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REP. MARK PAFFORD WINS FINAL TERM SEE STORY, PAGE 3

ELBRIDGE GALE EXPANDS ITS GARDEN SEE STORY, PAGE 7

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Volume 35, Number 45 November 7 - November 13, 2014

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Wellington Seeking Location For Horse Waste Collection

The Wellington Village Council is trying to find a central location to temporarily store the enormous amount of animal waste generated by the equestrian industry in order to get it hauled away economically and legally. The council held a workshop on the topic Wednesday.

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RPB Zoners OK Pioneer Road Commercial Plan

A new commercial development site on State Road 7 is moving forward after the Royal Palm Beach Planning & Zoning Commission approved a number of variances but denied another.

The 10.6-acre property up for discussion at the Oct. 28 meeting is located on the southeast corner of Pioneer Road and SR 7 north of Toys ‘R’ Us. Page 7

Palms West Hospital Hosts Its ‘Pink Fling’

Palms West Hospital held its Pink Fling on Wednesday, Oct. 29 to honor those affected by breast cancer. There were manicures, makeovers, massages, snacks, special treats and more. Page 9

Young Professionals Of Wellington Hosts Wicked At Wanderers

The Young Professionals of Wellington presented Wicked at the Wanderers on Saturday, Nov. 1.

The evening was a costume and casino party to benefit Horses Healing Hearts. Page 17

OPINION

Remember To Honor Vets On Veterans Day

America will observe Veterans Day on Tuesday, Nov. 11 to honor the sacrifices made by those who have fought for our freedoms. It is a holiday that dates back nearly 100 years to the end of World War I. Be sure to take some time out that day to honor those who served, and perhaps even pay your respects by attending one of the local community observances.

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Todd Bonlarron, State Senator Joe Abruzzo and State Representative Kevin Rader celebrate with Melissa McKinlay as the results came in Tuesday night.

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Melissa McKinlay Wins Seat On The County Commission

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report Democrat Melissa McKinlay secured the District 6 seat on the Palm Beach County Commission on Tuesday, defeating two challengers.

According to unofficial results, McKinlay took 25,073 votes (46 percent), to 16,238 (30 percent) for Republican Andy Schaller and 13,049 (24 percent) for independent candidate Michelle Santamaria.

McKinlay will replace termlimited County Commissioner Jess Santamaria, Michelle Santamaria’s father.

McKinlay and her team were surrounded by supporters at World of Beer in Wellington as they watched the numbers come in Tuesday night.

By Wednesday, she was ready to get down to business.

“I woke up this morning and came to work,” she told the TownCrier. “It feels great. It was a wonderful victory, tremendous support. I’m very proud to be the new county commissioner for

District 6. I look forward to getting to work on Nov. 18.”

McKinlay has been working in Palm Beach County’s Legislative Affairs Office with Legislative Affairs Director Todd Bonlarron, who looks forward to working with her in a new capacity.

“I know she’s really excited about it,” Bonlarron said. “I obviously am super-excited for her, for us and for the county, for her to be a county commissioner, but at the same time, a little sad that on the day-to-day in our office, I won’t have her here working with us all the time.”

The connections that McKinlay has made through that position are among the key strengths she stressed during her campaign, along with her focus on family. At her party on Tuesday, her children and friends were in attendance to cheer her on and offer hugs at every turn. With their new roles, as the children of a commissioner, they look to their mother and her accomplishments with pride.

“They’re so excited,” McKinlay said. “My daughter told me last

night how proud she was of me.

My son was all smiles this morning. They’re very proud of their mom.”

That sense of confidence can be also be seen in those who work with her.

“Melissa always calls me her boss around the office,” Bonlarron joked, “but I’m really not. We’re both equal parts of our team. I know that now that she’s going to be one of my bosses, we’re both going to continue to work together as a team. It’s what makes our legislative office successful, and I think that’s why Melissa’s going to be a phenomenal county commissioner.”

One of McKinlay’s goals is giving every area of the district a voice, and her campaign focus has been on improving the Glades area.

“Opening an office in the Glades is the first thing I plan on doing, and getting that position filled so that they have a full-time staff member in the community, then getting to work on some of the See McKINLAY, page 17

Wellington Zoners Favor Road Changes Near Show Grounds

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report In a split 3-2 decision Wednesday, Wellington’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board voted to approve amendments to the Wellington CountryPlace Planned Unit Development master plan primarily designed to improve access points and road alignments in and around the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center.

The amendments pertain to a 250-acre area on the west side of the CountryPlace PUD, which is dominated by the PBIEC. The amendments request the addition of a road connecting Gene Mische Way to 40th Street South, a road for planned residences to Palm Beach Point Blvd. and a road giving access to the future 40th Street/Lake Worth Road alignment. The changes also transfer 18 dwelling units from one section to another, realign an interior roadway and modify one condition of the 2011 master plan changes.

PZA Board Member Elizabeth

Mariaca asked why the Equestrian Preserve Committee voted 6-1 to deny the request on Oct. 8.

“What was not clear to them?” she asked. “I’ve read through this material. It seems clear to me. I don’t know who is the appropriate person to address that.”

Engineer Michael Sexton spoke for the applicants.

“I can’t speak for the EPC, but it’s my opinion that the EPC would have liked to have been approving site plans that were showing the lot configurations, how big each lot would be, how many units on each street; the details. We’re not there yet. So, they were looking for more detail. The master plan provides an environment that gives us the ability to design the next phase,” he said. “They were also asking a lot of questions as to how they could use some of this information with their future equestrian master plan.”

Village Attorney Laurie Cohen explained that with phased developments, each phase is considered

on its own with its own master plan amendment and site plan.

“I think it was really just the Equestrian Preserve Committee felt they would have liked to have more information with respect to the overall plan for the entire PUD,” she said.

Attorneys for neighboring residents expressed concern over their quality of life in the area, the potential increased traffic and increased residential density as the growth of the area continues.

PZA Board Member Paul Adams asked to hear the staff’s response about the concerns brought up by residents.

“Horse people are drawn here by the beauty and the acreage and the other things that you have to offer, but the central thing is, they’re drawn here by the horses, and the horses, by their very nature, create traffic,” he said. “It’s growing, industry. So, the lifestyle gets affected by the success.”

Wellington planner Cory Lyn See PZA BOARD, page 17

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Indian Trial Improvement District Board of Supervisors will decide officially Nov. 10 on whether to go to court to fight a county decision last week granting Minto West a density increase, but the count at a workshop on Monday showed that board members are divided, opposing more litigation by a 3-2 vote.

Attorney Marty Perry, representing ITID on the Minto West project, said the Palm Beach County Commission basically approved everything Minto asked for.

“There are, in my mind, some issues with regard to some conditions that were discussed, including the protection of Persimmon Blvd.,” Perry said, explaining that conditions made at the end of the meeting not to connect or improve Persimmon Blvd. until the

development has 3,000 residential units, and to install traffic control devices, did not get into the final approval.

