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CROWDS HEAD TO WINTERFEST 2013

To help make sure Wellington children have a bright holiday, several local restaurants will be donating a portion of their proceeds on Wednesday, Dec. 11 to the Hometown Holiday Toy Drive as part of the second annual “Wellington is Keeping it Local” event. Page 3

Santa Greets Pets At Wellington Green

The Mall at Wellington Green held a Paws ’n’ Claus photo session on Sunday, Nov. 24 at its Ice Palace. Dogs, cats and other small pets lined up to have their pictures taken with Santa.

There will be another chance to have your furry friends photographed with Santa on Sunday, Dec. 8. Page 5

New Central Chamber CEO Talks Plans For 2014 And Beyond

Wayne Burns, new CEO of the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce, shared strategies for 2014 at the chamber’s luncheon Monday at the Breakers West Country Club.

“Much of what we do in 2014 is going to be focused on all of you, the members,” said Burns, who is wrapping up his first month in charge. Page 7

Jenna McCann Golf Tournament Benefits Cancer Foundation

The annual Jenna McCann Memorial Golf Tournament was held Saturday, Nov. 23 at the Madison Green Golf Club. All proceeds benefit the Kids Cancer Foundation. Page 17

OPINION Very Little Progress A Year After Sandy Hook

One year ago, the nation was rocked when a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 young students and six staff members. The topic was on everyone’s mind, but a year later, the issue has been swept under the rug. Page 4 DEPARTMENT INDEX NEWS ............................. 3 - 10 OPINION .................................4 CRIME NEWS .........................6 PEOPLE ............................... 11 SCHOOLS .....................12 - 13 COLUMNS .....................14, 21 NEWS BRIEFS..................... 16 BUSINESS .................... 22 - 23 SPORTS ........................ 27 - 29 CALENDAR .......................... 30 CLASSIFIEDS ................ 31 - 36 Visit Us On The Web At WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce hosted Winterfest 2013 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center on Saturday, Nov. 30. Guests enjoyed an exciting show jumping competition, the popular Food & Wine Festival, food trucks, carousel rides, snow and more. There were performances from local talent, as well as The Voice’s Michaela Paige and Vanilla Ice to cap off the night. Shown here are Michaela Paige, Mark and Katherine Bellissimo, Vanilla Ice and Wellington Chamber President Victor Connor. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 17 PHOTO BY LAUREN MIRÓ/TOWN-CRIER

Groves Council OKs Fast-Track Resurfacing For Three Roads

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report In a 3-2 decision Tuesday, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved the resurfacing of three roads with open-graded emulsified mix (OGEM) that had some questioning the value of the process, as well as the hiring of a contractor on a piggyback bid from another municipality.

The projects, which are on Bryan Road, Compton Road and Marcella Blvd., were approved at the behest of several residents, primarily from Compton Road, who said the road has degraded so badly that it is almost impassable.

Town Manager Mark Kutney pointed out that the three roads are not specifically budgeted for resurfacing in the capital improvements plan, although there is a general allotment of $100,000 for OGEM projects on town roads.

Kutney also recommended going through a bidding process rather than piggybacking the project.

“It would seem to me that rather than doing it piecemeal, the council, if you so desire, may want to direct staff to do all three roads and do an invitation to bid so we can get all three done,” Kutney said, pointing out that there is now an engineer on staff who can prepare a request for bids.

Councilman Tom Goltzené made a motion to follow Kutney’s rec-

ommendation, which was seconded by Councilman Ryan Liang.

Liang then asked which method would be faster. “I’m for either one. I just want to get it done,” he said. “I know these folks have been putting up with their roads for a while, so my main concern is which is faster.”

Councilman Ron Jarriel introduced North Florida Emulsions owner Jeff King, who is currently doing a resurfacing project in Jupiter Farms. King’s company has also done OGEM projects for the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District.

King said he had provided the town with three current piggyback contracts with the same price of $2.78 a square yard that would quickly get the roads done. He estimated the cost at about $75,000.

Jarriel said that he and Kutney, along with LGWCD Administrator Stephen Yohe, Supervisor John Ryan and resident George Perez, had inspected the Jupiter Farms project.

Jarriel added that King’s company has contracts with most entities that use OGEM and “microsurfacing” resurfacing, which was what was being discussed for the three town roads. King explained that “microsurfacing” restores the edges of the roads and puts in a new 1-inch surface on the road that will last seven to 10 years.

Jarriel said that seeing King’s other projects had convinced him that his company was the route to go, avoiding the expense and time of seeking competitive bids.

“We can put something in Loxahatchee Groves that has worked for other counties, and if it works for us, the money that we will save in the future will be unbelievable,” Jarriel said, adding that the savings could lead to being able to afford more road projects.

Liang asked King how soon he could start once a piggyback bid is approved, and he said about two weeks, whereas going through a bid process would take about two months.

Goltzené pointed out that the council had discussed the need for repairing culverts on Compton Road before resurfacing. “I believe that our public works director had recommended that we do that prior to this, so I think maybe staff’s input on this might be where we don’t just bulldoze through this,” he said. “Once again, the whole function of staff is to analyze and go through all these things.”

Goltzené also pointed out that the Finance Advisory & Audit Committee had recommended reexamining the value of OGEM surfacing.

“Apparently, we don’t care and we’re going to go ahead with it, but as far as the piggybacking, I See OGEM, page 15

County Gives Up Old Seminole Pratt Alignment To The Beeline

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Commission approved a resolution Tuesday to release portions of the old alignment of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road that runs through the Mecca Farms property.

The decision came despite protests by some Acreage residents, who do not like the new alignment, which takes the road into a residential area.

In October, the county approved an agreement to sell most of the Mecca Farms property to the South Florida Water Management District.

The road agreement is required in order to remove encumbrances from the property prior to closing the sale, according to a county staff report. The closing is set to take place on or before Dec. 16.

The SFWMD’s Loxahatchee River Restoration Project intends to use the Mecca Farms property to create a flow-way to connect the L-8 Basin to the C-18 Canal, as well as other water storage areas along the path of the flow-way, and collect and store water from the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area and the L-8 Basin.

Acreage activist Patricia Curry objected to the county giving up

its access to run Seminole Pratt in a straight line to the Beeline Highway. “Then you’re going to have to buy back easement rights on Mecca Farms for the same road that you already own easement rights to,” Curry said. “It doesn’t make sense.”

Curry also opposed the proposed new alignment of Seminole Pratt, which would run along the south and east sides of Mecca Farms, rather than straight north between the Corbett area and Mecca Farms, as it was originally intended.

“I don’t want this road running See SEM PRATT, page 7

Serving Palms West Since 1980

Wellington Council Reaffirms Support For SR 7 Extension

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The Village of Wellington will lend its support to the Western Communities Council as it pushes for the State Road 7 extension to Northlake Blvd., Wellington Village Council members decided last week.

At a meeting Nov. 26, council members agreed to give Vice Mayor Howard Coates — who chairs the Western Communities Council — the ability to offer Wellington’s support for the extension.

Gina Rascati, with the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce’s Governmental Affairs Committee, told council members that the debate over the SR 7 extension is still an active issue.

“We’ve made a lot of progress on this issue,” she said. “It has been a unifying issue for the western communities.”

Currently the road needs approval from the U.S. Army Corps

of Engineers for a construction permit. Deputy Village Manager John Bonde noted that other agencies at a federal level can weigh in on the permit, and currently it is being hindered by environmental concerns.

“But it has been said by many that those concerns can be mitigated as they are on other roads, like Alligator Alley, which runs through protected wetlands,” Bonde explained. “It can be done successfully without endangering the water supply.”

Coates noted that the issue is being opposed by West Palm Beach and the Ibis Golf & Country Club community — located near the proposed extension — where West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio is a resident.

“West Palm Beach is very aggressively opposing this,” Coates said. “They have expended several hundred thousand dollars at See SR 7, page 15

CHANUKAH PARTY

The Wellington Jewish Center hosted a Chanukah Party last Sunday at the Wellington Amphitheater. There was Chanukah music and activities for children, such as face painting, balloon animals and T-shirt coloring. The menorah was lit at sundown, and everyone enjoyed traditional Chanukah treats.

Shown here, Mottel Muskal gets a balloon animal from Pepe the Balloon Man. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 10 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Wellington Will Consider Election Challenge Funding

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The aftermath of Wellington’s 2012 election debacle has members of the Wellington Village Council considering changes to allow candidates who successfully challenge election results to be reimbursed for their legal costs.

At a meeting Nov. 26, council members officially approved the dates and contracts with the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections for the upcoming municipal election on Tuesday, March 11.

But discussion turned to the previous election, in which an error in the calculation saw the wrong results announced on election night.

It took several lawsuits and a court order to have the ballots hand-counted before the correct candidates — Mayor Bob Margolis and councilmen Matt Willhite and John Greene — could be installed.

“I was directed to get legal representation to defend myself in a lawsuit,” Willhite said, noting that

he, Margolis and Greene had to pay for their own legal defenses.

Council members agreed they didn’t want future candidates to suffer the same fate.

“I want to ensure no one faces the financial burden placed on myself, the mayor or Councilman Willhite, when we had to defend an election in which we did nothing wrong,” Greene said. “I was named in a lawsuit by people who didn’t care about getting the vote right, but just wanted to get who they thought were the right people into office. They filed lawsuits to thwart the will of the people.”

He asked what could be done to prevent future candidates from facing the same issue. “It was nothing we did wrong,” Greene reiterated. “We weren’t challenging the election. We had to defend ourselves in lawsuits.”

Village Attorney Laurie Cohen said she was planning on presenting an administrative ordinance amendment that would allow, in See ELECTION, page 4

New Acreage Green Market Set To Open This Sunday

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report About 50 vendors are expected to participate in the grand opening of the new Acreage Green Market on Sunday, Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. — and it’s not just produce growers.

To be held at Acreage Community Park, located at 6701 140th Avenue North, the new weekly event is sponsored by the Acreage Landowners’ Association.

“We have crafters, farmers, produce, clothing, pony rides, a DJ, food trucks, all different kinds of

home goods as far as baking and cookies, and all kinds of good stuff you don’t normally find in a green market,” ALA Secretary Sandra Love Semande said.

Many of the vendors are local, such as jewelry crafters and a pool company that will be selling tiki items for the patio in addition to pool supplies.

“We have a variety of vendors and a lot of the food trucks that come to our Acreage Community Jams that will be there as well,” Semande said.

Other attractions include gluten-

free food, flowers, orchids, arts and crafts, and other kids’ activities.

Semande said the opening of a green market in The Acreage is long overdue.

“People had talked about a green market years and years ago and nothing ever took place,” she said. “When this ALA board got together, some residents brought it to the board again. I talked to the board about moving forward with it and got the ball rolling. Two months later, here we are, and it’s going to start on Sunday.”

The same people producing the

popular West Boca Green Market are coordinating the Acreage Green Market for the ALA. “They are actually doing the setup, teardown and cleanup for us,” she said. “We’re overseeing it, and I will be on hand the entire day making sure everything is the way it’s supposed to be.”

The event also has the support of the Indian Trail Improvement District.

“We’ve opened it up to all the schools to come and perform, or if they want to do fundraising, they can have a free booth,” Semande

said. “Nonprofits can have a free booth. The regular vendors are $40 for a 10-foot-by-10-foot spot, and the farmers, local farmers only, are $25 a spot.”

For more information, visit www.shopgreenmarkets.com or call (561) 929-0237.

Semande said the Acreage Green Market is representative of growing membership in the ALA. “We continue to gain membership at every function that we provide,” she said.

Learn more about the ALA at www.acreagelandowners.org.

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County Denies Developer’s Request For Pioneer Road Entrance

By Ron Bukley Town Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Commission denied a developer’s request for it to invoke eminent domain to take a piece of the Westwood neighborhood’s buffer on the south side of Pioneer Road to create another entrance for a planned shopping center.

About 20 residents, mostly from the Westwood community, spoke against the proposed entrance, which was cited in a letter requesting the county’s approval from the Village of Royal Palm Beach last month.

The shopping center, to be lo-

cated on the south side of Pioneer Road on the east side of State Road 7, has received a land use change from Royal Palm Beach but no site plan approval yet. The developer, Pebb Enterprises, claims that it needs the added entrance in order to align traffic with the light at the intersection of SR 7 and Pioneer Road south of Southern Blvd.

County Engineer George Webb said the developer of the commercial site, which was annexed into Royal Palm Beach, was asking the county to take a 50-foot-wide piece of the Westwood Property Owners’ Association’s buffer running along the south side of

Pioneer Road and owned by the county in order to allow traffic access to the light on Pioneer Road.

Webb said that Westwood, which consists of homes primarily on 1-acre lots, is in unincorporated Palm Beach County and was platted in 1978. “It has been there for more than 30 years,” Webb said.

Over the past decade, the SR 7 corridor has experienced a tremendous growth spurt, and Westwood became almost surrounded by commercial development.

Webb said Pioneer Road serves three residential communities, Palm Beach Plantation, Westwood

Holiday Parade Rolls Down Forest Hill Blvd. This Sunday

“An Old Fashioned Holiday” is the theme of this year’s Wellington Holiday Parade — a fitting theme to mark the 30th anniversary of the event presented by the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce.

The parade is set for Sunday, Dec. 8, but in a break with tradition, it will roll down Forest Hill Blvd. a bit later, at 2:30 p.m. — enabling spectators to go directly to the festivities in Holiday Park at the Wellington Amphitheater after the parade has passed.

The Wellington Preservation Coalition has once again signed on as presenting sponsor, along with the Schumacher Family of Dealerships.

“We’re especially proud to be a part of this 30th anniversary of the holiday parade,” Wellington Preservation Coalition Executive Director Tom Wenham said. “The parade is one of Wellington’s

longstanding traditions that brings us together as a community. And we’re excited that everyone will have a chance to make a day of it by heading directly to the Holiday Park after the parade.”

This year’s grand marshal is hometown boy Jarrod Saltalamacchia, catcher for the 2013 World Series champion Boston Red Sox. The parade is expected to attract a record crowd of more than 20,000. The annual event includes more than 100 entries of floats, marching bands, civic groups, community businesses and dignitaries. Wenham, Saltalamacchia and other dignitaries will ride in the parade in cars provided by the Schumacher Family of Dealerships.

This year’s events will flow together seamlessly thanks to the new start time, Chamber Executive Vice President Mary Lou Bedford said.

The Wellington High School marching band participates in last year’s holiday parade.

“Santa will get off his sleigh and go directly into Holiday Park at the Wellington Town Center,” she said. “Thanks to Wellington Preservation Coalition, we’ll continue the tradition of a family day in Holiday Park.”

Holiday Park is open from 1 to 6 p.m. It includes bounce houses, exhibit booths, food and after the parade, Santa, who will be hearing children’s Christmas wishes.

Students from Wellington will perform a holiday concert. At dusk, Wellington Mayor Bob Margolis will light the Christmas tree.

The Holiday Mile Run/Walk, which starts at the amphitheater, will begin at 2:15 p.m. A portion of the proceeds from the day’s events supports the chamber’s annual scholarship program.

For 30 years, the parade has rolled under the leadership of longtime chamber member and Parade Chairman Dennis Witkowski.

“The parade was the chamber’s first signature event,” Bedford said. “Each year, we partner with Wellington. They do so much. It’s a real collaborative effort. And, of course, we’re honored to have Dennis Witkowski still at the helm of this event on the 30th anniversary. There’s a real love of tradition with this parade. Many of the committee members and entries are people who have been doing this since the beginning. Dennis got a great crew together from the very beginning, and we couldn’t do it without them.”

