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RPB Council OKs New Cell Rules But Agrees To Future Changes

Volume 38, Number 38 October 13 - October 19, 2017

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The Royal Palm Beach Village Council put in place a new ordinance regulating wireless communications Thursday, Oct. 5, but not until after promising to continue updating the ordinance after listening to objections from several wireless service providers. Page 3

Royal Palm Seniors Enjoy Halloween Fun At RPB Rec Center

Binks Forest PTA Holds Party With A Purpose Fundraiser At Romeo’s

The Binks Forest Elementary PTA held its “Party With a Purpose” fundraising event at Romeo’s Italian Cuisine in Wellington on Saturday, Oct. 7. PTA members were joined by Principal Michella Levy, school parents, family and friends, as everyone enjoyed food and drinks while playing casinostyle games. Page 6

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation held its annual Arthur’s Jam gala on Saturday, Oct. 7 at Palm Beach Polo & Country Club in Wellington. This year’s “Sports Tailgate” theme had guests dressed in their favorite team attire. There were silent and live auctions and a “bid for a cure.” Shown here are Geoffrey Fear, J.J. Grodensky, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Executive Director Chanda Fuller and Paul Torrey. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 19 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN /TOWN-CRIER

Flying Cow Ranch Equestrian/ Aviation Project Gets Board OK

By Ray Burow Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington’s Equestrian Preserve Committee granted a series of approvals last week that would allow the development of Flying Cow Ranch, a 30-lot equestrian/ aviation project on the western edge of the community. Flying Cow Ranch is located approximately four miles south of Southern Blvd. at the northwest corner of Flying Cow Ranch Road and 160th Trail South. If approved, the project would allow for equestrian and aviation use on each of the proposed lots in the approximately 150-acre development. The plan was approved, with conditions, by committee members at the Oct. 4 meeting. “What has been presented here certainly gives us an opportunity to

make Wellington that [world class] place, where you can own your two acres or three acres — heck, I guess you can buy four acres — and have a nice place to fly in and to fly out,” Committee Member Dr. Sergio Guerreiro said. At the meeting, the committee heard four items related to Flying Cow Ranch, including a comprehensive plan change amending the future land use map, zoning text amendments, a rezoning and a master plan approval. The committee heard a presentation for amending the future land use map designation of the parcel and to extend Wellington’s Equestrian Preserve Area boundaries to incorporate the area. This would include adding additional trails and paths to Wellington’s equestrian trail system.

Within the zoning text amendment proposal, an area labeled Subarea G would be created, establishing development regulations, along with regulations for the landing strip, taxiway and hangars. Hangars would only be allowed as accessory structures and will be consistent with the same style of the residence, and no structures will be allowed within 50 feet of the runway. Some committee members had questions concerning the maximum density per acre. The plan overall allows an average of 0.2 dwelling units per acre, and the minimum lot size is two acres. “Since they’re such small lots comparing to some of the other equestrian areas, where they have extremely small lots, is there going See FLYING COW, page 17

LGWCD Prepares To Sell Road Equipment At Auction

Community Comes Out As Green Market At Wellington Opens

The Green Market at Wellington held its first event of the new season on Saturday, Oct. 7. Members of the public walked about the market, sampling local artisan’s products, accompanied by live music. Food trucks were also present for a cold drink or a quick bite during the event. The market is held near the Wellington Amphitheater on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Page 7 DEPARTMENT INDEX NEWS................................. 3 - 8 OPINION.................................. 4 NEWS BRIEFS......................... 7 COLUMNS...................... 13, 23 PEOPLE................................. 14 SCHOOLS.............................. 15 BUSINESS......................24 - 25 SPORTS..........................27 - 29 CALENDAR............................ 30 CLASSIFIEDS.................31 - 34 Visit Us On The Web At WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report In anticipation of no longer maintaining roads after voting to turn the remaining ones over to the Town of Loxahatchee Groves last month, the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District agreed Monday, Oct. 9 to hire an agent to help auction its road-related equipment, including two graders and water trucks. LGWCD Administrator Steve Yohe presented a list of equipment he recommended being declared surplus and put up for auction, which also included two large pumps for filling the water trucks and a copier that has been replaced. Yohe pointed out that most of the equipment, except one grader,

was currently not in service, needing expensive repairs. Although the LGWCD has now turned control of all its roads over to the town, several residents spoke about the deplorable condition of town roads at Monday’s meeting, and urged the supervisors to keep the equipment in the event it could somehow work with the town on road maintenance. After listening to residents’ complaints, Supervisor Simon Fernandez made a motion to postpone hiring the agent for 30 days. Supervisor Laura Danowski said she didn’t want to kick the can down the road another 30 days. “I am shocked by the condition of the roads,” Danowski said. “I’m not finger-pointing, but it’s

the result of not working together. We need to do better. If the district does become dependent, the equipment is an asset. Selling it is an enormous waste of money.” She added that most of the equipment is useless in the condition it is now, but the district should keep some of the equipment in reserve. Supervisor Connie Bell agreed. “I never thought we needed to rush into selling, but I would be OK with either,” Bell said, agreeing that most of the equipment is in disrepair. “We have a grader with no reverse. Everything on the list has some kind of condition. If you look at the list, it looks like all the equipment is in disrepair See AUCTION, page 4

PBSC To Construct Dental Building On Loxahatchee Groves Campus

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach State College Board of Trustees unanimously approved the relocation of its dental health programs building to the Loxahatchee Groves campus on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Public forums were held last week at both the Loxahatchee Groves campus on Southern Blvd. and at the Lake Worth campus, where the dental health programs have been based since 1964. The decision follows a monthslong debate on whether to move the college’s dental hygiene and dental assisting programs from the Lake Worth campus to Loxahatchee Groves. Royal Palm Beach Mayor Fred Pinto said he had been surprised that there was any debate over where the dental building was going to be after college representatives had pledged that health programs would be centralized on the new Loxahatchee Groves campus. He was glad to see that the western communities came together in support of the Loxahatchee Groves location. Pinto and his council agreed to send a letter to PBSC President Ava Parker showing support for the Loxahatchee Groves location. “Everybody had made the assumption that the new dental school would be built over here in the western communities at that campus,” he said. “I spoke about this with President Parker about a month ago, and she explained to

me that it hadn’t been determined and there was a push to keep it on the Lake Worth campus. I explained to her that a lot of promises had been made.” Loxahatchee Groves Mayor Dave Browning said the town and surrounding communities welcome the dental building, which would benefit local students who would not have to drive as far for classes, and local residents who could take advantage of free dental care for certain dental issues. “One of the obvious things that I want you to realize is the support you have for this campus in this community,” he said at the Loxahatchee Groves forum. State Rep. Matt Willhite (DDistrict 86), who spoke at the trustees’ hearing, said the dental building would be great for the community, and that the building is appropriate for the Loxahatchee Groves campus, which is developing as a health sciences campus. He added that the western communities were well represented at a public forum on the Loxahatchee Groves campus Oct. 4, with about 100 people, compared with a smaller showing at the Lake Worth campus forum. “The main campus has its fire and police academies, and now we have the dental school,” he told the Town-Crier on Wednesday. “It’s a great thing for the community.” Willhite added that many local dentists spoke at the forums, saying that if the students are educated See PBSC DENTAL, page 4

Enthusiastic OK For Wellington Elder Care’s Expansion

By Jack Lowenstein Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Village Council approved a conditional use permit Tuesday, Oct. 10 to allow Wellington Elder Care 2, a new senior care assisted-living facility, to be located directly adjacent to the current Wellington Elder Care facility on Lily Court. This week’s approval comes several months after the council finalized an ordinance to allow medium-sized assisted-living facilities to be closer together in some areas of the village — a change approved with Wellington Elder Care’s planned expansion in mind. “This operator is very impressive, and we do see an increased need for us to have our loved ones close by where we can visit,” Mayor Anne Gerwig said. “That has been a convenience factor that has been overwhelming, I think, to our residents. That’s why the

support has been overwhelming for this facility.” The second Wellington Elder Care will be a 21-resident, identical facility, independent of the first one. The new facility must be separately operated due to the current state of the village code. “So, the next best solution is to have one next door just like it. It will be a conversion of an existing quadruplex, a four-unit, multi-family structure,” Planning, Zoning & Building Director Bob Basehart explained. The application submitted to the council was compliant with all land development requirements for a type 2(B) congregate living facility in the planned unit development zoning district. “No variances are requested. One thing I should point out — the code says that all [type A, B and C] living facilities are supposed to be 500 feet from a residential district See ELDER CARE, page 7

Local Doctors Take Part In Global Wellness Summit

By Jack Lowenstein Town-Crier Staff Report The Breakers Palm Beach played host to the Global Wellness Summit 2017 this week, inviting experts in the health profession from near and far, national and international. Among those who were invited to take part in this unique three-day event was Dr. Vincent Apicella and Dr. Mariaclara Bago of Premier Family Health & Wellness in Wellington. Apicella and Bago spoke at roundtable discussions at the Global Wellness Summit on Monday, Oct. 9. “I would normally say it was overwhelming, but I want to use the word overflowing,” Bago said. “I was overflowing, not only with the shear amount of information, but the sense of gratitude, the sense of happiness, everything that comes with being. It was just an experience unlike any other conference that myself and Dr. Apicella have ever been to, where it felt it was very knowledgebased. This was an experience.” Among the many health professionals in attendance were giants

in the health community that included Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Richard Carmona, Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Paul Limburg, along with Elissa Epel, PhD. “One thing that really stuck with me that Dr. Andrew Weil said is how we need to change the culture of medicine,” Apicella said. “We need to make wellness fashionable, meaning we have to get the younger population on board with thinking that a healthy lifestyle is here… and to get everyone from the millennial generation to the baby boomers on board with that. It’s not a chore to have a healthy lifestyle. It’s something that should be the right thing to do moving forward.” The entirety of the event gave Bago a sense of community on a grand scale. “To see so many organizations internationally proclaiming that same model of health and wellbeing was very inspiring to me to know that I’m not by myself, that I have resources, that I now have networks to tap into, and that I actually need to be more vocal about our model and what we do

to reach more people,” Bago said. Dr. Oz was among the main speakers. During his presentation, he proclaimed mental health as one of the leading healthcare issues of the 21st century. Apicella agreed and said it’s already noticeable. “We don’t have mechanisms for awareness, diagnosis and treatment that are strong enough in this country to help the mentally ill from multiple standpoints in our system. We have a difficult time treating the mentally ill population,” Apicella said. “That is having a spiral of effects in our culture, from people who are dysfunctional at work to domestic violence and abuse, to mass shootings and crime. All of that can lead back to the mentally ill and our inability to have a public awareness of it, to identify it appropriately, and give everyone from healthcare providers to families the options of treatment.” During lunch, Bago bumped into famed outdoorsman Wim Hof of the Netherlands, also known as “The Iceman.” “A lot of what he had to talk about was how he could be in an See WELLNESS, page 17

Dr. Vincent Apicella with Dr. Mehmet Oz at the Global Wellness Summit 2017 held this week at the Breakers Palm Beach.

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As state’s farms suffer, protect the Ag Reserve By Randy Schultz, The Sun-Sentinel

With weather-related damage to Florida crops running into the billions, it makes no sense to threaten a productive farming area of Palm Beach County.

hear that the area needs such a facility. The developers will tout the importance of “aging in place.” They will note that the property already has approval for the day-care center.

But this is the Agricultural Reserve Area, where the threats just keep on coming.

We heard a similar argument — community need — in mid-summer from developers who want to build an affordable-housing project on Atlantic Avenue in the reserve. Palm Beach County does need more workforce housing — just not where the goal is to protect farming.