Perry plans to ask the county commission for a motion to reconsider those. “We’re not going to let that lie,” Perry said. “As far as I’m concerned, we don’t have final resolution to the zoning.”

He said that litigation, if the board decided to go that route, would be against the county, not Minto. “The action, if anything, would be to challenge the comp plan amendment,” Perry said, estimating that the cost would be between $250,000 and $500,000.

Perry also pointed out that the county action is not effective until 30 days after the state reviews it, which will leave the board about 60 days to decide what action to take, if any.

“The opportunity always presSee ITID MINTO, page 19

GREEN MARKET IN RPB

The Royal Palm Beach Green Market & Bazaar is underway after opening the new season Sunday, Nov. 2. Now through April 26, the market will be open every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine, at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park.

Shown here, Jay Berlin displays his wooden masterpieces.

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PHOTO BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

Lox Council OKs Commercial Use For Day Property

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved the preliminary reading of ordinances Tuesday to allow low-density commercial development on the Day property at the southwest corner of Folsom Road and Okeechobee Blvd.

The council approved a smallscale land use change and zoning for the 10-acre parcel owned by Willy and Franklin Day, which sits east of the 10-acre Red Barn property. The zoning changes the land use from rural residential, one unit per 5 acres, to commercial low to accommodate future development to a maximum of 5.3 acres of commercial use.

Mayor Dave Browning explained that the changes were the result of litigation between the town and the property owners after the council initially refused to approve commercial development on the land, although town staff had advised that under the comp plan and land use code, the

Days were entitled to commercial development there.

“You go back to the Neighborhood Plan, you go back to our comprehensive plan, we always indicated a low-impact residential along Okeechobee,” Browning said, explaining that he had been surprised that staff had recommended approval of an FAR (floor-area ratio) of .10 when the Days came forward with their first presentation.

“I did not understand how that fit at all, low-impact non-residential,” Browning said. “I found out that because of not having the right advice when we put the comprehensive plan together, we did not put an FAR number on there.

Therefore, we had a problem.”

As a result of negotiation in closed sessions, the council, town staff and the property owners reached a compromise FAR of .074 for that property only, Browning said.

“It fits a certain criteria,” BrownSee DAY, page 4

Voters Return All Three ITID Incumbents To Office

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Incumbents Ralph Bair, Jennifer Hager and Carol Jacobs retained their seats Tuesday on the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors.

Seat 1 incumbent Hager took 6,178 votes (53.5 percent), defeating former Supervisor Mike Erickson, who took 5,361 votes (46.5 percent).

Seat 3 incumbent Bair took 6,316 votes (57 percent), defeating Alan Ballweg, who took 4,761 votes (43 percent).

Seat 5 incumbent Jacobs, currently serving as ITID president, took 5,755 (51.5 percent), defeating Betty Argue, who took 5,413 votes (48.5 percent) Bair, who is now entering his fifth term as a supervisor, said he

is ecstatic about the win.

“I was facing a good candidate who at least had a good idea of what was going on in the district,” he said. “He did a good job. I felt like I had the upper hand, though, with my knowledge of the district and the fact that I’ve lived here so long. I love the area so much that I just couldn’t say no to one more time. I tried to, but I couldn’t do it.”

Bair said he truly appreciates the support shown by voters. “They were very kind, and even the ones who I didn’t agree with were respectful, and I respect them,” he said.

Bair said he thought the campaign was clean, for the most part.

“I don’t talk about the candidate that I’m running against because I just don’t feel that that’s up to me,” See ITID VOTE, page 19

(Left) Supervisor Jennifer Hager campaigns on horseback. (Right) Candidate Mike Erickson and supervisors Michelle Damone and Carol Jacobs campaign together in The Acreage.

PHOTOS BY RON BUKLEY/TOWN-CRIER

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Campaign Lies, Deception and Distortion of Facts!

Most campaigns each year resort to Lies, Deception and Distortion of Facts, especially when a candidate feels he or she is losing the race and hopes to win at any cost! An example of this is when my opponent in 2010 sent 118 pages of false allegations to the media and multiple regulatory agencies (FBI, State Attorney, Ethics Commission, Inspector General, etc.) including insinuating that I might be a convicted felon who burglarized a car. The county and state Ethics Commissions and the Inspector General investigated all of his 118 pages of allegations, and found them all to be baseless! He made a fool of himself, receiving 6% of all votes cast during the November 2010 county elections.

Today, candidates resort to all kinds of “Character Assassination,” especially when they feel they are losing. This is reinforced by the candidate’s supporters who consider all opposing candidates as fair game, hiding behind “Freedom of Speech.” These vicious supporters with “no conscience” believe that “Freedom of Speech” means “Freedom to Lie” about their opponent.

Our legal system needs to address this serious growing problem. This is the reason most “Good Men and Good Women” who should occupy elected government positions, refuse to run for political office, and thereby subject themselves to unrestrained “Public Abuse!”.

As a result, “We the People” are most often left to choose between “The Lesser Evil.” Could this be one reason Palm Beach County is still known as “Corruption County”?

May God save us from this despicable campaign epidemic.

Jess R. Santamaria PBC Commissioner District 6

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NEWS

Pafford Sees The Bright Side Facing Final Two Years In Office

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report State Rep. Mark Pafford (DDistrict 86) easily won re-election to his fourth and final term Tuesday, defeating Republican challenger Stuart Mears, but the significance is that he will return to Tallahassee as the minority leader of the Florida House of Representatives.

Pafford took 27,705 votes (59.8 percent) to 18,641 votes (40.2 percent) for Mears, according to unofficial results.

As Pafford looks toward his new post, he had hoped it would be under a Democratic governor, but Republican Gov. Rick Scott narrowly defeated Democratic challenger Charlie Crist on Tuesday.

House Democratic membership also dropped below 40, which

triggers a veto-proof Republican super-majority. However, while that would have made the job of a Democratic governor much more difficult, it is less of a factor now that Scott won re-election.

“That was only important if, in fact, we had a Democratic governor,” Pafford said.

District 86 covers all of Loxahatchee Groves, Wellington and Royal Palm Beach, along with several eastern communities. It tends to vote Democratic, which makes his victory unsurprising.

However, he believes the margin of his win shows higher-thanaverage approval of his performance.

“I’m very pleased looking at the numbers,” he said. “I kind of over-performed a little bit. I’ve gone over the times I’ve been on the ballot, and I went above the

way it should have performed.

I think the voters paid attention, and selected me largely because of my ability.”

Pafford said he has worked hard to provide constituent services, which he thinks may have affected the vote. For that he credits his staff, who he said does much of the heavy work in that area.

There is a lot to accomplish over the next two years on issues he feels remain important.

