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Wellington Zoners Suggest Changes To Revised Parking Code

Volume 36, Number 23 June 5 - June 11, 2015

Serving Palms West Since 1980

WHS CHAMPIONS GET THEIR RINGS

Wellington is in the process of amending its parking codes, and a workshop session on the changes dominated Wednesday’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board meeting. Wellington Planner Damian Newell led the multi-point discussion on the proposed parking regulation changes. Page 3

Ribbon-Cutting Marks Grand Opening Of New Alpha Dental

Alpha Dental, located at 9897 Lake Worth Road, Suite 108, held its grand opening celebration Friday, May 29 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, treats from Ethos Greek Bistro, gifts for guests and more. Page 17

Many Wellington High School Students Collect Awards, Scholarships

Wellington High School presented a number of scholarships on Monday, May 18 during Seniors Award Night, hosted

by Principal Mario Crocetti. Several students received college scholarships and other awards from various organizations.

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Wellington High School’s state champion boys basketball team held its annual awards banquet on Thursday, May 28 at the Binks Forest Golf Club. Aside from many year-end awards, the entire team and coaching staff were given rings to commemorate their winning season. The rings were made possible through a gift from the Jacobs family. Shown here are Diego Garzon, Zach Mogbo and Sage Chen-Young with their rings and certificates. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5

PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report On Thursday, June 4, the doors closed permanently at the old Wellington Tennis Center. It marked the end of an era for Wellington’s popular tennis program and was a bittersweet moment for tennis pro Tommy Cheatham, who has called the old facility his second home since the 1990s.

But when one door closes, another opens. Wellington will open its new tennis center with a celebration on Tuesday, June 9 at 9 a.m. It is located at 3100 Lyons

Road, at the corner of Lyons Road and Stribling Way, just up the road from Emerald Cove Middle School.

Tennis star Venus Williams will headline the grand opening and join Wellington officials for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Her company, V Starr Interiors, handled the interior design for the pro shop. Architectural firm Song + Associates worked alongside Pirtle Construction on the 4,506-squarefoot facility.

Parks & Recreation Director Bruce DeLaney invited the public

Changes In The New ‘Patriot Act Lite’ A Step In The Right Direction

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By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Several hundred people interested in the construction of the State Road 7 extension from 60th Street North to Northlake Blvd. turned out for a public meeting Wednesday at the South Florida Fairgrounds organized by the Florida Department of Transportation.

There were no presentations or public comment by microphone, but FDOT had posters on display showing recent changes in response to previous public comment, and numerous FDOT officials were on hand to answer questions.

Comment sheets were available for residents to fill out as the state agency moves into the final design of the project, based on extensive outreach and coordination related to the evaluation of impacts to wetlands and threatened/endangered species during the development phase.

The current schedule includes adding two lanes to the existing two lanes from Okeechobee Blvd. to 60th Street North, with design completion set for late 2015 and construction to begin in late 2016 — a change that was announced late last year by the state to the chagrin of advocates who wanted the priority to be the link to Northlake Blvd. That part of the project was put off by the state, which expects delays due to an anticipated lawsuit from the City of West Palm Beach.

FDOT currently anticipates construction design of the four-lane extension from 60th Street North to Northlake Blvd. to be complete in late 2016, with actual construction to begin in 2019.

“If we can move the north side of that construction in sooner, we’ll do that, but we don’t have the money to do that yet,” FDOT Public Information Director BarSee SR 7 PLAN, page 7

Wellington Ready To Open New, REV. RICHTER RETIRES State-Of-The-Art Tennis Center

OPINION Several key provisions of the Patriot Act expired June 1.

Among them is the notorious “Section 215,” which authorized bulk collection of Americans’ telephone data. We now have what civil libertarians have dubbed “Patriot Act Lite,” the new USA Freedom Act. Yes, the feds can still go after your phone, iPad, e-mail, text and other such records, it’s just a bit more difficult to pull it off and requires more authorization.

Hopefully, the government will keep to the true spirit of the law and use it to track terrorists, not law-abiding citizens. Page 4

SR 7 Meeting Shows Latest Design Plan, With A Few Changes

The new Wellington Tennis Center will open Tuesday, June 9.

PHOTO BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

to attend the ceremony, which will include comments by the Wellington Village Council and special guests before the ribbon cutting.

At the observation deck of the new tennis building, there will be a ceremonial cake and refreshments for all who attend.

“It’s an outstanding, brand-new facility,” DeLaney said. “We’re very excited about this particular venue for the Village of Wellington and our tennis people.”

Cheatham, who will remain director of the new Wellington Tennis Center, is beyond excited about the upcoming opening. He led the Town-Crier on a tour Monday.

“It’s awesome. The old one’s old. This one is more modern, and the courts are going to be so much easier to take care of,” Cheatham said. “It’s set up for more league play, so this will be utilized a lot.

I think we’re going to be really busy.”

Previously, the tennis center was part of the Wellington Community Center. Having his own building is something new for Cheatham, who anticipates the benefits of the new location.

“It’s going to be exciting. This view up here is incredible. It’s set up nicely. The facility is set up See TENNIS, page 4

Large Crowd For First Of Four Meetings On Future Of K-Park

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Village Council chambers were overflowing with residents providing input Tuesday in the first of a series of public meetings on the future of the 66.8acre K-Park site, located at the southwest corner of State Road 7 and Stribling Way. Only 100 digital input clickers were available for more than 200 residents seeking to weigh-in on a survey prepared by staff to record their preferences for the land, which leaned more toward passive open space than athletic fields or a mixed-use commercial development.

Residents appeared to strongly oppose any residential development, including single-family homes, townhomes or multifamily condos/rentals, which had been proposed in most of the six plans submitted by developers and considered at a raucous public meeting conducted in January that resulted in the council postponing any decision until a series of public input meetings could be completed.

Several dozen residents also spoke at the meeting or submitted their opinions on comment cards.

Growth Management Director Bob Basehart said that the purpose of the meeting was for council

members and staff to get ideas from the public.

The site was purchased in 2003 for almost $8.5 million and was designated for future park land, as well as stormwater retention. In 2006, the village came up with a plan to develop the site for recreation uses, including ball fields, a new swimming pool, community center and walking/jogging trails, but the plan never reached the final design phase.

Since then, the village has considered several different iterations for the land: as a park for athletic and recreational uses, as well as a large baseball complex with 10 See K-PARK, page 7

St. Peter’s United Methodist Church in Wellington held a retirement party for Rev. Dr. Rainer Richter on Saturday, May 30.

Friends and family gathered to wish Rev. Richter and his wife Sheila a happy retirement. Shown here are Palm Beach Atlantic University President Bill Fleming, District Superintendent Rev. Gary Spencer, Rev. Dr. Rainer Richter and Staff Parish Chair Keith Jackson. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Wellington Officials Feel Prepared For Hurricane Season

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The 2015 Atlantic hurricane season began June 1, and Wellington officials said they are prepared, but asked residents to do their part as well.

Director of Operations Jim Barnes said village staff has been preparing since April for the storm season, including communications, mock events and improvements to the drainage system in anticipation of a stormwater event.

“We have gotten more involved in social media the last few years, so that’s also an avenue that we utilize to get information out to our residents,” he said. “Whether it be through our Facebook page or Twitter account, we’re able to send out posts and write updates as to anything going on or updates related to critical infrastructure services.”

That is in addition to more longstanding communication methods.

“We still have the service we

have utilized in the past, which is the Code Red,” Barnes said.

“That is like a reverse 911 system that allows us to call numbers in an identified area anywhere in the village, and we can define those on the fly and target a particular area that we might need to provide emergency information.”

Residents can sign up to receive the Code Red service, which is available in the bottom right-hand corner of the home page on the Wellington web site at www.wellingtonfl.gov.

Preparation for hurricanes and other emergencies is a year-round effort for Wellington staff.

“A lot of it is based on a management plan we have in place that dictates our activities that staff needs to undertake not only for hurricanes, but other emergencies,” Barnes said. “Especially for hurricanes, we have a timeline that identifies preparatory measures that we undertake as far out as 72 See STORMS, page 18

LGWCD Candidates Face Off Ahead Of June 22 Vote

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Incumbent Loxahatchee Groves Water Control Supervisor Robert Snowball and challenger Laura Danowski faced off Thursday, May 28 in a forum conducted by the Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association.

Snowball’s Seat 1 is the only one filled by a vote of qualified electors, rather than a proxy vote based on acreage. Qualified electors are registered voters who also own property. The election will be held Monday, June 22.

Danowski said one of the hazards of politics is that candidates sometimes make the race personal, and she does not intend to go down that road.

“It is not my intent to sit up here and denigrate [anyone] at the water district or anything that they have accomplished or the goals that are on their list,” she said. “They volunteered their time and cared enough about their community to come out and do this. My focus is going to be on decisions and futures… I think we’re all quite aware of the things that are good and things that are in discord. I want to go forward, and that is my principal platform.”

Danowski is originally from New York. She has lived in Loxahatchee Groves for about 11 years.

“I spend my days taking care of our horse farm,” she said. “My 92-year-old mom lives with us. I

attend to her needs, and I also tutor math and English.”

Danowski said she is running because she is interested in the community and wants to preserve the agricultural lifestyle.

“I was raised that you need to give back to your community either through an organization or volunteering,” she said. “My dad was a volunteer fireman for 60 years, and he has instilled a sense of community in me.”

Danowski called Loxahatchee Groves “an unguarded treasure.”

“I think that some of the decisions that we’ve made are parceling it out and selling it out to the highest bidder,” she said. “I am terrified of Minto. I am terrified of urban sprawl. I don’t like the idea

of our roadways becoming arteries and cut-throughs for a large amount of urban traffic. I think that’s something we really need to focus on.”

Danowski added that she has personal experience over a 10year span in restoring eroded lake banks.

“I have experience in industrial water controls, pumps, motors, control panels, gate systems, and I also have experience with algae control and demucking using microbic organisms and ultrasound,” she said. “I look forward to our future, and we are all in this together.”

Snowball, a roofing supplies distributor, has been a LGWCD supervisor for 15 years. He and his

wife Darlene have two children.

“I want to stay on the board to keep things moving forward,” he said. “I think the 10 of us we’ve got, between the council and the board, don’t agree, I’m sure. But the 10 of us work pretty good right now. We’re moving things forward. I would like to see it stay that way.”

Snowball said he didn’t think he needed to go into detail about himself because people already know him.

“Where I stand at the end of the day is you can only do what you can do legally when it comes to the horse trails and whatnot. There’s a lot of things in the district that are not platted correctly. They are not See LGWCD VOTE, page 18

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NEWS

Wellington Zoners Suggest Changes To Revised Parking Code

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington is in the process of amending its parking codes, and a workshop session on the changes dominated Wednesday’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board meeting.

Wellington Planner Damian Newell led the multi-point discussion on the proposed parking regulation changes. “We are doing updates to our planning and zoning regulations, and we wanted to do a workshop with the PZAB to go over some of the changes and get your input before formally having it on the agenda,” Newell said. “In terms of the parking updates, the intent is to improve it and… just make it simpler.”

For multi-family residential developments, the current code requires 1.8 parking spaces per unit. Village staff would like to round that number up to two parking spaces per unit, making the parking requirement the same as for single-family homes and requiring 20 additional parking spaces per 100 units.

PZA Board Chair Carol Coleman asked whether that change considered every size unit the same, whether it is a two-bedroom or a three-bedroom, and Newell explained that it does.

Board Member George Unger inquired whether bedrooms count, citing Olympia as having insufficient parking with people parking on lawns and in the streets.

“Typically, the code is done based on the unit itself,” Newell said, noting that the board could suggest increases based on the number of bedrooms.

Unger suggested that the village consider a code based upon bedrooms to improve quality of life. “A two-bedroom house should not have the same amount of parking space necessarily as a five-bedroom house,” he said.

Unger suggested that the requirement for four-bedroom units be increased to three parking spaces.

Staff liaison David Flinchum clarified that the changes being discussed pertained to multifamily housing, not single-family homes. The code, he explained, pertains to new development and not already-established developments.

If the code changes, then anything not in compliance is considered nonconforming. Nonconforming, in this instance, means that it is allowed to keep to the old code until there are going to be changes. At that point, whether through construction or a natural

event, the current code needs to be followed.

Coleman summarized the discussion, saying, “We like the two spaces, but we’d like to also consider the number of bedrooms, correct?”

Board Member Michael Drahos disagreed.

“I think that some of this is overregulation,” he said. “If I move into a neighborhood and I have two kids and I anticipate I’m going to have cars, that’s what I have to consider when I’m buying a house.”

Since the parking is already regulated, Board Member Kenneth Kopp disagreed with Drahos. “I get where you’re coming from, and I appreciate it,” Kopp said.

“In this case, we’re actually easing regulations by allowing more parking.”

Non-residential parking requirements, the next topic, focused on the common ratio of one space per 200 or 250 square feet of building space, with staff’s recommendation to simplify the parking to one parking space per 200 square feet.

“We have uses that are not in Wellington or no longer exist. We are consolidating it and adding new uses to the chart,” Newell said.

Many items are in Wellington’s

code as a holdover from when the village adopted Palm Beach County’s parking code regulations upon incorporation in the 1990s.

Use categories such as a marina, airport, yacht club and boatyard do not apply to Wellington, and were deleted. Other categories, such as a clubhouse, retail nursery and wholesale nursery, were added uses.

Some uses are being consolidated: auditorium, theater and public assembly were combined with arena and stadium. Other uses were moved under another umbrella use, such as library being moved to government services, and garden center, lumber yard, meat-cutting, bakeries and hardware stores being categorized under a general retail use.

The board agreed with the changes and moved on to staff’s recommendation to change retail and restaurant use parking space size from 9.5 feet to 9 feet wide, as are residential and office parking spaces.

“Our recommendation is to change that to 9, as it is the most common width of parking spaces,” Newell said, noting that staff went back and forth on the issue.

The board expressed concern with opening vehicle doors, getting in and out, taking strollers

and other items in and out of cars, and not hitting other vehicles upon exit.

Vice Chair Andrew Carduner noted that there are many larger cars in Wellington. “When you’re taking into account Escalades, Tahoes, Suburbans, Navigators, vehicles that are larger, I’m sure you are aware, the size of the vehicles in this country is related to the price of gasoline,” he said.

Board Member Elizabeth Mariaca expressed concern about the existing parking spaces after Carduner asked about why parking is different at Publix as opposed to the Mall at Wellington Green or Whole Foods Market.

Flinchum explained that the parking codes have changed in the last 40 years, and driving around Wellington will make the different parking ways apparent. The landscaping code spurs changes, he said, especially with the interior perimeter and island widths.

Rather than make it smaller, the board presented the recommendation to change other use categories to 9.5 feet.

The final issue of the night focused on loading zones for commercial projects.

“We are changing that to simplify it to indicate that it is one space per 25,000 square feet, with

additional space required for each 50,000 square feet,” Newell said.

“We’re also requiring that restaurants will require parking spaces, and the reduction of those parking spaces is determined on a parking demand study.”

The board did not have any comments on this section and agreed with staff’s recommendations.

In other business, the board elected its chair and vice chair for the upcoming year.