For more information, visit www.cpbchamber.org.

and Whispering Woods. “Those three communities put about 2,500 cars a day on Pioneer as it approaches State Road 7,” Webb said.

He said the commercial property currently has a bridge being built that connects it directly to SR 7, but that the entrance is too near Pioneer Road to have its own traffic light, adding that 100,000 square feet of commercial uses can be built per the village approval, although Pebb has not yet received the zoning.

“Without a connection to Pioneer, we estimate probably almost every trip to and from is going to have to make a U-turn somewhere on State Road 7,” Webb said. “If you’re coming from the north, the only way to get to that bridge is to go past it to the next intersection and make a U-turn and come back.

If you’re coming from the south, it’s easy to turn in, but if you want to go back, you’ve either got to cut across four lanes of State Road 7 to get to the intersection of Pioneer and State Road 7, or you have to

go north to a very congested area of State Road 7.”

He said Royal Palm Beach has had a history of trying to interconnect properties. “You can see on the west side they have a road system that gets properties down to that intersection at Pioneer Road,” Webb said. “Their concept is allowing people access to a traffic signal rather than having U-turns.”

He also pointed out that the Westwood buffer, approved in 1978, is on the opposite side of Pioneer Road, rather than the same side of the development, and the five properties on Pioneer Road are basically exposed, with the two westernmost properties most affected if the entrance were allowed to punch through the buffer.

Webb said the developer has a legal access to Pioneer Road further east, about 1,200 feet east of SR 7, that it intends to designate for a residential community it wants to build behind the commercial development.

Pebb Enterprises has legal access

to use that opening for whatever it desires, he said.

“We’re here today to get board direction as far as honoring the Royal Palm Beach request for Palm Beach County to move forward with eminent domain to condemn about a 50-foot strip of property from the Westwood POA,” Webb said, adding that Royal Palm Beach offered to further enhance the remaining portion of the buffer, but Westwood is adamant about keeping it the way it is.

He said the staff recommendation was to deny the request.

Pebb Enterprises agent Donaldson Hearing said the goal of the request is to get access to the intersection of Pioneer Road, which is a collector road, to get traffic to SR 7 and provide interconnectivity to both residential and commercial property.

“This is the most significant transit corridor in the western communities,” Hearing said. “The request is about public safety. We think the request is also about pubSee PIONEER, page 15

Dine Out On Dec. 11 To Help Wellington’s Holiday Toy Drive

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report To help make sure Wellington children have a bright holiday, several local restaurants will be donating a portion of their proceeds on Wednesday, Dec. 11 to the Hometown Holiday Toy Drive as part of the second annual “Wellington is Keeping it Local” event.

“We’re trying to take care of those Wellington residents who are in need,” said the event’s organizer, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Scott Poritz. “Several restaurants in the Courtyard Shops plaza will be donating a portion of their proceeds that day to help us buy toys for children in need.”

Residents can do their part to help by dining at one of the several participating restaurants in the Courtyard Shops (13860 Wellington Trace), or by bringing a new, unwrapped toy to one of the drop-off locations.

Participating restaurants are Kontiki Wine & Raw Bar, Lindburgers, TCBY and Tijuana Flats.

Each restaurant will donate a

portion of its proceeds — ranging from 10 to 15 percent — to help the PBSO and the Village of Wellington purchase toys for local children.

Also in the Courtyard Shops, Van Dell Jewelers is a drop-off location for toys, while Sam Jon’s Salon made a donation to the toy drive.

“All people have to do is go out and eat a nice meal — lunch or dinner — at any of the participating restaurants, and a percentage of their sales will go to buy toys for local children for the holidays,” Poritz said. “The more you eat, the more we raise.”

The event puts an emphasis on helping local families and local businesses by going out to dine for a good cause. The event’s motto is, “We’re being vocal about keeping it local, so please give us a hand in raising a grand.”

Poritz noted that although there are many toy drives during the holiday season, most donations go outside Wellington.

“There are many great organizations that collect toys, but Welling-

ton isn’t eligible to receive them,” he said. “All of the money we raise will buy toys that will stay in this community.”

The event was such a success last year that Poritz said he was asked to bring it back. With the help of the community, Wellington was able to provide hundreds of toys to kids in need.

“Last year, we were able to help kids at the Boys & Girls Club, the Kids Cancer Foundation and the Palms West Hospital children’s ward,” he said.

He encouraged the community to get out and support the cause next week.

“It’s a great cause and a nice gesture,” Poritz said. “You know you’ll be participating in something that will help your neighbor.”

For more information, e-mail poritzs@pbso.org.

The Hometown Holiday Toy Drive is collecting new, unwrapped toys through Monday, Dec. 16. Residents may drop off toys at any village office or Van Dell Jewelers. For more information, call (561) 791-4000.

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One Year After Sandy Hook, And Very Little Progress To Report

One year ago next week, the nation was rocked when a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 young students and six staff members, wounding others, in one of the deadliest mass shootings in United States history.

The Newtown shooting resonated in every community across the land, bursting the bubble that was our trust in safety and security in elementary schools. In the wake of the shooting, pundits from all sides discussed the matter, blaming everything from lax gun control regulations to video games to lack of security in schools to mental health issues.

The topic was on everyone’s mind, and politicians on all sides of the issue made promise after promise that something would be done. But one year later, all these issues have effectively been swept under the rug. Whether you’re for or against some of the proposed reforms — from gun control to mental healthcare reform — we can all agree that the issue has far too quickly receded from the national consciousness.

The country seemed to agree on one thing last year: something must be done to prevent tragedies like this. But one year later, we’re no closer to a solution. Of course, bills were proposed. Several attempts at gun reform were proposed in Washington, D.C., only one of which actually went to a vote and didn’t pass. And even though there is wide agreement

that a better mental health system is needed to find and treat would-be shooters before they become a danger to society, precious little had been done on that front as well.

On a local level, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw created his Crisis Intervention Team to help stabilize mentally ill individuals and offer specialized treatment alternatives.

This is a model more communities should look toward, as it can help identify and treat those with mental illness and possibly prevent future tragedies. Teaching deputies how to humanely deal with those suffering from mental illness can help make sure no one flies under the radar.

While this initiative could lead to progress on the local level, the same cannot be said for the state or federal level. The promises and vows of last December have been forgotten — at least until next week, when the anniversary will arrive to remind us of how little we have done to make our children and our communities safer.

The families who lost loved ones that day — and our entire country, who saw a piece of innocence lost — deserve better. We deserve action, not words; solutions, not promises. So as we take time to remember the tragedy that occurred last Dec. 14, let us all remember that although it has been a year, there is still much work to be done.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Legal Slavery Here In Florida

The Palm Beach Post’s Dec. 5 headline “Inmates Saving Money For Local Municipalities” demonstrates why Florida deserves a big congratulations. Florida found a cleaner, less guilt-ridden way to brag about slavery.

With one of the highest inmate populations in the United States, and with so many people unjustly being jailed for 20 years or more for non-violent crimes committed without a weapon, and other offenses, Florida’s for-profit prisons have not only turned huge profits for its investors, but also provided an endless supply of slaves.

Also, let’s give a big thanks to all those judges and investors who make sure these profit prisons are filled to capacity, and mostly with brown-skinned inmates and women of all shades. Hooray, Florida! You sly old dog. You actually found a way to sanitize the long-standing slavery, whether in the big-ag fields or in municipalities.

I feel much better now knowing that prejudice is gone. I’m going to run off to church now to light a candle and tell Jesus all about it.

Jude Smallwood Royal Palm Beach

Idea Could Spur Organ Donation

Here’s a way for insurance companies to save lives and revolutionize their industry: Through their life insurance policy holders, make an offer of reduced premiums in exchange for any organ the insurance company may or may not need at the life policy holder’s death. It would give the insurance company a never-ending supply of organs.

Through their health insurance policy holders, an increase in premiums would make them eligible for any organ they would need for a transplant during the term of their health insurance policy.

How this would work: I am a life insurance policy holder living in any town USA. I die tomorrow and, in another town USA, is a person with a health insurance policy through the same insurance company needing a heart, lung, kidney, eyes or anything that can be transplanted. The insurance company is then able to take any transplantable part from my body, fly it to the person needing the transplant and install it in that person. This allows any transplantable part to be flown to anyone needing the transplant with no storage of organs being needed. A simple removal and installation process within a limited time. This would give hope to transplant recipients.

Ronald Piretti Royal Palm Beach

Winterfest 2013 A Smashing Success

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce another smashing success.

Winterfest 2013 with Vanilla Ice drew record-breaking crowds of more than 5,500 people and thrilled the audience with the best of performers, emcees and many surprises.

Presented by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, Equestrian Sport Productions and the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, the event provided a lineup of holiday performances, phenomenal food vendors, holiday shopping, business and service vendors, a visit from Santa and snow. Local celebrity musical sensation, philanthropist and Emmy Award-nominated DIY Network television star Vanilla Ice perI find it sad and revealing that formed his iconic songs “Ice Ice the media often become a willing Baby,” “Play that Funky Music” participant in reporting serious and more to an overflowing crowd. crimes in a way that makes it ap- Presenting sponsors Mark and pear that the media are interested Katherine Bellissimo emceed the not in reporting what is, in this event with local celebrity Michaecase, a heinous crime, but only to la Paige from The Voice, Chamber sell newspapers and attract more President Victor Connor and event chairmen Dr. Randy Laurich and viewers.

The Knock Out “Game” should Johnny Meier.

Chaired by Dr. Laurich of the not be fueled or reported as a game, for it is serious assault and Wellness Experience and Meier a crime that should be prosecuted of My Community Pharmacy, to the full extent of the law. Re- this event is the most anticipated porting this crime as a “game,” holiday event of the season. The even though the participants may exceptional hard work and deddescribe it in those terms, panders ication of sponsors, vendors and to the lowest common element and the professionals at PBIEC allow comes close to encouraging and us to celebrate the success of this romanticizing assault on helpless event. Bringing a “hometown” eland innocent people who have not ement to Winterfest is what makes only suffered injury but also death. it so successful. Family friendly There was a time — and in my events, such as a reading of the lifetime — where the media did ’Twas the Night Before Christmas not encourage their reporters to by Mark Bellissimo, a visit from write obscene copy, and consider- Santa, a children’s area including ation was given for the gravity of carousel rides, face painting, arts the effects on others considering and crafts, food trucks and a salute continuing to make criminal as- to the troops, allowed participation from children and families to make sault a game.

Richard Nielsen everyone an integral part of the Royal Palm Beach festivities.

Assault Is Not A ‘Game’

The chamber wishes to thank our sponsors, without whom we could not host such a spectacular event: Equestrian Sport Productions and the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, the Wellness Experience, My Community Pharmacy, the Law Offices of Greenstein & Associates, Home Run Real Estate, FPL and W4CY: The Intertainment Network.

A very special thank you to Mark and Katherine Bellissimo, Michael Stone, Vaneli Bojkova, Anne Caroline Valtin and Paul Regal, as well as Councilwoman Anne Gerwig, Craig Young, Fred Roger, Heath Paulson, Nicole Grassi, Ralph Jiminez, Steven Beare, Marcella Mirande-Ketcham, Monica Kallas, Marcia Andrews, Matthew Shoemaker and Winterfest The Magazine advertisers, collaborators and staff, the exceptional art instructors and students who participated in our poster contest, Bill Morosco and Bedonna Flesher.

Our exceptional Winterfest vendors were: Advanced Healthcare of the Palm Beaches, All Natural Always, Blooming with Autism, British Swim School, Chappy’s Food Cart, Cheezezilla, Cobblestone Chiropractic & Wellness, Costco Wholesale, Dr. G’s Weight Loss & Wellness of Wellington, Estate Properties of Palm Beach, the Fair Trade Boutique, Forever Greyhounds, Genbu-Kai Karate, Grand Champions Polo Club, Hurricane Grill & Wings, India Grill & Bar, i9 Sports, Jessie’s Girl, Lively Lights, La Vida Massage, the Law Offices of Greenstein & Associates, My Community Pharmacy, Orange Theory Fitness, Paradise Kettle Corn, Perfect Smile Dentistry, Psychological Wellness Center, Roy’s Ribs, Steam Master, Sunrise Adult Day Care, Sweet Cravings Desert Truck, the UPS Store, Thin Blue Line, Tikiz Shaved Ice and Ice Cream, Three J’s C Cigar Emporium II, Ultima Fitness/Xtreme Tae Kwon Do, Village Music Wellington, Wellington Christian School, Wellington Greenmarket, the Wellness Experience Welling-

ton, Woof Gang Dog Bakery & Grooming, You Fit Health Club and W4CY: The Intertainment Network.

We were thrilled to once again offer an amazing VIP Food & Wine Festival, boasting the exceptional establishments of A. Alexander Event & Catering, the Bull McCabe’s Irish Pub & Tap Room, the Cookin’ Yogi, India Grill & Bar, Jordan’s Steak Bistro, Madras Catering & Event Productions and Stonewood Grill & Tavern. If you have not yet visited these establishments or utilized their catering services, we strongly encourage you to do so.

Thank you to our VIP Food & Wine Table sponsors: the Law Offices of Alec Domb, Bodis Realty, the Connor Financial Group, Dressage Sport Boots, Effective Solutions, Equestrian Sport Productions, Floridian Community Bank, Four Winds Farm, FPL, Home Run Real Estate, Kathy Foster for County Commission Campaign, McAfee’s Brian Gumbel, Merrill Lynch, Laura L. Hanson CFP, My Community Pharmacy and the Wellness Experience.

Our performers could not have been more phenomenal. Thank you to Michaela Paige, Shauna Sweeney, Alex Shaw, Lexi Luca, Meghan Ritmiller, Lily Forte, Ashley Barnes-Boswell, Daniel Rabinowitz, Cecilia and the

Ocoee River Band, Jade Master, Stanley Toussaint, Brooke Galmarini, Wellington Christian School and the U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard.

Thank you Scott Campbell from the Village of Wellington and his exceptional volunteers from Wellington, Palm Beach Central High School, Wellington High School, Suncoast High School and Taylor Green.

Vanilla Ice astounds us each year. His spirit of giving and dedication to our community is outstanding. His efforts and those of his team, Frankie and Wes, make this event possible. Each is to be commended and thanked for their generosity and for giving back to Wellington. The chamber is grateful to have the privilege of working with them.

The chamber salutes all the exhibitors, sponsors and our gracious venue host Equestrian Sport Productions for making their contributions to Wellington’s unique lifestyle, its economy and this spectacular event. And to each of you for attending, thank you for being part of this event and for being a part of our community. We look forward to seeing you all next year. Happy holidays!

Michela Perillo-Green, Executive Director Wellington Chamber of Commerce

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Cartoonist David Willson To Speak At Dec. 11 Art Society Meeting

The Wellington Art Society will meet Wednesday, Dec. 11 at the Wellington Community Center (12165 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The December meeting will be a fun-filled holiday event with members and guests bringing a dish to share for a potluck meal.

There will also be a raffle with proceeds going to the Wellington Art Society Scholarship Fund.

Guests are welcome for a $5 fee.

The presentation by well-known Palm Beach cartoonist David Willson will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Willson was the right person in the right place at the right time when

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“I will bring it to you at your next meeting,” she said. “The council will have to decide whether you want to reimburse those expenses, knowing any one of you could find yourselves in the same situation in the future.”

Cohen noted that common law might have allowed for the candidates to seek reimbursement for legal fees, but said it could be clar-

the Palm Beach Daily News was looking for a freelance editorial cartoonist early in 1992. He comes from Palm Beach pioneer stock.