“In my case, it’s healthcare for people and environmental issues, which I feel very strongly about, but also when it comes to just quality of life,” Pafford said.

“There are so many people who are working so hard every single day, full-time jobs, and they are really struggling. Those remain the top issues for me personally.”

He said he has friends in the

legislature who do good things that he plans to support.

“Every time you have an election, it’s a new opportunity to do things differently,” Pafford said. “You’re always optimistic.

You always hope that the folks we’re dealing with up there understand some of the issues that you bring from your own district, and they’re agreeable to working on things that make people’s lives better.”

He is pleased that the Democratic caucus asked him to serve as minority leader.

“What I do is help organize the members,” he said. “I help the members be the best they can be on issues. We organize ourselves from the floor when we’re on the floor. There’s a lot to it, and it takes a lot of attention. You’re the go-between between the speaker’s

office and our caucus. There’s a lot to do, and it should be a lot of fun.

It’s also a lot of responsibility.”

Pafford also sees many opportunities for bipartisanship in the coming sessions.

“I’ve got some very good friends who are Republicans,” he said. “If you talk about Pat Rooney [R-District 85] as an example, Pat’s one of those people in the legislature who always does a great job. He represents his people very well in the legislature. So we’ll continue to look for those opportunities where we can all work together, but I think the bipartisan stuff really comes from our Palm Beach County delegation. There are so many common issues that we work together on, it just naturally occurs.”

The picture for Democrats in Tallahassee is very different.

“The Democrats in the legislature have not been part of the agenda for 16 years,” he said.

“This will be the 18th year once we’re done with this two-year session. I don’t want to forecast that there’s something bad that I don’t like. Obviously you’re never comfortable being put in a position of voting against bills that are just horrible, or bills that slight or remove a person’s civil rights, let’s say, or the ability to make medical decisions for themselves.”

Pafford said he prefers to look on the bright side of the next two years. “I don’t really look at things in a negative way, otherwise I wouldn’t want to do this job,” he said. “I look at things in a constructive way. I look at my role.

Part of it is to find the good that occurs, so that is where I keep my attention.”

Wellington Seeking Location For Horse Waste Collection

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Village Council is trying to find a central location to temporarily store the enormous amount of animal waste generated by the equestrian industry in order to get it hauled away economically and legally.

In a workshop Wednesday, village staff told council members that they have been collecting data on the amount of waste the horse industry creates, as well as central locations that might be considered for a collection facility.

Village Manager Paul Schofield said that there is a lot of data but a limited number of locations to be considered, adding that they are still months away from a final decision.

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig said she did not understand why animal waste is a problem for the village to address.

“The village doesn’t own horses,” she said. “This is a product coming from private owners. If this is not getting where it is supposed to go, I want to know where the problems are with this and why we are asking the municipality to take care of it. You need to con-

vince me that it is something we need to do.”

Mayor Bob Margolis said the issue has been growing and has to be addressed. “I’m not asking for special exceptions,” Margolis said.

“I think the process is going to be overburdened.”

Projects Manager Mike O’Dell said that village staff has been looking at how to address the problem, explaining that they have been working with haulers and end users. “This is a product that has potential to be useful to the end user,” he noted.

Wellington’s horse population fluctuates from about 12,000 horses from January through May to 3,000 from June through September. “What we do know is a 1,000-pound horse generates about 50 pounds of waste a day, which is about nine tons a year,” he said. “When you add bedding, it is a combined total of about 12 tons a year per horse.”

O’Dell said that phosphorus is one of the major pollutants that harm natural wetlands. There is about 2.5 pounds of phosphorus in a ton of manure.

“We want it removed so we are See WASTE, page 19

Stephanie and Tyler Cook, Bryce McCallum and Ezekiel Encarnacion watch the roller coaster marble exhibit.

Alyssa McCallum and Rahsi Bryant learn about the volcano.

PHOTOS BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

Cypress Trails Makes STEM Studies Fun

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report Cypress Trails Elementary School students had a fun adventure with STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) exhibits on Thursday, Oct. 30 during the school’s first collaborative Fun with STEM Night.

Students and parents were provided the opportunity to explore math and science concepts through hands-on activities provided by the South Florida Science Center.

Principal Shari Bremekamp stressed the importance of exposing students and their families to the various aspects of STEM education. “This is to increase family involvement and to bring aware-

ness that we are a STEM school and what that means,” she said.

With 20 activities chosen by the science center, the 150 or so attendees were able to learn about science in a friendly, nonintimidating atmosphere.

Fifth-grade science and math teacher Michael Mann explained the apprehension shown by volunteers before the event.

“We have 20 volunteers, one for each station. The first thing each one of them said to me today was like, ‘Oh gosh, science, I don’t know if I can do this,’” he said.

“They found it intimidating at first, and now, if you can go out there, you can see that it’s not so bad. It’s very easy.”

The stations, which were customized to accommodate students from kindergarten to fifth grade, provided a means for parents to learn about what the students learn in class.

“We have three of the STEM coaches here on campus right now, and we also have one of the fifth-grade math and science teachers here,” Bremekamp said.

“They can also show the activities that they’re doing and how that connects with science and technology.”

Students had the opportunity to stack plastic pieces to make a roller coaster for marbles, which taught them about gravity. They were also able to use a solution to

create an erupting volcano, listen to sound waves, add and subtract with dominos, learn about inertia with a ball and demonstrate many other concepts.

One station taught students about pixels, explained fourthgrade math teacher Susan Monticello.

“It has the rectangle with the pixels, and they put their fingers in it,” she said. “A lot of them have used it before, but they didn’t know what it was. It was demonstrating that the greater amount of pixels that are used, the more clear the picture is. They have seen it before, and they have played with it before, but they didn’t understand See STEM, page 19

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OUR OPINION

Take Some Time To Honor America’s Veterans On Veterans Day

America will observe Veterans Day on Tuesday, Nov. 11 to honor the sacrifices made by those who have fought for our freedoms. It is a holiday that dates back nearly 100 years to the end of World War I. While Memorial Day honors those who died in combat, Veterans Day thanks those who served and returned home. It was President Woodrow Wilson, who first recognized Nov. 11 as Armistice Day in 1919. It became an official holiday in 1938. After World War II, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day, to honor veterans from all of America’s wars, not just one specific war.

America’s veterans run the gamut, from the ever-shrinking ranks of the “greatest generation” that fought World War II, to the soldiers who returned home from Vietnam two generations later without the parades and praise afforded veterans of other eras.

Back then, America’s armed forces were much closer to the community. It was rare to find a family that didn’t have someone in the service. However, for the past 40 years, the United States has had an all-volunteer armed forces. While this has led to a much higher degree of military professionalism, it has also separated everyday Americans from their veterans.

Military service runs deep in some families, and not so much in others. This is yet another reason why Veterans Day presents such an important bonding opportunity.

