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The Wellington Village Council decided Monday to scrap all tennis bid proposals and start over after an appeal by A1A Tennis brought concerns about the committee selection process.

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July 21 Benefit Will Support Wellington Transplant Patient

Family and friends of Wellington resident Paula Richards are asking for the community’s help in saving her life through a fundraiser Saturday, July 21 from 10 a.m. to noon. To be staged at the Starbucks on Forest Hill Blvd. in the Wellington Plaza, the event aims to help raise part of the $575,000 needed for a liver transplant. Page 5

Perfect Smile Dentistry celebrated its 10-year anniversary on Wednesday, July 11 at its Wellington office. Patients and friends came out to join the festivities. Shown here, Dr. Rasmi Akel and Dr. Barbara Bates lead the ribbon cutting. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 12 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Stylists Gather At Visions Hair Salon To Learn American Wave

Stylists from all over Florida gathered at Visions Hair Salon on Sunday, July 15 to get certified in the Arrojo American Wave.

Two stylist-instructors, Amanda Jenkins and Flores McRory, came from Arrojo New York to demonstrate the style. Page 5

CrossFit HardCore Opens New Fitness Facility In Royal Palm

CrossFit HardCore North, “the Locker Room,” held a grand opening event for its new fitness facility in Royal Palm Beach on Saturday, July 14. Attendees participated in teams to try out the new facility. Page 12

OPINION A Glimmer Of Hope Shines In Wellington

Tuesday’s Wellington Village Council decision not to re-open last year’s changes to the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center master plan can either be a turning point between the community’s warring factions and the start of a healing process, or just a momentary cessation of hostilities. Let’s hope it’s the former, because civility and compromise is what the Wellington community really needs. Page 4 DEPARTMENT INDEX NEWS ............................. 3 - 12 OPINION .................................4 CRIME NEWS .........................6 SCHOOLS ............................ 13 PEOPLE ........................ 14 - 15 NEWS BRIEFS...................... 17 COLUMNS .................... 23 - 24 BUSINESS .................... 25 - 27 ENTERTAINMENT ................ 29 SCHOOLS SHOWCASE ... 30 - 31 SPORTS ........................ 35 - 37 CALENDAR ...................38 - 39 CLASSIFIEDS ................ 42 - 46 Visit Us On The Web At WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM

Sheriff Candidates Clash At Wellington Chamber Lunch

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Incumbent Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw was joined by challengers Joseph Talley and Cleamond Walker as guest speakers at Wednesday’s Wellington Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Wanderers Club.

The candidates will face off in the primary election Tuesday, Aug. 14. If one candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, he will be elected. If not, the top two votegetters will advance to the November general election ballot.

Talley, a 14-year Wellington resident who was with the Baltimore County Police Department for 22 years, the last six as a major, said he sees a need for reform in the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.

“My time in law enforcement was blessed in that I was in a fair, open, honest agency where I was given many opportunities on a level playing field to be assigned and promoted without bias or having to do anything in a political arena to get attention drawn to who we were,” he said.

Talley spent five years in the PBSO’s reserve unit, advancing to the rank of lieutenant. In that experience, Talley said he learned that politics and special treatment are rampant in the department.

“We found that there was dysfunction and distraction among so many, that decisions were made about special assignments and jobs that were coveted among members of the agency,” he said.

“Most people don’t want to drive a green-and-white their entire career. They want to be a detective or K9, one of those special jobs, and they want a fair playing field in order to get those special positions, and I saw that that wasn’t the case.”

Talley added that the PBSO’s half-billion-dollar budget is also of concern to him. He wants the public to have more information on how that money is spent. “It should be online, like many sheriff’s offices do, and it should be readable,” he said.

As sheriff, Talley said he would invite oversight by the county’s Office of the Inspector General.

“There is no reason on earth that an elected sheriff should deny the people who voted for the inspector general to have that oversight,” he said.

He is also dismayed that the PBSO does not have national accreditation. “It’s not nationally accredited, which is the gold standard for all law-enforcement agencies in the country,” Talley said.

“It could not be nationally accredited as it stands today because of

the personnel issues I alluded to and many other things that are taking place or not taking place in the agency.”

Talley said he would also increase supervision at the street level as well as service at the street level in order to reduce response time and increase the percentage of case clearances. “For a half-billion dollars and all and the people working there, the case clearance rate is abysmal,” he said, asserting that the 20 percent clearance rate is well below the national average.

Talley said he is also concerned about recent shooting incidents by deputies in Loxahatchee Groves and Boynton Beach, and the incumbent sheriff’s response to them. “This has divided the sheriff’s office with the public, the community that it is supposed to be serving,” he said. “One of the things that I think is most evident is a bullying or intimidation that seems to be taking place from the top down.”

Rather than blindly backing the deputies, the sheriff should set up a fair process to evaluate all the facts, Talley said. “We back [our people] by showing fairness, openness and saying there is going to be a fair and objective query into what took place,” he said. “What See SHERIFF, page 18

Council Wants More Input Into Rebuilding Community Center

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Members of the Wellington Village Council decided this week to take a hands-on approach in designing the new Wellington Community Center.

At a workshop Monday afternoon, council members said that they would rather design the look and floor plan of the building before putting it out for bid.

“I’m still not sure that we know precisely what we want,” Vice Mayor Howard Coates said. “All of those issues can get fleshed out in the design process.”

Council members also wanted to see design options for both incorporating and moving the adjacent Wellington Tennis Center.

Last year, the former council directed staff to knock down and rebuild the community center rather than renovate the building.

The Wellington Community Center is more than 30 years old and was originally the Wellington Club East, a private country club.

Although the building has been retrofitted several times since the village purchased it in the late 1990s, it was not designed to be a community center. The building’s steep entryway has been an issue of contention with seniors and residents with disabilities.

Last September, residents got a chance to provide input on what they’d like to see as far as programming in the new building.

Many seniors turned out, asking

for more consideration in the process.

Director of Operations Jim Barnes said that there were many clear goals in mind for the new, $5 million, two-story building.

“We want it to have full access and incorporation of the lake, as well as pedestrian access and connectivity, including the removal of the incline,” he said, adding that it should be designed to match the facade of the nearby Wellington Municipal Complex and Wellington Amphitheater.

Additionally, Barnes said that the community center would be a “multi-generational” facility with upgraded technology.

The workshop was set for counSee REBUILD, page 18

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Wellington Council Will Not Re-Open PBIEC Master Plan

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report After nearly 15 hours of debate and deliberation Tuesday over the status of the approved master plan governing the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, members of the Wellington Village Council decided unanimously not to rehear the item.

Council members found that there had been no deliberate omission of information by the applicant, Wellington Equestrian Partners, when the item came before the former council last October.

“We have to find whether there was a deliberate error,” Vice Mayor Howard Coates said. “We are obligated to go by what the evidence states.”

The council met Tuesday morning to determine whether there was any misrepresentation during last year’s discussion of a master plan amendment for the Country Place PUD, of which the show grounds is a part.

The controversial amendment made several changes to the site, including the realignment of Equestrian Club Drive, the platting of Gene Mische Way and providing additional access points for Grand Prix Farms South, Gene Mische Way and from the planned Lake Worth Road extension through Peacock Pond.

Also approved with the master plan was a decision to permanently designate the site a commercial

equestrian arena, which allows horse shows to be held there without the need for a new permit each year.

Before discussion took place Tuesday, Wellington Equestrian Partners’ attorney Dan Rosenbaum asked for the hearing to be postponed. “For six weeks, we have had public records requests in to the village,” he said. “The request was voluminous, but it was not complied with.”

Rosenbaum noted that hired attorney Claudio Riedi, who was representing Wellington, had open access to the records. “The path you’re about to embark on has tremendous ramifications to my client,” Rosenbaum said.

He pointed out that many records dating back to the creation of the plat were not available, and that the village’s e-mail records only went back to 2003. “If we’re going to go back to a 2001 resolution, it puts us at an inherent disadvantage in terms of defending this matter,” Rosenbaum said.

Furthermore, he said that hundreds of pages of documents had been sent to him Sunday night.

But attorney Barbara Alterman, who was serving as the village attorney, said that staff had provided all available records.

“The technology only allows them to access e-mails dating back to 2003,” she said. “Staff has said that they have provided everySee PBIEC PLAN, page 18

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

Girls Night Out was held Thursday, July 12 at the Players Club in Wellington to benefit the Kids Cancer Foundation. There were many vendors, and money raised from a raffle went to the foundation. Shown above, Rachel Goldenberg, Brianna Miller and Kaitlyn Tama sell raffle tickets. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Aldi Prepares To Open Store In RPB

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Royal Palm Beach Village Council approved a sign variance Tuesday for an Aldi grocery store to be located on the east side of State Road 7 in the Royal Palm Beach Commons shopping center.

Aldi, which also plans to open its regional distribution facility in Royal Palm Beach, plans to take over the current Toys ’R’ Us store and turn it into a new grocery store, said Aldi Director of Real Estate Development Adam Kastl,

who is overseeing the company’s expansion into South Florida.

Toys ’R’ Us plans to vacate the location shortly in favor of a new combined Toys ’R’ Us/Babies ’R’ Us location less than mile away.

Planning & Zoning Director Bradford O’Brien said the applicant was asking for a variance to the village code that limits wallmounted signs to 10 square feet.

“The applicant is requesting a 75-square-foot wall mounted cabinet sign that exceeds the maximum See ALDI SIGN, page 4

Royal Palm Beach Teens Prepare For On-Screen Debut

Albino Black Sheep — Trey Ramirez with Harrison Harward and her brother Stone Harward.

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By Jessica Gregoire Town-Crier Staff Report Three Royal Palm Beach teens will soon be making their on-screen debut, in the action-packed comedy Ned Venture. Members of the local band Albino Black Sheep brother and sister Stone and Harrison Harward, along with new band member Trey Ramirez, have been cast in the movie.

The movie follows the adventures of skater Ned and his siblings, also his band members in Venture Effect, as they evade a gang of crooks. Taking precious stones from the crooks, the band members try to use the stones to make a music video. Their intention is to make enough money from the video to help their single fa-

ther, who has fallen on hard times.

The adventure movie features lots of surprises and turns. Most of the cast is young, and the core of the film centers on the music.

Albino Black Sheep got a lucky break, after their drum teacher informed them about the movie’s casting. The director needed a girl about 16 years old who plays lead guitar, a boy around 11 to 12 who plays drums, and a boy about 16 who plays bass, recalled HelenMarie Harward, Harrison and Stone’s mother.

It sounded perfect, but could the kids act? “I wasn’t sure about their acting, but I knew they were always on stage, so I figured they would try anyway,” she said.

Harrison first heard about the

audition after getting picked up from school. “I got into the car, and everybody was smiling and looking at me, and I said, ‘What’s going on guys?’” she recalled.

“Then they told me we have an audition for a movie, and we are going tomorrow. I was like whoa, what’s going on? Is this for real?”

The band packed all their equipment and headed to the G-Star School of the Arts studio in West Palm Beach. “When we got there, they had this huge stage, where we set everything up,” HelenMarie said. “Then the director walked in, and he absolutely loved them.”

During the audition, Ned Venture Director Ron Stone spent over See RPB TEENS, page 18

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Wellington Council Scraps Tennis Bid; Will Start Process Again

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Village Council decided Monday to scrap all tennis bid proposals and start over after an appeal by A1A Tennis brought concerns about the committee selection process.

It was the decision to use the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board (PRAB) as the selection body made at an agenda review meeting in February that convinced the council to start the bid process over.

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig was the lone dissenter in the 4-1 vote.

“It should have been on a council meeting agenda,” Mayor Bob Margolis said.

In March, the council voted to put out a request for proposals for

the Wellington Tennis Center and received three bids.

Tommy Cheatham Inc., which has run the facility since it was founded, was joined by A1A Tennis and the Mirzadeh Tennis Academy in bidding.

In May, the PRAB chose Cheatham as the provider, Village Attorney Jeff Kurtz told council members. He noted, however, that A1A Tennis had received the highest scores before the village’s local preference policy was applied.

“They chose A1A as the number one proposer, until you take into consideration local preference,” Kurtz said.

He said that put Cheatham on top. The policy is a point scale given to applications to encourage local bidding. Wellington-based businesses get the highest num-

ber of points, followed by those in Palm Beach County, and then those out of the county.

A1A Tennis appealed the decision, contending, among other complaints, that the PRAB was not appointed properly as the selection committee, that none of the respondents complied with the local preference policy, and that the guidance to the selection committee from staff caused them to score the proposals incorrectly.

Attorney Laurie Cohen, representing A1A Tennis, said that the bid should not have been awarded to Cheatham.

“It is our contention that there were a series of errors,” said Cohen, a former council member. “We believe that the recommendation made by the selection committee should not have been made in the

way that it was, and that this council should either award the contract to A1A or reject all proposals and re-bid it.”

Cohen noted that Wellington’s purchasing manual states that a selection committee must be five members, appointed by either the village manager or the council, composed of two members with special expertise and three staff members.

Village Manager Paul Schofield said it was a policy decision to use members of the PRAB. “In order to introduce the most objective selection committee, we would use the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board,” he said.

Cohen agreed that the purchasing manual could be amended with the council’s consent. This, she said, is what Kurtz believes hap-

pened at the Feb. 27 agenda review meeting.

Cohen said that the council is not supposed to take action at agenda review meetings. “They were never intended to be meetings at which any action or decision could be made by the council,” she said.

Furthermore, she pointed out that the notice letter sent out by Wellington states explicitly that the purpose of the agenda review is to discuss items on the Feb. 28 agenda with staff.

“It’s our contention that the agenda for that meeting did not have any item related to the tennis contract on it and that any decision made by the council at an agenda review meeting was improper,” he said.

Vice Mayor Howard Coates

agreed. “For the most part, this council has not made decisions at agenda reviews,” he said.

Though he said that there was no question the council agreed to use the PRAB as its selection committee, it was not properly decided on.

“Where I have a problem is that we never formalized that with an agenda item and voted on it at the meeting,” Coates said. “This process was tainted from the beginning.”

But Gerwig said she thought the process had been objective. “I think it was carried out in a way that was fair and legal,” she said.

Coates made a motion to reject the contract and re-bid the item.

Mayor Bob Margolis seconded the measure, which passed 4-1 with Gerwig dissenting.

Central PBC Chamber Learns The Benefits Of Robotic Surgery

By Jessica Gregoire Town-Crier Staff Report Dr. Moises Virelles of Palms West Hospital was the guest speaker at Monday’s Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce luncheon held at the Binks Forest Golf Club in Wellington.

This luncheon also featured a presentation of certificates to the graduates of Leadership Palms West 2012.

Mary Lou Bedford, the chamber’s marketing director, announced that the program would now be called Leadership Central Palm Beach, in light of the recent merger of the Palms West and Greater Lake Worth chambers of commerce to create the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce.

Participants of Leadership Palms West complete a comprehensive educational program designed to allow them a broad overview of the local economy and government. “We started it in 1995, and since its inception, we have graduated over 450 class members, and these leaders have been making strides in the county and our communities,” Bedford said. “I know that this class as well will definitely be doing the same.”

Bedford expressed her appreciation for this year’s graduates.

“It’s a great class this year, and we did some really amazing things, and are very excited that you were all a part of the program,” she said.

Bedford, along with Chamber Membership Services Manager Jessica Clasby, presented the certificates to the graduates.

The Leading by Example Award, which is chosen among the graduates, was given to William Brasmar of KPA Promotions. “This person is a true leader in our community, and is always leading by example in whatever they are involved in,” Clasby said. “We are very blessed to have him as a chamber member.”

Virelles gave a presentation on Palms West Hospital’s robotic surgery initiatives.

Virelles specializes in obstetrics and gynecology, and received his medical training from the Universidad de Mexico in Guadalajara and the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Virelles gave an overview on the new da Vinci robotic surgery equipment, which he uses on his patients. What’s unique about the system is that the patient and the surgeon are in separate areas during surgery. The surgeon sits in an area where he is able to get an improved view of the patient.

“This allows the surgeon to get a high-definition and 3D view, much clearer and better than in any other surgical field or visualization method that we have,” Virelles said.

For Virelles, his fascination with minimally invasive surgical procedures is due to its many success-

The 2012 Leadership Palms West graduates. ful factors. “It gives me the ability to do minimally invasive surgery through small insertions, with less pain, complications and quicker turnovers,” he said.

Three years ago, Virelles and a team of doctors at Palms West Hospital were given the opportunity to try out the new da Vinci system. “In the beginning, we were skeptical, although we were getting good results,” he said.

“The questions were how is this going to make me be a better surgeon as opposed to being able to use a very expensive surgical tool.”

According to Virelles, many patients have taken a liking to the

procedure, and now the hospital has two da Vinci models. The uses for them are ever-changing. “They keep changing and expanding, starting with cardiothoracic surgery,” he said. “The urologist uses it for prostate surgery, and the gynecologists use it.”

The gynecological uses have become increasingly popular, Virelles said. “The main diagnoses are pelvic pain, endometriosis, abnormal urine bleeding, ovarian cysts and pelvic organ prolapse,” he said. “The da Vinci is a good system and alternative for repair of these conditions.”

Learn more at www.palmswest hospital.com.

The chamber’s Mary Lou Bedford (right) with her daughter Hilar y.

Palms West Hospital CEO Eric Goldman, joined by guest speaker Dr. Moises Virelles and other hospital representatives, accepts a certificate of appreciation.

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A Glimmer Of Hope Shines In Wellington After PBIEC Decision Tuesday’s Wellington Village Council decision not to re-open last year’s changes to the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center master plan can either be a turning point between the community’s warring factions and the start of a healing process, or just a momentary cessation of hostilities. Let’s hope it’s the former, because civility and compromise is what the Wellington community really needs.

Following a 15-hour hearing Tuesday, the council decided not to re-examine a decision last October by the former council to approve a new master plan governing the show grounds. And unlike most of the recent council votes regarding equestrian issues, this was a unanimous decision. Tuesday’s vote was a small but hopeful step forward as the community gets back to the task of healing the wounds caused by a vicious municipal election season.

Last week, we voiced our concerns regarding what might happen should the council choose to go down the path of rehearing old items. Not only would it have set a dangerous precedent, but it would have invited additional legal challenges that would cost the village financially and prolong the fracturing of the community.

After seven or eight months of red-hot rhetoric that saw the community broken into two

camps with very little room for compromise, there were glimmers of compromise at Tuesday’s hearing. The council stood back from the precipice.

However, we realize that things might have gone differently had the council found the “smoking gun” some in the community insisted was there. Because there was no deliberate omission of information on the part of Wellington Equestrian Partners, the matter was laid to rest. However, there was foreshadowing of battles to come. For example, as Councilman Matt Willhite pointed out, the council still has site plan approval authority, and there are parts of the site plan that could still have a rough time getting through the current council, mainly some of the roadway improvements and connections.

Tuesday’s decision was a possible turning point. It offers a chance to start the healing process, binding up of the community’s wounds and trying to bring the people back together. It’s up to the people in the middle — the Wellington Village Council — to make this happen, not the red-hot voices arguing from both sidelines. They were elected to lead, and whatever the outcome is, they’re the ones who set the agenda. We just hope the two sides can iron out their differences and get things moving forward for the good of everyone in the community.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Super PAC Woes In Wellington When I first heard that a quasiSuper PAC was funding the election of three men to the Wellington Village Council in order to further their own interests, I couldn’t believe this was happening in Wellington. In my mind it spelled trouble, and that has come to pass.

Over the years there have been controversies the council has had to deal with. That is part of being an elected official. The newly elected members, some of whom have previously served on the council, were part of rational decision making made in the best interests of the community. It is very disconcerting that now these same officials have suddenly turned Wellington’s future upside down. This on-again, off-again indecision on the part of the council is sending a message of out-of-control governing that is affecting the best interests of the whole community.

Because of this indecision, the worst-case scenario has come to pass. Decisions for the future of the Wellington Equestrian Festival are in limbo. The attempt to host the World Equestrian Games in 2018 is now a non-issue due to apparent lack of support by the council. The time lost and money spent by all parties because of this fiasco could have been put to a more positive use. It appears that the equestrian community is being treated as intruders by the present council. Before we lose those who are the heart of the community, let’s get our act together.