Since 1875, successive generations of his family have played key roles in shaping the area.

After more than two decades, Willson continues to create an editorial cartoon for the Sunday edition of the Palm Beach Daily News. Although the subject matter of the cartoons focuses on local events, Willson often sees things in a broader cultural and historical context, with ever a nod toward human foibles.

“I originally viewed doing the

‘Shiny Sheet’ editorial cartoons as a fun and interesting freelance job,” Willson said. “But looking back on the body of work now, I see that it is an eye-opening collection which reveals societal and cultural changes during the last 20 years and a great deal about life in the Palm Beaches.”

His book, Billionaires & Butterfly Ballots: A 20-Year Palm Beach ‘Cartoonspective,’was released in November 2012. It will be available for purchase at the meeting.

As always, the evening is for artists and art lovers to hear about all of the exciting Wellington Art Society projects and initiatives.

The Wellington Art Society has ongoing art exhibitions at the Wellington Municipal Complex gallery. These exhibitions rotate every few months and are juried shows. Most of the work is for sale, and it is a great opportunity to see and buy fabulous local art.

The Wellington Art Society is a charitable organization. Its mission is to educate and encourage originality and productivity among its members and area youth through programs designed to further the advancement of cultural endeavors.

For more information, visit www.wellingtonartsociety.org.

ified in Wellington’s ordinances.

“I think the administrative ordinance could be clarified to more directly address this type of situation,” she said. “I think there is a sufficient basis to support a reimbursement.”

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig noted that the change would only apply to those who are determined to be winners in the election.

“Admittedly, those lawsuits were not brought by any of us,” Gerwig said. “I was named personally as part of the Wellington Canvassing Board. Should I have gotten a lawyer?”

Coates said he would support a measure to reimburse candidates

for legal fees if they are then installed as council members.

“It pains me that any citizen who runs for office would get hit for legal fees incurred in successfully challenging an election that then installs the person in the position for which he or she was running,” he said. “But I’m not wanting to open the floodgates to reimburse anyone who challenges an election. If your challenge is unsuccessful, all bets are off.”

Willhite noted that because of state law, there was no choice but to have a lawsuit settle the issue.

“I want the legislature to look into this,” he said.

Gerwig agreed. “Part of the

reason we got into this trap was because we were required to certify the election before the post-election audit,” she said. “I think it’s silly to certify an election before we audit it. The state needs to look at this and determine if the proper procedures are in place for an accurate system.”

Council members also wanted to reassure voters that the system works.

“I want to convey to residents that the rightful candidates were elected,” Willhite said. “I want people to understand that their vote does count.”

Coates agreed. “At the end of the day, the process did work,”

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Cartoonist David Willson with some of his creations. he said. “Unfortunately, it cost a significant amount of money to get there.”

Regarding the contract before them, council members were in favor of keeping the Supervisor of Elections running the municipal elections, despite the problems in 2012.

“I would in no way, shape or form look at trying to take this burden on,” Willhite said. “We don’t have the resources, the safety, the security or the staff.”

Greene noted there are only four Wellington Canvassing Board members provided for.

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cil members not up for election, plus the village clerk. In the past, the Supervisor of Elections has served on the board, but Gerwig noted that Susan Bucher chose not to be a board member anymore.

“This election cycle, three council members are not up for election,” Cohen said. “In the next election cycle, it would be a three-member board.”

Greene asked what would happen if a vote split 2-2, and Cohen said it would fail.

Willhite made a motion to approve the measures executing the contract with the Supervisor of Elections and setting the election dates. It passed unanimously.

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Santa Greets Pets At The Mall At Wellington Green’s Paws ’N’ Claws

The Mall at Wellington Green held a Paws ’n’ Claus photo session on Sunday, Nov. 24 at its Ice Palace. Dogs, cats and other small pets lined up to have their pictures taken with Santa. There will be another chance to have your furry friends photographed with Photos By Denise Fleischman/Town-Crier Santa on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m.

Mary Marshall, her daughter Tiffany and Ace Hamlin.

Sara and Selah Nelms with their dog, Rhodie, and Santa.

Santa holds on to a pack of huskies in the Ice Palace.

Santa holds Chloe for a photo.

Vanaya Roldan and Kayleigh Patino with Rico.

Ellen Marinelli and Koko with Santa.

Crowds Stand In Line At Local Stores For Black Friday Bargains

Black Friday kicked off early this year, with many stores opening on Thursday, Nov. 28 for doorbuster deals. Everyone loves a bargain, and many people were standing in line to get one on Thanksgiving Day. Some lines were longer than others, but there were crowds at Toys ’R’ Us, Best Buy and Target, where the Town-Crier found plenty of locals looking to save cash. photos by Denise Fleischman/town-crier

Jack Swing, Lanny Guthrie, Rosemary Perez, Sasha Parades, Christina Nash and Bill Nash line up outside Toys ’R’ Us.

Jared Bishop and Corey Kahn keep busy with a PlayStation game while waiting at Target.

Christopher and Karl Wint stand in line at Best Buy. They were looking for television deals.

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Accidental Shooting Lands Prankster In The Hospital

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report NOV. 26 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach was dispatched to a home on Sparrow Drive last Tuesday night regarding a shooting. According to a PBSO report, the 18-year-old victim is a nephew of the shooter. He decided at approximately 11:15 p.m. to scare his uncle by jiggling the patio door handle. According to the report, the shooter heard the sound and retrieved his rifle before going to investigate the noise. When the victim saw his uncle come out onto the patio, he jumped out to scare him. According to the report, his uncle was startled and discharged the rifle, shooting the victim in his left thigh just above his knee.

The victim was transported to Palms West Hospital where he was treated for his injuries. There was no further information available at the time of the report.

••• NOV. 22 — An Acreage man was arrested on charges of shoplifting Friday, Nov. 22 after he was caught stealing from the Walgreens pharmacy on Southern Blvd. According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was called to the store after a loss prevention officer observed 44-year-old Bradley Witt select a six-pack of beer and a beef jerky and then conceal the items in his pants. According to the report, Witt then exited the store, passing all points of purchase without attempting to pay for the items. The stolen merchandise was valued at $9.87. Witt got in a yellow Jeep and fled, but video surveillance footage was able to capture the license plate of the vehicle. According to the report, the deputy located Witt at his home. He was arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail, where he was charged with petty theft.

NOV. 22 — An employee of the Shoma Homes accounting department called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach on Friday, Nov. 22 to report a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, sometime between Friday, Oct. 25 and Tuesday, Oct. 29, six unknown suspects cashed counterfeit checks from the company.

According to the report, the total loss was $2,905.57. There was no further information available at the time of the report.

NOV. 25 — A West Palm Beach

man was arrested last Monday afternoon on charges of shoplifting after he was caught stealing from the Walmart Supercenter in Royal Palm Beach. According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the store at approximately 1 p.m. after a loss prevention officer observed 23-year-old Avelardo Ramirez Lopez enter the shoe department with two boxes of boots in his cart already in shopping bags. The loss prevention officer said Ramirez Lopez then selected a pair of kids shoes and concealed them in the Walmart shopping bag. According to the report, he then exited the shoe aisle and removed the bags from his cart, then made his way toward the front of the store and exited without attempting to pay for the items.

A loss prevention officer stopped him and asked for a receipt for the shoes. When Ramirez Lopez could not produce one, the officer recovered the shoes, valued at $77.59.

Ramirez Lopez was arrested and taken to the county jail where he was charged with petty theft.

DEC. 2 — A resident of Sugar Pond Manor called the PBSO substation in Wellington early Monday morning to report a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 p.m. last Sunday and 6:15 a.m. the following morning, someone stole the victim’s silver 2005 Nissan Quest from her driveway. The victim believed a spare key was taken from another vehicle, which was left unlocked on the driveway.

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

DEC. 2 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was called to the Versailles community Monday regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, the victim discovered last Tuesday that $5,000 was transferred from her bank account to an investment account opened in her name in Miami without her knowledge. The victim said a similar incident had occurred before.

There were no suspects at the time of the report.

DEC. 2 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was called to a restaurant on South Shore Blvd. on Monday morning regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, an employee called the Wellington substation after she discovered two laptops missing from the office. The employee said her boss left the restaurant at See BLOTTER, page 15

PBSO Seeks Man Who Approached Kids On Their Way To School

NOV. 22 — The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help identifying a suspicious man who approached several young children on their way to school.

According to a PBSO report, last Friday, Nov. 22, at approximately 7:30 a.m., four children were walking near the intersection of Greenview Shores Blvd. and Carlton Street in Wellington when they were approached by an unknown white male. The children said the suspect asked them if they wanted candy. According to the report, the children fled from the man, ran to school and

reported the incident.

According to the report, the suspect is described as a white male, approximately 5’11” with brown and black salt-and-pepper hair. The children said the man was unshaven and was wearing either blue jeans and a plaid or black shirt, or beige pants and a black shirt.

According to the report, PBSO deputies searched the area and spoke with school crossing guards, but did not locate the man. Anyone who may have witnessed this incident or may have knowledge of the suspect is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at (800) 458-TIPS.

Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s help in finding these wanted fugitives: • Jorge Sandoval, alias Jorge Antonio Sandoval, is a white male, 5’10” tall and weighing 220 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes. His date of birth is 07/23/52. Sandoval is wanted for charges of felony cruelty to animals. His last known address was Morrow Court in Loxahatchee Groves. He is wanted as of 11/28/13.

• Anthony Nahshon Millines, alias Nah’Shon Anthony Millines, is a black male, 5’7” tall and weighing 160 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. His date of birth is 01/28/87. Millines is wanted for aggravated battery of a pregnant person and domestic battery by strangulation. His last known address was Island Shore Drive in Greenacres. His occupation is a barber. He is wanted as of 11/28/13.

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New Central Chamber CEO Talks Plans For 2014 And Beyond

By Ron Bukley Town Crier Staff Report Wayne Burns, new CEO of the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce, shared strategies for 2014 at the chamber’s luncheon Monday at the Breakers West Country Club.

“Much of what we do in 2014 is

Wayne Burns speaks at Monday’s chamber luncheon.

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going to be focused on all of you, the members,” said Burns, who is wrapping up his first month in charge.

Along with the membership, chamber plans will focus on the economy, not only in central Palm Beach County, but the entire county and the South Florida region.

Burns expects to unveil a complete five-year strategic plan early in 2014, but he shared some general concepts at Monday’s luncheon.

“Some of these things are programmatic in nature in a way that we can actually start to roll them out over the next few months,” he said. “A lot of them are servicedriven, which we can execute without actually altering or changing our budget or affecting our current model of events that we’re doing.”

Other projects that the chamber plans to undertake will probably be more budget-based and will be vetted through discussions with the board of directors, he said.

“There are really four categories

of what I call ‘member-focused programs or services’ — how we can actually deliver a new value proposition to our membership,” he said. “Those are direct and indirect services as well as public relations and marketing.”

Indirect services include workforce development and the Young Professionals training. “Young Professionals is a program that many chambers have,” Burns said.

“We’ve had it in the past, and we’ll continue to in 2014, but it may be a little bit different.”

Helping to develop the workforce in central Palm Beach County involves bringing a range of talent to the local work pool so that businesses seeking specific skill sets don’t have to go out of the area to find workers, he said.

“Especially through working with the Young Professionals and working with our educational institutions, K-12 as well as the universities, we can actually link some very direct programs that may be two-year degrees or four-year degrees, or maybe it’s vocational skills or training tar-

geted toward very specific industry groups,” he said.

Direct services are delivered on a one-to-one basis.

“Business retention expansion is a term that you hear used very often in economic development, but really what it comes down to is us going around visiting with businesses face to face, learning about the things that keep those business owners or CEOs up at night, and helping to build a database, a strategic base within our industries, to understand what we could do on both a macro level and a micro level to help individual businesses,” Burns said.

He said the chamber’s position should be to help chamber businesses with “red flag” issues they may not be familiar with, such as permitting or connecting with other businesses.

“Often, members don’t know or companies in general don’t know where to go with these red flag issues, so they may have to hire expert help,” Burns said. “Maybe they can’t afford to hire that help, so if we can bring that to the table

for them, that’s a very direct way to deliver service for our members.”

He would like the chamber to develop training programs using in-house staff to enable businesses to connect with larger businesses that can use their specific skill sets so they can expand and hire more people.

The chamber also plans to increase advocacy efforts by backing businesses that are having problems such as getting a traffic light or sign, or having difficulty getting through the permitting process.

“We can step in through our Government Affairs Committee and through our full-time staff and act as a liaison, and work with our municipal governments or the county, working with that business to help bridge the communication and be advocates for the business,” Burns said.

He would also like to help members be more effective in public relations. “Many larger companies or organizations are looking for a way to make the public more aware of who they are,” he said.

“There are ways to do that. A lot

of them have said they’d like to sponsor a more robust business academy or leadership program.”

An entrepreneurship program can be started at the high school level and moved up through the university level.

“It doesn’t necessarily have to start with someone who has already graduated or has a master’s degree or Ph.D. who is looking to start a business. It can really start at the K-12 level. There are some innovative ways to do that, and we could do it from within the Central Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce,” Burns said.

Marketing and branding is another concept he wants to develop further.

“I’m sure that you see a lot of the banners and booths at our events,” he said. “There’s ways that we can include names of companies as part of the printed material we put out to the public, whether it’s having a quote from your business or your logo within our material to add to the value. That can give your business — whether you’re See CHAMBER, page 15

Rolex Inks Sponsorship For Events At Winter Equestrian Festival

Equestrian Sport Productions and Rolex SA have signed a 10-year sponsorship agreement to make Rolex the “Official Timepiece” of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center and of the world-renowned FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival.

The festival serves almost 6,000 horses and 2,000 riders from all 50 states and over 30 countries.

The long-term partnership will facilitate a record $1.63 million increase in prize money, bringing the grand total to over $8 million

at the Winter Equestrian Festival, making it one of the richest circuits in the world.

Three new FEI-rated CSI 5* events will be added to the schedule, which will make five of the 12 weeks during the circuit at the highest level in show jumping. There will also be a new $1 million Palm Beach Challenge presented by Rolex bonus opportunity.

Another highlight of the association is that two of the CSI 5* Grand Prix events will be televised, and many others will be distributed by Rolex through

their media partnerships in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

“We are honored to be partnered with one of the most respected brands in the world,” said Mark Bellissimo, CEO of Equestrian Sport Productions. “Through this partnership, we will provide the resources to elevate the level of show jumping for the Americas and expose the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center to a broader international audience.”

Rolex representatives are also excited about the sponsorship.

“We are very pleased to extend and expand the scope of our long-

lasting and successful partnership with this prestigious venue and the world-class, world-renowned events it hosts,” said Arnaud Boetsch, director of communications for Rolex. “Rolex and the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center certainly share a common passion for excellence and perfection.”

The dates of the 2014 CSI 5* shows are: FTI WEF 3 Jan. 22-26, FTI WEF 5 Feb. 5-9, FTI WEF 7 Feb. 19-23, FTI WEF 10 March 12-16 and FTI WEF 12 March 26-30.

In addition to the five CSI 5*

shows, there are three CSI 4* events, a CSI 3* and two CSI 2* shows during the circuit.

Weeks 3, 5, 7 and 10 will feature a $300,000 Saturday night Grand Prix, while FTI WEF 12 will feature the $500,000 FTI Consulting Finale Grand Prix.

The “Palm Beach Challenge presented by Rolex” applies to four of the five CSI 5* events and awards a $1 million bonus to any horse and rider combination that wins the four consecutive CSI 5* Grand Prix events at FTI WEF 3, 5, 10 and 12. The winner of two consecutive Grand Prix events

will receive $50,000, and the winner of three of four will receive a $100,000 bonus.

