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Wellington might move its March election date to coincide with either next winter’s presidential primary or the November 2012 general election, heeding a warning from Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher.

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Wellington Might Name Tower For Charlie Lynn

The obser vation tower looking out over Wellington’s new environmental preserve could soon bear the name of the late Charlie Lynn. Page 2

Blooming With Autism Hosts Bowling Event At Greenacres Bowl

Blooming With Autism held a bowling fundraiser Sunday, July 31 at Greenacres Bowl. The group raises money for families that need more therapies for children diagnosed with autism. For more info., visit www. bloomingwithautism.com.

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Construction Begins On Dressage Arena

Equestrian Sport Productions CEO Mark Bellissimo has announced that construction is underway on a covered arena and at least one permanent barn in advance of the planned 2012 Global Dressage Festival.

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Seeking Active-Duty Military Members

Wellington The Magazine is looking to honor local military men and women as part of a feature in an upcoming issue of the magazine. Page 7

OPINION Put The Controversy Aside And Come Together For 9/11 About a month from now, Americans will observe the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 1 1, 2001 terrorist attacks, honoring the thousands of lives lost on that terrible day. Wellington will be among the many communities throughout the country to off icially commemorate 9/11, and the village has a very special three-day commemoration planned. Although there has been heated disagreement over the scope and cost of the new Wellington Patrio t Memorial, now is not the time to let a financial debate ruin the spirit of the day. Page 4 DEPARTMENT INDEX NEWS ............................. 2 - 13 OPINION ................................ 4 CRIME NEWS ........................ 6 NEWS BRIEFS .......................8 SCHOOLS .............................15 PEOPLE........................ 16 - 17 COLUMNS .................... 23 - 24 ENTERTAINMENT ................26 BUSINESS ...................29 - 31 SPORTS .......................35 - 37 CALENDAR...................38 - 39 CLASSIFIEDS ...............40 - 45 Visit Us On The Web At WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM

The Palms West Chamber of Commerce held its 2011 Poker Tournament on Saturday, July 30 at the Palm Beach Kennel Club. Approximately 170 people gathered to play. Pictured here is raffle winner Karen Shupler with Assistant Card Room Manager Josh Alderman and Jessica Clasby of the Palms West Chamber. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Principal Butch Mondy Returns To Palm Beach Central High School

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Palm Beach Central High School will re-open this month with a familiar face in charge, now that Principal Butch Mondy has returned to lead the school.

Mondy replaces Dr. Matt Shoemaker, who was promoted to West Area Superintendent last month.

Mondy was first named principal at PBCHS in 2006, and spent two years at the school before moving on to become the director of professional development for the Palm Beach County School District. He was succeeded by Shoemaker in 2008.

Mondy has 20 years of education experience in Palm Beach County, with 29 total years spent

in public education. A native of Michigan, he received his bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in 1976. In 1990, he received his master’s degree in educational leadership from Nova Southeastern University.

He has spent time as both an educator and an administrator at schools across the county, including Coral Sunset Elementary School, Loggers Run Middle School and Boca Raton Middle School.

Prior to his first stint as principal at PBCHS, Mondy was principal at the Jupiter Middle School of Technology. His wife Jane and son Scott are also educators.

Mondy said that he was excited to be back in the school after

several years working at the district office.

“I found I really missed being in the schools,” he told the TownCrier Wednesday. “I missed being with the students and with the teachers. My passion is really in the school.”

Mondy said that it was an easy decision to come back to PBCHS. “The thing that really made the decision for me was that there was a space available,” he said.

And with only a week on the job, Mondy said he has been keeping busy getting things in order for the new school year. He said that teachers and parents shouldn’t expect much to be different.

“You won’t see too many See MONDY, page 18

Lox Groves Tax Rate Might Drop As Council Reviews 2012 Budget

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council reviewed its proposed budget for 2012 on Tuesday with a recommendation to hold the town’s tax rate unchanged at 1.4 mills. However, during the discussion, Councilman Jim Rockett suggested reducing the tax rate to 1.2 mills.

During the Financial Advisory and Audit Committee report, Vice Chair Elise Ryan said that as of the meeting on July 25, the town had received 75 percent of its revenue for the fiscal year and spent only 44 percent. Revenue exceeded expenses by $600,000.

“I would like the council to consider that we lower our millage from 1.4 to 1.2, which would take $35,000 out of our revenue stream,” Rockett said, explaining that an initial review showed that they could easily absorb the difference, partially because of revenue coming in from other sources.

Town Manager Frank Spence said he felt that the time to consider lowering the tax rate would be at the first public hearing on

the budget Sept. 6. “That meeting is when the council will set the millage,” Spence said. “That meeting would be the more appropriate time, unless you’re looking for consensus or to know that your suggestion is going to be considered.”

Rockett said his goal was a get the idea discussed.

“I’m looking for the council to give you some direction if there is any direction to give,” Rockett said. “I would like the council to kick it around, and I don’t mean necessarily a vote. I do think it’s easy for us to do, and it’s at the point where I don’t think it jeopardizes our business.”

Because of a $2 million contingency fund and having the threat of an expensive lawsuit removed over the Callery-Judge Grove challenge to the town’s comprehensive plan, Rockett said he felt the town was in a situation where it could scale back revenue.

“I think we could afford much more than that, but I would recommend that the council at least kick around what they are thinking about the 1.4 versus the 1.2,” he said.

Councilman Tom Goltzené said it might be premature to talk about reducing the tax rate. He pointed out that revenues from electric and communication franchise fees are going down. “We also have a big variable, which is the new town management services contract, and we have no idea what that price is,” Goltzené said. “For $35,000, I really don’t think it’s appropriate right now.”

Councilman Ron Jarriel said he would like to hear a recommendation from the finance committee.

“I think we’re doing taxpayers a favor by maintaining 1.4,” Jarriel said. “I think everybody else is increasing their taxes around us.

I would like to see some benefits to the residents in the future. I see a lot of things we need to do around the town. I’m getting tired of hoarding the money, honestly.

Vice Mayor Ryan Liang said that Rockett’s suggestion was something to consider but that he’d prefer to wait until September, when they have firmer numbers.

“I’d like to keep that option See GROVES, page 18

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Wellington Unveils Plans For Memorial Dedication Weekend

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington will remember the victims of 9/11 by dedicating its Patriot Memorial during a remembrance ceremony Sunday, Sept.

11, on the tenth anniversary of the terror attacks.

Hosted together with the Fire Chiefs Association of Palm Beach County, the ceremony will be the culmination of a weekend filled with events meant to honor those lost in the attacks. It will bring together people from all over the county, state and country as the nation observes the 10-year anniversary.

“We will acknowledge 9/11, and at the same time celebrate the construction of a new memorial that will be there forever,” Deputy Village Manager John Bonde said.

Last year, the Wellington Village Council approved the memorial, which is under construction at the entrance to the Town Center between Scott’s Place playground and the Wellington municipal complex. It will feature an eternal flame, a flagpole, benches and a fountain.

Central to the memorial is a 36foot by 8-foot steel beam pulled

from the wreckage of the World Trade Center in New York City.

Vice Mayor Matt Willhite, who conceived the Patriot Memorial project, sought to have the county’s 9/11 ceremony brought to Wellington this year.

“I’m with the honor guard,” he said. “So I have been to all of the ceremonies. It moves each year, and last year we put our hat in the ring to host the ceremony.”

Wellington was selected to host the ceremony, at which time it will dedicate the memorial.

“Things came together as we hoped,” Willhite said. “It will be ready well before the ceremony, and we’re excited to unveil it.”

In addition to the ceremony, there will be a weekend filled with events. The Wellington Aquatics Complex will be open Friday through Sunday free of charge.

On Friday, Sept. 9, the inaugural “Honor Our Heroes” golf tournament will be held at the Binks Forest Golf Club starting at 1:30 p.m. It will be followed by a showing of the movie World Trade Center (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater.

Saturday, Sept. 10 will kick off with the Jeff Annas Memorial 5K See MEMORIAL, page 18

FLEA MARKET IN RPB

The Village of Royal Palm Beach hosted a community indoor flea market Friday, July 29 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center. Vendors sold crafts, housewares, clothes, jewelry and more while the crowd listened to oldies music spun by DJ Terry Harms. Shown here are Dolly Hughes, Attis Solomon and Sharon Lincoln. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 12 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

County Delays Vote On New Acreage Shopping Center

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Commission delayed a decision last week on rezoning a 30.7-acre parcel along Northlake Blvd. in The Acreage slated for a shopping center, giving the developer time to make changes that will render the project less intrusive to residential neighbors.

Some of the neighbors around the site, located between 130th Avenue North and Coconut Blvd. along the south side of Northlake, said the project is not needed or wanted in their neighborhood.

The Shops at Indian Trails would include a grocery store,

general retail, two banks, a medical office building, a fast-food restaurant, and a convenience store with gasoline pumps and a car wash.

The preliminary site plan calls for a total of 107,566 square feet of commercial use. After hearing concerns from the public about lighting, safety and increased crime, the Palm Beach County Zoning Commission voted 7-0 on July 7 to recommend approval, subject to almost 50 conditions.

Developer’s agent Bob Bentz of Land Design South said the project has received widespread support after working with inSee NORTHLAKE, page 18

Pump Station’s Demise Marks End Of An Era In Wellington

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report A remnant of Wellington’s past has been removed from the southwestern reaches of the village overlooking the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

The original pump station that once drew down water from the farmland that is now Wellington has been dismantled, giving way to a new system that has completely changed the area’s drainage infrastructure.

The reconfiguration is the product of the Everglades Forever Act, which stopped Wellington from pumping nutrient-laden stormwater runoff directly into the Everglades.

The land that became the Vil-

lage of Wellington in 1995 was originally swampland drained for farming, said former county commissioner and Wellington pioneer Ken Adams, during a recent trip to the former pump site, which now has only a small retention pond with a rusty gate that once opened into the refuge as a memory of a bygone time.

“This was so far out originally they were not thinking about development,” Adams said. “All this land was part of the Everglades.

During the wet season, you couldn’t walk or drive anything, or even ride a horse. It was just muck land, and most of it under water.”

When C. Oliver Wellington bought the land in the 1950s, the goal was agriculture, not houses.

“They wanted to drain it for agriculture,” Adams said. “They had one of the biggest strawberry patches here. They had orange groves; some farmers raised flowers, peppers, all kinds of things.”

When the property owners discovered that the government was going to build a dike around what is now the refuge, it gave them the idea to drain the land by backpumping water into the refuge, Adams said.

“If they could get grandfathered in that dike with that pump, then they could just pump water over that dike onto the federal government’s side and drain all of these 12,000 acres,” Adams said.

“That’s the only reason they bought it, and it worked up until a See PUMP STATION, page 18

Rusting History — Wellington pioneer Ken Adams looks out at the remnants of the pump station that was once responsible for draining swampland, creating what is now Wellington.

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As Tropical Storm Threatens, Local Municipalities Are Prepared

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report As Tropical Storm Emily churned its way through the Caribbean on Wednesday, emergency managers in local municipalities were busy preparing for what they anticipated would be the first in a string of exercises lasting the balance of the hurricane season.

Wellington Deputy Village Manager John Bonde said he and his staff members did a hurricane exercise Thursday, July 28, which turned out to be well-timed practice for Emily, should the storm develop into a hurricane threatening central Palm Beach County.

“Right now, we’re monitoring the reports,” Bonde told the Town-Crier on Wednesday. “Since Sunday, it has done exactly what the forecasters have said, so it is a fairly predictable storm in terms of the course and its intensity.”

Bonde said Wellington does not anticipate a lot of rain from the storm. “Because of the dry season, we’re kind of looking at the amount of rainfall we’re going to get, and I don’t think it’s going to be excessive at all,” he said. “I know our system can handle it, based on the predictions right now.”

Bonde said initial preparation would be to take down awnings and umbrellas and

secure furniture that could blow around in tropical storm-strength winds.

“We’re really not anticipating very much more than that in terms of preparation activity,” he said. “We are trying to eliminate any damages that may occur to property that we can avoid by securing it.”

Garbage, recycling and trash haulers are on standby in the event that pickup has to be rescheduled, he said. Sports and recreation activities will be under regular protocol for rainouts. The swimming pool is scheduled to remain open unless there is excessive lightning. Athletic fields are also to remain open unless there is light-

Wellington’s Election Date Might Change

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington might move its March election date to coincide with either next winter’s presidential primary or the November 2012 general election, heeding a warning from Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher.

State leaders have proposed scheduling the primary election in early March, just prior to Wellington’s regularly scheduled election on Tuesday, March 13.

With little time between elections, Bucher cautioned municipalities that there wouldn’t be enough time for her office to have voting equipment ready in time for another election. The equipment must be tested before it can be used at the polls.

“There is some talk about municipalities moving their elections,” Deputy Village Manager John Bonde said. “Possi-

bly to the primary or to the November elections.”

Under state law, local governments may move their elections to the date of the primary election. “It appears that the supervisor of elections is encouraging municipalities to move their election dates so that both elections can be held on the same day,” Bonde said. “I think there will be discussion of that in Wellington soon.”

Bonde said that choosing to move the election could come at a cost savings for Wellington, while not doing so might come with added cost.

“Cost will definitely be a factor,” he said. “We’re looking at the numbers to see what the cost savings will be.”

He noted that changing the election date would have an effect on both current and future councils. There are three seats up for grabs in the 2012 election. Mayor Pro

Tem Dr. Carmine Priore is term-limited, while Vice Mayor Matt Willhite and Mayor Darell Bowen are up for re-election.

Willhite has filed for re-election to Seat 4; former mayoral candidate Carol Coleman has filed for Seat 1, to replace Priore; and former councilman Bob Margolis has filed to run for mayor. More candidates are expected to emerge.

If the election is moved earlier, those in office would be shorted some time, while moving it to November would give them another eight months in office.

“There are a lot of considerations that go into that decision,” Bonde said. “Another consideration is that our election might be lost in the shadow of the larger election.”

The decision will be up to the council, Bonde said. “We will be bringing it before them to decide,” he said.

Wellington To Consider Naming Section 24 Preserve Tower In Memory Of Charlie Lynn

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The observation tower looking out over Wellington’s new environmental preserve could soon bear the name of the village’s first permanent manager, Charlie Lynn.

The Wellington Environmental Preserve at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Everglades Habitat — more commonly known as the Section 24 project — is a result of the 1994 Everglades Forever Act that aimed to lower the amount of nutrients flowing into the Everglades.

Lynn, who died last month, was instrumental in building the project at a much lower price than was expected. It serves as both a stormwater filtration marsh and an environmental preserve.

At the Tuesday, July 26 meeting of the Wellington Village Council, Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Carmine Priore broached the idea of naming the six-story observation tower located at the center of the preserve in memory of Lynn.

“The loss of Mr. Lynn was very personal to me,” Priore said. “We were a very young community — just starting out — and Charlie helped us get to where we are.”

Priore noted that Lynn assembled the Surface Water Action Team and recruited top minds to work with the South Florida Water Management District and develop programs, including the preserve, to capture and filter phosphorus-laden water.

Lynn’s efforts helped save Wellington taxpayers millions of dollars — instead of the expected $20 million price tag, the project cost only $4 million.

Priore said that naming the tower after him would be appropriate. “I can’t think of a better choice than to dedicate the tower in his name,” he said, “and act as a lifelong memorial on his behalf. If there was anything that he did do — and he did a lot — that was probably one of his most important accomplishments.”

Mayor Darell Bowen agreed.

“We need to do something to memorialize him,” he said. “He certainly captained this ship through some choppy waters in the early years, and he deserves whatever we can do to honor him.”

ning or flooding. “We’re kind of monitoring that as well, so we are prepared if we have to cancel some games,” Bonde said.

While Wellington is prepared for a hurricane, Bonde said Emily is not expected to pack that type of a wallop.

“Really, we’re just anticipating a tropical storm, even in a worst-case scenario it would be tropical-force winds, and we’re on the edge of that,” he said. “We’re expecting winds below 40 mph. We’re on the west side of the storm, which is the dry side. We would anticipate some rainfall, but not a lot of it. In terms of Emily, I think we’re prepared. We understand, hopefully, what the storm is going to do.”

While Emily does not have Bonde worried, other tropical systems are sure to follow. Other tropical waves are rolling off the coast of Africa, and he said it is unusual for waves to be coming off Africa this early in the season, as opposed to gulf and Caribbean systems that are the norm at this point.

“I call it the string of pearls,” Bonde said. “It’s like these little white things that are lined up across the Atlantic. This could be a very long hurricane season, judging that there is a continuous flow off the coast of Africa.”

Bonde said Wellington has a new product that integrates the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s reports with its GIS system. “They incorporate right into the world view so we can hone right in on it with more graphic detail than even the National Hurricane Center uses,” he said.

Staff had talked about releasing some water but had held off as of Wednesday in light of drought concerns. “Once you release it, it’s gone, so we don’t want to pull the trigger too early,” Bonde said.

The new Section 24 water storage facility has also greatly enhanced Wellington’s stormwater retention capability. “We have additional storage we never had before,” he said. “New tools, better tools, better results. This is the first year we’ve had Section 24 fully online.”

Loxahatchee Groves Town Manager Frank Spence said he has been working with Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Manager Clete Saunier to make preparations.

“They have to control the level of the canals and control the water that goes into the C-51 Canal in preparation for a hurricane, knowing that the canals would fill up and possibly overflow,” Spence told the Town-Crier on Wednesday. “They start opening up the gates so they can start draining out of the area.”

Spence said the town was just watching the path of the storm on Wednesday but did not anticipate an emergency. In the event of a full-blown hurricane, he

said the town has an award-winning Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) that has handled emergencies in the past. The team held a “tabletop emergency” dry run about a month ago.