Carduner renominated Coleman for the position, which drew comments from Kopp.

“This is the end of my first year on the PZAB, and I want to say that I was very impressed with your performance as a chair and a vice chair, and I really appreciated your leadership throughout this last year,” Kopp said. “It was a great introduction to this process. Having said that, this is no way an indictment upon how you performed, but I personally think there is a lot of value in rotating that position, and it’s not only for the board itself but for the development of the individual as well.”

Kopp recognized Mariaca and Drahos, who both have spent years on the board. He asked that other members consider that in their See PZA BOARD, page 18

Commissioners OK Mid-Year Update Of Five-Year Road Plan

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Commission adopted its mid-year update to the county’s five-year road program on Tuesday, leaving most planned road projects in the western communities unscathed, although some remain pushed to later improvement dates.

The plan calls for the three-lane design and right-of-way acquisition phase of the 1.2-mile stretch of 60th Street North from 140th Avenue North to east of 120th Avenue North, to be done in 2015 at a cost of $900,000.

The construction phase of three-laning a half-mile piece of 60th Street North from west of Royal Palm Beach Blvd., at a cost of $5.6 million, includes raising the roadway for better sight distance due to the large culvert over the M Canal, and installation of a traffic signal.

County Road 880, also known

as Old State Road 80, from 20Mile Bend to Sam Senter Road is currently closed for about five months while the road is being rehabilitated. That project will cost about $7.2 million over the next five years. The design phase to replace the bridge at 20-Mile Bend is also planned for 2015 at a cost of $800,000, with construction budgeted in 2019 at a cost of $2.2 million.

Several projects are planned for Northlake Blvd., including fourlaning a one-mile stretch in 2016 from east of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road to east of Hall Blvd., at a cost of $3 million. Research and mitigation for the four-laning of 2.4 miles of Northlake from east of Hall Blvd. to Coconut Blvd. is budgeted for 2016 at a cost of $2 million.

Mitigation and right-of-way acquisition for five-laning a one-mile stretch of Roebuck Road between Jog and Haverhill roads is bud-

geted for 2016 at $150,000, while four-laning a three-mile stretch of Roebuck from State Road 7 to Jog Road remains scheduled for 2019 at a cost of $50 million.

Right-of-way acquisition and mitigation for expanding a onemile stretch of Royal Palm Beach Blvd. from three to five lanes from the M Canal to south of Orange Blvd. is budgeted for $300,000 in 2016, with construction set for 2018 at a cost of $3.7 million.

Seminole Pratt Whitney Road’s expansion from four to six lanes between Orange Blvd. to south of Northlake Blvd. is set for 2016 at a cost of $6.5 million, and intersection improvements at Northlake Blvd. in 2016 will cost $3.5 million.

At Tuesday’s meeting, Acreage resident Alex Larson said that there is not enough concurrency money coming in from developers to support the large number of roadway improvements that will

be necessary since the state relaxed developer concurrency rules, and that road maintenance and improvements were cut severely during the recent recession.

Drew Martin, representing the Sierra Club, agreed that there are not enough roadway improvements to support development plans in the area.

“My concern is that the roads are not good, and there are too many people on the roads. A lot of the problem is what Alex alluded to, and that’s a lack of impact fees for new roads when we allow developers to build,” Martin said.

“I think that Palm Beach County, being a hurricane evacuation zone, needs to look at limiting building out west [because] we’re never going to be able to put adequate roads into those areas. I think we have to accept that.”

Martin urged the commissioners to keep development in the eastern parts of the county.

“Originally, the county plan was to put people into the eastern part of the county because that gave them access to the road system,” he said. “Allowing people to move farther and farther west is going to put them farther and farther out of reach of these roads, unless we can get to a point that we can use public transportation.”

Martin said that he has ridden the bus system, and it works pretty well.

“A lot of people use it, but most people don’t want to wait for the bus,” Martin said. “They don’t like the weather. It’s too hot to stand outside and wait. The bus stops, a lot of them aren’t covered, so I think we need to begin to look at limiting the amount of people who are going to be living out in these far western communities, because we just aren’t going to have adequate roads to meet their needs.”

County Engineer George Webb

said that he met with Minto representatives about two weeks ago regarding the two-lane bottleneck that remains on Seminole Pratt Whitney Road north of Seminole Ridge High School.

“We asked about this project, because it has been a priority of ours to try and get that area widened,” Webb said. “They told me that they would be able to start construction by the end of the summer or first part of fall. It’s a priority for them. It’s a marketing issue, as you might imagine. They estimate the project is going to be about a $12 million improvement in that area, which is going to be a great thing. We will work with them to make sure the appropriate permits are in hand to make that thing happen in a timely fashion.”

Webb pointed out that the midyear five-year road plan review is primarily budget adjustments and that any changes in the plan come at the end of the fiscal year.

TIME FRAME: EARLY 2014

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The Seminole Improvement District suggested to the LGWCD to conjoin our canal systems. Canal water levels in the Seminole District sit around 17-feet above sea level. Joining systems would significantly raise water levels in Groves’ canals north of Okeechobee.

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OUR OPINION

Changes In New ‘Patriot Act Lite’ A Step In The Right Direction

Over the past 13 years, in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, billions have been spent by federal, state and regional governments in an attempt to choke off such attacks from ever happening again.

We can speculate forever whether the multitude of actions taken have been truly effective, and to what degree. We can even ponder how much 9/11 led to the increase of law enforcement militarization, which has its roots years before the attacks, when the National Defense Authorization Act of 1997 allowed the transfer of excess military equipment to civilian law enforcement agencies. And we can contemplate how much of an impact the passage of the USA Patriot Act has had on our individual and collective civil liberties.

“Government is legitimately charged with defending life, liberty and property against both domestic and foreign predators. First among those obligations is to protect life,” wrote Robert Levy of the Cato Institute after the controversial law was enacted in October 2001. “With America under attack, and lives at risk, civil liberties cannot remain inviolable. But that’s a far cry from asserting that they may be flouted to wage war against fanatics.”

“If you are concerned about Fifth Amendment protection of due process, and Fourth Amendment safeguards against unreasonable searches and seizures, then you should be deeply troubled by the looming sacrifice of civil liberties at the altar of national security,” Levy added.

In the years that have passed, the scope of the Patriot Act has been widely discussed. While most are comfortable with the provisions designed to track and catch would-be terrorists, many have been deeply concerned about how often everyday Americans are caught up in its wake.

Several key provisions of the Patriot Act expired June 1. Among them is the notorious “Section 215,” which authorized bulk collection of Americans’ telephone data — something

a federal court has ruled illegal. The National Security Agency used Section 215 as the basis for collecting a plethora of phone records of Americans not necessarily under official investigation. It was also used to track financial data and to obtain companies’ Internet business records. The extent of the mass surveillance program was revealed two years ago by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

However, not all investigations of phone records under Section 215 will stop immediately. A clause in the Patriot Act allows the NSA to continue investigations it has already started. Other provisions that expired enabled the government to conduct “roving wiretaps” of suspects who switch communication devices, or spy on “lone wolf” individuals who are unaffiliated with an international terrorism organization.

In place of the Patriot Act, we now have what civil libertarians have quickly dubbed “Patriot Act Lite,” the new USA Freedom Act, signed into law Tuesday. Yes, the feds can still go after your phone, iPad, e-mail, text and other such records, it’s just a bit more difficult to pull it off and requires more authorization.

The key component of the Freedom Act is it ends the NSA phone dragnet in favor of a system that relies on telecommunication companies to provide select phone records to the government on an as-needed, judicially approved basis. It also requires heightened transparency measures associated with government data searches, and it allows tech companies to be more forthcoming regarding how many times they are tapped for data by government agencies.

So when all is said and done, Big Brother is still watching over us. It’s just a little less intrusive. Hopefully, the government will keep to the true spirit of the law and use it to track terrorists, not law-abiding citizens.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Support For Anne Gerwig

Editor’s note: The following letter is in response to the letter “Anne Gerwig And Canal Cleaning” by George Unger, published last week.

Let me say loud and clear that Councilwoman Anne Gerwig has stood strong in representing her village. She continues to withstand outrageous attacks from those who wish to silence good elected officials, of which in my experience in the elected world, most unfortunately, is not many.

George Unger has for years ravaged the reputations of women elected officials in the Royal Palm Beach/Wellington communities, attacking their characters with lies and innuendos. Using the power of the editorial page to publish his false allegations, he has counted on the readers to

believe his baseless accusations.

The Village of Wellington could not do better than to have someone of Ms. Gerwig’s honesty and intelligence to serve as their mayor. I hope that come 2016, the residents support her integrity and look for others to serve on the council that will honor them with the same public service.

Martha Webster Royal Palm Beach

A New Contract For Schofield?

It is only June, but the Wellington Village Council is itching to get Paul Schofield on the “firing line.” The only reason Paul is not gone is that they could not find a reason to let him go. Our next election is March 15, 2016. Paul’s renewal contract must be made by September, but it doesn’t expire

until Feb. 14, 2016, and it can be renewed for a year.

This year, there will be four council members running. Matt Willhite is term-limited, and he has his sights on Tallahassee.

Anne Gerwig is thinking about running against Bob Margolis for mayor. Vice Mayor John Greene is running, as is newly appointed Councilman John McGovern.

There are sure to be a number of new candidates in the wings to challenge all of the current council members, who are certainly vulnerable. The current council has had a very bad year. They lost Howard Coates, and they had to bring in an outside arbitrator to get some peace. We need some help!

There is a solution. Paul’s contract could be extended for a year.

During that time, a new council will be voted in. The transition will be easy, because no matter who is elected, they will have four years

to work together and a year to judge Paul Schofield’s expertise.

Morley Alperstein Wellington

No More Community Organizers

Recently revised GDP numbers were released showing a 0.7 percent decline in our economy for the first quarter of 2015.

That being said, the Bureau Of Economic Analysis was blamed for this by not taking into account “a seasonal adjustment” (winter weather). This is not the problem.

For the last few years, first quarter growth has been lower than normal. The problem is that growth under President Obama is and continues to be dismal. In June 2009, Obama began touting our economy as recovering.

In Obama’s recovery, the last 23 quarters, we averaged 13.3 percent growth for 23 quarters.

In the previous 10 recoveries, since WWII, the average was 100 percent more at 26.7 percent. If Obama’s average would have been 26.7 percent, our GDP would stand at an additional $1.9 trillion in our coffers.

Obama has blamed everything but his terrible policies. In 2011, he blamed Japan’s tsunami, the Arab

Spring, along with problems in Italy, Spain and Greece. In 2012, gas prices and Europe were to blame.

Then it was House Republicans’ budget cuts, the government shutdown and the sequester, which by the way, he ordered. Obama’s cover-all excuse was, financial recoveries are always slow to turn around. There are numerous studies contrary to Obama’s excuse.

Ron Piretti West Palm Beach

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OPINION

Social Security Paid Former Nazis More Than $20 Million!

Yes, you read the headline correctly. Some of the payments, believe it or not, were made in 2015!

In a new report, the Social Security Administration’s inspector general claims that all of the payments were legal under policies in place when they took place.

Until the early 1980s, after pressure from Congress, the Jus-

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tice Department finally decided to investigate links between immigrants to the United States and atrocities in wartime Germany.

It now turns out that more than three dozen ex-Nazis received more than $5.7 million in Social Security benefits before they were deported.

An additional 96 suspected

former Nazis, who pocketed $14.5 million in Social Security benefits, were never deported and kept receiving monthly paychecks.

A few died prior to deportation, others left America, and a few settled with the government after investigation and were allowed to remain in the U.S. This latest investigation was

shepherded into action by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy from New York when new evidence popped up. “It is outrageous that any Nazis were able to receive benefits,” McCarthy commented.

An investigation by the Associated Press in late 2014 renewed concern about this policy. Thus Congress, eventually, passed the

“No Social Security for Nazis Act.” It led to ending benefits for four Nazis who left the U.S. for Europe.

Intensive current scrutiny indicates that there are no current or former United States residents linked to Nazi crimes still receiving payments. It surely is about time!

Cheatham estimated approximately 36,000 plays at the original center annually, and he expects that number to increase with the new facility, with its better league conditions and increased court space — moving from 16 to 21 courts.

The same fees exist. The same staff will be there. The only difference, he said, is the new location.

If you want to check out the new facility and can’t attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony, plan to stop by Saturday, June 20 at 10 a.m. when the new Wellington Tennis Center will host a grand opening family fun day. To stay up-to-date on the Wellington Tennis Center’s happenings and activities, visit www.facebook. com/WellingtonTennisCenter.

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continued from page 1 perfectly for what we do here,” he said. “That was really important to us, having a viewing deck. Most clubs don’t have that.”

There are awnings between the courts that will shelter benches and water fountains. A maintenance building also features additional restrooms.

For those looking to play tennis, check-in is at the front desk.

Access to the courts is through the main building. Cheatham suggested tennis shoes for play, or for non-players, most shoes are fine, except running shoes. The facility has rental gear available.

Cheatham believes that almost all of his current players will make the transition to the new facility, plus more will likely come in, perhaps from as far away as Lantana and Boynton Beach. “The location is actually better, I think,” he said.

“So many people live on [State Road 7].”

Cheatham is looking forward to meeting Williams and showing off the new facility.

“I’m most proud that they actually did it, and it’s a state-of-the-art tennis complex,” he said.

When Cheatham first learned that there would be a new tennis center, he was excited and wanted to be involved in the design.

“There were four bids, and one bidder came to me and asked me what I wanted. I told him what I wanted, and this is it,” he said.

That company wound up being

the one chosen to build the facility, which was a happy coincidence for Cheatham.

As the sketches have become reality — the groundbreaking was held in October 2014 — Cheatham has been there every step of the way. He’s been on site for weeks making sure everything went as anticipated. “I think it’s going to be perfect,” he added.

The new building offers the pro shop once you walk into the lobby.

To the left and to the right are locker rooms with showers. There are trophy cases, large televisions, an elevator, offices and more. Follow the stairs, or use the elevator, and there is a 180-degree view of the 21 tennis courts.

Because there are many league events, the upstairs lounge features a refrigerator and other amenities to make things easier for lunches and special events. Inside, the room is air-conditioned. Outside, there is a covered walkway that goes halfway around the building.

It is the perfect place to watch games, socialize and relax.

Behind the courts is some empty space, Cheatham pointed out.

“They have room for maybe five or six more [courts] down there, if they need to expand down the road,” he said.

The courts are made of the same material as the courts at the old facility, Har-Tru clay, but they are watered differently, which makes a world of difference for their usability. “It’s watered from underneath; there aren’t any above-ground sprinklers,” he said, pointing out the stripes where the water comes up and seeps into the court.

The benefit is that there is no down time. They are constantly watered, all day long.

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“They never get water on top of them, except when it rains,” Cheatham said. “The old ones at our other place had eight sprinklers where we’d water from above, so we had to water and let them dry before you could use them again.

These you can use all day long.”

This week, final touches were being taken care of, Internet connections set up, televisions pro-

grammed, some paint added here and there, but, it will all be ready on time. “I’ll be excited once we get in and get settled. It’s going to be a lot of work,” Cheatham said.