Finally, Rolex offered a substantial contribution to the FTI Consulting Great Charity Challenge, presented by Fidelity Investments, an equestrian show jumping competition founded

by Bellissimo and his daughter Paige. The event, set for Feb. 1, is a competition where the world’s top riders team up with equestrian sport’s most prominent families in a unique competition that awards a sliding scale of prize money to 34 Palm Beach County charities.

Van Dell Jewelers Puts Local Sparkle In Wellington Toy Drive

The Wellington Courtyard Shops’ second annual “Keeping it Local” Toy Drive, in partnership with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, has extra seasonal sparkle, thanks to Alexander Van Dell and Van Dell Jewelers & Designers volunteering as the drive’s local toy dropoff site at

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“The drive is all about ‘bringing a smile to a Wellington child’ during this special season. This is a local business. We are a local family. We have room in our hearts and our store to welcome toy donations. And who knows?

Maybe Jack will bring a pony for

under the tree,” Van Dell joked, referring to Jack Van Dell, whose proposal for a Palm Beach Horse Park expanding Wellington’s role as a top venue to include Western and American Quarter Horse competition, will be considered by the Wellington Village Council this month.

Palm Beach County Administrator Bob Weisman said the western alignment, which runs straight north between Mecca Farms and the Corbett area, has been deemed environmentally unacceptable for years.

“The abandonment of that alignment is just a matter of reality,” Weisman said. “The right of way that we had talked about going through Mecca, we wanted to give the property unconditionally to the

district and not interfere with their reservoir plans, so the county has given up any interest in a right of way through Mecca.”

Weisman said that the county does not have need for a road through Mecca Farms at the current time. “If we have to come back and put a road through there, which we may or may not have to do, we would buy that with road impact fees in the future, and not general county funds,” he said.

So, it could be a busy month for the Van Dell family. But Alexander Van Dell is going to focus on dazzling his Courtyard Shops guests on Wednesday, Dec. 11, when a special “Keeping it Local” shopping day will see a portion of all sales made at participating Wellington businesses benefit the toy drive.

Participating businesses include Kontiki Wine & Raw Bar, Lindburgers, Sam Jon’s Salon, TCBY Yogurt, Tijuana Flats and Van Dell Jewelers.

“There’s a lot of wonderful things happening in Wellington, thanks to a lot of wonderful people, including first and foremost, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office,” Van Dell said.

To learn more about the toy drive, contact Deputy Scott Poritz portizs@pbso.org.

Jack Van Dell (left) and Alexander Van Dell of Van Dell Jewelers with toys donated during this year’s toy drive.

SPONSOR NEIL HIRSCH DONATES TURKEYS TO BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FAMILIES

The Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club in Wellington started a new tradition for Thanksgiving this year. Benefactor Neil Hirsch personally greeted kids and their families and gave them a turkey on Monday, Nov. 25. Hirsch gave away 225 turkeys to Boys & Girls PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER Club families and staff.

Club Manager LaTricia Jenkins, Neil Hirsch and Julie Kime with club kids and all the gift bags.

LaTricia Jenkins, Wellington Councilman John Greene, Neil Hirsch, Boys & Girls Clubs CEO Jaene Miranda and Julie Kime.

Neil Hirsch with mom Erika, Peyton and Eric Parson.

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The Wellington Jewish Center hosted a free Chanukah Party on Sunday, Dec. 1 at the Wellington Amphitheater. There was Chanukah music and activities for children, such as face painting, balloon animals and t-shirt coloring. The menorah was lit at sundown, and everyone enjoyed traditional Chanukah treats, such as donuts and latkes.

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Ari and Mottel Muskal, Aubrey Armstrong, Mushkie Muskal and Yitty Rendler.

Aspen Nelson picked out a headband sold by Michelle Nelson.

Ben Pincus and Rabbi Mendy Muskal with the big menorah.

Pzipa Muskal gets her face painted by Karito.

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Levi Muskal cooks hamburgers and hot dogs.

A Second Chance Rescue Hosts Cat Adoption At Wellington Petco

A Second Chance Puppies & Kittens Rescue held a cat adoption day on Saturday, Nov. 30 at Petco in Wellington’s Isla Verde shopping plaza. Kittens of various breeds were available for adoption, but Siamese kittens were the featured breed of the day. For more photos by Denise Fleischman/town-crier information about adoption, call (561) 333-1100 or visit Petco on Saturdays from 12 to 4 p.m.

Kirra Barbieri, Kylea Perin holding newly adopted Chloe and Cheryl Barbieri.

Samsung relaxes in volunteer Alexis Wyrick’s arms.

Marissa (holding Indie), Chris, Nicole (holding Hadley) and Isabel Ruiz with items for their new furry friends.

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Local Hoteliers Visit ‘Wild West’ At Arthur R. Marshall Foundation Event

As part of its eco-tourism initiative, the Arthur R. Marshall Foundation for the Everglades held an event for local hoteliers at the Arthur R. Marshall National Wildlife Refuge on Nov. 19 to ensure that the hotel industry is familiar with what is considered a treasure by the National Wildlife Refuge system — the Everglades, right here in Palm Beach County.

Adventurers received a quick overview and were divided into smaller groups. They visited the exhibitions in the visitor center, walked the trail and went for air-

boat rides, arranged especially for the group’s visit.

Nancy Marshall, president of the foundation, said the goal is for the hospitality community to see how much fun and interesting the Everglades can be for visitors, and communicate its importance.

“Tourists are often not aware of how easy it is to see this completely different environment,” she said.

For information about the Arthur R. Marshall Foundation for the Everglades call (561) 2339004 or visit www.artmarshall.org.

Foundation President Nancy Marshall with Michelle Santamaria of the Royal Inn Hotel in Royal Palm Beach.

Dominique Howard and Shannon Gavin (front) with Kristy Donaldson and Kristin Ugolini (back) at hoteliers event.

Nancy Marshall with Aneliese Rosa, Rob Higley and Arianne Cortez from the Breakers Palm Beach.

RPB Resident Bill Hobbs Receives P.B. Atlantic Distinguished Alumnus Award

The Palm Beach Atlantic University Alumni Association recognized former golf professional Bill Hobbs with the MacArthur School of Leadership Distinguished Alumnus Award as part of this year’s homecoming celebration held Nov. 16.

A native of Lockport, N.Y., Hobbs and his wife Kerry reside in Royal Palm Beach with their 9-year-old daughter, Rachel.

Hobbs served 14 years as a PGA golf professional, eventually becoming head professional at PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens from 1984 to 1987.

In 1988, Hobbs went into fulltime ministry with Palm Beach County Youth for Christ as the youth guidance director.

Hobbs was well into his min-

istry of serving the inner-city youth of West Palm Beach by the time he earned a degree in human resources management from Palm Beach Atlantic University in 1991.

Hobbs, an ordained minister, and his wife formed Urban Youth Impact in 1997. He is the organization’s president and founder.

Hobbs is also the author of My Longest Drive, One Man’s Passion for the Urban Poor.

(Right) Bill Hobbs, center, receives the Palm Beach Atlantic University MacArthur School of Leadership Distinguished Alumnus Award from University President William M.B. Fleming Jr. (left) and alumnus Steve Scalici, chairman of the board of Urban Youth Impact.

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Kelby Barranco Wins USDF Youth Volunteer Award

Kelby Barranco, a 16-year-old para-dressage rider who has volunteered at the Gold Coast Dressage Association for more than six years, has been named 2013 Youth Volunteer of the Year by the United States Dressage Federation.

The award will be presented to Barranco during the 2013 Adequan/USDF Annual Convention in Lexington, Ky. The GCDA is supporting Barranco in his goal to become a member of the United States ParaEquestrian Team.

“We could not be happier for Kelby and are looking forward to seeing what the future holds for this dedicated horseman,” said Noreen O’Sullivan of the Gold Coast Dressage Association and the Wellington Classic Dressage Association.

The USDF Youth Volunteer Award is sponsored by the USDF Youth Programs Advisory Subcommittee and honors one outstanding youth volunteer who has contributed both nationally and locally to USDF and the sport of dressage. Barranco is a regular on the horse show circuit as a rider and volunteer. In 2013, he dedicated more than 750 hours of volunteer service at competitions including the Wellington Classic Dressage, Gold Coast Dressage and International Horse Sport shows.

Barranco has cerebral palsy.

When he was born, his mother,

Kelby Barranco with GCDA President Noreen O’Sullivan.

Monica Barrano, was told that he may not ever communicate or even walk. She said horses changed their lives when someone suggested they try horse therapy. After six months of riding she saw dramatic changes. He has continued to grow and improve ever since.

Barranco was nominated for the Youth Volunteer of the Year award

by Robyn Weston of Region 2.

“Kelby makes a unique contribution to education, recognition of achievement, and the promotion of dressage,” Weston said. “He is a classified Para Level II rider and a wonderful ambassador for the para-dressage community and for the USDF.”

Davion McLean Completes Training

Air Force Airman Davion A. McLean recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

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

McLean is the daughter of Carol Blackwood of Buffalo Grove, Ill., and Darren McLean of Royal Palm Beach. She is a 2012 graduate of Palm Beach Lakes High School.

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WES Students Celebrate Fall With A Parade

Wellington Elementary School celebrated fall with a parade on Oct. 31, featuring its pre-K and kindergarten students. The whole school was there to watch as the students marched around the campus. The students wore costumes representing their favorite characters from books. Shown here is Ms. Riker’s pre-K class in costume.

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Berean Honors Veterans, Thanksgiving

Berean Christian School honored veterans at its annual Veteran’s Day Program on Monday, Nov. 11. There were morning and evening performances.

The program was led by Mrs. Kris Hendricks, elementary music teacher at BCS. Students from kindergarten through grade 12 came together to sing, address the audience and thank all of those

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On Wednesday, Nov. 20, Berean Christian School’s student body came together again for a special time. The annual Thanksgiving chapel included a time of praise and worship led by the high school praise band.

Students then pondered the message given by Pastor Jim Sims of Grace Fellowship’s Acreage Cam-

pus. Sims encouraged students and adults alike to be thankful for everything in their lives, even the tough circumstances.

Both of the events were times of reflection for students, teachers and parents in attendance. To learn more about this program or any program at Berean Christian School, visit www.bcsbulldogs. org.

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H.L. Johnson Launches Green Initiatives

H.L. Johnson Elementary School holds a monthly Green Day where all the students wear green and bring in recyclables that are also fundraisers (glue sticks, glue bottles, juice pouches, ink toners, cell phones, cartridges, paper, beauty supply containers), and at the end of the day, there is a campus cleanup where students, teachers and parents pick up trash on the school grounds.

Recently, in the pouring rain, more than 17 people showed up and weathered the storm, collecting 20 pounds of wet garbage, two pounds of recycling and six pencils. H.L. Johnson is a Green School of Excellence and added the “campus cleanup” to further school efforts.

The school has recently been awarded two grants from Palm

Beach County. H.L. Johnson received the Green Seed Award, which is a $300 grant to further the school’s green mission through gardening, landscaping or other means.

H.L. Johnson also won the “Get More Bins” grant for co-mingled recycling bins that will be strategically placed around the school for students, teachers and staff to recycle their water bottles and other items.

The school has also launched a clothing and shoe drive. There is a large bin on the west side of the school for participants to place their donations inside. The school earns 10 cents per pound of donated clothes and shoes. In March, there will be a Green Fair with a shredding event, a clothing drive and green-oriented vendors.

Volunteers clean the school grounds during a rain storm.

Osceola Creek Serves Thanksgiving Meal

It was an hour before school started on Nov. 19 and the kitchens in the culinary arts lab at Osceola Creek Middle School were already filled with student cooks preparing a Thanksgiving feast that would be served to the faculty and staff the next day.

Each of the six kitchens hosted a team of culinary students and one turkey. Squeals of disgust accompanied the traditional preparation when the giblets and organs were removed and turkey skin was lifted for butter. “I couldn’t find the giblet pack,” seventh-grader Mika Estok said. “I almost had my head inside the turkey looking for it.”

Each step involved instruction as culinary teacher Leann Davis moved from kitchen to kitchen to direct and demonstrate. Seventh-grader Samantha Fitzgerald described Davis trying to put a big casserole into a small oven. “It wouldn’t fit, so she sort of pushed up the sides,” Fitzgerald said.

The work continued throughout the day. After all, students had to master the art of potato peeling and mashing, casserole mixing, stuffing making and pie baking.

Seventh-grader Kennedy Driscoll explained that the sixth-graders weren’t very talented with the potato peelers.

Culinary arts teacher Leann Davis takes the first turkey out.

With the assistance of teacher and parent volunteers, the students completed their first big meal of the year. “I was there from 7:20 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the afternoon, so I was beat, (like an egg) but it was a fun learning experience,” seventh-grader Karie Abel said.

“It was a school-wide effort, from the PE and ESE classes who dried dishtowels when the kitchen dryer blew, to the nurse and cafeteria staff that provided gloves and hairnets for the cooks, to the teachers who helped demonstrate

Seventh grader Cooper McCoy (center) and fellow culinary students serve the dinner that they cooked for the faculty.

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“I was crossing the courtyard with clean, folded, dry towels and it started raining,” towel-folding expert Macy Radziul said. “It wasn’t a drizzle, it was a real downpour. I ran back to the girls’ locker room to dry them again.”

The teamwork paid off when the students hosted dinner for the entire faculty and staff on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Everyone agreed that the best part of the entire day was being allowed to eat the leftovers.

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Thanksgiving At New Horizons

New Horizons Elementary School students celebrated Thanksgiving in unique ways. They researched Native Americans and the first Thanksgiving, created Native American homes, made paper-bag costumes, created pinecone and camouflage turkeys, and wrote and shared stories about the life of a turkey and being thankful. Parents were invited to join in the festivities with students performing Thanksgiving plays, sharing what they are thankful for and eating traditional Thanksgiving foods prepared at the school by students and parents. Pictured here are kindergarteners with teacher Fah Davidson.

Polo Park Hosts Literacy Night

Polo Park Middle School celebrated Literacy Night at Barnes & Noble in Wellington on Thursday, Nov. 21. Students and teachers turned out for a night of good books, holiday shopping and entertainment. The Polo Park Band, under the direction of Mr. Kevin Graham, played throughout the night. Artwork was provided by Ms. Laura Wortzel’s Photoshop and art classes. The cheerleaders, directed by Ms. Kaitlyn Stolzenfeld, added to the festivities.

According to Mrs. Nora Bernstein, Polo Park’s library media specialist, funds raised at the event will support the media center and literacy needs throughout the school. Shown here, students check out some of the books available.

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My Dad Has An Amazing Ability To Deal With Phone Solicitors I think we can all agree that receiving an unsolicited phone call from someone we don’t know trying to sell us something ranks pretty high on the Let-Me-Get-MySledgehammer scale.

Unfortunately, when we fetch our sledgehammers, we realize that the phone we are about to destroy is our own.

I have been driven to distraction by more than one solicitor who simply will not shut up. In fact, to get the job, you pretty much have to promise not to ever, ever, ever, under any circumstances, free your victim by being the first one to hang up.

Obviously, that means we victims have to be the first ones to hang up.

But it rubs us the wrong way. It goes

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The Sonic BOOMER against our grain. After all, anyone who was raised by anything but wolves has been taught not to interrupt. And yet that is what slamming down a receiver amounts to. It is an interruption of the rudest sort.

Yet it has to be done. Good manners and politeness have to go by the wayside,

even though we know darn well that this is the beginning of the downfall of society.