“They are well-trained, and it reflects the element of self-sufficiency,” Spence said. “The last hurricanes to hit were in 2004 and 2005, when we were sill unincorporated.”

Spence said the people in Loxahatchee Groves are self-sufficient and have the equipment to clear the roads.

“They have the Bobcats and front-end loaders and trucks, so they were able to open the roads very quickly,” he said.

“Now that we’re incorporated, we do have contracts. The first responders are hurricane removal, and the second are hurricane debris monitoring, and the third level is debris management. They make out all the paperwork that has to satisfy FEMA. All cities have to upfront the expenses of hurricane-related damages and then apply for reimbursement.”

As town manager, Spence said he is responsible for the coordination of its emergency operations center, which will be at the water control district office. “It is not the safest location in the world,” he said. “It probably wouldn’t withstand any direct hit more than a Category 3.”

The office is, however, equipped with an emergency generator, which is probably the most significant aspect of the location, he said.

In the event of a severe hurricane, residents should be prepared to get along for about seven days without outside help, Spence said. During the last hurricanes, some residents were without power for nine to 14 days, he said, although many of the power lines have been hurricanehardened since then. He said people who cannot get along by themselves should evacuate early and get to a shelter.

Royal Palm Beach has focused its storm preparations largely on construction projects underway so that the work is not damaged by heavy rain. Officials have also been checking that drainage systems are operational so that flooding is minimal, according to Village Engineer Chris Marsh, who added that all the drainage elements of the northern Royal Palm Beach Blvd. improvement project have been completed.

“In the event that the storm does come here and dump large amounts of water, the contractor is going to do a run-through and verify that all the drainage infrastructure that has been installed and the existing system is free of debris and any sediment, and erosion control devices will be temporarily removed to prevent flooding of the roadway,” Marsh said.

Barricades will be removed and reSee EMILY, page 18

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Put Old Controversies Aside And Come Together For Sept. 11 About a month from now, Americans will observe the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, honoring the thousands of lives lost at the hands of religious extremists. Wellington will be among the many communities throughout the country to officially commemorate 9/11, now known as Patriot Day, and the village has a very special three-day event planned, culminating with the dedication of the new Wellington Patriot Memorial. Although there has been heated disagreement over the scope of the Patriot Memorial project and its final price tag, now is not the time to let a financial debate ruin the spirit of the day. There are plenty of other opportunities to debate the matter. But for now, it’s best to leave the politics at home.

It’s unfortunate that something intended to bring people together has become a point of contention for some. We just hope they can separate their feelings about the issue from the memorial itself. It has nothing to do with the three days of events set to take place, and any bitter feelings about it will only help sour the mood. This should be a time for unity, with everyone doing their best to recreate the original spirit of togetherness that washed over our country immediately following the 9/11 attacks. Though it lasted only a brief while, it was remarkable to witness the sense of camaraderie and purpose Americans felt. Looking at how divided the country is now, we could really benefit from feeling that way again.

It may seem hard to believe that a whole decade has passed, but there were enough worldaltering events for two decades. So much has happened in that time, some of it good, some of it not so good, but a significant portion of the decade’s events came about as a result of 9/11.

There is much to look back and reflect upon, and Wellington’s Patriot Memorial was created for such reflection. We’ve mentioned in previous editorials that the addition of the Town Center has elevated Wellington’s status from being thought of as a bedroom community to a place that meets the cultural needs of its residents. Looking at the village’s plans for Patriot Day weekend, those needs will be catered to.

The weekend’s events start Friday, Sept. 9 at 1:30 p.m. with the “Honor Our Heroes” golf tournament at the Binks Forest Golf Club, followed by a 7:30 p.m. screening of the film World Trade Center at the Wellington Amphitheater. Saturday, Sept. 10 starts early with the Jeff Annas Memorial 5K run at 6:30 a.m., followed later on by the Brass Evolution performing at 6 p.m. at the amphitheater. On Sept. 11, the village will host a “Parade of Heroes” at 8:30 a.m., with the 9/11 remembrance ceremony following at 9 a.m. at the amphitheater. And finally, the Patriot Memorial dedication ceremony will start at 10:30 a.m. It’s a weekend of events not to be missed... even for those who might disagree with the creation of the memorial itself.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Kudos To Wellington On Patriot Memorial Appropriately located between the new seat of our village government and our new children’s playground, the Patriot Memorial will speak to generations of grassroots Americans.

The strongest steel beams America could forge are now distorted, warped, melted and twisted. They soar at a contorted angle, seemingly suspended between death and rebirth.

The centrally located fountain will add to the ambiance through sight and sound. Generations to come will contemplate the acts of heroism and horrific loss of life on the day that cowardly Islamic terrorists attacked the very heart of America’s business, defense and government. But for the heroism of ordinary Americans, another plane was believed to be destined for Capitol Hill or the White House.

As we sit on the benches beneath the pergola, behind us will be the names of nearly 3,000 souls lost in this cowardly attack by these terrorists. The list is representative of a nation of immigrants who had no malice toward the terrorists. The heroism of those who lost their lives attempting to save others will forever be immortalized.

Thanks to the leadership of Wellington’s council and staff, with a special thank you to Vice Mayor Matt Willhite, the talent and artistry of Weitz Co. and REG Architects have captured one of the most horrific events in America’s history in an artistic manner that should elicit grief for those lost and commitment to ensure “never again” by those who contemplate its significance.

A lesser memorial, while cheaper, should be unthinkable!

KenAdams Wellington

Northlake Project Remains Bad For The Acreage On July 28, the Palm Beach County Commission voted to postpone their vote for 30 days on the Coconut/Northlake project, the Shops at Indian Trails. This was prompted by Commissioner Jess Santamaria voicing his concerns regarding the impact of the project on Acreage residents.Acreage residents were directed to contact Commissioner Santamaria regarding their concerns. He plans to meet with residents to discuss the issues prior to the next vote.

At the meeting, there were many public comments regarding the proposed gas station’s impact on our well water. The developer compared The Acreage to a “city” similar in population to Palm Beach Gardens or Wellington, with a larger land area, saying that the entire area was served by only one gas station. He failed to mention any

of the gas stations around the perimeter of The Acreage that service the area. The gas station at Shoppes at Ibis is only 2.3 miles to the east.

The commissioners want to eliminate the entry to the project from Hamlin Blvd. to lessen disruptions to the bordering residents. Serious safety concerns were raised regarding accessing the project from Coconut, which could interfere with traffic turning from Northlake on to Coconut. According to county traffic engineers, it is not possible for a left turn in to the project from Coconut. The developer’s plan is to route traffic from Coconut to an entrance on Hamlin.

There are no plans for a signal at Hamlin and Coconut. Additionally, no mention was made regarding Hamlin being a heavily traveled access road to Pierce Hammock Elementary School. Furthermore, there was little concern regarding more accidents at Coconut and Northlake blocking our evacuation route to go east on Northlake, the only road out from the northeast corner of The Acreage. All of these traffic issues point to serious safety concerns and to the fact that this is the wrong location for this project.

Commissioner Santamaria called for an increase in the width of the buffer along Hamlin from 25 to 50 feet. Interestingly, the developer said this project has 2,000 feet of frontage on Northlake. The shopping center will start on Northlake, in line with 130th and run east to Coconut. In fact, this project has twice the number of Northlake frontage feet as the Shoppes at Ibis. Try to visualize this next time you drive by the site on Northlake or Hamlin. This is a huge, intense project.

Mike Erickson said at the meeting that this project was a “compromise” by the Indian Trail Improvement District to prevent the entire Northlake strip from being developed. ITID did not have the authority to change the zoning from rural residential to commercial. Unfortunately, in 2008, the county commission approved this developer’s “privately initiated amendments” to the future land use atlas against their staff and advisory board’s recommendations for denial. This was a huge mistake that must be corrected.

Anne and Gert Kuhl The Acreage

Wellington Bends Noise Rules For Golf Courses In 2008, owners of the Binks Forest and Wanderers Club at Wellington golf clubs petitioned the Wellington Village Council to amend the village noise ordinance in order to allow earlier hours for the clubs to mow and otherwise maintain their grounds. When they bought the clubs, the owners of both were aware that they would be required to abide by village ordinances. The noise ordi-

nance was one of those. That ordinance limited the practice of mowing to after 9 a.m. on Sundays and after 7 a.m. on all other days.

Subsequent to the petition, various hearings and public meetings were held prior to the council’s actual amendment of the ordinance. At those meetings, several suggestions were made regarding how the noise ordinance might be amended. Village staff provided only one option, and that was to allow golf courses to perform maintenance work as early as 6 a.m., seven days a week, all days of the year. That was the amendment that passed in 2009.

Among the suggestions that were made to the council were provisions that would limit the noise level that would be allowed. I personally researched the availability of relatively quiet maintenance equipment. I also made measurements of actual noise levels and provided them to the council. The only documented responses to my suggestions were woefully inadequate. Responses to the concerns of other opponents to the amendment were dismissed out of hand with statements such as, “something else is driving” the opposition to amendment, from Mayor Darell Bowen. Mayor Bowen also described the noise made by golf course maintenance equipment as being only “subtle sound.” Mayor Bowen again said, “I also have a hard time with folks who buy on golf courses, but don’t like the things that go along with living there. Everyone knows that maintenance has to be done” (ignoring the fact that there was a noise ordinance that limited maintenance times when homeowners bought on golf courses).

During the 2010 council campaigns, candidates were asked about their reaction to the change in noise ordinance. Councilwoman Anne Gerwig said that she would not have voted for the amendment. After Mrs. Gerwig took office, I corresponded with her, but nothing has resulted from that correspondence. My conclusion now is that the council will never do anything to relieve homeowners on golf courses of noise of unlimited level that can begin as early as an hour and a half before sunrise on all days of the year.

So this summary will be my last effort at documenting what I consider to be a failure of the Wellington Village Council to “eliminate and regulate sources and occurrences of noise, that interfere with the peaceful enjoyment of land or which are contrary to the public health, safety or welfare or constitute a nuisance to the public atlarge” (a quote from the noise ordinance).

Among other things, this instance of council action supports the contention of writers to the Town-Crier that our village council is first and foremost dedicated to the chamber of commerce. I note that the pricey lawyers hired by the latest owners of the Wellington golf courses either did not rec-

ognize the potential financial impact of the noise ordinance or possibly were aware that changes could easily be made. Perhaps the pricey lawyers are not pricey because of their knowledge of the law, but rather their knowledge of the lawmakers.

Phil Sexton Wellington

Bowen Responds To Sexton Letter Editor’s note: The Town-Crier does not share letters to the editor prior to publication. However, Mr. Sexton, author of the above letter, sent his letter in advance of publication to Mayor Darell Bowen, who submitted the following response.

Dear Mr. Sexton: You have the right to send anything you want to the newspapers, but shame on them if they print it with such a gross misrepresentation of the facts. You know very well that the original ordinance had never been enforced nor adhered to by any golf course in Wellington. Since the beginning of Wellington, they had been allowed to begin maintenance an hour before golf was to begin, which is normally at the crack of dawn. We merely adopted an ordinance that mirrored what was actually happening.

Why you are so upset with the Wanderers Club when you never made a peep when it was the old Wellington Club puzzles me. Further, your insinuating that I am in the pocket of their lawyers is an out-and-out lie. I don’t even know who the lawyers were that represented either entity. I don’t know what your comment about the chamber is supposed to mean, but I am proud to be a member, and I fully support their mission to help our local business community.

Without a healthy business community, we would not only have a huge hole in the budget, but our housing market would be devastated.

If you want to be taken seriously, you need to get your facts straight and be more honest, especially as you make accusations.

Mayor Darell Bowen Wellington

Business In Control Of The State I’m responding to Frank Morelli’s letter titled “Beware State Control of Business” that appeared in last week’s Town-Crier. It appears to be an attempt to educate those who “want to rid the country of industry and silence the chambers of commerce.” I thought about that for awhile, and I realized that I found it confusing because if such people exist, they are surely two different groups of people.

If there are those who would “rid the country of industry,” it might be the corporate executives themselves. Corporations have been

relocating many of their operations for more than a generation. A lot of what we own now gets made in foreign countries where the labor laws, or lack of them, would make us shudder.

As for those who would “silence the chambers of commerce,” Mr. Morelli might be referring to me. Yes, I am a critic of the Citizens United case that overturned a century’s worth of electoral law, allowing unlimited corporate spending on elections. That’s not good for a democracy, especially in a place like Florida, where the size of the state already makes money an enormous factor in all state elections, as plane trips and heavy TV advertising rule the day (see Rick Scott). I also have concerns about the influence of Associated Industries of Florida. They sponsor every pro-business and free election-bending law, legal or not, that Florida’s legislature tries to get on the ballot. They support every conservative candidate in the state, and fight anything that could hurt the Republican Party. Who are these people? You can find the Associated Industries of Florida web site, but there is no listing of their major donors anywhere. Industries choosing to selectively silence themselves. The lack of transparency of a group having that much clout troubles me.

Mr. Morelli goes on to use China as a cautionary tale of what state-owned business brings, citing its smoking habits, its execution of prisoners and its disparity in wealth. He shows concern that “the bottom 20 percent account for only 4.7 percent of total income” and “the richest 20 percent account for more than half,” and says this is because it has state-owned businesses. What he fails to mention is that in the United States, the bottom 50 percent have only 2.5 percent of total wealth, and the top 10 percent own over 70 percent of everything. That gap has been growing for 30 years, and it’s not because of “state control of business.” It’s just unbridled capitalism.

Finally, Mr. Morelli is right to condemn China for its high number of executions, but fails to mention that the United States now has more prisoners than any country in the world, and we’re one of the few industrialized nations with any kind of death penalty, Also, the number of inmates in America has grown from 300,000 to over 2 million in 30 years. Part of the reason for that is tougher sentencing, and the drug war, but it’s also the growth of corporate prisons.

What do corporate prisons need more than anything else to stay profitable? Prisoners. Again, that’s not “state control of business,” it’s

capitalism where it doesn’t belong.

And now, as the United States continues to cut state jobs and refuses to cut tax loopholes for corporations, our unemployment rate will remain high, and Americans will continue to struggle.

Corporations have their place in American society, for their creativity and their ability to provide work. But when their only goal is their own profit line and they are allowed to completely rig the system against Americans, there’s a problem, and it’s not “state-control of business.” It’s business in control of the state.

David Eisenberg Royal Palm Beach

Consider Hosting An Exchange Student As a regional manager for Pacific Intercultural Exchange (PIE), I began receiving copies of the wonderful letters from students ages 15-18 all over the world who wish to spend a school year in the U.S. with a host family. I am astonished at not only their fine efforts at English but their incredible warmth and enthusiasm about coming to our country to get to know a family, go to school here and learn about our culture while sharing their own. These are remarkable, outgoing young people.

They come from caring families, are very bright, have many skills and interests, and nearly every letter mentions in some way how much they would love becoming part of an American family — possibly yours?

Ideal host families are loving and supportive, treating the student as part of the family, not as guests, with his/her own bed in a room (possibly shared with one of your own children over age ten) and providing three meals a day. The students bring their own spending money and have medical insurance. What a fun, marvelous way for people to learn to understand each other’s cultures, something our world desperately needs if we are ever to create peaceful coexistence. The PIE program offers us all hope and the promise of a better future.

I can’t imagine a more wonderful place to come than our county, with its abundant heritage. To learn more about becoming a host family, contact me at (877) 629-9705 or (954) 797-9491 or e-mail me at bonnie@pieusa.org. We are currently placing students for the 2011-12 school year. I hope we’ll hear from you! Thank you for your time.

Bonnie Mills Pacific Intercultural Exchange

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OPINION

Greedy Airline Companies Finding New Ways To Bilk Customers News flash: The federal government’s current partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration means a handful of government airline taxes should not be charged to passengers.

Guess what? The greed hierarchy of America’s airline industry is not passing along those savings.

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Trail Association Members Hike Florida’s Scenic Natural Areas

By Jessica Gregoire Town-Crier Staff Report Anyone can follow the fast track to exploring Florida’s natural wonders by hiking with the Florida Trail Association.

The Florida Trail Association’s Loxahatchee chapter meets at the Okeeheelee Nature Center on the first Monday of every month to prepare outings and discuss the trail options for the month and year. Members hike all over Palm Beach County’s natural areas and on the Florida Scenic Trail.

Chapter President Paul Cummings educates the members on the various trails that they will be hiking. “Every weekend, we have something going on,” he said. “It all depends on the type of walk we will be doing.”

The most popular trails to hike are the smaller ones around Palm Beach County’s natural areas that club members visit on their monthly outings, Cummings said.

“Last weekend, we had a walk of the Yamato Scrub in North Boca, and we had about 25 people come,” he said.

Major outings include the annual Big ‘O’ Hike, which is a nineday expedition around Lake Okeechobee during Thanksgiving week, and the annual Ocean to Lake Hike, a six-day hike from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Okeechobee in February.

The Florida TrailAssociation is a nonprofit, volunteer organiza-

tion that offers trail hiking along the Florida Scenic Trail and in Florida’s natural park areas. The Florida Scenic Trail is one of eight national scenic trails in the United States.

“There are 18 chapters in the state,” Cummings said. “We have over 5,000 members statewide.”

The Loxahatchee chapter is the only chapter in Palm Beach County. It boasts 300 members, Cummings said.

Volunteers are dedicated to keeping the trails of Palm Beach County and Florida clean and safe.

Volunteers participate in regularly scheduled hikes on the first weekend of every month, which include Saturday aerobic walks at John Prince Park in Lake Worth and Sunday 9-mile hikes of Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Jupiter.

