lining in

this cloud, it’s that if the state is successful in this DOA hearing and does receive its permit from the water management district, regardless of any other lawsuits that may be going on, the state can move forward with the construction of State Road 7. They can put those shovels in the ground.”

McKinlay said that the SR 7 project has been on the state’s books since she was just a year old.

“My teenagers will tell you that’s back since the age of dinosaurs, but I can tell you I am pretty confident about this,” she said. “I was meeting with one of your council members today, and there are a hundred different issues we need to be working on with the City of West Palm Beach, and out of a hundred, we all work together on 99 of them. I’d like to be able to get this passed, get the road underway, and do it in a very environmentally responsible way.”

She noted that the 60th Street bridge widening at Royal Palm Beach Blvd. is on schedule to be completed by Oct. 2.

“The second part of that project, taking 60th Street out to Seminole Pratt and widening it there at the M Canal, is facing some hurdles,” she said. “For some unknown reason, they have not been specific, but the City of West Palm Beach has denied the county a permit on that.

I have to believe it might be a coincidence, but the DOA hearings on State Road 7 start next week, and I hate to think that there’s some spite in all of this. Hopefully, we can get past that, because we need that improvement on 60th Street to help keep traffic off some of your local roads.”

McKinlay said that the Avenir project in Palm Beach Gardens is hiring a consultant to look at widening Northlake Blvd. to six lanes from 140th Avenue to where Northlake Blvd. would meet the SR 7 extension.

The county is still in conversations with GL Homes, whose development application will go before the county commission in mid-September. McKinlay said See McKINLAY, page 17

Bed-And-Breakfast Amendments Get First Council OK

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Village Council gave initial approval to amendments regarding bed-and-breakfast businesses on Tuesday that will place additional restrictions on such operations but make them more feasible.

Bed and breakfasts are permitted in Wellington but none exist because the limitation on the number of guestrooms does not make them financially feasible, according to village planners.

Growth Management Director Bob Basehart explained that the ordinance changes two sections of the land development regulations, for all areas of the village, and separate regulations for the Equestrian Overlay Zoning District (EOZD).

Changes for the entire village include requiring approval by the Development Review Committee, which is made up of several staff members across different departments, in lieu of the current requirement of a special use permit,

which only involves a planning staff member.

The amendments add a minimum lot size of 2 acres, with a maximum number of five rooms on 2 to 5 acres, and a maximum of eight rooms on lots of 5 acres or more. They allow for required alterations to the exterior of the building and limited signage.

A connection to public water and wastewater and additional parking are required, and longterm rentals are not permitted, with a maximum stay of 30 consecutive days.

In the EOZD, the current lot size requirement is 3 acres, which would be reduced to 2 acres to make it consistent throughout the village.

“It has been suggested that one of the reasons we don’t have any bed-and-breakfast facilities is because of the limit on the number of rooms you can rent,” Basehart said. “It doesn’t make them feasible to do.”

He pointed out that the amendSee B&B RULES, page 4

BIZ ALLIANCE HOSTS NETWORKING MIXER

The Western Business Alliance held a business networking mixer on Thursday, Aug. 18 at Hulett Environmental Services in West Palm Beach. Guests enjoyed a tour of the facility and refreshments. Shown above are Bob Still and Jack Rosen with Hulett’s Gary Scher. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Karbowski Enjoying New Post RPB Seniors Picked As Principal At Acreage Pines For Advisory Board

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report Last year, Acreage Pines Elementary School welcomed Darline Karbowski as its new assistant principal. This year, she has taken on the role of principal at the school.

Karbowski graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a degree in communication and, after some time in the corporate world, shifted gears and became a teacher 17 years ago.

She spent eight years teaching middle school in Broward County, then spent seven years as the assistant principal at Coral Springs Middle School before moving to Acreage Pines.

“I made the very difficult decision to move from Broward schools to Palm Beach schools because of the drive that I was making,” Karbowski said. “I wanted to be closer to home. I

made that switch, and this year I became principal.”

For Karbowski, coming to Acreage Pines was like coming home.

“My son has been at Acreage Pines since kindergarten, and he finished fifth grade last year,” she said. “Acreage Pines is very near and dear to my heart as a parent, a community member and now as a proud principal.”

In her new role, she replaced Amy Dujon, who is now director of leadership development for the school district.

With the new school year underway and things settling down, Karbowski is able to reflect on her goals for the school and what she’s looking forward to.

“I am most excited about continuing to build the relationships with the community and continuing the amazing work that goes on here at Acreage Pines,” she said. “We are one of the few

Demonstration Schools for Rigor in the county, so we have a special instructional model that’s truly student-centered and allows students to collaborate and teachers to coordinate through their professional learning community. It’s a totally different and really cool learning environment.”

All lessons are standards-driven.

The teachers meet for 90 minutes and share, collaborate and help one another. Then, they go into the classroom and students are given the opportunity to teach and learn from one another.

“The learning that takes place goes deeper than anything any textbook could provide them,” Karbowski said.

As principal, Karbowski wants students to know that she cares about what’s going on in the classroom and outside of school.

“This is a place for students not See KARBOWSKI, page 4

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Royal Palm Beach Village Council approved the appointment of seven members and two alternates to its newly established Ad Hoc Senior Citizen Advisory Board on Thursday, Aug. 18.

The board was established in July to be a partner for planning and implementing systems and programs to address matters concerning senior citizens. The committee is scheduled to sunset on June 30, 2017.

Councilwoman Selena Smith, who headed the selection process, said more than enough residents had applied for the board. After speaking with them, she recommended Helen Benvenuto, Mary Hazell, Judith Kohler, Iris Levin, Barry Martin, Elaine Plachter and Sandy Rubin as regular members, and Mary Kaminski and Maxine Yoss as alternates.

Although Smith’s nominations were approved 5-0, some council members questioned the concentration of applicants from a particular community.

Councilman David Swift said he was concerned that six of the 11 who applied were Greenway Village residents. The others were one from Royal Pines, two from Village Walk, one from Counterpoint Estates and one from Madison Green.

“The concern I have is that Strathmore Gate East and West is a large retirement community, and I was thinking about at least somebody from there,” Swift said.

“Crestwood Estates is a large area; La Mancha, I guess no one applied from there. I could give you some people from there to take a look at.”

Mayor Fred Pinto shared Swift’s concern about having a large numSee SENIORS, page 17

Jacks, Vana Square Off In Property Appraiser Race

By Ron Bukley and Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report Chief Deputy Property Appraiser Dorothy Jacks and County Commissioner Shelley Vana face each other in the race for Palm Beach County Property Appraiser in the Tuesday, Aug. 30 primary election.

The winner will replace incumbent Property Appraiser Gary Nikolits, who is retiring after more than 20 years in office. Nikolits has held the post since 1992. He is supporting Jacks for the position.

Write-in candidate Charles Stahman has also filed to run.

Dorothy Jacks — Jacks has been with the property appraiser’s office since 1988. Her accom-

plishments include setting up the Property Appraiser Public Access (PAPA) web site.

“I developed the first web site and have been involved with the redesign; four times we have rewritten it,” she said. “I’ve been in leadership roles the last 20 years.

I’ve been division director and assistant director, now chief deputy.

I’ve been involved with many different efforts all the way back.

I was involved with the incorporation of Wellington. I’ve been involved with our effort to streamline homestead applications.”

Jacks also worked on the system that enabled online tangible personal property tax filings.

She has also been involved with the production of proposed tax

notices. “I don’t do that anymore; I just oversee it now,” she said.

“I’ve progressively had more management and administration over the office.”

Jacks feels that she is the most qualified person in the race for the job.

“My opponent is obviously a politician,” Jacks said. “She has been elected before. She’s a termlimited county commissioner who is looking for a place to land, and I think this race has become one of a professional versus a politician.”

Jacks added that she thinks voters are much more educated about the candidates.

“My impression is that the voters understand that this office is a See APPRAISER, page 17

Dorothy Jacks

Shelley Vana

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BETTY ARGUE has been leading the fight to protect our rural, agricultural and equestrian lifestyles.

Now, she’s running for the Indian Trail Improvement District, Seat 4.

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Betty, her husband and three sons

Betty is the President and Founding Director of ALERTS (Acreage Loxahatchee Engaged Residents Taking a Stand) which strongly opposes excessive development that will ruin our rural lifestyle - the main reason we chose to live in the Acreage.

OUR ACREAGE LIFESTYLE IS UNDER ATTACK! BETTY ARGUE will continue to fight to preserve our quality of life.

BETTY ARGUE ✔ Supports our rural, agricultural and equestrian lifestyles ✔ Opposes overdevelopment ✔ Opposes allowing 100,000 more car trips a day to pass through our community ✔ Opposes opening our roads to all outside developers ✔ Opposes ITID taxpayers bearing the cost of new developments ✔ Opposes giving away any more roads to Palm Beach County ✔ STRONGLY SUPPORTS INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT OF ITID

MICHELLE DAMONE ✘ Supported Callery Judge’s original 10,000 home proposal ✘ Supported the Minto development and voted against an ITID Board resolution to oppose it

✘ Damone’s policy of appeasement has led to Minto incorporating (now Westlake).

Now, they can build even more homes!

✘ Voted to sell certain ITID roads and easements to the county without retaining any control

✘ Puts the interests of developers ahead of our residents ✘ VOTED AGAINST INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT OF ITID: WHAT IS SHE AFRAID OF? WHAT IS SHE HIDING?

Michelle Damone has served on the Indian Trail Improvement District Board for 15 years and has SOLD us out for development.

BETTY ARGUE will be a strong leader and will represent our residents’ interests not developers.

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NEWS

Seven Candidates Seeking Three Seats On County Court Bench

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report Three seats on the Palm Beach County Court bench will be on the Tuesday, Aug. 30 election ballot. The Group 7 race features Lisa Ann Grossman challenging incumbent Judge Marni Bryson. In the Group 11 race, attorneys Tom Baker, Gregg Lerman and Dana Marie Santino are vying for an open seat created by Judge Laura Johnson’s elevation to the circuit court bench. Finally, the Group 15 race has Esther “Ettie” Feistmann facing Bradley Harper in a contest to replace retiring Judge Barry Cohen.

GROUP 7 Marni Bryson — Judge Bryson was elected in 2010 and has been on the county court’s criminal bench since then as a trial judge.

“Not all judges are going to be doing jury trials, but that’s my background, and that’s what I love to do,” she said.

Running for re-election wasn’t something Bryson hesitated to do.

“Obviously, I love my job. It’s something that you really have to grow into. Your judicial philosophy, your judicial demeanor, all of these things really don’t come to you right off the bat,” she said.

“That’s why you don’t get that many people running against incumbent judges.”

Law knowledge, understanding the docket, knowing how to rule on 20 objections in five minutes and understanding evidence all are critical traits for a judge, Bryson said.

Bryson suggested that anyone who wants to look at numbers look at reversal rates. Out of thousands of cases, she said, she has only seven reversals.

Bryson has been called the most vulnerable judge on the bench by her opponent because she is a divorced mother of a young child who works long hours.

“If you’re going to target somebody for vulnerability,” she retorted, “what will you do to the people who come before you, who stand before you, most of the time in the most vulnerable state they’ll ever be in their entire life?

It’s frightening.”

Bryson is defending her record, and her job, in this election.

“I didn’t choose to run; someone ran against me,” she explained.

“And now I have to defend my

Marni Bryson Lisa Ann Grossman Tom Baker record… It’s not something that Grossman is looking to acI’m just going to walk away from complish fairness, impartiality, because it’s hard.” efficiency and justice on the bench, Bryson is a native Floridian who and will make the best choice for went to the University of Florida Group 7, she said. and attended law school at Nova “I’m more educated, I have an Southeastern. She has held many excellent temperament, I’m more legal roles, including former as- mature, and I have the experience,” sistant Florida attorney general, Grossman said. “I understand and did appellate work in the Third have more diversity with the lives and Fourth District Courts of Ap- of people in the community.” peal, has handled complex civil For more information, visit litigation and is a former assistant www.lisagrossmanforjudge.com. public defender.

When she first ran, Bryson foGROUP 11 cused on streamlining and being an efficient county court judge. “I Tom Baker — Born in Miami, said what I was going to do, and I Baker grew up in Palm Beach did it,” Bryson said.

County, earning his undergraduate For more information, visit degree in accounting from the Uniwww.judgemarnibryson.com. versity of Florida before attending Lisa Ann Grossman — Gross- South Texas College of Law. man took an unconventional apHe met his wife of 25 years in proach to her law career.

Palm Beach County, where she is “I started off as a chiropractor,” a public school teacher. They have she said. “People had issues with two sons. insurance; I had issues collecting “As an attorney, I started off insurance; people had issues with working for a large firm, which Medicare. So I sold my chiroprac- gave me the ability to have a tic practice, I went back to college bunch of jury trials, which was a and graduated from Florida State wonderful experience for a young University and became a lawyer.” lawyer,” Baker said. “That gave Grossman worked in civil liti- me the confidence, after doing that gation, criminal defense and as for a couple of years, to go out on a court supervisor in New Jersey my own.” before moving to Florida. Her For almost 20 years, he had a first job was as an assistant public practice in Jupiter, practicing in defender for Broward County. family law and guardianships, and Shortly thereafter, Grossman litigating jury trials in areas such opened her own law practice, as unemployment contracts, boat where she focuses on criminal marina leases, personal injury and defense and civil litigation. “I criminal cases. really want to help people in the In 2006, he applied and was community,” she said. chosen for the general magistrate Grossman served the com- position for the 15th Judicial munity as a doctor, a high school Circuit, which he has done since. teacher and, now, as an attorney. Baker has presided over more She has four college degrees and than 3,000 magistrate hearings, has owned three businesses. “I’m between family law, Marchman self-made,” she said.

Act and Baker Act hearings.

The position of county court “Family law can be very emojudge would be a natural progres- tional, and Marchman cases consion for her career, she explained. cern substance abuse, and that can “And I really care about helping be very emotional. Baker Act cases people,” she said. concern mental illness, which can

Gregg Lerman Dana Marie Santino Ettie Feistmann Bradley Harper be difficult to preside over because Regarding in-court experience, defender’s office and the state one of the litigants is mentally ill,” Lerman said he is probably one of attorney’s office before going he explained. “This experience as the more experienced lawyers run- into private practice. She was the general magistrate has helped me ning for a judicial position. partner in a firm, and then began develop good judicial demeanor, “What I hope to accomplish, if her own practice. good courtroom control and to I’m on the criminal bench, is help “I advocate in and out of court allow pro se litigants, people who train those young lawyers who are for seniors, their children and famrepresent themselves, their day in public defenders, state attorneys, ilies in my guardianship, probate court. I think all that transitions on how to be good, ethical, reason- and pro bono practice,” she said. well to becoming a county court able attorneys,” he said. “That’s “I’m in court often for probate and judge.” sometimes a problem with young guardianship matters.”

