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Volume 35, Number 28 July 11 - July 17, 2014

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HOLIDAY FUN AT WELLINGTON PARK

Wellington’s Community Services Department recently released its third quarter meeting schedule for Neighborhood Watch groups. Each quarter, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputies meet with neighborhood advocates. One of the many benefits of belonging to a neighborhood watch group is taking part in creating a safer community. Page 3

Royal Palm Beach Hosts Firecracker Golf Tourney

Madison Green Golf Club hosted Royal Palm Beach’s 2014 Firecracker Golf Tournament on Friday, July 4. Awards were given out at a barbecue luncheon after the match, and there were goody bags, raffles and a silent auction. Page 5

Missionaries From St. Michael Church Help Children In Haiti

Three members from St. Michael Lutheran Church in Wellington went on a mission trip to Haiti in May aimed at bringing school supplies to a schoolhouse in the suburbs of Portau-Prince. Youth Director Tim Warner, Director of Ministries Ryan Arnold and volunteer Steve Rizzo were in Haiti from Sunday, May 4 through Saturday, May 10. Page 7

OPINION ‘Happy Days Are Here Again,’ But Beware The Itch To Overspend

After seven long years of austerity, the money has begun to pour in again. Projects put on the back burner are back in vogue. Positions are being added, not eliminated. And budgets are beginning to creep back up after years of cutting. It is true that after years of neglect, more money should be spent on maintenance and long-delayed projects. But these increases need to be vetted not through the lens of the boom years, but through the more recent years of hardship. Page 4 DEPARTMENT INDEX NEWS...............................3 - 10 OPINION.................................. 4 CRIME NEWS.......................... 6 PEOPLE................................. 11 SCHOOLS.............................. 12 COLUMNS.......................14, 21 NEWS BRIEFS....................... 15 BUSINESS..................... 22 - 23 SPORTS..........................27 - 29 CALENDAR............................ 30 CLASSIFIEDS.................31 - 35 Visit Us On The Web At WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM

Wellington held its annual Fourth of July celebration at Village Park. Hundreds braved the rain, thunder and lightning to gather for face painting, balloon animals, pie and watermelon eating contests, bounce houses and slides, a petting zoo, food, music and more. Shown here, Arya and Oliver Kalani enjoy one of the outdoor games. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 17 PHOTO BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

Wellington Council Postpones Decision On Acme Rate Hike

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Village Council on Tuesday postponed setting its Truth in Millage (TRIM) rates until July 22 to allow village staff to weigh how to fund an estimated $23.3 million to improve stormwater management.

In question was whether to impose a $100 per acre annual drainage assessment increase through the Acme Improvement District or levy about a half-mill ad valorem tax, either through a bond issue or an annual tax.

Village Engineer Bill Riebe gave a report on amendments to the Acme Improvement District’s Water Control Plan. He said the resolution up for adoption would affect most residents of Wellington, but not all, because some neighborhoods, such as Olympia, are not in the Acme Improvement District.

“The proposed improvements are designed to address observed shortcomings and improve overall performance of the stormwater management system during severe and heavy rainfall events,” Riebe said.

The proposed improvements would make the system safer and help equalize floodwaters throughout the system, but would not significantly affect flood stages and duration. He explained that the only way to meaningfully reduce those storm effects would be to improve storage or increase discharge capacity into the regional system, which is controlled by the South Florida Water Management District.

Riebe’s report proposed 17 improvements, prioritized based on the benefit to the system.

First on the list was improved water conveyance from Basin B See ACME HIKE, page 16

County Officials Attempt To FOURTH OF JULY SPIRIT Address Minto West Concerns

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report Palm Beach County conducted an informational meeting Tuesday night at Seminole Ridge High School regarding the proposed Minto West development.

An estimated 120 people attended, with 103 signing in at the meeting. A number of county officials were there to give presentations and answer questions.

Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building Executive Director Rebecca Caldwell led off the meeting. “This thing is in a state of change, so we’re going to do the best we can for you,” Caldwell said of the Minto West Project.

Just last week, developer Minto Communities Inc. revised its original proposal to drop the number of residential units and add commercial elements.

Caldwell and her staff took the audience through a history of the area’s land use, planning and zoning efforts.

The land recently purchased

by Minto has been the subject of study for decades. One of the first

attempts was the Midlands Study in 1989 that focused on the future needs of the area formerly known as Callery-Judge Grove.

In 2008, after Callery-Judge failed to win approval for a much larger development, the land was designated an Agricultural Enclave, with specific land use allowances. The only approved Agricultural Enclave in Florida to date, the site now has approval for 2,996 dwelling units and 235,000 square feet for non-residential uses.

Knowing those approved parameters, Minto purchased the 3,800-acre property for $51 million last September, and in November requested approval to build 6,500 homes with 1.4 million square feet for workplace and community-serving commercial uses. Those uses included 500,000 square feet for retail and 900,000 square feet for research and development. Additionally, Minto asked to build a 3,000-student college, a 150-room hotel and a baseball stadium.

In late June, Minto revised its plans to include 4,549 dwelling

units with 3,749 single-family residences and 800 townhouse units, 2 million square feet of nonresidential uses, a 3,000-student college and a 150-room hotel.

The non-residential use land and the number of houses vary from plan to plan. The June revision calls for 1,951 fewer dwelling units and 600,000 more square feet of non-residential use land.

The baseball stadium is eliminated from the revised plan.

A traffic study has not been provided yet for the most recent request, but the estimated net daily trips is between 55,000 and 60,000 — down from more than 70,000 in the previous version.

The county agencies are reviewing the revised application, with Monday, July 28 as the next resubmittal date.

The increased traffic, if Minto’s request is approved, would have an impact on the roads. Florida statutes dictate the “Prop Share” method for developer financial assistance and responsibility for road widening and maintenance.

The developer has three options See MINTO WEST, page 16

Wellington Might Buy Unused Wanderers Club Golf Course

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Village Council agreed Tuesday to look into the purchase of the unused 18-hole par-3 executive golf course at the Wanderers Club, although four appraisals obtained on the property ranged widely from $700,000 to $5.3 million.

Project Manager Mike O’Dell said the 43-acre course is located within the Lakefield South neighborhood, winding around approximately 200 residential units.

The Wanderers Club continues to operate its more challenging 18-hole, par-72 golf course, but the executive course is no longer active. “We had some appraisals done on that,” O’Dell said. “We

had three that the village paid for, and the fourth was paid for by the Wanderers.”

The highest appraisal was by Anderson & Carr, which was $5,275,000 total at $130,731 per acre, based on a “highest and best use,” comparing properties such as Zacara Farms, Chapernal Equestrian Farm, Palm Beach Point and a charter school.

Callaway & Price had the lowest appraisal at $700,000, or $17,348 per acre, using a recreational park as the highest and best use, comparing the value to other golf courses.

John R. Underwood came in with an appraisal of $3,485,000, or $86,369 per acre, using a sales comparison of vacant land across

Palm Beach County, while an appraisal by S.F. Holden, paid for by the Wanderers Club, was $1,274,000, or $28,311 per acre, comparing the use to religious sites, private schools, residential PUDs and nursing homes, using an investment value approach based on the purpose the village would have for the site.

O’Dell noted that since the land is within a planned unit development, any redevelopment other than a golf course or recreational facility would require a land use change, and if it should be moved to any type of equestrian use, it would have to be adopted into the equestrian overlay.

He added that if the village See WANDERERS, page 16

The Village of Royal Palm Beach celebrated the Fourth of July last Friday with its annual Star-Spangled Spectacular at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. There was a kids fun zone with arts and crafts as well as bounce houses and slides, food trucks and vendors. After the rain subsided, everyone was treated to a spectacular fireworks display. Shown here, Pete and Lisa Wood relax at the park. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 10 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

RPB Unveils $35 Million Spending Plan For FY 2015

By Chris Felker Town-Crier Staff Report The Royal Palm Beach Village Council got its first look Tuesday at a proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2015. The $35 million spending plan would keep the village’s tax rate the same but still allow it to expand services with a modest boost in spending, since rising property values will mean more revenue.

Village Manager Ray Liggins’ budget message noted that the council’s original intent was not to increase the tax rate, a job made easier because total appraised property values have jumped by about 9 percent, to more than $2 billion.

Liggins also anticipated smaller bump-ups in state shared tax revenues and other income. But to finance several added staff positions, the budget also taps the village’s Tax Rate Stabilization Fund to the tune of about $250,000,

a move the council previously authorized.

The tax rate would remain at 1.92 mills, or $1.92 per $1,000 assessed property value after any homestead exemptions, while the village stormwater utility fee would also remain unchanged, at $4 per residential unit.

Under the spending plan, seven additional employees would be hired so the Parks & Recreation Department can increase its level of service, mainly to staff the newly expanded Royal Palm Beach Commons Park, Liggins said.

“The level of service in parks is being increased with the addition of a general maintenance worker fully dedicated to Veterans Park… and six facility attendant positions, mainly dedicated to Commons Park, to have a coverage of at least two people at the park at all times when it is open to the public,” he said. “The cost of the additional See RPB BUDGET, page 16

Area Municipalities See Big Property Value Jumps

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Local municipalities received good news last week when the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office released its preliminary tax roll for 2014, with values improving significantly more than the county average for municipalities in the western communities.

Loxahatchee Groves’ total taxable value improved 11.28 percent, from $178,882,163 in 2013 to $199,060,238 in 2014, which was the second-highest percentage increase only to Gulf Stream, which saw a 14.37 percent increase.

The total taxable value in Royal Palm Beach went up 9.46 percent, from $1.87 billion to $2.05 billion, while Wellington’s total taxable value rose 9.97 percent, from

$5.74 billion to $6.31 billion.

Village Manager Paul Schofield said the difference in revenue for the village will amount to about $1 million, which officials plan to use primarily for additional drainage and road improvements.

“We are going to propose setting the millage rate at just a touch under what it is right now,” Schofield said. “Over the last several years, we have cut back on a lot of services. We’ve cut back on replacements and we’ve cut back on employees, to the extent that if we generate additional funds, it’s going to go into maintenance or upgrading facilities.”

Over the next several years, the village is planning some fairly significant upgrades to the drainage system and roadways, he said.

“We’d like to put a little more

money into the roadway maintenance programs so that we can do overlays,” he said. “In the last couple of years, we have resorted to crack sealing, which is effective and inexpensive, but it’s not the most attractive thing you’ve ever seen.”

He said Tropical Storm Isaac revealed some deficiencies in the village’s drainage system. “It’s nothing really egregious, but we need to move water east to west a little bit better,” Schofield said.

“We need to be able to convey water from Basin B to Basin A a little better.”

Schofield pointed out that although the village is doing better, it is still in recovery mode.

The current millage rate is 2.47, and staff is recommending a TRIM (Truth in Millage) rate of 2.46.

“The thing to remember about the TRIM rate is it can go down,” he said. “It cannot go up. Once we set TRIM, we usually go a little bit below TRIM.” Royal Palm Beach Village Manager Ray Liggins said the revenue increase was a bit higher than anticipated, and plans are to use it for more park attendants.

“The 9 percent was more than what we were expecting,” Liggins said. “The budget that I have prepared does include five additional employees at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park, one full-time facility attendant and four part-time facility attendants.”

Each part-time attendant costs about $20,000, and the full-time attendant is about $45,000, he said.

“I’m looking to have two people there all the time, one person

around the building and another person always there able to be out in the park to assist people,” Liggins said. “Right now, we don’t have that kind of coverage. We have one person.”

He is also looking at a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technician to help with flood mapping. “Now that we are going to be involved in the FEMA Community Rating System, I am looking to get a GIS technician on board to assist,” Liggins said, explaining that he also plans to expand the use of the GIS database to other departments, as well as to be able to make more GIS information available to the public.

Finally, he plans to dedicate a full-time general maintenance worker at Veterans Park. “The cost See VALUES, page 4

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Neighborhood Watch Programs Growing Strong In Wellington

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington’s Community Services Department recently released its third quarter meeting schedule for Neighborhood Watch groups.

Each quarter, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputies meet with neighborhood advocates. Grant opportunities are available for block parties and a number of security measures.

One of the many benefits of belonging to a neighborhood watch group is taking part in creating a safer community. Other benefits include the social component of meeting neighbors, having a sense of control over the neighborhood and being active in the community, said John Jarvis, a Wellington code enforcement officer.

Specific results vary by community, PBSO spokeswoman Therese Barbera said, but through the proactive approach of “observe

and report,” the program has seen a measurable decrease in incidents.

“The group has helped in reduction of calls for service within parks, to include trespassing, theft and fighting,” she said. “Calls for service have steadily [fallen] in the past three years.”

The numbers went from 65 calls in 2012 to 37 in 2013, and just 16 so far in 2014.

The Wellington community has embraced the assistance and knowledge that it absorbs from working with the PBSO. “It’s not just the groups reaching out to the PBSO, it’s also the PBSO reaching out to the community to make it stronger,” Barbera said. “Relationships are built between the members of the watch groups and the PBSO. The joint effort of caring for the community allows for our growing relationship between the community, the village and the PBSO.”

With these stronger relationships, PBSO representatives have been able to educate Neighborhood Watch groups about crime in the area and how to be more aware and proactive. Crime prevention tips offered during meetings can be anything from holiday safety and fraud prevention tips to healthcare and general community service resources.

“When the PBSO recognizes a crime trend, such as car burglaries, we reach out to our groups and pass along crime prevention and suspect information,” Barbera said. “The group then passes it along to neighbors, friends and family, which results in additional ‘eyes and ears’ in our communities to observe and report suspicious activity.”

Learning what to look out for has been a great advantage for residents.

“They’re just in tune with what’s

going on,” Jarvis said. “When the deputy comes to the meeting, he’ll talk to them about not just crimes in their neighborhood, but what’s going on in the big picture.

That way, you’re a little bit more informed as to what’s going on.”

In order to begin a Neighborhood Watch group, there needs to be a willingness for participation among residents and the ability to meet regularly, with at least eight people in attendance.

Then, residents can call Wellington’s Community Services Department to schedule a meeting and work on organizing a Neighborhood Watch group. Each group designates a block captain, who runs the meeting with support from the PBSO and a village advocate.

In the last few years, Jarvis said, the program has been steadily growing and is now up to 12 groups. He stressed that Welling-

ton is always looking to expand the number of communities that are involved. Meetings are flexible and can take place anywhere from village offices to neighborhood parks or even the block captain’s home.

One of the grant opportunities that the village offers exclusively to Neighborhood Watch members is called the defensive measures grant, Jarvis said, which allows a Neighborhood Watch participant up to $500, which is reimbursable, to protect their home in a defensive manner. That can be fencing, lighting or perhaps a camera system.

In order to be eligible to apply, a Neighborhood Watch member has to be considered an active member, which requires having been involved for at least the previous six months and having participated in at least the last two meetings.

The first two meetings of the quarter, Rye Terrace and Staghorn/ Mulberry, have already occurred.

Upcoming July meetings include Country Club Cove at 11 a.m. and Folkestone/Yarmouth at 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 19; and Pine Valley/ Greenbriar Circle/Summerwood Circle at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23.

August meetings begin with Stonegate at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 7; Greenview Shores at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21; Chatsworth Village at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23; and Scribner at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30.

September meetings include Wisteria at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 9 and Mayfair at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

For more information about starting a Neighborhood Watch group, call Wellington’s Community Services Department at (561) 791-4796.

Acreage COP Captain Seeks Recruits In Loxahatchee Groves

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Sandra Love Semande, Citizen Observer Patrol (COP) captain for The Acreage, went to the Loxahatchee Groves Village Council meeting last week to call for new members.

“I’m here to recruit for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Citizen Observer Patrol unit,” Semande said. “You do not currently have a unit here, and one of our members is patrolling your area.”