At first it is difficult. We try to say “No, thank you” or “Sorry, I’m not interested,” but those protestations are akin to the protestations a flea makes when placed inside a jet engine preparing for take-off.

They are 1) not heard and 2) a ridiculous attempt.

As we get bolder, we may try to reason with the caller. “I just sat down to dinner” or “You caught me stepping out of the shower” are permissible excuses when dealing with a rational human being, but phone solicitors are not rational, and I definitely question their humanity. They

don’t give a flying fig what you are doing in your free time in the privacy of your own home. You answered the phone, and now they consider your time their time.

Eventually, we feel we have suffered enough abuse at the hands of these drones, and we start to lie. “My dog just ran outside and a car is coming,” “The baby has climbed into the clothes dryer” or “I’m sitting shiva” are valiant attempts, but worthless. They’ve heard all those excuses before, and then some. They simply do not care.

In fact, I thought things were absolutely hopeless until my dear old dad, age 84, inadvertently and innocently solved the problem. I was sitting in his kitchen when

the phone rang, and the scene was so beautiful my mouth dropped open.

Ring, ring.

Mom (after a moment): “Wait just a minute, please. Emmett! It’s a salesman!

Can you talk to him? I’m stuffing the turkey!”

Dad: “Hello?” (pause) “What?” (pause) “I can’t understand you.” (pause) “Please speak more slowly.” (pause) “What?” (pause) “A what?” (pause) “You’re really going to have to speak more distinctly.” (pause) “Say it again.” (pause) “Slower, please.” (pause) “Maybe it’s the connection.” (pause) “Just a moment, please.” (shakes the phone) “Start again, please.”

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Today’s E-Mail Scam Alert: Beware Online Phishing Expeditions

There is a scary form of identity theft called “phishing” that winds up having the victim contribute to the victimization.

The unwary target provides all the information necessary for criminals to loot the person. No need for fancy identification papers. All the criminal needs is a bit of carelessness on your part, and, wow, they now can do a job on you.

What happens is that the criminals send you an e-mail message claiming to be from someone with whom you already do business and warn you of possible criminal activity. And, of course, they provide easy access for you to prevent it from happening, and that provides their opening.

How do I know? Because recently, I was targeted twice. The first time was a message from Amazon.com, or at least that’s what it said in the e-mail I received: “Someone has been trying to get access

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By Leonard Wechsler to your account.” Amazon wanted me to change my password, and even had a link that could bring me right to the place where I could do so.

Of course, everything was fake. I would be going in, and the first thing I would be doing was typing in my username followed by my real password. Then, I could presumably change it. But the crooks then have my real password. Had I followed the directions, I might have had thousands of dollars’ worth of goods

delivered to postal boxes all over the country. What I decided to do was to turn off my computer completely. The next day, I went to the real Amazon.com and changed my password separately. So far, I have not been victimized there.

Then, a week ago, I received an “emergency e-mail” from my bank, saying that it needed to verify my information and, again, providing a link to a helpful web site. It is not that difficult a trick to reroute once you press that little button on the mouse. You would think you were at the bank’s web site; it looks exactly like the real one. And, of course, you would type in your username and password. Chances are, by the next day, you would have nothing left.

I went to my local branch the next day with a printout of the e-mail. I was quickly given the e-mail address of the bank’s own investigators for that kind of thing.

When individual banks create their own web sites to report this type of stuff, you know how common the crime has become.

Identity theft is a major problem in this country. Although Hollywood decided to make fun of it in a recent mediocre movie, it can destroy your credit, and it can take months, if not years, to fully restore it. And this particular form of theft is a very safe one for the criminals. They have fooled their victims into providing the information, and done it seamlessly, never directly involving themselves with the individual and, using computers, are able to access accounts again without meeting anyone — far safer than if they actually used a credit card in a store where they might be stopped or photographed.

When we watch television or movies, there are times we see a suspicious clerk calling the police or getting some of those photos. Watch any of them, and it looks

like we live in a surveillance state. With phishing, someone who lives outside the country can have access to your account in the middle of the night while you are sleeping and write checks to dummy companies in other countries, which then shift the money to banks that pride themselves on the privacy of their clients.

The best way to stop this is to be extremely cautious when you receive any e-mail (or even phone call, although that is less likely now since the phisher can send out thousands of e-mails at one time and hope for even a 1 percent return) that asks you for information. We have all been warned about giving out Social Security numbers to anyone, but take care when someone you’ve done business with wants to confirm information that you would not want a criminal to know.

Keep your money safe this holiday season, and, please, shop our local merchants.

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Wellington Ballet Theatre To Stage ‘Nutcracker’ The Wellington Ballet Theatre will present The Nutcracker on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Wellington High School auditorium (2101 Greenview Shores Blvd., Wellington).

With artistic direction by Wellington Idol 2012 and 2013 judge Rocky Duvall, the company will showcase performances from The Nutcracker, featuring professional dancers Tomas Mazuch and Emily Ricca, with additional classic selections performed by Wellington Ballet Theatre Dance Company and its young apprentice dancers.

The production features choreography by Melissa Waters.

Tickets start at $12 and can be purchased at www.wellington ballettheatre.org. Seating is reserved. Children of all ages are invited.

A free public preview of The Nutcracker will be presented as part of the Winter Dance Concert held at the Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) on Friday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. with limited seating.

The Wellington Ballet Theatre is grateful to its sponsors for supporting the concert: the Village of Wellington, the Dance Arts Conservatory, Arrigo Fiat of West Palm and Sawgrass, Seasons

Women’s Care, the Pediatric Center, Rejuvia Medspa, Floridian Community Bank and Symons Family Chiropractic.

Auditions for Wellington Ballet Theatre’s spring production, Snow White, will be held on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 5 p.m. at 11260 Fortune Circle, Suite J-1, in Wellington.

For more information, contact Company Manager Randy Ballen at (561) 296-1880 or info@ wellingtonballettheatre.org.

Wellington Ballet Theatre is a performing company and school of ballet registered as a not-forprofit and charitable organization.

It provides a cultural experience

by dancing historical and classical ballets as well as original and innovative choreographies. The auditions, workshops, master classes and dance demonstrations are open to all members of the dance community. Tax deductible receipts are available for all charitable gifts and sponsorships. Wellington Ballet Theatre is available for black-tie performance events and other fundraiser entertainment opportunities.

For more information, visit www.wellingtonballettheatre.org, contact Founder Rocky Duvall at info@wellingtonballettheatre.org or (561) 296-1880.

The cast during last year’s performance of The Nutcracker.

Caridad Center’s Holiday Programs Help The County’s Working Poor

Each year, the Caridad Center, a free health clinic located in western Boynton Beach, organizes holiday events designed to help Palm Beach County families in need. This year, Caridad is asking for the community’s assistance to support three critical holiday programs — Adopt a Family, Meet Santa Day and Christmas in Wellington.

“The families that are helped by these holiday programs are 200 percent below the poverty line. It means so much to them to have some help over the holidays,” Caridad’s Executive Director Laura Kallus said.

The Adopt a Family program allows individuals or families the chance to provide a low-income family with essential daily items and gifts, and to consider fulfilling each family member’s one special Christmas wish. Once the Christmas gifts are ready, the family is invited to the Caridad Center to pick them up. At that point, the option of meeting the family is available.

On Saturday, Dec. 14, the Wellington Equestrian Group will host its annual Christmas in Wellington party and lunch for Caridad families. In 2012, the group donated more than 600 bicycles to the

children who attended. Activities planned this year include a performance by a magician, a visit from Santa Claus and raffles for the parents. Each child who participates will receive a gift of his or her choosing. To attend, a family member must have been a Caridad Center patient for at least one year.

Meet Santa Day will take place on Saturday, Dec. 21. This event enables more than 1,000 children to meet Santa Claus, munch on Christmas sweets and goodies, and enjoy festival-type activities such as face-painting, arts and crafts, and a bounce house. Each child will be given a stuffed animal and a

Christmas stocking full of donated gifts. Children will also be able to choose one age-appropriate gift from a table of presents. To participate, parents must pre-register their child on the Caridad Campus, located at 8645 W. Boynton Beach Blvd. in western Boynton Beach.

Quite a few organizations make Meet Santa Day possible, including the Wellington Equestrian Group, the St. Andrews School in Boca Raton, the Caridad Center Girl Scouts and other Girl Scout troops, St. Gregory’s Episcopal

Church in Boca Raton, Spirit of Giving, Faith United Methodist Church in Boynton Beach, the Love Doctors Charity of Port St. Lucie, as well as several businesses in the community that collect toys.

Interested donors, sponsors and underwriters are asked to call Caridad’s development office at (561) 853-1638. Volunteers are also needed and can call (561) 737-6336, ext. 115 for more information. To adopt a family, contact Scarlett Fave, director of outreach

Edmund James Salon To Celebrate Wellington Grand Opening Dec. 13

Edmund James Salon, a fullservice salon and spa, will host a grand opening party in celebration of its new Wellington location on Friday, Dec. 13 from 6 to 10 p.m.

Edmund James Salon is located at 12020 South Shore Blvd. in the Shoppes at Chancellor Plaza, near CR Chicks, Sushi Moto and Lutina’s.

Open in Palm Beach Gardens since 2009, Wellington represents the salon’s second location.

Edmund James Salon is excited to be a part of the community and is inviting everyone to help celebrate its official unveiling. Stop by to tour the modern salon, enjoy cocktails and tasty bites, dance to sounds by DJ Rick, pick up a goodie bag and enter for a chance to win a day of beauty at the salon At over 2,000 square feet, the chic salon offers an array of traditional salon and spa services, including Brazilian keratin treat-

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continued from page 1 the federal level lobbying against this.”

He hopes that the Western Communities Council would agree to push back. “We better step up and do what we have to do, or we won’t get what we want,” Coates said.

He said he was not asking Wellington for financial support just yet, but wanted the green light to raise the issue at the next Western Communities Council meeting and tell members that Wellington remains strongly behind the extension.

“I’m not asking for a commitment of any specific dollars,” he said. “I’m asking for a reaffirma-

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continued from page 3 lic policy. Wellington and Royal Palm Beach have worked very hard to achieve [interconnectivity].”

Hearing also pointed out that the development has already received the necessary land use amendment to commercial and that will occur regardless of whether the additional entrance is approved.

He added that the proposed commercial development would have interconnectivity to two other commercial developments to the south, which would also have access to the traffic light at Pioneer.

Land planner Chuck Millar, representing the Westwood POA, said the application should not be before them yet because it deals with site planning, and the developer is not yet at the site plan stage.

“We’re asking you at this point to deny the request and at best take it back through the normal course of action that every other parcel has gone through, whether it’s in the Village of Wellington, Palm Beach County or Royal Palm Beach, and go through where we talk about access, where the neighborhood can discuss the is-

ments, hair extensions, Image facials, PCA/TCA clinical peels, eyebrow shaping and threading

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In celebration of its grand opening, Edmund James Salon is offering 20 percent off all beauty services for new clients, or a complimentary haircut and blowdry with any color service for the entire month of December. Call (561) 793-9960 to schedule an appointment.

Edmund James Salon was founded in Palm Beach Gardens in 2009 by owners Edmund “Eddie” Soriero and Kevin James Pace.

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ern hair. He has also coordinated numerous hair and fashion shows at local hotspots, earning a reputation as one of the most upbeat and trendiest stylists in South Florida.

Edmund, formerly of New York City’s Peter Coppola, Oscar Blandi and Louis Licari salons, has had numerous television and press credits. He also boasts many celebrities and TV personalities on his client list and is featured in Elan Sassoon’s Sojourn coffee table book, showcasing some of the most talented stylists in the country.

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tion that this council supports the connection.”

Councilman Matt Willhite said he wants to make sure all environmental issues are addressed, but supports the connection.

He noted that the connection was planned before many of the communities located near the road — which have been annexed into West Palm Beach — were built.

He suggested that Coates get local businesses involved.

“I would bet that businesses like Aldi, which decided to relocate to our area, were planning on this connection being finished,” he said. “I’d like to see you incorporate not only the municipalities, but also the businesses that this would benefit, in your efforts.”

Councilman John Greene said he was in support, noting that there was no financial risk to Wellington at the moment. “I think

it’s about being a good neighbor,” he said.

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig agreed, but wanted to be sure other communities jumped on board. “I don’t want to go toe-to-toe with West Palm Beach alone,” she said.

Gerwig noted that it was an issue of access and safety for the area.

“We are not in an evacuation zone, but it doesn’t mean we won’t need to leave if there’s an emergency,” she said. “If you’re trying to get out of town, that road would be important. This is the sort of thing we need to stand up for.”

Council members agreed unanimously to allow Coates to give Wellington’s support for the extension. Coates said he plans to bring up the issue at the next meeting of the Western Communities Council and would come back before the council with any further requests.

sues at a public forum with Royal Palm Beach, and not Palm Beach County,” he said.

Attorney Barry Balmuth said eminent domain is a powerful tool that should be used only for clear public purpose, which he said was not the case here. “Providing the most convenient access doesn’t serve a public purpose,” Balmuth said. “It only serves a private purpose in that it only benefits the property owner.”

Royal Palm Beach Village Manager Ray Liggins said his village had made the request for the entrance on behalf of the developer because staff believes that would be the best access for the owners as well as SR 7 motorists. “We made the request because we do think it is the safest access for everybody out in that area,” Liggins said, adding that the actual taking of

the property would be for a judge to decide.

County Commissioner Jess Santamaria said the area is a disastrous traffic situation precipitated by both Wellington and Royal Palm Beach annexing property along the corridor and making backroom deals.

“The government that causes the problem, then comes and tries to solve the problem that they created by negatively impacting the community,” Santamaria said.

Commissioner Shelley Vana made a motion to deny the request.

“I believe that it is eminently reasonable to deny it,” she said.

“There are U-turns everywhere, and I don’t think taking someone’s land so that we don’t have to make U-turns is a public good.”

The motion carried unanimously.

continued from page 1 really can’t go along with that,” he said.

Goltzené preferred that the staff engineer prepare an advertisement for bids, or at least review the piggyback bids King had supplied.

Jarriel said he was confident that the contractor had proven himself.

“We need to vote tonight,” he said. “We need to give that to the residents who have been waiting for years.”

Town Attorney Michael Cirullo said he would have to finish paperwork for Bryan Road before work could commence. Cirullo also clarified that work could start only after the final contract was approved by the council, not two weeks from that evening.

Virginia Standish, chair of the

chamber-related projects.

“We can add something that actually gives a brief history about your company or speaks specifically about the services that you offer, so when someone pulls your name up on the registry, they can see that, and then they can go in to a direct link to your web site, or a direct link to some aspect of your business on one of your web pages that you’d like them to see,” Burns said. “There’s a lot of things that we can do to help you with branding or marketing.”

continued from page 6 approximately 1:45 a.m. Monday morning. When she went into his office to get a check at approximately 10:30 a.m., she noticed that a 13.3-inch silver Macbook Pro and a 17-inch black Macbook Pro were missing. According to the report, the office was left unlocked and anyone could have gained access. The stolen items were valued at approximately $4,200. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

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He also wants to further develop web links for businesses in the chamber directory or involved in

services, at sfave@caridad.org or (561) 737-6336, ext. 115.

The Caridad Center is the largest free healthcare and dental clinic in Florida, serving the working poor and recently uninsured throughout Palm Beach County. More than 400 doctors, dentists and other medical professionals donate their time and provide services valued at more than $2.3 million a year.

The center serves 5,600-plus patients annually, bypassing costly emergency-room visits, which saves county taxpayers an estimated $4.8 million annually.