Passion, compassion and ob- lawyers. They come in not really Santino is running for judge jectivity were all reasons Baker understanding the law or people. because it has been a long-term wanted to be a magistrate, and they If I’m on the civil side, and I’ve goal of hers. “The day I applied to follow into his desire to become a done county court civil as a lawyer, law school, I always wanted to be county court judge. “I just want to I would hope to make sure that a judge and serve the public in a juhelp people get through the court people, especially people repre- dicial capacity,” she said. “Public system,” Baker said. senting themselves, understand service is my passion — it’s what He plans to make the courtroom the system and understand why I did before law school.” experience as good as it can be by something is happening… They Her husband, a police homicide putting people at ease, and letting [should] feel that they’ve been detective with West Palm Beach them know and understand the treated fairly and respectfully, and for 30 years, retired last year. rules of the court, what to expect, that the system has worked.”

“As a county court judge, what and why rulings were made a Lerman believes that he is the I’d like to do is apply the law, certain way. strongest candidate because he has pursuant to law, fairly, justly and As a general magistrate, Baker practiced for 30 years in the county without bias, and continue my cahas gained a great deal of experi- and circuit courts on the criminal reer path and career goal of serving ence, which he feels makes him and civil sides, with more practical the public of Palm Beach County,” the best-qualified candidate for a experience than his opponents.

Santino said. county court judgeship.

For more information, visit She believes that she is the best For more information, visit www.gregglermanforjudge.com. candidate because she has the most www.tombakerforjudge.com.

Dana Marie Santino — San- diverse legal background.

Gregg Lerman — Lerman tino has long wanted to be a judge.

“I have the highest level of legal explained that his training drove “I have a very diverse legal education. My diverse background him to run for the bench. background,” she said. “I have and my legal education, and the “I’ve been a lawyer for 30 years, been in the criminal justice and fact that I’m also licensed to primarily a criminal defense trial civil justice system for about 25 practice in four states, gives me attorney,” he said. “I’ve lived in years. Before going to law school, the unique ability to identify with Palm Beach County for 30 years, I was a probation officer for Pride every person in that courtroom, graduated Nova Southeastern Probation, which is a nonprofit, and then to be able to apply the Law School, and before that I and I worked as a victim advocate law completely impartially,” Sanwas a graduate of the University and advocated for victims of rape, tino said. of Florida.” homicide and domestic violence For more information, visit Lerman is married with two with Palm Beach County Victim www.santinoforjudge.com. children.

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“I’m a trial lawyer. That’s why From there, Santino worked at GROUP 15 I’m running for judge. I’ve done the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s this for 30 years. I think the bench Office, administering programs Esther “Ettie” Feistmann — needs lawyers who are judges, who that were alternatives to incarcera- Feistmann was born in Israel, have experience of actually going tion for first-time offenders. At 27, serving in the Israeli Army before to court every day, actually trying she went to law school at Nova attending Tel Aviv University, jury trials,” he said. “I’ve had over Southeastern University, and then where she met her husband, a 300 jury trials in my career, ranging the University of Florida to earn medical student from Mexico City. from driving under suspensions to her master’s of law in taxation.

Shortly after they married, they first-degree murders.”

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OUR OPINION

Focus On Experience When Voting For Countywide Officials

On Tuesday, Aug. 30, voters across Palm Beach County will go to the polls and make choices from among several candidates vying for countywide constitutional officer positions. As you consider people for these crucial roles, we recommend looking carefully at experience. Most of these positions are functionary posts that require detailed knowledge and experience to run fairly technical offices. With that thought in mind, we make the following suggestions in the races for Public Defender for the 15th Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County Sheriff, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections and Palm Beach County Property Appraiser.

Public Defender: Incumbent Public Defender Carey Haughwout faces a challenge from attorney William “Bill” Abramson. Haughwout has held the office for nearly 16 years, where she has been in charge of the legal staff that represents individuals charged with crimes who cannot afford representation in a court of law. It’s a difficult and often thankless job, but it fills a crucial constitutional obligation necessary in our criminal justice system. In this role, Haughwout has worked to increase the department’s diversion programs to keep people out of the criminal justice system and implement services such as substance abuse and mental health treatment, as well as support services for the homeless. Haughwout runs an underfunded and overworked office about as well as can possibly be expected. Abramson argues that the department needs transparency and better morale, but we believe it needs four more years of professional stability led by one of the experts in the field. The Town-Crier endorses the re-election of Carey Haughwout as Public Defender for the 15th Judicial Circuit.

Sheriff: Incumbent Sheriff Ric Bradshaw faces three challengers: retired Riviera Beach Police Major Alex Freeman, retired Riviera Beach Sector Commander Rick “Rosco” Sessa and former PBSO Deputy Samuel Thompson. The non-partisan position runs one of the largest employers in the county, by far the largest law enforcement agency in the county and the biggest single recipient of county tax dollars. It needs a qualified individual to handle the operation.

Freeman has law enforcement experience, more than 20 years’ worth, and this experience makes him worthy of consideration for the position. He believes there needs to be more transparency in the department, and that there needs to be an increased emphasis on community policing and relations between the sheriff’s office and its local constituencies, things we agree can always be improved in every bureaucratic position. Sessa’s main arguments are accusations of misconduct

by Bradshaw and his office. He has filed nearly 20 such accusations against Bradshaw at the state and federal level. Like Freeman, Thompson feels that the PBSO is out of touch with the community. He brings the perspective of someone who used to work inside the agency.

Bradshaw, seeking his fourth term, is far from perfect, but he has done more than enough to merit re-election, especially against a field of challengers that offers little experience in actually running a department as large and diverse as the PBSO. One of his continual battles has been to fight gangs and gang violence. While Bradshaw’s work to crack down on gangs and pill mills has been successful, it’s a never-ending quest to keep crime in check. Since taking office, crime is down in Palm Beach County, and when it comes to evaluating his job, this is a big factor to

consider, especially considering that the department has achieved it while also working to keep costs in check during a difficult economic stretch. Yes, Bradshaw could do a better job at outreach to minority communities, and he really needs to be more of a leader in the current nationwide conversation regarding the sometimes tense relationship between policing agencies and the communities they serve. Nevertheless, when it comes to the most important aspect of the job — protecting Palm Beach County residents — the PBSO has been successful under Bradshaw.

The Town-Crier endorses the re-election of Ric Bradshaw as Palm Beach County Sheriff.

Supervisor of Elections: Two-term incumbent Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher faces a challenge from Christine Spain, a business attorney and CPA. Bucher was elected to the position in 2008 and has brought stability to a post that experienced anything but in the prior decade.

Since taking office, she has worked on programs to increase voting, secured funding for voting equipment and streamlined the election process. She has plans for other upgrades as well, such as online voter registration. Bucher was also the first elections supervisor to work with a vendor to use technology that allows photos to be checked at precinct locations with mini iPads. Spain, whose husband Paul Spain is the Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Florida’s District 21, has expressed concern that under Bucher’s leadership, there have been occasional mistakes made in election operations that should not have taken place. While we acknowledge her concerns, we believe Bucher has done a pretty good job the past eight years, given the inherent difficulties in being an elections supervisor. The public demands speed and accuracy in the reporting of election results. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to have both.

Ideally, this office should not be an elected position, but rather an appointed position accountable to experts but removed from the irony of having to simultaneously run in and oversee an election process. However, that is not how it works in Palm Beach County. The Town-Crier endorses the re-election of Susan Bucher as Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections.

Property Appraiser: The property appraiser’s office has been under the same leadership for 24 years, but incumbent Palm Beach County Property Appraiser Gary Nikolits is retiring. In this nonpartisan election, there are two candidates to fill his extremely large and important shoes: Chief Deputy Property Appraiser Dorothy Jacks and County Commissioner Shelley Vana. Being property appraiser is a thankless position that people often mistake for being the person in charge of taxation. Jacks has been with the property appraiser’s office since 1988. Her accomplishments within the department include setting up the Property Appraiser Public Access (PAPA) system, a sophisticated web site that allows residents to research a plethora of property records, file for exemptions and more. Vana is an experienced politician and former educator who has served in numerous offices over the years, and while she has made many political connections within Palm Beach County and Tallahassee, we’re inclined to believe that a strong, experienced individual from inside an effective program is a better option in this case. While both candidates might do a fine job in the role, Jacks’ experience is more relevant to the task at hand. The Town-Crier endorses the election of Dorothy Jacks as Palm Beach County Property Appraiser.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Right Choice For Congress

“With your help, we can return power to the people.” As a physician, businessman and veteran, Dr. Mark Freeman has the real world experience that Congress needs. He knows that in order to change Washington, we need to change the type of people who go into Congress, which is why he has signed a term limit pledge and refuses to accept contributions from lobbyists or special interests.

“Washington is broken,” Dr. Mark says. “Now is not the time for politics as usual. We need strong leaders who are committed to getting our nation back on track.”

Dr. Mark was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve.

Now retired from the armed forces, he is committed to providing our veterans with the medical care they were promised and deserve.

He makes life and death decisions nearly every day, and he must be right every time. Congress suffers from a lack of leadership, with our politicians only concerned with winning the next election, when they should really be concerned with solving our nation’s problems.

With Dr. Mark, he knows what it takes to run a successful business.

Being the owner of six healthcare centers, and the captain of a team of 14 doctors, Dr. Mark is used to making tough decisions and understands the responsibilities of being a leader. Applying with a future position in Congress, Dr. Mark is not a career politician.

Washington, like Congress, has plenty of them, and they’re not the solution to the challenges facing our nation.

These issues include the protection of our borders to ensure our nation is safe and defended, repealing Obamacare and the mess it has caused, destroying ISIS entirely, as well as strengthening our economy. From Wall Street bailouts to a failure to enforce our laws, our elected leaders have let us down.

If you’re ready to send a citizen servant and strong leader to Washington to fight for what’s right on behalf of the American people, Dr. Mark Freeman is the best choice in Florida’s District 18.

Alexandra Sossa Royal Palm Beach

Bennett: I’m Already Working On Your Behalf

Last year, I spoke to several of Florida’s political leaders urging

me to seek the office of State Representative in House District 86.

I accepted this challenge, and my platform became based upon the district’s concerns and needs: “FETCH V” — which stands for Families, Education, Transportation, Communities, Healthcare and the V is for Veterans. With my CSE degree, I have worked for top 10 companies (PSA Pratt & Whitney, Motorola, Harris TSS and Sun Microsystems) and at two local hospitals.

Thus, like you, I am well aware of the concerns for high-paying jobs, great education for all, healthcare costs and concerns, a safe and secure environment, the need for clean and abundant water, low traffic congestion and veterans care.

However, I am not waiting to be elected to do something! If you want someone who has been actively working for you already and does more than talk or join groups to become elected, then I’m your candidate.

Here’s why: I have stood up for the economic development and government affairs groups for the local chamber of commerce in the past, been a member of the local business community, the Western Business Alliance and the Network Business Alliance, and have worked to

support the State Road 7 endeavor, the equestrian park in Wellington, and I support the roundabouts vs. traffic lights in Loxahatchee, as well as tax money going to the appropriate places.

Now, I am pleased to announce the passing of a House bill that will cover Agent Orange Navy Vietnam Veterans and the coverage and benefits for C123 Air Force personnel.

The bill for the Navy veterans has passed the House (H.R. 969) but has been stalled in the Senate.

I have listed the two senators on my web site (www.laurel-bennett. com and Facebook page (www. facebook.com/ElectLaurelBennett) that are holding up the Senate passing the bill and have brought to light the 11,500 men on appeal at the VA and the 76,000 awaiting care. Air Force C123 flight crew, field crew and medical crew should apply now for benefits as the law was passed finally!

As an educator and parent, I have taught at NEIT, PBSC and tutored math and science at H.L. Johnson. I’m against Common Core (and any new name it’s under) and I would like to see Florida schools return to emphasizing academics rather than attitudes, testing and social agendas. I have my AS, BS and MBA with a concentration in healthcare, and it is

my goal to see Florida schools set the standard for education, not try to measure up to it.

As our population increases, and new developments are approved, we need to look at the infrastructure (roads, additional police, sewage and water) and who is going to pay for these. I don’t believe current residents should pay.

We must have clean, abundant water for all and a way out in the case of a disaster. I supported and will continue to support the SR 7 extension and look for ways to provide clean water without impacting the Everglades and the environment.

Additionally, veteran’s care, although this is a federal issue, needs to be addressed. We have 1.4 million veterans in Florida, and that impacts our economy. The police protect you locally, but the military and veterans protect this nation within and outside this great nation of ours. Why not add a link on our .gov web site that will link

up a law firm, DAV, VFW and patient advocate for the veteran once he clicks on it? This team will enable the veteran to receive his benefits, which will benefit our state as well.

I’m endorsed by almost all of your candidates who I have asked (Brian Mast, Rick Kozell, Carl Domino, Mark Freeman, Rick Sessa (sheriff candidate), Paul and Christine Spain, Rick Roth, Austin Segal, Sonny Maken, as well as the Wellington Tea Party members, local Republican Executive Committee members and Boca through Broward REC members, as well as many doctors and small businesses.

If you want someone in your back pocket who is already working for you, then vote for Laurel Bennett on Aug. 30 in the Republican primary for House District 86.

I promise to keep working on the issues that concern you and your communities.

Laurel Bennett Royal Palm Beach

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continued from page 1 ments came about as the result of a private application that had been submitted to the village.

“The original request was for up to 10 rooms and, over the course of the review, it has been reduced to 8 rooms maximum,” Basehart said.

He said required alterations for the Americans with Disabilities Act were made allowable because bed-and-breakfasts are generally modifications of private residences. Also, after looking around at other municipalities that allow bed and breakfasts, Basehart said they noticed that small signs were allowed, and decided to allow up to a 4-square-foot sign with up-lighting, with no internal lighting or neon signs allowed. All that the signs can announce is the name of the facility.

He added that if public water and wastewater is available, the facility must be connected. They cannot operate on well and septic unless the village engineer specifically approves it.

“We’ve added the Palm Beach County Health Department be-

cause they’re actually the agency that approves them,” Basehart said.

The application previously had been before the Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board and the council. The council remanded the application back to the PZA Board for reconsideration after making some recommendations for changes, which included the 30-day maximum stay, as well as additional parking requirements.

“Currently, there are no specific parking requirements for bed and breakfasts,” Basehart said.

The amendment would require the normal two spaces for any single-family home, with an additional space for each bedroom over four bedrooms, plus an additional parking space for each guestroom.

In the EOZD, where barns are allowed, stabling would be allowed only for guests at the bed and breakfast and the owner. Barns would be required to provide separate parking in accordance with the normal parking requirements for barns. No tents or temporary structures would be permitted.

Within the EOZD, there is an existing separation requirement of a quarter-mile, which would be added to the overall village.

Additionally, bed-and-breakfast businesses must be located within a quarter-mile of a collector or arterial road.

Basehart showed a map of areas in the village that would be potentially eligible for bed-and-breakfast locations, and Mayor Anne Gerwig pointed out that some of the areas are within homeowners’ associations, which might have their own rules.

Councilman Michael Drahos said he had heard comments that people thought the village was loosening restrictions.

“That very much is not the case,” Drahos said. “My impression is actually that we are tightening up restrictions on this.”

Drahos was concerned about the definition of the “owner/operator,” who is required to maintain residence at the facility.

