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Volume 32, Number 42 October 21 - October 27, 2011

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A Healthy Good Time At Wellness Festival

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce Medical & Wellness Committee held its second annual Wellness Festival on Saturday, Oct. 15 in the Whole Foods Market plaza. The free event featured health and wellness professionals offering blood-pressure checks, health information, giveaways and more. Page 2

Town Agrees To Build Culvert To Fix North Road Access Problem

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council on Tuesday approved constructing a culvert on North Road at 148th Terrace North that the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District had requested to help resolve rightof-way problems in the area.

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Pumpkins Arrive At Community Of Hope

Community of Hope Church in Loxahatchee Groves unloaded its second batch of pumpkins Sunday, Oct. 16 for its annual pumpkin patch and maze. The church’s student ministry helped unload the more than 5,000 pumpkins on an assembly line. Page 9

RPB’s Hi-Tech Plumbing Fights Breast Cancer

Hi-Tech Plumbing is partnering with Your Bosom Buddies II breast cancer support group during the month of October, and will provide 5 percent of its sales for the month to support the fight against breast cancer.

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OPINION Supporting The Annual Breast Cancer Walk...

And Others As Well

This Saturday morning, people from all around Palm Beach County will descend upon the Meyer Amphitheatre in downtown West Palm Beach for the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. It’s a great day for a great cause — and just one of many that needs the community’s support. Page 4 DEPARTMENT INDEX NEWS ............................. 2 - 13 OPINION ................................ 4 CRIME NEWS ........................ 6 NEWS BRIEFS .......................8 SCHOOLS .....................14 - 15 PEOPLE........................ 16 - 17 COLUMNS .................... 23 - 25 BUSINESS ...................27 - 29 ENTERTAINMENT ................30 SPORTS .......................35 - 37 CALENDAR...................38 - 39 CLASSIFIEDS ...............40 - 44 Visit Us On The Web At WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM

The inaugural Miss and Mr. Rodeo Palm Beach County Pageant was held Saturday, Oct. 15 at Nicole Hornstein Equestrian Park in The Acreage. Hosted by the Acreage Horseman’s Association and sponsored by JC Western Supply, the pageant included girls, infants and older, and boys up to age 10. Sho wn here are some of the competitors. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5 PHOTO B Y LAUREN MIRÓ/T OWN-CRIER

Upbeat Talk From Municipal Leaders At ‘State Of Cities’

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palms West Chamber of Commerce hosted local governmental leaders in a “State of the Cities” presentation to talk about their achievements, challenges and initiatives at a luncheon Monday at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center.

Wellington Village Manager Paul Schofield said the topic is not such a pleasant conversation because of the difficult economy, but said he hoped that the worst was behind them “This is the fifth year we have had to do budget cuts and some form of staff reductions, but having said that, this past year is also the year that we have had to do the least amount of cutting,” Schofield said. “That would be principally due to property values falling far less than we had thought.”

Schofield said that Wellington has established programs to work with owners of foreclosed homes to help turn some of them around.

“Perhaps with the recent changes, we’ll close out the foreclosure

backlog,” he said. “Foreclosures have been a major problem before us.”

Schofield said Wellington has seen a marked decrease in the number of business failures in the past year and an uptick in building permits. “All those things... indicate that the economy is getting better,” he said.

However, there are troubling trends. “We are losing people in the 32 to 46 age range,” Schofield said. “The types of jobs they depend on have gone, and so have they. That’s troubling because first and foremost we are a family community.”

Schofield said everyone understands that bringing jobs to the area is very important. “That has to be done in a way that doesn’t change the fundamental character of the community in that it is a great place to raise a family,” he said. “What we are looking at is our medical arts district, to take the two hospitals that are at either end of Forest Hill Blvd. and build on what they bring to our communities.”

Wellington is also evaluating how to renew some of its older neighborhoods and create a main street concept that centers along Forest Hill Blvd., Schofield added.

Royal Palm Beach Village Manager Ray Liggins said his community has been looking at alternative ways of bringing in revenue to replace flagging property tax income in order to avoid reducing services, including making the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center more attractive for rentals.

“You’re going to see a lot more of that in local government in the future,” Liggins said. “We’re going to look at service providers and the possibility of making money in different places.”

He said property taxes account for only about 15 percent of the village’s revenue but that due to economic circumstances, Royal Palm Beach has also seen revenues drop from many of its other sources, including gas taxes and interest income. Fines and forfeiSee CHAMBER, page 7

Serving Palms West Since 1980

County Supports Tax Breaks For Grocery Distribution Center

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Commission agreed Tuesday to offer a property tax exemption for the German supermarket chain Aldi to locate a distribution center and regional headquarters in Royal Palm Beach.

The commissioners agreed to offer Aldi an exemption not to exceed an estimated $1.7 million over seven years to locate its distribution center behind the Regal Cinema on the west side of State Road 7.

Aldi operates more than 1,000 stores in 31 states, with nearly 95 percent of the company’s premium products sold under its own private label at prices below traditional grocery retailers, according to a county staff report.

The company plans to build a 500,000-square-foot building that will be expandable to 800,000 square feet. The distribution center will serve new Aldi stores that are open or planned for the South Florida region. Currently, the company has eight stores in South

Florida, including one in Delray Beach, the only one in Palm Beach County.

The regional headquarters will provide all management for the South Florida region for both distribution and retail stores, including human resources, purchasing, logistics and general management.

The company has agreed to create 100 new permanent jobs at an average salary of $46,100, which is above the county’s average salary, according to the staff report.

It is estimated that 280 construction jobs will be created as a result of the $43 million project. The county’s Economic Development Office estimates that the project will have a $112.5 million economic impact over a five-year period.

Commissioner Steven Abrams said he would support the item, but asked whether Royal Palm Beach would participate in support of the project in some fashion.

“We certainly have cities who are hungry for these businesses to come into the area who are conSee ALDI, page 18

SRHS HOMECOMING

Seminole Ridge High School held its homecoming ceremony Friday, Oct. 14 before a varsity football game against John I. Leonard High School. Mar cus Mooney and Samantha Long (above) were crowned homecoming king and queen.

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Celebrate Halloween Wellington Phone Program Aims At Community Events To Keep Residents In The Loop

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington residents can expect calls keeping them abreast of all the latest important information as the village expands its automated call system this month.

About 500 residents each week are expected to receive one nonemergency automated call that is meant to inform about upcoming events, utility accounts and other important information.

Deputy Village Manager John Bonde said the system is an expansion of Wellington’s Code Red emergency notification system.

“We have a system of automated calling originally intended for emergencies such as a water main break, where we have to notify as many people as fast as possible,” he said. “We’ve begun working with our utility department to use a similar process to notify our residents of utilities issues, such as when we’re chlorinating a line for

bacteria or if they may experience a drop in water pressure.”

The calls may be more general in nature, or could call specific homeowners with important information pertaining to their home.

“We would use it in a scenario when we may have a problem at a house and need to contact an owner, or if there’s a boil water or service interruption notice for one neighborhood,” Bonde said. “It can be used for a number of things, including notification of past due bills.”

The system will be used to notify individuals or small groups of residents of possible issues.

“If it’s a personal matter, we don’t need to put it out there,” Bonde said. “This way, if it only affects a handful of people, we can size the message to the audience rather than putting it in the newspaper.”

Bonde said that residents could

expect an automated call and may be asked for feedback.

“We’re experimenting with it to see how it’s going to work,” he said. “We may ask questions like if it’s a good method and if residents like the system. We’ll see how residents like it, and if we think it will be effective, we’ll continue it.”

The Code Red system will continue to be used for emergency situations when necessary, Bonde said. He said that the aim of the system is for Wellington to be able to better communicate with and inform its residents.

“Wellington tries to do about as much as anyone can do to reach its residents,” he said. “We always have information on our web site and try to get the word out. This gives us another way to communicate with our residents. Any avenue we can use to communicate important information will help us to be a better hometown.”

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Residents throughout the western communities have plenty of fall fun to look forward to with family-friendly Halloween events starting this weekend.

Local municipalities have planned safe, fun ways for families to celebrate the holiday with food, festivities and, of course, trick-or-treating.

Wellington will celebrate two weekends, partnering with the Palms West Chamber of Commerce for its Fall Festival at Village Park on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 6 to 10 p.m.

Then, on Sunday, Oct. 30, families can enjoy free and safe trickor-treating with Trunk-or-Treat held at Wellington Presbyterian Church (1000 Wellington Trace) and Wellington High School from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Royal Palm Beach will hold its FallFest on Friday, Oct. 28, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Veterans Park.

In The Acreage, families can enjoy Trunk-or-Treat along Citrus

Grove Blvd. on Saturday, Oct. 29, beginning at dusk.

Wellington’s Fall Festival is set to be bigger and better than ever with the return of old favorite activities as well as new ones, such as a pumpkin-pie-eating contest.

Parks & Recreation Director Bruce Delaney told the Town-Crier Wednesday that families could expect plenty of fun for all ages.

“There will be something for everyone,” he said.

Kids can enjoy bounce houses, slides, face painting and inflatable rides. Additionally, children can enjoy painting small pumpkins and getting their faces painted.

As always, there will be trickor-treating for children, with volunteers behind a series of doors to give out candy.

For the daring, there is the popular haunted hallways and haunted hayride.

“We have a wagon we fill with hay and take you around the park,” Delaney said. “The haunted hallways have a new, improved laySee HALLOWEEN, page 18

PBSO Trains RPB Staffers To Keep An Eye Out For Crime

Fleet Watch — PBSO Community Outreach Specialist Diane Smith addresses RPB staff members as detectives Gabe Carino and Mitchell McCranels look on.

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By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office recruited a new team of allies in Royal Palm Beach on Wednesday — the road staff of the village’s Public Works and Recreation departments.

The village employees were trained how to be extra sets of eyes and ears for deputies in a program called Fleet Watch.

“You all are out there,” said PBSO Community Outreach Coordinator Diane Smith, who conducted a class with about 40 pub-

lic workers on how to work with police. “You’ve heard of Neighborhood Watch; this is Fleet Watch. You are in places where people might see you, but they don’t pay attention to you, and that’s not a bad thing. You’re just out there working. You could be standing right there, and they don’t think anything of it. That is great for us, but really bad for them, especially after today.”

The course stressed what to remember if field workers see a suspicious incident.

“It’s all about communication,”

Smith said. “When you see something that doesn’t look right, you call someone, you call your supervisor, you might call the sheriff’s office directly, you might call 911, or call the non-emergency line.”

Smith encouraged the workers to trust their feelings about any situation that does not seem right.

“When you are out and about and you see something that just doesn’t look right, if it doesn’t look right to you, it probably doesn’t look right to someone else,” she said. “If your instinct is See FLEET WATCH, page 18

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A HEALTHY GOOD TIME AT THE WELLINGTON CHAMBER’S WELLNESS FESTIVAL The Wellington Chamber of Commerce Medical & Wellness Committee held its second annual Wellness Festival on Saturday, Oct. 15 in the Whole Foods Market plaza. The free event featured health and wellness professionals of fering blood-pressure checks, health information, giveaways and more.

PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/T OWN-CRIER

Louise Connolly receives information from Costco marketing representative Staci DiRaimondo.

Marlene Roan tries a smoothie while Cheryl Kobal and Lauren Belinsky of Whole Foods Market look on.

Wellington Regional Medical Center’s Marsha Israel (left) with hospital staff members.

Cherie Pavlik, Tim “Bydman” Byrd and Wellington Chamber Executive Director Michela Perillo-Green.

My Community Pharmacy pharmacist Meroe Rabieifar, owner Johnny Meier and coordinator Cindy Weglewski.

Paws 4 Liberty founder Heidi Spirazza with guide dogs Patrick, Lilly and Louie.

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Town Agrees To Build Culvert To Fix North Road Access Problem

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council on Tuesday approved constructing a culvert on North Road at 148th Terrace North that the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District had requested to help resolve right-of-way problems in the area.

The town contracted with WBI Contracting of Palm Beach to do the work, which will cost $48,913 and be financed by Attorneys Title Insurance Fund and First American Title Insurance Company.

Town Attorney Michael Cirullo explained that the resolution will help resolve right-of-way issues with property owners north of the North Road Canal who faced having access cut off to their property via an illegal road commonly referred to as 40th Street North.

The road is actually a canal access easement for the water control district. In late 2009, out of liability concerns, the LGWCD sought to prevent further use of the road by the public, including a crossing owned by the district that property owners have used for access.

The district gave notice of the

change to property owners in the area: Golden Harvest Enterprises Inc., Dancing Crane Farms LLC, Peter and Philomena Liang, and Anthony and Nancy Lopes.

Golden Harvest Enterprises has title insurance with Attorneys Title Insurance Fund, which sought to resolve access issues. Its representative, attorney Barbara Richardson, has been meeting with the different parties for the past 10 months.

The main focus of the discussions has been the construction of a culvert crossing over North Road at 148th Terrace North.

Last year, a fund was established for construction of the culvert. In September, the council approved WBI’s bid proposal of $48,913.19, which is valid until Nov. 2.

Cirullo explained that the town must agree to own the culvert and that upon completion, the culvert will remain open for public access.

Cirullo said he had spoken with LGWCD Administrator Clete Saunier, who said the final engineering inspection will cost $500, which will not be paid by the insurance company.

George Perez, owner of WBI Contracting, asked who would be paying him to complete the con-

struction, explaining that he would like to have the bridge done in two weeks, but did not want to have to wait 90 days to be paid.

Cirullo said the insurance company would pay the town, which in turn would pay WBI. Saunier confirmed that the construction of the culvert would take seven to 10 days. “I assure you that as soon as it is done, I will inspect it,” Saunier said, clarifying that the $500 fee is for the town’s hired engineer.

Councilman Jim Rockett said he would vote to approve the culvert construction, but thought it was only a partial fix for right-ofway issues north of the canal.

Rockett made a motion to approve the contract, which was seconded by Councilman Tom Goltzené. It carried 3-0, with councilmen Ron Jarriel and Ryan Liang absent.

In other business: • The council followed a staff recommendation to extend a code enforcement contract with Tew & Taylor Inc. for six months, although Goltzené pointed out that the previous contract had gone over budget. The six-month extension is limited to $15,000. The previous 12-month contract was for $40,000.

Town Manager Mark Kutney recommended extending the contract for six months while he reviews it.

Goltzené said he was frustrated that the contractor had listed costs of $52,672.50 and only $40,000 had been budgeted. He had been told by the previous manager, Frank Spence, that that would not happen.

“I was assured by Mr. Spence that it was impossible to exceed a budget line item,” Goltzené said, adding that he was not blaming Tew & Taylor for the overrun.

Mayor Dave Browning said he felt the new budgeting parameters being set up by Kutney would correct cost overruns.

Code enforcement consultant Beverly Tew said she would work with Kutney to see that there would be no more cost overruns, but pointed out that when they had agreed to the contract, there were 49 code enforcement cases from the previous consultant that had not been closed.

“That is one of the reasons we have 119 cases,” she said, explaining that the average cost per case is about $442.

Tew added that it will be difficult to contain her next six months’ budget to the $15,000. “I don’t

know if you want to get in the position that I can’t follow through,” she said.

Rockett said he felt it would be an opportunity for the new manager to get more hands-on with code enforcement. “We will have the manager active in helping sort things through,” he said.

Browning said an inordinate number of complaints had been generated initially, before they did away with anonymous complaints.

“Hopefully, when you get a handle on it, it will go down,” he said.

Rockett made a motion to extend the contract for six months, which carried 3-0.

The council also renewed its solid waste monitor contract with Frank Schiola, who is also now a LGWCD supervisor. Schiola is compensated $25 an hour for a maximum of $12,000 a year.

Spence had recommended not renewing the contract, and it had been removed from the last council agenda. Kutney said he’d reviewed it and recommended extending it for six months to allow him more time to make a fair recommendation.

“There obviously were some issues between the previous man-

ager and the consultant,” Kutney said.

He added that Schiola must also comply with other issues within five days, including showing proof of insurance.

Rockett said he did not perceive any existing issues and recommended extending the contract another 12 months, pointing out that the contact has a two-month cancellation clause.

Goltzené said he would rather accept the manager’s recommendation as a show of good faith. “I want to accept Mark’s recommendation because that is his job, to run the town,” Goltzené said.

Browning said he considered Schiola a friend, but thought that his services might no longer be needed because the provider, Waste Pro, had fallen into the rhythm of the job. “I question whether we still need this,” he said.

Rockett made a motion for 12 months based on the prior contract, which failed for lack of a second.

Goltzené made a motion to follow Kutney’s recommendation, which Rockett seconded with the condition that there be a threemonth assessment, and the motion carried 3-0.

RPB Seeks Public’s Input Regarding Senior Housing Proposal

By Jessica Gregoire Town-Crier Staff Report The Village of Royal Palm Beach conducted a workshop Wednesday, Oct. 12 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center to discuss the possible development of a senior housing facility to be built at the new Royal Palm Beach Commons Park.

Village officials invited the public to participate in a survey to determine their needs for a senior housing facility. The public will get another opportunity to participate at a second workshop next month.

At last week’s meeting, officials explained the purpose of the assessment, which is to determine whether a senior housing facility is needed in the community based on the public’s opinion. Officials also provided background information about the development of

the new facility and how it would affect the village.

This assessment, according to Royal Palm Beach Mayor Matty Mattioli, is a way to get the community involved in the planning process. “First there’s got to be a need, and they have got to want it,” Mattioli said.