At the July 1 meeting, she asked council members if they would reach out to the PBSO’s Volunteer Services Department and request a unit of their own.

“That means a new car, and I am willing to give you one of mine,” Semande said. “If you can help me get more people to drive that vehicle to patrol your area, it would be of great service.”

Semande added that having a COP unit would be a great help to PBSO District 15 Commander Lt. David Combs, whose area covers both Loxahatchee Groves and The Acreage.

“There’s several opportunities

in the COP unit,” she said. “It’s not just driving around in a car and observing. There is a dispatch unit, a marine patrol unit, a mounted unit, there’s a bike unit, honor guard, administrative and more.

There’s a lot of opportunities for volunteers, and it’s a very rewarding program.”

Semande said she started her unit in 2009 with two members.

“We have nine now, and that’s including the one that we have here,” she said. “I have five others going through recruitment now, so those should be coming on board soon. It’s very important that we get involved and help the sheriff’s office, because they cannot cover everything, and The Acreage alone is 110 square miles.”

The PBSO established the COP program in 1989, and it has grown to a cadre of thousands of volunteers serving as the “eyes and ears” for the PBSO. Volunteers also serve in administrative departments for jobs including vehicle maintenance, the crime lab and assisting detectives.

The program has more than 80 individual COP units in neighborhoods throughout the county.

Semande also complimented the Loxahatchee Groves Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).

“I have learned so much from your team, and I am very blessed to be included in some of its training,” she said, adding that she also started the CERT in The Acreage, which is now up to 30 members.

“That was part of my interaction with your team, getting me motivated to get them motivated out in The Acreage.”

She noted that another CERT class was due to start July 8 at Palm Beach State College. It meets every Tuesday and Thursday for four weeks.

“We are the ones who will get to you first before the PBSO and Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue are able to get out here,” Semande said. “It’s very important to have people involved in that unit as well.”

The council agreed by consensus to send a letter to PBSO Volunteer Services asking to start a Loxahatchee Groves COP unit.

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‘It’s very important that we get involved and help the sheriff’s office, because they cannot cover everything, and The Acreage alone is 110 square miles,’ Semande said.

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‘Happy Days Are Here Again,’ But Beware Itch To Overspend

“Happy Days Are Here Again!” That popular old ditty has become the motto of local municipalities preparing budgets for the upcoming year. After seven long years of austerity, the money has begun to pour in again. Suddenly, projects put on the back burner for the better part of a decade are back in vogue. Positions are being added, not eliminated. And spending plans are beginning to creep back up after years of merciless cutting.

You can’t blame them, really. Local governments asked their staff to do with less for so long. Wellington, for instance, managed to shrink its budget from a high of $109 million in 2008 to a low of $73.9 million in 2012. Now, however, it has begun to creep up again. Wellington’s 2015 budget is proposed to squeeze in just below the $80 million mark.

Much of this extra money is due to a return of the traditional revenue sources. State funding, which had all but dried up a few years ago, has begun to flow again. Meanwhile, property values have soared. While still below pre-crash levels, this year’s hike nears double digits — and breaks double digits in the case of Loxahatchee Groves.

Loxahatchee Groves, which as of last year was still saddled with falling property values, saw its total valuation climb 11.28 percent to $199 million, according to the

preliminary tax roll released last week by the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office. Wellington followed close behind with a 9.97 percent hike in value to $6.31 billion (still well below the 2008 high of $7.8 billion). Royal Palm Beach also had good news, with a valuation climb of 9.46 percent to $2.05 billion.

While the budgets are going up, it is not surprising that the elected officials threw a little rain on the parade this week, reminding gleeful budgeters that just because the money is there, doesn’t mean that it needs to be collected and spent by government.

In Royal Palm Beach, Councilman Fred Pinto challenged village staff and his fellow elected officials to consider a tax rate decrease, as had always been the goal in RPB before the freefall in property values made it impossible. Meanwhile, in Wellington, the entire council had concerns with how a new $100 drainage assessment hike would be collected and spent.

In both these cases, it is true that after years of neglect, more money should be spent on maintenance and long-delayed projects. However, these increases need to be fully vetted not through the lens of the boom years, but through the years of hardship that we have just lived through. Some of the extra expenditures are necessary, but are they all? Everything must be justified.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Flush Fireworks Down The Toilet Next July Fourth

Each year, I mean to write this letter in the hope that it will be seen by others and taken to heart.

The Fourth of July is not a happy day in my household. You see, I share my home with three rescue dogs who cower and shake at the sound of fireworks. They won’t go out to relieve themselves and they are visibly terrified by the crackles and booms of the surrounding cacophony.

These dogs are like my children, and I love and care for them deeply. Wellington feels that its equestrian community deserves to be protected from this annual auditory assault. There are many large signs posted around the village warning of the illegality of fireworks in equestrian areas.

However, the other sensitive companion animals in Wellington are roundly ignored. Is it money or political influence that protects the horses yet leaves thousands of dogs to cower in their owners’ closets?

Whatever the reasons, the existing statutes outlawing the sale and use of most of these fireworks is completely ignored. My neighbors, good people most of them, are out until past 11 p.m. gleefully “disturbing the peace” with no consideration or concern for those who may be dealing with illness, trying to sleep, or just enjoying a good book or TV show. The Fourth of July seems to give everyone a free pass to be a jerk for a night.

The cops don’t care either.

Well, I do care, and I’d bet that there are many like me who suffer through this annual insult feeling helpless and frustrated. It’s not your right to keep me and my family awake listening to your illegally purchased cherry bombs blasting until midnight and beyond. Nor is it an intelligent tradition for dads to teach their kids the proper way to light a fuse without losing a finger in the process.

If you crave a fireworks display, your tax dollars are already paying for elaborate and expensive public fireworks extravaganzas each and every year. Please take your kids to see the pros at your city’s municipal show. Stop terrorizing the rest of us... the silent majority.

Dr. Elliott Krakow Wellington

Way Too Much Commercial In Minto West Plan

Minto West has supposedly responded to the “community, stakeholders and various interest groups” by reducing the amount of residences they plan to build by 1,954. That is still 1,553 more than what the current zoning allows. Their new plan is to increase the commercial use space to 2.1

million square feet. That number does not seem to include the hotel or the 3,000-student college they also have in their plan. That is an absurdly large amount of commercial space to place in the middle of The Acreage.

People need to think about just how much square footage that is.

The Sawgrass Mills mall is a little under 2.4 million square feet, and it is the seventh-largest mall in the United States! Have you been there lately? I used to live 1.5 miles away from it in Plantation Acres and moved here to get away from that kind of traffic and craziness.

They have tour buses taking hundreds of people there every day. It is a destination. Traffic is a nightmare. Why would you want to live surrounding that kind of a mess?

I understand some of the residents of The Acreage would like a little more commercial development nearby, but this is not a “little” more. This is a monster.

Developments should be compatible with the surrounding area.

The surrounding area is homes on a minimum of one-acre lots.

Minto needs to lower their numbers, not increase them. This will alter life in The Acreage forever.

Believe me, I have already lived through this in Plantation Acres.

The Palm Beach County Commission needs to deny this application and make Minto get reasonable.

Janice Sommer The Acreage

Shock & Awe In District 6

It has been eight years now that Jess Santamaria has represented our area as commissioner and his term is now up. There are several candidates who have come into the race, and for some time I have been receiving regular updates from one of the candidates, Melissa McKinlay.

I have had message after message from her of all the politicians, past and present, who are endorsing her. This has made me begin to wonder if she has any background to serve, because it is definitely all about who is supporting her, not who she is or what she knows.

Well the final blow came this week when I received her most recent endorsement from none other than the mayor of West Palm Beach, Jeri Muoio. I took a look back and saw that Ms. McKinlay is also endorsed by three other West Palm Beach city commissioners: Keith James, Sylvia Moffett and Shanon Materio.

My response is shock! Here in Royal Palm Beach, we all know that the City of West Palm Beach has done everything in its power to stop desperately needed roads in our area. They have petitioned, lobbied, sued, you name it; there has been no end to the time and money that they have spent to stop State Road 7, Roebuck Road, Seminole Pratt Whitney Road¸ and

anything else that will help benefit our communities and reduce our traffic burdens.

I am awed! Is Melissa so clueless as not to be aware of the history of these road agreements and the actions by Mayor Muoio and her commission to stop them? What else does she not know? Is this where she is going to get advice when deciding for us?

It is very clear to me that this girl is out of touch with the western communities and hiding behind the wrong big names. Please don’t bother to name-drop any longer.

Her opponent, Kathy Foster, is a long-time resident of the western communities who stands on her own record. This is what we need for our District 6 Palm Beach County Commissioner.

Marcia Berwick Royal Palm Beach

From Absurd To Ludicrous

Imagine my surprise when I walked the quarter-mile out to my mailbox area to get my copy of the Town-Crier only to find that the newspaper had added a front page comic section — namely “Minto Reduces Plan By 2,000 Homes, Adding Commercial” (July 4).

Of course, when a developer asks for the absurd and then decreases it to only the ludicrous, some will think, “Hey, they are listening.”

Buffalo chips!

Minto West should be held to what they purchased and nothing more. Ever since their first publications in which they stated that they wanted to “enlighten and enliven” our area, they have shown nothing but disdain for the current residents. Now they want 2.1 million square feet of commercial — 8.94 times what is currently allowed.

The Board of County Commissioners and their hired staff at all levels should start to realize that this is our county, not just theirs.

Resurrect the sector plan and tier system and make this county have lifestyle choices. Should Minto obtain anything above what they bought (2,996 units and 235,000 square feet of commercial) then it will be time for the citizens to follow the money and see if “Corruption County” still exists.

Come on, commissioners.

Please have the intestinal fortitude to say no. It is a simple word and one that you should look up in the dictionary at the same time you are trying to figure out what “perpetuity” means.

I thank you for your time and consideration.

Dr. Bill Louda Loxahatchee Groves

Minto West Is Not Good For The Acreage

Despite Minto’s claims to “enlighten,” “enliven” and save us from economic doom, infrastruc-

ture failure, floods, unemployment, in short, to save us from ourselves, a “city” in our “country” is not needed. It is not wanted, and the plethora of mailers sent to nearly every resident and business in South Florida is not going to change the fact that thousands of Acreage residents and a growing number of communities, entities and organizations strongly oppose any development beyond what Minto is legally entitled to build.

Rather than adhere to existing land use and zoning laws that were written with the intent to protect and preserve the rural fabric of communities such as The Acreage, Minto has made it its mission to rewrite vast sections in a concerted effort to “terraform” our area to accommodate Minto West.

Such extensive revisions clearly indicate that Minto West is neither in character nor compatible with the surrounding area and is more fitting an urban setting. Sadly, however, the Board of County Commissioners is oblivious to that, which is glaringly apparent by failing to send a clear message to Minto to develop according to laws that were in place when the property was purchased.

Allowing Minto to build more will have a domino effect: It will open the door to any remaining land in and around The Acreage to be overdeveloped. We will be the next Miami-Dade, Broward, etc., areas from which many fled in the desire for a less developed, more peaceful and serene setting.

Minto will leave with greenbacks in its pockets, and we will have markedly less green in terms of land and money as we struggle to pay, in the form of higher taxes, for Minto’s impact while facing the very conditions we left behind.

Acreage residents own their roads and pay for maintenance via ITID. They are for our use, not the general public, though we have graciously allowed non-Acreage traffic on our roads. The amount of traffic Minto will generate is unfathomable and unacceptable, and despite Minto’s new proposal, remains so (daily trips are projected to only decrease from 70,000 to 60,000). ITID is considering measures to minimize traffic generated

by Minto on our roads. I hope ITID closes roads, uses traffic-calming measures and engages in whatever legal means available to keep Minto from using our roads and insulate us from Minto-generated traffic.

There is a group of residents who fight tirelessly to preserve The Acreage now and into the future. Informally known as “No to Minto,” this group has formed a Florida not-for-profit corporation known as Alerts of PBC Inc. I pray donations pour into this group so they can continue the fight by availing themselves to all legal means to stop Minto from developing any more than what it is legally entitled to build, and to prevent other developers from

doing the same. Learn more at www.alertsofpbc.com.

Minto still has the opportunity to be a “good neighbor” and exemplar to other developers by building only that to which it is entitled. Want to enlighten, enliven, enhance, engage and enrich the surrounding area? Preserve and protect the surrounding area by creating a development that is in line with our rural, agricultural and equestrian way of life. Keep the property as natural and green as possible with limited commercial and dwelling units on at least 1.25-acre lots. Install real equestrian trails, stables and parking areas for trucks and horse trailers, create walking and biking trails, nature areas, and devote large tracts to farming and farm-to-table practices. I am certain Minto can think of even more ways to accomplish this, thereby mitigating their impact while still making a reasonable profit.

The Acreage and surrounding areas do not “need” more people, more traffic, more commercial and all the associated ills. What we need are developers who are sensitive to the community in which they insert themselves and are willing to adapt rather than forcing a community to adapt to them. What we need are commissioners who work for and represent their constituents, who value and protect those residents’ chosen way of life, and who listen to the collective voices in opposition, instead of continuing to pander to developers whose only motive is profit.

Jean Edwards The Acreage

RPB Won’t Help Promote School Board Forum

I am a 14-year resident of the Village of Royal Palm Beach, an active member of the League of Women Voters, a past member and vice chair of the Royal Palm Beach Education Advisory Board and a retired educator.

I am concerned about the restrictions placed on information relevant to the residents of this village. The league is hosting a candidates’ forum for school board candidates on July 17 at 6 p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center. I am an active member of this non-partisan group. Believing

that information is vital to our existence, and concerns our families, I made an official request of the village to publish this event to the residents on their signage and/or their web site.

This request was not made blindly. I was thinking about the many corners of this village that advertises events such as Zumba classes, ballet classes and yoga schedules to drivers, not necessarily residents, of this village while driving east on Southern Blvd. or west on Okeechobee Blvd. This forum is for residents of Royal Palm Beach, Loxahatchee, The Acreage and Belle Glade. I thought, gee, this is vital information for the parents in my community, and I believed that the leaders of this unique village would welcome information that could not only enhance, but encourage us to be involved in our civic responsibilities. After all, it is the residents who get to decide who will be the person(s) responsible for their child’s education by casting their vote in August.

Well, it seems as though we will have some uninformed persons not expressing their rights to the democratic process of getting to know the leaders whom we are asking to sit on the school board.

The response I received from the Village of Royal Palm Beach: “After reviewing the policy and procedures in place for the village informational signs, I am sorry to inform you that we will not be able to fulfill your request.

Good luck with your event and let me know if there is anything else I might be able to help you with in the future.”

Question: Will this process be also used for village council candidates?

If this is a village policy and procedure, the residents should be made aware of this and, at the very least, a copy should have been attached to your letter of rejection.

What exactly is/are the policy and procedures for the informational signs?

This is an informational forum encouraging parents residing in this area to examine each candidate’s vision for the school board prior to the upcoming election.

We’ve all heard the saying “it takes a village.” However, the village can’t exist without an informed community.

Una James Royal Palm Beach

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continued from page 1 of all of those employees is right around $240,000,” he said, adding that with the cost of pensions

and health insurance, he plans to use more than $200,000 from the village’s rate stabilization fund to balance the budget.

Loxahatchee Groves Mayor Dave Browning said the news was welcome after seeing town property values plummet the past several years.

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body’s property value pumped up,” he said. “For some reason, ours did not. I think it’s a little bit of catch-up this year, but properties are selling better, and the value is moving in the right direction.”

Browning said the big jump in value for Loxahatchee Groves probably puts it on par with the rest of the county.

“Prior to the crash, our values had gone very high, and I think there are a lot of nurseries and some of those that are hurting, and that probably brought down some of the values last year, but I’m glad to see that they’re going in the right direction,” Browning said.