Cheatham and his staff began moving things from the current location to the new location Thursday. The new facility will open for tennis players Monday, June 8.

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Wellington High School’s state champion boys basketball team held its annual awards banquet on Thursday, May 28 at the Binks Forest Golf Club. Aside from many year-end awards, the entire team and coaching staff were given rings to commemorate their winPHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER ning season. The rings were made possible through a gift from the Jacobs family.

Kim Jacobs, shown with head coach Matt Colin and assistant coaches Mike Colin and Greg Medor, brought along a Stanley Cup championship ring.

The players and coaches of the victorious 2015 Wellington High School boys varsity basketball team.

Head coach Matt Colin with his ring provided by the Jacobs family.

Assistant coach Nick Navarro tries on the Stanley Cup championship ring.

Head coach Matt Colin with Alex Dieudonne and Trent Frazier.

The junior varsity boys basketball team is recognized.

Assistant coach Greg Medor with the freshman team.

EAGLE ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL HOSTS ITS FIRST SPRING CARNIVAL The Eagle Arts Academy Charter School for the Arts held its first Spring Carnival on Saturday, May 30 at the school’s field with bounce houses, games, prizes, pony rides, food trucks and more. For more information about the school, visit www.eagleartsacademy.com.

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Karen Holland with Eagle Arts Academy students.

Event organizers Dana Brancato and Christina Ecker.

Student council kids Katelyn Ecker and Carlie Astern.

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By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report MAY 29 — A deputy from the Wellington substation of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office was called last Friday morning to the scene of two vehicle burglaries on Little Rock Court in the Stonegate community. According to one PBSO report, sometime between 1:30 and 4:20 a.m., someone entered the victim’s 2004 Saab through the driver’s door and removed $230 in mixed bills from the center console. According to another report, shortly after 4 a.m. last Friday, someone entered the victim’s unlocked 2005 Toyota Camry. According to the report, when the victim went outside at 4:10 a.m. to check the sprinklers, an unknown white male was observed exiting the vehicle. Nothing was reported stolen. A search of the area was unsuccessful, but DNA evidence was taken from both vehicles.

••• MAY 26 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home on Essex Court last Tuesday regarding a residential burglary.

According to a PBSO report, when the victim arrived home at 3:30 p.m., she noticed that her Apple Macintosh 17-inch computer, valued at $1,500 was missing, along with a canister with $20 in coins.

DNA evidence was taken from the sliding glass door, which had pry marks and $100 worth of damage to its frame.

MAY 26 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a business on Fortune Circle last Tuesday evening regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 7:30 and 8:10 p.m., someone entered the victim’s unlocked 2013 Mazda CX-9 and removed a black H&M purse and a Disney wallet containing a number of items from the front seat of the vehicle. DNA and fingerprint evidence were gathered from the vehicle.

MAY 27 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to 61st Street North in The Acreage early last Wednesday morning regarding a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, four males entered the victim’s fenced in property and removed three Yamaha four-wheelers. The vehicles were recovered, and Kenneth Blake, Jabre Andrews, Thierry Gilles and Shazam Singh were arrested.

MAY 27 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to Wyeth Court in Olympia last Wednesday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8 p.m. last Tuesday and 6:30 a.m. last Wednesday, someone entered the victim’s 2013 Jeep Wrangler and removed $280 from the glove compartment and middle console.

DNA evidence was gathered from the vehicle.

MAY 27 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home on Worswick Court in Olympia last Wednesday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8 p.m. last Tuesday and 8:30 a.m. last Wednesday, someone entered the victim’s vehicle and stole a pair of Prada sunglasses, valued at $200.

Papers from the glove compartment were strewn on the vehicle’s

floorboard. DNA evidence was gathered from the vehicle.

MAY 27 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home on La Mancha Ave. last Wednesday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, someone entered the victim’s unlocked 2001 Dodge van through the rear door and removed a Rigid camera, a Milwaukee 4.5inch grinder, a Roto Zip router, a Hitachi tool, a Makita chipping hammer and two PSL lasers, all engraved with the victim’s initials and valued at more than $1,300.

Fingerprint evidence was gathered from the vehicle.

MAY 27 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home on Las Palmas Street in the La Mancha community last Wednesday morning regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, someone entered the victim’s 2010 Chevrolet and removed $20 in cash.

MAY 27 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Walmart store on Belvedere Road last Wednesday morning regarding a case of shoplifting. According to a PBSO report, shortly after 10 a.m., someone entered the store and stole a vacuum and a small AC unit. According to the report, a loss prevention officer observed a male and female enter the store before the man selected the items and placed them in a cart. According to the report, the woman was watching the exit as the man left the store without paying for the items, together valued at $395.

MAY 28 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a parking lot near the Planet Fitness location on Southern Blvd. last Thursday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to the PBSO report, sometime between 5:35 and 6:40 a.m., someone smashed the front passenger-side window of the victim’s 2006 Hummer H2 and removed a brown Coach purse, valued at $500, which contained a $375 Coach wallet, blank checks and diamond stud earrings worth $7,000.

MAY 28 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to the Dunkin’ Donuts store on Wellington Trace last Thursday regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, between 12:30 and 12:40 p.m. last Wednesday, someone stole the victim’s blue Alcatel Metro PCS cell phone, valued at $40, from a shelf while she was working. According to the report, an unknown white female is shown on surveillance video entering the store and picking up the victim’s cell phone before putting it in her purse.

MAY 28 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was contacted by a resident of B Road in Loxahatchee Groves last Thursday regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. last Thursday, someone took the victim’s 50-gallon wheeled Rubbermaid garbage can, valued at $50.

MAY 29 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home in the Grand Isles community last Friday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO See BLOTTER, page 18

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continued from page 1 bara Kelleher said. “If we can get the money, that schedule will change.”

In addition to the four-laning, proposals for the southern portion include expanding the roundabout at 60th Street North, and adding two more roundabouts at Persimmon and Orange Grove boulevards, rather than putting in traffic signals.

“With those roundabouts, traffic can still move. Nobody comes to a complete halt, and you don’t have to sit there and wait even though nobody is coming in the opposite direction,” Kelleher said.

“Those are two proposals that we are trying to get input from the community on.”

New plans also call for a 22-foot noise wall at Ibis and a 16-foot noise wall at Baywinds.

“This is what we’re proposing they would look like,” Kelleher said, referring to a rendering of the walls. “That’s what we want input from the community on. Do you like that? Do you not like that?

That’s why we have these design meetings.”

FDOT has also proposed a minor alignment change to the

northern section, moving the road farther away from the West Palm Beach Water Catchment Area and nearer to Ibis, which would be separated by the noise wall, and moving a stormwater catchment area.

“We’re moving it away from the preserve, we’re narrowing the median, and putting more landscaping in,” Kelleher said. “This was based on input from previous meetings.”

She said that additional comments and suggestions will come from Wednesday’s meeting, but residents are still welcome to provide input.

“They can still comment to us or give us suggestions from the web site, or they can e-mail us, call us, send us letters. People don’t have to come to this meeting to give us input,” Kelleher said.

She anticipates that other public meetings will be held after the final design phases are done.

“We’ll take all this input and go forward with the design, and before we finalize it, before we get into construction, we’ll undoubtedly have another meeting,” Kelleher said.

The anticipated cost for both phases of the 4.4-mile stretch is $60 million for construction, $8.5 million for inspections, $8 million for mitigation, $1 million for right-of-way acquisition and $3.76 million for the design.

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continued from page 1 fields and training facilities, plus entertainment facilities and a hotel.

Other proposals have included technology centers and mixed commercial uses, a Palm Beach State College campus, an equestrian facility and a large athletic complex.

In January, six proposals were submitted to buy the site, all of which were mixed use. The prices offered ranged from $15 million to $25 million. At that meeting, the council directed that a series of meetings be conducted to get citizens’ opinions.

The village is currently renting the property for agricultural use.

On Tuesday, Wellington Projects Manager Mike O’Dell said that there are many planning issues with respect to the SR 7 corridor and finding a balance of commercial, residential and recreational space, either for athletic fields or passive uses.

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“When you look at that section, about 45 percent is retail and 55 percent is residential,” O’Dell said. “Only 5 percent remains undeveloped.”

O’Dell asked that residents consider the strategic aspect of K-Park’s development and what the best use would be.

“How should K-Park fit into that corridor?” he asked. “That is the question being asked tonight.”

Wellington Parks & Recreation Director Bruce DeLaney said that the village is on par with or ahead of other municipalities in its parks and recreation services, but that the balance could fall behind with population growth or repurposing any existing parks in the village.

“For the most part, we are right on the national standards,” he said. “As with most things in Wellington, our level of service is quite high.”

He cautioned that the level of service is also maintained through careful program management, including scheduling youth athletic programs such as soccer with three or four teams practicing on one field.

County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay, ITID Supervisor Michelle Damone, Wellington Director of Administrative & Financial Services Tanya Quickel and Wellington Project Management Assistant Kim Hutchison.

Royal Palm Beach Councilman Jeff Hmara and Wellington Councilman Matt Willhite.

Palm Beach County Engineer George Webb and Palm Beach County Metropolitan Planning Agency Executive Director Nick Uhrens look over the State Road 7 design plans.

Royal Palm Beach resident Dianne Queller with RPB Vice Mayor David Swift.

Indian Trail Manager Jim Shallman and Central Palm Beach County Chamber CEO Wayne Burns fill out comment cards.

Loxahatchee Groves Vice Mayor Ron Jarriel with his wife Sharon.

“We are able to meet the demand for recreational programming by consciously managing that program,” DeLaney said. “If the population continues to grow, it would certainly put a greater demand on those facilities.”

About 50 percent of almost 100 residents holding clickers responded that they live near K-Park.

About 67 percent said passive-type fields should be provided at K-Park.

If K-Park were developed as a community park, 6 percent said they would favor a tax increase to cover the construction, 52 percent responded affirmatively to a tax increase only if it’s guaranteed for K-Park and, 42 percent said they would not favor a tax increase.

Several other options were presented, asking whether: • K-Park should be a future location for an entertainment district such as CityPlace in West Palm Beach or the Delray Marketplace — 64 percent said yes.

• The village should sell about 5 acres of the site for commercial development — 79 percent responded not to sell any of it.

• The village should sell a portion of the park site for senior housing development — 78 percent said no.

• The council should control the development plan for the property — 87 percent said yes.

• The future development plan should include a hotel — 48 percent said no.

• The development plan should include residential use — 78 percent said no.

• The plan should include an arts center of some type — 61 percent said yes.

• The development plan should include employment-oriented uses — 81 percent said no.

Bill Flack, president of his homeowners’ association in Olympia, across SR 7 from K-Park, said his HOA and several others were not notified about the meeting, contrary to staff’s assertions that they were. He thought the survey was skewed to favor mixed commercial and residential uses.

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I was disappointed in the survey…

If the council truly wants to hear from us, I don’t think I want this survey used as what our community thinks. We know as a practical matter a mixed-use park is what we need, but if you’re going to have surveys, do it appropriately.”

Karen Lobello, a resident of Castellina, said she would prefer uses such as a botanical garden, a park area and restaurants, but was concerned about traffic congestion with access on Stribling Way, which had been proposed by several of the developers in January. She was against commercial development there.

Jupiter Jenkins of Village Walk said he and his wife moved to Wellington about a year and a half ago from near Village Blvd.

“One of the reasons we left was because it was all apartment complexes,” Jenkins said. “The clientele that was in that area got bad. That’s one of the reasons we came to Wellington.”

But on weekends, he and his wife usually go to movies and dinner at Harbourside in Delray Beach.

“I think we need the restaurants,” he said. “I think we need the movie theaters. We need to spend our money in Wellington, not other areas.”

Robin Kantor of Sugar Pond Manor said she was born and raised in Wellington and moved back here from New York City to raise her family, and that she’d prefer more athletic and recreational amenities for younger families.

She pointed out that during a recent sporting event, teams had to be turned away because there was not enough space, and her 9-yearold son wound up practicing until 8 or 9 p.m. due to limited space.

“I am an administrator with Palm Beach County schools, and I am constantly thinking about the future,” she said. “I want my kids to want to raise their kids in Wellington.”

The village will host three more K-Park meetings: July 21 at Polo Park Middle School, Aug. 4 at Wellington Landings Middle School and Sept. 15 in the council chambers. All meetings are on Tuesdays and begin at 7 p.m.

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NEWS BRIEFS Wellington Revamps Web Site

The Village of Wellington launched its new web site on June 1. The site includes a new layout and design, as well as several features aimed at making it easier for users to access government services and information.

Located at www.wellingtonfl. gov, the site tailors to four key audiences: residents, visitors, business owners and village staff.

The improved navigation and functionality will help to create a user-friendly experience.

A clean, smart design, along with enhanced search capability, make it easier to locate useful and current information. A prominent “alert banner” will allow staff to quickly relay updates and warnings.

The new web site has news, events and a meeting schedule prominently displayed; a responsive design allowing visitors to view the site on the latest browsers and mobile devices without a loss of functionality; new features for printing, sharing and adjusting font

size; and built-in social media links that will allow visitors to easily share information.

“We are constantly looking to improve the delivery of services to our residents, visitors and businesses,” Mayor Bob Margolis said. “Our residents have made it known that they want easier and increased communication with their government. They want upto-date information in an easy-tofind format, and they want access to village services while at home and work. We responded, and this improved web site will further residents’ understanding of village government.”

Dr. Whelihan To Address Hadassah Group

Shulamit Hadassah will feature Dr. Maureen Whelihan on “Bringing Sexy Back When Life Gets in the Way.” The program is set for Wednesday, June 17 at 7 p.m. at the Elite Gyn Care of the Palm Beaches (6801 Lake Worth Road, Suite 100W, Greenacres).

Reservations are required for this limited-space event. Contact

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Toastmasters SpeakerFest

The RiverWalk Toastmasters will host SpeakerFest 2015 on Saturday, June 20 from 6:30 to 10:15 p.m., with registration beginning at 6 p.m. at the Binks Forest Golf Club. Jeff Justice, a certified speaking professional, will be the keynote speaker. Tickets are available for $39 through June 15 and $45 afterward and at the door. The registration deadline is June 19 at 9 a.m. For more information, e-mail cindyebeckles@yahoo.com.

PBCWUD Publishes Annual Report

The Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department recently published annual water quality reports for both eastern communities and the Lake Region. They are available online at www.pbcwater.com.

The reports feature results from

more than 80,000 laboratory tests of the utilities’ drinking water.

The test results are summarized in easy-to-read charts. The reports also explain to residents where their water comes from, how the water is treated and who they can contact for more information.

Anyone who would like a printed copy of the report should call (561) 493-6062. The department serves approximately 500,000 residents with drinking water, reclaimed water and wastewater services.

Chamber Meeting At Photo Center

The Puerto Rican/Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will hold an event at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre Museum on Thursday, June 11 at 6 p.m. Fátima NeJame, president and CEO of the world-renowned museum, will be the guest speaker. She will discuss contrasting visions of Puerto Rico and Cuba. Admission is free for members and $10 for non-members. For more information, call (561) 889-6527.

