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Photographer Barbara Sloan To Host Annual Art Show March 27

Fine art photographer Barbara Sloan will host her annual art show Wednesday, March 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Frames America inside the Wellington Interior Design Center. Sloan will display her equestrian-themed photography throughout the center and share details about particular pieces. Page 3

The third annual Royal Palm Beach High School Feeder Pattern Art Showcase was held Thur sday, March 14 in the RPBHS cafeteria. The show featured student artwork from RPBHS, as well as local elementary and middle schools. Shown here is Royal Palm Beach Elementary School art teacher Iris Norris with some of her art students. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5

St. Michael Lutheran Church Family Fun Fair

St. Michael Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wellington held its Family Fun Fair on Saturday, March 16. There was face painting, book and bake sales, auctions, and hand-crafted items were for sale. Page 9

Renowned Karate Master Visits Villari’s

Villari’s Studios of Self Defense in Wellington, in conjunction with co-host Villari’s Academy of Martial Arts Royal Palm Beach, were proud to welcome master instructor and 10th degree black belt John L. Fritz on Friday, March 15. Page 11

OPINION Help RPB Celebrate New Commons Park

At long last Commons Park in Royal Palm Beach opens this weekend with a slew of festivities designed to herald in the new park as the beacon for village celebrations for years to come. It hasn’t come easily or quickly, but finally Royal Palm Beach will see the fruits of its labors, and we encourage residents to get out, see the park and use it. Page 4

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Victor Connor Takes Over As Wellington Chamber President

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Chamber of Commerce installed its new board of directors on Wednesday at a special luncheon held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center.

Victor Connor took the helm as the new president, and offered members a look at the success of the organization — something he attributes to the hard work of others in his position.

“I’d like to thank and admire all the prior presidents,” he said. “You have, collectively, built the chamber, and I’m honored to follow in your footsteps.”

Connor said that last year the chamber grew, offering more services to more members than ever before.

“Last year was one of our best years ever, and it was the result of the chamber working in full view and behind the scenes to promote economic prosperity in Wellington,” Connor said. “Our name says it all, we are the Wellington Chamber of Commerce.

The operative words are ‘Wellington’ and ‘commerce.’ If it affects Wellington, we are there to support our neighbors.”

Over the past year, the chamber pushed for better business practices from Wellington, as well as advocated for the medical arts district.

“Last year, the chamber worked to give our members equal operating hours, as some businesses had special deals not available to all,” Connor said. “We worked to keep the medical arts district alive, even though some announced it was DOA. We worked to attract new businesses in Wellington. We worked to keep our equestrian industry — the single largest non-governmental employer — strong and moving forward despite attempts to reverse its progress.”

Connor said that the chamber would continue to support businesses big and small.

“Our laser focus is on preserving and promoting Wellington’s economic prosperity — your prosperity,” he said. “From sole practitioners to large corporations, from dentists to doctors, from dry cleaners to pool cleaning, from farriers to florists, from gas to groceries, from hair salons to horse supplies, from real estate to restaurants.”

This is important for the entire community, he said.

“Without commerce, there are no jobs,” he said.

See CHAMBER, page 7

‘Violence Prevention Team’ Puts Focus On Mental Health

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw is working to establish a special “violence prevention team” to intervene before people with mental-health issues can do harm to others.

Bradshaw was the featured speaker at the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce luncheon Monday at the Binks Forest Country Club.

“The biggest issue other than immigration right now in the country is gun control and what’s going on with violence across the nation,” he said. “I try to go in the direction that I think is the best direction for the community. The reality of it is, you’re not going to see gun control pass up in Washington.”

Bradshaw said that the best people can hope for is to get the gun-show loophole closed and background checks a little more thorough. “Even if they did pass some wide, sweeping gun control laws, that’s not going to stop what’s happening,” he said. “Look at all the laws you have on the books now… and people go and do it anyhow.”

Bradshaw recalled that a man who shot four firemen recently in New York was a convicted felon.

“He couldn’t go get a gun. He got his next-door neighbor. They went down to the gun store, and he said, ‘I’d like that one.’ She went back the next day and bought him a gift.

It happens all the time. It happens at the gun shows all the time. How do you think the gangs get their guns? There’s 270 million guns circulating in the United States — and 500,000 were stolen last year.”

A man who killed a sheriff’s deputy in St. Lucie County last month had bought all his guns on the street, Bradshaw said.

“Whether it’s a gun, a knife, a rock, a car, a baseball bat — whatever it is somebody uses to kill somebody else — that’s the instrumentality of the crime,” he said. “It’s the person operating it that’s the issue, and that’s the direction that I’m heading. We need to identify the people in our society who have the propensity to go do violent things, and we can do that.”

The sheriff pointed out that it’s done by Crime Watch and by the nationwide Department of HomeSee BRADSHAW, page 20

WHS DANCE MARATHON

Wellington High School held a dance marathon fundraiser for the Children’s Miracle Ne twork hospitals Friday, March 15 in the school gym. Shown here are Marisa White, Emma and Nathan Ferrell, and Samantha Schissler.

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Victor Connor, the chamber’s new president, addresses the crowd.

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Indian Trail Board Seeking Bids For Engineering Firm

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors voted last week to advertise for a new engineering firm after former Supervisor Penny Riccio alleged during public comment that the district’s current firm, Engenuity Group, had acted unethically.

The board voted 3-2 on March 13 to publish requests for qualifications for engineering consultants.

Riccio’s comments stemmed from an ill-fated water agreement proposal between ITID and the City of West Palm Beach, which was rejected by the board in a 3-2 decision last month.

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The controversial agreement would have begun a study of the feasibility of establishing a permanent pump structure at the southern end of ITID’s L Canal that would redirect stormwater discharge from ITID’s M-1 Basin into the West Palm Beach Water Catchment Area via West Palm Beach’s M Canal.

While the proposal could have given ITID additional drainage capacity, opponents of the plan worried that West Palm Beach would use Acreage water to fix the city’s longstanding dry season water shortages.

At last week’s meeting, Riccio said that it had been brought to her attention and the attention of

the board that Engenuity Group had been part of a proposal by a potential engineering consultant to the city.

“I find it was the intent of Engenuity Group to not act on behalf of their client, also known as the Indian Trail Improvement District, as faithful agents or trustees,” Riccio said. “They did not conduct themselves honorably, responsibly or ethically.”

Riccio asserted that Engenuity Group was in partnership with the Atkins engineering firm, which had responded to a request for qualifications (RFQ) by the City of West Palm Beach.

“Atkins was the presenter, and See ITID BOARD, page 20

Groves Council Sides With Clerk, Rejecting Referendum Petition

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report In a 4-1 decision Tuesday, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council agreed with their town clerk that a petition calling for a referendum on the planned Palm Beach State College campus failed to meet legal requirements.

An initiative committee circulated the petition calling for the repeal of two ordinances allowing the campus, gathering more than 250 signatures. Town Attorney Michael Cirullo said the committee had requested that the council review the clerk’s finding.

“The clerk found two grounds for insufficiency: one, that the petition did not have the text of the ordinances attached; and second, that the affidavit indicated that the

text of the petition was available to the individuals who signed the petition, while charter says to provide the text of the ordinance,” Cirullo said.

Town Clerk Susan Eichhorn said she received what was supposed to be a complete package by the committee, and she looked at it along with Town Manager Mark Kutney and Cirullo.

“I did not see the full text of the ordinance attached to the complete package that was delivered,” Eichhorn said. “Also, on the affidavit, I did not see language that indicated that the text of the ordinance was attached. That led me to recommend that the petition was insufficient.”

Todd McLendon, a member of See PETITION, page 20

Weekend Party Marks Grand Opening Of New RPB Park

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The grand opening celebration for the new 160-acre Royal Palm Beach Commons Park begins this Friday and continues throughout the weekend.

“We’re really looking forward to it because people have been asking and asking,” Mayor Matty Mattioli said. “There’s enough there for everybody, young and old. They’re really going to enjoy themselves, and that’s what we’re trying to do.”

There will be a wide array of events going on all day Saturday and Sunday, with a fireworks display on Saturday evening., said Village Manager Ray Liggins, who

credited Parks & Recreation Director Lou Recchio and his staff with putting together a full weekend of events.

“Hopefully it will be something that everyone really enjoys,” Liggins said. “There is a lot involved, between the local schools, the business community, arts and crafts, everything.”

Liggins said it is by far the village’s largest park. “It’s an event park, so we’re starting off with a big event,” he said. “We want people to see its potential, and as we continue to operate this park, hopefully people will have some great ideas of what can be done out of it.”

Councilman Richard Valuntas

looks forward to spending much of the weekend there with his wife and three young children. On Friday, one of his sons performs with his school’s choir. “My daughter is looking forward to getting back and playing on the playgrounds, and maybe my younger son will get out on a paddle boat that he has been leaning toward,” Valuntas said.

Councilman Jeff Hmara said the park’s grand opening is significant for the community as a whole. He likes the fact that the construction of the park utilized much of the remaining landscaping from the site’s former golf course.

“It’s beautifully done, very welllandscaped,” Hmara said. “I love

the banyan trees. It keeps some of the feel of what was there before, and then supplements it with a beautiful lake and, of course, all of the facilities.”

Festivities include entertainment by local schools, dance studios and karate studios on the Royal Palm Beach Auto Mall stage. More than 20 gourmet food trucks will be on hand all weekend, and children can enjoy the Kids Fun Zone, an area packed with carnival-style rides, slides and interactive games with $10 unlimited access. An arts and crafts show with local artists will also be on display, with many hand-painted and hand-crafted masterpieces.

Children should bring bathing suits so they can enjoy the interactive splash fountain located at the entrance to the Sporting Center. Adults can sit back and enjoy a cold brew in the Banquet Garden located at the entrance to the Great Lawn.

Saturday will begin with a 5k run/walk through the park, benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project, beginning at 7:30 a.m., followed by a kids run/walk and awards ceremony at 9 a.m. The activities will continue at 11 a.m. with the Kids Fun Zone, the Food Truck Invasion, and the arts and crafts show. Musical performances kick off at noon with local counSee PARK OPENING, page 7

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Pool, Senior Housing Top Projects For Newly Re-Elected Fred Pinto

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Royal Palm Beach Vice Mayor Fred Pinto easily won re-election last week, claiming a sixth two-year term.

“I’m absolutely delighted and thrilled to have the opportunity to continue to serve the citizens of this village,” Pinto told the TownCrier on Monday. “I thank everyone who came out to support me, and I look forward to continuing to try to get things done, and continuing to fight for and maintain

our village’s quality of life.”

Pinto defeated challenger Justin Sallenbach by a two-to-one margin. Pinto took 817 votes (66.64 percent) to 409 votes (33.36 percent) for Sallenbach.

Pinto’s top goals over the next two years include building a swimming facility somewhere at the new Royal Palm Beach Commons Park.

He noted that the village does not currently have a public swimming pool. “Once we’re comfortable with the cash flow, and we have all the vendor agreements in place, I

Vice Mayor Fred Pinto (left) with supporters on election night.

want to propose that we look into putting in an aquatic center somewhere in that park,” he said.

Pinto plans to ask the council to direct village staff to recommend a location for village-run swimming programs and athletic competitions. “I think that’s something that’s missing in the robust programs we offer now, particularly for our youth,” he said.

If his fellow council members agree, Pinto said the village could initially issue a bond to pay for the project, but could pay off the

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debt with the sale of the former wastewater treatment plant property.

“I perceive us getting anywhere between $30 million and $35 million for that property, and with those funds, I look to liquidate any of those expenses that we may still have outstanding concerning Commons Park,” Pinto said, noting that some of the Commons Park property has already been reserved for a senior living facility envisioned to be run by a private provider.

The council hired a consultant about a year ago to educate the council on senior living concepts.

Pinto originally thought the village should run it, but the council seemed to reach the consensus that a private contractor should run it under conditions set by the council.

“I think everyone on the council got the understanding that this was not something that the town should go into business for, but in fact create a scenario where we have a third-party vendor come in and operate it,” he said.

The concept needs to be refined to reflect the needs of the seniors who will use it, and Pinto said he wants it to be available to residents who live in the village.

“I’ve had a lot of people tell me they’re approaching that point in their life where they would like to be able to go to a facility like that but they would like to not have to leave the area,” he said.

Pinto said he might ask the council to invite the consultant back to help further clarify plans.

He also doesn’t want the council bound by financing arrangements from the state or federal government that would obligate the village to accept seniors from outside the village.

“If we get a third party to come in to do this, I’m going to be very interested in how they get financing, because what I don’t want to see happen is that they get all their financing from the government, and then they are dictated on who can be there and what their rates are,” he said. “I don’t want something that’s going to freeze out our residents.”

Pinto is also contemplating a proposal to modify terms of service for council members from the current two-year terms to terms of three or four years. Council elections now take place every year, with the mayor’s seat and the groups 1 and 3 council seats one year and the groups 2 and 4 council seats the next year.

“I want to get input on some of the surrounding cities,” he said.

“It seems to me that they are on three- or four-year cycles. I’m thinking probably a four-year cycle because that will give us every other year that we don’t have an election.”

Pinto noted that elections have gotten more expensive since Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher revised the fees.

“She has pushed a lot of the fees and charges down to the local municipalities, whereas before they were handling out of her office,” he said. “It’s not just the actual physical dollars, there’s the staff time, which also translates into money that gets invested in putting on the elections.”

A referendum would be necessary to make the required charter change, he noted.

Pinto’s most immediate concern is to get all the components of Commons Park working.

“We’re going to be looking at putting on an event per month in that park, something that would be attractive and compelling for the residents to want to be a part of,” he said. “I’ve heard nothing but great feedback about it, and people have started using it… I’m very happy. I’m very proud of that.”

Photographer Barbara Sloan To Host Annual Art Show March 27

By Jessica Gregiore Town-Crier Staff Report Fine art photographer Barbara Sloan will host her annual art show Wednesday, March 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Frames America inside the Wellington Interior Design Center.

Sloan will display her equestrian-themed photography throughout the center and share details about particular pieces.

“Since it’s in a new venue from the previous years, we have more space,” Sloan said. “We will be incorporating the photography into the overall design theme of the center.”

The event is a way for equestrians who are designing their homes and looking for art to take a look at her work. “That is what’s great about doing it here at the new design center,” she said.

Weather caused turnout problems at last year’s event, and many people didn’t have the opportunity to view the show.

“We had a good turnout, but the rain prevented many other people from coming,” Sloan said.

That’s why this year, along with Sloan’s new work, she will be displaying some of

the art pieces from last year for those who missed out.

For 40 years, Sloan, an international photographer and equestrian, has been capturing photos of horses and their unique beauty. Through fine art photography, Sloan aims to keep the raw and natural look and feel of the photos’ elements.

“People see me photographing and say, ‘Is that a real camera with real film; oh my God!’” she said. “It’s getting more and more difficult to buy the film and get it processed.”

In her darkroom, Sloan develops her own film. “I enjoy being in the darkroom and seeing the photos come to life with all the textures,” she said. “It’s just a wonderful feeling.”

Sloan also uses creative printing techniques at which she has become highly skilled.

“I really like the organic tinting of my work,” she said. “It’s an ancient technique of organically staining the prints.”

Through this technique, the photos are given a special, unique character that Sloan finds intriguing. “It gives it a patina [of a] glistening look,” Sloan said. “If you

put a spotlight on one of the pictures, it looks like it has diamonds on them and a metallic look that this stain gives them.”

Sloan’s pieces focus on equestrian life in Florida. “Polo, hunter, jumpers and dressage horses,” she said. “I’ve tried to keep those themes, which are peculiar to the Florida area.”

Sloan is working on accomplishing her career goal of going around the world taking photos of horses. “In some places, I have had to photograph a seahorse, like in the Caribbean, where in some places there weren’t any horses that I could see,” she said.

Before visiting a country, Sloan does research about its equestrian-related history. “I find out if they have a national horse or if it’s famous for a particular horse,” she said.

In December, Sloan traveled to photograph the polo championships in Argentina. “They have probably the best polo horses in the world and the best breeding country in the world,” she said.

Sloan plans to display some of her work from her trips in future shows and books once she has completed her travels.

Fine art photographer Barbara Sloan with one of her unique horse images.

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Sloan’s artwork will be available for purchase. Frames America will provide custom framing.

The Wellington Interior Design Center

is located at 9312 Forest Hill Blvd. in Kobosko’s Crossing. For more information, call Frames America owner Michael Gordon at (561) 790-1777.

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Help Royal Palm Beach Celebrate The Opening Of Commons Park At long last, Royal Palm Beach Commons Park celebrates its grand opening this weekend with a slew of festivities designed to herald in the new park as the beacon for village celebrations for years to come. It hasn’t come easily or quickly, but finally Royal Palm Beach will see the fruits of its labors, and we encourage residents to get out, see the park and use it — after all, it was built for you. The new 160-acre park is the largest in Royal Palm Beach, built for families, children, events and more. It has a 10-acre Great Lawn, a sporting center, banquet gardens, pavilions, an interactive fountain, playground and more.

The festivities kick off Friday evening at 5 p.m. with a Food Truck Invasion — more than 20 gourmet chefs looking to give you the night off. Meanwhile, children can enjoy the Kids Fun Zone, offering up carnival rides, slides and interactive games. There will also be an arts and crafts show. Then, at 7:30 p.m., families can cuddle up on the lawn and watch a movie. Bring lawn chairs and blankets!

Saturday morning begins with a 5k run/walk to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, starting

at 7:30 a.m. Kids will have their own run/walk starting at 9 a.m. At 11 a.m., the food trucks, craft show and Kids Fun Zone return, and the Royal Palm Auto Mall stage will have plenty of local talent beginning at 1 p.m. Residents can also enjoy volleyball and corn hole tournaments, kayak and paddle boat races and golfing. At 9:30 p.m. the evening will explode with a Zambelli fireworks show.

To wrap things up, Sunday morning will start at 10 a.m. with a green market full of local produce and goodies. Residents can sneak a peek at beautiful classic cars throughout the day, and enjoy the music before activities wrap up at 5 p.m. Sunday.

Children should bring their swimsuits and enjoy the interactive fountain, while moms and dads can enjoy a cold brew in the Banquet Garden.

Whether you make it out for just one day or the entire weekend, we know it will mean a lot to see families and children put the park to good use. So come out, grab some food, have some fun and enjoy. For more information, visit www.royalpalmbeach.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Chamber Responds To Greene Comment Editor’s note: The following letter is addressed to Wellington Councilman John Greene. It refers to the March 12 council discussion of a new medical office building on State Road 7. A copy was forwarded to the Town-Crier for publication.

Councilman Greene: It has been brought to my attention that at the March 12 council meeting, you once again took it upon yourself to make an unwarranted comment about the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. It is both an embarrassment and disservice to our residents for you to utter misstatements of fact from your position on the dais. It shows how uninformed you continue to be regarding matters in your own village after a year in office.

Since you continue to misspeak about issues surrounding the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, it is apparent I must correct you.

I personally met with Dr. [Lori] Mazza and village staff last summer with the hopes of bringing her practice to the village. Together, she and I met with staff who, as always, were well informed and accommodating. We discussed at great lengths the benefits to doing business in our community and ultimately, through village staff’s diligence, were able to convince her to bring her practice to Wellington.

Not only was the chamber well aware of zoning issues, we were also diligent in requesting staff assistance in zoning issues relating to her desire to build her practice here. Should you need those e-mail correspondences and are unable to get them through your own village interoffice communication, I am happy to provide them. We were instrumental in making certain that all of her issues were addressed well in advance of the March 12 meeting.