Royal Palm Beach contracted with PMG Associates to conduct the assessment. The assessment included background information, an explanation of terms and a survey. Participants were divided into groups, and each group was assigned a representative to assist members with the survey. Participants were able to ask questions about the proposed seniors facility and express their concerns.

The senior housing concept is in its preliminary stages, and the village anticipates that the assessment will provide analysis to de-

termine what the facility will need and what is important to the community.

Based on the assessment, Royal Palm Beach will determine which elements of the facility are favorable for the community.

“This has been brewing for 10 years,” Mattioli said. “We finally got the money, so we decided to do something about it now.”

Officials are trying to determine the type of senior housing facility that should be built. At the meeting, speakers explained the different types of senior housing facilities. Participants had the option of choosing which facility type they would prefer using a ranking system of preferred, acceptable or not acceptable.

The public also had the opportunity to determine what should be included in the facility, from the number of floors to the type of

amenities available.

Participant Irving Ingber appreciated attempts to include the public in the planning of the senior facility. “I think it’s very good, and it’s helpful for everybody to be sitting here listening to this,” he said. “If you’re not old enough now, then you’ve got parents who will be, so we should all take part in it because it’s an important part of our lives.”

The village will be conducting another assessment on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m.

Royal Palm Beach Village Manager Ray Liggins urges all members of the public to participate. “Right now, we are doing the groundwork, and we are really interested in the public’s input,” Liggins said. “We need to complete these two charrettes by December for the input to be concluded in this study. That’s why

Senior Housing Meeting — P articipants express their opinions regarding the proposed senior housing facility.

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Nov. 9 is an important date.”

Once the study is completed, the results will be presented to the Royal Palm Beach Village Coun-

cil in December, and council members will determine based on the study whether the facility will be needed.

‘Right now, we are doing the groundwork, and we are really interested in the public’s input,’ Village Manager Ray Liggins said. ‘We need to complete these two charrettes by December for the input to be concluded in this study. That’s why Nov. 9 is an important date.’

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Charitable Walks Raise Money, But Also Create Crucial Visibility This Saturday morning, people from all around Palm Beach County will descend upon the Meyer Amphitheatre in downtown West Palm Beach for the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. As one of the American Cancer Society’s key fundraising events, Making Strides has helped the organization raise millions of dollars over the years, and it’s all from the hard work of local individuals and businesses.

Not only is the walk about raising money for cancer research; it is also a source of inspiration to all those involved, and especially any family members or friends who aren’t healthy enough to participate. Those who make the annual trek know the feeling of camaraderie that comes from joining people they’ve never met but who share the same enthusiasm for supporting the cause.

While Making Strides has become one of the most popular charity walks over the years, it is just one of many, and there’s a new one set to kick off next month. The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s inaugural Take Steps for Crohn’s & Colitis will take place Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Meyer Amphitheatre. According to the foundation, one in every 200 Americans suffers daily with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis (both classified as inflammatory bowel disease or IBD). However, these diseases are not prevalent in the media, and most people know little to nothing about them. Whereas conditions such as diabetes or Alzheimer’s disease are well-covered in magazines, news reports and even television commercials, Crohn’s and colitis are only finally starting to get mentioned.

The recent commercials for KnowCrohns.com are a good step toward creating national awareness, and the Take Steps walk is a way for people to reach out on a local level. Fundraising is crucial, but simply creating that awareness is also very important. Beyond the physical pains of the disease, it is made even more difficult because it’s a sort of “invisible” disease.

Those who suffer IBD often appear healthy to others, which furthers their misunderstanding.

And because of the nature of the disease, it’s not the most pleasant thing to discuss, which also adds to the feelings of alienation.

Fortunately, now that IBD sufferers have an annual walk to rally around, it will serve as an important opportunity to engage friends, co-workers and neighbors who would like to know more about the disease as well as lend a supporting hand. The theme for the inaugural walk is “Take Steps, Be Heard,” which is all about empowering those with IBD to let their voices be heard.

The Town-Crier urges everyone to support both of these worthy causes. The 2011 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5k walk takes place Saturday, Oct. 22. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., and the walk starts at 9 a.m. For more information, visit http://makingstrides. acsevents.org.

The inaugural Take Steps for Crohn’s & Colitis will be held Saturday, Nov. 12. Registration starts at 3 p.m., with the walk beginning at 4 p.m. For more information, contact Jenn Baker at jbaker@ccfa.org or (561) 218-2929.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Government Needs To Be Watched I would like to again thank Jess Santamaria for being the kind of Palm Beach County commissioner, and person, that he is. Thomas Jefferson once said, “One man with courage, makes a majority,” and for over 30 years, Santamaria has been that man.

We need to support Jess by our attending his monthly meetings, on the third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the original Wellington Mall, because the citizens of Wellington need a bit more transparency with regard to what has and/or is a changin’ down at city hall.

Let’s use a great example, now a moot point as it’s already done, but it’s the thought that counts as the “game will never end” and as they fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. Several years ago, at a time when Palm Beach County was losing population and schools were losing population, it was decided to actually expand the size of the Wellington Elementary School. That part was a done deal. The school was going to be built. The slogan that was pushed at that time to the residents of Palm Beach County was “buy local.” So we were informed that the School Board of Palm Beach County had decided that Wellington Elementary School needed to be enlarged (although at that time it was sitting just over half full) and showed no signs of needing any enlargement as there was plenty of room for additional portables on the existing site.

That was the rationale for what seemed to us an expense that could have easily been delayed.

But again we were told in so many words that the money had been approved several years ago, as I think the school board’s project coordinator tried to be helpful and explain what was going on to us.

We live in Pinewood Grove and already knew that the school population was way down from what it was, and the idea of expansion of the school seemed “curious.”

We were invited by the project’s coordinator to an advanced preview of what was going to be built… buy local. What we saw was impressive. It was the new concept of a curvilinear one-story structure, much safer on a structural basis as the hurricane winds forces are mitigated by the very shape of the structure, and one story was just great.

Then things were changed. The rumor mill had it that the changes were not anywhere near what had been shown to us. What had been shown to us was completely scrapped. The gentleman who had been from the builder, and made the presentation as to structure design and landscape design,

lighting, etc., was no longer going to have any input. We would work with the Palm Beach County projects coordinator from the school district, and his construction manager. They went on to (in so many words) tell us that the initial plan had been scrapped almost immediately after our introduction meeting, and furthermore that the first plan was (in so many words) part of some wild dream he had. (Those are not the words they used to define the wild dream, and that he was now gone, the plan was gone and the landscape plan had been modified.)

As usual, the information came in the oblique manner when politicians are running for cover. Now nobody knows where the original drawings are for what we were “introduced to.” What was erected is a two-story, structure, box-ona-box and built by a company that is from Massachusetts. It is a structure that has two stairwells leading up to the second floor area.

From the second floor, the only egress is from casement crank-out windows, which are in my opinion too high above the finished floor area, and one has a difficult time envisioning a fireman’s ladder getting children out of the windows...

Back to my initial point: Come to the meetings on the third Wednesday of every month and get out in front of these and so many other things that make the words of the great American philosopher Will Rogers as true today as they ever were: Politicians are like baby diapers — they need to be changed often, and for the same reasons. This is my opinion, and based on our home being turned down for homeowners’ insurance from our favorite insurance company as they said our home was too close to a commercial structure. We built our home almost 30 years ago.

Thomas Goff Wellington

Unger Responds To Morelli The following letter is in response to Frank Morelli’s letter “Responding To Progressives” published last week.

Recently, the Town-Crier received a letter that was but a harangue about the ills of progressives and government. Some of the words: “ill-informed,” “incompetent leadership,” “ludicrous,” “crazy,” “drunk,” “useful idiots,” “ignorant” and “environmental mania.”

How does one respond to this cacophony of insults, that belie the real problem, which is the writer’s inability to discuss without insult, much like our deadlocked Congress. Might I add, they appear to be part of the same group that has refused to negotiate screaming only “less government.”

They have paraded over these few months numerous unqualified and, dare I say, ignorant candidates, who were/are not far enough right, to please a certain party, who proclaims less government but give us more once elected.

The gentleman uses the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as his prime example of government largess at its worst. The TVA was set up by President Roosevelt and Congress (note the “and”) on May 18, 1933, to address a complete collapse of our economy (the worst ever in our history).

To create jobs, the president took an impoverished area — failing farms due to poor practices eroding the soil, clear-cutting of forests and little to no industry — and he created tens of thousands of jobs, brought electricity to areas where there was none, and thereby bringing industry that required power.

This was a vital region in World War II production. It has become developed, with forests replanted and even vacation destinations made. Sounds catastrophic, making something out of nothing, putting people to work and bringing in industry, that to that date the private sector could not afford to do. We might want to compare it to our national highway system rather than the toll roads of old, where a fee was paid every time one moved across another’s property. It has been proven to have paved the way for massive movements of people and goods, built up the economy and is the best highway system in the world. Another progressive boondoggle, I presume!

In a week’s time, one could not count and explain all the benefits of our government, working alongside and sometimes regulating some greedy capitalists. You might recall the history of the meat-packing industry, when the term “muckraker” was initiated. Do we want our government to make safety rules for mining, set standards for aircraft maintenance and control waste products that are dumped by industry?

One can go on and on with governmental agencies that serve us, that protect us. Ideally, the private sector would do these things, but throughout history, we have seen their shortcuts, and most recently the oil spills in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico due to “cost-saving attempts” and insufficient government inspections and regulations.

What of the financial collapse; could that sector police itself? Did it? Who did they come running to for help? The government.

In the future, as sometimes in the past, government and the private sector must work together to address private sector greed and government corruption and duplication. Neither is capable of doing the job by itself. Sadly, we are in

the throes of incivility (not unlike the letter I’m addressing), and partisan politics wherein one party curries favors (money in campaign contributions) by protecting companies from regulation. Even as we doled out almost $800 billion to those who squandered their private-sector funds, none were fired or demoted. In fact, the same people who caused the crisis took their bonuses with new-found money (namely ours), and their same party refused any additional serious changes to avoid a similar catastrophe. Think about that one, and I can tell you that’s not progressive thinking — it’s regressive and will ensure further problems.

These wonderful capitalist bankers who nearly bankrupted us, took the bailout funds and through “their” party were able to line some of their pockets yet again, and oh, they refuse the lend out sufficient monies to get our economy going. They are sitting on our money.

Finally, as I’m exhausted as well as you, the reader, I’d like to point out one blatant untruth that the previous writer bestowed upon us, and I quote: “I have no desire to drive around in a small underpowered tin box, most of which are manufactured in China…” Well, I do not believe a single Chinese car has ever been imported, ever, to America, and the reason people are trying to buy smaller cars is because of the gas prices. I might add that all imports must meet minimum safety standards and (in reference to your tin box) many of these imports do better than American cars in crash tests.

This is a great country, Mr. Morelli. You get to drive whatever car you desire and say what you want, but thankfully, others get a chance to disagree with you and point out things that seem incorrect in your version of reality by producing fact, not opinion!

George Unger Wellington

Residents’ Rights Month In Florida Florida’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program joins Gov. Rick Scott in celebrating Residents’ Rights Month this October. Residents’ Rights Month emphasizes the fundamental rights of longterm care facility residents to be treated with dignity and respect, and to have a say in decisions affecting their care. In nursing homes, these special rights range from the right to choose a physician and pharmacy to the right to a 30-day written notice prior to discharge. Residents in assistedliving facilities and adult familycare homes have rights that range from unrestricted private communication to reasonable opportunity to exercise and go outdoors at regular intervals.

Residents’ Rights Month is a

valuable opportunity not only to educate our communities on the specific set of rights given to residents when they enter long-term care facilities, but also to inform Floridians of the services available through the ombudsman program and our team of volunteers.

If a long-term care resident ever feels his or her rights are being violated, a volunteer ombudsman can investigate on the resident’s behalf and seek a resolution. Anyone may contact the ombudsman program to submit a complaint or concern on behalf of a long-term care resident. All program services are free and confidential.

In Florida, there are over 160,000 residents living in long-term care settings. As we celebrate Residents’ Rights Month, I encourage you to visit someone you know in a long-term care facility, volunteer in a facility, participate in Residents’ Rights Month events, or inquire about becoming a volunteer ombudsman. Your assistance and attention helps to ensure that the voices of long-term care facility residents do not go unheard and demonstrates to residents that they have not been forgotten. Let us take the time to give something back to a generation that has given so much.

Those interested in volunteering, learning more about the ombudsman program, or learning about Residents’ Rights Month activities throughout Florida may call toll-free (888) 831-0404 or visit http://ombudsman.myflorida.com online.

Jim Crochet State Ombudsman Department of ElderAffairs

We Need A New President OK, can we cut out all the nonsense? Obama is without a doubt one of the worst presidents this country has ever seen. He’s put this country trillions in debt, spending more than any other president in U.S. history.

Unemployment was 7 percent when he took office. It has been over 9 percent for a year, and was over 10 percent. Most surveys say it still is, but they don’t count the ones not looking for a job anymore. Gas was $2 a gallon when he took office. It’s been around $4 for over a year now, and Obama’s done nothing, zero, to get it back down. If anything, he’s doing everything to keep the price at $4

with his moratorium on drilling.

When gas went to $4 under Bush, all you libs were screaming Bush and Cheney were in bed with Big Oil. But in three to four months, Bush started drilling and got the prices under $2 a gallon. Where’s all your screaming now?

Obama threw Israel under the bus. He’s backed off a little, but not much. He also gave us “Obamacare” against the wishes of 70 percent of the country. And business and union friends of his got waivers; they didn’t have to take it or pay for it. He bought off fellow Dems who were against it, giving their states money. Can anyone even imagine what would have happened if Bush did that?

He’s got an attorney general, Eric Holder, who should be in jail.

He’s suing states trying to protect themselves from the tidal wave of illegal immigration. He wants to bring terrorists to the U.S. and try them under our constitutional laws. Imagine doing this with the Nazis. He dropped all charges against three Black Panthers (regarding voter intimidation) for absolutely no reason. And now he’s lying about his involvement in selling guns to Mexican drug dealers. All condoned by Obama because he keeps him on.

And let’s not forget Solyndra.

The day after the Obama administration gives them $500 million of taxpayers’ money, they go bankrupt. And you people have the gall to knock corporations. What would you do to Bush?

And now onto class warfare, the rich against the poor. Thanks, Obama. We see who you like to hang with: Jeff Immelt, Warren Buffett, Martha’s Vineyard. Give me a break. And to show how desperate you libs are, one of you letter-writers dragged out President Carter and tried to perch him up as a good president. Are you people drinking Kool-Aid out there? Carter was the worst president we ever had, although Obama may take that title.

Carter had 18 percent interest rates for mortgages, runaway inflation with prices going up 5 and 10 cents every week, the odd- and even-day gas lines at the pumps, and of course, who could ever forget the hostage situation that lasted over a year...

Stop trying to rewrite history with all this bilge about Carter and Obama. We need a change!

Thomas Euell Wellington

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OPINION

As Technology Advances, Our Personal Privacy Is In Jeopardy The good Lord, bless Steve Jobs (in memoriam) and all the other technological geniuses who have “eased” our lifestyles into an ongoing regimen of finger-picking “apps,” etc.

It is no longer necessary to think very much these days — your iPhone or whatever will do all the brainwork for you.

Footloose and...

By Jules W. Rabin But one thing we should all keep in mind: We are almost end-

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MISS AND MR. RODEO PALM BEACH COUNTY PAGEANT HELD IN THE ACREAGE The inaugural Miss and Mr. Rodeo Palm Beach County Pageant was held Saturday, Oct. 15 at Nicole Hornstein Equestrian Park in The Acreage. Hosted by the Acreage Horseman’s Association and sponsored by JC Western Supply, the pageant included girls infants and older and boys up to age 10.

PHOTOS BY LAUREN MIRÓ/T OWN-CRIER

Keith Rainbolt answers a question during the interview.

Ms. Rodeo Palm Beach County Heather Witten completes the horsemanship portion of the competition aboard Sassy.

Baby Mr. Rodeo Palm Beach County Chase Lima and mom Melanie.

Isabel Ford waves to the judges.

Audrey Lane Ralston in her best western wear.

Kaela Erickson and Sophia Batezel get ready for the fashion portion of the competition.

Baby Miss Rodeo Palm Beach County Kaylyn Crespo poses with her tiara.

FUN TIMES DURING HOMECOMING WEEK AT SEMINOLE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL Seminole Ridge High School held its homecoming ceremony Frida y, Oct. 14 before a varsity football game against John I. Leonard High School. Marcus Mooney and Samantha Long were crowned homecoming king and queen. The Ha wks attended a homecoming dance the following evening.

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John Massarda, Homecoming Queen Samantha Long, Morgan Lauer and Shannon Dearaujo.

Sophomores Zach Haber and Morgan Lauer.

Senior Homecoming Court member Brittany Godfrey (right) with twin sister Taylor.

Juniors Shannon Dearaujo and Cour tney Worthington.

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CRIME NEWS

Appliances Stolen From Vacant Home

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report OCT. 14 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was dispatched to a home on 120th Avenue N. last Friday regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between Friday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 9, someone broke the window of the vacant home to gain access and stole several items. The perpetrator(s) removed a Whirlpool washer and dryer and stove along with the air conditioning coils, copper from the attic and the sink fixtures. The homeowner does not live in the area and was alerted by a neighbor that the home had been broken into. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

••• OCT. 12 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to a home in Grand Prix Farms last Wednesday regarding a delayed theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between Thursday, Sept. 1 and Sunday, Oct. 2, someone stole a Honda all-terrain vehicle from the barn. The stolen vehicle was valued at approximately $9,000.