New Equestrian Trails Open At Okeeheelee

Palm Beach County officially opened more than nine miles of new equestrian trails in Okeeheelee Park South with an early morning ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sunday, May 31. Among the nearly 100 attendees were about 50 who participated on horseback.

“Palm Beach County has historically been an agricultural and equestrian community, and this project furthers our commitment to support our history and to provide top-notch horseback riding experiences for local equestrian enthusiasts,” Commissioner Paulette Burdick said.

Development of the trails included extensive removal of exotic vegetation. The resulting scenic system of trails offers equestrians a unique opportunity to experience nine distinct local ecosystems.

“This restoration project eliminates intrusive exotics and also preserves and enhances nine different ecosystems that our children and our grandchildren can learn about and enjoy,” Burdick added.

Following the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Burdick led the inaugural ride through the new equestrian trails.

The park’s master plan includes additional hiking and biking trails, which are well underway, and a canoe/kayak launch. Additional amenities include a playground, restrooms and picnic facilities. For info., visit www.pbcparks.com.

June 6 Storm Preparedness Event At Mall

The Village of Wellington will join local government and safety organizations for a storm preparedness event at the Mall at Wellington Green on Saturday, June 6 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the mall’s Grand Court.

The purpose of the event is to provide residents with important information to assist them in preparing for hurricane season.

The event also aims to raise awareness, foster volunteers, and solicit donations for the American Red Cross.

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ST. PETER’S CHURCH GATHERING SALUTES RETIRING REV. RAINER RICHTER

St. Peter’s United Methodist Church in Wellington held a retirement party for Rev. Dr. Rainer Richter on Saturday, May 30 in the church gym. Friends and family gathered to enjoy a dinner catered by TooJay’s and wish Rev. Richter and his wife Sheila a happy retirement.

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Colby Hern, Jean Piere, Kara Piere, Sara Bartels, Grace Groover and Kylie Sambeli perform a song directed by Judy Lindsay.

Mary and Copeland Davis enjoy the evening.

Sheila and Rev. Dr. Rainer Richter with his cake.

Music Ministries Director Lee Mangum sings a song.

The Rev. Dr. Rainer Richter, Charlotte Richter and Sheila Richter with members of the Richter family.

Gospel Truth singers Mary Hubbard, Judy Lindsay and Marlene Christopher with Colby Hern on the washtub.

Sarah and Darrell Langworthy, Regis and Tom Wenham and Jeff and Carolyn Hmara.

RENAISSANCE SUMMIT CHOIR PERFORMS AT WELLINGTON BARNES & NOBLE

Members of the Renaissance Charter School at Summit choir showcased their talents at Barnes & Noble in Wellington on Saturday, May 23. Barnes & Noble hosted the school’s book fair fundraiser. Choir Director Denise Nisman assisted with organizing the event and arranging for members of the choir to perform.

Barnes & Noble Community Business Development Manager Ed Dilio and Choir Director Denise Nisman with members of the Renaissance Charter School at Summit choir.

Addison Levine performs “Let It Go” from Frozen.

Adriana Flores sings “Uptown Funk.”

Hailey Levine performs “Take Me To Church.”

Tia Duhaney and Aislin Flores, sing “Love Me Like You Do.”

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The Palm Healthcare Foundation hosted its second annual Heart of Gold nursing reception on May 15 to honor the work of local nurses and recognize the Palm Beach County’s nurses of the year, including Sarah Minchin of Wellington.

The event was a culmination of the six-week Thank A Nurse campaign that asked residents to show appreciation by sharing stories of outstanding nurses in the community.

More than 200 guests attended the celebration at the Kravis Center.

Michele Wright of CBS 12 News served as mistress of ceremonies and helped introduce speakers Andrea Bradley, president and CEO of the Palm Healthcare Foundation; Dr. Julie Hilsenbeck, regional vice president of Tenet Health; and Gayle Stevens, RN, from Vitas Healthcare.

Wright also introduced the 15 nurses recognized as Palm Beach

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SPAGNARDI COMPLETES EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT

County’s nurses of the year, including Minchin.

Minchin is a staff nurse in the recovery room at Wellington Regional Medical Center. She is certified in peri anesthesia nursing. Her knowledge and refined clinical skills contribute directly to the positive changes at Wellington Regional Medical Center and in the community.

For more information, visit www.palmhealthcare.org or call (561) 833-6333.

PALMS WEST ALLIANCE HOSTS TEACHER DINNER

Palms West Alliance Church (16401 Southern Blvd.) hosted its third annual Teacher Appreciation Dinner on Sunday, May 17.

Students from the church’s Oasis Youth Group, and other elementary school students, invited one of their favorite teachers to attend the evening’s events. (Right) After receiving a tribute, teacher Robin Mau of New Horizons Elementary School hugs her student, Mareny González. (Below) Tyneisha Herring reads her letter of appreciation to her teacher, Becky Sims from Berean Christian School.

Patrizio Spagnardi III completed his Eagle Scout Project on May 24 at McCarthy’s Wildlife Sanctuary. Spagnardi and a crew of more than 20 volunteers tore down and reconstructed an existing turtle enclosure and also built a second new turtle enclosure. Completing a service project is one step on the way to obtaining Eagle Scout, the highest rank in scouting. Spagnardi chose McCarthy’s Wildlife Sanctuary after growing up seeing many of their animal presentations at local schools and through scouting. The facility rehabilitates sick and injured animals with the goal of releasing them into the wild. The sanctuary also houses confiscated animals. (Above) Spagnardi with his plaque. (Below) Spagnardi with his reconstruction team.

Talia Fradkin Wins Library Essay Contest Wellington resident Talia Fradkin recently won first place in the Star Spangled Heroes Essay Contest sponsored by the West Palm Beach Library Foundation.

The library’s tribute to the military included an exhibition honoring Palm Beach County veterans, along with a countywide essay contest for local high school students.

Honorary chairs for the event were Sheriff Ric and Dorothy Bradshaw, along with co-chairs Lesley Hogan and Fred Storch.

The event was underwritten by Alexander “Sandy” Myers.

Fradkin, a junior at Palm Beach Virtual School, won first place and received her award during the

West Palm Beach Commission meeting with Mayor Jeri Muoio of West Palm Beach on Tuesday, May 26.

The event highlighted the need to honor current and former military members.

A reception followed at the West Palm Beach Library, attended by State Attorney Dave Aronberg, State Rep. Lori Berman, State Rep. Patrick Rooney Jr. and Chief Deputy Property Appraiser Dorothy Jacks.

The award celebration was televised live and can be streamed at www.wpb.org/westpalmtv.

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Jesse Mendheim Finishes Air Force Basic Training

Talia Fradkin receives her award from Rebecca Weiss of the West Palm Beach Library Foundation and Alexander “Sandy” Myers.

Air Force Airman Jesse W. Mendheim recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.

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

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

Mendheim is the son of Dixie Mendheim of Port St. Lucie and grandson of Betty Walk of Loxahatchee.

He is a 2014 graduate of Seminole Ridge High School.

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WES ENJOYS TAKE DAUGHTERS AND SONS TO WORK DAY

On Tuesday, May 26, Wellington Elementary School participated in “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.” Many children of Wellington Elementary School’s staff accompanied their parent to work. The sons and daughters were delighted in assisting their parents while learning about the career their parents chose. It was a learning experience the children won’t forget. The event originated with the goal of creating new ways to engage the youth of America in the realization of their hopes and dreams. Wellington Elementary School was proud to participate in the national event.

Shown here are Pre-K paraprofessional Dawn Niedzwiedzki with her daughter Carlie; Caleigh and McKenna Tosner with their mother, ESE teacher Cathy Tosner; and Taylor Payne with her mother, speech pathologist Cheryl Payne.

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Binks Forest PTA Named PTA Of The Year

The Binks Forest Elementary School Parent Teacher Association was named PTA of the year on May 16 at the annual Palm Beach County Council of PTA/PTSA Awards Dinner.

The organization also received two additional honors, including the 2014-15 Community Connection Award and Literacy Award.

“We are thrilled to have received not only the Community Connection Award and the Literacy Award from Palm Beach County Council PTA/PTSA, but also to be awarded the PTA of the Year,” Binks Forest Elementary School PTA President Tanya Siskind said. “Every year, our PTA board strives to streamline events and programs while making them bigger and better. We are thankful for the tremendous support we receive from our parent volunteers, administration and the community. We recognize that the Palm Beach County School District has an excellent reputation for high achieving schools with very active PTA’s which is why receiving these awards is such an honor.”

The Binks Forest PTA was selected this year because of its many accomplishments, including some of the following programs and events.

Family STEM Night was an outstanding example of family engagement where Binks Forest students and families explored more than 20 interactive centers that were set up around the cafeteria. These centers were designed to entertain and enlighten families

about science, technology, engineering and math concepts. The community was also invited to share in the fun. The 4-H Club, Mathnasium, the Scientastic Center, Lion Country Safari, Pine Jog and the Solid Waste Authority all attended the event and engaged families with interesting and educational activities. The program was free, and more than 250 people attended. This event brought students, parents, teachers, PTA and community members together with the common goal of exploring STEM topics while having fun.

The Binks Forest PTA coordinated two visits to local rehabilitation and assisted living facility NuVista this year. Each visit was attended by approximately 20 students, who performed music for the residents. Students from kindergarten through fifth grade played cello, violin, piano and sang. In addition to their performances, the students gave out child-made crafts for the residents to decorate their living spaces with. The visits were enthusiastically received by the residents, many of whom do not have visitors regularly. The Binks Forest PTA also coordinated with the school aftercare department for children to make Thanksgiving centerpieces for the assisted living center. The students enjoyed the opportunity to be creative and help others at the same time.

The Binks Forest PTA also worked with the local Meals on Wheels program this year. Students created approximately 200

Binks Forest PTA board members (front row) Shana Feuer and Sara Hyams; and (back row) Jennifer Weese, Amy Robbert, Tanya Siskind, Amy Rochman and Emily MacMillan. birthday and holiday cards to be Night is an annual event that delivered with meals. flourishes and grows due to the “Our PTA has connected with collaborative efforts and hard the community through a variety work of the teachers, parents, PTA of projects this year,” Amy Roch- and community members who man, Binks Forest PTA vice pres- donate their time and resources. ident of school services, said. “We The substantive effect of Literacy created multiple opportunities for Night can be measured through our students and families to engage the school’s high performance in with the community in a meaning- reading. ful way. Our goal was to benefit The Binks Forest PTA Executhose in need, as well as teaching tive Committee consists of seven our students about the importance board members, including a thirdof giving back to others.” grade teacher and Binks Forest In the Literacy Award category, Elementary School Principal which also encompassed math, Michella Levy.

Binks Forest was chosen for the “It is an honor to not only work many outstanding programs and with but to be a part of such a events that the PTA either runs strong PTA board. We are very or helps fund to increase learning fortunate to have a PTA board gains and enhance curriculum for that will do whatever it takes for all of the students. Binks Literacy children,” Levy said.

Oxbridge Academy Names New Academic Dean

New Horizons Elementary School students in grades one through five participated this year in the Reading Counts program by reading books and taking computerized tests to check their comprehension. Students in each grade level had a challenge to meet by reading a certain number of words: first graders read 80,000 words; second graders read 500,000 words; and third through fifth graders read 1 million words. Students meeting the challenge, 34 students in all, were treated to an ice cream party. Each one received a trophy purchased by the Reading Leadership Committee and a Barnes & Noble gift card purchased by the PTA. Shown here are award recipients with teacher sponsor Jennifer Schuler.

John Klemme has been named academic dean at the Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches following a nationwide search.

Klemme joins the independent school’s administrative team with more than 40 years of education experience, including 15 years as the principal of Scarsdale High School in New York. Klemme has been with Oxbridge since the school opened in 2011, serving as an English teacher and English department chair.

After nearly 20 years as an administrator in the Northeast, Klemme moved to Florida and joined Oxbridge with a desire to teach again. While leading English and literature courses, Klemme has also developed the Oxbridge

Academy/Cambridge University program, giving more than 30 students the chance to study abroad under the direction of Cambridge professors during spring break.

In addition to his experience at Oxbridge and Scarsdale, Klemme has also served in the Detroit and Birmingham public school systems in Michigan. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from Wayne State University, as well as an education specialist degree and multiple teaching certifications.

“John is highly respected by his peers for his academic prowess and also for his wisdom, guidance and dedication to the art of teaching,” said Robert C. Parsons, president and CEO of the school.

“He has already earned the trust and confidence of the Oxbridge faculty, as well as the praise of parents and students. Oxbridge has experienced a truly fabulous beginning academically, and John is definitely the right person to lead our faculty and our academic programs to the next level.”

As academic dean, Klemme will develop innovative and collaborative Oxbridge academic programs that inspire students to fall in love with learning. His leadership of Oxbridge faculty and mentorship of students will ensure students are challenged and prepared. In addition, Klemme will be responsible for the supervision and evaluation of teachers, the professional development program for faculty

and oversight of the Oxbridge academic curriculum.

“I am very excited about this new role at Oxbridge,” he said.

“Most people know that I moved to Florida to return to the classroom and have been very happy in that role, but I believe that I can make an important contribution to the school at this stage of its evolution. Happily, I also will have the opportunity to teach, taking on at least one class.”

The Oxbridge Academy was founded in 2011 by energy magnate and philanthropist William I. Koch. The school is located at 3151 N. Military Trail in West Palm Beach. For more information, visit www.oapb.org or call (561) 972-9600.

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Career Day At Cypress Trails A Success Cypress Trails Elementary School held its annual Career Day on Friday, May 15. The theme of the day was “Celebrating STEM Careers.”

STEM is the acronym for an academic focus on science, technology, engineering and math. Presenters from the community shared their experience and expertise in the areas of mechanical, electrical and software engineering.

Representatives from Lion Country Safari were there, along with a veterinarian from the local

area. The students heard from an expert in crime scene investigation. They saw paramedics, firefighters and officers from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office as they discussed their equipment and the science behind the jobs they do.

Students were encouraged to dress for their favorite STEM career. They were afforded an opportunity to consider these exciting occupations, and to better understand how academic preparation relates to real-world jobs.

Cypress Trails students enjoyed their Career Day visitors. (Above) Students learn about animal skulls. (Top right) Students learn about Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue. (Bottom right) Students learn about the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office’s equipment and science for catching criminals.

Crestwood Students Excel In Competition On Saturday, May 23, the Crestwood Middle School Eagles chorus and advanced handbell ensemble, under the direction of Veronica Johnson, participated at the Music USA Festival at Universal Studios in Orlando.

The chorus received a superior rating and first place in the Middle School Concert Choir category, having sung “Kommt, Seelen,

Dieser Tag,” by J.S. Bach, which featured Devin Embrich and Jesse Montillo singing together. They both received awards for Outstanding Duet. The chorus also sang “Morning Song/Cherokee Amazing Grace,” often referred to as the Cherokee National Anthem, arranged by James Green.

The handbells group received a superior rating and first place in

the Middle School Handbell Choir category and earned the Middle School Grand Champion Award for Instrumental Music, having earning the highest score given in 10 years. They played “Stairway to Heaven” by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, and “Little Fugue in G Minor,” by J.S. Bach.

