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BREAST CANCER WALK RETURNS

Initiatives such as the Workforce Alliance HOST program are contributing to boost the local economy. Earlier this month, program participants toured the Binks Forest Golf Club in Wellington, learning firsthand the day-to-day operations of the business. Page 3

Focus On Renewables At Green Conference

The first part of the packed agenda at the Florida Green, Energy & Climate Conference/ Expo served up a lot of fuel for dreams among those who get excited about renewable energy sources and smart grid technology — things that keep utility bills low and help save the planet simultaneously. Page 7 ThinkPINKkids Wellington held its fourth annual 5K Walk to Win the Battle Against Breast Cancer on Friday, May 11 at Wellington High School. Shown here are thinkPINKkids Wellington student board members with advisor Melissa Kaliser (top right). MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9 PHOTO BY LAUREN MIRÓ/TOWN-CRIER

Wellington Art Society Presents Scholarships

The Wellington Art Society presented scholarships to local students Wednesday, May 9 at the Wellington Community Center.

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It’s All About Variety At RPB’s Diversity Day

Caribbean-Americans for Community Involvement and the Village of Royal Palm Beach presented the annual Cultural Diver sity Day on Saturday, Ma y 12 at Veterans Park in Royal Palm Beach. The free event was open to the public for an afternoon of performances and food from an array of cultures. Page 17

OPINION Our Unsolicited Advice For The Class Of 2012

Last week, we discussed how bad decisions on graduation night could forever ruin the lives of high school seniors. Now we’d like to focus on the decisions they’ll make after they’ve walked the stage and donned their cap and gown. As we do each year, the Town-Crier offers advice for these young men and women as they venture out into the next stage of their lives.

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Bellissimo Drops Equestrian Village Comp Plan Request

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The commercial portion of the controversial Equestrian Village project proposed by Wellington Equestrian Partners is on the back burner after Managing Partner Mark Bellissimo withdrew the application for a comprehensive plan amendment Monday.

Instead, Bellissimo will look to collaborate with Wellington officials and nearby residents on a project that the community will rally behind.

“At the end of the day, my sense is that there is great controversy over the commercial elements of the project,” Bellissimo told the Town-Crier Wednesday.

“I still think that corner is important as the gateway to the equestrian community. We have taken the feedback we have gotten in this process and hope to come back with something that will benefit the community at large.”

The proposed 58-foot hotel planned on the 96-acre former Palm Beach Polo Stadium property was a controversial item that divided

candidates during the Wellington municipal election in March. The three winners were staunch opponents of the project.

Councilman John Greene said that he remains in support of the dressage element in the Equestrian Village plan, but not the commercial elements of the project.

“My position has been straightforward from the beginning,” he said. “I think it was wise of them to step back and reevaluate the project. It was a divisive issue in the community.”

The property is currently host to the Global Dressage Festival, bringing top dressage riders into Wellington. Many opponents of the hotel noted that they were in support of a dressage facility on the property.

Greene noted that Bellissimo has already set aside time to meet with council members individually. He added, however, that he could not predict what sort of facility the community would want to see there.

“It depends on who you talk to,” he said. “Some people want

to see it preserved green space.

Other people would have liked to see a hotel.”

Council members had been expected to discuss the proposed comprehensive plan amendment at their Tuesday, May 22 meeting.

The previous council voted 3-2 in February to submit the plan to the state for approval, which it received. But the amendment would have required a 4-1 supermajority of the current council to win final adoption.

Village Manager Paul Schofield noted Wednesday that both Vice Mayor Howard Coates and Councilman Matt Willhite opposed the comprehensive plan amendment when it first came up.

“I would never predict how elected officials are going to vote,” he said, “but given that it takes a 4-1 vote to approve that, and two of the people who voted ‘No’ are still on the council, it would seem that it wasn’t likely that [the project] was going to get the vote.”

Schofield noted that if the issue See WITHDRAWN, page 18

County Frowns On Consultant’s Proposal To Outsource 700 Jobs

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Commission on Tuesday decided to schedule a workshop to study the recommendation of a consultant who suggested outsourcing 696 county jobs at an estimated savings of $12 million a year.

County Administrator Bob Weisman said the recommendation of the consultant to privatize large operational portions of county government required direction from the commission quickly.

“There are obviously a large number of employees affected by that,” he said. “We thought we needed a response on that immediately.”

Weisman said the findings of the report are a way to make the county more efficient, strictly under the definition of the term.

“The consultant believes that if you privatize these operations, contractors will compensate the employees less and that will reduce the county’s cost,” he said.

“I think whether you look at government privatization or business privatization, one does not privatize core operations that you routinely depend on for public services.”

Weisman said the best example of that is Palm Tran Connections, where privatization was recommended from the start and the commission has been dealing with issues concerning it for years, including competitive bidders who say they will pay employees less and questions about whether they will be able to sustain the lower salaries.

Weisman also pointed out that the county has already privatized

significant portions of county services, including Head Start food service because the vendor could deliver more consistent food quality, and a proposal is being prepared to provide fleet maintenance for park vehicles.

But, he said, during emergencies such as hurricanes, there is a comfort level in having one’s own staff.

Weisman said there is merit in other recommendations, such as automation of interviews for the Victim Services Department.

“There was one interesting part about how we deal with the process of Victim Services of when they are doing the interview process with the victims… and ways of reducing the time it takes to handle those cases,” Weisman said. “We don’t understand how See OUTSOURCE, page 18

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Wellington Eyes Lower Tax Rate, Smaller Budget

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington residents can expect a lower tax rate and a smaller budget next year under a preliminary budget proposal reviewed Wednesday by the Wellington Village Council.

The proposed budget of $72.3 million is down 2.6 percent from the current year’s $73.9 million, Financial Management & Budget Director Mireya McIlveen said.

The proposed tax rate of 2.47 mills is down 4 percent from the rate of 2.5 mills the council has approved the last three years.

A rate of 2.47 mills would mean that a Wellington resident whose property is assessed at $175,000 after exemptions would pay $432.25 in village property taxes next year.

At that tax rate, Wellington will bring in about $12.23 million in rev-

enue, McIlveen said, down from approximately $12.8 million in the current year.

“The taxable values continued to decline steadily for the past three years,” McIlveen said. “But they seem to have leveled out.”

Village Manager Paul Schofield noted that some residents who have had homestead exemptions for more than a decade may see an increase in taxable value.

“If you have had the benefit of a homestead exemption for the entire length of the Save Our Homes amendment, it is possible you will see an increase in taxable value based on bringing it up to whatever the current market value is,” he said.

Meanwhile, the budget is proposed to shrink. However, it is still a work in progress.

Council members asked village See BUDGET, page 18

RELAY FOR LIFE

The American Cancer Society’s Acreage/Loxahatchee Relay for Life was held Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12 at Acreage Community Park. Teams gathered to camp out overnight to raise money for cancer research and programs. Shown here are Gabrielle Sousa, Fallon McCoy and Brad Louis of the Cancer Support Pals team from Seminole Ridge High School.

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ITID Board OKs Basic Concept For Community Center

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors last week unanimously approved a $4 million cost estimate for the planned community center at Acreage Community Park.

The $4 million figure meets what ITID has budgeted for the project, but the board hopes the final cost comes in closer to $3.2 million, ITID President Michelle Damone said.

Last September, the board approved using $4 million to build what was hoped would be a 25,000-square-foot, expandable community center and parking lot.

At the time, the board was divided as to whether the community center should be built first, or whether outdoor amenities including playgrounds, a splash park, a BMX track and athletic fields should take priority. The supervi-

sors voted 3-2 to proceed with the community center first.

On Wednesday, May 9, architect René Tercilla of Tercilla Courtemanche Architects presented plans for a building of 18,000 to 19,000 square feet, explaining that his staff had spent considerable time discussing what was possible within the budget constraints.

“We met with staff to refine some of those numbers that were in the initial budget and things that weren’t necessarily building related,” he said. “Then we talked individually with all of you about what you might like to see in a building.

Ultimately, we met with the construction manager in our office.”

The facility would feature a gymnasium capable of having not just a full regulation court, but two side courts where two games could be going on at the same time. It would be equipped with bleachers, an interior and exterior stage, See ITID, page 18

High Schools Get Ready To Graduate Class Of 2012

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Commencement exercises for the four public high schools serving the western communities will take place next week at the South Florida Fairgrounds.

Royal Palm Beach High School’s graduation is set for Monday, May 21 at 8 a.m. The valedictorian is Genevieve Banaag, while the salutatorian is Ashley Estaris.

Wellington High School’s ceremony will take place Monday, May 21 at 4:30 p.m. Co-valedictorians are Crystal Yan and Felicia Yan; the salutatorian is Debra Marcus.

Palm Beach Central High School’s graduation is set for Wednesday, May 23 at 8 a.m. The valedictorian will be Justin Mar-

tinez, and Brittany Sgaliardich will be salutatorian.

Seminole Ridge’s commencement will take place Thursday, May 24 at 8 a.m. SRHS valedictorian is Rachel Hand, while the salutatorian is Michael Canlas.

The ceremonies were moved to the fairgrounds as of this year as a cost-saving measure. Several school officials said that the new venue will be much more convenient for the local area than the Palm Beach County Convention Center, where the ceremonies have been staged the past several years.

The change of venue will save the school district about $96,000.

“I’m very happy that we can save the money,” School Board Member Marcia Andrews told the Town-Crier on Tuesday. “We are

going to save money for sure to help students, and we’re going to have that money in the classrooms helping with instruction for our students. But it’s nice to have it in the western communities. I think it’s a good thing that we can have our western communities benefit from having such a wonderful activity out here in the neighborhood.”

Andrews said that local restaurants and other businesses should see increased commerce from the change of venue. “We’ve always done a good job in working with West Palm Beach down at CityPlace, and all of those vendors have always been able to make a nice profit, so now we bring some profits, hopefully, to the western communities,” she said.

Andrews said that she is very happy to be taking part in this important milestone in the life of every graduating senior.

“Commencement itself is really about the students and their accomplishments,” she said. “It’s a thank-you to all the students and the teachers and the parents for doing a really good job. They made it successfully through the public school system from kindergarten to 12th grade. It’s the jewel of success, and it’s such a happy time.”

Andrews also pointed out that graduation attendees can expect less traffic congestion and more parking than at the convention center. “The fairgrounds was very proactive and gave us a great deal, and they’re actually doing some

upgrades with the superintendent to make sure that the atmosphere and everything is just first class,” she said.

This will be Seminole Ridge High School Principal James Campbell’s first graduation ceremony as a principal.

“This is something I have been talking to the students about since I first got on the campus,” Campbell said. “Our main goal every single day is to make sure that every one of them at the end of the year gets to participate in graduation.

From the time that I was named principal here, it has been in the back of my mind. It’s going to be a really big day, and I’m looking forward to it.”

He said his first year as princiSee GRADUATIONS, page 18

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Area Golf Club Active In Workforce Alliance Job Training Program

By Jessica Gregoire Town-Crier Staff Report With the unemployment rate gradually decreasing, initiatives such as the Workforce Alliance HOST program are contributing to boost the local economy.

The Workforce Alliance’s Hospitality Occupation Service Training gives 18- to 21-year-olds the opportunity to follow a nine-week classroom training curriculum designed by industry professionals from the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute.

Students also participate in field trips, industry tours, guest speaking seminars and a 12-week professional internship. This gives the students a hands-on approach to become well-prepared to work in the hospitality and service industry.

On Wednesday, May 2, program participants toured the Binks Forest Golf Club in Wellington, learning firsthand the day-to-day operations of the business. Several people from the program have also interned at the golf club.

Binks Forest General Manager Greg Schroeder decided to have the golf club be part of the program after meeting with representatives from the Workforce Alliance at a Palm Beach County Business Development Board meeting.

“They were looking for a place to train people with on-the-job experience,” he recalled. “From there they developed this training pro-

Binks Forest’s Bob Still addresses program members. gram, which has evolved into the HOST program.”

The program was developed to mitigate an underlying employment problem in Palm Beach County’s hospitality and service industry. Many jobs have traditionally gone to people from outside of the state because of the lack of skilled workers in the county.

According to Bob Still, the golf club’s marketing and membership director, the program began two and a half years ago to get local people well-trained for the many hospitality and service jobs available. He believes that so far, the program has been successful.

“People not only get country

club experience, but they can work at a restaurant and in hotels,” Still said. “It has been great for us personally because we have hired people full-time from the program.”

Binks Forest treated the group of nine students to a tour of the facility. They learned about the different areas from the kitchen to the golf course grounds. It was the group’s last day in the program, and they were awarded their graduation certificates.

Still explained to the group how beneficial their experience and training would be for them. “You guys have the experience on doing everything in the industry,” he said.

HOST program participants with Binks Forest Golf Club staff.

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Although the program consists of generalized training, students are able to pick a concentration in the industry and do an internship in their desired choice. “They can kind of focus on what they like,” Still said. “They can intern and specialize in anything that is required to work in the hotel service industry.”

Schroeder believes the program is beneficial to the students in a multitude of ways. “They are able to maintain relationships with people in the industry, and we are able to have them as our employees,”

he said. “Some who have started as part-time employees or interns have now become full-time.”

The program opens many doors. “Many of the graduates of the program have gone on to work at high-profile clubs like Mar-aLago or Trump International,” Still said. “It’s a great industry for people to get into, and this program helps them get their start.”

Still has seen significant changes in the behavior and personalities of the students who have gone through the program.

“I see confidence in these

young people,” he said. “They feel encouraged because they know they can get a job somewhere else and are confident that they can succeed.”

He has also seen the commitment and willingness to succeed among the students. “We have one young man who rides the bus every day for two to three hours to get to his internship,” he said.

“This is the type of commitment many of these young people have that can’t be put into words.”

For more about the program, visit www.pbcalliance.com.

LGWCD Incumbent Snowball Aims To Keep Groves Moving Forward

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Supervisor Robert Snowball told the Town-Crier this week that he is seeking re-election to keep things moving forward in the community.

Snowball will face challenger Roy Parks in an election set for Monday, June 25. It is the first time an LGWCD seat will be awarded based on a direct vote of qualified electors, rather than via a one-acre, one-vote system.

Qualified electors are defined as registered voters who are also property owners or spouses of property owners.

Snowball, a 12-year LGWCD board veteran, said initially he did not intend to seek re-election to another three-year term. He is be-

ing challenged by Parks, who ran unsuccessfully for a board seat several years ago.

Snowball said he is concerned about paving projects currently underway in the district and seeing that gas tax money being funneled to the district from the town is spent equitably for all property owners.

He was also sharply critical of the petition-driven change in how the election is now being run.

Snowball called the added expense a “total waste of money” for a change that will not make much of a difference in the long run.

“I don’t think they got out of it what they thought they would get out of it,” Snowball said. “I think all they did was double the cost of any normal election. Nobody wants this job to begin with, and

the amount of people who signed up for it just proves my point.”

In fact, even Snowball was surprised that only one other person entered the race, noting that Parks wasn’t even one of the people who led the petition effort to change the election procedures.

“We were supposed to have all these people in a popular election and the little guy could possibly have a voice,” he said. “Roy hasn’t been to a meeting since the last election. That whole exercise was a waste of time and money.”

Snowball, who has a home on five acres, considers himself to be a small property owner by Loxahatchee Groves standards.

As far as LGWCD policy, Snowball said he wants to keep assessments low for property owners, which will require continued co-

operation with the town.

“We are not separate any more as far as I’m concerned,” he said, explaining that both entities are working toward the same goal, and that the town needs to treat the district as its roads and drainage utility until the council is ready to step in and take over the job entirely. “They don’t want that job yet, so it’s up to us five guys on the district board to take care of what needs to be taken care of, but it will be up to the town to make sure that we don’t have to raise taxes to keep doing it.”

Snowball pointed out that the district, with the town’s help in recent years, has held assessments steady except for last year when it had to raise assessments slightly to cover the additional cost of the new election process.

That is a far cry from signs up,” he said. “I’m the town’s early years, not going to do meethe said. “The council and-greets. They all and the board have know who I am. I’m not moved this district forgoing to spend any ward in leaps and money on this thing.” bounds in the past two He predicts the elecand a half years,” he tion will be decided by said. “Things are getjust a small handful of ting done, money is votes. getting spent, people Snowball, 46, has are happy, the dust is lived in the Groves for down. We have im15 years. He is married proved the quality of Robert Snowball and has two children, life tenfold in the last ages 18 and 15. two months since that pavement The Loxahatchee Groves Landwent down. I think the town and owners’ Association meeting on the district are working perfectly Thursday, May 24 will host a foright now.” rum featuring the two LGWCD Snowball said he does not in- candidates. It will be held at Palms tend to spend any more money on West Presbyterian Church (13689 the election than he has already. Okeechobee Blvd., Loxahatchee “I’m not going to go out and put Groves) at 7 p.m.

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Life After Graduation: Unsolicited Advice For The Class Of 2012 Last week, we discussed how bad decisions on graduation night could forever ruin the lives of high school seniors. Now we’d like to focus on the decisions they’ll make after they’ve walked the stage and donned their cap and gown. As we do each year, the TownCrier offers advice for these young men and women as they venture out into the next stage of their lives: • Don’t rush ahead — As a new graduate, the sudden transformation from high school student to member of the real world can be overwhelming. Because of this, it may be difficult to find the proper perspective. The possibilities are endless, and the thought of having to choose a single path is not easy. If you have your dreams set in stone, more power to you.

But if you’re like most students who need to explore a little, by all means, explore. Just be sure to not paint yourself into a corner by making any brash decisions. For instance, if you’re interested in art but not sure you want it to be your life, enrolling in art school probably isn’t the smartest thing to do. You can take art courses at any college, and if later on you find it is your life’s calling, you can further your education then.