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“I don’t know that any of us on the council are leaning that way, but that was a suggestion by the financial committee,” he said.

“With the property values going in that direction, it really makes it

less important to raise the tax rate, so that might take it right out of the discussion.”

The estimated total assessed value for unincorporated Palm Beach County is up 7.45 percent, at $43.65 billion for 2014, compared with $40.69 billion in 2013. The estimated value for all cities in Palm Beach County is up 7.45 percent.

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ROYAL PALM BEACH HOSTS FIRECRACKER GOLF TOURNEY AT MADISON GREEN

Madison Green Golf Club hosted Royal Palm Beach’s 2014 Firecracker Golf Tournament on Friday, July 4. Awards were given out at PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER a barbecue luncheon after the match, and there were goody bags, raffles and a silent auction.

Royal Palm Beach Mayor Matty Mattioli with the first-place team of Doug Santanello, Lily Felz, Sean Smith and Jason Lambert.

Mayor Matty Mattioli with the second-place team of Randy Castricone, Dan Eggerston, Dave Henderson and Paul Cleary.

Lily Felz with Royal Palm Beach Mayor Matty Mattioli.

Mayor Matty Mattioli with the third-place team of Joe Babcock, Brent Guttman, Greg Zimmerman and Eddie Amato.

Andy Baron, Joellen Zippin, Kris Krigbaum and Bobbie Parlor.

Scott Stowell, Lewis Massotti, Mark Rodgers and Joe Egan.

RPB SENIORS GROUP CELEBRATES FOURTH OF JULY AT CULTURAL CENTER

The Royal Palm Beach Senior Activities Group held its Fourth of July celebration a day early on Thursday, July 3 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center. Seniors took part in a patriotic attire contest. DJ Terry Harms provided music for dancing, and snacks and beverages were enjoyed.

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Patriotic attire contest participants line up to show off their red, white and blue best.

(Front row) Ruth Biscaino, Merle Solomon, Kathleen Lannaman and Joy Martin; (back row) Lynette Licorish, Ruby Johnson and Sherrie Williams.

Volunteers Lorna Pearson, Beth Kaplan, Joe Schelork, Elaine Mathis, Vinette Tracy, Dolly Hughes and Cheryl Lower.

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Thefts, Vandalism Reported At RPB Self-Storage Facility

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report JULY 1 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office’s substation in Royal Palm Beach was called to a self-storage facility on Fox Trail Road last Tuesday regarding stolen vehicles.

According to a PBSO report, the vehicles were taken between 4:45 p.m. on Monday, June 30 and 6:45 a.m. the following morning. According to the report, three 6-foot by 12-foot trailers full of lawn equipment were detached from the victim’s trucks and stolen. The deputy was provided with security footage and was able to determine that perpetrators entered the facility and removed the three trailers, along with their contents. The value of the trailers and the contents totaled more than $79,000. DNA evidence was collected, and one trailer was eventually recovered with its contents removed. Several other victims reported related incidents at the same self-storage facility last Tuesday. In one case, the self-storage facility itself reported $500 in damage to its back gate, and another victim noted that the rear quarter panel of his RV had been struck, causing approximately $1,000 in damage. Still another victim reported that weedeaters, a trimmer, an edger and a blower valued at more than $1,200 were missing from his trailer. Pry marks were discovered on the trailer’s rear door.

••• JUNE 30 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was dispatched to a home on Sparrow Drive last Monday regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6 p.m. on Friday, June 27 and 9 a.m. on Monday, June 30, someone entered the victim’s unlocked 2008 Mazda CX6 and stole a .38 caliber Ruger revolver valued at $400 from the center console. The victim reviewed the complex’s security footage, but it did not show where her vehicle was parked. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 1 — Two homes on Ridgewood Circle in Madison Green reported vehicle burglaries to the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation on Tuesday, July 1. In the first incident, the victim’s vehicle was parked in the driveway overnight. Sometime between Monday, June 30 at 9 p.m. and Tuesday, July 1 at 2 a.m., the front passenger-side window was broken and the victim’s glove compartment was entered. A total of $239 in cash was removed from the vehicle. DNA evidence was collected, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report. In the second incident,

the victim’s vehicle was left unlocked in the driveway overnight, and sometime between Monday, June 30 at 10 p.m. and 9:15 a.m. the following morning, a handbag was stolen from the rear passenger seat. Items valued at $351 were reported missing. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 2 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was dispatched to a home on 75th Lane North last Wednesday afternoon regarding a case of vandalism. According to the report, sometime between noon on July 1 and noon the following day, six windows on the house had been broken, causing approximately $2,500 in damage.

It does not appear that anyone entered the home. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 5 — A Strathmore Gate West resident called the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach last Saturday regarding a case of credit card fraud. According to a PBSO report, the victim had noticed two days earlier that her wallet was missing from her purse.

The victim called her credit card company to cancel her cards and was advised that one of her cards had been used at various locations.

According to the report, a deputy was able to recover a photograph of the suspect, confirm the suspect’s identity and contact the suspect, Royal Palm Beach resident Jenna Gardner, who confessed to illegal transactions totaling $1,345.25.

She was arrested and charged with grand theft, forgery, fraud and the illegal use of credit cards.

JULY 5 — Two victims contacted the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation last Saturday regarding the theft of two wallets from the Madison Green Golf Course sometime between 8 and 9:15 a.m. last Friday. According to a PBSO report, the two men had left their wallets in their golf bags unattended for approximately 15 minutes. When they went to purchase refreshments, they discovered that the wallets were missing. There were no suspects at the time of the report, but surveillance video was available.

JULY 7 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called Monday afternoon to a home on Temple Blvd. regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 7 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. Monday, unknown perpetrator(s) broke the rear sliding glass door to the home and rummaged through dressers and closets, but it did not appear as though anything had been taken. There were no See BLOTTER, page 16

Acreage Crash Claims Life Of Motorcyclist

JULY 5 — A motorcyclist died last Saturday from injuries sustained during an accident at the intersection of Royal Palm Beach and Tangerine boulevards in The Acreage.

At approximately 8:15 p.m., a 2003 Ford van driven by Delores Marzan, 70, of West Palm Beach was traveling north on Royal Palm Beach Blvd., while a 1993 Kawasaki motorcycle driven by Deer Run resident Joshua Buck, 20, was traveling south on Royal

Palm Beach Blvd. As both vehicles approached Tangerine Blvd., the van began to turn left onto Tangerine in front of the motorcycle, and the two vehicles collided.

During the crash, the front of the motorcycle collided with the left front of the van, knocking Buck off the motorcycle and onto the pavement.

Both drivers were taken to the hospital, where Buck later died from injuries sustained during the crash.

Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s help in finding these wanted fugitives: • Christopher Brown is a black male, 5’7” tall and weighing 185 lbs., bald, with brown eyes. His date of birth is 04/27/56. Brown is wanted on felony charges for grand theft, unlawful possession of a stolen credit card and fraudulent use of a credit card. His last known address was Saratoga Blvd. in Royal Palm Beach. He is wanted as of 07/03/14.

• Julian Montes is a white male, 6’0” tall and weighing 200 lbs., with brown hair, brown eyes and multiple tattoos.

His date of birth is 05/06/93. Montes is wanted on felony charges for fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement and resisting a police officer. His is wanted on two misdemeanor charges for failure to appear in court for possession of marijuana. His last known addresses were Worchester Road in Lantana and Shoma Drive in Royal Palm Beach. He is wanted as of 07/03/14.

Remain anonymous and you may be eligible for up to a $1,000 reward.

Call Crime Stoppers at (800) 458-TIPS (8477) or visit www.crimestopperspbc. com.

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County Approves Five-Year Road Plan, Keeping Roebuck Road

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Commission approved its five-year road improvement plan last week with Roebuck Road intact despite an effort by Commissioner Paulette Burdick to have it removed.

At the July 1 meeting, officials from Royal Palm Beach, including Councilman Richard Valuntas, Vice Mayor Jeff Hmara and Village Manager Ray Liggins, made pleas to keep the road on the five-year plan, saying that it will be crucial in the future for transportation in the western communities.

At a recent Palm Beach County Metropolitan Planning Organization meeting, members, led by West Palm Beach representatives, voted to remove Roebuck Road from its Transportation Improvement Plan, although the MPO controls only state and federal money and is not financing the county project.

The county has already spent millions of dollars on planning and right-of-way acquisition for Roebuck Road.

Hmara said Roebuck Road would be a critical part of the transportation plan for Royal Palm Beach now that Okeechobee Blvd. can no longer be expanded.

“I’ve spoken to you about a number of things over the years, most recently about several major developments going on in the western communities,” Hmara said. “These developments no doubt will change the western communities forever. My intent

is to make sure that is a positive change.”

Hmara supported keeping Roebuck Road’s western extension.

“We are certain to see increases in road traffic, especially on Okeechobee and Southern boulevards,” he said. “My particular concern is Okeechobee. Increasing that traffic by thousands of cars, which is what the traffic estimates say, certainly will increase the demand on what is a fairly limited road network.”

Hmara added that Okeechobee Blvd. is physically constrained from adding more lanes. He asked the commissioners to closely monitor traffic there, and, if it reaches proportions that are not tolerable, to begin work on Roebuck Road’s western extension to State Road 7, as it is currently planned.

Liggins said he appreciated the efforts to keep Roebuck Road in the county’s five-year plan and asked that the county continue to do so.

“While it has always been in the fifth year, other improvements have taken place that have alleviated traffic on Okeechobee Blvd.,” he said. “When it was a four-lane road and became over capacity, the six-lane relieved that, and now we have the final eight-lane road, which was a grant agreement with the state and the county. There was also an assurance that we would protect that roadway from future development and failing again.

There is no tenth lane planned for the future. Roebuck Road is that tenth lane.”

Liggins said that every planning

effort to date has shown a need for the road.

“The need hasn’t been there because of the economy for the last five years,” Liggins said. “We do see that coming back, and the projection is there. To be a sustainable community, our residents need to get to their jobs. With Okeechobee failing, it becomes much more unbearable on the community.”

Commissioner Jess Santamaria pointed out that Roebuck Road’s extension was a requirement of West Palm Beach’s westward expansion, put on the map along with approving three large communities along Okeechobee Blvd.

“They started with River Walk, then Andros Isle, then Baywinds, each one high-density developments of small, zero-lot-line homes, attached villas and townhouses, condominiums and apartments, each one packing as many homes as possible into a land area,” Santamaria said.

Traffic relievers such as Roebuck Road were required by that approval, he noted.

“The county commissioners and engineers at that time realized the impact on Okeechobee and felt there was a need to alleviate that impact through Roebuck Road,” Santamaria said. “To get the approvals for those high-density developments, West Palm Beach then made a contractual agreement that there would be this road to mitigate the impact of their developments. That was the common knowledge, that was the logic, that was the reasoning.”

Santamaria added that he did not

find the logic in the developments being built on environmentally sensitive land and then objecting to the construction of required roads on environmental grounds.

“There is hypocrisy here among some individuals,” he said, adding that with the recovering economy, the need for Roebuck Road is returning.

Palm Beach County Vice Mayor Paulette Burdick said the way of looking at things has changed from 20 years ago.

“There is nothing more important to the residents of Palm Beach County than to have clean water,” Burdick said. “This Roebuck Road goes right through Grassy Waters, which provides water for the City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, South Palm Beach, and it’s conceivable that in the future, because of saltwater intrusion, it may lend aid to other coastal cities. What happened in decisions made 20 years ago should not force us to continue to make a bad decision today.”

Burdick, who sits on the MPO, said there was extensive discussion about the three roads that border Grassy Waters Preserve, and it was decided that there was no significant benefit for Roebuck Road.

Palm Beach County Mayor Priscilla Taylor pointed out that there is a significant buffer between the Roebuck Road right of way and the preserve.

Palm Beach County Engineer George Webb also pointed out that the Roebuck Road easement does not go through the preserve.

“The right of way is there, and you, the Board of County Commissioners, control that right of way,” Webb said.

He added that the traffic count on Okeechobee Blvd. between Jog Road and SR 7 went up 6 percent in 2014. “That’s an incredible jump,” Webb said.

Commissioner Shelley Vana favored keeping Roebuck Road in the plan.

“This has been historically a very contentious situation, but we do need east-west relievers, and this has been one that we, in good faith, apparently made commitments, and so did West Palm Beach,” Vana said. “We need to make sure that in the squeeze,

Royal Palm Beach doesn’t get squeezed out.”

Commissioner Mary Lou Berger said she did not believe anything had changed in that area except the traffic, and she would support keeping Roebuck Road in the fiveyear plan. Commissioner Steven Abrams also supported Webb’s recommendation to keep Roebuck Road in the five-year plan.

Burdick made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Hal Valeche, to have Roebuck Road removed, which failed 5-2.

Abrams subsequently made a motion to approve the five-year plan as submitted by staff, which carried 6-1, with Burdick dissenting.

WELLINGTON POOL FUN

On Friday, July 4, Wellington began its Fourth of July celebration with a Patriotic Pool Party at the Wellington Aquatic Complex. The party began at noon and ended just before 2 p.m. due to inclement weather.

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Missionaries From St. Michael Church Help Children In Haiti

By Fabiana Otero Town-Crier Staff Report Three members from St. Michael Lutheran Church in Wellington went on a mission trip to Haiti in May aimed at bringing school supplies to a schoolhouse in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince.

Youth Director Tim Warner, Director of Ministries Ryan Arnold and volunteer Steve Rizzo were in Haiti from Sunday, May 4 through Saturday, May 10. They teamed up with three others from Advent Lutheran Church in Boca Raton.

Because Haiti lacks proper municipal services and native industry, the price of goods such as needed school supplies is highly inflated. Though the amount of supplies they could take with them on the plane was limited, each person managed to bring about 75 pounds of school supplies.

Upon arrival, Rizzo, Warner and Arnold ventured to a compound funded mostly by Florida churches, which runs the school, orphanage, Hope House missionary and the Village of Hope.

The Village of Hope, run by

a missionary family from Buffalo, N.Y., is part of the Lazarus Project, bringing faith, education and health to local children. It has a year-round function that is constantly opening its arms to missionary teams.

The three men provided five days of Bible school to students in first through fifth grade. The students engaged in arts, crafts and games, and showed the visitors their love for balloons and Oreo cookies.

Apart from their time in the schoolhouse, the men were also well-hosted by the missionary family at Hope House in Croixdes-Bouquets. “They helped keep us focused but relaxed, and shared meals, nightly devotions and fellowship each evening,” Warner said.

While they toured Haiti, the team saw many downtrodden areas. Haiti is still recovering from a long history of unrest, punctuated by hurricanes, earthquakes and cholera outbreaks. Though most of the tent cities that sprung up after Haiti’s devastating 2010 earth-

(Above) Village of Hope students enjoy their balloon gifts. (Right) Ryan Arnold, Steve Rizzo and Tim Warner in front of a Village of Hope mural.

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quake have been cleaned out in Port-au-Prince, many dilapidated concrete buildings still show signs of the tragedy’s aftermath.

One of the more somber experiences the group had was visiting mass graves from the 2010 earthquake. A once deep ravine is now the final resting place for some 50,000 victims. A sea of marked

and unmarked crosses scatter the landscape.

The men were provided guides/ translators for their stay, one of whom was a former Riviera Beach resident, who mentioned that Haiti’s government has improved markedly in recent years. There are also notable investments in solar power in the main cities.

While visiting a local supermarket, located near the American embassy and United Nations mission, Rizzo stumbled upon the reality of inflated goods: a single quart of Mott’s apple juice cost $16. In the United States, that same bottle of juice would cost just a fraction.

The trip also served a social function, as the visiting missionar-

ies made connections with other mission groups in the compound.