The latest goes before the county’s planning commission on Friday. The 12-member board will make a recommendation to the county commission, whose recent record on protecting the reserve is spotty. This proposal calls for a 223-bed nursing home and a day care center for 240 children. Both the type of development and the location are significant. Let’s discuss location first — 13 acres that front Clint Moore Road just west of Florida’s Turnpike. This is the southeast corner of the Agricultural Reserve Area, which stretches roughly from Clint Moore Road to Lantana Road and west of the turnpike. Two other development proposals threaten the reserve farther north. Clint Moore CLF/Allegro at Boca Raton could change the character of the area basically where the reserve starts. In recommending denial, county planners note that the project “would allow development that is significantly higher than surrounding uses and any other permitted use” in the reserve. Staffers also point out that during the yearlong review of development rules in the reserve, this “concept” never came up. Basically, the applicants want to build more than current rules allow. The county established those rules nearly two decades ago, when voters approved $100 million in bonds for land purchases designed to preserve farming by controlling nonfarm development. Commercial development, for example, is limited to a pair of sites. As suburbia has pushed west, however, pressure to relax those rules has increased. The county has done a terrible job of identifying and promoting the reserve. Some newer residents don’t even know that they live in a unique coastal farm belt. They wonder why the drive to Starbucks takes so long. Under current rules, developers could build their Congregant Living Facility on the Clint Moore Road site. But the facility could have no more than 30 beds. Planning commission members no doubt will

Homes on large lots surround the proposed site of the nursing home and day-care center. The owners aren’t farmers, and no one envisioned farming on those 13 acres. The problem is that a nursing home is wrong for that site. Planners call the higher density sought by the developer “out of character with the area.” They predict that it “may result in compatibility issues with the surrounding residences.” That’s how one potential neighbor sees it. He bought his home “because of the Agricultural Reserve. We raise sheep, train border collies, and enjoy the peaceful lifestyle” possible because of how the land is zoned. When the county planned the reserve after the bond issue, this was the intended result — development that could co-exist with farming. Instead, there is a relentless push to turn the reserve into suburbia. It’s true that the Delray Marketplace complex — one of those two permitted commercial developments — draws people from far outside the reserve. Yet conservationists believe that the voters who approved that bond issue in 1999 still are mostly getting what they wanted. Allowing the nursing home, however, would be one more step toward undercutting what the public supported and works best for the community. The county commission has allowed several rule changes that individually might be all right but collectively could be dangerous. Staffers strongly recommended denial of that workforce housing project. Yet in voting down that version, the commission allowed the developers to try again. Coming soon is the formal proposal by GL Homes for more development in the reserve in exchange for preserving land elsewhere. It already has some commission support. No place in South Florida is like the Agricultural Reserve Area. The region would lose much if Palm Beach County allowed it to become like any other place in South Florida.

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RPB Council OKs Cellular Rules But Agrees To Future Updates

By Jack Lowenstein Town-Crier Staff Report The Royal Palm Beach Village Council put in place a new ordinance regulating wireless communications Thursday, Oct. 5, but not until after promising to continue updating the ordinance after listening to objections from several wireless service providers. The village’s temporary moratorium on new cellular phone technology put in place as the village updated its wireless communication ordinance expired on Sept. 30. Village staff has been working since the end of 2016 to tailor the code to let industry providers install new technology in the village that will bring services such as 5G capabilities to local residents. “We are clearly committed to working with the industry and to review their input and their comments, and we will be making some probably significant revisions based on the outcome of that review process,” Mayor Fred Pinto said. “However, we cannot in good conscience leave the village exposed by not having something

on the books at this point in time. So, I think the prudent thing to do is to move forward with this second reading.” Communities across the state have been updating their wireless communication ordinances to comply with new state regulations. Representatives of Verizon Wireless and AT&T made public comments at the meeting, both asking for a postponement on the ordinance. Janna Lhota, an attorney for Verizon Wireless, said there was an issue with timing regarding the passing of the ordinance and the communication between the village and the industry. “We are not aware that the village complied with the notice provision… that requires notice of this ordinance to be provided to the secretary of state 10 days prior to the first reading,” Lhota said. “The reason for that is to provide, in a single place, a clearinghouse for telecommunications providers to get notice of the ordinance to be able to provide meaningful comment.”

Lhota said comments submitted by Verizon prior to the first reading on Sept. 19 were not responded to until Monday, Oct. 2. “We only heard back from the village attorney with respect to our comments this past Monday,” Lhota said. “Admittedly, there are certain items that we have yet to agree on and may never agree, but there certainly are provisions in here, and the document that we received was a revised document because there are a number of terms in this ordinance that they acknowledged needed to be revised to comply with [House Bill] 687.” Vice Mayor Richard Valuntas wanted to know if the village had followed the 10-day period that Lhota mentioned. “I cannot answer that for sure because Keith Davis from my office was handling this ordinance,” Village Attorney Jennifer Ashton said. “What I will tell you is that we have advertised a moratorium. We’ve had multiple discussions publicly since February.” Ashton said that when they

began to update the ordinance, the village notified industry service providers during the period they were receiving applications from them to install new technologies in village rights-of-way, which was as early as the end of 2016. “So, for anyone to say that the industry did not know this was going on, I’m having a hard time understanding that when we’ve been in communication with industry folks for the past eight months,” Ashton said. Ashton said the majority of the comments that Lhota provided, and which were provided by Verizon, were clarification comments versus remarks regarding the ordinance language being inconsistent with the new state law. She said the village would be willing to update the language. “Those comments will be coming back. Some of the stuff, [Davis] has not agreed with, but that’s OK,” Ashton said. “We all have different interpretations of the law.” With the preparations and post-Hurricane Irma recovery,

Ashton said there has not been time to address every comment that has been sent in to staff in recent weeks. “We didn’t want to make half changes tonight when there may be other changes,” Ashton said. “Why not just do a comprehensive revision ordinance at a later date when we’ve accumulated everyone’s comments, and we can compose something more comprehensive? I don’t want to do this piecemeal. That has happened in other cities, and it’s a big mess.” Councilman Jeff Hmara weighed in on the concern for updating the ordinance for now in order to make potential changes later. “We need to get something on the books, so this is that something with a commitment to continue to work with the industry on any further revisions through an intended set of changes to the ordinance where there is agreement,” he said. Hmara made a motion to approve the updated ordinance for wireless communications in the village, complying with the new

state law. Seconded by Valuntas, and the motion passed 5-0. Also at the meeting, the council approved an authorization for Village Manager Ray Liggins to contract Aquatic Vegetation Control for aquatic vegetation maintenance services for the village’s canal system. The staff report specified that the contract won’t exceed $133,500. The authorization also involved the approval needed to negotiate with the Indian Trail Improvement District a cost share for Aquatic Vegetation Control to provide services in the M-1 Canal that won’t exceed $64,200. “This is a competent company for treating the waterway and to the depths of our canals, so what we’re authorizing is for from the water’s edge into the middle of the canal, and we are comfortable with this company and their ability to do that,” Liggins said. Councilwoman Selena Smith made a motion to approve the contract with Aquatic Vegetation Control, seconded by Valuntas. It passed 5-0.

Wellington Cares Recognizes Volunteers At Annual Luncheon

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington Cares, a nonprofit organization supporting senior citizens in the Wellington community, held its third annual luncheon Friday, Oct. 6 at the Wanderers Club. Wellington Cares founder Kathy Foster thanked everyone for attending. “We are just so grateful with all of the confusion that has gone on in the last several weeks between hurricanes and tragedies that we were able to pull this off, but it would not have happened without all of your support,” Foster said. She recognized Wellington Cares board members for their devotion over the past seven years. “I am eternally grateful to all of you,” Foster said. Supportive services and programs for those over 65 living in Wellington include transportation, basic home maintenance, social outings, doctor visits, hospitality calls, shopping and more, which are provided by Wellington Cares to more than 100 participants. “Over the last 12 months, our 52 volunteers have given more than 1,150 hours of their time to

serve this community,” Foster said. “They are the heart and soul of what Wellington Cares does... Thank you for your service.” The nonprofit’s first food pantry was able to be started over the past year through support from Extraordinary Charities and the Great Charity Challenge, Foster said, offering attendees the opportunity to host a collection box. Meanwhile, a Palm Healthcare Foundation grant is helping Wellington Cares create Palm Beach County Cares, a regional umbrella organization. As a result, the program will be available to other municipalities that may be interested in providing services to its seniors, Foster said. Beverlee Miller Raymond from Extraordinary Charities was pleased to support the Wellington Cares mission. “We were formed five years ago to create exposure for small charities in Palm Beach County,” Raymond said. “Obviously, looking at this room, they’ve got the formula down. They do very good things in this county, especially in the western communities, and now they’re branching through the

entire community, which is totally impressive with all the volunteers that they have, and they have a very minimal staff. I want to say Wellington Cares is just really an amazing organization.” Extraordinary Charities bought hearing aids over the summer for a Wellington Cares participant. Robbin Lee, CEO of Wellington Regional Medical Center, said the hospital has expanded its programs and is an accredited chest pain center with resuscitation, a comprehensive stroke center, a designated lung cancer screening center, a breast imaging center of distinction and holds advanced certification for total hip and total knee replacements. “We hope that’s going to give you some comfort that we’re very capable of taking care of you and that we’re constantly regulated to make sure we’re the best that we can be,” Lee said, stressing that the hospital is working to support the community and Wellington Cares. Lee introduced guest speaker Dr. Leonard Hock Jr., chief medical officer of TrustBridge Palliative Care and Advanced Illness Management.

Cheryl Anders, Paul Anderson, Beverlee Miller Raymond, Dr. Leonard Hock, Kathy Foster, Dan Terner, Joan Manning and Marion Frank.

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Hock explained that various levels of assistance for seniors are needed, likening it to a scale of a percentage, giving the example that while the audience functions close to 100 percent, someone needing a caregiver might only function at 40 percent normal

ability. At 40 percent, 24-hour care would be needed for the senior, be it for scheduling appointments or medication, and possibly moving to an assisted-living environment. “At 40 percent, there are several specialists and several prescriptions,” he said. “Now they really

can’t be at home, and they certainly can’t be alone. Here’s the time where Wellington Cares and your community really steps up for your neighbors who need that kind of support.” Hock said that he has told docSee CARES, page 17

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RPB Fall Fest Returns With Spooky Halloween Fun Oct. 27-28

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report The Village of Royal Palm Beach will stretch its popular Fall Fest event over two days of jampacked fun, music and activities on Friday, Oct. 27 from 5 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 28 from 1 to 9 p.m. at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. “We have all kinds of performers and performances going on,” Program Supervisor Carlos Morales said. “We have a list of different activities that should be all day kind of fun for the whole family.” While most events and activities will span the duration of

Fall Fest, some items will take place at specific times, such as a pet costume contest, which takes place at 2 p.m. Saturday. Costume contests will take place at 3 p.m. Saturday, while and trick-or-treating starts at 5 p.m. both Friday and Saturday. There will also be a kids fun zone with rides, slides, activities and games. That requires a bracelet that costs $10 per child, per day, which gives them all-day access. New for 2017 is a haunted hayride, which will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. each night, bringing participants around Commons Park. There will be a wide variety of

businesses, craft vendors and food vendors — close to 50, Morales said — as well as Tree’s Wings & Ribs providing adult beverages. For the children, trick-or-treating will run from 5 to 9 p.m. both nights. Other activities include a pumpkin patch, where for $1, children can paint and decorate a pumpkin to take home. “We’ll have an array of different areas where you can take pictures with the family,” Morales said. “We’ll have corn stalks and hay and pumpkin gourds and all kinds of backgrounds. You can go around the whole park and take pictures. That should be a good photo opportunity.”

Blackbeard’s pirate ship will be available and is also great for photo opportunities, Morales added. Captain Dan Leeward and Holly Roger of Pirates of the Treasure Coast will provide merry entertainment. A free petting zoo will offer animal encounters, and the animal fun doesn’t stop there. Pets will be included in the Saturday afternoon costume contests, where local pet stores will be involved through judging and providing prizes. “It’s a really fun time to bring out the pets,” Morales said. “Our parks are dog friendly.” The pet contest will be held at 2 p.m., followed by the 3 p.m.

costume contests for adults and children in various age groups. Attendees will also enjoy an array of musical talent. Cassie Ortiz will be performing at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27. She will be followed by Thunder Jack, a Tribute to ACDC, at 7 p.m. On Saturday, the Blues Brothers Soul Band will take to the stage at 5:30 p.m., followed by Completely Unchained, a Van Halen tribute band, at 7:30 p.m. “I think we’re putting a little more effort into decorating and going with the theme. We hope the public enjoys that,” Morales said. “I think it will be fun. The trickor-treating, the haunted hayride,

all the decorations — we have a great park to do this at.” Children of all ages are encouraged to dress up and enjoy Fall Fest. Royal Palm Beach still has sponsorship and vendor opportunities available. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, contact Morales at (561) 790-5196. For vendor opportunities, visit www. pottcevents.com. Volunteers are needed to help the event go smoothly. Morales is looking for teens and adults to help out with the petting zoo and hayride. Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Jeannine Delgardio at (561) 790-5189.