• Make your own decisions — It may be tempting to follow your friends to wherever they plan on going after high school, but this is not a good long-term decision. Sure, it would be nice to have your best friend as a dorm mate, but unless you’re also getting the education

you need, you’ll be in for a rude awakening in a few years. Besides, meeting new friends is one of great things about college. And it’s a lot easier than it was in high school. Also, though we don’t mean to ruffle any familial feathers, this is not your parents’ choice. We strongly recommend taking their advice — especially if your plans have anything to do with “making it big” in Los Angeles or some such fantasy — but if you don’t see eye to eye on the matter, it’s important to have a conversation about it.

• Act responsibly — This holds especially true for college students: The new-found sense of freedom you’ll have can make your life more difficult if you don’t get a grip on it. If you’re expecting it to be like a raucous college movie you’ve seen, be prepared to deal with the consequences. Again, it all goes back to long-term goals.

• Take an internship — For all the important things you’ll learn in college or trade school, nothing beats first-hand experience with a real company. Though this isn’t an option for everyone, it’s a very useful way to build your skills, add to your résumé or, conversely, learn if a particular vocation isn’t what you hoped it would be.

Whatever you decide to do after graduation, go at it 100 percent. Be passionate. “Follow your dreams” may sound cliché, but it’s one of the most important bits of advice you’ll get.

Congratulations, Class of 2012. Now go out there and change the world!

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Wellington Tennis Center Is Run Extremely Well I would like to address the letter written by Mr. Corey Goldstein, “proud Wellington resident” (“Wellington Needs To Hire A1A Tennis,” April 27).

While I have no doubt Mr. Goldstein is a tennis player, I would like to point out that Mr. Goldstein does not play nor is he a member of the Wellington Tennis Center.

If he were, he would realize that his comments have no validity. I have been a member at this wonderful facility for about 10 years.

His main area of “concern” seemed to be the lack of or underusage at this club. I would like to mention a few of the organized leagues: Currently we have nine women’s daytime teams (of all levels), five men’s, two palm leagues, two USTA and one women’s senior team. In addition, we have organized night events on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with once-a-month Friday night round-robins. Not to mention the new and wonderful addition of the USTA 10 & Under Tennis Program that has more than doubled in one year! I am sure I haven’t mentioned everything; this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Putting aside the organized events and teams, we have a terrific group of members who go out and play every day. The courts are full each morning and evening with people enjoying great tennis, as well as spending time with wonderful friends. Like any sport, the middle of the afternoons may not have as many participants. During this time the courts are maintained and readied for evening play. I find it interesting that while the soccer, baseball, roller hockey and the like sit empty all day, every day, no one seems to think they are being underutilized. Why is that?

Mr. Goldstein mentions some approaches to attracting more players to our facility, utilizing “name” players to demonstrate the benefits of playing, so that they may interact with youngsters and seniors. Mr. Goldstein, we have awesome tennis pros at our facility. We have organized clinics, private, group or semi-private lessons available all day long. I think I can speak for most: We don’t want to interact; we want to play tennis.

Tommy Cheatham has been at the tennis center since 1999. Under Tommy’s direction, combining his commitment and dedication to the community with his business sense as well as his love and knowledge of the sport, this facility has blossomed and grown into a crown jewel for the Village of Wellington.

Joanne Sullivan Wellington

IG Wasted Money, Time In Memorial Investigation I moved to the Village of Wellington eight years ago. While I have had many serious disagreements with some of the policy decisions of the Wellington Village Council, I have always been impressed by the integrity of those who have governed the village. I have also been favorably impressed by the efficiency of the village, most especially since current Village Manager Paul Schofield took office.

And so I was amazed when, almost immediately after assuming

authority over the village, the Palm Beach County Office of the Inspector General began to question the village’s actions in the matter of the Patriot Memorial. I happen to have been very much against the village’s decision to establish its own 9/11 memorial but realized that it was a political decision, and I was in the minority. I was also very disappointed that the cost of the memorial grew greatly after initial cost estimates, but I never considered that there was fraud, waste or abuse involved.

The inspector general, however, was quick to assume that it was necessary to force the village to provide a wide range of public information (which was reasonably easy to obtain on the village web site, if one was interested). The IG’s decision was apparently based on a hastily sketched inquiry by Morley Alperstein based on little more than the Palm Beach Post’s articles on the matter. The IG’s decision to investigate resulted in a direct cost to the village taxpayers of around $9,000. The cost of the IG’s time and effort is unknown. (Even though the ordinance that established the IG office mandates that “The inspector general shall establish policies and procedures and monitor the costs of investigations undertaken...”

When I queried about costs, they responded, “Monitoring the costs of an ongoing investigation is different than undertaking a full and final ‘accounting’ of those costs.”

Whatever that means.)

The final result of the Patriot Memorial “review” was, as I fully expected, a finding of no wrongdoing of any sort. The IG’s office seems, however, to have included the total amount that the village spent for the Patriot Memorial in what it calls “return on investment” in its annual report.

If the Town-Crier will indulge me, I will expand on these matters in a follow-on letter. The IG’s “audit” of the village’s p-card spending seems even more premature — and possibly motivated by something other than a wish to protect taxpayers and citizens from unscrupulous elected officials.

Phil Sexton Wellington

Where Is Honesty In Royal Palm’s Government?

To quote a political ad from our most recent election cycle: “one of the most reputable national publications, Forbes magazine, named our area the ‘fourth most miserable place to live’ in the country due to corruption and crime.” Let me say that Royal Palm Beach is hurdling very quickly to No. 1 if its council continues to be orchestrated by outside politicians.

The first act of the Royal Palm Beach Village Council was to twist a routine assignment of volunteer boards and approval of liaison recommendations (in accordance with the village charter rules) into the mayor’s personal vendetta aided by the manipulation of outside current and ex-politicians. What happened was not honesty and integrity in government but rather a small number of entrenched volunteer appointees making demands on their entitled positions on the Planning & Zoning Commission. In the process, those innocent citizens stepping up to serve were publicly abused and terrorized into walking away from the available seats.

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just barely dry on the pages of the Town-Crier [in County Commissioner Jess Santamaria’s March 2 letter “We Need Honesty In Government”]? Those words are still stinging our eyes: “Now more than ever, we the people must demand honesty in government”; “I need honest persons… to join me in my continuing mission to end corruption in both county and municipal governments and protecting the quality of life in our communities”; “(people) who have a proven track record of … honest public service, professional integrity and leadership.”

So where is the support for Councilwoman Martha Webster, a proven honest official? Not only were her recommendations not provided an opportunity to be honestly vetted, but in an unprecedented action, the position of liaison was reassigned. In fact, the past three council meetings have not had any display of honest public service, professional integrity and leadership.

If you want a truly honest council, it would be good to follow the suggestions of Councilwoman Webster. Bring on new members to the village volunteer boards, specifically the Planning & Zoning Commission. Even West Palm Beach Commissioner Kimberly Mitchell knows that in seeking a police commissioner, looking outside is a good thing to do. She said, “I think a new fresh perspective is good for the whole organization” (Palm Beach Post, May 13). Yes, it is a sad time for the village. Something happened in this election of honesty in government — we got hijacked!

Marcia Berwick Royal Palm Beach

Beware Big Money In Campaigns Editor’s note: The following letter is in response to last week’s letter by Marge Fitzgerald “Unger’s Praise Over The Top.” Marge Fitzgerald is 100 percent correct; the advertisement campaign in our recent election was over the top. But she leaves out the history of this new source of funds, and yes, it takes power and the vote fairness in our elections from the citizenry. I believe I loathe it more than she does.

Now for the facts: Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices voted to allow corporations to give unlimited funds to political action committees as “they are people.”

This will skew any chance of campaign finance reform. It will allow the Republicans, who on average spend often times double or more than Democrats on elections, to further their financial hold, and will affect our elections forever while at the same time they attempt to destroy unions (one of the Democrats’ prime sources of election money). Political warfare.

Ironically, it accomplished the opposite in Wellington, causing three Republicans to lose their elections. Sometimes you get more than you wish for. Regarding Councilman Matt Willhite, I merely defended him against what I considered over-the-top criticism.

I noted that Ms. Fitzgerald did not address a single point I made about Matt’s work except to blame him solely for the 9/11 monument.

Might I be so bold as to suggest that (as Councilwoman Anne Gerwig once pronounced) “it is a Republican-dominated” board, and Matt could have done nothing by himself (back to the majority rule

thing). Indisputable, and despite the advertisement campaign, Matt still got more votes than anyone else, so I would suggest people were also voting due to the other issues such as millions in K-Park savings, etc.

Personally, I’m more concerned about our upcoming presidential election as this unlimited funding and the ensuing negative campaigning unfolds, this promises to be the most vicious and expensive campaign in American history.

Just during the Republican primaries, we witnessed two candidates virtually supported by single super-rich millionaires and billionaires eviscerating each other. God help us in the future.

I hope Ms. Fitzgerald is as unhappy about this, too! Yes it was wrong here, and more so for us on a national level. But the men in black robes who sit on the Supreme Court initiated and politicized our election finance system, and be rest assured it will wreak havoc all across America. It’s money over people, greed over fairness, and perhaps a harbinger of our demise. People might want to look up the term oligarchy — rule by the super rich.

George Unger Wellington

Mayor Needs Lesson In Civility Editor’s note: The following letter is in response to last week’s letter by Arlene Olinsky “Mayor Mattioli’s Actions Were Provoked.”

The question posed is not whether Royal Palm Beach Councilwoman Martha Webster properly or appropriately submitted the names of people for consideration or overstepped her position as liaison, but whether what appeared to many as “bullying tactics” by the current mayor in his uncivil response to pending and suggestive changes in committee personnel.

Civility is the hallmark of any executive, and displays of temper suggest a weak position by anyone using such tactics, bringing into question motives of anyone supporting such a position. The current mayor has, as been pointed out, “over two decades” of government experience. Even though I don’t see his past service as unselfish as the previous writer, I feel he would have been better served by listening to his “better angels” instead of using his position as mayor to publicly humiliate and embarrass a member of his council unnecessarily by overreacting to a voice with a different position.

Clearly, both sides had an agenda and it’s not really clear who among the people being considered would best serve the village.

To understand the motives behind supporting the mayor ’s indefensible behavior is to understand ambition. It would be still appropriate, even at this late date, to set aside the ego of office and to recognize his behavior as not appropriate for someone holding the position of mayor and apologize to Mrs. Webster for the way he addressed her and simply move on.

Richard Nielsen Royal Palm Beach

God Bless The Mothers Who Have Lost Sons Happy Mother’s Day to all and a message to those special moms.

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JASON BUD JINSKI Community Editor

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EDITORIAL STAFF/ Chris Felker • Denise Fleischman Jessica Gregoire • Lauren Miró

I am thinking about you also as I speak about the mother of Lt. John P. Napolitano of FDNY, Rescue 2.

Mother’s Day is a day that we honor God’s greatest miracle, and on that day so many mothers throughout our country do something that they probably have done so many times before. They sit somewhere quietly and alone and look down at a photograph of a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine, a police officer, or a firefighter, but they will not see the hero. What they see is their baby. Mothers carry a baby inside of them. They are the first to love this child, and when this child is born they are the first to suffer for it. The child grows, gets married and has children, but this child never stops being the mother’s baby.

The years go by quickly, but wonderful memories let me live those years over and over again.

It is Sept. 11, 2001. I go to the back loading area of one of the Long Island supermarkets that I assist in ordering their bread products, and I joke with the guys who are back there all huddled by a radio.

One of the guys who knew that I was once a cop said to me, “What are you doing here? They are looking for cops — off-duty cops, ex cops. We are at war.” That is how I found out about 9/11.

I picked up a phone and immediately called my son’s home, not far from mine in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. I thought he was off but would be responding, and I wanted to tell him to be careful. Don’t be a hero.

I got a busy signal. He is probably getting instructions, I thought. I keep on trying. Still a busy signal.

I call my home and my wife answers. I tell her, “I am trying to get through to Johnny, but the phone is busy. I want to tell him to be careful.”

My wife is crying. She tells me that our daughter-in-law Anne is on the phone. “Johnny is already there. He worked last night.” The South Tower comes down. I hang up the phone. I’m stunned. I tell the guy who told me that they were looking for cops, that my son is at the World Trade Center. He looks at me sadly and shakes his head and says, “You know what you gotta do.” I can’t get into the city just yet, and I am going back and forth between my house and my son’s. And then Anne gets a call. Her husband, my son, is missing and so are family friends who are NYPD and FDNY. I go to my house, jump out of the car and rush up the stairs, and in our den off of the kitchen is my wife, sitting on the floor. She is being held by her sister Diane, and both are crying and my wife is saying, “My baby, my baby. No, no,” over and over again. And to this day I see this and I hear this.

I learn that my lifelong friend Lt. John Crisci of FDNY is missing also. His brother Lenny, my other best friend and also former NYPD, and I head for the World Trade Center. I am crushed by what Lenny and I see. I write a message in the ash to my son by one of the triage areas. In case he is injured and found, I want him to know that I am there. I am thinking about my

friend John, and my son’s friends and schoolmates, police officer Glen Pettit, and firefighters Pete Brennan and Billy Mahoney. I see in the rubble, shoes, papers, gray ash everywhere. A young woman under a steel beam. I see exhausted firefighters and police officers, and I see my wife back home waiting for her son. I have to bring him home. He has a wife and two little girls, he has his sisters, and he has his mother.

In the weeks that followed, Pettit, Mahoney and Crisci were recovered. Still missing were Brennan and my son. Many mothers lost their children that day in September. Whether they were the innocent victims or the heroes who were killed trying to save them, the pain is equally unbearable. And then there are the mothers of those brave troops who also lost their lives to Islamic terrorists and also have a broken heart that will never heal.

As I think about my wife this Mother’s Day, I think of them, just as when I think about my son, I think about all of those who have fallen with him. To all these mothers I cannot say to have a happy Mother’s Day; the words are not enough, so I will simply say that, “It is Mother’s Day; God bless you” as I look back to that terrible day in September, when America gained another hero, and I have lost a son, but my wife lost her baby.

John Napolitano Wellington

Fighting The Nanny State In an earlier letter I explained that Florida Statute Section 414.0652 did not require the welfare recipient to undergo involuntary drug testing before being entitled to benefits. In that letter I set forth a portion of the statute to show that only the guardian of a minor child is tested and the child who is the real beneficiary is not subject to testing.

I was taking a narrow view of the statute in so much as the argument against it was that based upon court precedent, drug testing was held illegal. In the precedent-setting case the test was a prerequisite for the adult beneficiary.

Those of you who read the letter probably believed that I am in favor of government randomly testing people for drugs. I am not.

I am also not in favor of government handouts, when the real solution is jobs in private wealth-producing industries.

I have sent a proposed amendment to the statute to my legislator in which I oppose the language of the existing statute on other grounds. I would require testing only in instances in which a guardian has an arrest record for a drug or alcohol-related offense, or is tested and fails a psychological test for substance abuse. In other words, government should have a good reason for demanding that we comply with its laws.

Frank Morelli Wellington

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PLENTY OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT AT ACREAGE/LOXAHATCHEE RELAY FOR LIFE

The American Cancer Society’s Acreage/Loxahatchee Relay for Life was held Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12 at Acreage Community Park. Teams gathered to camp out overnight to raise money for cancer research and programs. The relay included a survivor walk and dinner, live entertainment, food, games and various activities. For more info., visit www.relayforlife.org/acreagefl.

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Joe Puckett with David and Arlene Ferris after completing the survivor walk.

Martha Gilmartin of the American Cancer Society with cancer survivor Beth Kaplan.

Jaden Riesgo and his sister Katrina of the Seminole Ridge High School JROTC Hawks Battalion team.

Cancer survivor Danny McGowan with his daughters Ashley and Courtney.

Survivor Diane O’Connor (center, with hat) is joined by her family members and the team Alive ’N’ Kickin.’

Danny McGowan with Deborah Johnson, who read his poem “The Sweetest Therapy is Wrapped in Hugs.”

WELLINGTON LANDINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY ENJOYS ‘EXTRAVAGANZA’ Wellington Landings Middle School hosted its “Extravaganza” on Saturday, May 12. Guests enjoyed a variety of food from local food trucks, shopping, vendors and more. The crowd enjoyed performances from students during the talent show, as well as music from Mix 98.3 FM. PHOTOS BY LAUREN MIRÓ/TOWN-CRIER

PTO volunteer co-coordinator Joan Schell, Assistant Principal Gay Prater, PTO Hospitality Chair Kim Seow, PTO President Berta Ebersole, PTO volunteer co-coordinator Carey McGovern, Principal Blake Bennett and PTO member Kerri Kaiser.

The Baker and Wallace families enjoy the day.

(Front row, L-R) Kaitlyn Lavecchia and Shania Jimenez don Mix 98.3 shirts; (back row) Karrington Vermillion and Arianna Astor.

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CRIME NEWS

Equipment Stolen From RPB’s Field Operations Office

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report MAY 11 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach was dispatched to the RPB’s Field Operations office on Okeechobee Blvd. last Friday morning regarding a burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 4:30 p.m. last Thursday and 7 a.m. the following morning, someone cut the locks on three separate trailers and stole several pieces of lawn equipment.

