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CALL OF THE QUARTER CELEBRATION

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council has budgeted about $462,000 for arts development in the village over the next several years. At a budget hearing on Wednesday, July 7, the council heard a presentation

by Rena Blades of Delos Consulting regarding ideas on how to spend that funding. Page 3

Wellington Chamber Hosts Mixer & Ribbon Cutting At 4Ever Young

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce held a Chamber After Dark Mixer on Friday, July 9 at the new 4Ever Young Anti-Aging Solutions in Wellington Green Square. The event included a ribbon-cutting ceremony, along with swag bags, refreshments, music, giveaways and discounts in services. Page 5

County Lobbyists Highlight Successes In Legislative Session

In its final 2021 legislative report on Tuesday, July 13, the Palm Beach County Commission learned that the county is receiving $51 million to continue the C-51 Reservoir Project, among other major funding grants, and that local bills passed that prohibit fireworks in Wellington’s equestrian areas and allow the Indian Trail Improvement District to conduct a study on the feasibility of incorporation. Page 7

Wellington Regional Medical Center held a “Call of the Quarter” celebration Wednesday, June 30 reuniting the EMS and medical teams who came together to save the life of Jordan Harris, a 37-year-old patient who had a heart attack while playing ice hockey. Shown above are PBCFR’s Michael Redmond, Bailey Laster, Lt. Neil Howe, patient Jordan Harris, Capt. Dwight Babb and John Julmiste. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 13 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

New Village Hall Highlights $63.8 Million RPB Budget

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Royal Palm Beach Village Council heard a presentation from staff on the village’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021-22 on Wednesday, July 7, with a key takeaway being that the village will not have to borrow from reserves to balance the spending plan.

“The good news is that COVID-19 was not as significant as we had projected in the budget.

With the cost-saving measures that we did, and because the revenue changes were not as drastic as we anticipated, it puts us in a position

this year where, between our carryover and this year’s revenue, it’s the first time in a very long time that we’re not using the reserves to balance the budget,” Village Manager Ray Liggins said.

Finance Director Stan Hochman said the total budget is for $63,854,136, with 43 percent allocated for general operating, 42 percent for capital projects, 13 percent for reserves and 2 percent for the stormwater utility fund.

“Our property values are up [and] our tax rate of 1.92 [mills] has been maintained,” Hochman said. “COVID-19 is in decline, and the economy is on the upswing.

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we need to continue to follow it closely,” she said, adding that the CDC is the lead agency on variants. “Because it is so contagious, it’s very easy to spread, especially if you’re indoors and at events.”

Although the variant is not as strong in the southeast as some other areas of the nation, Alonso said it still warrants being watched closely, pointing out that Palm Beach County is surrounded by counties that are considered more contagious.

She added that 58 percent of Floridians have received at least one vaccine dose. This number is high because 83 percent of the 65-and-over age group have received vaccinations, Alonso said, adding that 74 percent of the 60-to-64 age group have been vaccinated.

This has pushed the case trends to younger demographics. The 30to-39 age group now has the highest cases per 100,000 population.

“This whole group here, the ones we’ve been talking about all along,” she said. “These are the ones most likely to get infected.”

The group that has increased the most in vaccinations is the 12-to19 age group.

“That’s good because that means we’ve been vaccinating a lot of the kids before they get back to school,” she said. “There has been a huge effort here in Palm

By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Village Council heard a presentation Tuesday, July 13 on the village’s proposed $133.2 million budget for fiscal year 2021-22. The council approved a Truth In Millage (TRIM) property tax rate of 2.47 mills with a drainage assessment of $230 per unit, both rates unchanged from the current year.

Deputy Village Manager Tanya Quickel presented the proposed budget and TRIM figures. She explained that the millage rate on the village’s $9.3 billion in taxable value will yield about $21.8 million in tax revenue, up about $1 million over the current year.

Total revenues are estimated at $99.7 million. “Reserve funds balance the budget as planned with no increase in ad valorem taxes

for operations and maintenance budgets,” Quickel said.

The total preliminary budget is up significantly from the currently year’s budget of $101.6 million, including inter-fund transfers.

However, the $31.2 million increase is primarily due to capital improvement projects. Additionally, increases in operating costs are budgeted for increases in materials and supplies, and the return to full operations following cancellations and reductions in programs and operations as part of the pandemic response.

If approved, the budget would fund 236 full-time governmental positions, 90,728 part-time hours, six supplemental positions and two interns. In the enterprise funds, the budget funds 66 full-time positions, 1,560 part-time hours, See WELINGTON, page 14

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Because of that, our consumptionbased revenues have increased, and we have budgeted positions that were lost to COVID-19 last year.”

Hochman noted that the village’s property values have increased, which will bring in some additional revenue. At the tax rate of 1.92 mills, a homeowner in the village with a property valued for taxing purposes at $219,000, less a $50,000 homestead exemption, would pay $324 in village taxes.

The general fund revenue is $27,244,160, with property taxes contributing 23 percent, other See ROYAL PALM, page 4

Delta Variant Has County’s Health Director Concerned

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report After weeks of no COVID-19 reports to the Palm Beach County Commission, Florida Department of Health-Palm Beach County Director Dr. Alina Alonso was back on Tuesday, July 13 with mixed reports on the pandemic’s status.

“I’ve got lots of news to discuss today since I haven’t been here for so long,” Alonso said. “The trend now is it’s going down again, and the deaths have remained going down, so that’s good news.”

The bad news is that the nation’s seven-day daily positivity rate is in the 8 to 9.9 percent positivity range. “Anything above 5 is community spread, so Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, we’ve got a little bit of a problem here,” she said.

The current focus of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) is the Delta variant.

“It’s highly transmissible, which means it’s more contagious. It continues to spread across the U.S. at a very rapid rate. Delta now makes up more than 50 percent of the new cases that we’re seeing, and cases and hospitalizations are on the rise in areas where there’s low vaccination coverage.”

Recent weeks show that adults ages 18 to 49 now make up 40 percent of hospitalizations related to COVID-19, Alonso said.

“Delta is very important, and

Wellington Budget Of $133.2 Million Keeps The Tax Rate Unchanged

Beach County led by the Health Care District.”

The vaccination rate has started to level off or is increasing at a very slow rate, Alonso said. In total, 62 percent have received at least one vaccination, and 54 percent have completed their series in Palm Beach County, which is a vaccination rate increase of 1 percent.

Alonso said she is concerned about a resurgence of new cases that could be almost as high as the big peak in January 2021.

“We had seen a steady decrease of new cases… all the way down to 902 cases,” she said. “The problem is that this 902 is only for the first week in July, so we went from 50 to 60 cases per day. We are now at 300 [per day] and 900 in that first week [of July].”

If the trend continues, the case count would be higher than in recent months, but not as high as the case count last summer.

Alonso said it is unclear what will result from summer travel and the holidays.

“Will we see a surge? Or will this just continue to wave up and down based on how much vaccination we do?” she asked. “We are hoping that this vaccine will keep us from the surge that others are predicting. We are holding our own, but very concerned, and we have to keep our eye on what will happen as we go forward.”

The Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club kicked off its 32nd year with the installation of new officers on Thursday, July 8 at the Golden Corral restaurant in Royal Palm Beach. Shown above, outgoing President Michael Rose honors incoming President Steven Epstein with the Rotarian of the Year award.

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Lox Groves Council OKs Site Plan For Culver’s Restaurant

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved a site plan Tuesday, July 6 for a Culver’s restaurant on 1.39 acres of land owned

by Solar Sportsystems, which is developing the 90.32 acres at the northeast corner of Southern Blvd. and B Road.

An Aldi grocery store has already opened on the site, with several more projects approved, including a Wawa convenience store.

Engineer Taylor Parker, representing the applicant, explained that Culver’s is a fast-food restaurant in business since 1984 serving burgers and other sandwiches, shakes and frozen custards, as well as full dinners. It has 4,300 locations in the United States and Canada. The proposed 4,479-squarefoot restaurant will be landscaped with a drive-through and pickup area.

“They have ample stacking and parking based on the other sites in the country,” Parker said. “They have pickup spaces in front of the drive-through. After you pay, you drive through, and they bring the food out to you. There’s sit-down and outdoor seating as well.”

Vice Mayor Laura Danowski asked if there is ample space for vehicles pulling trailers, and Parker said that the parking spaces are designed per the town’s parking requirements, adding that vehicles with trailers could use two spaces. Danowski suggested that Parker bring that up with the developers, due to the demographics of the town.

“I just don’t want to see you end up in a jam with ingress/egress,” Danowski said.

Councilwoman Phillis Maniglia asked when Culver’s plans to break ground, and Parker explained that the restaurant is part See CULVER’S, page 4

Westlake Plans Multi-Purpose, Lakeside Fitness Trail

By Louis Hillary Park Town-Crier Staff Report A site plan for a mile-long wellness and fitness trail on 39 lakeside acres just off Seminole Pratt Whitney Road was approved Monday, July 12 by the Westlake City Council. It was one of several quality-of-life issues addressed at the meeting.

The trail will feature nine fitness stations and a walking, running and biking path.

“There always were plans for a multi-use path to be developed along the lake,” City Manager Kenneth Cassel said after the

meeting. “The overall location, the waterfront, just makes this a very nice situation.”

The trail, which will run along a large lake — known as Lake 8 — east of Seminole Pratt, will have its main entrance on Green Lane near the intersection of Ilex Way. The secondary Seminole Pratt Whitney Road entrance will be just north of Sycamore Drive and will feature security measurers to discourage use by non-residents.

Designed by the landscape architecture firm of Cotleur & Hearing, the trail head off Green Lane will feature a parking area, trellis,

signage, and surrounding trees, palms, shrubs and groundcover, as described in the materials provided by the designer. The remainder of the trail will be flanked by shade trees, palms and flowering trees in an alternating fashion along the trail and lakeside.

Meanwhile, another factor in developing the character of an emerging municipality is how residents and visitors perceive the area through visual cues, such as signage. At the meeting, the council approved the master signage plan for Westlake Landings.

See WESTLAKE, page 14

An artist’s rendering of the entrance to the planned Westlake Fitness Park.

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Royal Palm Beach May Hire Arts Expert For Public Projects

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Royal Palm Beach Village Council has budgeted about $462,000 for arts development in the village over the next several years.

At a budget hearing on Wednesday, July 7, the council heard a presentation by Rena Blades of Delos Consulting regarding ideas on how to spend that funding.

Village Manager Ray Liggins said that the council agreed to hear a presentation on arts projects at its strategic planning session, and Councilwoman Jan Rodusky had invited Blades to discuss the benefits of having an art plan.

“Ms. Blades will discuss the arts projects discussed by the council, the ones we have in the budget, [and] the value of creating a plan for future arts purchases, commissions and programs,” Liggins said.

“She met with us and went through our budget and things that have been mentioned by the council in the past year or two.”

Blades said the village has the potential to do amazing things, but felt some guidance is needed.

“The question is how to go about doing that?” she said, pointing out that the council has budgeted $100,000 for art at the new village hall, $32,000 at the cultural center, $80,000 at the recreation

center and has a placeholder for $250,000 related to the sales surtax. “That’s enough for you, in my opinion, to really hire some extra help for your staff to make good decisions about the plan to spend those dollars, and maybe add to that some of the other opportunities that have been discussed in the past that were programmatic.”

This includes programs such as art fairs outside or augmenting the village’s green market with arts and crafts events.