Wellington Council Awards Keely Spinelli Education Grants

By Craig Campbell Town-Crier Staff Report Principals from the 11 public schools in Wellington were each presented with a $27,000 check at the Tuesday, Oct. 10 meeting of the Wellington Village Council. The money will provide direct assistance to hundreds of struggling readers and math students. The Keely Spinelli Grant Awards totaled $297,000 for fiscal year 2017-18 and will directly benefit students in the lower 25 percent who struggle with reading and math. Wellington Community Services Director Paulette Edwards and Palm Beach County School District Deputy Superintendent and Chief of Schools Dr. David Christiansen recognized each principal and their respective school while handing them the checks. Christiansen said the funds are “a wise investment in struggling readers and mathematicians.” He also said the school district is going to ask the other 38 municipalities in Palm Beach County to follow

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continued from page 1 at Palm Beach State College, they will hire them. Wellington orthodontist Dr. Randall Shults was pleased with the board’s decision. “I really support this move. Dentists in the western communities wholeheartedly support this move,” he said. “There is a shortage of dental assistants in the western communities, and we perceive this move

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continued from page 1 and not capable of performing maintenance.” Bell also pointed out that the town has a contract with other companies for roadwork. Danowski said she did not want the district to get back into the road business. LGWCD Chair Anita Kane said the decision to sell the equipment was after the district reached an impasse with the town and did not have the money to get its equipment back in service. “I’m not opposed to an [inter-

the lead of Wellington by financially supporting their schools. Edwards gave a brief history of the initiative, which started in 2001 with $5 per pupil, per school for a student enrichment program. In 2002, a reading challenge grant was added, which paid for a reading coach in each elementary school. The program was suspended during the economic downturn a few years later. However, in 2013, Wellington’s Education Committee made a formal request to recreate the program, which was named for the late Binks Forest Elementary School Principal Keely Spinelli. Wellington Mayor Anne Gerwig said the way the funds are designated is very important, “because being a low-performing student in a high-performing school can be quite a challenge.” Councilman Michael Drahos called the awards “one of the great things we get to do every single year.” He also pointed out that great public schools are a factor in

maintaining or increasing property values. “There is no greater investment than in the future of our children,” Councilman Michael Napoleone added. Vice Mayor John McGovern said the grant program is a small but important part of the village’s mission. “This is a fundamental statement by Wellington as to who we are as a community,” he said, noting that no other community in the county or the state financially contributes to the public schools. Councilwoman Tanya Siskind, who was on Wellington’s Education Committee before joining the council, has three children in public schools in Wellington. Siskind said that she sees the work the principals, teachers and support staff do every day in the classroom. Education Committee Chair John Webber thanked the village’s staff in helping him, and the rest of the committee members, to complete their work on the grants. He also gently suggested that the

council increase the amount of the award next year. In addition to the Spinelli grants, Wellington staff is work-

ing with area schools to fund and manage an educational summer camp program for students requiring assistance in reading

and math. The village allocated a total of $103,000 to fund that program, which is still in its planning stages.

as great for the programs.” Willhite said the next challenge will be to get additional financing approved by the state legislature, and that he would be working during the next session for that. In June, the legislature allocated $5 million for the new facility, which will allow PBSC to incorporate current and future technology required for the core components of the dental hygiene associate in science degree and the dental assisting postsecondary adult vocational certificate programs. The programs, both established in 1964, are the only such pro-

grams in Palm Beach County accredited by the American Dental Association. The $5 million allows the college to begin the planning, but it is far from the nearly $22 million that PBSC needs to complete the project. College leaders will pursue additional money next year and seek additional support from the community. Parker said there were several major factors in the recommendation for the building location, including the college’s interest in ensuring that the Loxahatchee Groves campus has a medical focus and strong community support.

“I’m pleased that there was great interest throughout the county in the placement for this particular program,’’ she said. “Having the Dental and Medical Services Technology Building is a positive for that campus. The number one job in the western communities is in a hospital or doctor’s office. The interest from the dentists and the interest from the hospitals was great, and they pledged their support for the programs.” The current building is not only a training site for students, but it also provides continuing education for about 200 local dentists who

are members of the Atlantic Coast Dental Research Clinic, which has been a partner of the college since 1964. Participating dentists of the nonprofit clinic provide low-cost dental treatment, including fillings, implants and oral surgery, to patients in the community, which also provides the required clinical training for the dental assisting students. College leaders had contemplated building the facility on the Lake Worth campus, where the existing 55-year-old structure is located. However, after analyzing the two sites and receiving input from

faculty, staff, students and the community, the recommendation was to construct the new building on the Loxahatchee Groves campus. “We’re excited about adding the dental building to the Loxahatchee Groves campus,’’ Trustee Wendy Link said after the meeting. “It is in one of the fastest-growing areas of the county, and this facility will complement the planned health sciences and technology focus of the campus.” Visit www.palmbeachstate.edu/ programs/dentalhealth to learn more about dental health programs at Palm Beach State College.

local agreement] with the town if the town wants it,” Kane said. “I would also be opposed to putting unsafe equipment out there.” Fernandez said one of the reasons he suggested a 30-day postponement was that the graders’ engines appear to be fine. Yohe said there are numerous other problems with the equipment recommended for auction that would require costly repairs, and Fernandez agreed. “We have junk,” he said. “At the end of day, we need that money back into the coffers.” During public comment, Loxahatchee Groves Vice Mayor Ron Jarriel urged the board to keep the operable grader and one of the water trucks, but Fernandez said the

water truck engine has an internal engine leak. Resident Virginia Standish favored selling all the equipment. “Some of the comments are ironic considering where they are coming from,” she said. “Put the equipment up for sale. The council helped get us into this mess. Why keep equipment that is unserviceable?” Resident Joyce Batcheler thanked the board and staff for clarifying the condition of the equipment and agreed that it should go. Councilman Todd McLendon recommended selling the equipment, explaining that the council is now responsible for the roads and it was not the district’s fault

the roads are in disrepair. Fernandez thanked McLendon for his comment, adding that it is unfair to the administrator and district staff to say they are doing a bad job. “We have to remember we had two very bad storms,” he said. “It took two weeks of bad weather to see how bad the roads are.” Supervisor Karen Piesley agreed that selling the equipment was the best route to take. “We got out of the business. We don’t have the equipment or money,” Piesley said. “If the town maintains the roads, it should have the equipment and workers.” Bell said she felt comfortable selling the equipment, because bidders would be found beforehand. “We would know a mini-

mum before we go to auction,” Bell said. “We would have to vote if we want them.” Danowski said she had changed her mind after hearing public input and favored selling the equipment. Fernandez withdrew his motion for a 30-day postponement, and Piesley made a motion to declare the equipment surplus, which carried 5-0. In other business, the board began the process of becoming a dependent district to the Town of Loxahatchee Groves, directing its staff to work on a local bill to send through the state legislature. LGWCD Attorney Mary Viator said she had prepared a local bill, which includes provisions for the transition period, and that the

council would assume the position as the board of supervisors. Viator added that the boundaries of the district, which exceed the boundaries of the town, would need to be addressed. Bell asked about the property outside the town boundary, and Yohe said it includes Palms West Hospital and medical ancillary buildings, and all the property drains directly into the C-51 Canal. Other properties include a nearby commercial center and a 6.29-acre parcel behind it, and another parcel that is in the Village of Royal Palm Beach that does not have a drainage outfall. Fernandez made a motion to move forward with the process, which carried 5-0.

think that Palm Beach County will just automatically take the Groves back? And, if they do, the town wouldn’t turn into 1.25 acres or less just watching how everything else has been approved by the county? The other side is you could be annexed into Wellington, Royal Palm, Westlake, wherever, and then you would be dealing with their taxes and code enforcement. Let’s stop the blame game. Looking back gives us absolutely nothing. As I have said repeatedly, please come with solutions and not criticisms. Criticisms do nothing

to help the town advance. I know there are many people in the Groves who have much to offer if they would choose to be involved. I remain committed to the town staying incorporated, and I would ask all who want to see your town succeed come out and vote in March — your vote really does count. Joyce Batcheler Loxahatchee Groves Editor’s note: Ms. Batcheler plans to be a candidate for Loxahatchee Groves Town Council Seat 3 in 2018.

Wellington Village Council members with all the principals who received the 2017 Keely Spinelli Grant Awards for this school year.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR It’s Time To Fix The Town’s Problems

This is in response to Mr. [Frank] Schiola’s letter “Schiola: Time To Unincorporate?” published last week. He is entitled to his opinion, as are we all, but I am totally against unincorporation for many reasons. Perhaps we all heard something different as reasons for incorporation in 2006, but my vote was to keep the makeup of our town agricultural and residential and to not divide it to less than five acres. There is a learning curve with any new undertaking, so if you came out the gate expecting that five council members (none of whom were paid at the time) and a town manager could provide everybody with everything overnight

and able to do it with the same money, it is just not realistic. Yes, some paved roads do have holes in them. Council members tried to provide residents with what the residents could afford without raising taxes. No one could have anticipated the traffic growth in the Groves coupled with the many big trucks now coming through. I find it astounding that you, of all people, would complain about holes. You had your road paved free, and you already had one fix on top of that free, while many others are still on dirt roads. The dirt roads are in disrepair, but the town didn’t do that. The water control district, where you sat on the board (and were paid to be a waste pickup monitor) permitted this to happen. The materials that should have been placed on the roads did not seem to make it there, and there is nothing left to grade.

While the town wasn’t responsible for the deterioration, council members and town management did come together during the last council meeting to try to come up with a short-term remedy to help the residents even though there was not money in the budget to do so, compounded by the fact that one council member held out against increasing the budget even to what was needed in the new year to offset the increase from the sheriff’s office. In a Facebook post, you even complained about the town having people out laying material and working on a weekend to accomplish this! You also gave no credit for the new B Road with surveys, materials and drainage as it should be... As to signs missing, you used to replace them, so you know how they go missing — the people driving up and down the road, pulling

them out as fast they go up. The town puts them up, people tear them down, and they are expensive to keep replacing. Storm debris not being picked up? Look around — we are still way ahead of many surrounding areas. Culverts collapsing — yes, they are, and they are expensive to repair. Again, these were under the control of the LGWCD, not the town. Looking back is no good. We need to look to how these repairs will be accomplished. You are condemning paying for professionals? Do you think the town can build roads that will last or culverts that will hold up or audits that will stand scrutiny or any of the many things a town needs without professionals? There are so many levels to everything, and all need to be correctly done... You seem to submit the answer to all is to unincorporate. Do you

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ROYAL PALM BEACH SENIORS ENJOY HALLOWEEN FUN AT RPB REC CENTER

The Young At Heart Club hosted a Halloween luncheon at the Royal Palm Beach Recreation Center on Friday, Oct. 6. Male and female duo It Takes Two performed for the spooky occasion, as guests enjoyed lunch provided by Pasquale’s Pizza & Italian Eatery. Club members were joined by members of the Royal Palm Beach Village Council for the event. PHOTOS BY JACK LOWENSTEIN/TOWN-CRIER

(Front row) Barbara Staffirn, Janet O’Connor, Linda Isaacs and Cathy Virzi; and (back row) Dolores Valentine with Councilman Jeff and Carolyn Hmara.

Dolores Colasanti and Nancy Wall.

Joan Duschaine and Joan Corum.

Royal Palm Beach Mayor Fred Pinto with Young at Heart Club President Phyllis Katz.

Rosemary Owens and Louise Moreno.

Yvette Bauffard, Monique Poules and Linda Gangler.

Doreen Godes, Margorie Zauder, Marion Sackstein, Jackie Anderson and Renee Bobis.

Jeanne Lynch, Dorothy Marie and Ada Ortiz.

PROJECT 425 HOSTS A SPECIAL REUNION AT G&M RANCH IN LOX GROVES

Project 425 members hosted a Hillclimber and Pachyderm reunion on Friday, Oct. 6 at the G&M Ranch in Loxahatchee Groves. Veterans got to see video from the Vietnam War and talk with former Prisoner of War Bill Arcuri. Mike Carroll reflected on three fallen friends and thanked supporters of Project 425. Information on several military trucks and the Huey helicopter was presented by Bill Jeczalik. Lunch was served before several military vehicles formed a convoy for a field trip to visit McCarthy’s Wildlife Sanctuary. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Michelle Carroll gets last minute details from dad Mike Carroll before leaving for McCarthy’s Wildlife Sanctuary.