Additionally, the perpetrator(s) broke into more than 18 containers located on the property. According to the report, the deputy believes entry was made through the gate at Willows Park, as the chain was cut and the gate was forced open. The deputy discovered tire tread marks and boot marks at the site. DNA evidence was taken at the scene, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

••• MAY 10 — A resident of Palm Beach Polo & Country Club contacted the PBSO substation in Wellington last Thursday regarding a suspicious incident. According to a PBSO report, the victim noticed her watch was missing and, upon searching for it, discovered that several other pieces of jewelry were also missing. The victim said she believed that someone may have taken it last Tuesday, because she found an earring on the floor in her bedroom. According to the report, there was no sign of forced entry, but a sliding glass door was unlocked. The stolen items were valued at approximately $2,500. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

MAY 10 — A Wellington woman was arrested early last Thursday morning on charges of battery following an altercation at a restaurant near the Mall at Well-

ington Green. According to a PBSO report, the victim called the PBSO substation in Wellington after 21-year-old Anamique Pollock struck her. According to the report, Pollock was drunk and attempted to start a fight with the victim. The victim said that Pollock began yelling at her, spit in her face and then grabbed a chunk of her hair and hit her in the face. According to the report, an employee of the restaurant witnessed the event and told the deputy that Pollock was the aggressor. Pollock was arrested and issued a notice to appear in court on a charge of simple battery.

MAY 11 — A resident of 63rd Court North called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Friday afternoon to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 4 p.m. last Thursday and 3:30 p.m. the following afternoon, someone stole two 50-foot power cords from her driveway. The victim said that they were connected to an RV in her driveway. The stolen power cords were valued at approximately $239.

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

MAY 13 — AWest Palm Beach man was arrested early last Sunday morning on drug charges following a suspicious vehicle incident outside a business on Fox Trail Road. According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the Royal Palm Beach substation was on patrol in the area at approximately 2:41 a.m. when he observed a silver Honda parked outside the closed business. The deputy made contact with the driver, 23year-old Ryan Scherl, who said he was doing work at the business.

According to the report, the deputy could smell an unknown alcoholic beverage coming from him.

The deputy asked Scherl if he had any weapons with him, and Scherl said that he did. According to the See BLOTTER, page 18

The PBSO needs help identifying this woman, who is wanted for a theft in Royal Palm Beach.

Suspect Sought For Theft In Royal Palm The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying and locating a suspect wanted in connection with a vehicle burglary that occurred March 17 in Royal Palm Beach.

The victim’s personal and bank information was taken. The suspect was captured on video surveillance withdrawing several

thousand dollars from the victim’s account at a Miami Gardens TD Bank branch.

Anyone who can identify the female suspect shown above is urged to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 458-TIPS or text to tips@ cspbc.com. For additional information, visit www.crimestopperspbc. com.

Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s help in finding these wanted fugitives: • Lauralyn Salito, a.k.a. Lauralyn Olson-Salito, is a white female, 5’7” tall and weighing 155 lbs., with blond hair and green eyes. Her date of birth is 05/ 25/70. Salito is wanted for grand theft and attempt to commit dealing in stolen property. Her occupation is dancer.

Her last known address was Hawthorne Place in Wellington. Salito is wanted as of 05/17/12.

• Joshua Walsh is a white male, 5’7” tall and weighing 160 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes. He has a scar on his abdomen. His date of birth is 06/22/ 87. Walsh is wanted for failure to appear on charges of burglary of an occupied dwelling with assault/battery, burglary of a dwelling, burglary with battery and burglary of an occupied dwelling. His occupation is construction. His last known address was 58th Place North in The Acreage. Walsh is wanted as of 05/17/ 12.

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.

Lauralyn Salito

Joshua Walsh

THE INFORMATION FOR THIS BOX IS PROVIDED BY CRIME STOPPERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. CRIMESTOPPERS IS WHOLLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT SHOWN HERE.

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Lox Groves Town Council Gives More Money To Management Firm

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council agreed Wednesday to increase its contract with town management firm Underwood Management Services Group by $75,000 to cover additional work that has been placed on the firm.

Town Manager Mark Kutney said the additional money would cover increasing their planning associate to 35 hours a week and other staff work.

With the adoption of the town’s comprehensive plan and land development code, the management firm recently took over planning and zoning responsibilities and is also overseeing new committees.

A number of tasks being provided were not in the original contract. They include the review of

business tax receipts; administration of cost recovery; review, issuance and enforcement of manure licenses; public inquiries relating to all planning and zoning matters; review of building permits; code enforcement; and lien searches.

Kutney said his staff is developing a list of proposed cost recovery fees, using fee lists from other municipalities in the county.

“Nobody does a fee for planning and zoning general services,” he said. “That’s just something that every government does in its service to the public.”

Some municipalities charge for a zoning confirmation letter where staff is required to do research, he said. “We’re going to try and work on some fees that we can charge to recover some of the planning and zoning review,” Kutney said.

Vice Mayor Jim Rockett agreed that when they talked about planning and zoning a year ago, they had excluded it from the proposal for town management services, thinking that when they addressed it, they would also develop cost recovery fees. “My feeling was that we could recover most if not all,” he said.

Rockett suggested that town staff start developing a system of fees in small numbers that could be added to over time. Kutney said he would look at 10 similar municipalities to draw appropriate prices. Rockett said the town could add one or two items to the fee schedule at each council meeting.

“I want to see us recover,” Rockett said. “I would like to say that we shoot for 50 percent of this cost as a goal. I don’t know if that’s

reasonable. I’ve abandoned 100 percent because of all the pushback I’ve been getting that it’s not possible.”

Councilman Ryan Liang said he agreed that not all the cost of operating planning and zoning can be recovered. “We need to recover as much as possible,” he said.

“The general information, inquiries, obviously, I don’t think we should charge for that. If it gets more specific to their particular property to work on something, we could have a fee for that.”

Liang agreed that the fees should be developed in pieces over time. Councilman Ron Jarriel said that he would like to recover at least 50 percent, but that 100 percent is not possible.

Mayor Dave Browning noted that many people use staff to do

the research for them. “A lot of people fish,” he said. “They use our staff to do what they could easily look up. I hate to see three or four people looking for the highest and best use for their property and other people are paying for it.”

Kutney said the town could charge a fee for permit applications that go through the town office to the county, as well as special zoning letters to confirm the zoning category.

“The area that Vice Mayor Rockett and I talked about was the general inquiry,” he said. “That’s the tough one because that’s the one where people expect to be able to come in to any government of any type and be able to talk to staff and not be charged for the information they requested.”

Kutney said he felt the request for the raise was fair in light of the increased workload.

The raise would increase the consulting firm’s fee from $20,885 a month to $27,135 per month starting in May. Rockett made a motion to approve the increase, as well as a table of hourly rates for staff to be charged for services not covered in the contract, and the motion carried 5-0.

In other business, the council postponed the scheduled approval of land use amendments to enable development of the Palm Beach State College campus at B Road and Southern Blvd. in order to correct an error in one of the ordinances and re-advertise. The items were moved to the council’s July 3 meeting.

PALMS WEST HOSPITAL HONORS NURSES, AWARDS YOUNG CONTEST WINNERS Palms West Hospital celebrated Nurses Week with an Asian-themed dinner, as part of one of its many weeklong events on Wednesday, May 9. Awards were given to winners of the community-wide coloring and poetry contest for children who depicted their favorite nurse.

For more info., visit www.palmswesthospital.com.

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Contest winners: Kayla Soy, Sofia and Ingrid Swanson, Kayla MacGibbon, and Fauzia Begum (accepting awards for her sons Amir and Hassan Mohaideen).

Nurses Week Planning Committee members.

Nurses Cindy McVey, Tess Mabalot, Corraine Jhagroo and Latwana Johns wait in line to be served.

Nurse Mark Stanford receives gift cer tificate fr om Lisa Fisher.

Beth Ruiz passes a plate to nurse Holly Martin.

Robert, Claudia, Sofia and Ingrid Swanson.

Green Conference Returns With A Focus On Renewable Energy

By Chris Felker Town-Crier Staff Report The first part of the full agenda at the packed Florida Green, Energy & Climate Conference/Expo served up a lot of fuel for dreams among those who get excited about renewable energy sources and smart grid technology — things that keep utility bills low and help save the planet simultaneously.

And there were plenty of those people present at the Palm Beach County Convention Center on Wednesday, May 16, judging by the warm reception that the presentations and speakers received, including the annual essay contest winners.

In her welcoming address, Palm Beach County Commissioner Shelley Vana thanked all those in attendance.

“Kudos to all of you for being here,” she said. “You really believe the environment needs to be protected, or you all see the wisdom of taking part in something that is very good for economic develop-

ment, or you believe in both.”

She noted that the arc of her career has taken her from teaching environmental science years ago to getting things done for the environment, such as working in the state legislature on one of the first energy bills to be enacted in Florida, and now on the county commission to advance efforts for building renewable energy sources and, in so doing, a sustainable economy.

Those efforts received a boost with approval this week of a county measure to finance sustainability activities such as the fourcounty compact on adapting to climate change, and the OK this spring of Florida’s first wind energy “farm,” which will be constructed in the agricultural areas between the western communities and Lake Okeechobee.

George Gentile, a local environmental consultant with a 30-year landscape architecture and land planning career in the public and private sectors, and an elected Jupiter Inlet District commissioner for

a dozen years, moderated the first panel on renewable, clean energy.

Panelists were Robin Saiz, director of the 200-megawatt Sugarland Wind Project, which Gentile just shepherded to the commission’s approval for the Wind Capital Group; J.L. “Buck” Martinez, project development chief for FPL parent NextEra Energy; Mark Hammond, director of the county’s Solid Waste Authority; and Susan Skemp, director of the Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Florida Atlantic University.

Gentile opened by explaining that renewable energy consists of all inexhaustible sources of power including biomass, solar, wind and hydrological, and noted that all the fields were represented at the conference. He said that the International Energy Agency projects that in the next 50 years, solar energy will probably become the largest producer of energy in the world and that Florida is poised at the forefront in innovations.

“We’re seeing an upsurge in

solar energy initiatives in Florida in general; we’re seeing a commitment to wind energy’s future here, including the new Sugarland initiative by Wind Capital Group,” he said.

Hammond, a nearly 30-year veteran at the SWA, touted the authority’s projects to reduce, reuse and recycle the county’s waste products.

“We handle about 2 million tons of waste per day, about 8.4 pounds per person per day, which is about double the national average,” he said. “A lot of that has to do with vegetation, but it’s still high. So our focus is on recycling and on creating energy from waste.”

Hammond highlighted the SWA’s groundbreaking last month for a renewable energy facility that will be the nation’s cleanest-burning waste-to-energy plant when complete in 2015. It will produce enough power for 56,000 homes and reduce waste being landfilled by around 85 percent — extending the life of the current landfill by 30 years. Hammond said it will

GREEN ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS

Applause was appreciative for the young people who filled one side of the ballroom at lunchtime for recognition of the winning essay writers school environmental science programs: • Ninth-grader Amber Rutstein of Jupiter High School for “Don’t Waste A Drop” • Sanjay Poonaisingh, a junior at Forest Hill High School, for an untitled essay • Valentina Hernandez, an eighth-grader at Palm Springs Middle School, for “Alternative Energy Resources: Fuel Cells Fueling The Future” • Jordyn Saccone, of Palm Springs Middle School, for “Reducing the Impact on the Environment” • Hector Sanchez, also of Palm Springs Middle School, for “Mother Earth” be equipped with the most advanced pollution control technology available and also cut methane emissions substantially.

Martinez started by citing FPL’s activities other than renewable energy projects that are “trying to position economic development in the state,” including the modernization of its 1960s-era power plants in Cape Canaveral and Riviera Beach that will come into service

in 2013, and noted that the Public Service Commission just authorized a similar project at the Port Everglades plant, to be completed in 2016.

He briefly described the company’s foray into the solar power arena, which last year vaulted Florida up among the leading states in production of electricity from the sun, but concentrated on the promSee GREEN, page 18

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NEWS BRIEFS Big Red Bus May 26 At Binks Forest Golf Club No one ever said golf was a “blood sport,” but with the Memorial Day holiday approaching, there is a need for blood at the area blood bank.

On Saturday, May 26, the Binks Forest Golf Club will host the Florida’s Blood Center Big Red Bus, and all donors will receive a foursome golf pass and a free movie pass for donating blood.

The bus will be at the Binks Forest Golf Club from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For more info., call the Florida Blood Center at (888) 9DONATE (936-6283). All donors must have a photo ID. For more information, call Bob Still at (561) 670-8489.

Annual Health & Wellness Festival Set For June 9 The Wellington Chamber of Commerce has announced that Dr. Randall Laurich of the Wellness Experience of Wellington will serve as chairman and presenting spon-

sor of the 2012 Wellington Health & Wellness Festival.

The event will take place Saturday, June 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Whole Foods Plaza. The host venues are Schmier & Feurring Properties Inc. and Whole Foods Market.

The goal of this event, presented by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce Medical & Wellness Committee, is to create awareness of the many dimensions of wellness through experiential booth exhibits. It will showcase a variety of specialties, including chiropractic spinal screenings, medical screenings, cutting-edge fitness trends, integrative and holistic medicine, aromatherapy, pet therapy, massages and food samples.

The festival has something for everyone.

Laurich has been practicing chiropractic wellness care since 1998 when he graduated from the Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic. Laurich’s special focus and passion is helping people change the patterns and habits that are preventing the body from healing itself. His broad knowledge in diverse fields such as nutrition and exercise therapy, as well as his experience in personal growth and

motivational leadership, allows Laurich to partner with his patients to help them achieve their desired health goals.

There is no admission to attend the festival. For more information, or to register, call (561) 792-6525.

The registration deadline for Wellness Festival vendors is June 1.

Stroke/Cardiac Disease Support Group At WRMC Wellington Regional Medical Center has announced a new monthly support group that will meet at the hospital focused on providing education and support to patients with cardiovascular diseases such as stroke, heart attack and congestive heart failure.

The support group Cope to Hope will help patients and their family members cope with cardiovascular illnesses through education about their diseases and provide wellness and nutritional information to support lifestyle changes. Physician speakers will be invited to address the group at each meeting.

The group will meet at Wellington Regional Medical Center’s

Conference Room A on the third Wednesday of every month at 3 p.m.

The first meeting will be held Wednesday, June 20. The guest speaker will be Dr. David Soria, chairman of emergency medicine at WRMC, who will speak on “Recognizing Symptoms of Heart Attack and Stroke: Improving Your Odds.”

Refreshments will be served. For more information, call (561) 7532641.

Electronic Permit Submittal Is Now Accepted Skip the line and save time on your next building permit application with Wellington’s electronic permitting process.

Instead of applying for your next building permit in person at the municipal complex, residents and contractors can e-mail completed applications to building docs@wellingtonfl.gov.

Submittal will initiate access to E-PLAN for Electronic Plan Review, allowing users to electronically submit plans and specifications.

For more information and detailed instructions about electronic permit applications and EPLAN, visit Wellington’s web site at www.wellingtonfl.gov, go to the E-Services tab and select “Building Permits.”

Calling All Palm Beach County Artists Palm Beach County’sArt in Public Places Program is issuing a call to visual artists who reside in Palm Beach County to submit artwork to be considered for a four-month exhibition at the Palm Beach International Airport. Exhibition dates are June 20 through Oct. 24.

Artists, do you want your work to receive broad exposure and possibly sell? If so, enter your artwork for exhibition at one of the county’s most visited locations.

The deadline for entry is Friday, May 25, and there is a $10 application fee.

Artists may obtain a copy of the call to artists in one of the following ways: at www.pbcgov.com/ fdo/art/artists/currentcalls.htm; by sending an e-mail request to esinger@pbcgov.org; or by send-

ing a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Palm Beach County Art in Public Places, 2633 Vista Parkway, West Palm Beach, FL 33411.

Women’s Chamber Lunch June 14 In WPB Jane Bloom, chair of the Women’s Chamber Foundation, has announced that the ninth annual “Linking Women to Learning” scholarship luncheon will be held Thursday, June 14 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Cohen Pavilion in West Palm Beach.

There will be a silent auction from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. with the luncheon and program to begin at 12:30 p.m. WPEC News 12 anchor Liz Quirantes will again be the mistress of ceremonies, and the keynote speaker will be Dr. Maria Vallejo, provost at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth.

For information on auction donations, sponsorships and/or tickets, call (561) 684-4523 or admin@ womenschamber.biz. For more on the event, visit www.womens chamberfoundation.org.

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THINKPINKKIDS PRESENTS ANNUAL BREAST CANCER WALK AT WELLINGTON HIGH ThinkPINKkids Wellington held its fourth annual 5K Walk to Win the Battle Against Breast Cancer on Friday, May 11 at Wellington High School. Students and families walked the track in honor of those battling breast cancer. For more info., visit www.thinkpinkkids.com.

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TPK President Jessica Small with advisor Melissa Kaliser and Vice President Courtney Knoblauch.

Laurie Yurchuck, Samantha Forkel, Diana Hauter and Rachel Formanek.

Jodi DiCarlantonio, Rosanne Wallrath and Debbie Ellsworth operate the raffle booth.

Wellington Dance Tech Team members with Master of Ceremonies Rick Shockley (top center) and Carlos Leon of World Class Entertainment (bottom left).

Ebonie, Jaelon and Ruth Snow enjoy the evening.

(Front row, L-R) Marli Leibsohn, Hayley Rust and Maria Puleio; (back row) Betsy Keiser, Janet Rosenthal, Liz Newsome, Carla Rust and Hillary Leibsohn.

ROYAL PALM BEACH ROTARY HOSTS GOLF TOURNAMENT AT MADISON GREEN

The Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club held its 2012 golf tournament Friday, May 11 at the Madison Green Golf Club. Proceeds from the silent auction and raffles went toward Rotary projects, scholarships and the Children’s Miracle Network. Golf awards were given out at a buffet lunch.