Debra Smith Wellington

Stop The Exaggeration Some bright person equated disallowing the huge commercial aspect and a large hotel in the middle of our pristine Equestrian Preserve to closing down Pebble Beach (golf) and Wimbledon (tennis), yet nothing is being closed down in the preserve. Where’s the truth? This is pure bombast and totally not analogous.

What is happening is that Wellington Chamber of Commerce,

leading the charge, is crying about their three candidates losing their election and now spend their time taking pot shots at our village.

The only ones who think our village is “anti-business” are the chamber, coincidentally whose last president, Michael Stone, is a partner with Mark Bellissimo, the CEO of the enterprise wanting to build the huge non-equestrian components.

With the exception of the Equestrian Preserve over-development, nothing has been refused to business, and the council just cut back on business fees.

As I drive around my community, I witness a few new restaurants going up, a huge development plan for the Wellington Regional Medical Center vicinity, a new residential community going up south of Forest Hill Blvd. on State Road 7, and other buildings being constructed that I haven’t the foggiest idea what they are. All in all, nothing has changed except one developer is being cut back in scale. I can think of no other community having this much development as we are at present.

People screaming, and headlines saying “Wellington is antibusiness” is harmful, and it emanates from chamber members. It is politically motivated and is composed of people directly and indirectly involved with the developer/chamber and the losers of our recent elections.

I would hope that in the future, the village manager or our elected officials might be queried about this. One side of a story is wholly insufficient.

Cicero said, “Tempest in a teapot,” and Shakespeare said, “Much ado about nothing.”

These words are quite applicable here and now. This is about 200 acres out of about 46 square miles of land. This is about two unbending forces, led by two well-to-do men, one on each side, and our village is caught in between!

It is the equestrians, who first organized against the over commercialization of the preserve, versus a group who cares not about defiling our pristine area, in my opinion. I would hope that an accommodation is found to allow

dressage development, but please no hotel or large business complex.

George Unger Wellington

Leave The Tennis Center Alone It is not broke; don’t fix it. I am totally amazed at the number of people who still have not learned from this axiom. Usually it is someone touting a “new way” or “much improved,” or we will save lots of money. I have been very skeptical of these claims, as I have found it usually is the person making these claims who wants to make the money. Now Wellington is testing this axiom with its review of the tennis club and Tommy Cheatham’s contract.

Mr. Cheatham has delivered a high level of service to the community for almost 20 years in an area that is considered one of the toughest to perform in recreation and municipal government. Being a recreation professional, running a tennis center, programs, leagues and keeping the members happy is one of the most challenging jobs in our industry. Most communities go through four or five tennis pros in the same time that Tommy has been in Wellington.

Tommy and his wife have been residents for over 20 years, they have been great neighbors and have been totally committed to Wellington and tennis as long as I can remember. When the village became incorporated, the tennis club was not in the best of shape.

Tommy took the reins and created a viable club with adult and youth programs, leagues and even dragged the courts himself on many occasions. Tommy worked nights, weekends and holidays, making sure things ran right and courts were playable, despite meager support from the village or the recreation department. While on the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board with Mayor Bob Margolis, Tommy came before us several times with ideas and plans to improve the tennis facility. Unfortunately, the tennis center was always put on the back burner. Then, when the village was looking for

ways to reduce its budget, a plan was put in place to shift the responsibility and much of the tennis budget to Mr. Cheatham. Tommy took on the challenge, even though it caused some economic hardship for him initially. He persevered and continued to run the tennis center as a first-class facility with high approval ratings from his members and leagues. He worked with the village on some improvements, but basically Tommy has the same old facility he came to 20 years ago and continues to make it shine.

A recreation program is evaluated by its level of service to the user, the satisfaction of the user, and the user coming back multiple times to use the service. Tommy has excelled in this area. Recreation programs are not successful because they are the cheapest; you could have the cheapest program in town, but if the users are not happy, the program fails. Beware, village council: The lawyers sitting in front of you representing the organization wanting to run Tommy out of town and giving you “cheaper” tennis service will be the same lawyers filing a lawsuit against you after you have fired them because of all the unhappy customers that they created. Leave the tennis center and tennis programs alone. They are running just fine.

Steve Haughn Wellington

Council Majority Is Dangerous I have a history of complaining about the fact that the Wellington Village Council has catered to the wishes of the chamber and other business interests. Occasionally, previous councils have even caused some harm to citizens in order to accommodate commerce.

But in my eight years’ residence in the village, I have witnessed nothing so frightening as the way the new council majority is catering to a very small group of wealthy individuals.

This new majority has no respect for precedent and no qualms about spending money to defend their unprecedented actions. They are

using a back-door approach to overturn legitimate decisions made by previous councils.

I spoke by telephone with one of the new majority. Among other things he told me that he wants to overturn those previous decisions because he is afraid that, if allowed to stand, those previous decisions would establish “precedent” for land use changes. Never mind that land use changes are not subject to precedent. And never mind that overturning decisions made by previous councils establishes the precedent that no decisions can be counted on to be final. He and his new majority may succeed in causing great expense to those who have relied on council decisions and also succeed in forcing citizens to pay the legal costs to defend the new majority’s unprecedented actions. The village will probably not survive.

This new councilman also said that he ran for office because he was concerned that previous council members had been too “cozy” with business interests.

This is a member whose very election was financed by private interests with whom he is clearly as cozy as it is possible to be.

Unfortunately, village citizens are saddled with this new majority for at least four years. The only way to remove any of them from office before that time is through a very difficult recall process. But making that effort may be absolutely necessary. If such a move takes place, I would hope that previous council members would join in. It is a matter of principle, not politics.

Phil Sexton Wellington

Do Your Own Research Editor’s note: The following letter is in response to a July 6 letter

by Andrew Rosen.

Recently, Andrew L. Rosen accosted me for conveying “lies” and “misinformation” in my criticism of Planned Parenthood. Mr. Rosen, what are you talking about? All you did was accuse me, then quote Abe Lincoln, but offered zero evidence. Then you

became Teflon and said, “I will let someone from that organization respond to all of Mr. Fioramonti’s factual errors.”

Planned Parenthood receives hundreds of millions of our tax dollars. Haven’t you watched the scandals on TV showing video footage catching Planned Parenthood red handed using unethical and illegal methods? Didn’t you watch the hysteria when members of Congress then threatened to cut their tax-dollar funding?

In 2010, Planned Parenthood performed nearly 330,000 of their most profitable surgical procedure.

Shall we let an Honest Abe at Planned Parenthood to tell us what percentage was paid in cash from the trembling hands of their girl victims?

Virtually all 50 states have engaged in legislative battles to enact parental notification laws related to this dangerous, invasive medical procedure. Why would states do this if these organizations did not try to sever child from parent in these “choices?”

I wish I had the space in this letter to post the names of casualties and provide sample literature of sex counseling techniques designed to get kids addicted to sex.

Pull your head out of the sand and do some research. Today’s information age gives ample resources to find out what has happened to many women whose families now regret Planned Parenthood services. Where are all the tax-dollar-dispensing, high-and-mighty government regulators and do-gooders for these poor victims?

Trust me, I understand all too clearly that I am tugging hard at the curtain of the great American sacred cow — our citizenry demanding consequence-free unbridled sex. But like it or not, the truth is there are nothing but dire consequences to broken commandments. From seared consciences to shattered lives to dead babies, and yes, even some dead women.

How can any rational, objective and honest person in their heart of hearts think otherwise? Like Ronald Reagan once said, “facts are stubborn things.”

Daniel Fioramonti Loxahatchee

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continued from page 1 allowable square footage by 65 square feet,” O’Brien said, pointing out that the applicant had indicated that the future Aldi store would have 100 feet of frontage, which would comfortably accommodate the larger sign.

In its justification statement, the applicant stated that approval would allow for Aldi Food Market to display its registered trademark and logo.

“It is a typical sign that Aldi is trying to achieve,” O’Brien said.

“If the sign variance is approved by this council, then the architecture will be approved by the Planning & Zoning Commission.”

O’Brien added that staff has reviewed the application and felt it has met the criterion for granting variances, since there are other properties in the village that have received approval for similar wall signs to allow for the display of the tenant’s registered trademark and logo that exceed the code restriction, including the Toyota, Mazda and Nissan dealerships on Southern Blvd.

O’Brien said the sign will be 500

to 700 feet from State Road 7.

Mayor Matty Mattioli said he had reviewed the application with the village manager and saw no problem with it.

Councilwoman Martha Webster said she liked the look of the sign with the trademark and colors. “I particularly like the look that we have gone to in some of the newer centers, and this particular center could really use some updating,” she said. “I’m glad that you’re stepping up with this, and I hope that it sets the tone for the rest of the center as it comes along.”

Webster motioned to approve the variance, which carried 5-0.

In other business, the council approved an application by Western Academy Charter School to increase its number of students from 360 to 485.

The school is located in the Royal Commerce Park and Royal Plaza Shopping Center at the northeast corner of Royal Palm Beach and Southern boulevards.

O’Brien pointed out that the student cap had been imposed by the council when it approved the initial application in 2003.

In 2008, the council approved the school’s expansion into Royal Plaza, but there was no increase in the number of students allowed, although the expansion increased

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Western Academy Principal Linda Terranova said the academy does not plan to increase the number of students immediately.

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She added that the school has also received approval for pre-K. Western Academy received an “A” for the sixth consecutive year when the FCATs came out last week, and also received the state’s Five-Star award for high-performing schools with regard to community service and working with the community. “We’re the only charter school in Palm Beach County to ever receive that, and this is our third year getting that,” Terranova said.

Acreage Community Park Jam This Saturday, July 21 The Acreage Landowners’ Association and the Indian Trail Improvement District will host their monthly Acreage Community Park Jam on Saturday, July 21 from 4 to 10 p.m. at Acreage Community Park (6701 140th Ave. North).

The Acreage Community Park Jam is a free monthly event featuring musicians, comedians and any other artists of all ages, styles and skill levels. For classic car lovers, there will be a Classic Cruisers Car Show. You are welcome to bring and display your classic vehicle

or motorcycle. For those feeling lucky, there will be a 50/50 raffle.

This event is fun for all ages.

Acreage Community Park also has a playground and skateboard park adjacent to the jam area. The Holy Cow food truck will be there with food. Bring your beverage and picnic items of choice as well as chairs or something to sit on.

For more information, visit www.acreagelandowners.org. To sign up as entertainment, contact Bob Renna at (561) 602-0676 or bobrenna@bellsouth.net.

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Melanoma Foundation Meeting Aug. 1 In WPB The Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation Volunteer Task Force will hold its first meeting of the 2012-13 season Wednesday, Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. in the Palm Beach Post Auditorium. Refreshments will be served. RSVP is required.

The staff and Executive Director Lisa Richman will give a brief presentation regarding melanoma, sun safety protocol and the Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation volunteer program.

The “opportunity to save lives” training is designed to provide information to existing and new volunteers about the foundation, its programs and procedures, and how volunteers can get involved to support and further the foundation’s mission: The prevention

and early detection of skin cancer, especially melanoma. There are many opportunities for people of all ages who would like to use their skills and abilities.

The Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation was started in 1995 after Richard Kann died at age 44 of a late-detected melanoma.

Family and friends formed an organization to help communities nationwide detect and prevent skin cancer at its earliest stage. The mission of the foundation is to educate the community about the prevention and early detection of skin cancer, especially melanoma.

For more info., contact Barbara at bkeller@melanomafoundation. com or (561) 655-9655, or visit www.melanomafoundation.com.

Next LGLA Meeting July 26 The Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association will meet Thursday, July 26 at 7 p.m. at Palms West Presbyterian Church (13689 Okeechobee Blvd., Loxahatchee Groves). The speakers for the evening will be Allen Zech, manager of the Agricultural Department and John Thomas from the Property Appraiser’s office. Zech will

address some of the specific questions about the agricultural classification of land, while Thomas will discuss the functions of the Property Appraiser’s office and the exemption issues that will appear on the November ballot. There will be a question-and-answer period.

Call LGLA President Marge Herzog at (561) 791-9875 for more info.

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July 21 Benefit Will Support Transplant Patient Paula Richards

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Family and friends of Wellington resident Paula Richards are asking for the community’s help in saving her life through a fundraiser Saturday, July 21 from 10 a.m. to noon.

To be staged at the Starbucks on Forest Hill Blvd. in the Wellington Plaza (12840 W. Forest Hill Blvd. at Wellington Trace), the event aims to help raise part of the $575,000 needed for a liver transplant and associated costs.

The event will include a raffle and silent auction, with all proceeds going to pay for Richards’ medical costs.

Richards, 53, donated blood in 2008 and later discovered that she was suffering from hepatitis C. A result of a blood transfusion in 1987, the disease had progressed so far that doctors told her a liver transplant would be critical.

“They told her, ‘Don’t buy a Halloween costume,’” said Dave Olszewski, a friend of the family. “They said she wouldn’t live past October.”

Olszewski, a charter boat captain, first met Richards and her family when they chartered his boat to go fishing. After several trips, they became friendly with one another. But then Richards stopped making appointments.

“She said she wasn’t able to go out anymore,” he said. “She told me she was really sick.”

Richards is a 30-year Wellington resident with four children, the youngest of whom is about to leave for the Army.

She has held several jobs throughout the community, most recently as a waitress at Smokey Bones. But when she became too sick to work, she lost her insurance, Olszewski said. Even if she qualifies for Medicaid, she’d have to pay for 20

percent of the cost, plus a lifetime of costly anti-rejection medicine, which can cost $2,000 each month.

“She was just going to wait out her days,” Olszewski said. “I didn’t want to see that happen. They are really nice people.”

To help her, Olszewski approached the National Foundation for Transplants and set up an account in her name. The NFT is a nonprofit organization that helps potential transplant patients raise money to pay for medical expenses.

Fundraising began in March, and Richards has already begun the costly pretransplant testing required before going on the transplant list. Currently, her fund has $1,380.

“I’m just trying to do what I can to help,” Olszewski said. “I’m not a miracle worker.”

Already, an outpouring of support has

come from the community, with several residents and local businesses offering up items for the event.

“The community has really stepped up to support this,” Olszewski said. “It has been amazing.”

Auction items include a four-month membership to the Binks Forest Golf Club, an autographed guitar played at Woodstock, a charter fishing trip and more.

Those who can’t attend can donate online by visiting www.transplants.org and searching for Richards under “Find an NFT Patient.” Donations can also be mailed to the NFT Florida Transplant Fund, 5350 Poplar Ave., Suite 430, Memphis, TN 38119, with “in honor of Paula Richards” in the memo line.

“I think it’s going to be a great event,” Olszewski said. “I hope we have a good turnout so that we can help her.”

Paula Richards needs your help to get a liver transplant.

STYLISTS GATHER AT VISIONS HAIR SALON TO LEARN AMERICAN WAVE BY ARROJO

Stylists from all over Florida gathered at Visions Hair Salon on Sunday, July 15 to get cer tified in the Arrojo American Wave. Two stylistinstructors, Amanda Jenkins and Flores McRory, came from Arrojo New York studio to demonstrate the three dif ferent ways to wrap the hair to achieve the desired look: the vertical drag wrap for the beach wave, classic wrap for classic waves and the round wrap for expansion. For more info., call Visions at (561) 790-1696.

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Amanda Jenkins, Aimee Casella, Visions owner Tom Monticello, Brittany Bourgault and Flores McRory.

Stylists, instructors and hair models gather at Visions.

Amanda Jenkins dries Aimee Casella’s hair.

Flores McRory and Brittany Bourgault with a classic wave.

Flores McRory with Brittany Bourgault as Jennifer Casella looks on, and Aimee Casella with Amanda Jenkins.

Amanda Jenkins applies the American Wave solution to Aimee Casella’s hair.

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CRIME NEWS

Several Robberies In Royal Palm Beach

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report JULY 11 — Two men were arrested early last Wednesday morning on charges of robbery following an incident in the Crestwood Square shopping plaza. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report, the victim contacted the Royal Palm Beach substation after the robbery and said he attempted to sell his Nike Air Jordan sneakers to Andrew Harrison, 20, of Wellington, and Carl Alexander, 20, of Lake Worth. The victim said he met them in the plaza in a gray Saturn. According to the report, when the victim leaned into the car to show the men the sneakers, Harrison pressed the gas on the vehicle, while Alexander grabbed the shoebox and pulled it into the car. The victim said he tried to hold on but was punched by Alexander, forcing him to let go.

According to the report, the victim was able to get the vehicle tag, and Harrison and Alexander were tracked down in Wellington. Both were arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail. Harrison was charged with robbery, while Alexander was charged with robbery with a weapon and battery.

JULY 11 — A juvenile was arrested last Wednesday evening on robbery charges after he took money from a victim who was attempting to purchase an iPad from him. According to a PBSO report, the victim contacted the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach after a juvenile stole $200 from him.

The victim said he had arranged to meet the juvenile to purchase an iPad from him. According to the report, the victim met the juvenile in the Village Shoppes plaza on State Road 7. The victim said that when he handed the juvenile the money, the juvenile snatched back the iPad and ran into the nearby Shoma Homes community. According to the report, the deputy was able to identify the juvenile, and the victim was able to ID him.

The juvenile was arrested and taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center, where he was charged with robbery.

JULY 12 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was dispatched to the Crossroads Plaza on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. late last Thursday night regarding a robbery. According to a PBSO report, the victim said that at approximately 10:25 p.m., she was walking to her vehicle when an unknown man approached her and asked her for the time. The victim said she continued walking, but the suspect ran toward her and grabbed the black bag she was carrying before fleeing southbound on foot. According to the report, the victim also observed a second male suspect who had what appeared to be a white T-shirt wrapped around his face. She said she believed he was

telling the other suspect what to do. Two nearby store employees witnessed the event, but deputies were unable to locate the suspects.

The first suspect is described as a black male in his 30s, about 5’6” with a thin build and wearing a black T-shirt, black jeans and a black hat. The second suspect was described as a black male in his 20s, approximately 5’6” and wearing a black T-shirt and black shorts with a white T-shirt wrapped around his head. There was no further information available at the time of the report.

••• JULY 11 — A resident of 63rd Road North contacted the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Wednesday afternoon regarding a burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim left her home at approximately 9:45 a.m., leaving her daughters at home.

When the victim returned around 1 p.m., she discovered that three Toshiba laptop computers were missing. According to the report, the daughters said that they were asleep and did not hear anyone come in. They said they thought their mother had the computers, and that the front and back doors were open when they got up. The stolen items were valued at approximately $1,020. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 12 — A Wellington man was arrested early last Thursday morning on drug charges following an incident near the intersection of Royal Fern and Birkdale drives. According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the Wellington substation was on bike patrol in the area at approximately 1:23 a.m. when he observed four individuals walking from the gazebo near Royal Fern Drive. The deputy approached them and detected an odor of marijuana. According to the report, the deputy made contact with the individuals and instructed them that he would have to pat them down. According to the report, 18-year-old Marshall King told the deputy that he had marijuana in his front left pocket.

The deputy retrieved approximately 2.5 grams of marijuana. King was arrested and issued a notice to appear in court.

JULY 14 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach responded to a home in La Mancha last Saturday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to the report, at approximately 6:30 a.m., the victim heard a loud bang outside. The victim went outside and saw an unknown person in a black hooded sweatshirt running northbound on Prado Street. According to the report, the victim discovered that his driver’s-side window had been smashed and a radar detector had been removed from inside the veSee BLOTTER, page 18

RPB Man Hit By Car On Okeechobee Blvd.

JULY14 —ARoyal Palm Beach man was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle while walking along Okeechobee Blvd. early last Saturday morning.

According to the PBSO report, at approximately 4 a.m., a BMW M5 driven by 24-year-old Dwight

Miller Jr. of Wellington struck the pedestrian, 21-year-old Marc Sharpe, who was walking westbound in the traffic lane.

Sharpe was transported to St. Mary’s Medical Center, where he remained in critical condition at the time of the report.

Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s help in finding these wanted fugitives: • Jose Govantes, a.k.a. Jose GovantesParedes, is a white male, 5’4” tall and weighing 155 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. His date of birth is 11/28/ 67. Govantes is want ed for failure to appear on charges of trafficking in marijuana, conspiracy to traffic in marijuana, possession of cocaine and possession/ production of drug paraphernalia. His occupation is unknown. His last known address was Hamlin Blvd. in The Acreage. Govantes is wanted as of 07/19/ 12.