“Consider, perhaps, an arts festival,” Blades said. “Certainly, when you’re making decisions about major expenditures of public art that will be there for years, experts in that field can help you make decisions about those kinds of works that will be easily retained over decades and, thinking through your community, how citizens will be excited about those works of art. Experts can advise what works can be easily maintained.”

Councilman Jeff Hmara said he felt the village’s special events would be a great platform to incorporate art events, and Blades agreed.

“You have such beautiful parks and such opportunities to up your game a little bit,” she said. “I don’t think it would take much money and time to consider those kinds of things. All the studies show that

if you add quality arts experiences for people, arts, crafts, people from your own neighborhoods who are doing interesting things and want to bring them to a public forum, it will enhance your economy here.”

Blades said art events will encourage people to come out longer, dine in local restaurants and spend more money. “All the studies will show you it’s a good use of public funding to augment what you’re doing here for recreation and the arts,” she said.

Architectural enhancements of public buildings is another ele-

ment Blades discussed, such as a fountain planned for the new village hall. “[Fountains] are great, but studies also show that if you spend just a little more time thinking about it and install something that will really intrigue and interest your citizens, and beautify it from an arts standpoint, it will put you on the map in a different way,” she said.

Councilwoman Selena Samios said she liked the idea of having a part-time person on staff to help coordinate arts projects and pro-

vide more connections with the arts community.

“I think we all have our own visions and ideas of what we consider as art,” Samios said. “On a personal level, there are some things I’ve seen throughout the county. A lot of times the architectural detail of a building is used as art. Architecture is great when it’s done correctly.”

Blades said that architecture is the highest form of the arts when it is done well. “In this case, though, the spirit of arts in public places is to commission and install an

important work of art by a noted artist or artist collaborative,” she said, adding that she felt bringing in somebody on staff would help in making those decisions.

Mayor Fred Pinto asked Liggins if an art consultant could be added to the budget.

“It’s not in the proposed budget,” Liggins said. “I would need that direction to put something in the budget. I think we’re going to try a part-time person first. I think we’re talking about a year, maybe two to do what we’re doing here.

We have the $462,000 budgeted.”

Residents May Complain, But Barricades Prevent Pass-Through Traffic, Officials Say

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Many residents of The Acreage and Loxahatchee Groves are upset that a longstanding — but illegal — cut-through at the southern end of 140th Avenue North has been barricaded, but local officials say they have strong arguments for the action.

The Indian Trail Improvement District put up the barricade late last year, more recently barricading 43rd Road North to prevent the creation of another cross-through

in that area via 145th Avenue North.

Meanwhile, on June 15, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council gave final approval to an ordinance that prohibits private ingress/egress of vehicles from outside the town limits.

The overreaching argument that officials cite is the increasing pass-through traffic from outside The Acreage and Loxahatchee Groves via cut-throughs that were never approved.

ITID Executive Director Bur-

gess Hanson told the Town-Crier that the ITID Board of Supervisors authorized the closure to keep cutthrough traffic off district roads.

“So, we have two closures.

One is the maintenance road with Loxahatchee Groves, which is commonly referred to as the cut-through, and then we also have other roads from Loxahatchee Groves, which is 43rd Road North,” Hanson said. “Last year, we were planning on closing those connections because they were unpermitted, not authorized

and unassessed connections to the works of the district.”

He also pointed out that the Town of Loxahatchee Groves did not want connections there.

“This month, the town council for the Town of Loxahatchee Groves actually passed an ordinance that prohibits any multijurisdictional connection from other areas, with the exception of Southern and Okeechobee [boulevards],” he said.

ITID shut the 140th Avenue cutSee BARRICADES, page 14

Generous Donors Allow WCF To Fund $8,500 In Camp Scholarships

The Wellington Community Foundation’s Board of Directors once again teamed up with the Village of Wellington’s Community Services Department to help Wellington children attend summer camp.

“It is due to the generosity of our donors that we are able to partner with the Boys & Girls Club and offer Wellington families a program for their children to attend during the summer months,” WCF Chair Tom Wenham said.

Many Wellington families have been faced with the decision to stay home and care for their children due to the pandemic or return to work. Many are facing hardships they have not seen before, and the cost for summer camp is just not something everyone can afford.

So, the foundation sees this as a win-win — the students get a fun and safe summer, and some

Wellington residents can return to work.

The foundation board unanimously voted to fund this year’s summer camp initiative, making it the fifth year in a row that the local nonprofit has sponsored summer camps for Wellington children.

WCF Director Mickey Smith made the motion for the $8,500 donation. “This is what it is all about, helping the children of Wellington,” he said.

Members of the board of directors recently joined village staff members to take a tour of the Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club and visit with a few of the campers. “To see the smiles on their faces is just priceless,” WCF Vice Chair Maria Becker said.

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(L-R) Paulette Edwards, Mickey Smith, Dr. Gordon Johnson, Tom Wenham, Kenda Peterson, Maria Becker and Michelle Garvey.

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Groves Adopts Unchanged Preliminary Assessments For FY 22

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council made several approvals related to the fiscal year 2021-22 budget on Tuesday, July 6.

The preliminary non-ad valorem assessment for solid waste collection was set at $450 per unit for residential curbside service, the ad valorem rate was set at 3 mills, and the non-ad valorem assessment for roads and drainage was set at $200 per acre.

All the assessments are the same as last year, but since property values have increased, the town stands to gain about $70,000 more than the previous year from ad valorem revenue.

The rates set at the meeting

were the TRIM (Truth in Millage) rates. They can be lowered when the final budget is approved but cannot be raised.

“We’ll be coming back for workshops on budgeting,” Town Manager Jamie Titcomb said.

“Since our ad valorem certification has occurred, we know what the valuations of the town are, and we know what our costs are. At this point, we’re going through a ministerial exercise to confirm both our solid waste collection rates… as well as setting maximum millage for the purpose of moving through the budget process.”

After rates are discussed in workshops over the next 100 days, two public hearings will be held in September to codify the final

rates. He explained that the rates being approved that evening serve as a notice to the public what to anticipate.

“Staff has recommended that we keep the current rate structures in place,” he said. “Once you set this as a maximum, you cannot go above it, you can only drop it from that point.”

Titcomb recommended that the council adopt the current rate of $450 annually for residential solid waste collection. Councilwoman Phillis Maniglia made a motion to adopt the resolution, which carried 5-0.

Maniglia added that she would like to look at the method of recycling for the coming year. “I’m not sure it’s all getting collected, and

it’s something that we’re supposed to get a credit for,” she said.

Mayor Robert Shorr suggested looking into using two-compartment recycling trucks for collection as part of the solid waste contract. “We’re definitely going to be in a contract negotiation mode over the next month,” Shorr said.

The council also adopted the current 3.0 millage rate for 202122.

“Staff is recommending establishing the preliminary ad valorem millage rate for TRIM purposes for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 at 3 mills, which is the same as the current year,” Titcomb said. “There will be a slight increase in revenues to the town if that maximum millage rate is retained, because

we were one of the lucky communities that had an expansion in valuation due to COVID-19, real estate sales and all of the things that made our values go up here. In fact, much more than they went up across the street and other places.”

Maniglia made a motion to adopt the rate of 3.0 mills, which carried 5-0. She added that the town should stay the course. “I feel that we’re able to pave these roads,” she said. “It’s obvious that that is what the town folks want.”

Shorr said that with the additional $70,000, the town might be able to do some additional drainage work.

Recessing the council meeting to convene as the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District

(LGWCD), the board adopted a $200 per acre non-ad valorem assessment rate for roads and drainage.

Shorr passed the gavel to LGWCD President Laura Danowski, who called the meeting to order to consider the resolution.

Titcomb said the resolution sets the preliminary non-ad valorem assessment for fiscal year 2021-22 at $200.

“As discussed in the previous items, staff’s recommendation here is also to pass the TRIM at the current rate of $200 per acre for the purpose of setting the rate both within deadline and for the budgetary process,” he said.

Shorr made a motion to approve the resolution, which carried 5-0.

TAP Bringing ‘Shrek The Musical’ To Wellington In August

By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report Live theater returns to Wellington when the independent performing group Theatre Arts Productions (TAP) presents Shrek The Musical on the Wellington High School stage Aug. 6, 7 and 8 with a cast of 28 actors from age 7 to 68 years old.

The three-year-old production company provides a complete range of private acting lessons and

classes to prepare actors of all ages for stage performances.

“We are three-and-a-half-yearsold, if you count the six months we discussed it before following the request of local parents, who had been asking us to start a theater company, and then we just made the decision to get on with it,” said Jaycie M. Cohen, artistic director of the nonprofit group. “We are not associated with the schools, but we rent the

Wellington High School theater for performances.”

Cohen explained that the purpose of the organization is to bring more live theater to the Wellington area.

“We present live theater productions for the cultural education, entertainment and inspiration of the community,” she said. “We strive to foster and develop, through theatrical workshops and other appropriate means, the artistic tal-

ents and skills of adults and young people in the community.”

TAP provides year-round private lessons, classes, workshops and interview presentations with professionals in the industry.

Classes delve into character analysis, complete theater and technical production, so actors learn all the technical elements,

such as costumes, props, lighting and sound.

“We have an amazing cast that will be presenting Shrek The Musical,” Cohen said.

There will be four performances. Opening night is Friday, Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. On Saturday, Aug. 7, there will be the matinee at 1 p.m. and an evening performance at

7 p.m. The final curtain is the 1 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Aug. 8.

Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. “We also have advertising space for sponsors in our playbill program,” Cohen said.

For information about tickets, sponsorships and other upcoming performances, call (561) 568-8659 or visit www.tapstars.org.

The cast of “Shrek The Musical” practice for next month’s performances in Wellington.

Planners Support Change At Arden, Amendment For New Plaza

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Planning Commission recommended approval of two site plan amendments in the western communities on Friday, July 9 — one at Arden and one for the proposed Coconut Palm Plaza.

The 1,210-acre Arden development on the north side of Southern Blvd. about 2.5 miles west of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road asked for the deletion of a condition that the development be phased due to the recent widening of Southern Blvd.

Collene Walter with Urban Design Studios, representing the developer and the homeowners’ association, said the request asks to modify a condition imposed in 2020 when the applicant asked for a land use and development order amendment to increase the num-

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continued from page 1 of the overall Groves Town Center plan.

“I happen to be the engineer of record with the Groves Town Center parcel as well,” Parker said. “We’re currently working on finalizing the master infrastructure to support this phase. As soon as they get those permits in place, [they are] very interested in getting

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continued from page 1 taxes and fees 21 percent, licenses and permits 15 percent, intergovernmental funds 17 percent, charges for services 1 percent, fines 1 percent, miscellaneous 4 percent and the fund balance 18 percent.

General fund expenditures are balanced at $27,244,160, with 42 percent going to personnel services, 37 percent to contractual

ber of units in the PUD to 2,334 dwelling units.

“This amendment does not change the land use designation, nor does it change the number of units,” Walter said. “The project is well under construction. It is unique in that it is the county’s first ‘agrihood’ community. There is a working farm on site and a network of trails and lakes throughout the project.”

She noted that the developer satisfied a proportional share agreement after the county granted the request for additional units on the property.

“An updated traffic analysis has been performed this year, and the condition is no longer necessary for compliance,” she said, adding that county staff recommends approval of the request. “They have found that it remains consistent with the comp plan, there’s no

change in compatibility because there is no increase in units or change in the site design.”

Walter added that the developer reached out in June to Arden residents and to surrounding residents regarding the change and no concerns were raised.