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Dinah Romaella, Sandi Perron, Sherri Mattatall and Nichole Barstrom won Most Honest Score.

Golf winners Glenn Wescott and Scott Armand. Not pictured: Mike Armand and Jason Venello.

Eric Gordon and Longest Drive winner Scott Cinilina.

Larry Kemp, Andrew Burr, Dave Unversaw and Herb D’Argenio.

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WELLINGTON ART SOCIETY GIVES SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS TO LOCAL STUDENTS The Wellington Art Society presented scholarships to local students Wednesday, May 9 at the Wellington Community Center. The recipients are as follows: Allison Parssi, Wellington High School, $1,000; Jane Jun, Jupiter High School, $1,000; Kayla Palma, Dreyfoos School of the Arts, $500; and Amanda Price, Royal Palm Beach High School, $500.

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Gunja Kim and daughter Jane Jun with her piece Mother’s Kitchen.

Kayla Palma discusses her artwork.

Amanda Price (third from right) with grandparents Carolyn and Jim Meyer, sister Katie Price, art teacher Cindy Oakes, mom Patti Price and friend Heather Parjon.

Allison Parssi talks with Judi Bludworth about one of her photos.

Wellington Art Society President Suzanne Redmond awards Kayla Palma (left) and Amanda Price (right).

Allison Parssi speaks to Wellington Art Society members about her photographs.

ST. DAVID’S-IN-THE-PINES PRESENTS FASHION SHOW LUNCH AT MADISON GREEN

The St. David’s-in-the-Pines Episcopal Church Women held a fashion show and luncheon Saturday, May 12 in the ballroom at the Madison Green Golf Club. Fashions were provided by Bealls in Royal Palm Beach. Raffle tickets were sold to win a variety of baskets.

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(Seated) Cheryl Scardina and Ginny Elliott; (standing) R ev. Steven Thomas, Cindy Hernandez, Cindy Weeks and Jean Meserlian.

Victoria Wolliston, Yvonne Wolliston, Tracey Sasone, and Jeri and George Mahler.

Models Ashley Hernandez, Katelyn and Lisa Ford, Cindy Hernandez and Georgette Dzubiak.

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POLO AMERICA HOSTS FORD TRUCKS POLO & BALLOON FEST IN WELLINGTON Polo America presented the Ford Trucks Polo & Balloon Festival May 11-13 at Polo West in Wellington. Guests were able to enjoy hot air balloon rides, polo matches, food, vendors and more. Proceeds went to the Wounded Warriors Project and the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund. Visit www.poloamerica.com for more info.

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The Fountain Blue Pool Service team fires up the burners.

Annie Russell, Kim Lyons, Polo America President Randy Russell, Calvin Henderson and Lorie Chadd.

Maison Witkowski, Tyler McCann and Parker Witkowski with Hector Corominas (center) of Sky Gypsy.

Lyhan, Altin and Lindsey Lambaz check out the balloons.

The Ford Trucks Polo balloon gets off the ground.

Diana and Jenna Baxter enjoy the festival.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD CELEBRATES OPENING OF WELLINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Planned Parenthood celebrated the grand opening of its first health center in Wellington on Thursday, May 10. The facility is located on the campus of Wellington Regional Medical Center. Guests took a tour and learned about the comprehensive health services offered.

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Director of Quality and Risk Management Penny Alterizio gives a tour of the ultrasound room.

Health Center Supervisor Julianna Whitlow gives a tour of the clinician office.

Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast President Lillian Tamayo.

Michelle Fowler with Nurse Practitioner Maggie Turmel.

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Osceola Creek Scholar-Athletes Of The Month

Remembering Errol Campbell— Cub Scout Troup 118, Veronica Garcia-Parra, Maddison Loftus and Jackie Barrett’s first-grade class with the newly planted tree and memorial stone.

New Horizons Mourns Loss Of Custodian Errol Campbell

New Horizons Elementary School students gathered to honor longtime custodian Errol Campbell, who recently passed away.

The parents of Trident, Dylan and Avalon Nottingham planted a tree they donated from their family business, Groundworks. Guidance counselor Lynne Bray placed an engraved stone beneath the tree. Cub Scout Troop 118 presented the flag and led the Pledge

of Allegiance. Fifth-grade student Veronica Garcia-Parra sang the national anthem and folk song “To the Sky.” Teacher Karen Butts and fourth-grade student Maddison Loftus sang “Borrowed Angels.”

New Horizons students were reminded that good citizenship means working together to make the community better as they remembered all Campbell did for the school.

Osceola Creek Middle School has announced the recipients of its Scholar-Athlete Award for April.

The award is sponsored by the school police and honors varsity athletes who also excel in academics, effort, behavior and school spirit, and serve as role models for others. This month’s honorees carry high grade point averages as well as play varsity sports.

Boys volleyball honored eighthgrader Nick Massimo. “This is Nick’s second year on the team, and he has improved since last year,” coach Shayne Sanderford said. “I expect him to continue to improve and one day be a very strong front-row player. Not only is he an athlete, but he is also a very respectful young man.”

Massimo, 14, is carrying a 3.81 grade point average and is undecided on a college but has decided on a career as a pharmacist.

Girls track and field honored eighth-grader Madeline Harding.

“Madeline is an outstanding athlete and student,” said Judy DeCosta, the girls track coach and athletic director. “She demonstrates leadership, dedication and determination in all aspects of her life. She will be representing our school at regionals in the 400 meters and the 4x100 relay. It has truly been a pleasure to coach Madeline.”

Harding, 14, wants to attend the

University of Florida as a marine biology major, as a prelude to a career in the field. She is a member of the Osceola Creek Student Council, National Junior Honor Society and yearbook staff. In addition to track and field, Harding is a member of Osceola Creek’s girls soccer and girls volleyball teams.

Harding, who carries a 5.00 grade point average, pulled a hat trick this year by being honored as scholar-athlete in three sports. She is in the running for another hat trick, having been previously named Athlete of the Year as a sixth-grader and seventh-grader.

Harding will be continuing her academic and athletic career at Seminole Ridge High School where she has been accepted into the Accipiter Advanced Placement Program.

Eighth-grader Ja’Kevious Vickers was honored by boys track and field. “Ja’Kevious Vickers has made the honor roll in all three quarters this year,” coach Jay Mermelstein said. “He has shown exemplary behavior in the classroom and on the track. Vickers has shown to be one of the fastest students in the county. He will be showing off his speed in the upcoming regional track meet, where he will participate in the 100 meters, 4x100 relay and the medley relay.”

Vickers, 14, has earned certificates for high achievement in math and reading. He is carrying a

Officer Sandy Molenda, Madeline Harding, Ja’Kevious Vickers, Nick Massimo and Principal Dan Frank.

3.94 GPA and would like to attend law school at either the University of Oregon or University of Florida. He has dual career goals of being a professional football player and an attorney.

Supporting the program are

Subway, Domino’s Pizza and Burger King (located at Seminole Pratt Whitney Road and Orange Blvd.) and Dairy Queen (at Royal Palm Beach and Okeechobee boulevards), which donated free food coupons.

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Seminole Ridge Students Triumph At National Business Conference Eleven Seminole Ridge High School business students, all state competition finalists, traveled to Chicago to compete at the five-day Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference, joining more than 5,000 students from around the country.

SRHS conference winners and their competition categories are as follows: Cody Baer – Extemporaneous Speaking (13th) and Management/Marketing (top 5 percent); Kaitlyn Berchiolly – Financial Math and Analysis (top 5 percent) and Merit Scholar (top 5 percent); Brandon Berenson – Graphic Design Promotion (13th) and Information Technology (top 5 percent); Robert Botkin – Extemporaneous Speaking (12th); Maria Llanes – Business Meeting Management (top 5 percent) and Web Site Design Team (12th); Michele Mammino – Business Management (top 5 percent) and Web Site Design Team (12th); Arin Maney – Graphic Design Promotion (14th) and Information Technology (top 5 percent); Melissa Otto – Administrative Support Concepts (top 5 percent), Parliamentary Procedure (top 5 percent) and Prepared Speech (12th); An-

drew Sekesan – Information Technology (top 5 percent); Kristen Seren – Entrepreneurship (12th); and Kylie Urban – Management/ Marketing (top 5 percent) and Web Site Design Team (12th) • FACE Paints, Donates for Cots — The Seminole Ridge FACE Club braved the weather at the recent Acreage Chili & Music Fest to raise money for their craniofacial families and children. Face painting customers were down this year, due to the weather, but many club members attended and waited out the rain, some having their first experience at painting faces.

In early May, the club had its last meeting of the school year.

Members decided to donate $500 to Operation Smile (the amount will be matched by an Operation Smile benefactor) and $700 to retired Broward County Sheriff Laurence Mally and his Operation Yuhum project in the Philippines.

This year is the first the club is supporting Operation Yuhum (“smile” in the Tagalog language), which helps different Philippine organizations prepare children for their facial reconstruction surgeries. Many Filipino children are

malnourished, with diseases or parasites that prevent them from being stable enough to undergo surgery.

“Our FACE donation will enable Operation Yuhum to buy about 20 new portable cots for its patients,” club sponsor Peggy Larson said.

• Hawk Artists Upcoming Online — Several SRHS artists will have their works shown online in the annual Florida Art Educators’ Association (FAEA) Virtual Art Exhibition. The student work will be featured in FAEA’s Fresh Paint magazine, on www.faea.org, and at the state FAEA conference in October. The artists are as follows: Samantha Blair – Award of Excellence; Chris Brown, Nicole Gamblin, Jessy Persaud and Patricia Nicole Serrano – Merit Award; and Tatiana Fedor, Mary Beth Hietapelto, Josh McPoyle, Brittany Puronan and Carolyn Searls – Emerging Artist Award.

• TV Production Students’ Double Win — Seminole Ridge High School’s TV production students wrapped up their school year with a pair of strong performances. In competition May 4-5 at the Florida Scholastic Press Association’s

state convention in Orlando, the Hawks placed in six “Carry-In” and five “On-The Spot” contests.

Some of the FSPA competitions required students to write, shoot and edit video projects in as little as three hours, although the “Edit to the Beat” contest gave students about 22 hours to work.

“Our students slept only a couple of hours as they raced to make deadline,” program sponsor Earle Wright said.

The Seminole Ridge FSPA state winners are as follows: first place, Carry-In Public Service Announcement, “Above the Influence” by Chris Waddington and Jake Wiseman; first place, On-theSpot Collaborative Commercial, Summer Bong; third place, CarryIn News Intro, David Freund and Jake Wiseman; third place, CarryIn, “Every Student Has a Story” and “Taymour Khan” by David Freund; third place, Carry-In Sports Package, Courtney Byrd and Jordan Meredith; and third place, On-the-Spot Edit to the Beat, David Freund, Chris Waddington and Jake Wiseman.

Seminole Ridge TV students also performed well in this year’s Florida Association of Media Ed-

TKA Students Win Pathfinder Scholarships During a ceremony at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, the King’s Academy was honored to have three nominees selected as recipients of the 2012 Pathfinder High School Scholarship Awards and one additional senior named as the recipient of a scholarship presented by Executive Women of the Palm Beaches.

The Pathfinder scholarships are awarded to high school seniors in Palm Beach and Martin counties who have demonstrated exceptional academic, vocational or athletic achievement.

First-place winners in each category receive a college scholarship of $3,000, second-place winners receive $2,000, third place receive $1,500, and fourth place receive $1,000.

TKA’s scholarship winners are as follows: Kelsey Trumbach, first place in Literature; Cameron Sharrock, third place in Vocal Music; Connor Saccal, fourth place in Drama; and Cecilia Breland received a $3,000 Mary Lou Hilley Memorial Scholarship

from the Executive Women of the Palm Beaches.

“It is remarkable when your accomplishments in high school are recognized as the best among the most talented students in Palm Beach and Martin counties,” TKA’s Secondary Principal Sonya Jones said. “We are so proud of our Pathfinder nominees and the acknowledgements they received at the awards ceremony.”

The King’s Academy is a nationally recognized private Christian school serving approximately 1,200 students from preschool through 12th grade. 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 in West Palm Beach, its Clewiston campus on Caribbean Avenue and its satellite preschool campuses in Greenacres, Palm Beach Gardens and Royal Palm Beach. More information about the King’s Academy is available online at www.tka.net.

TKA Pathfinder Nominees — (Front row, L-R): Matthe w Mitchell, Hollyann Lang, Cecilia Breland, Maddie Collins and Scott Austin; (second row) Kelsey Trumbach, Kim Valdes and Olivia Tumulty; (third row) Avery Morrell, Cameron Sharrock and Connor Saccal; (fourth row) Wes Lowe, Joseph Coles, Brian Grove and Ryan Larson; (back) Zack Fraga.

ucators’ Jim Harbin Festival, earning gold in five categories and silver in two others. Winners are as follows: first place, comedy, “Nightmare on Royal Palm Boulevard” by Austin Kelley, Anthony Manrique, Brandon Mizrahi and Eric Phan; first place, drama, “Enjoy Your Movie” by Kaylynn Beasley, Sade Hamilton, Tynesia Heath, Amber Herman and Jordan Meredith; first place, news feature, “Every Student has a Story” and “Tamir Khan” by David Freund; first place, news show, “WSRH News” by Jordan Meredith (producer); first place, PSA, “Dropout Prevention” by Tara Dearth, Liz Dimpflmaier and Paige Petronella; second place, news feature, “Every Student has a Story” and “Austin Davenport”

by Travis Berry; second place, PSA, “Above the Influence” by Chris Waddington and Jake Wiseman; and second place, PSA, “Make the Right Choice” by Danielle Couture and Corey Huff.

These videos now advance to the FAME regional competition.

• Cox Earns Pathfinder Bronze — Hawk senior Thomas Cox, a member of the JROTC Hawk Battalion, earned third-

Seminole Ridge student Aleeah Singletary displays a sample FACE Club design. place recognition May 8 at the annual Pathfinder Scholarship Awards.

As a Pathfinder winner, Cox will receive a $1,500 college scholarship. The Pathfinder Awards offer superlative seniors in Palm Beach and Martin counties the opportunity to be recognized — publicly and financially — for their academic and service achievements.

Keiser Career College Becomes Southeastern College Keiser Career College Chairman of the Board Dr. Arthur Keiser has announced that the school officially became Southeastern College effective May 1.

Keiser Career College has six campuses in Florida, including New Port Richey, Greenacres, Miami Lakes, North Tampa, Jacksonville and St. Petersburg currently serving approximately 1,500 students and nearly 7,000 graduates over the last two decades. The new Southeastern College is affiliated with the Southeastern Institute campuses located in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

“The transition from Keiser Career College to Southeastern College reflects the elevation of the college from a predominantly Florida-serving institution to a more regionally serving, southeastern United States institution,” Keiser said. “We are excited by this de-

velopment, which will bring additional opportunities to help more students achieve the education necessary to seek employment in the information technology and healthcare industries.”

The college’s mission and core values remain constant, yet Southeastern College will research new degree offerings while maintaining its students-first philosophy, focus on career-relevant training and placement, and meeting employer demands.

Southeastern College, formerly Keiser Career College, offers programs in many fields, including computer networking with emerging technologies, diagnostic medical sonography, emergency medical services and more, though its largest programs are the RN bridge program, practical nursing and surgical technology.

Visit www.sec.edu for more information.

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Local DAR Chapter Hosts Awards Ceremony At Mayacoo Lakes The Spirit of Liberty Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution held its annual awards ceremony Saturday, May 12 at the Mayacoo Lakes Country Club.

The ladies presented Good Citizens medals to Wellington High School senior Kaitlin Samulkewitsch and Wellington Christian School senior Rebekah Best for their outstanding service to the community. Talia Fradkin, president of the Chief Tiger Tail Society Children of the American Revolution and Florida state historian, received first place for her poem in the Junior American Citizens Committee Contest. Fradkin presented the Preserve Project, a volunteer program to preserve and restore treasured photographs to the ladies, as well as her winning poems.

The following members of Chief Tiger Tail also received awards: Chloe Skorupa, first place, stamp contest, fifth grade; Colton Davis,

second place, stamp contest, ninth grade; Kristin McKenna, first place, stamp contest, eighth grade; and Courtney Carhart second place, stamp contest, ninth grade.

The Spirit of Liberty Chapter is actively involved in the community and received many awards at the national level for its commitment to service, including Outstanding Literacy Outreach, Member Support, Historic Preservation, Support to Active Military, Women’s Issues, Honor Roll Gold, Lineage Research, American Indian Minutes, Junior Membership Level One Achievement and Outstanding Achievement Children of the American Revolution.

The ladies are committed to serving their community. They welcomed new member Mary Shortt, and recognized Virginia Davis for being an outstanding member, Beverly Frasure for serving 10 years and Beth Newman for serving 30 years.

Joy Riley, Good Citizens Committiee chair; Talia Fradkin, president of the Chief Tiger Tail Society; Kaitlin Samulkewitsch, Good Citizen award winner; Rebekah Best, Good Citizen award winner; and Beverly Frasure, regent of the Spirit of Liberty Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.

New member Mary Shortt is welcomed

by Registrar Teresa Bennett.

Pathfinder Awards Honor Three From WHS

Jill Tiburzio, Hermé de Wyman Miro and Mike Percy.

Junior Achievement Elects Board Members Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast Inc. honored Hermé de Wyman Miro and Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw at its annual meeting and cocktail reception at the Breakers on Thursday, April 26.