Hillclimber members who came to take part in the renunion.

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BINKS FOREST PTA HOLDS PARTY WITH A PURPOSE FUNDRAISER AT ROMEO’S The Binks Forest Elementary PTA held its “Party With a Purpose” fundraising event at Romeo’s Italian Cuisine in Wellington on Saturday, Oct. 7. PTA members were joined by Principal Michella Levy, school parents, family and friends, as everyone enjoyed food and drinks while playing casino-style games. For more information, visit www.binksforestpta.com. PHOTOS BY JACK LOWENSTEIN/TOWN-CRIER

PTA board members Jesse and Kristen Kearney, Jamila Abraham, Farryl Brooke, PTA President Jenn Appel and Michelle Chamlee.

Jennifer Benevides, Kristin Balcomb, Brandie Soto, Courtney Finnerty, and David and Ashley Hirsch.

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Jessica Hoffston and Sarah Hill.

Lori Palermo and John Michaels.

SEMINOLE RIDGE CROWNS ITS KING AND QUEEN FOR HOMECOMING 2017

Seminole Ridge High School held its 2017 homecoming court ceremony before the school’s football game on Friday, Oct. 6. Kyle Huff and Carsyn Bates were crowned this year’s homecoming king and queen. PHOTOS BY JACK LOWENSTEIN/TOWN-CRIER

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Lox ULDC Amendments Include Protections For Mobile Homes

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council last week approved the preliminary reading of an ordinance that updates the town’s Unified Land Development Code and preserves uses to allow mobile homes and premanufactured homes that received permits from the town or Palm Beach County to be rebuilt or replaced if damaged or destroyed. At the Tuesday, Oct. 3 meeting, planning consultant Jim Fleischmann said that the ordinance is a series of revisions to the ULDC to make the code more in keeping with the standards of the town. “The principal task was to review uses permitted in the AR [agricultural residential] district, which covers about 99 percent of the incorporated area,” Fleischmann said. “It eliminates uses not considered in the town’s character.” The Planning & Zoning Committee and the Unified Land Development Committee recommended approval of the ordinance, but also recommended that public schools, which are currently allowed in the AR district, not be allowed. “Both recommended they not be

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continued from page 1 unless approved by the council,” Basehart said. “This particular building is about 300 feet from a single-family residential district, but since it’s limited to eligibility care, and since there are two multi-family structures in between the single-family neighborhood, we don’t think that it’s an issue. However, we suggest as part of your approval you note that you’re allowing this less than 500 feet from a single-family district.”

allowed, but staff disagrees,” Fleischmann said. “Staff recommends they be allowed in order to remain in the comp plan. If the council wants to remove them, it should do a comp plan amendment.” Councilman Todd McLendon said the ordinance makes some uses more restrictive than the county, while the town has historically taken a position that it wants to be more lenient on allowable uses. Vice Mayor Ron Jarriel pointed out that the town had allowed mobile homes on 10-acre lots. He asked if damaged or destroyed mobile homes could still be replaced, and Fleischmann said any mobile home or premanufactured home owner who received a permit could replace or repair the homes. McLendon made a motion to approve the ordinance with the caveat that the public school policy needs to be fixed, pointing out that currently a charter school could apply for approval and the town would have no recourse to object. The motion carried 5-0. In other business: • The council approved a new contract with Fleischmann’s firm, Land Research Management, with a condition including that it have $1 million in liability insurance.

Fleischmann said it is difficult to find insurance companies that will cover him because they do not have a category for a planning consultant, but he was working on it. Town Attorney Michael Cirullo pointed out that Fleischmann has been working for the town for nine years without a contract until now. Councilman Ryan Liang made a motion to approve the contract with the condition that the firm obtains liability insurance, which carried 5-0. • The council agreed to seek requests for proposals for the replacement of failing culverts at C Road and Collecting Canal using money collected from the half-cent sales surtax approved by voters. McLendon added that he would like to get the culverts replaced in-house to save money. Mayor Dave Browning said the roads have been stabilized since the hurricane, and that he didn’t think it was a pressing issue right now. Town Manager Bill Underwood said there is money in the budget to replace the culverts, but no provision for a design-build, and recommended a design-build RFP for C Road and Collecting Canal, as well as other failing culverts. Jarriel said he thought that since

both culverts made it through the hurricane, taking action now was premature. “You’re worried about something that is not causing a problem now,” Jarriel said. “Let’s concentrate on roads. It’s going to get worse if we don’t do something now.” McLendon said he would rather replace the culverts now rather than wait until an emergency, and made a motion to put out an RFP, which carried 3-2 with Jarriel and Councilman Dave DeMarois opposed. • The council approved the final reading of an ordinance regulating vegetative nuisances on public roads, which prohibits property owners from allowing vegetation on their properties to impact adjacent public roads. McLendon made a motion to approve the ordinance, adding that he hoped the town would send out notices to violators quickly because some areas of the town are very overgrown. • The council approved a request from the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District asking for a letter supporting legislation proposed by the LGWCD to become a dependent district to the town. McLendon made a motion to approve the request, but said he

would like to remove a provision that the council would appoint the supervisors. Cirullo said that as a dependent district, the governing body would be the council, which makes the appointments. “If the council wants to serve as the board of supervisors, it can,” he said. Council members also discussed areas of the water control district that are not within town boundaries. McLendon pointed out that Palms West Hospital, for example, would need to choose whether to be annexed into the town or the Village of Royal Palm Beach. Cirullo said boundaries outside town are regulated by state law. McLendon’s motion carried 5-0. • The council awarded contracts for road grading and other road services not covered in the town’s current contract with Bergeron Land Development. Underwood said the contracts will not replace Bergeron but provide services not currently covered in the contract, including road grading, watering and rock replacement, tree trimming and removal, tree debris removal, mowing and weed eating, OGEM repairs, markings for speed humps, and traffic sign repair and replacement.

Cirullo pointed out that the bids are supplemental to the existing contract and adds options for the town manager. Liang made a motion to approve the contracts, but to remove mowing, OGEM repair, pavement marking and sign repair, and to request other bids, which carried 5-0. Liang said the priority is to bring the roads to conditions where they are passable. The council agreed to allocate $100,000 for materials for road repair, which has been the major restriction to road improvements. It will require more than 1,000 loads of rock to bring town roads up to grade. • Finally, the council approved a legislative request for monetary assistance to make improvements to D Road South from Okeechobee Blvd. to Southern Blvd. during the upcoming fiscal year. Underwood said he had requested a scope of services from the town’s engineer, Keshavarz & Associates, to prepare conceptual engineering plans for proposed roadway improvements, which will include water, wastewater, paving, guardrail and drainage improvements, along with a summary of quantities and cost estimates.

Vice Mayor John McGovern wanted clarification on how both facilities would be operated while they stand directly opposite one another. “They will be operated by the same people,” Basehart said. “They are companion facilities, but it will not be a single, 42-patient facility. It will be two 21-patient facilities.” Damian Brink, representing Wellington Elder Care owners Ricardo and Rosa Gutierrez, addressed the council on the proposed senior living facility. He cut to the chase regarding the recent statewide mandate by Gov. Rick Scott for emergency plans in all

senior care facilities. “After Irma, we were all saddened to hear of the deaths in Hollywood Hills, and Wellington Elder Care was very proactive,” Brink said. “They implemented their emergency plan. They had four generators onsite, smooth transition to backup power and no issues were a result of that.” After that event, Brink said his client contracted with Assurance Power Systems “to install full backup power, onsite, permanent at both facilities, the existing facility and the proposed facility, which includes a backup fuel source.” Gerwig asked Brink what the

generators the facility had during Irma provided power to. “They were able to power the full facility,” Brink said. “There was no transition. There was a smooth transition of the backup power. They had four mobile generators, but they were able to power the entire facility.” Part of the state mandate requires these types of facilities to maintain air conditioning at no higher than 80 degrees Fahrenheit when backup generators are in use. “They were able to keep air conditioning running as normal. In fact, some residents hardly knew there was a storm, and I think that

shows their commitment to the health, safety and welfare of the residents,” Brink said. Brink said that there are 50 residents on a waiting list for the proposed facility, and tours are being given weekly. “We think this is a great need in the community,” Brink said. “Most of the potential residents are from the Village of Wellington. Like staff said, it meets both the comprehensive plan and the land development regulations.” Councilman Michael Napoleone supported the new addition. “I think when we passed the text amendment earlier this year, we knew this application was com-

ing,” he said. “This is the type of facility that we need in Wellington, and, more importantly, these are the types of people who we want running the facility in Wellington. It provides a tremendous service to our residents, and they do it the right way. The fact that they had the generators already done before the governor made it a mandate shows they’re doing this because they care about the people that they’re taking care of, and I fully support this resolution.” Councilman Michael Drahos made a motion to approve the conditional use permit, seconded by Councilwoman Tanya Siskind. The motion passed unanimously.

COMMUNITY COMES OUT AS GREEN MARKET AT WELLINGTON OPENS SEASON The Green Market at Wellington held its first event of the new season on Saturday, Oct. 7. Members of the public walked about the market, sampling local artisan’s products, accompanied by live music. Food trucks were also present for a cold drink or a quick bite during the event. The market will be held near the Wellington Amphitheater on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through next April. For more info., visit www.greenmarketatwellington.com. PHOTOS BY JACK LOWENSTEIN/TOWN-CRIER

Christopher, Stuart, Brandon, Lisa and Brooke Mears.

Eric, Seanna and Emma Paul-Hus.

Cheynne, Madison, Aaron and Coby Watts.

Victor and Donna Scocozza at the green market.

Leticia Kendrick and Carl King.

Brittani Ziegler with Juan and Jose Gonzalez.

Flynn and Dawn Barth share samples with the locals at the green market.

Marie Sterling Bernard with Leslie and Nilah Sterling.

NEWS BRIEFS Singers Needed For Christmas Cantata

St. Peter’s United Methodist Church in Wellington is looking for singers to join its Christmas Cantata. Everyone is welcome. Singers do not have to attend St. Peter’s or be a member of the church to perform. Rehearsals are 8 p.m. Wednesdays at the church, located at 12200 W. Forest Hill Boulevard. The performances will take place Saturday, Dec. 16 and Sunday, Dec. 17. For more info., contact Choir Director Ann Petersen at (561) 718-5471 or fsu1tym82@yahoo.com.

Wellington Art Society Event Oct. 24

The Wellington Art Society will host a joint reception Tuesday, Oct. 24 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the first and second floor galleries at the Wellington Municipal Complex and the first floor gallery at the Wellington Community Center. The exhibits feature 56 paint-

ings by 16 well-known local artists. The featured artists are Lynn Doyal, Hildegard Donavan, Toni Willey, Betty Jane Zedonek, Patricia Heller, Franklin Weiss, Susan Mosely, Cynthia Hockaden, Betty Brodie, Ana Noble, Joanne Baker MacLeod, Audrey Freeman, Donna Donelan, Leslie Pfeiffer, Robin Kasten and Rowena Limauro. Light refreshments will be served, and there will be drawings for special door prizes. There will also be artists doing demonstrations and unique art for sale. The public is invited. For more information, contact Donna Donelan at (561) 801-2144 or dwdonelan325@comcast.net, or visit www.wellingtonartsociety. org.

RPB Contestant On Game Show

Royal Palm Beach native Carl Spitale will be featured as a contestant on GSN network’s socialexperiment/game show Divided on Thursday, Oct. 19, playing for a piece of the $85,000 potential jackpot. The episode will air at 9:30 p.m. on GSN network.

Hosted by Mike Richards, executive producer of The Price Is Right and Let’s Make A Deal, each half-hour episode of Divided features four contestants who must come to a consensus on the answers to each of the questions they are given, while a ticking clock reduces their potential bounty for every moment they spend debating. With more money available to win in each successive round, the intensity escalates. For more info., visit www.gsntv.com/divided.

Oct. 29 Race To Benefit Children Battling Cancer

On Sunday, Oct. 29, the Wellington Runners Club will present the 13th annual Wellington 10 Miler, Sebastian’s 5k Walk/Run and Kids Fun Run to benefit the Kids Cancer Foundation. The event honors Sebastian Sarmiento, a courageous 9-yearold boy from Wellington who bravely battled cancer. Despite all the hardship he faced during his battle with cancer, he never gave up hope and showed all those who were fortunate enough to

know him the true meaning of courage. The Kids Cancer Foundation and the Wellington Runners Club are honored to have the 5K race named in his memory. The family’s hope is that the funds generated will help other families facing the battle against childhood cancer and help make their journey a little easier. For more information about the Kids Cancer Foundation, visit www.kidscancersf.org or call (561) 371-1298. Visit www. wellingtonrunners.org to register for the run/walk.