“I guess the improvements to Southern Blvd. no longer necessitate the phasing?” Planning Commissioner Glenn Gromann asked, and county staff explained that the developer did not participate in the proportional share agreement initially.

Gromann made a motion to approve the amendment, which passed with no objections.

The 11.25-acre Coconut Palm Plaza project at the southeast corner of Northlake and Coconut boulevards requested a change in the land use designation from rural residential, one unit per 20

acres, to commercial low for the development of 49,005 square feet of commercial uses, consisting of general retail and a convenience store with gasoline sales.

The site was formerly owned by the United States Postal Service, which sold the property to the developer.

The amendment’s justification is based upon changed conditions in the area since the last request to change the future land use to commercial on this site in 2013.

In particular, the 4,700-acre Avenir development under construction to the north, and that residential uses are no longer appropriate at this location, according to the staff report.

County staff concurred that the site is suitable and appropriate for commercial development. However, staff recommended conditions of approval to ensure that the

adjacent residences to the south across Hamlin Blvd. are adequately buffered and that the adoption of the future land use amendment and zoning application are held on the same date. The proposed amendment was found to be consistent with applicable comprehensive plan policies and found no service delivery or compatibility issues with the request.

Attorney Bonnie Miskel, representing Coconut Palm Plaza, said the application includes a comp plan amendment from rural residential to commercial low, a zoning map amendment from public ownership to multiple use planned development, conditional use for a gas station and a variance for a landscape buffer.

Miskel said the reason for the application is that conditions that have changed surrounding the property, which now has

commercial developments under construction to the north and west.

“Everything to our north is much more intense. It’s in Palm Beach Gardens,” she said.

The developer to the west has approval for 106,000 square feet of commercial, including a grocery store, gas station and retail stores.

“The map itself has changed dramatically,” she said.

To the east is a natural area and to the south are single-family homes that will be separated by a 35-foot buffer where only 15 feet is required. The plaza will have an ingress/egress on Northlake Blvd., a right-only ingress on Coconut Blvd. and a right-only egress on Hamlin Blvd. just east of Coconut.

Commissioner John Carr made a motion to approve the amendment, which carried without opposition.

started as soon as possible.”

Mayor Robert Shorr asked about the planned equestrian bridge at the northwest corner of the site, and Parker said it’s part of the design package “It’s going to be a concrete deck with a roughened surface to allow traction for the horses,” Parker said.

Councilwoman Marianne Miles asked about the status of the planned Wawa store, and Parker replied that it is going through the permitting process.

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Fleischmann said that he is familiar with the Culver’s in Jupiter and commented that it is a different concept than other fast-food restaurants. “They also have full dinners,” Fleischmann said. “I’ve had the pot roast and the fish and chips there, and I can guarantee that it’s really good.”

Some council members were critical that the restaurant did not serve breakfast, and Fleischmann said that is a condition of the original county traffic study that was done for the Groves Town Center for all the planned uses that would

have put early morning traffic near the peak allowable level if breakfast were allowed to be served.

“One of the conditions of approval on this particular traffic study was that it not open until after 9 [a.m.],” he said, adding that the Wawa plan had been approved before the traffic study.

Fleischmann said the application is consistent with the town’s comprehensive plan and land use regulations.

“The Planning & Zoning Board recommended approval at its meeting on June 17 subject to the

conditions of approval,” he said.

Some council members were concerned about paying the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office increasing costs for security as that site and other commercial sites are built out, as well as the completion of public areas, including the equestrian bridge.

“I know this is a quasi-judicial hearing for Culver’s, so you can’t hold them hostage for these other big-picture things, but I am not inclined to look at any big-picture things until they finish what they’re supposed to do,” Shorr

said. “They need to, in my opinion, take that bridge seriously and clean up that trail. A punch list was created months ago.”

Parker said the equestrian bridge is part of the developer’s first phase of construction that is about to get permitted.

“The master developer is about to come in to see you all for the site plan approval,” she said. “They fully intend to construct that with the first phase of construction.”

Maniglia made a motion to approve the Culver’s site plan, which carried 5-0.

services, 14 percent to charges for services, 3 percent to commodities and 4 percent to transfers out.

“It should be noted that most of the contractual services are to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office contract,” Hochman said.

“Effectively, 79 percent of the budget is for personnel services.”

He noted that merit adjustments are programmed at an average of 3.5 percent for all employees, as well as a 1.5 percent cost of living adjustment.

The Planning & Zoning Department will add a senior planner,

while Parks & Recreation will add a full-time program coordinator, a part-time public information specialist, two part-time program coordinators and two part-time facility attendants. Two part-time facility attendants will be added at the sporting center, and two part-time facility attendants will be added at the cultural center.

The stormwater utility fund anticipates $1,312,854, with 78 percent from utility fees and 22 percent from the fund balance.

The capital improvement fund anticipates $35,297,123, with 4

percent from recreation facilities fees, 17 percent from impact fee funds, 46 percent from the sales surtax, 10 percent from general capital improvements and 23 percent from reserves.

Village Engineer Christopher Marsh said the capital improvement program for 2022-26 will total $35,297,123 in revenue and $27,220,525 in expenditures.

Recreation facilities will have $1,789,462 in revenue and $1,568,683 in expenditures. The community beautification fund will have $448,232 in revenue and

$96,056 in expenditures. The impact fee fund will have $7,027,669 in revenue and $5,912,569 in expenditures. The sales surtax fund will have $21,998,637 in revenue and $16,172,424 in expenditures.

The general capital improvement fund will have $3,433,056 in revenue and $3,370,793 in expenditures. The stormwater capital improvement fund will have $600,067 in revenue and $100,000 in expenditures.

Marsh noted that the new village hall and site modification project is scheduled to have a bid opening

Thursday, July 15, and the council will award a contract in August.

Construction is scheduled to begin in November.

“We are going to completely construct the new building behind the existing building, and then move into that new building,” he said. “That will be the conclusion of phase 1. Then we will demolish the existing building and construct the fountains and parking areas between the existing council chambers. We’re looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of November 2023 to complete both phases.”

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The Wellington Chamber of Commerce held a Chamber After Dark Mixer on Friday, July 9 at the new 4Ever Young Anti-Aging Solutions in Wellington Green Square. The event included a ribbon-cutting ceremony, along with swag bags, refreshments, music, giveaways and discounts in services. For more information about 4Ever Young, visit www.fyinstitute.com/wellington.

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Wellington’s Renovated Skate Park Nearly Ready To Re-Open

By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington’s renovated skate park, located at the northeast corner of Village Park on Pierson Road is near complete, but not quite ready for public use.

“It’s about two weeks away,” Village Engineer Jonathan Reinsvold told the Town-Crier this week. “The skate park is complete.

There is just the final punch list to make sure the overall project is safe for use by the public. The contractor is working on it right now. Some earth was disturbed, and grass and some sprinkler systems need to be replaced.”

Because the village staff doesn’t have complete control over this step of the project, the timeline is somewhat harder to estimate.

The renovated park replaced the old, worn-out facility, which was closed due to safety concerns last year. The new project reused only the fencing and the existing slab. It

involved completely removing and replacing the existing structures, updating them and making the refurbished skate park safer.

The $150,000 upgraded facility includes a half pipe, a bank ramp, two quarter pipes, a grind roll and more. It was paid for by the onecent sales surtax that is earmarked

for parks and recreation projects.

The Wellington Village Council approved the skate park upgrades unanimously back in March.

When it re-opens, the skate park will be overseen by park staff and have no admission fee, so its usage is free, the same as village ball fields.

The skate park is located at Village Park on Pierson Road.

The skate park has all-new equipment, but uses the old fencing and slab.

County Lobbyists Highlight Successes In 2021 Legislative Session

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report In its final 2021 legislative report on Tuesday, July 13, the Palm Beach County Commission learned that the county is receiving $51 million to continue the C-51 Reservoir Project, among other major funding grants, and that local bills passed that prohibit fireworks in Wellington’s equestrian areas and allow the Indian Trail Improvement District to conduct a study on the feasibility of incorporation.

“The big win for the county is the funding that the legislature made available for the C-51 project,” consultant Frank Bernardino said. “The state made enormous strides to not only put money in, but to establish procedures by which local governments can ac-

cess these funds. We have already been working with the utilities department and ERM [Environmental Resources Management] on grants that the Department of Environmental Protection opened.”

The 2,000-acre C-51 Reservoir Project is situated near 20-Mile Bend. When implemented, it will store up to 61,000 acre-feet of water. The initial phase would hold approximately 16,000 acrefeet and supply 35 million gallons per day of water to participating utilities. Phase two will add an additional 45,000 acre-feet of water storage. While serving as a municipal water supply, the reservoir will be capable of capturing storm water that is currently lost to the Lake Worth Lagoon estuary.

“Interests and stakeholders have been pushing for years for the state

to make a significant investment in identifying the source of water for both the Loxahatchee River and to help the Lake Worth Lagoon,” Bernardino said, adding that the funding will allow another lake to be added to the existing project.

“This is an amazing investment, the largest investment that will directly benefit any local government in the state this year.”

Bernardino added that the Butterfly House sexual assault care center at Wellington Regional Medical Center was funded at $282,000.

Assistant County Administrator Todd Bonlarron said some financial issues that the lobbying team worked on included implementing an online sales tax.

“We were finally successful this year in allowing for the collection

of those dollars for those transactions online, so we thank the legislature for doing that to create some parity with our brick-and-mortar buildings,” Bonlarron said.

He noted that the Constitutional Revision Commission, which meets every 20 years to consider constitutional revisions to go on the ballot, has been repealed.

Lobbying team members said significant progress was made in limiting legislation that preempts local municipal control of homebased businesses. The original bill was pretty much a straight preemption, but along the way, allowances were made for local governments to be able to address issues such as parking, appearance, noise, vibrations, odor and consistency of the property with the local community.

Anita Berry with the lobbying firm Johnston & Stewart said the legislature passed a bill preempting local restrictions on cottage food operations that the Department of Agriculture considers safe for production in a residence.

“It’s going to be things like breads, honey, cakes — anything that doesn’t have fruits and vegetables and meats in it,” Berry said.

“That is an expressed preemption on local governments.”

The legislation also increased the limitation on gross annual sales from $50,000 to $250,000.

Bernardino said several local bills were passed and signed by the governor.

“The Village of Wellington bill sponsored by State Rep. Matt Willhite prohibits the sale and use of fireworks within the equestrian

preserve,” he said. “The Port of Palm Beach updated its salaries and some titles. The Indian Trail Improvement District local bill allows them to investigate the feasibility of converting the district into a municipality. It doesn’t do that, but it allows them the process by which to do that.”

The total state budget of $101 billion was the largest ever approved. The legislature was able to keep $9.5 billion in reserves.

A total of $1.5 billion was vetoed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Palm Beach County had 12 items vetoed for a total of $6.2 million.

Commissioner Gregg Weiss made a motion to receive and file the report, which carried 6-0 with Commissioner Mack Bernard absent.

New Ownership Group Acquires PBIEC Showgrounds In Wellington

A new ownership team has taken over control of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington.

Andreas Helgstrand, CEO of Global Equestrian Group (GEG), and Mark Bellissimo, CEO of Wellington Equestrian Partners (WEP), announced a partnership Friday, July 9 focused on developing international equestrian sports.

GEG will acquire PBIEC and will invest in WEP equestrian lifestyle initiatives. WEP’s largest partners, Mark Bellissimo, Roger Smith, Lisa Lourie, and Marsha Dammerman, as well as Michael Stone, will co-invest in GEG. Over the past 15 years, Bellissimo and PBIEC have transformed Wellington into the world’s premier destination for equestrian enthusiasts, with competitions and events across more than 40 weeks every year.