There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

OCT. 12 — A resident of 50th Street North called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Wednesday afternoon to report an act of criminal mischief.

According to a PBSO report, on Saturday, Oct. 8 at approximately 5 a.m. the victim was awakened by what sounded like a series of gunshots followed by silence. The victims checked outside, but did not see any evidence of suspicious activity. However, when the victim went to check her mail last Wednesday, she observed five bullet holes in her mailbox. According to the report, the deputy believed they were at least 9 mm bullet holes that had been fired from the street north of the house.

There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

OCT. 12 — A resident of Greenview Cove called the PBSO substation in Wellington last Wednesday morning to report a suspicious incident. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9 p.m. last Tuesday and 8 a.m. the following morning, someone lifted the victim’s mailbox from the ground and left it tilted in front of his home. The victim said no damage had been done to the mailbox, but that the community has had problems in the past with vandalism. According to the report, the victim said that the community has a security patrol, but the officers said they did not see anything.

There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

OCT. 13 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was dispatched to a home on Murcott Blvd. last Thursday afternoon regarding a burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim left for work at approximately 7 a.m. and returned home around 3 p.m. to discover that her front door was unlocked.

The deputy observed pry marks on the door, suggesting the lock had been slipped. The perpetrator(s) stole a Phillips 19-inch television, a 24-inch Samsung monitor and an Apple iPad. The stolen items were valued at approximately $1,100. A neighbor said he saw a black Chevrolet truck in the area, but did not get the license plate.

DNA evidence was taken at the scene, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

OCT. 14 — A resident of the Shoma Homes community called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach last Friday to report a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 11 p.m. last Thursday and 5:50 a.m. the following morning, someone entered the victim’s car and stole a PlayStation Portable, portable DVD player and two pairs of sneakers. The stolen items were valued at approximately $640.

There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

OCT. 14 — An employee of the Walmart Supercenter on Belvedere Road called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach last Friday to report an act of forgery.

According to a PBSO report, the employee discovered $1,000 in counterfeit money. Surveillance video revealed that a man and a woman came into the store on Sunday, Oct. 9 and split up, each paying for merchandise with $500 in counterfeit bills. The video and bills were taken as evidence, but the suspects had not been identified at the time of the report.

OCT. 15 — A resident of Coconut Blvd. called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Saturday to report a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 3 p.m. last Friday and 2 a.m. the following morning, someone pried open the rear sliding glass door and entered the home, stealing a 37-inch LG television, a Sony Vaio laptop and a Smith & Wesson pistol. The stolen items were valued at approximately $2,400. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

OCT. 17 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was dispatched Monday to a car dealership on Southern Blvd. regarding a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, sometime between Wednesday, Sept.

28 and this Monday, someone stole a 2011 Black Nissan Pathfinder. An employee discovered the vehicle missing during a routine inventory check of the dealership. It was last seen on Sept.

28. The stolen vehicle was valued at approximately $29,000. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

OCT. 18 — A Belle Glade man was arrested Tuesday on drug charges following an on-foot police chase along State Road 7.

According to a PBSO report, at approximately 12:30 a.m., a deputy from the Royal Palm Beach substation pulled over a white Ford Ranger for a broken taillight on State Road 7 near Shoma Drive. The deputy made contact with the driver, 35-year-old Reginal Moorer. At that time, the deputy was able to smell marijuana coming from the car. According to the report, Moorer dived across the seat and exited the vehicle from the passenger side. The deputy chased Moorer into the Home Depot parking lot, where he was detained. According to the report, Moorer dropped a small bag of what appeared to be Ecstasy pills during the chase. A search of his vehicle revealed 0.2 grams of marijuana and several small clear bags. Moorer was arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail, where he was charged with possession of marijuana under 20 grams and resisting arrest.

Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s help in finding these wanted fugitives: • Lauren Monsen is a white f emale, 5’0” tall and weighing 1 30 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes. She has a tattoo on her right hip. Her date of birth is 08/09/89. Monsen is wanted for failure to appear on charges of possession of o xycodone and possession of alprazolam. Her occupation is unknown.

Her last known address was 68th Street Nor th in The Acreage, though she may currently be in the Ocala area. Monsen is wanted as of 10/20/11.

• Steven Reyes is a white male, 5’6” tall and weighing 160 lbs., with brown hair and brown e yes. His date of birth is 04/16/83. Reyes is wanted for violation of probation on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His occupation is unknown. His last known address was Segovia Avenue in Royal Palm Beach. Reyes is wanted as of 10/20/ 11.

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

Lauren Monsen

Steven Reyes

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Growing South University Campus Sees Expanded Community Role

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report David McGuire, president of South University’s Royal Palm Beach campus, spoke at Monday’s Palms West Chamber of Commerce luncheon, discussing the school’s role in the community.

South University, sponsor of

South University President David McGuire addresses P.W. Chamber members.

Monday’s luncheon at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center, is probably best known for its bachelor’s degree in nursing program, but the school offers more than a dozen other programs of study, including associate’s degrees for paralegals, pharmacists and physician assistants.

In January 2010, McGuire facilitated the relocation of the university to its new location at the northeast corner of Belvedere Road and State Road 7, occupying one of three planned buildings on the 10-acre site. Construction of the second building is scheduled to begin soon, he said.

South University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges, the same group that accredits institutions such as the University of Florida and the University of Miami. This allows the school to offer a wide variety of programs both on campus and online.

“There are currently 10 South University campuses nationwide, with two more planned to open in

the next two years,” McGuire said.

“We have 1,000 students on this particular campus, all of them onground students. South University offers 15,000 students nationwide the opportunity to take courses online.”

McGuire said he has seen a lot of change in education over the past decade, but that the growth of online education is probably the most prevalent.

Comparing the chamber’s role in shaping the destiny of the community, he said education offers the opportunity to shape the destiny of many students. “We hope that they give back to their communities by giving them the desired career opportunity that leads to gainful employment,” McGuire said.

Quoting the Florida Department of Employment, McGuire said there is significant growth in the medical field. “There are not many hospitals, clinics and physicians’ offices that you can go to in the area that you won’t find a South University graduate,” he said.

In addition to pharmacy, physicians assisting and nursing at the baccalaureate level, the university offers a nursing family practitioners program at the master’s degree level, and has offered physical therapist assistant programs for the past 12 years.

South University also offers programs outside the medical field. “We do so many other things that sometimes don’t get the spotlight that they should,” McGuire said. “We offer one of the only [American Bar Association] approved paralegal programs. Our graduates complete a rigorous associate’s degree in legal studies, particularly paralegal study. To have an ABA-approved program is something we value and honor.”

McGuire said that when he interviews prospective employees, he always tells them there are easier places to make more money than in education. “If they aren’t frightened by that, we continue the interview, but I really think it is a calling that people have to shape

the destiny of students’ lives,” he said. “It’s not something we take lightly. We take it very seriously, and at the same time it’s one of the most rewarding.”

In addition to a caring faculty and staff, he said the university offers career services after the student graduates. “We’re very proud that despite the economy, we were able to place approximately 90 percent of our graduates in the career field for which they studied at high starting salaries,” McGuire said. “We don’t just post jobs on bulletin boards, we actually work with the students in mock interviews and networking, which really leads them to finding a career of their choice.”

Another thing that makes South University different is its willingness to partner with other learning institutions, he said.

“Twenty years ago, education was so segmented. Everyone was jealous or competitive with the school or college or university down the road,” he said. “This has been a decade of partnering with

area employers and other area institutions.”

South University signed an affiliation agreement with Palm Beach State College two years ago that would enable students from Palm Beach State to come to South University to complete their bachelor’s or master’s degree programs. “We tend to trade students with Florida Atlantic University, Palm Beach Atlantic University and Palm Beach State College,” he said. “We trade employees back and forth sometimes.”

McGuire suggested that chamber members might grow if they try to view their competition as possible partners rather than enemies.

“I encourage you to think about every opportunity that you can, not only to get your message out, but to other professionals in the area, to look for ways to partner and form allegiances and alliances with each other,” he said. “Together we can become not only a stronger chamber, but a stronger community.”

County Deletes CRALLS Designations From Several Area Roadways

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Commission deleted 14 of its 44 Constrained Roadway at Lower Levels of Service (CRALLS) designations last week, including several in Wellington and Royal Palm Beach.

The changes, which included areas of Forest Hill and Okeechobee boulevards as well as State Road 7, were made at a transmittal hearing Oct. 11.

Many of the deletions were due to changes in regulations and jurisdiction. According to county staff, the intent of the amendment was to revise and delete several CRALLS from the county’s comprehensive plan so that only those that are still applicable would continue to be identified.

In addition, 17 CRALLS designations were updated, due to factors such as buildout status, expiration of approval dates or

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continued from page 1 tures were also down 40 percent.

Carryovers from year to year are down more than 50 percent.

“Some people consider this a financial crisis, or you can look at it as a gift,” Liggins said. “It will change the way we need to do business. It will force us to consider alternatives we might not have otherwise considered. Take away the money, and you’ll see how quickly people can adapt, and we are.”

Liggins said Royal Palm Beach is fortunate to have extra money on hand due to the sale of its water utility. This has let the village finance the development of the new Royal Palm Beach Commons Park.

About 16 years ago, the village decided on a mission statement to provide a safe, aesthetically pleasing community with the highest quality municipal services at the best value, Liggins said.

“I think they have lived that,” he said. “We take that very seriously. When you look at our mission statement, how we spend money, police and fire are the number one things we spend money on, $14 million for the combination of both. Parks and rec are next at $4 million, and the next things we spend [the most] mon-

changes in jurisdiction, according to Principal Planner Khurshid Mohyuddin.

CRALLS designations exempt roadways from parts of the county’s traffic concurrency rules, allowing certain developments to move forward, even if they could overburden the roadway in question.

Planning Director Lorenzo Aghemo said some of the deletions were also due to a change in methodology for determining peak hours for traffic in CRALLS areas.

A motion by Commissioner Burt Aaronson to transmit the changes was approved unanimously with little discussion and no objections from the public.

Forest Hill Blvd. from Wellington Trace to South Shore Blvd. was deleted because it is now in the jurisdiction of Wellington, according to Village Manager Paul Schofield.

Schofield said that State Road 7 through Wellington and Royal Palm Beach has had lower levels of use than had been anticipated — most likely related to the current economy.

“The changes they are making are OK from an engineering perspective, so we don’t really have an issue with them,” Schofield said.

According to the county staff report, the transportation element was updated at a previous transmittal hearing with new roadway traffic volume thresholds based upon tables published recently by the Florida Department of Transportation.

Because of these updated values, a number of the CRALLS have become unnecessary because projected traffic volumes no longer exceed the regular adopted service standards.

County Traffic Engineer Nick Uhren explained that the county

ey on are beautification and the environment.”

Indian Trail Improvement District President Michelle Damone said her government does not have the power of municipalities, having jurisdiction only over canals, roads and recreation.

“We do not have the problems other communities have to face because we are based on non-ad valorem assessments, therefore each of our properties are taxed based on the property size, not the assessed value of their home, so we did not face the problems of declining property values that other communities did with the declining value of their homes,” she explained.

This past year, ITID decreased its budget by 2 percent, and since 2007, the board of supervisors chose to reduce its revenue by 17 percent.

She said the district is proud of its nine parks, including a thriving equestrian park that was recently expanded. The district is making improvements to Kidscape Park, which Damone said will improve the value of the community as a whole.

“I believe that in order for our community to survive, or for any community to survive, your municipal government needs to invest in the infrastructure,” Damone said.

Acreage Community Park opened in 1997, and the district is also engaged in an expansion

there that will include a new community center.

Damone said that issues that her board is pursuing to keep The Acreage viable include connecting State Road 7 from its current terminus at Persimmon Blvd. all the way to Northlake Blvd.

“This road is important to the entire western communities and important to our community to provide an emergency evacuation route as well as having a road that commutes everyone from their home to their jobs,” she said.

Greenacres City Manager Wadie Atallah said one achievement his city is proud of is that it was recognized recently as one of the best 100 communities in the nation for young people by the America’s Promise Alliance based in Washington, D.C., founded by Gen. Colin Powell.

“It recognizes cities’ initiatives to provide positive outcomes for youth,” Atallah said. “These are very difficult times. Our youth have multiple challenges from the time they are growing up to the time they go to universities, graduate and try to find jobs, and this was the fourth year in row that our city was recognized.”

Greenacres’ population is about 38,000, having doubled since Atallah joined the city 22 years ago, with about 1,000 medium or small businesses. It has a full complement of municipal services, including police and fire protection and public works. “We feel

is converting to a different system of evaluating levels of service.

“The big push with the CRALLS update that happened Oct. 11 was that we changed our traffic standard from a two-way standard to a peak-direction standard,” Uhren said. “A lot of our CRALLS designation numbers, numeric thresholds, were twoway designations, and we wanted to go back and convert them to corresponding directional numbers.”

The decision to use a two-way basis for evaluating levels of services resides with local government, Uhren said.

“We just changed how we wanted to do it,” he said. “We decided last fall that it was more relevant and appropriate to look at the heaviest direction of travel on a road when you’re deciding if it’s overcrowded. Let’s face it: If you’re going eastbound on Southern Blvd. in the morning, you

don’t really care if there’s a lot of empty pavement westbound because you’re sitting behind all the cars going eastbound with you.

We wanted our standards to reflect people’s driving experience.”

State Road 7 received its CRALLS as a six-lane road because it had to receive that designation when developments were built there in the last several years, but the road has since been increased to eight lanes.

“The designation gave builders the ability to go ahead and get their developments approved instead of waiting for the eight-laning,” Uhren said. “Now that road is eight lanes, and the CRALLS is no longer needed.”

Uhren said the deletion of the CRALLS had been advertised as a housekeeping item and not based on unforeseen lower levels of use.

“We had essentially said we’re not making material change to any

of the CRALLS designations,” he said. “We were just going from two-way to peak direction, and if something expired or was no longer applicable, we were taking it out.”

Uhren said a question for the future might be whether road segments such as State Road 7 from Forest Hill Blvd. to Lake Worth Road need to be given a CRALLS designation as an eight-lane road to allow for more development.

“That’s a very substantive change from what’s in the comprehensive plan already,” Uhren said. “[For six lanes] it was a temporary relief allowance until we got out there and widened it to eight lanes. If we put a new CRALLS on it as eight lanes, there is no relief for that other than potentially arguing for the expansion of Lyons Road… That would be more of a policy call, as opposed to a housekeeping update.”

Chamber Luncheon — Greenacres City Manager Wadie Atallah, Indian Trail Improvement District President Michelle Damone, Wellington Village Manager Paul Schofield and Royal Palm Beach Village Manager Ray Liggins.

PHOTO BY RON BUKLEY/TOWN-CRIER that is the most appropriate approach for our presence,” he said.

The annual operating budget is about $24 million. “One of the things we are very proud of is our ability to be fiscally responsible in terms of the use of your tax money,” Atallah said, pointing out that Greenacres is 35th out of the county’s 38 municipalities for the lowest per capita tax revenue. “On

a per capita basis, our residents pay about $200 a year in property taxes for all the municipal services that we provide.”

Greenacres’ challenges are pretty much like all other municipalities’, he said. “Our assessed value declined about 44 percent since 2007, from about $2.1 billion to about $1.1 billion,” he said, which cut ad valorem revenue from

about $10.6 million to about $6 million.

That cut did not result in any overly drastic measures. “We have always been financially and fiscally conservative and responsible all along the way to where we didn’t have to shrink the size of government,” Atallah said. “We have always kept the size of our government extremely small.”

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NEWS BRIEFS e-mail at maureen.holtzer@palm PBCHS To beachschools.org.

Host ‘Evening For Darfur’ Oct. 24 Inaugural Zumba On Monday, Oct. 24, Palm Extravaganza Beach Central High School in Set For Oct. 29 Wellington will hold its fifth an-

In addition to being a fun time, the 2011 Battle of the Beds will support eight local charities.

The Annual Pineapple Grove Bed Race Will Benefit Eight Charities The Pineapple Grove Arts District of Delray Beach will be packed with spectators Friday, Oct. 28 as eight teams race down the center of Second Avenue on beds competing for the top prize in the annual Battle of the Beds, the Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative’s wackiest and possibly most exciting affair.

This tradition, in which a group of five determined team members run through the street pushing a metal framed bed on wheels, is one of the many creative events that have brought Delray Beach so much acclaim in recent years.

While the races themselves last only a short time, there is certain-

ly no shortage of entertainment as DJ M, the voice of the Miami Heat, will be hosting an outrageous Halloween costume contest for the teams and the public. This year’s bed race event will be more action-packed than ever before, with the addition a pre-party sponsored by MacDonald’s Flooring, including beer tents, food trucks and a classic car show beginning at 5 p.m. on the Great Lawn.

While the race will begin at 6 p.m., the party continues at Old School Square for the Friday Night Concert series at 7:30 p.m. featuring the Hard Liquor Band.

For more info., visit www. pineapplegrovebedrace.com.

nual “Evening for Darfur,” a fundraising event to raise awareness about the genocide in Darfur as well as raising funds to build a school for the victims of genocide in the refugee camps.

In March, students from the club Together Against Genocide joined the Darfur Dream Team Sister School Program, which is part of the Enough Project started by basketball star Tracy McGrady, along with international activist and author John Prendergast, to help to build the Aboutila B School in Goz Amer.

This year’s program will be particularly special as Prendergast and his team will be the guest speakers, bringing actual footage and up-to-date information on progress from the field as well as a presentation on the importance of activism.