To date, I have not received the memo from you indicating that it was our job to be the presenting applicant on each and every issue involving the land development regulations that come before the council, to be there to speak in favor of each and every non-controversial issue. However, if you would like to provide my board with a copy thereof, I am sure that we will work toward accommodating you in the future. Even better, if you would like to defer your decision-making to the chamber, I am certain that we would do a better job of dealing fairly and even handedly with all the applicants in the village, and not just those who supported you.

Since you bemoan ad nauseam about how you are constantly being picked on unfairly, you might

exercise a little vocal restraint in the future until you educate yourself regarding the facts and before choosing to disparage this organization again.

You are the cause of your own continuing and ongoing embarrassment, and I am fearful we will be unable to attract new business to Wellington should potential candidates have any interest because of your lack of research and knowledge about who is really working for the benefit of this entire community.

Michela A. Perillo-Green, Executive Director Wellington Chamber of Commerce

Wellington As A John Grisham Novel?

Billionaire developer creates secret deal with local government to approve facilities that will make him millions while potentially destroying the environment and quality of life in a small town. When his plans are potentially derailed, he files lawsuits, engages in character assassination and threatens small-town elected officials who dared stand up to him.

This isn’t The Pelican Brief, folks; it’s happening right now in Wellington, and the guy behind it all is Mark Bellissimo. Don’t let fear and intimidation ruin our village. We made the right choice when we changed the way Wellington was doing business. At least we know in a John Grisham novel, the good guys always somehow win. Let’s not write a different ending here in Wellington.

Nancy Tanner Wellington

Congrats To Election Winners Congratulations to Vice Mayor Fred Pinto on his resounding victory. Kudos to his campaign manager and all the volunteers.

Mr. Pinto was endorsed by the Palm Beach Post and strongly endorsed by the Town-Crier. My congratulations also to David Swift, and Jim Rockett in Loxahatchee Groves. My commiseration to the losers; one of you brought your defeat upon yourself.

Justin Sallenbach’s challenge to Fred Pinto was an exercise in futility. You cannot and should not challenge a committed, experienced incumbent who is doing an excellent job just for the sake of challenging. Perhaps he was encouraged by someone on the board? During the last village election, I said the same thing when Mayor Matty Mattioli was being challenged. I said then it would be better to try and learn from him in-

stead of challenging him. The Town-Crier went one better by suggesting that Mr. Sallenbach should gain more experience in local government first, perhaps through one of the village’s volunteer boards. My letters to the editor quite often ruffle feathers in various political circles, but I stand by my every word and make no apology whatsoever.

My message to Martha Webster: You contributed to your defeat by resorting to gutter politics.

Signs (and you had very many) don’t win elections; the electorate is more educated today than at any other time. Most people I spoke with agree that you were very wrong to file an ethics complaint against Mr. Pinto, who is an administrative assistant for Palm Beach County Commissioner Jess Santamaria, alleging that Mr. Pinto violated ethics rules when he voted for two special exemptions for tenants in Mr. Santamaria’s shopping plaza. The ethics commission cleared Mr. Pinto but cautioned him to avoid the appearance of impropriety whenever he casts votes that could benefit his boss.

Politicians like Jess (“simply the best”) Santamaria and Fred Pinto are committed to public service while others are involved. The difference between involvement and commitment is like an eggs and ham breakfast — the chicken was involved; the pig was committed.

The Town-Crier correctly endorsed all three winners (my choice also). I say to the Town-Crier , please continue to inform and educate us so that we can make informed decisions whenever we elect politicians. Some politicians cause happiness wherever they go. Others cause happiness when they go.

Karl Witter The Acreage

McLendon: ‘Machine’ Won It For Rockett The message that the average voting resident of the Town of Loxahatchee Groves is not happy with Jim Rockett’s performance as a council member was made glaringly clear by the election results.

The very efficient political machine that has placed its force behind the election of every elected councilman since the original council worked tirelessly to ensure that Rockett kept his seat. Despite this, Rockett kept his position by a mere 30 votes.

A poll was taken from residents both before and after they voted, and at least 50 stated emphatically that if it was not for the college issue, they would not have voted for Rockett. Between the misinformation circulated by Rockett’s powerful election team and the reinforcement of that misinformation

by the local newspapers, the election issue was changed. The focus was changed from whose platform would better serve the community to one of “a vote for Rockett was a vote to not have a $5,000 assessment added on your taxes and to vote against him was a vote to be forced to pay the college $7 million.”

The erroneous threats that “if McLendon is elected, each property owner would have to pay an extra $5,000 in property taxes” (reiterated by the local press as if it had factual basis) took a major toll in the minds of those who would have liked to have seen Rockett defeated. Even Mayor Dave Browning, who has customarily remained neutral in all past elections, broke tradition and called all of his supporters to ensure they voted for Rockett due to, in his words, “the college issue.”

It was a cleverly thought-out and enacted strategy that caused sufficient worry to sway the election. The fact that one council member does not have the power to make a decision concerning the college and that four votes would be required for such decisions was overlooked by a large percentage of voters. The irony was that this scare tactic helped Rockett, who pushed for the college, gain the vote of many who are against it and are also against his views on other issues. A large percentage of people who do not want the college have lost sight of the fact of who got us into this position from the beginning.

I would like to thank the people who overlooked the misinformation, evaluated me as the candidate they thought would work in the best interest of Loxahatchee Groves and voted. I appreciate your support.

Todd McLendon Loxahatchee Groves Editor ’s note: Mr. McLendon ran unsuccessfully against Councilman Jim Rockett in the race for Seat 2 on the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council.

Royal Palm’s Gang Of Three Royal Palm Beach, don’t wag your finger at Wellington anymore because you too have slumped to the low level having an unethical and questionable council of leaders owned by special interest groups.

The recent election added David Swift back into office. Swift was convicted of ethics violations by the Florida Elections Commission.

He re-joins his cohort, Mayor Matty Mattioli, who was also found guilty of campaign violations. Add to that the ongoing investigation of Vice Mayor Fred Pinto by the Florida State Ethics Commission for voting to benefit

his employer, County Commissioner Jess Santamaria, while sitting on the village council.

The facts are that David Swift, Matty Mattioli and then Councilwoman Barbara Isenberg, now Barbara Yoresh, author of the glowing endorsement of David Swift in a letter to the Town-Crier (“Former RPB Councilwoman Supports Swift,” March 8), were all found guilty of campaign violations, including accepting contributions in excess of the allowable limits, excess cash contributions, bogus contributions and incorrect political disclaimers. Each were fined and paid legal fees to the state. These were not innocent incidents of forgetting to cross your t’s and dot your i’s. They were knowingly perpetrated by seasoned politicians who knew better.

Mr. Pinto got off on a technicality with the Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics for conflict of interest only because it was determined by that group that his employer is the county and not the commissioner. Although everyone knows that the commissioner’s administrative aide position is not an open position available for anyone to apply for, but instead a political plum for friends, friends of friends and relatives of friends, all of which categories Fred Pinto fits.

Everyone clamors for transparency and integrity. Everyone demands high standards and continues to “wag their finger” at the infamous Corruption County signified by Masilotti, McCarty, Newell and Koons, yet people are not willing to accept that there is corruption right before their eyes — active corruption in Wellington and Royal Palm Beach. It is there because you voted for it, or worse, didn’t vote at all to prevent it.

Evan Knepley Royal Palm Beach

Where Is RPB’s Commons Park?

Don’t Ask PBCFR Where’s Commons Park? That is the question Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue was asking several days after the park opened on Royal Palm Beach Blvd.

It seems that a young boy fell in the park area and badly hit his face, with his nose bleeding excessively, but because the firefighters could not locate the park, there was no first aid and transport on the scene for more than 30 minutes.

The park is located not miles but feet from the fire station on the corner of Royal Palm Beach and Okeechobee boulevards. Time to put down the coffee and focus on public safety, people. You meddle in everything but your job!

Jerry Coffman Royal Palm Beach

Where Was The Rebuttal?

A recent lengthy article in BizPac Review about Wellington politics stood out to me for one reason. The article showed back and forth on almost every point of contention. Though I tend to believe the folks not named Bellissimo, at least it seems that the reporter gave everyone involved a chance to tell their side of the argument.

But there was one area where there was no rebuttal and that really stood out to me. The article states that after the election, [Councilman] John Greene and Mark Bellissimo tried to have a cordial relationship and work on issues, but there was a heated confrontation with threats when Greene notified Bellissimo that he would not be supporting the settlement agreement.

Greene states Bellissimo threatened not only to destroy him, but also cost the village millions of dollars in legal fees. Not once in the story does Bellissimo directly refute that telling of events. In fact, he focuses on other areas when it comes to Greene. This leads me to believe that Greene is telling the truth, and also clearly shows that Bellissimo can talk about making the village better all he wants, but his only motivation in all this is to have a Wellington government that will rubber stamp his plans, and he will threaten and try to destroy anyone who stands in his way — even if it costs the village he cares so deeply about millions of dollars in the process.

Linda Biancarosa Wellington

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OPINION

PBSO Bicycle Operations Unit A Crucial Law Enforcement Tool One of the best ways to solve crime and prevent it from happening is to do proactive policing in our communities. So my deputies are increasingly using bicycles to get to know residents and understand their issues. It’s remarkable what they are accomplishing — simply by getting out of their cars and riding through neighborhoods.

The Sheriff’s Office Bicycle Operations Unit has 402 deputies and volunteers riding across Palm Beach County, from rural Glades areas to urban core districts outside of West Palm Beach and Boca Raton.

My agency has the nation’s second largest police bicycle unit, behind the New York Police Department (600 bicycle offic-

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By PBC Sheriff Ric Bradshaw ers) and ahead of the Los Angeles Police Department (310 bicycle officers).

My commanders and I have made bicycle patrols a major priority. We use them not only for our daily community policing operations, but also for our missing children and senior citizens investigations and

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Putting a deputy on a bicycle has many significant advantages. For one thing, it makes the deputy more approachable to the public because there’s no car door or windows to form a barrier. That allows for more informal interaction and a way to build relationships with residents. A bicycle also has access to areas that a patrol car cannot enter, such as side yards, alleys and canal trails. Deputies on bicycles are less obtrusive and more low-key than a patrol car, allowing them to approach a situation without being observed.

Our bicycle patrols have cracked many criminal activities. One that stands out was a case when deputies on bicycles patrolled a warehouse district in Lake Worth.

They smelled marijuana coming from a building, so they alerted our narcotics squad. After we obtained a search warrant, my deputies seized a large amount of marijuana from the building.

To be certified law enforcement bicycle riders, deputies must complete a rigorous, five-day training session where they receive specialized instruction. From riding up and down stairways to patrolling on sand to dismounting in emergencies, deputies must master a vast array of maneuvers on a mountain bicycle. At the Sheriff’s Office, 1,200 out of a total of 1,600

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Our bicycle unit dates back to the mid1990s, although some deputies were riding bicycles before then.

By the mid-2000s, the unit grew in size and reputation. Today, it has a 24-hour, 365-day capability. The deputies ride in most weather conditions. Their bicycles are equipped with bright lights and can be ridden at night. Our deputies generally ride with assigned partners in groups of two, which allows them to patrol almost anywhere.

The next time you see our bicycle patrols, say hello and let them know how they can help improve public safety in your community.

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YALE SINGING GROUP THE SPIZZWINKS PERFORMS AT TEMPLE BETH TORAH

Yale University’s male a cappella group the Spizzwinks brought its traditional and quirky performance to Temple Beth Torah in Wellington on Thursda y, March 14. The group of underclassmen performed a varie ty of classic and contemporary songs. The Spizzwinks perform during school breaks and are currently on a spring tour. For more info., visit www.spizzwinks.com.

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Jack, Julie and Gelda Cook with Spizzwink Drew O’Donnell.

The Yale Spizzwinks perform for the temple’s audience.

Jeremy Weiss performs.

Drew O’Donnell, Nicholas Agar-Johnson and Bradford Ward.

Helene Weiss is serenaded by one of the Spizzwinks.

Benjamin Paltiel, Nick Agar-Johnson and Nate Barnett.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATED AT MONTHLY ACREAGE COMMUNITY PARK JAM

The Acreage Landowners’ Association and the Indian Trail Improvement District held their monthly Acreage Community Jam on Saturday, March 16 at Acreage Community Park. This month’s jam featured a St. Patrick’s Day celebration and featured local entertainers, food, a 50/50 raffle and a classic car show. For more info., visit www.acreagelandowners.org.

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Dave Post and Kat Morales are dressed for St. Patrick’s Day.

The Chili Chicks get ready to perform.

Bobby Jay, Domingo Flores and Bob Renna.

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CRIME NEWS

Thousands In Damage Caused To Trees In Wellington

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report MARCH 18 — Deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Wellington received several complaints this week of damaged foliage. According to separate PBSO reports, unknown suspect(s) damaged several trees. According to one report, a Village of Wellington employee contacted the Wellington PBSO substation Monday after he discovered that five trees had been cut down. According to the report, sometime between Monday, March 11 and Monday, March 18, someone chopped down five oak and maple trees on an easement along Flying Cow Ranch Road.

The trees stood at approximately 20 feet tall and were valued at approximately $3,000. According to the report, the perpetrator(s) used a machete to chop them down and left them at the scene. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report. According to a second PBSO report, sometime between midnight last Saturday and noon Tuesday, someone cut down 12 small pine trees at a home in Paddock Park. The victim said the trees were located along the canal bank easement. According to the report, the victim found juice boxes and candy wrappers left behind at the site. The perpetrator(s) caused approximately $240 in damage. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

••• MARCH 14 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was dispatched to a home on Orchid Drive last Thursday afternoon regarding a burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. someone pried open the front door to gain access to the home and stole a 46-inch flat-panel television. According to the report, the victim’s daughter said that an acquaintance had called her several times around 1:40 p.m. and asked if he could come by the house, but she said she was not home. The victim said that a similar incident occurred in December, with the same person calling prior to a burglary. According to the report, a neighbor saw two black males with a white car at the house in the afternoon. DNA evidence was taken at the scene, but there was no further information available at the time of the report.

MARCH 15 — A resident of 41st Court North called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Friday morning to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between Saturday, Sept.

15 and last Friday, someone stole the victim’s decal from his vehicle.

The victim said his wife was pulled over by a deputy, who notified her that the decal was missing. According to the report, the victim said he typically parks his vehicle in his driveway and does not have any idea who could have taken it.

There were no suspects at the time of the report.

MARCH 16 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was dispatched to a home on Tangerine Blvd. last Saturday morning regarding an act of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8 p.m. last Friday and 10:30 a.m. the following morning, someone smashed the victim’s mailbox with a baseball bat or similar object,

causing approximately $150 in damage. The victim said she does not know who might have vandalized her mailbox. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

MARCH 16 — A Royal Palm Beach woman was arrested last Saturday evening on charges of shoplifting after she was caught stealing from the WalMart Supercenter on Belvedere Road. According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the RPB substation was dispatched to the store after a loss prevention officer observed 29year-old Maile Kaluahine push a cart through the store and select several items. According to the report, Kaluahine then passed all points of sale and headed toward the exit. The loss prevention officer said she was standing near the exit, and when Kaluahine saw her, she turned around and walked back into the store. According to the report, Kaluahine approached the west exit and sat on a bench for several minutes before getting up and exiting the store, where the loss prevention officer stopped her. According to the report, the deputy recovered $429.47 in stolen merchandise. Kaluahine was arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail, where she was charged with larceny.

MARCH 18 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington responded Monday morning to Wellington Regional Medical Center in response to a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 3:30 p.m. last Friday and 7:30 a.m. Monday morning, someone removed a Caterpillar multi-terrain loader from a construction site on the property. According to the report, the vehicle is equipped with a GPS device, and several hours later the deputy received a signal from the monitoring system in the area of Fairlane Farms Road and Stribling Way. According to the report, deputies searched the area but did not find the loader. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

MARCH 18 — A resident of Wellington’s Edge contacted the PBSO substation in Wellington on Monday to report a case of fraud.

According to a PBSO report, the victim attempted to use his debit card and was told it was denied.

When the victim called his bank, he was informed that on Friday, March 1, someone used his card to make a purchase for $299.68.

According to the report, the victim said he did not make the purchase and was refunded the amount. There were no suspects at the time of the report.

MARCH 19 — A resident of South Shore Blvd. called the PBSO substation in Wellington on Tuesday morning to report a burglary.

According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 p.m. last Sunday and 7 a.m. the following morning, someone removed a lock from a storage container on the property. The victim said the container is for hay and feed, and has a lock on it. According to the report, the victim found the container with the lock broken, but nothing was taken. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

MARCH 19 — A Royal Palm Beach man was arrested Tuesday evening on charges of possessSee BLOTTER, page 20

Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s help in finding these wanted fugitives: • Richard Bohlen, a.k.a. Rick Morgan, is a white male, 6’0” tall and weighing 235 lbs., with brown hair and blue eyes.

He has a tattoo on his back. His date of birth is 10/23/65. Bohlen is wanted for grand theft. His occupation is construction. His last known addresses were South Golfview Road in Lake Worth and Bahia Island Circle in Wellington. Bohlen is wanted as of 03/14/13.

• Soliman Antonio Rossman, a.k.a.

Nadir Rossman, is a white male, 5’8” tall and weighing 180 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. He has a tattoo on his chest. His date of birth is 10/14/63.

Rossman is wanted for grand theft. His occupation is laborer. His last known address was 47th Court North in The Acreage. Rossman is wanted as of 03/ 14/13.

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

Richard Bohlen

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Wellington Council Supports Medical Building On State Road 7

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Members of the Wellington Village Council voted last week to allow a 5,000-square-foot medical office along State Road 7 between Stribling Way and White Horse Drive.

At a meeting Tuesday, March 12, council members approved a zoning change for the Family Vision Center, owned by optometrist Dr. Lori Mazza, at the former White Horse Financial Center site.

“This is a request to amend the zoning from a 3,700-square-foot financial institution with three drive-through lanes to medical office space,” Long Range Planning Director Tim Stillings said.

The site is located on SR 7 east of the Farmington Estates community, Stillings said.

Don Hearing, agent for the ap-

plicant, noted that the site would be back for a conditional use for the medical space but wanted to assure council members that Mazza had been in contact with residents. “[She] has taken the opportunity to meet with the residents whose homes back up to the property,” Hearing said. “We have worked with residents as it relates to screening and buffering, all of which we will talk about when it comes back before you for conditional use.”

Overall, Hearing said he thought the medical office was better suited for the site. “I think this is a good amendment,” he said. “It would be a reduction in overall traffic intensity. Banks are heavy generators of traffic. I think this would be a good use in front of a residential subdivision.”

But Councilman Matt Willhite worried that there could still be traffic concerns.

“I have some concerns,” he said. “In the previous plan, there was a direct right-in, right-out. I just want to make sure the change in the driveway will be suitable for safety.”

Additionally, Willhite was concerned that motorists might turn into the community rather than the entrance to the medical office. “I want to make sure there is no confusion,” he said.

Hearing said that there would be a barrier between the medical offices and the community. “Residents did not want access from the commercial space into their community,” he said. “There is a physical barrier.”

But he said the traffic would be smooth. “I think it’s meant to func-

tion very well,” Hearing said. “It will bring cars off the roadway quicker.”

Councilman John Greene asked how many optometrists would be in the practice.

Mazza said she has herself and one other optometrist currently, with whom she splits shifts.

“It’s a one-doctor situation on most days,” she said. “But I’m hoping as we expand, we’ll move up to two practitioners.”

She said she has six employees total but could hire one or two more if the practice expands. Currently, her office is located near Jog Road and Forest Hill Blvd.