• John Horak is a white male, 5’9” tall and weighing 165 lbs., with brown hair and hazel eyes. He has tattoos on his left hand and chest. His date of birth is 09/23/81. Horak is wanted for failure to appear for jury trial on a charge of trafficking in oxycodone. His occupation is unknown. His last known address was Hyacinth Place in Wellington. Horak is wanted as of 07/19/12.

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

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ELECTION 2012: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 18, REPUBLICAN & DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES

Rep. Allen West Faces A Challenge From Martin County’s Sheriff

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-District 22) faces a new district and a new challenge in Martin County Sheriff Robert “Bob” Crowder. Crowder and West face off in a District 18 Republican primary Aug. 14. The winner faces one of three Democrats vying for their party’s nomination.

The newly drawn Congressional District 18 encompasses Martin and St. Lucie counties on the Treasure Coast, as well as the northern third of Palm Beach County, including most of The Acreage and northern areas in Royal Palm Beach.

The district leans Republican but is considered one of the few swing districts in the state. The district’s creation must still overcome legal challenges, but the U.S. Department of Justice decided in April not to delay the election due to the lawsuit.

Allen West — West, 51, was born in Atlanta and is a third-generation military serviceman. For 22 years he served in the U.S. Army, earning honors such as a Bronze Star, three Meritorious Service Medals and three Army Commendation Medals.

In 2004, he and his family moved to Florida, where West served as a high school teacher for a year before returning to Afghanistan as a military adviser.

In 2007, he finished his assignment, and in 2008 unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Ron Klein for a seat in the U.S. Congress. However, he challenged Klein again in 2010 and won the District 22 seat covering parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties.

A conservative Republican, West is a leader in the national Tea Party movement.

He quickly made a name for himself in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, earning appointments to the Small Business and the Armed Services committees.

West has introduced seven major pieces of legislation and sponsored 27 other bills aimed at protecting small businesses, spurring job creation and promoting American energy production.

West said one of his top accomplishments in office was being the original sponsor of a bill that reduced costs at the

Department of Defense. The bill passed 393-0 and was signed into law as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. “Not too many freshman congressmen in their fourth month of service have a piece of legislation pass 393-0,” he said.

When redistricting left West in a seat that leans Democratic, he headed north to vie for District 18, which did not have an incumbent in the race.

Though he is running in a different district, West said he will continue to be a voice for maintaining waterways and other issues that residents of District 18 find important. “I will continue to represent pristine coastline,” he said. “People have come to count on me to protect our waterways.”

West pointed to several bills he cosponsored, including the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act, aimed at protecting the area’s natural resources.

If re-elected, West said that there are three main areas he will prioritize: economic reform, energy independence and homeland security. “Everything comes down to three things: economic security, energy security and homeland security,” he said.

West said he has been a champion for small businesses but thinks the free market has been threatened. “We need serious economic and fiscal policy reform,” he said. “We have got to look at the overregulatory burden placed on the free market. It’s strangling the economy.”

Energy independence is crucial, West said, pointing to an incident Monday in the Strait of Hormuz that has highlighted tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

He said that in the past 50 years, Americans have gone from using 18 percent foreign oil to 65 percent. “We have to become energy independent,” West said.

“We have to get back to producing, consuming and maybe even exporting the full amount of energy resources we have here.”

And as there continue to be threats, West said he will focus on improving national security. “We have got to have a serious re-look at the 21st-century battlefield,” he said.

Though West has been criticized by

his opponent for being too adversarial, he said that is simply a way to detract from the issues.

“People need to focus on the issues, not just on me,” he said. “Until I have an opponent who can articulate the issues, I really don’t care what he says.”

West believes voters should choose him because he has been a solid supporter of Republican values. “I have been a strong, leading voice for constitutional conservative principles,” he said.

For more information, visit www.allen westforcongress.com.

Bob Crowder — Crowder, 66, is a Tennessee native who has served as Martin County sheriff for 20 years. In 1959, he moved to the Treasure Coast and graduated from Martin County High School in 1963. He has an associate’s degree from Indian River Community College and a bachelor’s degree from Florida Atlantic University.

Additionally, he is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and a graduate of the FBI National Academy and Chicago’s Institute of Applied Science. Crowder and his wife, Debbie, have four children and six grandchildren.

Crowder has more than 47 years of lawenforcement experience, beginning in 1965, when he worked as a dispatcher for the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. He later served as a jailer and identification technician before becoming a patrolman for the Stuart Police Department in 1968. One year later, he became the city’s first detective.

In 1972, he was appointed Martin County sheriff for one year, before working in the private sector for another year. In 1974, he became the chief criminal investigator for the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, a post he held for almost 10 years before taking a position as undersheriff in St. Lucie County.

Additionally, Crowder has served on several commissions and boards, including as chairman of the Florida Commission for Law Enforcement Accreditation.

Crowder said he decided to run because he thought someone should challenge West on his decision to leave Broward to represent the Treasure Coast.

“We got a new district, and I was told

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the party was moving Allen West up here from District 22,” Crowder said. “I felt his confrontational style is not what people here are generally accustomed to.”

Though he has been criticized for a lack of experience in national government, Crowder said that he is a quick study who hopes to learn the issues and work to build consensus.

“Some people have criticized me for not being articulate on all the issues,” he said.

“I’ve only pursued this in the last couple of months. My focus has to shift. But I’ve been successful in changing gears, learning new things and moving ahead, and I’ll be able to do that in Washington. I certainly have my share of distance to cover, but I have enough experience serving on commissions and boards to be able to do that.”

If elected, Crowder said his first focus would be working to stimulate the economy. “We have to work with other representatives to get the economy moving,” he said. “We are in a logjam against each other, and in the meantime, we’re not doing anything to get people back to work.

The economy is stagnant.”

Crowder said his experience working with many agencies to solve crime and

other problems will lend itself to working in Congress. “I may not have all the answers,” he said, “but I have a lot of experience working with others to solve problems.”

Another issue he hopes to tackle is the Affordable Care Act, which he notes has come under heavy criticism.

“I’m trying to avoid a strictly partisan approach,” he said. “We need to work to find what works regardless of political party. I don’t think we need to throw the whole thing out, but we need to eliminate the aspects that aren’t good.”

He said voters should choose him because he will work to represent residents through consensus.

“I’m not taking an ego along with me,” Crowder said. “I want to work with people, listen, evaluate and come up with answers that will work. I will focus on doing their business, not grandstanding. I think we need to be mindful that whether we agree or not, the public are our bosses.

They are the people we are working for.

Being in Congress requires serving everyone who is a citizen of your district, and I will do that.”

For more information, visit www. crowderforcongress.com.

Three Democrats Seeking Party’s District 18 Congressional Nod

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Three candidates — retired firefighter Jerry Buechler, marketer Jim Horn and accountant/construction leader Patrick Murphy — are vying in a Democratic primary Tuesday, Aug. 14 for their party’s nomination in Florida’s 18th Congressional District.

The victor will face the winner of a Republican primary held the same day — either U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-District 22) or Martin County Sheriff Robert “Bob” Crowder.

The newly drawn District 18 encompasses Martin and St. Lucie counties on the Treasure Coast, as well as the northern third of Palm Beach County, including most of The Acreage and northern areas in Royal Palm Beach. The district leans Republican but is considered one of the few swing districts in the state.

Patrick Murphy — Murphy told the Town-Crier that he followed West from Broward to District 18 to continue his challenge after West abandoned his re-election bid in District 22 for the more Republican-leaning District 18.

A certified public accountant by training, Murphy, 29, grew up in his family’s Coastal Construction Group, starting as a day laborer and moving to assistant project engineer and manager.

“I started an environmental cleanup company after the BP oil spill,” he said.

“There was talk it was going to get caught in that loop current in the gulf and it was going to come down Florida’s west coast and up through the Keys and up through the Gulf Stream. I’m from the Keys, and when that happened, no one was even talking about what they were going to do.”

Murphy did some research and came across an oil skimmer that was developed during the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and he saw it as an opportunity to get prepared for the disaster.

“I ended up building a small fleet of oil skimmers and moving up to New Orleans with them,” he said. “We thought if it ever did make it down to the Keys, we’d put them on trailers and bring them down, and be the first person sort of on standby, ready to go.”

Murphy announced his candidacy in March 2011. “I’ve been working very hard,” he said. “I think I work 100 hours or so a week toward the campaign, and I’ve been very fortunate to get financial support and grassroots support.”

His first television ads were up Tuesday and will continue more or less throughout the campaign. “We have a serious operation, and I got in this race well before there was a primary, whether that was Lois Frankel [in District 22] initially or Jerry Buechler or Jim Horn,” he said. “They jumped in the race after I made the move to follow Allen West.”

Murphy said he has put together a top political team with one goal in mind: “My goal is defeating Allen West, and I’m going to continue working to do everything I have to do to do that.”

Murphy said West has raised more money than he has, $2.2 million last quarter, but noted that West has also spent a lot more so far, and the two are in a dead heat in the most recent poll.

He said West raises money by direct mail, capitalizing on inflammatory statements. “He makes comments, for example, about 80 Communists in Congress, and he sent a piece of mail out to hundreds of thousands of people across the country and asked for their financial support,” Murphy said.

After defeating West, Murphy said his No. 1 priority is jobs and the economy.

“We’ve got to get people back to work,” he said. “That’s my number one focus and a big part of why I got into this. I think I have the background to get people back to work, and I understand some of the

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major issues facing our country. Being a CPA, I’ve studied the tax code. I understand the loopholes and deductions that far too many people and far too many corporations take advantage of. Unfortunately, the mom-and-pops, the small, the entrepreneur, the startup companies end up bearing the brunt of our tax code, while the largest corporations are paying zero percent in tax, and that’s not sustainable.”

For more info., visit www.patrickmurphy 2012.com.

Jim Horn — Horn ran unsuccessfully against Congressman Tom Rooney in 2010 in what was then District 16. A resident of Palm City, Horn does advertising, marketing, product development and Google payper-click advertising. His experience includes magazine advertising and product development.

“I’ve combined my longtime advertising and marketing and product develop-

ment skills with Internet skills,” he said.

“I’ve developed over 150 products.”

Horn said he is running for the same reason he ran against Rooney, because he has four school-age children and has a stake in the district. “This is home for me,” he said. “I have extensive business experience running factories. I’ve built factories, and when I talk about the products I’ve developed, many of them I built factories to manufacture or assisted in adding to factories for small and large firms.”

Horn said his experience includes retooling empty textile factories whose work had gone overseas to manufacture products he helped develop.

“I believe that I can utilize my extensive business experience and knowledge of manufacturing, advertising and marketing to help the Treasure Coast optimize its economy,” he said. “I’m also an environmentalist. The places that need some pol-

lution control or mitigation, I’m strong on that. I want this place to be as good as it can be for my children, from the economy, business and jobs, to the environment because I live here. I believe in the original founding fathers’ concept of a congressman being a local individual who can bring to central government the thoughts, needs and desires of their district.”

He said the district suffers from having congressmen who are not really local.

“Their children don’t go to school here, they’re not long-time residents, so they’re not real residents,” Horn said, explaining that he has lived for years on a small horse ranch in Palm City with his family.

Horn noted that he is not out to advance his business or political career.

“Any deals that Jimmy Horn makes will be to the benefit of the Treasure Coast, not a future political career,” he said. “UnSee DISTRICT 18, page 18

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ELECTION 2012: PALM BEACH COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR, DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

Incumbent Gannon Puts Focus On Experience & Public Service

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Palm Beach County Tax Collector Anne Gannon hopes that voters will see her expertise and success in public service and choose her on Aug. 14.

“We perform great service with the public,” she told the Town-Crier.

Gannon faces a familiar opponent, former Palm Beach County Tax Collector Peter Carney, whom she succeeded when she took office in 2006. The winner of the Aug. 14 Democratic primary will effectively win the race, since the only general election opposition is a little-known write-in candidate.

Gannon first moved to Florida when she was working for Dole Fresh Fruit as an operations analyst. Later, she was a partner in a small manufacturing business in Delray Beach and then began work as a lobbyist.

In 2000, she was elected to the Florida House of Representatives, where she served for six years before running for tax collector, defeating Carney by taking 60 percent of the vote. Gannon was re-elected without opposition to a four-year term in 2008.

Gannon said that her top accomplishments since being elected include changing the culture of the office to be more client-central. “We changed to focus on the clients and learn what we need to do to become more efficient,” she said. “To the public, that is the biggest change.”

She has also worked to modernize, streamline and professionalize the office and its staff. If re-elected, Gannon said she would like to continue that process.

“We have only begun to put in place a performance evaluation system for our employees,” she said. “When I took office, employees were just given the cursory evaluation.”

Gannon said that she would also like to continue to modernize, noting that there

are already plans to bring in new and better technology.

With a broad understanding of the tax collector’s office, Gannon said she is the better choice for the position, asserting that Carney did very little in his short time as tax collector. Carney, appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush, served for less than a year after the sudden resignation of Tax Collector John K. Clark.

“When I went in there, after him being in office, there were really no changes,” Gannon said. “He thinks accepting credit cards was a big change.”

But, she said, there were issues to the structure of departments within the office. “The way they operated was in little kingdoms and queendoms,” Gannon said.

“They didn’t work together; they didn’t talk to each other. Everybody just operated in their own little silo.”

But since taking over, Gannon said she has helped increase the flow of communication and trained employees in working together. “All of our employees are crosstrained and can do every kind of transaction,” she said.

Gannon added that taking over the driver’s license testing and renewal system has had challenges but that she believes her office has been successful. “Our driver’s license campaign has won awards,” she said.

Though Carney has criticized her use of the Manatron software system, Gannon said that the old system was not adequate.

“What the county had was a database,” she said. “It wasn’t a web-based system, and we wanted our [record systems] to talk. We wanted to be able to get a global view of every piece of property in Palm Beach County.”

Though Gannon said she still uses the county’s system — and must pay for it – — it poses its own challenges.

“I personally don’t think it’s a very good

system to use,” she said. “The county set the system up 20 years ago. I don’t know who agreed to buy into it, but I certainly wouldn’t buy into it. It’s about what we need to do to be more efficient.”

As pointed out by Carney in his campaign, Gannon admitted that there were challenges with switching systems.

“When you transfer 20 million records, you’re going to have challenges with any computer system,” she said.

One of the major issues was the transfer of delinquent properties. Gannon said that the county would create a different code for each record every year. “It took the provider a while to figure out the codes for each year,” she said. “It was more involved than we thought.”

Gannon addressed criticism that she implemented the new system because she did not want to be under the county’s umbrella.

“When I was elected, I promised to look at the most effective way to do business,” she said. “The county is not the most effective way to do business. When we need a product, we don’t need to be told that we have to wait a year.”

She said that when working with the public, efficiency is key.

“We serve the public every single day,” Gannon said. “I believe that we need to be the most efficient and cost-effective we can be.”

Criticism has also come from the office being unable to accept credit cards in person. Gannon said that it was an issue with the credit card companies.

“We’ve had it in our business plan for two years,” she said. “But there was a lawsuit in North Florida that Visa initiated against one of our tax collectors.”

Gannon said that Visa, which controls 80 percent of the credit card market, sued because they do not allow places that accept Visa to accept competing credit cards.

“If they allow you to use them, and you pay them fees, they do not want you to use anyone else,” she said. “I can tell you that is not going to be what we do. We will either accept all of them, or just the ones that sign a contract with me.”

Gannon pointed out that taxpayers can use credit cards online because it’s run through a third party. “That is why the public pays a fee,” she said.

Unfortunately, it’s not legal to use the online credit card processing system in the offices, she said.

“Our end goal is to really develop an inhouse system, so that our clients don’t have to pay a fee,” she said. “Or if they do, that it is a small fee that goes to the tax collector. We just don’t have the ability to do that right now.”

Regarding whether the Palm Beach County Office of the Inspector General should oversee the tax collector ’s office, Gannon said that she already has an ethics policy in place.

“My office had the first ethics policy, and it’s tougher than the county’s,” she said. “I’m not going to give up the authority I have over my office for the inspector general to come and investigate.

I’m the first to fire employees if they’re found doing any sort of malfeasance.”

Gannon said that she has helped maximize tax collections by enforcing title registration and bed tax collections, among other things.

“We had titling and registration going to Miami-Dade and Broward counties,” she said. “That was due to the previous tax collectors’ refusal to deal with car dealerships. We have seen our titling and registration fees raise $400,000 a year.”

She also said that she’s put pressure on employees to enforce bed tax collections.

“We were lackadaisical,” she said. “But we have started seizing property and bank accounts.”

PBC Tax Collector Anne Gannon Gannon said she is a hard worker who takes on huge issues that she believes are right, even if there are consequences.

“I think it’s the right thing to do for the public,” she said.

She said that though she thinks Carney is a nice man, he is not prepared to be tax collector. “Having come in after him, I’m not sure he understands the tax collector’s office,” she said.

Ultimately, Gannon said that she will continue to work for the public and put public service first.

“I think we give great service,” she said.

“That has been our central issue in the last six years. I don’t believe that because it’s a government office, you should get poor service. We have become the standard for service in the tax collector’s offices.”

For more information, visit www.reelect annegannon.com.

‘I think we give great service,’ Palm Beach County Tax Collector Anne Gannon said. ‘That has been our central issue in the last six years. I don’t believe that because it’s a government office, you should get poor service. We have become the standard for service in the tax collector’s offices.’

Challenger Carney: Tax Offices Need Better Customer Service

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Former Palm Beach County Tax Collector Peter Carney wants his old job back, and he is challenging incumbent Tax Collector Anne Gannon in the Aug. 14 Democratic primary.

The winner of the primary will effectively win the race, since the only general election opposition is a little-known writein candidate.

Carney, a real estate attorney, spent less than a year as tax collector in 2006. Then a Republican, Carney was appointed to the job by Gov. Jeb Bush after the sudden resignation of former Tax Collector John K. Clark.

Before losing the 2006 election to Gannon, Carney said he made improvements to the computer system and set in motion a number of other needed changes that were not followed through on when the incumbent took office.

The first thing he did was establish a link between the tax collector’s office and the property appraiser’s office. “The property appraiser had a link to the clerk’s office, but there was no link between the property appraiser’s office and the tax collector, which made no sense, because if you’re in the business, you’re going to be going back and forth between the two web sites all the time,” Carney said. “I said let’s make that change right now.”

Carney also noticed that the tax collector was not doing e-checks. “Everyone else was doing e-checks,” he said. “I said, ‘Let’s get that done.’”

Carney said that unlike the incumbent, as an attorney, he is a customer of the system. “I continue to be a customer of the system, and I know what customer service is all about,” he said. “I know that it’s critical that information is disseminated accurately and timely, and that is one

of the problems that this tax collector’s office has had.”

The last thing he was working on before leaving office was to accept debit and credit cards. “We were in the final stages of having that happen, and then the 2006 election came along and Anne came in,” he said.

Carney is critical of decisions Gannon has made regarding the office’s computer system. “I think Anne really wanted to separate herself from the county,” he said.

“She’d seen what the clerk did with the computer system, so Anne made a point of doing the same with the tax collector’s office, to the point that they’ve shifted the current part of the taxes to this system called Manatron.”

He said the problem is that the Manatron system is not compatible with the old system and does not give accurate numbers for delinquent taxes.

Although Manatron is used by many other counties in Florida, Carney said Gannon chose a newer package that was not yet proven. “Every time there is a problem, they have to have somebody build a software module to fix it,” he said.

Carney said he thinks the Manatron system is probably at the root of problems Gannon wants to blame the county for, including the phone system.

“The information is not due to the phone system,” he said. “It’s due to the operation of your centralized computer system that’s not performing the way that it should.”

The information does not flow quickly enough to the clerks or the people on the phones, Carney said, so the wait times get longer and everything backs up. “It has nothing to do with the phone system,” he said. “But when you’ve spent $4.6 million on a program, the last thing you want to do is admit it doesn’t work.

It’s easier to blame someone else than admit you have a problem.”

Carney has a bachelor ’s degree in economics from Princeton University, a law degree from Boston College and a master’s degree in banking law from the Boston University School of Law. He moved to Florida in 1993 as a tax specialist after working as deputy counsel for the Massachusetts state treasurer.

In addition to his law practice here, Carney is also general counsel and chief financial officer for a wealth advisory company.