New Horizons To Showcase Spanish Academy

New Horizons Elementary School will showcase the school’s International Spanish Academy at the annual Showcase of Schools on Tuesday, Oct. 17 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the South Florida Fairgrounds. New Horizons is one of only a few schools recognized by the Education Consulate from the

Embassy of Spain as an International Spanish Academy. Students enrolled in the program receive instruction in both English and Spanish and are expected to be fully immersed in language, content and cultural experiences in both English and Spanish. At the Showcase of Schools, New Horizons will share information on the successful dual language program and all of the benefits from bilingual education. Expect to see student work samples, teachers discussing the program and a booth with information on the program. For more info., call the school at (561) 651-0500.

Community Of Hope Pumpkin Patch Open

The annual pumpkin patch at Community of Hope Church will be open throughout the month of October at the church’s Loxahatchee Groves and West Palm Beach locations. The pumpkin patch will feature the orange gems, plus mini pumpkins and gourds. Guests can also

enjoy fresh baked goods and take fall-inspired photos in the photo area. All proceeds benefit the church’s student ministry, ViaSon. The Community of Hope West Campus is located at 14055 Okeechobee Blvd. in Loxahatchee Groves. The pumpkin patch is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Oct. 31. Community of Hope will also hold its fifth annual Punkin’ Chunkin’ event at the Loxahatchee Groves campus Sunday, Oct. 15 from 4 to 7 p.m. The family-friendly event will bring competitors from across Palm Beach County to compete for ultimate gourd glory by launching pumpkins the farthest on hand-crafted catapults and other contraptions. Additionally, the event will feature games, contests, raffles, kids’ activities and a photo area, plus hotdogs, chips and drinks available for purchase. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets. For more information, visit www.communityofhope.church/ pumpkin-patch.

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RPB’S OUR LADY QUEEN OF THE APOSTLES HOLDS BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS Our Lady Queen of the Apostles Catholic Church held a Blessing of the Animals on Wednesday, Oct. 4 in the courtyard by the statue of St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis is often remembered as the patron saint of animals, and it is customary for Catholic and Anglican churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on his feast day of Oct. 4. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Father Andy Rudnicki blesses a small kitten.

Father Andy Rudnicki blesses Louise Connolly’s dog, Angus Og the Wonder Dog.

Chris Winters with Father Andy Rudnicki.

Sheyla Yanes with Charlie.

Father Wojtek holds Lolek, Father Andy Rudnicki’s dog, as he gives him a blessing.

Steve Logan with dogs Bonnie and Ringo, as well as cats Lemieux and Noelle.

Meghan Winters with Princeton.

Jim Bezick with Mia.

WOMEN OF THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES MEETING OPENS NEW SEASON

The Women of the Western Communities gathered for the first meeting of the 2017-18 season on Thursday, Oct. 5 at the Wanderers Club in Wellington. Donations for Harmony House were school supplies and cleaning supplies. For more information about the club, e-mail Mair Armand at mair.armand1@gmail.com or call (561) 635-0011. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Guest Teresa Harrington, Recording Secretary Mair Armand and new member Priscilla Fonseca.

Nikki Bailey, Mayor Anne Gerwig, Cheryl Dunn Bychek, Jo Cudnik and Allyson Samiljan do their best Popeye impression.

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Alan Gerwig & Associates, Inc. 792-9000

Dr. Michael Harris 204-3242

Wellington Collegiate Academy 701-3462

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My Poor Brother Dave... It’s Amazing He Survived Childhood

As a writer, I know there are many ways you can approach each story. You can inform and educate; you can evoke sympathy and empathy; you can dramatize and inflame; or you can humor and entertain. I usually find myself grouping everything together into one big lump, taking you, the reader (and me, the writer) on an emotional roller coaster ride. And here we go. My brother Dave owns a body shop. He fixes dents and repaints cars, but mostly he customizes high-priced foreign automobiles. He’s good at this and has won dozens of awards from car magazines, which is ironic given his tragic history. (That was the informing and educating. Here comes

Deborah Welky is

The Sonic BOOMER the sympathy and empathy part.) Dave is the youngest of my three siblings. I have a sister and another brother, Jim, who is about 12 years older than Dave. Despite this age difference, Jim always let Dave tag along with him and his buddies. Dave revered Jim, as any four-

year-old would revere any 16-year-old. And Dave was very useful to Jim. I say this because Jim and his friends liked to customize things even before Dave came along. They were always painting their bikes and skateboards because there was a paint shop several blocks from our house and, at the end of the day, the shop would throw its leftover spray paint into a special trash container out back. Once the kids discovered this, it became a free-for-all. They were in that thing every evening like rats, helping themselves. Well, once the shop owner figured this out, he put a lock on the container, but it was a loose lock. Jim figured out a way to

get in, and that way was to lower skinny little Dave in by his feet. Dave would root around in there looking for cans of desirable colors and emerge a hero. It was a win-win. Until one fateful night when the police showed up. Jim and his friends were standing around the locked container, Jim holding onto Dave by his feet, when they found themselves looking directly into the headlights of a patrol cruiser. “Cops!” one of them shouted. “Run!” So, Jim hurriedly let go of Dave and ran off. He didn’t say, “See ya later!” or anything, just ran, the lid slamming shut behind him. My four-year-old brother was left alone with the trash, shaking with cold and fear, breathing in noxious paint fumes

and terrified that he was going to be taken to jail — or the dump — and would never see his family again. You know how fouryear-olds think. Lest these dramatics inflame you, let me say that Jim came back and retrieved Dave when the coast was clear — hours later. It would’ve been way too difficult to explain to mom that he’d lost him. As for Dave, there was nothing wrong with him that years of therapy probably couldn’t cure. It was a blessing for the rest of us. Any time we want to pick on Dave, we just point out how the paint fumes adversely affected his brain, so he can’t expect to be normal. We do this with sympathy in our voices. It’s fun, and it’s humorous... for us.

Much-Hyped ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Falls Far Short Of Brilliant

Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 was one of the most anticipated films of the year. The original film, produced in 1982, is a landmark in sci-fi noir — a moody, influential masterpiece. Film buffs have dealt with four different versions of the original, and all those in the know have been holding their breath over how good the new film would be. You can exhale now. It is a decent film, wonderfully shot, but with a tiny plot that has holes large enough to drag a spaceship through. In the original movie, the Tyrell Corporation has constructed artificial humans, called replicants, to do jobs that humans could not handle. However, they looked and behaved pretty much like humans, aside from being stronger and generally more capable. And they were limited to four years of life. Deckard (Harrison Ford) was a “blade runner,” out to “retire” a group of repli-

‘I’ On CULTURE By Leonard Wechsler cants who had gone rogue because they did not want to die. As part of the plot, he met the niece of the big boss, Rachael (Sean Young), who was actually a replicant with the memories of the real women implanted in her. In the end, Deckard and Rachael ran off. In the new movie, which takes place 30 years later, K (Ryan Gosling) is a replicant out to retire the old models. While doing his job, he finds a box of bones belonging to Rachael that show that she gave birth, something that sends K’s boss Lt. Joshi

(Robin Wright) and her bosses into hysterics. After all, if replicants could reproduce, they could eventually take over. K is sent to investigate, find and terminate the child. There are twists and turns along the way, which I will not give away here, and eventually, there is sort of an ending. The problem is that the film runs two hours and 42 minutes but has just about enough plot for perhaps an hour. A blind entrepreneur, Niander Wallace (Jared Leto), sets his own very tough replicant Luv (Sylvia Hoeks) to monitor the situation. She plays an important role but, just as one plot hole, I have no idea whether she was for letting replicants… well, replicate, or against. She certainly was vicious. K had almost no life except for a program that created a holographic girlfriend, Joi (Ana de Armas), who is his one confidant. She handles dinner, flirts and switches dresses instantly. Thanks to bonuses, K

is able to build a device that allows her to feel sensations. It is a weird relationship, particularly in a scene featuring Mackenzie Davis as a hooker named Mariette. Harrison Ford plays himself as a grumpy old guy really well. He pretty much seems the only human around, although he might actually be a replicant. When he comes onto the screen about two hours in, the action perks up. Gosling underplays his character most of the way through. I did like de Armas, who made her character and Gosling’s more interesting. The problem with the film, besides its slow pace, is that Villeneuve and his brilliant director of photography Roger Deakins spent most of the time on incredible sets and special effects. A city of huge holograms through constant rain makes for beautiful shots, but encourages dozing during the film. The beauty does not make up for the lack of plot.

The real question posed by these films is: What makes people human? It seems simple, but slaveholders of early America had their opinions, and Nazis believed Jews were not humans, which led to genocide. Various groups denigrate others, providing excuses for horrible actions. In Blade Runner 2049, there seems no difference between replicants and humans, yet one group can be killed at will. Why is someone delivered from a woman’s womb different from one manufactured? And what of the holographic programs? It would have made a better film to deal with some of those issues. I was greatly disappointed. I am a science fiction fan, love noir films and love puzzles. But there were many elements in this film that just made too little sense for me. Unless you really know and love the earlier film, this one will just seem long and overblown. I would wait until you can see this at home.

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PASTOR SALLY COOK INSTALLED AT ST. MICHAEL CHURCH

Pastor Sally Cook was recently installed as the new pastor at St. Michael Lutheran Church in Wellington. Cook graduated from Valparaiso University with degrees in psychology and theology. She received her master’s degree in divinity from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. Prior entering the ordained ministry, Cook worked with Lutheran Ministries of Florida as a pediatric social worker in hospice and hospital settings. Cook previously served at congregations in the Clearwater/Tampa/Sarasota area. She served the wider church as a member of the Florida Bahamas Synod Council and was a voting member at the 2013 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. She and her husband Greg are delighted to be new residents of Wellington and look forward to being a part of the St. Michael family. Shown right is Pastor Sally Cook with her husband, Greg.

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Anthony Talton Named New Director At Boys & Girls Club Location In Wellington

Anthony Talton, affectionately known as “Mr. T,” has been named club director of the Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club of Wellington. Since starting at Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County almost one year ago as the STEAM instructor at the Marjorie S. Fisher Boys & Girls Club of West Palm Beach, Talton has quickly grown within the organization. He was the Wellington club’s program coordinator for five months before being promoted to the club director position. Talton also currently serves as

minister of music and assistant pastor at Westgate Tabernacle in West Palm Beach. Prior to joining the Boys & Girls Clubs, Talton was self-employed as a vocal coach at the Sound School of Music. He began a career in youth development two decades ago while still a youth himself at age 16 acting as youth director at his grandfather’s church. Since then, Talton has served as a vocal coach and music teacher to at-risk youth at AEM for the Heart Center in Lake Park, as well as the youth pastor

at Lakeview Baptist Church in Delray Beach. Talton had his own troubles staying on the right path while growing up on the rough streets of Riviera Beach. He credits the strong mentors in his life, such as Dr. Lee Hooks, Dr. Gary Packwood and his grandfather, for helping to veer him toward better choices. Talton now sees it as his mission in life to do the same for area youth. For more information about the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County, visit www.bgcpbc.org or call (561) 683-3287.

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WIN Helps Amanda Ng And Model For Miracles

Wellington High School freshman Amanda Ng has been working with Model for Miracles, benefiting the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, for the past five years, contributing more than $20,000 with her fundraisers. Recently, Women in Networking (WIN) invited Ng as their charity of choice for the September quarter auction and helped Ng raise $1,500 toward her goal of $5,000. “It’s great to help your community, but no one does it alone,” Ng said. “I had friends from Royal Palm Beach High School and Seminole Ridge High School here

with me. We were all together in middle school but still keep in touch.” Ng sponsors a Miracle Child each year, Alex DeJesus, who was born with a congenital heart defect and is now 10 years old with the help of Children Miracle Network Hospitals. Ng is always looking for groups and businesses wanting to hold quarter auctions. Contact her if you would like to have her host and event for you. Ng can be reached at amanda.ng1205@gmail.com. (Right) Amanda Ng and Korinne Mitchell.