County Failed 60th Street Residents

I would like to address the situation on 60th Street as a resident of 60th Street, not as a politician that thinks he knows the situation.

Palm Beach County has insisted to run State Road 7 through the middle of a residential area with no regard to the safety or quality of life for the residents that live on 60th Street.

We have fought this road for years to no avail. We have been lied to, and we are sick of it. The previous county commission promised to buy our home if we were unhappy with the road. Now they refuse to do this.

The previous commission promised roundabouts and speed bumps to slow the traffic if we agreed to be a connection to the reliever road. This also has not been done. There is no regard for the safety of the residents on 60th Street. The promise to extend SR 7 to Northlake has not been done.

No bridge has been built over the M Canal.

The road has been set up to make it a fast half mile from the reliever road to Royal Palm Beach Blvd., with no provisions for the safety of the homeowners, except a drainage easement to give them room to four-lane it in the future to move the traffic from Minto to the mall as quickly as possible.

This is what politicians do. They make promises to get elected and do what they want when they get in office.

We have children and grandchildren and animals that will no longer be safe in their own yard.

We bought this property and built for the privacy it offered, which has now been ruined.

This road should not be opened to the public until the safety issues for the residents are addressed. The police are already chasing speeders down the road, and it is open only to local traffic. What will happen when the road is open to everyone?

The county needs to start construction of the bridge over the M Canal and not dump all the traffic in front of my home.

The county states the road cannot have speed bumps because it is a county road, but it is not an uninhabited road as the reliever road is. Ask [County Engineer] George Webb if his wife would like to be in our home and let her children play around this road. I bet she would not be happy about it.

We pay taxes to both the county and Indian Trail, and yet we are represented by no one. I, myself, do not know how I will get out of my driveway during rush hour as the speeders will race down the road.

Be sure to take some time out that day to honor those who served, and perhaps even pay your respects by attending a community observance. Here are a few to consider: • The Seminole Ridge High School Army JROTC will host its annual Veterans Day program on Monday, Nov. 10 at 9 a.m. in the school gym. There will be a reception for veterans in the media center at 10:15 a.m.

• Wellington and the American Legion Chris Reyka Memorial Wellington Post 390 will honor all current and former members of the armed forces at Wellington’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11. The activities begin with a parade at 8:15 a.m. commencing at the Wellington Municipal Complex, followed by a ceremony at the Wellington Veterans Memorial.

• A candlelight service to salute veterans will be held Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. at the Veterans Park Amphitheater on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. A flag-raising ceremony will be followed by a motivational presentation, followed by refreshments and a musical performance by the Royal Palm Beach Community Band following the ceremony.

• The Wellington High School Band will present a free Salute to Veterans Concert on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. in the Wellington High School Theater (2101 Greenview Shores Blvd.). Refreshments will be served following the concert.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We have lived here more than 30 years and have seen the population grow, and we can see how this will play out. SR 7 will never go to Northlake, and I now live on a major road with no concern for my safety, just moving the traffic.

As the county has told us, they know how to deal with unhappy residents, they just ignore you.

Yes, Mr. Webb, we are happy to have a paved road. It should have been paved years ago. However, Mr. Webb, we did not buy our home on a major thoroughfare, and SR 7 is going through the middle of a residential area with no regard for our safety.

Jackie Vassallo The Acreage

Annoyed At AT&T

I was very happy to read the brief opinion article by Jules W. Rabin regarding the AT&T Mobile cramming scam. We experienced this unethical practice at our church. Not only this, but we have been lied to outright by AT&T phone support personnel, and led to believe that we would save money if we made their suggested changes to our business plan. The truth was completely the opposite, and we end up paying more money. Services were added which we never requested, and services were dropped which we never asked to be dropped. Both of these actions occurred several times, and each time it required us to spend two and three hours on the phone to convince AT&T that they had made a mistake and clear up the problem. I am shocked at the extremely unethical actions that we continue to experience from AT&T. Although we have spoken with very honest and informed representatives, the number of service reps who want to talk us into more expensive products far outweigh the honest reps, in my experience.

Randy Clarke Wellington

Kudos To The Norwitch Family

Regarding the story on Noah Norwitch published last week, the Wellington Village Council member who noted that the “nut does not fall far from the tree” in regard to Noah’s parents and the generous fundraising Noah does for kids who cannot afford uniforms for sports is absolutely correct.

Three years ago, my son Doug was killed in a car accident in South Carolina. I teach with Mrs. Norwitch, and before I could get home and packed to drive up there, I received a call from the school where we both teach. Mr. Norwitch, the pilot, offering to fly me to South Carolina. This meant

that he would have had to change all of his daily plans for me, and he was ready to do just that.

Had my son still been alive and I could have had a few more precious moments with him, I would have taken Mr. Norwitch up on the offer. That was not meant to be, but the purposeful act of kindness and compassion was breathtaking and will forever be embedded in my heart. I have never met Mr. Norwitch, but this is the kind of people, and parents, they are, and this is the kind of family in which Noah and his brother, Caleb, are being raised.

My son played seven years of recreational basketball with the Village of Royal Palm Beach. In all that time, it did not occur to me that there might be young people who would liked to have played but could not because of the cost of registration and uniforms. For such a young person to see the need and work to meet the need is beyond amazing... it is a blessing. I plan to be part of Noah’s Birthday Money Club.

Jana Wright Springfield Royal Pam Beach

Minto Decision Was A Farce

Yet again, by a 5-2 vote in favor of the Minto West expansion, the Board of County Commissioners demonstrated their pro-development stance, damning The Acreage and surrounding communities to a crushing influx of traffic and other ills, all based on the premise that more is better with no regard to the quality of life and the health, safety and welfare of residents.

To base a decision on Minto’s proportionate share increasing by increasing intensity and density defies rational cognition, as it will not cover the resulting staggering fiscal deficits in an “…already very tough budget situation…”

(Commissioner Valeche), leaving every single property owner in the county to shoulder the shortfalls.

The idea that Minto West is “New Urbanism” and “Smart Growth” defies the very definition of both. Minto representatives and planning staff admitted true walkability cannot be achieved, the needed infrastructure is virtually nonexistent, buffers are needed, and that it will spill over and onto and disrupt an existing community.

Changing the award-winning comp plan to force Minto West to legally fit doesn’t change the reality that the expansion is leapfrog development and, as such, is urban sprawl in a rural area. To add insult to injury, the decision sets a precedent and opens the development portal to other developers.

Because of five commissioners lacking wisdom and vision for all

of Palm Beach County and turning deaf ears to the overwhelming majority of those in opposition compared to those who supported the expansion, we have this for which to “thank” you: The newest Broward County and the newest urban hell.