PBIEC is home to the 13-week Winter Equestrian Festival, the world’s largest and longest-running equestrian sports event that brings 4,000 families, 8,000 horses and 250,000 spectators from 43

different countries competing for more than $12 million in prize money.

PBIEC operates 16 competition arenas, 2,500 stalls, and provides participants and spectators with a variety of exclusive restaurants, shopping, hospitality areas and other first-class amenities. PBIEC management will remain intact, with Bellissimo continuing as CEO, Stone as president and David Burton as chief operating officer.

The GEG initiative will launch major investments in all areas of the facility, ensuring that PBIEC will continue to be the pre-eminent sport horse venue in the world, with increased exposure in Europe, Asia and South America.

The purchase includes an 11-acre expansion of the showgrounds. To ensure continuity, the WEP partners required a 50-year deed restriction on the venue that guarantees USEF and FEIsanctioned shows on the property.

“As always, we are pleased to see a continued investment in U.S. equestrian sport,” said Bill Moroney, CEO of the United

States Equestrian Federation.

“This significant commitment to world-class facilities, horse and rider welfare, and USEF and FEI competitions further validates the market’s demand, at all levels, for organized sport.”

Helgstrand, co-owner and CEO of GEG, is proud to be part of the new ownership team.

“The Winter Equestrian Festival and PBIEC are fantastic brands within international equestrian sport. Together, we will strengthen the offering and create a global market leader, spreading our passion for equestrian sport and lifestyle to new markets,” he said.

Outside of equestrian events, GEG is active in other equestrian investments, including Helgstrand Dressage, Ludger Beerbaum Stables, Helgstrand Jewellery, and the equestrian apparel and accessories company Kingsland Equestrian.

GEG will now have event venues in the U.S., Germany and Denmark. The partnership will benefit from knowledge sharing and a strengthened positioning of PBIEC within show jumping, where Ludger Beerbaum Stables

has a unique market position. The partnership also enables the group to leverage PBIEC’s experience and create a European equestrian sports event company.

“Our goal is to enhance equestrian sport by providing superior venues and top sport, so riders across the world can live out their passions and dreams,” said Ludger Beerbaum, a four-time Olympic gold medalist in jumping and co-owner of Global Equestrian Group. “With the acquisition of PBIEC, we now have the perfect setting to do this in the U.S., and with our current expansion of Riesenbeck International in Germany, we will have two top professional and attractive show grounds.”

Bellissimo believes that the acquisition is a good thing for worldwide equestrian sports.

“We are pleased to be collaborating with both Andreas and Ludger, whose passion and commitment to equestrian sport is extraordinary. Opportunities abound to take the sport to a new level,” he said.

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The Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington. further investment opportunities equestrian sports, with a strong in Wellington, including a new, financial foundation and exciting state-of-the-art Global Dressage growth opportunities,” said Kaspar Festival showgrounds. Bellissimo Kristiansen, managing director of will be announcing a compre- Waterland Nordic, an independent hensive strategy and a series of private equity investment group investments to elevate Wellington involved in the acquisition. as the world’s premier equestrian To learn more about the Palm lifestyle destination, thus strength- Beach International Equestrian ening its international appeal.

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Jason Kimbrell Tapped As New CEO At Palms West Hospital

Palms West Hospital this week announced that Jason L. Kimbrell will serve as the facility’s new chief executive officer.

Kimbrell, who has been serving as interim CEO for the past three months, will be responsible for guiding Palms West Hospital’s development and operations. He will also lead the successful growth of key service lines, including pediatrics, women’s care, a Level II NICU, orthopedics, cardiology, robotics and general surgery.

“Palms West Hospital has set itself apart by staying closely in tune with the needs of our community and responding with focused, compassionate healthcare,” Kimbrell said. “I look forward to

Lox Groves Back-To-School Backpack Drive-By

The Town of Loxahatchee Groves is hosting a Back-ToSchool Backpack Drive-By this month.

Donations of clear backpacks and school supplies for all ages — elementary school, middle school and high school students — are currently being accepted at Loxahatchee Groves Town Hall, located at 155 F Road, through Wednesday, July 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Pickup of school supplies will be held on Saturday, July 31 from 9 a.m. to noon, also at Loxahatchee Groves Town Hall. Proof

furthering our commitment to the overall improvement of human life by working with Palms West’s best-in-class team of caregivers to drive growth, offer the latest technological advances and deliver exceptional patient experiences.”

As a 17-year healthcare veteran, Kimbrell most recently served as CEO of Highlands Regional Medical Center in Sebring, where he led his team through the hospital’s acquisition by HCA Healthcare in 2017. Under Kimbrell’s leadership, he successfully launched the facility’s first Orthopedic and Spine Institute, implemented advanced robotics and significantly improved financial performance.

“Jason is a seasoned and re-

spected leader who has made countless contributions to our organization,” said Charles Gressle, president of HCA Healthcare’s East Florida Division. “Jason is passionately committed to providing the best quality care, and we are confident that he will help further Palms West Hospital’s stellar reputation by implementing successful business growth programs while maintaining a patient-first mindset.”

Kimbrell began his career with HCA Healthcare as an assistant administrator for West Florida Hospital in Pensacola, a 515-bed hospital, where he was involved in strategic planning, launched a robotics steering committee and

was instrumental in the execution of the hospital’s key strategic initiatives. Kimbrell also previously served as vice president of operations for Lifeguard Transportation Services, a national healthcare logistics firm based out of Alabama.

Kimbrell’s passion for delivering the best possible patient experiences and outcomes stems from his experience as a critical care flight paramedic for Baptist Hospital in Pensacola. He is an established professional who served four years with the United States Air Force as a rescue firefighter and crew chief. During his military career, Kimbrell was deployed to Kuwait.

Kimbrell earned a degree in

molecular biology from the University of West Florida and a master’s degree in healthcare management from Troy University. He is a current doctoral candidate at the University of Alabama at Birmingham for health service administration.

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Wellington Launches Budget Challenge

If you live, work or play in Wellington, here is your chance to have your voice heard about how your tax dollars should be spent.

The budget challenge will help Wellington set its funding priorities for the next fiscal year and help staff create a balanced budget that reflects the needs of the community. The survey allows residents to give input about how much

support certain services should receive, such as law enforcement, roadway enhancements, recreational and cultural facilities, parks programming, customer service and more.

Take the budget challenge by visiting www.wellingtonfl.gov/ budgetchallenge. The survey opened July 6 and will continue through Aug. 16.

Back-To-School Supply Drive In Wellington

Wellington’s Community Services Department is collecting school supplies to ensure that all village students have the resources they need to have a successful school year.

Wellington’s Back to School Supply Drive began Thursday, July 8 and continues through Friday, July 23. Supplies can be dropped off at the following locations between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.: Village Hall (12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.); the Wellington Community Center (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd.); Village Park (11700 Pierson Road); the Lake Wellington Professional Centre (12133 Ken Adams Way); and PBSO District 8 (14000 Greenbriar Blvd.).

The goal is to send students back to school with pencils, paper, glue, rulers, folders, backpacks, crayons, notebooks, etc. The collected supplies will be distributed to students at various neighborhood locations during the Back to School Block Party Backpack

Event on Saturday, July 24. For more information, call (561) 7914764.

PBC To Continue Conversation On Police, Criminal Justice Reform

The Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission is continuing the conversation on policing and criminal justice reform in Palm Beach County. Nine weekly dialogues began the week of July 12 and conclude in mid-August.

Specific dates and times will be provided upon registration.

Groups will consist of 10 to 15 people, including members of the public, law enforcement officers,

state attorneys, public defenders and others associated with the criminal justice system. Sessions are open to all members of the public via Zoom. Pre-registration is required, and space is limited.

This work began last summer after the death of George Floyd.

The Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners and county administration tasked the Criminal Justice Commission with the job of creating listening sessions. Nine policing forums were held throughout Palm Beach County, and these dialogues are the next step in the conversation.

To learn more and register for a session, visit www.surveymonkey. com/r/community-policedialogue.

For more information, call Rosalind Murray at (561) 355-2332 or e-mail rmurray@pbcgov.org.

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Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club Hosts Annual Officer Installation

The Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club kicked off its 32nd year with the installation of new officers on Thursday, July 8 at the Golden Corral restaurant in Royal Palm Beach.

Outgoing President Michael Rose presented a summary of the club’s accomplishments during his term. Rose also presented several certificates of appreciation to club members who went above and beyond during the year to serve the club and enhance the quality of life in Royal Palm Beach and the surrounding area. Among those Rose honored were Jeff Hmara, Lynn Balch, Dan Splain and Dr. Sarda Bhandary.

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Club was chartered in 1990, and four charter members were present for the installation dinner — Dr. Randy Dugal, Lynn Balch, Joan Scherer and Tony Endler. Splain served as master of ceremonies for the evening and entertained the attendees with humorous stories.

Charles Borg led the attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Splain introduced Lorna Kernizan, former chief operating officer at Palms West Hospital and a longtime Rotarian. Kernizan was the guest speaker for the event.

She focused her remarks on the continued relevance of the Rotary organization in the world today, noting Rotary’s accomplishments in the last few years on an interna-

tional and local club basis.

Internationally, polio was declared eradicated by the World Health Organization in 2019, largely due to the efforts of Rotary around the world. Locally, the Royal Palm Beach club succeeded in a partnership with a Rotary group in Jamaica in placing much-needed surgical equipment in Spanish Town Hospital near Kingston, Jamaica.

Additionally, the Royal Palm Beach club has led the effort in the community to provide food to more than 600 residents each week during the pandemic.

Hmara has spearheaded the effort over the past 15 months to hand out needed food at Royal

Palm Beach Commons Park.

After her remarks, Rose presented Kernizan with gifts demonstrating the appreciation of the club for her years of service.

Past Rotary District Governor Eric Gordon, a past president of the club, installed the officers for 2021-22 year. Steven Epstein was installed as president, and he will be joined by President-Elect Dan Splain, Vice President Keith Jordano, Secretary Lynn Balch, Treasurer George Zahul, Sergeant at Arms Samuel Seymour and Past President Michael Rose as officers.

Epstein closed the evening with a pledge to grow the membership and involve more younger members in the affairs of the club.

Sam Seymour, Lynn Balch, Keith Jordano, Dan Splain and Michael Rose are sworn in by Eric Gordon.

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New President Steve Epstein is sworn in by Eric Gordon.

Keynote Speaker Lorna Kernizan receives gifts from Master of Ceremonies Dan Splain and outgoing President. Michael Rose.

Lynn Balch gets a Distinguished Service Citation from Michael Rose.

Dr. Sarda Bhandary receives a Certificate of Appreciation from Dan Splain and Michael Rose.

Master of Ceremonies Dan Splain, outgoing President Michael Rose and Councilman Jeff Hmara, who received a Distinguished Service Citation.

Diane Smith gets a Distinguished Service Citation from Michael Rose.

Newly installed President Steve Epstein rings the bell.

Keith Jordano gets a Certificate of Recognition.

Outgoing President Michael Rose receives a gavel plaque from incoming President Steve Epstein.

Dr. Sarda Bhandary presents Michael Rose a Paul Harris Fellow award.