Greene asked what brought her to Wellington. “It’s nicer out here,” she said. “And I wanted the opportunity to own my own parcel.”

Willhite asked about restrictions on the types of uses that could go

on the site, noting that there is a 1,400-square-foot space designated for eventual expansion. “If it’s conditionally being used for medical office, is that the only thing it could be rented for?” he asked.

Stillings noted it could be rented for professional office space as a use-by-right.

Hearing said the plan is to use it for medical office space. “The intention here is medical use,” he said. “If we came back to modify it [for professional space], I think that would be fine with you as well.

Both uses are desired here in the village.”

Willhite said he wants to make sure the space is used for the correct purpose. “I want to make sure it’s not rented out for a use we don’t really want,” he said. “We want to make sure it’s fitting for the area.”

Stillings said the council could add professional space to the conditional use terms.

Hearing said he would appreciate that.

“If professional office is a desired use and you could provide that flexibility, we would take it,” he said. “We think the highest and best use will be medical, but you never know, there could be some other office that might want to use it.”

Willhite was concerned about the impact of that second facility on traffic. “It could totally change the idea of what your traffic use is,” he said.

Vice Mayor Howard Coates made a motion to approve the zoning change to medical office space with up to 1,500 square feet of professional office space. The motion carried unanimously.

Officials Again Discuss How Wellington Event Permits Are Issued

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The process for obtaining a special-use permit was again called into question by members of the Wellington Village Council last week.

The discussion was prompted by requests from the Ridge and Mida farms for a special-use permit to host several shows this equestrian season.

“The council already approved a similar permit several months ago,” Long Range Planning Director Tim Stillings said. “This was brought before you because it’s more than four days and two times a year.”

Vice Mayor Howard Coates noted that the first time the issue came before the council, there was a question whether the permit was necessary.

“At one point they were told they need one, but that changed,” he said. “Are we back again with

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continued from page 1 “Without jobs there is no one to create taxes, and without taxes there is no one to fund the village’s activities, parks, improvements and services.”

Connor said he hopes members will use the chamber as a resource and work to make Wellington a better place.

“We’re here to help you, and

there still being confusion as to whether it was necessary? I don’t want there being flouting of permit requirements, but I understand the confusion that arises.”

Stillings said that after the council approved the permits earlier this year, there were a few additional dates that needed to be added. “A few dates came out at that meeting, and we said that we need to get those in before you as well,” he said.

Though village staff tried to put the issue on the agenda in February, it got moved to March due to insufficient notice.

Coates said he was concerned because some of the dates on the permit had passed already.

“I have a problem with chronology of this, where it didn’t get back to us, it’s already occurred and we’re being asked to ratify something that’s occurred,” he said.

“By the time you learned about this, you couldn’t get it back to us

before the show dates?”

Stillings said it was not possible because of notification rules.

Coates said that was cause for concern.

“I understand that situation,” he said. “But, boy, if we go too far down that path, it seems like it could be a problem.”

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig noted that there were two properties being discussed: the Ridge and Mida Farms.

“One of the properties [the Ridge] had show dates before and weren’t aware they would need a permit,” she said.

Village Manager Paul Schofield noted that permitting changes this season meant the Ridge needed a permit, though in the past it had not.

And Stillings said that Mida Farms originally planned only two shows, but because they chose to have more, the council needed to approve the special-use permit.

Coates asked whether Wellington’s permitting process was the issue.

“Do we have timing issues for our requirements for special-use applications?” he asked. “Normally, the event should not have occurred by the time it gets to us for approval, right?”

Stillings said that the process itself wasn’t necessarily the problem, but that applicants needed to be sure to apply for a permit far enough in advance. “Assuming the application gets in on time, it isn’t a problem,” he said.

Schofield said he didn’t think this would continue to be a problem next season.

“Our rules on special permits changed during this season,” he said. “I don’t think you’ll see these kinds of bumps next year. This is not the first time the Ridge has done these shows, but they hadn’t needed a permit before. Next year when they come in, the permit will

we’re here to help your business,” Connor said. “Your success is Wellington’s success. Wellington is more than just a bedroom community. We’re a complete community — good for business, good for jobs and good for our residents.”

The organization also honored three of its members with its Business Excellence Awards.

The Business Excellence Award was a tie between Florida Power & Light and Aesthetic & Family Dentistry of Wellington.

The Best Emerging Business Award went to Floridian Community Bank.

“These used to be approved at a staff level, right?” he asked. “I don’t see a need to constantly come back before the council.”

But Coates said that could be addressed at another time.

He made a motion to approve the permits, which passed unanimously.

HI-TECH PLUMBING DONATES TO YBBII

Hi-Tech Plumbing presented a donation to the breast cancer support group Your Bosom Buddies II during the group’s 13th anniver sary celebration March 14 at the Wellington Regional Cancer Center. The donation was presented to the group’s board of directors on this special occasion to help support families in the western communities. For more information on Your Bosom Buddies II, visit www.yourbosombuddiesii.org. To learn more about Hi-Tech Plumbing, visit www.hi-techplumbing.com. Shown above are (left to right) High Tech’s Jathy Garcia with Carmen Feliciano, Helen Rengepis, Abbe Felton, Tee Franzoso, Claudia Cieslak, Marie Phillips, Pat Linton and Lorna Johnson of YBBII. PHOTO BY BETTY BUGLIO/TOWN-CRIER

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Weekend Of Festivities

Past President Alec Domb with Business Excellence Award winner Dr. St even Miller of Aesthetic & Family Dentistry of Wellington.

FP&L’s Max Macon accepts the Business Excellence Award from Past President Alec Domb.

better reflect the kinds of schooling shows they do.”

Coates asked whether they’d still have to come before the council.

Schofield said it would if the event was more than four days, but Coates said he thought that was unnecessary.

Joanna Dee of Floridian Community Bank receives the award for Best Emerging Business.

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continued from page 1 try talent Jess Taylor, followed by Nashville recording artist Tom Jackson.

The entertainment continues with a “walk through the decades” featuring live tribute bands from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. Orange Sunshine will begin the ’60s tribute series, followed by Long Run, an Eagles ’70s tribute band, and Lazy Bonez ’80s tribute band.

An interactive DJ will also be on hand, along with other entertainers who will be performing throughout the park. Other activities include corn-hole and volleyball tournaments. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue will have static displays and demonstration teams. Kayak, canoes and paddle boat rentals will be available to use on the 19-acre lake that surrounds the 10-acre great lawn.

The golf training facility will be open, with a driving range, two

chipping greens and 18-hole putting green.

At about 9:30 p.m., Saturday evening will be capped off with a Zambelli fireworks show. Parking will be available throughout the park, and onsite overflow parking will be available through a shuttle service.

Sunday’s activities begin at 10 a.m. with a green market of local vendors and farmers selling fresh produce grown locally in Palm Beach County. A classic car show will also begin at 10 a.m.

The Royal Palm Beach Auto Mall stage will have performances, with the smooth jazz, rhythm and blues sounds of Billy Bones, followed by Jimmy Stowe & the Stowaways, a Jimmy Buffett tribute band. All weekend activities and entertainment, including the Kids Fun Zone, Food Truck Invasion, arts and crafts show and the bounce houses, will end at 5 p.m. on Sunday.

For more information, visit www.royalpalmbeach.com or call the Recreation Center at (561) 7905124 or the Cultural Center at (561) 790-5149.

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NEWS BRIEFS Wellington Library To Host Read-Athon On Sunday, April 7, the Wellington branch of the Palm Beach County Library System will host the closing celebration for the local chapter of First Book, an organization that gives books to area schools and reading programs in an effort to increase literacy. The celebration will feature illustrator/ artist Janeen Mason and graphic novelist Greg Neri (via Skype). Prizes for top readers include tickets to the Rapids Water Park.

Since forming this past year, First Book South Florida has already granted books to one area school and one area reading program. The volunteer board is joined in their efforts by Florida Atlantic University’s College of Education, Whole Foods Market in Wellington, Duffy’s Sports Grill, Boynton Reads, Barnes & Noble and the Palm Beach County Library System. Studies repeatedly show that access to books is the key to reading success. First Book board members believe that a stable supply of books will lead to FCAT success.

Director of Grants Carrie McDonald feels that each penny earned is going far. “We are so happy to be able to give these books to children right here, in our communities,” she said. “A readathon is a great way for kids to help kids and to make reading fun.

I know the kids at Forest Park Elementary are going to love their books. This event will give us the opportunity to serve even more children.”

Read-athon sheets will be available at the kickoff party Saturday, March 23 at Whole Foods Market in Wellington, online at https:// www.facebook.com/FirstBook SouthFlorida or by e-mailing sflorida@firstbook.org.

Women Of Note Open Rehearsal April 8 At PBCHS Local a capella chorus the Women of Note will head to regional competition April 19 in Daytona Beach. In preparation for the competition performance, the chorus will hold an open dress rehearsal Monday, April 8 at 8 p.m. at Palm Beach Central High School in Wellington.

The general public is welcome to a free preview of the competition package. In addition, the free mini performance will feature competing quartets Impetuous and Sunsation, as well as an opportunity to participate in the chorus’s annual raffle with prizes up to $500.

The Women of Note will welcome new members to the competition stage this April. Lina Lacy of Lake Worth has always loved to sing but had never sung with a barbershop chorus. She found Women of Note through a friend, and after many invites to come to a membership meeting, she finally decided to check it out. Lacy said she is glad that she did; now she is having a blast and learning much about music, singing, movement and herself. Lacy said she is excited and bit nervous about competition this April, but she’s ready to dive right in.

Sharon Weinstein of West Palm Beach first heard the Women of Note perform last October, under the direction of Mitch Greenberg at the Palm Beach State College Eissey Campus Theatre, and she was hooked. Weinstein likes that the chorus promotes music education, enjoys competition and brings joy to the audiences. She

said she is excited to be a part of the group.

The group is looking forward to sharing the competition stage with all of its new members, including Sheila Krichman of Delray Beach, Joni Meyers of Boynton Beach, Jan Smith of Wellington and Margaret Klabik of Lake Worth.

For more information about the Women of Note chorus, visit www. womenofnote.com, call (877) 9667464 or find their page on Facebook.

RPB Relay For Life To Honor Survivors Cancer survivors and patients in treatment are invited to the American Cancer Society’s Royal Palm Beach Relay for Life on Saturday, April 6 at the Royal Palm Beach High School athletic track.

Survivor/patient on-site registration begins at 2 p.m., and the relay begins at 3 p.m.

“Survivors and current cancer patients are our special guests at relay,” Event Chair Rob Hill said.

“We give them shirts so everyone there can recognize and celebrate

them; we honor them onstage during opening ceremonies; we ask them to lead off the relay by taking the first lap while everyone cheers their success and progress; and we treat them and their families to a delicious dinner provided

by Royal Palm Beach Relay’s very generous restaurant sponsor, MarBar Grille from Madison Green Golf Club.”

Survivors and current cancer patients are asked to register in advance so there are enough shirts and food. To register, visit www.relayforlife.org/royalpalm beachfl and click on “Sign Up” and select “Walk the Survivor Lap.” For further information, contact Jenna Gillespie at the American Cancer Society at (561) 366-0013 or jenna.gillespie@cancer.org.

Great American Cleanup Returns To Area April 13 Looking to make Palm Beach County a cleaner, greener, more livable place? Local nonprofit Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful Inc. and the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County encourage you to get involved in the 2013 Great

American Cleanup, a national campaign organized by nonprofit Keep America Beautiful.

The Great American Cleanup will take place in Palm Beach County on Saturday, April 13, with additional dates.

In what continues to be the nation’s largest grassroots community improvement program, Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful’s volunteers will clean up litter and debris from public spaces, neighborhoods, roadways, waterways, parks and schools. Additional community improvement activities include tree and landscape plantings, and other beautification projects. Moreover, the Great American Cleanup is a significant opportunity for local organizations to coordinate activities that encourage civic engagement and action.

Visit www.keeppbcbeautiful.org or call (561) 686-6646 for further details and cleanup sites. Volunteers are encouraged to pre-register by contacting the volunteer coordinator at their chosen location. All supplies will be provided, and commemorative T-shirts will be given to volunteers while supplies last. Community service hours will be given.

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INDOOR & OUTDOOR FUN AT ST. MICHAEL LUTHERAN CHURCH FAMILY FUN FAIR St. Michael Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wellington held its Family Fun Fair on Saturday, March 16. There was face painting, book and bake sales, Chinese and silent auctions, and hand-crafted items were for sale. Proceeds will be used for the church’s new building and various church programs.

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Barb Ricksen buys a basket from Shirley Ligas as Anneth Dreier looks on.

Event Committee members Sue Maggio, Pastor Marjorie Weiss and Gregg Marconi.

Theresa Roaf buys cookies from Bonnie Choman.

Bryce Marconi, PBSO Deputy Luis Ledbetter with K9 officer in training Bandit and Brodie Galloway.

Bonnie Choman, Allison Kiss and Margie Runkles.

Christopher and Victoria Recchio create sand art.

PET LOVERS CONVENE FOR SOUTH FLORIDA PET EXPO AT THE S.F. FAIRGROUNDS The 2013 South Florida Pet Expo was held Saturday, March 16 at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center. Exhibitors were on hand selling pet-related items and services, rescue groups held pet adoptions, there was an agility course for demos, and reduced-fee pet vaccinations were available as well.

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White shepherd Cool gives his paw to owner Bill Vozios.

Vet tech Ryan Lawrence gives Gucci a rabies shot with help from vet tech Kasha P almer.

Forever Greyhounds President Kerry Friedman gives Chloe a treat while owner Holly Fisher looks on.

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Renowned Karate Master Visits Villari’s Self Defense In Wellington Villari’s Studios of Self Defense “Everyone who attended the in Wellington, in conjunction with seminar had a fantastic experience co-host Villari’s Academy of Mar- and were very excited to share in tial Arts Royal Palm Beach, were the celebration of Master Fritz’s proud to welcome master instruc- recent promotion to the 10th-detor and 10th degree black belt John gree black belt ranking,” Wilson L. Fritz to the Wellington location said. on Friday, March 15.

The rank of 10th-degree black Master Fritz, whose martial arts belt in shaolin kempo is the highcareer spans nearly 50 years, est that can be received from the shared some of the key principals founder, 12th-degree black belt he has learned with students from and Great Grandmaster Fred Villari. the many Florida Villari’s locations. This ranking is reserved for only Master instructor David Wilson the foremost authorities in the syswas pleased with the response tem. Currently there are only four from students. such masters in the world.

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Master John Fritz delves into the founding principles of shaolin kempo karate.

Wellington black belt Barry Rivera thanks Master John Fritz for sharing core principles of shaolin kempo karate.

Karate Masters — Master Ken Smith, Master David Wilson, Master John Debrey, 10th-degree Master John Fritz, Master Mike Kaplan, Rick O’Brien (eighth degree), Marc Pearson (eighth degree) and Mike Friedman (fifth degree).

Students from all over Florida gather to learn from a true master of the martial arts, John Fritz.

Master John Fritz demonstrates one of the principles of power in shaolin kempo karate.

WHS HOSTS DANCE MARATHON TO BENEFIT CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK

Wellington High School held a dance marathon fundraiser for the Children’s Miracle Network hospitals on Friday, March 15 in the school gym. Students danced all night, learned how to line dance and played games to raise money for the charity, with proceeds benefiting the Shands Jacksonville Medical Center. For more info., visit www.childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org.

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Dance Marathon Organizers — Terah Kalk, student government president; Christie Workman, University of Florida community events captain; and Courtney Knoblauch, student government second vice president.

Student government members Kristen Cullen, Kayla Wallace and Zachary Goetz learn the line dance.

Catering department members Brianne Corrado, Terah Kalk, Scott Meskin and Caroline Spitz hand out food.

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DIAMOND BALL CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY The American Cancer Society celebrated 100 years with its Diamond Centennial Ball on Saturday, March 16 at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. Guests enjoyed dinner, dancing, silent auctions and more, with all proceeds benefiting the American Cancer Society.

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John Discepolo, Phil and Ansley DiLeo, and Jennifer and Brian Amarnick.

Nicholas Galindo, Martha Gilmartin and Tres Wilson.

Alan and Wellington Councilwoman Anne Gerwig with Regis and Tom Wenham.

Jacques Hovius and Barry Snader enjoy cocktail hour.

Joanna and Ben Boynton enjoy the evening.

Event chairs Larry and Linda Smith with the centennial birthday cake.

Juan and Carmen Cocuy with John and Julie Kime.

ACS HOSTS DIAMOND CENTENNIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT AT MADISON GREEN

The inaugural Diamond Centennial Ball Charity Golf Tournament was held Friday, March 15 at the Madison Green Golf Club. Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society and pediatric cancer research. Awards were given out at dinner after the golf game. The event kicked off a weekend that also included the Diamond Centennial Ball the next night.

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Betts Chadwick and Jean Marriott, with Mary and Bill Thomas.

Bill Thomas with his father, Bill Sr.

Bill Thomas with Madison Green owner Todd Schoenwetter.

50/50 raffle winner Chris Strong with Madison Green General Manager Mike Brady.

Mark Hammond, the high bidder of an autographed guitar, with Mike Brady.

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WLMS STUDENTS TOPS IN TKA Juniors ‘Shadow’ Professionals For A Day King’s Academy jun- reers they were exposed to, and a ‘BATTLE OF THE BOOKS’ iorsRecently, from the West Palm Beach and better knowledge of whether the

Sarah Carlson (left) and Katie Gulkis (right) were the highest-scoring team at Wellington Landings Middle School in the county’s annual “Battle of the Books.” Together, they read 15 Sunshine State Reader books at grade levels six through eight. They then answered a series of computer-generated questions.

Clewiston campuses participated in Job Shadowing Day. This program allows students the experience of a typical day in careers that they are interested in.

Students shadowed in professions from the arts, athletics, business/finance, communications, education, engineering/architecture, legal, medical, ministry, public service and science. TKA junior Jordan Gableman shadowed an orthopedic surgeon and was able to observe a knee scope surgery.

“Observing the surgery first hand was an amazing experience,” Gableman said. “I am now considering a field of medicine involving surgery because of this experience.”

The students came away with a better understanding of the requirements and rigors of the ca-

Binks PTA Awarded $1,000 Health & Wellness Grant The Palm Beach County Council of PTA/PTSA has awarded the Binks Forest Elementary School PTA a $1,000 Health & Wellness Grant to run the Wellington Wellness Institute’s Healthy Home/ Healthy Lives Program.

The program is a series of six workshops designed to educate parents about making healthy choices for their families. The workshops are free and open to the public. They will be held at Binks Forest Elementary School twice a

month beginning in March and ending in May. To learn more about the program or sign up for the workshops, call (561) 333-3440 or visit www.nutritionistflorida. com/communityworkshops.

The Palm Beach County Council of PTA/PTSA commends the Binks Forest PTA and the other Health & Wellness Grant recipients, Del Prado PTA and Pine Jog PTA, on their efforts to create a healthier, safer environment for children.

Morgan Jacobson at WPTV NewsChannel 5.

career would be a good fit for them.

It was an eye-opening and exciting day for the students.

“The Job Shadow program is a tool to help identify or eliminate career paths for our students,” TKA High School Dean Terry Toulson said. “Students can tend to glamorize certain career fields, and once they experience it, they realize it is not what they are looking for or exactly what they want to do. It also helps students make contacts with professionals who are already working in the field they are interested in.”