Jean Edwards The Acreage

Minto West, By The Numbers

The fact that the Palm Beach County Commission passed the Minto West expanded plan underlines their total disdain for existing residents, not only in the immediate central western communities, but the entire county.

The Agricultural Enclave legislation which Callery-Judge bought would only give that property a net density of 0.606 units per acre (2,303 units) by calculating what actually surrounds the property.

Callery-Judge manipulated the number of units up to 2,996 for the sole purpose of staying under the 3,000 units, which would have mandated a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) study.

They then came up with a broadbrush back-of-the-envelope “plan” to have something to sell — and sell they did. Minto bought it and now sold well over twice the residential density and eight times the non-residential to five uncaring commissioners. They keep saying that it is a better plan.

What would the “plan” be like had anyone actually worked with the 2,996 units and 235,000 square feet of commercial/non-residential? Repeatedly, I proved to the commissioners, using the county’s own data, that in this immediate area (only those sections of Northlake, Seminole Pratt Whiney and SR 80 that are in The Acreage and Loxahatchee Groves) there exists 0.32 million square feet of built commercial/office and another 1.1 million square feet of approved commercial/office. Yes, that’s right, 1.4 million square feet of existing non-residential on the books! Now there is over three million square feet. Put this into context. A Walmart superstore is 182,000 square feet and employs 300 people.

A high-density urban development just got placed into the rural/ex-urban tier, and Minto is smiling and laughing all the way to the Bank of Canada, where they are from.

This entire boondoggle will only attract traffic into the area. The idea that this development will pay for itself is absurd — it never does. Impacts get spread to all of the residents paying ad valorem property and gas taxes. Traffic is never “trapped.”

We all live on 1.25 to 40 acre parcels around this site, and now the near zero lot line suburban pods come. This type of development requires anal-retentive perfectly manicured lawns. To achieve such lawns, high amounts of fertilizers and herbicides are required. Given that all of the Minto West pods are surrounded by a maze of manmade canals, all leading to the M and M-2 canals, the runoff will head for Grassy Waters or the C-51, and then either the Lake Worth Lagoon or the Everglades, depending upon the flow each day...

I hope that the South Florida Water Management District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers monitor the nutrient levels leaving the Minto West property, as these surficial waters are waters of the state and of the nation.

It is well past time to go back to countywide commissioner elections, since a minimum of four can easily ruin the districts of the other three. The opposition to the Minto West project was and is nearly ten thousand residents after one considers the more than 5,000 resident-signed petitions, letters of opposition from the Sierra Club, the Town of Loxahatchee Groves, the Village of Royal Palm Beach, the City of West Palm Beach, the Everglades Law Institute, the North County Coalition, Alerts of Palm Beach County, 1000 Friends of Florida and others. The commission’s action in approving the Minto West project bespeaks of a strong disdain for the citizens of Palm Beach County.

Dr. J. William Louda Loxahatchee Groves

County Did Not Listen To Residents

Days have passed and yet the pain and anger of what will happen to The Acreage, Loxahatchee and the surrounding areas still feels as fresh and raw as the day it went down.

Most of us residents hoped beyond hope and believed that we stood a chance and that our voices, loud and clear, would tell the elected officials that we opposed the Minto West development and the others to come. And that they would listen and understand that it did not fit and was too monstrous to consider approval. That they would hear our cries of “NO!” and vote accordingly; that the

overwhelming evidence of adverse affects would be understood.

Alas, the money train that is development came barreling through the commission chambers and blew the citizens off the tracks.

There is no more rural Palm Beach County. There will only be concrete and chaos. Traffic will overrun the community and drive a wedge between neighborhoods.

Our dirt roads will be paved, and we will be forced to watch the unique country lifestyle die. This was never the intention of the original “developers” of The Acreage.

When will every concerned resident in this county say enough?

When will it matter to someone who does not live out west enough to realize that when it goes, it is gone forever? There will be no more “out there.” It will only be one more city melding into another. When do we stop letting the developers come in and change zoning and land use laws that create exactly what those laws sought to protect against?

Why, why, why, is no one paying attention except the people living out here? We cannot vote for the commissioners in other districts who are deciding our futures.

They can vote to put a city in the middle of our country, and yet we are powerless to do anything about their actions. And they know it!

It is clear to me that the impact fees for the developments out in the west are a treasure trove for the other districts to use for their own “improvements.” Their needs are immediate, whereas ours will stay out of sight for a bit longer, and we will continue to wage the war in obscurity as the funds are gobbled up by the other districts.

These commissioners will be considered heroes in their districts at the expense of ours.

This is the most shameful experience I have ever endured at the hands of strangers. I would advise all citizens of Palm Beach County to go online to the county web site and view the meeting. See for yourself what absolute arrogance and disdain these commissioners have for our way of life and what we want for our area. You might rather have sharp sticks in your eyes than to sit through a government meeting, but you must become involved to keep them from doing this again and again and again… and maybe next time it will be in your district.

Suzanne Hetrick Loxahatchee Groves

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Day

Move Will Settle Suits

continued from page 1 ing said. “It is at the corner of Okeechobee and Folsom, two county roads. This is not a plan approval. This is not the last look at this thing, but I felt it was a good compromise, because it took the project from a potential 44,000 square feet to 30,000 square feet.”

Browning said the owners have agreed to the compromise, and they still have to go through the application process. “I know there’s a lot of concern about impact to

the intersection and the area,” Browning said. “All of that will be dealt with.”

Town Attorney Michael Cirullo said that the charter requires four votes to approve a zoning change at the adoption hearing, which will be Nov. 18.

Kerry Kilday, representing the Day family, said the original plan had come through at 59,200 square feet, with a 0.15 FAR, which had received approval by the Loxahatchee Groves Planning & Zoning Board in a 3-2 vote, but it advised that the use was too intense.

The developer came back with a 44,000-square-foot proposal, which split the council in a 2-2

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vote, and litigation ensued. “In recent months, as mandated by the court, there was mediation that resulted in the cap of 30,000 square feet,” Kilday said.

Kilday presented conceptual drawings showing preservation areas for pine trees and a retention pond along the front of the property as an esthetic feature.

“We’re working under the mediation agreement, and it would take these two actions, and following that, it would resolve the lawsuit and Mr. Day could start designing the site plan,” he said.

Councilman Ron Jarriel said he would want traffic calming on Folsom Road from Southern Blvd. to Okeechobee Blvd., explaining BARRY S. MANNING Publisher JODY GORRAN Associate Publisher

that speeders have already made the road dangerous.

“We all know that traffic is definitely going to increase on Folsom Road,” Jarriel said. “I’ve had residents already talking to me that, at the minimum, they would like to see speed tables put in.”

He added that the intersection at Okeechobee and Folsom is dangerous, and they have talked about a traffic light, but they had been told they couldn’t put one there because of the proximity to a school.

Kilday said that would require a joint effort with the property owner, the town and the county, since they are both county roads.