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WRMC HONORS TEAM THAT SAVED HEART ATTACK PATIENT JORDAN HARRIS

Wellington Regional Medical Center held a “Call of the Quarter” celebration Wednesday, June 30 reuniting the EMS and medical teams who came together to save the life of Jordan Harris, a 37-year-old patient who had a heart attack while playing ice hockey. As luck would have it, WRMC Emergency Department Director Dr. Adam Bromberg was also playing in the same building and responded to the call for medical help. Bromberg assisted in resuscitation efforts on scene and activated the WRMC cardiac/STEMI protocols. The patient was treated at the hospital by the ER team, cath lab team, interventional cardiology and cardiologist Dr. Christopher Hawk.

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Patient Jordan Harris with team members who saved his life.

Nurse Jose Cepeda, PBCFR Chief Charles Coyle, Jordan and Julie Harris, ER nurse Samantha Holtzclaw and nurse leader Stacy Morast.

Dr. Adam Bromberg, Dr. Jonathan Hinds, Dr. Daniel Amaez, Dr. Brandt Delhamer and WRMC CEO Pam Tahan.

Marilyn Van Pelt with Julie and Jordan Harris.

Cardiac nurse Jetty Koelemij, ER nurse Samantha Holzclaw, patient Jordan Harris and cardiac nurse Susan Burgos.

PBCFR’s Michael Redmond, Bailey Laster, Lt. Neil Howe, Jordan Harris, Capt. Dwight Babb and John Julmiste.

Jordan and Julie Harris, who are expecting a child, received a onesie from the hospital.

Jordan Harris with Dr. Adam Bromberg.

WELLINGTON ROTARY CLUB LEARNS ABOUT LIFE ALLIANCE ORGAN DONATION

Wellington Rotary Club members gathered Thursday, July 8 at the Wanderers Club for a business luncheon. Maureen Budjinski spoke about organ donation through the UM Life Alliance. Learn more about the agency at www.laora.org. Learn more about organ donation at www.donatelife.net.

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Overlooked Easement Now Officially Part Of 64-Acre Lotis Project

By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board approved the voluntary annexation of a 25-foot section of easement Wednesday, July 14 that everyone thought had already been annexed into the village, perhaps long ago.

The 64-acre Lotis development on State Road 7 was thought to be made up of four parcels of prop-

Wellington

Proposed Budget For FY 22

continued from page 1 eight supplemental positions and one intern.

The fairly aggressive capital improvements program includes $8.23 million for Town Center Phase II; $4 million for the South Shore/Pierson Intersection Project; $1.5 million for Aquatics Complex

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continued from page 1 Located off Seminole Pratt, the 50-acre commercial development is one of the city’s most prominent.

Four waivers to existing codes, which sets sign height at 8 feet, were requested and approved unanimously, including at least one sign of 14 feet.

Westlake Landings is slated to include a convenience store with a gas station, four fast food restaurants, retail space, office space, commercial recreation and light industrial space.

Also approved was the signage for the 5.7-acre Pinnacle self-storage facility planned for 4701 Seminole Pratt Whitney Road.

Approved were wall identification signs, window and door signs, and directory signs.

Pinnacle’s previously approved site plan calls for a three-story limited-access structure of 76,510 square feet, along with six one-story multi-access storage buildings and an outdoor storage area of 0.71 acres for boats and recreational vehicles. Plans call for the entire facility, other than the three-story

erty. It was moving along through the development process when a pair of numbers on a .35-acre sliver of land didn’t match the easement’s number. Further investigation revealed that the property was still part of unincorporated Palm Beach County and was a Lake Worth Drainage District right-of-way, although that district thought the property had already been annexed into Wellington.

A series of housekeeping measures under the direction of Village Attorney Laurie Cohen got everything back on track.

Brian Terry of Insite Studio, agent for the developer, was given the task by PZA Board Chair Elizabeth Mariaca of answering the single resident who rose to speak because she had just heard about the approved usage of the property and was worried about drainage.

Terry fielded the questions, explaining that the ducks were all in a row, except for the oversight, which appears to have been on the part of Palm Beach County, years ago.

The four — now five — parcels of land that make up the Lotis property are located on the west side of SR 7 about one-half mile north of Forest Hill Blvd., directly abutting Wellington Regional

Medical Center. The medical complex parking lot will adjoin the site.

The entire project is approved by the village as a mixed-use development consisting of approximately 49,000 square feet of restaurant and retail, 2,500 square feet of a financial institution with a drivethrough along SR 7, 40,000 square feet of medical offices, 16,700 square feet of professional/general office, a congregate living facility,

an independent living facility, 191 multi-family rental units, a daycare facility for children, and 28 acres of open space including the lake, dog park and greenway.

The only other piece of business before the board was another housekeeping measure to approve verbiage changes to the land development regulations to make them consistent with the village’s newly approved comprehensive plan.

Design; $1.35 million for the Aero Club Widening Project; and $900,000 for the Sheriff’s Substation Design, among a number of other projects.

There are also more than $10 million in improvements to utilities infrastructure.

Mayor Anne Gerwig stressed that the budget is only proposed at this point. “If there are things I don’t like in the budget, is now the time to bring them up it?” she asked.

In the past, Gerwig has expressed opposition to several of

the proposed capital projects, namely Town Center Phase II and a relocated Wellington Aquatics Complex.

However, the only decision for the council to make this week was TRIM approval, which sets the maximum tax rate. The tax rate can be lowered after TRIM approval, but not raised.

“This is only a proposed budget to come up with the TRIM rate,” Councilman Michael Drahos said.

Quickel noted that the council previously made a commitment not to raise the tax rate, and the

front unit, to be screened from view by extensive landscaping.

Focusing on another quality-of-life issue, the council also unanimously approved the final reading of a noise ordinance to the nuisance code to set specific decibel levels for inside and outside venues. The noise ordinance establishes rules, regulations and guidelines regarding noise limits and declares that excessive sound, or noise, adversely impacts the public health.

In other business: • The council set an Aug. 2 workshop and a Sept. 13 public hearing to discuss the city’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. There will also be a Sept. 13 public hearing on a proposed increase of residential solid waste collection fees from the current $252 per year to $280 per year. The increase should be sufficient for the next two years, Cassel said. At that point, the city will be able to look at competitive vendors and attempt to “hammer down” a better deal, he said.

• The council approved the first reading of an ordinance to set Dec. 3, 2021 as the qualifying deadline for the city’s March 8, 2022 municipal elections, as recommended by the Palm Beach County Super-

visor of Elections Office.

• The council unanimously agreed to extend the contract of NZ Consultants, a land use planning and design firm, to continue in that role for another five years. The Jupiter firm originally was hired in 2016 under a three-year contract, which was extended for another three years in 2019.

• The council agreed to continue the third year of the city’s contract with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to provide law enforcement services in Westlake at a cost of $650,000 from Oct. 1, 2021 through Sept. 30, 2022.

• The council approved a seventh extension to allow Florida Public Utilities to continue using temporary tanks and equipment to provide gas to Westlake residents.

The extensions have been of various durations. The latest is for six months, to Dec. 31, and requires written progress reports by the utility to the council every three months until permanent gas lines are installed.

• Finally, Cassel told the council that a city fireworks show is already being planned for July 4, 2022. The city intends to “piggyback” the deal with a fireworks company already doing shows in the area to cut down the cost.

budget was set up with that in mind.

“This is the third year of a fiveyear commitment the council made to hold taxes at 2.47 mills,” she said. “This figure was the average of the previous 10 years before that three-year-old agreement began to hold the figure consistent. On a $300,000 house, it amounts to a $10 increase for a homesteaded property and a $15 increase for a non-homesteaded property.”

Those increases are based on rising property values.

“And on a $600,000 house, it would be $20,” Councilman Michael Napoleone said. “Just do the math.”

The increase could be more for newer property owners.

“We are seeing some increases because of people who are not homesteaded that have now bought new properties and aren’t eligible yet for the exemption,” Quickel said.

Vice Mayor John McGovern noted how that could be good for the village’s bottom line.

“There are people buying second homes and not receiving the homestead exemption at all, which gives the village a tax bump as well,” he said. “All we are discussing here tonight is the absolute maximum of the millage rate that we are going to charge.

We are setting the ceiling; we are not setting the floor.”

The council expressed consensus that village staff had done a fine job in developing a budget that could live within the 2.47 mills target tax rate.

“The federal government has helped to make the village whole for expenditures it made and revenues that were lost due to the pandemic,” Quickel noted.

In other business: • Village Attorney Laurie Cohen explained that a state law was passed allowing fireworks, including mortar devices, to be fired on

July Fourth, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. “The village was particularly concerned about the impact this would have on the equestrian community and submitted a local bill that did pass, providing an exception within the equestrian community of Wellington for those three days to offset the law that allows such fireworks to be used,” she said.

Gerwig and McGovern were not happy that the original law passed in the first place.

“There is apparently a large fireworks lobbying effort that got the law passed in Florida,” Gerwig said.

“The local law reverses what has just been allowed by the state law,” McGovern explained, but just in the Equestrian Preserve Area.

• A discussion about leasing the K-Park property on State Road 7 was pulled from the agenda without comment.

In cooperation with the Town of Loxahatchee Groves, ITID kept access to 43rd Road open for residents there until the town completed a recently finished connection to 145th Avenue.

“It’s not an ITID matter, but basically, the property owner said that the only way he would give up the right of way there for them to re-open [145th Avenue], is for a permanent closure at 43rd and 140th, not a gate or anything else, so that’s why a guardrail was put in,” Hanson said, the obvious reason being that the property owner did not want to see a new cut-through going past his property.

The next area that the district and town will be working on will be 162nd Drive North, he said.

“That is the road that is west of A Road off Okeechobee. There are unpermitted, not authorized, non-assessed connections onto district roads,” Hanson said. “We’ll actually be putting up guardrails along that entire length of road.

I’ve requested to the town manager that they help pay for half the cost of that guardrail installation, since they have an ordinance that prohibits that, and also to notify those property owners that it is now illegal to have a connection from their property onto another jurisdiction’s roadway.”

Barricades

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continued from page 3 through last fall because it is not a right of way, but a canal maintenance easement for the Town of Loxahatchee Groves.

“It was never meant to be a roadway,” Hanson said. “A long time ago, it was shut, and people took out the gates.”

At the recent behest of the ITID board, another gate was put in at 140th Avenue, both for public safety and to prevent the increasing pass-through traffic.

“It was never meant to be a roadway,” ITID Executive Director Burgess Hanson said. “A long time ago, it was shut, and people took out the gates.”

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After a year off due to the pandemic, the Village of Wellington resumed its annual Fourth of July celebration at Village Park on Sunday, July 4. The fun event had plenty of games for kids, such as sack racing, a watermelon eating contest and bean bag throwing. Kids also enjoyed bounce houses, and the petting zoo was popular. The Studio 54 Band kept the crowd entertained as attendees enjoyed the wide array of food trucks. Toward the end of the celebration, local singer and 2018 Wellington Idol winner Carly Cantor sang the new song “On this Day,” written by Jon Frangipane, as well as the national anthem. A beautiful fireworks display capped the evening.

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Coach Rick Casko: Forever Linked To The Sport Of Football

By Mike May Town-Crier Staff Report Seminole Ridge High School head football coach and Royal Palm Beach resident Rick Casko has been living the sport of football for more than 50 years. Casko has decades of experience as both a player and a coach. As you can imagine, Casko hasn’t had too many free Friday nights in the fall since the 1970s.

While Casko is well known and respected as a football coach here in Palm Beach County for nearly 30 years, as well as in Georgia, where he coached for a dozen years, he had a successful career as a football player, which provided the foundation for his coaching role.

Casko played football from age 10 to age 24. Even though he later made his mark as a quarterback, he started out as an offensive and defensive lineman for a youth football program on Long Island in New York.