On Friday, May 15, Crestwood’s honors handbells ensemble

performed at the Spotlight on Young Musicians event at the Kravis Center. Having practiced in class for weeks and as a full group on Saturdays, the ensemble showcased their music, joined by students from Highland Elementary School, Wellington Landings Middle School, and several former Crestwood and Palm Springs students who are now in high school.

(Left) The chorus and handbells group with their trophies. (Right) Deven Embrich, Ethan Braham, Hally Stoop, Verona Ortega and Michael Woodyshek with the Middle School Grand Champion Award.

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SRHS STUDENT WINS THIRD PLACE IN ESSAY CONTEST

Seminole Ridge junior Gabrielle Marvez was honored May 26 at the West Palm Beach City Commission meeting as a third-place winner in the commission’s “Star-Spangled Heroes” essay contest At a reception following at the Mandel Public Library, Marvez read her essay aloud to dignitaries, West Palm Beach Library Foundation board members and honored veterans, then contest underwriter Alexander Myers presented her with a check for $400. Marvez’ English teacher, Melissa Long, was also honored, receiving a gift card for classroom supplies. The “Star-Spangled Heroes” essay contest asked students to address the responsibilities American citizens have to returning veterans. It aligned with an exhibit at the library saluting the 100,000-plus U.S. military veterans residing in Palm Beach County. Shown above are Marvez and Long.

CYPRESS TRAILS STUDENTS CELEBRATE ‘RED NOSE DAY’

Cypress Trails Elementary School students recently brought awareness to nationwide poverty by wearing red noses. Pictured here is Frances Cortes’ third-grade homeroom class.

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My Cousin’s Upcoming Visit Will Be Exciting... If She Survives

My favorite cousin is coming for a visit, and I am worried. What am I going to do to entertain this woman?

Earlene is a former English teacher, yearbook advisor and prom coordinator.

Her mother was an English teacher, too, and I adore them both. We have tons in common. Here’s the problem: Earlene (and don’t ask me how she got that name; no one else in our family is named Earlene, or even Earl) is retired.

Not only that, but she hasn’t been married since she was about 28 years old, and she never had children. She lives in Nevada with her bird and her cat, and the three of them co-exist peacefully and happily in

Deborah Welky is

The Sonic BOOMER a little ranch-style house where Earlene spends a lot of her time reading.

For some reason, Earlene felt it would be a lark to come for a weeks-long visit, and so did I... until I realized that the way we live may kill Earlene.

I currently reside in the “north wing” of my daughter’s house, where Mark and I spend 50 hours a week making sure our tiny little grandchildren get off to a good start while their mother continues to pursue her high-powered career. The kids are adorable, but they are both under age 3.

They cry, scream, spit up and poop. A lot.

The place is crawling with husbands — mine, Jen’s and a bunch of office workers in the “south wing.” There are office worker wives, too. I truthfully could not tell you how many people work here.

There are no cats or birds. Instead, there are two dogs that would just as soon eat cats and birds. Sometimes there are four

dogs, depending upon which office workers brought their dogs to work that day.

It’s a small farm environment, heavy on animals and plants.

The house is not a ranch style. It’s like three ranch styles, one on top of the other.

You think twice before going to the refrigerator for ice or doing your laundry. No one leaves a floor without seeing if anyone else on that floor needs something from the general area to which they are headed.

I am worried that Earlene thinks we will be going to the spa, lunching out, sipping wine under a shade tree and/or nodding thoughtfully at pieces in art museums.

Instead, our days revolve around the toy

box, the park, the zoo, the train museum, the trampoline place, the water park, Chuck E. Cheese’s and any mall with a play space inside. There is a din everywhere we go.

I haven’t read a book without being interrupted in, well, never. I cannot remember a time when I could afford the luxury of quietly reading a book from cover to cover.

At my age, I should probably be retired, but I’m not. Frankly, I do not see retirement on my horizon at all. I watch the kids, run my store and write a little bit in between. When one job ends, I already See WELKY, page 16

I’m Very Disappointed With Cameron Crowe’s New Film ‘Aloha’ I was really disappointed with the new Cameron Crowe film Aloha. His Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous were two of my favorite movies of the 1990s, both literate and witty. The new film tries to cram three different stories into one film, and clearly suffers from having been cut back so much that the main stories are barely coherent.

Brian Gilcrest (Bradley Cooper), a defense contractor, arrives in Hawaii as part of his job working for billionaire Carson Welch (Bill Murray). His basic job is to persuade the “King of Hawaii” (a native activist, played by Bumpy Kanahele, who plays himself) to allow the digging up of an old native cemetery so that a factory can go up to provide backing for space communications satellites. He is assigned to a “watchdog,” far-too-perky Air Force Capt. Allison Ng (Emma Stone). To complicate matters, as he arrives, he sees Tracy Woodside (Rachel McAdams),

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By Leonard Wechsler the woman he almost was engaged to 13 years earlier, who promptly asks him to visit her family.

The main story focuses on the relationship between Gilcrest and Ng as he negotiates his deal. Their chemistry is not off the charts; she seems far more interested in him. In the middle of all of this, there are questions about the payload of the rocket that Welch is launching. While there is barely enough structure to figure out the story, there are many questions raised. Gilcrest is supposed to be a sort

of sleazy mercenary, but near the end, he suddenly becomes the computer genius needed to prevent disaster. Previously, all we had seen of his computer skills was the use of a flash drive.

There is a love triangle that sort of turns into a quadrangle. Tracy has two children, and her daughter is 12. Anyone who has been going to movies for the past few decades can do the math… break up with Gilcrest 13 years earlier, but have a 12-year-old kid. Tracy has problems with her uncommunicative husband Woody (John Krasinski). Their relationship and interaction with Gilcrest is far more interesting than the main story, but is given far too little time, although Crowe gets a couple of great scenes, using Gilcrest and then subtitles to translate Woody’s body language.

Cooper is charming as always. Unfortunately, his portrayal is damaged by the obvious fact that a lot has been edited out.

We know that he stole money from Welch, we know he was hurt dealing with various partisans in Afghanistan. But then, as noted earlier, he becomes a computer whiz who is also able to persuade someone over the radio to totally violate the rules as a plot twist.

Stone is adorable even though there seems almost no reason she should really be interested in Gilcrest. Unfortunately, the dialogue seems focused more on portentous statements than on realism, with a heavy focus on the evils of the rich.

McAdams is marvelous. She is able to win us over by underplaying her scenes.

We listen to her rather than to others’ banter. And Krasinski, with few lines of actual dialogue, is an effective foil for her.

Danielle Rose Russell steals scenes and hearts as the daughter. The final scene of the film is absolutely lovely and demonstrates wonderful acting ability.

That she is pretty enough to not only play

McAdams’ daughter but to be described as looking like the older woman bodes well for her.

Alec Baldwin does his usual blowhard role in a few scenes as the general on the scene. Murray is wasted. He is in a few scenes that seem to make him a sort of a genius and have nothing much at all to do with the film.

Crowe clearly wanted to make his points with the film, and that is the problem. Romantic comedy works best when the focus is on the leads meeting and falling in love. In Aloha, the two leads seem more interested in anything but each other, and since the two are both poorly defined, it becomes hard to root for them. The relationship between Tracy and Woody was far more interesting.

This is one of those films that are fairly painless except, of course, for those of us disappointed because the film was far less than we hoped it would be.

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Office managers Christine Mathews and Kim Paino with Dr. George Gounakis, Dr. Margarita Rodriguez, Dr. Jason Hartman and Dr. Lindsay Perkins.

Leslie Brooks and Jenny Durango.

Dean and Elyse Marrone.

Ambassadors from the Wellington Chamber of Commerce join Alpha Dental staff members for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

John and Jessica Guner with Christian Posada.

Nick Mastromatteo, Talia Tripp and Lee Duke.

Emily Krupiczer, Allan Small and Darlene Curti.

Michaela, Alexandra and Pantelis Gounakis.

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AnnMarie Giarrusso and Nicole Giarrusso.

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Danowski

continued from page 1 recorded correctly, and anything that I’m involved in, I want to make sure it’s done properly and it’s recorded properly, so that when it’s all done… no one can come back and say, ‘You guys did this wrong… Now you can’t use the trails.’ Every time we do a project, it seems like we run into a brick wall, and it always seems to be the legal part, and it’s very hard to overcome that.”

Choosing from questions selected randomly, moderator Ken Johnson asked candidates whether they would accept the $50-a-month stipend available to supervisors.

Danowski said she might donate it to an animal welfare organization, while Snowball said he has never taken it.

Asked to explain why canal levels are lower at certain times of the year, and about South Florida Water Management District restrictions on back-pumping, Snowball said the canals work hydraulically. “The north end is the high end; the south end is the low end,” he said. “During the times of the month when we don’t have the rain, we don’t have the water in the canals. We have a lot of farms drawing out of the canals every day, and we have a permit with the SFWMD to back-pump. We even have an extra exemption to pump more during certain times of the year. We pump our allotted amount every day, and we still can’t fill the canals up. We need rain for the canals to stay full.”

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continued from page 1 hours in advance of a storm making landfall, down to 48 and 24 hours, and it breaks it up into different departments that we have providing services, whether it’s public works, parks and recreation, or even the building department that would necessarily go out and make sure that private and commercial projects that are going to be inspected are secured as best as possible by developers and contractors.”

When a hurricane is not imminent, village staff members constantly review emergency management plans and run tabletop exercises that simulate the steps staff will need to take through an actual storm event.

“That way, we can step through our different procedures and oper-

NEWS Danowski said she was not familiar with specific water allotments and permits for the district but that she’d read on the SFWMD web site that annual runoff from the LGWCD is about 13 billion gallons.

“Here’s some thinking out of the box: Imagine if we could apply for a grant or some sort of construction project to build containers to funnel the runoff, siphon the runoff to do something with the runoff so that in times of dry periods, we could use it… I think there’s some better way to deal with runoff.”

Asked whether the LGWCD should become dependent to the town, both said it should.

“There is no secret that we whisper about conflict and how things get done or don’t get done,” Danowski said. “Personally, I feel there is a transition period where the brain trust of the water control district could act in a consulting position to the town, gather information, speak to outside personnel, professionals about how to deal with and solve some of our problems, bring that information back to the town. Let the council and town management talk about it and budget it and plan it, and have the water control district focus solely on water.”

Snowball said he has always anticipated the LGWCD becoming dependent.

“There’s no reason for 10 people to be running it,” he said. “But until the town council has their feet on the ground and says, ‘Hey, we’re ready,’ I’m going to be here for them, because at this point in time, I don’t see how they’re going to have time to do our job and their job.”

Asked whether they would support the removal of barriers on district canal maintenance right of way to develop riding trails, Snowball said he supported it, but that issues remained about controlling access by motor vehicles.

“When it was first started, we talked about how to keep the motorized vehicles off of it,” he said.

“The equestrian community came and told us about certain paths, cross-throughs that horses [and bicyclists] could get through.”

He pointed out that the canal easements are owned by landowners, and agreements must be reached in order to make them accessible to riders.

“Once all the legal mumbo-jumbo is taken care of… we’re going to be able to walk or ride up and down our canal banks,” he said. “Yes, we should be taking the gates down and we should be putting up poles or something to keep out the motorized stuff. That has always been in our conversations from the very beginning.

I’m ready for it, but we can’t do it illegally.”

Danowski said that as a lifelong equestrian, she strongly favors the development of horse trails.

“I sat for a year on the trails committee, and I do agree that we need ‘T’s crossed and ‘I’s dotted,” she said, adding that equestrians understand that they ride at their own risk. “I understand the district’s concern as far as suing.

Everybody can sue for anything. I agree that it has to be systematic.”

She also favors fencing to separate the trails from private property, both for the property owners’ privacy and to protect riders.

“As a rider, I would love to

have a fence between me and somebody’s large dog,” she said, adding that she would consider giving a tax credit or other incentive for property owners to put their own fences up.

Candidates were also asked about recent legislation regarding stormwater runoff and how the LGWCD and the town could use it to their advantage while working toward controlling nutrients in runoff from agricultural property.

“Sooner or later, the government’s going to come knocking,” Snowball said. “Luckily we’re a town now, and those guys have got

ating requirements, and the staff is refreshed on it on a fairly regular basis for the season that we’re in now,” Barnes said.

Staff members have gone through two exercises since April, and they plan to do a more indepth exercise before the end of the month.

“We like to get started with that in advance of the season,” he said.

The village has improved swales, cleaned or replaced culverts, and cleared and dredged canals and banks to improve drainage and prevent flooding, which is often the most damaging aspect of hurricanes.

“We have done a significant amount of improvements in the system and we will be able, I think, to see the results of that,” Barnes said. “Hopefully, we’ll never have to, but we will see the results of our infrastructure maintenance efforts in the event of a hurricane or a major rain event.”

The village has also replaced old

pumps with variable-speed pumps in order to control the amount of stormwater discharge, which has been an issue in the past.

“We’ve done upgrades to our pump stations so we’re able to run more efficiently and adjust to the changing water levels,” Barnes said.

They have also gone through the system of pipes connecting the drainage systems in the village, cleaning out or replacing pipes where flow was partially impeded or blocked due to age or deterioration. “Most of our system is older, and some of it is over 30 years old,” he explained. “A lot of that is the original infrastructure that was installed.”

Barnes also pointed out that the drainage system has changed dramatically since the original design, where the southern portion of the village drained south into the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

“Several years ago, we essen-

tially replumbed the village, that now the entire drainage system flows north and is discharged into the C-51 [Canal] and ultimately into the regional system,” he said.

“Just as important is that we did take a look at the entire system.”

Barnes recommended that residents have a personal plan to weather a hurricane and prepare their homes so that they are as safe as possible. They should make sure that shutters are still functional and other protective measures are in good working order.

“As prescribed by the county and the state, as we get closer to an actual storm event, they need to make plans and have provisions on hand in the event that service and infrastructure are interrupted,” Barnes said. “The more that the residents are prepared and the more that the village is prepared, we’ll be able to come out of the storm in better shape than we normally would have. The key is to make a plan and be prepared.”

Candidates Laura Danowski and Robert Snowball answer questions at last week’s forum.

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“The more that the residents are prepared and the more that the village is prepared, we’ll be able to come out of the storm in better shape than we normally would have,” Wellington Director of Operations Jim Barnes said. “The key is to make a plan and be prepared.”

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continued from page 6 report, sometime between midnight and 6:30 a.m. last Friday, someone entered the victim’s 2013 Ford Edge and removed a Dell laptop, valued at $1,000, a black briefcase, valued at $400, and the victim’s passport. According to the report, when the victim returned to his vehicle at 4 a.m., he noticed that the front passenger side door was ajar, but thought nothing of it until later in the day when he received a call stating that his check book and other items were discovered on the front lawn of a home not far from the one the victim was visiting. The laptop, briefcase and passport were not among the recovered items.

MAY 29 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substa-

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tion was called to a home in the Paddock Park neighborhood last Friday afternoon regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 1:40 p.m. last Friday, someone entered the victim’s residence through an unsecured rear door and removed a Nikon camera, valued at $250, and a bottle of Smirnoff vodka, valued at $40.