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Councilman Jim Rockett said that he understood that Tuesday’s decision was step one, but there would still be many issues to resolve.

“I don’t want you to go forward with the misperception that everything is fine,” Rockett said, explaining that he expected the developers to find realistic options to making the intersection safer.

“I want to see alternatives and answers that could work for us.

Something needs to be done. If this comes forward without answering it, the answer will be no. That is the most dangerous intersection in town.”

Planning & Zoning Board Chair Dennis Lipp said the ordinances

received a unanimous recommendation for approval, but Board Member Grace Joyce had pointed out that adjoining properties could make claim to similar zoning if restrictions were not placed on the Day property.

“I don’t want to see Folsom Farms turning into an adjunct,” Lipp said. “The council needs to come up with language.”

Cirullo said the Day property will have a restrictive covenant.

Councilman Ryan Liang made a motion to approve the comp plan ordinance, which carried 4-0 with Councilman Tom Goltzené absent.

Rockett made a motion to approve the zoning ordinance, which also carried 4-0.

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PBC SHERIFF’S FOUNDATION HOSTS SOFTBALL CHALLENGE IN WELLINGTON

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Foundation held the Charlotte Hans Annual Softball Challenge on Saturday, Nov. 1 at Village Park in Wellington. The event featured spirited softball games, a barbecue and more.

PHOTOS BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

Event organizers Keith Stokes, Jason Coker, Carla Grosso, Marylnn Stokes, Mike Hans, Paige McCann, Frankie Tomas, George Grosso and Amy Cisco.

The Wellington PBSO team, sponsored by Allstate.

Frank Moncelli, D.G. Lloyd and Chris Karpinski enjoy the games.

Paul Riddle swings and connects.

Dan Hopkins, Rob Govantes, Jerry Deneen and Will Nogueras represent the SWAT team.

The District 1 Road Patrol team won the softball challenge.

ROCKY’S ACE HARDWARE CELEBRATES BEING TOPS IN CUSTOMER SERVICE

Rocky’s Ace Hardware celebrated being named “Highest in Customer Service Satisfaction” for home improvement retail stores for the eighth year by J.D. Power & Associates with special events on Saturday, Nov. 1 at the chain’s Wellington store, located in the Wellington Marketplace shopping plaza. It was the last stop in a multi-state victory tour. Visitors took pictures and spun a wheel to PHOTOS BY ANDREA UNGER/TOWN-CRIER win prizes. For more info., visit www.rockys.com.

Assistant manager Bill Butler and paint advisor Mike Sirucek hold two of the eight awards earned by Rocky’s.

Richard Bullock won a tote bag after spinning the wheel and having his picture taken.

Rocky’s Ace Hardware employees with the eight awards.

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Thief Steals Truck From Home, Leaving A Golf Cart Behind

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report OCT. 31 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on Stallion Drive in the Fox Trail community last Friday morning regarding a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 7 p.m. last Thursday and 7:30 a.m. last Friday, someone drove a black golf cart to the victim’s residence, parked the golf cart by the victim’s unlocked 2013 Ford F150 truck and stole the truck using an emergency key left under the driver’s side floor mat.

The golf cart, which was left at the scene, was taken by the PBSO for processing.

••• OCT. 28 — A woman came to the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation last Tuesday afternoon to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, the victim pulled into a gas station with her motorized scooter, left her license and $5 in an open compartment on the scooter, and went inside to pay for gas. When she returned, her license and the $5 had been stolen from the vehicle.

OCT. 28 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home on Prestige Drive last Tuesday afternoon regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, someone entered the victim’s home through the rear sliding door before proceeding to the master bedroom and removing several gold rings, a silver Apple iPad, a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone, an HP laptop computer, foreign currency and more, together valued at more than $8,000. DNA evidence and fingerprints were taken at the scene.

OCT. 28 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Staples store on Southern Blvd. last Tuesday afternoon regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 5:30 p.m. last Tuesday, a white male and female entered the store. The couple asked to purchase a Toshiba laptop, valued at $624.99. According to the report, when the clerk at the register was distracted by a phone call, the suspects ran off with the computer and fled in an SUV. OCT. 28 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home on Weybridge Circle last Tuesday evening regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between Oct. 26 and Oct. 28, someone removed a gun from the glove box of the victim’s 2013 Honda Civic. According to the report, the vehicle may have been left unlocked. DNA evidence was taken from the vehicle.

OCT. 29 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a vacant home on 110th Avenue North in The Acreage last Wednesday morning regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 2 p.m. last Tuesday and 10 a.m. last Wednesday, a house pump, holding tank and wiring, valued at approximately $2,575, were removed from the back of the property.

OCT. 29 — A resident of 42nd Road North called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Wednesday to report the fraudulent use of the victim’s bank card.

According to a PBSO report, the

victim received a phone call from his bank, the Palm Beach County Credit Union, about suspicious charges made in New Mexico and Mississippi. According to the report, fraud affidavits are in process.

OCT. 29 — An Acreage resident contacted the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Wednesday regarding a theft.

According to a PBSO report, sometime between 12:05 and 12:10 a.m. last Tuesday, Oct. 28, the victim’s wallet was removed from his room at Palms West Hospital while he went to use the restroom. The wallet contained the victim’s license, bank card, Social Security card, health insurance card and $60.

OCT. 30 — A resident of Orange Grove Blvd. contacted the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Thursday afternoon regarding an auto part theft.

According to a PBSO report, sometime between 2 p.m. last Wednesday and 2:10 p.m. last Thursday, a Ford F250 tailgate, valued at approximately $5,000, was removed from a truck parked on the victim’s driveway.

OCT. 31 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home on Martin Circle last Friday afternoon regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, someone entered the victim’s home through a sliding door and stole the victim’s iPad Mini, Amazon Kindle and various pieces of costume jewelry, valued at approximately $850.

NOV. 1 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called last Saturday morning to a home on Raven Court regarding a vehicle burglary.

According to a PBSO report, sometime between 7 p.m. last Friday and 7:40 a.m. Saturday, someone entered the victim’s unlocked 2015 Ford F250 truck and removed electrical tools, a drill and a radar detector. According to the report, a neighbor’s video surveillance system showed an unknown male near the vehicle at approximately 4:30 a.m.

NOV. 1 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a parking lot on Okeechobee Blvd. last Saturday evening regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim’s wallet had been stolen from the driver’s side overheard visor. The wallet contained the victim’s credit cards and license.

According to the report, the victim’s truck had been left with a window open.

NOV. 2 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to home on 42nd Road North last Sunday regarding a case of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between noon on Wednesday, Oct. 29 and 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, someone struck the victim’s mailbox and post.