Royal Palm Beach Native Jose Suarezochoa Promoted To Chief Petty Officer In U.S. Navy

The Susan G. Komen South Florida Affiliate recently gathered together as Palm Beach County Vice Mayor Melissa McKinlay presented the group with a proclamation declaring October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Palm Beach County. Representatives dressed in pink for the occasion. Shown above is Gillian Knowles, Stacey Mullins, Komen South Florida Affiliate Executive Director Kate Watt, Palm Beach County Vice Mayor Melissa McKinley, Nichelle Rains, Jill Weiss, Lynn Levy and Robert Glass.

Navy Chief Aviation Structural Mechanic Jose Suarezochoa from Royal Palm Beach was recently promoted to chief petty officer, something that only one in five eligible sailors achieve each year. Suarezochoa, a 2005 Royal Palm Beach High School graduate, is currently serving with Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 46. “Being selected as a chief petty officer is one of, if not the greatest, accomplishment of my naval career,” Suarezochoa said. “As many feelings run through my head, pride is the strongest one.” Achieving the title of “Navy

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family members to pin on the two gold anchors that adorn the newly appointed chiefs’ uniforms, while the sailor’s sponsor places the combination cover on their heads. “I would like to give thanks to my wife for her support all these years, my family, especially my dad for all he has taught me, especially to never give up and learn from my mistakes,” Suarezochoa said. “Also, to all my mentors and friends who believed in my ability to perform at higher levels. Last, and most important, I would thank God, and my mom, for leading me from heaven.”

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DADS AND DONUTS AT EQUESTRIAN TRAILS

Students at Cypress Trails Elementary School in Royal Palm Beach participated in International Walk to School Day on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The event, sponsored by Safe Kids and Safe Routes, is the culminating activity for the Pedestrian and Bike Safety curriculum taught in physical education classes. Students learn about crosswalks, crossing guards and how to safely cross a street. The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office assisted at the event by providing three officers and plenty of items to distribute to the participants. Cypress Trails thanks all of the participating students and families, as well as volunteers Mrs. Quick, Mrs. Ezumba, Mr. and Mrs. Labott, and Mr. Zaskey.

(Above) Students use a crosswalk to safely get to school. (Below) Students stand together on their way to school. Equestrian Trails Elementary School had a great turnout recently for its Dads and Donuts event. Many hungry dads and students came in for breakfast in the cafeteria. Everybody who attended had a terrific time. The school thanks all the dads for coming out and making the event a success.

PBCHS RED CROSS CLUB VOLUNTEERS A Cypress Trails student with local deputies.

Career Fair At Polo Park Middle School

On Thursday, Sept. 28, Polo Park Middle School held a career fair for seventh graders. Career education is part of the seventh-grade civics curriculum. The following businesses and educational institutions were represented: Elstein Law, Keiser University, Palm Beach Central High School, Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, Pelican Group Management, Publix, Scripps Research, Stiles Construction and Wellington Regional Medical Center. Students were able to explore career options and what those options encompass academically.

“Research shows that middle school is a crucial time for students, especially girls, to decide if they like science and math,” said Rosie G. Albarron Zeckler of Scripps Research. “Thus, events like this allow young students to learn about different careers, but especially those like biomedical research from early on.” Career Day gave students the opportunity to speak with a variety of professionals and accumulate a lot of information in a short time. This year, Polo Park had student and staff representation from Palm Beach Central High School. They showcased the school’s various academies and talked to Polo

Park students about making wise decisions as they choose their academic classes. Student representative Kailia Williams expressed her feelings on

the idea of a middle school career fair. “I think it’s important to talk to the middle-schoolers while they’re impressionable and still deciding what to do in the future,” she said.

Members of Palm Beach Central High School’s Red Cross Club (shown above and below) volunteered at the Red Cross warehouse in West Palm Beach on a recent Saturday cleaning cots and organizing supplies. More than 20 members of the club worked the shelter at Palm Beach Central during Hurricane Irma. The school congratulates the students on their willingness to help.

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Seminole Ridge To Host Visiting College Reps

An admissions representative from Florida Atlantic University will visit Seminole Ridge High School on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 11:30 a.m. to make a presentation to interested juniors and seniors — and their parents — in the school auditorium. Students must sign up for the presentation at the school counseling office by Tuesday, Oct. 17. Also, an admissions representative from Florida

Polytechnic University will visit Thursday, Oct. 19 at 9 a.m., also in the auditorium. Students must sign up for that presentation in the school counseling office by Wednesday, Oct. 18. Girls Golf Great Season — The Lady Hawks golf team continues to enjoy a great season, with a record of 9-0 to date. In recent play, they defeated Wellington High School 171-188, with Hayley

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International Polo Club Awarded U.S. Open Championship Through 2021 The United States Polo Association recently awarded its top national tournaments — the U.S. Open Polo Championship, the USPA Gold Cup, the C.V. Whitney Cup and the Butler Handicap — to the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington for the years 2019 through 2021. The USPA Board of Governors, along with committees, subsidiary boards, club delegates, members and staff, met in Stevenson, Wash., Sept. 27-30 for the 2017 USPA Board of Governors and Annual Member Meeting. The decision to keep the tournaments at IPC continues similar decisions dating back to 2004. That

year, for the tournament’s 100th anniversary, the U.S. Open Polo Championship relocated to IPC, where it has been held ever since. The U.S. Open is the final leg of the Florida high-goal winter season, which regularly attracts the top players and teams from around the world. The USPA is pleased to announce that the U.S. Open Final will be televised on CBS Primetime from IPC for the next three years. It was also decided that these four top national tournaments will move from 20-26 goals to 18-22 goals for the years 2019 through 2021. This is a significant change for polo in the United States in-

tended to support growth of the sport by increasing the number of teams participating, thereby resulting in more competitive tournaments. “We were advocates and big supporters of this move from the beginning. It is critical for us to re-energize the sport and get more teams involved. This is a step in the right direction,” said Mark Bellissimo, managing partner of Wellington Equestrian Partners, which owns and operates IPC. “It is going to increase the number of participating teams, and I believe we’ll see the tournament become more competitive. In addition, this will provide more opportunity for

American players and lower the cost of fielding a high-goal team. We're looking forward to hosting the U.S. Open again at IPC for 2019 through 2021.” USPA CEO Robert Puetz said the change was not a decision taken lightly. “As the U.S. Open is the most respected and prestigious tournament played in the United States, we continually strive to keep the handicap level as high as possible,” he said. “However, based on recommendations from the High Goal and Tournament committees, and input from team owners, the association decided to lower the handicap level for a three-year

period. We will monitor and revisit this decision over the course of the next few years.” Together with IPC, the United States Polo Association will host the 2018 national high-goal tournaments, which will remain at 20 to 26 goals, with the U.S. Open Polo Championship Final culminating on April 22, 2018. Founded in 1890, the United States Polo Association is the national governing body for the sport of polo. The USPA is currently comprised of almost 300 member clubs with thousands of individual members and oversees 40 national tournaments. For more information, visit www.uspolo.org.

The International Polo Club Palm Beach hosts the largest field of high-goal teams and the most prestigious polo tournaments in the United States. Polo enthusiasts descend upon Wellington each winter season to enjoy their love of the sport at the most prominent polo facility in the country. The 2018 season opens Sunday, Dec. 31 and concludes 17 weeks later with the USPA 114th U.S. Open Polo Championship Final on Sunday, April 22. Polo matches are open to the public, with a wide range of hospitality and guest seating. For more information, visit www. internationalpoloclub.com.

Wellington Garden Club Hosts National Public Lands Day Tree Planting

Wellington Garden Club volunteers Kathy Siena and Lisa Ferrano organized and planned the fourth annual tree planting community event, which took place Saturday, Sept. 30 on National Public Lands Day (NPLD). More than 65 volunteers from the Wellington Garden Club, local scout groups, Palm Beach Central High School and Wellington High School planted 750 native Florida slash pine seedlings and about 100 native cardinal shrubs in the Wellington Environmental Preserve off Flying Cow Road. Wellington Councilwoman Tanya Siskind also joined in on the volunteer efforts. Wellington Landscape/Forestry

Operations Supervisor Brian Hopper and his staff gave tremendous support by preparing the seedlings that were planted and pre-drilling holes where the seedlings were placed. Thunderstorms held off for the morning, and there was plenty of sunshine and cold water to go around, as the volunteers moved along the pathway and through the grounds planting the trees. The club thanks all the volunteers who came out to help on this important, nationally recognized day, helping the environment by being good earth stewards. The club looks forward to hosting another planting event next September.

Landscape/Forestry Operations Supervisor Brian Hopper explains to the volunteers how to plant the pine seedlings.

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continued from page 1 environment, an artificial environment, where they submerge him in extremely freezing ice water, and he can maintain his body at normal temperatures. He uses his mind to control his physiology,” Bago said. “The relevance to our conference is that the ability to be in a particular state of happiness, of control of your heart rate, of control of your body so that you don’t go through depression is controlling your biochemistry.”

One of the many highlights of the event came in the form of a panelist discussion that included Apicella alongside doctors Oz, Weil, Ornish and more. “We need to change the way healthcare professionals are educated from day one, so that we don’t have to go through this process,” Apicella said. “Then we’ll be able to do more research. Then we’ll be able to educate more. Imagine if every physician or provider has the same experience and stories. I asked at my roundtable today, ‘Where do you folks think most physicians learn about chronic disease?’ And they think that we learn that in medical school and in residency, but the fact of the matter is most physicians learn

The community volunteers who came out for the Wellington Garden Club’s tree planting event.

Palm Beach Central High School environmental club students. how to treat chronic disease from a pharmaceutical rep, and this is where we have to evolve out of.” On the final day of the summit, a special announcement was made in the ballroom where the keynote addresses were given. The concept was dubbed the “moonshot” to eliminate preventable disease. “Right now, the focus of disease in our country is on the treatment of chronic disease, so it’s the basis of all pharmaceuticals and all healthcare dollar utilization,” Apicella said. “It’s all on this treatment, this epidemic of treating chronic disease. So, to say that we’re going to erase that, and we’re going to eliminate chronic disease in our culture, they’re making the analogy of that’s our

shot to the moon.” Both Apicella and Bago have been invited to attend the Global Wellness Summit 2018 in Italy next year.

Event organizer Kathy Siena with scout parent Michelle De Armas and Councilwoman Tanya Siskind.

Lisa Ferrano with Wellington High School students. For more information about the Global Wellness Summit 2017, visit www.globalwellnesssummit. com. Premier Family Health & Well-

ness is located at 1037 State Road 7 in Wellington. For more information, call (561) 798-3030 or visit www.premierfamilyhealth. com.

(Above) Wim and Laura Hof with Breakers owner Garret Kirk Jr. and Dr. Mariaclara Bago. (Right) Dr. Mehemet Oz speaks at the Global Wellness Summit 2017.