Members are also able to hike the Florida Scenic Trail, a 1,400mile path that connects many of Florida’s natural areas.

The trail begins in Monroe County at the southern tip of the state and ends near Pensacola in the Panhandle. “There is even an extension that goes up into Alabama,” Cummings said.

During monthly meetings, Cummings prepares members by providing them with important information for hiking. “We talk about how the Florida trail is organized and where it is,” he explained, “and how they can get in

Florida Trail Association Loxahatchee Chapter President Paul Cummings and Chair Margaret Brabham. touch with people who are along the trail.”

Mary Miller, membership coordinator for the chapter, enjoys hiking the trails. “We have some of the most wonderful people,” she said. “There is a lot of diversity, even in Palm Beach County, in terms of hiking and trails.”

The Loxahatchee chapter has members from all over the county. “I’m from the south county in Boca, but I hike a lot in the north county and up here in the West Palm Beach area,” Miller said.

For more information about the Florida Trail Association, visit www.floridatrail.org or call Cummings at (561) 963-9906.

Trudy Winsberg and Mar y Miller prepare refreshments.

Association members listen to Chapter President Paul Cummings during the monthly meeting.

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Miriam Chemerinski and Sherry Cummings before the meeting.

BLOOMING WITH AUTISM HOSTS BOWLING FUNDRAISER AT GREENACRES BOWL Blooming With Autism held a bowling fundraiser Sunday, July 31 at Greenacres Bowl. Logo apparel was sold (hats and T-shirts), and there was a 50/50 raffle. Blooming With Autism raises money for families that need more therapies for children diagnosed with autism. For more info., visit www.bloomingwithautism.com.

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Andrew Savoie and his sister Madison.

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CRIME NEWS

Juveniles Arrested For Trying To Break Into Cars In RPB

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report JULY 27 — Two juveniles were arrested early last Wednesday morning on charges of burglary after they were observed attempting to break into several vehicles in Royal Palm Beach’s Fairways community. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report, a witness called the Royal Palm Beach substation to report two female juveniles attempting to open car doors in the community. The juveniles were described as young white females, one in dark clothing with a backpack and the other wearing a red tank top. The witness said she observed them leave the Fairways and enter Bella Vita where they tried to open the door of a red SUV. According to the report, a deputy was dispatched to the area and was able to locate the juveniles trying to flee the area. The deputy recovered a backpack containing a GPS device in a gray case along with specialty tools used to remove car radios. The juveniles were arrested and taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center on charges of two counts of attempted burglary and one count of burglary.

JULY 29 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to a home in Pinewood Manor last Friday regarding a burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 2 p.m. Sunday, July 24 and 7 p.m. last Wednesday, someone entered the victim’s home through an unlocked kitchen window and stole a gold diamond ring from the master bedroom. The stolen ring was valued at approximately $2,500.

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

JULY 29 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was called to the parking lot of the Village Royale plaza last Friday regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim parked his employer’s truck outside the WinnDixie store at approximately 9:55 p.m. and when he returned approximately 10 minutes later, he discovered that his employer’s Gateway laptop computer was missing along with his iPhone 4.

The victim said he left the truck unlocked. The stolen items were valued at approximately $1,900.

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

JULY 31 — A resident of Hamlin Blvd. called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Sunday morning to report a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 3 p.m. last Thursday and 10 a.m. last Sunday, someone stole the victim’s blue go-cart from her back yard. The vehicle was described as a blue, two-seat cart with a red and white Honda engine. The floorboard has the initials “BRS” engraved onto it. During a canvass of the neighborhood, the deputy discovered that a neighbor’s cart was stolen last Saturday, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

AUG. 1 — Several bicycles were reported stolen from Well-

ington’s Solara community Monday morning. According to several PBSO reports, deputies from the Wellington substation were dispatched to the community after residents called to report that their bikes had been stolen. According to one PBSO report, sometime between 11 p.m. last Sunday and 8 a.m. the following morning, someone removed two bicycles from the front of the home. The victim said both bicycles were chain-locked to a railing. The bicycles are described as a silver men’s 21-speed mountain bike and a pink 21-speed mountain bike, and were valued at approximately $250. According to a second PBSO report, sometime between 5:30 and 7:30 a.m. the perpetrator(s) used an unknown tool to break the lock on three bicycles that were chained outside.

The bikes were described as a 26inch pink women’s Beach Cruiser, a 26-inch orange men’s Lo Jolla and a 26-inch purple women’s Huffy. The stolen items were valued at approximately $246. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of either report.

AUG. 1 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was dispatched to a home on Tangerine Blvd. on Monday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9 p.m.

Sunday evening and 8:30 a.m. the following morning, someone entered the victim’s unlocked truck and stole a bolt-action rifle, scope and ammunition. The victim said that the rifle was having problems firing, and he does not believe anyone he knows would have removed it from the truck. The stolen items were valued at approximately $970. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

AUG 1. — A Wellington man was arrested Monday on drug charges following a traffic stop on Forest Hill Blvd. near Florida’s Turnpike. According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the Wellington substation was dispatched to the area after receiving a call from an injured officer. The deputy pulled over a vehicle driven by 19year-old Christopher Rosenbach, who was attempting to leave the area where the deputy was injured.

Rosenbach was detained and, during a search of his vehicle, the deputy recovered a clear plastic bag containing marijuana, along with a beer keg in the back seat.

According to the report, while he was detained, Rosenbach made threats against the deputy’s family. Rosenbach was arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail where he was charged with driving with a suspended license, possession of marijuana under 20 grams, possession of alcohol by a minor and making threats against a public servant.

AUG. 1 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to Commerce Park East on Monday regarding a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, sometime between noon Saturday, July 16 and 6:30 p.m.

Monday, someone took the victim’s black Emerson vehicle trailer from a fenced area. There were no See BLOTTER, page 18

Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s help in finding these wanted fugitives: • Angel Cardona-Castillo is a white male, 5’3” tall and weighing 180 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. His date of birth is 08/01/84. Cardona-Castillo is wanted for failure to appear on charges of cultivation of marijuana and possession/production of drug paraphernalia.

His occupation is landscaping. His last known address was Lancaster Drive in Greenacres. Cardona-Castillo is wanted as of 08/04/11.

• John Martin is a white male, 6’4” tall and weighing 170 lbs., with brown hair and blue eyes. He has multiple tattoos.

His date of birth is 02/05/78. Mar tin is wanted for failure to appear on charges of carrying a concealed firearm and possession/use of paraphernalia. His occupation is unknown. His last known address was East Mead Hill Drive in Loxahatchee. Martin is wanted as of 08/04/ 11.

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

Angel CardonaCastillo

John Martin

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County Moves Forward With Foreclosure Registration Process

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Commission last week gave preliminary approval to an ordinance requiring the registration of foreclosed homes in unincorporated areas.

Passed unanimously at a meeting Thursday, July 28, the new rules are similar to those enacted recently by municipalities such as Royal Palm Beach.

The ordinance requires the inspection and registration of property with mortgages in default, and requires annual registration fees, maintenance and security of the property by the mortgage holders.

The reporting rules would kick in at the start of the pre-foreclosure, or lis pendens, process. Lis pendens, Latin for “suit in

progress,” means the property is in default but not necessarily in foreclosure.

“Sometimes default appears before it becomes foreclosed,” Commissioner Priscilla Taylor said. “Do we want to include property that is in default, or do we want to wait until it is actually in foreclosure?”

Planning Director Barbara Alterman said that lis pendens is the most reliable and straight-forward way to begin the registration process. “That’s what is registered in the public records and what would trigger the registration,” Alterman said. “That’s not the ending of the foreclosure, it’s the beginning of the foreclosure.”

Alterman noted that the lis pendens filing tracks closely with when owners stop proper

upkeep of their properties.

“If it never follows through, that doesn’t change the fact that the property very often goes into decline and it’s not being kept up, and that’s the purpose of this, to get this information so that code enforcement can go out and begin to enforce the codes,” Alterman said.

Taylor said it was her understanding that the ordinance is intended to monitor vacant, foreclosed properties. “Sometimes when these properties are in default, they are actually occupied,” she said.

Alterman said that was true and that under the ordinance, there are actually two separate inspection requirements, one for vacant property and another for property that is still occupied.

“Our experience has been once it goes into foreclosure or default of some sort, even if the property owner stays there, they are not investing the money, and the property begins to deteriorate,” Alterman said.

Dionna Hall, senior vice president of the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches, had concerns that properties would be captured by the process that are not vacant, abandoned or have maintenance issues.

“These homes are caught in the registry because the filing of lis pendens is a trigger for the registration requirement in a vendorrun system,” Hall said. “Receiving lis pendens does not mean your home will be foreclosed on.

These are delinquent homeowners who might be working through

a loan modification process or a short sale.”

Hall proposed a more refined registry program, such as the exclusion of condominiums. “There is no exterior maintenance of condos,” she said.

Hall also suggested a 45-day grace period so that property owners could show that they are living in the house and send a picture of the house to code enforcement.

“This would cut down greatly on the time of code enforcement to figure out if this property is vacant or abandoned,” Hall said.

“Why not cut the properties out now that have no outside maintenance issues so your code enforcement can concentrate on problem properties?”

Hall also asked that the $150 fee

be reviewed annually so that it is not levied on a property whose owners are no longer in foreclosure.

Commissioner Paulette Burdick asked whether the banks could be required to pay maintenance fees to homeowners’ associations, many of which are dealing with multiple foreclosures that put an additional burden on the remaining homeowners.

Assistant County Attorney Gentry Benjamin said recent court rulings have challenged whether banks could be required to pay HOA fees.

Commissioner Shelley Vana made a motion to approve the first reading of the ordinance, which carried unanimously. The final reading is set for Tuesday, Aug. 16.

County Commission Learns Impact Of State Concurrency Changes

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Palm Beach County attorneys informed county commissioners last week that they will still have the option of denying development applications despite recent legislation that deleted state concurrency requirements. However, traffic concurrency can no longer be used as a powerful way to limit development.

County Engineer George Webb gave a report July 26 on the effect of the legislation, saying that he was proud of the effectiveness of the county’s traffic concurrency rules over the past 25 years, since legislation was first enacted to ensure that traffic, schools and recreational amenities keep up with development.

A meeting is scheduled sometime this fall with school officials in regard to school concurrency, and recreation officials are recommending that the county retain its current levels of service. However, the state has prescribed a method that local governments must follow regarding roadway development.

“Traffic [concurrency] is still

optional, but if you do choose to keep it, the state has dictated how we will keep it,” Webb said.

The 2011 legislation on concurrency effectively killed the Palm Beach County approach to traffic concurrency that has been employed for the past 25 years, Webb said.

“The legislation made local government traffic concurrency optional, but if a local government wants to continue with traffic concurrency, state law now dictates you can use only one method to determine whether concurrency is met,” he said. “That method is called ‘proportionate share,’ or ‘pay and go.’”

Proportionate share requires a developer to pay only his share of road improvements to enable a project, although that amount might not be sufficient to cover all the road improvements needed, Webb said.

The developer is allowed to build after he pays what is deemed to be his fair share without the roadway improvements actually being in place. The real problem mounts when a subsequent developer applies, Webb said. Under

the new state regulations, developers who apply in an area with inadequate roads are not held responsible for road improvements that were not made before they applied.

“Staff recommends that the board keep traffic concurrency and, unless otherwise directed, over the next few months, we’ll be proposing whatever changes are required for our comprehensive plan and our unified land development code to comply with the new state law,” Webb said.

“We practiced true concurrency during the last 25 years and specifically avoided the concept of pay and go.”

Before the new legislation, in order to meet concurrency in Palm Beach County, infrastructure had to be in place at the time of development. If a road was going to be over capacity, the developer could not move forward with the portion of his project that would overload the road until the actual construction of the road was underway.

“We would not approve development until a construction project to correct a deficient road-

way was assured,” Webb said.

“This approach produced a road network where in 2011, over 95 percent of our roads meet the board’s adopted levels of service standard — even after the county absorbed more than 600,000 people in the past 25 years.”

The pay and go approach does not allow the county to stop or phase a development, and effectively allows traffic from a new development to potentially overload a road for years before local governments find enough money for improvements, Webb said.

“That concept is bad enough,” Webb said, “but the current state interpretation of the new law says that once a road is found to be over capacity, successive developments do not have to pay any proportionate share for the capacity they will be using.”

Webb said people in Tallahassee have repeatedly been told that Palm Beach County has stifled growth with its approach to traffic concurrency, Webb said, pointing out that at a recent statewide growth conference, Palm Beach County Planning Director Lorenzo Aghemo was told by several

Construction Begins On The Van Kampen Arena For 2012 Global Dressage Festival Equestrian Sport Productions CEO Mark Bellissimo has announced that construction is underway on a covered arena and at least one permanent barn with approximately 100 stalls in advance of the planned 2012 Global Dressage Festival.

The covered arena will be the centerpiece of the new show grounds to host the festival. It will be named the Van Kampen Arena in memory of Robert Van Kampen, the late investor who established a family legacy of philanthropy and charitable giving.

Completion of the structure is targeted by year end, and it will have a riding surface large enough at 200 feet by 350 feet for three full-size dressage rings.

The arena will be available for 30 days a year for use by charities and nonprofit organizations. Charities can apply and will be selected by a board that will include Wellington Equestrian Partners Kim Van Kampen Boyer, Mark and Katherine Bellissimo, Bruce Duchossois and Caroline Moran.

Construction, which had already begun for the new dressage

Work is underway to turn the old Palm Beach P olo stadium grounds into a state-of-the-art dressage facility.

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facility, is resuming now that the site plan has been adjusted to reflect a change in location for the larger covered structure and an enhanced hospitality area.

The new facility is part of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center complex that hosts the world famous Winter Equestrian Festival. The dressage grounds are on 57 acres that were the original Palm Beach Polo fields that sparked the development of Wellington as a major winter equestrian destination.

The dressage arenas will have the same high-quality footing and surfaces as the competition rings at PBIEC. “We are delighted to name the covered stadium the Van Kampen Arena to honor the late Robert Van Kampen and his family,” Bellissimo said. “Kimberly Boyer, one of his three daughters, has been instrumental in spearheading the WEP dressage effort, and she has been an inspiration in her dedication to charitable causes and her love and involvement in dressage on both sides of the Atlantic. The unique structure of this Van Kampen sponsorship allows us to further connect to the community and local charitable causes.”

Boyer is the owner of Hampton Green Farms in Wellington and Fruitport, Mich., and focuses

on breeding, training and competition of PRE, Pure Spanish Horses.

In addition to the covered arena, the new dressage facility provides for 4,100 stall barns and five outdoor dressage arenas including a stadium arena and a VIP structure. A grass jumping derby course adjoins the dressage facility. A 100-unit condominium hotel and retail plaza are also planned for the site.

The construction of the dressage venue is the second phase of development of PBIEC and follows the re-design and rebuilding of the hunter/jumper grounds with 12 competition arenas, about 100 retailers, and entertainment and hospitality venues centered around the stadium-sized International Arena.

Equestrian Sport Productions, which organizes and manages the horse shows for Wellington Equestrian Partners, has been awarded five international-level CDI dressage competitions over a two-month period in winter in 2012, including two World Cup qualifiers, a CDI3*, a CDI5* and the first dressage Nations Cup in the western hemisphere outside of championship events.

For more information about Equestrian Sport Productions, visit www.equestriansport.com.

members of the business and development community that they were watching Palm Beach County to make sure it complies with the new state law.

Webb said that the law is now in effect. “We did not have an opportunity to change our comp plan; we did not have an opportunity to change our unified land development code,” he said. “We were told that state law trumps and to implement this approach immediately. We are now in the process of figuring out a way to handle traffic studies when they come in to us.”

Commission Chair Karen Marcus said she had been on speaking engagements where state legislators approached her expecting to be congratulated for giving local government control over concurrency regulations. “They said, ‘We took the state out of it,’and I said, ‘No, this is what you did, you made us do pay and go, which we have not supported for over 25 years,’” Marcus said.

Acreage resident Patricia Curry asked whether the commission can deny a project based on traffic, and attorney Robert Banks

said it can. “The board retains the right to make decisions based on health, safety and welfare, regardless of concurrency, whether concurrency is optional, if it’s determined that a road is dangerous,” Banks said.

Curry said she would support the county enacting its own concurrency regulations. “I don’t know what the state sees us doing, but I’m looking to this county commission to protect the public,” she said.

Developer agent Bob Bentz of Land Design South said there has been concern with Palm Beach County over concurrency regulations, specifically that the county’s comp plan prohibits developers from applying for development applications or text amendments under certain conditions. “I don’t know of any other county or city in the State of Florida that prohibits you from filing an application,” Bentz said.

Marcus asked staff to develop a complete report on the effects of the new legislation, and the appropriate measures the county can take, in time for a planning meeting in October.

Visions Hair Salon Benefit Aug. 14 Visions Hair Salon in Wellington will host its fourth annual cutathon Sunday, Aug. 14 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cut-athon will benefit Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and the local chapter of the American Cancer Society.

“Having dealt with breast cancer firsthand, it is important for us to do all we can to fight this disease,” Visions co-owner Linda Monticello said.

Visions Hair Salon’s annual cutathon has been an outstanding community event that offers the opportunity for the family to get great cuts at an outstanding price by top professionals. Fantastic prizes from local businesses will be raffled off, along with some

great surprises. This year, Visions hopes to raise over $2,000 for Making Strides and the local chapter of the American Cancer Society. With each cut, you can help make a difference in raising awareness in the fight against breast cancer.