“My work life interacts with the tax collector’s office on a daily basis, because a lot of my work is centered on real estate,” he said. “Therefore, I need to get information accurately, and that is one of my biggest problems, and I’m not the only one having this problem.”

Carney lists his top accomplishments as serving his customers and doing things accurately and in a timely manner. “I have clients come to me based on my reputation that I’m efficient and accurate,” he said.

If elected, Carney said he would not spend $400,000 a year on public relations and marketing for the office. “I’d take that $400,000 and put it where customer service counts,” he said, adding that he would not rule out scrapping the Manatron system because he thinks the office has not received what it was promised.

Other changes he would consider include allowing appointment times for all tax collector functions. He added that the office’s report that driver’s license lines have gotten shorter are not true, explaining that he was at the South County office recently where the tax collector’s office reported a waiting time of 22 minutes, but people coming out had waited an hour.

“Has it gotten a little smoother? Yes;

however, it’s the philosophy behind how to get people in and out where your problem is,” Carney said. “You may catch a day where you can get in and out quickly, but the majority of the time that won’t be the case.”

Carney is also frustrated that Gannon sent 60 percent of the office’s printing to a firm in Orange County, which she said saved the office money, but he said that resulted in the county having to pay double for the remaining printing.

“Let’s say, hypothetically, she saved money,” he said. “She didn’t, because she took 60 percent of the printing away from the county. The 40 percent now has to pay double what they normally have to pay, because the county bought the software and all the hardware to print for the clerk, the property appraiser, the tax collector and all of Palm Beach County. When the tax collector left, it doubled all the costs.”

Carney stressed that his decision to leave the Republican Party did not have anything to do with his decision to run for tax collector.

“The first time I registered to vote was in 1980 when Reagan was running for president,” he said. “Back then, the Republican Party had a big-tent philosophy, bringing in a lot of diversity. That started to wither away.”

When the Tea Party wing rose to power, Carney decided it was time for him to leave the party. That was more than a year before he decided to run.

Carney, who first ran for tax collector in 2000, said he was busy with his businesses and did not particularly care to run again, but several people frustrated with the operation of the office asked him to.

“I know this office; I know what it could do under the right leadership. I ran in 2004 against John Clark because the office was

Challenger Peter Carney not living up to its potential. I think we should always strive for the best,” he said.

He acknowledged that running against an incumbent is not an easy task, but he is frustrated that the office appears to be promoting the office holder as opposed to promoting customer service and getting the correct information out to customers.

“I want to make this office better because I have a vested interest in this office,” Carney said. “I have been a customer of the tax collector’s office, where the incumbent has not been a customer other than to pay her tax bills. I use this office often, so my interaction with the tax collector’s office as a customer is daily, so I have a feel for what the customers want.”

For more information, visit www.pete carney2012.com.

‘I want to make this office better because I have a vested interest in this office,’ Former Palm Beach County Tax Collector Peter Carney said.

‘I have been a customer of the tax collector’s office, where the incumbent has not been a customer other than to pay her tax bills. I use this office often, so my interaction with the tax collector’s office as a customer is daily, so I have a feel for what the customers want.’

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NEWS

GIRLS NIGHT OUT AT THE PLAYERS CLUB BENEFITS KIDS CANCER FOUNDATION Girls Night Out was held Thursday, July 12 at the Players Club in Wellington to benefit the Kids Cancer Foundation. There were vendors selling ladies accessories, purses, jewelry, make-up, etc., and vendors donated gift it ems for raffle prizes. Money raised from the raffle will go to the foundation.

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Sandy Erb and Michelle O’Boyle of the Kids Cancer Foundation.

Lisa Zucker and Lois Spatz look at purses sold by Debbie Pincus.

Lynn Balbinder and Gaylynn Fowler show Suzanne Redmond how she looks in a hat.

Phyllis Gaugher and Liz Bloeser look over some jewelry.

Puja Lakhlani and Renata Wozniak inform Louise Connolly.

Laura Brown of Iron Lion Fitness.

Phelps Media’s Maureen Gross and Players Club Director of Catering Dolores Schlick with Sandy Erb and Michelle O’Boyle.

Susan D’Andrea and Ilene Adams.

Marissa Spence of Mary Kay gives Cindy Wilkinson the gift basket she won.

Gigi Nordstrom and Jasmine Velez.

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PERFECT SMILE DENTISTRY HOLDS 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION EVENT Per fect Smile Dentistry celebrated its 10-year anniversar y on Wednesday, July 11 at its Wellington of fice. Patients and friends came out to join the festivities. Eight free veneers were given away, and there were refreshments and raffle prizes. For more info., visit www.perfect smiledentistry.com.

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Tom and Donna Oellrich, Dr. Rasmi Akel, grand-prize winner Samantha Oellrich and Dr. Barbara Bates.

Judy Constable, Dr. Barbara Bates and Chris Constable.

Perfect Smile staff members Pam Goldstein and Kathy Cosentino with the anniversary cake.

Sharon Richmond, Dr. Rasmi Akel and Dr. Marty Richmond.

Judith Allen and Dr. Barbara Bates.

Dr. Barbara Bates with Mike Lange.

CROSSFIT HARDCORE OPENS A NEW FITNESS FACILITY IN ROYAL PALM BEACH CrossFit HardCore North, “the Locker Room,” held a grand opening event for its new fitness facility in Royal Palm Beach on Saturday, July 14. Attendees participated in teams to try out the new facility. The event also included a tire-flipping fundraiser, in which the owners flipped 350- to 400-pound tires to benefit Little Smiles. CrossFit HardCore North is located at 583 105th Ave. North, Suite 7, Royal Palm Beach. For more info., call (561) 798-0800 or visit www.crossfithardcorenorth.com.

PHOTOS BY JESSICA GREGOIRE/TOWN-CRIER

CrossFit North co-owner Michael Barbera, CrossFit HardCore creator Adriana Grassi, CrossFit North co-owner Adam Locker and CrossFit HardCore creator Lance Mosley.

Loree Reilly lifts the exercise bar.

Benjamin Fox and Danny Randolph do push-ups.

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SCHOOL NEWS

Summer Camp Underway Is In Full Swing At The King’s Academy The King’sAcademy’s Summer Camp participants have been enjoying fun activities, sports, field trips, educational games and crafts all summer. The camp’s theme is “Mission Possible,” based on Luke 1:37, “For nothing is impossible with God.” Campers have been challenged both physically and intellectually as professional camp counselors build personal relationships through small group activities and daily den time. The Cubs den accommodates campers who are age 5 through second grade while the Lions den is for third through eighth graders. Campers have enjoyed Wacky Wet Wednesdays complete with slip-n-slides and water balloons, roller skating, bowling, movies and field trips to fun locations like Loggerhead Marine Science Center, Rapids Water Park, Leapin’ Lizards, the Palm Beach Zoo and Lion Country Safari. Campers interested in musical theater were able to display their talents during a week of camp titled “Musical Madness,” where campers each had a part in a musical that they rehearsed throughout the week and presented at the end of the week. Summer campers also had the opportunity to participate in a special week of art camp.

TKA has also been offering weekly sports camps for third through eighth graders including lacrosse, volleyball, track, softball, golf, tennis, girls basketball, baseball, football and cheerleading. Still to come this summer, TKA will hold sports camps for girls and boys soccer as well as boys bas-

ketball. During the week of football camp, participants were visited by two TKA alumni who were football standouts while at TKA. Class of 2007 graduates Emmanuel Lamur and his twin brother Sammuel were on campus visiting staff and faculty and took time to speak to the football campers.

The duo offered the participants some words of wisdom such as, “Keep God first in all you do,” and, “Have fun but work hard.” The brothers are recent graduates of Kansas State University, where they excelled on the Wildcat football team, leading them to a 10-2 season. Emmanuel is currently playing in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals, and Sammuel is being considered by both the NFL and CFL. For more information about TKA’s summer camp or sports camps, or to register, visit www. tka.net or call (561) 686-4244.

The King’s Academy is a nationally recognized private Christian school serving approximately 1,200 students from preschool through 12th grade and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Association of Christian Schools International and the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. TKA serves students and their families across Palm Beach and Hendry counties at its main campus at Belvedere Road and Sansbury’s Way in West Palm Beach, its Clewiston campus on Caribbean Avenue, and its satellite preschool campuses in Greenacres, Palm Beach Gardens and Royal Palm Beach.

Students in the art camp display some of their work.

TKA students in the softball camp.

TKA alumni Emmanuel and Sammuel Lamur talk to students in the football camp.

Girls show their moves in the cheerleading camp.

Third-grader Mason Diddle on the Slip-N-Slide.

PBSC Banner Center Offering Industry Workshops At Scripps Florida The Employ Florida Banner Center for Life Sciences at Palm Beach State College has entered into a year-long agreement to offer industry-driven workshops at Scripps Florida, a division of the nonprofit Scripps Research Institute. The workshops are being presented onsite in Jupiter for Scripps Florida staff, students and faculty.

The initial Banner Center workshops will focus on the business side of the life sciences industry, a topic of strong interest to many postdoctoral fellows and Ph.D.seeking graduate students attending the Scripps Research Kellogg School of Science and Technolo-

gy. The four-part workshop series “Business Basics for the Life Sciences Industry” explores the career pathways open to scientists, the fundamentals of starting a life sciences company, and good manufacturing practices in FDA-regulated industries — topics identified by the Banner Center’s Industry Advisory Council and statewide focus groups as knowledge gaps in the life sciences workforce.

Vanessa Saunders, Ph.D., a Scripps Florida postdoctoral research associate and workshop participant, is an active member of BioFlorida’s Industry Connections Network, a group that helped arrange the Banner Center train-

ing at Scripps Research. “Banner Center workshops will introduce individuals like myself to the business aspects of bringing science to the public,” Saunders said. “Personally, I am very interested in moving science, technology and ideas out of the lab. I want to know my research will lead to something tangible that will benefit the public.”

The workshops are examples of several education modules developed by the Banner Center for Life Sciences. The Banner Center, funded through Workforce Florida Inc., serves as a statewide resource for workforce education focused on the biotechnology,

pharmaceutical and medical device sectors, and its customizable programs are being deployed across the state in venues ranging from company offices to the classrooms and laboratories of Palm Beach State and the Banner Center ’s academic partners.

Workshop presenters offer a unique combination of industry experience gained locally and nationally. Robert Nagro, a corporate executive, investment banker and business consultant, has played a leadership role in life sciences sector startups and has helped raise approximately $60 million in venture funding. Tod Fairbanks, Ph.D., a Palm Beach State College

professor of biology and biotechnology, brings his prior senior executive experience at Pfizer, Abbott Laboratories and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

“We are honored to work with Scripps Florida. Such an alliance reflects the mission of the Banner Center, which is to listen to industry members and provide training that fits their needs and goals,” Fairbanks said.

Workshop participants gave the first workshop on June 27 high ratings. “Workshops like this are very helpful for those of us who still have not decided our next step,” said Steven P. Bennett, Ph.D., a Scripps Research post-

doctoral fellow specializing in cancer biology.

Designated in 2011 as an Employ Florida Banner Center by Workforce Florida Inc., the Employ Florida Banner Center for Life Sciences at Palm Beach State College is Florida’s industry-driven resource for life sciences workforce education and training. It is a consortium of industry, workforce and education partners providing training and career advancement solutions for Florida’s life sciences industry including medical devices, pharmaceutical and biotechnology.

For more information, visit www. lifesciencesbannercenter.com.

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Mollison To Perform Bierman Earns Congressional Award Medal In Summer Olympics Nicole Mollison will be representing Royal Palm Beach at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, with the University of Florida’s marching band the Pride of the Sunshine, which was invited to perform at this year’s Olympic games.

Mollison has played clarinet since she was a student at H.L. Johnson Elementary School and continued through her time at Crestwood Middle School and Royal Palm Beach High School, where she was a member of the Wildcat Marching Band.

The Pride of the Sunshine will be in London for multiple performance and will be directed by John Watkins.

Because each student has to raise his or her own portion of the $4,100 for the trip, anyone interested in helping Mollison can send a donation to www.gofund me.com/dq2ws.

Royal Palm Beach resident Melissa Bierman was among several local students to receive the Congressional Award Gold Medal during a ceremony held June 20 at the United States Capitol.

Earning the Congressional Award Gold Medal requires a significant commitment as each student must spend two years completing at least 400 hours of community service, 200 hours of both personal development and physical fitness activities, and a four-night expedition or exploration.

“To earn my Congressional Award Gold Medal, I completed over 400 hours of voluntary public service work at a local nursing home,” Bierman said. “I worked with the elderly, assisting them with their recreational activities and vis-

Nicole Mollison

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate’s degree in applied science through the Community College of the Air Force.

Woodside is the son of John Woodside of The Acreage and Angela Aussell of Jupiter. He is a 2007 graduate of Seminole Ridge High School.

Chedomir Cakic Deploys With Navy Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Chedomir Cakic, son of Elena and Dobrica Cakic of Lake Worth, along with fellow sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99), recently departed for a scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations and to build on maritime partnerships.

The sailors are deploying to the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility as part of an ongoing rotation of U.S. forces supporting maritime security operations in international waters

Melissa Bierman with Paxton Baker of CENTRIC and Congressional Award Foundation chairman, Congress members Tom Rooney (RDistrict 16), Bill Posey (R-District 15), Allen West (R-District 22), Sandy Adams (R-District 24) and Vern Buchanan (R-District 13).

FSEA Installs Schneider As President-Elect

Woodside Graduates Air Force Training Air Force Reserve Airman Justin Woodside has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Woodside completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

iting with them to provide companionship and assist in any way that I could. For personal development I studied different types of art and artists, and worked on improving my own artistic skills by sketching and assisting in a middle school art class. For my physical fitness goal, I improved my volleyball skills. I set a goal to improve my vertical jump as well as mastering a jump serve. Lastly, for my expedition I planned a camping trip in Loxahatchee. While camping, I learned about the environment, the effects that people and littering have on the wildlife, and how to set up a tent and cook food over a fire. The Congressional Award program showed me that it is good to set goals and realize that I can accomplish them with perseverance and a giving heart.”

around the globe. The Carrier Strike Group’s flagship USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), with the seven squadrons of Carrier Air Wing 7 embarked, departed Naval Station Norfolk, along with the guided missile destroyers USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) and USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109).

Carrier Strike Group Eight has spent the past few months successfully completing a series of complex training events and certifications to prepare for the deployment.

The Florida Society of Enrolled Agents held its annual convention and installation banquet June 22 at Shula’s Hotel & Golf Club in Miami Springs, and the new slate of officers was installed.

The convention provided the members with the opportunity to network with other tax professionals enhance their various skills and expand their knowledge on current tax legislation, emerging issues and changes in their profession.

Local Enrolled Agent and tax professional Jeffrey Schneider of SFS Tax, Accounting and College Planning Services in Royal Palm Beach was installed as presidentelect for 2012-13.

The Florida Society of Enrolled Agents (FSEA) is the professional society representing Enrolled Agents (EAs) in Florida. Members

are licensed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to represent taxpayers before all administrative levels of the Internal Revenue Service, including examination, collection and appeals functions. For more information, visit the FSEA web site at www.fseaonline.org.

The FSEA is an affiliate of the National Association of Enrolled Agents, and they urge all tax practitioners to consider the benefits of joining.

The NAEA is a national association of independent, licensed tax professionals called Enrolled Agents. The association is dedicated to helping its members keep up the highest level of knowledge, skills and professionalism in all areas of taxation, so that their members may most effectively represent the needs of their clients.

Heinen Receives Early Promotion In U.S. Navy

tical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis was also placed on physical fitness.

The capstone event of boot camp is “Battle Stations.” This exercise gives recruits the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the fleet. Battle Stations is designed to galvanize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, teamwork and endurance in each recruit through the practical application of basic Navy skills and the core values of honor, courage and commitment. Its distinct-

Navy Seaman Christopher Heinen, son of Alfred Heinen of Wellington, was recently promoted to his current rank upon graduation from recruit training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. Heinen received the early promotion for outstanding performance during all phases of the training cycle. Training which included classroom study and prac-

Jeffrey Schneider is installed as president-elect at the FSEA convention and installation banquet held June 22. ly Navy flavor was designed to take into account what it means to be a sailor.

Heinen is a 2007 graduate of Wellington High School.

Augustin Graduates From Boston College Samantha Augustin of Wellington recently graduated from Boston College with a bachelor’s degree in communication and English from the university’s College of Arts & Sciences. Commencement

was held May 21 in Alumni Stadium on the Boston College campus in Chestnut Hill, Mass. There were more than 4,400 undergraduate and graduate degree recipients in the Boston College Class of 2012.

Boston College is one of the nation’s best and most selective universities, with U.S. News & World Report ranking Boston College 31st among national universities, and Forbes ranking it 26th in its 2011 America’s Best Colleges listing.

For more information, visit www.bc.edu.

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PALMS WEST PEOPLE

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s ‘Arthur’s Jam’ Set For Oct. 13 In WPB The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is gearing up for the 2012 Arthur’s Jam “Wipeout Cystic Fibrosis” set for Saturday, Oct. 13 from 7 to 11 p.m. at Lake Pavilion on the Waterfront (101 S. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach).

Attendees can arrive by land or sea. The event will include heavy hors d’oeuvres and an open bar for an expected 200-plus guests, short program, dancing to live music, bidding on exclusive auction items, and the opportunity to mix and mingle with other guests. Ashley and John Schutz will serve as committee chairs, the guest caterer for this unique event is C’est Si Bon, and the Feeder Band will provide the

evening’s live entertainment.

Arthur’s Jam was founded in 1995 by friends of Arthur Weiss as a way to commemorate his life while raising funds for the fight against cystic fibrosis. Proceeds from the event will help fund research that will one day lead to a cure for CF, and will improve the quality of life for those suffering from this fatal disease. Over the past 16 years, Arthur’s Jam has raised over a million dollars for research and science to fund a cure for CF. Tickets cost $100 per person, and sponsorships are available.

For reservations, information on sponsorships, or to make a donation, contact the Cystic Fibrosis

Foundation at (561) 683-9965, email mfogg@cff.org or visit http:/ /palmbeach.cff.org/arthursjam.

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States.

Since 1955, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has been the driving force behind the pursuit of a cure.

Thanks to the dedication and financial backing of supporters — patients, families and friends, clinicians, researchers, volunteers, individual donors, corporations and staff — the foundation is making a difference.

For additional information, visit www.cff.org/chapters/palmbeach.

Arthur’s Jam Committee — Guy Quattlebaum, Amy Quattlebaum, Amy Bernard, Kate Morris, Abby Beebe, Ashley Schutz (co-chair), Sunni Johnson, John Schutz (co-chair), Jeremy Walter, Christine Walter, Britton Core, Shani Core and Kelley Bastien. Not pictured: Hampton Beebe, Michele Henr y, Jennifer Lazzara, Brooke McKernan and Nacho Reyes.

Wellington Garden Club Member Receives Photographic Award At the 2012 Florida Federation of Garden Clubs (FFGC) annual convention, Wellington Garden Club member and Royal Palm

Beach resident Martie Spaier was presented the Photographic Slide Award for her digital photographs of birds in a natural setting by a

Schlechter Graduates From Lehigh University Kaley Schlechter of Wellington was among the more than 1,800 Lehigh University students to be awarded degrees during the school’s 144th spring commencement ceremonies at Goodman Stadium in Bethlehem, Pa. Schlechter received a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering.

For more than 147 years, Lehigh University has combined academic and learning opportunities with leadership and fostering innovative research. The institution is among the nation’s most selective, highly ranked private research universities. For more information, visit www.lehigh.edu.

non-professional photographer.

According to Spaier, she has “been taking photographs since I was a kid with a Brownie camera. I mostly concentrated on photographing people until I moved to Florida nine years ago. I was always interested in nature and wildlife, and after retirement, I had more time to devote to these interests.”

In addition to photographing in Florida, Spaier has taken extensive wildlife and floral pictures from many of other areas, including Alaska and Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island. Spaier attributes her photographic talents to good genes inherited from her family of artists, including her father, who

made sterling silver jewelry, her mother, who made stone sculptures, and two aunts, who were painters.

The FFGC contest rules required that the photos be taken in Florida. Spaier’s winning pictures were taken at Ding-Darling Park in Sanibel Island, Wakodahatchee Preserve in Boynton Beach and Pelican Island.