Village Attorney Laurie Cohen said she had looked up ordinances in other parts of the state and all of them included an owner/operator restriction, but do not provide a particular definition, nor do they discuss whether the owner/operator is a corporate entity.

“We can’t say that you can’t take advantage of the corporate form of ownership for a property,” Cohen said. “Many properties in

the village are actually owned by a corporate entity.”

She said the council could require some type of affidavit from the property owner or authorized corporate representative stating that the owner/operator holds a certain percentage of ownership of the property or is an officer of the

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continued from page 1 just to learn but to be safe and supported and really have a relationship with an adult who can help mentor them along the way,” Karbowski said.

For parents, Karbowski wants them to know that she values their opinions.

“Their child’s success and preparation for high school and beyond is truly a partnership,” she said. “My door is always open, and I’m always willing to sit down and talk about their child and what’s going on.”

Karbowski believes in building relationships and feels privileged to be part of the community and to run the school. Every time she

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Councilman Michael Napoleone said the concern was with bed and breakfasts having absentee owners. “As long as they are the owners of that company, that’s fine, but I think we want to avoid goes grocery shopping, her husband knows that she will be gone for a while, stopping to chat with parents and students.

“The days of a principal being able to go door to door and being in the neighborhood and seeing all of the children are gone,” Karbowski said. “This is a chance for me to have that experience and build that relationship.”

The school is growing and expanding, she said, especially with its veterinary and biomedical choice programs, which have increased the student population at Acreage Pines.

“We’re confident that once they’re here, they’re going to love it. It’s not going to be like any experience they’ve had before because of the learning style,” Karbowski said.

In her spare time, Karbowski is an avid runner. In fact, she’s

having someone, say, give them a 1 percent interest just so they can satisfy the requirement of being an owner, and it’s actually run from somewhere else,” he said.

At the council’s direction, Cohen said she would draft an affidavit requirement to have ready for the final reading of the ordinance.

Darline Karbowski training for the New York City Marathon in November.

“A lot of times when I’m running through the neighborhood, my parents and children will beep and wave,” she said. “That kind of inspires you when you’re like, ‘How am I going to go another step?’”

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ULTIMA FITNESS HOSTS WELLINGTON FITNESS & WELLNESS EDUCATION DAY

The second annual Wellington Fitness & Wellness Education Day took place Saturday, Aug. 20 at Ultima Fitness & Wellness in Wellington. The event, held in cooperation with Stop Look & Learn, the Village of Wellington, Walgreens and Wellington The Magazine, included classes, lectures, blood pressure tests, flu shots, chair massages, healthy snacks from Universal Living Sprouts and more.

Donated school supplies were collected, which will be delivered to participating teachers in September. For more information about programs at Ultima, call (561) 795-2823.

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Javonti Greene, Jeffrey Keller, Judy Duany, Jill Merrell, Gustavo Pope-Guerriero and Lynette Laufenberg with school donations.

Pharmacy intern Jessica Hernandez checks the blood pressure of Renie Davisson from Wellington Landings Middle School.

Stop Look & Learn’s Dana Aksomitas with Cherie Christopher from Elbridge Gale Elementary School.

Jeffrey Keller leads a class on decreasing on-the-job stress.

Elbridge Gale Elementary School’s Michelle Galgano receives a bag from Judy Duany.

Pharmacy intern Jessica Hernandez gives Wellington High School Guidance Counselor Christine Ranieri a flu shot.

Lynette Laufenberg offered a wellness lecture called “Get the Brains in the Game.”

Scott Campbell gives ESE resource teacher Deb Swan information about upcoming events in Wellington.

Sheryl Beach from Polo Park Middle School collects information from Carmen Torres of PNC Bank.

Marilyn Jules enjoys a healthy snack provided by Barbara Keller and Jeanine Wiernik from Universal Living Sprouts.

Participating vendors with some of the donated school supplies.

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WWC To Meet Sept. 1 At Wanderers Club

The Women of the Western Communities will meet Thursday, Sept. 1 at the Wanderers Club in Wellington. The meet and mingle will start at 6 p.m., followed by the meeting at 6:30 p.m.

The September meeting will be held on the Wanderers Club veranda, which is the covered patio.

There are fans, and there will be tiki lights to control bugs. Business casual is the appropriate attire.

Friends are welcome to attend the meeting. The guest fee is $30.

Guests can attend two monthly meetings as a guest (fundraisers are not counted), and then can join the group with a credit off the annual dues. The annual dues are $260. This includes nine dinner meetings and a portion of the May fundraiser ticket. Dues are discounted to $250 for members who pay on or before the Sept. 1 meeting. Dues can also be paid $130 on or before Sept. 1 and $130 on or before the Oct. 6 meeting.

The monthly donation for the YWCA Harmony House is school

supplies for children. Although the donation is not mandatory, it is very much needed and appreciated by the residents of Harmony House. Examples are crayons, pencils, markers, rulers, glue sticks, pencil boxes, backpacks, children’s scissors, pencil sharpeners, hand sanitizer, colored pencils, notebooks and paper.

Reservations are required for this and all meetings. RSVP no later than Sunday, Aug. 28.

For more information, or to RSVP, contact Mair Armand at mair@wwc-fl.com or (561) 6350011.

Legion Auxiliary Meeting Sept. 7

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 367 will meet Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 10 a.m. at the Palms West Presbyterian Church (13689 Okeechobee Blvd., Loxahatchee Groves).

The mission of the American Legion Auxiliary is to sponsor volunteer programs on the national and local levels focusing on veterans, young people and the community.

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Cheer Clinic At PBCHS Sept. 17

A cheer clinic with Palm Beach Central High School’s varsity cheerleading team will be held Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The clinic is open to elementary and middle school students. Attendees will spend a day with the varsity team and learn cheers and dances, along with basic stunting.

The fee is $30 per child. Children need to bring their own lunch and will receive a T-shirt and bow to wear Friday, Sept.

23 when they cheer at the 7 p.m. football game.

The clinic takes place in Palm Beach Central’s cafeteria. For additional information, e-mail pbccheerfundraising@gmail.com.

Trail Association Ice Cream Social

The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association will hold

its Labor Day Ice Cream Social on Monday, Sept. 5 beginning promptly at 7 p.m. at the Okeeheelee Nature Center (7715 Forest Hill Blvd.). For more information, call Margaret Brabham at (561) 324-3543. The event is open to the public.

Good Earth Farm Seeks Interns

The Good Earth Farm, home of the Chocolate Chip Animal Rescue, is looking for volunteers and zoo interns for the 2016-17 season.

To learn about the Good Earth Farm, located at 2141 B Road in Loxahatchee Groves, visit www. goodearthfarm.info or call (561) 792-2666.

Goodwill Night At Roger Dean Stadium Aug. 27

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Acceptable donations include clothing, linens, shoes, handbags, jewelry, toys, housewares, small appliances and books.

Gates open at 4:30 p.m., and the game starts at 5:35 p.m. For more information, visit www. gulfstreamgoodwill.com/events.

Charlotte Hans Softball Challenge Set For Nov. 5

The 2016 Charlotte Hans Softball Challenge will take place Nov. 5 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Village Park in Wellington.

The Charlotte Hans Softball Challenge originated in 2009 to benefit Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Michael Hans’ wife, Charlotte, who battled breast cancer. Charlotte was not only a devoted deputy’s wife, but a loving mother of four. After a long battle, she passed away the following year.

In her memory, the Charlotte Hans Softball Challenge has be-

come an annual event. Each year, PBSO employees or immediate family members are chosen to be beneficiaries of the event. Recipients are people who have been devastated by illness or catastrophic injury. This year’s recipients are Agent James Jordan and Deputy Carla Washington.

The softball challenge is comprised of teams of PBSO employees who play a two-game elimination softball tournament.

The event is family orientated, offering bounce houses, music, food and raffles for everyone to enjoy.

The MammoVan from Boca Raton Regional Hospital will be making an appearance from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, or to schedule an appointment, visit www.brrh.com/mammovan or call (561) 955-4700 and select option 1.

Admission for adults is $10 and $5 for kids ages 7 to 12. Admission is free for children under age 7. Admission includes food, drinks and fun for the kids. For more information, e-mail team@ chansfoundation.net or visit www. facebook.com/charlottehansfoundation.

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Four Candidates Vie In Democratic Primary For Port Commission

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Four Democrats seeking the Group 2 seat on the Port of Palm Beach Commission are facing off in the Tuesday, Aug. 30 primary election. The winner will advance to the general election against only write-in opposition.

The Port of Palm Beach is governed by a five-member commission elected by residents in the Port of Palm Beach Taxing District, which includes most of the northern half of Palm Beach County, including most of the western communities.

Created as a special taxing district, the port has authority to levy taxes but has not done so since the 1970s.

Three seats are up for election this year. However, the Group 2 seat is the only one with a significant race.

Port Commission Chairman Wayne Richards, who’s serving his fourth term, was unopposed in his bid for re-election to the Group 1 seat. Group 3 incumbent Dr. Jean Enright, now serving her third term, is on the general election ballot facing independent candidate Mayur “Sonny” Maken and write-in candidate Ruby Landfair.

In the Group 2 race, incumbent George Mastics, who has held the seat since 1996, is being challenged by Joseph Anderson of Riviera Beach, Henry Taylor of West Palm Beach and Katherine Waldron of West Palm Beach. The winner of the Democratic primary will face token opposition in November from write-in candidates Joseph Anderson (grandfather of the other Joseph Anderson) and Pamela Michele Williams.

Joseph Anderson — Anderson ran unsuccessfully against Richards in 2012. He is seeking the seat this time to advocate for local participation in jobs created by the port. He also wants to promote environmental protection, increase positive relationships with neighboring municipalities, and maintain port competitiveness and financial responsibility.

A native of Palm Beach County, he graduated from Suncoast High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting at Bethune-Cookman University.

He is a state-certified contractor and owner of J.D. Anderson Construction. He is married to Riviera Beach Councilwoman KaShamba Miller-Anderson.

Anderson has been involved in numerous organizations over the years, including the Together We Stand Democratic Club, of which he’s president; the League of Women Voters; the Voters League of the Palm Beaches; the Palm Beach County Democratic Party; the Democratic Black Caucus of Palm Beach County; the Office of Small Business Assistance-Palm Beach County; and the West Palm Beach Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. He served on the Port of Palm Beach Audit Committee in 2014. He has also umpired and coached Little League baseball.

For more information, visit www.electjoeanderson.com.

George Mastics — Mastics, of Palm Beach, is seeking his sixth term on the commission. A trial attorney for 56 years, he served four terms in the Ohio House of Representatives, where he successfully sponsored more than 100

bills that became law. He was also chief assistant attorney general for Northeast Ohio.

In Florida, Mastics was a partner, shareholder and director of Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley P.A., where he tried more than 200 jury cases to verdict and won several court verdicts in excess of $13 million. He has been admitted to practice law in the Florida and Ohio state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court.

Mastics received his bachelor’s and law degrees from Case Western Reserve University, with a legislative leadership diploma from Bethany College. His civic involvement includes the Business Development Board, the Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Economic Council of Palm Beach County, Floridians for Better Transportation, Save Lake Worth Lagoon and more.

Mastics has been married for more than 55 years to Carole Mastics. They have five children, 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Henry Taylor — Taylor, a native of Riviera Beach, graduated from Roosevelt High School and was the first African-American building inspector for the City of West Palm Beach and the State of Florida. He became the first Riviera Beach native to be elected to its city council, where he served for more than eight years and assisted in securing a municipal complex at no cost to the city. He was also involved in establishing the Riviera Beach Housing Authority, the Community Redevelopment Agency and the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday for the city.

Taylor wants to re-prioritize policies of the port commission and prioritize spending by increasing local participation. He also wants to foster a positive relationship with the communities of Palm Beach County, increase environmental protection programs and ensure informed public input.

Taylor believes that decisions made by a port commissioner affect all the people of Palm Beach County, regardless of whether they use port facilities, reflecting

the diverse tasks given to port authorities in Florida, including economic development, public recreation, transportation of people and goods by air and water, and the promotion of trade and tourism.

He retired as a building inspector in 2008 and is widowed.

For more information, visit www.electtaylorforport.com.

Katherine Waldron — Waldron, of West Palm Beach, has more than 30 years of business experience in the private sector. She has served

in executive-level positions with Sprint and several start-up companies focused on technology and healthcare. With Sprint, she directed wholesale services, increasing the group’s sales from $50 million to $500 million within four years.

She is a Realtor currently working for the Valore Group, a subsidiary of the Keyes Company.

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Thompson Wants Better Training, An Open-Door Policy At The PBSO

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Samuel Thompson, a 17-year veteran of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, is one of three challengers seeking to unseat incumbent Sheriff Ric Bradshaw in the Tuesday, Aug. 30 primary election.

Bradshaw, along with challengers Alex Freeman and Rick “Rosco” Sessa, were profiled in the Town-Crier last week.

Thompson, a U.S. Navy Seals veteran, was a detective with the Belle Glade Police Department until the PBSO took over. He has a master’s degree in criminal justice management. He currently works as a business consultant and is a certified nursing assistant.

President of the Palm Beach County Sheriff Union from 1996 until 2004, Thompson said he is running to make sure the department has qualified, educated people to be deputies. He wants to

get rid of favoritism and give the employees better train personnel. great service?”

“We need some acIf elected, Thompson countability throughout wants everyone in Palm our entire department,” Beach County to have he said. “We need to an avenue to express bridge the gap between their concerns. the sheriff’s department “I’m going to do that and the community.” by having an open-door When he became part policy,” Thompson of the PBSO, Thompsaid. “With an openson said he was not door policy, it puts reSamuel impressed with the orsponsibility back on Thompson ganization. everyone in Palm Beach “There are a lot of areas that they County. I know it works because need help in, and that’s what I tried that’s how I was treated in the to do, and the department fought military. That’s going to stop the me on those issues,” he said. corruption.”

His responsibilities with the Thompson said his goal is to department were primarily as a have a safe community where chiltraining officer, where he said he dren can be proud of and respect saw qualified people passed over law enforcement. He seeks to help for promotions. those who need it, and put those “I thought that was very wrong,” who want to harm good people in he said. “How can you expect the a place where they cannot. employees to give you great serFor more information, visit vice when the department didn’t www.electthompson.us.

ITID Question 5: Thoughts On Recreation Services In The Acreage

For the last several weeks, the Town-Crier has been asking questions to the seven people running for two seats on the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors in the Tuesday, Aug. 30 primary election. This week’s questions are: How would you characterize the Indian Trail Improvement District’s recreation policy? Does more or less money need to be spent on parks? Should ITID run its own recreation programs or should all recreation programs be run through outside service providers?

ITID SEAT 2 Ryan Bernal — ITID’s recreation policy is a case of a few successes mixed among many failures. I have spent the majority of my life using recreational facilities and know very well what a successful program looks like. I played baseball for Western Pines Middle School (and won our first and only county championship in 2001), Wellington High School, Florida Atlantic University and professionally for the Milwaukee Brewers organization.

Some of ITID’s recreational facilities and some of its programs are uncompetitive and not improving. To ITID’s defense, the tax base needed to build and maintain competitive athletic facilities isn’t feasible with current ITID tax rates and the higher degree of importance of its other statutorily mandated services of drainage and roads. The county and the Village of Wellington have much larger and deeper tax bases than ITID and can afford to fund their recreation programs at much higher levels, getting what they pay for.