Visions Hair Salon’s fourth annual cut-athon is a great way to get ready for back to school while giving back. Haircuts cost $25, and a cut and style costs $50, cash or check only. Call ahead to reserve your appointment for Sunday, Aug. 14.

Visions Hair Salon is located at 12793 W. Forest Hill Blvd. in the Wellington Plaza. For more information, call (561) 7901696.

Seeking Active-Duty Military Members For Magazine Feature Wellington The Magazine is looking to honor local military men and women as part of a feature in an upcoming issue of the magazine.

The publication is currently requesting the names and contact information for hometown heroes currently serving in any branch of the U.S. military.

If you’d like to nominate someone, e-mail a name, contact information and photo if available to wellingtonmag@aol.com.

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An artist’s rendering of WRMC’s expansion project.

WRMC Announces $50 Million Expansion Project Wellington Regional Medical Center and its parent company, Universal Health Services of King of Prussia, Pa., have announced plans for a three-story, 103,000square-foot patient care tower with a groundbreaking event scheduled in September.

The new tower will add 80 new private patient rooms to the facility. Construction plans include the capability of adding two additional floors in later phases.

With more than 40 years of healthcare construction experience, the Robins & Morton Group of Orlando has been chosen as the general contractor for the $50 million project. The design of the workspace in the new tower will be complemented by advanced technology including individualized nursing work stations that will enhance and promote a patient-centered care model.

The expansion will provide the

space for an ante-partum unit to care for high-risk mothers and an ICU step-down unit, providing support for existing medical/surgical and ICU units. New main lobby and registration areas will be conveniently relocated with expanded kitchen and cafeteria areas also being planned.

“Wellington Regional Medical Center has been providing the finest quality healthcare services to the residents of Palm Beach County for the past 25 years,” Wellington Regional CEO Jerel Humphrey said. “This expansion project underscores our continued commitment to the community by enhancing our capabilities to better serve our patients and by providing the much-needed space to develop and expand services for many years to come.”

Construction of the new tower is scheduled to be completed in late 2012.

The Mall at Wellington Green is celebrating the back-to-school shopping season with a MallStars Kids Club “Back-to-School Bash” on Saturday, Aug. 6 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in Grand Court. Attendees will be able to enter this free event through the Patio Verde Food Court entrance.

“The Mall at Wellington Green is pleased to invite kids to join us for our Back to School Bash on Saturday,” said Rachelle Crain, marketing and sponsorship director for the mall. “We look forward to celebrating the back-to-school season with our local families and having a great time at the event.”

The Mall at Wellington Green’s merchants will feature back-toschool shopping specials for the event in addition to fun, familyfriendly activities, like trivia games and face painting.

MallStars Kids Club’s presenting sponsor, Home Away From Home Child Care Learning Center, will host a craft table where kids can create a cool picture frame. Plus, Home Away From Home will be distributing goodie bags of school supplies.

BB&T will also be presenting banking tips to kids through a creative coloring project. They will also be talking to families about the outstanding banking options that BB&T has to offer.

Whole Foods Market will be featuring a snack mix station, while parents learn how to build a healthy lunch featuring the natu-

ral and organic products from Whole Foods Market.

MallStars members can also register for a chance to win one of four $25 Mall at Wellington Green gift cards for their back-to-school shopping.

MallStars is a free kids club offered by the Mall at Wellington Green. Children ages 2 to 10 years old are able to sign up at the Guest Services desk. Members receive a personal membership card, an online newsletter with what’s happening in the mall and participating store discounts. Members and their families also enjoy seasonal events, like MallStars Back-toSchool Bash happening this Saturday.

This is a free event offered by the Mall at Wellington Green and is open to the general public. For more information, call the mall management office at (561) 2276901.

ITID Closing Kidscape Park For Renovation Indian Trail Improvement District’s Kidscape Park will be closed for renovation and replacement of the playground equipment Aug. 22 through Nov. 17.

Kidscape Park is located at the intersection of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road and 74th Street North in The Acreage (15970 74th Street North).

Renovations will include replacement of both the age 2-5 playground, the age 5-12 playground, and construction of a designated sand tot lot. Paving of the

parking lots, improved drainage and improved fencing are also part of the renovation plans.

Kidscape Park will be reopened as soon as all work is completed. For more information, call ITID at (561) 793-0874.

Iberia Bank Partners To Benefit FSO Iberia Bank has stepped up to kick off and partner in the Yesterday’s Heroes Serving Today’s Heroes Overseas campaign benefiting Forgotten Soldiers Outreach Inc. The six-month campaign was orchestrated by veterans who reside in Barrington Terrace of Boynton Beach and Brightsar Nursing, along with Forgotten Soldiers Outreach. These veterans want to give back to today’s heroes and creatively came up with a partnership with Forgotten Soldiers Outreach. The campaign will end on Nov. 11 with a special packing event in which the residents will pack 111 “we-care” packages to U.S. troops.

On June 14, Flag Day, Iberia Bank kicked off the campaign by becoming an official drop-off location for we-care package items at their branch locations in Palm Beach and Broward counties.

There will be a “Zumba-thon” Monday, Aug. 15 with Zumba dancers performing from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., hosted by the Fraternal Order of Police (1200 Miner Road, Boynton Beach). Tickets cost $15 each with a percentage of the proceeds benefiting FSO.

There will also be hors d’oeuvres to enjoy.

On Sept. 9, a fundraiser will be held at Carrabba’s Italian Grill (1999 N. Congress Avenue, Boynton Beach). Admission is $25, which includes lunch, a distinguished guest speaker and raffles.

The donation also sponsors a wecare package to one of the deployed troops. Only 100 seats are available, so make your reservation now. For tickets, or to RSVP, visit www.forgottensoldiers.org or call (561) 369-2933.

Jamaican Independence Event Aug. 6 Jamaicans of the Palm Beaches Inc. has announced its 20th anniversary celebration of Jamaica’s 49th year of independence with a dinner and dance Saturday, Aug. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.

This year’s celebration promises to be the most prestigious and spectacular one to date. Included in the program are guest speakers Jamaica Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, State Rep. Mack Bernard (D-District 84) and West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio.

Guests are invited to come and enjoy Jamaican-style cuisine, singing, dancing and rhythmic sounds by Mellosound International.

Tickets cost $65 per person. All funds will go toward programs and activities hosted by the nonprofit group. For more info., or to purchase a seat, call (561) 3851621 or (561) 584-2335.

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PALMS WEST CHAMBER PRESENTS ANNUAL POKER TOURNEY AT KENNEL CLUB The Palms West Chamber of Commerce held its 2011 Poker Tournament on Saturday, July 30 at the Palm Beach Kennel Club.

Approximately 170 people gathered to play poker. First-place winner Kerry Joy received $1,000 and a seat in the February 2012 World Series of Poker.

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The group from Al Packer Ford West enjoys a game.

Denise Smith, Faye Ford and Mair Armand.

Kennel Club Tournament Supervisor Johnathan Manning, Card Room Director Noah Carbone, Assistant Card Room Manager Josh Alderman and Chamber Event Coordinator Marc Schlags.

Third-place finisher Stuart Roffman, Scott Armand, and Terri and Glenn Wescott.

Dale Butcher, Duncan Miller and Lucy Gartez of Florida Public Utilities.

Scott Armand rakes in the chips.

Nick Smith buys raffle tickets from Denise Smith.

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AREA SHOPPERS & VENDORS CONVENE AT COMMUNITY FLEA MARKET IN RPB

The Village of Royal Palm Beach hosted a community indoor flea market Friday, July 29 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center.

Vendors sold crafts, housewares, clothes, jewelry and more while the crowd listened to oldies music spun by DJ Terry Harms.

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Louise Connolly and Joan Kelley.

Iris Levin picks out a blouse.

Debbie Hulen and Mary Tingler sell their handcrafted items.

Anna Ziegler looks at a skirt.

Marie Shoemaker with her aprons.

Alana Ray tries out hair bows made

by Vicki Hargraves of Awesome Bows.

Health Department’s Nurse-Family Partnership Graduates 80 Families The Nurse-Family Partnership at the Palm Beach County Health Department, in conjunction with the Children’s Services Council, held its first graduation ceremony on July 15. Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is a voluntary prevention program that provides nurse home visitation services from the health department to low income, first-time mothers. A total of 80 families participated in the graduation ceremony.

Nurses begin home visits early in the mother’s pregnancy and continue visitation until the child’s second birthday. Nurses provide support, education and counseling on health, behavioral and self-sufficiency issues.

In Palm Beach County, 300 families are currently served by the program. Nationally, mothers who have participated in the program have consistently demonstrated significantly improved prenatal health, fewer subsequent pregnancies, increased employment of the moms, improved school readiness of the children, reduced involvement in crime by the mothers and their children, and less child abuse, neglect and injuries. “The Nurse Family Partnership program promotes positive change for both mother and child, benefiting future generations,” Palm Beach County Health Department Director Dr. Alina Alonso said. “By ensuring a solid foun-

dation for these mothers with support to this vulnerable population, we can greatly improve their health, educational and economic outcomes.”

“Young mothers-to-be, especially those in low-income areas, often have no support system during this important time in their lives,” Children’s Services Council CEO Tana Ebbole said. “The nurses provide the help these young families need to see that they have healthy babies who are nurtured and ready for school and grow up healthy, safe and strong.

The partnership exemplifies what we want for Palm Beach County’s children and families — programs and services that have prov-

en results, because our families deserve the best and taxpayers deserve the top return on investment.”

The Children’s Services Council brought the Nurse-Family Partnership to Palm Beach County three years ago. Since then, 511 moms-to-be have participated in the voluntary program. Palm Beach County is one of 33 NFP sites around the country and the only one in Florida.

For more information about Nurse-Family Partnership, visit www.nursefamilypartnership.org.

(Right) Cheryl Euart, Savanna Rose Baldwin and nurse Claudia Jaramillo.

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HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOSTS GOLF TOURNEY AT MADISON GREEN

The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach County held its eighth annual golf classic Frida y, July 29 at the Madison Green Golf Club. The tournament raised mone y for Hispanic Chamber charities and the Triunfo scholarship program for exemplar y Hispanic students in Palm Beach County. For more info., visit www.pbhchamber.com.

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Jim Bomar and Ryan Patch head out to the course.

Hispanic Chamber CEO Andre Varona and Madison Green Golf Club Sales Director Bob Still.

Patrick Johnson, Claudia Ruiz, Liz MacCall, Paola Cala, Clare Vazquez, Layonel Lopez, Andre Varona, Meneftha Pierre and Ron Miranda at the ticket booth.

Adam Doner tees off at the first hole.

Trelles Law Business Director Steve Yedinak and Hispanic Chamber CEO Andre Varona.

Andre Varona, Jennifer Fredricks and A dam Doner on the golf course.

Junior League Receives Grant From Enterprise Holdings Foundation The Junior League of the Palm Beaches has announced that the organization was awarded a $2,000 grant from the Enterprise Holdings Foundation.

Nominated by Junior League member and Enterprise Holdings employee Krista Way, the Junior League will use the donation to support projects committed to enriching the lives of children in Palm Beach County.

The Enterprise Holdings Foundation promotes charitable giving by asking Enterprise Holdings employees to nominate local charities to receive grants.

This process ensures the foun-

dation that it is directly supporting the communities where their employees and customers work and live.

St. Louis-based Enterprise Holdings owns and operates the Alamo, Enterprise and National car rental brands in North America. With annual revenues of $12.6 billion and more than 68,000 employees, Enterprise Holdings also operates, through its regional subsidiaries, more than one million cars and trucks, making it the largest and most comprehensive car rental service provider in the world measured by revenue, employees and fleet.

For more information about Enterprise Holdings, visit www. enterpriseholdings.com.

The Junior League of the Palm Beaches is a nonprofit organization of women dedicated to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

Junior League members work throughout the community providing volunteers and funding to social service and charitable organizations.

The league is composed of more than 700 professional and dedicated women and has celebrated over 70 years of service. In that time, the league has donated nearly $3 million to specific community projects, and in the past ten years has invested more than 320,000 league volunteer hours.

For more information, visit www.jlpb.org.

(Right) Junior League member and Enterprise Holdings employee Krista Way presents the Enterprise Holdings Foundation check to Junior League President Ann Marie Pilling.

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Palm Beach State College To Offer Bachelor’s Degree In Nursing Palm Beach State College will begin offering its much-anticipated bachelor of science in nursing program in January to help registered nurses boost their training.

An information session will be held Aug. 25 from 4 to 6 p.m. in Room 129 in the Natural Science building on the Lake Worth campus (4200 Congress Ave.).

Faculty and advisors will be on hand to answer questions about the requirements and the application process for the program. The

BSN program at Palm Beach State College creates a more affordable path for registered nurses with an associate’s degree and a current Florida nursing license to advance their education and move into administrative and supervisory roles.

The application deadline for the inaugural class of up to 105 students is Oct. 1.

“I am pumped. I can’t wait to get this program up and going and to let the nurses begin,” said Program Director Dr. Gary Reardon,

who has been a registered nurse for 30 years. “I want nurses to embrace the future because the future is in education. Nurses should be practicing at the highest level of education that they possibly can.”

Palm Beach State College received approval from the Florida Board of Education last summer to offer the program and received final approval earlier this year from its accrediting body, the Commission on Colleges of the

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

This marks the third bachelor’s degree program at the college.

Palm Beach State College began offering its first bachelor’s degree, a bachelor of applied science in supervision and management, in fall 2009. Earlier this year, it added a bachelor of applied science in information management.

With the types of medical issues facing patients today, Reardon said it is critically important for

WHS Student Orientation Set For Aug. 18 Wellington High School will hold new student orientation Thursday, Aug. 18.

New student orientation will be presented for all incoming ninth-graders, newly registered students and their parents. The evening will be divided into two parts starting in the theater, with presentations about policies, procedures, dress code and important first-day information.

At the conclusion of the theater presentation, people will be

directed to the courtyard for the second part of the program. This will include campus tour guides assisting students and parents locating administrative homerooms, entertainment by school groups, activity displays and information tables addressing bus schedules, Edline password, and organizers and T-shirts available through the WHS school store.

In order to better accommodate busy schedules and large numbers of incoming students,

WHS will hold two staggered presentations, the first starting at 6 p.m. for those able to come early, and the second at 7 p.m. for those needing additional time arriving that evening. Both presentations will start in the theater.

Theater doors will be closed promptly at 5:55 p.m. for the first presentation to be reopened when the first group is released to proceed to the courtyard for the second part of the program.

Upon entering the theater, a program that will be handed out listing the administrative homeroom each student has been assigned when he or she arrives on the first day of school for schedule distribution.

While on the campus tour in the courtyard, many activities and performing groups will be available to provide important information.

For more information, call (561) 795-4900.

Wysong Spends Summer At Scripps Florida The King’s Academy senior Jeffrey Wysong spent his summer as a Kenan Fellow in the Scripps Florida Summer Internship Program.

Wysong was one of only 17 students to receive the opportunity to be placed in the laboratories of Scripps scientists for a six-week, hands-on research experience.

This highly competitive program received more than 140 applications representing high schools from across Palm Beach County.

Working alongside faculty members, postdoctoral researchers and Ph.D. students was a phenomenal experience for this high school senior.

As an intern, Wysong had to familiarize himself with the lab and the state-of-the-art equipment as well as common procedures and techniques used in the lab.

Wysong was tasked to study the synthesis and applications of synthetic lectins and was asked to present his research at the end of the internship to an audience of family, friends, teachers and scientists.

He also attended special week-

ly seminars presented by Scripps Florida faculty members.

“I really liked the hands-on experience and working side-by-side with some of the great minds in the field of chemistry,” Wysong said. “I am grateful for the experience and all that I learned about science and about myself.”

His experiences as a summer intern should serve him well as he pursues a career in biochemistry or chemical engineering coupled with business.

“We encourage all of our TKA students to pursue programs that stretch their intellect and expose them to unique experiences that will help shape their futures,” King’s Academy High School Principal Sonya Jones said. “This was an amazing opportunity for Jeffrey and it will surely impact and direct his future pursuits.”

The King’s Academy is a nationally recognized private Christian school serving approximately 1,200 students from preschool through 12th grade.

More information about the King’s Academy is available online at www.tka.net.

nurses to continue learning. “Our healthcare system is in such a state that our patients’ diagnoses are much more complex than they’ve ever been,” he said. “With a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a focus on leadership, it will help that nurse to navigate through the complex systems that ultimately will assist the patients on their road to recovery.”

The program includes 36 credit hours (12 classes) and a capstone project with two clinical components: community and leadership.

Courses will be offered online and in person.

“There is a lot of demand in the hospitals that have moved toward specialized status where they’re going to need many of their nurses to be bachelor’s de-

gree prepared, so the time is great on this,” said Dr. Anita Kaplan, dean of bachelor’s degree programs.

For more information, visit w w w. p a l m b e a c h s t a t e . e d u / bachelor.xml or call (561) 8684100.

Serving more than 51,000 students annually, Palm Beach State College is the largest institution of higher education in Palm Beach County, providing bachelor ’s degrees, associate’s degrees, professional certificates, career training and lifelong learning.

Established in 1933 as Florida’s first public community college, it offers more than 100 programs of study at locations in Lake Worth, Boca Raton, Palm Beach Gardens and Belle Glade.

William Koch Donates $250,000 To Bak MSOA Local philanthropist and Oxbow business owner William I. Koch has donated $250,000 to the MSOA Foundation in support of Bak Middle School of the Arts.

Over the last two years, Koch has donated more than $500,000 in support of the MSOA Foundation’s Save the Arts campaign. The campaign was launched in the 2009-10 school year when the school’s magnet budget was reduced by approximately $100,000 due to the economy.