She used a simple point-andshoot Nikon, but at times she also uses a Panasonic SLR with a Lumix lens. With the current technology, she enjoys downloading photos to the computer and using photo-imaging programs for special effects.

Martie Spaier with her award.

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JUPITER-TEQUESTA DOG CLUB HOSTS ALL-BREED DOG SHOW AT FAIRGROUNDS

The Jupiter-Tequesta Dog Club hosted the 68th and 69th All-Breed Dog Show on Saturday, July 14 and Sunday, July 15 at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center. The theme was “Paw Prints in the Sand,� and more than 1,200 dogs in 130 breeds or varieties competed. There were also rally trials with 86 entries, and obedience trials with 115 entries.

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Bob Stephanos with Fay Wray, the Bull Mastiff Best of Breed winner.

Judge Dr. Wanda Spediacci and Billy Rodriguez with Non-Sporting Group winner George, a Keeshond.

Victoria Vitale-Lewis with Pook and his Obedience Trial ribbons.

Working dogs in the show ring.

Michele Matto with Working Group winner Trek.

Cynthia Springer with Daisy and Nancy Westphal with Turbo.

ERM Volunteers Work For Months To Clean Up County Natural Areas Volunteers with the Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management (ERM) were very busy during the months of April, May and June.

They donated 1,157 labor hours to enhance Palm Beach County’s environment.

More than 350 ERM volunteers worked on 24 habitat restoration projects in county-owned natural areas and habitat restoration areas. They removed 16,762 pounds of trash and invasive exotic vegetation from wooded areas, scrublands and wetlands. The trash varied from car radios and traffic signs to doll heads to a mattress and a deer decoy.

Volunteers also planted 3,162 native trees, shrubs and flowers, installed 200 feet of silt fencing,

renovated 300 feet of hiking trails and constructed an observation platform.

ERM’s volunteer program is a valuable tool that offers land managers a large supply of energetic workers who fight the heat, insects and difficult terrain to help protect the county’s natural treasures. For more information on joining ERM’s volunteer program, visit www.pbcgov.com/erm.

(Right) Lisa Archer and her son, Olga Ferrer, and Veronica Kogan at the Delaware Scrub Natural Area. (Far right) Dave Smith, Linda Fundo, Angelica Peralta, Dan Pere, Hank O’Connell and Jim Perelman plant gopher apple seedlings at the Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area.

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Register Through July For AAL Girls Softball Program The Acreage Athletic League’s girls softball program is currently accepting registration for the upcoming fall 2012 season. Girls ages 5 to 14 are welcome.

Player evaluations will take place the first week in August.

Register online at www.aalgirls softball.com or Saturday mornings in July at Acreage Community Park from 10 a.m. to noon.

Acreage Community Park is located at 6701 140th Avenue North at the corner of 140th Avenue North and 67th Street North.

For more information, call AAL Softball Commissioner Sam Carter at (561) 628-2972 or e-mail aalgirls softball@gmail.com.

Enter Visions, Dr. G’s Makeover Competition Now through Aug. 11, Visions Salon and Dr. G’s Weight Loss & Wellness of Wellington are accepting nominations for a deserv-

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This individual will win a weightloss plan from Dr. G’s and a makeover from Visions Salon, including cut, color and makeup. The complete package is worth more than $1,500.

Enter yourself or someone else to win. In a paragraph, explain why you think you or the person you’re nominating deserves to lose weight and look great. The winner must be at least 21 years of age and medically qualified prior to the start of the program, and must be willing to sign a video and photo release form granting permission to use their name, testimonial and photographs in any form of media. The winner must also sign a commitment contract to complete the contest. The winner will be announced immediately following the final entry day of Aug. 11.

To obtain an application for nominations, stop by Visions Salon (12793 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington) or Dr. G’s Weight Loss & Wellness (2615 S. State Road 7, Wellington, near Whole Foods Market). For more information, call Visions Salon at (561) 7901696 or visit www.vhsalon.com, or

Dr. G’s Weight Loss & Wellness at (561) 370-6484 or www.drgs wellington.com.

Small Business RoundTable Aug. 2 At Binks The Small Business RoundTable has announced the date of their next session, which is Thursday, Aug. 2 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Binks Forest Golf Club in Wellington. A mixer is scheduled at the beginning of the evening with drinks and hors d’oeuvres.

The session will begin at 6:30 p.m. and include several speakers.

Pin Point Strategic Solutions CEO Woody White will discuss business planning. He will explain how to find the most efficient and profitable ways to operate and increase a business’s bottom line.

Cheri Pavlik, director of business development for Hedrick Brothers Construction will cover market research. She will offer a lively discussion to help business owners/managers define their businesses’ target market and examine possible uncovered markets in order to maximize mar-

keting efforts and sales.

Monica Kallas, owner and marketing specialist with SharpShooter Marketing Group, will discuss grassroots marketing. She will discuss traditional methods available to businesses to successfully increase their company’s presence in the marketplace and increase business revenues.

The sessions are structured to be informative, interactive, social and fun. The cost is $10. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP by July 27 by calling (561) 792-6525 or visiting www. wellingtonchamber.com. For any questions, contact Wellington Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Michela Perillo-Green at info@wellingtonchamber.com.

Bank Of America Holding Drive To Support FSO On July 1, Bank of America of Palm Beach County kicked off its major collection drive for “wecare” package items for Forgotten Soldiers Outreach.

The collection drive will be at more than 50 banking center loca-

tions in Palm Beach County, which will now serve as official drop-off locations for we-care care package items through Sept. 11.

“What a great way to show their support of our troops by bringing awareness to the public and the customers of Bank of America,” said Lynelle Chauncey Zelnar, founder and executive director of Forgotten Soldiers Outreach.

“This will certainly help get the word out of FSO’s mission that began in October 2003, of sending monthly we-care packages to our troops serving overseas. We are very excited and grateful to have Bank of America continue their efforts in supporting our charity.”

Zelnar was excited to announce FSO’s new program called Operation Pot of Joe (OPOJ), which will provide an essential piece of home to troops. For an additional $10 donation, you can now include free-trade organic coffee in we-care packages.

“Bank of America recognizes and appreciates the significant sacrifices our military and their families make every day,” said Robin Frost, Bank of America senior vice president/consumer mar-

ket manager of Palm Beach County. “We are committed to help make opportunity possible for those who serve our country, and we are proud to partner with Forgotten Soldiers to provide support to our troops overseas.”

For a list of Bank of America locations in Palm Beach County, use the locator drop-down menu on www.bankofamerica.com. For more information on this collection drive campaign, contact Frost at (561) 966-5387 or robin.r.frost@ bankofamerica.com.

Forgotten Soldiers Outreach is a nationally recognized organization that has been sending monthly we-care packages to troops serving overseas since 2003, covering all world theaters and all branches of service. Many of the recipients are fighting on the frontline. FSO’s mission is to reach out to those who do not receive any support from the home front by “sending that little bit of home, to assure they are not forgotten.” To date, FSO has benefited close to 250,000 military personnel.

For more information on Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, or for ways to help, visit www.forgotten soldiers.org or call (561) 369-2933.

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continued from page 1 cil members to decide how they wanted to approach the design and build process.

Barnes said council members have several methods to choose from, including the traditional “design-bid-build” method and the “design-build” method.

The “design-build” method was used for the municipal complex. Rather than design the building, Wellington would leave it up to the builders.

“We would put out some very preliminary design specifications,” he said. “At that point you could either determine what use goes on which floor… or go ahead and

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continued from page 1 has happened is a chasm, a division between the sheriff’s office and the community. There is a distrust; there is a fear.”

Bradshaw, who has 40 years of law-enforcement experience, rose through the ranks of the West Palm Beach Police Department and in 1996 was appointed chief of police. On Jan. 4, 2005, he was sworn in as the elected sheriff of Palm Beach County.

Bradshaw, currently running for a third term, said that it is unfortunate that people who don’t have a lot of leadership experience turn to the “politics of personal destruction.”

“It’s like Chicken Little — the sky is falling and I’m going to save you,” he said. “Folks, the sky ain’t

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continued from page 1 thing that they can possibly access.”

Several council members felt that staff had done due diligence in providing records.

“Staff is saying that they have submitted all pertinent and available information,” Councilman Matt Willhite said. “If you made a request for [a record] and there was nothing, then we couldn’t provide it to you.”

Coates agreed. “I want to be fair,” he said. “But I don’t see the point in a 30-day extension if staff is telling me that they have given you all the records they have.”

Discussion of the item went on until almost midnight, with both sides arguing over two key points.

The first was whether the applicant deliberately omitted parts of the site’s history — chief among them a 2001 suspension of development on the site.

The other point of contention was whether master plan amendments approved by Wellington after 2001 automatically lifted that suspension.

Land planning engineer Michael Sexton, agent for the applicant, testified that the omission of the history had been an error on his part. “No one asked me to delete or omit anything,” he stressed.

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continued from page 7 fortunately, I don’t see that happening here with the current representation or past representation because I don’t think anyone really wanted to live here and stay here.”

Horn said he feels that the concept of having a local congressman who’s interested in the district has been eclipsed by large amounts of money being funneled into political campaigns. “Not enough local people are standing up and doing what’s necessary to help their own district, their own family, their own friends, their own school districts, their own economy and know what they need,” he said.

Horn said he thinks he has the money to defeat Murphy, but added that beating West might be another story. “I have enough to run a primary, but neither one of us has the funds necessary to run a hard campaign against Allen West,” he said. “However, after the primary, there will be millions of dollars available.”

For more info., visit www.jim horn4congress.com.

Jerry Buechler — Buechler said all the Democrats in the primary are focused on defeating West, but they do have some differences on issues.

Buechler said he is concerned about the point democracy has reached. “I think our democracy has basically been overtaken by money,” he said, explaining that he had heard recently that the

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But the traditional “design-bidbuild” method would afford the council more control over the layout of the building. “We would hire a design professional separately,” he said.

Council members favored having more control, and Barnes recommended the traditional method.

“We ultimately want to have some definitive say on the placement of some key components,” he said. “That is, the actual banquet facility, the placement either on the first floor or second floor, and how we deal with the vertical accessibility options.”

Village Attorney Jeff Kurtz said

that it would take time to put out a bid for a designer, draft and choose a design for the building, prepare a bid for construction and finally award a construction bid.

“You would probably be looking at January for that decision,” he said.

Council members decided to go with the traditional method, and also agreed that they wanted input from committees both on programming and the design.

The issue of whether to move the Wellington Tennis Center played into the decision. Barnes noted that tearing down the community center could mean moving the pro shop to another location on site, or possibly to a new site entirely.

He proposed moving it to the northwest corner of the site, near the municipal complex, but Coun-

cilman Matt Willhite said that would not work.

“I don’t think it functions that far away,” he said. “And that is the back of our parking lot. We have a security issue. We don’t want people back there. It could impact the residential area.”

Willhite also noted that the tennis facility currently has a raised balcony for observation of the courts.

“That impacts what happens to the exterior of the building,” he said. “I think we need to figure out where it can go.”

Barnes also said that Wellington Tennis Director Tommy Cheatham had been consulted and would prefer something closer to the front of the facility.

“That location is not ideal for him,” he said. “He’d like to have something in the front so he has

more control and views over the entire facility.”

Mayor Bob Margolis said he’d heard some discussion of moving the facility in between the courts, which Barnes said had been considered. “Upon review, we felt the area available was too limited,” Barnes said.

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig agreed. “It’s too small,” she said.

Councilman John Greene asked about upcoming capital improvements to the site. Barnes said there were improvements scheduled for a few years down the road.

Greene asked whether the community center is an appropriate site for tennis.

“As we look ahead two years, and we look at the capital improvements necessary to maintain and get these courts back to top condition, is this the time to ask if this

is the proper site for tennis?”

Greene questioned. “I want to make sure what we’re doing fits into a long-term plan.”

Gerwig didn’t agree with moving the entire tennis facility. “Tennis was here first,” she said. “They are clay courts, and they are expensive.”

Coates said that parking is the biggest concern for him in the complex. “If we do not have adequate parking, we are building something that no one can come to,” he said.

Barnes said that if the council was agreeing to the “design-bidbuild” method, members could look at several ways in which to deal with tennis and parking.

“A qualified professional might be able to find something that fits,” he said.

Council members agreed unanimously to use that method.

falling, not even close.”

Bradshaw said the election is really about demonstrated leadership experience. “It’s about a proven track record of what this agency has done over the last eight years,” he said. “The proof is there.

This is the second agency that I have been a leader of. The first was West Palm Beach for eight years.

We took it to a place where people respected that agency. After almost eight years as your sheriff, we’ve taken this agency to a place of respect, not only in this community but in the state.”

Bradshaw cited the PBSO’s gang initiative as the foremost example of the department’s effectiveness. “Nobody in this state, let alone this community, has done as much to fight gangs as your sheriff’s office,” he said.

“That’s why when it came time to call on a regional gang unit of Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties, the state looked

to us to be the lead agency.”

The U.S. Bureau of Justice Administration recently featured the unit as one of the 10 organizations in the United States on how to fight gangs with intelligence, with a solvability rate much higher than was cited by Talley.

On the pill mill front, the PBSO did the largest investigation in the Unites States, Bradshaw said, which resulted in the PBSO being at the hub of a state regional pill mill task force. “They followed our model,” he said. “I’m the chairman of the entire region for that. We’re about 75 percent through eliminating these pill mills that are killing our kids.”

In the area of Homeland Security, the PBSO is the lead agency for all of South Florida. “I was appointed as the chairman of all of domestic security, another leadership role. Why? Because the agency had the expertise to do that,” he said. “Everybody looks to us

for leadership roles because of how we do things and our expertise.”

Regarding Talley’s assertions on national accreditation, Bradshaw said it is an unnecessary, expensive process. “It’s redundant, it’s the same standard, except it’s expensive,” he said. “It’s the same set of standards. It’s crazy to do that.”

Bradshaw pointed out that the Police Benevolent Association has endorsed him. “If there’s a problem in that agency with employees, don’t you think that they would be on somebody else’s side?” he asked, pointing out that the employees are part of the PBSO promotion system. “The agency has a fantastic track record of what we do to make you safe and your families safe,” he said.

Walker, a truck driver on his fourth run for sheriff, said he has lived in Palm Beach County for 32 years. “In those 32 years, I raised

a family, had five new cars, sent my children off to college, gone to the Navy. Palm Beach County has been really good to me. As sheriff, I want to give something back to Palm Beach County.”

He said he has watched Palm Beach County’s widespread growth during that time. “We’re one of the richest counties in the State of Florida,” he said. “I hope that by my being the next sheriff of Palm Beach County, I will prove to you that I am worthy of the job.”

One of his primary areas of focus will be on fighting drugs, not just street-level drugs, but focusing more on large dealers.

Walker is also concerned about the budget, not just in Palm Beach County. “This is something that all of us have to focus on,” he said, pointing out that the state has passed laws requiring state and local employees to pay into their own retirement system, which he said has been of benefit to state

and local agencies.

Walker said that the PBSO budget of almost a half-billion dollars is not a lot for a county of this size. “Palm Beach County is a big county and needs every dollar in the sheriff’s budget and more,” he said. “The only way to reduce it is your employees’ salaries… I don’t plan on cutting salaries, but as sheriff, it will be very bad if I don’t do anything about it, so I plan on doing something about it.”

He said top administrators in the agency make a lot of money. “We all know that,” Walker said. “As sheriff, I’m going to delete those positions, and probably promote those young kids coming out of college to have those jobs… Tax dollars cannot continue to be in the heavy top administration. The people with 30 years on, they need to retire. We cannot afford to continue to pay these salaries. I’m going to look at that, and we all know that that has to be done.”

Sexton said he had not heard that there was an issue until long after the master plan had been approved. Furthermore, he said he believed that a subsequent master plan amendment designating the site as commercial recreation lifted the suspension. “It was approved by the council,” Sexton said. “It met all the conditions for the suspension to be lifted.”

After site development was suspended in 2001, there were subsequent master plan amendments that could have lifted the suspension, Rosenbaum argued.

Wellington hired independent land planner Russell Scott, who reviewed the history of the site.

In 2008, there was an amendment to plat Southfields Phase II, located on the northeast corner of South Shore Blvd. and Lake Worth Road, as well as two other properties since 2008.

Scott’s review noted that only one application included the complete history of the properties.

During testimony, Scott noted that in December 2008, a master plan for a piece of property referred to as the “Polaski property” was approved by the council. Then in 2009, the “Grange property” was approved. “Those were actions taken to modify the master plan and approved by the village council,” Scott said.

Coates asked Scott whether he thought the status of the suspension affected whether the omission was necessary to the application.

“If it wasn’t included, and the master plan turns out not to be suspended, then you’ve made an error, but it’s not so big an error; the master plan was still active,” he replied. “But, on the other hand, if it was suspended, the omission becomes much more significant.”

Scott pointed out that Wellington’s application requires a complete history, not giving applicants room to decide what parts are relevant, but said he felt that the status did not affect the omission.

“I don’t think whether it was determined at the time if the suspension was in effect should have had any effect to the inclusion [of the history],” he said.

Rosenbaum pointed out that the 2001 order of suspension said that subsequent approval of a master plan by the council could lift the suspension.

Reading the ordinance, he said that the suspension was in place “until the time that an application new or modified master plan approval is filed by the petitioner and approved by the village council.”

He asked Scott whether that could mean that the 2008 or 2009 master plan approvals lifted the suspension. “I believe that the language could be interpreted in that manner,” Scott said.

Former Mayor Darell Bowen, who was called in to testify, noted that last October, he had been made aware of the suspension, but that staff was conflicted over whether it was in effect.

“I was made aware of [the suspension] by staff,” he said. “I knew that some staff felt it had been removed by the prior amendments.

But everyone seemed to agree that when we voted on it, that would take care of the suspension. It either had been or would be taken care of.”

Riedi asked if that meant lifting the suspension was dependent on the October master plan amendment, but Bowen said he didn’t believe so.

Rosenbaum said that there had not been any evidence of intent to deceive the council. “I don’t see how anyone could find any evidence from tonight’s hearing unless they believe [Sexton] to be a complete pathological liar,” he said.

Mayor Bob Margolis said he didn’t believe Sexton omitted the information deceitfully. “You have the utmost reputation in this com-

munity for being the best at what you do,” he said.

Willhite said he didn’t think there was any fraudulent deceit.

“I think there was an omission of information,” he said. “But was it fraud, deceit or misrepresentation?

I don’t think there was.”

Though council members all agreed that the information omitted should have been in the application, Coates said it was their legal responsibility to determine whether there was fraudulent misrepresentation.

To prove deceitful intent, he said, there would have to be evidence that the applicant had a desire to mislead the village and that the decision would rely on the omitted information. “There is simply no evidence of that, because the village knew about the suspension,” Coates said.

Coates pointed out that he, along with Willhite, voted against

the master plan amendments last October.

“It would be very easy for me to use this as a way to revisit my decision,” he said, “but I can’t, in good conscience, do that.”

Willhite noted that he had concerns with parts of the master plan — such as roadway improvements and connections — but that could be governed with the site plan that still must be vetted by the council.

“I want to remind the applicant, that one of the conditions of approval of this master plan is that the site plan must be approved by the council,” he said.

Coates made a motion to rule that the council had found no evidence of deliberate misrepresentation. Willhite seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.

Margolis said he hoped the decision could bring the community back together.

“I think it’s time to heal,” he said.

states face a $55 billion combined deficit. “Yet, we have corporations sitting on $2 trillion. If you take $55 billion as the percentage of $2 trillion, that’s two to three percent, and we have corporations that pay no taxes and spend more money lobbying than they pay in taxes.”

Companies move money around to take advantage of the system, he said. “Even Wal-Mart, which says they pay 27 percent of their income on profit, that’s an outright lie because they take all their profit off the table,” Buechler said. “In Florida, each store pays millions to the Wal-Mart trust fund, which is in Delaware, either that or each store pays a fee for carrying the Wal-Mart trademark, even though these stores are paid off and they are attracted to where they are with low property tax rates.

We’ve given away the store.”

Buechler said he is also concerned about recovering from the housing crash, which has resulted in the eviction of thousands of families from their homes, explaining that as a retired firefighter, he was among many families that left Miami-Dade County to purchase their dream home in Martin County. “A lot of the firemen I was working with were moving up to this area,” he said. “It’s a very popular area. Most of them have their houses underwater now. If you really look at why, it’s due to the huge amount of money that tore down the really important regulations that kept the mortgage market on track.”