ITID needs to concentrate its recreation policy. Our community is known for football and equestrian activities. Instead of wasting money on a dog park in The Acre-

Ryan Bernal Gary Dunkley age or on baseball fields where most of the kids end up leaving the program for more competitive leagues, the funding and efforts of ITID should be concentrated to maximize utility. Nine parks being managed on limited and dispersed funding is not as effective as half the parks being funded with more money per park. What the area wants are quality services provided for their money and not a high volume of below-par products.

Gary Dunkley — How would you characterize the Indian Trail Improvement District’s recreation policy? Reevaluate and improve.

Does more or less money need to be spent on parks? Less.

Should ITID run its own recreation programs or should all recreation programs be run through outside service providers? Outside services.

Steve Roberts — I have noticed that the Indian Trail Improvement District has a wide variety of recreational services, from the equestrian parks to the dog park and the community park. I am a firm believer that these parks are invaluable to our community for the events that are planned and the sports programs for the kids.

I do not think we need to spend less money on them, but do feel that we should continue to utilize any and all grants available to help in maintaining them. The community park expansion, though, has taken entirely too long and must

Steve Roberts Timothy Sayre be finished as soon as possible. I do not feel that ITID needs to use additional service providers at this time, but if there is a more cost-effective way to run the recreation programs, I will always be open to suggestions for the betterment of the community.

Timothy Sayre — The Acreage has a very good park system that functions very well with the AAL, AHA, ALA and other groups putting on organized sporting events, horse competitions and community jams, to name a few. The current system seems to be working very well, and while some adjustments may be needed from time to time, overall it is a benefit to everyone that these volunteer-run groups are in charge of these events and programs.

Maintenance is a constant ongoing expense. We do need to spend money on parks to properly maintain them and keep them from deteriorating. We also need to be aware of how that money is spent and if it is being spent wisely and on quality products and services.

The cheapest is not always the best when it comes to equipment; sometimes quality is a little more cost but gives a much longer useful lifespan. Another area of concern is horse trails. They need to be included in the budget and provided and improved, as we are an equestrian community. We also need to make sure we continue to apply for every grant, matching fund, corporate donation, etc. that

is available to offset the expense to our taxpayers.

Should ITID run its own recreation programs? The short, simple answer is no. ITID should not change how it is currently handling the recreation programs.

Agreements with the AAL, AHA, ALA, etc. should be maintained, as the present programs that are in place now seem to be working well for our residents.

ITID SEAT 4

Betty Argue — Parks and recreation are great assets in our family-oriented community. The recreation programs offered by the Acreage Athletic League and the Acreage Horseman’s Association provide our families with opportunities for recreational and competitive sports. The Acreage Landowners’ Association offers community events such as the music jam. ITID supports all of the service providers with maintained facilities to run successful programs. I am in favor of continuing to provide support for service providers that enhance our recreation programs. The community park expansion should be completed with a watchful eye on the costs and the progress, to ensure completion in a timely, cost-effective fashion.

Hamlin House has become a gem for private groups, families and nonprofit organizations to host events. It serves our community well as a center for all. The community gardening program is a way to bring residents together to learn how to effectively grow our own food, encouraging the agricultural aspect of our community.

The equestrian trails require improvement through developing more trails and connectivity throughout ITID and the surrounding communities. Since we are an equestrian community, we

need to increase signs throughout the district to create awareness, educate our residents and visitors, and make it safer for residents to ride their horses. Nicole Hornstein Equestrian Park should be improved and maintained with appropriate footing in arenas that is safe for our riders. A long-term goal to improve the equestrian park would include a covered arena. Many of our parks require more shade, and athletic fields need shade structures.

I am the most qualified person for Seat 4, bringing a fresh perspective to meet the ambitious goals of balancing the needs of our community, preserving our rural agricultural and equestrian lifestyles, and protecting against the impact of outside developments.

Michelle Damone — The Indian Trail Improvement District should commit to completing the expansion of Acreage Community Park. It has $1.55 million in grants and has more than $3 million saved for capital improvements.

Once the expansion is completed, our park system should be complete until the community decides on a permanent community center.

Maybe, at that time, ITID could consider its own recreation department. Otherwise, we need to update our existing neighborhood parks based on a timely capital improvement plan within the budget.

The Acreage Athletic League,

Betty Argue

AYSO and the Acreage Horseman’s Association have all done a great job of providing recreational programs for our residents. I’m proud of each of those organizations.

I still try to vision for current trends and needs for our community to provide healthy activities for all ages, so that our community has a healthy environment to play and be creative. Parks are nine percent of the overall budget and are a vital component to the success of our community.

Keith Jordano — ITID has a good policy, and it is being run by people who are involved and care about our children and our horses.

They have good programs and management. We do need more programs for all our residents.

Not all of them have children or horses, and some are elderly and shut-ins, so they need activities as well. We should do all that is possible to complete the community park, as well as do upgrades and better maintenance. One park does not even have bathroom facilities.

Whereas people from all over the county use our parks, we need to seek funding and grants from the county, state and federal governments. Also, with all the business in West Palm Beach and the new spring training facility, we need to get sponsorship dollars. Bring our tax dollars back and stop wasting them.

Michelle Damone

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TWBA HOSTS A NETWORKING MIXER AT HULETT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

The Western Business Alliance held a business networking mixer on Thursday, Aug. 18 at Hulett Environmental Services in West Palm Beach. Guests enjoyed a tour of the facility and refreshments. Visit www.thewesternbusinessalliance.com for information on future events.

PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Chuck Grove, Don Gross, Ron Tomchin, Dr. Scott Snyder and Natalie Stolbach.

Hulett Marketing Director Greg Rice (front) with Ron Tomchin of TWBA, Hulett Vice President Frank Dowling and Hulett Assistant Sales Manager Gary Scher.

Marcia Berwick awards Linda Grove the 50/50 prize.

Rick Roth talks about farmers and fertilizers as Dr. Scott Snyder, Jack Rosen and Michael Vernacchio listen.

Fred Gordon and Marc Melnick.

Just as important, volunteers provide quality time to Homebound Mitzvah Program recipients — sitting and talking with them to bring some additional warmth to the delivery. The High Holidays commence with Erev Rosh Hashanah on Sunday, Oct. 2, and continue with Yom Kippur starting on Tuesday, Oct. 11 and ending at sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 12.

“The challenge for many of our community’s seniors is the passing of loved ones and friends, or the distance they are from their children, and this is particularly evident over the holidays,” said Linda Sevich, director of community services at MorseLife, who

has run the program throughout its existence. “For nearly 20 years, it has been such an honor for us to be able to bring the joys and traditions of the Jewish New Year to them on what could be the loneliest time of the year. It is truly a beautiful mitzvah.”

Homebound Mitzvah Program volunteers will gather for their deliveries on the MorseLife Health System campus at 4847 Fred Gladstone Drive (off Haverhill Road) in West Palm Beach, and at Temple Torah at 8600 Jog Road in Boynton Beach from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.

Since 1997, the Homebound Mitzvah Program has been reach-

Dr. Scott Snyder gives Bob Salerno his pillow prize.

Maggie Zeller and Christina Orcado.

MorseLife Seeking Volunteers For The Jewish High Holidays Homebound Mitzvah Program

Now nearing its 20th year, the MorseLife Health System Homebound Mitzvah Program and its volunteers will make a difference on Thursday, Sept. 29 to Jewish frail homebound seniors over the High Holidays who otherwise would not be able to experience the joys and traditions of the holidays.

More than 400 volunteers of all ages and from all walks of life will prepare Homebound Mitzvah Program packages to deliver to seniors throughout Palm Beach County.

The packages include traditional kosher meals, wine, large-print prayer book and a DVD of services conducted by Rabbi Alan Sherman, chaplain at MorseLife.

Don Gross, Lynne Keane and Mary Miller.

ing out to the area’s homebound elders in hopes of diminishing the loneliness and isolation frequently felt over Jewish holidays such as the High Holidays and Passover.

It was founded by Marilyn and Stanley Katz, who had nurtured a similar program in New York to help isolated seniors. The program is made possible through the generosity of community philanthropists and a grant from the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County.

For more information on volunteering or receiving packages, call Linda Sevich at (561) 282-5388

by Sept. 14. For more information about MorseLife, visit www. morselife.org.

Wellington Earns Top Honors For Budget

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded its Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to the Village of Wellington’s Office of Financial Management & Budget for the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget. This award is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting.

This year’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is the 21st consecutive year that the village has earned the honor. Wellington gives special recognition to Budget & Reporting Director Christine Wadleigh and Budget Analyst Rubi Cabret for their significant contributions to preparing the budget.

This accolade reflects Welling-

ton’s commitment to meeting the highest principles and best practices in governmental budgeting.

In order to receive the award, the village had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentations.

In addition to receiving the award, Wellington’s budget received the Special Performance Measures Recognition by achieving outstanding ratings from all reviewers for presentation of performance measures. This is the second year that the village has received this special recognition.

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In the coming months there is going to be an absolute EXPLOSION of new homes to the market. With major builders starting massive new projects or opening up new sections in older projects, there are an estimated 10,000 new units that will be hitting Central and West Palm Beach County over the next year or so with most of the communities starting heavy pre-construction marketing in the next few months.

The two areas of focus are Lake Worth Rd between the Turnpike and 441 and the Western communities.

With Lennar opening up additional phases of its Gulfstream Preserve community, Meritage breaking ground on Cypress Grand and Divosta clearing land for The Fields among others, the market just east of Wellington should be flooded with great pre-construction deals in the very near future.

Out West, the newly incorporated Westlake plans to offer all of the amenities of “In Town” living including Shopping, Restaurants and Entertainment on-site.

The other major development just west of Lion Country Safari is ARDEN. It will be focused on a healthy living environment with over 19 miles of walking trails, an on-site community Farm and a “Front Porch” philosophy to promote a neighborhood feel.

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Reservations are required. Must RSVP no later than August 27, 2016 to Mair Armand at 561-635-0011 or mair.armand1@gmail.com.

Annual dues: $260.00, unless paid at September meeting (discounted to $250.00).

Annual dues includes 9 monthly dinner meetings and portion of fundraiser ticket.

The Women of the Western Communities is a philanthropic organization, with our fundraising efforts benefitting the YWCA Harmony House, a safe shelter for abused women and their children, and the WWC Scholarship Fund, which benefits local high school seniors continuing their education.

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QUARTER AUCTION IN ROYAL PALM BENEFITS AMBER’S ANIMAL OUTREACH

A quarter auction was held on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center with proceeds donated to the local nonprofit Amber’s Animal Outreach. The money will be used to rescue stray and abandoned dogs. The next quarter auction at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center is set for Wednesday, Sept. 21.

PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Kelly and Amber Nelson of Amber’s Animal Outreach.

Michelle Stuart with some of her hand-painted signs.

Young Morris, shown with Amber Nelson, won a tennis racket and balls.

Callie Mundell and Denise Calise with Scott and Donna Helmus.

Dana Price and Marianne Herron (seated) with Sandi Lishen, Morgan Schavolt and Amy Schavolt.

Sandi Lishen won a dog bed and treats from Amber Nelson of Amber’s Animal Outreach.

Macy McDonald McIntyre of Damsel in Defense gives pepper spray and a taser to winner Tarina Patel.

Diana Williams won Tupperware from Julie Bryant.

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The fifth and final Physicians Talent Showcase held at the Harriet Himmel Theater on Aug. 16 attracted more than 400 fans and raised $63,000 for the Kretzer Piano Music Foundation. The money will enable the nonprofit organization to expand its music education programs for children in need.

Under the musical theme of “We Are Family,” this year’s fun-filled event was once again directed by William Hayes. This year’s concert featured musical performances by doctors affiliated with 11 local hospitals and medical facilities, including Dr. Kenneth Fuquay from West Palm Beach, who is affiliated with the pulmonology departments at both the Jupiter Medical Center and the Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center; Dr. Gordon Johnson,

a retired pathologist and former chief of staff at Wellington Regional Medical Center, who performed with his wife Dr. Linda Johnson and son Gareth Johnson, a highly acclaimed violinist; Dana Oaks, the CEO of JFK Medical Center’s North Campus, who performed with his piano-playing wife and four talented children; and Dr. Jill Rodila, an ophthalmologist associated with the Jupiter Medical Center.

Additional performing physicians were Dr. Lyda Rodriguez, a pediatrician affiliated with both St. Mary’s Medical Center and the Jupiter Medical Center, who did ballroom dancing with Alex Foraponov from Dance With Us Studios; Dr. Thomas Rowe, chief of staff at Jupiter Medical Center, who played the bass guitar in the

doctor band; Dr. Robin Shecter, a gifted vocalist who is affiliated with both Wellington Regional Medical Center and West Palm Hospital; Dr. Robin Sykes, a plastic surgeon at both Jupiter Plastic Surgery and the Jupiter Medical Center; Dr. Maureen Whelihan, who is affiliated with Elite Gyn Care of the Palm Beaches and Wellington Regional Medical Center, who once again co-emceed the concert; and Dr. Jack Zeltzer, an extraordinary drummer who also happens to be a vascular surgeon associated with Palm Beach Surgical Associates, Palms West Hospital, Wellington Regional Medical Center and JFK Medical Center.

The one non-medical doctor was Dr. Robin Arrigo, a concert pianist who holds a doctorate of musical arts from the University of Miami.

This year’s Physician Talents Showcase also offered knockout performances by cabaret sensation Avery Sommers, professional saxophone player and flautist Greg Diaz, and several current and former Kretzer Kids.

“The Physicians Talent Showcase is part of the Kretzer Piano Music Foundation’s ongoing Music for the Mind concert series benefitting children’s charities and music education,” founder Kathi Kretzer-Sayler said. “Providing busy medical professionals with an opportunity to share their talent in support of our music charity brings joy to our hearts. We are grateful to our sponsors, volunteers and fans, but mostly to these talented physicians.”

Learn more about the foundation at www.kretzerpiano.com/kpmf.

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ISLAND JACKS DONATES TO HORSES THAT HELP

On Friday, Aug. 19, Island Jacks Bar & Grill in West Palm Beach presented Horses That Help with a check for $1,500 raised through the restaurant’s Friday Night Bingo in memory of Jack Landers. Horses That Help is a nonprofit ministry that provides free horseback riding programs for special needs and at-risk youth.

Their rescued and rehabilitated horses bond with children to bring physical, spiritual and emotional healing. For more information, visit www.horsesthathelp.org.

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Boys & Girls Club Members Take Part In A National Fitness Competition

The Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Nestlé are challenging clubs around the country to inspire local kids to achieve tangible short-term fitness goals.

As the nation’s top advocate for youth, BGCA has set bold goals to enable more kids to achieve a great future, including logging 4 billion hours of physical activity from club kids and teens by 2018.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County decided to take up the challenge, and on Aug. 4 held its first summer national fitness competition at Pioneer Park Elementary School in Belle Glade.