MAY 30 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home in the Aero Club community last Saturday morning regarding a case of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 5 and 5:30 a.m., someone smashed the windshield of the victim’s 2010 Infinity G37. DNA evidence was gathered from the vehicle.

MAY 30 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Walmart store on Belvedere Road last Saturday afternoon regarding a case of shoplifting. According to a PBSO report, between 3:45 and 4:24 p.m., Amber Steele attempted to shoplift $496.11 worth of merchandise, which was later recovered. Steele was arrested on charges of retail grand theft.

MAY 31 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called Sunday morning to a home on Key Lime Blvd. in The Acreage regarding a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 p.m. last Saturday and 4:45 a.m. Sunday, someone entered the victim’s yard and removed a 2003 Ford F-250 Super Duty Dually

from the front yard after removing the front grill of the vehicle to disable the alarm system.

MAY 31 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called Sunday morning to a home on Temple Blvd. in The Acreage regarding a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8 p.m. last Saturday and 8 a.m.

Sunday, someone entered the victim’s open garage door and stole a 2007 Honda dirt bike and a 2008 Kazuma ATV. JUNE 1 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was contacted by an Acreage resident Monday morning regarding a case of fraud.

According to a PBSO report, the victim discovered at 10 a.m. Monday that someone had used his

to deal with it. We are tasked with getting rid of the water. Personally, I don’t want any of the runoff going into the canals at this point until we find out just how badly off we really are.”

Danowski said there are methods such as ultrasound to kill algae growth, and that phosphorus runoff can be contained through responsible land ownership.

“It is a valid concern,” she said.

“It grows weeds, it takes away the foods that our fish and the turtles eat, and the underwater foods and plant life that feed other forms of life in the canals.”

Asked if the LGWCD should be involved in town council elections, both candidates said no.

During closing comments, Danowski thanked the two dozen people who came out for the forum.

“The fact that we’re sitting here listening and talking and making our own judgments, that’s important,” she said, adding that she felt that despite differences of opinion, most residents had settled in Loxahatchee Groves for a common reason — peace, quiet and wildlife. “I don’t want to lose

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that aspect of our community.”

Danowski said she would like to see more disclosure from the district. She complimented town management for its cooperation on various issues.

She added that she was concerned about who will monitor the tabulation of the election, explaining that it is currently the LGWCD’s accounting firm, and said she has an attorney talking to the Supervisor of Elections Office to see if some other monitor might be permitted.

“Exercise your right to vote and get your neighbors out to vote,” she said. “Whether it’s for Mr. Snowball or myself… make a choice and be part of the solution.”

Snowball said he thought whoever is elected will do a good job.

“It’s obvious that Laura has a good heart,” he said. “She’s in the right place. We’re both going to do a good job. I’m not going to put signs up… Everybody knows who I am. You know my record.

You know what I’m here for. I will keep doing it if you want me to.”

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New Chair, Vice Chair

continued from page 16 have another one that’s been sitting on the back burner, waiting for this opportunity. I want to write a novel. I want to open a second store.

Jen’s friends are already asking if I’m available to watch their kids when I’m done here.

I love Earlene. I hope to be able to exchange two words with her. I hope we can go out to dinner. And I hope that she has an open-ended airline ticket... for her sake.

continued from page 3 nominations before nominating Mariaca as chair.

Coleman was re-elected on a 6-1 vote with Kopp dissenting.

“Thank you all very much for all of your support,” Coleman said.

Board Member Paul Adams nominated Drahos as vice chair, which was seconded by Carduner.

Additionally, Coleman nominated Carduner to remain. However, Carduner withdrew from consideration, clearing the way for Drahos to be the new vice chair.

name and Social Security number to set up Verizon and Sprint accounts. The Verizon account was opened on Dec. 6, 2014 and has a balance of $113.92.

JUNE 1 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called Monday afternoon to a home on Crestwood Court South regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim left his Nissan Juke unlocked and running when he went upstairs to an apartment.

According to the report, when he returned to his vehicle several minutes later, his Samsung Galaxy S5 phone, valued at $500, was missing. Fingerprint evidence was gathered from the vehicle.

JUNE 1 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee

substation was called to a home on 41st Road North in The Acreage on Monday afternoon regarding a residential burglary.

According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 a.m. and 2:36 p.m., someone broke the rear sliding door of the victim’s home and left a bloody towel and blood trails throughout the home.

According to the report, nothing was missing.

JUNE 2 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was contacted Tuesday by a resident of 92nd Lane North in The Acreage regarding a stolen wallet. According to a PBSO report, the victim last recalled having her wallet and its contents in her kitchen on the afternoon of May 31, prior to a party with approximately 125 people at her home.

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WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COLLECT AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

Wellington High School presented a number of scholarships on Monday, May 18 during Seniors Award Night, hosted by Principal Mario Crocetti. Several students received college scholarships and other awards from various organizations. Shown here are just a few of the many award winners.

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Adam and Parker McCarthy and Ella McCarthy present flowers to Sarah McCarthy Memorial Scholarship recipient London Walker, joined by WHS Principal Mario Crocetti.

Christopher Aguirre Memorial Scholarship recipient Elliot Dion with Jessica Pollack, Anthony Aguirre and Principal Crocetti.

Kareem Thompson of the Council for Exceptional Children with recipient Fiona McParland and Principal Crocetti.

Air Force ROTC School Award: Steve Scott, recipient Michael Scott and Principal Crocetti.

Cpl. Michael D’Alessandro Memorial Scholarship recipient Jessica Fields with Lori and Gary Barlettano and Principal Crocetti.

The Wellington Lions Club’s Charles Borg and Steve Bailey with recipient Corey Crickenberger and Principal Mario Crocetti.

Marine Corps Sgt. Kenneth Lee with recipients Justin Sacks, Heather McGarity and Paolo Dumancas, and Principal Crocetti.

INTERGALACTIC BEAD SHOW RETURNS TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA FAIRGROUNDS

The Intergalactic Bead Show was held Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31 at the South Florida Fairgrounds. There was a large assortment of beads, crystals, stones and more being sold to retail and wholesale customers. Visit www.beadshows.com for more info.

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Sara Finkelstein and Paula Zitrin try on bead and crystal necklaces at the Bead Society of the Palm Beaches table.

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It doesn’t look like much at first glance: just another horse property in Loxahatchee Groves. But look a bit closer and you might see some clues. Ashley Stevenson and her mother, Darlene, are mustang people. They live, love, breathe and train mustangs, and find them homes. Ellen Rosenberg’s Column, Page 23

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American Legion Post Starts Baseball Season

The American Legion Wellington Post 390 17U baseball team kicked off its season Saturday, May 30 at Santaluces High School in Lantana against Boynton Beach Post 164.

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Dear Descendant, a social media ancestry startup company, has created a new approach to traditional ancestry web sites. Founded in Wellington by sisters Holly Caracappa and Melinda Rockwell, Dear Descendant’s unique platform allows people to log their family histories privately through voice memos, written family accounts, document storage, photos and more. Page 25

Sports Royal Palm’s Charles Perry Headed To UM

Royal Palm Beach High School running back/ linebacker Charles Perry graduated this year and now embarks on his childhood dream of playing football for the University of Miami Hurricanes. The freshman will start with his new team this fall as a linebacker for the Hurricanes defense. Page 31

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Ashley Stevenson Finds Local Homes For Mustangs

It doesn’t look like much at first glance: just another horse property off Collecting Canal Road in Loxahatchee Groves. But look a bit closer and you might see some clues: the taller fences in good repair; the herd of small, shaggy-coated horses that sticks close together; the extra-long, 36-foot Gooseneck trailer.

Ashley Stevenson and her mother, Darlene, are mustang people. They live, love, breathe and train mustangs and find them homes. It’s just what they do. They can’t help themselves.

“They’re like potato chips,” Darlene said, shrugging. “You can’t stop at one.”

An understatement. On their last trip to the Bureau of Land Management holding facility in Mississippi, they brought back 11. That’s 11 wild horses that have never been touched.

Oh, and not just any wild horses. Sometimes Ashley picks out the older ones, 3 years and up, which have been rejected or returned and deemed unadoptable. “We look for the ones that are the hardest to work with. The ones with the most strikes against them,” Ashley explained. “They’ve been offered at numerous adoptions and passed over, usually because of their age. They’re all trainable. You just have to be willing to put in the time.”

Ashley is keeping one of those, a tall paint mare with a tangled mane named Stella.

“She was 10 years old, the alpha mare,” Ashley explained. “The older mares pick and Get updates all week long... follow Ellen Rosenberg on Twitter at twitter.com/Horse TalkFL.

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By Ellen Rosenberg chose their people, especially Stella. She’s doing pretty well. She’ll give me her hoof, but she doesn’t like strangers. It’s a trust thing.”

This load came back here in March and have all been placed.

Which leaves her with only her own horses, all mustangs, of course. How many? She looked at me and scratched her head when I asked. “I have to count,” she said, and did so.

She owns 16. Plus Stella. And two burros.

Ashley’s plan is to save as many mustangs as she possibly can. She hauls them home in bunches, gentles them, and makes them comfortable with leading, tying, loading, picking up their feet, walking over obstacles on the ground — everything except backing. That’s up to the new owners, but she’s available to help with that, too. The cost of adopting a mustang from Ashley: $125.

Ashley has competed five times in the Mustang Makeover, sponsored by the Mustang Heritage Fund. She is sponsored by the Trainer Incentive Program, which allows her to bring in more than the four otherwise allowed.

But it’s getting slightly more difficult for

Ashley Stevenson working with Stella.

Ashley to bring them home. “This year, there Interested in adopting a well-started muswas one adoption event in Brandon, Florida, tang? Ashley takes orders. Tell her what at the end of January. I got 11 and adopted you’re after, and chances are she’ll bring it them all out. I got another 11 in Jackson, Mis- back on her next trip. You’ll need a pen with sissippi, and they’re all placed. But they’re 4-foot fences. closing that facility. The next closest is Ewing, “Any age, color, size, conformation, disIllinois. That’s 18 hours each way.”

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Equestrian Consignment Goes Digital At ShopChic EQ

Thanks to the fashion-forward thinking of ShowChic’s Michele Hundt and Mary Cameron Rollins, equestrians have a new way to buy and sell used tack, apparel and accessories through a new online consignment store, ShopChic EQ. This innovative, peer-to-peer shopping site comes to equestrians right in the comfort of their own homes or barns through the web site www.ShopChicEQ.com and a free Apple mobile app.

Rollins, a Grand Prix dressage rider and North American Young Rider Championships individual gold medalist, came up with the idea for Shop Chic EQ when she looked through her trailer one day and saw how many rarely used tack items she had accumulated. She considered taking the items to a traditional consignment shop but was hesitant because of the cost to consign items and the fact that potential buyers are limited to a specific area.

“I thought about how great it would be to have an app right on my phone, where all equestrians from every discipline can be connected to buy and sell new and used tack and apparel. How much easier would it be to grab a smart phone, snap a couple of pictures and post it yourself instead of finding a consignment shop?” Rollins explained.

With ShopChic EQ, users can post their items for sale in their own virtual “tack rooms” and reach a nationwide network of potential buyers.

When Rollins approached Michele Hundt, owner of ShowChic in Wellington, about her idea, it didn’t take long for Hundt to agree to the new endeavor. Already a seasoned business professional, Hundt found the perfect partner in Rollins, a seasoned equestrian competitor. Now, after nearly a year in development, the duo is proud to announce the launch of the marketplace.

“It’s an alternative to the eBay Marketplace, and it’s just for equestrians,” Hundt explained. “We put it together very simply, so it’s not very time-consuming to post any item.

You can also write comments to the people who are posting items.”

ShopChic EQ is an easy way for riders to connect to other riders of all different disciplines. With just a click, users can browse other users’ virtual tack rooms whenever they like. Likewise, sellers can easily upload their consignment items.

Riders can also enjoy social functions such as “favoriting” the items for sale, which helps to establish a trustworthy equestrian community.

ShopChic EQ is designed by equestrians, for equestrians. “We

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Wellington-based ShopChic EQ (www.ShopChicEQ.com), the newest way to buy and sell used equipment, apparel and accessories, is now open for business. really want people from all over the country, across every discipline, to be able to use it,” Rollins said.

“As a special gift to you, we’re Allstate Insurance Co. is proud to tection for motorcycles, boats, motor waiving our service fee until July announce the opening of a new of- homes and recreational vehicles. In 30. All you have to pay is a small 3 fice owned and operated by Allstate addition, agency staff members can percent credit card processing fee on agent Frank Esposito. The office is offer guidance and counseling about any product you list,” Hundt said. located at 3975 Isles View Drive in those products, helping customers Even after July 30, it will always Wellington. choose the insurance coverage that be free to sign up for ShopChic EQ. Esposito’s office opened its doors best meets their needs.

For more info., visit www.Shop- on June 1 and sells auto, property To learn more, call Esposito at ChicEQ.com or call (561) 319-2121. and life insurance, as well as pro- (561) 612-0606.

The 20-percent increase of Groves property value over the last 2 years, is attributed to the sale and improvement of equestrian properties.

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Wellington Startup Lets Families Pass Down Ancestry Info

Dear Descendant, a social media ancestry startup company, has created a new approach to traditional ancestry web sites.

Founded in Wellington by sisters Holly Caracappa and Melinda Rockwell, Dear Descendant’s platform allows people to log their family histories privately through voice

memos, written family accounts, document storage, photos and more.

Dear Descendant’s simple, intuitive platform design makes logging family history and memories effortless while keeping the database consistent and consolidated. Most important, the social platform is secure and completely private. Only

family members who possess the “key” can enter the platform.

Dear Descendant is the first “digital time capsule” of its kind to hit the market, easily allowing family history to be passed down from generation to generation.

While access to Dear Descendant requires an affordable annual mem-

GRAND REOPENING AT RPB APPLEBEE’S

Representatives from the Village of Royal Palm Beach and Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar celebrated the grand reopening of the newly remodeled Royal Palm Beach restaurant at 100 N. State Road 7 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 27. The restaurant unveiled a community-themed concept focusing on education in the area, with wall décor including photos from local schools and organizations. Shown above are “Apple,” Royal Palm Beach Councilman Fred Pinto, Councilman Jeff Hmara, Mayor Matty Mattioli, Applebee’s General Manager Ted Skupinksi, Manager Chris Wilk, Area Director Tom MacDonnell, Dan Liftman (staff assistant to U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings) and “Bee.”

bership fee, the ability to preserve important family documents, memories and history in a safe digital environment is priceless.

Although payment of the membership fee is required to access the time vault, a family’s memories remain in the secure database regardless of whether the subscription is renewed. “If, for some reason, a subscriber can’t join one year, or for five or 10 years, their Time Capsule is safely stored and no back money owed, only the fee for the new year’s subscription,” Rockwell explained.

“The Precious Memories are there waiting to be retrieved by your Dear Descendants.”

Before the Internet craze over web sites such as Ancesry.com, Holly and Melinda made a hobby of searching for information about their heritage. “At some times, the hobby became obsession, and we would traipse through cemeteries and dusty old courthouses to find proof to join a certain genealogical society. Now, as members of [several] genealogical societies and board members of some, and having done the required research ourselves, we realized that something was needed to facilitate the research for our future descendants,” Rockwell said.