The King’s Academy is a nationally recognized private Christian school serving approximately 1,200 students from preschool through 12th grade. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Association of Christian Schools International and the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. The King’s Academy serves students and their families across Palm Beach and Hendry counties at its main campus at Belvedere Road and Sansbury’s Way, its Clewiston campus on Caribbean Avenue, and its satellite preschool campuses in Greenacres, Palm Beach Gardens and Royal Palm Beach.

The King’s Academy also provides remote learning at www.tkaonline.net. More information about the King’s Academy is available online at www.tka.net and www.tkaclewiston.net.

Ashley Stack, Danielle Giachos and Cayla Pucket with Wellington Regional Medical Center NICU nurses.

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RPBHS Gearing Up For 2013 Relay For Life Relay for Life Royal Palm Beach returned to Royal Palm Beach High School in 2012 and saw the formation of 10 teams from the school — a quarter of the entire event’s teams.

Students from the National Honor Society, DECA, FBLA, World Languages, Cheerleading and Student Council were among those who made the time and effort to raise much-needed funds for the American Cancer Society. Student teams were chaperoned by teacher/advisors.

“Our students participate in numerous fundraising activities throughout the school year,” Principal Jesus Armas said. “They care about the world they live in and we never have any trouble getting participation.”

RPB Relay for Life Chair Rob Hill was inspired by the students’ participation last year.

“It was thrilling to see so many young people from all our village schools make such an important contribution to the world by embracing last year’s relay,” he said.

“We have just as many school teams signed up as last year al-

Palm Beach Central jazz musicians racked up the “Superior” ratings in district competition in February.

Students walk around the track at last year’s Royal Palm Beach Relay for Life.

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ready, and it wouldn’t surprise me if we ended up having even more this time! Leadership is hard to teach other than by example. Jesus and his staff were inspiring examples to their students at last year’s relay by being on site the whole time, working just as hard as any

relayers to raise money to find a cure for cancer and [having] fun while doing it. Relay is all about bringing a community together to work toward a common goal, and Jesus is committed to making Royal Palm Beach High School a focal point of our village.”

The 2013 Royal Palm Beach Relay for Life will take place Saturday, April 6 from 3 p.m. to Sunday, April 7 at 7 a.m. at RPBHS. The public is welcome.

For more information, contact the American Cancer Society’s Jenna Gillespie at (561) 650-0128.

SRHS Sets School-Year Personal Check Deadline Friday, April 12 is the last day this school year that Seminole Ridge High School will accept personal checks. SRHS will still accept bank checks, money orders and cash in payment of financial obligations to the school.

Each school in the district sets its own school-year deadline date.

Parents with children in schools other than SRHS should check with those schools to learn their deadlines.

• Veterans Honor Hawk Battalion — The Seminole Ridge Army JROTC academy held its annual veterans and service organizations award ceremony March 7,

with the SRHS National Honor Society chapter hosting a veterans dinner prior to the event.

The Hawk Battalion was honored by the presence of World War II tank commander Brigadier General (Ret.) Albin F. Irzyk, who presented for the first time a series of medals struck in his name.

SRHS congratulates the cadets and their honors.

• Hawk Junior to Have Air Force Summer — James Bukowski, a junior at Seminole Ridge and a cadet 1st lieutenant in the JROTC program, has been accepted to attend the United States Air Force Academy summer seminar in Col-

Seminole Ridge JROTC regional competitors gather with their second-place trophy.

orado Springs, Colo. Thousands of competitive applicants every year from all around the country vie for this opportunity.

At the seminar, Bukowski will experience five days in the life of an Air Force academy cadet, with daily physical training and workshops that the major courses of study. Students are selected to participate in the summer seminar based on a “whole person” concept.

Bukowski’s goal is to attend the Air Force Academy after graduation and be commissioned an officer.

• Hawk Cadet Team Qualifies for State — A cadet team from the Seminole Ridge Hawk Battalion has qualified for state-level competition based on its performance in the recent regional drill meet at Fort Pierce Central. The Hawk Male Armed Platoon — led by James Bukowski and his teammates James Aspenwall, Devon Breen, John Christian, Benoit Cloutier, John DiCampli, Michael Garrity, Cody Kline, Christopher Mitton, Jose Ruiz, Jeremy Searchwell, Vincent Luciano-Sileo and Durhan Williams

— placed second in competition and will attend the state finals in April.

In addition, three cadets out of the 18 schools competing placed in “knockout,” in which a judge calls random marching commands and dismisses from formation cadets who fail to follow the commands properly. Cadet Hunter Grabbe received fourth place, cadet Jose Ruiz received fifth, and cadet Cody Kline sixth.

• Debate Foursome on to Philly — Four members of the Hawk forensics team competed in the Dale Lauder McCall Grand Finals tournament March 9-10 at the Dreyfoos School of the Arts, and all qualified to attend the National Catholic Forensics League Grand Nationals tournament in Philadelphia at the end of May. The results are as follows: Wayne Selogy, first place, Student Congress; Keith Miner, fifth place, Dramatic Performance; Melissa Garrity, fifth place, Original Oratory; and Marisa Krecker, sixth place, Dramatic Performance.

Bronco Musicians Compete In District The Palm Beach Central High School jazz bands performed at the district jazz music performance assessment Feb. 6-7.

Both the Concert Jazz Ensemble (Jazz 1) and the Bronco Jazz Band (Jazz 2) received “Straight Superior” ratings from the judges — the highest possible mark. This is the first time in 10 years there has been a non-arts high school see two of its bands earn “Superior” ratings in Palm Beach County.

On Feb. 8-9, the PBHCS band

participated in the district solo and ensemble performance assessment. The band had 84 members earn “Superior” medals for their performances.

The following groups earned “Superior” ratings: Brass Choir 1, Clarinet Choir 1, Clarinet Choir 2, Saxophone Quartet 1, Tuba/ Euphonium Quartet, Flute Duet, Flute Trio 2, Flute Trio 3, Brass Quartet, Percussion Quintet, Dance Solo 1, Dance Solo 2, Rifle Solo and Indoor Color Guard.

NEW HORIZONS LOOKS FORWARD TO CAMP INVENTION 2013

New Horizons Elementary School students are gearing up for Camp Invention 2013, a nationally acclaimed STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) program. During the week of June 1014 area students entering grades 1-6 will gather at New Horizons for “Geo Quest.” They will discover, create, invent and work together solving problems in each of four modules, including Ecoverse, Cache Dash, Launchitude and Amazing Atlas Games. Register today at www.campinvention.org. Pictured here are campers, counselors and teachers gathered at Camp Invention 2012.

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PLENTY OF FUN & LEARNING AT FREEDOM RIDERS ACADEMY’S FAMILY FUN DAY

Freedom Riders Academ y in The Acreage held a Family Fun Day on Saturday, March 9 to introduce children to the love of horses. Guests enjoyed pony rides, dressage and jumping demonstrations, grooming stations, a horse meet-and-greet and more. Freedom Riders Academy is a rescue barn that focuses on teaching children life lessons and values through the care and love of horses. For more info., visit www.freedomridersacademy.com.

Harmony Savasten teaches a group of participants how to groom rescue pony Cricket.

Eileen Skiba gives Tommy, the star of Family Fun Day, a loving scratch on the chin.

Freedom Riders Academy v olunteers (front row, L-R) Harmony Savasten, Addison Weissman and Cassidy Weissman; (middle row) Alison Weissman, Alan Weissman, Ryan Parker and Joyce Parker; and (back row) Melissa Sczuroski, Tyler Camacho, Ethan Johnson, Robert Greener and Pam Stratton.

Event co-host Glen Senk with Sybil and David Yurman.

Danny & Ron’s Rescue Fundraiser Held In Wellington The second annual fundraiser for Danny & Ron’s Rescue, which aims to rescue and rehabilitate abandoned and abused animals, was held Saturday, March 2 at the home of Glen Senk and Keith Johnson in Wellington.

Guests were treated to cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as they learned more about the charity’s

philanthropic endeavors. Among those in attendance were David and Sybil Yurman, Bryan Baldwin, Bruce Duchossois, Georgina Bloomberg, Missy Smith, Doug Smith, Jennifer Smith, Roger Smith and Nic Roldan. Senk is CEO of David Yurman, America’s renowned fine jewelry and timepiece designer.

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Co-presidents Morry Silverman and Alan Cohan with donated matzohs.

Temple B’nai Jacob Collects Matzohs For Food Pantry Temple B’nai Jacob of Wellington has collected more than 100 boxes of matzoh for its “Matzoh Mitzvah� project.

Volunteers, members, religious school families and community friends have teamed up and brought enough matzoh to help supply the food pantry of the Alpert Jewish Family and Children

Service, which will be providing matzoh for families in need for this Passover holiday in the western communities.

Temple B’nai Jacob of Wellington is located at 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 6, in the original Wellington Mall.

For more information, visit www. templebnaijacob.com.

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Mills, Orsenigo To Wed This Saturday Michael and Erena Mills of Wellington have announced the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Laura Ashley, to Derek Orsenigo. Derek is the son of Paul Orsenigo and Susan Orsenigo. Lauren and Derek are

both graduates of the University of Florida. Lauren is currently teaching at Glades Day School, and Derek is employed by Growers Management Inc. and Orsenigo Farms Inc. A Saturday, March 23 wedding has been planned.

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Teams Advance To Compete In USPA Piaget Gold Cup Semifinals After two weeks and 18 games, Valiente (3-0), Zacara (3-0), Lechuza (3-0) and Alegria (2-1) emerged from a field of 11 teams to compete in the semifinals of the 2013 USPA Piaget Gold Cup at the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington.

In the final round of preliminary play last Sunday afternoon, 10 of the 11 teams took the field, with the results defining the tournament semifinalists.

In two Sunday morning games,

Melissa Hornung and Mauricio Devrient.

Zacara (3-0) kept its record intact with a 16-10 win over Audi (2-2) while Alegria (2-1) managed to hold off Mt. Brilliant in a 7-5 victory. At noon, Lechuza (3-0) handed Orchard Hill its second loss of the tournament. In the featured match of the day, on the stadium field, ERG managed to sneak past a makeshift Piaget team 7-6. Piaget 10-goaler Sapo Caset was sidelined with the flu, forcing the reshuffle of the lineup that would eventually consist of Miguel Astrada, Lucas Lalor, Juan Bollini and Nacho Badiola.

Wednesday’s high-goal action featured Lyndon Lea’s Zacara team against Lechuza with both teams battling for a shot at the finals on Sunday, March 24.

Wednesday’s results were not available at press time.

The Zacara team returned to the International Polo Club this year as the 2012 defending U.S. Open champion. Unfortunately, a hard bump in Thursday’s game sent team captain Lyndon Lea to the sidelines, to be replaced by 14year-old Matias Gonzalez. Gonzalez fit comfortably into the lineup that broke the 8-8 fourth chukker tie and rode on to score a goal in the team’s 16-10 win over Orchard

Diana Barrett and Bob Vila.

Lauren Duffy of Piaget and ERG 9-goaler Eduardo Novillo Astrada, who was named MVP.

Hill. With Lea’s condition still uncertain, Gonzalez is patiently awaiting a final decision. Argentine 10goaler Facundo Pieres will lead the team into Wednesday’s game ably supported by teammates Magoo Laprida (8) and Mike Azzaro (7).

Lechuza Caracas is no stranger to USPA Piaget Gold Cup semifinal competition. They have played in four finals, winning their first in 2011. Lechuza had trouble

with Orchard Hill in last Sunday’s competition, trailing through much of the first part of the game, but rallied for seven goals in the final two chukkers to win 13-11. In the semifinals, there will be no margin for error and with a team as powerful as Zacara, team captain Victor Vargas will look to get the most out of 10-goaler Juan Martin Nero, 8-goaler Polito Pieres and 7goaler Francisco Elizalde.

ERG managed to sneak past a makeshift Piaget team 7-6 last Sunday.

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The second USPA Piaget Gold Cup semifinal will feature Valiente and Alegria. Bob Jornayvaz’s Valiente team is somewhat of the defending champion; it was his son’s Valiente II team that beat his Valiente I team last year. This year, Jornayvaz’s son is back in school at the University of Virginia, and Jornayvaz will be joined by two of his son’s teammates from last year, 10-goalers Adolfo Cambiaso and

Pelon Stirling. Young 6-goaler Santi Torres will fill out the lineup.

The Alegria lineup will be led by veteran 9-goaler Mariano Aguerre who has appeared on seven past Gold Cup championship teams.

Joining him will be Argentine 9goaler Hilario Ulloa, local 6-goaler Facundo Obregon and team captain Julian Mannix.

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Eiken Sato Tops In The $82,000 Horseware Ireland Grand Prix CSI 3* Japan’s Eiken Sato and Espyrante jumped to victory in the $82,000 Horseware Ireland Grand Prix CSI 3* last Saturday night during another exciting evening of international competition during week 10 of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival. In a jump-off of seven nations, Sato beat out riders from Great Britain, Ireland, Venezuela, Germany, Greece and the United States for his first big win at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center.

Olaf Petersen Jr. of Germany set the course for last Saturday night’s Grand Prix with 40 entries competing at night under the lights. Ten riders representing seven different countries qualified for the jumpoff and four went double clear over the short course.

Seventh to go, Venezuela’s Pablo Barrios and Zara Leandra, owned by the ZL Group Inc., were the first pair to jump the short course without fault and finished fourth with their time of 48.27 seconds. Up next, Great Britain’s Ben Maher and Jane Clark’s Urico

cleared the course in 44.27 seconds to briefly take the lead. They were pushed into second by Japan’s Sato and Stephex Stables’ Espyrante, who stopped the clock in 42.79 seconds for the win. Last to go, Ireland’s Shane Sweetnam and Eregast Van’ t Kiezelhof, owned by Spy Coast Farm LLC, finished clear in 47.61 seconds to take the third place prize.

Sato, 27, has lived in Belgium for nine years and began riding for Stephex Stables two years ago. His mount, Espyrante, is a 9-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare that they got last year.

Sato went after a very fast round from Maher and Urico and explained that he did watch them go, but trusted his horse’s ability to be faster. “To be honest, I saw, but I tried not to see because he is such a fast rider,” Sato laughed.

“The end I saw. My horse is naturally really fast, so I knew I needed to take risks, but I trust my horse, and she did a fantastic job.”

Sweetnam was showing his mount Eregast in the horse’s first

Grand Prix as well as his first night class. Although the horse was a little green in the ring, Sweetnam was very happy with his performance.

“It’s his first Grand Prix of any sort. It’s his first Grand Prix here and WEF was his first 1.45m, and last week was his first 1.50m,” Sweetnam said. “Honestly, he wasn’t meant to be rushed as quickly, but with Siri getting injured, he had to step up and he has done a great job.”

In other WEF news, Walk the Line and Lillie Keenan clinched the championship title in the Antarés Large Junior Hunter 16-17 division during week 10. Keenan and Walk the Line were a force to be reckoned with over fences, winning three of four over fences rounds.

Keenan and Don Stewart’s 14year-old gelding were also fourth over fences during day one of competition for the division.

Reserve champion honors went to Norgan Inc.’s Capstone, ridden

by Sydney Shulman. Shulman and Capstone were third and first over

fences day one and placed third day two in all three classes, including an under saddle and two over fences rounds.

The owner-rider champion was Perfectionist and Cloe Hymowitz.

Hymowitz also picked up reserve owner-rider honors with Garfield, co-owned by Alexandra Crown.

Keenan is currently at the top of the circuit standings with her other Large Junior mount, Madison, but considers Walk the Line to be equally as talented. “Madison tends to win the hacks, but Walk the Line has a very striking jump. When he goes over the fence, it almost makes you open your eyes a little more. There’s a ‘wow’ factor to how he goes over each fence,” Keenan said.

While Keenan dominates junior divisions in hunters, jumpers and equitation classes on a number of competitive mounts, she especially appreciates Walk the Line’s desire to be the best. “I know that every time he goes in the ring he wants to win. All of my horses are like that but it is espe-

Eiken Sato aboard Espyrante.

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cially true for him. It’s nice to know that every time you go in the ring, he wants to do well,” Keenan said.

The Winter Equestrian Festival features 12 weeks of competition.

More than $6 million in prize money will be awarded through the cir-

cuit. For full results, visit www. showgroundslive.com. The Palm Beach International Equestrian Center is located at 14440 Pierson Road in Wellington. For more information, visit www.equestrian sport.com or call (561) 793-5867.

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‘Heartland’ Star Amber Marshall Attends Players Club Reception TV star Amber Marshall, making her first South Florida appearance, attended several equestrianrelated events, highlighted by a reception to help support and benefit the growing sport of parariding.

The 24-year-old Marshall, an accomplished equestrian, stars in the long-running hit TV series Heartland, which is shot on location near Calgary and distributed in 118 countries. It is distributed in the U.S. on GMC-TV. More than 120 guests enjoyed a reception with Marshall at Neil Hirsch’s Players Club in Wellington, where they learned about para-riding. Proceeds from the event benefited the Gold Coast Dressage Association and their efforts to add more para-riding classes and clinics for athletes with physical disabilities to participate in and continue to grow the equestrian discipline, which has its own Olympics.

The Paralympics is a sporting event for athletes with physical

Bradshaw

Initiative To Stem Violence

continued from page 1 land Security’s “See Something, Say Something” program. “That’s how they stopped that car from blowing up at Times Square when the guy parked it and walked off.

Somebody called and said, ‘Hey, that ain’t right.’ Sure enough, it wasn’t.”

The FBI recently did a study of 156 shootings in which three or more people were shot and found similarities in the incidents, Bradshaw said. “One of them is that the perpetrator at some point in time indicated to somebody through some method that something was about to happen,” he said. “How many times do we see it? Somebody says, ‘I knew that

disabilities. Currently, the only equestrian discipline recognized at this level is para-dressage.

Marshall also stopped at the Tackeria to visit with fans and on Sunday, Feb. 24, she attended her first high-goal polo match, the 20goal Ylvisaker Cup final at International Polo Club Palm Beach.

Marshall, who took her first polo lesson during her visit, handled the pre-game coin toss responsibilities and post-match Best Playing Pony award honors.

Her visit was sponsored by Destiny International Properties of the Palm Beaches.

“My time in Wellington was amazing, meeting so many fans and helping some special organizations,” Marshall said. “There are so many benefits that horses bring to people and not enough people know about it and understand that.

If I can help bring more awareness to the cause, such as para-riding, then I am glad to help.”

Now in its sixth season, Heartland has captured the hearts of

millions as the characters have introduced viewers around the world to the passion and tradition horses have in people’s lives, whether it’s dressage, show jumping, rodeo or polo.

Marshall’s character, Amy Fleming, has a strong connection with horses, a gift she inherited from her mother. Fleming uses horses to understand the emotional turmoil, confusion and experiences in her life. The hit family drama is loosely based on the Heartland books by Lauren Brooke.

Marshall, who was born and raised in London, Ontario, has been the lead actress in the Heartland series since its inception in 2006. She also trained as part of the Original Kids Theatre Company in London for four years and has appeared in numerous film and television productions. She has also been nominated for a Los Angeles–based Young Artist Award, for her title character in The Elizabeth Smart Story.

Marshall is very involved with

was going to happen.’ Oh, really?

If you knew that was a problem, why didn’t you call us and tell us?”

The mother of the Newtown, Conn., killer told her neighbor the week before the shootings that her son was becoming more reclusive and depressed, and she was thinking of having him institutionalized, yet she still kept guns in her house, Bradshaw said. “The neighbor didn’t call the sheriff to at least take the guns out,” he said.

The perpetrators go through phases, he continued. “The first phase is a fantasy phase, then there’s a planning phase, and then they go gather whatever they need — guns, explosives — and then they go do it,” Bradshaw explained.