More than 350 club members from Boca Raton, Wellington, West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Riviera Beach and Belle Glade attended. The event was organized by the teen members and included an array of activities and presentations throughout the day.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit was on site with demonstrations of police canine training, and Marcia Bahia with the PBSO provided information on gang prevention. The Belle Glade Fire Department was also present and conducted a Q&A session that included topics on fire, fire alarms, why police and fire fighters are present at an accident scene and more.

James Green, director of outreach and community programming for the Palm Beach County Youth Services Department, greeted the teens, many who were

part of the summer internships funded through the Youth Services Department, and led them in a fun round of Simon Says, which flowed into chants of affirmations about self-worth and self-accomplishment. Green discussed the value of giving back to the community through the mentoring of younger members.

The day was filled with competitions that included a shuttle run; 50-yard dash; push-up, sit-up contest and hula hoop contest; sponge relays; bean bag relays; and more.

A DJ played popular music, and dance groups from the various clubs entertained the crowd with performances that included an African dance and drumming.

The organizing teens also served lunch and drinks to everyone in attendance.

The 13 Boys & Girls Clubs in Palm Beach County serve more than 8,000 children ages 6 to 18.

Founded in 1971, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County is a not-for profit youth development organization that promotes the educational, vocational, health leadership and character of boys and girls in a safe, nurturing environment as an alternative to being home alone. The clubs offer a variety of award-winning developmental programs to help youth build skills and self-esteem during critical periods of growth.

For more information, visit www.bgcpbc.org or call (561) 683-3287.

James Green of the Palm Beach County Youth Services Department with Youth of the Year Alexia Lyles-Murray, Kienaya Workman, Alfonso Atkinson and Gregory Gabriel.

Club members Niyoni Gibbons, McKayla Steele and London Gaskin participate in one of the running competitions.

Wellington Church Impacts The World Through An Innovative Bible App

Dr. Max Cohen and the MaxHealth Chiropractic team recently made a $5,000 donation to the Kids Cancer Foundation. MaxHealth would like to thank its patients, friends and family who helped contribute to the donation, allowing the Kids Cancer Foundation to continue to provide physical, emotional and financial support for local families who have a child with cancer.

MaxHealth encourages other local businesses to join in supporting the organization. To learn how to donate through MaxHealth Chiropractic, call (561) 249-0373. To learn more about the Kids Cancer Foundation, visit www.kidscancersf.org.

You might be surprised to learn that one local church has a strong connection to one of the most popular phone and tablet apps in history.

Life Church, which has a location in Wellington, recently announced that the YouVersion Bible App is now available in 1,007 languages on more than 230 million devices worldwide.

Through the gifts of generous donors and the contribution of Bible content from a global network of partners, it is now the first app to be made available in more than 1,000 languages.

“Our mission is to use technology in any way we can to help people worldwide engage with God’s word,” said Bobby Gruenewald, founder of the YouVersion Bible App and innovation pastor at Life Church. “We’re thrilled to partner with the many Bible societies and translation groups that make it possible for us to offer the Bible in more and more languages every month, because our goal is that eventually every person with a mobile device will have access to the Bible in their native language through the Bible App.” The 1,000th language added is

Sukuma, the primary language of 7.6 million people in Tanzania, Africa, and home to Mount Kilimanjaro. With the BibiliaIlaganoLya Kale 2015, developed by the Bible Society of Tanzania, people who speak Sukuma can more easily engage with and share God’s word.

“In this digital age, we tend to forget that people have spent decades of their lives, and in some cases sacrificed their own life, to make it possible for people to read the Bible in their own language,” Gruenewald said. “Though we’ve come a long way, more than two billion people still don’t have a

Bible in their language, so we are dedicated to continuously increasing the number of languages offered through the Bible App to get it into more people’s hands.”

Bible societies, Bible publishers and copyright holders have worked together to generate a detailed list of languages that do not have their own Bible. Of almost 7,000 languages in the world, nearly 2,000 still need to start translation projects.

To learn more about YouVersion’s mission, or to download the Bible App, visit www.youversion. com.

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Incoming Polo Park Kids Prep For School

Leaving the cozy confines of elementary school, especially after being in fifth grade and the oldest in the school, can be a scary and difficult rite of passage for any child. However, Polo Park Middle School took great strides in lowering the students’ fear factor by hosting its fourth annual Polo Park Sixth Grade Summer Prep Program.

The main goal of the program is to make the incoming sixth graders a little more comfortable prior to starting their middle school years.

This year’s program was held Aug. 1-3 and saw nearly 200 soon-to-be Stallions attend. The program included a variety of topics designed to prepare the students for what they would encounter during their sixth-grade year.

The activities during the three days included a presentation on the dangers of bullying, a presentation and activity on organization, a student-led tour of the school, an introduction to physical education, a

scavenger hunt to learn the school grounds and a locker relay so the new students could practice opening locks — a difficult skill for anyone new to middle school. The entire program concluded with a pizza party for the students and a chance for them to ask the faculty members any questions they may have about starting middle school.

“Easing the fears of the incoming sixth graders is our number-one goal,” said Kaitlyn Brugnoni, co-coordinator of the Summer Prep Program. “Making them a little more at ease and seeing them that first week of school comfortable in the middle school setting makes the program all the more worthwhile.”

The program is run by a faculty committee made up of teachers from all disciplines, as well as current eighth-grade students who serve as counselors for the incoming sixth graders.

The counselors are a key component of the program. They are

There was staff on hand to help answer questions and direct traffic.

Palm Beach County School District’s Central Region Instructional Superintendent Vivian Green directed traffic, along with Principal

Kindergartner Cherylann Brent with her dad Steve on the way to class.

CYPRESS TRAILS KIDS CELEBRATE BEATING THE SUMMER SLIDE

New students work together to get ready for middle school. able to dispense excellent advice on being in middle school, as well as serve as a friendly face for the students when they come on the first day of school. Many of the

counselors this year went through the program when they were entering middle school and now came full circle by being mentors for the new students.

First Day A Success For The New Fine Arts Academy At Wellington Elementary School

Everyone pitched in to make the first day of Wellington Elementary School’s new Fine Arts Academy a great success.

Parents and students arrived on campus early in the morning.

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Dr. Maria Vaughan and Assistant Principal Kim Harrington.

Students and their families were able to go inside the classrooms together and will continue to do so until the school’s Independence

First-grader Logan Meoni-Fan with his teacher, Stacey Oswald.

Day on Aug. 29.

For more information about the Fine Arts Academy, call (561) 651-0600. Wellington Elementary School is located at 13000 Paddock Drive in Wellington.

Central Region Instructional Superintendent Vivian Green assists with directing traffic.

Students at Cypress Trails Elementary School recently celebrated completing their Avoid the Summer Slide and Jump on the Water Slide summer challenge. The Palm Beach County School District took an initiative this summer, as it does every summer, to encourage children to keep up their learning over the summer.

Statistics show that students can lose as much as two to three grade levels of learning in the summer if they don’t engage in educational activities. Students in grades K-5 participated in a variety of summer reading activities that were developed to help keep them engaged in reading during the summer months. As a reward for their participation, Cypress Trails students were invited to the water slide celebration on Aug. 19.

Farm Bureau Offers Grants To Teachers

Pre-kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school teachers can grow the budgets for their classrooms by teaching their students about agriculture.

The Florida Farm Bureau Federation is offering multiple $250 mini-grants to certified Florida educators who are engaged in classroom instruction at the pre-K to 12th grade levels for the 2016-17 school year. Grants of up to $250 each will be awarded for original and creative activities or programs that increase the understanding of agriculture among students.

“Agriculture has no subject boundaries,” said Elise Stoddard, Florida Farm Bureau leadership programs coordinator. “We encourage teachers who are incorporating agricultural principles into any subject area to apply for the grant.”

Grant applications are due Sept.

15. Winners of the grant will be notified no later than Nov. 15

via e-mail. Educators can apply for the grant by visiting https:// floridafarmbureau.formstack.com/ forms/grant.

The mini-grant program is part of the Florida Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee’s commitment to support agricultural education in classrooms across Florida.

A total of up to $20,000 will be awarded in mini-grants throughout the 2016-17 school year. Last year, 53 Florida teachers received grant funding for their agricultural projects.

The Florida Farm Bureau has awarded more than $160,000 in total grants toward promoting agriculture in the classroom since the program’s inception in 1998.

Florida Farm Bureau is the state’s largest general agricultural organization, representing more than 144,000 member-families and serving to enhance farm enterprise and improve rural communities.

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VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM BEACH PUBLIC NOTICE

The Village of Royal Palm Beach currently has a vacancy for an alternate member on the Planning and Zoning Commission which meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month. All meetings are held in the Village Meeting Hall. If you are a resident of Royal Palm Beach and would like to volunteer your service and expertise on this local government Board, pick up an application at the Village Clerk’s office or download it from the Village’s website at http://fl-royalpalmbeach.civicplus.com/ DocumentCenter/View/5207. Return the completed application to the Village Clerk’s office no later than September 28, 2016 for Council consideration at its October 6th meeting.

If further information is desired, please call the Village Clerk at 790-5102.

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Just When I Was Feeling Hopeful, Ryan Lochte Comes Along!

Well, thank you very much, Ryan Lochte. In the midst of this absolutely ridiculous election year, a year that has actually been injuring my pride in America, I was so pleased to be able to take a break from the politicians and focus on average Americans with way-above-average skills for a while. I even dared hope that taking home about half of all available Olympic medals would earn us back some respect. (“See? These people running for president, they don’t really represent us as well as these athletes do.”)

Then Lochte trashes a gas station bathroom and concocts a wild story about

Deborah Welky is

The Sonic BOOMER a gun being held to his forehead, lying straight-faced to reporters with nary a thought as to how this would impact the host country of Rio de Janeiro or anybody else.

My personal apologies to Rio for his bad behavior. Sorry for the temporary black eye it gave you, and I’m glad that you were able to sort things out quickly, working diligently to do so even as our star athlete came scurrying home, leaving his teammates to fend for themselves.

If he ran home to mama, I hope she slammed the door in his face. (“Is that how I raised you? To lie?”) And his father, too (“I drove you to practice every day for 12 years and this is the thanks I get?”) And, of course, his girlfriend. (“I saw the Club France photo, Lyin’ Ryan! Just makes me wonder what else you’ve lied about!)

If he ran back to the University of Florida, I hope the swim coach turned his back on him. I hope they took his photo off the locker room wall and put it in the bathroom next to the Keep It Clean sign.

Of course, these are the people everybody feels sorry for, but there are others.

What about the poor film editor who did that wonderful montage of Olympic highlights that they ran on TV Friday night? He gets the whole thing done and his boss rushes in and says, “We need extra footage put in of Lochte! He was nearly murdered at gunpoint! He’s lucky to be alive!” And then, a few days later (with

the entire thing redone), “Lochte made the whole thing up! Cut him! Cut him!”

And what about Lochte’s manager?

The one who has been juggling multiple high-dollar offers for endorsements with companies like Ralph Lauren and Speedo? The one who may have gotten a nice percentage off those endorsements? What is he going to do? Lochte’s future public appearances now include a long string of apologies, and those don’t pay that well.

So, as a world-renowned liar getting tons of exposure, there’s really only one option left open to him — he has to run for president.

New ‘Ben-Hur’ Remake Nowhere Near As Good As The Classic

The new version of Ben-Hur is a disaster. When I first heard there might be a remake of the classic, my first reaction was, “Why?” The 1959 version won 11 Academy Awards and is ranked among the best films ever.

The original was made for a bit over $15 million, and it seems every penny’s worth is shown on screen. The famous chariot race is classic. I assumed that since a lot more money was spent on the new version, it would be spectacular. Unfortunately, it was not.

The story, based on a novel written after the Civil War by Union Gen. Lew Wallace, is focused strongly on a group of people living near Jerusalem during the time of Christ. Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a Jewish nobleman, grows up with adoptive Roman brother Messala (Toby Kebbell).

Messala takes off to join the Roman army because of family issues and later accuses Judah of treason because Judah’s family will not allow him to marry into it.

In the book, and in previous versions, a

‘I’ On CULTURE

By Leonard Wechsler broken roof tile falls and scares the Roman governor’s horse, which brings Judah up on charges. In this film, a Hebrew rebel fires an arrow at the man and Judah, who had preached nonviolence, accepts blame.

He winds up condemned to be a galley slave pretty much until death.

Unlike in previous versions, he escapes because of a shipwreck (no fancy battle scenes) and winds up in North Africa, where Sheik Ilderim (Morgan Freeman) admires his ability with horses. That leads up to the chariot races.

Small changes in the plot do make a difference. In earlier versions, chance (or

fate) plays a major role in determining Ben-Hur’s life. Here he chooses to accept the punishment, making the movie far more political. Since he had also preached nonviolence, why accept blame? And even more to the point, why hate Messala so much?

Keep in mind that the full title of the book was Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

Jesus (Rodrigo Santoro) does appear in this movie, but seemingly more as an afterthought. There is a rushed crucifixion scene and a handful of other ones where he makes an appearance but barely ever touches on the main story.

In the 1959 version, every time Charlton Heston, who won an Oscar for his Ben-Hur portrayal, spoke, you almost felt biblical authority behind it (perhaps because he had recently finished playing Moses in The Ten Commandments). Here, Huston seems much diminished. There is just about no charisma.

In the old movie, there was a homoerotic underpinning (Messala seemingly had

his eyes on Judah), which helped explain some of the emotional heat. Here, as noted above, Judah chose to accept his punishment although Messala did lie about him.

All of this created a rather muddled plot.

Director Timur Bekmambetov made choices that were different from the original. One worked well; during the galley scenes we only saw things through the very small oar holes used by the slaves.

This limited our view just as it was limited for Ben-Hur. On the other hand, the chariot race seemed to be shot with a hand-held camera in tight shots. There were none of the dramatic wide screen shots that were a brilliant highlight of the previous movie.

Another weakness: The religious scenes, which admittedly were overly portentous in the 1959 version, were almost perfunctory here. The director and writers seemed inclined to make this more of a political movie.

The cast was not really up to playing the major roles. Huston, grandson of actor-director John Huston, did not have the

charisma, drive or acting skills needed for this complex role. Kebbell suffered from the poor writing. He seemed mainly concerned with his own feelings of rejection.

Of course, Freeman was excellent; he was the one person who brought dignity and power to his role. Unfortunately, it was not necessarily one that required it.

Santoro as Jesus was not as strong as the performer in the older movie, who was actually not a performer at all. William Wyler, director of the classic, showed people reacting to Jesus rather than Jesus himself. And it was far more powerful than what we see in this one.

So, skip it. Even worse, every time the no-talent hacks of Hollywood do their remakes (and none of them comes even close to being as good as the originals) we never get to see the originals again.

Television turns away from the old versions to show the inferior new ones. In the future, we’ll have to settle for this version, and that is why I disapprove of the people behind it.

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DR. MARK FREEMAN VISITS WITH THE LAST DREAM SOCCER CLUB IN RPB

The Last Dream Soccer Club of Royal Palm Beach held its weekly soccer gathering on Sunday, Aug. 21 at Seminole Palms Park in Royal Palm Beach. Players enjoyed a sunny day of game play and also welcomed a special visitor, Dr. Mark Freeman, a Republican who is running for U.S. Congress in District 18. Freeman shared with club members his vision for America. To learn more about Freeman’s campaign, visit www.drmarkforcongress.com. For more information about the Last Dream Soccer Club, visit www.lastdreamsoccer.com.