Board Chair Jill Tiburzio welcomed everyone to the annual meeting, and President Claudia Kirk Barto and Senior Operations Director Anne Coughlin shared a year in review. The evening continued with Board Development Chair Jim Springer conducting the

re-election of directors Dr. Janis Andrews, Bill Bryan, Dennis Gayle, Brett Handler, Michael Percy and Glenn Schanel, and the election of new directors Pete Bozetarnik and Ricky Wade.

Board Chair-elect Michael Percy closed the evening sharing his vision for the future and thanking Hermé de Wyman Miro and the International Society of Palm Beach for a wonderful event.

For more information, visit www.juniorachievement.com.

At a ceremony rivaling the Academy Awards, the Pathfinder Awards, given annually to some of the best and brightest students in Palm Beach County, included three students from Wellington High School this year.

The prestigious awards, sponsored by Palm Beach Newspapers Inc., recognize high school seniors in Palm Beach and Martin counties who have demonstrated exceptional academic, vocational or athletic achievement. Since the Pathfinders’ beginning in 1984, the company has awarded more than $2.24 million in scholarships to 1,944 students, including this year’s $135,000 in prizes.

A total of 18 categories were recognized. Allison Parssi received the first-place award in art, which included a nice trophy and a col-

lege scholarship of $3,000, which will help offset some of the expense of attending the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she plans to major in photography.

Fourth-place winners Jenna Baxter (Community Service) and Felicia Yan (Academic Excellence) each received a $1,000 scholarship.

The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, which hosted the awards ceremony, was filled to capacity, with many attendees standing during the event.

“This might just top the Oscars when it comes to best performances of the year,” Palm Beach Post Publisher Tim Burke said during his welcome remarks.

Blair Earns Digital Media Scholarship

ital media. Blair also won the award for the Art Genre and is featured in this year’s Mirage literary magazine at SRHS for her self portrait.

Seminole Ridge High School senior Samantha Blair excels at art and has for many years. She will graduate this year with a threeyear scholarship to Digital Media Arts College in Boca Raton, where she plans to study animation as well as other forms of art and dig-

(Right) Allison Parssi and Felicia Yan. Not pictured: Jenna Baxter.

Piroli Graduates Air Force Training Air Force Airman Andrew Piroli recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

Piroli completed an intensive,

eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete training earn credits toward an associate’s degree in applied science.

Piroli is the son of David Piroli of Royal Palm Beach and grandson of Susan Evans of Jupiter. He is a 2011 graduate of Seminole Ridge High School.

Daniel Pickett To Receive Degree From Air Force Daniel Pickett, a 2008 graduate of the King’s Academy, is a candidate for a bachelor’s degree in business and management, and a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force.

Pickett is a resident of Royal Palm Beach.

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IT’S ALL ABOUT VARIETY AT CULTURAL DIVERSITY DAY IN ROYAL PALM BEACH

Caribbean-Americans for Community Involvement and the Village of Royal Palm Beach presented the annual Cultural Diversity Day on Saturday, May 12 at Veterans Park in Royal Palm Beach. The family-friendly event was free and open to the public for an afternoon of performances and food from an array of cultures. For more info., visit www.cafcipbc.org.

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CAFCI members Dr. Elaine Ealy, Rhonda Ferrin-Davis, Dennis Wright, Genieve White and Lorna Hughes.

Carolyn and Royal Palm Beach Councilman Jeff Hmara with Newbolt and Hyacinth Wilson.

Shanice McIntyer, Monifa Imhotep and Deonnee Miller of the Tripple M Carnival Band.

Jesse Williams receives a sample from Jahdaya Thompson of Jah-Umbrella Closer to Nature Sugarcane Juice.

Ma Ju Do members present a traditional Chinese performance.

Deborah Williams enjoys a refreshing coconut.

Lloyd Grant (a.k.a. Chef G) serves some Caribbean food.

Rachael Kirkpatrick and Naelah Breary watch the performances.

Mary Bruscino of Ma Ju Do introduces the performers.

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Bressmer To Perform May 26 At MarBar Grille

David “Gator” Bressmer

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Community Center Plan

continued from page 1 as well as five or so programming spaces for classes such as karate or art.

The building would be divided so the outside could operate independently of the inside. That way an outdoor concert could be held using the concession area and bathrooms without the need to open the entire building.

“A facility like that would mean you need to have two separate restrooms,” Tercilla said. “In general, we believe all that can happen within this building, and I

Budget

Return To Five-Day Week?

continued from page 1 staff Wednesday to draft proposed costs for moving Wellington back to a five-day workweek, and also bringing its legal counsel in-house.

Two years ago, Wellington switched to a four-day workweek to save on electricity and other costs.

Vice Mayor Howard Coates said he was concerned that customer service suffered on Fridays because of the change.

“Do we have a customer service problem in the four days we provide it?” he asked. “Or is it something that could be resolved by going back to five days?”

Schofield noted that although there is no one in the municipal center’s lobby on Fridays, customers could still get services by calling. He noted, however, that some appointments need to be made on Thursday to get Friday service.

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Commission Wary Of Idea

continued from page 1 that works, but we’re going to pursue that with the consultant and see what we can find.”

Weisman also pointed out that the county has cut the cost of government by almost $100 million over the past seven years.

“We’ve cut our staff by almost 1,000 employees over that period of time,” he said. “From that perspective, we will continue to look at what these consultants have given us in terms of improvement, as well as what we can do ourselves. The original cuts came from within, and we have made this work from our own management capabilities and dedication of management and staff to make this happen.”

Weisman urged the commission to receive and file the report and allow staff to evaluate the aspects that don’t pertain to

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continued from page 1 had gone forward and not been approved, the project could not have been resubmitted for a year.

“I believe it is a good thing that it has been withdrawn,” he said. “There were some issues that needed to be resolved, and I truly hope that both sides of that argument can reach an understanding.”

In a letter dated May 14 to Planning & Zoning Manager David Flinchum, Bellissimo asked to withdraw the application, citing

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Conference In WPB

continued from page 7 ise of solar power production, if the legislature would just act to facilitate it.

For four years, Martinez said, state lawmakers have failed to pass any new energy legislation. “The vast potential has not been realized. Florida is one of the only states in the nation that doesn’t have a renewable energy policy,” he said.

As a result, billions are being invested elsewhere because state

LGLA Meets On May 24

The MarBar Grille Restaurant at the Madison Green Golf Club will host a Memorial Day weekend country concert and barbecue with Loxahatchee’s own David “Gator” Bressmer on Saturday, May 26.

Bressmer grew up in the Loxahatchee area and has always loved country music. Gator currently resides in Canton, Ga., and tours the state singing hits such as “Honky-

tonk Vengeance” and “Better Think Twice.”

When Bressmer comes home, it’s always a true country homecoming party.

The MarBar Grille will begin its barbecue at 4 p.m. with Bressmer hitting the stage at 6 p.m. Barbecue chicken and ribs will be served with all the true Southern fixin’s.

There will be country cuties at the beer tubs and the MarBar Grille’s

first “Hot Jean” contest at 8 p.m., including cash prizes.

There will be drink specials offered by both Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Wild Turkey’s American Honey, as well as many beer specials.

Sponsors include the Red Barn and Palm Beach County’s Airboat and Half Track Conservation Club.

For more information, visit the

MarBar Grille at Madison Green on Facebook, call (561) 784-5225 and ask for Michelle Damone or e-mail lionsshare001@aol.com.

Visit www.reverbnation.com and search David Bressmer for a taste of his country music.

The MarBar Grille is located at 2001 Crestwood Blvd. North, Royal Palm Beach, a half-mile north of Okeechobee Blvd. inside the Madison Green community.

The Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association will meet Thursday, May 24 at 7 p.m. at Palms West Presbyterian Church (13689 Okeechobee Blvd., Loxahatchee Groves). The meeting will feature a candidates forum with those seeking a seat on the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Supervisors. For more info., call LGLA President Marge Herzog at (561) 791-9875.

think we’re at the point where we have kind of defined what that may be.”

Tercilla said the building would not need to be prefabricated steel, as had been discussed previously as a cost-saving measure.

“We believe that this structure is a masonry-and-concrete type of building,” he said. “We believe it’s a facility that will have multiple levels so that we can take advantage of some of the structural savings.

We know that we can give you a very permanent structure as opposed to some of those that were originally discussed.”

Damone thanked Tercilla, who had done the initial work at no charge, for going “above and be-

yond” to help the community move forward.

“I think that should be recognized,” she said. “Your integrity and enthusiasm shows, and I personally thank you.”

Damone said she was pleased to see that the district could have a community center that the board can be comfortable with, which is also within their budget. “It may not always be the way the board pictured it, but it’s a responsible compromise,” she said.

Supervisor Carlos Enriquez also thanked Tercilla for his personal dedication to the project.

“If we’re going to build a beautiful community center, which this community really deserves, I like what I see, and I’m very comfort-

able with this,” Enriquez said.

Supervisor Ralph Bair also thanked Tercilla, adding that the limited budget made the board wary about being able to get the building they wanted.

Bair said he was in favor of moving forward and tightening down the numbers further.

Supervisor Carol Jacobs said she was also pleased with the work so far, although she would have preferred the outdoor amenities be completed before the community center because she did not feel they would be able to do it with the money they have. “Now, I feel a little more comfortable,” she said. “Let’s go, get going.”

Supervisor Jennifer Hager, who had also voted last September

against moving forward with the building, agreed. She made a motion to move the project forward, which Bair seconded. The motion carried unanimously.

Former Supervisor Mike Erickson said he still preferred to build the outside amenities before the community center and added that he remained concerned about operating costs.

Resident Patricia Curry said she was still not sure what they were getting other than an 18,000square-foot building with basketball courts.

“I’m not sure if we need a basketball court,” Curry said. “All the things that you want to do with a community center, like meeting rooms and the Moms Club, we

have basketball courts at the high schools and the middle schools. I wish the process were a little bit more open… The public is not really seeing what is going to get done.”

Damone said that Tercilla had met with each supervisor individually in compliance with the Sunshine Law in order to put together a project that was within budget.

“He was doing just the basic concepts, the square footage, the bathrooms,” she said. “You will not be excluded at all. There will be continued conversation. We have to have a basic concept, and that’s all this is… Now there will be a process that the public will be a part of.”

“For almost every village service, if you need something, it’s available on Friday or Saturday,” Schofield said. “One of the issues has been building inspection. If you want a Friday building inspection, you have to call for it on Thursday.”

He said he would bring council members an evaluation of going back to a five-day workweek.

They also considered changes to the legal department.

Wellington currently pays $400,000 for its contracted legal department, but that cost does not include time spent on litigation.

With several pending lawsuits, several council members were concerned about costs.

Schofield said that Wellington could use leftover rate stabilization funds to offset the cost.

“The day-to-day legal services won’t change,” he said. “There is a rate stabilization fund that we did not use all of for this year. We would suggest tying those costs to the funds.”

But Councilman Matt Willhite asked whether money could be saved with an in-house attorney.

He pointed out that much of the

cost of litigation is in preparing for lawsuits.

“There is so much prep time to get to the point where you go to court,” he said. “I think we are involved in more potential litigation for the next three to four years. If that’s the case, a one-man show doesn’t do it.”

Village Attorney Jeff Kurtz said he would like to meet with council members individually to discuss the idea.

Cuts in the budget next year will come from mostly capital improvement projects and department reorganization, McIlveen said.

“Most of the savings are in the capital budget because we’re only doing ongoing capital maintenance,” she explained.

Though the council is set to have its capital improvements hearing later this month, only two projects are slated for next year’s budget.

The proposed projects are paving and improvements of 120th Street for $145,000, and $159,000 for improvements to the Village Park gym.

Another large expense will come for programming at the Welling-

ton Amphitheater, McIlveen said.

The proposed budget sets aside an additional $100,000 for programming and security.

“Programming at the amphitheater has become more and more popular as time goes on,” she explained. “The programming has matured, and people know about the amphitheater. The parks department wants to offer new and better programming, especially now that they have gotten feedback. That is part of the increase.”

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig supported the increase.

“I want to make sure that we get the amphitheater programming properly funded,” she said. “I think we’ve been a little bit negligent in that. The programs have gotten so much better. This is a place we need to concentrate on.”

Other increases come from providing increased transparency with Wellington’s documents, McIlveen said. Wellington plans to spend about $197,000 for supplemental personnel to help scan and organize documents.

“Transparency is one of our big initiatives this year,” she said.

“When we first started the Open

Wellington transparency project, the first phase was for financial records. The current document backlog is monumental.”

Additionally, McIlveen noted that Wellington is behind on technology that will make document management easier.

“In order to provide the transparency online that we wish to have, we need to upgrade some technology,” she said. “We’re also proposing some temporary increases in staff to help us catch up with the backlog.”

Willhite said that he felt Wellington should choose a date and scan documents newer than that date, rather than scan every document in the village’s history.

Assistant Village Manager Francine Ramaglia noted that the documents are used both internally and externally. “When we go back to look for documents relative to questions that arrive,” she said, “a lot of it we have to go back through physically.”

She said that it would take an estimated nine to 12 months to scan everything slated to be added to Open Wellington.

To help alleviate the problem in

the future, Ramaglia said that Wellington is encouraging its employees to scan important documents, which should help keep them current.

Willhite said he believes Wellington should keep up with current documents, but not necessarily go back and scan old documents. “I don’t know that the benefit is there financially,” he said.

But Gerwig pointed out that if someone does a public records request for a document that is not digital, it would take personnel time to find it. “If it were scanned,” she said, “it would be a whole lot easier.”

Ramaglia said that staff had picked a date, but some of the backlog was current.

“The way Open Wellington was designed was to keep us current for three to five years,” she said.

Wellington is also anticipating an increase in revenue this year as construction increases. “We have seen not just an increase in permits in terms of new construction, but also in the value of some of the changes in construction. Some of the permits coming in are higher value,” McIlveen said.

privatization, and not to approve the privatization proposal, thereby sending a clear message to county employees that their jobs will continue.

Consultant Ron Adler with the accounting firm Gerstle, Rosen & Goldenberg said he has been all over the United States and that Palm Beach County does things really well.

“Palm Beach County, like all the other counties across the United States, has hit the same problem and it’s because of the reduction in their ad valorem income, that they have to make adjustments in their operating expenses,” Adler said. “Expenses, unfortunately, for the most part involve reductions in their personnel or redeployment of their personnel. The concern is that you have relationships with people, and you don’t want to see them displaced.”

He said his report was not about what the county and staff must do, but areas they might want to look at, including operating efficiencies, outsourcing, staff reductions

and opportunities for additional revenues such as advertising on county media.

Operating efficiencies could include a central information technology system combining independently operating systems of several departments, and incorporating voice recognition software to reduce the need for manual word processing.

Commissioner Paulette Burdick applauded the study as a way to improve trust in government and provide opportunities to improve performance through measurable objectives. She suggested additional time to work on the recommendations and for the consultant to provide some more specific measurable performance objectives.

Commissioner Karen Marcus agreed that more time is needed.

Commissioner Burt Aaronson said he would participate in a workshop but did not need a consultant to tell him they can raise prices for services, put advertising on Channel 20 or tell the sheriff to

make use of the county computer rather than operate his own.

“I want to have a workshop, but I don’t need a consultant to tell me we can lay-off 696 people and save $12 million,” he said, explaining that the commission could tell Weisman to reduce staff by 696 people and he would do it.

Commissioner Priscilla Taylor said she did not favor outsourcing, having worked for a Fortune 500 company that went downhill after it turned to outsourcing. She wants to reduce waste without affecting what has made Palm Beach County a great place to live. “I don’t want to do something opposite of what we are trying to achieve,” she said.

Taylor added that some of the

constitutional offices have separate departments and technology that are redundant. “Maybe we should not give them money for services we provide,” she said.

“We are all one county, no matter how they look at themselves.”

Commissioner Jess Santamaria said he has been in business 38 years. “I have tried outsourcing twice, most recently four or five years ago,” he said. “I had to come back and rehire employees, and I’m no longer outsourcing. I was disappointed the two times I outsourced.”

He added that he has great confidence in the county staff. “I have no doubt in my mind that employees in Palm Beach County are second to none,” Santamaria said.

He also reiterated that the county has already cut the budget by more than $100 million. “We have been slowly but surely improving efficiency,” he said. “We should listen to our consultants but look at areas we have improved. We can do it with existing staff. With brainpower we have, we can keep on improving.”

Marcus made a motion to receive and file the consultant’s report and to schedule a workshop for June for further discussion.

The motion carried unanimously.

The board also agreed to discuss with constitutional officers the feasibility of participating with the county for central services.

differences of opinion in the community.

“It is our desire to work in a collaborative effort with the village and with the community,” he wrote, “to make sure our vision is reconciled to the best of our ability with the needs and desires of all of those who will be affected by and will benefit from the development.”

Bellissimo said he looks forward to working with the community on a project that will meet everyone’s needs. “We are excited for the future of Wellington and want to collaborate on a new project in that important location,” he said Wednesday. “For now, we decided to step back and focus on what’s

important, which is making a world-class dressage facility.”

Though the comprehensive plan amendment is off next week’s agenda, council members will hold a status hearing for the property’s master plan and commercial equestrian arena determination.

Schofield said that there were conditions of approval for the items that were not met, “specifically, recording the plat by the end of March or the first of April,” he said. “Council [members are] going to hold a hearing to see what they can do. Their options are simple. They can extend the approval, they can add additional conditions, or they can simply revoke it.”

the fairgrounds is a big improvement for his school. “It’s a lot more convenient for us out here at the fairgrounds, and I’m hoping that the parking will be less of an issue than it was at the convention center,” Campbell said, explaining that the morning traffic around that location was very difficult.