In addition to medical services, the Caridad Center provides college scholarships, baby supplies, crisis intervention services, back-toschool supplies and more. In 2013, the center was named Non-Profit Business of the Year by the South Florida Business Journal.

For more information, visit www. caridad.org.

(Left) Caridad clients enjoy time with Santa Claus last year.

The Phantom Recommends ‘The Lion In Winter’ At Palm Beach Dramaworks

The Phantom recommends Palm Beach Dramaworks’ production of The Lion In Winter, now on stage in West Palm Beach.

Palm Beach Dramaworks offers the perfect holiday gift for that someone who has everything, and for that special someone with whom you would love to share your love of theater.

Come enjoy the intrigue and subterfuge afoot when the curtain rises on James Goldman’s The Lion in Winter, on stage Dec. 6 through Jan. 5 in downtown West Palm Beach.

Set in the court of King Henry II, the story centers on how his wife, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their three over-eager sons plot and counter-plot to force the king to name his successor.

The season will continue with Old Times by Harold Pinter, one of the most influential modern British playwrights. Drama unfolds in Pinter’s story when Kate’s old friend, Anna, unexpectedly visits after 20 years. Conflicting memo-

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ries give way to intimations of a mysterious past and an uncertain present. The play runs from Jan. 31 through March 2.

Broadway’s recent award-winning hit, Horton Foote’s comedy Dividing the Estate will be the season’s next offering in March.

Times are tough for the Gordon family in this funny, astute play, but the matriarch of the clan has no intention of dividing her 100-yearold estate — even if her greedy children have other ideas. The play runs from March 28 through April 27.

The season concludes with the psychological thriller Tryst by Karoline Leach. Leach’s suspenseful story follows the calculating and handsome con man who woos and marries vulnerable women, then takes all their money and runs — until he meets his match! The play runs from May 16 through June 15.

Palm Beach Dramaworks is a nonprofit, professional theatre and is a member of the The-

atre Communications Group, the South Florida Theatre League, Southeastern Theatre Conference, Florida Professional Theatres Association, Florida Theatre Conference and the Palm Beach County Cultural Council.

The performance schedule is as follows: Evening performances are Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 7 p.m.; matinee performances are on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Post-performance discussions are available after Sunday evening and Wednesday matinee performances.

Palm Beach Dramaworks’ Don & Ann Brown Theatre is located in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, at 201 Clematis Street.

For ticket information, call the box office at (561) 514-4042, open Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., or visit www. palmbeachdramaworks.org.

Finance Advisory & Audit Committee, said she approved of piggybacking the Bryan, Compton and Marcella project, but thought the council should look at its paving and culvert restoration policy.

“In general, you guys really need to respect the landowners of this community and come up with a plan,” she said. “The money is going to disappear, and you’re going to say, ‘What happened to it?’

Oh, it’s in this road that 10 years from now or maybe seven years from now won’t be any good.”

Compton Road resident Yvonne Martino said she and her neighbors have been told for the past year that their road was going to be paved.

“That road is worse than any washboard I’ve ever seen on a dirt road,” Martino said. “The potholes in some areas are 8 inches.”

She added that the drainage is also poor due to failed culverts.

The town’s consulting engineer, Randy Wertepny with Keshavarz

& Associates, cautioned the council about resurfacing the roads without fixing the drainage. “[Poor] drainage will cause the road to deteriorate,” he said. “If you don’t address the drainage and just resurface it, you’re going to end up seven years from now back where you’re at.”

King said culverts could be fixed after resurfacing by just patching where the culvert was laid. “Obviously, the culverts have got to get done. If you keep water off the road, the road is going to stay together a lot longer,” he said.

“But I’m willing to stand by what I gave you as a proposal.”

Goltzené’s motion to direct staff to seek bids on the project failed 3-2, with Jarriel, Liang and Councilman Jim Rockett opposed.

Jarriel then made a motion to piggyback a contract with North Florida Emulsions, which carried 3-2 with Goltzené and Mayor Dave Browning opposed.

on charges of shoplifting after she was caught stealing from the Walgreens pharmacy on Wellington Trace. According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the Wellington substation responded to the store after an employee observed the teenage girl select eye makeup, a Sandisk SD card and a set of JVC headphones and attempt to exit the store. The juvenile was stopped, and the merchandise, which totaled $58.79, was returned. The juvenile was arrested and taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center where she was charged with retail theft.

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NEWS BRIEFS Petite Academy Will Perform ‘Nutcracker’

The Petite Academy of Dance will present its second annual children’s performance of The Nutcracker at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 18.

Since 2007, the Petite Academy of Dance has been an affiliate program with the Royal Palm Beach Recreation Department. It consists of approximately 50 local students ages 2 to 13. The academy provides an outlet for children to discover the art of dance through quality dance training and performance opportunities. For more info., call Artistic Director Charlene Shaw at (561) 315-4080.

Wellington To Offer Winter Break Camps

It’s the season of giving, and if you do not want to give the children in your life another toy, or you’re not sure what to give a teenager, look no further than

Wellington Parks and Recreation.

Wellington will host three winter break camps that will keep children and teens active and educated over the holiday.

Miss Muriel is back with her TumbleKids Holiday Day Camp for children ages 3 to 6. Campers will enjoy tumbling, songs, stories, crafts, bubbles, parachute time and more. Camp runs from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Dec. 23, 24, 30 and 31 at the Wellington Community Center (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) and the cost is $50 for residents and $63 for non-residents. For camp details, contact Miss Muriel at (561) 758-0119 or tumbletotters@ aol.com.

This year, Wellington has teamed up with Aerial Trapeze Academy, founded by Matthew Altbuch, a Wellington native and Florida State University graduate who has performed professionally with Jennifer Ladue in circuses and resorts worldwide, to bring the Arial Trapeze Academy to Wellington. Children will have the opportunity to work with circus professionals and put on a circus of their own. Circus Arts and Sports Day Camp is open to children ages 7 to 15 and will be held Dec.

30 through Jan. 4 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (no camp Jan. 1) at Village Park (11700 Pierson Road).

Children will learn listening skills, teamwork, trust, and enhanced confidence and self-esteem through physical activity. This camp includes flying trapeze and aerial acts (aerial cube, aerial silks, aerial hammock, hoop lyra, Spanish web, static trapeze and triple trapeze); ground acts (trampoline, hand-balancing, walking globes, juggling and clowning); sports (soccer, kickball, baseball, basketball, football, dodgeball and volleyball); costumes; make-up; and snacks. The cost is $225 for residents and $245 for non-residents.

For info., call (561) 345-3217 or visit www.aerialtrapezeacademy. com.

This year, there will be a new Video Game Design Camp led by Michelle Carta. Students will learn how to design video game environments with a detailed introduction of UDK, the award-winning 3D game engine and professional toolset used in video game development, 3D rendering, digital films, and more. The camp will be held at the Wellington Community Center from 9 a.m. to noon Dec.

30 and 31, and costs $120 for residents and $150 for non-residents.

For details, contact Michelle Carta at (561) 602-4442 or michi1157@ gmail.com.

Christmas Show At First Baptist Of Royal Palm

First Baptist Church of Royal Palm Beach (10701 Okeechobee Blvd.) will present a “Night of Christmas with Kathy Troccoli” on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the church office or online at www.royalpalmchurch. com. For more info., call (561) 705-0539.

Tickets On Sale For Father Daughter Dance

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The theme for the night is “Every Little Girl is a Princess.” The dance will take place at the Village Park gymnasium, located at 11700 Pierson Road, from 6 to 9 p.m.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Tickets are on sale through Thursday, Jan. 31 at the Wellington Community Center and Village Park. The cost is $50 per resident couple and $62.50 per non-resident couple. Additional tickets may be purchased for $20 per resident and $25 per non-resident.

The event is sponsored by Simon Orthodontics and the Wellington Preservation Coalition, and additional sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, call (561) 791-4005.

Public Speaking Event Dec. 14

RiverWalk Toastmasters will host a Holiday Public Speaking Symposium on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Vintage Hotspot Restaurant. Showcased speakers will be speech champions Shawn Purvis, Monty Davidson and Don-

ald Kelly. Personal branding and image expert Pamela Toussaint will also be a featured speaker.

Other guest speakers will include Dinu Shah, Leah Von Leu and Laurie Fondiler.

Learn how to take your public speaking to the next level. The cost is $25 in advance and $27 at the door. A delicious Caribbean dinner will be included, along with several door prizes. For additional information, e-mail Cindy Beckles at cindyebeckles@yahoo.com or visit www.riverwalksymposium 2013.eventbrite.com.

Jewish Lecture Series Begins

The Wellington Jewish Center will host a series of lectures on the Jewish perspective of creation, Satan, forgiveness, sin and repentance. The first lecture is set for Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m. and will deal with the subject of angels and Satan. The cost is $10 per person with advance online payment. Register at www.wellington jewishcenter.org. For more info., contact Rabbi Mendy Muskal at (561) 333-4663 or rabbim@ bellsouth.net.

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Chamber’s Winterfest 2013 Brings Holiday Family Fun To PBIEC

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce hosted Winterfest 2013 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center on Saturday, Nov. 30. Guests enjoyed an exciting show jumping competition, the popular Food & Wine Festival, food trucks, carousel rides, snow and more. There were performances from local talent, as well as The Voice’s Michaela Paige and Vanilla Ice to cap off the night.

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Mark and Katherine Bellissimo, Winterfest Co-Chair Dr. Randy Laurich, Councilwoman Anne Gerwig, Michael Stone, Bruce Duchossois, Michael Bombar and Victor Connor.

Ida Alvarado of Equestrian Trails Elementary School, shown here with her brother, Allan, won the Winterfest poster contest.

Lots of children join Vanilla Ice on stage.

Zachary Greene with Santa Claus.

(Left) Megan Ritmiller and (right) Jade Masters sing Christmas songs for the audience.

Wellington Chamber of Commerce President Victor Connor with his wife, Marla.

Jenna McCann Golf Tournament Benefits Kids Cancer Foundation

The seventh annual Jenna McCann Memorial Golf Tournament was held Saturday, Nov. 23 at the Madison Green Golf Club. Golfers enjoyed a game of golf, awards, silent and live auctions, raffles and lunch. All proceeds benefit the Kids Cancer Foundation. For more info., call (561) 371-1298 or visit www.kidscancersf.org. photos by Denise Fleischman/town-crier

The Jenna McCann Golf Tournament committee.

Mixed team first-place winners Denise Hughes, Mike Kranz, Cindy Hall and Roger Hurd with event chair Frank Dowling.

Cancer survivor warriors Jennifer Reichert and Rachel Goldenberg.

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Equestrian Artwork By Richard Beau Lieu

Columnist Ellen Rosenberg recently visited artist Richard Beau Lieu at Neighborhood Gallery in Boynton Beach. She was amazed by his detailed equestrian-themed sculptures, including a unique carved concrete horse head.

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SRHS Wrestlers Take First At Park Vista Open

The Seminole Ridge High School wrestling team, coached

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Seniors Stay Active And Have Fun At Sunrise Adult Day Care

If you have an elderly loved one who needs some daytime care, attention, fun and activities while you are out working or managing your day, Sunrise Adult Day Care might be just the place you’re looking for.

Sunrise accepts seniors experiencing a decrease in their social, physical and mental functioning, including patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Page 23

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Wellington Defeats Seminole Ridge In 50-44 Victory

The Wellington High School girls varsity basketball team defeated Seminole Ridge High School 50-44 in a close match Monday, Dec. 2 in Wellington. Though the game got off to a slow start, it picked up in the second half as the Lady Hawks tried to make a comeback. But when the buzzer rang, Wellington was still six points ahead.

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Richard Beau Lieu Creates Unique Equestrian Artwork

Sometimes I go in search of articles, and sometimes an article catches me unaware.

Such was the case a few weeks back. I had seen an ad for a box of new horse brushes and curry combs for a very reasonable fee. A few days later, I found myself driving along a rather interesting alley off Boynton Beach Blvd., just west of Interstate 95, lined with art shops and galleries.

The third or fourth lane to the right had the sign I was looking for: Neighborhood Gallery.

I parked, got out, and found myself staring at a huge, carved concrete horse head atop a concrete column. Richard Beau Lieu, Rick to his friends, walked over. We shook hands, I paid for the box of brushes, then insisted on looking around his eclectic gallery.

There were sculptures, many of them wonderful, large abstract metal constructions, paintings, smaller horse bronzes, a gigantic sea turtle, and that huge horse head thing. I had to ask.

“Yes, I made that,” Rick said. “I’ve been sculpting since the 1970s, when I lived in Chicopee, Mass. I was always interested in art, especially working with metal — steel, stainless steel, bronze — and welding.”

He moved to South Florida in 1986 and opened this shop.

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By Ellen Rosenberg praiser, credentialed through the International Fine Art Appraisers,” he said. “That’s really my bread and butter. It helps pay the bills so I can have fun doing this.”

He gestured around at the sculptures that took up most of the room in the small gallery.

“What’s your favorite thing to sculpt?” I asked.

“I really enjoy doing the abstract ones. I’ve done a lot of marine-themed work, like this turtle,” Rick replied. “Some were commissioned by the Center for Marine Conservation in Washington, D.C.” “What’s the story with the equestrianthemed work?” I asked. “Do you own horses?”

“I used to,” he replied. “I don’t have any now, but I owned horses for a good part of my life. And if you’re an artist, and you own horses, then one day you’re gonna start doing some work including them. I had Arabians and Quarter Horses, so I started sculpting them, mostly in bronze.”

At one point, riding was a family affair.

“It was years ago, when my kids were young,” Rick recalled. “They rode and showed

Richard Beau Lieu with some of his equestrian-themed sculptures. in the small local shows. I rode as well. After the kids grew up, I kept riding. I used to do Team Penning at the old Posse Grounds on Saturday nights.”

“How exactly do you make these horse bronzes?” I asked, admiring one of a jockey mounted on a horse.

“I use a very old process called lost-wax casting,” Rick explained.

He starts with a picture in his head, an

idea, then creates a wire armature, a kind of skeleton. He builds a model on it, fleshing out the skeleton in clay, getting the sizes and proportions just so. When the rough model looks correct, he adds the finely sculpted details.

When he’s finally happy with it, he builds a mold around it: an outer mold of plaster, into which he pours liquid silicon.

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HealthSource Of RPB Kicks Off Holiday Toy Drive

HealthSource Chiropractic Progressive Rehab & Wellness will donate proceeds from a new charitable health campaign to those in need this holiday season.

From now until Dec. 19, new patients at HealthSource of Royal Palm Beach will receive a $189 health service screening with the donation of a new toy. All toys will be donated to Toys for Tots.

Dr. Chris Tomshack, CEO and founder of HealthSource, said HealthSource doctors are looking forward to providing the “gift of health” throughout their own communities.

“We felt it was important to step up and try and make a difference,” he said. “Not only will each donation help in its own special way, but pain sufferers can get back to doing the things they love. We thought it was the perfect way to help spread the holiday spirit.”

HealthSource’s 19-point, health service screenings help doctors track down even the smallest source of pain, including those suffering from

a wide range of problems such as low back pain, headaches, neck pain, shoulder or arm pain, bulging or herniated discs, leg pain, numbness and more.

“Whether or not you feel pain right now, this is a great opportunity to start putting the confidence back in your body and your life,” Tomshack said. “We’re hoping this effort truly helps make a difference.”

HealthSource, launched by Tomshack in 2006, specializes in proven, systematized treatment procedures and operating protocols, while providing a unique combination of chiropractic and rehabilitative care to its patients.

There are now more than 395 HealthSource franchisees nationwide.