Andrew Sossa, former Royal Palm Beach Mayor Matty Mattioli, State House District 86 candidate Laurel Bennett and U.S. Congress District 18 candidate Dr. Mark Freeman.

Dr. Mark Freeman addresses soccer club members.

Members of the soccer club with Dr. Mark Freeman.

TWBA Seeks Nominees For Inaugural Founders Day Awards

The Western Business Alliance will hold its inaugural Founders Day Awards Luncheon at the Mayacoo Lakes Country Club on Wednesday, Sept. 21 starting at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $35 for members and $45 for nonmembers.

The awards luncheon is the first of its kind for the organization.

“I’m extremely excited for the luncheon,” said Natalie Stolbach

McKinlay

Issues In District 6

continued from page 1 GL Homes still has to resolve its proportional share agreement.

“The holdup on that has been the Indian Trail Improvement District,” she said. “We’re not quite sure what road improvement projects they’re looking at in terms of their overall development proposal.”

Iota Carol’s proposal for more than 1,000 homes near the GL Homes project will also begin

Seniors

New RPB Board

continued from page 1 ber of people from the same community. He asked whether they could reach out to members of communities that are not represented.

“From a timeline standpoint, I’d rather we take a little bit longer,” Pinto said.

Village Attorney Jennifer Ashton said that the council would have to re-advertise for applicants.

“There is nothing wrong with re-advertising to get a broader applicant pool,” she said.

Smith said she had met with several homeowners’ associations as well as the Young at Heart Club board to get applicants.

“I did want a nice variety of different backgrounds,” she said.

“I do agree there is a large number of Greenway South applicants…

Appraiser

Jacks vs. Vana

continued from page 1 professional office that requires a skill level and expertise to really be able to be an effective leader, and I’m that person,” she said.

Besides backing from Nikolits, her endorsements include county commissioners Paulette Burdick and Priscilla Taylor, Tax Collector Anne Gannon, Clerk & Comptroller Sharon Bock, 14 other property appraisers in Florida who know her from the state association, State Rep. Mark Pafford and the mayors of 10 area cities.

“I have a lot of elected mayors and council people,” Jacks said. “They understand that I am qualified to do this job. For them, it’s critical that the office remains smoothly operating so that their process for tax collection is smooth. If you ask Tax Collector Anne Gannon, I think that’s why she’s endorsing me, because she understands that if something went wrong with the property tax system, the whole tax process would go off the rails.”

Jacks went to Palm Beach Gardens High School. She attended the University of Florida, where she majored in political science, and then went to work in the tax collector’s office. She is married

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Democratic Primary

continued from page 7 oversaw fundraising initiatives and outreach programs. She is involved in her neighborhood association and is an appointed advisory board member in West Palm Beach. In 2010, she was appointed by then-Mayor Lois Frankel to lead the volunteer community development efforts for the multimillion-dollar Coleman

of Barry’s Jewelry Spa and chair of the event. “We wanted to recognize those who run all sizes of business, and the alliance is the only organization to have an award in the micro-business sector for those who have one or two employees.”

The awards luncheon will recognize the achievements of TWBA members in five different categories: businesses with over

10 employees, small businesses with 3 to 10 employees, microbusinesses with 1 or 2 employees, nonprofit and education.

The selection committee is looking for businesses who have established themselves as leaders in the community and have helped to strengthen and support fellow TWBA members — increasing economic growth, education and community awareness. Each

nominee must meet four criteria: be a member in good standing, be actively involved in the organization, show how they have helped strengthen the community of TWBA businesses, and show consistent economic growth, education and community awareness.

An additional award, the Citizen of the Year Award, will be given to an individual in recognition of their community involve-

ment. Nominees for the award do not have to be members of the alliance.

“The alliance has been in existence for just under two years, and we have seen terrific growth in our membership,” explained Maureen Gross of Keller Williams Realty Wellington and a TWBA board member. “By establishing these awards, we wanted to recognize some of our member

businesses that have stepped-up and interacted with fellow businesses through the alliance, and, thereby, helped strengthen the member businesses and the whole economic community.”

The deadline for award nominations is Monday, Aug. 29. To make a nomination, for more information about sponsorships or to purchase tickets, visit www. thewesternbusinessalliance.com.

making its way through the county planning process this fall.

“I, like you, do not like these large-scale developments coming into our back yard,” she said. “But as you can see, as with this City of Westlake and their cheap-shot incorporation with five people, a lot of these decisions have been taken out of our control. We are in a position where we have to sit down with developers now, and at the very least try to come up with something that can at least work within our communities.”

On a brighter note, McKinlay said the Department of Economic Sustainability recently awarded

a $68,000 ADA Community Development Block grant to Royal Palm Beach to develop sidewalks south of Okeechobee Blvd., and has awarded a total of about $2 million to families over the years to get them into homeownership.

Sober homes continue to be an issue that local governments have had trouble controlling.

“As you know, with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act, you’re dealing with a clientele that is protected under federal law, so there are civil rights issues involved,” McKinlay said. “We have tried unsuccessfully at the state level to mandate

reporting requirements so we know where these are located.

There’s about 700 of them that we know of located in Delray Beach alone. They’re all over Palm Beach County; they’re all over Florida.

But our hands are tied a little bit.”

She pointed out that the City of Boca Raton tried to zone out sober homes and lost a multimilliondollar lawsuit.

McKinlay added that there is an inordinate amount of fraud related to sober homes, and that is something the county is looking into.

She said Congresswoman Lois Frankel has been an advocate on the issue, and is waiting for a

statement from the Department of Justice and the Department of Housing & Urban Development that will at least provide a definition of what a group home is.

“Based on a definition of what group homes are, there are certain requirements that group homes have to have inside their facilities, which will allow us an avenue to go in and get our code enforcement in there and see what’s going on inside those homes,” she said.

At the state level, $275,000 has been appropriated to the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office to create a task force to investigate sober homes, which is

to submit a report to the legislature sometime next year.

McKinlay added that the county also has a task force investigating sober homes.

McKinlay also touched on the November referendum on the proposed one-cent sales tax increase.

She pointed out that she did not support inclusion of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council as a beneficiary.

“I think that we really needed to focus our efforts on catching up on our infrastructure backlog and repairing the failing schools, crumbling roads and the parks that are falling apart,” McKinlay said.

I feel that in the last four months, I’ve spoken to as many people as I can.”

Smith asked whether people Swift had mentioned had applied, and Swift said he was not sure if they were aware of the open positons.

Smith noted that she had fought to get seven members rather than five in order to get broader representation.

Vice Mayor Jeff Hmara said he had spoken to several residents about the board, and only one had applied.

“I agree a broader cross-section would be better,” Hmara said. “On the other hand, unless we get some sense of how to make that happen, we could go through the process and wind up right where we are right now.”

Village Manager Ray Liggins said the meetings will be open to the public and participation is welcome. However, the board’s duties are very specific as it relates to the

planning and implementation of senior programs.

“In lieu of re-advertising, maybe part of the agenda could include public comment, and make that public comment part of the record,” Liggins said.

Councilwoman Jan Rodusky agreed that representation should be as broad as possible, but did not want to discount those people who had already applied.

“Let’s be sure and keep them in the context of this board before we go and find brand-new ones,” Rodusky said.

Smith made a motion to accept her recommendations, with the condition that the meetings are open and anyone is welcome to participate, which carried 5-0.

In other business, the council approved the sale of its two fire stations to Palm Beach County.

The village has been protected

by Palm Beach County FireRescue for more than 15 years.

Ownership of the stations date

back to when the village had its own fire department.

Liggins said that last November, the village entered into an agreement with the county that identified the potential to sell the stations, using the property appraiser’s market value.

The agreement will convey both fire stations to the county, with the purchase price for Village Station No. 1 (now Station 28) on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. at $978,310, and Village Station No. 2 (now Station 29) on Belvedere Road for $768,354.

If the county chooses to purchase the stations, it would be restricted to fire-rescue operations.

If approved, the village would no longer levy fire-rescue impact fees unless the village opts out of the municipal service taxing unit.

Liggins said that if the village chooses to go back into the firerescue business, the county has agreed to sell back the stations using the same methodology.

Pinto asked whether there will be a future ordinance eliminating the fire impact fees, and Ashton said recommendations would be forthcoming on what specific fees to add or remove, and what impact fee collection would stop upon closing the sale of the stations.

“We are coming back to you to have a formal vote on the fire impact fee collection,” she said.

Swift asked why it was a good deal to sell the stations, and Liggins said it takes the village out of responsibility for the stations.

“At Station 28, we’re maintaining the outside of the building, and we’re responsible for structural issues, and that is on both of the buildings,” Liggins said.

“This really gets us out completely, and the county is accepting the buildings as full fee-simple ownership with full maintenance responsibilities.”

He reiterated that if a future council decides to maintain a fire department, it can take back the

buildings in a reasonable deal with the county.

“Some of our major concerns were the locations of these stations,” Liggins said. “They are great locations for serving Royal Palm Beach. The county has agreed to leave them as fire stations. We thought these locations were more important than the actual price.”

Ashton said one of the main points of discussion was that the fire stations remain fire stations.

“They shall remain for firerescue purposes forever,” she said.

“A big concern for us was that with all the western growth happening right now, these stations would be picked up and moved far away from Royal Palm Beach, and then if you ever decided to get back into the fire-rescue business, you would be left without facilities.

The county was agreeable to those deed restrictions.”

Swift made a motion to approve the agreement, which carried 5-0.

and lives in West Palm Beach.

She has served as president of the Executive Women of the Palm Beaches and served many years with the Mandel Public Library in West Palm Beach, where she was president of the Friends of the Library. She is currently on the board of the Women’s Foundation of Palm Beach County and has served with several other organizations.

“I have also been very active in our assessors’ association. I served as president of the Florida chapter, and most recently I was elected vice president of the International Association of Assessing Officers,” Jacks said.

Jacks is proud of what the office has achieved and plans to continue improving it.

“I want to invest more in technology; that’s really where my passion lies,” she said. “We will be working with improving PAPA even more, adding more features to it, adding more options for people to online file, get things to be done quicker so that the wheels of government move a little bit quicker.”

For more information, visit www.dorothyjacks.com.

Shelley Vana — Vana is a longtime fixture in Palm Beach County politics. After teaching in local schools for 20 years, she became president and CEO of the Palm Beach County Classroom Teach-

ers Association. From there, Vana was elected to a seat in the Florida House of Representatives in 2002, serving in that role until 2008.

In 2008, Vana was elected to the District 3 seat on the Palm Beach County Commission. She was re-elected in 2012 and is leaving that post this year. Term limits prevented her from seeking re-election.

In the race for property appraiser, Vana said she believes that she is the stronger candidate.

“I have more experience. I have eight years on the county commission, six years in the state house, and I have worked on the policy and budget committee in the state legislature, rewriting the property tax laws,” she said.

Vana said she would like to see the inspector general be included

as part of the oversight of the property appraiser’s office and would like to make sure that the computer protection systems are up to date.

She plans to have more outreach to the community so that residents understand what they are entitled to and how the office works.

Vana added that a disaster recovery plan is needed.

“I have leadership, I was the CEO of the teacher’s union, I was part of the group that helped to rewrite the property tax laws,” she said. “I have much more experience in terms of government leadership than my opponent does, and I think my endorsements show that a wealth of people have faith in what I can do.”

Vana’s endorsements include the Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association, the Profes-

sional Firefighters/Paramedics of Palm Beach County’s Local 2928 (IAFF), former U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, State Sen. Joseph Abruzzo, Riviera Beach Councilwoman Dawn Pardo, the Palm Beach-Treasure Coast AFLCIO, State Rep. Dave Kerner, State Attorney Dave Aronberg, County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay, the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, School Board Member Debra Robinson, Loxahatchee Groves Vice Mayor Ron Jarriel, former Wellington Councilman Matt Willhite, former Wellington Mayor Bob Margolis, Indian Trail Improvement District Supervisor Michelle Damone and others.

Vana also wants to see the property appraiser’s office more

in touch with Tallahassee and the Palm Beach County Commission.

Additionally, she seeks to be more collaborative with other agencies in general.

Vana was born in Rochester, Pa., and is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She is married with two children and two granddaughters.

Her teaching career in Palm Beach County included stints at the Dreyfoos School of the Arts and Jupiter High School, and she ended up as the districtwide science resource coordinator. During her tenure at the CTA, Vana served six years on the School District Audit Committee.

For more information, visit www.votevana.com.

Feistmann has always had a passion for the law, for justice and for public service, and has always looked up to judges.

“It’s a way of giving back to the community, and I’d like to bring my extensive courtroom experience, legal experience and life experience and give back,” she said.

She is active in many organizations, such as the Hispanic Bar Association, the League of Women Voters, the Florida Association of Women Lawyers, the National Council for Jewish Women and more.

Feistmann would like to mentor young attorneys, teaching them what she knows from her extensive experience.

“A judge needs to have extensive courtroom experience, be fair and impartial and have the right temperament. And I feel that I have all of that,” she said.

A heavy caseload isn’t daunting to Feistmann, who tries 12 to 20 serious felony cases a year. She has been on both the prosecution and defense side for criminal court.

For more information, visit www.electfeistmann2016.com.

Bradley Harper — Harper is proud of his status as a sixthgeneration Palm Beach County native, which he said gives him a unique perspective.

“My mother is an elementary school teacher and principal; my father is a business owner,” he said.

He went to Morehouse College and graduated with honors with an accounting degree. He received scholarships his junior and senior year, and then received scholarships to attend law school at the University of Florida.

“And then I came home because I care about this community,” Harper said.

Harper is married to a graphic designer, and they have four children. He is currently a partner and supervising attorney at his law firm, overseeing a team of attorneys with civil litigation matters.

As a well-connected individual with the community, he knows the people and how the community operates.

“I want to accomplish four things,” Harper said. “Most importantly, I want to uphold the law and uphold the constitution. Beyond

that, I think it is important that our stakeholders and our justice system participate and educate the public so that they understand and trust the legal system and understand how it works.”

Harper wants more collaboration between the justice system and the community, to leverage technology to improve efficiency and bridge the divide between the community and the justice system, resulting in confidence in the system. If people understand how the system works, he explained, they will know they will be treated fairly and with dignity.

“I am the only candidate who has been vetted and nominated by our Judicial Nominating Commission,” he said.

Harper also is the only candidate, he said, who has experience with complex trial litigation and criminal experience, handling cases ranging from wrongful death to battery cases.

“That range of experience is important,” Harper said. “I have a reputation for having a great work ethic.”

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Park revitalization effort.

Waldron is a Democratic precinct committeewoman and a member of the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches and the National Organization for Women of Palm Beach County.

Waldron has a bachelor’s degree in economics with a minor in psychology from the University of Virginia and a master’s of business administration degree from Palm Beach Atlantic University. She has three adult children.

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continued from page 3 moved to the United States. They had four children, and Feistmann earned her bachelor’s, master’s and law degrees.