“They’re indicating to people out there through some method — by actions, by word of mouth, social media.”

Bradshaw said there is a wide range of mental illnesses that can lead to violent acts if left untreat-

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ed. “There’s 3,000 people in my jail every day,” he said. “They’re all there because they have issues.

I’m the biggest mental healthcare provider in this county. I have 94 kids up there in the mental health ward. On a weekly basis, I have to treat, counsel and medicate 400 who are in there because the mental health system in this county and across the nation has not been funded properly. There’s not enough staff, and there’s not enough facilities.”

During the first few days after the Newtown massacre, Bradshaw said he listened to the news and people talking about gun control. “I realized that’s not the right direction,” he said. “That’s not what it’s about.”

Bradshaw wants to start what he calls a “violence prevention unit” available 24 hours a day.

“Each team will have a deputy and two mental health professionals,” he said. “We’re going to start a hotline similar to Crime Stoppers, where people can pick up the phone and call anonymously and say, ‘Listen, the guy down the street just got fired last week. I heard him talking the other day about how he hates his boss, he hates the people he works with and, guess what? I know he just got a gun from a gun show. I think you ought to know about that.’”

The team would then go the man’s house and interview him and assess whether he is potentially violent. “Two quick things happen here,” Bradshaw said.

“One, now he knows we know about him. If he was thinking about something, that may change his mind. The second good thing that happens is we can look at him and say, ‘You know what? I think you’re a danger to yourself, and you’re going to mental health.’ If there are firearms in there, we’re going to take them for safekeeping until this is resolved. That’s prevention intervention. You can’t arrest your way out of this. There has to be a prevention intervention method.”

As an example, Bradshaw cited a case about a month ago in which

“This RFQ, which quite frankly I personally did not know anything about, was for surveying services,” Tropepe said. “Atkins is a global firm. They made a presentation and utilized our SBE certification.”

Tropepe pointed out that Atkins was not awarded the West Palm Beach contract and if it had, Engenuity had only been listed as an SBE. “There is nothing illegal, immoral or against any of the rules that we have to follow as professional engineers in participating as a sub-consultant in a certain RFQ,” Tropepe said.

Tropepe said that if Engenuity ever had a project that was in potential conflict with ITID, it would inform the board. “For the last five years, we have gotten direction from the board,” she said. “We don’t create work or jobs without you telling us the direction you want to go.”

Tropepe said Engenuity had followed the board’s direction by pursuing several projects since the Tropical Storm Isaac flooding, including the C-51 reservoir project, additional discharge to the L and M canals, a comprehensive review of the response to the Isaac flooding, a canal evaluation proposal and a workshop on a comprehensive approach to address water issues.

“We are here at your pleasure and at your direction,” Tropepe said, adding that despite criticism about flooding following Tropical Storm Isaac, her firm and the district had to abide by permits available to them, including a quarterinch allowable drainage per day.

“We follow your direction, we have to follow Florida Statute 298.

That is the direction the State of Florida has requested district en-

gineers to follow, and there’s a whole litany of things we have to follow.”

Dunkley said he had nothing against Engenuity but felt a request for qualifications should be put out.

“We have been lucky to have Engenuity as our engineering firm,” he said. “They have been with us for five years. Their contract is finished. This is 90 days before our contract automatically renews. I am calling for an RFQ, and they are free to try their hand again. But I think, as a community, we need new ideas and a new way of looking at things. They can bid for our business again, but automatic renewal is bad.”

Jacobs said that if they were going to go out to bid for engineering, they should go out to bid for legal services as well. “I think we should do both, in all fairness,” she said.

Damone said the accusation that Engenuity was working for the City of West Palm Beach was false and that the board had already given Tropepe direction not to pursue a pump station agreement.

Damone added that although she understood Dunkley’s point, the district would be losing historical knowledge of the district if a contract were awarded to another firm. “I’ve seen the district without it and I’ve seen the district with it, and we functioned a lot better with it,” she said.

Dunkley made a motion to seek RFQs for both engineering and legal firms, but attorney Mary Viator said that although an RFQ for a legal firm was fine, the agenda item that evening was regarding engineering. Therefore, Dunkley modified his motion to engineering only. The motion carried 3-2 with Damone and Bair opposed.

Sheriff Ric Bradshaw at Monday’s chamber luncheon.

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continued from page 1 directly underneath Atkins, it says in partnership with Engenuity Group,” Riccio said. “This kind of leaking and bleeding of our tax money has got to stop. I ask that this board place this serious and egregious matter on tonight’s agenda.”

Supervisor Gary Dunkley made a motion to place discussion of engineering firms on the agenda.

Supervisor Carol Jacobs seconded the motion, which carried 3-2, with supervisors Michelle Damone and Ralph Bair opposed.

ITID Engineer Lisa Tropepe said her firm, which has been providing engineering services for more than 33 years, is listed with such large firms as Atkins, which does business nationwide and internationally.

“We are considered a small business enterprise (SBE), which is a designation that was given to us by the county and several other governmental agencies because we are a small, local firm here in Palm Beach County,” Tropepe said. “We provide jobs to employees in Palm Beach County. Almost every day, requests for qualifications go out throughout Palm Beach County for various projects.”

Tropepe said that in the past several years, there has been a rule that 70 percent of jobs must be provided by local small business enterprises to assist bigger companies to provide services, because Engenuity has more than 25 employees who live in the county.

Neil Hirsch and Amber Marshall. animals, having worked at a veterinary clinic near her home. She has several dogs and cats as well as horses and other farm animals and lives on a small ranch outside of Calgary during production.

She has three quarter horses, a young Palm Beach County man stabbed his mother to death. His father had called the PBSO because he thought something bad was going to happen, but the young man was smart enough to say the right things, and deputies did not use the Baker Act to commit him to an institution. With a violence prevention team, the outcome might have been different, Bradshaw said.

Bradshaw recently pitched his plan to the Criminal Justice Subcommittee on Appropriations in Tallahassee for initial financing.

“It’s not cheap — it’s about $3.5 million,” he said. “I’m going to try to get them to plant the seed to start it, and I’ll figure out a way to keep it going somehow. If that doesn’t work, my next stop will be up in Washington. If that doesn’t work, I’ll try the Palm Beach County Commission, but I fight with them just to get what I already have.”

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continued from page 1 the initiative committee who has been one of the most vocal proponents of a referendum, said the text of the ordinances was attached to the petition.

“It simply wasn’t turned in when we turned the petition in because it said we needed to turn it in,” McLendon said. “You said we needed to have it attached while we were circulating the petition, so we cleared that up after the fact when there seemed to be some type of confusion as to whether it was attached or not. We did provide documentation that it was attached, although it wasn’t necessary because our town charter doesn’t say we need to turn that in.”

McLendon, who narrowly lost last week’s council election to incumbent Vice Mayor Jim Rockett, maintained that they only had to have the text attached while they were circulating the petition, not when it was turned it in to the office. “The action taking place right now is exactly what we suspected,” he said. “You’re trying to find the ‘i’ that wasn’t dotted, the ‘t’ that wasn’t crossed, to try to stop the people from voting. Everybody who signed the petition knew full well this was to allow us to vote whether the college came here or not.”

Planning & Zoning Commission Member Dennis Lipp, a former councilman, said he has supported the college from the beginning, but supports going ahead with a referendum since more than 250 people had signed it.

“When I say that, the words curdle in my mouth, but I think we should do it because it’s something that those who are friends of the college need to unite on this and put on a very vigorous campaign and let the people know the

Blotter continued from page 6 ing a concealed weapon and resisting an officer following an altercation at the Bob Marcello Baseball Complex. According to a PBSO report, the victim was in the park when two men approached him. The victim said the men jumped on him and began to punch him. Several witnesses, including two off-duty deputies, observed the fight and attempted to break it up. According to the report, a third man, later identified as 20-year-old Lamareus Williams, rode up on a bike and punched the victim. The witnesses said they observed Williams reach for his waistband, where he had what appeared to be a concealed gun.

According to the report, one of the witnesses stepped in front of Williams and told him not to pull out the gun. In the meantime, one of the off-duty police officers was

Marysue Jacobs of Destiny International Properties of the Palm Beaches, Shawn Turner, Amber Marshall and Kelly Jacobs. two dogs and three cats, along with chickens, turkeys and peacocks on her ranch outside of Calgary, where the series is produced.

Her horses are Hawk, who turns six on June 2; Tango, around 12 years old; Cash, a buckskin who

turns four on April 16; and Talon, a miniature whom she got this summer.

For more information about Heartland, visit www.cbc.ca/ heartland or Marshall’s web site at www.ambermarshall.com.

State And County Health Rankings Among The Best The University of Wisconsin and the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation conduct an annual review of programs that influence the overall health of a community for every county in the U.S. Palm Beach County remained in the top tier of the 67 Florida counties, ranking 14th in Florida for health outcomes (length of life and quality of life) and moving up to sixth from eighth for health factors (behaviors, clinical care, social and economical, physical environment). “The Florida Department of Health works every day to bring together community partners around shared goals to improve health,” said Dr. John Armstrong, surgeon general and secretary of health.

“Promoting optimal health in our community involves a broad spec-

trum of partners in government, education, business and civic organizations,” said Palm Beach County Health Department Director Dr. Alina Alonso. “These rankings give us a good picture on how we are doing as a community.”

Many health factors are considered when assessing what can lead to better health outcomes. Palm Beach County ranks third for health behaviors as it continues to trend downward for having fewer adult smokers, lower teen birth rates, better access to clinical care and an excellent physical environment. “I am encouraged by the number of persons dieting and exercising in our community,” Alonso said. “With time this should also help reduce obesity.”

Further information visit www. countyhealthrankings.org.

truth,” Lipp said, pointing out that if the ordinances allowing the college are repealed, the land use and zoning would revert to the previous mixed commercial use. “If they vote for this, that corner is going to look like something from Military Trail, with 300,000 square feet of commercial low and offices, as well as a 19-unit gated, zerolot line community. That ain’t Loxahatchee Groves. The college will be our neighbor and will be something the people in this community can enjoy.”

Marsha Newell, another member of the initiative committee, said the town had not found a way to let residents know what’s going on, but now they are aware. “All of a sudden, people know we’re going to have a college on B Road,” Newell said. “Let them vote. I have not decided myself, but I think it’s something we need to vote on.”

Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Supervisor John Ryan said the council had vetted the college question for more than a year in public meetings and workshops, and the proceedings were well-publicized in local newspapers.

“I don’t believe we have a community of hermits out here who just don’t pay attention to anything and don’t listen to anything,” he said. “I think the petition has other motivations than real sincerity.”

Resident Ann Parker said the petitioners came by her house asking her to sign. “My comment was, ‘You should have thought about it a long time ago,’” Parker said. “Anyway, that petition had nothing attached. It was just the petition.”

Planning & Zoning Commission Chair Grace Joyce commended the town on the process it went through to approve the college. “I know no one in this room took this lightly one way or the other, so again this is process and transparency,” Joyce said.

Rockett said the idea that the

petition did not include the full text of the ordinance when it was turned in, yet it was attached when they circulated it, begs the question of why the committee went to the trouble of removing the text before they submitted it to the clerk.

Rockett also produced a sampling of six signatures on one page of the petition with statements from the signers that indicated the full text of the ordinances was not attached.

“These six people are calling Mr. McLendon a liar, as I am, because he states that it was attached thereto,” Rockett said. “This is a sampling that says it was not.”

Councilman Tom Goltzené said he took Rockett’s points well but felt the referendum should go forward. “I think it would be a disservice to the town to have this be the end of it,” Goltzené said. “I think you would find a greater deal of dissension and bad will. I think for the town’s purposes, we’d be better off.”

Councilman Ron Jarriel said people had told him the full text was not attached. “They were misled and asked Mr. McLendon to take their names off the petition, and their names were still on that petition when it was certified,” he said. “I personally think we have more people who feel like we need to move on and not have a referendum.”

Councilman Ryan Liang said that the council must follow its own rules. “If we determine this to be sufficient, what does that say about our town?” Liang said. “Did we follow our own laws? I’m sure the college would file suit to say that we made a bad decision, an incorrect decision against our own rules.”

Jarriel made a motion to accept the clerk’s finding of insufficiency, which carried 4-1, with Goltzené opposed.

able to disarm Williams and secure the gun, which turned out to be a BB gun without an orange tip.

According to the report, this caused Williams to flee the scene.

When deputies arrived and began searching for Williams, two other witnesses alerted them to Williams, who was running along the canal.

The deputies were able to find Williams, and the witnesses identified him as the person from the park. According to the report, when the deputy attempted to arrest Williams, he pushed away and began running. The deputy was able to detain him, but Williams resisted being placed in handcuffs.

According to the report, another deputy had to help detain Williams, who was finally arrested. He was taken to the county jail, where he was charged with possession of a firearm by a delinquent, carrying a concealed weapon and resisting arrest.

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USPA Piaget Gold Cup

continued from page 19 semifinals will meet in the USPA Piaget Gold Cup finals at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 24 on the stadium field at the International Polo Club in Wellington.

The high-goal polo action takes place every Sunday through April 21 at the International Polo Club.

Ticket prices for Sunday polo range from $10 general admission to $120 box seating. Tickets for Sunday brunch at the Pavilion and its reception start at $55, upward to $330 for the Veuve Clicquot brunch package for two. Tickets can be purchased online at www. internationalpoloclub.com, or by calling (561) 204-5687. Find IPC on Facebook, follow on Twitter at @SundayPolo or visit www.ipc scoreboard.com for up-to-date scores, schedules, rosters and all other polo info.

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RPBHS SHOWCASE FEATURES ARTISTS FROM SEVERAL ROYAL PALM SCHOOLS The third annual Royal Palm Beach High School Feeder Pattern Art Showcase was held Thur sday, March 14 in the RPBHS cafeteria. The show featured student artwork from RPBHS, as well as local elementary and middle schools. RPBHS band and chorus members provided musical entertainment.

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Proud dad Trey Scully points to his daughter Lauren’s fish artwork.

The Cortes family: Frances, Jose Jr. and Jose Sr.

Ashlyn Nutter, Ellen Tyson, Catherine Manning and Karima Cromer from H.L. Johnson Elementary School.

Harmony Savasten displays some of her pastel flower artwork.

RPBES student Emma Krumenacker with her watercolor titled The City.

Cypress Trails Elementary School art teacher Patricia Wolek with some of her students.

RPBHS student Courtney Blanchard with art teacher Cindy Oakes.

WELLINGTON RADIO CLUB HOSTS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR THE VILLAGE The Wellington Radio Club celebrated Wellington’s 17th birthday on Saturday, March 16 at Village Park. Operators connected Mayor Bob Margolis with Dr. Wayne Guppy, chairman of the Wellington Region Mayoral Forum in New Zealand, over the airwaves. Club members also presented Margolis with a pen t o commemorate the day. For more info., visit www.qsl.net/k4wrc.

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Wellington Radio Club President Larry Lazar holds the club’s call sign while volunteer HAM radio operator Phil Brown operates.

Joe Flack tries to contact New Zealand.

Steve Masur, Mayor Bob Margolis, Larry Lazar and Joe Flack wait for a connection in New Zealand.

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2012 USPA Piaget Gold Cup Winners – Team Valiente

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Celebrating 10 Years of PLAYERS. PONIES. POLO. For tickets, please visit InternationalPoloClub.com or call 561.204.5687.

Sundays through March 24 at 3 p.m.

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Nora Janssen, Founder Of Karen’s Equine Intervention

Nora Janssen has found a way to marry two lifelong commitments: helping people and helping horses. In July 2011, Janssen incorporated her passions by creating Karen’s Equine Intervention, which is run out of Janssen’s home on 3 acres in Loxahatchee.

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Bronco Boys Lacrosse Edges American Heritage

The Palm Beach Central High School varsity boys lacrosse squad hosted American Heritage School-Delray on Wednesday, March 13, and defeated the Stallions 12-5 in a convincing victory. The win put the Broncos at 7-1 on the season with the most difficult part of their schedule on the horizon. Page 39

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Whether you’re looking to get into shape or you’re a fitness enthusiast, Muscle Works is a unique supplement shop in Wellington that can provide you with the knowledge and tools necessary to reach your fitness goals. Father and son Ken and Troy Muller opened Muscle Works in January to provide a wide array of fitness supplements. Muscle Works’ supplements vary from pre-workouts to proteins for people who are serious about their fitness. Page 29

Sports WHS Boys Lacrosse Squad Routs John I. Leonard High 19-1

The Wellington High School boys varsity lacrosse team steamrolled over John I. Leonard High School 19-1 on Friday, March 15 in Wellington. The Wolverines put the pressure on the Lancers, shutting them out in the first half and allowing them to score only a single point in the second half.

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Nora Janssen, Founder Of Karen’s Equine Intervention Nora Janssen has found a way to marry two lifelong commitments: helping people and helping horses. She has been a registered nurse for many years, working in emergency rooms and specializing in psychiatric nursing.

“I use a lot of interaction and intervention when dealing with fearful or aggressive patients,” she said.

Janssen has been a rider all her life.

“I’ve always been infected with the horse virus,” she laughed. “I rode every chance I got as a kid growing up in New York City.

Back then, you could rent a horse for $2.50 an hour. Eventually, I worked at barns, taking other riders out on trails, and all day every day during the summer. I got my own horse when I was 16.”

Janssen learned early about how being around horses can help reduce stress and lift one’s spirits. She said it’s a combination of being around calm, forgiving animals with the aerobic endorphins released when riding.

“Who needs drinks or drugs when you have horses?” she remarked. “Research has shown that pet-assisted therapy increases longevity, lowers blood pressure and generally brightens people’s days.”

In July 2011, Janssen incorporated her horse and people rescue passions, which has two Get updates all week long... follow Ellen Rosenberg on Twitter at twitter.com/ HorseTalkFL or stop by the Tales from the Trails page on Facebook and click “like.”

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By Ellen Rosenberg dual purposes: as a therapeutic equine-assisted rehab facility offering adjunct treatment for people suffering depression, anxiety or PTSD, and as a horse rescue.

“Basically, we focus on the medical side of how to deal with various issues in a non-clinical environment,” she explained. “People with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, kidney failure, cancer, chronic pain and Alzheimer’s, often suffer secondary conditions like depression. Their caregivers may also be under a great deal of stress. These are the people we reach out to.”

Right now, the program is small.

“We’re just getting started,” Janssen said.

“We have about a dozen clients. We get referrals through physicians, and because it’s a therapeutic program, as opposed to therapy, it’s not covered by insurance. But we offer our services on a sliding scale, based on ability to pay.”

Run out of Janssen’s home, Karen’s Equine Intervention is situated on 3 acres in Loxahatchee. In addition to three horses, an older Appendix, a quiet Thoroughbred and a mini,

there’s a pig named Truffle, some dogs, a few goats and lots of chickens. And it’s named for Janssen’s daughter, who passed away unexpectedly in 2011.

Again, Janssen understands the healing power of being around horses, even though some pains will never vanish.

“One of my clients recently lost her daughter,” she said. “It’s beneficial for her to talk with someone like me who knows what it’s like.

Although it never goes away, we talk about how you go on, how you handle it.”

Clients are welcome to follow whatever interests they have. “If they have their doctor’s release, they can ride, or they just spend time with the horses, grooming and bathing them,” Janssen said. “It varies from client to client. Some come once a week, some three times a week, both children and adults. Nora Janssen with Silver, one of her rescue horses.