Dr. Sandra Hernandez of HealthSource of Royal Palm Beach, located at 125 South State Road 7, Suite 103, can be reached by calling (561) 792-4016.

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Speaking Expert AmondaRose Igoe Leads Small Biz RoundTable Event

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business RoundTable presented an educational session titled “Public Speaking Secrets Revealed” on Thursday, Nov. 21 at the Lake Wellington Professional Centre.

AmondaRose Igoe, an award-winning speaking expert and best-selling author, was the guest speaker at the workshop. She specializes in coaching and training people to improve their public speaking skills in order for them to attract new clients, create more income and grow their business.

Igoe began her presentation by sharing her personal history and explaining why she had become quiet as a child and later turned into an adult who could not speak without giggling nervously. She spoke about a point in her life where she came to the decision to “rise to the occasion” and learn to speak properly and professionally. Igoe said that at that point, she realized something: “People cannot be successful if they can’t communicate their ideas.”

Igoe’s personal journey to improve her communication skills turned into a desire to help others.

Public speaking expert AmondaRose Igoe leads the workshop.

Today, her vision is to help millions of people.

The presentation covered seven areas that the attendees could use to immediately improve their public speaking skills: using notes with bullet points as opposed to “winging it” or reading a speech; opening the presentation with a bang and connecting with the audience; being a problem solver by relating and connecting to the audience; being “real” and sharing one’s own true stories of turning breakdowns into breakthroughs; understanding body language since it is 55 percent of communication; praising, thanking and repeating during a presentation; and converting from “head to heart,” since most people do business with those they trust. Igoe’s presentation was interactive and well received.

The presentation marked the end of the 2013 Small Business RoundTable series, organized by co-chairs Blanca Greenstein and Monica Kallas and committee members Cindy Beckles, Eric Light, Tina Segal and Nicole Grassi. For more information, call Michela Perillo-Green at (561) 792-6525, e-mail info@wellingtonchamber.com or visit www.wellingtonchamber.com.

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Seniors Stay Active And Have Fun At Sunrise Adult Day Care

Sandy Mistry and Surinder “Sam” Zutshi of Sunrise Adult Day Care.

If you have an elderly loved one or family member who needs some daytime care, attention, fun and activities while you are out working or managing your day, Sunrise Adult Day Care might be just the place you’re looking for. Sunrise accepts seniors experiencing a decrease in their social, physical and mental functioning, including patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

Sunrise programs include mental and physical activities in a protective environment. The facility also provides meals specific to restricted diets, assistance with medication, personalized care and transportation arrangements, if needed.

Sunrise Adult Day Care is located at 6623 Forest Hill Blvd. It is run by Surinder “Sam” Zutshi, the founder and honorary president, and Vice President Sandy Mistry. Mistry brings 25 years of experience in the South Florida medical field. As a medical technologist, she worked with Jupiter Internal Medicine Group for 17 years, the Palm Beach Institute of Hematology & Oncology for more than four years and currently works at JFK Medical Center.

As her parents’ health was failing, Mistry noticed that their quality of life was declining as they sat at home and watched television all day. After

they passed away, she decided to make sure others do not suffer the same decline in quality of life.

Sunrise Adult Day Care is dedicated to Mistry’s mother and was created for seniors so that they will have the opportunity to enjoy a good quality of life in their golden years.

“In my 25 years of being in the healthcare profession, the Sunrise Adult Day Care mission is my proudest endeavor,” Mistry said. “I wish to extend my heartfelt appreciation to Mr. Sam Zutshi. It was his expertise and diligence that saw Sunrise Adult Day Care to completion. Mr. Zutshi had the vision, and the energy and care he gave to the mission was boundless.”

Zutshi, a noted human rights activist, is the former editor/publisher of the Asia Observer, a weekly newspaper, and Kashmir Today magazine. “My passion was to work with seniors, so I wanted to help Sandy to establish this place,” he said.

Having an active senior life is possible with all the healthy activities available at Sunrise, which operates from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Activities include table games, music, bingo, laughing yoga, exercising, beauty days, computer lessons, field trips and more. Medicaid covered seniors are welcome. For more info., visit www. sunriseadultdaycare.com or e-mail info@sunriseadultdaycare.com.

Big Changes At Bocoy Stables

Audrie Anthony and trainer Jamie Lawton have taken over Bocoy Stables in Loxahatchee Groves, once home to the Budweiser Clydesdales, in a joint venture.

For the last year, Anthony has being running the family business, Island Jack’s Patio Bar & Grill, and raising more than $10,000 for local charities such as the Big Dog Ranch Rescue and Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue through the Jack Landers Fund.

Lawton, son of renowned dressage trainer and rider Yvonne Barteau, has left the comforts KYB Dressage in Maple Park, Ill., to join Anthony in South Florida to open the newly remodeled facility. His resume includes disciplines such as grand prix dressage, hunter/western pleasure, reining and liberty.

The facility is newly remodeled with a mirrored riding arena, lights, matted stalls and hot/cold water. For more info., call (561) 654-1252.

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Wellington Defeats Seminole Ridge In 50-44 Victory

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington High School girls varsity basketball team defeated Seminole Ridge High School 50-44 in a close match Monday, Dec. 2 in Wellington.

Though the game got off to a slow start, it picked up in the second half as the Lady Hawks tried to make a comeback and overtake the Lady Wolverines. But when the buzzer rang, Seminole Ridge was six points short of victory.

The opening few minutes of the game saw both teams battle for ball control, Kate O’Hara put points on the board for the Hawks first with about 6 minutes left in the

first period, giving them a 2-0 lead Wellington responded shortly after to tie the score.

Haley Thompson broke the tie for the Lady Wolverines with a twopoint basket to take a 4-2 lead, but Emily Coulter responded with two points to tie the score again.

In the first period, the Lady Wolverines gave away points by racking up fouls early on. Hanna Hernandez broke the tie for Seminole Ridge with a foul shot. O’Hara extended the lead to 6-4 with another foul shot seconds later.

With 3:30 left in the period, Simone Williams of Wellington tied the score 6-6 with a shot up the middle.

Brianna Sabbat added two points to

Emily Coulter defends the ball from Wellington’s Emily Thompson.

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take the lead 8-6 and was sent to the foul line, but didn’t score.

Hernandez grabbed the rebound off the foul shot for the Lady Hawks and ran down the court for a layup to tie the score again.

In the remaining three minutes, Seminole Ridge let the Lady Wolverines slip away with the lead, giving Sabbat several opportunities to take foul shots. The period ended with Wellington leading 13-10.

The Lady Wolverines took control of the game in the second period, putting up 14 points to the Lady Hawks’ 5 points — two baskets and one foul shot.

Sabbat kicked things off with a basket for Wellington, making the score 15-10. The Lady Hawks’ Jessica Cody was sent to the foul line with 6:20 on the clock and nailed one basket to make the score 15-11.

The Lady Wolverines were fouled on the next play, and Thompson put in both shots to extend the lead to 17-10.

Sabbat nailed another basket about a minute later to make the score 19-11 with 4:57 left to the half. The Lady Hawks responded with their own basket to keep Wellington from pulling away, making the score 19-13.

The Lady Wolverines then put in three baskets over the course of two minutes to pull away with a 23-13 lead. Seminole Ridge scored again

Latoya Ashman jumps up to grab a basket for the Wolverines, while Seminole Ridge’s Jessica Cody tries to block. with 1:30 on the clock to make it 25-15, but Wellington put a basket in at the buzzer to make the score 27-15 going into halftime.

Both teams fought hard in the second half, racking up points on the board. Though Seminole Ridge came out of halftime down by more than 10 points, they battled to put points on the board while holding down Wellington’s lead. In the end, the Lady Hawks got close to a comeback, but couldn’t overtake the Lady Wolverines. The game ended 50-44.

Sabbat led the Lady Wolverines with 14 points and 14 rebounds.

Thompson added 14 points and 13 assists. O’Hara led Seminole Ridge with 18 points.

The Lady Wolverines traveled to Jupiter High School on Thursday, Dec 5, but results were not available at press time. They travel to Palm Beach Gardens on Monday, Dec. 9 for a 7:30 p.m. game.

Seminole Ridge traveled to Palm Beach Central High School on Thursday, Dec. 5, but results were not available at press time. They travel next to Glades Central High School on Tuesday, Dec. 10 for a 7:30 p.m. game.

Sem Ridge Wrestlers Take First Prize In Park Vista Open

The Seminole Ridge High School wrestling team, coached by Frank Lasagna, Andrew Bradbury and Ronnie Thompson, defended its title and won first place at the annual Park Vista Open on Tuesday, Nov. 26.

Seminole Ridge defeated Suncoast High School 72-0, Lake Worth High School 74-6, Atlantic High

School 60-15 and, for first place, defeated Park Vista High School 48-25.

Sophomore Jarrod Smiley won Most Outstanding Wrestler for the lower weights and senior Nick Keller won for the upper weights.

Jarrod Smiley (113 lbs.), Jack Paul (132 lbs.), Liam LaPeter (152 lbs.), Robert LaPeter (160 lbs.), Nick

Keller (182 lbs.) and Tory Artiles (285 lbs.) all finished the meet undefeated (4-0).

Other Seminole Ridge wrestlers included: Cisco Farr (120 lbs.), Calvin Crumrine (126 lbs.), Lance Herrunzie (138 lbs.), Victor Olafin (145 lbs.), Colton Lyons (170 lbs.), Troy Soles (195 lbs.) and Gerard Duchatelier (220 lbs.).

The Seminole Ridge High School wrestling team with a trophy for winning the Park Vista Open.

Jarrod Smiley and Nick Keller each won Most Outstanding Wrestler.

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Xtreme TKD Graduation

A promotion ceremony was held Nov. 23 for students at Xtreme Tae Kwon Do in Wellington. Students advanced to the next belt level after demonstrating forms, self defense techniques and board breaking.

Special congratulations to Preston Smith for achieving his black belt.

To learn more about Xtreme’s program for kids and adults, call (561) 795-2823 or visit www.wellingtontaekwondo.com. Shown here is Grandmaster Gustavo Pope with instructors and students.

Winter Junior Golf Program Returns

The Kevin Perkins Golf Academy is again conducting its popular Junior After-School Winter Golf Program at the Binks Forest Golf Club in Wellington. The program is open to boys and girls ages 7-17 and takes place on Tuesday and

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The Binks Forest Golf Club is located off Southern Blvd. on Binks Forest Drive in Wellington.

For more information, visit www. kevinperkinsgolfacademy.com or call (561) 301-3783.

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continued from page 21 mold, splits it in half, digs out the clay, cleans it, then reassembles it: a perfect mold of the original clay sculpture. Next, Rick makes wax copies of the sculpture by pouring hot wax into the mold. He makes up to seven wax copies of each piece. After the wax has been cleaned and prepared, a ceramic shell mold is formed around it and tested, plumbing is added and then comes the dangerous part. Rick melts the bronze in a crucible in a furnace to 2,000 degrees, then pours it carefully into the shell. The shell has to be hot, or the temperature difference would shatter it.

After the filled shell cools, Rick removes the sculpture by breaking the shell with a hammer. Then he sandblasts the sculpture, polishes it and finishes it, adding a patina and sometimes gold leaf. The whole process takes at least a month. “It’s a lot of work,” he admitted. “You’re not turning out cookie-cutter copies. Each one requires care and concentration.”

But clearly, Rick enjoys the work as much as the finished pieces. He has bronzes of gaited horses, horses jumping and walking and standing, horses being fed out of a bucket and a trainer leading a horse.

And what about the large white concrete horse head?

It was unlike anything else in the gallery. What was the story behind that?

“That’s a memorial to the last horse I owned,” Rick said quietly, laying a hand on it. “Her name was Leethan, a bay Arabian mare. I owned her for 10 years. She’d been a broodmare before I got her. She was one of those very special horses... She had the most wonderful conformation, and she was fast. Really fast. When I’d ride her with a group, she loved to pull out in front of everyone, just fly. She had the best personality. You could put a little

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Richard Beau Lieu with the horse memorial. child on her back, and she’d take care of him.”

When she got sick, it was an emotional time, he said.

“She foundered. We spent a ton of money on vets and blacksmiths, trying to save her, but then she took a turn for the worse. My whole family was heartbroken.

She died on Sept. 21, 2001. I never found another horse like her,” Rick recalled. “Losing a horse like that is so tough that I needed to do something special. This memorial was a kind of closure, a way to keep her nearby.

It weighs over 2,000 pounds. It contains her ashes.”

The Neighborhood Gallery (www.neighborhood gallery.com) is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, call Rick at (561) 736-8181 or e-mail beaulieustudios@aol.com.

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Carmine Lane Selected For 2014 Wellington Rays Power Showcase Home Run Derby Win Championship

Carmine Lane, a 12-yearold second baseman from Loxahatchee, has been named to the 2014 Power Showcase “Future Stars,” where he will represent Florida in the inaugural Future Stars Showcase.

Lane is a seventh-grade student at Western Academy Charter School and a member of coach Kevin McCluskey’s Palm Beach Sailfish travel team.

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Lane is also participating in the “Home Runs That Help” program. He has chosen Daniella Parra, a classmate at Western Academy Charter School, who was diagnosed in 2012 with a childhood bone cancer, osteogenic sarcoma, as his HTH buddy.

Lane will be seeking pledges for each home run he hits, hoping to bring attention and support for a brighter future for Parra.

Pledging through Lane to sponsor Parra means that every dollar he earns for each home run he hits will go directly to benefit her.

To learn more about the International High School Power Showcase, Home Run Derby, or dates and the official selection process, visit www.powershowcase.com.

To make donations to Lane’s “Home Runs That Help” benefit, visit www. youcaring.com/carminehits fordaniella.

The Wellington Rays won their championship game against the first-place Pirates 13-0 on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at the Olympia Fields. The team is part of the Wellington Recreational Little League 50/70 Division for players ages 11 to 13. Juancito Salinas-Bentley pitched the entire game allowing only one hit. Salinas-Bentley and catcher Jason Bailey were named offensive and defensive game MVPs. (Front row) Tyler Bors, Anthony Pun, Brian Bailey, Ben Weiss and Stone Spadaccini; (middle row) Malik Johnson, Jason Bailey, Maris Prince, Juancito Salinas-Bentley, Michael Gollel and Reed Wilkerson; (back row) assistant coaches Brian Bors and Joe Fernandez-Prince, head coach Brad Bailey and assistant coach Juan Salinas-Bentley. photo courtesy Tammy Salinas-Bentley

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Saturday, Dec. 7 • The Palm Beach County Thrift Store (2455 Vista Parkway, West Palm Beach) will hold its monthly auction Saturday, Dec. 7. Store hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with bidding from 8 to 11 a.m. Call (561) 233-2256 or visit www.pbcgov. com for info.

• The Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association will host a community yard sale Saturday Dec. 7 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2310 F Road, one-third of a mile north of Okeechobee Blvd. on the east side, with yard equipment, clothes, knickknacks and more. The cost to set up a table is a $5 donation to the LGLA. Contact Connie at (561) 798-9217 or e-mail conniek2310@gmail. com for more info.

• The Wellington Green Market will take place Saturday, Dec. 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Complex. Call (561) 2835856 for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will host Mittens & More for ages 3 to 8 on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 11 a.m. featuring seasonal Jan Brett stories and a craft based on her artwork. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach Festival of Lights will take place Saturday, Dec. 7 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park (11600 Poinciana Blvd., off Royal Palm Beach Blvd.). Enjoy the sounds from local choirs, bands, dance teams and a live performance by the Samantha Russell Band. Holiday crafts, games and rides will be available, as well as food provided by the popular Food Truck Invasion. Santa Claus will also visit. For more info., call (561) 790-5149.