Koch’s donation protected the school’s vital artist in residence program that provides for small group and individual arts tutoring.

Previously, Koch has made significant contributions, including hosting and underwriting several MSOA Foundation events in his home, giving more than $1 million to Bak over the past decade.

Koch’s contributions and proceeds from the events he hosted

provided computer labs for the science, visual and ESE departments, created a new artist in residence position for the Visual Arts Department and much more.

Over the years, Koch has granted support to numerous programs offered by the Bak Middle School of the Arts. Collectively, his support has benefited children from low-income families, students with learning disabilities, minority youth and those who speak English as a second language.

These programs have provided after-school and summer enrichment programs, musical instruments, arts tutoring, food and transportation, equipment and supplies, including laptops and audio books.

In recognition of his outstanding support, the MSOA Foundation last year honored Koch with the Star Award Medal for his inspired and significant support of the arts, academics and youth.

Homeschool Support Group To Meet Sept. 2 TKA senior Jef frey Wysong presentis his summer research at Scripps Florida.

Christian Homeschool Support of the Western Communities (CHS) will hold its first monthly parent meeting for the 2011-12 year Friday, Sept. 2 at 1 p.m.

CHS invites you to come hear what they have planned for the

new year. All area homeschoolers are encouraged to attend. Discounted annual membership of $10 per family ends soon.

Call (561) 753-4750 for the meeting location in The Acreage and other information.

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Laura Bassett Graduates Cum Laude From Harvard University Laura Bassett of West Palm Beach recently graduated cum laude from Harvard University.

She received her bachelor’s degree in history and science (medicine and society track) with her honors thesis titled “Caring for the Uninsured: Faith-Based Free Health Clinics in South Florida, 1980 to Present.”

Bassett, a 2007 graduate of the King’s Academy, currently serves as a leader/advisor to high school students enrolled in a summer study-abroad program at Oxford University in Oxford, England.

During the 2011-12 school year, she will complete a master’s degree in public health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on the health promotion track. Following her master’s de-

gree, Bassett intends to attend medical school and pursue a career in primary care, focusing on pediatric patients with limited access to healthcare.

“Laura’s success academically and how prepared she felt for Harvard’s classes really is a great testament to TKA,” said Ben Bassett, Laura’s father. “As parents, we appreciate the level of dedication shown by those at the King’s Academy.”

“TKA provided me with opportunities to challenge myself academically, which prepared me for the intensive coursework at Harvard,” Laura said. “I most value the well-rounded education that I received at TKA, which included participating in a wide range of extracurricular

activities, growing socially and being nurtured spiritually by teachers and staff.”

TKA Headmaster Kevin Colling acknowledged Bassett’s achievement.

“We are extremely proud of Laura and her accomplishments and expect many more successes in her future,” he said. “TKA has always endeavored to present the most challenging college preparatory curriculum in a faith-based environment coupled with outstanding extracurricular activities, all of which Laura was a beneficiary. To that end, this year we are excited to add Mandarin Chinese to our foreign language offerings as well as lacrosse to our athletics department.”

The King’s Academy is a na-

tionally recognized private Christian school serving approximately 1,200 students from preschool through 12th grade and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Association of Christian Schools International and the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools.

TKA serves students and their families across Palm Beach and Hendry counties at its main campus at Belvedere Road and Sansbury’s Way in West Palm Beach, its Clewiston campus on Caribbean Avenue, and its satellite preschool campuses in Greenacres, Palm Beach Gardens and Royal Palm Beach.

More information is available online at www.tka.net.

The King’s A cademy alum Laura Bassett receives her degree during the graduation ceremony at Harvard Univ ersity.

Public Relations Pros Hold Event In Delray

This photograph, dated 1960, was was found at a local ar ts & crafts store.

Looking For Owner Of Old Photograph Loxahatchee resident Audrey Savino is looking for help identifying the subjects of an old photograph she recently found.

“While cleaning and redoing my home office, an old black and white photograph of two girls fell out of one of my scrapbooking paper stack pads,” she said. “I believe I purchased this paper stack from Michael’s or Joann Fabrics and am not sure how long I have had the paper. I would like to find the owner of this picture.”

Savino noted that the back of

the 2-inch-by-2-inch picture reads, “Carla & Anja Dec. 1960,” and that the girls look to be 3 or 4 years old.

“I posted this on Facebook but no one has recognized the picture,” she said. “I made a copy of the picture and took it to Michael’s and Joann Fabrics, and asked them to put it up in their store but no response yet.”

Anyone with information on the photograph can contact Savino via e-mail at btsave@me.com or by calling (561) 236-4353.

More than 80 local marketing, media and public relations professionals attended the fifth annual PR YAK-YAK held recently at Crane’s BeachHouse Hotel & Tiki Bar in Delray Beach. Co-hosted by the Gold Coast PR Council and PRSA-Palm Beach, PR YAKYAK netted approximately $1,400, which was split evenly by both nonprofit organizations.

The fourth of eight “Third Thursday Fun-raisers” hosted this year at Crane’s BeachHouse Hotel, PR YAK-YAK attracted many of South Florida’s most wellknown and well-connected publicists, including Melissa Carter (Old School Square), Jeanne Epstein (Premier Marketing Strategies), Tif fany Faublas (Palm Beach County Convention Center), Julie Kaminski (the Buzz Agency), Ann Margo Peart (the Breakers), Jennifer Sullivan (the O’Donnell Agency), Glen Calder (TransMedia Group), Enid Atwater (Venue Advertising), Sarah Flynn (Willcaro Communications) and Suzi McCreery (Northwood University).

Also on hand, among others, were publishers Kate Leming and Jerry Lower (The Coastal Star), Rich Pollack (Pollack Communications), Linnea Brown (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), Brittany Miller (Loggerhead MarineLife Center), NCCI’s Judy Joffe, videographer Karen Lustgarten, the Colony Hotel’s Rob Russell with cabaret star Jeff Harnar, event planner Leslie Garcia-Furey, Carol Herz

Jennifer Sullivan and Ann Margo Pear t.

(Lynn University), and publisher Michelle Noga, editor Betty Wells and columnist Scott Simmons from Florida Weekly.

Attendees at PR YAK-YAK were welcomed by Gary Schweikhart, co-founder and president of the Gold Coast PR Council; Kristin B. Calder, president of PRSA-Palm Beach; and Cathy Balestriere, general manager of Crane’s BeachHouse Hotel & Tiki Bar. In addition to tasty munchies, attendees also enjoyed great music from the Caribbean dynamo, the dynamic DYMiN. For additional information about the two sponsoring organizations, visit www.goldcoast prcouncil.com or www.prsapalm beach.org.

Sarah Flynn, Debbie Abram and Suzanne Hayward.

Mary Kate Leming, Melissa Carter, Alison Redmond and Jerry Lower.

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Pollack Wins Aguirre Foundation Scholarship The Christopher Aguirre Memorial Foundation has announced Jessica Pollack as its inaugural scholarship winner. Pollack, who is an accomplished majorette and recent Wellington High School graduate, said she takes the honor very seriously.

Christopher Aguirre, a WHS graduate, was a senior at Florida State University when his life suddenly and tragically ended in an accident in 2006, just months before his college graduation. His mother RoseAnn and brother Anthony felt his memory should be honored in a way that would help other WHS graduates achieve their dreams at FSU. In 2008, after an overwhelming show of support during what was meant to be a gathering of friends at a softball game, they decided to set up an annual tournament followed by a

foundation named for Christopher ’s memory. The next softball tournament is set for Saturday, Dec. 17.

The 2011 recipient of the scholarship served as a majorette captain in the WHS band and was chosen after she entered the foundation’s scholarship essay contest.

“I’m so honored that Christopher ’s family felt that I would be a good choice to carry on his memory,” Pollack said. “I plan on becoming personally involved in the foundation, and I am incredibly excited to participate in giving back to our community while continuously honoring Christopher’s life.”

To learn more about the Christopher Aguirre Memorial Foundation and its softball tournament sponsorship opportunities, visit www.christophermemorial.org.

RoseAnn Voils and Anthony Aguirre with Jessica, Paula, Ron and Alex Pollack.

Brooke Wins Country Showdown Competition Wellington resident Emily Brooke won the first round of competition in the national Texaco Country Showdown held in Okeechobee. Coordinated by radio station WOKC-10.9 FM and 1570 AM, the 30th annual Country Showdown is designed to find the most promising country music talent in America and to give these performers a chance to launch their professional music careers.

Twelve-year-old Brooke is a singer, songwriter and guitarist.

For such a young artist, she has

played an extensive amount of shows from South Florida to Nashville, Tenn. and has played in such Nashville venues as Tootsie’s, Rippy’s, Big Shotz, Margaritaville, the Nashville Palace, the Commodore and Picks and was a guest for the Nixa Country Radio Show.

In South Florida, Brooke has played numerous fairs, festivals and concerts. She has opened for such acts as the Trailer Choir, the Eli Young Band, Steve Holy, Kate and Kacey Coppola, Bucky Covington and more.

Brooke holds the title for the 2009 Wellington’s Got Talent, was one of the state’s top five finalist for the 2009 and 2010 Colgate Country Showdown, 2010 Colgate Country Songwriter winner, 2010 Starz of the Future winner and Palm Beach Idol 2011 winner. She has a few original songs on iTunes now with more on the way. Brooke is working very hard and plans to achieve her goal of being a country music star. For additional information, visit www.countryshowdown.com or www.wokc.com.

Emily Brooke with a certificate honoring her for the award.

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Trisha Prill Wins National Pageant Trisha Prill, a King’s Academy student from Lake Worth, was crowned America’s Miss Teen 2011 before a large crowd June 24 at the Maryland Center for the Creative Arts in Annapolis, Md. Prill joined state delegates from across the United States to compete for the national title, which began with week-long appearances touring Annapolis, hosting a Princess Ball for Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, sponsored events that included a evening of entertainment at Medieval Times Tournament in Arundel Mills, a day of fun and autograph signing at Six Flags America theme park and a movie night at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Annapolis, the host hotel.

With her national title, Prill will represent the nation during her year of reign, making appearances in Florida and throughout the United States and will be recognized in national advertising. In addition to winning the national title, Prill also won the fitness wear competition.

Prill will join the newly crowned America’s Mrs. 2011 Darlene Taylor, America’s Ms. 2011 Bethany Johnson and America’s Miss 2011 Shaina Millan in helping to mentor the Girl Scouts of America during their year of reign.

Other winners were: first runner-up, Lindsey Ray (West Virginia); second runner-up, Gabrielle

Trisha Prill Reidy (Virginia); third runner-up, Maris Screen (Maryland); and fourth runner-up, Caitlin Detreville (New Jersey).

In 2012, the America’s Miss Organization will celebrate its 10th year recognizing and encouraging young women to strive for higher education and to serve as positive role models in their communities.

The organization’s goal is to “celebrate the accomplishments and empower teens and women across America, by using the crown to encourage their involvement in social and humanitarian causes.”

The pageant is open for those in the following categories: Teens (13-18), Miss (19-26), single Ms. and married women Mrs. (over 21). For more information, visit www.americasmiss.org.

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Dedication On Sept. 11

continued from page 1 Run, which is held in memory of firefighter Capt. Jeff Annas and will benefit the Firefighters/Paramedics Benevolent Fund. The run starts at 6:30 a.m. and also features a kids run. Registration is $25, or $30 on the day of the event.

Following the run, Whole Foods Market will sponsor a barbecue lunch for participants. That night, residents can enjoy a free concert with the Brass Evolution starting at 6 p.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater.

Then, on Sunday, Sept. 11, residents and officials will honor Patriot Day starting at 8:30 a.m. with a Parade of Heroes on Forest Hill Blvd., followed by the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at 9 a.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater and the Patriot Memorial dedication at 10:30 a.m.

Willhite noted that among the

hundreds expected to gather for the service will be several residents who have been personally affected by the tragedy. Wellington extended invitations to members of the Sept. 11th Families’ Association who live nearby, as well as firefighters, police, military personnel and other rescuers who were affected.

“Some of them can’t or don’t want to travel to New York,” he said. “And some of them have said they will join us.”

And even though Wellington was not directly impacted by the attacks, having a memorial provides a way for its residents to mourn those who were lost.

Willhite said that already the memorial has drawn a lot of attention, both locally and nationally. “It’s powerful,” he said. “People are drawn to it. As soon as the fence around it came down, people wanted to go up and touch the steel. People come up and hug it.

It has a profound effect on people.”

Bonde agreed. “A lot of people

don’t really understand it until you see it,” he said. “I was honored to be one of the people who was selected to go up to New York and select [the steel]. I saw the impact of that day firsthand.”

And like that first impression, the memorial will last a lifetime, Bonde said.

“It’s unfortunate that we even have to have an occasion to remember how bad of a situation 9/ 11 was,” he said. “But it’s also a good thing because it reminds everyone of the sacrifices people made for others. It says a lot about us as a society.”

To help future generations learn about Patriot Day, Wellington will also be using a part of the steel, pulled from the larger beam, in schools. “It’s going to teach our children about what happened that day,” Willhite said. “I think that only time will tell just how great [the memorial] is for Wellington.”

For more information about the events planned for Sept. 11, visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or call (561) 791-4000.

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continued from page 1 changes in curriculum or in the activities,” he said. “But there will be a major change in how teachers are evaluated based on the [recent] law handed down from the state.”

Senate Bill 736, which was signed into law in March, will change how teachers are evaluated, using student test scores to determine contracts and pay.

But Mondy said that change wouldn’t be reflected in the dayto-day operations of the school.

“It’s really going to be business

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continued from page 1 volved parties over the course of five years. It has gained support from the Indian Trail Improvement District and the Acreage Landowners’ Association, he noted.

Bentz added that the area is underserved by commercial services compared to other areas of the county, pointing out that the 85square-mile area of The Acreage has only one gas station, where the national average for an area that size is 24 gas stations.

Bentz said it was frustrating to him that some residents have said they did not know about the project, and named 18 public meetings he had attended over the past five years, including five with ITID, four with the county commission, three with the ALA, three with the county planning commission and one each with the cities of West Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens. Signs also had been posted on the property, he said.

“That culminated in your approval of the large-scale comp plan amendment for this property to commercial low,” Bentz said, asserting that since the property has already received a comp plan amendment from agricultural residential to commercial use, the question now was rezoning to be

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continued from page 1 few years ago, when the state passed the water quality act.”

After the village spent millions working closely with the South Florida Water Management District to replumb Wellington’s drainage system, the old pump was taken offline and recently was removed completely, replaced by a new system that pumps stormwater runoff from southern Wellington north to the C-51 Canal and then west to storm water treatment areas STA-1 East and West, where one of the largest pump stations in Florida draws water from the C-51 into the filter marshes. There, plants cleanse the water of phosphates that otherwise would increase nutrient levels to a point too excessive for the Everglades, Adams explained.

What was once part of McArthur Dairy is now a huge cleanup marsh, Adams said. “The water from Wellington now is pumped into it, and the scientific theory is that specific plant life planted there will take that phosphorus out of the water before it gets out to the Everglades itself,” he said.

Questions have been raised about the efficiency of the stormwater treatment areas and whether they will handle the amount of phosphorus that is going into them. Adams said the demand is

Wellington is putting the finishing touches on its new Patriot Memorial.

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Ken Adams points to the canal separating Wellington from the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. PHOTO BY R ON BUKLEY/TOWN-CRIER tremendous, based on the effluent coming from not only Wellington but also farming interests.

When the pumps were first installed, the area was called the Flying COW Ranch, Adams said. The Acme Water Control District (later the Acme Improvement District) was set up in 1953 and levied a bond and assessed farmers to have their land drained.

“All the farmers who rented land were charged a proportionate share to pay for those bonds, and with that bond money, Acme built the canals and pump stations, and built dirt roads to get oranges and vegetables off the property,” Adams said. “Wellington was a lot more than the developers’ opportunity to make money.”

Deputy Village Manager John

Bonde said the old pump was removed last winter. “Our permit with South Florida Water Management District required that that pump be completely demolished because they did not want in any way that it could be used, because our permit does not allow us to discharge directly from that station into the wildlife refuge,” Bonde said.

Bonde said that the pump is no longer needed now that the entire drainage system has been re-engineered. “We took the fuel tanks out at least two or three years ago, and we took the pump out, but we left the building there. We had some reports of vandalism and some other activities that shouldn’t be going on, so we took that down as well.”

as usual,” he said. “And, of course, when the FCAT scores come out, we will continue to look at those, evaluate them, and see what can be done to continue to raise them.”

In the time Mondy was principal, PBCHS rose from a B grade in 2006-07 to an A grade in 200708. Last year, it rose again from a B to an A. Mondy said that he plans to work with teachers and students when they come back from vacation later this month.

“The teachers aren’t back yet,” he said. “The students aren’t back yet. We’re getting everything ready for when they return.”

Overall, he said he is happy to be back at PBCHS and looks forward to an exciting school year.

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consistent with the land use.

The largest building on the property will be the grocery store, Bentz said, with heavily landscaped wetland areas to the east and west. He said there is already a traffic light at Northlake and Coconut boulevards and that another one will be installed at the main entrance — one of the county’s conditions of approval.

Northlake Blvd. has a 50-foot landscaped strip on the south side and an 8-foot pedestrian path within it, Bentz said. On the south side of the property is a 25-foot buffer, 10 feet wider than what’s required and containing an equestrian trail, in addition to the existing sidewalk. Behind the grocery store will be additional vegetation, as well as an 8-foot wall, he said.