A major contributor to the crash was the 1999 repeal of parts of the Glass-Steagall Act. “That tore down the walls between local lending banks and your big Wall Street

banks and insurance companies,” he said. “No longer do banks have to hold the mortgages they wrote and be responsible for their results. They could bundle them up and sell them to Wall Street, which they did very readily.”

Buechler said the major contributors to congressional campaigns have been the financial market, which lobbied for deregulation.

“We’re in this mess due to deregulation,” he said.

Buechler, who was once an actuary for Northwestern Mutual Life, said he has always had an interest in numbers. “The common sense has gone out of it, and that’s what alarms,” he said. “The Federal Reserve steps in by printing money, which actually doesn’t make the case any better.”

Buechler, who has been paying property taxes in Martin County for seven years and living there three years, said he was commuting to his firefighter-paramedic job in Miami until he retired in April 2011. “At the time, I was also running the Florida Firefighters’ Trust Fund, which I did for 16 years, first as trustee, then as chairman, and later on as agent and consultant,” he said. “I have an insurance license.”

He said that background gives him a good feel for what makes healthcare affordable. “That is another reason I’m running,” Buechler said. “I think that is a huge issue because we’ve gone from in 1980, 9 percent of our GDP spent on healthcare services, and now we’re spending 18 percent of our GDP. That is just totally unsustainable.”

For more info., visit www.jerry buechlerforcongress.com.

“They are using Stone to play all the tracks for the music in the movie.”

Stone also has a line in a scene in which he rolls by on his Heelys, which he is endorsed by the company to wear. “They want me to wear the shoes in the movie, and they’re sending me a box of shoes, and I’m excited because that’s one of my favorite shoes,” he said.

Ramirez, 16, went for the lead role, but was cast as one of the skateboarders doing tricks and stunts in the movie. “The role they were going for the bassist is supposed to be someone who is more full of himself and a lover-boy type, and our sweet Trey is so humble and nice,” Helen-Marie said.

Since being cast in the movie, the band members have had to learn how to play along with other musicians.

“For the movie they have added a keyboardist, a guitarist, bassist, drummer and a singer who have never played together,” Helen-Marie said. “So they have all been getting together and learning how to play together.”

Stone and Harrison started Albino Black Sheep less than a year ago, and have performed at local events and venues from the Caribbean-Americans for Community Involvement (CAFCI) annual talent show to concerts at the Wellington Amphitheater. “We

grew up in a creative environment,” Harrison said. “We are always doing something different.”

Stone and Harrison’s mother owned a dance studio for many years, and their father is a former R&B singer. “They have been on stage for almost their entire lives,” Helen-Marie said.

Their creativity is expressed through their unusual band name, which Stone came up with out of the blue, to Harrison’s colorful hair. “I’m pretty much known for the girl power style with my crazy hair and playing my Daisy Rock guitar,” she said.

When Harrison was told she had to cover up her Daisy Rock guitar for product placement issues in the movie, she felt that she had to do something about it because it was a representation of her selfexpression.

“So I got permission from Daisy Rock to use my guitar in the movie without covering it up,” she said. “We are now endorsed by them, and I can play my Daisy Rock in the movie, and they are sending us posters to use in the movie.”

Ned Venture is currently in the process of being filmed, and will take an estimated month to complete. The movie is expected to come out some time next year. For more information, visit www. nedventure.com.

stole several pieces of jewelry, a designer handbag, crystal pieces and other miscellaneous items.

The stolen items were valued at approximately $2,000. DNA evidence was taken at the scene, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 17 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to a home in the Isles at Wellington on Tuesday morning regarding an act of vandalism. According to the report, sometime between 6 p.m. last Sunday and 11:30 a.m. the following morning, someone smashed the victim’s mailbox. The victim said that although his mailbox was still on its pole, it would not close properly. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 17 — A deputy from the

PBSO substation in Wellington responded to the Wellington Aquatics Complex on Tuesday evening regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim is an employee of the village and said he had parked his vehicle in the parking lot at approximately 2:15 p.m. The victim heard an alarm going off in the parking lot at approximately 4:45 p.m. but did not know whose vehicle it was. According to the report, when the victim returned to his vehicle at approximately 5:40 p.m., he discovered that someone had entered it, opened the center console and removed his driver’s license, U.S. passport, bank card and $40 cash.

DNA evidence was taken at the scene, but there was no further information available at the time of the report.

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continued from page 1 three hours with the band members. “They made us read our lines over and over, and it was the three of us, so it pretty much took all day,” Harrison said.

When the audition was over, the band members packed up and went home, hoping for the best. “When we left it was about 8:45 at night,” Helen-Marie said. “An hour later, the director called me and said, ‘I just want you to know, your kids acted just as well if not better than students I’ve seen in lessons for years.’”

Harrison, 16, the lead singer in Albino Black Sheep, is cast as Krystal, the lead girl in the movie’s band and Ned’s sister. A quick learner, Harrison has only been playing the guitar for a year. “But I’ve been playing music from the cello to the violin since I was a little kid,” she said. “My brother Stone, too, he’s played all kinds of instruments, and just learned how to play the drums a couple of month ago.”

Stone, 13, plays all the music for the drummer in the movie. “Ironically, the kid that they cast to play the drummer has never played the drums before,” Helen-Marie said.

Blotter continued from page 6 hicle. According to the report, PBSO helicopter and K-9 units attempted to track the suspect, but the trail ended on Las Palmas Street. There was no further information available at the time of the report.

JULY 15 — A resident of Madison Green called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach last Sunday to report a delayed residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim left the home at approximately 9 p.m. last Saturday and returned an hour later to find the sliding glass door ajar. The victim said he thought it was a mistake on his part but realized the next day that several items were missing from his home. According to the report, someone

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Erinwood Elite Animal Rescue Helps Horses & More

Jennifer Dachton and Nancy Piacentino run the small rescue group Erinwood Elite Animal Rescue in Southwest Ranches. They take in any kind of animal, whatever they have room for: cats and dogs, lots of farm animals, and, of course, horses.

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American Legion Post #12 Team Wins District Title

The American Legion Post #12 18-U baseball team has a rich history in Palm Beach County. For the past two years, the team has recruited some of Wellington’s best and brightest players, and recently earned the distinction of being district champions, after defeating Boynton Beach in a tournament July 12. Page 35

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As owners and operators of South Florida Mailbox and Curbing Innovations Inc., the Koteles family of Wellington makes business a family affair. South Florida Mailbox has been around for five years, delivering and installing mailboxes to residential communities, co-owner and patriarch Mark Koteles said. Koteles runs the business along with his two adult sons, Alex and Kyle, while his wife, Nancy, does the bookkeeping. Page 25

Sports Savon’s Academy’s Charity Basketball Game In Royal Palm

ESPN 760 AM Radio personalities bested the athletic coaches of Savon’s Academy 94-86 in the annual Savon’s Academy Charity Basketball Game on Saturday, July 14 at the R oyal Palm Beach Recreation Center.

Current and former NCAA basketball players were in attendance. Page 35

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Erinwood Elite Animal Rescue Helps Horses And More I first met Jennifer Dachton some weeks back at the Caloosa Extreme Trail Challenge, and she impressed the heck out of me. She was the first entry into the pasture, and her horse, a tall gray named Nirvana, negotiated every obstacle quietly and willingly, even the really scary dummy drag. But what made their ride so remarkable was Nirvana’s tack. Dachton rode the Thoroughbred not in a bridle but in a halter with two lead ropes attached. Now, that was confidence.

A native Floridian, Dachton said she probably learned to ride before she could walk, and horses have always been a big part of her life. Her heart is especially touched by horses and other animals in need, so she decided to do something to help out.

“Just in traveling around, it seems as if I’m always coming across animals who need help,” Dachton said. “A stray kitten, a starving horse, and especially Thoroughbreds off the track at Calder who are done racing and now need good homes. I began taking them in, and soon I was getting known for that, so more people started contacting me. That’s when I decided to get organized.”

Dachton and her friend Nancy Piacentino, who both live in Broward County, formed a nonprofit corporation this past January and run the small rescue group Erinwood Elite Get updates all week long... follow Ellen Rosenberg on Twitter at twitter.com/ HorseTalkFL or stop by the Tales from the Trails page on Facebook and click “like.”

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By Ellen Rosenberg Animal Rescue in Southwest Ranches, near Davie. They take in any kind of animal, whatever they have room for: cats and dogs, lots of farm animals such as chickens, geese, cows, pigs and alpacas, and, of course, horses.

“A lot of the horses we get were originally off the track, given free to someone who had no idea what they were getting into,” Dachton explained. “All they see is a gorgeous horse, plus it’s free, so they say yes. Then all the trouble starts.”

Dachton said some of the horses she gets have been starved or neglected, but more of them have been abused or misunderstood, because the new owner simply didn’t have enough horse background and knowledge. A 3- or 4-year-old Thoroughbred that has been raced is not exactly a quiet, backyard mount.

Until after Dachton works with it, that is.

“We are limited, in terms of time, money and space,” she said. “Right now, we have two rescue horses. We just adopted out three, two to North Carolina and one to Naples, Fla.” The most important thing is making sure

Jennifer Dachton and Nirvana at the Caloosa Extreme Trail Challenge. these horses are a good fit with their new owners. “I take a lot of time talking with them, finding out about their riding and horse ownership background,” Dachton said. “I have

them come out and ride the horse here with us five, six, seven times. I get to know them and watch them interact with the horse. I check See ROSENBERG, page 24

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When I’m Hot, Thinking Of Something Cold Doesn’t Work!

My parents are imaginative — always have been, always will be. I think about them often, but particularly during extremes of heat or cold.

Wisconsin winters are notoriously frigid, but the thermostat at our house was never set higher than 68 degrees. If we kids complained about the cold, we were told, “Put on a sweater!”

In the summer, the air conditioner was set to… that’s a joke. We didn’t have an air conditioner. On days when the temperature climbed to 90, Mom would open the basement door and put a fan at the top of the stairs to draw up some of the cooler (85degree) air. If we kids complained about the heat, we were told, “Think about something Get your Sonic Boomer humor every day!

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The Sonic BOOMER cold!” and reminded that, just a few short months ago, we’d been complaining about it being 68 degrees. “Are you never happy?” Dad would shout.

I was remembering all this as the thermometer inched toward 96 this week and, even with my air conditioner grinding away, I was sticky and uncomfortable. No one else was home, so I was free to whine out loud, “I’m ho-ot!” and the words came back to me through the decades, “Think about something cold!”

So I tried.

My first thought was of a Popsicle. Filled with hope, I yanked open the freezer and looked inside, but there were no Popsicles, nor Fudgesicles, nor ice cream. I had eaten every frozen treat the day before because it had been hot then, too. Realizing I was now old enough to drive, I knew I could always run over to the store, but then I’d have to venture outside, where the real heat was.

I tried to think of something else cold.

Watermelon!

No good. Same problem.

Cool shower!

Yeah, but then I’d have to get undressed and re-dressed and all that activity sounded like it would make me… well, hot.

OK, OK, what about this? Icebergs.

True, there were no icebergs in the immediate vicinity, but I tried to imagine one, and soon I was sitting on an ice floe, slowly moving through the ocean, surrounded by glacial masses of — what’s that? A polar bear? Stranded on a small sheet of ice? Is this because his

habitat is shrinking? Is this because of global warming? Is the world truly getting hotter by the year?

It certainly felt like it.

So that didn’t work.

Water park. If I pretended I was at a water park, I could certainly convince myself I was cooler. I closed my eyes and imagined being at the top of the slide, at the front of the line. I was next! But the line had been really long and by now I was sunburned and cranky. And just as I was about to step into the water, somebody cut in front of me. “Hey, you!” I hollered. “Back of the line!”

Getting flipped off did nothing to alleviate my steam.

So now I was back in my living room with no Popsicle, no watermelon and no iceberg, worried sick about global warming and extremely ticked off at an imaginary kid who cut in front of me at a water park that does not exist. Humph!

Good job, Mom and Dad.

‘Moonrise Kingdom’ A Great Film That Got Little Attention It seems that every summer, right in the middle of a whole load of big superhero movies, one or two really excellent “little movies” sneak in and win our hearts. Moonrise Kingdom fits the bill precisely. No one swings from tall buildings or uses high-tech gear. All you have are regular people working through real lives and doing it beautifully.

The movie takes place in 1965, centering on the lives of a group of people on an island in New England where a pair of 12-year-olds fall in love and run away. Sam (Jared Gilman) is an orphan, brought to the island for a “khaki scout” camp by Scoutmaster Randy Ward (Edward Norton), while Suzy (Kara Hayward) lives with her parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand), who are well-off attorneys.

They had met the previous summer and become pen pals.

Once Sam is on the island, he and Suzy run away and have a lovely time together for several days, reading, dancing and beginning a real romance. Of course, the parents are upset, and a search party finds them. Suzy’s parents forbid her to see him, and Sam is headed for our modern version of reform school, a “juvenile refuge.” The two kids run away

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So far, she hasn’t had a problem with a placement.

“We’ve been very lucky in placing our horses. No complaints yet,” Dachton said. “We also do a lot of follow-up calls and visits, to make sure everyone’s still happy and healthy.

People who adopt from us sign a contract, which states that they’re not allowed to sell

again, surviving a hurricane together. The police chief (Bruce Willis) agrees to become Sam’s legal guardian, allowing him to remain on the island, where he can see Suzy.

Not a lot really happens; this is a movie that centers on characters, and the acting is superb. The two kids are lovely; they perform quite naturally and are the very picture of young love. The adults are wonderful. Murray and McDormand are exquisitely restrained.

It would be easy to simply play caricature parents, getting a few laughs, but the two remained disciplined. Norton plays a bit of an ambivalent role in that he is sympathetic to their plight but seemingly helpless. Willis again demonstrates that he can be far more than an action hero. His feelings toward Sam

undergo a slow change from his early belief that the boy is rotten to a form of protective concern.

Tilda Swinton is very strong as the woman, called only “Social Services,” determined to ensure that Sam is put away, despite the fact that his incarceration would effectively ruin his life. Director Wes Anderson portrays the children as talented and carefree. They are a symbol of all the potential of life for young people. Sam paints; Suzy plays the flute. They both are voracious readers.

Against this, we have a system based solely on harsh, empty rules that has no time for joy. The system doesn’t care that it will ruin the life of a good kid; it exists for rules.

Perhaps Anderson’s use of Benjamin Britten’s music, particularly Noye’s Fludde (Noah’s Flood), is symbolic of a need to smash down bureaucratic rules that get in the way of personal freedom. The two young kids, symbols of freshness and youth, are simply targets of the system. The girl might escape because her parents are protectors. Children without real protection just become victims.

Unfortunately, that relates fairly well to what happens in real life. How often have we heard

on television about tragedies involving young people whom the system is supposed to protect but merely abuses? And how often, once the tragedies are known, do we hear excuses that it is the system at fault, not the humans in it?

This film examines this syndrome on a microscopic level. It is easy to love the two kids; they are still young and innocent. They are too young for their love to be tawdry, but the adults all impress their own notions of caring on the relationship. In this instance, love wins the day. There are few special effects, aside from a hurricane (which invokes some of the symbolism of Noah’s flood, designed to sweep away corruption from the world). But the characters are well-rounded, and the performances are superb.

The notion that children can be smart, interested in real culture, and decent is rare in the movies, but it works here. This movie moves to the head of my list for the small movie or two that will be nominated for Oscars for the year. It is that good. If you are not interested in man-spiders, animated teddy bears and Abraham Lincoln chasing vampires, this is a good film to see.

or give the horse away unless the new owner has also been approved by us.”

The two horses she is currently working with are a 4-year-old Thoroughbred gelding, very sweet, relaxed and 100 percent sound who has never raced. The other’s a paint mare whose former owner ran out of resources. Like Nirvana, they were lucky to end up with Dachton.

“Nirvana’s like the poster child for rescue horses,” she laughed. “He raced, he got older, no one wanted him, and keeping a horse is expensive.”

When a woman named Linda was offered this gorgeous gray horse for free, she said yes, even though she knew nothing about horses.

“She brought him to a nearby barn, and rather quickly found out how dangerous

things can get,” Dachton said. “After she fell off and broke her arm, she knew she need a lot of help, but trainer after trainer told her the horse was unrideable. Finally, she contacted me — not to train the horse, but to help her rehome him. I came out and rode him.”

It wasn’t easy at first. “He was a handful.

He bucked, he freaked out at everything, he bit other horses and ripped out the crossties in the barn,” Dachton said. “He was very smart, but something was definitely wrong with him. I had a vet check him for ulcers, and sure enough, he had terrible gastric ulcers, which is common in race horses because of their diet, routines and their stressful lifestyle.”

Dachton took Nirvana, started him on Ulcer Guard and changed his diet, especially his hay.

“I put him on straight alfalfa, which people think makes a horse hot, but that’s incorrect. I made sure he had lots of turnout time with buddies, so he could be a herd animal again,” she said. “I worked with him for at least a year, and he changed completely. Now he’s 6 years old, and Linda rides him safely at the walk, trot and canter, and he’ll do just about anything quietly.”

Dachton’s goal is to help all kinds of animals and to place the right animal with the right owner, especially horses.

“There are hundreds and thousands of really nice horses out there looking for a good home,” she said. “Not all of them have issues.

But each one can be someone’s special, perfect horse.”

Contact Erinwood Elite Animal Rescue at erinwoodrebel@aol.com for more information.

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By Jessica Gregoire Town-Crier Staff Report As owners and operators of South Florida Mailbox and Curbing Innovations Inc., the Koteles family of Wellington makes business a family affair.

South Florida Mailbox has been around for five years, delivering and installing mailboxes to residential communities, co-owner and patriarch Mark Koteles said.

Koteles runs the business along with his two adult sons, Alex and Kyle, and his wife, Nancy, does the bookkeeping. “I make sure everything is done right and delivered on time,” Koteles said.

South Florida Mailbox can deliver anywhere, and as many mailboxes at a time, as needed. “Whether it be one mailbox or an entire HOA, we can do 200 or 300 of these at a time,” Koteles said.

Koteles believes in quality service and installation. “Everything we do is done perfectly, and our clients are happy,” Koteles said.

“We pride ourselves in the guarantee and quality of the job.”

The family decided to get into the mailbox business after realizing that it was an underserviced market, particularly in Palm Beach County. “About seven years ago, we noticed there was only one other company doing this, and they were based out of Miami-Dade,” Koteles said. “Most importantly, their work wasn’t up to par.”

There was a lack of uniformity in the way the mailboxes were installed, Koteles said. “In a community, one mailbox would be installed at 30 inches and one at 40,” he said. “We saw an opportunity to get things done right.”

Quality service is the most important part of installing a mailbox, Koteles said, and this is what sets apart South Florida Mailbox from the rest. “Many of these other companies do the job inadequately,” he said. “Many of their customers usually call us to fix the problem.”

South Florida Mailbox has a variety of mailbox styles available. Customers can view certain styles on the company’s web site at www. southfloridamailbox.com.

Once customers call in, they will speak to Koteles’ son, Kyle, who handles most of the client installations. “We ask them what style of mailbox they want, and we get it done by installing and delivering quality craftsmanship,” Koteles said.

Customers are charged for the mailbox plus installation. “We don’t repair mailboxes though, because it’s not worth the time and effort, and most customers know that,” he said.

The Koteles family also owns Curbing Innovations Inc., a concrete and landscaping business.

“We have many styles for people to choose from,” Koteles said. “They just have to tell us what they want, and we have the molds to get the job done, which is very intricate.”

To see many of the styles available, customers are invited to visit the Curbing Innovations web site at www.curbing-innovations. com.

According to Koteles, many customers shop around after getting estimates from them, but end up choosing Curbing Innovations.

“We are the best and everything turns out perfect, and you pay for what you get,” he said.

Adding curbing to a house increases the house’s resale value, Koteles noted.

“After doing the curbing, many of our clients say, ‘I should have done this years ago,’” Koteles said. “It adds value to the house, you have no problems with mulch, you have no plastic or rubber edging, and once you put our curbing in it’s guaranteed for life and it looks beautiful.”

For more information about South Florida Mailbox or Curbing Innovations, call (561) 3892491.