“I was a little husky,” he recalled, chuckling. “But I quickly developed into the league’s best throwing lineman.”

In addition to his blocking and tackling duties, he also punted the ball on fourth down. “One of the only things I never did was return punts and kickoffs,” Casko said.

Starting as a 10-year-old, Casko’s football odyssey began in New York. He played there through his freshman year in high school. Then he moved to Florida and enrolled at John I. Leonard High School in Greenacres in the late 1970s. He became the team’s starting quarterback early in his sophomore year. He remained in that key role for the Lancers the remainder of his high school career.

After high school, Casko accepted a full-ride scholarship offer to Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. He had a stellar college football career for the Bulldogs. In his senior season, he was the sixth-rated college quarterback in the country and was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year. He also earned Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American honors and was a two-time All-Academic selection in the Missouri Valley Conference.

He capped off his college career by playing in the 41st Blue-Gray All-Star Game on Christmas Day in 1980.

“That was a great experience, and I remember it well,” Casko said. “We won the game 21-9. I scored a touchdown, and one of the assistant coaches on my team [the Blue team] was Jimmy Johnson, who was still coaching at Oklahoma State. Two of my teammates were future NFL stars Howie Long and Dexter Manley.”

Casko and his Drake teammates had more wins than losses in their college careers.

“We had some good teams when I played at Drake,” he said. “I can remember we beat the University of Colorado twice.”

In the spring of his senior year, Casko tried out for Drake University’s men’s tennis team. He made the team. He had been a tennis player in high school. “I just wanted to stay physically active after football season,” Casko explained.

He was then drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. Casko almost made the team as a rookie quarterback. He survived until the final cut.

Casko then returned to the U.S., where he had tryouts with two teams from the now-defunct United States Football League — the New Jersey Generals and the San Antonio Outlaws.

However, a freak automobile accident while in San Antonio put a damper on his dreams of playing pro football. While in San Antonio, his right hand was injured when the car he was driving was hit by a drunk driver.

“Just as I was about to sign a contract, I was injured,” Casko said. “I couldn’t properly grip the football to throw it. So, I was released.”

The dream of playing professional football was losing steam, but he remained in the sport as a coach.

Casko started coaching at Southeast Missouri State. He was the team’s passing coordinator for two seasons, in 1982 and 1983. It was his job to call all the passing plays.

By then, he had, for the most part, given up his dreams of playing professional football. But then the phone rang. It was the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts needed another quarterback. So, Casko packed his bags and headed to training camp. “When those chances come along, you have to take them,” Casko said.

He eventually was cut by the Colts, marking the end of his playing days.

“Unfortunately, I wasn’t in the physical shape that I needed to be to make the team with the Colts, but I enjoyed the experience,” Casko said.

He retreated to the sidelines as a coach, where he has remained ever since.

Rick Casko during his playing days at John I. Leonard (left) and on the sidelines as a coach (right).

Casko’s career choice to be a football coach was not a surprise considering how much time he spent preparing for football games as a player.

“I remember watching 16mm and VHS films of games every opportunity I had,” Casko recalled. “I was listening to and learning from every word the coach said. I wanted to learn the schemes and the strategies to have the edge to be successful. I wanted to know everything about football.”

His passion for the game was strong in those early days and, thankfully, it remains strong to this day.

Looking back, the decision to coach football was due to the positive influence of his two head

coaches in high school and college.

“I had a high school football coach who was very passionate and really cared about kids,” Casko recalled. “I had a college football staff at Drake that really taught the game of football. In college, it was another level of concept, scheme, film and strategies. I was drawn to the fact of 11 men working together for one common goal. I love the commitment and work ethic required to be successful as a team.”

While it may be a cliché, success in football is based on the ability of a team to work together with passion and commitment to a common goal.

“I was drawn to the relationships, responsibility, selflessness, respect, trust and leadership

developed through playing and coaching football,” Casko said.

“There is no better feeling than when you have a group of men working together for one common goal — selflessly — and are victorious together. It’s not the same to be victorious alone.”

Casko said that using football — and the 153 high school wins etched next to his head coaching name, to date — is his way to positively guide teenagers as they matriculate toward adulthood. It worked for him as a player, and it continues to work for the lives of the players he coaches.

When he’s not thinking about football, Casko enjoys playing tennis with his wife, Debi, and playing golf with his son, Richard Casko III.

Tyler Jolly Relishes The Present While Planning For The Future

By Mike May Town-Crier Staff Report Because of the pandemic, last fall’s college football season didn’t take place for many NCAA Division II and Division III programs.

Due to the unique circumstances caused by the pandemic, studentathletes who didn’t get a chance to play last fall — especially seniors — are allowed to come back to play their senior season this coming fall, as long as they are registered for a class.

One of the beneficiaries of this ruling is Tyler Jolly, a 2017 graduate of Wellington High School.

He is one of many collegiate seniors taking advantage of this unique exemption by the NCAA. Jolly is a football student-athlete at Elmhurst University, an NCAA Division III program located in Elmhurst, Illinois, about a 30-minute drive from Chicago.

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Tyler Jolly during his work this summer for R2 Innovative Technologies.

Jolly wears No. 99. He will be one of the anchors along the defensive line. Why 99?

“There is no meaningful reason why I wear No. 99, but I do like wearing a double number,” Jolly explained. “In high school at Wellington, I was 22, which was my dad’s number when he played high school football in Key West.”

In his freshman year at Elmhurst, Jolly played sporadically, but mostly on special teams. During his sophomore year, he played a great deal as a rotational defensive lineman. But his junior year was decimated by an injury.

“In my junior year, I tore my ACL on the first drive of the first game,” Jolly recalled. “Then my senior year was pretty much lost to COVID-19. It was a short, fourgame season this past spring. This fall will be my fifth and final year.”

He’s now on a mission to stay healthy and make his second senior season memorable and fun.

“I came here to play four years of college football, and I intend to do just that,” said Jolly, who will graduate with a degree in business management with a minor in sports management.

Playing four years of college football will conclude a lengthy playing career that started many years ago as a participant in the Western Communities Football League. He usually played quarterback. He then transitioned into four years of high school football at Wellington High School, where he was a team captain under coach Tom Abel. He was a quarterback for the junior varsity squad in his freshman and sophomore seasons.

Then he switched to playing defense during his junior and senior years as a Wolverine.

Now, Jolly is getting ready to conclude his gridiron career with the Elmhurst University Blue Jays, which compete in the ultracompetitive College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW), which usually sends at least two teams a year to the NCAA Division III football playoffs.

One thing that Jolly has not experienced while playing for the Blue Jays is post-season play. “I want to know what it’s like to be in the college football playoffs,” he said.

Naturally, the ultimate goal is to win an NCAA national championship. This year’s Division III national title game will be played in mid-December at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio. Jolly is committed to doing his best to get the Blue Jays to Canton for that game.

“The goal every year is to qualify for the playoffs and then win a national championship,” Jolly said. “To reach big goals takes big dreams and hard work.”

That journey to Canton begins on Saturday, Sept. 4 on the road in River Falls, Wisconsin, when Elmhurst plays the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in a nonconference season opener. Two weeks later, on Saturday, Sept.

18, the Blue Jays host Carthage College in the CCIW conference opener.

Elmhurst University head football coach Jeff McDonald is expecting a great deal from Jolly this fall.

“Tyler is a leader for us on and off the field. And it is important that he continue that role this year with how young our defensive line group will be,” McDonald said. “The team already has a ton

of respect for Tyler and what he overcame with his knee injury.”

One thing that Jolly has had in college is strong family support.

His parents — Mark and Erica Jolly of Wellington — have always been there to cheer for him and his teammates.

“They have always come to every game in my college football career, and they plan to be there, again, this year,” Jolly said.

Jolly’s mother made it quite clear that she and her husband are his biggest fans.

“I have attended every football game he has ever played, since age 6,” Erica Jolly said. “I wouldn’t miss those games for anything in the world, and I’m going to miss watching him play once his career at Elmhurst comes to an end.”

This summer, in addition to working out in preparation for the beginning of football training camp in early August, Jolly has been putting his minor in sports management to work as a parttime employee for R2 Innovative Technologies, a Wellington-based company that oversees the scoring at LPGA golf tournaments.

Jolly worked four LPGA events this summer for R2 Innovative Technologies: the LPGA Mediheal Championship in Daly City, California; the LPGA Meijer Classic for Simply Give in Grand Rapids, Michigan; the Marathon LPGA Classic presented by Dana in Sylvania, Ohio; and the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational in Midland, Michigan.

“I’ve learned a great deal about the technical and logistical side of women’s professional golf while traveling the country,” Jolly said.

“I have a greater appreciation for what takes place behind the scenes

Tyler Jolly on the field for Elmhurst University. to make a pro golf tournament a that he is willing to do whatever it reality and a success.” takes to get the job done.”

Jolly made a positive impression In the meantime, Jolly’s immeon the leadership at R2 Innovative diate attention will be on getting Technologies. stronger, fitter and faster for the up“Tyler has taken a team ap- coming football season. He and his proach to his work with R2 on the teammates will have to be at their LPGA Tour,” said Rich Schoen- best if they want to experience feld, a Wellington resident and vice playoff football later this fall and president of R2 Innovative Tech- have a chance to end their season nologies. “He has clearly shown as national champions.

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Village Of Wellington Partners With Boys & Girls Club On Tennis Program

The Village of Wellington Community Services Department has partnered with the Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club of Wellington on a tennis summer camp.

For the program, which began June 28 and continues through July 30, basketball courts at the Boys & Girls Club have been converted to four practice tennis courts under the direction of Delicia Williams of the Wellington Tennis Center, who is serving as the camp’s instructor. The program is funded by a United States Tennis Association grant designed to expose more mi-

nority youth to the game of tennis.

The Community Services Department has activities, events and programs that serve the entire village, but the department especially focuses on underserved youth and families.

Local youth were greatly impacted by virtual learning and not being able to get out and play sports.

“That’s why it was important for us to create opportunities to get our youth back out and playing,” Community Services Director Paulette Edwards said.

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SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS

Two local girls softball teams from Royal Palm Beach recently won the state championships. The tournament ran from June 24 through June 28 in Lake City, and both the 8U and 12U teams from Royal Palm Beach went undefeated to win their respective championships. The 8U team (below) is managed by Amy D’Archangelo, and the 12U team (above) is managed by Ed Bianco.

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The Palm Beach Symphony Supports Music Education In Schools

During the 2020-21 school year, the Palm Beach Symphony delivered nearly 400 musician hours of classroom instruction and performances in education programs that impacted more than 6,900 students, including students at Wellington Elementary School.

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school year, in which students were coping with the challenges of virtual and hybrid lessons,” Palm Beach Symphony Director of Education and Orchestra Operations Olga M. Vazquez said.

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New Student Orientation Aug. 3 At Wellington High School

Wellington High School’s new student orientation meeting will be held Wednesday, Aug. 3 for all incoming ninth graders, newly registered students to Wellington High School and their parents. The presentations will be about policies, procedures, dress code and important first day information. It will be held in the school theater.

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The symphony recently completed a residency at Bear Lakes Middle School in West Palm Beach, as one of two residencies offered this year at Title I schools. Through a hybrid model of in-person and at-home virtual learning, the symphony provided coaching sessions for seven different instruments: flute, clarinet, saxophone, French horn, trumpet, low brass and percussion. In addition to music instruction, musicians also shared their experiences and served as positive role models.

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band and orchestral instruments.