Everyone has stress in their lives, sometimes more than usual, and it can lead to ally, she’d like to have an equine retirement depression. This place offers them a way to facility, but that’s way in the future. work through some of the problems in a nonJanssen would also like a few more volunclinical environment and focus on things oth- teers, ideally people who want to work with er than the ones bringing them down.” horses.

And then there are the horses. Right now “This program is my baby,” she said. “The there are only three, all rescues, but Janssen goal is to help people and help horses.” hopes, with time and additional financing, to For more information, or if you’d like to be able to expand that aspect as well. Eventu- volunteer, call (561) 318-8043.

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My Brother Jim And His Wife Have ‘Creative Differences’ I went to Oklahoma City last weekend to meet up with my brother Jim and his wife, Linda. It was only a five-hour drive from where I was and, in my book, that’s a “short hop.”

Plus, they’re a rare couple in that you actually want to spend time with both of them.

We started, of course, with the margaritas. I don’t know what took me so long to discover this drink, but it’s a good one — all lemonlimey. For ages I was dedicated to the bloody mary, having convinced myself the drink counted as my weekly vegetable. But Linda argued that lemon and limes also count in the fruits and vegetables dietary category, and she was successful in her argument.

So before the appetizers even arrived, we had finished our first margarita. Our server (who deserved the gigantic tip he later received) then decided he could save himself Get your Sonic Boomer humor every day!

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The Sonic BOOMER some work by simply setting two shakers down next to our glasses.

We were off and running.

It turns out Linda wanted to get my opinion on some of Jim’s behavior, and since he was sitting right there, it was OK. It wasn’t like we were talking behind his back; he was right there to defend himself.

As always, his defense was weak.

Turns out that five years ago, Jim completed a project he’d been working on for the previous 10 years — a coffee table made out of a selection of fine woods with a Ducati motorcycle engine incorporated into its design. (Jim

is somewhat creative.) He rented a truck and toted this thing to Sturgis, S.D., for the big annual motorcycle rally there. A friend who owned a Sturgis bar had offered to put it on display in his front window and, although he really wanted to see the thing in a museum someday, Jim promised Linda that he would try to sell it.

Well, wouldn’t you know it? On the very first day of the rally, one of the bar patrons told Jim he’d give him $30,000 for it.

“He hadn’t even been drinking!” Linda exclaimed, draining her third margarita.

Unfortunately for Linda, my other brother was in the bar as well, and he convinced Jim that the coffee table was worth more than $30,000. “So where is it now?” Linda screeched. “Back in my family room under its tarp!” I sympathized, but I had heard the story before. “And guess what he’s done now!” she continued.

Oh. “Now he’s spent the last two years stacking up various woods in a giant beehive shape

with a crystal on top. It stands four feet high on spindly cast-iron legs! It takes up half the office, and he spends days sanding it in there!”

Jim tried to defend himself. “It’s an armoire.

And it’s a real crystal, not just a glass ball.”

“What do we need an armoire for, Jim? We already have an armoire.”

“It’s not for us. It goes with the coffee table. When you open the door, there’s a shelf.

You put your motorcycle helmet on the shelf and hang your leathers underneath,” he said.

“I’m going to sell them as a set, along with that desk lamp I made where you push down the gas pedal to turn it on.”

I was intrigued. “I have to say, Linda, the set sounds pretty cool,” I said.

“I want it out of my house!” Linda yelled.

“It does not go with my décor!”

“Industrial chic is in right now,” I offered.

Jim looked hopeful.

“Sixty-thousand-dollar ‘industrial chic’?”

I closed my mouth around my margarita glass. But personally? I’d redo the décor.

New Film ‘Emperor’ Tells An Important World War II Story The new movie Emperor serves up some history on a vitally important turning point for Japan that is barely known in America. By focusing on the role of Emperor Hirohito during World War II and Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s decision to retain him as well as the position of emperor, we get to view the clash of two vastly different cultures, something quite relevant in our current time.

Hirohito was the villain for Americans all during World War II. As the god-emperor of Japan (according to their religious tradition, he was descended from the gods and was worshipped as such), he was blamed for Pearl Harbor and every other bit of cruelty committed by the Japanese armed forces. There were plenty of those; the Japanese tradition of bushido had only contempt for prisoners. The anger in America toward the Japanese was strong enough that one admiral, William Halsey, even declared that after the war, “the only place Japanese would be spoken was in hell.”

The film opens with Gen. MacArthur (Tommy Lee Jones) and his staff landing in Japan right after its surrender in 1945. He assigned Gen. Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox), one of his key experts on Japan, the task of deciding whether the emperor was a war criminal. This

ITID Audit Gives District Finances A Clean Bill Of Health The Indian Trail Improvement District has announced its financial audit results for the Oct. 1, 2011 through Sept. 30, 2012 fiscal year.

Rampell & Rampell conducted the annual audit of ITID’s financial statements.

The report expresses an unqualified opinion, which indicates that the financial statements prepared by district management fairly presented the financial position of ITID for the year.

Additionally, the audit firm had no management letter comments or recommendation for improvement. This is the second year that ITID

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By Leonard Wechsler was not a simple task: Gen. Tojo, the prime minister during the war, was later hanged, as were other key officials. But Fellows and MacArthur knew that executing an emperor would probably lead to a revolt. The movie’s main plot line follows the general as he speaks to leading Japanese officials, many of whom wanted nothing to do with him, in trying to decide the extent of the emperor’s culpability.

Running through all the film, however, is a subplot about the general as a young man and his love for a Japanese girl (Eriko Hatsune). It mostly distracts from the main story except when he gets a chance to talk to her uncle, a general, who presents an explanation for Japanese devotion to the emperor. Much of the rest of the subplot unfortunately does nothing more than provide a contrast with the received a report with no management letter comments.

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main story and detracts from it.

The real story is the decision of MacArthur that eventually led to sparing the life of Hirohito, although (not mentioned in the movie) he had to renounce his godhood. The story of the American occupation of Japan, perhaps the most successful operation of its sort in the history of the world, needs to be told.

MacArthur changed the whole face of Japan in five years, moving it from a feudal system to a democracy — and the democracy is still functional. Many other occupations have gone the other way; the nations in charge have to be forced to leave and rule with terror. This one was different.

Unfortunately, this movie looks only at the very start of the whole process of democratization. But it also serves as a way of examining how different cultures, ones with completely varied frameworks, may clash through misunderstanding. A major flaw in the film is its depiction of almost totally ignorant Americans in charge of dealing with the Japanese. In reality, the people assigned to the issues actually studied for several years to prepare themselves and did understand, at least to some degree, the complexity of the issues involved.

The performances are good. Jones has the

flashiest role as the general; he gets to be grumpy and annoyed, something Jones does particularly well, but he is able to also show MacArthur’s extraordinary intelligence. Fox is fine as the central character, one of the few actors actually forced to show real emotions.

Toshiyuki Nishida as the old general is excellent as he lays out the basis for Japanese actions, both before the war and then at the end.

Watching his small Shinto altar with pictures of all of his family, now dead, was a very moving moment. Masayoshi Haneda was good as Fellers’ translator, although it was essentially a part used to allow “explanation discussions.”

Since Fellers spoke Japanese, there was no reason for translation, but this allowed the actor to do the translation without subtitles.

But he also showed a degree of sensitivity in his work that was excellent.

This is a very good, though not great, movie. We enjoyed it, but both of us were social studies teachers. Interestingly, the best part was the history: the interviews, the arguments and, finally, the meeting between MacArthur and Hirohito which is the climax of the film.

The subplot mostly gets in the way. If you miss it in the theaters, wait until it gets to television.

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The audit is available on the Indian Trail Improvement District’s web site at www. indiantrail.com.

10:30 a.m. followed by lunch at 11:30 and a 12:30 p.m. lecture titled “Ikebana: A Demonstration of Beauty and Form” by Soei Chieko Mihori.

Chieko Mihori was born and educated in Tokyo and studied her art with the founder of the Sogetsu School. She is a teacher of the highest rank, riji, and is the recipient of many Sogetsu awards of distinction. She presents throughout the United States and abroad, and teaches weekly classes and stages exhibitions at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach.

Guests are welcome and there is no admission fee, but seating is limited. To reserve a seat, RSVP to Jayne at (561) 791-0273. For more information about the Wellington Garden Club, visit www.wellingtongardenclub.org.

Wellington Garden Club To Meet April 1 At Community Center The Wellington Garden Club will hold its next monthly meeting Monday, April 1 at the Wellington Community Center (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd.), with a business meeting at

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Muscle Works owners Troy and Ken Muller in their Wellington store.

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Find The Right Fitness Supplement At Muscle Works In Wellington

By Jessica Gregoire Town-Crier Staff Report Whether you’re looking to get into shape or you’re a fitness enthusiast, Muscle Works is a unique supplement shop in Wellington that can provide you with the knowledge and tools necessary to reach your fitness goals.

Father and son Ken and Troy Muller opened Muscle Works in January to provide a wide array of fitness supplements. The store is located in the Pointe at Wellington Green.

“We do carry all of the mainstream brands,” Ken said. “But we also try to bring in and seek out the brands that you’re not going to find in your typical national vitamin and supplement stores.”

The Mullers sample as many of the protein supplements in the market as possible, to ensure that you’re getting the best product available for your needs. “We sample them before they even go on our shelves so that we can speak to customers about our experiences with them, like the quality and flavor,” Ken explained.

Muscle Works’ supplements vary from preworkouts to proteins for people who are serious about their fitness. “It can be anyone from moms who are looking to lose some weight to high school athletes,” Ken said.

The store also carries supplements for bodybuilders and professional athletes. “Just a couple of days ago, a member of the New York Giants was in here, and we were talking about different supplements for him,” Ken said.

Based on what a customer is looking for, the Mullers are able to assist with finding the proper supplements. “We try to guide customers in the right direction and give them different options that we feel, in our opinion, would be best for their needs,” Troy said.

Even if you don’t know exactly what you want, the Mullers are able to educate you on

what’s out there. “Some people just know they want to get back in shape and are getting into the gym perhaps for the first time,” Ken said.

“They just want some guidance on whatever it is they’re going to be taking.”

The Mullers give their clients as much information as they need to make informed decisions about the supplements. “We provide them with a packet of information that they can use,” Ken said. “They can then pick and choose whatever works for them.”

Many of the supplements at Muscle Works are based on regular gym attendees. Some of the supplements include proteins, ranging from clean protein whey isolates, which are the quickest absorbing and digestive proteins, to mass gainers, which are highly filled with calories and carbohydrates, for people trying to put on mass size.

“We also carry post-workout supplements, which are to be taken directly after a workout,” Troy said. “They’re made to formulate recovery, help with the following day being less sore and putting on lean size.”

This is the Mullers’ first business together.

Both have athletic backgrounds, with Ken being a former college baseball player and high school baseball coach. “I’ve been into fitness and training from the days of Arnold Schwarzenegger and the movie Pumping Iron,” Ken said.

The Mullers are a family of athletes. “Troy played football at Georgia Southern University, and my other son was an all-county baseball player,” Ken said. “We’ve always been around supplements and eating healthy, so it became a natural adjunct in our lives to start a supplement store.”

Muscle Works is located at 10220 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 130, in the Pointe at Wellington Green. For more information, visit www. muscleworkssupplements.com or call (561) 753-9225.

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Wellington Chamber’s Marketing Seminars Begin April 10 The Wellington Chamber of Commerce will host a three-part series on how to market a medical practice.

Woody White, a partner in the Troika Group, will be the keynote speaker for the series.

The first seminar will take place

Wednesday, April 10 at 5:30 p.m. at the Polo West Cantina (2470 Greenview Cove Drive, Wellington).

Titled “Defining Your Practice,” it will cover the following: • What do you do?

S.F. FAIR AWARDS 14 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

The South Florida Fair has awarded 14 student scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $4,000, for a grand total of $23,500. The funds can be used at any accredited institution of their choice. (Front row, L-R) Haley Shurack and Jessica Humphrey; (back row) Sarah Lapp, Danielle Chelsea Dixon, Jennifer Marie Sirianni, Sarah Helen Davis, Shiloh T. Anuez, Allyson Kate Trimble, Alexandra Fitzgerald, Evelyn Ross, Dylan Collier Abowd, Donna Lewis, Allyson Causey and Markus Howell.

• What makes your practice different?

• Identifying your strengths and weaknesses.

• Who do you want to reach?

• How do you reach your target market?

White serves clients by leading and facilitating clients through the planning, coordination and execution phases of business expansion, development and decision making tailored to client-specific needs for growth and sustainability in today’s challenging business environment.

Specific to the healthcare industry, White currently leads clients in strategically planning for day-to-day operations and business issues, including reimbursement, managed care contracting, coding, billing, collections, marketing, strategic planning and alignment, analysis of financial statements, budgeting and forecasting, and staff development.

White has more than 30 years’ experience in the healthcare industry with a solid reputation for accelerated revenue growth, operational and strategic improvements, and bold visionary initiatives. His career primarily consists of working with healthcare companies and physician practices with profit and loss man-

agement for budgets up to $500 million.

White recently worked as the chief financial officer at Wellington Regional Medical Center for three and a half years. There he directed and managed the fiscal operations of the 158-bed acute-care facility, including a cancer center, Level III NICU, wound-care center, ambulatory surgery center, outpatient diagnostic center and intern/resident medical program. While there, White initiated quality review committees and case management that monitored and delivered a reduction in length of stay by 15 percent. He also assisted in reducing operating expenses by 6 percent through strategic cost reductions, successful vendor/professional services contract renegotiations, and implementation of best practices in purchasing procedures.

Prior to joining Wellington Regional, White was chief financial officer at DeTar Healthcare System in Victoria, Texas. There, in addition to the responsibilities as the CFO of the 225-bed acute-care facility and 110-bed women’s and children facility, he directed the employment of physicians, including contracts and practice conversion.

White also served as chief finan-

Woody White cial officer at Delta Regional Medical Center and executive director of Delta Physician Practices. As the executive director, he facilitated the design, development, and managed the fiscal operations of a 35-member employed physician practice, as well as the day-to-day management of 10 clinics.

A $10 fee will include light hors d’ oeuvres and two beverages, a networking reception and the seminar.

Space is limited. For reservations, call the Wellington Chamber at (561) 792-6525 or RSVP online at www. wellingtonchamber.com.

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Central Chamber Hosts Foreclosure Breakfast Presentation Deciding whether to default on a mortgage should be made as a business decision — the same way the nation’s most admired capitalists such as Donald Trump make business decisions, according to Brian Korte, principal of Korte & Wortman, P.A. Korte was the featured speaker at the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce’s breakfast

meeting held Wednesday, March 6 at the Poinciana Club. He spoke about how foreclosures affect not only individuals’ homes, but neighborhoods, cities and businesses as well. With offices in West Palm Beach, Tampa and Tamarac, Korte & Wortman specializes in foreclosure defense.

But while each individual who struggles to pay a mortgage must

New Grant Funding For Max Planck Institute The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience has received approximately $1,257,500 in recent grant funding from four prestigious national and international organizations. The institute, which opened its 100,000-square-foot research facility last December, focuses solely on basic neuroscience research that aims to analyze, map and decode the human brain — the most important and least understood organ in the body.

“The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience continues its mission to provide a new and more detailed understanding of the struc-

ture, development and functional organization of the nervous system,” said Scientific Director and CEO Dr. David Fitzpatrick. “These grants and the research they will support will pave the way for new insights, hopefully leading to advances in treatments and cures for brain disorders ranging from Parkinson’s to epilepsy.”

The results of the institute’s research will be shared publicly with scholars, universities and other institutions around the globe to advance life-saving and life-improving treatments and cures for brain disorders.

look at the problem from a personal perspective, business owners and city leaders need to understand it as a community problem, he said, pointing out that West Palm Beach and Lake Worth have some of the highest rates of foreclosure within a county and state that ranks tops for foreclosure.

Korte explained that he counsels each individual to look at foreclosure as an economic option, determined by variables that include how far underwater a home might be and whether the person is using savings to pay the mortgage. Never should morality enter the decision, he said.

“I hear people every day say, there’s a moral obligation to pay your mortgage. You may feel a personal morality to pay your debts, but nowhere in contract law is there a morals clause,” Korte said. “In the business world, we admire people like Donald Trump, who frequently renegotiates his debts or files bankruptcy to erase them. If Donald can do it, so can the ‘average Joe.’” The solution, Korte said, is not contained in the proposed Florida legislation to expedite foreclosures, though. Lenders already can expedite foreclosures in many cases and choose not to do so. In addition, almost half the homes taken back

Brian Korte with the chamber’s MaryLou Bedford and Jaene Miranda at the foreclosure breakfast presentation. by lenders in Florida are being kept off the resale market, comprising the so-called “shadow inventory,” he said.

“If the banks were to recognize all the current foreclosures by their market value, their assets immediately would drop below their liabilities, and they would be shut down by the FDIC,” Korte said. “So the solutions being proposed to speed

up foreclosures are at odds with bank regulations.”

Korte said business and civic leaders should push for a solution that allows lenders to write down principal mortgage amounts without fear of insolvency. “Without that kind of a solution, we’re going to continue to see foreclosures as a major drag on our cities and businesses for years to come,” he said.

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Calling all campers for a summer of fun! Children ages 5 to 14 are invited to Breakers West for Summer Sports Camp 2013. Campers will enjoy instruction in golf, tennis, swimming, arts and crafts, and cooking classes. Other activities include basketball, zumba and much more. There will be weekly entertainment with McCarthy’s Wildlife, waterslides, magicians, plus many other exciting activities. The camp runs June 10 through Aug. 16 (excluding July 15), Monday through Friday from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Parents are invited every Friday to join campers for a special barbeque lunch. Sessions are $300 per camper per week, plus a onetime registration fee of $50, which includes a camp essentials bag. Discounts are offered to families registering multiple children or for multiple sessions. Af ter-care is also available. To register, call (561) 653-6330.

Camp Cambridge, serving age two through second grade, combines academic excellence, summertime fun and a safe environment to create an unforgettable summer experience.

Theme-based curriculum and in-house field trips complement the concepts explored by all.

There are nine weeks of camp offered at Cambridge Schools, located at 1920 Royal Fern Drive in Wellington. Activities include swimming, art, math, computers, sports, science and cooking. A certified swim instructor provides instruction to children ages three and up, Mommy & Me classes, private/group lessons and team swim programs. Bilingual classes, kindergarten readiness and enrichment classes are available as well. For more information, visit www. cambridgepreschools.com.

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accepted. Registration is free for new customers only. Noah’s Ark is located at 14563 Okeechobee Blvd. in Loxahatchee Groves. For more information, call (561) 753-6624 or visit www. smallworldpbc.com.

Take the stage this summer at the Plaza Theatre’s Performing Arts Conser vatory Broadw ay at the Plaza Camp. Campers will spend the day working on fully staged Broadway musicals, as well as receive group and private instruction from working professionals in auditioning, monologues, improvisation, dance and voice. There will also be guest appearances from Broadway performers, casting directors and agents. Session one is for elementary and middle school students and runs June 10 through June 28 Campers will perform Broadway musical Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Session two is for middle and high school students, and runs July 1 to July 19. Camp tuition is $200 per week, and before and after care is available. For more information, call (561) 588-1820 or visit www.theplazatheatre.net.

Royal P alm Covenant Tutoring Summer Camp 2013 is of fered to children ages 5 to 1 4.

Campers will enjoy field trips to Lion Country Safari, museums, parks, bowling, movies, the zoo and activities such as sports, arts & crafts, cooking and more. The camp runs Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. June 10 to Aug. 9. Open enrollment for the camp is going on now. A one-time registration fee of $25 per child includes a T-Shirt. The camp is located at 660 Royal Palm Beach Blvd., Royal Palm Beach. Call (561) 793-1077 to regist er.