NOV. 2 — A Wellington resident contacted the PBSO’s Wellington substation regarding an incident of vandalism that took place while she was driving on Binks Forest Drive last Sunday morning. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 12:15 and 12:30 a.m. Sunday, someone struck the victim’s gray 2010 Cadillac with an egg, causing approximately $250 in damage to the front passenger side door.

NOV. 2 — A deputy from the See BLOTTER, page 19

Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s help in finding these wanted fugitives: • Joshua Kaufman is a white male, 5’7” tall and weighing 140 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. His date of birth is 04/25/93. Kaufman is wanted for the violation of probation on felony charges of cocaine possession and dealing in stolen property with false verification of ownership. His last known addresses are West Jasmine Road in Lake Park and Old English Road in Wellington. He is wanted as of 10/30/14.

• Luis Miguel is a white male, 4’11” tall and weighing 104 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. His date of birth is 10/04/88.

Miguel is wanted for failure to appear on felony charges of presenting false identification and for violating supervision for presenting false identification information.

His last known address was 28th Lane North in Loxahatchee. He is wanted as of 10/30/14.

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

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RPB Zoners OK Pioneer Road Commercial Plan With Conditions

By Briana D’Andrea Town-Crier Staff Report A new commercial development site on State Road 7 is moving forward after the Royal Palm Beach Planning & Zoning Commission approved a number of variances but denied another.

The 10.6-acre property up for discussion at the Oct. 28 meeting is located on the southeast corner of Pioneer Road and SR 7 north of Toys ‘R’ Us. Donaldson Hearing of Cotleur & Hearing spoke on behalf of the applicant, Pebb Enterprises, who asked for permission to build what he said would be a 20-foot landscape buffer along the northern boundary of the site, although code requires a 25-foot landscape buffer.

“On our northern boundary, there is actually a 25-foot piece of land that basically separates Pioneer Road from our property.

So, our property only has a small window on Pioneer Road. We’re proposing a 20-foot buffer,” Hearing said.

But neighboring residents of the Westwood community, just north of the property, were unhappy with the plan.

Elyce Werner, president of Westwood Property Owners Association, said she has a problem with change, along with potential additional parking spaces.

“There is a berm there, 25 feet.

Five feet may not seem like a lot, but that’s a lot when you have residential homes on Pioneer Road,” she said. “So, I completely disagree with not adding that 5 feet.

Why should they have a special exception?”

Sandra Upright, a director of the association, said it’s necessary to keep the area as beautiful as it can be. “Reducing it from 25 to 20 will have an impact on Pioneer Road, especially if they put up lighting,” she said.

Hearing went on to say that the plan calls for maximizing the buffers with green space, in an effort to be good neighbors. “Your staff can tell you that. I think we probably have 30 or 40 percent more planting in that buffer,” he said.

“We didn’t reduce any planting; we just reduced the width, because we have a buffer contiguous with a buffer.”

Hearing added that the buffer exceeds quantities of greenery and open space in terms of code.

“Your code requires 20 percent green space; we have 49 percent, so two and half times the requirement of your code,” he said. “If our property went all the way up to Pioneer Road, we would only be required 25 feet, so our 25 feet plus their 20 feet equals 45 feet. We have a berm there as required by the code; we’ve actually compensated for having 5 less feet at that location by putting substantially

more plant material.”

Commissioner Michael Axelberd said he thought the design of the center was one of the bestlooking he’s seen in Royal Palm Beach, but that didn’t mean he’s not concerned with the neighbors’ opinions.

“The reduction of 25 feet to 20 feet — I know you said it’s 45 feet, but I would much prefer you to submit it with 25 feet of your own since that’s our variance,” he said.

Axelberd made a motion to deny the buffer reduction to 20 feet. It passed 4-1, with Chairman Richard Becher dissenting.

Another variance was proposed to eliminate the parallel divider strips located directly in front of the inline retail stores and in the three rows of parking located between the retail outparcels, which are adjacent to SR 7. Code requires there be divider strips parallel to the long dimensions of the parking space every 12 spaces. This eliminates a number of parking islands in the lot.

“We have the same amount of green space, we have 49 percent; we just aggregate that to the perimeter, so that we could have larger areas to grow bigger trees around the perimeter of the site,” Hearing said. “We could meet the code; this is just better planning, and your staff agrees.”

The variance to eliminate the strips won unanimous approval.

Additionally, Hearing asked for a variance to allow for 91 offstreet parking spaces in the rear of the facility to be used primarily for services and deliveries. As it stands, the code allows for only 43 off-street parking spaces in the area for a planned commercial development.

“I get kind of nervous when I hear about trucks driving in areas where employees and customers may be, and the interspersing of people walking where commercial trucks are,” Axelberd said.

According to Hearing, moving the parking to the side and back of the building would help to eliminate the “sea of parking.”

“We have 25 percent of our parking on the side and rear of the building. The code says 10 percent. We want to get as much parking out of the public view as possible. The parking rate is one space for 200 square feet for retail; that’s exceptionally high. At Toys ’R’ Us, we actually have shared parking there, and we still have many parking spaces that have never been used even during the holiday rush. At this rate, we have more than enough,” he said, adding that this type of plan would be more visually appealing.

That variance passed 4-1, with Axelberd opposed.

Finally, Hearing requested site plan, special exemption and architectural approval for the com-

mercial development site with a number of changes brought to the table.

As far as access to the proposed site, Hearing said the plan calls for multiple access points. He proposed an in-only access point at the signalized intersection at Pioneer Road.

“We’re not really contiguous to a right of way,” he said. “We’re seeking the ability to gain access to Pioneer Road. We believe it’s in the best interest of Pioneer Road, but residents of Westwood were opposed and Palm Beach County chose not to proceed with that. We went back, and we worked with your village staff and the Lake Worth Drainage District. So, we worked together to create a one way in.”

He said that under this proposal, drivers would be able to come into the plaza without going back out on SR 7.

The site calls for three retail buildings, two of which measure at 6,600 square feet and another at 71,800 square feet. Hearing called it “a truly spectacular project, that has a more contemporary feel with landscaping nicely articulated.”

The plan also called for the existing cell tower to be moved.

“It will be relocated to the back corner of the building; right now it’s in the center,” Hearing said.

“It won’t be any bigger than it is today, and it won’t look as obnox-

ious. We will have a berm and a wall and the same amount of planting on the backside of the wall.”

Commissioner Jackie Larson said she likes the project but has a problem with granting variances.

“I’ve always had a problem with variances, because we have codes.

I realize you need to be a bit flexible. The problem I see when you choose to grant them, you end up granting them over and over again, and sometimes to the same applicants,” she said.

Commissioner Joseph Boyle said the codes are there for a reason. “The first thing you have to do is respect Royal Palm Beach residents and the public policy that they chose,” he said. “When I look at a variance, I have to see a need in my mind, not just that you’d like to do something else.”

Hearing replied by stating that the plan substantially exceeds the overall code.