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Quantum House Partners With El Dorado For Its Anniversary Quantum House, a hospital hospitality house in West Palm Beach, had the opportunity to work with El Dorado Furniture to nominate three families who each received $5,000 and expert furniture advice from El Dorado.

Quantum House worked with other local nonprofits to choose three deserving families.

Together, the organizations met and assessed the needs of Bebe St. Juste of West Palm Beach, Joshua Johnson of West Palm Beach and Curletha Campbell, past Quantum House guest, of Port St. Lucie and their families. Once they were selected, all of the families had the opportunity to shop at El Dorado with a

decorator to choose the best options for their homes.

Campbell and her 17-year-old son Ashton were all smiles when shopping for furniture. Now that they’ve chosen their furniture, Campbell said it’s all she can think about.

The Campbells first met Quantum House staff when the family stayed at the house while Ashton received cancer treatments at St. Mary’s Medical Center.

“We are honored to be a part of this anniversary event and so happy to nominate such deserving families,” said Robi Jurney, Quantum House’s executive director.

El Dorado’s partnership with Quantum House made perfect

Wellington And Boynton Chambers Present ‘East Meets West’ Business Expo The Greater Boynton Beach and Wellington chambers of commerce will hold an East Meets West Business Expo and Mixer on Wednesday, July 25 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Courtyard Marriott (1601 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach).

Admission costs $10 online and

$15 at the door, and includes one drink and appetizers. Vendor tables and sponsorships are available.

Contact Rosie Feeley at (561) 732-9501 or rosie@boyntonbeach. or g, or visit www.boyntonbeach chamber.com for more information.

sense. Both organizations are committed to their community and to making sure families have a comfortable place to call home, even during hard times.

“There is nothing like gathering around the dinner table with your family or a restful night on a good mattress,” said Pedro Capó, chief operations officer of El Dorado Furniture. “Yet many in our community don’t have these comforts.”

“We said the best thing we could do is actually go out there and help the families who really need to have a place to sleep and eat and be a family to begin with,” Capó said.

El Dorado celebrated with the selected families, sponsors and community partners on its anniversary, June 27 at its Palmetto store.

Quantum House is a caring and supportive home that lessens the burden for families whose children are receiving treatment in Palm Beach County for a serious medical condition.

The 10-suite hospital hospitality house provides lodging, meals, care and compassion to more than 500 family members each year.

Quantum House is the only facility of its kind between Fort Lauderdale and Orlando. For more information, visit www.quantumhouse.org.

Helping Families In Need — Laura Belcher of Quantum House, Ashton and Curletha Campbell, and Carmen Crucet, merchandise leader at El Dorado Furniture.

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Tutoring Business Offers Job Opportunities For Area Teens PeerGenius Tutors, a Maryland-based LLC, is expanding into Palm Beach County and currently hiring Wellington and Royal Palm Beach area high school students to be peer tutors.

PeerGenius Tutors is a private tutoring service that trains top high school students to help their younger peers in all K-12 subjects, study skills, organization and time management. After suc-

cessfully implementing this high-quality, affordable option in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area, the company is offering its services in Florida, beginning with Palm Beach County.

The company has jobs for teens who are strong overall students or who excel in a particular subject area.

Hiring additional students is part of the company’s growth strategy to create flex-

ible, above minimum wage jobs for young people who help their peers.

“We’re very excited to bring the private peer tutoring model to Florida,” said Enid Traub, president of PeerGenius Tutors.

Traub is particularly interested in Florida education as she grew up in South Florida and graduated from Nova High School in Fort Lauderdale before pursuing psy-

Farm Credit Names New CFO Farm Credit of Florida has announced that the association has a new chief financial officer. Laura Craker of Juno Beach has joined the $1.2 billion cooperative and will be based at the administrative office on Southern Blvd.

Don Rice, CEO of the 2,300-member credit association, said he is looking forward to having Craker join the senior management team.

“Laura has a great deal of banking accounting, finan-

cial and regulatory reporting, and corporate governance experience that will help us improve our profitability and performance reporting,” Rice said. “As we continue to build the new management team for our association, Laura brings valuable commercial banking experience to our agricultural credit cooperative.”

During her career, Craker has held the position of director of accounting at Sabadell United Bank and was chief financial officer at

Gibraltar Bank & Trust Company.

As the largest agricultural lender in Florida, Farm Credit of Florida’s $1.2 billion portfolio includes many of Florida’s leading agribusiness owners. Headquartered in West Palm Beach, the cooperative has 11 service centers throughout the state and employs 140 employees.

Contact Lyn Cacella at (800) 432-4156 or lcacella@ farmcreditfl.com for more information.

chology at Georgetown University.

There are over 500 research documents proving the effectiveness of peer tutoring, according to the ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management. Some of the documented reasons are that peers relate better, understand each other easily and peer tutors are closer to the curriculum, having recently succeeded in the same courses. PeerGenius Tutors also has many client testimonials showing the peer tutor model is truly a concept that works.

The company began hiring local students in June and will be ramped up for the start of the new school year. Francesca Otero-Vargas, a rising senior at the Dreyfoos School of the Arts, recently joined the PeerGenius team.

“I love learning and feel that it is important for students to have help available to them,” she said. “And I am thrilled to find a job that can fit into my busy school schedule.

Students can choose the

A PeerGenius tutor works with a middle school student. number of hours they work, when they work and which subjects they feel comfortable tutoring.

In addition to pay that is well above minimum wage, research has shown that peer tutors benefit in many ways from teaching other students.

“It’s also real work experience and a great item for college applications,” Traub said.

Students can get more information and apply on the PeerGenius Tutors web site

at www.itspeergenius.com.

PeerGenius Tutors is a Maryland based LLC providing individual, private peerto-peer tutoring that is effective and affordable. PeerGenius Tutors are high achieving students from area schools trained to help in any K-12 subject.

Certified PeerGenius Tutors are matched with students utilizing GeniusMatch, a proprietary 10 point matching process, to ensure success.

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Norton Summer Interns Present Exhibition Starting Aug. 3 The Norton Museum of Art has announced “Watercolors from the Collection,” a special exhibition on view from Aug. 3 through Oct. 4, featuring 14 rarely exhibited works on paper by European and American artists.

From Paul Signac’s 1925 neo-impressionist landscape The River, to George Grosz’s politically charged Eaten and to be Eaten from 1929, the exhibition highlights a broad spectrum of styles and subjects represented by watercolor and gouache (opaque watercolor) paintings created between the 1870s and 1950s.

During this time, some of the United States’ most adventurous artists, including Charles Burchfield and John Marin, were best known for their watercolors. Artists such as Fernand Leger and Amedeo Modigliani used watercolor to explore ideas for avant-garde works in other media. In addition to these artists, the exhibition also features works by Marc Chagall and Charles Demuth, as well as paintings by members of a later generation, including Andrew Wyeth and Sam Francis.

In conjunction with the education and curatorial departments, the exhibition was organized by the museum’s 2012 summer interns: Camille Cohen of Jupiter, who will be a junior at New York University; Eladia Morelos, a West Palm Beach resident and rising senior at Forest Hill High School; Allison Parssi of Wellington, a 2012 graduate of Wellington High School and incoming freshman at the Rochester Institute of Technology; Caroline Posner, a resident of Boca Raton and rising senior at Spanish River High

School; and Lisa Slomka of Lantana, who will be a sophomore at the University of Notre Dame.

Aside from curating “Watercolors from the Collection,” the interns work on projects with staff in all departments of the museum. Among several responsibilities, the interns lead museum tours for summer camp groups as well as participate in discussions with community art professionals.

Parssi is a resident of Wellington and graduated in the Class of 2012 from Wellington High School, where she was a member of the French Honor Society, the National Art Honor Society, the golf team and served as a math tutor. This fall, Parssi will attend the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she plans to double major in photography and math. She loves large-format photography and is the 2012 winner of the Palm Beach Post Pathfinder Scholarship Award for Visual Arts. She also has an interest in metalsmithing and jewelry design.

Cohen, a resident of Jupiter, is a rising junior at New York University. She is working toward a bachelor’s degree in individualized study with a concentration in art history and communications. Her love for art and visual culture led to a yearlong internship with the Stephen Haller Gallery in Manhattan. Cohen’s interests in traveling and exploring museums have inspired her to work in the art field.

Morelos, who lives in West Palm Beach, will be a senior in the International Baccalaureate Diploma program at Forest Hill High School, where she is the president of the art club. She loves viewing modern,

street and contemporary art. Salvador Dali, Fred Tomaselli, John Baldessari, Kiki Smith and Swoon are among the artists who inspire her artwork, and her desire to major in the visual arts.

Posner, of Boca Raton, is a rising senior at Spanish River High School.

Art plays a significant role in her life through her work as editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, The Galleon, and her job as an art class teaching assistant. In addition, Posner loves the study of global affairs, diplomacy and foreign languages, and aspires to work as a diplomat in the Foreign Service.

Lisa Slomka hails from Lantana and is a rising sophomore at the University of Notre Dame. She plans to apply for the school’s Bachelor of Fine Arts program, which is the honors program within the Department of Art, Art History and Design at Notre Dame. She is interested in a career as an animator and hopes to intern at an animation studio in the future.

The Norton Museum of Art is located at 1451 S. Olive Ave. in West Palm Beach, and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. It is closed on Mondays and major holidays. General admission is $12 for adults, $5 for students with a valid ID, and free for members and children age 12 and under. Special group rates are available. Palm Beach County residents receive free admission the first Saturday of each month with proof of residency.

For more information about the Norton’s summer intern program, visit www.norton.org.

Nor ton Summer Interns — (L-R) Allison Parssi, Lisa Slomka, Caroline Posner, Camille Cohen, Eladia Morelos.

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P.B. Zoo, Science Museum Offering Dual Discovery Discounts Families looking to get the most out of their summer fun funds can find a bargain with the new Dual Discovery Pass. Recently launched at the South Florida Science Museum and the Palm Beach Zoo, the Dual Discovery Pass offers Palm Beach County residents a 30 percent savings on entry prices to the two attractions when purchased together as one ticket.

Out-of-county guests receive a 20 percent savings when purchasing a dual pass.

“The South Florida Science Museum and the Palm Beach Zoo are great neighbors,” SFSM CEO Lew Crampton said. “The Dual Discovery Pass allows our two organizations to collaborate to bring families to our shared destination in West Palm Beach’s Dreher Park.

While the savings are our way of thanking Palm Beach County residents for their long history of support, we think families will love the idea of combining education and entertainment with lots of fun at one centralized area.”

Guests can purchase the dual discovery pass on-site at either location. The pass is nontransferable, but the buyer can use the pass for one full day of general admission at

the science museum, and then use the same pass at the zoo, weeks later, for another full day of general admission at that location.

“We know that guests can’t explore all that both attractions have to offer in just one day,” Palm Beach Zoo President and CEO Andrew Aiken said, “so the Dual Discovery Pass gives them the upfront savings and the flexibility of exploring each attraction on its own to its very fullest. We launched the new combined ticket during the summer, as we know it will be a tremendous draw for families who want to get to both venues while the kids are out of school, but are also looking for ways to stretch their entertainment dollars. We have them covered now, with savings, rain or shine!”

For Palm Beach County residents, Dual Discovery Passes are $21.60 for adults, $19.15 for seniors and $15.30 for children (ages 3-12 years). Palm Beach County guests must present a valid photo ID as proof of residency. Out-of-county guests can combine the two tickets with Dual Discovery Passes at $24.70 for adults, $21.90 for seniors and $17.50 for children.

The South Florida Science Museum pro-

vides curious minds of all ages with an entertaining and educational journey through science and technology. The museum features more than 50 hands-on exhibits, a digital planetarium, freshwater and saltwater aquariums, as well as natural history exhibitions. Each year the museum welcomes more than 125,000 visitors and reaches more than 45,000 students through workshops at the museum and outreach programs to local schools.

The Palm Beach Zoo is a nonprofit zoological organization located in Dreher Park in West Palm Beach, housing more than 1,400 animals within 23 acres of lush, tropical habitat. Its mission is protect wildlife and wildlife habitat, and to inspire others to value and conserve the natural world. The zoo currently sponsors many conservation projects in numerous regions of the world focusing on animals that are represented in the zoo’s population.

The Palm Beach Zoo and the South Florida Science Museum are located in Dreher Park, just east of I-95, off Southern Blvd. For more information on the Dual Discovery Pass, visit www.sfsm.org or call (561) 832-1988, or visit www.palmbeachzoo.org or call (561) 547-9453.

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• ACADEMY FOR CHILD ENRICHMENT — In the heart of Royal Palm Beach, the Academy for Child Enrichment offers free VPK. Infants through after school day and night care, 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Monday through Friday. Meals included. Se habla Espaùol. Special rates for fall registration. Visit www.smallworldpbc.com for more info. The academy is located at 700 Camellia Dr., Royal Palm Beach. For more information, call (561) 798-3458. • LA PETITE ACADEMY — At La Petite Academy in Royal Palm Beach is passionate about providing children with the tools they need to be successful in all aspects of their lives. La Petite offers a range of educational and care programs for infants to school-age children who come to the academy before and after school. Through its Whole Child Education approach, La Petite promotes children’s critical-thinking skills and natural curiosity to actively learn at their own pace. The school is now offering a newly remodeled environment, flexible hours, Smar tBoard computer technology, free VPK and nutritious federal food program meals. Call (561) 790-2949 to schedule a tour. • NOAH’S ARK — Noah’s Ark is located on Okeechobee Blvd. in Loxahatchee Groves. They offer free VPK, low rates and special registration for fall. They offer care for infants and preschool children as well as after-school care. Se habla Espaùol. Noah’s Ark is conveniently located at 14563 Okeechobee Blvd. between Royal Palm Beach and Loxahatchee Groves elementary schools. Call (561) 753-6624 for more information. • OXBRIDGE ACADEMY —Located on a beautiful, 40-acre campus in West Palm Beach, Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches is an independent, coeducational college preparatory school that opened September 2011. Teachers use advanced technologies and a projectbased curriculum to engage students in rigorous academic programs, meaningful student research, collaboration, creativity and life-changing service learning. Generous need-based financial aid is available to ensure an exceptional and diverse student body. Visit www.oapb.org to learn more. • SACRED HEART SCHOOL — Sacred Heart School in Lake Worth is now accepting applications for 2012-13 pre-k through eighth grade. State scholarships, VPK, McKay, Step Up for Students

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accepted. The Cathleen McFarlane Ross Learning Lab, which teaches the Morning Star Program, opened in the fall of 2011 allowing children with learning differences to receive a quality Catholic education. These children may have ADHD or an autism spectrum disorder, to name a few. Sacred Heart believes that all of God’s children have a right to a Catholic education. The positive is accentuated to help the students recognize their potential. Building self-esteem and self-confidence is integrated into the curriculum of language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, physical education, computer, librar y, art and music. Sacred Hear t offers a technology-based curriculum. The Learning Lab has all new technology, and there is also updated technology throughout the school. There are Promethean boards in all classrooms and 25 iPads. All the desktop computers, laptops and iPads are loaded with the Rosetta Stone program, and the students have access to learn 30 different foreign languages. For more information, call (561) 582-2242 or visit www.sacredheartschoollakeworth.com.

• TEMPLE BETH TORAH LEONIE ARGUETTY PRESCHOOL — Temple Beth Torah Preschool has been in Wellington for over 20 years with a strong reputation for high quality early childhood education. They are the only area preschool with NAEYC accreditation, assuring parents that the program meets high national standards for quality and professionalism. The preschool offers a variety of learning experiences that prepare your child for private and public elementary schools. Then there are also the intangibles: the caring teachers, the warmth and sense of community that permeates the halls. Come see what makes this school so special. Temple Beth Torah Preschool is located 900 Big Blue Trace in Wellingt on. Call (561) 793.2649 or email psdirector@templebethtorah.net for more information.

• TINY TIKES ACADEMY — Tiny Tikes is new to the western communities but not new to the childcare community. With three locations, Tiny Tikes have been serving the families of Palm Beach County for more than 20 years. Their ne west center is located at 16245 Okeechobee Blvd. in Loxahatchee featuring a great staff that shares a commitment to excellence. They have maintained the top VPK scores in the county for over 5 years. With the recent addition of the child care food program, which provides nutritious meals and snacks to children at no extra cost, Tiny Tikes of fers parents and children a great program at an af fordable cost. To learn more, call (561) 790-1780.

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SPORTS & RECREATION

American Legion Post #12 Baseball Team Wins District Title

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The American Legion Post #12 18U baseball team has a rich history in Palm Beach County. For the past two years, the team has recruited some of Wellington’s best and brightest players, and recently earned the distinction of being district champions.

Formed in 1932, Post #12 has earned more state championships than any other team in the state, head coach Fred Manriquez told the Town-Crier.

“There is a rich history,” he said.

“Everywhere I go, when I wear a Post #12 shirt or hat, people recognize the team.”

At one point, American Legion baseball was one of the only options for kids to play outside of school. Team Manager Richard Kramer said that prominent members of society grew up playing with the organization across the country.

“Before there were travel teams, the American Legion created this program so that kids would have somewhere to go when school was out,” he said.

Over the years, Kramer said, the organization has not only launched great ball players, but also great citizens.

“Many players have attended

Brandon Krock takes a swing at the ball.

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college on scholarships or played professionally,” Kramer said. “We are dedicated to the boys on our team and not only try to make them better players, but also better people.”

Similar to travel teams, players must try out — typically in January — and play both in local and national tournaments.

Post #12 players are drawn from the local community.

“They have to go to school or live in the Wellington area,” Manriquez said.

Kramer noted that many of the players are standout players on the Wellington and Palm Beach Central high school teams.

Team members include Jacob Aqua, Kevin Aubry, Timothy Becker, Colton Coates, Niko Dellapenna, Mitchel Evelyn, Zach Gerboc, Kaelan Jacobs, David Koos, Brandon Krock, James Lovett, Alex Maxson, Shawn Murray, Kyle Perkins, Austin Spitz, Spencer Stockton, Jared Tosner and Andrew Zipp.

The organization also hosts its own World Series, which Post #12 is hoping to attend this year. Manriquez said that they have a good chance.

“We are district champions for the second year in the row,” he said. “I think we have a good chance [at the World Series]. We have a great defense, a great pitcher, and we just have to make sure we’re hitting well.

If we pay attention to the details, I think we can do it.”

Post #12 defeated Boynton Beach 2-1 on Thursday, July 12 to win the district championship tournament.

The team goes on to the state championship July 26-29 in Fort Pierce.

Pitcher Spencer Stockton winds up in the July 12 district championship game against Boynton Beach.

Kaelan Jacobs runs to home plate.

SAVON’S ACADEMY’S ANNUAL CHARITY BASKETBALL GAME IN RPB ESPN 760 AM Radio personalities bested the athletic coaches of Savon’s Academy 94-86 in the annual Savon’s Academy Charity Basketball Game on Saturday, July 14 at the Royal Palm Beach Recreation Center. Current and former NCAA basketball players were in attendance, and famed dancer Chris Grant performed the halftime show. For more info., visit www.savonsacademy.com. PHOTOS BY LAUREN MIRÓ/TOWN-CRIER

Members of both teams gather before the game.

Chris Edden dribbles up court.

Savon’s Academy player Anthony Benjamin guards the opposition.

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Jupiter Light Lodge Hosts Fishing Tournament For Quantum House

Clay Silvers, Hunter Locke, Justin Klintd, Kyle Beck and Luke Sargent.

Bass Fishing Kids Holds Tourney At John Prince Park Bass Fishing Kids Palm Beach County held a fishing tournament Saturday, June 30 at John Prince Park in Lake Worth.

The results were as follows: • Small Fry Division — First place, Luke Sargent of West Palm Beach; second place, Kyle Beck of Coral Springs; and third place, Na-

talie Hawkins of Delray Beach.

• Junior Division — First place, Justin Klintd of Coral Springs; second place, Hunter Locke of Parkland; and third place, Clay Silvers of West Palm Beach.

For additional information, or to register for the next tournament, visit www.bassfishingkids.com.

The Jupiter Light Lodge #340 held its sixth annual fishing tournament to benefit Quantum House on Saturday, July 14.

Funds raised from the tournament will assist the local hospital hospitality house where “hope has a home” for families while their children are receiving treatments for serious medical conditions in Palm Beach County.