Additionally, there will be entertainment provided by Pure Justice, refreshments, a silent auction of award-winning photographs, concessions and information about how you can make a difference. The program begins at 6:45 p.m. in the Palm Beach Central High School auditorium (8499 Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington).

Tickets cost $5 for students and $7 general admission. Ticket sales start at 6:15 p.m. For further information, contact Maureen Holtzer at (561) 304-1000 or by

The Palms West Community Foundation will host its inaugural Zumba Extravaganza on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. until midnight at the Wellington Amphitheater. Based on the Latin dance and fitness craze called Zumba, the event is sure to attract a large, energetic crowd.

More than 10 of Palm Beach County’s leading Zumba instructors will be on hand that morning, donating their time and talent to lead the crowd in Zumba fun and exercise. The list of instructors includes Claudia Rivera Bohn, Maria Paula Rey, Kathy Rmeiti, Kellie Hunt, Linda Nehrboss, Belkys Neuman, Lori Michelle, Marcela Mendoza, Avis Boetius, Ciana Boetius and more.

“We wanted to have a Zumba event, since it is such a fun, popular form of exercise these days,” said Maureen Gross, director of development for the Palms West Community Foundation. “So, we decided to host our first Zumba Extravaganza to get the crowd revved-up, ready and registered for the next weekend’s event, the 14th annual Community Fitness 5K Run and Walk.”

There will be a table set up for people to get information about and register for the Community Fitness 5K Run/Walk, also based at the amphitheater, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 5.

There will be plenty of dancing and exercise, music, raffles, prizes and just plain Zumba fun. The cost for the Zumba Extravaganza is $15 in advance and $20 at the event. All money raised at the Zumba Extravaganza will be donated to the Palms West Community Foundation and the Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation.

For more information about the Zumba Extravaganza or about the 2011 Community Fitness 5K Run/ Walk, contact Gross at (561) 7906200 or maureen@palmswest. com. To register for the Zumba Extravaganza on Saturday, Oct. 29, visit www.palmswest.com. To register for the 14th annual Community Fitness 5K Run/Walk, visit www.communityfitnessrun.com.

LGLA Speaker To Discuss Code Enforcement The Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association will host its monthly meeting Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. at Palms West Presbyterian Church (13689 Okeechobee Blvd., Loxahatchee Groves).

The guest speaker will be Beverly A. Tew, president of Tew & Taylor Inc., who will discuss code enforcement processes and procedures as they are presently conducted in the Town of Loxahatchee Groves. She will be available to answer any questions and/ or concerns related to the existing code enforcement program. Tew currently provides contract code enforcement services to the Town of Loxahatchee Groves. She also

serves as a consultant for municipal planning, zoning, code enforcement and building services throughout South Florida.

For more information, call LGLA President Marge Herzog at (561) 818-9114. All LGLA meetings are open to the public.

‘Rock Out For A Cure’ Nov. 9 In West Palm The community is invited to come together on Wednesday, Nov. 9 from 6:30 to 11 p.m. for trivia, live jazz musician Lee Gabe, live rock band Rock Steady, drinks and a raffle to help raise money for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s half-marathon training program, Team Challenge (www.ccteamchallenge.org).

The event will take place at O’Shea’s Irish Pub (531 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach). Money raised at this event will go toward research, education and support services through the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation.

For a donation of $20 upon arrival, guests will receive one free drink, three free raffle tickets, trivia, live music and an amazing party for a purpose.

“This event is going to be fantastic, and I know people are going to love the trivia and live music,” Team Challenge Endurance Manager Rachel Kramer said.

“Team Challenge looks forward to raising funds and awareness for this important cause.”

For more information about the event, e-mail rkramer@ccfa.org or call (561) 218-2929.

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LOADS OF PUMPKINS ARRIVE AT COMMUNITY OF HOPE CHURCH IN LOXAHATCHEE

Community of Hope Church in Loxahatchee Groves unloaded its second batch of pumpkins Sunday, Oct. 16 for its annual pumpkin patch and maze. The church’s student ministry helped unload more than 5,000 pumpkins on an assembly line. The pumpkin patch and maze runs until Oct. 31. For more info., call (561) 753-8883. CHECK OUT VIDEO AT WWW.GOTO WNCRIER.COM PHOTOS BY JESSICA GREGOIRE/TOWN-CRIER

Caitlin Hetchler, Tia Carlson and Rebecca Patterson.

Megan Bailey and Director of Student Ministries Kasey Castle.

Sean, Jen, Brady and Brooklyn Benevides with Jessica, David, Samantha and Brandon Roman.

Gabe and Erica O’Grady.

Lauren Beard, Alyssa Sco tt and Chase Patterson.

Shelby and Audrey O’Grady.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HOST PETER A. BENVENUTI GOLF CLASSIC IN ROYAL PALM The Knights of Columbus Council #8419 from St. Rita Catholic Church held its 22nd annual golf tournament Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Madison Green Golf Club in Royal Palm Beach. The Peter A. Benvenuti Golf Classic raises money for the Dr. James R. Louwers Scholarship Fund, which awards a Catholic school scholarship to a deserving young adult from the Knights/St. Rita community.

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Lo w gross score first-place winners Gerald Bielen, Mike McDermott, Rick Bielen and Todd Steinman.

Anthony Petrone, Michael Illsley, Peter Petrone and Peter Petrone Jr.

Members of the Marquez and Benvenuti families at the event.

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ROYAL PALM BEACH HOSTS ‘FALL INTO FASHION’ SHOW AT THE CULTURAL CENTER The Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center hosted the third annual Fall Into Fashion Show on Friday, Oct. 14. All fashions were provided

by Bealls Department Store. Lunch was catered by Butterf ields Southern Cafe, DJ Terry Harms provided music, and there were door prizes and a 50/50 raffle.

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Dolly Hughes, prize winner John Rifenberg and Cindy Beckles.

Jackie Koleos (left) and Bridget Berthume (right) on stage.

Amelia Cutietta, Catherine Amico, Sadie Binetti and Virginia Caldwell.

Iris Kamerman, Pearl Layne and Marce Ingber.

The models gather on the cultural center stage.

Sharon Lincoln, Doris Monteiro, Ruth Biscaino and Addis Solomon.

RPB’s Hi-Tech Plumbing Supports Breast Cancer Group In October

By Jessica Gregoire Town-Crier Staff Report Hi-Tech Plumbing is partnering with Your Bosom Buddies II breast cancer support group during the month of October, and will provide 5 percent of its sales for the month to support the fight against breast cancer.

Hi-Tech Plumbing owner Jathynia Garcia came up with the idea.

“Since October is known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I wanted to do something,” Garcia said. “A friend of mine told me about Your Bosom Buddies II.” Garcia was invited to a meet-

ing with the ladies from Your Bosom Buddies II and immediately made a connection with them.

“I found out what a fabulous group they are,” Garcia said. “And I felt that it would be a wonderful opportunity to give back to a support group like them.”

Your Bosom Buddies II is a support group for breast cancer survivors. The group holds meetings to discuss and support each other in their breast cancer fight. “This is an amazing support group that basically helps women with breast cancer right here in our community,” Garcia said.

On Nov. 10 at 7 p.m., Hi-Tech

Plumbing will present a check to Your Bosom Buddies II. “We are going to present a big bosom check,” Garcia said. “And we are also going to have a plaque of all the contributors.”

The check and plaque will be presented at a ceremony at the Wellington Regional Cancer Center.

The plaque will have the names of all the customers who contributed to the check. “It’s really going to be recognizing and thanking them for contributing and allowing us to give to the organization,” Garcia said.

Hi-Tech Plumbing is a residen-

tial and commercial plumbing company located at 100 Stinson Way, Suite 111, in Royal Palm Beach. Some of its services include plumbing repair, toilet and bathroom fixtures, water filters and septic tank inspections.

“The majority of our customers and plumbing sales are residential,” Garcia said. “Our technicians will have a sticker on an invoice, and they will explain to the customer about the fundraiser and whether they would like to opt in.”

The price of the services will remain the same; only 5 percent of what the customers pays will be deducted and donated.

“At the end, we will be getting all the names of people who decide to participate,” Garcia said.

“The dollar amount of what the 5 percent was will be presented along with their name on that day.”

“We have helped other organizations, like Little Smiles, but this is our first time doing anything like this to this extent,” Garcia said. “It has been a wonderful journey for me, and it’s something I decided to do as service to our community.”

For more information, call (561) 790-6966, e-mail info@hitechplumbing.com or visit www. hi-techplumbing.com.

Jathynia Garcia at the Your Bosom Buddies II fashion show on Oct. 1.

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IBERIA BANK HOSTS BENEFIT FOR MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER

Iberia Bank in Royal Palm Beach held “Sparkle for Breast Cancer” on Wednesday, Oct. 12. Hosted by Julie Tannehill, Maggie Zeller, CEO Financial and Sparkle of Life, the event benefited Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. There was wine, appetizers and raffle prizes, and Sparkle of Life displayed its jewelr y, with 10 per cent of sales benefiting the charity.

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Iberia Bank’s Paola Ricaurte, Maggie Zeller, Elina TaheriCedeno, Des Romm, Walmond Andre and Bonnie Nealon.

Helene McLean, Sparkle of Life owner and founder Dawn Demarco-Book and Rona Klein.

Lorna Johnson, Pat Linton, Marie Phillips, Judy Tannehill, Shanti Zittere and Danielle Loevin.

Susan Odell, Kate and Reese Alvarado with Julie and Judy Tannehill.

Carol O’Neil and Beverly Leonardi.

Rona Klein, Charlotte Williamson and Rhea Caswell.

FRIGHT NIGHTS BRINGS SPOOKY FUN TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA FAIRGROUNDS Fright Nights at the South Florida Fairgrounds opened Thursda y, Oct. 1 3 with three new haunted houses, midway rides and carnival games. Fright Nights also has a “Hellzapoppin’” side show with fire-eaters, sword-swallowers and other freaky things. For more info., visit www.frightnights.ne t. CHECK OUT FRIGHT NIGHTS VIDEO AT WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/T OWN-CRIER

Jennifer and Hale y Berthiaume and Nicole Kraemer get “attacked” by Ruper t Volker.

Performers in the Hellzapoppin’ side show.

Maryanne Magdelen and Bryce Graves.

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Seminole Ridge JROTC Hawk Battalion Hosts Countywide Drill Meet The Seminole Ridge High School Army JROTC Hawk Battalion hosted the second annual countywide drill meet, sponsored by the Florida Army National Guard, on Oct. 8. The Guard provided 16 judges for the event, as well as trophies.

“The drill meet went phenomenally,” JROTC instructor Lt. Col. Hans Hunt. “This was a spectacular event where our cadets had the chance to interact with other schools to build esprit de corps.”

The meet began in an opening ceremony with mass formation of the participating schools. Cadet Capt. Savannah Perrryman sang the national anthem, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and the Cadet Creed. The parent support group coordinated the concession stand and the spirit shop, ran the operations center (assisted by cadets), and received the judges’ scores from the Guard.

In addition to Seminole Ridge, five other high schools competed — Atlantic, Dwyer, Forest Hill, Jupiter and South Fork — and all

walked away with trophies. SRHS Principal James Campbell provided words of wisdom to competitors and presented trophies to winning teams.

The Hawk Battalion won first place in male armed squad regulation, commanded by Cadet Sgt. First Class Jake Winthrop; second place in mixed unarmed squad regulation, commanded by Cadet Staff Sgt. Chris Mitton; second place in male individual exhibition

by Cadet Command Sgt. Major Gary Poe; third place in female unarmed squad regulation, commanded by Cadet Cpl. Devonee Creel; and third place in female color guard, commanded by Cadet Cpl. Rachel Hembree.

“All in all,” Hunt said, “the Hawk Battalion had a blast competing in the day’s activities.”

In other school news, Seminole Ridge drama students will perform their child-friendly production of Into The Woods Oct. 29 through Nov. 4 in the auditorium.

A delightful compilation of fairytales, this “junior version” of

Into the Woods features classic characters — witches, Cinderella, Red Riding Hood and Jack (with his beanstalk) — interacting on their journey through an enchanted forest. It’s the Brothers Grimm gone Broadway.

Drama students will present Into the Woods as a Halloween treat for local elementary school audiences. Students are encouraged to attend the performance in costume. Prizes will be awarded, and following the one-hour show, audience members will have time for trick-or-treating and a chance to meet the actors. All matinee shows begin 11:15 a.m. and will take place Saturday, Oct. 29; Wednesday, Nov. 2; and Friday, Nov. 4. There will be an evening performance Friday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.

In addition to Into the Woods , SRHS has another production coming up in November. Children’s theater students will present Kid Power: Operation Lunch Line to local school audiences in two matinee performances — 9:45 and 11:15 a.m. — Thursday, Nov. 17.

Members of the Seminole Ridge High School Army JROTC Hawk Battalion.

The mission: helping a child feel great. Through the use of spectacular 3D visual effects, the audience will join Kid Power on his

journey inside the body of young Max, who needs the superhero’s help in learning to eat better and become more active. The perfor-

mance will show students that they too have the “kid power” they need to make the right health and lifestyle choices.

NEW HORIZONS HONORS Poinciana Students Support Performing Arts Poinciana Day School pre-kinHISPANIC HERITAGE dergarten through eighth-grade

New Horizons Elementary School students recently paid homage to Hispanic heroes. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, students in fourth-grade dual-language classes chose Hispanic heroes and created reports written in Spanish and English. They displayed photos and facts about each her o for all to see on a class bulletin board and presented oral reports to the student body during the New Horizons morning news. Pictured here are students from Allison Luna’s four th-grade dual-language class with their hero photos and facts.

students completed their first fundraiser of the year selling “Enjoy the City” coupon books. The proceeds of $4,250 will help to support the new performing arts building and performing arts programs for all grade levels.

“The arts are an important feature at Poinciana Day School, where technology and arts are incorporated throughout the curriculum for all grade levels,” Head of School Ann Simone said. “Creativity is highly encouraged to help develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Students are inspired to evaluate situations in new and innovative ways.

These are the students who will become our future leaders.”

The top-selling students were entered into a drawing to win an iPod Shuffle, selling 10 to 36 books each. Fifth-grader Corrine Irving of West Palm Beach was the winner of the iPod shuffle.

The other top-selling students received a $10 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble bookstores. The following students received gift certificates: third-graders Connor Mizell (Palm Beach Gardens) and

Head of School Ann Simone with the top-selling students supporting the P erforming Ar ts program.

Tyler Mizell (Palm Beach Gardens); fourth-graders Logan Maharaj (Royal Palm Beach), Jacob Miller (Wellington) and Jennifer Mizell (Palm Beach Gardens); fifth-graders Piper Fendrich (Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter), Joshua Lee (West Palm Beach) and Heather Mizell (Palm Beach Gardens); sixth-grader David Libfeld (Lake Worth); seventhgraders Seth Ackerman (Jupiter),

Stefano Baggiani (West Palm Beach), Patrick Brannen (West Palm Beach) and Nelson Olaguibel (Wellington); and eighth-grader Kaitlyn Rivers (Lake Worth).

The top-selling elementary and middle school class celebrated with an afternoon movie and pizza party. The classes enjoying this prize were the fifth- and seventhgrade students.

Poinciana Day School is an in-

dependent private school for students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade where “every child is an honored student.” The integrated curriculum challenges students on an individual level so that students can be accelerated as needed.

For more information, or to schedule a personal tour, call (561) 655-7323 or visit www.poinciana dayschool.org.

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Oxbridge Academy Names VP For Education, Chief Academic Officer

Carolyn Kost

Carolyn Kost has been appointed vice president for education and chief academic officer at the Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches, the new, independent college preparatory high school in West Palm Beach.

In her new role, Kost will be responsible for all educational aspects of the Oxbridge Academy experience. She also will be taking over the responsibilities of former academic dean Yong Han, who is on leave due to a family medical emergency.

Kost previously had served as the school’s director of information resources.

“Carolyn is an innovative and

forward-thinking educator, whose experience, skill set and vision are focused on student success,” Oxbridge Academy President and CEO Bob Parsons said. “Her passion for student-centered, projectbased learning, as well as her indepth experience in college counseling, will be tremendous assets to the school’s long-term success.”

Prior to joining the staff of Oxbridge Academy, Kost was the library director at the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, Calif., an independent school known for its strong academic program and college placement. There, she created a library program which completely revamped the school’s col-

lection of digital, print and video resources to meet the needs of 21st-century students. Under her direction, digital resource usage increased by 1,000 percent. She also served as a college counselor at the school, annually visiting 45 to 60 colleges and universities, and leading students on college tours to southern California and the Northeast.

“Throughout my career in education, both as an administrator and a teacher, I’ve been a passionate advocate for integrated, project-based learning and datadriven research and decision-making,” Kost said. “At the Oxbridge Academy, we are implementing

these principles and creating a new model for secondary school education.”

Kost has nearly 20 years of classroom teaching experience, including as a world history teacher at the Stevenson School, and as a Spanish teacher at Trumbull High School in Connecticut. At the university level, she has been an adjunct professor at Sacred Heart University and Fairfield University, both in Fairfield, Conn., as well as at Albert Magnus College in New Haven, and Saint Vincent’s College in Bridgeport.

A bilingual English/Spanish speaker, Kost has provided col-

lege counseling services free of charge to rural southern Monterey County students.

Kost holds a PhD/ABD and a master’s degree in the social-scientific study of religion from Drew University in Madison, N.J., and a master’s degree in the management of information organizations from San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif. She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in religious studies and Spanish/Latin American studies from Fairfield University.