Camp Dovewood is a dynamic Christian camp for girls ages 7 to 16 in North Florida. The camp features an outstanding equestrian program featuring English and western riding, stable management, vet care, horse shows, trail rides, rodeo riding and dressage. Campers can also enjoy art, swimming, great books, Christian leader ship training, Bible, tennis, drama, ar cher y, basketball, volleyball, cheerleading, pho tography, water balle t, music, ballet, baton, soccer, gymnastics and river rafting. This year, Dovewood celebrates 36 awesome years. The camp is accredited with the American Camping Association and the Camp Horsemanship Association.

For more information, call directors Jim and Roberta Richmond at (386) 935-0863 or visit www.campdovewood.org.

If your child is between 2 and 6 year s old, “Summer of Fun” Enrichment Camp at Temple Beth Torah’s Leonie Arguetty Presc hool is the place to be! Children will enjoy a v ariety of fun activities that will make them smile, while promoting learning and social development. Activities include: arts & crafts, gymnastics, computers, sports, nature, cooking, water play and the school’s state-of-the-art playground. They’re sure to love the weekly entertainment, including High-Touch High- Tech, stor ytellers and animal sho ws, provided in a loving and nur turing environment. The program runs for eight weeks, full time and par t time. Temple Beth Torah is also now enrolling for preschool 2013-14. For more info., call Sandy at (561) 793-2649 or psdirector@templebethtorah.net.

Camp Varsity/Building Up Sports Academy is a full-day sports camp during the summer located at Wellington Landings Middle School. This camp is action-packed, combining a mix of team sports with fishing, karate and dance/cheerleading. Camp Varsity focuses on sportsmanship and teamwork as well as developing new sports skills. The camps have a different sports theme each week. No matter the theme or week, campers will have the option to participate in many different sports and recreational games. Sports included every week are basketball, soccer, baseball, football, kickball, fishing, dance/cheerleading, golf, recreational games and more. For more information, visit www.buildingupsportsacademy.com or call (561) 601-5248.

Tiny Tik es Preschool Camp is geared toward the elementar y-age camper. Daily activities are sure to keep the campers happy, busy and engaged. Trips include bo wling, skating and weekly movies, as well as special trips to the zoo, the science museum and more. Tiny Tikes has three conveniently located centers, which are open from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Activities occur throughout the day, both at the center and out on the bus. Meals are included. Call (561) 7901780 now to reserve your space or visit Tiny Tikes Academy at 16245 Okeechobee Blvd. in Loxahatchee.

Casperey Stables Horse Camp is a small, fun-filled day camp for children ages seven to 14.

With four riding oppor tunities each day, ar ts & crafts and outdoor games, campers find little time to be bored. The low counselor-child ratio ensures your child will receive individual attention. There are camp sessions for spring and winter school breaks, and during the summer. Each tw o-week session has a theme, such as Indian Days, Circus Days and Medieval Days. Casperey Stables has a weekly swim party and ends each session with a horse show and family barbecue. To learn more about the camp, locat ed at 2330 D Road in Loxahatchee Groves, call (561) 792-4990 or visit www.caspereystables.com.

ELEV|8 Sports Institute Baseball Camps is the most comprehensive instructional baseball program available for campers ages 5-18. During the week-long camps, players will go through classes in hitting, bunting, defensive techniques, infield and outfield, pitching, catching and numerous other professional baseball drills. Special technique sessions included are sliding, base-running, run-downs, throwing mechanics and proper stretching and arm exercises.

Rookie Ball (ages 5–7) is $225 per week and Training Camp (ages 7-18) is $295 per week.

Advanced training is available for middle schoolers and high schoolers (call for pricing). The camp has locations in Delray Beach and Coral Springs. To learn more, call (561) 265-0280, email camp@elev8si.com or visit www.elev8sportsinstitute.com.

The Lab/High Touch High Tech brings science to life with hands-on experiments provided by High Touch High Tech, the leader in science education for the last 18 years. Each day will be a new adventure, from interacting with real lab critters to launching rockets and panning for gems. Conveniently located off State Road 7 and Lantana Road, this unique facility offers affordable pricing, experiments with lots of cool take-homes, arts and crafts, physical activities and more. The Lab taps into children’s natural curiosity and provides them with safe and fun activities that help them learn about the world. Children can expect to have fun while they make slime, erupt volcanoes, make ice cream, make tie dye t-shirts and more. Call (561) 4443978 or visit www.thelabforkids.com for more information.

The Lake Worth Playhouse will offer a summer camp teaching children acting, voice, dance and stage movement through daily activities and rehearsals, which culminate in full-scale productions of popular musicals. The students will produce Annie Jr. June 10 to 29 and Guys and Dolls Jr. from July 15 to Aug. 3. They will be engaged in studio-style rehearsals for music, dance and production. Campers 12 and older will also have the opportunity to participate in behind-the-scenes roles and other theatre-related educational opportunities. Camp opportunities include a three-week camp and a one week-camp, and range in price from $200 to $600. To sign up, call (561) 586-6 410 or visit www.lakewor thplayhouse.org.

The Mattisyn School offers an early childhood campus summer camp as an extension of its academic excellence, combining themed curriculum with summertime fun. The camp focuses on age-appropriate activities including music, dance, games and arts & crafts in a clean, safe and secure environment. Conveniently located on Okeechobee Blvd., one mile west of the turnpike, it is a fully-licensed campus with webcam services. The Mattisyn School’s mission is to empower and inspire the individual child by creating meaningful positive experiences. For more information, visit www.mattisynschool.com or call (561) 318-5750.

At Noah’s Ark Summer Camp, children will enjoy field trips and activities such as swimming, bowling, sk ating, South Florida Science Museum, movies and picnics. Tuition includes camera surveillance, creative curriculum, computers and all meals. Registration is now being

Vantage Pointe Dance Studios is proud to announce its 2013 summer camp schedule. The camps are designed to give young dancers an introduction to several dance styles in a funfilled, exciting environment. Camps offer intro dance classes in jazz, hip-hop and acro, as well as many hands-on crafts and games to fill the days with fun. The camps will also be offering a showcase on the last day of each camp week where parents may come and enjoy as campers display the week’s activities. Each week has a theme, and the crafts and showcase are based around this theme. Vantage Pointe Dance Studios is located at State Road 7 and Lake Worth Road in the Marketplace at Wycliffe shopping plaza. For more information, call (561) 9659898 or visit www.vpdancestudios.com.

Villari’s of Wellington is offering two two-week summer camp sessions June 10 to 21 and June 24 to July 5. Due to the rising demand for summer camps in the western communities, book your spot early. The price is as low as $24 per day, and includes ar ts and crafts, derby building, martial ar ts and much more. To sign up, call (561) 792-1100 or visit www.villarisof wellington.com.

Wellington Children’s Theater Camp invites campers to join them for Summer Musical Theater Camp. Classes are offered in acting, voice, specialized dance, script writing, audition techniques, music theor y, art and much more. Cam pers will create their own props and backdrops. A revolving schedule has visiting guest artists leading special workshops daily.

Campers will rehearse and perform a fully staged Broadway musical production at the conclusion of camp. The program is open to ages 7 to 16. Rehearsals and all classes meet at #1 Education Place in the original Wellington Mall at Forest Hill Blvd. and Wellington Trace in the heart of Wellington. For info., call (561) 223-1928, e-mail karen@wellingtonchildrenstheatre. com or visit www.wellingtonchildrenstheatre.com.

Are you looking for a convenient and fun place to send your kids this summer? Look no further than Camp Eagle at Wellington Christian School. They offer an exciting 9-week program for children ages 3-12, which includes VPK, local field trips for older campers, oncampus sports and group building activities, daily devotions, silly songs, crazy competitions and much more. You can choose one of the themed weeks or come all summer long. For more information, call (561) 793-1017.

Located on the beautiful campus of the Florida Institute of Technology, Wellspring Weight Loss Camp is the only scientifically based summer fitness and weight loss camp in Florida.

Wellspring Florida campers enjoy a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities including kayaking, surfing, scavenger hunts, dodge ball, planned trips to Disney World and Universal Studios and much more. With extensive athletic facilities, two outdoor swimming pools and the 30-acre Botanical Gardens, the Wellspring Florida campus is an ideal setting for a summer of fun and sun for boys and girls ages 10 to 18. For more information, visit www.wellspring camps.com or call (866) 364-0808.

Zolet Arts Academy is in its 25th year offering professional fine arts classes in the original Wellington Mall, Suite 4. The summer camp program runs Monday through Thursday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., starting June 10. Campers ages 6 to 8 and 9 to 14 will enjoy drawing, painting, sculpture and crafts. No two days are alike. Rotating subjects and media include: acrylics, watercolors, tempera, finger paints, chalk and oil pastels, charcoal, pen and inks, block and mono printing, 3D collage, wood, clay, tile, paper mache, textiles and obser vational drawing/shading for audition preparation. The camp also offers individualized instruction for all skill levels, and campers will take home completed work daily. The cost is $190 per week, which includes all supplies. Call (561) 793-6489 for more information.

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The Plaza Theatre Announces Its 2013-14 Season Lineup The Plaza Theatre in Manalapan has announced its 2013-14 lineup, which promises to have something for everyone.

• Brighton Beach Memoirs: Oct. 10-27 — Directed byAndy Rogow, Brighton Beach Memoirs is an entertaining self-portrait of the writer, Neil Simon, as a young teen in 1973, living with his family in a crowded, lower middle class Brooklyn walkup. Young Eugene Jerome dreams of baseball and girls, but is unhappy with the life he is living. His mother is formidable, his father is never around, and his “worldly” older brother drives him crazy. Throw in his widowed aunt, Blanche, to the mix with her two young daughters, one of whom Eugene lusts for, and you’ve got a recipe for a hilarious show.

• Ain’t Misbehavin’: Nov. 7-24 — The finger-snapping revue depicts the outrageously comedic and musical soul of 1930s Harlem, making it one of Broadway’s best. The show brings to its audience the delightful humor and infectious energy of the great Fats Waller, while a versatile cast sings and dances the songs that he made famous in his career. This musical is sassy, sultry and unforgettable. It is directed by Michael Leeds.

• I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change!: Dec. 5-22 — An offBroadway and international hit, this popular musical dives into the everso-popular mating game, exposing the myths and truths behind the dramatic and sometimes comedic world of a relationship. Act I explores the journey from dating and waiting, to love and marriage; while act II reveals the agony and triumphs of the in-laws and newborns, trips in the family car and the pickup techniques of the senior set. It is directed by Kevin Black.

• My Life On A Diet : Jan. 16 through Feb. 9, 2014 — Starring Broadway and Hollywood star Renee Taylor, this brand new show is based on her bestselling book My Life on a Diet: Confessions of a Hollywood Diet Junkie. This comedic masterpiece gives the audience a glimpse into Renee’s life and her lifelong struggles with weight loss, her ability to laugh at herself and others, and some juicy Hollywood gossip, This show is a must-see that will have you laughing until the very last line. It is directed by Joe Bologna.

• Rags: Feb. 20 through March 16, 2014 — A stirring musical about immigration, filled with great passion, humor and a brilliant score. Rags

explores the story of Rebecca, a naive Russian immigrant arriving at Ellis Island with her young son, and their struggle to make a life for themselves in the New World. This saga of strength and love, and of greed and power, is a deeply moving and inspirational story. With a book by Joseph Stein (Fiddler on the Roof ), lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) and music by Charles Strouse (Annie), Rags is sure to move and inspire. It is directed by Andy Rogow.

• Dirty Blonde : March 27 through April 13, 2014 — Claudia Shear ’s funny, bawdy play is set in New York City about fans and their obsession with Mae West. The play combines transformation and drama with a fabulous dollop of showbiz magic.

Dirty Blonde is a multi-layered study of the nature of stardom, as experienced by one of its icons and two adoring fans. The show finds

the enduring substance in the smoke and mirrors of one actress’ stardom, allowing West to shock and delight once again. The New York Times wrote, “Hands down the best new American play of the season... Take off your hats, boys, Mae West is back on Broadway...”

Dirty Blonde was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play in 2000. It is directed by Michael Leeds.

Shows will run Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, with Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows beginning nightly at 7:30 p.m. Matinee performances begin at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets for each show cost $45. A subscription for all six shows is available for $225.

Discounted group rates are available. The Plaza Theatre invites you to bring your friends, coworkers and family members to a show

and enjoy discounted rates for groups of 10 to 19, at $39 a ticket, while groups of 20 or more pay $36 per ticket.

The Plaza Theatre, a not-forprofit 250-seat theater, is home to a variety of light-hearted shows, with an occasional gripping drama, that aim to please every showgoer. The theater was opened in early 2012 by Alan Jacobson, a Palm Beach Gardens resident who ran the Florida Jewish Theatre for five seasons in the 1990s and then became an independent producer of cabaret shows, musical revues and comedies such as If You Ever Leave Me… I’m Going With You and Down the Garden Path, which played at the Royal Poinciana Playhouse.

The Plaza Theatre is located at 262 S. Ocean Blvd. in Manalapan.

For more information, or to purchase tickets, call (561) 588-1820 or visit www.theplazatheatre.net.

The Phantom Recommends The Office Restaurant In Delray Another Delicious Reason yummy. If you are a beer lover, the a mixture of fresh lemon and lime Japanese spices) and served with To Visit Delray Beach!

Office offers draft and bottled beers juice and yellow chillies, topped green papaya Daikon slaw.

The phrase “I’m going to the of- from across the nation and around with sweet potato chips, and served “These new menu items feature fice” takes on a whole new meaning the world. When is the last time you on a bed of bibb lettuce; crispy, tem- an infusion of flavors with plenty of when you are referring to the Office had a beer from Jupiter, Melbourne, pura-fried sea bass tacos with textural diversity, along with elerestaurant in downtown Delray Boston, Downingtown, Long Is- whipped avocado; the Office Grilled ments of Asian and Southwestern Beach. This inviting eatery is locat- land, Tampa, Boston, Belgium, Ger- Steak Bruschetta, served on toast- cuisine, that will tantalize the taste ed in the center of Restaurant Row many, Holland, France, Ireland or the ed garlic ciabatta; the Togarashi buds of diners for lunch and dinner on Atlantic Avenue and diagonally U.K.? The Office has them all! The Tuna Steak Sandwich, seared sushi- daily,” General Manager David across the street from its popular full bar, and the wines by the bottle grade tuna, enhanced with a finely Panella said. sister restaurant, Vic and Angelo’s. and the glass, round out the wide ground mixture of spices, served Panella noted that they also have Both establishments have what range of libations. with sliced avocado and pickled gin- retained some of the outstanding has to be one of the best happy Although most noted for its prime ger on a brioche bun; the Free Bird dishes on the menu that have enhours anywhere. So, you can start burgers — arguably some of the Pan-Roasted Half-Chicken (this bird deared the restaurant to legions of your visit to downtown Delray ear- best burgers in South Florida — the is served a vegetarian diet and is loyal diners, such as the Prime Ofly — seven days a week, from 3 to 7 Office has a menu that rivals and also free of antibiotics and hor- fice Cheese Burger, made of a prop.m. — and enjoy half-priced drinks exceeds the competition. There are mones) served with loaded mashed prietary blend of natural ground and appetizers (at the indoor and more than 30 starters, including very potatoes (with bacon, scallions, prime Angus beef, served with butoutdoor bars). If you are a late-night fresh and crisp salads, and their en- cheddar cheese and sour cream), ter lettuce, fresh tomatoes, red onperson, the Office also offers half- ticing, delicious fish, tuna and lob- roasted baby carrots, and haricots ions, pickles, aged cheddar cheese Chef Omar Montoya price drinks at both bars from 10 p.m. ster tacos. A burger by any other verts; the Catch of the Day Open and Office sauce; the Fancy Fried until closing... so, maybe I’ll see you name is not the Office Burger! Their Face Sandwich (mahi mahi, salmon, Green Tomatoes, served with spiced cheese grits and chunky sausage at the Office! house-made veggie burger is also cobia, corvina, etc.) served on ciab- shrimp; the ceviche-style tuna and gravy.

Every restaurant has a reason or superb, even if you are not a vege- atta bread; and the Grilled Office New lobster tacos, served in crispy shells; Located at 201 E. Atlantic Avenue two that draws its regulars, and the tarian.

York Strip Steak, served over a cau- the shu-mai dumplings, with a mix- in Delray Beach, the Office serves Office has many, from its delicious, The Office, a modern American liflower puree with wild mushrooms, ture of chicken, ginger and scallions, lunch and dinner daily. The bar is gourmet comfort food to the atten- gastropub owned by gifted restau- crispy fingerling potatoes, and har- served in wonton wrappers with open until midnight Sunday through tive service, to the warm, welcom- rateur and entrepreneur John Rosat- icots verts.

Ponzu sauce; the Veggie Burger, fea- Thursday, and until 2 a.m. on Friday ing ambiance, and the tasty, hand- ti, has recently debuted a new menu The barbecue Chinese chicken turing quinoa and a combination of and Saturday evenings. crafted cocktails. One of my favor- with a host of delectable dishes and wings are brined overnight, tasty spices; the Southern barbecue Call (561) 276-3600 for reservations ite drinks is named “Get Involved at refreshing cocktails. blanched in pineapple juice and Jap- pulled pork sandwich; the lemon- or information, and tell them the the Office,” which is the restaurant’s Some of the newest dishes, made anese spices, fried until perfectly grass-glazed sea bass; and the bone- Phantom highly recommended that signature martini. With fresh mud- by chef Omar Montoya and his ex- crisp, and then tossed in a house- less country-fried chicken. The lat- you call. dled raspberries, blueberries, lemon pertly skilled staff, include the Of- made barbecue sauce (composed of ter is double-dipped in flour, fried in For additional information, visit and pomegranate, this drink is truly fice Ceviche, comprising corvina in pineapple juice, garlic, ginger and buttermilk, and served with cheddar www.theofficedelray.com.

Joe Nasuti, the Phantom, is a featured writer for the Town-Crier, Forever Young and www.yournews.com. Comments & recommendations are welcome at thephantomdiners@aol.com.

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Bronco Boys Lacrosse Rolls Over American Heritage 12-5

By Gene Nardi Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach Central High School varsity boys lacrosse squad hosted American Heritage SchoolDelray on Wednesday, March 13, and defeated the Stallions 12-5 in a convincing victory.

The win put the Broncos at 7-1 on the season with the most difficult part of their schedule on the horizon, with a home game against Boca Raton, and back-to-back road games against Spanish River and Wellington.

Less than three minutes into the match, Palm Beach Central scored when attacker Nick Griffin launched

a shot into the back of the net from a Nick Ferro pass. The Bronco offense sent three more goals into the American Heritage net in just under a minute to take a commanding early lead, 4-0. The Stallions finally got on the board early in the second quarter to close the gap 4-1. By the end of the first half, Palm Beach Central had a comfortable 7-2 lead.

The Palm Beach Central defense seemed to have a lock on any Stallion attack. The midfield would move the ball to the attackers, then possess on the attacking third, striking almost at will just outside the crease.

American Heritage rallied near the game’s end with three goals, but it

Palm Beach Central attacker Nick Ferro takes a shot on goal.

was not enough to close the deficit.

Palm Beach Central closed out the contest with a 12-5 victory. Top performers were attacker Nick Griffin with six goals; attacker Nick Ferro scored three goals and an assist; and midfielder A.J. Blouin had two goals and an assist.

Palm Beach Central hosted Boca Raton on Monday, falling to the Bobcats 16-2.