Campbell went to the fairgrounds to look at the layout and said he thought the logistics of getting in and out will be more convenient because there are more entries and exits.

“We’ve been looking forward to this all year, and we think it’s going to be a very exciting ceremony and exciting date for our seniors,”

he said. “They’ve been working hard to get to this point, so it’s going to be all about them.”

High school graduation information, including schedules, participating restaurants and a site map, can be found on the Palm Beach County School District web site at www.palmbeachschools. org. Click the banner at the top of the page. The site includes a 2012 graduation participation restaurant flier and a grounds map for the South Florida Fairgrounds that identifies entrances and exits. Participating restaurants offer a wide variety of discounts, from 10 percent off the entire check to a free meal for 2012 graduates.

policies don’t effectively support renewable initiatives, he said.

Saiz gave an update of where his company is on the Sugarland wind farm. He said that with the county’s OK secured, the project will be submitted for federal review by the end of May and that the process will take “from eight months to two or three years.”

Finally, Skemp gave an engrossing presentation about the FAU laboratory’s research initiatives.

“We were established in 2007 with funding from the state through the Centers of Excellence program. In 2010 we were designated as one of three national centers by the U.S. Department of Energy,” she

said. “We’re the one focused on ocean current and ocean thermal energy conversion.”

The former seeks to harness the force of the Gulf Stream’s constant flow to generate electricity; the latter would use the “thermal gradient of the surface water to the bottom temperature” to force another fluid, possibly the boiling point of ammonia, to turn a turbine and create power.

The conference, produced by the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce, continued on Thursday, May 17. Look for another article next week. For more about the conference, visit www.floridagreenconference.com.

suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

MAY 13 — A Royal Palm Beach man was attacked last Sunday morning in the Crestwood Square plaza by an unknown black man. According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the scene after the suspect threw a socket from a wrench through the victim’s window causing damage. The victim said the suspect threatened his life and then fled in a vehicle.

According to the report, the victim and a witness were able to track down the vehicle, but no contact was made with the suspect. There was no further information available at the time of the report.

MAY15 — ARiviera Beach man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on shoplifting charges after he was caught removing items from several stores in the Mall at Wellington Green. According to a PBSO report, a loss prevention officer

stopped 24-year-old James Morrell and recovered several stolen items. According to the report, Morrell stole approximately $50 in shoes from Aldo, $38 in fragrance from Hollister and six makeup bags totaling $82 from American Apparel. Morrell was arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail, where he was charged with petty theft.

MAY 15 — A resident of the Shoma Homes community contacted the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach on Tuesday night to report a burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., someone entered her house and stole several items including a television, an Xbox 360 and an iPad. According to the report, the victim’s son said that he was the last person to leave the home that morning and forgot to lock the door. The stolen items were valued at approximately $1,500. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

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“It has been a really good group of students this year, but the senior class has been really great,” Campbell said. “Every meeting that we’ve had with them all year long has run really smoothly.

They’re a really fun group of kids to work with. We’re going to miss some of them for sure. There’s some really special kids coming out of this class.”

He said the change of venue to

Blotter continued from page 6 report, the deputy recovered a loaded .357 Taurus revolver from under a bag on the passenger seat.

According to the report, the deputy also observed a small amount of marijuana residue on the driver’s-side floorboard. A search of the vehicle revealed five marijuana cigarettes and additional loose marijuana in Scherl’s bag, totaling approximately 22 grams. Scherl was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana over 20 grams and possession and transportation of drug paraphernalia.

MAY 13 — A resident of Coconut Blvd. called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Tuesday morning to report a theft.

According to a PBSO report, sometime between 7 p.m. last Saturday and 7 a.m. the following morning, someone removed the victim’s 29” Schwinn bicycle from outside his home near the garage.

The stolen bicycle was valued at approximately $150. There were no

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Mauricio Devrient Kidd Teaches Polo To Novices

Think polo: people charging around on horses, swinging mallets at a white ball. Is it only for the rich and, sometimes, famous? Not necessarily. If you’ve ever wanted to try playing polo, or hope to improve your game, Mauricio Devrient Kidd has just what you need. Ellen Rosenberg’s Column, Page 23

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A1A Tennis Hosting Clinics In Western Communities

Tennis players looking to brush up on their doubles game need look no further: A1A Tennis is bringing the “Ten Commandments of Doubles” to your local court. To help foster tennis in the western communities, A1A Tennis is offering a clinic for local tennis enthusiasts to improve their game. Page 35

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Business Attorney Charles Mancuso Serves The Community As Well As His Clients

Charles Mancuso strives to be more than just an attorne y. Although he has been practicing law since 1987, fighting for the rights of the injured at his practice the Law Office of Charles A. Mancuso, the Acreage resident is also an a vid volunteer, serving as a board member of the Acreage Athletic League, assistant scoutmaster and sponsor of local school sports teams such as the girls flag football team at Seminole Ridge High School. Page 25

Sports RPBHS Varsity Football Squad Ready For May 24 Spring Jamboree

High school spring football training has begun, and the Royal Palm Beach High School varsity football team looks to follow up on last season’s success. The Wildcats have been working hard to prepare for a spring jamboree game against host Palm Beach Gar dens on Thursday, May 24. Page 35

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Our programs are tailored to meet ALL LEVELS of riding experience; whether you are an avid rider, or have no prior experience, we can guarantee that you will learn new things!

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Mauricio Devrient Kidd Teaches Novices How To Play Polo Think polo: people charging around on horses, swinging mallets at a white ball; cheering crowds, champagne tailgate lunches. A sport for the rich and, sometimes, famous?

Not necessarily. If you’ve ever wanted to try playing polo, or hope to improve your game, Mauricio Devrient Kidd has just what you need.

Originally from Argentina, Mauricio learned polo from his father, Daniel. A five-goal professional, he’s played for more than 40 years in Argentina, Columbia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Spain, France, England and Switzerland. For a while, he was a snowbird, living in Wellington during the season, but in 2003 he moved here permanently. In 2010, he rented a field and started offering polo lessons.

“I can teach anyone how to play polo, even if they don’t know how to ride,” Mauricio said.

“The learning curve is longer with a novice, but that doesn’t matter. I can teach them everything. I enjoy seeing their progress.”

Mauricio explained that playing polo involves some different skills than other riding disciplines. The rider has to learn to feel at ease while having total control of a horse galloping at 35 mph.

“You have to learn the language of polo,” he said. “Generally, you don’t ride with your backside or knees. You stand straight up in 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 your stirrups and use your feet and calves.

You stay fluid and balanced while the horse moves right or left. Your legs are an enhancement, not the originators of a command to the horse. Your command center is your left hand.

You neck rein with your left hand only, and this is what all polo horses understand.”

Mauricio described polo ponies as very sensitive and responsive. According to an old Argentine custom, many of them are mares because they learn faster. Also, if they become hurt, they can be used as broodmares.

Some geldings are used, however, and they often become very good at the sport.

Horses learn to play in stages, and it usually takes a horse eight months to become comfortable with frequent stopping, starting and turning, Mauricio said. A horse that is pushed too hard can become excited, a major flaw. He said he can accustom a horse to a swinging mallet in a hour; oddly enough, getting used to the ball takes longer. Horses tend to be more scared of the ball than the stick, he said.

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Student Valerie Verville with polo teacher Mauricio Devrient Kidd.

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My Mom Is In Her 80s, But She Runs Circles Around Me My mother, who is in her 80s, tells me she has now “stepped up” her exercise program.

She begins each morning with the same old stretches, sit-ups, bends and twists that she has been doing for 25 years, but she now heads off to the Y three days a week instead of two.

At the Y, she and her buddies are put through an intense regimen led by a former Marine Corps drill sergeant (or close). The younger women (my age) are usually ready to pass out after 15 minutes, but my mom and her octo-friends merely step over their bodies and keep on truckin’. When I put my arm around my mother’s waist, it’s like hugging a 13-year-old. When she puts hers around mine, Get your Sonic Boomer humor every day!

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Yet, unlike my mother, I have a boatload of excuses for my slovenly behavior. I do. The big one is that it’s hot outside. Sure, I could walk around the block, but then I’d be hot.

Mom is up in Wisconsin, where it’s nice and cool, especially in January when she has to defrost the car before driving to the Y, step carefully on the icy sidewalk to get to the door, and remove a coat, a sweater, a hat, two gloves and a pair of boots before she can begin her “warm-up.”

OK, OK, but I have also been a victim of a drive-through society. Not on her watch, of course, but the minute I got my own car, I started driving everywhere. Even today, there’s a McDonald’s one block from my house, but I drive over. My bank is there, too, and the grocery store. My excuse is that I need the car to tote the groceries.

Mom walked 3 miles to town if her mother sent her to the store and carried the groceries back. She developed something called “upper body strength” that she has refused to let lapse. Last time she went in for her annual checkup, the doctor said, “Oh!” when she hopped up onto the table like a kid. He had reached over to give her a hand but she was already up there, kicking her feet back and forth and smiling demurely.

Mom has a car, too, but she only uses it after careful consideration. Could she walk wherever she’s going?

So while she gets firmer and more resil-

ient, I get flabbier and less able to tie my shoes.

But my mom would never lord it over you.

She knows she’s fit and trim and you’re not.

“To each his own” and all that. “Live and let live,” that’s her philosophy.

How nice, you say. How non-judgmental and accepting and polite.

Oh, yeah? Well, that’s just what she wants you to think.

I’m on to her. I know her competitive nature. I’ve played Scrabble with her.

She’ll sit there with her rack full of vowels, never complaining, never letting on that anything’s wrong, lulling you into complacency.

Then you put down an X, and she pounces — ax, ex, ox, it doesn’t matter. She’s got you.

She’s on a triple word. She’s pulled ahead in the final minutes of the game!

Uh-huh. The final minutes of the game are where she shines.

Damn! Where are my running shoes?

New ‘Dark Shadows’ Vampire Film Amusing, But Not Great Those who were fans of the TV show Dark Shadows were probably thrilled when the feature movie of the same name was announced.

But, although it has the same name, this is not your ’70s show. It is close in many ways: the same back story, the same characters, but director Tim Burton plays for laughs far more than was done years ago.

It does work to a large degree. The film is entertaining if a trifle simplistic. It will never show up on lists of the year’s best, but we did spend an amusing several hours watching.

Young, handsome fishing tycoon Barnabus Collins (Johnny Depp) rejects the love of serving girl Angelique (Eva Green) back in the 18th century. Part of the wealthiest family in Maine, he is madly in love with Josette (Bella Heathcote). It turns out that Angelique is a witch, and she uses her curses to get Josette to kill herself and Barnabus to turn into a vampire. She gets the townspeople to bury him alive.

About 200 years later, Angelique, still alive and beautiful, runs most of the fishing along the east coast while the remains of the Collins family lives in the old family mansion going

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“They have a fast start and are submissive and sensitive to your commands. Thoroughbreds make fine polo ponies because of their speed. We usually start mares at 5 years, geldings after 8; they’re still too silly at 5. As for the price for a fast, made polo pony? The sky’s the limit; whatever the market will bear. At the higher levels, they average $50,000. A nice horse suitable for a beginning player is around $20,000.”

Of course, if you want to take lessons, you don’t need to spend near that amount. Mauricio provides everything you need, including

broke. Barnabus is dug up by a construction crew (they don’t survive), and he goes back to the family mansion, where he works out a truce with tough family leader Elizabeth (Michelle Pfeiffer). Once we are introduced to the very strange family members, Barnabus starts to rebuild the business and winds up battling Angelique. Eventually… well, you’ll have to see the film.

The script by Seth Grahame-Smith is messy. The first half of the film is a “fish out of water” movie. We see Barnabus reacting to modern times, a chance for some really good Depp snarkiness. One of my favorite lines: The teenager Carolyn, bemused by Barnabus’ manner, asks if he’s stoned. Barnabus replies (with perfect timing) “They tried

to stone me. It didn’t work.” Later, he discusses the nature of love and war with some hippies, finds his answers in clichés about peace, and then regretfully tells them he’ll have to kill them all.

Then the film becomes a story of the lovehate relationship between Barnabus and Angelique. And it definitely includes both elements. They have a love scene that is hilarious and violent (and about as PG as you will ever get) and battles that manage to do almost as much damage as was seen in The Avengers. In the middle of all of this, there’s the weird love story between Collins and the governess Victoria, who is the embodiment of his Josette. The actress who plays both characters sort of wanders in and out, available for a few key scenes and totally missing from the rest.

The cast is good, although many are totally wasted. Depp is pretty much perfect. He seems to like dress-up roles where he can be more than a bit arch. There is a lot of Captain Jack Sparrow in Barnabus, even if he does sort of look like Edward Scissorhands. Eva Green is marvelous as Angelique. She is incredibly beautiful and plays the absolute viciousness

of her character with flair. Jackie Earle Haley as the handyman and sort-of Renfield within the story is amusing. Pfeiffer, however, has the rather thankless task of doing most of the straight lines for the others to use for comedic purposes. Heathcote is pretty but seems pretty vacant throughout. Helena Bonham Carter as the more or less nuts Dr. Hoffman is great in the few scenes she is in but is basically wasted. A nice touch was the use of key members of the original cast in cameo roles.

The movie is amusing. I particularly enjoyed the special effects, since for a change they had nothing to do with the usual superhero wholesale mayhem we generally get. The violence is generally amusing and on a small scale. Since our culture has gone vampire crazy, I like seeing them in their traditional roles, with a nice tongue-in-cheek edge, rather than the lovelorn (and generally horny) versions we now find everywhere.

The movie is enjoyable. If you like that kind of film, if you like Depp and Burton, definitely go see it. While not a very good movie, it still has a lot of enjoyable moments. And these days, that puts it far ahead of many other pieces of entertainment.

a seasoned horse and all the equipment, for $200 for a private lesson or $150 for a group of two to four people. He also offers full-day lessons for groups of six to eight, which includes a barbeque lunch and champagne winner’s toast.

“We start without the horse,” he explained. “The first thing is eye-hand coordination, learning to hit the ball using what’s called a foot mallet, a short polo mallet 26 inches long. You get used to the movement and feel, hitting forward and back. All polo players must use the right hand, even if they’re left-handed. Hitting lefty is against the rules.”

Once you’re used to hitting the ball while standing on the ground, you learn to do it while sitting on the horse. “Mallets come in different lengths, from 50 inches to 53 inches, depending on the horse’s height. The goal is

for a rider to always swing at the ball in the same way, regardless of the horse’s height,” Mauricio said. “Next, you have to feel comfortable using your feet as your balance platform while the horse runs, and not hold onto the saddle, which impedes the movement of the swing. As in golf, if you’re stiff or tense, you’re not going to swing at the ball very well. We start with hitting the ball while the horse walks, then quickly move up to hitting at a canter. That’s when the fun starts.”

Mauricio conducts play practices and practice matches for his students such as Valerie Verville, who had been riding 10 years, mostly jumpers.

“My dad, Pierre, and I decided to try something new three years ago,” she recalled. “We started learning polo with Mauricio. It was fun, but challenging. I had to get used to going that fast — it was kind of scary, feeling

not in control. The hardest skill was learning to hit the ball. I’m pretty good now, and I play for fun with my family. Anyone could learn to do this.”

Mauricio estimated that, practicing three to four times a week, a rider can feel comfortable playing within two to three months.

“Many people think of polo as an expensive, elite sport, and though it’s not cheap, it can be played affordably,” he said. “Anyone can learn. I’ve taught people as young as 8 and as old as 60. You have to have a little of the daredevil in you. It’s like driving in Italy: You never know what’s coming at you. Basically, the game consists of eight maniacs chasing a small white ball. And if you’re not sure what it’s all about, come out and watch a game or two.”

For more information, visit www.palms poloclub.com or call (561) 865-6338.

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Attorney Charles Mancuso gives a scholarship award to Seminole Ridge High School senior Alexander Santacroce.

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Attorney Charles Mancuso Serves The Community As Well As His Clients

By Jessica Gregoire Town-Crier Staff Report Charles Mancuso strives to be more than just an attorney. Although he has been practicing law since 1987, fighting for the rights of the injured at his practice the Law Office of Charles A. Mancuso, the Acreage resident believes there is more to his purpose in life.

As an avid volunteer, Mancuso holds positions as a board member of the Acreage Athletic League, assistant scoutmaster of a local Boy Scout troop and sponsor of local school sports teams such as the girls flag football team at Seminole Ridge High School. “We try to give back as much as we can and support the community as much as it supports us,” he said.

Mancuso strongly believes in the positive influence sports has on many students. As a former high school football player, he understands how sports build good work ethics.

Mancuso is the distributor of the annual Hawks Program Award, which is a part of a series of scholarship awards given to local students who excel in sports and academics.

This year’s recipient, Alexander Santacroce, is a Seminole Ridge senior who plays tight end on the football team.

Mancuso remembers growing up in a small town in northern Florida, where he first learned he wanted to become a lawyer. “When I was a little kid,” he recalled, “one time I went downtown with my dad to his office, and I saw these guys walking around with briefcases, and I saw guys walking outside in the cold on construction sites, and I said, ‘Dad, I want to know what the guys with the briefcases do,’ and my dad said, ‘Well, they are probably lawyers.’ That experience steered my interest toward law.”

This fondness for his romanticized view of lawyers grew into a passion as an adult. “Once I started going to school and really learning about the practice of law, it was something

that really interested me because I could actually help people,” Mancuso said.

Mancuso went on to receive his law degree from the University of Florida in 1987. “After I graduated, I began practicing law in a small firm,” he said. “That taught me a little bit of everything. I was able to feel my way around the law and find out what areas I wanted to devote my concentration to, and that was insurance defense and personal injury work.”