For more information on the Oxbridge Academy, call (561) 972-9600 or visit www.oapb.org.

Benjamin School Joins Worldwide Effort To Set Jumping Jack Record More than 420 students at the Benjamin School’s lower school campus in North Palm Beach did jumping jacks in the early morning on Wednesday, Oct. 12 to help National Geographic Kids magazine set the Guinness World Record title for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24hour period.

The students, ranging from kindergarten through fifth grade, did one minute of jumping jacks while a musical medley played over the sound system. To break the record, more than 20,000 people worldwide need to complete one minute of jumping jacks in events occurring between 3 p.m. Oct. 11 and 3 p.m. Oct. 12.

“Let’s Jump!” supports First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign, which encourages kids and families to get healthy and active. Obama

kicked off the 24-hour period with one minute of jumping jacks at the White House.

National Geographic Kids magazine encouraged kids and families to get teams, classmates, organizations and communities to join them in breaking the magazine’s fifth Guinness World Record. People can also take a pledge to jump and help break the record at www.team upandpledge.com as part of Team Up for a Healthy America, Jamba Juice’s national grassroots campaign to help raise awareness about the nation’s obesity epidemic.

Other supporters include National Geographic Education; the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition; Macerich Malls; National Recreation and Park Association; SparkPeople.com; Let’s Move in School, an American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recre-

ation and Dance (AAHPERD) initiative; Flash Mob America; Girl Scouts of the USA; We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity & Nutrition); and Let’s Move Cities and Towns.

The Benjamin School, a pre-k-3 through grade 12 independent school, has a curriculum focusing on college preparatory education. For more than 50 years, the Benjamin School has inspired its students to develop a coherent set of values that include love of learning, personal responsibility, self-motivation, concern for others and a commitment to serve society. More information about the Benjamin School can be found on the school’s web site at www.thebenjaminschool.org.

(Right) Benjamin School students take part in the worldwide jumping jacks on Oct. 12.

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Lois Pope Donates To Humane Association

Bear Scouts take a break at the BB gun range.

RPB Cub Scouts Go On A Camping Trip Royal Palm Beach Cub Scout Pack 120 enjoyed a windy and soggy but eventful camping trip at Tanah Keeta campground in Tequesta the weekend of Oct. 7.

The scouts, and some siblings, raced the “pirate ship” they built at their last pack meeting, competing with approximately ten other packs.

Pack 120 came in first for the second year in a row.

Several scouts completed achievements in BB gun shooting and archery, and each pack also participated in a treasure hunt.

Royal Palm Beach Cub Scout Pack 120 is looking forward to

Scouts race the pirate ship they built. “scouting for food” in November, when they will collect non-perishable food for local pantries.

Delray Beach philanthropist Lois Pope, founder and president of the Lois Pope Life Foundation Inc. and LIFE (Leaders in Furthering Education), has donated $1 million to the American Humane Association.

Pope chose the occasion of the AHA Hero Dog Awards on Oct. 1 in Los Angeles to present the gift.

Pope, who has recently joined the board of the AHA was there in support of one very special hero named Atticus.

Atticus, who served as grand marshal for the evening, was nominated for Hero Dog of the Year.

Although he came in third, that didn’t stop him from coming in first place in Pope’s heart.

“Atticus doesn’t care whether one has lost limbs, is missing organs, is confined to a wheelchair or is blind,” Pope said. “His love for disabled veterans and the comfort and support he offers them is unconditional. And that is what a true hero is all about.”

Among the many who came out to show their love of canine heroes were Betty White, Julianne Hough, Pauley Perrette, Peter Fonda, Victoria Stilwell, Michael Vartan, Joseph Lawrence, Orlando Brown, Michelle Forbes, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Jason Lewis, Faith Ford, Tinsley Mortimer, Tara Harper, Jake Pavelka and AHA spokesdog Rin Tin Tin. Some of Pope’s family members and friends were also in attendance, including her son Paul David Pope, who not only spoke at the event but generously gave

copies of his bestseller The Deeds of My Fathers to be included in the Hero Dog Award gift bags.

Others in attendance included Terry and Joseph Mendozza, Toni and Robert Kramer, Suzi Goldsmith, David Hoch, Bob Miller and Karen Fleming.

As the nation’s voice for the protection of children and animals, the American Humane Association reaches millions of people every day through groundbreaking research, education, training and services that span a wide network of organizations, agencies and businesses.

The AHA’s mission is to create a more humane and compassionate world by ending abuse and neglect of children and animals. Pope joins the ranks of other well-known supporters of the AHA such as Martha Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, Jillian Michaels, Kristin Chenoweth and Betty White.

“I am honored to be a part of the American Humane Association,” Pope said. “Their work on behalf of children and animals for more than 120 years has truly made the world a better place.

They have saved countless lives and given a voice to those who all too often have none.”

The American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards event will be featured on the Hallmark Channel on Friday, Nov. 11.

For more information, contact LIFE at (561) 865-0955 or visit www.life-edu.org.

Jim Hogan with Atticus, Paul David Pope and Lois Pope.

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Wellington Garden Club Members Instruct Elementary Students The Wellington Garden Club is partnering again this year with the West Palm Beach Elks Lodge #1352 to bring vegetable gardening to the fourth- and fifth-graders who participate in the Wynnebrook Elementary School aftercare program.

The students have been formally recognized by the Florida

Federation of Garden Clubs at the Wynnebrook Junior Garden Club.

The students met with Wellington Garden Club master gardeners Fauzia Begum and Barbara Hadsell on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at the Elks Lodge garden to plant vegetable seedlings and seeds. Wellington Garden Club member and

Wellington Garden Club member Fauzia Begum instructs the Wynnebrook Junior Garden Club team on planting specifics and reviewing the nutritional value.

Elk Tim Hadsell prepared the garden for planting.

Funding for the project came from a grant given by the Elks National Foundation. Students will receive weekly instruction on the care and maintenance of the garden, the nutritional aspects of what is being grown, as well as tastings and recipes to take home.

While they are waiting for the garden to produce, the Junior Garden Club will be working on another type of “edible gardening” — a garden for butterflies. This project is being led by two Wellington Garden Club members, master gardener Maria Villiari and Junior Garden Club Chair Jan Everett.

Fauzia Begum supervises the Wynnebrook team as they plant seeds in the garden.

Author Jim Wiggins Publishes A New Book Acreage resident Jim Wiggins recently has published his 12th book. Titled Blood in the Sand, this is Wiggins’ second book of fiction.

Blood in the Sand tells the story of a charter boat captain who goes with his writing group for a retreat on an island in the Gulf of Mexico. One of the members is murdered and the protagonist becomes a sleuth and ultimately solves the murder. The group is

sequestered on the island for a couple of days because of a horrible hurricane that keeps them from leaving.

For six years, Wiggins wrote weekly columns about Florida history for The Observer newspaper.

Most of his books still deal with that subject, and both of his books of fiction are set in locales near the area where Wiggins grew up.

Wiggins also has contributed more than a dozen articles to Florida Gardening and has been published in magazines such as Tide, Birds and Blooms, Butterfly Gardening, Nature Photographer and others. He is a member of several historical societies, the Florida Writers Association and is actively involved with the Royal Palm Beach Writing Group, which he refers to as his “writing family.”

Wiggins and his wife, Colleen, co-authored the book Gardening for the Soul, which resulted from the loss of two of their adult children to cancer. It illustrates how gardening can provide therapy for anyone facing a tragedy in their lives.

Blood in the Sand is available at www.publishamerica.net and www.barnesandnoble.com.

Wynnebrook Junior Garden Club members plant pepper seedlings provided by UF/IFAS Cooperative Extension Service.

Antonio Smith Graduates From Army Basic Training Army Pvt. Antonio R. Smith has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga. During the nine weeks of training, Smith received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, core values and traditions. Ad-

ditional training included development of basic combat skills and battlefield operations and tactics, and experiencing use of various weapons and weapons defenses available to the infantry crewman.

Smith is the son of Michael Smith of Lake Worth and grandson of Carmen Rivera-Ellerman of Sunrise. He is a 2010 graduate of Palm Beach Central High School.

Curtis Grafton Completes Plebe Summer At The U.S. Naval Academy

Jim Wiggins at his home office in The Acreage.

Navy Midshipman Curtis A. Grafton, son of Susan and Russell Grafton of Loxahatchee, and more than 900 other freshmen recently completed Plebe Summer while attending the United States Naval Academy.

Plebe summer is the summer training program that is required of all incoming freshmen to the

U.S. Naval Academy. The six weeks of training developed Grafton morally, mentally and physically. He was also instilled with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty. Grafton will go on to complete the academic year as a midshipmen.

Grafton is a 2011 graduate of Berean Christian High School.

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Wellington Landings Chorus Preparing For Kravis Performance

By Jessica Gregoire Town-Crier Staff Report Overjoyed with excitement and after months of preparation, the Wellington Landings Middle School chorus is looking forward to performing a free musical presentation in the lobby of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts at 7:15 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3.

Singing in harmony every afternoon in the choral room, the children have been practicing since the beginning of the school year with help from Choral Director Lynn Pernezny. “So far we don’t have the entire program planned out,” she said. “But it will probably be about seven songs.”

The students will be performing on the staircase in the lobby before a performance of My Fair Lady in the main concert hall. Parents and members of the community are encouraged to support the students by attending the performance.

“Anyone can come into the lobby,” Pernezny said. “You don’t

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continued from page 1 tributing to the package that we can use to attract these businesses,” Abrams said.

Deputy County Administrator Shannon LaRocque said that a match is typical for state funds, but she was not sure if the village would participate.

Abrams said he understood Palm Beach County is still in competition with other counties to get the warehouse, and LaRocque said there are still more than a dozen questions to be resolved prior to the company making a decision, including what the village might be willing to offer.

“The sweeter the package, the better the chances,” Abrams said.

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continued from page 1 out this year. You can come and get scared.”

But, he cautioned, while most of the activities are for all ages, the haunted hallways and hayride can be scary for the little ones. “It’s the parents’ decision,” Delaney said, “but if you’re under 11 or 12 years old, it can be scary. It’s not called the friendly smiley face hallways.”

The cost for unlimited access to the bounce houses, inflatable rides and haunted hallways is $10. Parents who wish to join their child on the haunted hayride can purchase a discounted wristband for $5.

Returning this year is laser tag.

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continued from page 1 telling you something, we want you to go with it.”

PBSO Detective Gabe Carino said people observing a suspicious incident should not talk themselves out of making the call. “As soon as you realize something’s wrong, it’s our suggestion that you take the phone in hand and call,” he said.

Smith said wherever she goes, whether civic groups or youth groups, people worry about using 911.

“Let me tell you something, 911 is for an emergency, such as a life-

need a ticket to come into the lobby, so anybody is welcome to come.”

Wellington Landings was chosen as one of the few schools in Palm Beach County to have its chorus perform in what is called Beyond the Stage. “This year, there are only six or seven schools doing it,” Pernezny said.

It’s an opportunity for choral groups in the county to perform for different audiences. “There used to be more chances for students to perform, but with funding cuts, there is a now limited opportunity,” Pernezny said. “So only a limited number of groups get to do this, and we are one of them.”

Showgoers will be able to enjoy a special 25-minute performance from the choral group. Students are excited to be singing some of their favorite songs, such as “The Rhythm of Life,” which they believe are uplifting numbers that the audience will enjoy.

“Since we are performing before

My Fair Lady, we’re doing a lot of songs that are from Broadway shows,” Pernezny said.

The students attribute their success as a choral group to constant practice with their choral director.

“Ms. Pernezny is awesome,” the students cheered.

Wellington Landings has performed at the Kravis Center before. “This will be the third time that I have taken a choral group there,” Pernezny said. “But we did not do it last year, so this will be the first time for these students.”

Wellington Landings puts on other performances throughout the year, from Wellington’s treelighting ceremony to performances for the Wellington Rotary Club.

“I try to keep their performance schedule under control so that they are not doing too many things,” Pernezny said.

For more information about the event, visit www.kravis.org or call (561) 832-7469. The Kravis Center is located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach.

“In this case, if the Village of Royal Palm Beach is not participating, it would behoove them to consider doing so.”

Village Manager Ray Liggins said the village has been working with the potential purchaser and the Business Development Board for the past eight months.

“We have kept all the options open,” Liggins said. “This particular program that you’re voting on right now does not require any matches, and that has not been requested of us. We are continuing to work with them.”

Liggins said some of the cities in Palm Beach County have a tax abatement that requires a referendum of voters. “We do not have that at this time that we could offer it,” he said. “We have kept an open mind in dealing with this company and keeping them interested in Palm Beach County.”

Abrams suggested that it might be an idea for Liggins to take back

to his council. “It doesn’t necessarily have to be in the form of a tax abatement,” he said, adding that the Business Development Board could tell them how other municipalities have offered support.

Liggins agreed that innovative methods have been utilized. “We are keeping our eye on that,” he said.

Commissioner Priscilla Taylor asked about the $1.7 million amount over seven years. “I’ve been in these discussions before, and I’m certainly not one who feels that monetary incentives actually cause a company to stay here, maybe get them here, but not to stay,” she said.

Taylor said that whatever agreement they reach should include strong language to protect the county.

Commissioner Shelley Vana asked whether the county has some sort of requirement that

municipalities also participate in tax incentives, and LaRocque said in all the county’s other programs, its first choice has been to request participation from the municipalities.

“So my question to Royal Palm Beach is, if we’re going out on the line here, why would you not step up to the table and participate?”

Vana asked.

Liggins said he did not know that the village would not participate. “I think we would,” he said.

Commission Chair Karen Marcus said different municipalities have different incentives, mentioning that Palm Springs offers expedited permitting as an incentive for a business that located there recently.

“The cities have typically been very aggressive in terms of trying to provide, and I’m sure Royal Palm, if that’s what it’s going to take, will figure out what they have to do,” Marcus said.

Commissioner Jess Santamaria said companies frequently come before the county commission with empty promises of thousands of jobs, but this company is offering something specific.

“I would rather have a project similar to what we’re getting now, which says, ‘We’re going to bring 100 permanent jobs, 280 construction jobs and increase the economic impact by over $100 million; we’re going to bring a product that’s going to be 40 percent below traditional grocery retailers.’

This is the type of project I’m very supportive of,” he said.

Santamaria also pointed out that the cost per job of $17,000, not counting the construction jobs, is very desirable.

“Here you have specifics in what you’re giving and what you’re getting,” he said.

Commissioner Paulette Burdick praised the project. “It’s critically important that we create and

retain jobs here in Palm Beach County,” she said. “This is very exciting.”

Commissioner Burt Aaronson said he felt Royal Palm Beach has worked well with the BDB and would be in a position to bring business there. He added that he liked the Aldi proposition because they were starting from the ground up, unlike the Walgreens chain, which indicated recently it would move to Georgia if it did not receive a tax break.

“We’ve worked with Royal Palm Beach, and I believe the Business Development Board is very happy with what Royal Palm Beach has done to try to secure this company to come,” he said.

“I think some of the things they have done cannot be revealed at this time until the company makes their definite decision.”

Burdick made a motion to approve the incentive, which carried unanimously.

For $5 a round, participants can enjoy a fun game “We have a fenced-off area with barricades and inflatable objects,” Delaney explained. “There are guns with a laser, and it indicates when you’re shooting at another person. This is a great alternative activity for people.”

Guests can also take part in contests including a pumpkin-pie-eating contest and a costume contest.

The costume contest begins around 7 p.m. For more information about the event, call (561) 791-4000.

Closer to Halloween, residents can have some fun, safe trick-ortreating with Wellington’s Trunkor-Treat on Sunday, Oct. 30 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Volunteer Coordinator Kimberly Henghold said that the village is partnering with Wellington High School DECA to run the event.

“They wanted to run a similar

event, so we decided to team up,” she said. “They wanted to market it to the local schools and sent fliers out to encourage the community to come out.”

Rather than going door-to-door, volunteers from local organizations show up with the trunks of their cars decorated in the holiday spirit and bags full of candy to give out. “The goal of the event is to give children a safe trick-or-treating experience,” Henghold said.

Children can trick-or-treat in two locations: at Wellington High School or at Wellington Presbyterian Church on Wellington Trace.

“Wellington High School will have a bounce house, vendor tables and face painting,” Henghold said.

Both locations will have games, music, refreshments and will hold contests for best costume and best trunk decorations. The WHS contest begins at 6 p.m., while Well-

ington Presbyterian’s begins at 5:30 p.m.

Wellington is still looking for volunteers to bring their cars and distribute candy. To volunteer, or to donate candy, contact Henghold at (561) 791-4137.

Royal Palm Beach residents have a lot to look forward to with the return of the village’s FallFest starting at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28 at Veterans Park.

The event is chock-full of family-friendly events, said Assistant Recreation Director JoAnn Rowe.

“There will be crafts for children,” she said. “Children have the opportunity to make a monster mask or a ‘spooktacular’ bracelet.

Something different this year is they can decorate an inflatable scarecrow head. It’s a balloon on a ribbon and they can use magic markers to decorate it.”

In addition to crafts for the kids, there will be trick-or-treating, music by DJ Terry Harms, games

and roving entertainers such as Frankenstein’s monster on stilts.

A magic show will begin at 6:30 p.m., with a costume contest to follow at 7:15 p.m. The costume contest is divided by age group: pre-kindergarten to kindergarten, first through fifth grades, and family or group.