“Ancestry sites were helpful for census and certain records, yet much

of the histories were inaccurate. We were uncomfortable with strange and very distant relatives sharing the information and having easy access to things that were very difficult and personal to find. We knew we had to do something and put it out there for like-minded people.”

The initial concept came to the sisters on a long car ride to their boarding school, Foxcroft, for its 100th anniversary weekend.

“We have queried many board members of the genealogical societies, clerks of courts, genealogical researchers and historians of all ages,” Rockwell said. “We received an overwhelming response to our idea of a private storage space, where only one’s direct descendants have future access.”

Dear Descendant’s database is not only completely private, but also located in one of the most secure places on Earth. The data is stored at Newtek Web Services, a web company in Arizona, one of the safest places in regard to climate. Advanced security measures within the network facility allow Dear Descendant to guarantee that family memories are safe over the long term.

For more info., visit www. mydeardescendant.com or e-mail Rockwell at melindarockwell@ mydeardescendant.com.

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#1 Education Place is a small, private Montessori school for students in grades one through 12. The school features a year-round academic year, flexible scheduling, individualized instruction and an accredited curriculum. Many of the school’s students are now professional athletes or performers. #1 Education Place has been serving the western communities since 2001 and is conveniently located in the original Wellington Mall at 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 23. #1 Education Place is currently welcoming new students for the summer and fall terms. For more information, call (561) 753-6563.

The Academic Link, a Christian private school, has a learning environment that allows teachers to fully invest in the individual student’s learning differences, strengths and struggles. The school provides developmentally appropriate instruction within a safe, orderly, caring and supportive environment. It offers NILD (National Institute for Learning Development) therapy and employs specialists in reading, math, science, writing and Spanish. Each student’s self-esteem is fostered by positive relationships with peers and staff. The school encourages parents to be actively involved in their children’s learning, including class and curriculum choices, homework, community service and field trips. The Academic Link now accepts McKay scholarships. The school serves grades one through 12 and is located at 970 Pike Road in West Palm Beach. For more information, call (561) 469-7533.

All About Music School is one of the premier music learning centers in Palm Beach County. It features a fun and exciting environment for kids of all ages to learn music. Many schools have taken away music from their programs, and through many studies, music is important for a child’s education. That’s why All About Music goes above and beyond just teaching. Family owned, the school is proud to share its passion for learning music. Open since 2010, students come from Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Greenacres, Palm Springs, Lantana, Boynton Beach, and many other areas. Classes are available in a wide variety of instruments, such as piano, guitar, drums, voice, bass guitar, brass and woodwinds, mandolin, violin, kazoo and tambourine. All About Music also strives to provide role models and mentors to all of its students. It is located at 6334 Forest Hill Blvd. in Greenacres. For more info., call (561) 649-7770.

Home Away From Home Preschool is growing, with five convenient locations in Palm Beach Gardens, Wellington, West Palm Beach, Palm Springs and a new Royal Palm Beach location. Its new state-of-the-art facility in Royal Palm Beach is located in the Shoppes at Regal Centre at 1013 N. State Road 7. To schedule a tour, call Ms. April at (561) 790-9244. Home Away From Home Preschool offers parents peace of mind from any place in the world by simply logging in via secure live webcam services and watching your babies grow and thrive at school. With more than 15 years of experience, you can trust Home Away From Home Preschool.

Staff members are experienced in early childhood education and are caregivers dedicated to the academic, emotional and physical well-being of every child.

The school offers programs for infants through pre-K, free VPK, as well as after school and holiday camp for school-age children. For more information, visit www. homeawayfromhomechildcare.com.

Huntington Learning Center is the tutoring solution, whether a student is looking for a better report card, help with a specific subject or a higher score on a college entrance exam. The center can help with academic skills, subject tutoring or exam prep for the SAT, PSAT and ACT. Huntington Learning Center is located at 2655 State Road 7 in Wellington Green Commons. For more information, call 1-800-CANLEARN or visit www.huntingtonhelps.com.

The NRI Institute of Health Sciences and its affiliate the Ultrasound Medical Institute offer programs in nursing and diagnostic medical sonography. Nursing

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programs include an RN program through the associate of science in nursing degree and a practical nurse diploma through the practical nursing program. The school also offers an associate’s degree in diagnostic medical sonography. Financial aid is available to students who qualify. The school features small class sizes and personalized instruction. For more information, visit www.thenriinstitute.com or call (561) 688-5112. NRI is located at 500 Royal Palm Beach Blvd. in Royal Palm Beach.

Temple Beth Torah’s Leonie Arguetty Preschool has been in Wellington for more than 20 years with a strong reputation for high-quality early childhood education.

It is the only area preschool with NAEYC accreditation, assuring families that the program meets high national standards for quality and professionalism. It offers a variety of learning experiences that prepare children for private and public elementary schools. Then there are the intangibles — the caring teachers, the warmth and sense of community that permeates the halls. Though these elements can’t be quantified, they can be found at Temple Beth Torah. Come see what makes the school special. The school is located at 900 Big Blue Trace in Wellington. For more information, call (561) 793-2649 or e-mail psdirector@templebethtorah.net.

The Renaissance Charter School name has become synonymous with high-quality education. In Palm Beach County, parents have six high-performing charter school options from which to choose: Renaissance Charter Schools at Palms West, Wellington, Cypress, Central Palm, West Palm and Summit. All are currently accepting applications for the 2015-16 school year. Parents should be able to expect more from their child’s school. Renaissance does not settle for the status quo and encourages students to reach higher to reach their goals. Visit www.charterschoolsusa. com or call (866) KIDS-USA for more information.

The Rosarian Academy educates the whole person for life, offering an accelerated education from 12 months to grade 8. The Rosarian Academy fosters each student’s unique spiritual, physical, social, emotional and intellectual needs at every developmental stage. Known for academic excellence and a welcoming faith-centered community, Rosarian’s curriculum is enhanced with 21st century technology and unsurpassed athletic and fine arts programs. Rosarian is the only independent Catholic school in Palm Beach County. For more information, or to schedule a tour, call (561) 345-3106 or e-mail maryr@rosarian.org.

The Wellington Collegiate Academy is an independent, college prep middle school dedicated to the well-being of its students. The academy offers a broad curriculum of rigorous classes in an uplifting environment. Students develop discipline and confidence through its music performance program. Small classes allow highly qualified teachers to give individual attention to each student. Faith-friendly character education classes help students interact with professionalism. An interdisciplinary curriculum is strong in science and technology, where classes focus on teamwork and career preparation. The Wellington Collegiate Academy opens this August with a select group of students in grades 6 through 8. For more information, visit www. gowca.org or call (561) 701-3462.

Western Academy Charter School was designed as an innovative alternative to traditional public school education. Open since 2003, the school has been designated by the Florida Department of Education as a High-Performing Charter School and a 5 Star School. An “A” rated school since 2006, it currently serves 430 students in grades K-8. The school’s mission is to equip all children with the skills necessary for success on both an educational and social level. Programs address the whole child through a multi-sensory approach to learning. At Western Academy, families and the community are essential participants in educating children for a successful future. The school is located in the Royal Plaza at 650 Royal Palm Beach Blvd., Suite 400, Royal Palm Beach. For more information, call (561) 792-4123.

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Charles Perry Of RPBHS Looks To Make His Mark At UM

By Gene Nardi Town-Crier Staff Report Royal Palm Beach High School running back/linebacker Charles Perry graduated this year and now embarks on his childhood dream of

playing football for the University of Miami Hurricanes.

“I’ve always wanted to play for UM, since I was a kid,” Perry told the Town-Crier.

The freshman will start with his

Charles Perry runs for a big gain in the regional semifinal game against Fort Lauderdale.

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new team this fall as a linebacker for the Hurricanes defense. The 6-foot-2, 216-pound Perry played linebacker and running back for the Wildcats.

As a running back his junior and senior year, he tallied 1,300 yards rushing and racked up 17 touchdowns. As a linebacker his senior year, he compiled 60 tackles.

Perry also earned team captain status his senior year and led his team to its best season in school history, posting an 11-2 overall record, the District 13-7A title and the school’s first regional final appearance.

Perry began in high school football as a freshman at Cardinal Newman under coach Steve Walsh, then transferred to Royal Palm Beach, where he started on varsity for coach Willie Bueno all three years.

“The year coach Bueno came in, we were 1-9, and he turned our program around,” Perry said. “It was a great experience, and I have a lot of respect for him. He’s the best in Palm Beach County.”

Perry had several major Division I offers on the table, but his mind was set on his childhood dream of playing for the Hurricanes.

College football fans would have

Charles Perry helps his defense take down an Atlantic High School running back in the Wildcats’ regional quarterfinal playoff game.

no trouble recognizing the top programs that were interested in Perry — Alabama, the University of Florida, Florida State, Auburn and the University of Illinois round out his list.

“The first day I walked into the Miami locker room and saw my name on a locker, it was just crazy,” Perry said. “This is really happening!”

Perry stressed that the road has not been easy. It has taken a lot of hard work and constant determination to maintain his athletic abilities and his studies to excel both on the field and in the classroom. However, he does whatever it takes to fulfill his dreams and help his teammates. “I need to work hard and give 100 percent all of the time,” he said.

Perry’s early role model was Devin Hester, a special-teams returner for the Chicago Bears, who now plays for the Atlanta Falcons.

Hester also is a former Hurricane and Palm Beach County football standout for Suncoast High School.

“I always liked him,” Perry said.

“I just remember that he was so fast, and I wanted to be like him.”

Perry is majoring in business management at the University of Miami and hopes to get drafted into the National Football League after his college football career.

“That’s it, right there; I want to play in the NFL, but I have to stay focused in school and get my degree and hopefully I can get drafted,” he said.

Being a longtime Dolphin fan will not hinder Perry from playing anySee PERRY, page 33

American Legion Post 390 Starts Baseball Season

The American Legion Wellington Post 390 17U baseball team kicked off its season Saturday, May 30 at Santaluces High School in Lantana against Boynton Beach Post 164.

The Post 390 team defeated a

determined Post 164 team in a doubleheader.

The score of the first game was 4-1 behind the strong pitching of Brendan Bell.

Game two ended after eight innings, with Post 390 coming out

Post 390 first baseman Alex Morejon holds Post 164’s Alec Mendez on base.

on top by a score of 5-3 behind the strong pitching of Jose Gonzalez.

Timely hitting was also instrumental in both victories.

The 17U team is managed by Juan Bustabad and coached by Jimmy Beno, Justin Hedges and Jason Davis.

Post 390 player Alex Rao waits for his pitch.

Wellington American Legion Post 390 pitcher Jose Gonzalez shows nice form in his delivery.

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Wellington Landings Boys Volleyball Captures Palm Beach County Title

The Wellington Landings Middle School boys volleyball team recently defeated Loggers Run Middle

School to capture the Palm Beach County Boys Volleyball Championship.

BIG WIN FOR ACREAGE ARSENAL U10 GIRLS

The AYSO Region 1521 Acreage Arsenal U10 girls team took first place in their division at the 2015 Bazooka Soccer Memorial Day Tournament in Port St. Lucie. Shown here are players Keriann Asensio, Lauren Korland, Savannah Edworthy, Nyssa Cesar, Allison Andrade, Olivia Cuenot, Alexa Hernandez and Tara Collins with coaches Maria Edworthy and Joseph Andrade.

RPB To Offer Summer Yoga Program With Childcare Register now for yoga with optional childcare at the Royal Palm Beach Recreation Center on Tuesdays from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. and Thursdays from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

The six-week session is great for all levels. No previous yoga experience is necessary.

The next session runs June 23 through July 28. The fee for six weeks is $48 for Royal Palm Beach residents and $58 for non-residents.

The optional childcare fee is an additional $3 for the first child and $2 for additional siblings.

Royal Palm Beach Parks & Recreation Department welcomes everyone to participate in village-run programs and activities.

The Royal Palm Beach Recreation Center is located at 100 Sweet Bay Lane. For more info., call (561) 790-5124 or visit www.royalpalm beach.com.

After falling behind by 10 points, the WLMS boys staged a comeback to win the first set 25-22. Valentino Mignone led the comeback with his serve. The team breezed through the second set 25-15.

It was the sixth championship in 12 years that coach Maureen Witkowski has been at the helm.

First-year player Diron Cooper was a force to be reckoned with at the net. He completely shut down the offense with his superior blocking skills.

Jacob Baughman ran the offense for WLMS, distributing the ball to Diron Cooper, Stephen Papia, J Culkins and William Shields. Tyler Anderson was stellar in running the defense.

Noah Langley had a key block in the second game that deflated the Loggers Run offense.

(Front row) Diron Cooper; (middle row) Julianna San Lucas, William Sheilds, Tyler Anderson, Luciano Mignone, Ben Shields and Nolan Sanchez; (back row) Rose Gibbs, Hannah Hausman, DeAndre Stanley, Jacob Baughman, Noah Langley, Stephan Papia, J Caulkins, Valentino Mignone, Hunter Simon and coach Maureen Witkowski.

AYSO REGION 1521 HONORS SELTZER

American Youth Soccer Organization Region 1521 in The Acreage recently celebrated the conclusion of a successful spring season. At the event, Regional Commissioner Lisa Seltzer, who founded Region 1521 in 2006, was honored for her nine years of service. She recently stepped down from her post. Shown here, Seltzer is presented with a crystal soccer trophy by the incoming Regional Commissioner Joe Shipe.

Region 1521 is currently taking registrations for the fall season.

Learn more at www.ayso1521. net.

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continued from page 23 position,” Ashley said. “Anything from 13.3 to 16.3. We have a network of mustangers. Someone has just what you’re looking for. We work together to find the right home for each horse.”

Be warned, mustangs are wary of strangers.

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“They’re curious by nature, very smart and versatile and learn quickly.

You can do anything with them — run barrels, dressage, jumpers, drill team, mounted shooting. They’re the best trail horses, quiet as can be. And they’re like ninjas: they can hear, see and smell danger from miles away.”

Training mustangs is a unique experience, Ashley said.

“The nice thing about mustangs is they make you slow down and take the time to do things right. You can’t manhandle them,” she said.

“You have to train them on their

terms, but you’ll have a real partner for life. They want someone to lead them. The amount of work you put into training your horse is what you get. Most become oversized dogs.”

Want one? That can be arranged.

“There are 50,000 of them out there that need homes,” Ashley said.

“Come out and meet them. It’ll be hard to leave without one. Everyone should own a mustang at some time in their life.”

For more information, or to place an order for a mustang, call Ashley at (954) 605-0028.

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Heading To UM

Some of the mustangs Ashley Stevenson brought back from her last trip.

continued from page 31 where should he be drafted, he said.

Perry did provide some advice for the younger players who have dreams of playing in college.

“Put in the hard work and stay dedicated to your dreams, and don’t give up for anything,” he said.

Perry is living his dream, but it is only a result of his unconditional dedication to his love for the game and his thirst for success in life.

The Hurricanes open up in their fall season at home against Bethune-Cookman University on Sept. 5.