St. Michael hopes to send another mission to the Lazarus Project next year and become even more involved in its services.

St. Michael Lutheran Church is located at 1925 Birkdale Drive.

For info., call (561) 793-4999 or visit www.stmichaelelc.com.

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Zolet Arts Academy held a summer art camp June 23-26 in the original Wellington Mall. Campers got to experience working with a variety of art media including painting, papier mache and wood.

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ROYAL PALM BEACH CELEBRATES THE FOURTH OF JULY AT COMMONS PARK

The Village of Royal Palm Beach celebrated the Fourth of July last Friday with its annual Star-Spangled Spectacular at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. There was a kids fun zone with arts and crafts as well as bounce houses and slides, food trucks and vendors.

PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER After the rain subsided, everyone was treated to a spectacular fireworks display.

Olivia McCormick and Angelina Guthrie paint ceramics.

Martha Webster, Linda Smith and Marcia Berwick sell apple pie to benefit the Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club.

Jose Laguna and Marcie Stern of Sugar Dreams Cupcake Company sell whimsical cupcakes.

Royal Palm Beach Mayor Matty Mattioli and Councilman Richard Valuntas have a relaxing evening.

Ryan Pinto and Royal Palm Beach Councilman Fred Pinto enjoy food from Tree’s Wings & Ribs.

Claire and Tony Sapienza, Mayor Matty Mattioli, Linda Stefancik, Diane Di Santo and Nancy Tringali.

Rich Ivancic, Eric Gordon and Lynn Balch.

Colonial militia re-enactors dressed in period garb.

Margi, Jackson and Joe Herb have some sparkler fun.

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Royal Palm Beach Rotary Awards Scholarships To RPBHS Seniors

At its final meeting of the year, the Rotary Club of Royal Palm Beach awarded the Todd Robiner Scholarship to five Royal Palm Beach High School students.

The students and a guest enjoyed breakfast at the club’s weekly meeting at Friendly’s, and spoke to the club about their accomplishments and plans for the future.

Bethany Alex will be attending the University of Tennessee and will major in political science; Chris Micciche, who is also the president of the school’s Interact Club, will be attending Palm Beach State College and majoring in accounting; Nandan Patel is going to Wake Forest University and majoring in oncology; Kimberly Rapp will be attending Florida

International University and majoring in criminal justice; and Adrienne Edwards will be attending the University of Maryland.

Each scholarship recipient received a check for $1,000 toward next year’s tuition.

The scholarship was named in memory of Todd Robiner, a popular pre-med student who excelled in academics, athletics and music.

He was a fiery football player, a championship wrestler, a talented musician and a scholar at Palm Beach Lakes High School in West Palm Beach.

He was a credit to his family, his friends and his community in true Rotary tradition before losing his battle with leukemia and passing away at the age of 21.

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AUSTIN COLEMAN GRADUATES NNPTC WITH DISTINCTION

Pictured (L-R) Scholarship Committee Chair Steve Logan with Bethany Alex, Chris Micciche, Nandan Patel, Kimberly Rapp and Club President Selena Smith. Not shown: Adrienne Edwards.

Disney Professionals Work Their Magic On Performers From KWP Productions

Recently, 15 teen performers from Palm Beach County’s KWP Productions took part in a workshop sponsored by Disney in Orlando. The training event, which was on Beauty and the Beast, took place Saturday, June 14.

A professional Disney performer took the group through the same rehearsal process used for Disney Broadway musicals, during which they learned to emphasize the importance of a proper warmup before any performance or rehearsal; rehearse choreography by lyrics rather than by counts; focus on breath control and diction integrated with movement; make appropriate vocal/acting choices for a musical composition and its lyrics; analyze what makes a musical different from a play; examine how body language, facial expressions and vocal dynamics are key elements in defining story and character; discover techniques for quickly learning and remembering movement and lyrics; discuss the roles of director, music director, stage manager, technical crew and choreographer; and understand the purpose of blocking and staging and learn theater-staging terminology.

The instructor had high praise for the professionalism of the group.

Created in partnership with Dis-

ney on Broadway, this workshop blends Disney magic with the glitz of live musical theater. Students performed a number from Beauty and the Beast and learned about the elements required to bring the show together, including music, staging, costuming and props.

The performance, scheduled for the open-air Waterfront Stage in Downtown Disney, met with a major thunderstorm. The performance had to end early because of the weather, but the KWP company teens made the best of it, visiting all the theme parks, bowling at Splitsville USA and attending a special VIP seating and student/performer discussion at the Beauty and the Beast show at Disney Hollywood Studios.

Company members who attended the workshop and participated in the performance were: Elli Brown (NYC/Palm Beach Gardens), Neena Caperna (Jupiter), Sydney Carbo (Stuart), Jaycie Cohen (Lake Worth), Angelo Ferraro (Lake Worth), Alfredo Gonzalez (West Palm Beach), Sarah Hardwick (Lake Worth), Jake Howard (Boynton Beach), Kyle Kniseley (Jupiter), Raina Rodriguez (West Palm Beach), Laura Romero (Palm Beach Gardens), Alec Ruiz (Wellington), Analisa Ruiz (Wellington), Amisha Russell (Palm Beach Gardens) and

Savannah Schneider (Palm Beach Gardens). The teens’ director and musical director also attended: Kim Rommel-Enright (Jupiter) and Helen Buttery (Lake Worth).

Proceeds from the group’s spring fundraiser show, Pure Magic, provided bus transportation to and from Orlando. Two of the performers left for college immediately following the trip: Jake Howard (UCF) and Alec

Ruiz (FSU). Elli Brown is headed to Italy in July to perform.

KWP Productions is dedicated to inspiring the next generation of performers and theatre goers, and strives to teach actors about the craft of acting, as well as the process it takes to create a full-scale production. Auditions are open to the public and there is no fee to participate in shows. For more information, call (561) 339-4687.

Derek Rodriguez Graduates U.S. Air Force Basic Training

Air Force Airman Derek O. Rodriguez 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.

Rodriguez is the son of Orland W. Rodriguez and Diana L. Rodriguez. He is a 2010 graduate of Park Vista High School.

Robert O’Hearn Named To Saint Vincent College Spring Dean’s List

Robert O’Hearn of suburban Lake Worth was among 576 students named to the Dean’s List at Saint Vincent College in Pennsylvania for the spring 2014

semester. In order to qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must achieve a semester grade point average of 3.5 or better out of a possible 4.0.

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Third Class Petty Officer Austin R. Coleman recently graduated with distinction from Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC) in Goose Creek, S.C. Coleman completed a 24-week classroom course designed to teach the basic knowledge necessary to understand the theory and operation of naval nuclear propulsion plants. Following graduation, he will be assigned to one of the program’s prototype propulsion plants in New York or moored training ships in South Carolina for 24 weeks of additional classroom and hands-on training. Shown here is Admiral John M. Richardson presenting Coleman with his certificate of completion.

Emily May On President’s List At Northwood U.

Northwood University’s Florida campus recently announced that Emily R. May is among the students listed on the President’s List for the 2013-14 spring term.

In order to achieve President’s List status, students must have earned a minimum grade point average of 3.85 for the term.

Northwood University is com-

mitted to the most personal attention to prepare students for success in their careers and in their communities. It promotes critical thinking skills and personal effectiveness, and the importance of ethics, individual freedom and responsibility.

For more information, visit www.northwood.edu.

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Palm Beach State Still Has The Lowest Tuition In State

With no tuition increases for three straight years, Palm Beach State College continues to have the lowest tuition in Florida among public four-year colleges and universities, and it now has the sixth-lowest in the nation, according to new data compiled by the U.S. Department of Education.

The Department of Education recently released the updated college cost list on its College Affordability and Transparency Center. Based on 2012-13 data, the list shows that PBSC’s yearly tuition for a full-time student was $2,324, while the national average for public four-year colleges and universities was $7,407. The national ranking is one notch better than last year, when PBSC had the seventh-lowest tuition.

“The fact that Palm Beach State College has low tuition is a good thing,” said Karla Registre, vice president of the Student Government Association on the Lake Worth campus. “When I was applying to colleges, I was planning to go to a university, but when I checked out tuition, I realized that was just way too much for me to live on my own. I knew my financial aid was not going to cover those kinds of prices, and I would end up having to taking out loans, which I really did not want

to do at this point. I looked at Palm Beach State College, and I realized it was the best option because you basically do get the same thing but just at a lower price.”

The College Affordability and Transparency Center allows students and families to search for costs in various categories, including highest and lowest tuition and net prices, which is the cost of attendance minus grants and scholarship assistance, for public and private for-profit and nonprofit, four-year and two-year institutions. A total of 4,269 institutions are included on the combined lists.

The DOE first launched the online center in 2011 to comply with the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. It provides more comprehensive information for parents and students about college costs, allowing them to make informed decisions. At that time, based on 2009-10 data, PBSC had the ninth-lowest tuition in the nation.

Trustees recently approved the college’s 2014-15 fiscal year budget, which called for tuition for students pursuing associate’s degrees and certificates to remain flat for the third year in a row. The tuition for bachelor’s degree courses, regulated by the Florida Legislature, also will remain unchanged for the second year in a row.

SCHOOL NEWS

Karen Brill Installed As President Of Florida Consortium Of School Boards

Palm Beach County School Board Member Karen Brill was installed as president of the Greater Florida Consortium of School Boards at the Florida School Board Association’s 2014 Annual Summer Conference in Tampa Bay. The consortium is comprised of 11 coastal school districts representing more than 42 percent of Florida’s public school students, 55 percent of the state’s property tax base and 51 percent of Florida’s legislative members.

The 11 school districts that form the consortium are: Indian River, St. Lucie, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Collier,

to art contest winners, and $1,000 was awarded to the schools of each video contest winner.

Art contest winners included Deseray Johnson, Freedom Shores Elementary School; Gaby Carrilla, Waters Edge Elementary School; Colm Foley, Bright Futures Academy, Benjamin Rosenthal, Waters Edge Elementary School; Claire Stabile, Boca Raton Middle School; Rose Jacques, Lantana Middle School; Stephanie Garcia, Pahokee Middle School; Kristen Thies, Crestwood Middle School; Fernanda Hernandez, Pahokee High School; Jessica Hernandez, Pahokee High School; Thandekile Otto, South Tech Preparatory Academy; and Adriana Carrillo, Pahokee High School.

Video contest winners were Diamond View and Seminole Trails elementary schools.

Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota and Pinellas counties. The group’s goal is to increase the average funding per student to ensure that Florida is in the top half of the states and can provide a world-class education to enable its students to compete and excel in the global marketplace.

“The Greater Florida Consortium of School Boards has the potential to help shape the future of Florida’s public education system,” Brill said. “I am deeply honored to serve as its president as we explore new ways of collaborating to meet the needs of the students we serve.”

Brill has been a resident of

Palm Beach County for 25 years.

She has been actively involved in public education for more than 20 years. In addition to serving as school board member for District 3, she currently serves on the board of directors of the Education Commission of Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach County Education Foundation, the Palm Beach Community Alliance and the COBWRA Education Committee.

Brill graduated summa cum laude from Palm Beach Atlantic College with a bachelor’s degree and also received her MBA from Palm Beach Atlantic University.

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RPB’s Western Academy Tops In FCAT Scores

District Announces 2014 Summer Reading Art And Video Contest Winners

The School District of Palm Beach County, the Pew Foundation and Barnes & Noble recently joined forces to inspire summer reading in Palm Beach County.

Students in grades K-12 created original drawings and videos that were imaginative, inspirational, and fun.

The contest’s theme, “Books and Summer Fun,” was designed to help students visually experience the fun of summer reading and deter the summer learning loss. Research shows that most students lose about two months of grade level equivalency over the summer. Engaging students in summer reading and learning diminishes the summer learning loss and gives students continuous opportunities to explore and learn.

Certificates and Nook Simple Touch devices were distributed

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Western Academy students at work in the classroom.

Currently ranked in the top 20 percent of all schools in Florida, Western Academy Charter School in Royal Palm Beach has once again shown its outstanding teaching abilities.

The 2014 FCAT scores have been released, and Western Academy beat the Palm Beach County School District and State of Florida in every grade and test, with the exception of fourth grade writing.

Eighth graders ranked in first place for the entire district, while seventh graders tied for first place in math. Sixth-grade math scores ranked No. 2 in the entire district, while 100 percent of Western Academy students passed Algebra 1, with one student earning a perfect score.

“As a charter school, we are free to focus on our students and teachers,” Principal Linda Ter-

ranova said. “We are not bogged down by the district mandates and constant changes. We can focus on the students and on providing a high-quality academic program.

Continually high scores like these are what drove our decision to expand and create a STEAM Academy and push our students even higher. Our scores beat the district’s and state’s year after year.

So, we are obviously doing the right things.”

Western Academy was designed as an innovative alternative to traditional public school education and opened its doors in 2003.

Designated by the Florida Department of Education as a High Performing Charter School and a 5 Star School, it has been an “A” school since 2006. It is also rated “A+” by the Florida Consortium of Charter Schools.

The school currently serves 385 students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

The school’s mission is to equip all children with the skills necessary for success on both an educational and social level. Western Academy addresses the whole child through a multi-sensory approach to learning.

The school will begin a new STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math) Academy in August as a special academy within the current middle school.

It will start with sixth grade and roll up each year into a full middle school program.

Western Academy is located at 650 Royal Palm Beach Blvd., Suite 300, in Royal Palm Beach.

For more information, call (561) 792-4123 or visit www.western academycharter.com.

Summer Reading Tips From Sylvan Learning Centers

The experts at Sylvan Learning Centers don’t believe that summer break from school should also be a break from learning.

A recent survey from Sylvan Learning found that on average, kids spend significantly more of their free time playing outside (30 percent), playing video games (17 percent) and watching TV (18 percent) than reading (12 percent).

But research has shown that kids should read at least five books over the summer, yet 46 percent of tweens are reading four or fewer books, according to their parents.

To help parents get kids excit-

ed to read this summer, Sylvan Learning has compiled a summer reading list for tweens in grades four through eight, based on the most popular books on Sylvan’s Book Adventure web site, www. bookadventure.com.

Top books include: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the Harry Potter series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Hunger Games series, Charlotte’s Web, Hatchet, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Holes, and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

The learning specialists at Syl-

van Learning in the Wellington area also offer the following advice to help parents get their kids excited about reading this summer.

Let Kids Choose: Instead of requiring kids to read the classics over the summer, let them choose a book they are interested in reading.

Rewards Can Work: So many of today’s popular tween books are also movies, and a trip to the movies can be a great reward for finishing a book.

Find out what their friends are reading: According to parents, the most popular genres among

tweens are humor, fantasy, action adventure, science fiction and books made into movies.

For additional information on Sylvan Learning, contact Larry Sugar of Sylvan Learning in Lake Worth at (561) 432-0444 or Penny Loome of Sylvan Learning in Boca Raton at (561) 391-0707.

With more than 30 years of experience and more than 800 locations throughout North America, Sylvan Learning is the leading provider of personal learning for students in grades K-12. For more info., call (800) 31-SUCCESS, or visit www.sylvanlearning.com.

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GOV. SCOTT HONORS LOCAL VETERANS DURING VISIT TO WEST PALM BEACH

Gov. Rick Scott presented the Governor’s Veterans Service Awards to local veterans on Tuesday, July 1 at Callaway Armory HQ in West Palm Beach. The ceremony honored Florida veterans and military personnel. Vendors were also on hand to give out literature with information and resources to help veterans obtain benefits, services and employment opportunities. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Gov. Rick Scott looked on as his wife, Ann Scott, places an award around Marty Goffe’s neck.

Florida Highway Patrol members receive their awards.

Jerry Klein, Tom Wenham and Jeff Hmara.