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Flying Cow

Equestrian And Aviation

continued from page 1 to be a limitation on the number of horses per acre and the number of stalls per acre, or was that not discussed?” Vice Chair Dr. Kristy Lund asked. Wellington Senior Associate Planner Damian Newell assured Lund that proper regulations on the number of horses will be put in place. “It’s all limited to the square footage of the overall stable, which, based on the lot size, will determine how many stalls you could have,” Newell said. The property is currently broken into three different parcels with different zoning map designations. The rezoning petition would change the entire property to Planned Unit Development/ Equestrian Overlay Zoning District. The Flying Cow Ranch Mas-

ter Plan includes 30 residential lots which can incorporate both equestrian and aviation uses. A clubhouse, maintenance facility, private trail/path and common recreational area, guardhouse entrance, airplane tie-down/fueling area, 18 acres of lakes and a private airstrip are all parts of the amenities that will be offered. The landing strip will be extended from the current length of 1,800 feet to 4,891 feet. The additional length to the existing airstrip will require an amendment to the current airport registration and will have to be approved by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Florida Department of Transportation. Jennifer Vail, agent for the applicant, reiterated the plan for the committee and also provided a brief review of the history of amendments affecting the Flying Cow Ranch property. Vail also said that there are other communities around the country with a similar equestrian/aviation design. However, some committee

members were concerned with mixing horses and airplanes in close proximity. “I couldn’t fathom, as an equestrian, to have the horses and the airplanes mixed together,” Lund said. “I couldn’t find a single example of where they were together in the examples you provided.” Vail said the proximity is not that different than with Wellington’s existing aviation community, the Aero Club, which is fairly close to equestrian areas. “We actually did find some other examples where the airplanes were going right over top the horses. We did not provide all of those examples. I believe it was in the Ocala area,” Vail said. “But we had discussions with staff about the compatibility and the concern of equestrians. We don’t feel that the amount of airflow traffic that would be coming through is going to be any greater than what you have at the Aero Club, which is so close to some of the other existing equestrian properties.” Committee Member Dr. Rachel

(Above) Dr. Vincent Apicella sits with former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona at the panelist table. (Left) Dr. Mariaclara Bago and Dr. Vincent Apicella in the Breakers dining room. Eidelman asked Vail to elaborate on whether the proposed clubhouse would be open to the public. “It is private and part of the PUD, so it is only for the residents of the PUD.” Vail said. Resident Houston Miegs brought two concerns before the committee: the speed of traffic on Flying Cow Ranch Road and the number of roads that could possibly be paved in the future, resulting in more through-traffic. On the committee’s concern about the number of stalls per acre, it was agreed that the applicant would place a limit on the number, which would be noted in the zoning text amendment and would be a condition of the master plan. The committee passed the four proposals 5-0. The Flying Cow Ranch project was also heard by Wellington’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board on Wednesday, Oct. 11. The zoning board approved the three land use and zoning items, but postponed a decision on the Flying Cow Ranch Master Plan

over concerns regarding the expanded landing strip. Board members and residents expressed concern that expanding the existing runway to 4,891 feet would allow larger-sized planes to land there, leading to an increase in air traffic. Also raised was the land-

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ing strip’s proximity to the Aero Club runway. The two runways would be only 9,000 feet apart, which raised additional concerns. The board postponed a decision on the master plan until Dec. 13 in order to get more information regarding the air strip expansion. Regional Medical Center; advocate sponsor Equestrian Sport Productions; valet sponsor Florida Power & Light; gift bags sponsor Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith; media sponsor the Town-Crier; table sponsors Effective Solutions, Floridian Community Bank, K Foster Designs, Terner Elder Law and the Village of Wellington; as well as friends of Wellington Cares sponsors Admiralty Home Health Care, Horizon Pool & Patio, Seminole Coconut Creek Casino, NYY Steakhouse, Sexton Engineering, the Royal Inn and TrustBridge. For information about Wellington Cares and how to get involved, call (561) 568-8818 or visit www. wellingtoncaresorg.com.

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CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION HOSTS ARTHUR’S JAM AT PALM BEACH POLO

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation held its annual Arthur’s Jam gala on Saturday, Oct. 7 at Palm Beach Polo & Country Club in Wellington. Arthur’s Jam was started after Arthur Weiss passed away in 1996 from cystic fibrosis. His friends created the event to celebrate Arthur’s life and raise money to cure cystic fibrosis. This year’s “Sports Tailgate” theme had guests dressed in their favorite team attire. There were silent and live auctions and a “bid for a cure.” Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ambassador Cassidy Taylor sang her original composition “More Than They Know” and played her ukulele. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Travis Suit talks about his daughter Piper, who has cystic fibrosis. A picture of Piper is held by Stephen Chase.

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The Palm Beach Central High School football team traveled across town Monday, Oct. 2 to take on rival Wellington High School in a key District 9-8A match-up and won 34-20, reclaiming the Mayor’s Cup before a capacity crowd. The Wolverines had retained the cup for the past three years. Page 27

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Horse Owners Reflect On Lessons From Hurricane Irma

When a hurricane hits, pet owners have additional worries and preparations, making sure they have adequate food, cages and upto-date vet certificates. The pets come inside, evacuate with the family or head with them to a shelter — unless they’re livestock or horses. Many barns have open aisles and stall doors. If roofs collapse or walls fail, horses can become trapped. Flying debris can find its way inside. Plus, where do you safely store bales of hay and bags of feed? And what happens if the fences go down and the horses get out? Luckily, Hurricane Irma jogged a bit westward and lost a bit of punch, so our area didn’t experience the direct hit of a Category 5 storm. Still, this was a wake-up call for many horse owners who might not have gone through Wilma, Jeanne or Frances, and a bad memory for those who did. Two weeks after Irma, at the Sept. 23-24 Palm Beach County Horseman’s Association show, some participants shared their experiences. Maria Pisz, the office manager, estimated that attendance was about the same as usual. “The show’s running smoothly, no issues,” she said. Andrea Wrzasek, a trainer and rider at Carriage Hill Farm in Delray Beach, attended with some of her clients. “Our farm did really well,” she said. “We have 65 horses, and we’re located at Sunshine Meadows, and all of their Get updates all week long... follow Ellen Rosenberg on Twitter at twitter.com/Horse TalkFL.

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Christina Parker on Hershey and Priscilla Dorogoff on Nala with Andrea Wrzosek (standing). They were part of the Carriage Hill group attending the Sept. 23-24 show. “We have 24 horses at two different properties. The Boynton barn in Equus is CBS, so we never worried. We lost power for an hour. The other barn, in Little Ranches, had about 10 trees down and no power for three days, but it’s a sturdy structure with tie straps and heavy roof beams, so again, I didn’t worry,” Steve said. “When we saw the original forecast, it

looked pretty bad, but then the storm shifted. We brought in extra feed and supplies, put things up, and battened down the hatches. We never thought about leaving. That puts a lot of stress on horses and clients, and it’s expensive. Some of our friends who did evacuate spent $2,000 to $5,000. We had colic medication on See ROSENBERG, page 29

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Property Appraiser Jacks Takes Helm As New President Of IAAO

Palm Beach County Property Appraiser Dorothy Jacks was recently sworn in as president of the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) at the IAAO’s 83rd annual International Conference on Assessment Administration in Las Vegas. Her role as president of IAAO will begin on Jan. 1, 2018. As president, Jacks will serve as chair of the executive board. She served as IAAO president-elect in 2017, vice president in 2016 and is a past president of the Florida chapter of the IAAO. Jacks is a board member of the Economic Forum of Palm Beach County and the Women’s Foundation of Palm Beach County, and an active graduate and former board member of Leadership Palm Beach County. She has served as president of the Executive Women of the Palm Beaches and president of the Friends of the Mandel Public Library. She is also a former member of the City of West Palm Beach Zoning Board of Appeals. She received her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Florida.

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Karen Galanaugh of Galanaugh & Company Marketing/Public Relations of Wellington swept the public relations industry awards in 2017, culminating in her work being honored by the National Federation of Press Women at its annual conference last month. Galanaugh, a freelancer and member of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, does public relations for many clients, including the Boca Raton Airport, the Brandywine Zoo and several high profile real estate projects, including the Bristol Palm Beach and 236 Fifth Avenue. Galanaugh, a seasoned public relations specialist and marketer, entered two work projects in industry contests in 2017: a communications campaign for the Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington, Del., and a multiday equestrian event she produced last summer with Native American tribes in Wyoming. The Wyoming event won a Bernays Award of Excellence from the Gold Coast PR Council, a Radiance Award presented by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Sunshine District (statewide) and a Palm Award of Quality in the PRSA Palm Beach Chapter competition.

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The Florida Association of Health Underwriters (FAHU) held its annual educational symposium at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens. State legislators attended the bipartisan legislative reception, where members got to meet legislators from around the state and discuss association goals. “We appreciate the opportunity

to get to know our legislators and to be able to work with them as industry experts to address the issues of importance to our members and Florida’s healthcare consumers,” FAHU President Steve Israel said. One overriding theme that came through during the reception was how legislators are working together in a bipartisan manner to solve the

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Ted Strelec Joins Staff At Wellington National

The Wellington National Golf Club recently welcomed Ted Strelec as general manager and director of golf. Strelec will work closely with the club owners, employees and members to continually improve the golf program and daily operations. “My goal at Wellington National is to combine my 27 years of experience in the private golf club industry with a lifelong passion for customer service to create a member experience second to none,” Strelec said. “The management team at Wellington National plans to create a world-class golf program that’s complemented by a variety of club amenities for the entire family.” Previously, Strelec served as the director of golf at the Bear Lakes Country Club, a position he held since 2007. Bear Lakes gave him his start in golf nearly 30 years ago, hiring Strelec as a young high school graduate for the role of outside operations assistant under the mentorship of Kevin Murphy, who is currently head golf professional at the famed McArthur Golf Club in Hobe Sound. Strelec returned to Bear Lakes in 1996 with the elevated title of head golf professional. After serving in that role for 10 years, Strelec was

Ted Strelec promoted to director of golf. Since that time, Strelec’s role at the 36-hole facility included creating and managing a robust event schedule with approximately 90 annual events. In 2009, the club hosted the Final Stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School, with Strelec at the helm as the host professional responsible for all aspects of the operation. “We are so thrilled Ted Strelec will now be associated with Wellington National,” Wellington National owners Doug Marty and Chip Smith said. “His reputation for excellence as a golf professional and management leader speaks for itself, and we have high hopes that he will be an invaluable asset to our club as it continues to develop.”

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Broncos Defeat Wolverines 34-20 To Take Mayor’s Cup

By Gene Nardi Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach Central High School football team traveled across town Monday, Oct. 2 to take on rival Wellington High School in a key District 9-8A match-up and won 34-20, reclaiming the Mayor’s Cup before a capacity crowd. The Wolverines had retained the cup for the past three years, but it will now find a place at Palm Beach Central. This year, Wellington honored first responders prior to kickoff,

and Mayor Anne Gerwig was on hand for the ceremony. The two teams combined for more than 768 yards of total offense in a must-win contest for each to remain in contention for post-season play. The first quarter started rough for both offensive units, but an early fourth-down attempt by the Wolverines deep in their own territory gave Palm Beach Central an opportunity to take an early lead. The Broncos punched in the game’s first score when running back C.J. Stewart

Palm Beach Central running back C.J. Stewart runs to the outside.

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Wellington, missing its two starting quarterbacks due to injury, struggled offensively through the air, so the team relied on a ground attack. During the second quarter, the Wolverines drove to the Bronco 29-yard line, only to come up short. Wellington’s Jadien Durant finally got the Wolverines on the scoreboard when he returned a Bronco punt 55 yards for a touchdown, but the kick fell short. Wellington closed in on the deficit 20-6 and appeared to gain some momentum, but it was

Wellington running back Mark Anthony Richards tries to power through the Bronco defense.

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Palm Beach Central receiver Tre Jackson runs for a big gain after a catch. PHOTOS BY GENE NARDI/TOWN-CRIER

Undefeated Hawks Rally For 17-13 Win Over P.B. Lakes

By Gene Nardi Town-Crier Staff Report On Friday, Oct. 6, the Seminole Ridge High School football team hosted Palm Beach Lakes High School in a non-conference matchup, and the Hawks rallied at the tail end of the game to notch the homecoming night win 17-13 before a capacity crowd.

The Rams scored first, early in the first quarter, and held the lead nearly the entire first half, while a struggling Hawk offense sputtered to maintain consistency. Midway through the second quarter, the Hawks sustained a drive into Palm Beach Lakes territory, but a tough Rams defense slowed the assault with aggressive play. Seminole

Hawk safety Triston Howell drags down the Palm Beach Lakes ball carrier.

Ridge kicker Daniel Freire was forced onto the field and booted a 46-yard field goal to close the margin to 7-3. Turnovers were frequent for the Rams, and Seminole Ridge seized the opportunities. The Hawk defense recovered a Palm Beach Lakes fumble on the Rams’ 25-yard line, giving the offense another shot to

steal the lead before the half. On the first play from scrimmage, Hawk running back Corey Polk scampered 25 yards for the touchdown. Freire’s point-after kick lifted Seminole Ridge into the lead 10-7 with a minute left to play in the first half. The Rams were unable to make anything happen on offense and let time expire to regroup.

The start of the second half seemed like déjà-vu for the Hawks. Both teams battled with adversity on offense, unable for a time to muster any points. Late in the third quarter, the Rams scored a go-ahead touchdown to recapture the lead 1310. The Hawks’ offense continued to struggle, while relying on the See HAWKS, page 29

Hawk running back Corey Polk takes off for a touchdown.

Seminole Ridge receiver Ty’korian Brown leaps up for the ball down field.