The symphony’s production of “One Small Step,” which incorporates science concepts as it takes students on Apollo 11’s trip to the moon, was seen as a virtual field trip by nearly 4,900 students. Hundreds participated in virtual workshops that extended the concert experience by engaging students in learning about conceptual ideas across art forms such as beat, movement, gravity, rotation, revolution and orbit.

This school year, the symphony presented virtual in-school concerts to more than 1,600 students in unique lecture demonstrations that provide mentorship, guidance and inspiration, while also helping to develop and foster collaboration, communication and creativity to better their understanding of their role in a culturally diverse global society.

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Most of us figure that taking good care of ourselves will most likely lead to longer, healthier lives, so we choose our healthcare providers carefully, adopt a healthier diet, and commit to exercising more. Shouldn’t we be doing the same for our geriatric pets to help them live healthy, long lives? We’ll do our part at COMMUNITY ANIMAL HOSPITAL OF ROYAL PALM BEACH by providing your pets with unsurpassed medical, surgical, and dental health services. Please call 798-5508 for appointments or emergencies pertaining to your pet’s health. We are conveniently located at 11462 Okeechobee Blvd., 1/4 mile east of Royal Palm Beach Blvd.

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A string quartet of musicians from the Palm Beach Symphony connects with students at Wellington Elementary School during a virtual in-school concert.

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Andrew Hostetler And Jade Bollinger To Wed

The families of Jade Bollinger and Andrew Hostetler recently announced the couples’ upcoming wedding.

Bollinger, the daughter of Alan and Stephanie Bollinger, is a 2007 graduate of Wellington High School, where she played for the girls golf team all four years. She was named to the Palm Beach Post All-Area Team all four years of high school. Her senior year, she was named to the HP Scholastic Junior All-America Team.

Bollinger attended Brigham Young University, where she played for the golf team, earned a bachelor’s degree in business management and law degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School.

While at BYU, she was named to the All-America Scholar Team all four years. Bollinger served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Utah, Salt Lake City South Mission. She is employed as a compliance attorney for an international investment group.

Hostetler, the son of Ron and Shauna Hostetler, is a 2005 graduate of Wellington High School.

He played basketball for Wellington High School and Southern Virginia University. He served as a missionary for the Church of

Andrew Hostetler and Jade Bollinger Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Peru, Trujillo Mission. Upon his return from Peru, he earned a bachelor’s degree in global communications from Utah State University and is employed by Fidelity Investments.

Bollinger and Hostetler will be married in the Orlando Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on July 17 and will reside in the Jacksonville area.

BURGGRAAF BOOK A FINALIST FOR AWARD

Local author Deb Burggraaf recently announced that her book Bhante: The Corgi of O’side was selected as a finalist in the International Book Awards (IBA) in the categories of Children’s Picture Book and Animals/Pets. Shown above is the book with the IBA finalist medal. Learn more about Burggraaf and her books at www.dburgg.com.

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Claire Salmon Continues Cross-Cultural Art Collaboration With Kenyan Artist

Local graphic artist/illustrator Claire Salmon has put her beauty mark on a school across the globe through a cross-cultural collaboration with painter Jesse Otukho from Kenya.

Commissioned by visionary Jim Cummings, co-founder and president of Kijana Educational Empowerment Initiative, Salmon has researched and designed more than 20 murals that have been painted by Otukho into large masterpieces on the walls throughout the newly built Kijana Global Innovation School. These “talking walls” depict Kenyan wildlife, the oceans, the rainforest, national parks of Africa, birds of Africa, Earth, and biomes. They cover a range of educational themes from the basics of the color spectrum and identification of animals and plants to conservation, geography and climate change.

The final product of each mural is cultivated through the exchange of ideas spanning the U.S. and multiple continents, fulfilling Kijana’s mission to promote and

cultivate youth empowerment through educational development and cross-cultural dialogue.

The mural development process starts with Cummings envisioning the idea and identifying the location for the artwork. He brainstorms with historians, scientists and educators, and then shares his vision with Salmon. Salmon collects resource images to ensure that these educational pieces are as accurate as possible. After she constructs the composition to match the dimension of the wall to be covered, she draws the sketch on her tablet and then passes the illustration to Otukho, who paints the final masterpiece. “When Jim had the idea to make the arts such a central part of the school, all those empty walls became perfect canvases,” Salmon said.

Cummings, a teacher and educational nonprofit leader for close to 30 years in schools throughout the U.S. and in Kenya, believes in a holistic vision. “Traditional curriculums are not that valuable if they don’t encourage us to make

The five-part ocean mural is part of the main entrance wall of the Kijana Global Innovation School. life more creative and lively,” he Kenya this month to see firsthand said. “School is not about prepar- the impact she’s having in Kenya. ing for a job. It is about preparation “It couldn’t be more inspiring for life. Those who have the best or humbling to have my art up at skills in creativity often make the Kijana, to see the kids smiling, and most productive and successful to be working with Jesse. I cannot people economically.” name a more fulfilling moment in The murals are permanent and my career as an artist,” she said. will now be seen day after day, Born and raised in The Acreage, week after week, and year after Salmon attended the Dreyfoos year. The KGIS teachers are using School of the Arts before graduatthe artwork to connect concepts ing from Florida State University’s that are being taught in class. film school for screenwriting. She Although Salmon has yet to is president of the local nonprofit see the final product, she will visit BAM Festival Inc.

Beloved JFK Surgeon Remembered With A Portrait By Local Artist Nancy Tilles

Dr. Malcolm Dorman, a beloved cardiac surgeon, was honored at a special reception at JFK Medical Center last month. Local artist Nancy Tilles was commissioned to paint a portrait of Dorman, which was unveiled at the event.

Dorman was a world-renowned heart surgeon, adored by his peers and patients alike. As the medical director of cardiac surgery, he founded and directed the Valvular Heart Institute at JFK. He was known for his research and pioneering work in repairing mitral valves using minimally invasive techniques. Besides his innovative techniques and educational dedication, Dorman was recognized for his compassion to his patients and earned numerous awards and accolades over the years. He considered the Patient’s Choice Award (2012, 2013, 2014) and the Compassionate Doctor Recognition Award (2013, 2014) to be among his greatest achievements.

Dorman was dedicated to ensuring that his patients received the best care possible, often staying

in a patient’s room long after performing an exhausting surgery, in case he was needed. Despite his incredible talent for saving lives, he remained a humble man who said that it was God who used his hands to work medical miracles.

He passed away on March 26.

Tilles presented the commissioned oil painting of Dorman at the June 15 reception. “I enjoyed painting Dr. Dorman. His kind spirit is what I most wanted to capture,” she said.

Tilles is known for her oils and portraits, which hang in public and private collections throughout the country. She exhibits her work in nationally recognized art shows across Florida. Along with her portrait work, Tilles has created bodies of work representing flowers, underwater scenes and tropical art in mural-sized triptychs. She is presently teaching painting to adults at Easel Art Supply and will be teaching at the City of Palm Beach Gardens in the future.

Tilles is passionate about shar-

Artist Nancy Tilles with her portrait of the late Dr. Malcolm Dorman. ing her love of painting with her of dedicated professional artists, students. She is also an active up and coming artists, art lovers member of the Wellington Art and supporters. Learn more about Society, whose members consist her work at www.nancytilles.com.

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NEXT GENERATION MRI UNVEILS STATE-OF-THE-ART MACHINE AT NEW OFFICE

Next Generation MRI opened recently in West Palm Beach. Owner Joe Nasuti hosted an open house on Thursday, July 1 to unveil the imported Esaote G-Scan Brio machine, one of the most unique and highly advanced MRIs ever developed. The G-Scan Brio is a futuristic machine that takes away the claustrophobic feelings of a typical MRI. Next Generation MRI introduced the new technology with demonstrations, music, entertainment and expert staff to answer all questions. Next Generation MRI is located at 1700 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 150, in West Palm Beach. For more information, call (561) 972-1700 or visit www.nexgenmri.com.

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Owner Joe Nasuti with Dr. Ron Grassi.

Dr. Mark Blank of USA Sports Medicine with Erica Wolff.

Elizabeth Prol explains the unique characteristics of the MRI machine to Freedom Chiropractic’s Ciera Clemons.

Kingsley Maitland of Maitland & Associates, Doris Williams, Donna Nasuti and Scott Davis.

Heather Garland, Elizabeth Prol, Rosalie Ferraro, Joe Nasuti, Donna Nasuti, Erica Wolff and Jill Sisson.

The Esaote G-Scan Brio is one of the most unique and highly advanced MRIs ever developed.

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Heather Garland is the chief MRI technician.

Jon Blumengarten, Dr. Dean Mammales, Clarice Barcelos and Dr. Seve Sonenblum are impressed with the new-age equipment.

Jill Sisson and John Zaretski with Northlake Chiropractic.

Tom Nasuti of Eagle Eye Investigative Services with Karen Larosiere and Joyce Tommasino of Regency Property Asset Management.

At Noah’s Ark Summer Camp, elementary-aged children enjoy fun field trips and activities such as bowling, skating, the South Florida Science Museum, movies, picnics and more. Similar on-campus activities are held for preschool ages. Tuition includes a creative curriculum and Frog Street, and the use of computers, cost of field trips and all meals. The main priority is quality and the safety of children. Noah’s Ark is an Accredited Gold Seal Center. Register now and show this ad to enjoy 50 percent off registration for new customers only. Enrollment is limited. Noah’s Ark emphasizes manners and values, which are essential for good citizenship. The camp caters to children aged from six weeks through elementary school. Summer camp runs from June 1 through Aug. 6, 2021. Noah’s Ark is located at 14563 Okeechobee Blvd. in Loxahatchee Groves. For more information, call (561) 753-6624 or visit www.noahsarkacademyinc.com.

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Minto Unveils Plans For 50-Acre Business Park In Westlake

Commercial development continues at a rapid pace in the City of Westlake. Minto Communities, which is developing the 3,800-acre master-planned Westlake community, has designed a 50-acre business park called Westlake Landings to attract a strategic mix of commercial tenants to serve the growing population. The City of Westlake approved the plans in June.

Deerfield Beach-based Konover South, a premier retail real estate company, is contracted with Minto to acquire seven acres within the park to develop a pod of quick-service restaurants and two multi-tenant, open-air shopping centers — one 7,000 square feet and the other 9,450 square feet. Collectively, the area will be known as the Shoppes of Westlake Landings. It will be adjacent to a 7-Eleven convenience store and gas station currently under construction within the business park.

The Shoppes of Westlake Landings will feature a mix of service-related businesses and restaurants. Konover South already has commitments from a handful of tenants as it prepares to submit its building plans to the city.

“We have had our eye on Westlake since the very beginning,” said Bob Bedard, senior vice president of development at Konover South.

“We look forward to attracting some great businesses to the area so that residents will no longer have to travel a long way for basic services.

I fully expect we’ll be 100 percent leased up by next summer.”

Minto is also under contract with a local developer to buy 5.75 acres to build a 107,290-squarefoot self-storage facility, which has also been approved by the city.

An investment group is seeking to buy a 14.5-acre parcel for an entertainment/sports concept, and a final section of Westlake Landings is set aside for a flex office/ warehouse project on 17.5 acres.

Discussions are underway with several interested developers.

“We wanted to create this mixed-use park to proactively plan for our commercial development activities in Westlake,” Minto Vice President John Carter said. “Westlake Landings allows us to be more intentional in our approach and curate the right types of businesses to service our residents.”