Project 425 members Gene Braxton, Mike Carroll, Mike Arcuri, Major Gen. Wayne Jackson, Bill Arcuri, Lila Arcuri, Bill Jeczlik and Sgt. Wayne Jackson.

Major Gen. Wayne Jackson, Gov. Rick Scott, Sgt. Wayne Jackson, Ann Scott and Major Gen. Emmett Titshaw.

Major Gen. Emmett Titshaw; Gov. Rick and Ann Scott; Mike, Lila and Bill Arcuri; and FDVA Inspector General Tim Ferguson.

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My Husband Is Perfect... Except When He’s Extremely Annoying

Let me begin by saying, I love my husband. He is kind, gentle and smart.

He loves children and animals. He has the manners of a southern gentleman.

But...

Oh, yes, there’s a “but.” Because the nature of any long-term relationship, especially marriage, is that the very things that once attracted you to this person now drive you crazy. Aesop wrote, “Familiarity breeds contempt.” Mark Twain added “… and children.”

When we were dating, Mark had only one quirk that I just didn’t understand.

It happened every time we went out to dinner.

He would call well in advance to ask

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The Sonic BOOMER me out, pick me up at my door (often with flowers in hand), hold the car door open for me, drive carefully, park the car so I wouldn’t step into a puddle, rush around the side to let me out, walk me to the restaurant, open that door for me, pull out my chair for me, ask me what I wanted to

eat and drink, order for me and delight me with witty conversation.

Then our food would come, and, without fail, he would reach his fork over and eat something off my plate.

Off my plate! That is not good manners.

The first time it happened, I was shocked, but he is a bit of a gourmand, so I let it pass. Maybe my order so intrigued him he just had to taste it. The next time it happened, I quietly asked him if he wanted to trade plates. He responded with a “no” but offered me some of his food. (Off his plate? No!) We did get married, but I swear to you if he continues to do this, I am leaving him. I sit there at mealtime with my fork

hidden in my lap, ready to strike if he so much as reaches toward my plate. I will stab his hand with my fork. I will.

What I want to say is: “Leave my food alone! You have your own food! Keep your skanky old fork away from my stuff!”

But I suffer in silence. Why? Love.

Another thing he does is twiddle with the air conditioning in the car. I don’t touch it when he’s in there. I believe that the driver of the car is the master of his domain — the in-car temperature, the music, the speed. I grit my teeth and put up with it because, when I’m driving, I want things my way.

But let’s say I’m too cold. Let’s say that one of us likes arctic air blasting in his face

until icicles form on his mustache, and one of us doesn’t. If I am cold, I timidly reach over and adjust my vent. (I do have control over my vent.) I point it up or down or away from me until the air is just right.

That’s when Mark reaches over (maybe it’s because he is kind and sensitive... I don’t know what his excuse is) and changes the temperature.

Listen, buddy, I have just ever-so-meekly adjusted my vent so that everything is perfect based on your original setting.

Now you have altered that setting so my vents are incorrect again. If I readjust them, he will look at me and ask, “Well, are you cold or are you hot?” I don’t want See WELKY, page 16

The School System Needs To Do A Better Job Educating Boys

At a time when media reports describe the downfall of public school systems, some of the real issues get at least somewhat overlooked. Time recently had an article from Christina Hoff Sommers pointing out that in most schools, boys are no more than targets. Her main theme is that boys are treated like defective girls.

Unfortunately, that leads to far more suspensions for boys, often for minor things, and many boys fall behind in their studies, uninterested in school. Many schools are failing boys, and that is one factor leading to the collapse of public school systems.

As a former high school teacher, I recognize that Sommers has valid points.

I enjoyed working with well-behaved female students. They were polite and respectful. Their homework usually came in on time. They raised their hands at least some of the time. All of that made me feel successful. Boys were far more of a wild card: some behaved and did their work

‘I’ On CULTURE

By Leonard Wechsler as well as the girls, but others were quite challenging. The smart ones put up good arguments, and after a while, I came to enjoy them. I generally won because I usually knew more than they did. Social studies is a great area for that; I read a lot and had been doing so for years. But many of the questions were good ones and forced me to think. As I grew older, I began to realize that it was those more aggressive, intelligent boys who forced me to rethink my assumptions and often caused changes in my lessons. Of course,

the boys who were not as smart were often a pain.

The real problem in our schools, however, is centered on the early grades. In recent decades, there have been very few male teachers. The feminization of elementary schools has left boys in bad shape.

The idea that boys are different from girls, and not just because of their plumbing, is often rejected. But when we grasp the idea that many current elementary schools are designed by women for future women, it becomes clear that they are often not meeting the needs of boys.

Recess has been sharply curtailed, even though boys need more time running around. Many of the basic games they played years ago are now out because they are considered too competitive, too open for possible bullying or possibly leaving schools open to lawsuits. And as boys get restless, they get into trouble. As recess time shrinks, diagnoses of attention deficit

hyperactivity disorder increase.

Another issue is that reading materials are often selected by women. Males and females have different interests. Girls like fiction; boys like nonfiction. They like different kinds of stories. Yet overwhelmingly, reading choices are focused on the interests of girls. Female teachers, never having been male, look at lists made up by other females about what boys should like. And they are often wrong, and the boys turn off.

Another problem is that boys, particularly those who are restless and bored, can get into minor scrapes. I have written about kids suspended for pointing fingers at each other as if they are shooting or for biting pastries in ways that make them, in the eyes of teachers, look like guns.

One boy was remanded for psychological testing because he drew a picture of sword fighting. Did that mean he was dangerous?

More likely it meant he was a boy.

As someone who will become the grandfather of a boy in a few months, I have a great deal of concern about his future when he goes to school, even some of the good ones here in the western communities. The problem is becoming larger and is one reason for the rapid growth of charter schools. As I drive around, I see several buildings going up for these schools in an area where we have schools rated “A.” I spoke to one charter school founder who told me that concerned parents want changes, often for their sons.

At a time when school systems are struggling to survive, we need change.

New Orleans no longer has a regular school system: All its children are in charter or private schools. To prevent similar collapses, one change has to focus on improving performance by our boys. If not, parents will opt out of the regular system, and that could lead to its destruction.

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Wellington To Offer Free Summertime Fun Camp

From Monday, July 28 through Friday, Aug. 1, Wellington’s Community Services Department will offer its Summertime Fun Camp in the multi-purpose fields behind Tiger Shark Cove Park.

The event, organized in coordination with Wellington’s Interfaith Group and the Wellington Preservation Coalition, will provide a free camp to Wellington youth ages 5 to 16 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily.

Youth can participate in flag football, kickball, soccer, ultimate Frisbee and various arts & crafts.

Lunch will be provided to each child in attendance. But hurry — there are only 25 slots left.

Liability waivers signed by a parent or guardian are required for each child to participate and can be found at www.wellingtonfl. gov. Waivers can be e-mailed to mtuckwood@wellingtonfl.gov or dropped off at the Community Services Office at 1100 Wellington Trace. Space is limited and slots

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For more information on the Summertime Fun Camp, call (561) 791-4796.

Sheriff’s Office In ‘Harmony’ With Local Youth

The Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches is providing a free weeklong day camp in Wellington that allows children to participate in various outdoor activities and develop positive esteem.

“Harmony in the Streets” is a community program for boys and girls that emphasizes respect for others and promotes healthy relationships with local law enforcement officers.

The camp will be held from Monday, July 21 through Friday, July 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Wellington Boys & Girls Club. A maximum number of 60 children can participate in the program.

Funding is provided by dedicated individuals, community-based groups and a strong commitment from Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw.

The mission of the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches is to prevent juvenile delinquency and develop lawful, productive citizens through a broad range of family-centered services.

The charitable, nonprofit corporation was founded by the Florida Sheriffs Association and operates four residential child-care campuses and two youth camps. Additionally, it provides community-based services and family counseling to many of Florida’s neglected, troubled children. Voluntary contributions are the primary source of funding, especially through gifts made in wills and trusts.

The Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches is nationally accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children and the American Camp Association. For more information, visit www.youthranches.org.

Olympia Park To Host Little League Tourney

The Village of Wellington will host the State of Florida Little League Intermediate Division

Baseball Tournament from Friday, July 11 through Sunday, July 13.

All activities will be held at Wellington’s Olympia Park baseball complex located at 9840 Stribling Way. Opening ceremonies will take place on Friday, July 11 at 5:30 p.m. and will include team introductions and a home run hitting contest. Games begin on Saturday, July 12 at 9 a.m. and continue throughout the day and evening.

The championship game is scheduled for Sunday, July 13 at noon.

Wellington Rolling Out New ‘Trash Can Plan’

This summer, in an effort to keep neighborhoods beautiful, Wellington’s Community Services Department is rolling out its new Trash Can Plan.

The plan, organized in part by a High School Summer Service Program student, will have staff working with volunteers to label trash cans in the White Pine, Hawthorne, Periwinkle and Goldenrod neighborhoods.

Each can in these communities

will receive a label that will be tied to the SKU number already present on the receptacle. In the future, if a labeled can is left out past the allowable timeframe, a code compliance officer will be able to enforce applicable ordinances.

For questions about the program, call (561) 791-4796.

Wellington Water Disinfection Process To Begin

Residents within Wellington’s water service area might notice a slight chlorine taste and odor in the drinking water from Saturday, July 12 through Monday, July 28.

This is due to a temporary change in the water disinfection process.

The water disinfection process will change from the present combined chlorine treatment to a temporary free chlorine treatment.

Periodic use of this temporary treatment process is recommended by the health department as a precautionary measure to ensure that water to customers remains free of bacteria. These temporary conditions will not cause adverse health effects for normal usage.

Due to the temporary change in the disinfection process, specialized users of water — such as tropical fish owners, residents with pools, businesses, hospitals and blood/dialysis clinics — may need to make adjustments in order to continue to maintain their present water quality parameters.

If you have any questions, call Water Treatment Facility Supervisor Karla Berroteran (561) 791-4037 or Village Engineer Bill Riebe at (561) 791-4000.

Candidates Forum July 16

The Puerto Rican/Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will host a business, educational and social event on Wednesday, July 16 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at NBC NewsChannel 5, 1100 Banyan Blvd., West Palm Beach.

The event will include a 2014 Palm Beach County Candidates Forum. Admission is free for members and $10 for non-members. It includes complimentary drinks and hors d’oeuvres.

For more information, call the chamber at (561) 889-6527 or visit www.prhchamber.com.

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Food Trucks 5:00 PM – 10:30 PM Neil Diamond Tribute at 6:30 PM ‘80s Tribute by Lazy Bones Band at 8:30 PM

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Rio 2 (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:30 PM Tribute Concerts & Food Trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 PM – 10:30 PM Almost Manilow Tribute to Barry Manilow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 PM Studio 54 Band ‘70s Tribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:30 PM Cloud 9 (TVG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:30 PM Tribute Concerts & Food Trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 PM – 10:30 PM Tribute to Neil Diamond by Neil Zirconia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 PM Lazy Bones Band ‘80s Tribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:30 PM Despicable Me 2 (PG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:30 PM

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continued from page 1 to Basin A by installing larger culverts in the C-2 Canal along Ousley Farms Road, installing a new gate structure to prevent shortcircuiting and localized flooding, and widening the C-2 Canal by about 25 feet for about 300 linear feet above Pump Station 8 to allow for its full operation. The estimated cost for this project would be $921,200.

Second would be South Shore Blvd. drainage improvements between Lake Worth Road and 50th Street South, installing larger stormwater piping, inlets and swales at an estimated cost of $940,000.

Items 3 through 6 improved water conveyance in four canals, generally aimed at improving conveyance from the southern Basin B to then northern Basin A, at a total cost of almost $5.8 million.

Item 7 would be Forest Hill Blvd. drainage improvements and C-13 Canal conveyance between South Shore Blvd. and Wellington Trace North in order to improve safety and access during flood events by minimizing standing and flowing water on the roadway, at a cost of about $2.7 million.

Under the Acme proposal, the improvements would be made over several years, eliminating the need to borrow money, Riebe said.

He said all the projects are within the boundaries of the Acme Improvement District and are on public lands, so no additional land would be required. He added that an important consideration in coming up with the list was for the benefits to be greater than the cost.

The benefits include reduced property damage; reduced loss

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Meeting At SRHS

continued from page 1 when a road needs to be widened: wait until others make the improvement with their money, reduce the development size to not require the improvement or pay for part of the total improvement and impact on the road. Paying for part is known as Prop Share, which is the significant difference between the current and former development options and leaves the remainder of the cost to be collected before renovations can be made.

The current priorities for using Prop Share funds from Minto include improving Seminole Pratt Whitney Road and Okeechobee Blvd. Independent of whatever happens with Minto West, there are already plans to widen, construct and improve various sections of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road, Northlake Blvd. and State Road 7, County Engineer George Webb said.

During time for questions, Indian Trail Improvement District President Carol Jacobs brought up the issue of Minto West’s increased traffic using Acreage roads paid for by approximately 50,000 residents who will be negatively affected.

A number of other residents also asked about road issues and whose responsibility it will be to finance road repairs.

“This developer has already decided that they will use certain roads that are in the Indian Trail Improvement District, yet they are located in the Seminole Improvement District,” said Karen Ahnk, a 20-year Acreage resident. “Now, you talked about Prop Share, which really gets me

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Appraisal Concerns

continued from page 1 should move forward with the purchase, it would reroute the drainage system completely around the residential area to provide a complete buffer.

Mayor Bob Margolis asked about the highest appraisal, and O’Dell said Anderson & Carr provides clients with the “highest and best use” for the property, even if that use is unlikely. “That is one of the issues that we had,” O’Dell said.

Margolis also noted that the appraisal of $1.27 million by S.F. Holden and the $700,000 by Callaway & Price both were based on the land’s use as a golf course or for civic use.

“I’m trying to understand why there is a $500,000 difference if both are looking basically at a passive use,” Margolis said.

O’Dell said the Callaway & Price appraisal focused solely on golf courses, whereas the S.F. Holden appraisal was primarily for a park use, but did consider other possible uses, such as an assistedliving facility or nursing home.

Margolis also asked what the total usable space would be by the

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NEWS of use, productivity and income; improved safety and access; and improved system performance.

“The quantified estimated benefits are about $31.9 million,” Riebe said, pointing out that they significantly exceed the estimated total cost of $23.3 million. “That’s a conservative estimate. It only includes the benefits resulting from the reduced loss of income as a result of severe or heavy rainstorm events and the fact that people can’t freely go to and from their houses to work and so on.”

Riebe pointed out that there are a number of different financing options to deliver the program.

“One would be a one-time charge,” he said. “It’s not recommended, but it would be a one-time charge of about $845 [per unit].”

A pay-as-you-go strategy over a 10-year period, would require an annual assessment at about $104 per unit, which would generate about $27.3 million.

“We can always borrow money,” Riebe said.

A 10-year loan would cost about $116 per assessment unit, with a total cost of about $30 million. A 20-year bond would cost $69.24 annually per assessment unit.

“The assessment is equally distributed based upon acreage, and there is no change to the assessment method,” he said.

Resident Gil Hallenbeck, who lives on about 30 acres in Basin B, said he did not understand spending $23 million to $30 million when the report points out that flooding on property will not be reduced significantly, with an increased assessment to homeowners of about 50 percent.

Resident Mike Nelson questioned the economic loss estimates and the need for the projects.

“How many complaints did we actually have from the residents that they were flooded in their

homes?” Nelson asked. “People in Wellington are fairly resilient.

We take things as they come to us, and we overcome them. I think it’s a slam to the residents to say we’re going to spend $23 million because we want to make sure you can drive on every single road. The system was designed to have the roads underwater. That’s why your houses are at 18 feet above sea level, the middle of your road is at 16. The system worked perfectly. Did we have any water in our houses? Absolutely none.”