• The Okeeheelee Nature Center (7715 Forest Hill Blvd.) will host Beginning Birding for all ages Saturday, Dec. 7 at 1 p.m. Learn from an expert how to get started with the hobby of bird watching. The cost is $3 per person. Call (561) 233-1400 to RSVP. • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Anime Club for ages 12 to 17 on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. Watch anime and check out the newest manga titles. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will feature Acoustic Java Jam for adults Saturday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. Enjoy a caffeinated collection of local talent or join the jam with an acoustic instrument. Coffee will be provided. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will feature Crafts for Kids for ages 3 to 8 on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Women of Note Chorus will welcome special guests, the Young Singers of the Palm Beaches and the Sunshine District second-place quartet Overdrive, for “Holiday Harmonies: To Kids from 1 to 92” on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 4 p.m. at the Eissey Campus Theatre in Palm Beach Gardens. Tickets are $15 for adults and free for students 18 years of age and younger. For tickets, call (561) 207-5900.

• The Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club of Wellington will host its 26th annual Wellington Dinner Dance on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Wycliffe Golf & Country Club. For more info., contact Kevin Murray at (561) 683-3287 or kmurray@bgcpbc.org.

• CARP will host its Holiday Gala and Peter Fairclough Memorial Recognition Awards Ceremony honoring community leaders on Sunday, Dec. 8 at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport. Proceeds will support substance abuse treatment programs. Tickets are $50 per person. For more info., call Susie MacDonald at (561) 844-6400, ext. 228 or e-mail dcr@carpinc.org.

Sunday, Dec. 8 • The Royal Palm Beach Green Market & Bazaar will take place Sunday, Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park (11600 Poinciana Blvd.). For more info., visit www.rpbgreenmarket.com.

• Wellington’s Holiday Mile, Holiday Park and Parade are set for Sunday, Dec. 8, beginning with the Holiday Park from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Welling-

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ton Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.).

The Holiday Mile will begin at the amphitheater at 2:15 p.m., followed by the Holiday Parade at 2:30 p.m. along Forest Hill Blvd., with the grandstand at the amphitheater. For more info., call Maritza Clark at (561) 578-4817 or visit www. cpbchamber.com.

• The Autism Project of Palm Beach County’s Renaissance Dinner for Autism will take place Sunday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Mar-a-Lago Club Palm Beach. Learn more at www.autismproject.org.

Monday, Dec. 9 • The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will feature Sunshine Snackers: Fake Mustache for ages 7 to 13 on Monday, Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. Enjoy a snack while reading Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will host Art Club for ages 8 and up Monday, Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. Dress to get messy. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• Wellington Community Center (12150 Forest Hill Blvd.) will offer Needlecraft for Seniors every Monday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The activity is free, and all skill levels are welcome. Visit www. wellingtonfl.gov or call (561) 753-2484, ext. 0 for more info.

• The Mid-County Democratic Club will meet on Monday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at Tree’s Wings & Ribs (603 Royal Palm Beach Blvd., Royal Palm Beach). Bring unwrapped toys to support Toys for Tots and Children’s Medical Services. For more info., visit www.midcountydems.com.

• The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Supervisors will meet Monday, Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the district office (101 West D Road, Loxahatchee Groves). Call (561) 793-0884 or visit www.lgwcd.org for more info.

Tuesday, Dec. 10 • The Okeeheelee Nature Center (7715 Forest Hill Blvd.) will host Science for Seniors: Observing Wildlife for ages 50 and up Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 9:30 a.m. Learn tips and techniques for seeing more animal species when out in nature. The cost is $5 per person. Call (561) 233-1400 to RSVP. • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Groundbreaking Reads: Adult Book Discussion Series on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. Barbara Harnick will discuss Atonement

by Ian McEwan. Sign up and check out the book.

Call (561) 790-6030 for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will host Tween Tuesdays Gaming for ages 8 to 12 on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 3 p.m. Bring a friend for Wii gaming and board game fun. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will feature Money! Money! Money! for ages 6 to 10 on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 3:30 p.m. Hear stories about kids and their money. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will feature Sit ’n’ Stitch for adults and age 9 and up Tuesdays, Dec. 10 and Dec. 17 at 5 p.m. Learn crocheting or knitting fundamentals, work on current projects and share ideas. Some materials will be provided. Call (561) 681-4100 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will feature Make It With Felt for ages 10 to 17 on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. Learn a few fundamentals, then design, cut, sew and decorate a stocking while enjoying a seasonal treat. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will host Groundbreaking Reads: Adult Book Discussion Series on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. Sara Harris will discuss 15 Seconds by Andrew Gross. Sign up and check out the book. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Crochet Club for ages 9 and up Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. Learn basic stitches and socialize while you work on projects.

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

• The Royal Palm Beach Community Band will offer its final performance of the year Tuesday,

Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center. Refreshments will be served during intermission. For more info., call (561) 790-5149.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will host Wonders of the Night Sky: Telescope Viewing Session for adults Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. Join the Astronomical Society of the Palm Beaches and learn about constellations. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Wellington Village Council will meet Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Complex (12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.).

For more info., call (561) 791-4000 or visit www. wellingtonfl.gov.

Wednesday, Dec. 11 • Representatives from the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office will be in the lobby of the Wellington Municipal Complex (12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) on Wednesday, Dec. 11 from 10 to 11 a.m. to assist residents with questions and/or applications for homestead exemptions.

For more info., call (561) 791-4000 or visit www. wellingtonfl.gov.

• Wellington Community Center (12150 Forest Hill Blvd.) will host Brown Bag Bingo on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 1 p.m. with prizes sponsored by Humana. The cost to play bingo is $3. Limited cookies and coffee will be available. Humana will collect toys for local children in need. Visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or call (561) 753-2484, ext. 0 for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Navigating the New Insurance Marketplace on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 10:30 a.m. and Saturday, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. Confused about coverage? Speak to a certified navigator about programs and get help with enrollment.

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

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will feature Funny Fairy Tales for ages 5 to 9 on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 3:30 p.m. Chase the Stinky Cheese Man, wake Sleeping Beauty, and meet Three Horrid Litttle Pigs in hilarious stories that show a different side of our favorite fairy tales. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Play with Clay for ages 4 to 9 on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 3:30 p.m. Use stamps, cookie cutters and other tools to create beautiful designs in clay. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will host Not Your Grandma’s Bingo for ages 5 and up Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 3:30 p.m. Create a card and see if luck is on your side.

Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will host Anime Grab Bag for ages 12 to 17 on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m.

Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will feature Gamerz Nite for ages 12 to 17 on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. Join a game of Yu-Gi-Oh! or Magic: TG, play Smash Bros. or other Wii games, or try a new board game. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

Thursday, Dec. 12 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Baby Story Time for ages 10 to 23 months Thursday, Dec. 12 at 11 a.m.

Call (561) 790-6030 for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will host Beary Good Books for ages 2 to 6 on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 11 a.m. Celebrate winter with your favorite furry friends. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Learn About the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 2:15 p.m. Are you interested in learning about the new insurance plans, forms and the enrollment process?

The Palm Beach County League of Women Voters will help explain the marketplace and help you find answers. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Family Story Time: Arctic Friends on Thursdays, Dec. 12 and Dec. 19 at

The Town-Crier 3:30 p.m. Drop in and listen to tales about arctic animals and make a special craft. Call (561) 790-6030 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will feature Our Winter Tea Party for ages 5 to 10 on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 4 p.m. Dress up and learn to act like royalty at a fancy tea party. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Happy Birthday, Melvil Dewey for ages 8 to 11 on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 4:30 p.m. Rock out to the Dewey Decimal Rap, play fun library games and listen to exciting book talks. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• Wellington’s Food Truck Invasion will take place Thursday, Dec. 12 from 5 to 9:30 p.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www. wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will feature Manga Character Design for adults Thursday, Dec. 12 at 6 p.m. Change up your style with manga-inspired drawings. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will host Pajama Tales for ages 2 to 6 on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 6 p.m. Wind down for the evening with bedtime stories about snow. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will feature It’s Game Time for ages 6 to 12 on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 6:30 p.m. Have a snack and play Wii games, board games or card games with friends. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will host Craft Night: Paper Bead Bracelets for adults Thursday, Dec. 12 at 6:30 p.m. Bring a ruler and a pair of scissors and learn how to turn old magazines and wrapping paper into fun paper bead jewelry. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• John Matz, a Rosarian Academy alum and internationally acclaimed tenor, will present a holiday benefit concert “Home for Christmas” accompanied by the Rosarian Academy Show Choir on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 6:45 p.m. at the Rosarian Academy Theater (807 North Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach). Tickets are available at www.rosarian.org/matz.

Friday, Dec. 13 • Community of Hope Church will present Back to Bethlehem, an interactive outdoor event for the whole family, Friday through Sunday, Dec. 13-15, at the northwest corner of E Road and Okeechobee Blvd. in Loxahatchee Groves. For more info., call (561) 753-8883 or visit www. gocoh.com.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive, Wellington) will host Toddler Art for ages 2 to 4 on Friday, Dec. 13 at 1 p.m. Dress for mess. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Crafternoon for ages 2 and up Friday, Dec. 13 at 3:30 p.m. Make a small craft from the supplies provided. Call (561) 790-6030 for more info.

• Royal Palm Beach Commons Park (11600 Poinciana Blvd., off Royal Palm Beach Blvd.) will feature a free Holiday Movie Night featuring Arthur Christmas on Friday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m.

Bring your own seating. Call (561) 790-5149 for more info.

Saturday, Dec. 14 • Wellington Community Center (12150 Forest Hill Blvd.) will offer a Wine Workshop on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. for adults featuring wine expert Bob Burchill. To pre-register, call (561) 753-2484, ext. 0 or visit at www.wellingtonfl.gov.

• On Saturday, Dec. 14, the Wellington Equestrian Group will host its annual Christmas in Wellington party for families served by the Caridad Center free health clinic. Interested donors, sponsors and underwriters should call Caridad’s development office at (561) 853-1638.

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HURRICANE SHUTTERS HURRICANE SHUTTERS P&M CONTRACTORS — ACCORDION SHUTTERS Gutters, screen enclosures, siding, soffits, aluminum roofs, Serving the Western Communities. Since 1985. U-17189 561-791-9777

PAINTING J&B PRESSURE CLEANING & PAINTING, INC. — Established 1984. All types of pressure cleaning, roofs, houses, driveways, patios etc. Commercial & Residential. Interior & Exterior painting. Certified pressure cleaning & painting contractor. Lic. #U21552 Call Butch 309-6975 or visit ourwebsite at www. jbpressurecleaningandpainting.com JOHN PERGOLIZZI PAINTING INC. — Interior/Exterior - Repaint specialist, pressure cleaning, popcorn ceiling, drywall repair & roof painting. Family owned/owner operator. Free Est. 798-4964 Lic. #U18473 COLORS BY CORO, INC. — Int./Ext. residential painting, over 20 yrs exp. Small Jobs welcome. Free est. Ins. 561-383-8666. Owner/Operated. Lic.# U20627 Ins. Wellington Resident TRIPLE QUALITY PAINTING, INC. — The finest materials, service & price. Painting Exterior & Interior, Pressure Cleaning, Roof, & Patios, Roof Cleaning, Wood Repair & Faux Finishes Lic. # U21140 7 5 4 - 2 4 5 - 0 8 5 9 o r 5 6 1 - 5 5 7 - 3 11 3

PLUMBING JEREMY JAMES PLUMBING — Licensed plumber, legitimate estimate. Water heaters, new construction. CFC1426242. Bonded Insured. CFC1426242. 561-601-6458

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PRESSURE CLEANING

FOR RENT - GREENACRES

J&B PRESSURE CLEANING & PAINTING, INC. — Established 1984. All types of pressure cleaning, roofs, houses, driveways, patios etc. Commercial & Residential.

Interior & Exterior painting.

Certified pressure cleaning & painti n g c o n t r a c t o r. L i c . # U 2 1 5 5 2 C a l l Butch at 309-6975 or visit us at www. jbpressurecleaningandpainting.com

ROOMMATE TO SHARE — 2 bedroom 2 bath apartment - Purdy & Jog Road. $550 per month.

Lookingfor under 35 years old. 954-296-3748

D R I V E W AY C L E A N I N G — S t a r t i n g at$59. $50 Off House Exterior Wash, Free Sidewalk Cleaning (up to 50 Ft.) with roof cleaning.Pressure Pros of Palm Beach, Inc. 561-718-9851 Lic. & Insured.

ROOFING MINOR ROOF REPAIRS Don Hartmann R oofing — R o o f p a i n t ing, Carpentry. Lic. #U13677 967-5580 ROBERT G. HARTMANN ROOFING — Specializing in repairs. Free estimates, Bonded,insured. Lic. #CCC 058317 Ph: 561-790-0763.

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

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

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

FOR RENT - WELLINGTON WELLINGTON PRIVATE FURNISHED ROOM & BATH — with private outside entry & small kitchen area, gated community, utilities included. Non-Smoker, No Pets, references. 1st month, & 1 month security moves you in. 1 person only. $700 per month.

Available December 1st. 561-790-2326 WELLINGTON SEASONAL ROOM TO RENT — Private room with bath, microwave & refrigerator in room includes laundry, wi-fi. All utilities. Perfect for female polo, No smoking, no drugs. $600 per month. Just bring your toothbrush & references. 305-323-6285

EMPLOYMENT BOOKKEEPER NEEDED — part-time, experienced in QuickBooks, flexible hours.

Please fax resume to 561-791-0952 HUNINGTON LEARNING CENTER IN WELLINGTON — Now hiring certified teachers.$10-$15/hour. Call 561-594-1920 E-mail: MarleneGiraud@hlcwellington.com

SCREENING

WELLINGTON TOWNCAR DRIVERS & DISPATCHERS — retirees welcome.

Call 561-333-0181. Full-Time Part-Time.

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

DRIVERS: $5,000 Sign-On Bonus!

— Great pay! Consistent Freight, Great Miles on this Regional Account.

Werner Enterprises: 1-855-517-2488

SHUTTERS/PANELS

TOWN-CRIER CLASSIFIEDS

ACCORDION SHUTTERS — Gutters, screen enclosures, siding, soffits, aluminum roofs, Serving the Western Communities. Since 1985. U-17189 561-791-9777

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

TILE / CERAMICS SPECIALIZING IN BATHROOM REMODELING — Free estimates serving South Florida since 1980. Quality you expect, service you deserve. Lic. bonded & Ins. U21006 561-662-9258

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

WALLPAPERING PAPERHANGING BY DEBI — Professional Installation,Removal. Repair of Paper.

Neat, Clean & Reliable. Quality work with a woman’s touch. 30 years experience.

No Job too big or too small. Lic. & Ins. References available. 561-795-5263

CRAFT FAIR Boca Raton Chapter of the Southern Handcraft Society Presents “A SOUTHERN CHRISTMAS 2013” 28th Annual Juried Craft Show. Thursday, Dec. 5, 1:00pm - 9pm Friday, Dec. 6, 9:00am-9pm, Saturday, Dec. 7 9am -1pm. Patch Reef Park, 2000 West Yamato Road (1/4 mile west of Military Trail, Boca Raton, FL 33431. All items are made in the USA by the artist in the show FREE ADMISSION.

GET RESULTS CALL 561-793-7606 TODAY

SITUATION WANTED SECRETARY/C.N.A. — Excellent references trilingual. Over 20 years experienced. Please call 561-358-0791

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ACREAGE

Green Market Family Fun Each Sunday 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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