Additionally, there will be vendors selling fall items and food for purchase. The event is free and open to the public, and gives families the opportunity to enjoy the holiday in a safe environment.

“It’s a really popular event,” Rowe said. “We’re expecting between 1,500 and 2,000 people. It’s something the community looks forward to… It’s an opportunity for them to go out and have some fun for free.”

Overflow parking will be available outside Village Hall and the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center. Guests will be shuttled to the park via a hay wagon, which

Rowe said is often one of the most popular parts.

“It ends up being a hayride,” she said. “The kids enjoy it, and sometimes we have to ask them to get up so we can go pick up more people.”

For more information about the event, call (561) 790-5124.

Acreage residents can look forward to the return of Trunk-orTreat along Citrus Grove Blvd. starting at dusk on Saturday, Oct. 29.

The popular event occurs along Citrus Grove Blvd., but mainly around Citrus Grove Park at Avocado Blvd. The tradition began almost a decade ago, with residents in the Citrus Grove neighborhood coming together to give Acreage kids a safe place to trickor-treat.

Residents gather on the road with trunks full of candy at about 5 p.m., and children from all over The Acreage join in the festivities.

or-death situation,” Smith said.

“However, we’ve had many times when people come in and said they didn’t want to call 911 because they didn’t want to bother us. We would rather you call 911 if you don’t know the non-emergency number. We’re on the other line, and we’re going to get the deputies out there to investigate what you see. If it’s nothing, we’re OK with it. Our deputies are on the road, that’s their job. We don’t want you to think that you’re bothering us.”

Smith said she has talked herself out of making a call when she’s driving, “And I work for the sheriff’s office,” she said. “Call, but never confront them. Get as much information as you can, but never put yourself in harm’s way.”

Carino said one of the reasons people hesitate to call 911 is that

they don’t want to give their names. “If you want to call and remain anonymous, that’s fine also,” he said. “Just call and say there’s something going on here.”

Smith said the PBSO had done the same type of training for the village’s waste hauler, Republic Services, where one of the men undergoing the training told her that he had called to report a suspect he had seen running down the street. A deputy apprehended the suspect and brought him back for the Republic employee to identify, and it turned out to be someone he recognized, which put him in an awkward situation.

“When you call, let them know you want to remain anonymous if you’re worried,” Smith said. “You work in the village, a lot of us live in the village, so I don’t want you frightened about getting involved.

It’s people who get involved who actually save lives and solve burglaries.”

Smith said there are certain things that people reporting suspicious incidents need to be aware of. “Know your location and where you’re calling from,” she said, explaining that the location is necessary for the deputy to get there quickly.

“If you see a car, give us as much information as you can,” she said, adding that the most overlooked but most important information to get is the license plate number, or at least a few numbers.

Smith said home burglaries in the middle of the day are not uncommon. “If you see a van backed up to a house and people are bringing out a big-screen TV and it’s 12 noon, call us,” she said. “Very rarely do we have movers at noon on Wednesday.”

Also, if there is a situation such as a hit-and-run, Smith said they should not chase the fleeing vehicle. “We want you to be safe, but get as much information as you can and call 911,” she said.

Car burglaries are extremely widespread, she noted, explaining that if someone observes a suspected car burglary, that person is likely to have attempted or committed a hundred others that day.

She warned the trainees not to enter a building that appears to have been burglarized, because the burglar might still be in there.

“If you see a business at 6 a.m. with the door open, that’s when you call us,” Smith said. “Most importantly, we don’t want anything to happen to you.”

She encouraged park workers who walk the right-of-ways to call if they find suspicious objects such as guns or cash registers. “Don’t touch it,” Smith said. “The PBSO has an incredible DNA lab.”

Smith encouraged them to report gang activity and suspected

truants, explaining that children skipping school are usually bored and that some bide their time by breaking into cars and homes.

Workers were also briefed on how to collect suspect information, explaining that race and

clothing is important. Tattoos and scars are extremely effective means of identifying suspects, Smith added.

For more information about the Fleet Watch program, e-mail smithdiane@pbso.org.

Fleet Watch — Royal Palm Beach Public Works and Parks & Recreation employees listen to a presentation by the PBSO on the Fleet Watch program.

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PBSO Community Outreach Specialist Diane Smith explains the Fleet Watch program.

Bus Service To Breast Cancer Walk In WPB Making Strides Against Breast Cancer participants from the western communities can catch a “Put On Your Pink Bra” bus from Wellington and Royal Palm Beach for a free ride to the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, which will take place Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Meyer Amphitheatre in downtown West Palm Beach.

The walk kicks off at 9 a.m., but for residents in the western communities who are looking to start the survivor celebration early, they can catch the shuttle at two locations leaving at 7:30 a.m. Wellington Regional Medical Center is sponsoring a shuttle for survivors and will have breakfast prior to the

departure. A second shuttle will be picking up from the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center. Both shuttles will depart the Meyer Amphitheatre at noon after the walk is complete.

This year’s event encourages participants to put on their pink bras in support of those who have battled or are battling breast cancer. Thousands of participants are expected during this countywide effort to raise money and support for breast cancer research and local programs. In order to reserve your seat on the bus, contact Aversis Concepcion with the American Cancer Society at (561) 650-0145 or aversis.concepcion@cancer. org.

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An Accident Changed Her Life, But Diana Bell Rides On Diana Bell was out on a trail on May 18, 2002, when she was involved in a horse-riding accident. After spending weeks in a coma, Bell underwent extensive physical therapy and eventually recovered.

Undeterred, she star ted riding again.

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Wellington Suffers A 41-14 Loss To Park Vista

The Wellington High School varsity football team visited Park Vista High School on Frida y, Oct. 14, falling 41-14 in front of a large Cobra homecoming crowd. The sixth-ranked Cobras managed 14 points in the opening tw o minutes of the game, and mounted 27 f irst-quarter points. Page 35

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Keeping your dogs safe and happy while you’re away is the main priority and service at Chris’s Critter Care.

In business just over a year, owner Christine Hultgren has more than 30 years of dog-handling experience. Hultgren provides a specialty pet-sitting and dog-walking service to the western communities.

She makes it convenient for people who are going out of town and don’t want to leave their animals at a boarding facility. Page 27

Sports Sem Ridge Football Team Trounces Visiting John I. Leonard 56-15

The Seminole Ridge High School varsity football team topped John I. Leonard High School 56-1 5 on Friday, Oct. 14 at Callery-Judge Gr ove Stadium. Though both teams had a strong start early in the first quar ter , the Hawks (4-2) pulled away and couldn’t be caught. Page 35

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An Accident Changed Her Life, But Diana Bell Rode Again Sometimes weird things happen for no discernible reason. You can be going about your usual routine, and then, very suddenly, nothing is routine at all anymore. So it was with Diana Bell on May 18, 2002.

In 1979, Bell moved from Nashville, Tenn., to Tequesta. She had been riding horses since she was 6, with a few interruptions here and there, like college and getting married. But once in Tequesta, she knew she had to start riding again. Bell found a nice farm a few miles west, even won a ribbon or two at the local shows. Then she spent the next 15 years having five kids, and the horses were put back on hold.

In 1994, Bell and her family moved to Palm Beach Point in Wellington, and three years later, Bell was riding once more. A year later she bought her own horse, a 7-year-old chestnut Thoroughbred named Motivation. Bell rode mostly for pleasure at the nearby barn where she kept him — hunters, equitation, some dressage and trail riding. Lots of trails every afternoon.

In fact, Bell was out on a trail on May 18, 2002, when it happened. Whatever it was.

“I don’t know exactly what happened,” Bell said. “I have absolutely zero memory.”

What she does know, from others, is that Motivation made his way home to the barn, Get updates all week long... follow Ellen Rosenberg on Twitter at twitter.com/ HorseTalkFL or stop by the Tales from the Trails page on Facebook and click “like.”

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By Ellen Rosenberg alone, still all tacked up. He was scraped and looked like he’d fallen. Erika, a young girl at the barn, saw him and was concerned. She put him up, then she and her father went looking for Bell, back-tracking the horse. They found her, unconscious.

Bell was airlifted to a Fort Lauderdale hospital, and there she lie, in a coma. For three weeks, there was no change. Finally, just as they were about to transfer her to a long-term care facility, Bell managed to open her eyes for the first time. Her husband, Wyatt, was sitting by her bed.

Thrilled, he asked, “Do you know me?”

“Oh sure,” she replied. “You’re Russell Crowe.

“That was my first memory,” Bell recalled.

“Seeing him sitting by my bedside. I looked around and wondered, what am I doing in this strange bed? Why am I in prison? It was terribly confusing. I thought I was having a nightmare.”

Bell was transferred to Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital, where she underwent extensive physical therapy for about four months.

“That’s quite an experience,” she said.

“People come along and do things to you and with you.”

Bell finally made it back home in September — fully recovered, amazingly enough.

“The only thing that happens is sometimes when I’m tired, my gait gets a little funny,” she said. “But everything else is a hundred percent. I can do everything I used to do — drive, walk the dogs, ride.”

Oh yes, Diana Bell went back to riding.

Wasn’t she apprehensive about getting back on Motivation?

“Not really. I wanted to ride again. But I got some good advice from Maria, who works for me,” she said. “She suggested that I have Miss Kathie help me get started again.”

Miss Kathie is Kathie LaCroix, a trainer Bell knew and had worked with. So, for about a month or so, Bell rode a school horse at the barn and took lessons with LaCroix. Eventually, Bell was able to ride her own horse again.

Motivation had also been hurt in the accident.

It took seven to eight months for his shoulder to recuperate.

“I was never afraid to ride him again,” Bell said. “It was more like a challenge for me to feel comfortable in my own skin. I can do everything now — canter, jump and a lot of trails. I’ve even gone to a couple of the local shows, but that gets kind of expensive. Right now, I’m just enjoying riding. It’s fun to have horses as companions, an awesome thing.”

Oh yes, horses. About a year before the

‘Don’t hide or be afraid. You can get killed doing anything — walking down the street, driving to the store,’ Diana Bell said. ‘When I told Wyatt I was going to ride again, I’m sure he didn’t think it was the best thing for me. He was worried.

But I wasn’t ready to give it up.’ accident, Bell added Mikey, a large gray pony, to her herd.

“If you enjoy doing something and want to continue, just go for it,” she said. “Move forward. Life gives you lots of good things.

Don’t hide or be afraid. You can get killed doing anything — walking down the street, driving to the store. When I told Wyatt I was going to ride again, I’m sure he didn’t think it was the best thing for me. He was worried.

But I wasn’t ready to give it up.”

However, not everything is the same.

“I’m a lot more careful now; I use more caution. Before the accident, I was daredevilish. Now, I think things through more,” Bell said. “I don’t ride alone. I found a lot of people who are good and kind and want to help.

God had a lot to do with my recovery as well.

I’m grateful for every day, every little thing.”

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Mom And Dad: My First (And Still My Best) Role Models I miss my Mom and Dad, up in Wisconsin.

I call them at least once a week, but I haven’t seen them for months. It’s not their fault — I’m the one who accidentally moved to Florida. (When my first husband asked, “Want to go to Florida?” I thought he meant “for a vacation,” but evidently not.)

That was 38 years ago, and I still entertain thoughts of moving back.

In the first place, no one leaves Wisconsin.

They leave New York, but they don’t leave Wisconsin. It’s too nice up there. It’s leafy and green, and you can walk barefoot in the grass without things stinging, biting or wrapping themselves around your leg. And, yes, the sky isn’t blue every single day — it’s often gray. Personally, I find gray to be easier on Get your Sonic Boomer humor every day!

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The Sonic BOOMER the eyes than retina-searing sunlight day after day, but blue is evidently the politically correct color for skies, so I’m never going to win that argument.

In the second place, my parents are wonderful people. They have more friends than most high school seniors — not Facebook friends but real friends. They are always being invited to restaurants and golf outings and plays and movies, but they often have to decline because the invitations pile up on one another. Plus, they have four kids clamoring for their attention and this thing about honor-

ing the old and visiting the sick. They do this kind of charity work at least once a week, and then, on top of that, they go to the Y. Dad swims; Mom takes exercise classes. They take care of themselves and others.

They really are model parents.

I often think that, while I’m sitting on the couch with a bag of chips and a soda, watching Judge Judy scream at miscreants and wondering who is going to empty the dishwasher.

“Mom and Dad really take care of themselves,” I say as I reach over to pick up an errant chip that has bounced off my stomach and landed on the rug. “I should be more like them,” I add as I pop the fuzzy chip into my mouth.

Burp!

No, I’m not that bad. (I would never burp out loud.) But I could certainly do a better job about improving myself and making the world a nicer place for others. I could strike soda from my diet, exercise more, play cards with people down at the old-age home and bring banana bread to shut-ins.

These are thoughts my parents have no doubt already entertained. But they’re so darn good that they would never dream of saying, “You are so hungry you have to eat potato chips off the floor, Debbie?” or “Why don’t you get up off your fat, lazy rear end and empty the dishwasher today?” or “Great-Aunt Edna broke her leg and lives three miles from you. Do ya think you could drive over to see her?”

That kind of restraint is why they have a million friends. It’s why their children are constantly begging them to visit. And it’s why I wax nostalgic, especially when the weather cools down and reminds me of Wisconsin.

Any time you have two great people (who happen to love you!) and mix them together with memories of crisp autumn days at home, you’ve got a pretty good definition of “homesick.”

There’s only one solution short of airfare — I need to bake an apple pie.

And maybe another for Great-Aunt Edna.

New Version Of ‘Footloose’ Far Better Than Most Remakes I did not want to like the new movie version of Footloose. I have complained openly about lack of creativity pushing Hollywood to abandon creativity and instead work to fulfill its apparent new slogan, “Imitation is the sincerest form of profit-making.” Yet I found myself tapping my toes and enjoying the new movie.

It is so well done that it is irresistible.

The original 1984 film snuck up on everyone. It was a small movie about a young outsider coming into a little town where public dancing was forbidden and works to change the mind-set. Most people had not heard of cast members (yet), but they were exceptional: Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Sarah Jessica Parker. And then there were the songs: “Footloose” (the title song), “Let’s Hear it for the Boy,” “Almost Paradise” and “Holding Out For a Hero,” all of which were huge hits.

The new film has all the publicity that Paramount and MTV, the production companies, could create. It is slick. And it is a lot of fun.

Casting is also good. Kenny Wormald (Ren) is a professional dancer and shows his ability.

The part calls for him to dance out his emo-

Wellington Chamber Lunch Set For Oct. 26 The Wellington Chamber of Commerce will host a luncheon Wednesday, Oct. 26 at the Wanderers Club (1900 Aero Club Drive). Registration is at 11:30 a.m., and the luncheon begins promptly at noon.

The featured speakers will be Rick Vymlatil and Vicki Chouris of the South Florida Fair. Vymlatil is president and CEO, and Chouris is vice president and chief operating officer. They will discuss the fair’s history and its upcoming 100th anniversary in January, as well as the fair’s standing in the community. This includes Yesteryear Village, which will

‘I’ On CULTURE

By Leonard Wechsler tions in two different scenes: one at the start of the movie as he puts together an old car and then in a dance of fury at an old warehouse. In the first movie, parts of the dance were done by a dance double and the audience saw shadows on a wall rather than the actor. In this film, everything was close up enough to build the tension. Julianne Hough of Dancing With the Stars fame was a charming Ariel, able to dance brilliantly, as expected, but bringing in a great deal of personal charm as the tormented young woman as well.

In this film, dancing is forbidden because a handful of kids had died a few years earlier driving home drunk from a dance. The key to the film’s plot is the minister, Ariel’s father.

be in the middle of hosting the annual Spookyville event, followed by Holidays in the Village in December.

Luncheon seating is limited to 150.

The cost to attend is $20 for Wellington Chamber members with RSVP and $25 for members with no RSVP and $30 for the general public.

To purchase tickets, call the chamber at (561) 792-6525 or visit www.wellingtonchamber.com.

Benefit For Infant Oct. 22 In RPB A group of Royal Palm Beach Elementary School teachers will host a garage sale Saturday, Oct. 22 at 7 a.m. to support their former colleague Ashley Orozco and her husband Bryan, who have been struggling to

Dennis Quaid is superb in the role. Although in some ways he could have been seen as the villain, preventing young people from dancing, he focused not on biblical fire and brimstone but on the desire of parents, including himself, to protect their children from harm.

And, even better, the filmmakers clearly demonstrate that even Ren understands that. The discussions between the two men bring out far more light than heat, making the movie more powerful.

Two actors in smaller roles, Miles Teller and Ziah Colon, are delightful. They provide a perfect comedy touch as Willard and Rusty, the secondary leads. Teller in particular is a joy as the clumsy friend, introducing the outsider Ren to everyone else, while Colon is particularly touching as she tries to steer Ariel clear of trouble. Andie MacDowell as Quaid’s wife is charming in a small but pivotal role.

Even nicer, she shows her age, and she has become even more beautiful than she was as a young model. The adults are not simply caricatures.

One of the best changes in the movie is the inclusion of all ethnicities. Kevin Bacon has

pay mounting hospital bills after the birth of their son Aiden. The garage sale will take place at the couple’s home at 123 Waterway Road in Royal Palm Beach.

Ashley and Bryan have recently returned to a local hospital after spending the last seven months living at the Ronald McDonald House in Miami while Aiden has been receiving care at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Aiden, 9 months old, was born premature with a number of undiagnosed, complex and mysterious health problems.