Nelson added that the problem is the permitted discharge rate from the SFWMD. Councilwoman Anne Gerwig pointed out that in some of the modeling, the water levels actually increase a half-foot during flooding, and Riebe said that was in Basin A where flooding was not as significant, and pulls water from Basin B, which experienced higher water because the current system could not pull the water out.

“We’re moving water around in the system so that it’s more equalized,” Riebe said.

Gerwig added that she has difficulty placing the entire burden on Acme residents when some of the improvements, such as on Forest Hill Blvd., would have a regional impact.

Vice Mayor John Greene also questioned spending $23 million on projects that had debatable benefits.

“We’re faced with a climate that periodically we’re going to have a lot of rain,” Greene said. “I think it’s just part of the trade-off and the lifestyle. Do we accept these wonderful dry months and incredible weather, and we know that in the rainy season we’re going to get rain? Sometimes we’re going to get a heck of a lot of it.”

Greene called Wellington’s flooding after Tropical Storm Isaac

“inconvenient” but not disastrous.

“I think the current system did exactly what it was designed to do, which was to keep our homes dry and keep the water out,” he said. “I have an issue with the kind of tax increase that we are proposing.”

Greene asked whether there was an alternative, less expensive plan to address the more pressing issues in the plan.

Riebe said that all the projects have benefit to the system, depending on where people live, but improving water flow from Basin B to Basin A was an important consideration.

He pointed out that during Isaac, the SFWMD allowed Wellington to discharge all it could into the C-51 Canal because the flooding was so concentrated, and had relatively little effect on communities to the east. The district also allowed Wellington to discharge into the Everglades. “If that was a regional storm, it would have been worse,” Riebe said.

Councilman Howard Coates also had difficulty understanding why they would undertake such a project if it did not reduce the flood level. “I think that’s part of the problem the community is having in terms of accepting this kind of investment,” he said.

Coates said his biggest concern during Isaac was seeing the flooding on Greenview Shores and Forest Hill boulevards. “I had a concern that we can do better in terms of infrastructure,” he said, asking whether a cost estimate had been done on raising those roads.

“Where I have a problem is when you start talking about moving the water more efficiently in the bathtub,” Coates said. “We’re limited in what we can pump into the C-51. Unless we do something to increase our discharge capacity, moving the water around doesn’t help us that much.”

concerned. How are you going to be sure that you’re going to get the rest of that money after this development?”

Explaining that a process has already begun, Webb said that Minto would be paying in advance to make improvements before an impact can happen.

In response to questions about why Minto is being permitted to change its plans for the property, Palm Beach County Principal Planner Bryan Davis explained that, “there’s always the right to come back and amend the request.

It’s a fundamental legal right that the property owner has to come back and ask to change it.”

That didn’t sit well with resident LaVant Morell. “This is typical in business,” he said. “This is baitand-switch. Give them what they want, as we’ve mentioned, come back later on, and add on.”

Davis said he understood that concern. “It’s a common complaint, and it’s a common issue that comes up repeatedly at the county commission,” he said. “However, it is a legal right afforded to the property.”

He said the only way to stop it is for the elected officials to vote no.

“That’s the only real way to curtail that,” Davis explained.

As residents queried about land planning, how hotels fit into the area’s rural culture and how Minto West will change the area’s lifestyle, Davis explained that from the county’s perspective, things aren’t nearly as simple as they might appear.

“There are a lot of changes that have taken place as this has gone forward that have frustrated the implementation of the past practices division,” he said. “We’ve had to adapt and respond. It’s not fun. It’s trying to balance intensely competing interests with legal

rights. We’re trying to do the best that we can.”

Resident Patti Goolsby wanted to know why the Palm Beach County Commission didn’t listen to its own advisory board regarding Minto West.

“Didn’t an advisory board make a recommendation on something and it was not listened to?” she asked. “If you deny it, could that also not be listened to?”

Caldwell confirmed that the decision against setting up a special hearing process for Minto West by the Palm Beach County Planning Commission was overruled by the county commissioners.

Goolsby asked whether the commissioners could again ignore the advice from the advisory board.

“All of the advisory boards are just that — they’re advisory boards,” Deputy County Administrator Verdenia Baker said. “The county commissioners will make the final decision. They do, for

the most part, listen and take into consideration the recommendations from the advisory boards, but there are times that they do not. There are times they don’t take our recommendation, either.

They’re ultimately elected by the public and they’re held accountable, so they need to make those final decisions.”

Resident Trish Watkins noted that some development will happen at Minto West. The goal can’t be to stop it, but shape it to the needs of residents.

“People have flocked to Palm Beach County for decades. They will continue to flock to Palm Beach County. We can’t stop people from moving here from other parts of the country,” Watkins said. “That being the case, where are they supposed to go?

Anywhere but in my back yard.

I’m sorry that a lot of people are upset about this. I’ve lived here since 1990. I’ve seen a lot of change. I love it here. I would love it to stay like this forever. I would love the growth to be a big state farm. It would be wonderful. But unfortunately, someone purchased that land. What can we do about that? We can hope that they build something as close to what we can live with as possible. We can do that by working with them.”

More than once over the course of the open floor session, Palm Beach County officials reminded the audience that the intent of the meeting was to provide an overview and answer questions and not to conduct a formal public hearing.

A number of public hearings on various parts of the plan will be held before the project gets to the Palm Beach County Commission in October. For county information on Minto West updates and public hearings, visit www.pbcgov.com/ pzb/minto.

village, and O’Dell said it would be about 38 acres, noting that the lakes around the course are already owned by the village.

He said the final acreage is yet to be determined because the club is asking to keep a small piece on the northern edge for use as a practice area.

Vice Mayor John Greene asked how much the village spent on its three appraisals, and O’Dell said it was about $12,000.

“I have an issue with seeking an appraisal from Anderson & Carr and John R. Underwood, and they come back with an appraisal on land that is not usable at the appraised value that they’re providing,” Greene said. “Was there not clear direction based on the land use and zoning?”

O’Dell said they were given the plats and the proposed use, as well as the fact that it is a golf course that is no longer in play and basically surplus land, and that the village’s intent was to use the land as a park.

O’Dell added that Anderson & Carr noted that there is potential for four 10-acre equestrian lots there, while he does not believe that is feasible.

“You can’t even get on the property because there is a limited access,” O’Dell said.

Greene said he did not intend to

support the acquisition if it meant changing the land use and creating a higher value for the land.

“My only interest in acquiring this land would be to preserve it as some type of passive park or an equestrian element,” he said.

“I think that Anderson & Carr and John R. Underwood did us a disservice.”

Councilman Matt Willhite suggested that O’Dell go back to the two high appraisers and ask for an updated appraisal based on the available uses, and then start negotiating with the owner.

“When they’re that far apart on things, you have to just throw it up in the air and wonder, ‘What are they talking about if they can be this far apart?’ There’s just something wrong there,” he said.

Village Manager Paul Schofield said the appraisal companies’ standard practice is to appraise for highest and best use, and the most common golf course conversions are to residential use.

Greene said he would not want to get an appraisal on his home based on its conversion to a fivestory hotel. “It’s not an appraisal based on the dollar value of my home,” he said. “You’re completely changing the zoning and everything else associated with that site.”

Councilman Howard Coates

said the low appraiser was consistent with existing zoning.

“The others went off the grid as far as I’m concerned,” he said. “I support this only on the premise that what we would be doing would be as a park or something similar. I have no desire on my part, and I don’t think there is any desire on any of the council members’ parts, to bank this land as a future investment and sell it off for commercial profit.”

Mayor Bob Margolis asked about maintenance on the property, and Schofield said they would have to rehabilitate the irrigation system, but the annual maintenance cost would be about $70,000.

Wade Byrd, speaking on behalf of the Wanderers Club, said he had asked for the appraisal from Holden based on the fact that it would be used as a park.

“We’re not looking for highest and best use,” Byrd said. “My appraisal was for a park. We would be anxious that it be used as a park, whether it be equestrian or as a walking park. It’s a golf course, but it hasn’t been used for that for six or seven years. It is used now as a walking park.”

Greene made a motion to direct Schofield to begin negotiations with the Wanderers Club, which carried 5-0.

Palm Beach County Principal Planner Bryan Davis attempts to answer questions about Minto West at Tuesday’s meeting.

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He suggested that Wellington look into increasing storage capacity.

Riebe said the 3,300-acre Strazulla property could potentially be used for storage. “We’re able to store about 3 feet of water there temporarily,” he said. “In Basin B alone, that’s equivalent to a foot.

System-wide, it’s a half a foot.

That’s significant.”

Mayor Bob Margolis said he had no question that the plan would benefit the health, safety and welfare of residents, but did question the funding method.

“If we use millage rates to pay for these projects, it’s still going to be a tax on our residents,” Margolis said. “If we use capital improvement funds or assess through Acme, it’s probably going to be the same dollar amount. My concern is that all of the residents

RPB Budget

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continued from page 1 personnel is $240,000 a year.”

That amount includes a full-time Geographic Information System technician added for the public works and engineering departments to assist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Community Rating System program, under which floodplain maps are being produced, in an effort to keep village residents’ flood insurance premiums as low as possible.

“The strategic planning items incorporated into the budget, [include] just under 150 action items for the staff to work on in the coming five years,” Liggins said.

Finance Director Stan Hochman said the 2015 budget totals $34,933,029, up just under $1.9 million from 2014, or 5.7 percent.

“The economy has been rebounding, and it has been rebounding very well,” Hochman said, adding that the additional revenues from the economic rebound have made budgeting easier.

He showed a slide that put the projected 2015 village tax for a home assessed at $135,000 (less a homestead exemption) at $163; for a $190,000 home at $269; and for a $245,000 home at $374.

The budget includes small raises for village staff and other increased costs. “Merit adjustments are being programmed at an average of 2 percent for all employees, as well as a cost-of-living adjustment of 1.4 percent based on the calculation of a 12-month running average,” Hochman said.

Based on market projections, medical insurance premiums will also increase.

“Our Stormwater Utility Fund is at $955,000,” Hochman said. “We have our stormwater utility fee on the revenue side of 78 percent and reserve at 22 percent. This is the first year there has actually been a carryover in this fund, and that carryover is set aside, and in future years will help fund capital [improvements] in that fund.”

Councilman Fred Pinto asked Hochman about lowering the budget to the rollback rate — the rate at which the village’s tax income next year will be same as the current year, lowering the tax rate to correct for property values increases. “What is the rollback rate?” he asked.

Hochman responded that the rollback rate would be 1.74 mills — 0.18 mills less than the proposed unchanged tax rate.

“And what would be the downturn in tax revenues if we went to the rollback rate?” Pinto inquired.

Hochman said he didn’t know.

“Could we look into that?”

Pinto queried. “I’d like to know what that number is. And the reason why I’m asking is, although we’re holding our millage rate flat, because the property values have increased, at the end of the day, taxpayers would be paying more

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benefit from some of these improvements.”

Village Manager Paul Schofield said generating the same amount of money through an ad valorem tax would be about a half-mill, raising the current millage rate from 2.46 to 2.96, which would generate about $2.5 million a year.

Schofield clarified that the projects would be paid for through the capital improvement fund, whether the source is from Acme or ad valorem tax, but that funding through Acme has to go for specific projects. He said village staff could go back and reprioritize the projects in terms of financing them through property taxes or Acme assessments.

Coates made a motion to recess the meeting to Tuesday, July 22 to determine the final TRIM rates, which carried unanimously. dollars. So I’d like to know what the dollar difference is between the rollback rate versus staying flat at the current millage rate.”

Hochman said he would get the information.

“But I do want to say this,” he added. “As you’re aware, we’re tapping the rate stabilization fund for $250,000. Anything else we do, unless we eliminate expenditures, is going to tap that fund for more money. And the council in the original direction told us when we set up the $5.5 million [rate stabilization fund], you will use that money before you do anything to reduce the tax rate. That was stated last year.”

Pinto insisted that he just wanted to see the numbers and wasn’t questioning Hochman’s integrity.

“I’d like [to see the numbers] if nothing else for the sake of transparency, [for] when I go to Publix next week and get asked a question in the meat aisle, how much more money will we be collecting in taxes from our residents even though we’re keeping our millage rate the same,” Pinto explained.

Later in the meeting, Hochman said that he had calculated the drop at $367,000.

Liggins said that the only significant difference in the council’s budget was that $50,000 was added for a village lobbyist and $4,000 for four additional $1,000 scholarships.

“Both are consistent with our strategic plan and direction from the council,” he said, noting a few additions in his own budget, some of which he said he would bring back to the council in coming weeks because they are additions for this fiscal year.

In brief remarks before the budget hearing, State Rep. Mark Pafford (D-District 86) noted the contrast between the Florida Legislature hastening to pass the state budget in a matter of weeks with the time a municipality, such as Royal Palm Beach, takes in analyzing tax revenue and needs — some six months from when the village manager first meets with department heads to final adoption.

“The [2015] budget is one of the largest in Florida’s history, at $77.1 billion, and we knocked that out in… let’s say four weeks, 30 days,” Pafford said. “I find it interesting that cities do so much better than the State of Florida in terms of what we do and analyze budgets. You’ve got a $35 million budget, and you’re going to take more than six months to actually take a look at that. In terms of the budget, you do a very good job…

I wish the state did better in terms of how we do things.”

The council will meet Thursday, July 17 to tentatively approve the “Truth in Millage” resolution for the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser, which sets the maximum millage rate and public hearings. Then the budget will go through revisions for four weeks.

The public hearings are set for Sept. 4 and Sept. 18, with the final budget being enacted at the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1.

to discuss it... I just want both of us to be happy! You do what you want, and I will adapt. Just decide how ridiculously cold you want to be!

Of course I don’t say this. Why? Love.

And, because we are in love, I’d like my readers to think those are the only two things that bug me, that everything else is absolute bliss. If you read Aesop, Twain or are married, however, you know I’d be lying. So I could go on, but I won’t.

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continued from page 6 suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 7 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was dispatched Monday evening to a residence on 61st Street North regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim left the home on Sunday at 5 p.m. and returned Monday at 6 p.m. to discover that two rear sliding glass doors had been broken. The perpetrator(s) entered the residence, opened drawers and threw clothing on the floor. Jewelry worth approximately $3,600 was stolen. According to the report, a cell phone not belonging to the victim was found outside

the residence, along with a jewelry box and some jewelry. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

JULY 7 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was dispatched Monday evening to a home on 63rd Lane North regarding a residential burglary. According to the report, the victim left at 6 a.m. and returned at 6 p.m. to find the home in disarray. The rear sliding door had been smashed and various belongings were scattered on the floor. Jewelry worth approximately $1,635 was reported stolen. Photographs and latent prints were gathered, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

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RAINY WEATHER CAN’T STOP HOLIDAY FUN AT WELLINGTON’S VILLAGE PARK

Wellington held its annual Fourth of July celebration at Village Park. Hundreds braved the rain, thunder and lightning to gather for face painting, balloon animals, pie and watermelon eating contests, bounce houses and slides, a petting zoo, food, music and more.

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Macayan Valentine, Scott Curry and Amber Musgrave with former The Voice contestant Michaela Paige.

Niyah Basterville can’t wait to pet one of the rabbits.

Wellington Idol winner Jessica Pereira was there to perform.

Wellington Programs Coordinator Julie Strow reads off numbers and letters for indoor bingo.

Candy Castillo and daughters Maegan Castillo and Gia Lapiana enjoy the indoor activities.

Brandon Mears holds up his pie crust after winning the pie-eating contest.

Suelieka Sabater shows off her glitter tattoo.

Sandi Gladding, Roberta Winnick, Anthony Ruggiero, Sandy Ruggiero, Helene Elengold and Lorna Dubinsky enjoy snacks and board games.