After years of practicing law as an insurance attorney for big insurance companies, Mancuso was involved in a major traffic crash.

He was the victim and had to deal with the very same companies he was representing for insurance claims. Mancuso understood the struggle that accident victims had to undergo and decided to change how he practiced law.

“It totally changed my perspective on the field,” he said. “I was the person who had to file a lawsuit and had to have their deposition taken, the surgery and nerve conduction studies.”

This experience enlightened Mancuso, and he became more empathic toward his clients.

“I really began to appreciate what people go through when they have an accident,” he said.

“I could no longer represent insurance companies, and that is when I went on the other side.”

Mancuso knows the ins and outs of both sides of the business, a benefit for many of his clients.

“I have the unfortunate distinction of being a person who has sat on every single chair in the court room,” he said. “I’ve sat as an injured person, the plaintiff attorney, and for people who have been sued as a defense lawyer, and I’ve sat as a mediator during mediations.”

The Law Office of Charles A. Mancuso is located at 301 Clematis St., Suite 3000, West Palm Beach. For more information, visit www.injured247.com or call (561) 704-9246.

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Seacoast Bank To Sponsor ABWA Meeting June 14 Seacoast National Bank has announced it will support the Northern Palm Beach Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association by sponsoring the June meeting on women entrepreneurs.

The meeting will take place Wednesday, June 14 at the PGA Doubletree Hotel in Palm Beach Gardens.

Local women in the community will discuss how they were able to succeed in meeting their dreams and goals. The ABWA invites members and guests to join in for an exciting discussion to find out their secrets and share in their passion for success.

The June panel of speakers will include Tequesta business owners Beth Cramer of Cypress Café, Kathy Barry of Local Treasures and Greta Schulz of Pg Schulz Consulting. The program title will be “Women Entrepreneurs: How

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Did They Do It?” The mission of the American Business Women’s Association is to bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, networking, support and national recognition.

The event will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The cost is $30.

The Doubletree Hotel is located at 4431 PGA Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens. To make reservations, or for more information, call Dottie Smith at (772) 341-2823 or Sharon Maupin at (561) 329-4485.

For additional about the Northern Palm Beach Chapter of the ABWA, contact Chapter President Kandyce Key at (561) 908-4798 or abwa.npbflorida@gmail.com, or visit www.abwanpbflorida.org.

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South Florida Fair Elects A New Slate Of Officers

Fresh off a spectacular 100th birthday celebration, the South Florida Fair board is under new leadership. A new slate of officers was elected during the board’s annual reorganization to lead the charge into the group’s start of its second century.

Craig K. Elmore was elevated to chair succeeding Robert Broadway.

Jonathan “Jack” Frost becomes vice chair. Michael W. Bubis was elected treasurer, while William E. Pruitt ascends to secretary. Fair President and Chief Executive Officer Richard J. Vymlatil and General Counsel/ Assistant Secretary John Fenn Foster continue in their roles for the fair.

A diverse and large group of local residents, totaling more than 100, were also elected to the South Florida Fair board in various capacities, ranging from trustees, distinguished and life trustees to directors and life and honorary directors.

The South Florida Fair, a private nonprofit corporation, is Palm Beach County’s oldest and largest outdoor event dating back to 1912. This past January, the fair celebrated an amazing centennial with a special array of events, shows and musical con-

South Florida Fair officers Jonathan “Jack” Frost, Craig K. Elmore, Michael W. Bubis, Robert Broadway and William E. Pruitt. certs. The fair is annually produced on the South Florida Fairgrounds, a 136-acre campus that serves as the centerpiece for family entertainment in the community. More than 100 shows or events are staged annually.

In addition to the annual South

Florida Fair in January, the fairgrounds, centrally located on Southern Blvd. one mile west of Florida’s Turnpike, is home to a vibrant Expo Center, a sprawling Agriplex, historic Yesteryear Village and the Cruzan Amphitheatre. For more info., visit www.southfloridafair.com.

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Wellington Chamber Hosts Small Business Roundtable The Wellington Chamber of Commerce presented the second session of its Small Business Roundtable series Tuesday, May 8 at Whole Foods Market in Wellington. The series was created to help area businesses by providing the latest tools and knowledge for them to attain their business and financial goals.

Dave O’Keefe of Your Computer Guy discussed the latest computer technologies and what businesses should consider using in order to compete efficiently and effectively in the marketplace. Topics included computer equipment, networks, connections and access. Allan Dessner of My Town Navigator covered all of the popular social network

sites in depth, including business web sites and blogs, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more. He discussed what features each site offers and how to tie them together in order to increase exposure on the Internet.

Finally, Dean Piper of the Intertainment Network reviewed other new technology such as Internet radio and video to complement social media networking. He discussed how the Internet is becoming a more powerful tool than traditional radio and television stations. Piper said that businesses should embrace the constantly changing technology of today and utilize it to their advantage while not losing the concept of

personalized service.

The Small Business Roundtable meets on the second Tuesday of each month and the cost is $10. The next session will take place June 12.

The sessions cover many aspects of business, including accounting, legal and financial matters, government assistance, traditional marketing, digital (Internet) marketing, public relations, managing employees, etc.

Experts in these particular fields share their knowledge in an informative and interactive atmosphere.

All businesses are invited to attend.

For more information, visit www. wellingtonchamber.com or call (561) 792-6525.

Guest speakers Dave O’Keefe, Allan Dessner, Tina Segal (Dessner’s partner at My Town Navigator) and Dean Piper.

Tax Collector’s Office Receives Worksite Wellness Award Palm Beach County Tax Collector Anne Gannon has announced that her agency is the recipient of the 2012 South Florida Worksite Wellness Forum Award in the small business category.

Bestowed by the Florida Heart Research Institute in partnership with the Consortium for a Healthier Miami-Dade, the award honors organizations that have “demonstrated a commitment to employee well-

ness and whose programs produced positive health outcomes.”

“I am very proud of our employees who embraced our wellness initiative,” Gannon said. “Florida Heart Research’s Wellness Award is a wonderful recognition of their commitment to creating healthy habits for themselves and their families.”

Gannon’s agency has long been involved with wellness initiatives, including an innovative and long-

term risk-reduction program with partner Karelia Health. The motivation for the program implementation was to better the health of employees while driving down escalating healthcare costs, both of which have taken place. “Rising health insurance premiums are alarming to businesses of all sizes,” Gannon said.

“That’s why they want to engage in strategies to combat escalating premiums. Companies want to control

health benefit costs to protect their bottom line.”

The award was presented to the Tax Collector’s Office on April 20 during the 2012 South Florida Worksite Wellness Forum and Awards at the Miami Beach Resort. Bill Carew, president of Karelia Health, accepted the award on behalf of Gannon.

“By partnering with Karelia Health,” Carew said, “the agency has dramatically reduced the incidence of

chronic disease, reducing healthcare costs for taxpayers while improving the health, productivity and quality of life for workers.”

Gannon was one of the first officials to implement a non-smoking policy. However, to truly implement a sustainable, long-term positive effect on the health of her employees, Gannon felt that a programmatic approach tied to healthcare costs was necessary.

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Edward Gorey Exhibit Opens June 7 At The Norton Museum The Norton Museum of Art will open its summer exhibition schedule on the evening of Thursday, June 7 with “Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey.” Gorey is among the rare breed of artist whose work is as much beloved by children as it is by adults.

The exhibition includes more than 150 drawings that Gorey, who died in 2000 at age 75, created for many of his books, including The Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Unstrung Harp and The Gilded Bat, among others. An illuminating array of sketchbooks, illustrated envelopes, book-cover ideas and theatrical costume designs are also included in the exhibition. The exhibition, which is organized by the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust and Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa., runs through Sept. 2.

Mention the name of the late artist and illustrator, and adjectives such as “ghoulish,” “gothic” and even “gory” often come to mind.

Golashes of Remorse from Edward Gorey’s Amphigorey Again.

But that’s not even half the story, according to noted art historian, curator and author Karen Wilkin, who was also a friend of the artist, and has worked diligently to set the Gorey story straight. Wilkin is the author or co-author of three books about the artist, including Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey (2009), which also serves as the catalog for the exhibition. Wilkin is scheduled to present an exhibition lecture June 7 at 6:30 p.m. during the museum’s popular weekly Art After Dark series.

At the June 14 Art After Dark, exhibitionrelated activities will include a Gorey illustration workshop, Gorey storytelling, a Gorey Curator’s Conversation led by Tim Wride, William and Sally Ross Soter curator of photography, and, in the realm of the eerie, a demonstration by mentalist/mind-reader Brent Gregory.

One thing Wilkin hopes the exhibition will accomplish is to “lay to rest how people talk about [Gorey] as being macabre and eerie.”

She attributes the enduring popularity of books such as The Gashlycrumb Tinies, published in 1963, which features the alphabetical, diverse and sometimes diabolical demise of children as one of the reasons Gorey is mischaracterized, misunderstood and pigeonholed as ghoulish. A book illustrating misfortune such as, “E is for Ernest who choked on a peach. F is for Fanny sucked dry by a leech,” could do that to a reputation. His family name didn’t help either, but growing up Gorey had little bearing on his work, Wilkin said.

Books, films (of the silent sort), TV shows, art and artists did, however, influence Gorey’s work, including the absurdist theatrical works of Ionesco, and the comedy of Buster Keaton.

While Wilkin doesn’t dispute the macabre aspect to Gorey’s oeuvre — Gorey himself described his work as “whimsically macabre” — it’s only part of the equation. A close look at the exhibition also will reveal the witty, slapstick sensibility of much of his work as well as the mind of a Renaissance man.

Aside from illustrating books — his own and those by others — Gorey’s medium was also the Broadway stage, TV and through his

Edward Gorey’s The Top of the Zagava Tree from The Osbick Bird. influence, film and literature, too. His was nominated for a pair of Tony Awards for Best Set Design and Best Costume Design (winning the latter) for the 1977 Broadway production of Dracula, spreading his reputation well beyond the world of books. His popularity expanded even more in 1980 when the hit PBS series Mystery!, later Masterpiece Mystery, used his work for its opening theme. The films of Tim Burton — Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands, for example — and the tales of Lemony Snickett (A Series of Unfortunate Events) owe more than a little “macabre whimsy” to Gorey’s work.

So, even if you’ve never heard of Edward Gorey, you’ve probably come across him in one way or another. And younger generations continue to discover and embrace the artist’s work. For example, 2010 American Idol contestant Siobhan Magnus was not shy about

revealing the tattoo on her right shoulder, which portrays a scene from The Gashlycrumb Tinies.

The Norton Museum of Art is located at 1451 S. Olive Ave. in West Palm Beach and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday. It is closed on Mondays and major holidays. General admission is $12 for adults, $5 for students with a valid ID, and free for members and children age 12 and under.

Special group rates are available. West Palm Beach residents receive free admission every Saturday with proof of residency. Palm Beach County residents receive free admission the first Saturday of each month with proof of residency.

For additional information, call (561) 8325196 or visit www.norton.org.

Cultural Council Features Two Solo Exhibitions Through July 2 The Palm Beach County Cultural Council, the official arts agency that serves nonprofit cultural organizations and professional artists throughout the county, is presenting two solo exhibitions, a collection of original works

by Palm Beach County artists Mark Forman and Elle Schorr. The exhibits run now through July 2 and are on display in the cultural council’s exhibition space at its new headquarters, 601 Lake Ave. in Lake Worth.

Forman’s art has been included in national competitions and juried exhibitions all across the United States. The Boca Raton resident began his career working in clay and later sought new formats and turned to canvas. He challenges the ideas of expressionism and reduction to define and interpret this relationship within the world in which he lives. Forman’s work is defined by the search for truth, utilizing reductive and profound concepts interpreted through minimally variable colorations.

Schorr, a Lake Worth resident and a nation-

ally acclaimed artist, calls her photographs “contradictions and overlapping impressions of city life.” Her works often appear to be photo collages but they are always single-image digital photographs capturing the essence of a place in a split second.

“Solo exhibitions offer artists special recognition of their work in an intimate setting and help to build their resumes,” said Rena Blades, CEO of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council. “Our new exhibition space is the ideal setting to exhibit and support artists who live and work in this county.”

Artists interested in learning more about the Palm Beach County Cultural Council’s solo exhibitions are asked to contact Nichole M. Hickey, the cultural council’s artists’ services coordinator, at (561) 472-3336 or nhickey@ palmbeachculture.com.

The Palm Beach County Cultural Council is now located in the historic Robert M. Montgomery Jr. building at 601 Lake Ave. in downtown Lake Worth). The 12,500-square-foot

building contains galleries for exhibitions, the Uniquely Palm Beach Store, tourism services, and education and training facilities. It is open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Palm Beach County Cultural Council is Palm Beach County’s official arts agency and serves nonprofit cultural organizations and professional artists throughout the county. The cultural council’s responsibilities include marketing the county’s cultural experiences to visitors and residents, administering grants to organizations and artists, expanding arts and cultural education opportunities, advocating for funding and arts-friendly policies, and serving cultural organizations and artists through capacity building training and exposure to funders and audiences.

For more information, visit www.palmbeach culture.com.

(Right) Summer in the City by Elle Schorr.

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Academy for Child Enrichment — Summer Camp Children will enjoy field trips and activities such as swimming, bowling, skating, science museum, movies and picnics.

Tuition includes camera surveillance, creative curriculum, computers and all meals.

Registration is now being accepted for Summer Camp. Registration is free for new customers only. Se habla Español. Visit the Academy for Child Enrichment at 700 Camellia Dr., Royal Palm Beach. For more info., call (561) 798-3458 or visit www.small worldpbc.com.

Camp Cambridge — 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. Year-round, e xperienced staff continues to nurture. 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 3 and up, Mommy & Me classes, private/group lessons and team swim programs.

Bilingual classes, kindergarten readiness and enrichment classes available as well. For more info., visit www.cambridgepreschools.com.

Camp Gan Israel Day Camp — Camp Gan Israel has a program geared for your child!

Understanding that all kids are unique and are drawn toward different activities, Camp Gan Israel offers something for everyone. There are professional sports instructors, baking experts, dance instruction, jewelry making, karate instruction, trips to exciting local venues, swimming, boating, scrapbooking, edible art and so much more. Camp Gan Israel runs from June 18 through July 20, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The camp will take place at Palm Beach Central High School and accepts children from 3 to 13 years. To register, visit www.wellingt onjewishcenter.org or call (561) 333-4663.

Camp Giddy-Up — Ravenwood Riding Academy has been located in Wellington for 22 years. Licensed and insured, with all safety equipment provided, they are located on a beautiful, safe and clean farm with plenty of shade. Ravenwood is now accepting 12 students per session, ages 6-14. Camp hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. Campers learn safety, horse care and grooming, with riding lessons daily, as well as scheduled visits with a blacksmith, horse vet and equine dentist. Sibling discounts or multi-session discounts are available. Camp Giddy-Up has a full staff and a hands-on director. Register today by calling (561) 793-4109 or visit www.ravenwoodriding academy.com. Hurr y, sessions fill up quickly!

Casperey Stables Horse Camp — Casperey Stables is a small, fun-filled day camp for children ages 7 to 14. With four riding opportunities each day, arts & 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 two-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 BBQ. Call soon: this small, quality program fills quickly! To learn more about the camp, located at 2330 D Road in Loxahatchee Groves, call (561) 792-4990 or visit www.caspereystables.com.

High Touch High Tech/The Lab — The Lab is happ y to announce that it is expanding into a larger facility located near State Road 7 and Lantana Road. Science is presented by High Touch High Tech, the leader in hands-on science education for the last 17 years.

Each day will be a new adventure from interacting with “lab critters” to launching rockets and panning for gems. The program offers affordable pricing, experiments with lots of cool science take-homes, art, 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 around them. Expect awesome fun as kids make slime, erupt volcanoes, make ice cream, tie dye t-shirts and more! Call (561) 444-3978 for info.

Junior Golf Foundation of America Golf Camp — Join the Summer Junior Golf Camp at Okeeheelee Golf Course, Park Ridge Golf Course and John Prince Golf Learning Center.

New or seasoned golfers will develop skills while having a blast doing so. The Junior Golf Foundation of America provides junior golfers with the tools to enjoy the game for a lifetime. Professional PGA/LPGA golf instructors, trained coaches and staff are care-

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The program emphasizes safety, fun, spor tsmanship and personal attention. Camps run 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday with extended camp available until 3 p.m. at Okeeheelee. Written evaluation reports, prizes/trophies, official JGFA it ems, a certificate of completion and a pizza party on the last day is included. Also available: camps for 3-5 year olds, camps for advance/tournament golfers, Junior Golf tournaments, weekly programs and leagues, walk-up clinics, LPGA*USGA Girls Golf Club and Summer Play Pass. Visit www.JGFA.org or call (561) 964-GOLF for more information.

Noah’s Ark Summer Camp — Children will enjoy field trips and activities such as swimming, bowling, skating, science museum, movies and picnics. Tuition includes camera surveillance, creative curriculum, computers and all meals. Registration is now being accepted for both Summer Camp. Registration is free for new customers only. Se habla Español. Noah’s Ark is located at 14563 Okeechobee Blvd., Loxahatchee Groves. For more information, call (561) 753-6624 or visit www.smallworldpbc.com.