Acreage activist Patricia Curry said she has opposed the project since its inception for a variety of reasons, including adding a gas station to a neighborhood that depends on well water. She also pointed out that the plan has a 50foot buffer on the north where there are no neighbors and only a 25-foot buffer on the south, where there are residents.

Curry asserted that an access point planned on Hamlin Blvd. would be a disruption to the neighborhood, but Bentz said that Hamlin is already a mini-collector road, and that traffic on Hamlin would help keep traffic off Northlake.

Resident Anne Kuhl said the project has received a lot of opposition, adding that ITID has

been working with the developer to see that the project does not go the entire length of the largely undeveloped area between Coconut Blvd. and 140th Avenue North.

“They’ve done the best they can do under the situation,” Kuhl said.

“In our opinion, this might not have happened if the commission in December 2008 did not vote for the privately initiated amendment to the county’s future land use.”

County staff and the zoning commission opposed the change at that time, but the county commission voted for it, Kuhl noted.

“In our opinion, this is a mistake,” Kuhl said. “This is an intense project. This is right at the northeast corner of The Acreage at an intersection that is our main exit out of The Acreage.”

The increased traffic at the intersection will cause more accidents, which will necessitate long detours for drivers, she said.

“We need to have no more commercial development on Northlake,” Kuhl said. “We need to vote no, or at least postpone and look at this further because this is a dangerous situation for the residents of The Acreage.”

Drew Martin, representing the Sierra Club, said most people moved to The Acreage to get away from traffic and commercial development. “I think most people moved out there and wanted it to stay rural,” he said. “They understood when they moved out there that they were going to have to

continued from page 1 open because I think that would help the most people,” Liang said.

“Doing a project would help a certain number of people, but lowering the millage would help everybody.”

Mayor Dave Browning said he was inclined to hold the tax rate the same.

“I don’t want to raise it, but I tend to agree on holding it because we are talking about water storage projects. We’re talking road and culvert issues that we’re just now starting to deal with, so I’d rather be careful, because it’s hard to raise it,” Browning said. “You drop it and all of a sudden you realize you’re in a bind and that contingency begins to disappear faster than we think.”

Rockett said he felt that a $35,000 reduction in revenue is a small amount. “We have a $2 million contingency from prior periods, not just the current year,” he said. “It’s a statement to the community.”

He added that the town could easily take on some capital projects and lower the tax rate as well.

Financial Advisory and Audit Committee Chairman Lung Chiu said he supported lowering the tax rate. “We have excessive revenue over expenses,” Chiu said. “I think lowering the millage would really help the taxpayers.”

The total budget proposed for fiscal year 2011-12 is $2,009,098, down 6 percent from the 2010-11 budget of $2,137,135, which had a carryover of $594,696.

“Everyone is aware of the continuing decline in property values since 2008,” Spence said in his report on the budget. “Loxahatchee Groves is no different; however, our decline this year is not as severe as previous years.”

The Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office put the taxable value of property in Loxahatchee Groves this year at $184 million, down from last year’s figure of $196 million, a loss of 6.2 percent. Last year’s decline was 12.9 percent.

“At the current rate of 1.4 mills, this means a loss of approximately $18,424 in ad valorem general fund revenues,” Spence said. “In view of these difficult economic times, I am recommending that the ad valorem rate remain the same as the current rate, 1.4.”

Spence also recommended that the sanitation fee for residential garbage and trash services not be increased and remain at $372.73 per year, even though the contractor, Waste Pro, is increasing its rate by 3 percent. The difference would be subsidized by the general fund, he said.

Spence said he anticipated some areas of increased activity in the next fiscal year that will affect the budget, including code enforcement. The town will be providing planning and zoning services that actually began during the current

fiscal year when the town took over all planning and zoning responsibilities from Palm Beach County. That additional activity will require additional staffing and space, he said.

Now that Callery-Judge has dropped its opposition to the town’s comprehensive plan, the town will be free to implement some of its elements, Spence said.

One of the first will be activity by some large landowners to subdivide their property into the newly permitted 5-acre tracts.

“This should promote some real estate activity and development,” he said. “We can also expect additional activity from the two newly created boards, the Planning & Zoning Board and the Roadway, Equestrian Trails & Greenway Advisory Committee.”

An additional unknown factor is that the town has issued a request for proposals for a town management contractor scheduled to begin Oct. 1, which is also the first day of the new fiscal year. “The costs for this service are unknown at this time,” Spence said.

In other business, Town Attorney Michael Cirullo reported that Florida Department of Community Affairs officials had informed him that the town’s comp plan will become effective on Aug. 19 now that the Callery-Judge objections have been withdrawn. Goltzené asked whether there would be any chance of recovering part of the town’s legal expenses, and Cirullo said it was not likely.

Pizzazz Gives Back Day Set For Aug. 14 Pizzazz Hair Design will hold its annual Pizzaz Gives Back day Sunday, Aug. 14 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at several locations throughout Palm Beach County, including the location at Kobosko’s Crossing in Wellington.

All proceeds from haircuts, color and spa services will be donated to Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches. Additionally, Pizzazz will collect school supplies for Adopt-A-Family’s Project Grow through Aug. 14.

Owner Dennis Marquez said he is proud to give back to the community he loves and those in need, especially given the tough economic times. He said that his team unanimously chose this year to help homeless families or those in

danger of becoming homeless.

“Through Pizzazz Gives Back Day, each and every one of us — including team members, loyal clients and the general public — has an opportunity to do something special and make a difference in the lives of others,” Marquez said. “We are proud to partner with Adopt-A-Family, which offers both immediate assistance to families in dire straits and the resources to help them regain long-term self-sufficiency.”

Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches CEO Wendy Tippett said that the organization was honored to be chosen.

“The money and supplies raised through the Pizzazz Gives Back Day will truly make a difference

for homeless families and their children in need,” she said.

Adopt-A-Family services include housing and utility assistance, counseling, an after-school and summer program for children, food and clothing pantry and much more. In 2010, Adopt-AFamily assisted more than 3,500 local families.

Pizzazz at Kobosko’s Crossing is located at 9112 Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington. The program will also take place at Pizzazz locations at Abacoa Plaza in Jupiter, Mirasol Walk in Palm Beach Gardens and Village Commons in West Palm Beach.

For more info., or to make an appointment, call (561) 793-7373 or visit www.pizzazzhair.com.

drive a little to get to the shopping, and they accepted that.”

Resident Rudy Brown said his house is directly south of the planned grocery store. “I moved from Broward to get away from that,” he said, pointing out that as a police officer, he is aware of the complaints law enforcement receives in relation to commercial developments near residential areas. “I vehemently oppose this.

Every one of my neighbors is against this.”

Former ITID Supervisor Mike Erickson said what was being proposed was the result of a compromise. “When I got involved, that whole two-and-a-half-mile strip was proposed for commercial,” he said. “The reality I believe for today is a compromise.”

The remaining portions have been designated for stormwater retention or other public use, he said.

Bentz added that part of environmental sustainability is having services so that people do not have to drive eight or 10 miles to get to the services they need. “You have a city out here,” Bentz said. “You have 40,000, build-out at 60,000 people. Where do they go to shop?

This is one of the areas that you have identified.”

Commissioner Jess Santamaria said he felt that the 25-foot buffer south of the grocery store is insufficient. “You really need to protect the residents, and 25 feet seems to be inadequate,” he said.

Santamaria said he would be willing to consider the project be-

cause it was a relatively small development where in the past it could have been much larger, but he still wanted to protect the residents behind it.

“For me to support this project, you’ve got to make every effort to mitigate the impact on Hamlin and everybody behind it,” Santamaria said. “I really don’t want any excuses.”

Santamaria made a motion to postpone the vote for 30 days so he could meet with the neighbors, county staff and the developer.

Commissioner Paulette Burdick seconded the motion, which passed 6-1 with Commissioner Steve Abrams opposed. He said he would have preferred to put additional landscaping behind the grocery store as another condition.

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continued from page 2 placed after the storm to prevent them from being blown away.

The Royal Palm Beach Commons construction project has a hurricane preparedness plan that is contingent on what the storm is going to become, Marsh said.

“There’s different scenarios based on different storms and their proximity to us,” he said. “The majority of it is really storing materials.”

Should the storm get closer,

Blotter public works and recreation have their own preparedness plans.

Director of Public Works Paul Webster said his department will be ready.

“We have a hurricane plan, so even for this event, although it does not appear to me that it will impact us in any way, we’ll start cleanup, and close up job sites where we may have a ditch or a trench open, and we’ll get those things closed up,” Webster said.

“We’ll empty containers out there in the yard. As it gets closer, there’s a list of things that we do. We are prepared to address any type of windstorm event. Royal Palm Beach is in very good shape.”

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AUG. 2 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach responded Tuesday night to a liquor store on State Road 7 regarding a burglary. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 8:30 p.m., someone used a brick to shatter the safety glass on the front door of the business, causing approximately $500 in damage. An employee said that nothing had been taken or moved, and the deputy believed that the perpetrator(s) did not enter the store. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

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It’s a funny thing about horses: Sometimes you think you’ve been taken, yet it turns out that the horse you end up with really needed you, and you really needed just that particular horse. So it was with Monica Barrancos and Princess.

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Wellington Tennis Center Hosts Summer Camp

The Wellington Tennis Center hosted a summer camp for children of all skill levels from Monday, Aug. 1 through Friday, Aug. 5. Campers were divided by skill level and learned new techniques, honed skills and got to enjoy the spor t of tennis. Page 35

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Sports Young Anglers Enjoy Fish Camp At RPB’s Lakeside Challenger

The Royal Palm Beach Parks & R ecreation Department held its Fish Camp Monday, Aug. 1 through Friday, Aug. 5 at Lakeside Challenger Park on R oyal Palm Beach Blvd.

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It Doesn’t Have To Be The Perfect Horse, Just The Right Horse It’s a funny thing about horses: Sometimes you think you’ve been taken, yet it turns out that the horse you end up with really needed you, and you really needed just that particular horse. So it was with Monica Barrancos and Princess.

Flash back about 15 years. Monica was pregnant, all was fine, but then there was a problem. During the first trimester of her pregnancy, her baby had a stroke. When her son Kelby was born, he had developmental problems, along with cerebral palsy. An MRI showed that while 90 percent of his brain’s left hemisphere was intact, perhaps 10 percent of the right hemisphere was there. He’d probably never walk, she was told. There would be many problems.

But Monica isn’t someone who easily accepts “no” for an answer. Yes, there were problems. Yes, Kelby was challenged. That just meant working harder, finding different ways to get where you’re going. When Kelby was three years old, someone suggested riding therapy. And so, for about a year, Monica brought Kelby to a nearby stable twice a week.

“It made a huge difference,” Monica said.

“Kelby was starting to walk a little. Riding helped build his strength. Everything started going forward.”

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By Ellen Rosenberg Kelby got sick. Monica called the stable and told them that she and her son couldn’t make it to their lesson.

“And they told me that since I hadn’t given them 24 hours’ notice, they weren’t going to refund the cost of the lesson, which I’d paid for in advance,” Monica recalled. “That really ticked me off. It wasn’t right. So I decided to buy my own horse, and a week later, I did.”

Monica knew nothing about horses, but she wasn’t going to let a little thing like that stop her. Someone at the barn told her about a horse for sale nearby, so off she went to take a look.

The woman wanted $1,500 for the chestnut mare. Monica gave her a check for $500 and said she’d pay the rest after the horse was delivered.

Princess arrived at a small barn near Monica’s home in Boynton Beach a few days later, and she had a vet out to look her over.

Then a farrier. Then a horse dentist. Then an ophthalmologist. That’s another funny thing about horses: They aren’t always what they’re reported to be.

Monica had been told that Princess was

Kelby and Princess with one of the ribbons they won toge ther. about 15 years old and in good shape. Neither was true.

“She was more like 25, and she was in very rough shape,” Monica said. “She was underweight. Her feet were terrible. Her teeth were so bad, they were cutting into the insides of

her cheeks. And she was blind in her right eye.”

But the horse was already here, so Monica decided to keep her. She called up the old owner and informed her that, as she’d just See ROSENBERG, page 24

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August Has Me Recalling Wisconsin State Fair Of My Youth It’s August, and that means only one thing — the state fair. Not our state fair here in Florida, of course — that takes place later. I’m talking about the Wisconsin State Fair — the fair by which all other fairs are judged in my mind.

If you go, try to go hungry, because the Wisconsin State Fair offers some of the best — and worst — food around. There’s roasted corn dipped in vats of butter, big fat sizzling bratwursts and a beer kiosk at every crossroad.

I’ve heard that you can get gluten-free food at one of the booths this year, but you can also get a deep-fried beer with cheddar cheese dipping sauce, sweet corn jalapeño nuggets, deep-fried bacon-wrapped hotdogs on sticks, Get your Sonic Boomer humor every day!

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The Sonic BOOMER an ice cream sundae enhanced with pancake syrup and bacon bits and one delicacy that I believe originated in Texas — fried butter.

Hey! Don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it. Wisconsinites generally aren’t known for their svelte physiques, but a happier bunch you’ll never meet.

And even though I can’t get to Wisconsin this year, I’m there in spirit. I’m in West Allis on the grounds of the state fair and heading toward the Dairy Building. Sure, the fair has rides and farm animals and commercial exhibits, but this is Wisconsin, where you are al-

most required by law to tour the Dairy Building first. (You play Potawatomi Bingo last where, if you win, the Indians give you a deck of used casino cards to take home.)

The Dairy Building holds its own amongst the food booths because in it, you can purchase the richest custard, the lightest cream puffs and the best chocolate milk imaginable.

If you get scared thinking about cholesterol, don’t even go there. But cholesterol is nothing. Years ago, there was something in that building even scarier than cholesterol — Alice in Dairyland.

Alice in Dairyland was a gigantic Fiberglas woman dressed in a blue silk gown, fake ermine shawl and silver glitter crown with the mechanical ability to rise up off her throne, slowly turn her head and talk. Unwitting parents would prod their terrified offspring to the foot of her stage, mistakenly thinking that being singled out by Alice would give us a thrill.

“Hello to that boy in the yellow striped

shirt!” Alice would boom, and the kid would most likely wet his pants. Yet, like moths to a flame, we children were drawn to her. She was better than any haunted house.

I am sorry to report that eventually Alice disappeared from the fair. It made the front page of the fair section of the newspaper, the fact that Alice would not be there to greet the children. For more than one of us, our prayers had been answered. No squeaky, 12-foot gargantuan queen to tower over us, rattling her scepter and looking like she may plunge headfirst into the crowd at any moment.

I only hope she was sold for parts and isn’t lurking in some back room behind the roasted corn stand waiting to retake the fair with her ragged band of malcontents — the disembodied pig’s head and giant pretzel from other displays. I can see her swatting at the motorcycle attraction, sending that spherical metal cage rolling toward the parking lot. Could happen. Man, I have just got to get up to the Wisconsin State Fair!

‘Captain America’ Launches A New Line Of Marvel Movies Captain America so far is the best superhero film of the summer. It is not a great film, but it certainly is a fun one. Combining the best of the superhero movies with the feeling of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the audience gave the film its best tribute, cheering the good guys and laughing at the jokes where the laughs were deserved. That happens very infrequently and is a mark of how good the film is. It is a movie where everything works and works well.

One of the better creative elements behind the role (which was developed during World War II as a battler against the Nazis) is that Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), who becomes Captain America, is the archetypical 97-pound weakling. We see him beaten by a bully and ignored by women as he attempts in vain to join the army. The special effects that turn the very large, trim actor into an undersized guy are exceptional and seamless. An expatriate scientist from Germany, Dr. Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci), sees his desire to serve and gives him a chance to become a new hero.

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continued from page 23 spent more than $1,000 in vet fees, she wasn’t going to be sending her any more money.

They agreed to let it go.

“So now I had this horse, and I knew nothing about horses,” Monica laughed. “This was in 2001. We kept Princess at the stable for a few months until we had a barn built in our back yard. Then she came home to live with us.”

Princess was skittish, at first. She acted a bit scared, but she was always gentle with Kelby.

“Kelby loved her. Getting her was one of the best things we ever did,” Monica said.

“Every morning and every evening, Kelby came with me and helped clean out her stall, feed her, and fill her water buckets. He liked to play in the yard with her, ride his bike next to

serve better than strength, Rogers goes through a transformation process designed

by Erskine and genius weapons designer Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper), the father of Tony Stark, who will become Iron Man, and comes out with a heroic body.

However, instead of being used in battle, he becomes a public relations gimmick, cheered by American audiences and booed by real soldiers near the front. Hearing that his best friend, James “Bucky” Barnes (Sebastian Stan), has been captured or killed, he goes off by himself behind enemy lines, uses his powers seriously for the first time in a really great adventure sequence, and rescues 400

men from the evil Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), who has had the same transformative process Rogers went through, but which emphasized his hunger for power.

Most of the rest of the film is Rogers’ struggle to stop Red Skull, a man so evil that he is considered worse than Hitler (his group is called HYDRA, and his followers raise both arms in their salute to him). Rogers grabs up a politically correct group of supporters as part of his team (the men involved are part of the Marvel Comics Avenger series, although that was not mentioned in the movie), and they go off to destroy all the factories creating the superweapons designed by Red Skull and his toady, scientist Arnim Zola (a very effective Toby Jones). Lots of people get killed, particularly among the bad guys, and the action stops only so Rogers can have a fairly pallid romance with secret agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), who is very pretty and a good warrior.

The cast is good; all do what is expected of them. Cooper is particularly good as Stark; he manages to convey the feeling of both Tony

Stark and Howard Hughes. Weaving’s acting is excellent as the villain. Tommy Lee Jones, as a colonel, does the basic Tommy Lee Jones.