“While in law school, I clerked for Judge Barry Stone in the Fourth District Court of Appeal,” she said. “After I graduated, I worked for Judge Karen Martin, then I accepted a position with the City of Lake Worth as assistant city attorney.”

Later, she worked for the attorney general’s office before working at the state attorney’s office until 2011, when she moved into private practice, where she practices personal injury, criminal defense and family law.

Feistmann returned to the state attorney’s office in February 2013.

“Now I’m running. I tried over 150 jury trials,” she said. “The last 15 years, I have practiced in court on a daily basis… I have tons of trial experience, tons of appellate experience.”

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The Wellington Amphitheater hosted a Tina Turner tribute concert on Saturday, Aug. 20. The band Simply Tina played songs from the pop diva and other artists. For more information about events at the Wellington Amphitheater, visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.

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Cherokee Riding Club Puts Focus On The Basics

Located in Wellington’s Palm Beach Point neighborhood, the Cherokee Riding Club is owned by Nicki Shahinian Simpson, Mary Rivas and Angel Karoyli. “Mary and I wanted to start a grassroots program in Wellington for people who were into horses,” Nicki explained. Ellen Rosenberg’s Column, Page 23

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Broncos Defeat Fort Pierce Central 12-3

The Palm Beach Central High School varsity football squad hosted Fort Pierce Central High School on Friday, Aug. 19 for a preseason kickoff classic game. The Broncos bested the Cobras 12-3. Head coach Tino Ierulli could not have been more pleased with his squad. Page 29

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Wellington Falls To Lakes In Kickoff Classic Thriller

T h e We l l i n g to n H i g h School varsity football team traveled to Palm Beach Lakes High School on Friday, Aug. 19 for its preseason kickoff classic, and fell short as the Rams took the thriller, 38-31.

One thing this contest was not short on was scoring; the teams combined for 69 points. Page 29

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New Cherokee Riding Club Puts Focus On The Basics

Even though Joe Norick’s whole family is involved with horses — he trains and sells horses, his wife rides and his oldest daughter is on the University of Georgia equestrian team — his 9-year-old twin daughters, Sophie and Grace, were lukewarm about riding.

“They liked it, but they only played with it,” Joe recalled. “Then, this summer, for the first time, they developed a true passion for it. It was more than just riding; it was a significant interaction with horses. They were so involved, so excited, they jumped out of bed at the crack of dawn because they couldn’t wait to get there.”

Where? The Cherokee Riding Club, where Sophie and Grace attended summer camp.

Located in Wellington’s Palm Beach Point neighborhood, the club is owned and run by Nicki Shahinian Simpson, Mary Rivas and Angel Karoyli.

“Mary and I wanted to start a grassroots program in Wellington for people who were into horses, giving them a place where they could move up in the show world, if that’s what they wanted, or just come out and ride and enjoy the sport on any level,” Nicki explained. “We’re very inclusive. We have programs for riders of all ages and levels of experience. We offer group and private lessons on our 10 lesson horses and ponies. There’s summer camp and Pony Play Time, a two-hour program for

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By Ellen Rosenberg children age 5 and under. Owners can trailer in their own horses for lessons, and we also offer boarding and training. We’re very hands-on and personal.”

Mary spends her summers showing in the Hamptons and winters in Wellington. She and Nicki met on the show circuit years ago and began working together. Dreams became reality when they started the Cherokee Riding Club program in May. “The thing I enjoy most is the innocence of kids just starting out,” Mary said. “Watching horses and riding through their eyes. Witnessing a child develop that passion for horses. It’s very endearing. Our instructors have great chemistry. We can accommodate every type of rider in a relaxed atmosphere.”

The main objective is to bring riding back to being all about the horse/rider combination, and the relationship developed through grooming and caring for the horses outside the show ring. “I think people are shortchanged without that; they don’t get the whole experience,” Mary said. “True partnership is about spending time with a horse,

Campers Lauren and Jack enjoy Pony Play Time with mini ponies Got Milk and Maggie Maggie at the Cherokee Riding Club. not riding in a show ring for five minutes.” horses are schoolmasters, and we have really Riding is a unique sport because it’s usu- special ponies. They’re so loved by the kids. ally done individually, but it is a team sport, They get painted and decorated. They love all with the team being rider and horse, Mary the attention and give that love right back. At explained.

CRC, we’re grateful to be able to share this “Horses have minds of their own. The world with our clients, to give back a little of more we respect and understand their needs what we’ve gotten out of it.” and wants, the better the relationship is for Lauren Beer, 11, of Wellington rides at the both horse and human,” she said. “Our lesson See ROSENBERG, page 31

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Cars & Coffee Event To Feature Lykan HyperSport Car

Fans of The Fast and the Furious series of action films will have an opportunity to see one of only seven Lykan HyperSport vehicles ever produced by W Motors at the next Cars & Coffee Palm Beach event.

The event will run from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Sept. 4, at the Palm Beach Outlets (1751 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., West Palm Beach).

According to Maximillian Apodaca, one of the Cars & Coffee organizers, Lykan’s “vicious cousin,” a prototype of the Fenyr Supersport, may come along for the ride, too.

“We are tremendously honored and excited to welcome W Motors USA & Hadarah Perfumes,” Apodaca said. “W Motors is re-defining luxury and the hypercar industry.

This may be your one chance to see the Lykan HyperSport and Fenyr Supersport in person.”

The Lykan HyperSport boasts 770 horsepower and can accelerate from zero to 62 mph in 2.8 seconds, with a top speed of 240 mph. The cost is $3.4 million, the third-most expensive vehicle built to date.

This event marks the third anniversary of Cars & Coffee, a monthly gathering of South Florida’s finest automobiles presented by Art of Speed Auto Events. The event attracts auto enthusiasts from all over Florida who come to view many different exotic, custom and classic vehicles.

Owners of all makes and models are welcome to attend this free, family-friendly event. The cost is $2 per vehicle to display in the show field, but admission is free to spectators.

Coffee and breakfast items will be available for purchase. For info., visit www.carsandcoffeepb.com.

A Lykan SuperSport used in The Fast and the Furious action-film series will be on display Sept. 4.

Regional Climate Leadership Summit Set For Oct. 5-6 At Convention Center

Palm Beach County and the City of West Palm Beach will host the eighth annual Regional Climate Leadership Summit on Oct. 5-6 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.

The summit is a major regional event, providing a forum for climate-related dialogue and knowl-

edge-sharing. Last year’s summit in Monroe County was attended by more than 400 guests, including national and international experts.

The theme for this year is “Resilient Communities, Prosperous Region.” It will focus on the various sectors — business, agriculture, government and residents — in an

effort to show what’s being done and what can be done to ensure that adaptation strategies respect both economic vitality and environmental sustainability.

The Climate Leadership Summit is organized by the Climate Change Compact, a partnership among Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and

Monroe counties. The compact outlines an ongoing collaborative effort to foster sustainability and climate resilience on a regional scale. The summit helps put these collaborative efforts into action.

“All of the compact communities have made significant strides to protect their assets and commu-

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FPL, Whole Foods & Meals On Wheels Make Storm Kits

More than three dozen Florida Power & Light Co. volunteers worked with Meals on Wheels of the Palm Beaches and Whole Foods Market on Wednesday, Aug. 17 to pack and deliver hurricane food kits to 150 Meals on Wheels clients.

The hurricane food kits include a three-day supply of food for breakfast, lunch and dinner, containing boxed cereal, canned meats and protein bars, among other items, as well as snacks and nutritional beverages.

The volunteers packed the kits for two hours at the Whole Foods Market store in the Palm Beach Outlets before Meals on Wheels drivers delivered one to each household on its client list.

Meals on Wheels is a national organization that provides service and companionship to senior citizens.

It provides hot, nutritious meals and safety checkups to each of its clients daily.

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FPL stands ready to respond to severe weather but urges its customers to make a plan and prepare, too. These emergency food kits will help these homebound seniors in the aftermath of a storm.

Pamela Calzadilla, president and CEO of Meals on Wheels, packs hurricane food kits with a three-day supply of meals, snacks and nutritional drinks alongside Florida Power & Light volunteers on Aug. 17.

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Palm Beach Central Defeats Fort Pierce Central 12-3

By Gene Nardi Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach Central High School varsity football squad hosted Fort Pierce Central High School on Friday, Aug. 19 for a preseason kickoff classic game. The Broncos bested the Cobras 12-3.

Fort Pierce Central is a known football power, and the Broncos could not wait to be put to the test.

They met the Cobras and dominated on both sides of the ball. Bronco

head coach Tino Ierulli could not have been more pleased with his squad.

“I’m very proud of them, they lived up to our defensive philosophy,” Ierulli explained. “Eleven helmets to the ball, three and out, and zero touchdowns.”

The Bronco defense played an aggressive game throughout, making it difficult for the Cobras to get a first down during most of the first half.

Palm Beach Central’s ground

Nick Carroccio, Ben Panitz and the Bronco defense smother the Fort Pierce ball carrier.

game, led by Anthony Wynds, proved difficult for Fort Pierce to handle. Wynds ended the night as the workhorse, racking up 223 yards on 33 carries and one touchdown.

Wynds capped a 78-yard drive with a 2-yard score up the middle. Adam Virgili added the point-after kick to give the Broncos an early 7-0 lead with three minutes to play in the first quarter.

The Bronco defense rose to the occasion when linebacker Nick

Bronco quarterback Mike Moreland looks to throw.

Carraccio sacked the Fort Pierce quarterback in the end zone for a safety to extend Palm Beach Central’s lead to 9-0 at the start of the second quarter. Palm Beach Central managed to shut out the Cobras in the first half, limiting them to just a single first down. The Broncos nearly extended their lead at the whistle when Virgili’s 46-yard field goal attempt went just wide.

The Broncos continued their momentum into the second half,

dominating on defense. Fort Pierce managed a 30-yard field goal to close the gap to 9-3 midway through the third quarter. However, the Broncos continued to pound the Cobra offense into submission, while the offense racked up positive yards on the ground. “We had three starting offensive linemen out and had two young guys step in and step up,” Ierulli said.

Virgili punched in a 25-yard field See BRONCOS, page 31

Palm Beach Central linebacker Kenley Gourdet pressures the Fort Pierce quarterback to rush the pass.

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Wellington Falls To P.B. Lakes In Kickoff Classic Thriller

By Gene Nardi Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington High School varsity football team traveled to Palm Beach Lakes High School on Friday, Aug. 19 for its preseason kickoff classic, and fell short as the Rams took the thriller, 38-31.

One thing this contest was not short on was scoring; the teams

Wellington quarterback Ben Schmickle looks to throw down field.

combined for 69 points. Despite the loss, Wolverine quarterback Ben Schmickle threw for 347 yards and four touchdowns.

Both teams exchanged the lead throughout the game. Wellington got on the board first. Schmickle connected with receiver Sage Chen-Young on a 10-yard pass in the first quarter. Logan Robinson’s

kick gave the Wolverines a 7-0 lead. The Rams quickly retaliated, scoring twice to take a 12-7 lead midway through the second quarter.

The Wolverines regained the lead when Schmickle found receiver Jymetre Hester on a 41-yard touchdown pass to give Wellington a 14-12 lead. Robinson extended that

Wellington receiver Sage Chen-Young sprints down the sideline 70 yards for a touchdown.

lead to 17-12 with a 43-yard field goal to end the first half.

Palm Beach Lakes responded with a touchdown to take an 18-17 lead in the third quarter. Wellington drove down to the Rams’ 5-yard line on a Schmickle pass, but the Rams forced a fumble, then went to work for the score. The touchdown gave Palm Beach Lakes a 25-17 lead.

The Wellington offense drove to the Rams’ 27-yard line, but a deflected pass was picked off, nullifying the drive.

Things finally clicked for Wellington when Schmickle aired out a 70-yard bomb to Chen-Young down the sideline for the touchdown to close the gap to 31-24 after See WOLVERINES, page 31

WHS receiver Will Perez makes a big reception for a first down.

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Royal Palm Bassmasters Fish On Lake O Out Of Belle Glade

Walt Zajkowski

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Ed Huff and Mike Dillistin

The Royal Palm Bassmasters held a fishing tournament July 17 on Lake Okeechobee out of the Belle Glade boat ramp.

First place was won by Walt Zajkowski with five fish weighing 10 pounds, 12 ounces.

Second place was awarded to the team of Rick Eaton and Bill Latham with five fish weighing 10 pounds, 8 ounces.

The team of Ed Huff and Mike Dillistin took third place with five fish weighing 10 pounds, 6 ounces.

The big fish of the tournament

was 5 pounds, 3 ounces, caught by the team of Rick Eaton and Bill Latham.

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The club is now accepting applications for new teams and alternates.

Come and check out the fun you’ve been missing.

For more information, e-mail rpbassmasters@gmail.com or visit www.royalpalmbassmasters.org.

Area High School Baseball Players Invited To All-American Weekend The High School Baseball Network (HSBN) will conduct its first invite-only All-American Weekend from Oct. 28 to Oct. 30.

The event is designed to recognize the local underclassmen who had exceptional 2016 seasons as well as preview the talent ahead of the 2017 season.

The weekend’s activities will be a showcase in which talented players will participate in a variety of skillbased challenges and live games.

The games will be recorded and will be able to be viewed on HSBN’s YouTube channel.

Collegiate and Major League Baseball scouts from across the country will be in attendance as they search for local talent to fill out their recruiting classes.

Top local high school baseball players invited include Angelo Brunelas and John Campagnuolo of Wellington High School, Zack Brundage and Brendan Power of Palm Beach Central High School, Sean Houck and Nicholas Toney of Royal Palm Beach High School and Andrew Attaway of Seminole Ridge High School.

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Anthony Uttariello is excited about increasing recognition for players in the network.

“We have always celebrated All-American and All-District players with an awards ceremony at the Senior All-Star games, but we felt like we wanted to do more,” Uttariello said. “This All-American Weekend is a chance for some of the top returning players to kick off the 2017 season, while also showcasing their skills to scouts. We are excited that we can bring this event to college coaches and MLB scouts across the country.”

(Left) Nicholas Toney. (Right) Zack Brundage and Brendan Power.

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continued from page 23 Cherokee Riding Club. Both she and her mom, Bridget, love being there.

“As a parent, it’s scary to put your child up on a 2,000-pound animal and watch them jump,” Bridget said. “I feel absolutely confident in leaving her there. The staff is very safety conscious. They empower Lauren by not just correcting her.

They ask her if what she’s doing is correct, and if not, how can she fix it. They don’t just tell, they ask.

It’s turned on a light within her and ignited a true passion for horses. She spends a lot of time working in the barn, not just riding. Her confidence has soared, and not just with riding, but in other areas of her life as well.”

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Wellington’s defensive special teams blocked a Palm Beach Lakes punt and recovered it on the Rams’ 6-yard line. On the next play, a Wolverine receiver was stripped of the ball by the Rams cornerback, who then ran 95 yards untouched for the score, making it 38-24.

“We had a lot of stupid mistakes

and missed assignments,” Wellington coach Tom Abel said. “We fumbled the ball, and threw a pic.”