Gabby and Antonio De Los Reyes are excited about the event, but not thrilled about the rain.

Delaney Gelfand waits in line to have her face painted.

Kira Herman sets up hoola hoops as an obstacle course.

Mike Diaz, Maegan Castillo and Liz Herman won the watermelon eating contest in a three-way tie.

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Growing up in Russia, Natalia Elina was 5 when she saw her first horse. “We visited with friends who lived next to a park, and someone rode by on a huge gray draft horse,” she recalled.

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Lakeside Medical Center Graduates Five Family Medicine Residents

Lakeside Medical Center, Palm Beach County’s only public hospital, graduated five residents from its family medicine residency program on June 24. The 70-bed hospital in Belle Glade trains family medicine physicians in a rural hospital. It is one of the few programs in the nation to focus on the special healthcare needs of rural areas. Page 23

Sports Holiday Fishing Tourney Brings Anglers To RPB

On Friday, July 4, dozens of young anglers took part in the annual Red, White & Blue Fishing Tournament sponsored by the Village of Royal Palm Beach and the Royal Palm Bassmasters. Approximately 75 children took part in the popular morning event.

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Local Teams Take Part In AYSO National Games

The next generation of American soccer was on display last week at the American Youth Soccer Organization’s (AYSO) National Games 2014. The West Palm Beach area had three teams playing in this year’s games, held in Torrance and Riverside, Calif.

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Natalia Elina Praises Benefits Of Reining With Jon Ingram Growing up in Russia, Natalia Elina was 5 when she saw her first horse.

“Like many Russians, my family spent the summer in the country at a dacha, a kind of summer house,” she recalled. “We visited with friends who lived next to a park, and someone rode by on a huge gray draft horse. That was it. As soon as I saw that horse, I knew that was what I wanted. My parents laughed but brought me over. They lifted me up and gave me a ride, holding me in place. I pushed their hands away. I wanted to ride by myself.”

Natalia’s mother was deathly afraid of big horses, but Natalia was determined that riding would be in her life. Back then, in the 1970s, the Soviet Union allowed anyone to attend any sport school they chose for free. A youngster simply showed up, spoke to the coach, and that was that.

“All you needed was a note from a doctor saying you were physically OK, and a permission letter from your parents,” Natalia said. “The thing is, you had to be committed to the sport. If you skipped a class, they threw you out. My mom thought I was going to an art school. I forged the permission letter. I was 15.”

The class was all English riding with a German-based hunter/jumper curriculum — 20 kids, 20 horses, cleaning stalls and riding

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“You rode whatever horse you were assigned,” Natalia said. “No arguing. Some of those horses were really fresh. They might have been standing in a stall for three days.

It didn’t matter. It was like a boot camp. You weren’t allowed to complain that you hurt.

One time I forgot and left a brush in a horse’s stall when I finished grooming him. I had to clean three more stalls. I never forgot a brush again.”

Skip forward to 2002. Natalia married her husband, an American. They lived in South Florida for a year, then New Jersey, where he had family. Natalia worked as an art director in an animation studio. They moved to Fort Lauderdale, then to The Acreage in 2008.

“When we moved here, the first thing I did was buy a Quarter Horse,” Natalia smiled.

“Finally, we were living in an equestrian area, and I was going to have my own horse.

I had waited 20 years. I wasn’t going to wait any longer.”

Lacy was a dark bay 5-year-old. Natalia kept the horse at home.

Natalia Elena with Jon Ingram.

“I liked her a lot the first time I saw her. I “I watched him ride at the show. It was liked the way she looked at me,” Natalia re- incredible,” she recalled. “I was having a lot called. “She’s the friendliest thing. She knocks of trouble getting Lacy to take her right lead, on the door. But she’s a mare, so she can be so I asked him to help me. He was so sweet. moody. And she was green. I started riding He trailered her to his place in Loxahatchee. with a friend, Linda Rainbolt, and she con- It was awesome. Now I train with him. He’s vinced me to do the local shows just for fun.” very generous.”

And that’s where Natalia met Jon Ingram Natalia didn’t quite know exactly what she fours ago.

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Marathon-Running Doc Shares Formula For Success

Participating in a marathon may seem like the perfect fitness goal, but so is the danger of overworking the heart, especially during training across long distances, said cardiologist Dr. Stuart A. Baine.

With many South Floridians taking up running, or fundraising through 5K runs, half marathons or full marathons, Delray Beach-based cardiologist Baine, who lives in Wellington, is eager to share a formula that could save the heart.

Baine suggests keeping your heart rate at no more than the maximum training rate and never exceeding the heart rate formula of 85 percent of 220 minus your age. For example, if you are a 36-year-old, that’s 220 multiplied by 0.85 and 36 subtracted from the result, which equals 151

beats per minute (bpm). So, 151 bpm is the maximum training rate.

“Marathon running can overwork your heart,” Baine said. “If you exceed your maximum heart rate for a significant period of time, you can cause damage to the heart muscle and even heart muscle loss.”

He also warns that keeping well-hydrated and maintaining your level of electrolytes is also of the utmost importance.

“The cause of most marathon deaths is from hyponatremia (low sodium),” Baine said. “If you’re only drinking water during the marathon race, the sodium levels in your blood can drop to the point where fatal heart rhythm disorders occur.”

Baine began running marathons at 52 years old and has been running

ever since. He usually trains three times a week for a race by running on a treadmill, cross-training with a cycling and elliptical trainer, circuit weights and by running one lap around the perimeter of his Wellington community, more than 6 miles.

“If you’re just doing casual running and keeping the heart rate in that training range, you’re conditioning the heart and heart circulation to become more efficient,” Baine said. “With the heart more efficient, over time the resting heart rate goes down, resting blood pressure goes down, your heart rate doesn’t accelerate to a faster degree, and blood pressure doesn’t increase to a greater degree. That’s all part of conditioning training, and that’s all beneficial.”

PBC Library Programs Win National Acclaim Two Palm Beach County Library System programs were recognized

by Urban Libraries Council’s at its annual Innovation Initiative, which features public libraries that inspire innovations and creativity in their programs.

More than 180 stories of innovation were submitted in 2014, including two from the county library system.

CreationStation was recognized as an innovation that created opportunities for community engagement and enhancing civic life. The digital media lab and recording studio is a place where you can learn to engage in a digital world and to effectively share work with the community.

Since opening, CreationStation has had steady use from patrons and staff, and features a web site

that hosts locally produced content.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Outreach Initiative provided an opportunity to offer the public convenient access to marketplace enrollment, applications and educational information. ACA educational programming began in September 2013, and hundreds of people were enrolled due to the efforts of service librarians and their partners.

He tells his new patients to start out walking and then work up to 30 minutes, five days a week. Next, after a five-minute warm-up, try to pick up your pace to the point where you are breathing heavier but still able to speak. “If you can do that, then it’s a great rule of thumb and it means that you have your heart rate into the training range — the range where you are truly conditioning your heart and circulation to be more efficient and you’re conditioning the heart to develop new collateral arteries,” Baine said.

Baine is board-certified in both cardiovascular disease and internal medicine, and has been practicing for 29 years. His office is on the campus of Delray Medical Center, where he is also on staff. Baine specializes in preventative cardiology, fitness, weight loss, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography and

Dr. Stuart A. Baine vascular medicine. Contact his office by calling (561) 495-0990 or visiting www.tfpsdocs.com.

New Position For ARNP Kathi Eppler

Presidential Women’s Center is proud to introduce the newest member of its women’s healthcare team, Kathi Eppler, an advanced registered nurse practitioner.

Formerly of Planned Parenthood, Eppler comes to Presidential Women’s Center with 30 years of family planning experience.

Along with the addition of Eppler, the center has new, expanded hours to include evenings, flexible scheduling, a full range of birth control options, pap smears and reasonable fees.

For more information, visit www. presidentialcenter.com or call (561) 686-3859.

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Lakeside Medical Center Graduates Five Residents

Lakeside Medical Center, Palm Beach County’s only public hospital, graduated five residents from its family medicine residency program on June 24.

The 70-bed hospital in Belle Glade, owned and operated by the Health Care District of Palm Beach County, became accredited in 2011 to offer the program, which trains family medicine physicians in a rural hospital. It is one of the few programs in the nation to focus on the special healthcare needs of rural areas.

“Congratulations to each of you and to your families,” said Dr. Ronald J. Wiewora, CEO of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County.

“Through your commitment to this program and your service to Lakeside Medical Center’s patients, we help improve the health of Glades’ residents today, tomorrow and well into the future.”

More than 70 people attended the graduation of Dr. Omar Mubaidin, Dr. Josephine Pearson, Dr. Tracy Romanello, Dr. Zeporah Sykes and Dr. Na Ly Vang. They make up the first graduating class to have completed all three years of the program at Lakeside Medical Center.

“You have learned the science of medicine, but it is my sincere hope that you will always practice

the art of compassion in this new road that you are about to begin as full-fledged physicians,” said Dr. Nikerson Geneve, director of Lakeside Medical Center’s family medicine residency program.

Mubaidin, the program’s chief resident, spoke on behalf of his fellow graduates about the academic advantages of learning medicine in an underserved region so rich in charm, optimism and community spirit.

“It’s going to be very hard for any of us to really leave Belle Glade,” he said. “I know I speak for all of us when I say we are very lucky to have trained here.”

In his remarks, Hospital Administrator Thomas J. Leach credited the graduates for their role in realizing many of the hospital’s recent achievements.

“During the course of their time here, these five physicians have contributed to Lakeside Medical Center having approximately 13,600 admissions, 70,000 emergency room visits, 3,750 surgeries and having delivered 1,300 babies,” he said. “This group of residents was not only here to learn from us, but they have become an integral part of this healthcare team.”

Following the graduation ceremony, the five graduates took part

Family Medicine Residency Program Grads — Dr. Tracy Romanello, Dr. Josephine Pearson, Dr. Omar Mubaidin, Dr. Na Ly Vang and Dr. Zeporah Sykes with Program Director Dr. Nikerson Geneve. in coating three incoming residents to the program: Dr. Jessica Brunette, Dr. Samantha Choudhury and Dr. Justin Morgan.

This year’s graduation included a keynote speech from Dr. Shino Bay Aguilera, aesthetic dermatologist and clinical assistant professor of dermatology at Nova Southeastern

University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Aguilera, who helped train the graduates during their clinical rotations, praised each of them for their work as healers. “Just the fact that you chose to receive your education here in Belle Glade says a lot about you,” Aguilera said. “In life, it’s not how much you know, it’s

how you affect other people’s lives.”

The family medicine residency program is financed by a grant from Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration.

For more information about Lakeside Medical Center, visit www. lakesidemedical.org or call (561) 996-6571.

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Holiday Fishing Tourney Brings Young Anglers To RPB

By Fabiana Otero Town-Crier Staff Report On Friday, July 4, dozens of young anglers took part in the annual Red, White & Blue Fishing Tournament sponsored by the Village of Royal Palm Beach and the Royal Palm Bassmasters.

Members of the Bassmasters were on hand to assist and encourage the approximately 75 children who took part in the morning event.

Tournament Director Phil Northrop was pleased with the turnout and the engagement of the youngsters.

After the children presented their catches to be weighed, the numbers were tallied, everyone gathered together and the winners were announced. Bassmasters President Rick Rickenbach presented the winners with their awards.

Divided into groups by age and the type of fish, every child received something.

In the bass category, Hayden Klingensmith won first place for the 6 and under category; Jimmy Martin won first place for the 10 to 12 category; Dylan Cates, Alicia Latham and Brandon Hinkle won first through third place, respectively, for the 13 to 15 category; Kira Schartner, Kayla Neil and Bryson Lebrun won first through third place, respectively, for the adult/ child category; and Jimmy Martin won big fish.

In the non-bass category, Brody Williams, Cody Arnold and Luca Gray won first through third place, respectively, for the 6 and under category; Hayden Gray, Dylan Ghetti and Matthew Mangioclo won first through third place, re-

spectively, for the 7 to 9 category; Rebekah Dovey, Paige Kercheville and Jenna Kercheville won first through third place, respectively, for the 10 to 12 category; Vinny Loffredo and Olivia Agesto won first and second place for the adult/ child category; and Vinny Loffredo won big fish.

Event sponsors included State Farm agent Barnie Walker, Southern Pool Plasters, Advanced Muffler & Brake, FishFreakOnLine. com, Walmart, Hilary’s Restaurant, Golden Corral, Costco and more.

The Royal Palm Bassmasters meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Recreation Center, and fishing tournaments are also held monthly.

For more information, visit www.royalpalmbassmasters.org.

Some of the participants in the Red, White & Blue Fishing Tourney.

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Dylan Ghettie weighing in his fish.

Competitors fish from the pier before the weigh-in.

Bryan Schofield with his catch.

Rebekah Dovey, Jenna Kercheville and Paige Kercheville.

Luca and Hayden Gray.

Kira Schartner with her father.

Savannah and Noah Bibey.

Dominick and Vinny Loffredo-Smith.

Paul and Brody Williams.

Winner Olivia Agosto with her dad.

Jimmy Martin won for big fish.

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WELLINGTON WILD SHINES AT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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On Sunday, July 6, the Wellington Wild 10U-A softball team placed second in the USSSA South Florida A State Championships. The 11 young ladies on the team have come a long way in a short time, and their hard work has certainly paid off. Shown above are: (Front row) Madison Prickett, Leighton Strickland, Jamie Marcus, Mia Corcoran, Nicole Gumula and Sara Jenal; (middle row) Isabella D’Eusanio, Paige Rodriguez, Victoria Cannata, Rylee Hagan and Kassidy Allen; and (back row) coaches Jason Allen, John Prickett, Ric Hagan, Mike Shea and Charlie Gumula.

West Palm Beach Team Places Second At AYSO National Games

The West Palm Beach Girls Under 19 team took second place last weekend at the American Youth Soccer Organization’s (AYSO) National Games.

More than 7,000 players from across the country, making up almost 500 teams, descended upon the Los Angeles area to compete in the AYSO’s bi-annual soccer tournament.

“Our team, the Heat, put up a valiant effort in the finals,” coach Douglas Rodas said. “It was tied 0-0 at the end of regulation, which sent the game to penalty kicks, where the other team ultimately prevailed. I am proud of all the girls, most of whom I have coached the last 10 years. I feel privileged to have this experience with my daughter and her friends, which I will never forget.”

Local players Lainey Poole and Gina Giacomelli during the final match.

Wellington To Host Summer Volleyball Camps

Get ready for volleyball season with Wellington’s Summer Volleyball Camp.

Volleyball coach Kathy Bourque will be teaching kids the necessary skills to be successful in their upcoming volleyball season by emphasizing basic skill development, fundamentals, team strategies and

good sportsmanship.

Wellington’s Summer Volleyball Camp is for beginner to intermediate players 10 to 16 years of age.

Upcoming sessions include July 18 through July 20, and Aug. 4 through Aug. 8. Camps will be held at Village Park on Pierson Road.

The cost for the July camp is $65

for Wellington residents and $81 for non-residents, and the cost for the August camp is $105 for Wellington residents and $131 for non-residents.

For more information, or to register for the program, visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or sign up in-person at Village Park (11700 Pierson Road, Wellington).

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Local Teams Take Part In AYSO National Games 2014

The next generation of American soccer was on display last week at the American Youth Soccer Organization’s (AYSO) National Games 2014.

The West Palm Beach area had three teams playing in this year’s games, held in Torrance and Riverside, Calif.

Part of AYSO’s yearlong 50th anniversary celebration, the national games returned to southern California, the birthplace of AYSO. The bi-annual event was twice its normal size, hosting more than 7,000 players on nearly 500 teams from across the United States. In all, close to 30,000 attended.