Receiver Justin Allie runs for a big gain after a catch. PHOTOS BY GENE NARDI/TOWN-CRIER

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continued from page 23 hand, just in case, but our horses stayed calm and relaxed.” Kim Nadler-Russo is a trainer at Bramasole Stables in Delray Beach, home to 20 horses. “We left the choice of staying or going up to our clients,” she said. “Some stayed, some moved to nearby CBS barns. We did fine. We lost some trees in the paddocks and had no power for two days, but there was no damage to the barn. The horses did well. We have staff on the property at all times, so we were confident.” Peggy Thorndyke, owner of Tulocay Farms, which houses 11 horses, was concerned by the early forecasts. “The big question, always, is stay or go,” she said. “It’s kind

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put up 284 yards through the air, led by Atkins, who completed 19 of 30 passes. The Wolverines got on the board again late in the game to chip into the Bronco lead at 34-20, but the Broncos ran out the remaining minutes on the clock. Wellington could not stop the Bronco offense most of the night.

“We’re dealing with adversity right now,” Wellington coach Tom Abel said. “If you would have told me at the beginning of the season that I would have both quarterbacks out, I would have told you you’re crazy, but I still believe we’re a great football team. I’m proud of these boys.” The Broncos are 4-2 and 1-0 in

of a gamble either way, and you have to decide early. After the path shifted and the intensity lowered, we felt comfortable staying. Our barns at Sunshine Meadows are safe for anything Category 3 or lower. They’ve done well before. So we stayed and prayed. We had a generator for water, and we did lose power for a few days, but everything worked out fine. There was a lot of cleanup afterward... We were glad we stayed. Wilma was much worse.” Amanda Merrigan, owner and trainer at Merrigan Show Stables in the Delray Equestrian Center, said they evaluated the situation before deciding to stay or go. “We went back and forth, but ultimately decided to stay,” she said. “Our barn is CBS, and we felt safe. Our wonderful staff prepared each horse by braiding dog tags into their manes and tails. We had colic meds on hand, but ended up not needing

them. The horses weathered it fine, stayed calm and ate hay.” Julie DiRico, owner of Hunter’s View in Delray, had 50 horses to worry about. “We made sure each had plenty of hay and water,” she said. “We stocked up on colic meds, put up all the jumps, took down the stall fans, and secured anything that might fall or take flight. We braided laminated tags into manes and tails, and stayed organized.” She had faith in her facility. “Our barn is CBS, and I was absolutely confident in its integrity,” Julie said. “The horses came through beautifully. Each one had fly masks, halters and ear plugs. We lost some trees, but there wasn’t a whole lot of damage. Barn managers should be proactive and keep everything well-maintained throughout the year. Our part of South Florida was very lucky. One thing hurricanes teach us: no two storms are the same. Preparation is key.”

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the district this season. “It feels really good,” Ierulli said. “I’m very proud of the offense. Right now is when everything counts during district time.” Wellington fell to 2-4 (0-2 in district play). Both teams continue district competition this week. Palm Beach Central travels to take on unbeaten Seminole Ridge High School, while Wellington hosts Jupiter High School. (Right) Bronco corner back Jesus Santiago tries to drag down Wellington running back Jadien Durant. PHOTO BY GENE NARDI/TOWN-CRIER

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continued from page 27 defense to keep them in contention. Palm Beach Lakes drove to its own 40-yard line but coughed up the ball again, giving the Hawks the break they needed, only to fall short again. Palm Beach Lakes played solid defense on the night, making it difficult for the Hawks to manage a sustained attack. With 30 seconds left to play and the Hawks trailing, quarterback Kaimyn Castilla dropped back

and launched a 55-yard rocket that was tipped by two Ram defenders, sending the ball back into the air toward the end zone. Behind them was receiver Ty’korian Brown, who ran under the tipped pass and reeled it in for the winning touchdown. Freire’s point-after kick lifted the Hawks back into the lead 17-13. The Rams could not collect enough offense to come back and snuff out the late Hawk rally. Seminole Ridge secured its sixth win on the season to remain unbeaten at 6-0 and 2-0 in District 9-8A. The Hawks will continue district play, hosting Palm Beach Central High School on Friday, Oct. 13.

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Saturday, Oct. 14 • Buckler’s 27th Anniversary Holiday Craft Fair will take place Saturday, Oct. 14 and Sunday, Oct. 15 at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center. For more info., visit www.bucklercraftfair. com. • The Florida Gun & Knife Show will return to the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center on Saturday, Oct. 14 and Sunday, Oct. 15. For more info., visit www.flgunshows.com. • The Mounts Botanical Garden will present seminars on wind-resistant trees on Saturday, Oct. 14 and Tuesday, Oct. 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Call Candace Smith at (561) 233-1759 or e-mail csmith5@pbcgov.org for more info. • The fourth annual Countdown 2 Zero (C2Z) Adoption Event will take place Saturday, Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach. This free event is the largest ever local pet adoption event. It will feature close to 1,000 animals seeking new homes. For more info., call (561) 472-8845 or visit www.countdown2zero.org. • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host an Educational Opportunities Workshop for adults on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 10:30 a.m. Syla Alcin from the Educational Opportunity Center will share the resources available, from career assessment to financial aid. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register. • The Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County will meet on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 1:30 p.m. in the main meeting room of the Palm Beach County Main Library on Summit Blvd. The topic will be “Using Google for Genealogy,” presented by Martha Ibanez Zervoudakis. For more info., call (561) 616-3455 or e-mail ancestry@gensocofpbc.org. • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Festival of Lights Celebration: Diwali” for all ages on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. Discover this beautiful tradition with a colorful presentation that reflects the cultures of Nepal, India, Guyana and Bangladesh. Children’s author Anita Adhikary will read her book, Dashian Ayo! Tihar Aayo! A Nepali Festival Celebration. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register. • The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Kitchen Chat: Fondue for ages 14 and up on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. Borrow a cookbook, test a recipe and share your tips. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register. • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host its Beginners Chess Club for ages 8 to 17 on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 2:30 p.m. Learn the basics of the game. All skill levels are welcome. Materials will be provided. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register. • The Wellington Amphitheater will hold a free Van Halen tribute concert on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info. Sunday, Oct. 15 • The Mounts Botanical Garden will host Yoga in the Garden on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 8 a.m. Prac-

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The Town-Crier merce will hold an Economic Forum Luncheon on Thursday, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the West Palm Beach Marriott (1001 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach), focusing on workforce readiness. The luncheon will feature Palm Beach County Administrator Verdenia Baker, Palm Beach Atlantic University President William M.B. Fleming Jr., West Tech Principal Dr. Charlene Ford, Florida Atlantic University President Dr. John Kelly, Keiser University Campus President Kimberly Lea and Palm Beach State College President Ava Parker. To RSVP, visit www. cpbchamber.com. • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Coloring for Adults: Tell-Tale Tiles for ages 16 and up on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. Nothing says Halloween like hand coloring a pair of Edgar Allen Poe-inspired decorative tiles. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register. • The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host its Cookie Book Club for ages 8 to 12 on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. What if your pet had a spooky secret? Grab a copy of Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe. Read it and share your thoughts about the book while enjoying cookies. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register. • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host its Under Construction Lego Crew for ages 11 to 14 on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. Use Lego bricks to build original creations. Work by yourself or as a team to bring your building challenges to life. Call (561) 7906030 to pre-register. • The Wellington Amphitheater will hold a free Aerosmith tribute concert with a food truck invasion on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 5 p.m. Visit www. wellingtonfl.gov for more info. • The South Florida Fair will hold a fundraising night at Texas Roadhouse for Team Dylan and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk on Thursday, Oct. 19 from 5 to 9 p.m. Visit www.southfloridafair.com for the flyer that must be presented in order to participate in the fundraiser. Friday, Oct. 20 • Spookyville in Yesteryear Village will take place Oct. 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 and 31 at Yesteryear Village at the South Florida Fairgrounds. For more info., visit www.southfloridafair.com. • The West Palm Beach Home Show will return to the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center from Friday, Oct. 20 through Sunday, Oct. 22. For more info., visit www.westpalmhomeshow.com. • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host its 20th Year Anniversary Celebration on Friday, Oct. 20 at 2:30 p.m. The Wellington branch opened its doors 20 years ago in 1997. Celebrate the occasion, meet staff, see old photos, and enjoy cake and refreshments. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info. • The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Crafts for Kids for ages 4 to 8 on Friday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. Bring your creativity and make a new friend and a cool autumn craft. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register. • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host “Monster Rocks” Rock Painting Fun for ages 5 and up on Friday, Oct. 20 at 3:30 p.m. Paint your rocks to look like monsters. Keep them or hide them anywhere in the community. Materials will be provided. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register. • The Wellington Seniors Club 25th Anniversary Gala will take place Friday, Oct. 20 at the Wanderers Club in Wellington. Cocktails will be from 6 to 7 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. Music will be by the Whitestone Band. There will be complimentary valet service. The cost to attend is $50 for members and $85 for guests. For more info., call Mae Loglisci at (561) 792-5707. • The Village of Royal Palm Beach will hold a free screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales on Friday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. Call (561) 790-5149 for more info. Send calendar items to: The Town-Crier, 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 33, Wellington, FL 33414 or e-mail news@gotowncrier.com.

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Wellington

11878 W. Forest Hill Blvd., #40 (Town Square)

561-790-2432

VODKA

Svedka Vodka ............................$19.99 1.75L Three Olives Vodka ....................$24.99 1.75L Skyy Vodka ...............................$22.99 1.75L Platinum Vodka .........................$17.99 1.75L Pinnacle Vodka (Regular) ............$17.99 1.75L Pinnacle Vodka (All Flavors) ........$19.99 1.75L Tito’s Vodka ............................$31.99 1.75L Ketel One Vodka .....................$39.99 1.75L Stoli Vodka ................................$26.99 1.75L Ciroc Vodka ............................$29.99 750ML Chopin Vodka .........................$27.99 750ML Skol Vodka ...............................$12.99 1.75L Grey Goose Vodka....................$26.99 750ML Grey Goose Vodka....................$39.99 1L Grey Goose Vodka....................$49.99 1.75L Absolute Vodka ......................$31.99 1.75L

GIN

Seagrams Gin ............................$19.99 1.75L Beefeater Gin ...........................$26.99 1.75L Tanqueray Gin ............................$35.99 1.75L Bombay Sapphire Gin .................$35.99 1.75L

TEQUILA Jose Cuervo...............................$33.99 1800 Tequila (Silver/Reposado) ..$29.99 Espolon (Light/Dark)...................$29.99 Sauza Tequila (Light/Dark) ..........$29.99 Patron Silver .............................$39.99 Partido Blanco Tequila ...............$35.99

LIQUORS

1.75L 1.75L 1.75L 1.75L 1.75L 750ML

Bailey’s Irish Cream ...................$19.99 750ML Kahlua ......................................$35.99 1.75L

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Stuart

Wellington

13860 Wellington Trace (The Courtyard Shops)

561-429-3569

5899 Southeast Fed. Hwy D-1 (Coves Center)

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772-283-9900

SCOTCH/WHISKEY

Dewars Scotch Whisky ..............$29.99 1.75L COORS LIGHT J.W. Red Label Scotch ...............$29.99 1.75L 12 PACK Chivas Regal .............................$49.99 1.75L BOTTLES ONLY Clan MacGregor Rare Blended ...$19.99 1.75L J&B Scotch ...............................$33.99 1.75L Ballentine’s Scotch ...................$25.99 1.75L Seagram’s VO............................$24.99 1.75L Jameson’s Irish Whiskey ............$43.99 1.75L MILLER Courvoisier VS Cognac...............$19.99 750ML LITE 12 PACK Crown Royal ..............................$39.99 1.75L CANS/BOTTLES Canadian Club ...........................$19.99 1.75L $10.99 Glenlivet 12 yrs. ........................$79.99 1.75L Wild Turkey Honey Liquor ...........$19.99 750ML Jaegermeister............................$19.99 750ML VICTORIA Jim Beam Red Stag ...................$14.99 750ML BEER 12 PACK Jim Beam .................................$24.99 1.75L

$9.99

CANS/BOTTLES

RUM

Captain Morgan Rum .................$21.99 1.75L Bacardi Rum (Light & Dark) ........$19.99 1.75L Brugal Anejo Rum ......................$37.99 1.75L Appleton Rum............................$25.99 1.75L Ron Rico (Light & Dark) .............$15.99 1.75L Mount Gay Rum .........................$39.99 1.75L Don Q Rum (Light & Dark) ..........$21.99 1.75L Sailor Jerry Rum ........................$26.99 1.75L Malibu Rum ..............................$19.99 1.75L Admiral Nelson 80 Rum .............$16.99 1.75L Cruzan Rum (Light & Dark) .........$18.99 1.75L Ron Zacapa Rum ......................$39.99 1.75L

$14.99

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