Ashley left her teaching position to move to Miami and help care for her son while Bryan, a Palm Beach County School District employee, commuted to work almost every day to West Palm Beach from Miami.

joked that when his producers decided to add the great dance finale of the first movie, they hired “every white break dancer in the country.” This film reflects America. The kids and adults are of all races and blend beautifully.

That Colon is a Latina and Teller is not is not even considered worthy of comment. They like each other; that is enough, and that is as it should be.

There was one particular song that was particularly charming in the original, “Let’s Hear it for the Boy,” as its Willard, Chris Penn, learns how to dance. Here, a group of little girls, using a Barbie amplifier, sing the song as they start teaching him. As the father of daughters, I began to melt. It was a lovely moment, supporting a really good song.

So, in summary, yes, the movie is derivative. But, for a change, it actually surpasses the original. The dancing is better, and the script is more precise and specific, making certain the audience understands the characters. I liked the film. It will probably not even be mentioned when it comes time for the end of year awards, but it provides a nice couple of hours at the theater.

For more information, or for anyone who would like to donate but is unable to attend the garage sale, call Bruce Saultzer at (812) 345-1402.

RPB Grandparent Support Group To Meet Oct. 26 A support group for grandparents whose grandchildren have disabilities meets the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Denny’s restaurant in Royal Palm Beach (300 Civic Center Way). The next meeting will take place Wednesday, Oct. 26.

All are invited to join the group for support and to share any questions or concerns you may have re-

garding your loved one. Discussion could involve parenting/grandparenting techniques, education, biomedical research, therapies, how to support your child who has a child with a disability or anything in between.

The group provides an opportunity for a non-denominational atmosphere; sharing common feelings and experiences with others facing the same challenges; getting informed about local resources in the community; and developing a social support network. The group facilitators are Laura Germaine and Randi Solomon.

There is no cost to attend the meeting. For additional information, call Germaine at (954) 531-8743 or Solomon at (561) 541-6951.

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Chris’s Critter Care Offers A Variety Of Pet-Care Services

By Jessica Gregoire Town-Crier Staff Report Keeping your dogs safe and happy while you’re away is the main priority and service at Chris’s Critter Care.

In business just over a year, owner Christine Hultgren has more than 30 years of dog-handling experience.

Based in Wellington, Hultgren provides a specialty pet-sitting and dog-walking service to the western communities. She makes it convenient for people who are going out of town and don’t want to leave their animals at a boarding facility.

Hultgren makes the process easier by watching the dogs in the comfort and security of their own home.

“I check up on the animals as many times a day needed,” she explained.

“The owners provide me with a key so that I can go in and out as many times as needed to check up on their pets when they’re gone.”

Hultgren watches all types of animals and feeds, walks and provides them with whatever service needed. She established Chris’s Critter Care after realizing the need for a dog-walking and dog-sitting service in the community.

“I figured that I might as well open up a pet service since I take

care of dogs all day long anyway,” she said. “I believe it was meant to be for me to start this business.”

Hultgren is an owner of three dogs and is experienced in taking care of all types of animals. Since she was a child growing up in Milwaukee, Wis., Hultgren has had a love for all animals. “My father was always an animal lover,” she said.

“I grew up with dogs.”

Hultgren remembers her mother buying her Tweedy, her first pet bird as a child. “She took me to Woolworth,” Hultgren reminisced. “I wanted this blue and white Parakeet, and she bought it for me. I had him for seven years.”

Hultgren enjoys taking care of other people’s pets. “The love and affection that they give you from just seeing you every day is so gratifying,” she said. “I have so much love for the animals that I visit, and sometimes I actually don’t want to leave. I want to stay with them, but I can’t stay overnight.”

When a pet owner first contacts Hultgren, she arranges a meeting with them and their pet to discuss what their pet’s needs are. Hultgren determines the type of service the client needs from the amount of times a day the pet needs to be

checked on to the way they are fed.

Hultgren is diligent in determining everything a pet needs while it is under her supervision. “Once we had to watch a 3-pound Chihuahua who had a broken jaw,” she recalled.

“So we had to hand-feed the dog because it would not eat for us.”

Hultgren understands that many pet owners cannot displace their pets, and that many kennels or petboarding facilities are expensive and uncomfortable for some pets.

Whether a pet owner needs a week or a day, Chris’s Critter Care is there to help. Pet owners who own multiple animals are taken care of as well.

“Even though cats, for example, are independent, we still have to watch over them,” Hultgren said.

“We check in the litter box, and we make sure they have food and if the house is secure. But it all depends on the kind of pet it is.”

Hultgren also sells equipment for dogs such as a new product she invented called Can the Barking Dog, which stops unruly and annoying barking.

For more information about Chris’s Critter Care, call (561) 7955164 or visit the company’s web site at www.chrisscrittercare.com.

(Above) Christine Hultgren, owner of Chris’s Critter Care, a Wellington-based company offering a wide variety of pet-sitting services.

(Inset) Christine Hultgren’s dog Bandit.

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Palm Tran Hires Charles Frazier As Assistant Director Palm Tran, Palm Beach County’s public transportation service, has announced the hiring of a new member of its management team. Joining Palm Tran as assistant director is Charles Frazier.

Frazier began his career with Palm Beach County 11 years ago with the Department of Community Services before accepting a promotion and moving to Information System Services in 2004. Most recently, Frazier served as Director of Electronic Services and Security for Facilities Development and Operations.

Frazier started his professional career as an English language consultant in Japan working for the Japanese Education Consulate. He has earned certifications from Microsoft, Cisco Systems and from the Project Management Institute as a project management professional.

Frazier is a member of Palm Beach County’s Learning Council Leadership Program.

Frazier graduated from Gonzaga University with a bachelor’s degree

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Charles Frazier in business administration specializing in management information systems and finance.

For more information about Palm Tran, including maps and schedules, visit www .pbcgov. com/palmtran.

BUSINESS NEWS

Ginader, Tasini Appointed To CFC Board Of Directors

Two Palm Beach County child advocates who are passionate about the safety and well-being of at-risk children have been appointed to the Child & Family Connections (CFC) Board of Directors.

Barbara Ginader, who divides her time between Florida and Massachusetts, has had a lifelong interest in supporting education for young people, especially when it comes to giving back to the community. Ginader combines her professional life as an investment banker with experience as a former member of her college board of trustees, along with working on securing private initiatives for Boston public schools. She currently serves as general partner for Boston Ventures Management Inc. Helping those who can’t always help themselves is just one of many reasons Oren Tasini has joined CFC’s board of directors. Tasini first became involved with at-risk children while a member of Leadership Palm Beach County’s Class of 2011.

His team worked to secure mentoring and employment opportunities for CFC’s foster youth through local business partnerships. Tasini

Barbara Ginader

Oren Tasini

concentrates in the areas of corporate, commercial and automotive law with Haile Shaw & Pfaffenberger PA in West Palm Beach.

CFC Executive Director Judith Karim and Board President Joseph Ackerman both welcome Ginader and Tasini.

“Adding these incredible child advocates only serves to strengthen the way our board governs as we continue with our comprehensive system of care for Palm Beach

County’s most vulnerable children,” Karim said.

As the lead agency for community-based care in Palm Beach County, Child & Family Connections is charged with management of the organization, enhancement, coordination and oversight of foster care and related services to ensure the safety and security of its children and families. For more information, call (561) 352-2500 or visit its web site at www.cfcpbc.org.

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Fox Rothschild’s Ries Receives Awards From Legal Organizations Heather Ries, an attorney in Fox Rothschild’s West Palm Beach office, recently received two awards for her exceptional community service.

Ries was presented with an outstanding service award by the president of the Palm Beach Chapter of the federal Bar Association at the chapter’s luncheon Sept. 23. Ries was honored for her service as membership chair of the chapter.

In her position, Ries reviews upcoming membership expirations, promotes renewal of membership to existing members and assists with orientation of new members. Membership for the chapter has increased by 11 percent during Ries’ tenure as chair.

On Sept. 27, Ries was honored by the Bankruptcy Bar Association, Southern District of Florida, with its Distinguished Service Award for 2010-11. As the director-at-large of the association, Ries established, organized and participated in monthly pro se bankruptcy clinics and planned social events throughout Palm Beach County.

Ries focuses her practice in matters related to bankruptcy and financial recovery workouts, including commercial litigation, consumer law and creditors’ remedies, bankruptcy and insolvency. She has represented Chapter 11 debtors-in-possession, receivers, creditors and bankruptcy trustees in matters of corporate restructuring, orderly liquidation, bankruptcy-related litigation and debtor-creditor relations.

Ries is an active member of a number of organizations, including the American Bankruptcy Institute, the George Washington Alumni Association and the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation. She received her juris doctorate, cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law in 2002 and her bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from George Washington University in 1999.

Fox Rothschild LLP is a full-service law firm built to serve business leaders. Over the past 100 years, it has grown to more than 500 lawyers in 16 offices coast to coast.

Clients come to Fox Rothschild be-

Heather Ries cause of their understanding of the issues, their priorities and the way they think. They help clients manage risk and make better decisions by offering practical, innovative advice. For more information, visit www.foxrothschild.com.

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D’Edge Media Uses Technology To Help Clients Achieve Goals D’Edge Media is a multifaceted company on the cutting edge of technology.

Based in Royal Palm Beach, the company helps businesses, ministries, churches and organizations develop concepts for marketing, print collaterals, event promotions, advertising campaigns, e-marketing and web development solutions that provide them the ability to achieve their ultimate goals.

These goals are accomplished through the use of technology, communication, marketing and design.

“We are a visual communication company with a background in advertising, marketing and promotions,” co-founder Rick McCalla said. “Our philosophy is about fresh, motivated ideas that work in many new ways. Having to live in an everchanging economy, these challenging times have taught us how to combine, redefine and resolve a client’s ideas by design.”

D’Edge Media is a family-run business that brings a high level of professionalism, quality, creativity and experience to every project it develops.

Over the years, the company has built an impressive portfolio for producing programs and marketing collaterals that are contemporary and tasteful.

“Team members pride themselves on their ability to listen to a client’s thoughts and ideas,” D’Edge Media co-founder Rosmond McCalla said.

Through a research process of each business or organization it works with, D’Edge Media develops solutions that are insightful and relatable. Through this process D’Edge Media is able to generate results that are valuable to its clients.

For additional information about D’Edge Media, call (561) 290-6630 or visit the company’s web site at www.dedgemedia.com.

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South Florida Science Museum Marks 50th Anniversary Have you ever looked in the mouth of an Ice Age mastodon, touched a 232-pound meteorite or been up close and personal with a shark? As you peer through the glass of the aquariums or enjoy a planetarium show at the South Florida Science Museum, you can also discover the many other exciting offerings that have amazed the community over the past 50 years.

On Saturday, Oct. 22, the community is invited to celebrate 50 years of science at the museum’s “Fabulous 50th Birthday Celebration.” The museum is offering 50 percent off admission prices for the day.

“Our museum makes lasting memories and is well loved by all who live here,” South Florida Science Museum President Lew Crampton said. “We’ve come a long way in the last 50 years. Now it’s time for us to throw a big party and step purposefully into our second 50 years by serving the public and educating our children to become the scientists and engineers of tomorrow. On this day we’ll have fun, take time to celebrate where we’ve been, and say thank you to all those who’ve supported us in years gone by.”

Founded and incorporated in 1959 by the Junior League of the Palm Beaches, the South Florida Science Museum opened in 1961 as

a learning environment specific to natural science and natural history.

In 1964, a new wing housing the planetarium opened, originally dedicated by and named after astronaut Buzz Aldrin. In 1971, a third phase of the facility was unveiled, more than doubling the floor space of the museum to its current size, adding exhibit space, classrooms, an auditorium and organizational support areas. The institution eventually became known as the Science Museum and Planetarium of Palm Beach County, and in the 1980s was renamed the South Florida Science Museum, reflecting the organization’s increasingly broad subject matter, educational purpose and geographic appeal.

In 2008, the planetarium and Motorola Theater were completely renovated and renamed through the support of the Dekelboum Family Foundation. The rapid growth of the science museum is testament to the significant role that it assumed, and continues to fulfill, within the community, serving as an educational and cultural resource for visitors of all ages and backgrounds.

As the museum looks forward to the next 50 years, expansion plans are in the works, with a capital campaign set to launch this fall. Visionary plans will double the current size of the saltwater and freshwater aquarium space as well as offer a

The South Florida Science Museum is offering 50 percent off the cost of admission during its 50th anniversar y celebration on Satur day, Oct. 22. new traveling exhibition hall to showcase top new exhibits, a prizewinning permanent dinosaur exhibition and an interactive Everglades Exploratorium.

To mark the golden milestone during the Fabulous 50th Birthday Celebration, guests can enjoy a piece of birthday cake as they look at how the museum has changed over the past 50 years and also offer their memories in a guest book that will be displayed. While exploring the museum’s exhibits, including the newest traveling exhibit robotics, guests can also take part in many “scien-terrific” crafts and ac-

tivities as well as special giveaways.

The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is open to the public. Food and activities are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Planetarium shows and miniature golf are not included with admission.

Leading up to the birthday party event, museum fans can light a candle in their name, or in honor or memory of a loved one, on the museum’s virtual birthday cake. With a $50 donation to the museum, donors will be included on one of the candles on the museum’s “birthday cake” featured on its web site.

The South Florida Science Museum is located at 4801 Dreher Trail North in West Palm Beach. The museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.

Museum admission is $11.95 for adults, $10.45 for seniors 62 and older, $8.95 for children ages 3-12, and free for museum members and children under 3. Admission to the Fabulous 50th Birthday Celebration is 50 percent off for the day.

For more information, call (561) 832-1988 or visit www.sfsm.org.

P.B. Photographic Centre Announces Upcoming Exhibitions Fatima NeJame, president and chief executive officer of the worldrenowned Palm Beach Photographic Centre, has announced several upcoming exhibitions.

“Flowers & Gardens” and “Album” will be on display Nov. 9-26.

“Flowers & Gardens” includes photographs from a future book on Palm Beach’s hidden gardens, featuring the work of Robert Glenn Ketchum and Raymond Gehman.

“Album” is an exhibition of local photographers, with contributions

by Jim Abernethy, Diana Barrett, Barron Collier II, Alex W. Dreyfoos, Christopher Liedy, Barbara Macklowe, Jean Matthews, Tommy Morrison and Bill Pannill. The opening reception for “Flowers & Gardens” and “Album” will take place Wednesday, Nov. 9 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

From Nov. 30 through Dec. 30, Palm Beach Photographic Centre will feature “Images of Science.”

Presented by the Max Planck Florida Foundation, the exhibit comprises 40 striking photos of scientific research from around the world.

The exhibits continue into 2012 with “Full of Grace,” a journey through the history of childhood, on display Jan. 16 through March 17.

Curated by Ray Merritt, this exhibition will chronicle the role of children from Queen Victoria to today, featuring more than 200 works of art, both photography and sculpture, from five private collectors. NeJame calls this exhibition “our most ambitious show to date.” Several panel presentations on this exhibition will be presented during the run.

The opening reception for “Full of Grace” will take place Thursday, Jan. 26 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Opening March 21 and continuing through June 9 is “Wynn & Edna Bullock,” featuring works from the noted 20th-century photographers. This stunning exhibition will include a selection of contemporary archival pigment on paper estate prints (black and white) as well as a group of original Wynn Bullock prints covering the entire range of his creative photography, from the early experimental work to his last body of abstract imagery.

A selection of Edna’s black-andwhite prints will provide a complementary attraction to Wynn’s work.

The exhibit also includes the entire 44-piece color light abstraction traveling show, and even a few larger (40” x 60”) color prints. This is only the second time this entire body of

work has been shown. The opening reception for “Wynn & Edna Bullock” will take place Wednesday, March 21 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., followed by a panel discussion led by Wynn and Edna’s daughter Barbara Bullock Wilson, along with Dr. Richard Zakia and Gordon Brown.

There are two exhibitions currently on display now through Nov. 5 at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre — “The View Project” and “FOTOcamp 2011.”

Edited by Joyce Tennyson, “The View Project” showcases work by 70 international photographers that attempt to reveal something about each photographer’s inner life — images that are personal and powerful, yet perhaps not clearly understood, even to the viewer/photographer. There will be a special reception on Friday, Nov. 2 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., followed by a lecture by Tennyson at 7:30 p.m.

“FOTOcamp 2011” features numerous moving and magical images captured by children and teens who participated in one of three special FOTOcamp sessions last June and July.

The Palm Beach Photographic Centre is located at the downtown City Center municipal complex at

A painting by Sally Gall from “The View Project.”

415 Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday

and Saturday. For more information, call (561) 253-2600 or visit www. workshop.org or www.fotofusion. org.

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Sem Ridge Football Team Trounces John I. Leonard 56-15

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The Seminole Ridge High School varsity football team topped John I. Leonard High School 56-15 on Friday, Oct. 14 at Callery-Judge Grove Stadium.

Though both teams had a strong start early in the first quarter, the Hawks (4-2) pulled away and couldn’t be caught.

Seminole Ridge scored early, and an extra-point kick made the score

7-0. But the Lancers responded shortly thereafter with a touchdown and successful extra-point kick to tie the score 7-7 The two teams continued to battle in the first half of the quarter until the Hawks broke the stand-off to score three touchdowns in about four minutes. The score was 28-7 going into the second quarter.

Though the Lancers fought to catch up, crucial mistakes cost them points. With about five minutes left

Hawk Alex Santacroce takes down a Lancer ball carrier.

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in the half, John I. Leonard scored a touchdown that was called back because of a penalty.

On the next play, the Hawks intercepted a pass to take control of the ball on about the 35 yard line with three minutes left in the half.