“This will be the largest

youth soccer event in AYSO’s history and one of the largest youth soccer tournaments in the nation,” AYSO National President Mark Stewart. “It’s a great accomplishment for the over 7,000 AYSO kids who will be participating, who exemplify everything AYSO stands for.”

Boys and girls ranging in ages from 8 to 18 competed in a tournament structured in large part using the same model as the FIFA World Cup: teams were placed into groups of four teams each and played in a series of round-robin qualifying games before moving onto a single game elimination playoff system.

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continued from page 21 was getting into. “Of course, Jon is very famous in the world of reining, and I didn’t know the first thing about that,” she said. “He’s www.Roostersmgc.com

AYSO players from Okeeheelee Park take part in the opening ceremonies.

very authentic and knowledgeable, straightforward. What you see is what you get. It’s completely different. Cow horses remain calm and unstressed. I was fascinated at how he achieved that.”

She suggested doing a movie about Ingram and his methods, and he eventually agreed.

“I convinced a friend in Ohio to come down and film it. She shot the raw footage in two weeks in early

2012,” Natalia said. “I did all the editing, which took seven months.

I wanted to capture a sense of his process, his daily routine with the horses, his craftsmanship and dedication to getting the little things perfect.”

Natalia’s problem is the length of her film. At 52 minutes, it’s too short to be a feature and too long for short film festivals, which require films of 30 minutes or less. If she can raise

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Soccer players from around the nation pack into the Stub Hub Center Stadium for the opening ceremonies. some additional money, she hopes to be able to re-edit it while maintaining its integrity.

“Reining is fascinating, and not a lot of people know too much about it,” she said. “I wanted to capture the feel for Jon and reining. Reining is good for all horses, whatever their discipline. It improves their mood, balance and strength. It’s like yoga for horses.”

As for Lacy, Natalia said that she

has greatly improved since working with Ingram. “Jon taught her to relax,” Natalia said. “She has gears now; she’ll go any speed I want.

Reining has helped her reset her brain from excited to calm.”

Natalia’s film, It’s Reining, is available on DVD for $25. Contact her at (908) 447-0790 or animacat@ gmail.com. Watch clips from the film at www.vimeo.com/itsreining/ videos.

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Saturday, July 12 • The Jupiter-Tequesta Dog Club’s Annual Dog Show will be held Saturday and Sunday, July 12-13 at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Visit www.jtdc.org for more info.

• The Wellington Preservation Coalition and the Jacobs family will provide a free day of swimming, food and fun in the sun at the Wellington Aquatics Complex on Saturday, July 12 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. with a complimentary lunch of hotdogs, chips and beverages from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call (561) 791-4770 for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Nighttime Friends for ages 2 to 6 on Saturday, July 12 at 11 a.m. Enjoy stories, songs and a craft featuring animal friends that sleep all day and play all night. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Bookercise: Move, Dance, Wiggle & Shake for ages 2 to 6 on Saturday, July 12 at 11 a.m. Enjoy wiggling and shaking to music in the name of reading readiness. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Lego Builders Club for ages 6 to 12 on Saturday, July 12 at 2 p.m. Meet fellow builders and work on creative projects. Call (561) 6814100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington Children’s Theatre Summer Stage Players will present a full musical production of Disney’s Mulan Jr. on Saturday, July 12 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Trinity West Church (16569 Southern Blvd.). Tickets are $8 for students under 18 and $15 for adults. Call (561) 223-1928 or visit www.wellingtonchildrenstheatre.com for more info.

• The Palm Beach Zoo (1301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach) will host a Food Truck Safari on Saturday, July 12 from 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Enjoy live music with Emily Brooke, along with zookeeper talks and up-close animal encounters.

Beer and wine will be available. Admission is $9 for adult members, $10 adult non-members, $6 for child members, $7 child non-members and free for children under 3. For more info., visit www.palmbeachzoo.org.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host Tribute Concerts & Food Trucks on Saturday, July 12 from 5 to 10:30 p.m. A tribute to Barry Manilow is at 6:30 p.m. and a Studio 54 disco tribute is at 8:30 p.m.

Food trucks will be on site from 5 to 10:30 p.m.

Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl. gov for more info.

Sunday, July 13 • The Acreage Green Market will take place Sunday, July 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Acreage Community Park (6701 140th Ave. North). For more info., visit www.acreagegreenmarket.org or call (561) 723-3898.

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• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Tween Gaming for ages 8 to 12 on Tuesday, July 15 at 3:30 p.m. Bring a friend for Wii gaming and board game fun. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Teen Anime Night for ages 12 to 17 on Tuesday, July 15 at 6 p.m. View new anime titles.

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

Wednesday, July 16 • Wellington High School Dance Team will offer two dance clinics for elementary children ages 5 to 11 who have an interest in dancing.

The clinics will take place Wednesday, July 16 and Wednesday, July 30 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Wellington High School Dance Room (2101 Greenview Shores Blvd,) Call Coach Brittany Tobasco at (561) 800-7625 or e-mail brittanytobasco@gmail.com for more info.

• Standing Room Only Productions will present Neil Simon’s Last of the Red Hot Lovers on Wednesday, July 16 at noon at the Poinciana Country Cub (3536 Via Poinciana, Lake Worth).

Tickets are $35, lunch included. Call (954) 7917555 for reservations.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Jr. Space Stations for ages 4 and 5 on Wednesday, July 16 at 1:15 p.m., and Space Stations for ages 6 to 12 at 3 p.m. Blast off for some planetary fun. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will feature Science Club for ages 8 to 12 on Wednesday, July 16 at 3:30 with “Constellations: What’s in the Night Sky?” Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Science Adventures for ages 5 to 8 on Wednesday, July 16 at 3:30 p.m.

Participate in simple science experiments that make you predict, observe and think. Dress to get messy. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Pizza Chat for ages 12 to 17 in Wednesday, July 16 at 6 p.m. Bring whatever you’re reading: a book, comic, short story, fanfic or manga. Chat with the group about it while enjoying pizza and drinks. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• Shulamit Hadassah will host a Zumba Party at its meeting Wednesday, July 16 at 7 p.m. at PBCFR Station #30 (9910 Stribling Way, Wellington) with certified Zumba instructor Michelle Abrishami. The event is $5 for members and $10 for non-members. E-mail MrsPiggy549@aol.com for more info.

Thursday, July 17 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Minion Bookmarks for ages 5 and up Thursday, July 17 at 3 p.m. Design your own minion to save your page throughout the rest of the Summer Reading Program. Call (561) 7906070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Magnet Mania for ages 8 to 12 on Thursday, July 17 at 3 p.m. Discover the magic of magnetism and paint a magnificent masterpiece using the attraction and repulsion of magnets.

Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Lost in the Library Lab for ages 9 to 12 on Thursday, July 17 at 3:30 p.m.

Unleash your inner scientist in the library’s secret laboratory. Dress to get messy. Call (561) 7906030 to pre-register.

• The Norton Museum of Art (1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach) will host an exhibition opening with a curator’s conversation about Living Legends: The Montage Portraits of Robert Weingarten on Thursday, July 17 from 5 to 9 p.m.

Draw a live model and catch the documentary Mambo Man, before dancing to the music of Chino Nuñez and his band. For more info., call (561) 832-5196, or visit www.norton.org.

• The League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County will host a School Board Election Candidates Forum for District 6 on Thursday, July 17 at 6 p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center (151 Civic Center Way) featuring incumbent Marcia Andrews and challengers Carla Donaldson and Joseph Moore. District 6 includes most of the western communities. Visit www.lwvpbc.org for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Adult Craft Night: Decorative Tiles on Thursday, July 17 at 6:30 p.m. Create a set of decorative tiles using a variety of techniques.

Bring a photocopy of a picture that is 4 inches square or smaller and a pair of scissors. All other materials are provided. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• Whole Foods Market in Wellington (2635 State Road 7) will host Gluten-Free Cooking on Thursday, July 17 at 6:30 p.m. Learn how to prepare a gluten-free meal that tastes great and

The Town-Crier is easy to prepare. There is no charge. Call (561) 904-4000 to pre-register.

Friday, July 18 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Origami in the Morning for ages 7 to 10 on Friday, July 18 at 10:30 a.m.

Learn about this ancient art of paper folding. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Cool Creative Kids Club for ages 7 to 11 on Friday, July 18 at 3:30 p.m. Experience an afternoon of creativity using a variety of art materials and techniques. All materials will be provided. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Palm Beach Zoo (1301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach) will host Safari Nights: “ZooPer Hero” on Friday, July 18 from 4:30 to 9 p.m.

Guests can enjoy a kid-friendly DJ and dance party in the Fountain Plaza, face painting, upclose animal encounters, kids crafts and more.

Admission is $15.95 for non-members 13 and older, $9.95 for child non-members ages 3 through 12. Admission is free for Palm Beach Zoo members and children under 3. For more info., visit www.palmbeachzoo.org.

• Whole Foods Market in Wellington (2635 State Road 7) will host a Local Artist Celebration on Friday, July 18 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Meet Wellington Art Society artist Sharon Segal, ask questions, taste fine wines and enjoy delicious small bites. The $5 donation will benefit the Wellington Art Society Scholarship Fund. Call (561) 904-4000 to pre-register.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host a free screening of the film Cloud 9 on Friday, July 18 at 8:30 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES A/C AND REFRIGERATION JOHN C. HUNTON AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION, INC.—Service & new installation FPL independent participating contractor. Lic. CAC 057272 Ins. “We are proud supporters of the Seminole Ridge Hawks” 561-798-3225. Family Owned & Operated since 1996. Credit Cards Accepted

CLEANING - HOME/OFFICE WE CLEAN OFFICES & PRIVATE HOMES — Licensed & Insured. Call for an estimate and to schedule your apartment. Discount for Central Palm Beach County Chamber members and to all new clients for first cleaning. 561-385-8243 Lic. #2012-252779

COMPUTER REPAIR D.J. COMPUTER — Home & office, Spyware removal, websites, networks, repairs, upgrades, virus removal, tutoring. Call Jeff 561-333-1923 Cell 561-252-1186 Lic’d Well. & Palm Beach. We accept major credit cards.

DRIVEWAY REPAIR D R I V E W AY S — F r e e e s t i m a t e s A & M ASPHALT SEAL COATING commercial and residential. Patching potholes, striping, repair existing asphalt & save money all work guaranteed.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 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 |

PET SERVICE

PALM BEACH PET SERVICES, LLC — Pet sitting, dog walking, cageless boarding.

866-648-1150 License, Bonded. Insured.

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

PRESSURE PROS OF PALM BEACH— Driveway starting at $59. Chemical wash roofs starting at $99 www.wellingtonpressurewasher.com. Free Estimates.

Licensed & Insured.561-718-9851

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BILLY’S HOME REPAIRS INC. REMODEL & REPAIRS — Interior Trim, crown molding, rottenwood repair, door installation, minor drywall,kitchens/cabinets/countertops, wood flooring. Bonded and Insured U#19699. Call 791-9900 or 628-9215

MINOR ROOF REPAIRS DON HARTMANN ROOFING — Roof painting, Carpentry. Lic. #U13677 967-5580

HOME IMPROVEMENTS ANMAR CO.—James’ All Around Handyman Service. Excellent craftman Old time values. Once you’ve had me! You’ll have me back! Lic. Ins. Certified Residential Contractor CRC1327426 561-248-8528

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

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

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

SPRINKLER SYSTEMS

LAWN SERVICE PAUL HANZLIK LAWN CARE — Owner operated, over 30 years experience, Licensed and Insured Residential & Commercial Services. 561-753-9719 or 561-301-5554

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

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 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

WATER TREATMENT N E E D A N E W WAT E R S Y S T E M !

— Let us come out and give you an estimate. Call Mike 561-792-5400

FOR SALE

PRESSURE CLEANING 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

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

TIRES/AUTO REPAIRS TIRES/AUTO REPAIRS— Located behind Al Packer West off Southern Blvd. Tires for autos, trucks and commercial vehicles. 561-790-7228.

587 105 Ave. N. Unit 28, Royal Palm Beach.

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

TUTORING CR EDIT RECOVERY FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES — 25 Year Veteran Teacher. Great success rate. Call Pam at 561.790.0508. Replace D’s or F’s

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APPLIANCES — Maytag Washer & Dryer asking $350, LG side by side refrigerator asking $500. All in great shape. Call 630-567-3367

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

Looking for under 35 years old. 954-296-3748

FOR RENT - LOXAHATCHEE HOUSE FOR RENT — Loxahatchee/Acreage 4/2 updated house, screened patio, 2 car garage, fully furnished, no pets, no smokers. $5,000 per month starting 9/1 call 561-777-0118

ROOMMATE WANTED - ROYAL PALM BEACH SHARE A HOME IN LA MANCHA — Master Bedroom and bath, furnished or not. Utilities included. Non-smoker $650/mo. 561-632-4670

HOME SELLERS WANTED! DO YOU NEED TO SELL YOUR HOME ?

RESIDENTIAL AND SHORT SALE SPECIALIST: WIDDICK,

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OFFICE SPACE EXECUTIVE AND VIRTUAL OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE – WELLINGTON FLORIDA Furnished or unfurnished office space available.

Unlimited use of conference rooms, reception, kitchen with no extra fees. Utilities included.

The best LAKE VIEW in Wellington! Please contact Steve at 561-227-1500 or at info@ lakewellington.com

GARAGE/ESTATE SALES WELLINGTON WELLINGTON ESTATE SALE — This weekend Friday, July 11 9am to 3pm, Saturday, 9am to 3pm, Sunday, July 13 10 am to 2pm. Lifetime collection. From American Pottery to Classic Cars. 2400 Greenbrier Blvd. For additional information & photos. visit www.myabsoluteestatesales.com

LOXAHATCHEE GARAGE SALE THIS SATURDAY — July 12th, 7am to 1pm. 15838 76th Rd. N. Electronics, exercise equipment, furniture, clothing, books, housewares, RC cars, computers and misc. items.

PLACE YOUR AD HERE CALL TOWN-CRIER CALL 561-793-7606

EMPLOYMENT

Wanted

Hotel Front Desk Clerk Job Opening

Part-Time Writer Local newspaper covering central Palm Beach County has a parttime position available for a news writer. Must have some writing experience and an interest in covering governmental meetings.

Fax resume and clips to (561) 793-6090 or e-mail palmswestnews@gmail.com.

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

Please fax resume to 561-791-0952

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HUNTINGTON LEARNING CENTER IN WELLINGTON — Now hiring certified teachers.$10-$15/hour. Call 561-594-1920 E-mail: MarleneGiraud@hlcwellington.com DRIVERS: $5,000 Sign-On Bonus!

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

Werner Enterprises: 1-855-517-2488 HYGIENIST PART TIME — Mondays 10 am to 6 pm. For Royal Palm Beach General Dental Office. Send Resume to royalpalmbeachdentalcare@gmail.com

Friendly, motivated person with good communication skills sought for hotel reservations position. Flexible schedule (mainly night shift, weekends and holidays) and familiarity with Word/Excel needed.

Experience preferred, but we will train. Job located in Royal Palm Beach, so commute is short for local residents. Send resume via e-mail to info@royalinnhotel.com or fax to 561-795-1502.

ALL RESTAURANT POSITIONS — Seeking cheerful and well motivated staff for a local western themed restaurant serving breakfast/lunch/dinner. Fast paced and teamfocused. Experience preferred. employment@ wildwestdiner.com or call us at 561-469-2333 HELP WANTED OFFICE/PRODUCTION PERSON — Quickbooks & Microsoft Knowledge, good communication skills, flexible schedule, please call 561-333-2306. Buy It Here Flooring.

TOWN-CRIER CLASSIFIEDS CALL 561-793-7606 TODAY

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