Using World War II as the time period for the film worked very well. It was a time of patriotism, a time where it was clear who the enemy really was. Since Rogers was essentially a very good man, one who gave his reason for wanting to serve as “I really hate bullies; you have to stand up to them” instead of merely killing Nazis, the idea that the struggle was good vs. evil was far stronger than we have seen in a lot of recent superhero films.

And, yes, there will not only be sequels — not surprising since this movie will make a whole lot of money — but next year, there will be an Avengers movie, in which Captain America teams up with Thor, the Hulk and Iron Man. As a result, the movie does stand as a bit of a prequel, but it is a fun one.

Captain America will never rank among the great superhero movies, but it is a great, fun ride. It is an ideal film to see when there is either rain or it gets too hot. In other words, go see it. You will enjoy it.

her. When he rode her, Princess always watched out for him. If he’d start to overbalance, she’d shift her weight to keep him centered. Princess used to stand right outside Kelby’s window and knock on it when he was inside. They had a special bond.”

Over the years, Kelby and Princess competed in shows. They won more than 100 ribbons and 17 trophies at Posse, Indiantown, Parkland and Davie. They competed in Walk Trot, Costume and Fun classes. “They loved going to shows,” Monica said. “Kelby had a great time, and you could tell Princess liked being there. She held her head high and paid attention. It was her time to show off.”

Princess never minded getting outfitted in costumes. She was Snow White to Kelby’s Happy the Dwarf. She was a princess, complete with sparkly tiara, to Kelby’s prince. She was a happy horse.

“Princess helped Kelby in so many ways,” Monica said. “His strength and coordination

improved. He got a lot better at walking. And his self-confidence in everything soared. It enhanced his personality, turned him into a showman. Horses became his passion. He wants to be a groom when he grows up. Princess gave him so much.”

But, Princess was now 35 years old — really old, for a horse.

When they came home on the afternoon of July 16, 2011, Princess was laying down and couldn’t get up. They called the vet, who said she’d had a stroke; her back legs were paralyzed. As he went back to his truck to get the shot, Princess somehow struggled to her feet one last time. The vet was amazed. He said she’d done that just to say goodbye.

Princess died in one of her favorite spots — right outside Kelby’s window.

“She was such a special horse,” Monica said. “Always graceful and elegant. She was a huge part of our life, a real member of the family.”

Kelby understands, but he misses his special friend. “I’d love to find another horse for him,” Monica said. “It doesn’t have to be any particular sort of horse. Just something that’s kind and quiet. And it would have a great home for life.”

So perhaps someone out there knows about a horse in need, a good horse who still has years to share with a family. It doesn’t have to be a terrific horse. Just the right horse.

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By Leonard Wechsler

Princess rests under a tree.

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Kravis Center Announces Its 20th Anniversary Season On the occasion of its 20th anniversary celebration, the Kravis Center for the Performance Arts is poised to present an exciting and eclectic array of international artists and attractions from every discipline, including Broadway legend Bernadette Peters, talk show champion Larry King, song stylist supreme Diana Krall, the renowned Joffrey Ballet and inimitable funnymen Dennis Miller, Martin Short and Larry the Cable Guy. Highlights of the Kravis Center’s upcoming season will include two different Pattis (LaBelle and LuPone); two daytime legends on one stage (Regis Philbin and Susan Lucci); the Munich Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra and Moscow Classical Ballet; musical tributes ranging from Tommy Dorsey to the fully staged rock concerts of Elvis Presley and Pink Floyd; and stage sensations Hair, Stomp and Blast!

“Our upcoming 20th anniversary season will be particularly excit-

George Hamilton will star in La Cage Aux Folles Feb. 14-19.

ing,” Kravis Center CEO Judith Mitchell said. “With such a wellrounded roster of performances, the Kravis Center once again provides something for everyone, and this season reflects our commitment to offer programming that is as diverse as the community we serve.”

“From some of America’s favorite musicals like Damn Yankees, Fiddler On the Roof, My Fair Lady and South Pacific, as well as recent Broadway triumphs such as The Addams Family, La Cage Aux Folles starring George Hamilton and Come Fly Away, this blockbuster lineup will offer an amazing array of Broadway fare, along with plenty of delights for those who love comedy, dance classical music and jazz,” said Lee Bell, the Kravis Center’s senior director of programming.

In addition to performances in the 2,195-seat Dreyfoos Concert Hall, the Kravis Center will present a diverse array of drama, music and dance in the intimate 289-seat Rinker Playhouse, and the flexible Persson Hall. Some of the Family Fare performances will be held in the outdoor Gosman Amphitheatre.

The following are just some of the many popular Kravis Center series that are returning for the 20th anniversary season: • Mamma Mia!, Oct. 25-30 — Over 45 million people worldwide have fallen in love with the characters, story and music that make Mamma Mia! the ultimate feel-good show. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the Greek island they last visited 20 years ago. The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laugh-

ter and friendship to a trip down the aisle the audience will never forget.

Performances will take place in the Dreyfoos Concert Hall. Tickets start at $25.

• Kravis On Broadway — The 2011-12 Kravis On Broadway season boasts a powerful lineup that includes the macabre new musical comedy The Addams Family (Nov. 8-13) and the exuberant Tony Award-winning revival of the tribal rock musical Hair (Jan. 10-15).

Add to this stellar roster the new, highly praised version of La Cage Aux Folles (Feb. 14-19), the Tharpmeets-Sinatra dance-filled Come Fly Away (March 13-18) and the soul-stirring new 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables (May 16-26). Subscriptions are on sale now starting at $140.

• Huey Lewis & The News, Nov. 3 — For more than three decades, Huey Lewis & the News have performed their contagious brand of soul-infused pop and rock music, scoring anthems like “The Heart Of Rock ’n’ Roll,” “Workin’ For A Livin’,” “Hip To Be Square” and their infectious “Power Of Love,” from the 1985 hit film Back to the Future. The band’s new CD Soulsville features 14 classic songs from the vault of Stax Records, including “Respect Yourself” and “Got To Get You Off My Mind.” The performance will take place at 8 p.m. in the Dreyfoos Concert Hall. Tickets start at $25.

• Jamie Hyneman & Adam Savage, Nov. 18 — Mythbusters co-hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage will be presenting demonstrations that take the audience behind the myths and explain how they decide which myths to bust.

Hyneman has been a wilderness survival expert, boat captain, diver,

A production of The Addams Family will run Nov. 8-13. linguist, machinist and cook, to United States. Larry is a multi-platname a few. While Mythbusters oc- inum recording artist and Grammy cupies most of his professional ac- nominee. He has also toured with tivity, Hyneman is actively devel- the highly successful Blue Collar oping cutting-edge technologies for Comedy Tour. Currently he is the a variety of industries, ranging from host of History Channel’s Only in defense to green vehicle design. America with Larry the Cable Guy. Savage has spent his life gathering His film credits include the voice skills that allow him to take what’s of Mater the tow truck in Disney/ in his brain and make it real, includ- Pixar’s 2006 Golden Globe-wining everything from ancient Bud- ning animated feature film Cars and dhas to futuristic weapons, from its 2011 sequel Cars 2. Performancspaceships to dancing vegetables to es will take place at 6 and 9:30 p.m. animated chocolate. The perfor- in the Dreyfoos Concert Hall. Tickmance will take place at 8 p.m. in ets start at $25. the Dreyfoos Concert Hall. Tickets To purchase tickets, visit www. start at $25. kravis.org, call (561) 832-7469 or • Larry the Cable Guy, Nov. 19 stop by the box office at 701 Okee— This year marks the 20th anni- chobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. versary of Larry the Cable Guy’s Membership begins at $75. For career. With his signature catch- more information about becoming phrase, “Git-R-Done,” he has sold a donor, call (561) 651-4320 or visout theaters and arenas across the it www.kravis.org/membership.

Burt Reynolds Institute Presents Cooper Getschal Aug. 27 Calling all music fans! If you are looking for a toe-tapping, smile producing, fun-filled evening, Kelly Dennehy, executive director of the Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theatre, suggests you purchase tickets now for what she calls the concert event of the summer — a live performance by singer-songwriter Cooper Getschal on Saturday, Aug. 27.

Known as the “most under-promoted, undiscovered singer of his generation,” Getschal is fond of saying that he is currently in the “57th year of a three-year plan.” His eyeswide-open view of the world and his place in it is always evident in the lyrics he lovingly crafts for the music he creates.

Sometimes romantic, often funny and always truthful, Getschal’s songs will linger in your mind long

after the final notes fade. He is a big fan and a friend to mega star Burt Reynolds, and considers the institute the perfect place to unveil his latest music offerings. Attendees can expect to hear selections ranging from blues to jazz to rock and, of course, country.

Getschal’s sense of humor is evident in the title Cooking With Leftovers, the first of his two new CDs. As it is filled with songs long written but not recorded, the name is both on point and clever.

One of the selections Getschal included, “Most of the Time,” is a tribute to his mother, also a singer/ songwriter, from whom he gets his talent. He rewrote another of her songs, now titled “Christmas Wish,” which is sure to be a holiday favorite. One of Getschal’s newest recordings, “My Ride,” focuses on the

evolution of transportation — horses to cars to spaceships — and leaves the listener wondering what will be next.

The second CD, I’ll Be Alright, is titled for the song of the same name — a platinum record winner for Kenny G some years ago. Between the two albums, fans will have 22 new songs to heighten their listening pleasure.

Experienced as both a producer and a performer, Getschal takes a hands-on approach whether recording his own music or working with other singer/songwriters. At his digital recording studio, he is able to offer extras, such as the benefit of his training at the Berklee College of Music, to all who request his assistance. Besides Kenny G, his music has been recorded by Johnny Mathis, Kenny Rogers, the Tram-

mps, the Spinners, Sally Kellerman and many others.

Getschal noted that his Aug. 27 appearance at the Burt Reynolds Institute will be a solo performance, sans his band the Beach Boomers.

“When a song works with just voice and guitar, you know it’s a song,” he said. “When you need to cover the song up with standard band sounds, it gets harder to ‘hear’ the actual song. I love working with my band, but this is a more intimate and engaging type of performance.”

The Burt Reynolds Institute and the Burt Reynolds Museum are located at 100 North U.S. Highway One, Jupiter. Tickets cost $20 each and are available by calling (561) 743-9955. With limited seating, Dennehy suggests calling early to reserve space. The Burt Reynolds Museum, which is home to the in-

Cooper Getschal stitute, is open Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased on site during operating hours.

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Kevin Perkins with some of his students and junior professional golfers Sabrina and Jenna Fonda, Matthew Rothman and Matthew Kongsiri.

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Wellington’s Kevin Perkins Golf Academy Provides Professional Coaching

By Jessica Gregoire to bring the academy to Wellington, Perkins Town-Crier Staff Report said. “Mr. Straub was nice enough to bring With professional experience and profes- me back to Palm Beach Polo where I was the sional students, Kevin Perkins Golf Acade- director of golf in the mid-1990s,” he said. my brings golf expertise to Wellington at the “And I just love the community. I think WellPalm Beach Polo Golf & Country Club. ington is a great place to live.”

Founded 10 years ago by renowned proWhen Perkins was in college, at the Unifessional golf instructor Kevin Perkins, the versity of Miami, he received training from academy offers a year-round golf school; some of the best golf coaches in the world, summer, spring and fall junior golf camps; such as Bob Toski. According to Perkins, this and various golf clinics. gained him extensive professional coaching The academy also offers a weekly golf class experience. “He put me under his wing,” Perfor singles and couples, at $40 an hour for kins said of Toski. “And I was around the adults and $30 for children. “It’s an inexpen- greatest teachers in the world, from Peter sive way for people to gain access into the Kostis to Davis Love.” golf academy,” Perkins explained.

Perkins uses all of his skills and training to Perkins uses a different approach to teach- coach students on golf. “It has been wondering students golf. Students are filmed while ful to share this knowledge with all of our they practice their golf swings. They are then students here at the golf academy,” he said. able to view themselves on a monitor as well Students in the camp and school range from as compare their swing, on a split screen, with 5-year-old beginners to professional junior that of a touring golf professional. “Our cli- golfers. “We teach a lot of highly rated junents are really learning in an accelerated way iors and top executives,” Perkins said. “I’ve because of the video,” Perkins said. even taught presidents of South American Because students are outside for hours prac- countries.” ticing, Perkins tries to keep them as comfortPerkins has a deep-rooted love for golf, able as possible. “We have an awning to keep which started in his childhood. “I was a prodour students out of the sun,” he explained. uct of my dad. My dad was an avid golfer, “And we have these high-speed misting fans and he loved golf. He kept on pushing me to to keep our students cool.” give up football, basketball and baseball, and Perkins has been teaching golf since 1979 pursue golf,” Perkins recalled. “So I finally and has taught more than 40,000 golf lessons. gave in.”

He has been the director of golf and general Perkins attributes the academy’s success to manager at many facilities. “I decided 10 the professional coaches who teach at the years ago to completely get rid of all my ad- academy. “We have other instructors come ministrative duties and just strictly do teach- in, and we try to stay consistent in what we’re ing 100 percent,” he recalled. teaching the students by first working on the Perkins opened his first golf academy in fundamentals,” he said. “We make them unKey Biscayne. “I started my academy there derstand the intellectual understanding of the and was there for a few years,” he said. ball, where it goes and why.”

Before moving to Wellington, the acadeKevin Perkins Golf Academy is located at my was located in the Palm Beach National the Palm Beach Polo Golf & Country Club Golf & Country Club. Perkins moved the (11199 Polo Club Road, Wellington). For academy to Wellington after an invitation more information, visit www.kevinperkins from Palm Beach Polo owner Glenn Straub golfacademy.com or call (561) 301-3783.

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Back-To-School Fashions At The Mall At Wellington Green Back-to-school shopping is here!

To some shoppers, back-to-school means the sad end of summer, but to others it means new outfits, bags and more. The Mall at Wellington Green has you covered with all the latest fashions as it welcomes popular Australian retailer Cotton On, stylish megastore Papaya, accessory boutique Charming Charlie and for the little ones, classy Italian retailer Alligalli.

Fashion trendsetter Cotton On, renowned for its globally relevant fashions at affordable prices, opened in the Mall at Wellington Green in May. Offering the latest looks in men’s and women’s clothing and accessories, Cotton On features the top trends for back-toschool: striped cardigans, graphic tees and skinny jeans, which are as popular as ever.

Papaya is for the fashionista of the family. Also open in May, the shop presents her with chic backto-school style. She’ll want to stock up on oversized tees or hoodies in everything from stripes to plaid to

animal prints. Plus, she can pair her favorite jeans with a super smooth leather jacket.

Newly opened Charming Charlie offers accessory overload to shoppers. The boutique features all the latest accessory fashions for fall, including big watches, statement necklaces and structured satchel bags in every color imaginable. To complete any outfit for back to school, simply visit the coordinating color selection and take your pick at jewelry, bags, sunglasses, hair accessories and much more.

Italian clothier Alligalli provides back-to-school essentials for children. The store carries apparel for infants, children and juniors. All the styles are made in Italy for a unique European flair and superb quality standard.

“We’re thrilled to bring such fun back-to-school fashions to our shoppers,” Mall at Wellington Green Marketing & Sponsorship Director Rachelle Crain said, “and to bring some new stores to the area’s shopping scene.”

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Diesti Opens Beauty Room At Eclipse Salon & Day Spa

Local hairstylist Claudia Diesti is taking her luxury beauty services to a new level with the construction of the exclusive Beauty Room, located in the elegant Eclipse Salon & Day Spa in Wellington.

With a stellar education that has taken her across the globe, Diesti has built an impeccable reputation for making Wellington women gorgeous for the last 12 years. And although she set herself apart with editorials in leading fashion publications to the runways, styling for designers such as Nicky Hilton and Nicole Miller, Diesti wanted to take it one step further.

The Beauty Room will be built to service two clients at a time. Each client will have his or her own inwall 15-inch LED screen to watch music videos or the latest fashion shows and small laptop plates that extend when needed then retract into the wall. Pampered clients can sip on complimentary gourmet coffee, organic teas, cappuccinos, chocolates and various other sweets… all while enjoying the latest styles and seasonal colors this exceptional artist offers.

“My family and I had this idea

Wellington hairstylist Claudia Diesti. for a while, but recently the circumstances were just right to start it all,” Diesti said. “When I came to Jorge, the owner of Eclipse, with the idea, he loved it! I’ve always wanted to be able to offer an unparalleled experience so that a client would not only see the difference of my work, but feel it, too. Now I can. Eclipse was exceptional for this type of VIP treatment as it’s already Welling-

ton’s exclusive Kerastase salon with a boutique ambiance. It’s a perfect marriage.”

Eclipse Salon & Day Spa is located at 3975 Isles View Drive, just west of State Road 7 off Lake Worth Road. Appointments can be made by calling (561) 632-5425, and new clients can receive a complimentary gift voucher by visiting www. stylesbyclaudia.com.

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Business Group Supports Jupiter Lighthouse & Museum Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum has announced a partnership with BIG Inc., a local nonprofit business networking group.

BIG, which stands for Business Ideas Group, was founded in 1981 by local business leaders. Today, many of the founding companies are providing goods and services in the area and participating in BIG. The members of BIG unanimously selected the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum to be the focus of their community effort because “the lighthouse is the icon of north county.”

Annually, thousands of visitors visit the museum on “heritage travel” excursions. These visitors contribute to the local economy by staying in hotels, eating in restaurants, enjoying golfing and kayaking outings, and shopping. The seasonal visitors are a base of economic activity that affects all the businesses in the region. In many ways, the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum is a silent business partner.