Seminole Ridge used those minutes to its advantage, slowly moving up the field. With 9 seconds left before halftime, a pass by quarterback Antwan Washington found Darian Williams in the end zone for a touchdown. An extra-point kick made the score 35-7 going into halftime.

John I. Leonard got a chance to score early in the third quarter when Seminole Ridge fumbled the ball on the opening play. However, the Lancers lost control of the ball on their possession, which was recovered by Kevin Jerome.

With about 6 minutes left in the quarter, Alex Santacroce caught a 48-yard pass, finishing his run on the one-yard line. Justin Keip ran in the ball for a touchdown, and an extra-point kick made the score 427.

The Hawks scored twice more, while holding the Lancers to only one more touchdown and a 2-point conversion to end the game 56-15.

The Hawks host Palm Beach Gardens on Friday, Oct. 21 for a 7 p.m. game.

Seminole Ridge’s Jared Skinner lines up a kick.

Hawk Elie Turene carries the ball down the field.

Wellington Football Team Suffers 41-14 Loss To Park Vista

By Gene Nardi Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington High School varsity football team visited Park Vista High School on Friday, Oct. 14, falling 41-14 in front of a large Cobra homecoming crowd.

The sixth-ranked Cobras managed 14 points in the opening two minutes of the game, and mounted 27 first-quarter points.

On Wellington’s second play, Park Vista defensive back Shane Bussey intercepted a Wolverine pass 38 yards for the game’s first score. The Wolverines started their second possession deep in their own red zone. The Cobra defense forced a Wolverine punt. Punter Joseph Bugeja had to leap up for a high snap, Cobra defensive back D’Andre Coleman blocked the kick, and recovered it in the Wolverine end zone to double the lead at 14.

Park Vista later capitalized on a Wellington fumble to gain possession in Wolverine territory. Cobra quarterback Qwad Martin ran 24 yards up the center for Park Vista’s third touchdown, but Alec Frear’s point after failed, leaving the score at 20-0. The Cobras would mount another strike when Martin connected with running back Adrian Cer-

Wellington High School’s Tyler Vanacore runs a quarterback keeper to the outside for a big gain. rato on a 34-yard pass, making the score 27-0.

The Wellington defense seemed to settle in the second quarter, forcing a Cobra punt and an interception, but could not produce enough offense to earn the score. Park Vista’s defense kept the Wolverine offense off balance, forcing mistakes.

Martin would score again for the Cobras when he dissected the Wellington defense, breaking tackles, then sprinting to a 54-yard run down

the right sideline to end the first half at 34-0.

The third quarter was scoreless, as solid defensive play from both sides denied any opportunity. Wellington did manage to outscore Park Vista in the fourth quarter, but it was too little, too late.

The fourth period opened up when Wolverine quarterback Tyler Vanacore hit receiver Kemar Downer on an 8-yard pass to make the score 34-7. Park Vista answered

Wellington’s Jake Gior dano closes in on Park Vista’s Nelyja Floyd.

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back with a score of their own. Cobra receiver Hugens Ulysse caught a 14-yard pass from quarterback Shane Bussey to make the score 417. Wellington, determined to put more points up, put together a solid drive. Wolverine running back Grant Smallridge broke several tackles up the middle, then scampered 34 yards for the touchdown, making the final score 41-14.

Park Vista’s Martin threw for a touchdown and scored two. The

Cobra offense tallied more than 300 yards of total offense. Wellington put together more than 200 yards of total offense and eight first downs. Smallridge had seven carries for 40 yards, and Vanacore had 39 yards rushing. Downer had two receptions for 33 yards.

Park Vista remains undefeated, and Wellington is 1-5 for the season. The Wolverines will host Jupiter on Friday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. for the Wolverines’ homecoming game.

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WHS Lady Wolverines Capture District 19 Golf Championship On a day straight out of any British Open Championship, the high school girls District 19 Golf Championship matches were played on Monday, Oct. 17 at the Madison Green Golf Club in Royal Palm Beach. The term “blustery conditions” doesn’t even come close to describing what the girls endured.

Given the weather, it was only appropriate that the matches were contested on Madison Green’s links-style golf course. According to club president Todd Schoenwetter, the course was originally designed to emulate courses in Scotland and Ireland — and on this day it did not disappoint.

The team from Wellington High School successfully defended their championship, taking top honors for the third year in a row. The Lady Wolverines carded a 367, led by sophomore Janelle Johnson’s 82.

Finishing second was Seminole Ridge High School, with a total score of 391. Third place went to the team from William T. Dwyer High School, with a score of 435.

Those three teams, along with the top three individual players whose teams did not advance, will move on to the regional finals Monday, Oct. 24 at Ironhorse Country Club, where they will compete with final-

ists from other districts for a chance to advance to the state championship matches.

Royal Palm Beach High School’s Ashley Alzate finished her round with a 78, the only player to break 80, to take top individual honors.

The day started out wet and became increasingly soggy until play was halted temporarily at 9:30 a.m.

The final grouping, from Forest Hill High School, had just hit their tee shots when club pro Mark Rogers called the girls back in. “With water standing on the greens, the course was simply unplayable,” Rogers said.

The first group, which had started at 8:04 a.m., had completed six holes when play was suspended.

“We knew Tuesday wouldn’t be any better,” Rogers said, “so we told the girls to sit tight and hope for a break in the weather.”

That break came at 11 a.m., and play resumed with golfers being shuttled back to their previous positions on the course. They were not greeted by clear skies, but the rain had let up enough to allow play to resume.

What had started as an evenly spaced match (the groups teed off 10 minutes apart) suddenly had the look of I-95 at rush hour; with

groups of golfers waiting on the tee box as two, sometimes three, groups played the same hole ahead of them.

“To say it was a long day would be an understatement,” WHS head coach Laurie Bawinkle said, “but we were proud of all the girls for hanging in there.”

The final grouping completed their round in light but steady rain at just after 5 p.m., with parents, coaches and golfers cheering them on.

Bawinkle, along with the rest of the coaches, heaped praise on the staff at Madison Green Golf Club.

“We can’t thank the folks at Madison Green enough for their hospitality, and for sticking with us all day. They deserve a trophy for their efforts,” Bawinkle said. “Had we not been here, I’m sure they would have closed the course and given everyone the day off. But they hung in there with us for the entire nineplus hours it took to complete the matches and treated us like we were the most important people in the world.”

Everyone pitched in and went above and beyond, she said. “From the guys in the cart barn who made sure all of the coaches had dry carts, to Mark Rogers, who was our official tabulator, to the marketing di-

WHS Golf Champs — Allison Parssi, Mary Dixon, head coach Laurie Bawinkle, Kaci Bennett, assistant coach Janet Lisle, Bridge t Green and Janelle Johnson rector, who personally delivered hot lunches, to the golfers and coaches out on the course and the kitchen staff, who prepared more than 30 lunches on short notice, it was just a tremendous effort on their part,”

Bawinkle said. “Our hats are off to everyone at Madison Green.”

Madison Green has been the site of many high-level matches, but this one, Schoenwetter noted, “will go down in history.”

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WAVE U-10 SOCCER BOYS SUPPORT BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

Wildcat Dancers — (L-R) Lorida Jimenez, Tatyana Blackmon, Jazzy Flores, Loren Estebanez, Zenia Fermin, Kim Benventa, coach Michele Blecher, Paulena Wermuth (co-captain), Chary Baez (captain), Summer Rosencrantz, Samira Amivora and Bri Gribble.

RPBHS Dancers Perform In Honor Hispanic Heritage The Wildcat Dancers, under the direction of master teacher and choreographer Michele Blecher, wowed the audience who attended the Hispanic Heritage celebration Friday, Oct. 14 at the Fulton-Holland Educational Services Center in Palm Springs.

The dancers danced a Cha Cha production routine to the song “Loca.” The choreography and dramatic costumes both added to the

excitement of the Wildcat Dancers’ performance.

The Wildcat Dancers are looking forward to their next performance on Thursday, Oct. 27 at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s wine and cheese gala. The dancers and Blecher would like to thank Royal Palm Beach High School Principal Jesus Armas, the school staff and the dance parents for their overflow of support.

The Wellington Wave U-10 boys blue travel soccer team did their share to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The boys wore pink wristbands, and one player wore pink socks. Pictured above are (front row, L-R) Joey Pinto, Matthew Sample, Sam Falzone Jr., Stanley Nicolas, Jose Rodriguez and Callum Cleary; coach Gaston Rouille, Giovanni Fraser, Ian Prado, Joseph Corallo, Tyler Garey and coach Gus Betzer.

Seminole Ridge Swimmers Excel At Meet The Seminole Ridge High School boys swim team competed in a swim meet Oct. 6. Park Vista’s boys came in first, with the Hawks finishing second and third to end the meet with a score of 88-90, Cobras.

Taylor Godfrey finished a close second place in the 500-meter freestyle with her time of 6:29.41 (a full 15.5 seconds faster than ever before). Robert Botkin secured first place in both the 200 individual with his time of 2:22.84 and the 100 butterfly with his time of 1:05.09. Levi Coleman finished second for the 100 butterfly with his time of 1:08.28, and Jesse Valiente completed the 500 free, also for a close second, with his best time ever. The SRHS boys 200 free relay of Kane Camacho, Ethan Dennis, Daniel Specian and Shane Walker secured first place with a new best time of 1:46.19. The girls 200 free relay also finished with their best time and first place for Danielle Davis, Taylor Hess, Savannah Kowalski and Michelle Ward. Other first-place finishes included David Freund in diving, Brittany Godfrey in the 100 breaststroke and Katherine Rawls in the 200 individual medley.

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Saturday, Oct. 22 • The United Nations Women will hold its fourth annual Step Out to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls Walk on Saturday, Oct. 22 at Okeeheelee Park. The walk will begin at the Micanopy Pavilion. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., and the walk starts at 8:15 a.m. The cost is $15 for adults and $10 for students. For additional information, call (561) 685-1308 or visit www. unwomen-usnc.org/eastflevents.

• The Audubon Society of the Everglades will host a Bird Walk on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 8 a.m. at Frenchman’s Forest in Palm Beach Gardens. For more info., call Linda Humphries at (561) 742-7791.

• The ninth annual “Howl at the Moon” party will be held Saturday, Oct. 22 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Wellington Dog Park (2975 Greenbriar Blvd.). The event will kick off with a dog costume contest, hats by Decorative Dog Hats’ Lucy Lanning and “bark painting” by Jan Levy. Other activities include pictures with your pet, pet adoptions, $15 microchip implantations, portraits painted by your pet, face painting, trick-ortreat bags for the dogs and refreshments.

For more info., call Dr. Marc Pinkwasser at Courtyard Animal Hospital at (561) 784PETS. • Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will host “Food Day Inf ormation and Game Station” on Saturday, Oct. 22 from noon to 3 p.m. There is no charge.

Dietitians from the Palm Beach County Health Department and the Palm Beach Dietetic Association will talk about Food Day principles and test your produce knowledge.

Visit www.foodday.org to learn more about national Food Day. No registration is necessary. Call (561) 904-4015 for more info.

• The Wellington High School Varsity Lacrosse Program will sponsor a golf tournament Saturday, Oct. 22 at 1 p.m. at Mayacoo Lakes Country Club. The entry fee for each foursome is $600 and includes golf and dinner at Mayacoo, contests and oncourse beverages. Proceeds will help the WHS lacrosse program and the Make a Wish Foundation. For more info., call Tarra Olsen at (561) 718-4735.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will feature a “Health Starts Here Tour & Demonstration” on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 2 to 4 p.m. Join Healthy Eating Specialist Cheryl Kobal for a store tour, followed by a live cooking demonstration using recipes that utilize plant-strong ingre-

dients. There is no charge. Pre-register at customer service or call (561) 904-4000 for more info.

• The Palms West Chamber of Commerce and the Village of Wellington will present the annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct 22 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Village Park (11700 Pierson Road). Activities include haunted hallways, bounce houses, door-to-door trick or treating, a costume contest, hay rides and more. For more info., call (561) 7914005.

• The Wellington Rotary Club will host its fundraising gala “A Night to Remember” on Saturday, Oct. 22 at Breakers West Golf & Country Club (1550 Flagler Parkway, West Palm Beach), honoring news anchor Jim Sackett. For more info., call Maggie Zeller at (561) 615-1656 or (561) 715-9262.

• The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach) will feature Brundibár on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Dreyfoos Concert Hall. For more info., visit www.kravis.org or call (561) 832-7469.

Sunday, Oct. 23 • The Wellington Runners Club and the Village of Wellington will host the seventh annual Horse Country 10-Miler on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 7:15 a.m. through Wellington’s equestrian and aeronautical communities.

Returning to the race is Sebastian’s 5K Run/Walk, which will start in front of New Horizons Elementary School (13900 Greenbriar Blvd.). Registration is $25 in advance or $30 on race day. Sebastian’s 5K Run/ Walk is $20 in advance or $25 on race day.

Race day registration begins at 5:45 a.m.

Pre-registration is available online at Active. com or www.wellingtonrunners.org. Forms are available at FIT2RUN in the Mall at Wellington Green, the Wellington Community Center or Village Park. For more info., call Eric Juckett at (561) 753-2497.

• St. Michael Evangelical Lutheran Church (1925 Birkdale Drive, Wellington) will host a Trunk or Treat on Sunday, Oct. 23 in the church parking lot for ages pre-school through sixth grade, with a party from 4 to 6:15 p.m. and Trunk or Treat from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. All vehicle participants will need to arrive at the church by 6 p.m. to get in place. Call Mara Haines at (561) 798-9828 for more info.

Monday, Oct. 24 • The second annual Wellington Pap Corps Tennis & Golf Outing will take place See CALENDAR, page 39

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR CALENDAR, continued from page 38 Monday, Oct. 24 at the Wanderers Club at Wellington to benefit cancer research. Tickets cost $65 to $185 and are available for tennis, golf, golf and tennis combined, or just to enjoy the food and festivities. Call (561) 333-8858 for more info.

Tuesday, Oct. 25 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host “Caring for the Caregiver” Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. A representative of Hospice of Palm Beach County will help provide support and guidance for family members who care for a loved one.

Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach Community Band will perform Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center (151 Civic Center Way). Refreshments will be served during intermission. For more info., call (561) 790-5149.

Wednesday, Oct. 26 • Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will host “5 Percent Day for Habitat for Humanity” on Wednesday, Oct. 26 from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Five percent of net sales will benefit Habitat for Humanity PBC. Call (561) 904-4015 for more info.

• Hair wiz (7750 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 13, West Palm Beach) will host a cut-athon to help local cancer patients Wednesday, Oct. 26 from noon to 6 p.m. All proceeds will go to Hugs and Kisses Inc. to help pay $9,200 worth of this month’s living expenses for eight area patients. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are recommended. For more info., call (561) 697-3332.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Poppin’ the Corn” on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 3 p.m. for ages 4 to 7. Pop the time away as you listen to stories about your favorite snack. Call (561) 7906070 to pre-register.

• A Royal Palm Beach Relay for Life Kickoff will be held Wednesday, Oct. 26 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the MarBar Grille at Madison Green (2001 Crestwood Blvd., RPB).

There will be food and fun for all. Bring $100 to regist er your team. T o RSVP, call Stephanie at (561) 790-5183. For details, visit www.relayforlife.org/royalpalmbeach.

Thursday, Oct. 27 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will feature “Monster Mask Mash” on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 3 p.m. for age 6 and up. Get ready for a monster mash, but first make your own monster mask. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will feature “Spookley, the Pumpkin Story Time” on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 3:30 p.m. for ages 3 to 6. Listen to stories about Spookley the pumpkin and make a pumpkin craft. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• Wellington Landings Middle School (1100 Aero Club Drive) will host a Trunk Show on Thursday, Oct. 27 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Come shop, eat and support the school. Call Kimberley Seow at (561) 662-4365 for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Monster Mania” on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. for ages 12 to 17.

Ever wonder if monsters are real? Find out the kernel of truth that inspired their myths.

Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 7906070 to pre-register.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will host “Natural Brain Enhancers by Doctor’s Best Inc.” on Thursday, Oct. 27 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Parris M. Kidd, PhD, will explain how the human brain requires ample supplies of nutrients to support its dynamic metabolic activity. There is no charge. Pre-register at customer service or call (561) 904-4000.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will present “Halloween Quick Fix” on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. for ages 12 to 17. If you waited too long to get a costume, come and view some quick and easy fixes. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

Friday, Oct. 28 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host a Go Club meeting Friday, Oct. 28 at 4:30 p.m. for ages 8 to 17. A local member of the American Go Foundation will teach you how to play this ancient Asian strategy game. Adults accompanying youngsters are also welcome to play. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• Royal Palm Beach will host it Fallfest on Friday, Oct. 28 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Veterans Park (1036 Royal Palm Beach Blvd.) featuring vendors, craft projects and great food. There will also be live music, roving entertainers and people in costumes. A “park and hayride” will be available from the RPB Cultural Center (151 Civic Center Way) and Village Hall (1050 Royal Palm Beach Blvd.). For info., call (561) 790-5124.

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HOUSE FOR SALE — 3 bedroom/2 bath home, 10.5 plus acres, also approved to be sub-divided into 4 parcels. Horse Lover ’s Dream.

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THE MASTER HANDYMAN — All Types of Home Repairs & Improvements. No job too big or small done right the first time every time 40 yrs of satisfied customers. See me on Angies List. Tom (561) 801-2010 or (954) 444-3178 Serving Palm Beach and Broward Counties.

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