Westlake Landings is located on the corner of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road and Persimmon Blvd. Just to the north, Publix has submitted plans to the City of Westlake to build its own outdoor shopping center, Publix at Westlake Plaza, anchored by a 50,000-square-foot grocery store.

Other non-residential development in Westlake includes a second 7-Eleven store and gas station that is under construction across the street from Westlake Landings. The Palm Beach County Tax Collector’s Office is currently building a regional service center that is planned to open later this year. Two years ago, Wellington Regional Medical Center opened a freestanding emergency room and subsequently acquired 35

Renderings of the Shoppes of Westlake, which will be developed by Konover South inside the Westlake Landings business park. more acres from Minto to develop a future medical campus.

The City of Westlake incorporated in 2016, and Minto comPalm Beach International Air- in nonstop service from the Twin work in the Sunshine State,” Sun menced home sales one year later. port welcomes the return of Sun Cities gives our passengers more Country Airlines Chief Revenue The community is approved for Country Airlines to the Palm options and opportunities to visit Officer Grant Whitney said. “Sun 4,500 homes at build out.

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USA Sports Medicine Now Open At Wellington Green Commons

Weingarten Realty recently announced that USA Sports Medicine has leased 1,530 square feet at Wellington Green Commons, a Whole Foods-anchored center adjacent to the Mall at Wellington Green.

USA Sports Medicine offers physical therapy, chiropractic therapy, regenerative medicine, acupuncture, enzyme nutrition therapy, ozone therapy and sports performance training from its state-of-the-art facility. It has an integrated, multidisciplinary team approach from doctors with different types of medical training.

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Teachers Invited To Dress For Success

USA Sports Medicine is now open near Whole Foods in Wellington.

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Dress for Success Palm Beaches (DFSPB) is offering local female teachers an unbeatable back to school bargain: a free head-to-toe workplace outfit.

For this newly created Teacher Appreciation Shopping Experience, a DFSPB personal shopper will be assigned to those who reserve an appointment for Tuesday, July 27; Friday, July 30; or Tuesday, Aug. 3 at the nonprofit’s boutique at 2459 S. Congress Ave., Suite 204. Appointments also are available on Wednesday, July 28 at DFSPB’s new branch in Belle

Glade, located at 1089 South Main Street. This added location will have its official grand opening ceremony on Wednesday, July 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with ribbon-cutting festivities.

“Teachers have been unwavering in their commitment to our kids throughout the pandemic, and we wanted to share some of our great fortune of generously donated clothing with these tireless frontline workers,” DFSPB Executive Director Mary Hart said. “Closet-cleaning and purging was a popular at-home pandemic

activity, and it has contributed to the swelling of our racks and displays of dresses, suits, skirts, slacks, tops, shoes, handbags and jewelry. It’s allowing us to extend our gratitude to the community’s teachers while we continue to serve the clients referred to us for job readiness counseling and, of course, for the all-important job interview attire and, ultimately, full workplace wardrobe.”

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Children Are So Honest... And You Can’t Throttle Them For It!

After decades of living, I have come to the realization that a person’s best qualities are also their worst qualities, depending upon whom you ask.

What one person sees as an outgoing, sociable, friendly person comes across to another as loud, invasive and nosy.

What one person sees as a well-put-together fashion icon with perfect grooming habits comes across to another as being overly concerned with outward appearances.

What one person sees as an intelligent, well-educated, infallible source of information comes across to another as being an annoying, boorish, know-it-all.

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The exception to my brilliant observation is, of course, children. Children speak their minds, and you have to believe them

because they have not yet had time to learn hate nor to let their egos consume them.

They are speaking from the heart. And they are speaking the truth.

That is why, last week, when my darling little six-year-old (“almost seven!”) granddaughter was stroking my arm and looking up at me adoringly, it threw me to have her speak these words — “Grandma, you have wrinkly skin.”

I like truthful children, so I tried not to react badly. Instead, I took a deep breath and looked into her honest and observant little face and said, “Well, yes, after you live a long time, you get a few wrinkles.”

To which my sweet angel replied, “But you have a lot of wrinkles!”

Again sucking it up, I took another deep breath and tried to turn this disastrous conversation into a “teaching moment.” I explained the consequences of gravity on human flesh, even going so far as to include NASA, the space station and floating potato chips. I summed up with, “So, here on Earth, things are different. We are constantly being pulled on by gravity.”

She replied by smoothing her own skin lovingly and saying, “I don’t have any wrinkles at all.”

Rather than grabbing this precious child by her smooth little neck and throttling her, I expanded the “teaching moment” into a rather graphic portrayal of facelifts, pull-

ing the skin along my jawline up roughly and twisting it into bows just under my earlobes until my face felt tight. “Is that better?!” I tried to shout but, in typical childlike fashion, she was continuing along nonplussed, again stroking my arm and saying, “I like how this skin looks.

It’s like little waves of skin bumping up against other little waves of skin. And it feels nice.”

I let my gravity-ravaged skin drop back into place (where, thankfully, at least it did not bounce or wobble) and gave the child a hug.

She does love me.

It’s not her fault that I look like an elephant.

‘Black Widow’ Is A Worthy Addition To Marvel’s Movie Universe

One way we know the pandemic is waning is the coming of big, new movies.

And the “big kahuna” franchise, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has just opened a real winner, Black Widow. Since several of the highest-grossing movies of all time are part of this universe, it finally is time to get back to the movies, although you can pay to see it at home on Disney+ if you have the service. But on the big screen, it is much more fun.

The film begins by showing a typical American family in the mid-1990s, two parents and two girls. But daddy comes home one day telling the kids there will be an adventure, and they rush out so fast the younger girl leaves her shoes behind.

After a battle, they wind up in a plane and fly to Cuba, where we find out that it was not only not an American family, but not even a family. All of them, even the girls, were Russian agents. That opens the film.

‘I’ On CULTURE

By Leonard Wechsler Twenty-one years later, the older girl, Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), also known as the Black Widow, is on the run after the whole big fight during Captain America: Civil War… about the only reference to the major backstory. Hiding out in Norway, she gets a package that contains a tracer and is almost killed. The trail leads to Budapest, where she meets up with fellow “widow” Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), who sent the package.

The two women have a big, exciting fight

and only create a truce when a group of the other widows goes after them. It turns out Yelena is the “kid sister” that Natasha grew up with and is described later as having been “the most efficient child assassin in the world.” She has a grudge against Natasha for leaving her behind when the older woman escaped.

At any rate, Yelena has a formula that allows the widows to be free of the mind-control programs installed in them by the evil Dreykov (Ray Winstone) in his infamous Red Room and gets Natasha to join her crusade to free their “sisters.” The problem is they don’t know where the Red Room is. They begin by rescuing Alexei (David Harbour), the agent who had played the part of their father from the Russian prison Dreykov had gotten him sentenced to. It was a great, even fun sequence. Alexei, who at one time had been known as Red Guardian, the Russian version of Captain

America, doesn’t have the answer but knows where Melina (Rachel Weisz), the agent who played their mother, was living.

Probably the best non-action scene in the movie follows as Melina, who not only raises pigs, but has learned brain control through her work with them, invites the group in for a family meal, which winds up looking more like a real family meal than action planning. The group is betrayed and winds up spending the last hour of the movie fighting their way out.

The film is more a show for great acting than for super action, although the action scenes are excellent even, as usual in Marvel films, over the top. But the great actors are what pushes the film. Johansson has made Natasha the most interesting of the Avengers. She’s not a superhero or god, just a talented woman whose background is complex. Johansson has expressed her anger in the past about not having her own

film, and this one proves her right. She is exceptional. But she is matched by Pugh, who some have called the “Meryl Streep” of the rising generation. She matches the big star in terms of the action but manages both humor and petulance, and a whole variety of other emotions, which all show clearly on her face. It looks like she will be a permanent addition to the Marvel universe. Harbour is marvelously funny as Alexei, wistfully asking Natasha if Captain America had ever mentioned him, wincing and avoiding the subject of the forced sterilizations of the girls. He then manages to be convincing as the protective dad. In the most complex role as the somewhat brain-controlled Melina, Weisz manages to be sly, helpless and conniving at almost the same time.

Yes, the MCU is back. And this is one of its better films. It’s fun, and the acting is among the best in the series.

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DIGESTIVE HEALTH

Specialized Care for Digestive Health at Cleveland Clinic Florida Digestive health relies on a large, complex system of organs, including the liver, gallbladder and pancreas, to turn the food we eat into the nutrients and energy our bodies need to survive.

“When any one element of this intricate system fails, it can have major health consequences,” says Conrad H. Simpfendorfer, MD, Director of Liver and Pancreas Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida.

“We have a multidisciplinary team of specialists at Cleveland Clinic focused on treating the whole patient,” says Mayank Roy, MD, a board-certified general surgeon specializing in liver and pancreas surgery. “Our tumor board, for example, brings together experts from a number of specialties to collaborate on treatment plans for patients with cancer designed to achieve the best outcomes.”

Accessories to Digestive Health

The liver, gallbladder and pancreas do not move food through our bodies, yet their role in digestion is vital.

• The liver takes the raw materials absorbed by the intestine to make chemicals the body needs to function and detoxify potentially harmful chemicals we ingest.

• The gallbladder stores bile produced by the liver and then releases it through bile ducts into the small intestine to help process fats.

• The pancreas secretes juices used to break down protein, fats and carbohydrates, and hormones to regulate blood sugar.

Digestive Complaints

Some of the most common digestive disorders involve this organ trio.

More than 4 million Americans are diagnosed each year with liver disease, including cirrhosis and viral hepatitis.

Another 20 The liver’s role in digestion is vital. million are affected by gallstones and other biliary diseases.

Meanwhile, pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers, will claim an In addition to secreting hormones to regular estimated blood sugar, the pancreas produces enzymes 47,000 lives to break down protein, fats and carbohydrates. in the United States this year.

“Because of their tremendous impact on overall health, liver, biliary and pancreatic diseases require immediate and expert medical care,” Dr. Simpfendorfer cautions.

Industry Excellence

The digestive health specialists at Cleveland Clinic Florida are highly skilled in treating a full range of common to complex liver, pancreatic and biliary diseases. This expertise recently earned Cleveland Clinic Florida the Center of Excellence designation from the National Pancreas Foundation for the care of patients with pancreatic cancer, a high standard of care met by only four centers statewide.

Innovative Care

As a high-volume center for minimally invasive hepatopancreato-biliary surgeries, the fellowship-trained surgeons at Cleveland Clinic Florida have tremendous experience in advanced surgical techniques.

“Today we can perform many challenging surgeries laparoscopically using small incisions instead of traditional open surgery, which greatly benefits our patients,” explains Dr. Roy, who sees patients in West Palm Beach and also works closely with colleagues at Cleveland Clinic Martin Health and Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital to offer Treasure Coast patients access to this innovative care. “And we are one of the few centers in the state using robotic-assisted surgery to treat digestive diseases.”

Cleveland Clinic Florida is also a leader in fluorescence guided surgery, using a fluorescent dye to better see anatomic structures during procedures.

“This advanced imaging technique allows surgeons to remove diseased tissue more precisely and preserve healthy tissue,” notes Dr. Simpfendorfer. “It can dramatically reduce the risk of complications associated with minimally invasive gallbladder removal, one of the most common surgeries performed in the United States.”

TALK WITH AN EXPERT. To schedule an appointment with a digestive health specialist at Cleveland Clinic Florida, call 877.463.2010 or visit ClevelandClinicFlorida.org/Digestive.

Conrad H. Simpfendorfer, MD

Mayank Roy, MD