“Affiliating ourselves with the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum is a demonstrable gesture of our strong commitment to the residents and visitors of this community,” BIG President Dr. Joel Hersch said.

Still, relatively few local residents are aware of the historical significance of the Jupiter Lighthouse and the land it occupies. For more than 5,000 years, the lands surrounding the lighthouse and the Jupiter Inlet have been the bedrock of human habitation. The lighthouse has been a beacon in history since 1860.

“We live here and make our living here,” said Susie Orchard, a BIG member and Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum volunteer in business relations. “It is a privilege to be involved with the stream of history that came before us.”

Gay Johansen, who was raised in the area recalled her childhood memories of the lighthouse. “As a child, when Jupiter was still mostly dirt roads, a memorable Sunday outing included a visit to the lighthouse,” she said. “It has been a part of my whole life.”

Vittorio Bertuzzelli added, “Partnering with the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum is good business and a win-win situation for all involved.”

The nonprofit Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum is funded, through memberships, admissions, gift shop sales, grants and private donations. To safeguard this impor-

tant landmark, BIG members are putting their personal and professional energies into volunteering and fundraising campaigns. To initiate the relationship between BIG and the museum, BIG members contributed $1,000 and purchased a commemorative brick on the Pathway to History at the lighthouse.

BIG members will be visiting local businesses in the coming months, asking them for active participation by displaying a coin-box brochure stand inviting loose change for donations. BIG is also working with the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum Board of Directors on the Shine On Jupiter Light Music & Food Fest scheduled for Nov. 19.

“We are excited to develop this important partnership with such community-minded business leaders,” Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum President and CEO Jamie Stuve said. “One of the goals of our organization is to provide a worldclass heritage destination that generates a sustaining economic engine for the area. Support from the members of BIG is a wonderful step towards that future.”

BIG members meet weekly to exchange information, professional

Susie Orchard and Dr. Joel Hersch present Jamie Stuve with $1,000 for a commemorative brick on the Pathway to History. contacts and quality referrals. Visit www.bigjupiter.org for additional information. Businesses seeking information regarding how they can participate are asked to contact Orchard at (561) 762-6411 or ahelp-

ful neighbor@gmail.com.

To learn more about the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum, visit www.jupiterlighthouse.org or follow the museum on Facebook and Twitter.

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You Must Remain Focused To Achieve All Your Goals

By Gustavo Pope-Guerriero Special To The Town-Crier One of the first things my students say when they sign up is, “I am going to be a black belt.” It sounds very simple, right? It’s like saying, “I just started working here, and I am going to be the CEO.” I think it’s great to have the drive to make a statement like that, but one thing that we don’t know is how much work is involved or what are the steps that I need to take to achieve my goal.

Like I tell my students, “As long as you are willing to work hard and listen, there is nothing you can’t achieve.”

I tell my students that what they need is focus to concentrate on what they are doing; “get in the zone.” You need to be in the moment, thinking about only what you are working on. Being focused is most important in order to achieve anything in life.

“This is too hard,” “I don’t get it” — we can find a million excuses not to do something that is hard or difficult. How can you get anywhere if you don’t care enough about it, or you just quit? You need to have perseverance to stick with it, and work through it for better or worse.

Now that you understand what focus is, you also need to understand that to get anywhere, we need to set goals. The human mind tends to work better toward something if they know what it is and if it is desirable. Set goals; become a goal-oriented person.

Last but not least, hard work. It really comes down to good, old-fashioned hard work. You

Gustavo Pope-Guerriero can’t get anything that you really want without working for it — if you try your best, you will get results.

These are a few of the things that I work on with my students. From my own experience, the look on their faces when they achieve a new belt or that difficult technique is priceless, as they see for themselves that they can achieve anything. As long as we have focus and perseverance, we set goals and are willing to work hard, the sky is the limit!

Grandmaster Gustavo Pope-Guerriero is director of tae kwon do at Ultima Fitness/ Xtreme Tae Kwon Do. He is a seventh-degree black belt. Ultima is located at 12799 W. Forest Hill Blvd. in Wellington. For more information, call (561) 795-2823 or visit www.ultimafitness.com.

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YOUNG ANGLERS ENJOY FISH CAMP AT RPB’S LAKESIDE CHALLENGER The Royal Palm Beach Parks & Recreation Department held its Fish Cam p from Monday, Aug. 1 through Friday, Aug. 5 at Lakeside Challenger Park on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. Children learned about bait, tackle and the art of fishing, and got hands-on e xperience in how to reel in the big catch. For more info., visit www.royalpalmbeach.com.

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Chad Arnold gets ready to cast.

Harrison Caro reels in the f irst catch of the day.

Counselor Blake Combs shows campers how to hold a fish.

Robbie Brown, Dino Barletta, Dylan Miller and Brandon P ermashwar ge t ready to fish.

Robbie Brown with his fish.

Counselor Blake Combs helps Dino Barletta unhook his fish.

WELLINGTON TENNIS CENTER HOSTS SUMMER CAMP FOR AREA YOUTH

The Wellington Tennis Center hosted a summer camp for children of all skill levels from Monday, Aug. 1 through Friday, Aug. 5. Campers were divided by skill level and learned new techniques, honed skills and got to enjoy the sport of tennis. The Wellington Tennis Center offers programs year-round for children with its Quick Start Tennis program for children 10 and under beginning in September. For more info., call (561) 791-4775.

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Sophia Chavarria goes for the ball.

Victoria Acevedo perfects her swing.

Members of the beginners group with tennis pros Jesus Chevarria, Alberto Pinedo, Benjamin Richter and Ma yra Garcia.

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Local Football Youth Attends Elite Top Gun Linebacker Camp

The 10-U Palm Beach Piranaz in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Piranaz Compete In National Tourney In NY The 10-year-old Palm Beach Piranaz, one of the top travel baseball teams in Florida, recently competed in Cooperstown, N.Y. The Piranaz were among 83 teams from across the United States that competed in the Dreams Park Tournament.

The Piranaz made it to the semifinals before losing a 1-0 heartbreaker to the Santa Inez Titans of California. Several of the games the Piranaz played that week were the talk of the tournament, including an extra-inning affair with the pre-tour-

nament favorites Lamonda Spartans; Ramon Molina hit a towering homer in that game. Also, a raindelayed midnight game ended with an 18-2 win at 1:45 a.m.

Tyler Bolleter led the team in batting for the week, and Ben Peoples, Gio Richardson and Cristian DesRosiers had notable pitching performances against very tough teams. But it was a total team performance, with almost all the players pitching during the week, playing great defense and producing timely hitting.

Royal Palm Beach resident Logan Wakefield recently returned from Football University’s (FBU) Top Gun Football Camp in Williamsburg, Va. Wakefield was a part of the Top Gun youth linebacker camp. FBU’s Top Gun is the nation’s most elite football training experience for top high school and youth athletes. FBU uses an invitation-only policy as its guide to enrollment for the camps, and Wakefield was invited to the camp in Weston this past April. The camps are designed to train a small and elite class of football athletes who have already demonstrated their elite football ability, their seriousness for football and that they have chosen football as their primary sport.

Only 12,000 athletes are invited to attend the 40 camps throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, and only 1,200 were invited to Top Gun. There are more than 100 members of the coaching staff at Top Gun who have more than 750 years of combined NFL coaching and playing experience. These coaches shared their immense knowledge of

Logan Wakefield with Top Gun’s Ted Cottrell. the game with the athletes through both on-field drills and detailed classroom film breakdowns of the high-caliber competition taking place.

Wakefield was fortunate enough to be coached at the Weston camp and at Top Gun by Ted Cottrell, a

retired NFL player and former defensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings and San Diego Chargers.

Wakefield started his ninth football season this month. He currently plays for the Royal Palm Beach Wildcats midget team.

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Kennel Club Hosts The Palm Beach County Golf Association The Palm Beach Kennel Club recently hosted the Palm Beach County Golf Association (PBCGA) for the County Amateur Pairings party.

At the event, the Kennel Club presented a check for $5,000 for the scholarship fund. The Kennel Club is a proud sponsor of the PBCGA and the annual County Amateur Tournament. PBCGA, which includes more than 400 members, donates more than $20,000 per year in college scholarships to worthy students in the area.

The County Amateur is among one of 18 events per year conducted by the PBCGA. Executive Director Tommy Belen and fellow members of the PBCGA were on hand at the Kennel Club for the announcement of the pairings, a dinner buffet and a race named in the group’s honor.

The PBCGA is committed to providing college scholarships to needy and worthy students, and to promoting junior golf throughout the county. For more information, visit www. pbcga.org.

Award Presentation — (Front row, L-R) Trainer Marvin Caballero and leadout Hernz Philemon with It’s A Phenomenon, the winning greyhound; (back) Art Laughlin, Bill Dunn, Richard Sheehan, PBCGA Executive Director Tommy Belen and David Abell.

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PB Makos Moving To RPB/Wellington Area

The Palm Beach Makos semi-pro football club is a member of the Florida Football Alliance. The regular season for the Palm Beach Makos runs from late January 2012 through the state championship game held at the end of May. The league is set up to appeal to football fans who don’t know what to do with themselves after the NFL season ends.

The Palm Beach Makos are hoping to move their home games to the Royal Palm Beach/Wellington area for the 2012 season. Last year, the Makos played their home games at the new Suncoast High School stadium, but the fan support was less than the team had hoped for, according to coach John Schiller.

“We decided to move to an area that truly loves their football as witnessed by all the successful recreational and travel football leagues in this area,” he said. “We believe that when the fans experience their first game, the hard-hitting excitement, unbelievable plays from extremely talented players, the community will fall in love and support our state championship quest, along with our desire to be ranked in the

top 10 semi-pro teams nationally.

This year we are in discussions with a nationally ranked team from New York regarding visiting us for an October or November game. That will be a barn burner — Florida’s speed against New York’s size.

Can’t wait!”

The Makos will hold a tryout/ practice Saturday, Aug. 6 at Seminole Palms Park. Sign-in will be at 9:30 a.m., and football will start at 10 a.m. If you are interested in trying out, come prepared with helmet, cleats and the $40 fee. There is no admission fee for spectators.

The practice will include a 40yard dash, individual position drills, and then 7-on-7 practice for the skilled players and 1-on-1 rabbit drills for the linemen. The event will be over at 12:30 p.m. At that time, fans, cheerleaders and players can mingle and have discussions while enjoying food and beverages from the concession stand. The cheerleaders will be giving away pictures and Palm Beach Makos photo calendars. The event is sponsored by the Royal Palm Beach Wildcats youth travel league. For more info., visit www.palmbeachmakos.com.

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Saturday, Aug. 6 • The West Palm Beach Antiques Festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 6 and 7 at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center (9067 Southern Blvd.). Visit www.wpbaf.com for more info.

• The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association will hold a walk or stroll of two to four miles at participants’ own pace Saturday, Aug. 6 at John Prince Park in Lake Worth. Meet at 7:30 a.m. at the entrance on Congress Avenue south of Sixth Avenue South. Walkers will have breakfast after ward at TooJay’s in Lake Wor th. Call Paul at (561) 963-9906 for more info.

• A Community Swap Meet/Garage Sale will take place Saturday, Aug. 6 starting at 9 a.m. in the parking lot of the Wellington Marketplace. The event will be co-sponsored by the Asphalt Angels Car Club, which will be raffling of f prizes during the event.

Shopping center tenants will be offering exclusive deals and discounts. The Bloodmobile will be there, and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office will offer child finger-printing, bike safety and car seat inspections. Admission is free. The cost for vendors is $10 (bring your own table/setup).

Setup will begin at 7 a.m. For more info., visit www.thewellingtonmarketplace.com.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will host “Anime Fest” on Saturday, Aug. 6 at 10 a.m. for ages 9 to 17. Celebrate the end of summer at an anime mini-convention. Participants must have completed the summer reading program. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way, Royal Palm Beach) will feature a “Teen Advisory Posse” meeting Saturday, Aug. 6 at 2:30 p.m. for ages 12 to 17. Find out what’s coming and share your ideas for future teen programs. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 790-6030 to preregister.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way, Royal Palm Beach) will host “Anime Club” for ages 12 to 17. Watch anime, eat Pocky and check out the library’s newest manga titles. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The G.L. Homes Concert series will present the Whitestone Band live in concert Saturday, Aug. 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Canyon Town Cent er Amphitheater (8802 Boynt on Beach Blvd., Boynton Beach). The five-piece group will please all age groups, per forming hits from Frank Si-

natra to the Platters to Frankie Valli. Admission is free. Bring lawn chairs and picnic baskets. Pets on leashes are welcome. For more info., call (561) 488-8069.

Sunday, Aug. 7 • The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association will hike Jonathan Dickinson State Park on Sunday, A ug. 7.

Meet at 8 a.m. at the front gate on U.S. 1 approximately one mile north of Palm Beach County line in Martin County. Bring lots of water. Hikers will get together for lunch afterward at Dune Dog Café. Call Mar y at (561) 391-7942 for more info.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will feature “Award-Winning Domestic Artisan Cheese Tasting” on Sunday, Aug. 7 from noon to 4 p.m. Taste a selection of domestic artisan cheeses from this year’s award-winning producers. There is no charge; no registration is necessary.

Monday, Aug. 8 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will feature “Huf f and Puff!” on Monday, Aug. 8 at 11:15 a.m. for ages 4 to 7. Inhale and exhale with these stories and experiments about breathing.

Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Palms West Chamber of Commerce August Luncheon will be held Monday, Aug. 8 at 11:30 a.m. at the Madison Green Golf Club (2001 Crestwood Blvd. N., Royal Palm Beach). The cost is $15 for members and $25 for non-members. Call Mary Lou Bedford at (561) 790-6200 or email marylou@palmswest.com for info.

• The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Super visors will meet Monday, Aug. 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the district office (101 West D Road). For more info., call (561) 793-0884.

Tuesday, Aug. 9 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will feature “Meet the Author: David Haddon” for adults Tuesday, Aug. 9 at 2:30 p.m. The author of Fighting for a Life: The Great Awakening will describe how he used his faith to overcome adversity in his inspirational book. Call (561) 7906070 to pre-register.

Wednesday, Aug. 10 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way, Royal Palm Beach) will host its Royal Palm Critique Group on Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 10 a.m. for adults. Writers for younger children are invited to join the group facilitated by Lori Norman of the SoSee CALENDAR, page 39

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CALENDAR, continued from page 38 ciety of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington Chamber of Commerce will host a luncheon Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 11:30 a.m. at the Wanderers Club at Wellington (1900 Aero Club Drive) featuring Congressman Allen West (R-District 22) as the keynote speaker. To RSVP, call the chamber at (561) 792-6525.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will host a Teen Advisory Group meeting Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 3 p.m. for ages 12 to 17. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will feature “Gothic Gargoyles” on Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 3:30 p.m. for ages 12 to 17. Scare your friends with your very own gargoyle. Call (561) 7906070 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way, Royal Palm Beach) will host “Bilingual Story Time” Wednesdays, Aug. 10 and 24 at 6:30 p.m. for ages 2 to 6. This is a fun family story time in English and Spanish in which participants will read, sing and create a craft. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will host Wellington’s Socrates Café for adults Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 6:30 p.m. The Society for Philosophical Inquiry initiated the concept for this discussion led by Marji Chapman. Find out the topic when you pre-register. Call (561) 7906070 for more info.

• The Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach State College (4200 South Congress Ave., Lake Worth) will present Neil Simon’s Laughter On the 23rd Floor on Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call (561) 868-3309 or visit www.palmbeach state.edu/duncantheatre.xml.

Thursday, Aug. 11 • Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will host Health Starts Here: Taste of Health on Thursdays, Aug. 11, 18 and 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. Stop by the new Health Starts Here information station to see what nutrient-dense dish Cheryl Kobal is whipping up. You’ll also get tips on how to incorporate more nutrient-dense foods into your diet. No registration necessary, and there is no charge. Call (561) 9044000 for info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way, Royal Palm Beach) will feature “Ninja Story Time” for ages 4 to 6 on Thursday, Aug. 11 at 3:30 p.m. Listen to stories about ninjas and martial ar ts, sing songs and make a simple craft. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach) will present singer Bryan Adams’ “The Bare Bones Tour” Thursday, Aug. 11 at 8 p.m. in Dreyfoos Hall. Visit www.kravis.org for more info.

Friday, Aug. 12 • The Wellington Amphitheat er (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host Free Movie Night with Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story on Friday, Aug. 12 at 8:30 p.m. Call (561) 7532484 for more info.

Saturday, Aug. 13 • The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association will feature trail maintenance with an easy walk in the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area on Saturday, Aug. 13. Call Paul at (561) 963-9906 for more info.

• The South Florida Fairgrounds (9067 Southern Blvd.) will host a Gun Show on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 13 and 14. Admission is $8 for adults and free for 12 and under. Visit www.flgunshows.com for more info.

• The TPX Titans 14-U Travel Baseball Team will hold tryouts for the fall season on Saturday, Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. at Freedom Park in Greenacres. For additional info., call (954) 325-0599 or visit www. tpxtitans.com.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will feature a “Chess Tournament for Children” on Saturday, Aug. 13 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for ages 6 to 12. Challenge other players for prizes in this all-day tournament. Sign-in begins at 10 a.m. Space is limited. Call (561) 7906070 to pre-register.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will host Health Starts Here: Back to School Lunch Lessons on Saturday, Aug. 13 from 2 to 4 p.m. Cheryl Kobal will show how to create quick, easy and nutritious lunches. There is no charge, but preregistration is required at customer service or by calling (561) 904-4000.

Send calendar items to: The Town-Crier, 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 31, Wellington, FL 33414. FAX: (561) 793-6090. Email: news@gotowncrier.com.

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