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Colts Travel Baseball Team Has A Chance To Win $10,000 Prize

The Wellington Colts travel baseball team has been selected as one of eight regional finalists of the Baymont Inn & Suites spring 2015 “Home Team Hospitality” contest, a community contest celebrating the hotel brand’s neighborly hospitality by offering local amateur groups the chance to win $10,000 and 1,000,000 Wyndham Rewards points.

Selected from more than 1,500 entries from teams and clubs across the country, the Colts travel baseball team will receive $2,500 and 200,000 Wyndham Rewards points as one of the top eight finalists.

The Colts entered the contest with hopes of fulfilling the team’s dream of playing in Cooperstown, N.Y., home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum.

To win the grand prize of $10,000 and 1,000,000 Wyndham Rewards points, the Colts must receive the most votes on www.baymontinns. com/hometeamhospitality. Voting is open through June 9.

Baymont Inn & Suites is a hotel brand with a “Hometown Hospi-

tality” service promise focused on community. The brand held its first “Home Team Hospitality” contest in 2014 and continues to reach out to communities to learn about inspiring local programs in need of support.

“Congratulations to the Colts travel baseball team for reaching the final stage in our ‘Home Team Hospitality’ contest,” said Greg Giordano, vice president of operations for Baymont Inn & Suites.

“This contest is the perfect way for us to connect with great programs like this one that unite our communities. I encourage everyone in the Wellington area to show their support by voting online.”

For official rules, visit www. baymontinns.com/hometeamhospitality.

Part of Wyndham Hotel Group, the Baymont Inn & Suites hotel brand is a chain of more than 350 midscale hotels located throughout the United States offering an array of complimentary amenities.

The Wyndham Hotel Group is the world’s largest hotel company based on number of hotels.

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Bootz Culture Camp, a fun art studio, offers an engaging summer camp for ages 5 to 13. In the studio, students get to explore a variety of cultures through the arts. The focus shifts to a different region every two weeks. However, each day brings new artmaking activities of the culture being explored. The artwork then becomes a souvenir. Campers also play games, learn dances, taste foods, listen to music, play instruments and more from that culture. Space is limited. Register at www.bootzculturecamp.com.

Camp Varsity Summer Sports Camp is a full-day sports camp during the summer located at Wellington Landings Middle School (1100 Aero Club Dr., Wellington). The camp is action-packed, combining a mix of team sports with fishing and fun recreational games for ages 5 to 13. No matter the theme or week, campers will have the opportunity to participate in many different sports and recreational games. Most camp activities are indoors with 2 to 3 hours max daily for outdoor activities. Sports included every week are basketball, soccer, baseball, football, kickball, fishing, recreational games and more. There are also specialty camps such as dance and cheerleading, volleyball and itty-bitty camps. Camp dates are J une 8 through Aug. 7 and are held Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with before and after care available. For more info., call (561) 6015248 or visit www.buildingupsportsacademy.com.

Horsey & Artsy Camp at the Good Earth Farm Children’s Zoo & Animal Sanctuary teaches children to be independent. They learn to take care of their tack, along with animal grooming. The camp offers horseback riding, hunt seat, dressage, trail and vaulting lessons. All kids will have supervision at all times, with no more than 10 campers at a time. After riding, campers may swim in the crystal-clear pool or clean lake with filters and floats, then start on weekly art projects with qualified art instructors. Good Earth Farm is located at 2141 B Road in Loxahatchee Groves. For more information, visit www.goodearthfarm.info or call (561) 792-2666.

Home Away From Home Child Care Learning Center allows your child have fun in the sun, meeting new friends while having an adventure every day and going on fun-filled field trips. Activities include field trips at least three times a week. Enjoy the zoo, the park and science projects. Meals are included, and there is hip-hop, indoor-themed weekly activities, bounce houses and more. The facility features live webcams for parent comfort. Register now at www.homeawayfromhomechildcare. com or call 1-877-94-CHILD (24453). There are six locations in Palm Beach County to serve you.

Wellington Summer Camp & Sports Academies offer children a summer. The all-day, weekly summer camps are for campers ages 5 to 15. They participate in a fun-filled schedule of activities, including athletics, arts and crafts, animal exhibits, games and entertainment, magicians, movies, rock wall climbing, field trips, visits to the Wellington Aquatics Complex and more. Other summer sports camps include the aerial trapeze circus academy, basketball, fishing, soccer, speed and agility training, co-ed volleyball and more Camps are located at Village Park (11700 Pierson Road).

Learn more about Wellington camps, including ages and session dates, at www.wellingtonfl.gov under “Parks and Recreation,” or call (561) 791-4005.

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Saturday, June 6 • The Boca Raton Dog Club Annual AKC Show will take place at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center on Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7. For more info., call (561) 271-9506 or (561) 368-6334.

• Audubon Society of the Everglades will hold a car pool tour and bird walk around Storm Water Treatment Area 1-E managed by South Florida Water Management District on Saturday, June 6 at 7 a.m. Contact Linda at (561) 742-7791 or asetripinfo@gmail.com to register. Visit www. auduboneverglades.org for more info.

• Wellington lifeguards and Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue will teach water safety and drowning prevention at Make a SPLASH (Safety and Prevention Leaves All Swimmers Happy) on Saturday, June 6 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Wellington Aquatic Complex. Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

• The Okeeheelee Nature Center (7715 Forest Hill Blvd.) will offer Archery for Beginners for ages 8 to 15 on Saturdays, June 6 and 13 at 9:30 a.m. Learn the basics of archery and develop a great new skill during this two-hour program. Equipment is provided. Call (561) 2331400 to RSVP. • The 16th annual Philippine Summer Festival, hosted by the Philippine American Society of Palm Beach County, will take place Saturday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the South Florida Fairgrounds. For more info., call Marlyn Sepanik at (561) 289-0837, Christina Regino at (561) 723-9323 or Conchita Mateo at (561) 386-1209.

• CAFCI will hold its “A Home of Our Own” Fish Fry Fundraiser on Saturday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Downers Park (16700 E. Downers Drive). A $12 donation includes a fish dinner.

There will be games, music, a bake sale and more. For info., call Millie Hampton at (561) 7901751 or Lawrence Logan at (561) 791-0162.

• The Wellington Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Whole Foods Market in Wellington (2635 State Road 7), will host Get Out and Have a Healthy and Fit Summer with three seminars on Saturday, June 6 from noon to 4 p.m. There will be vendors, healthy food, live music, gift baskets, raffles, a scavenger hunt for kids and more. E-mail info@wellingtonchamber. com for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host its Anime Club for ages 12 to 17 on Saturday, June 6 at 12:30 p.m. Meet other teens who enjoy watching and talking about anime. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 7906030 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host “The British Brass Band Tradition in America” on Saturday, June 6 at 2:15 p.m. Members of the Orchid City Brass Band, South Florida’s premier British-style brass band, will guide a lively discussion of the all-brass band tradition in England and America. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

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Sunday, June 7 • The Acreage Green Market will take place Sunday, June 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Acreage Community Park (6701 140th Ave. North). For more info., visit www.acreagegreenmarket.com or call (561) 723-3898.

Monday, June 8 • Wellington High School will host its Wolverine Skills Basketball Camp for ages 6 to 14 in two sessions from June 8 to 11 and from June 15 to 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the WHS gymnasium.

Enrollment is $200 per camper, per week, or $380 for both sessions. The camp is hosted by the WHS boys basketball team and will include a free T-shirt, drills and skills, competitions, fullcourt and half-court play, and more. For more info., call (803) 439-5348.

• An 8-week Filmmaking Camp for children ages 12 to 18 will be offered at #1 Education Place in the original Wellington Mall (12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 23) starting Monday, June 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. Participants will create their own short films and have access to professional camcorders and editing software. For more info., call (561) 200-0888 or e-mail marclinden88@ gmail.com.

• Seminole Ridge High School will offer basketball camps for all local boys ages 6 to 14 with sessions June 8-11, June 15-18 and July 6-9 from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $70 per session. All skill levels are welcome. Register in person the day of camp. Call Kai Lee at (561) 379-9841 or e-mail kai.lee@palmbeachschools. org for more info.

• The Beta Sigma Phi Chapter of Xi Xi Tau Sorority meets the second Monday of every month at 2 p.m. at a member’s house in the West Palm Beach area. Call (561) 247-7697 for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “The Magic of the Amazing Mr. A” for all ages on Monday, June 8 at 2:30 p.m.

Enjoy a variety-style show with magic, comedy, ventriloquism and audience participation. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host its Art Club for ages 6 and up on Monday, June 8 at 3 p.m. Live through art by exploring different mediums. Dress to get messy.

Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Get Zentangled for ages 10 to 17 on Monday, June 8 at 3 p.m. The art of zentangle uses pen and paper to create intricate masterpieces.

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

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Writer’s Therapy for Adults on Monday, June 8 at 10 a.m. and Tuesday, June 23 at 5:30 p.m. Participants improve their craft by reading and discussing their works in progress.

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

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Chess Club for Adults on Monday, June 8 at 6:30 p.m. Chess fans will unite to practice strategy skills. Basic game knowledge is required.

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

• The Palmer Singers at Wellington invites local singers to join in on Monday evenings at 7 p.m., starting June 8 at St. David’s-in-the-Pines Episcopal Church in Wellington. For info., e-mail atcep12@bellsouth.net or call (561) 659-3641.

Tuesday, June 9 • The grand opening of the new Wellington Tennis Center will take place Tuesday, June 9 at 9 a.m. The 4,506-square-foot facility on Lyons Road features 21 self-irrigated Har-Tru clay courts. For more info., visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Sticky Supervillain Slimes on Tuesday, June 9 at 1:30 p.m. for ages 4 to 7 and 3:30 p.m. for ages 8 to 12. Get ready to squish slime and learn the science behind this slowly oozing substance. Dress to get messy. Call (561) 6814100 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Sit ‘n’ Stitch for ages 9 and up Tuesdays, June 9 and 16 at 5 p.m. Socialize while you work on your current project, meet new people and share your ideas and knowledge. Some materials will be provided. Call (561) 681-4100 for info.

• Throughout the summer months, Wellington’s Community Services Department will offer a series of Family Game Nights at various parks in Wellington on Tuesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. beginning Tuesday, June 9 at Tiger Shark Cove Park.

For more info., call (561) 791-4764.

• The Wellington Village Council will meet Tuesday, June 9 at 7 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Complex (12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.).

Visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

Wednesday, June 10 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host “The Magic of The Amazing Mr. A” for all ages on Wednesday, June 10 at 2:30 p.m. with magic, comedy, ventriloquism and audience participation. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Root Vegetable Printing for ages 5 to 10 on Wednesday, June 10 at 3:30 p.m. Create unique art using different root vegetables. Dress to get messy. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host American Girls: Craft Fair for ages 6 to 12 on Wednesday, June 10 at 4 p.m. Celebrate everyday heroes, the American Girls, by exploring the heritage and creativity of many of the characters you know and love through a bonanza of crafting. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Gamerz Nite for ages 12 to 17 on Wednesday, June 10 at 6:30 p.m. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Northern Palm Beach Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association will meet Wednesday, June 10 at the Embassy Suites Hotel (4350 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens).

Networking is at 6 p.m. with dinner and the program at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $22. RSVP to Karen Dooley at (561) 543 5641 or Pat Key at (561) 622-2713.

The Town-Crier • RiverWalk Toastmasters will host an open house Wednesday, June 10 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Fire Station (1040 Royal Palm Beach Blvd.). The guest speaker will be Carla Mercedes of “The Daily Chat” video blog.

E-mail cindyebeckles@yahoo.com for more info.

Thursday, June 11 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Identity Theft Basics for adults on Thursday, June 11 at 10 a.m. Kevin Gilpin, director of the National Crime Stop Program, will present tips on how to avoid becoming a victim.

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

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Up, Up & Away” on Thursday, June 11 at 1:30 p.m. for ages 4 to 7 and 3:30 p.m. for ages 8 to 12. Make paper airplanes and learn how to fly them. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host food trucks with music by the Reaction Band on Thursday, June 11 from 5 to 9:30 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 for more info.

• The Wellington Chamber of Commerce will host After Hours Networking on Thursday, June 11 at 6 p.m. at Waterstone at Wellington (400 State Road 7 near Trader Joe’s). RSVP to (561) 792-6525 or info@wellingtonchamber.com.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Club Pokémon for ages 6 to 12 on Thursday, June 11 at 6:30 p.m. Bring your DS or Pokémon cards to battle, trade and make new friends. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

Friday, June 12 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Shark Spectacular with Jurassic Parts for ages 5 and up on Friday, June 12 at 10:30 a.m. See jaws and teeth from more than two dozen sharks from around the world.

Each child will go home with a genuine fossil shark tooth. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The annual Palm Beach Summer Boat Show sails into the South Florida Fairgrounds from Friday, June 12 through Sunday, June 14.

Admission is $7, and kids are free. Parking is free. For more info., call (954) 946-6164 or visit www.southflaboatshow.com.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Shark Spectacular with Jurassic Parts for ages 5 and up on Friday, June 12 at 2:30 p.m. See jaws and teeth from more than two dozen sharks. Each child will go home with a genuine fossil shark tooth. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “The Magic of The Amazing Mr. A” for all ages Friday, June 12 at 4 p.m. featuring magic, comedy, ventriloquism and audience participation. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host a free screening of Annie on Friday, June 12 at 8:30 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 for more info.

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

JOHN PERGOLIZZI PAINTING INC. — Interior/Exterior - Repaint specialist, pressure cleaning, popcorn ceiling, drywall repair & roof painting. Family owned/owner operator. Free Est. 798-4964 Lic. #U18473

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COLORS BY CORO, INC. — Int./Ext. Residential painting, over 20 yrs exp. Small Jobs welcome. Free est. Ins. 561-383-8666. Owner/Operated. Lic.# U20627 Ins. Wellington Resident

PET CARE PRODUCTS HAPPY JACK LIQUIVIC ®: — Recognized safe & effective against hook & roundworms

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BABYSITTER WANTED FOR 10 AND 11 YEAR OLD BOY AND GIRL — 20 to 25 hours per week in my Wellington home. References required. Must be dependable/reliable. 954-734-0670.

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

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

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GUITAR LESSONS GU I TA R L ES SON S — Learn to play as effectively as you learned to speak.

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I teach blues, jazz, and classical. My method is based on understanding, not just memorization. Call Peter at 561-753-7328

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

HOUSE CLEANING HOUSE CLEANING/AFFORDABLE MAID SERVICE — Stop cleaning start enjoying life. www.royalpalmmaids.net or call 561-666-7738

INSURANCE ALL COUNTY INSURANCE — Let us help you with your insurance needs Homeowners., auto, commercial, www.allcountyinsurance.com. 561-688-8090

LAWN SERVICE YELLOWHAMMER LAWN SERVICE — Serving Loxahatchee, Acreage and Loxahatchee Groves ONLY High quality, affordable yard maintenance. NO CONTRACTS! Locally owned and operated. 561-320-1118 PAUL HANZLIK LAWN CARE — Licensed and Insured 30 years experience. Owner operated. 561-753-9719

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ROOFING ROBERT G. HARTMANN ROOFING — Specializing in repairs. Free estimates, Bonded,insured. Lic. #CCC 058317 Ph: 561-790-0763.

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