The Broncos traveled to Spanish River on Wednesday, but results were not available at press time. Palm Beach Central will finish out the week traveling to Wellington to take on the Wolverines on Friday, March 22 at 7 p.m.

Bronco Nick Griffin heads into the Heritage defense.

Bronco midfielder Sammy Peede wins the face-off.

Bronco midfielder A.J. Blouin launches a shot on the Heritage goal.

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Wellington Boys Lacrosse Squad Routs John I. Leonard 19-1

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington High School boys varsity lacrosse team steamrolled over John I. Leonard High School 19-1 on Friday, March 15 in Wellington.

The Wolverines put the pressure on the Lancers, shutting them out in the first half.

But early in the second half, John I. Leonard rallied to squeak

in one goal and prevent a total shutout.

Wellington kicked off things early, nailing several shots in a row. By the end of the first quarter, the Wolverines were up 10-0. Then, minutes into the second quarter, Wellington scored another pair of goals to make the score 12-0.

With 6:50 left in the first half, Thomas Oporto grabbed the ball and sent a shot sailing past the Lancer

Wellington’s Thomas Oporto chases down a loose ball.

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goalie, adding another point. Minutes later, Patrick Oporto added another goal to make it 14-0.

Wellington continued to dominate, not giving the Lancers any opportunity to score. With less than 5 minutes remaining in the half, Jason D’Aoust nailed another shot to make the score 15-0. Two minutes later, Ryan Blum added another goal, giving Wellington a 16-0 lead.

On the next draw, the Lancers got the ball but lost control of it. Allen Moye grabbed a loose ball and put in a goal with 1:23 left in the first half to make the score 17-0, where it would remain at halftime.

Though the Wolverines managed to shut out John I. Leonard in the first half, the Lancers weren’t going down without a fight. Right out of half time, John I. Leonard picked up the ball and managed to outrun the Wolverine defense, sneaking in a goal to make the score 17-1.

While the Lancers could not make up for lost time, they were able to hold Wellington to only two goals in the second half, finishing the game 19-1.

The Wolverines next host Palm Beach Central High School on Friday, March 22 at 7 p.m.

The teams battle for a loose ball.

Wellington’s Ryan Blum battles the Lancer goalie for the ball.

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Rinaldi Honored By Tennis Hall Of Fame Kathy Rinaldi, along with Gardner Mulloy, was recognized on Saturday, March 16, with special recognitions during the International Hall of Fame Awards Luncheon, held at the Bonaventure Resort & Spa in Weston during the USTA’s annual meeting and conference.

USTA Florida staff and volunteers, and presenters and attendees such as Stan Smith, Andi Brandi, Monica Seles, Patrick McEnroe, USTAChairman, CEO and President Dave Haggery, USTA First Vice President Katrina Adams, and Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, the wife of the late Arthur Ashe, were among those lauding the awardees furthering the game.

Rinaldi was presented with the Tennis Educational Merit Award, given to those who have made notable contributions to the tennis educational field at the national level. After achieving a career-high No. 7 ranking on the WTA Tour, Rinaldi went on to serve on the USTAYouth and Competition Committee, the WTA Board for Special Olympics and mentored Anna Kournikova in the WTA Partners for Success program.

She is currently a USTA national coach, developing the America’s top up-and-coming juniors, and was in 2011 named National Coach of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee. She has also been a regular on-court presenter at the annual USTA Tennis Teachers Conference in New York City, a television tennis commentator, and over the years a spokesperson raising the level of exposure of female tennis athletes in the media.

“I absolutely love my job; it’s the best job in the world,” Rinaldi said.

“I get asked all the time, ‘Did you like playing better or do you like coaching?’ Coaching is just amazing, I’m going to try not to get very emotional, but I do get emotional when I talk about the coaching.

These young [players] are amazing, so talented, beautiful inside and out, and you really get to impact their lives, not just on the tennis court but as human beings. And at the end of the day that is the most important thing to me, that they are remarkable human beings.”

For more information on the International Tennis Hall of Fame, visit www.tennisfame.com.

HAWKS SIGN FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL Continuing the school’s best year ever for athletic signings, Seminole Ridge High School football safety Mike Almonte and running back Elie Turene recently signed football scholarships letters. Almonte will play for the New Mexico Military Institute Broncos, while Turene will play for Mississippi’s Delta State University Statesmen. Seminole Ridge congratulates both athletes. (Left) Elie Turene with his father Elysee, mother Vose, and coaches David Runner and Justin Hilliker. (Below) Mike Almonte with his mother Adela, father Marcos and brother Jonath.

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Karate Students Take Part In International Competition Three students from the GenbuKai Karate School in Wellington traveled to Santa Ana, Calif., to compete in the 42nd annual Goodwill Championships. The students had the opportunity to participate in seminars, conducted by world recognized instructors in karate, kobudo (Okinawan weapons) and batto (Japanese sword).

The two-day competition comprised more than 500 competitors total, from all around the world, including the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The students competed in kata (form), kumite (sparring), weapons kata and sparring, and sword kata and cutting. Ron Martin took first place in adult intermediate sparring, second place in adult intermediate forms and third place in beginner adult sword kata divisions. Joshua Cammarata took first place in junior weapons kata, and first place in junior weapons sparring. This was Cammarata’s first time competing.

In addition to the learning and competition, three karate moms from Sensei Keith Moore’s original school in upstate New York were invited to test for their first level adult black belt ranks. All three moms were

(Front row, L-R) Joshua Cammarata and Brent Bedwell; (back row) Adam Segal, Mike Hritcko, Diane Fitzpatrick, Sharon Mariani, Lou Ann Black, Sensei Keith Moore and Ron Martin. originally spectators while their children, who are now all black belts themselves, took classes from Moore. Moore and his family moved to South Florida in 2003, and shortly thereafter, the moms became students themselves.

The three Florida students are from The Acreage, Wellington and

West Palm Beach areas, and a great learning experience was had by all.

Genbu-Kai is a traditional Japanese martial arts school located at 13889 Wellington Trace, Suite A-21, in the Wellington Marketplace. For more information, call (561) 804-1002 or visit the Genbu-Kai web site at www.floridagenbukai.com.

Shamrock Classic Returns April 20-21

Paddy Mac’s Irish Pub will host the 15th annual Shamrock Classic Golf Tournament to benefit Quantum House on Saturday and Sunday, April 20 and 21 at the PGA Estates Course. This year marks 15 years of giving back to the community for the tournament, with Quantum House being the beneficiary of the proceeds for over a decade.

Ken Wade, owner of Paddy Mac’s, invites all of his friends, family, customers and community partners to participate in the weekendlong golf extravaganza.

This particular tournament has a unique event line up. Wade will host the golf foursomes and their guests during a private lobster and steak dinner at his Palm Beach Gardens restaurant on Saturday night. The evening will feature traditional Irish musical entertainment by Tracy Sands and Rod MacDonald, as well as a live and silent auction that is jam-packed with goodies for golfers and non-golfers alike.

The golfers will tee up and fuel up Sunday morning at the PGA Estates Course at Bay Hill Estates, starting with breakfast and then making their way out to the greens. On the

Paddy Mac’s owner Ken Wade with Quantum House guests on the putting green. course, golfers will enjoy various food stations and the opportunity to win a brand-new luxury car. After the golfers finish 18 amusing holes, they will head back to Paddy Mac’s for a delicious lunch and collect their prizes.

Foursomes for the Shamrock Classic are available for $1,000 and include gourmet dinner, breakfast and lunch, refreshments on the course, goodie bag and tournament golf shirt. For more information, call Elizabeth Portmess at (561) 494-0515.

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Saturday, March 23 • The Hurricane Junior Golf Tour’s Southeast Florida Jr. Shootout will take place Saturday and Sunday, March 23 and 24 at the Madison Green Golf Club. Winners of the four age divisions will receive an automatic bid into the 2013 tour championship, and top 10 finishers will earn points toward yearend honors. For more info., visit www.hjgt.org, call (904) 379-2697 or e-mail info@hjgt.org.

• The Wellington Green Market will take place Saturday, March 23 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Complex.

Call (561) 283-5856 for more info.

• The Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association will present a Community Yard Sale on Saturday, March 23 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2310 F Road (one-third of a mile north of Okeechobee Blvd. on the east side).

Items include yard equipment, clothes, knickknacks and more. The cost is $5 to set up a table; proceeds go to the LGLA. Contact Bill Louda at (561) 791-9241 or badlouda@ comcast.net for more info.

• Wellington and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary will offer a Certified Boating Safety Class on Saturday, March 23 at the Wellington Community Center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The course is designed for individuals aged 17 and older. To register, call (561) 791-4082.

• Mounts Botanical Garden (531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach) will feature “Tree Pruning for Homeowners” on Saturday, March 23 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants should bring sharp, sanitized bypass pruners and a hand saw, or purchase them at the Mounts garden shop. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. To register, call (561) 233-1757 or visit www. mounts.org.

• Whole Foods Market in Wellington (2635 State Road 7) will host “Eggstravaganza!” on Saturday, March 23 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Taste a variety of the st ore’s gourmet dishes featuring eggs at this free event.

Kids can participate in an adventure with eggs. Call (561) 904-4000 for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host “Deaf Folklore & Culture” for adults Saturday, March 23 at 2 p.m.

Dr. Simon J. Carmel will present deaf legends, riddles, cartoons, sign play and other traditions. An interpreter will be provided for those who do not sign. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will feature “Move Your Résumé t o

the Top of the Pile” on Saturday, March 23 at 2 p.m. led by Jason Davis from the Palm Beach County Electronic Services & Security Department. Call (561) 790-6070 to preregister.

• The Armory Art Center (1700 Parker Ave., West Palm Beach) will hold its 25th Birthday Bash on Saturday, March 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. RSVP to (561) 832-1776, ext. 15, or email loren@armoryart.org.

• Whole Foods Market in Wellington (2635 State Road 7) will host “Earth Hour” on Saturday, March 23 at 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

The store will partner with www.earth hour.org by going dark for an hour at 8:30 p.m. Call (561) 904-4000 for more info.

Sunday, March 24 • The International Polo Club Palm Beach (3667 120th Avenue South, Wellington) will feature the USPA Gold Cup on Sunday, March 24. For tickets, visit www.international poloclub.com or call (561) 204-5687.

Monday, March 25 • Wellington’s Junior Lifeguarding Class for strong swimmers ages 8 to 14 will take place Monday through Friday, March 25-29 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wellington Aquatics Complex. The cost is $60 for residents and nonresidents. To pre-register, visit the Wellington Aquatics Complex, Wellington Community Center or Village Park. For more info., call (561) 753-2497.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Sense Your Senses” for ages 3 to 5 on Monday, March 25 at 3:30 p.m. Play with your senses of sound, sight, smell, touch and taste while engaged in games, stories and music. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will feature “Spring Break Craft: Bottle Stamping” for ages 6 to 10 on Monday, March 25 at 3:30 p.m. Learn how to stamp flower patterns with recycled soda bottles. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Legos” for age 8 and up Monday, March 25 at 4 p.m. Create vehicles or buildings with Legos. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

Tuesday, March 26 • The Palm Beach County Commission will hold a workshop meeting Tuesday, March 26 at 9:30 a.m. in the government center’s Jane M. Thompson Memorial Chambers (301 N. Olive Ave., Sixth Floor, West Palm Beach). For info., visit www.pbcgov.com.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR CALENDAR, continued from page 42 • The Center for Bone & Joint Surgery will present a discussion by Dr. Jorge Acevedo on Tuesday, March 26 at 11:30 a.m. at the Wellington Community Center (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). Acevedo will present a seminar on foot and ankle pain with remedies designed for people of all ages. The seminar is free and open to all ages, and lunch will be provided. To register, call (561) 753-2489 or stop by the community center.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Art Smarts: The Artist Experience” for ages 8 to 14 on Tuesday through Thursday, March 26-28 at 2 p.m. Each day discover a new artist and learn about their life and work, then create your own artwork in their style. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host “El Ratoncito Perez (The Tooth Fairy)” for ages 3 to 8 on Tuesday, March 26 at 3:30 p.m. Smile as you listen to the story of Ratoncito Perez and his friends. Create a craft to take home. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will feature “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” for age 8 and up Tuesday, March 26 at 6 p.m.

Poor Greg can’t catch a break. Meet fans while making cool crafts and entering contests based on the series. Call (561) 7906070 for more info.

• The Wellington Village Council will meet Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Complex (12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). For info., call (561) 791-4000 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.

Wednesday, March 27 • The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Spring Has Sprung” for ages 3 to 5 on Wednesday, March 27 at 11:15 a.m.

Welcome springtime and new beginnings with books, songs, crafts and lots of fun. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will feature “Spring Break Craft: Puzzle Art” for ages 6 to 10 on Wednesday, March 27 at 3:30 p.m. Use puzzle pieces to create decorative scenes. Call (561) 7906030 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Tween Game Day” for ages 8 to 12 on Wednesday, March 27 at 4 p.m. Challenge your friends to Wii and board games.

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

• Whole Foods Market in Wellington (2635 State Road 7) will host “HSH Pillar Power Class: Whole Foods, Plant-Strong,

Healthy Fats, Nutrient Dense” on Wednesday, March 27 at 6:30 p.m. Learn how to ditch processed foods and enhance some of your favorite foods with power-packed plant superstars, embrace healthful fats and get more of a nutritional bang for your buck.

There is no charge. Call (561) 904-4000 to pre-register.

Thursday, March 28 • The Palm Beach County Commission will hold a zoning meeting Thursday, March 28 at 9:30 a.m. in the government center’s Jane M. Thompson Memorial Chambers (301 N. Olive Ave., Sixth Floor, West Palm Beach). For more info., visit www.pbcgov. com.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Doodle, Tangle, Draw” for adults on Thursday, March 28 at 3:30 p.m. Doodle your way to a Zen state of mind. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• Wellington’s Food Truck Invasion will take place Thursday, March 28 from 5 to 9:30 p.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

• Equestrian Sport Productions CEO Mark Bellissimo will be one of the honorees at the South Florida Business Journal’s 2013 Palm Beach Ultimate CEO Awards on Thursday, March 28 at the Breakers Palm Beach (1 S. County Road). A cocktail reception begins at 5:30 p.m. with the awards presentation at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $195 per person, and a table of eight costs $2,100. For more info., contact Maureen D’Silva at (954) 949-7522 or mdsilva@bizjournals.com.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Teen Game Night” for ages 12 to 17 on Thursday, March 28 at 6 p.m.

Play Nintendo Wii and board games. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Teen Game Night” for ages 12 to 17 on Thursday, March 28 at 6:30 p.m. Challenge your friends to Wii and board games.

Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 6814100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will feature “Between the Covers: Adult Book Discussion Series” on Thursday, March 28 at 6:30 p.m. Sara Harris will discuss Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

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

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THE MASTER HANDYMAN — All Types of Home Repairs & Improvements. No job too big or small done right the first time every time 40 yrs of satisfied customers. See me on Angies List. Tom (561) 801-2010 or (954) 444-3178 Serving Palm Beach and Broward Counties.

BILLY’S HOME REPAIRS INC. REMODEL & REPAIRS — Interior Trim, crown molding, rottenwood rep air, door installation, minor drywall,kitchens/cabinets / countertop s, wood flooring. Bonded and Insured U#19699. Call 7919900 or 628-9215

ANMAR CO .—James’ All Around Handyman Service. Excellent craftman Old time values. Once you’ve had me! You’ll have me back!

Lic. Ins. Certified Residential Contractor CRC 1327426 561-248-8528 HOME IMPROVEMENTS/REMODELING — Counter tops & more. CAZA Services. 18 years experience. No Job to small. Call today. Insured 561-228-1084 561802-8300

PLACE YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LISTING HERE CALL 793-3576 HOUSECLEANING — 20 yrs experience. Excellent local references.

Shopping available. 561-572-1782 HOUSECLEANING — affordable cleaning services, Royal Palm Maids. 561-666-7738 “For all your cleaning needs”

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

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BOB CAVANAGH ALLSTATE INSURANCE — Auto •Home • Life• Renters •Motorcycle •RV • Golfcart • Boat Serving the Western Communities for 24 years Call for a quote 798-3056, or visit our website. www.allstateagencies.com/ rCavanagh

RJA PAINTING & DECORATING, INC. — Interior Exterior, Faux Finish, Residential,Commercial.Lic. #U17536 Rocky Armento, Jr. 561793-5455 561-662-7102 J&B PRESSURE CLEANING & PAINTING, INC. — Established 1984. All types of pressure cleaning, roofs, houses, driveways, patios etc. Commercial & Residential.

Interior & Exterior painting. Certified pressure cleaning & painting contractor.

Lic. #U21552 Call Butch 309-6975 or visit our website at www.jbpressurecleaningandpainting.com

JOHN PERGOLIZZI PAINTING INC. — Interior/Exterior - Repaint specialist, pressure cleaning, popcorn ceiling, drywall repair & roof painting. Family owned/owner operator. Free Est. 798-4964 Lic. #U18473 T OWN-CRIER CLASSIFIEDS 793-3576

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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 PLACE YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVIVCES AD HERE CALL 793-3576

JEREMY JAMES PLUMBING — Licensed plumber, legitimate estimate.

Water heaters, new construction.

CFC1426242. Bonded Insured.

CFC1426242. 561-601-6458

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

Interior & Exterior painting.

Certified pressure cleaning & painting contractor. Lic. #U21552 Call Butch at 309-6975 or visit us at www.jbpressurecleaningandpainting.com

PSYCHIC ELIZABETH — Love & Soulmate specialist. Past, Present, Future, Love, Career, & Health, Palm & Tarot Card Readings. Call for appointment 561-284-6056 or 561601-6264

CAZA SERVICES — Taking care of your home is our family business.

Remodeling, Handyman Service, Cleaning Service. 561-228-1084 Lic. Ins.

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

MINOR ROOF REPAIRS DON HARTMANN ROOFING — Roof painting, Carpentry. Lic. #U13677 967-5580 ROBERT G. HARTMANN ROOFING — Specializing in repairs. Free estimates, Bonded,insured. Lic. #CCC 058317 Ph: 561-790-0763.

ROOFING REPAIRS REROOFING ALL TYPES — Pinewood Construction, Inc. Honest and reliable.

Serving Palm Beach County for over 20 years. Call Mike 561-3090134 Lic. Ins. Bonded. CGC023773 RC-0067207

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

SECURITY — American owned local security company in business 30 plus years. Protection by officers drug tested. 40 hour course. Licensed & Insured. 561-848-2600

JOHN’S SCREEN REPAIR SERVICE — Pool & patio rescreening.

Stay tight,wrinkle-free,guaranteed!

CRC1329708 call us 798-3132. www.poolscreenrepair.com

SKYLIGHT REPLACMENT SER VICE and minor roof leak repairs 561-670-1368 danflanders1@gmail.com

EXPERIENCED TAX PREPARER With expertise with individuals and small businesses - Hack Tax and Accounting Services 561-214-6171

SPECIALIZING IN BATHROOM REMODELING — Free estimates serving South Florida since 1980.

Quality you expect, service you deserve. Lic. bonded & Ins. U21006 561-662-9258 CLASSIFIEDS 793-3576

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

CLUB Z! In-Home TUTORING All Subjects: PreK - Adult 561•333•1980 CLUBZ.COM America's Largest In-Home Tutoring Co.

PAPERHANGING BY DEBI — Professional Installation,Removal. Repair of Paper. Neat, Clean & Reliable. Quality work with a woman's touch. 30 years experience. No Job too big or too small. Lic. & Ins. References available. 561-795-5263

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