The winning dolphin, weighing 9.03 lbs., went to the team of Bill Hawkins, Amanda Routt (angler) and Travis Routt (captain). The winning snapper and largest fish, weighing 10.91 lbs., went to Dennis Wollard (angler) and Paul Johnson (captain). There were no kingfish or wahoo caught in the tournament.

Event sponsors included Tow Max Tires, Sumitomo Tires, CSI Palm Beach, Carpenter Electric, Square Grouper Tiki Bar, Grand Slam Sportfishing Supply, Sysco Foods Inc., Indian River Fruit, Fishing Headquarters, Juno Beach Bait and Tackle, Seatow, Intermarine and West Marine.

Established more than 50 years ago, the Jupiter Light Lodge has

Bill Hawkins, Amanda Routt and Travis Routt display the winning dolphin. served countless organizations in the community. “We are thrilled to have the support of the enthusiastic membership of Jupiter Light Lodge,” Quantum House Executive Director Robi Jurney said.

“The organization has made a last-

ing impact for charities like Quantum House in the community.”

For more information about Jupiter Light Lodge #340, call the lodge at (561) 746-2302 or visit its web site at www.jupiterlightlodge. com.

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Wellington Wild 8-U Softball Team Wins State Championship Game The Wellington Wild 8 & Under “B” Division travel softball team won the state championship on July 8. They are also currently ranked No. 1 in the 8 & Under “B” division team in the country.

The Wellington Wild 8 & Under team was formed by Manager Ron Mobilia in March and has competed in tournaments every weekend since May. The team’s season culminated on July 8 with victory in the USSSA Florida State Tournament, which was held at Seminole Palms Park in Royal Palm Beach.

This season, the Wellington Wild team had two additional tournaments wins and was runner-up in two tournaments. In the state tournament, the Wild team defeated all of their opponents by a margin of at least six runs until the final game.

In the championship game against the Blue Angels from Boynton Beach, the Wild managed a come-from-behind victory in the final inning. The Wild was losing 14-12 going into their final at bat.

(Front row, L-R) Nicole Gumula, Larissa Grillo, Leighton Strickland and Amanda Golson; (second row) Abby Hynes, Sara Jenal, Grace Groover, Ashley Mobilia, Carolina Vallejo, Rylee Jordan and Emma Brinkmann; (back row) Rob Grillo, Christian Jenal, Manager Ron Mobilia, John Vallejo, Ray Strickland and Charlie Gumula.

Amanda Golson hit a lead-off single in the final inning. Rylee Jordan then hit her first home run of the season to tie the game. Next,

Grace Groover got on base and was brought home by an Abbie Hynes hit to secure the win and championship.

Send sports news items to: The Town-Crier Newspaper, 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 31, Wellington, FL 33414. Fax: (561) 793-6090. E-mail: news@goTownCrier.com.

AREA TAE KWON DO STUDENTS COMPETE IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Students from Palm Beach Super Tae Kwon Do in Wellington recently competed in the American Tae Kwon Do United (ATU) U.S. National Championships in Atlanta, Ga. These students train under eighthdegree black belt Grand Master Ki Sop Yoon at Palm Beach Super Tae Kwon Do’s facility located at 13860 Wellington Trace, Suite 25, in the Courtyard Shops next to Publix. For more information, call (561) 7951199, visit www.supertaekwondo.net, or just stop by. Shown above are the winners (L-R): Jef f Robinson, first in forms; Benson Ocampo, first in forms; Jennifer Yoon, first in forms; Sheri Robinson, f irst in forms; Gio Ocampo, second in forms; Angela Liu, first in forms; Zachary Eckstein, second in forms, first in sparring; Jarod Forman, third in sparring; Philip Parel, third in forms; Francesca Wight, third in forms, second in sparring; and Jacklyn Eckstein, second in forms, first in sparring. Not pictured: Iris Thomas, second in forms, first in sparring; Raghav Venkat, second in forms, first in sparring; and Donny Graves, first in forms, third in sparring.

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Saturday, July 21 • The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association will stroll Okeeheelee Park (7715 Forest Hill Blvd.) on Saturday, July 21 at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast afterwar d. Call Daisy Palmer at (561) 439-5780 for more info.

• The Palm Beach County Thrift Store (2455 Vista Parkway, West Palm Beach) will hold its monthly auction Saturday, July 21.

Store hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with bidding from 8 to 11 a.m. Call (561) 233- 2256 or visit www.pbcgov.com for more info.

• The Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International will host its bi-annual Tropical Fruit Tree & Plant Sale on Saturday, July 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the South Florida Fairgrounds Agriplex. Admission and parking are free. Vendors accept cash or check only. For more info., call Susan Lerner at (561) 478-7444.

• The National Foundation for Transplants, in partnership with Starbucks Coffee, will hold a Benefit for Wellington Resident Paula Richards on Saturday, July 21 from 10 a.m. to noon at Starbucks in the Wellington Plaza (corner of Forest Hill Blvd. and Wellington Trace). Activities will include face painting, live music and prizes. All proceeds will go to the National Foundation for Transplants in the name of Paula Richards. To learn more, or make a contribution, visit patients. transplants.org.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will host Cof fee & Tea Club on Saturday, July 21 from 10 a.m. to noon. Call (561) 904-4000 for more info.

• A Benefit Concert for the Family of Debbie Burns, the late wife of popular local musician Hughie Burns, will take place Saturday, July 21 from noon to 10 p.m. at the Elks Lodge (6188 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach). There will be live music, food, a bounce house, face painting, pony rides, casting, and horseshoe and cornhole tournaments. For more info., call (561) 236-2656.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host the Acreage Avengers for ages 12 to 17 on Saturday, July 21 at 2 p.m. Gather to share your opinions and ideas to make the library a better place for all teens. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will feature “OWLS” for age 10 and up Saturday, July 21 at 2 p.m. Test your knowledge of all things Harry Potter in this Jeopardy-style trivia game. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host a Jam Session for ages 12 to 17 on Saturday, July 21 at 2:30 p.m. Share your favorite music. Call (561) 681-4100 to preregister.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) host a Teen Advisory Posse meeting for ages 12 to 17 on Saturday, July 21 at 2:30 p.m. Find out what’s coming, and share your ideas for future teen programs.

Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 7906030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will feature Chess Club for Kids for age 8 and up Saturday, July 21 at 2:30 p.m.

Basic game knowledge is required. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) host an Anime Club meeting for ages 12 to 17 on Saturday, July 21 at 3 p.m. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 7906030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host a free Billy Joel Tribute Concert with the Turnstiles Band on Saturday, July 21 at 8 p.m. Call (561) 7532484 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for info.

Sunday, July 22 • The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association will hike the Yamato Scrub on Sunday, July 22 at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast afterward. Call Alan Collins at (561) 586-0486 for more info.

Monday, July 23 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) host “Babysitter’s Training: Parts 1 & 2” for ages 9 to 16 on Monday, July 23 and Thursday, July 26 at 2 p.m. with Bob Smallacombe of Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue. Get a certificate of completion.

Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will feature “Wizard’s Chess” for age 8 and up Monday, July 23 at 2 p.m. Play as a knight, rook, bishop, queen or king in a lifesized game of chess. Game knowledge is required. Call (561) 790-6070 to preregister.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will present “Little Bear’s Big Dream & Other Tales” for all ages on Monday, July 23 at 3 p.m. with Tales & Trails stor yteller Bob Kanegis. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

Tuesday, July 24 • The Palm Beach County Commission will hold a workshop Tuesday, July 24 at 9:30 a.m. at the government center’s Jane M. See CALENDAR, page 39

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• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Introduction to Ghost Hunting” for adults Tuesday, July 24 at 6:30 p.m.

The Gold Coast Paranormal Society will discuss ghost hunting and teach you how to locate possible haunted sites and carry out investigations. Call (561) 790-6070 to preregister.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will present a Tapas and Wine Class on Tuesday, July 24 at 6:30 p.m. Learn recipes that are perfect for quick get-togethers, cookouts in the back yard or even your most lavish event. The cost is $5. Call (561) 904-4000 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Club Pokémon for ages 6 to 12 on Tuesday, July 24 at 7 p.m. Bring your DS or Pokémon cards and battle, trade and make new friends. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

Wednesday, July 25 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will feature “Who’s Whoo: Owls in Harry Potter” for age 8 and up Wednesday, July 25 at 2 p.m. Call (561) 790-6070 to preregister.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Two Bad Mice” for ages 4 to 7 on Wednesday, July 25 at 3 p.m. Celebrate Beatrix Potter’s birthday with the story of two naughty mice who play in a dollhouse, and then make a paper dollhouse of your own.

Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Greater Boynton Beach and Wellington chambers of commerce will host the East Meets West Business Expo & Mixer on Wednesday, July 25 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Courtyard Marriott (1601 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach). Vendor tables and sponsorships are available. Contact Rosie Feele y at (561) 732-9501 or rosie@ boyntonbeach.org, or visit www.boynton beachchamber.com for more info.

Thursday, July 26 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host a Small Business Development Center Workshop for adults Thursday, July 26 at 2 p.m. Certified business analyst Phil Scruton will be the featured speaker.

Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Defense Against the Dark Arts” on Thursday, July 26 at 2 p.m. for ages

8 to 12 and 6 p.m. for ages 12 to 17. Improve your abilities in defenses against the dark arts by battling evil using Nintendo Wii. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 7906070 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will feature “Recycle Bingo” for adults Thursday, July 26 at 3 p.m. Find out what happens to your garbage and recyclables once they leave the curb. Children age 9 and up are invited. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Phineas & Ferb Present: The Odd Olympics for ages 7 to 11 on Thursday, July 26 at 3 p.m. Participate in our own version of the Olympics with cup stacking, discus throwing, a crazy dance competition, and other Ferb-tastic events. Call (561) 6814100 to pre-register.

• The Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce will host a networking mixer Thursday, July 26 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. as South Shore Tavern (502 Lucerne Ave., Lake Worth). For info., call (561) 790-6200.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will present “Summer Projects” on Thursday, July 26 at 6 p.m. Plow through them using the library’s resources and databases for help with auto repair, gardening, home improvement and more. Call (561) 6814100 to pre-register.

Friday, July 27 • The Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center (151 Civic Center Way) will host an Indoor Flea Market on Friday, July 27 from noon to 4 p.m. with a wide variety of vendors selling household items, antiques, crafts and more.

Space is limited for vendors, and pre-registration is required. For more info., call (561) 790-5149.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will host a free film screening of Lunch Line on Friday, July 27 at 7 p.m.

This thought-provoking documentary tracks the behind-the-scenes details of school lunch and childhood hunger. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. There is no charge.

Call (561) 904-4000 for more info.

• Live auditions for the Wellington Talent Search will be held Friday and Saturday, July 27 and 28 from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www. wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

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HUNTINGTON LEARNING CENTER — in W ellington needs EXAM PREP COORDINAT OR Bachelors Degree- Demonstrate Solid Performance on SAT and ACT (either verbal or math sections) Available to work evenings and Saturdays. Also needed: EXAM PREP TUTORS Now Hiring SAT/ACT Preparation Tutors. Must have a 4 year degree preferably in Mathmetics or English.

Be available to tutor on Saturdays.

Please e-mail your resume to marlenegiraud@hlcwellington.com VOLUNTEERS NEEDED — 14 years and over for community service. Have fun with animals & kids 792-2666 ENTRY LEVEL RECEPTIONIST — Computer literate. Heavy phones & filing. Fax resume 561-333-2680 WINDOW INSTALLERS WANTED Subcontractors only. Top Pay. No Brokers. Call Matt 561-714-8490 FRONT DESK — Loxahatchee/ Boynton Beach. Busy Dermatology practices, full-time, experience preferred, must be available for flexible hours, evenings and weekends.

Fax resume to 561-790-7568 MEDICAL ASSISTANT NEEDED IN LOXAHATCHEE/BOYNTON BEACH — Busy Dermatology practice, full-time, experience preferred, must be available for flexible hours, evenings and weekends. Fax resume to 561-790-7568 GENERAL MAINTENANCE PERSON NEEDED — for Residential, Community Association FT/Part Time, 24 hours per week,Mon-WedFri, 7:30am - 4:30pm. $10.00 per hour. Background Check & Drug Test Required. Fax resume to 561967-7675 or call 561-967-3337 for an appointment-or email resume to tkiser@capitalrealtyadvisors.com DRIVERS: DEDICA TED ACCOUNT! — Top Pay, Benefits, Miles, Great Weekly Home-Time & More! Werner Enterprises. 1-888567-4854 CDL DRIVER — Minimum 2 years experience produce experience preferred. Excellent pay and benefits. Appy @4003 Seminole Pratt Whitney Rd. Loxahatchee, FL 33470

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

WE CLEAN OFFICES & PRIVATE HOMES — Licensed & Insured.

Call for an estimate and to schedule your ap artment. Discount for Central Palm Beach County Chamber members and to all new clients for first cleaning. 561-385-8243 Lic. #2012-252779

MOBILE-TEC ON-SITE COMPUTER SERVICE — The computer experts that come to you! Hardware/ Software setup, support & troubleshooting w w w.mobiletec.ne t.

561-248-2611 D.J. COMPUTER — Home & office, Spyware removal, websites, networks, repairs, upgrades, virus removal, tutoring. Call Jeff 561-3331923 Cell 561-252-1186 Lic’d Well. & Palm Beach. We accept major credit cards.

DRIVEWAYS — Free estimates 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

FULL SERVICE DESIGN/BUILD —contractor offering architectural design, engineering and construction in South Florida, Commercial, Residential and Industrial construction specializinig in custom design utilitizing concrete,stone and timber. Post and beam, ornament al iron and conventional styles. New England builder since 1973 in the timber frame style and in Florida since 1989 offering all types of cmu and concrete construction. Additions, alterations and improvements to equestrian out buildings. Florida State Certified Building Contractor.

Project list and references upon request. Free Consultation. Email: dvdros@bellsouth.net or phone 561-632-8061 or visit our website www.drosettabuilding.com

HANDYMAN AND CLEANING SERVICES — Caza Services for all your handyman and cleaning needs. 18 years experience. No job is too small. Call us today. Insured 561-802-8300 or 754-242-3459

ANMAR CO.—James’ All Around Handyman Service. Excellent craftman Old time values. Once you’ve had me! You’ll have me back!

Lic. Ins. Certified Residential Contractor CRC 1327426 561-248-8528

HOUSECLEANING — 20 yrs experience. Excellent local references.

Shopping available. 561-572-1782 HOUSECLEANING — affordable cleaning services, Royal Palm Maids. 561-666-7738 “For all your cleaning needs” FAMILY OWNED CLEANING BUSINESS IS EXPANDING — We are honest, reliable and dependable. Over 20 years experience in the Western Communities. Call today to get started. Norma 561-3555044

HURRICANE SHUTTERS P&M CONTRACTORS — ACCORDION SHUTTERS Gutters, screen enclosures, siding, soffit s, aluminum roofs, Serving the Western Communities. Since 1985. U-17189 561-791-9777

BOB CAVANAGH ALLSTATE INSURANCE — Auto •Home • Life• Renters •Motorcycle •R V • Golfcart • Boat Serving the Western Communities for 24 years Call for a quote 798-3056, or visit our website. www.allstateagencies.com/ rCavanagh

RJA PAINTING & DECORATING, INC. — Interior Exterior, Faux Finish, Residential,Commercial.Lic. #U17536 Rocky Armento, Jr. 561793-5455 561-662-7102 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

THE MASTER HANDYMAN — All Types of Home Repairs & Improvements. No job too big or small done right the first time every time 40 yrs of satisfied customers. See me on Angies List. Tom (561) 801-2010 or (954) 444-3178 Serving Palm Beach and Broward Counties.

BILLY’S HOME REPAIRS INC. REMODEL & REPAIRS — Interior Trim, crown molding, rottenwood rep air, door installation, minor drywall,kitchens/cabinet s/ countertops, wood flooring. Bonded and Insured U#19699. Call 7919900 or 628-9215

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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. 561-383-8666. Owner/Operated. Lic.# U20627 Ins. Wellington Resident \ JEREMY JAMES PLUMBING — Licensed plumber, legitimate estimate. Water heaters, new construction. CFC1426242. Bonded Insured. CFC1426242. 561-6016458 T OWN-CRIER NEWSPAPER CLASSFIEDS GET RESULTS CALL T ODAY TO PLACE YOUR AD AD HERE 561-793-7606

J&B PRESSURE CLEANING & PAINTING, INC. — Established 1984. All types of pressure cleaning, roofs, houses, driveways, patios etc. Commercial & Residential.

Interior & Exterior p ainting.

Certified pressure cleaning & painting contractor. Lic. #U21552 Call Butch at 309-6975 or visit us at www.jbpressurecleaningandpainting.com

CARD/PSYCHIC READINGS — p ast, present, future. Advice, love, marriage, business, help with all problems. By appointment only. Call 561-293-0405 or 561-683-5164

MINOR ROOF REPAIRS DON HARTMANN ROOFING — Roof painting, Carpentry. Lic. #U13677 967-5580 ROBERT G. HARTMANN ROOFING — Specializing in rep airs. Free estimates, Bonded,insured. Lic. #CCC 058317 Ph: 561-790-0763.

ROOFING REPAIRS REROOFING ALL TYPES — Pinewood Construction, Inc. Honest and reliable.

Serving Palm Beach County for over 20 years. Call Mike 561-3090134 Lic. Ins. Bonded. CGC023773 RC-0067207 JOHN C. BEALE BUILDING & ROOFING — Additions, remodeling, roof repairs & replacements, screened porches. Licensed & Insured. Call for Free Estimates. 561798-6448 ccc1326383 ccc1250306

ARE YOU SERIOUS? Call Coach Cristina or visit www .results44.com for more info. (561) 288-0124 30 day $ back guarantee

ROOM FOR RENT OR HOUSE T O SHARE — with a professional.

Wellington Lakes in Wellington. No pets. No Smoking. 561-236-9702

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

FURNISHED HOUSE FOR RENT/ SHORT OR LONG TERM — situated in a cul-de-sac and 5 minutes away from Spruce Meadows, this 2000 sf. 2 story newer house in Shawnessy has hardwood floor throughout and 2.5 bathrooms.

Leather furniture, 48” TV and a Piano in main floor. Master bedroom has Jacuzzi. 2 large size bedrooms and bonus room. Wireless Internet, double att ached garage, fenced backyard with BBQ. Weekly housekeeping, linen service and lawn cutting plus all utilities included. For more details call (403) 808-7254 OR (403) 700-2065 106.33 ACRE EQUESTRIAN FARM NEAR AIKEN, SC — Please call Debbie Harrison, Realtor with Blanchard and Calhoun Real Estate Co., at 803-480-5245 for details.

ALL MUST GO! — Estate Sale This Saturday, July 21st 8 a.m. - Noon Furniture, Household items, TV’s, Craf ts, Beading material & much more! 9 Bay Cedar Ct. (S trathmore Gate)

FLEA MARKET - INDOOR Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center 151 Civic Center Way FRIDAY JULY 27TH 12:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. FREE ADMISSION!

Legal Notice No. 561 Notice Under Fictitious Name Florida Statute 865.09 Public notice is hereby given that the undersigned desires to engage in business under the fictitious name of:

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

JOHN’S SCREEN REPAIR SERVICE — Pool & patio rescreening.

Stay tight,wrinkle-free,guaranteed!

CRC1329708 call us 798-3132. www.poolscreenrepair.com

ACCORDION SHUTTERS — Gutters, screen enclosures, siding, soffits, aluminum roofs, Serving the Western Communities. Since 1985.

U-17189 561-791-9777

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

SPECIALIZING IN BATHROOM REMODELING — Free estimates serving South Florida since 1980.

Quality you expect, service you deserve. Lic. bonded & Ins. U21006 561-662-9258

STEAMPRO TILE & CARPET CLEANING — Residential & Commercial. 561-818-8635 (of fice) 561-255-9098 (cell) Licensed, Bonded and Insured.

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

TRUE DELIVERANCE CHURCH OF GOD — Pastor Lionel Whitehall hosting first annual Banquet & Gospel Concert on July 28TH, 7 - 11 P.M. Adults $40, Children under 18 $20.

Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center 151 Civic Center Way. Dress Formal. Please call for reservations 561-252-0929

Located at: 105 Princess Ct. Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411 County of Palm Beach, Florida and intends to register said name with the Division of Corporations State of Florida,forthwith

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