A big return by Chen-Young on the ensuing kickoff gave Wellington good field position to work with but little time on the clock. Schmickle found receiver Will Perez open in the end zone for a 20-yard touchdown pass. The score brought the Wolverines within one score, 38-31.

Wellington had yet another oppor-

It has also given Lauren new goals for her life. “One day she watched a chiropractor work on a horse,” Bridget said. “She thought that was so cool that she decided to become an equine chiropractor so she could make horses feel better. The CRC staff has taught her to be assertive and clear about what she wants to achieve, both in riding and life.

They’re really, really wonderful.”

Jane Brown’s 12-year-old daughter, Whitney, also rides at the Cherokee Riding Club.

“They have excellent, very knowledgeable instructors,” Jane said. “Whitney spends a lot of quality time at the barn five or six days a week. She loves it. I’m an attorney, and I appreciate how professionally they run the business. They’re straightforward and upfront, also very accommodating. I also appreciate that they don’t require a large

commitment in terms of pushing for horse ownership or leasing or more lessons or shows. They let us choose how involved we want to get and allow Whitney to progress as far as she wants to go at her own rate.”

Whitney does plan to show at the Winter Equestrian Festival this year, but won’t attend the entire circuit.

“We’ll show when we feel like it and pick our own shows,” Jane said.

“I didn’t grow up riding, so I came to this sport without a lot of background knowledge or experience...

Showing at this level can be a big commitment in many ways. The people at CRC get that. They calm the qualms of this novice pony/show mom and show me that we can do this and be OK.” To find out more about the Cherokee Riding Club, visit www. cherokeeridingclub.com or www. facebook.com/cherokeeridingclub.

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tunity to tie the game, after getting the ball back with less than a minute on the clock. Schmickle led the Wolverine offense to the Rams’ 4-yard line and threw a dart to Chen-Young across the middle in the end zone, but the play was broken up by the Rams secondary. Palm Beach Lakes ran out the remaining seconds to hold on to the 38-31 win.

“It’s a kickoff classic. We wanted to win, and it does sting, but it doesn’t define who we are,” Abel said. “We found a lot of outstanding things that we can do with this football team, and we’re going to use this to add fuel to the fire.”

Wellington will host Atlantic High School on Friday, Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. for its regular-season opener.

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continued from page 29 goal with less than three minutes to play, giving the Broncos a 12-3 margin and the kickoff classic victory.

“I really like where the offense is right now,” Ierulli said. “We had six dropped passes, which once we get settled in, it will make our run

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WHS defensive end Patrick Mark cuts off the Rams running back to make the play.

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game much more effective.”

Linebacker Ben Panitz had seven tackles and a forced fumble, and strong safety Jeramiah Anderson had an interception and one pass break-up on defense. Linebacker Jeremy Cineus also had seven tackles.

The Broncos will start the regular season, opening on the road against Park Vista High School on Friday, Aug. 26 at 7 p.m.

“We’ll continue to swarm to the football on defense, and offense will have worked their kinks out,” Ierulli said.

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Saturday, Aug. 27 • Our Kids World Family Fun Fest returns to the South Florida Fairgrounds on Saturday, Aug. 27 and Sunday, Aug. 28. For more info., visit www. adayforkids.com.

• The Palm Beach Photographic Centre will host its 20th annual Members’ Juried Exhibition in conjunction with its FOTOcamp 2016 Exhibit opening Saturday, Aug. 27 and running through Oct. 29. The exhibit will showcase the diverse work of PBPC members and the emerging talent of young photographers. Call (561) 253-2600 or visit www.workshop.org for more info.

• The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association will host a 9-mile hike on the Apoxee Wilderness Trail (3125 N. Jog Road, West Palm Beach) on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 8 a.m. Call (561) 859-1954 for more info.

• Wellington’s Community Services Department will host a Keys to Homeownership Workshop on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Wellington Community Center (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) to educate residents looking to purchase their first home. Breakfast and lunch will be served, followed by a TV raffle.

RSVP by calling the Community Services Office at (561) 791-4796.

• The Palm Beach Zoo (1301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach) will host a Teddy Bear Affair on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring your favorite stuffed animal to a veterinarian dress-up station and bear cub coloring contest.

Visit www.palmbeachzoo.org for more info.

• The Eagle Theatre Troupe will present “Jamaica Alive!” on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center (151 Civic Center Way).

Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door for adults. Tickets for children are $15 in advance and $25 at the door. For more info., call (561) 602-4485 or (561) 793-1077, e-mail rpcovenant@gmail.com or visit www.rpcchurch.com.

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• The Sisterhood of Congregation L’Dor VaDor’s Saturday Jewish Film Night will present Betsy’s Wedding on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor (3475 W. Woolbright Road, Suite 19, Boynton Beach). Tickets are $8 per member and $10 per guest. Snacks and beverages are included. Call (561) 9680688 or e-mail info@ldorvador.org for more info.

Sunday, Aug. 28 • The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association will walk about an hour at Frenchman’s Forest (12201 Prosperity Farms Road, Palm Beach Gardens) on Sunday, Aug. 28 at 7:30 a.m. Call (561) 586-0486 for more info.

• Temple B’nai Jacob of Wellington will hold an open house Sunday, Aug. 28 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its location in the original Wellington Mall (12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 6). For more info., visit www.templebnaijacob.com.

Tuesday, Aug. 30 • Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the Primary Election on Tuesday, Aug. 30. Visit www.pbcelections.org for more info.

• Wellington will hold a Walk and Talk in the Hawthorne South Community on Tuesday, Aug. 30 from 4 to 6 p.m. Visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

• The South Florida Science Center & Aquarium (4801 Dreher Trail North) will hold a GEMS Club Meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. Open to girls in grades 3 to 8, GEMS allows young girls to discover the exciting world of math, science, engineering and technology. Dinner and refreshments will be provided. August’s theme is “Marvelous Minerals.” Visit www.sfsciencecenter. org or call (561) 832-1988 for more info.

Wednesday, Aug. 31 • Wellington will hold a Neighborhood Watch Meeting for the Black Diamond community on Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. at the Black Diamond clubhouse. Visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or call (561) 791-4764 for more info.

Thursday, Sept. 1 • The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host food trucks on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 5 p.m. with a free concert by the White Acres band at 6:30 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 for more info.

Friday, Sept. 2 • The West Palm Beach Antiques Festival returns to the South Florida Fairgrounds from Friday, Sept. 2 through Sunday, Sept. 4. For more info., visit www.wpbaf.com.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Reading Buddies: Fall Session Registration for grades 1 through 5 on Friday, Sept. 2 at 9 a.m. Once a week, children will be paired with a teen to read together and play literacy games. Applications can be picked up at the children’s desk starting Friday, Sept. 2.

The fall session meets on Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. from Sept. 21 through Nov. 16. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Palm Beach Outlets (1751 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., West Palm Beach) will host a Labor Day Weekend Sidewalk Sale from Friday, Sept.

2 through Monday, Sept. 5. Participating stores will offer discounts and specials beyond their already reduced prices. Call (561) 515-4400 or visit www.palmbeachoutlets.com for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Batter Up: The First 100 Years of Baseball for adults on Fridays at 2 p.m. beginning Sept. 2. Baseball: The Tenth Inning, an award-winning documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns, chronicles the history of baseball, starting with its inception in the 1840s. Call (561) 7906030 for more info.

• The Armory Art Center will host an opening reception for an exhibition by new faculty on Friday, Sept. 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. For info., visit www. armoryart.org or call (561) 832-1776, ext. 33.

Tuesday, Sept. 6 • The Western Business Alliance will host its

The Town-Crier Business Over Easy members-only breakfast at the Wild West Diner (12041 Southern Blvd.) from 8 to 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Visit www. thewesternbusinessalliance.com for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Fantastic Fingernails for ages 8 to 12 on Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 3 p.m. Decorate your nails with out-of-this-world designs. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Fantasy Football 2016 for ages 16 and up on Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 6:30 p.m. Get ready for the library’s third fun-filled season of NFL Fantasy Football League competition. Assemble the ultimate roster and get acquainted with fellow league members. All skill levels are welcome. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

Wednesday, Sept. 7 • The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 367 will meet Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 10 a.m. at the Palms West Presbyterian Church (13689 Okeechobee Blvd., Loxahatchee Groves). For more info., call Marge Herzog at (561) 791-9875 or Joan Shewmake at (561) 792-2317.

• Wellington will hold a Neighborhood Watch Meeting for residents of Pine Valley, Greenbriar Circle and Summerwood Circle on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. at the Community Services Office. Visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or call (561) 791-4764 for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Practice Public Speaking for adults on Wednesdays in September at 6:30 p.m. Learn the basics of effective public speaking followed by practice in presenting three distinct types of speeches: humorous, storytelling and persuasive. Your peers in the class will provide feedback. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

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EMPLOYMENT WANTED C O N T R O L L E R available for Part-Time or Temporary Assignments — Preparation of Financial Statements, Budgets, Forecasts, Cash Flows, Consolidations, Month-end and Year-end closings, Reconciliations, Depreciation Schedules, Product Costing, A/R & A/P Supervision, Inventory Analysis, Year-end files for CPA’s and Business Plans. 561-706-1224 NANNY/HOME AIDE AVAILABLE — Experienced Nanny/Home Health Aide seeks new position. Flexible hours, full time or part time, day or night. I am a Licensed CNA who has worked as a home health aide and a nanny.

I have many years of experience taking care of children, including several sets of multiples, and also experience taking care of elderly at home. The twins I have taken care of since birth are starting school soon, and I need a new position. Price negotiable, references provided upon request. Available in August. Call Pat at (561) 294-1423

EMPLOYMENT S T Y L I S T S & B A R B E R S WA N T E D — Chair for Rent $150 per week hiring stylists and barbers. Located in Royal Palm Beach in busy plaza on Okeechobee Blvd. Call Angela 561-317-1579.

MAKE $2000 A WEEK— Sales exp a plus, great networking skills, valid drivers license. Mature and or retired candidates are encouraged to apply. Join our team call Mark 561-352-0298.

PART-TIME ACCOUNTANT ASSISTANT — Part time, flexible, assistant to accountant.

Must be organized self-starter, computer literate (Excel, MS Word), to answer phones, do filing, do scheduling. Must be willing to learn new tasks. Royal Palm Beach. REFERENCES WILL BE CHECKED. Respond to arnoldsachs1@att.net No phone calls.

PART TIME, FLEXIBLE LEGAL SECRETARY/ASSISTANT. — Computer Literate (WordPerfect). Answer phones, schedule hearings, filing, assist with document preparation, etc. ONLY APPLICANTS WITH SOME EXPERIENCE WILL BE CONSIDERED. REFERENCES WILL BE CHECKED. Respond to j.a.abrams@att.net No phone calls.

NEEDED LAWN MAINTENANCE/LANDSCAPE PERSON AND WORKING FOREMAN POSITIONS — Driver License required. Call (Leave a Message) or Text 561-312-2249 Wellington/Loxahatchee area.

VETERINARY TECHNICIAN/NURSE, RECEPTIONIST, KENNEL TECH, GROOMER — Positions available for new small animal veterinary hospital opening in the Wellington/ Royal Palm Beach/Loxahatchee area. Our practice will strive to provide superior service and compassionate care to meet the needs of all clients and their pets, maintaining the highest standards of Veterinary Medicine and Ethics. We expect our hires to be team oriented and to have driving passion for Animals and Veterinary Medicine. Applicants must have effective communication skills, be presentable, timely, outgoing and friendly. Prior experience minimum 2 years.

Certification is preferred. Background check and drug test. To apply send a resume to anzervets@outlook.com and state the position for which you are applying, as well as your availability and salary expectations.

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REAL ESTATE LOOKING TO RENT LOOKING TO RENT — 3/2 house in or around Loxahatchee, Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, Belle Glade, Canal Point or Pahokee. Need by end of August.

Please contact Heidi Aspinwall at (305) 733-4420 or e-mail Haspinwall@umc.org.

LUXURY ESTATE HOME FOR SALE GREAT BUY! HORSE PADDOCKS. 5 TRULY BEAUTIFUL ACRES — Private gated paradise. Luxury estate home. 4 Bedroom/3.5 Bath. Fabulous spacious interiors, all upgrades. Awesome granite kitchen. Screened pool/spa/cabana/dining and entertainment lanais and vistas/bbq/ firepit. Tennis court. 66 Fruit trees. Workshop. Office. 10-Car garage. Full house generator. $950,000. New ERA Realty 561-889-2264 ph/text for viewing appt. Must see!

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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

TIRED OF HOLDING YOUR CAT IN THE WAITING ROOM? — Call Critter Home Care and Stay Home Dr. Don Denoff. 561-517-8705

TREES TRIMMED AND REMOVED — 561-798-0412 D.M. YOUNG TREE SERVICE. Family Owned & Operated Lic. & Insured 1992-12121 Visit our website at dmyoungtreeservice.com

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. #2012-25277 RELIABLE HOME CLEANING —Experienced,local, references, pet sitting & house sitting available. Call 561-572-1782.

PRESSURE CLEANING/HANDYMAN ALL PRESSURE CLEANING & SERVICES — Residential/Commercial/ Equestrian. Handyman, Fencing, Painting. We do it ALL! Dustin 561-951-8769

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

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

D R I V E W AY S — F r e e e s t i m a t e s A & M ASPHALT SEAL COATING commercial and residential. Patching potholes, striping, repair existing asphalt & save money all work guaranteed.

Lic.& Ins. 100045062 561-667-7716

NEIL O’NEAL JR. ROOFING — Roofing & Reroofing. Family owned and operated.

Residential/Commercial. Wood Replacement, Roof Coatings, Solar Vents, Skylights & Roof Ventilation. 561-656-4945 Lic. & Insured CCC1330208.Free Estimates

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

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

PAINTING J&B PRESSURE CLEANING & PAINTING, INC. — Established 1984. All types of pressure cleaning, roofs, houses, driveways, patios etc. Commercial & Residential. Interior & Exterior painting. Certified pressure cleaning & painting contractor. Lic. #U21552 Call Butch 309-6975 or visit our website at www.jbpressurecleaningandpainting.com JOHN PERGOLIZZI PAINTING INC. — Interior/Exterior - Repaint specialist, pressure cleaning, popcorn ceiling, drywall repair & roof painting. Family owned/owner operator. Free Est. 798-4964 Lic. #U18473 COLORS BY CORO, INC. — Int./ Ext. Residential painting, over 20 yrs exp. Small Jobs welcome. Free est.

Ins. 561-578-2873. Owner/Operated.

Lic.# U20627 Ins. Wellington Resident

BOOKKEEPER WANTED WELLINGTON AREA

Part Time, experienced in Quickbooks, flexible hours.

Please fax resume to 561-793-1470 or email to: wellingtoncompany.bookkeeper@gmail.com

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PAPERHANGING BY DEBI — Professional 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 available. 561-795-5263

SECURITY SECURITY — American owned local security company in business 30 plus years.

Protection by officers drug tested. 40 hour course. Licensed & Insured. 561-848-2600

SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AQUATIC SPRINKLER, LLC — Complete repair of all types of systems. Owner Operated. Michael 561-964-6004Lic.#U17871 Bonded & Ins. Serving the Western Communities Since 1990

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