Pierce Hammock Elementary Summer Camp Program — Summer is just around the corner, so make plans now to sign up with Pierce Hammock Elementary School. Pierce Hammock has been serving the west area since 2004 and would love for you to join in the summer fun. Monday is on-campus activity day: participate in arts & crafts, sports, cooking, computers and more. Tuesday through Frida y will be off-campus days. Field trips include museums, wildlife excursions, water parks, arcades and other exciting places. Hurry, sessions fill quickly. For more information, or to register, call (561) 6334530 or visit www.edline.net/pages/Pierce_Hammock_Elementary/Afterschool and click on “2012 Summer Camp Info.”

Royal Palm Covenant Tutoring Summer Camp 2012 — Children ages 5 to 14 will enjoy field trips to Lion Country Safari, museums, parks, bowling, movies, the zoo and activities such as sports, arts & crafts, cooking and more fun. Camp runs Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Open enr ollment 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 register or for more information.

The Learning Foundation of Florida’s Academic Summer Camp — TLFF’s elementary, middle and high school summer academic school/camp program has several different service options available to assist the diverse needs of students. TLFF’s K-8th grade summer program focuses on individualized academic remediation. TLFF uses weekly themes, a variety of teaching strategies, including a multi-sensory/hands-on approach and creative lessons. TLFF’s high school summer program focuses on grade forgiveness and/or acceleration. Students who have received D or F grades in classes may redo them for a higher grade. Students can also accelerate and take classes to get ahead. Both programs are open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. beginning June 18 and running through Aug. 3. For more information, call TLFF at (561) 7956886.

Tiny Tikes — Tiny Tikes camp is geared toward the elementary-age camper. Daily activities are sure to keep the campers happy, busy and engaged. Trips include bowling, skating and movies weekly, as well as special trips including the zoo, science museum and much more! They have three conveniently located centers which open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. Activities occur throughout the day, both at the center and out on the bus. Meals are included. Call (561) 790-1780 now to reserve your space or visit Tiny Tikes at 16245 Okeechobee Blvd. in Loxahatchee.

Zolet Arts Academy — Zolet is in its 23rd year offering professional fine arts classes in the original Wellington Mall, Suite 4. The summer camp program runs Monday through Thursday from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., starting June 11 for ages 6-8 and 9-14 featuring drawing, painting, sculpture and crafts. No two days are alike. Rotating subjects and media include: acrylics, watercolors, tempera, fingerpaints, chalk & oil pastels, charcoal, pen & inks, block & mono printing, 3D collage, wood, clay, tile, papier mache, textiles and observational drawing/shading for audition prep. Individualized instruction for all skill levels. Take home completed work daily. Total cost includes all free supplies: $190 per week. Call (561) 793-6489 for more information.

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Wildcat Football Squad Ready For May 24 Spring Jamboree

By Gene Nardi Town-Crier Staff Report High school spring football training has begun, and the Royal Palm Beach High School varsity football team looks to follow up last season’s success.

Last season’s first-year head coach Willie Bueno led the RPBHS squad to a regular season record of 7-3, and a second-place district finish.

Under Bueno, the Wildcats defeated playoff contenders Lake Worth and Atlantic, but lost a close battle in a regional quarterfinal game against Broward County’s Northeast High School. Bueno’s work earned him Palm Beach County’s Coach of the Year Award.

Bueno told the Town-Crier the outlook is good for the Wildcats.

“The players have been working hard in the off-season, with conditioning and weight training four days a week,” he said. “Many of the players participate in the weighttraining program offered by the school, and we have a talented group of underclassmen.”

The Wildcats will graduate eight seniors, one of them a lineman, so most of the line returns. The team will rely on its experienced line to provide the blocking needed to be an offensive threat on the gridiron.

RPBHS will take a hit in the backfield, though, with senior running back Tremaine McCullough graduating. Several running backs will be competing for the starting role in the backfield. Players to watch will be returning quarterback Ant McGrew and wide receivers Jo-Jo Williams

The Royal Palm offense practices running plays during practice.

and De’Andre Simmons. McGrew was an integral part in the Wildcats’ success last season and will look to connect with Williams and Simmons through the air to balance the attack.

Many players return defensively for the Wildcats. Their speed and experience could give them an advantage over area offenses. Simmons will most likely play defensive back as well. His speed and cover ability on the outside made it difficult for opposing receivers to get open down field.

Royal Palm Beach is preparing for a spring jamboree game against host Palm Beach Gardens on Thursday, May 24. As long as they continue to work hard, Bueno remains optimistic as his team trains for the game.

Quarterback Ant McGrew throws during practice.

The Wildcat defense tackles a running back during drills.

An RPBHS running back competes for the starting job.

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A1A Tennis Hosting Seminars For Players Looking To Improve

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Tennis players looking to brush up on their doubles game need look no further: A1A Tennis is bringing the Ten Commandments of Doubles to your local court.

To help foster tennis in the western communities, A1A Tennis is offering a clinic for local tennis enthusiasts. Titled “The Ten Commandments of Doubles,” the free seminar helps players to break down and focus on the elements that make for a successful match.

“We point out to [players] what they need to work on,” A1A Tennis President Dennis Grainger said. “It’s based on a percentage tennis. There are certain shots that you get, that you have two or three options to hit the shot. There’s really only one best shot to hit.”

A1A Tennis began as Grainger Inc. more than 13 years ago. Two years ago, Grainger joined with Secretary Chuck Narvin and Treasurer

Blake Merrell to form the company.

Currently, A1A manages the tennis center at Buena Vida in Wellington as well as other facilities in Palm Beach County, and is looking to promote its services in the community.

In addition to its informative seminars, A1A tennis offers maintenance, instruction and program development.

Whether you have a neighborhood court or tennis center, A1A offers its seminar to groups of players looking to improve their game.

However, permission from the center’s local tennis professional is required.

“We have to clear it with their home pros,” Grainger said.

Narvin began the seminars at the Delray Beach Club.

“It took off,” he said. “It was a clinic to highlight some of the things that they could do better.”

Commandments are broken down into simple steps that, with practice, help ingrain good practices in a play-

er’s game. “Most people play doubles,” Merrell said. “This program highlights the most important components to a doubles game.”

So far, the seminars have been successful.

“Our smallest group has been 30 people,” Grainger said. “It’s a playdate for everyone. No one can do anything wrong. We try to give as much instruction as time will allow to help them. Then they can go to their home pro or host pro, or hire us.”

A1A is happy to offer its seminar to clubs in the western communities.

“We like to have a group of people out on the court,” Grainger said. “It’s great for them, and it’s great for us as a company. It’s a great way for inroads into the tennis community.”

For more information about A1A Tennis, or to schedule a seminar, visit www.a1atennis.com or call Grainger at (561) 376-6076.

A1A Secretary Chuck Narvin, President Dennis Grainger and Treasurer Blake Merrell.

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BOYNTONS PLACE IN BLACK GOLD JUBILEE RUN

The 34th annual Black Gold Jubilee Festival was held Saturday, April 21 in Belle Glade. The day started with a 5K walk/run, which had more than 100 participants. Among the participants in the run were western communities residents Ben, Catherine, Wayne, William and Joanna Boynton, who placed in their respective age groups.

RPB Dancers Present Their Annual Spring Performance

The RPB Dancers from Royal Palm Beach High School presented their annual spring performance “All Roads Lead to RPB” May 3 in the RPBHS auditorium.

The auditorium was packed with family, friends and residents from the western communities. Once again, the audience was wowed with the dancers’ skill level and the variety of music they danced to in their 26 routine performances.

Under the direction of master teacher and choreographer Michele Blecher, highlights of the evening included the sixth-period dancers performing “She Wolf,” which trapped the male dancers within a female wolf pack; the seventh-period dancers performing “Dutty Love,” with an island flair; the fifthperiod dancers’ modern choreography to “Till the End of Time”; fourth-period dancers performing “3” with acro-jazz technique; the Wildcat Dancers’ graceful and elegant “A Thousand Years”; and others.

According to Blecher, what truly stole the show were the two dance routines “Candy Man” and “Starstruck.” “Candy Man” was a jive/

Master choreographer Michele Blecher (fourth from left) with the senior dancers. character duet that brought audience members back to the 1950s.

“Starstruck” featured Tapazz female dancers dressed as boys and the male dancers as girls, and had the audience cheering at the highly technical movements and slapstick comedy.

At the end of the show, Blecher began the “grand bow,” starting with seniors and presenting honor cords to the four-year honor dancers. Quoting Alfred Samuel Cramer, Blecher said, “Memories are like achievements — never to be forgotten but stored away for future use.”

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Ed Singleton

Shannon Ghettie

Mike O’Connor

Herman Parker

Jameson Pippin

Briar Macfarlane

Bassmasters Compete In Belle Glade Wellington Wrestlers The Royal Palm Bassmasters held its monthly fishing tournament Sunday, April 15 in Belle Glade on Lake Okeechobee.

First place was awarded to the team of Ed Singleton (boater), with five fish weighing 11 lbs., 6 oz., and partner Ken Hudson (coangler), with four fish weighing 7 lbs., 2 oz., for a team weight of 18 lbs., 8 oz.

Second place was awarded to the team of Shannon Ghettie (boater), with five fish weighing 7 lbs., 4 oz. and partner Herman Parker (co-angler), with five fish weighing 8 lbs., 2 oz., for a team weight of 15 lbs., 6 oz.

Third place was awarded to the team of Mike O’Connor (boater), with five fish weighing 10 lbs., 11 oz. and partner Chris Schultz

(co-angler), with four fish weighing 4 lbs., 6 oz., for a team weight of 15 lbs., 1 oz.

The Big Fish of the tournament was caught by Mike O’Connor , with a bass weighing 5 lbs., 5 oz.

Royal Palm Bassmasters meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Recreation Center (100 Sweet Bay Lane, Royal Palm

Beach). The club is now accepting applications for new boaters and non-boater members. Come and check out the fun you’ve been missing.

For additional information about the Royal Palm Bassmasters, contact the club via e-mail at rpbass masters@gmail.com or visit the club’s web site at www. royalpalmbassmasters.org.

Send sports news items to: The Town-Crier Newspaper, 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 31, Wellington, FL 33414. Fax: (561) 793-6090. E-mail: news@goTownCrier.com.

Win At State Tourney

The Wellington Wrestling Club traveled to Lakeland last weekend to compete in the USAWrestling State Tournament. Two of the club’s wrestlers took home awards.

Second-grader Jameson Pippin competed in folk-style wrestling on Saturday, May 12 and placed second in the bantam 60-pound division.

Tenth-grader Briar Macfarlane competed in freestyle wrestling on Sunday, May 13

and placed third in the junior 126-pound division.

The Wellington Wrestling Club will travel to Olympic Heights for a call-out tournament Saturday, May 19. Anyone interested in joining the Wellington Wrestling Club should e-mail wellington wrestling@gmail.com or call (561) 827-8595 for more information.

The next session will begin this summer on June 12.

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Saturday, May 19 • The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association will stroll Okeeheelee Park on Saturday, May 19 at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast afterward. Call Daisy Palmer at (561) 439-5780 for more info.

• The Palm Beach County Thrift Store (2455 Vista Parkway, West Palm Beach) will hold its monthly auction on Saturday, May 19. Store hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with bidding from 8 to 11 a.m. Bid awards will be immediately after the close of bidding. Call (561) 233-2256 or visit www.pbcgov.com for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will feature “Writing Series: Self-Editing and the Final Polish” for adults Saturday, May 19 at 9 a.m. Call (561) 7906030 to pre-register.

• Tickets for Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts go on sale to the general public Saturday, May 19 at 10 a.m. The production will run Wednesday through Sunday, Aug. 1-5. Tickets will be on sale at the Kravis Center box office (701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach), online at www.kravis.org or by calling (561) 832-7469.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will host “Coffee & Tea Club” on Saturday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to noon.

Club members will be offered a taste of the featured coffee and tea, and may choose a sample to bring home or to share with a friend. All you need to do is sign up and show up to join. A reusable mug is recommended.

There is no charge, but call (561) 904-4000 to pre-register.

• The WIRK Wing Bowl will take place Saturday, May 19 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). Restaurants throughout the region will compete. Call (561) 753-2484 for info.

• Parents and children of all playing levels are invited to USTA 10 & Under Tennis Family PlayDay on Saturday, May 19 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Wellington Tennis Center (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). Children age 10 and younger will enjoy the game of tennis tailored to their size and attention span. For info., call (561) 791-4775 or e-mail Debbie Ellsworth at ellsworth@florida.usta.com.

• Nature’s Center (5301 State Road 7, Lake Worth) will present “Ecosystems of South Florida” on Saturday, May 19 at 2 p.m.

Learn how to identify the dominant species of local habitats and how to utilize your yard to restore native animal and plant commu-

nities. The class is free. Call (561) 434-5777 to register. Walk-ins are welcome. Visit www.thenaturescenter. com for more info.

• Back by popular demand, Wellington’s Murder Mystery Dinner Theater will take place Saturday, May 19 starting at 5:30 p.m. at Village Park (11700 Pierson Road). Tickets cost $40 per person. The cost includes dinner, wine and childcare for children ages 5 to 12. Visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for info.

Sunday, May 20 • USA Football and Acreage Baseball are teaming up to sponsor a huge garage sale Sunday, May 20 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Acreage Community Park. Sale items will include household items, clothing, tools, sporting equipment, toys and much more. For more info., contact Molly Harding at (954) 593-0913 or mollynkids@aol.com.

• St. Michael Evangelical Lutheran Church (1925 Birkdale Drive, Wellington) will hold a dedication worship service for its newly constructed sanctuary Sunday, May 20 at 10 a.m. Bishop Ed Benoway of the Florida Bahamas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will preside. For more info., visit www.stmichaelelc.com or call (561) 793-4999.

• A Cop Cakes Cake-Off will be held Sunday, May 20 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). Call Bobby Simeone at (561) 7229620 or e-mail bobby@mycopcakes.com for more info.

Monday, May 21 • The Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce will hold its “State of the Cities Luncheon” on Monday, May 21 at 11:30 a.m. at the Wanderers Club (1900 Aero Club Drive, Wellington). For more info., call (561) 790-6200 or visit www.cpb chamber.com.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will feature “Legos” Monday, May 21 at 4 p.m. for age 8 and up. Create vehicles and buildings out of Lego pieces. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

Tuesday, May 22 • The Palm Beach County Commission will hold a workshop Tuesday, May 22 at 9:30 a.m. at 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 Wellington Boys & Girls Club will break ground at the club’s new site Tuesday, May 22 at 10 a.m. The new facility, located See CALENDAR, page 39

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• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will feature Brunch with Sherri Class on Tuesday, May 22 at 11 a.m.

Wouldn’t you like to be able to throw together a brunch on a moment’s notice? Fill your menu with a spread of hearty and delicious food full of veggies and flavor. The cost is $10 per person. Call (561) 904-4000 to pre-register.

• The Wellington Village Council will meet Tuesday, May 22 at 7 p.m. at the municipal complex (12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). For more info., call (561) 791-4000 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.

Wednesday, May 23 • The South Florida Water Management District will hold its quarterly communications meeting on the long-term plan for achieving water quality goals for the Everglades Protection Area Tributary Basins on Wednesday, May 23 from 9 a.m. to noon at the district headquarters building (3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach). Visit www. sfwmd.gov or call (561) 682-2642 for more info.

• Wellington Planner Bill Nemser will be keynote speaker at the Wellington Chamber of Commerce Luncheon on Wednesday, May 23 at the Wanderers Club. Attendees will learn about the planned Wellington Medical Arts District. Wellington Regional Medical Center CEO Jerel Humphrey and Palms West Hospital CEO Eric Goldman will also speak. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m., and the luncheon begins at noon. Call (561) 792-6525 or visit www.wellington chamber.com for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Happy Birthday!” on Wednesday, May 23 at 3 p.m. for ages 3 to 5. Celebrate birthdays with stories, songs and a craft. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will feature “Gluten-Free Cooking” on Wednesday, May 23 at 6:30 p.m.

Learn how to prepare a gluten-free meal that tastes great and is easy to prepare. There is no charge, but pre-registration is required.

Call (561) 904-4000 for more info.

Thursday, May 24 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host “Great Outdoors Story Time” for ages 2 and 3 on Thursday, May

24 at 11 a.m. Hear stories, sing songs and make a simple craft about playing and exploring outdoors. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will host “Spa Day with Sherri” on Thursday, May 24 at 11 a.m. The cost is $15 per person. This is an interactive class to learn ways to reduce stress, deep breathing exercises, gentle chair yoga and how to create bath salts. Green tea will be served along with a healthful snack. Call (561) 9044000 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will feature “Don & Audrey Wood Story Time” Thursday, May 24 at 3:30 p.m. for ages 4 to 6. This author duo wrote silly stories such as The Napping House and King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub. Sing songs and make a simple craft. Call (561) 7906030 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Teen Game Night” on Thursday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m. for ages 12 to17. Challenge your friends to Wii or board games.

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

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will host a Gluten-Free Shopping Tour on Thursday, May 24 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tour gluten-free products around the store with free samples. There is no charge, but pre-registration is required. Call (561) 904-4000 for more info.

Friday, May 25 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host a Go Club event on Friday, May 25 at 4:30 p.m. for ages 8 to 17.

A local member of the American Go Foundation will teach you how to play this ancient Asian strategy game. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The South Florida Science Museum’s newest traveling exhibit, Backyard Monsters, will run from May 25 through Sept.

16. For more info., call (561) 832-1988 or visit www.sfsm.org.

• Palm Beach Dramaworks will conclude its spring season with David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play Proof opening Friday, May 25 at 8 p.m. at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre (201 Clematis St. West Palm Beach).

The play continues through June 17. For more info., call (561) 514-4042 or visit www.palm beachdramaworks.org.

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HOUSECLEANING — 20 yrs experience. Excellent local references.

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