“In no way am I trying to disrespect Royal Palm Beach or its policies,” he said. “What we’re providing to you is good advice… to make sure that we don’t overpark and that you should be green.

I want to be able to present to you the planning rationale behind it, and that’s why your staff supports it.”

Boyle said that variances are not the solution.

“My concern is that we have See RPB ZONING, page 19

Wellington Opposes County Move To Change Planning Councils

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Village Council approved a resolution last week to send a letter strongly objecting to a Palm Beach County Commission proposal to change its land planning advisory body from the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council to the South Florida Regional Planning Council.

At the council’s Oct. 28 meeting, Village Manager Paul Schofield said the resolution is in response to a request for support from the Palm Beach County League of Cities that Palm Beach County remain in the TCRPC. Councilman Matt Willhite, who sits on the League of Cities board of directors, said the resolution

supports a position that the board took to send a similarly worded letter objecting to the county plan.

Last month, the county commission discussed whether Palm Beach County wants to be more like its less crowded, slow-growth neighbors to the north or the more urban metropolis to the south, voting 4-3 to move forward with a change.

“It’s about a $318,000 savings to Palm Beach County,” Willhite said. “The issue I have with it is that first of all, we have worked very well with the Treasure Coast organization. The staff has been very responsive to us. We’ve had nothing but good work with them.”

Willhite said he thought the

TCRPC was more of a like mind with Martin County’s restraint on growth as opposed to MiamiDade and Broward counties’ laxity.

“I do believe our growth is working; I think that the development is at a good rate,” Willhite said. “I don’t see that it benefits us, and especially because if we move to the South Florida Regional Planning Council, we get less representation from a Palm Beach County aspect than we get from Treasure Coast right now.”

Willhite pointed out that Palm Beach County has seven representatives on TCRPC, and that with SFRPC, it would have only five.

“The difference is that some of those positions are already taken

by the Board of County Commissioners, so if there’s only five, and they put three on there, we only get two,” he said. “The municipalities have more representation on the Treasure Coast board and have better say on what happens.”

The League of Cities is asking all 38 county municipalities to pass resolutions so that when the league goes to the county, it can say that the municipalities do not support the change.

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig, who represents Wellington on the TCRPC, agreed with Willhite.

“The Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council staff is one of the best in the state,” Gerwig said.

“We’ve used them. They’re working with our equestrian master

plan and our equestrian committee. We’ve used them for other things as well.”

People from all across the state look to the TCRPC for advice, she noted.

“They don’t just serve this area, because others look to them for their expertise,” Gerwig said. “We border the Everglades. We have some real significant environmental positions that align much better with those to our north than those to our south — especially to Wellington’s benefit.”

Schofield said that the village staff’s recommendation is to support the League of Cities’ position.

“We have 25 years of history with the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council,” he said.

Willhite made a motion to approve the resolution, which carried unanimously.

Palm Beach County League of Cities Executive Director Richard Radcliffe said Palm Beach County was part of the South Florida Regional Planning Council in 1976 when the county commission made a conscious effort to leave that council, not liking the way regional planning was going to the south.

“They did not want to be like Broward,” Radcliffe told the Town-Crier Tuesday. “They said we don’t like where this is going.

I don’t know what is driving us back. They’re coming up here for water. What kind of regional planning is that?”

Elbridge Gale Elementary Dedicates New Teaching Garden

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report Last week, Elbridge Gale Elementary School in Wellington dedicated its newest addition, with a ribbon cutting for its teaching garden, which was privately funded by the Michael and Annie Falk Foundation.

The Oct. 28 dedication ceremony, held under the newly built Native American tiki hut, which serves as an outdoor classroom, included a speech and plaque presentation, as well as singing by the students.

After the presentation, Principal

Gail Pasterzyk and Annie Falk, along with teachers and students, gathered at the new raised garden beds, installed in September, to cut the ribbon.

Eager students then dug into the dirt to plant vegetables and herbs such as tomato, lettuce, parsley and basil.

Many of the students belong to the Gardening Gators, the school’s gardening club, where students learn about the life cycle of plants, how to optimize growing, how to fertilize plants and how to best gather crops, all with hands-on experience.

Principal Gail Pasterczyk and Annie Falk cut the ribbon to the new garden additions.

Emily Sagovac with her students as they finish planting tomatoes.

Laura Arena with gardening club students after planting lettuce.

Laura Arena, Ben Scozzaro, Emily Sagovac, Chad Phillips, Gail Pasterczyk, Annie Falk and Tom Wenham with students Matteo Darquea and Nicolas Bolanos.

Ben Scozzaro with students Abby Inks, Toni Jones, Max Popovic and Anthony Acosta.

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Fundraiser Nov. 13 At Butterfields

Elaine Guelli will sponsor a benefit for Jennifer, her niece, at Butterfields Southern Café (1145 Royal Palm Beach Blvd.) on Thursday, Nov. 13, from 4 to 8 p.m.

Jennifer is a 31-year-old mother of two, who has been in the hospital since Sept. 16. She is suffering from three major infections attacking her heart, lungs and bloodstream, and must also go through open heart surgery. Jennifer will require many months in the hospital and time in a long-term rehabilitation facility to regain her ability to speak and walk.

The fundraiser will include a silent auction, 50-50 raffle, great food and more to raise money to help Jennifer’s children. For more info., contact Guelli at (561) 6021236 or teachememg@gmail.com.

Junie B. Jones At Dolly Hand

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lege in Belle Glade will present Junie B. Jones on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 11 a.m.

See your favorite story book character come to life. Outspoken, precocious, lovable Junie B. Jones stars in a colorful, funny, fastpaced musical about new friends, new glasses, sugar cookies, the annual kickball tournament and other first-grade angst-ridden situations.

Admission is $6. For more information, call the box office at (561) 993-1160 or visit www.dollyhand.org. The Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center is located at 1977 College Drive in Belle Glade.

Circus Comes To Kennel Club

The Cole Bros. Circus will be at the Palm Beach Kennel Club (1111 N. Congress Avenue, West Palm Beach) from Thursday, Nov. 6 through Sunday, Nov. 9.

Shows will be at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Advanced general admission tickets are $16.

To purchase tickets, visit www. gotothecircus.com.

Garage Sale At St. Rita

St. Rita Catholic Church (13645 Paddock Drive, Wellington) will host a garage sale on Saturday, Nov. 15 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature household items, books, toys, sports equipment, collectibles, clothes, seasonal decorations, a sweet shop and more. For more info., call Nancy at (561) 727-8627.

2015 Lacrosse Registration

The 2015 Wellington Wolfpack girls and boys lacrosse registration is underway. No experience necessary, and the season starts mid-January.

Girls registration is now open.

Registration for returning players in boys U-9, U-11 and U-13 is now open, with new U-9, U-11 and U-13 registration starting Monday, Nov. 10. Goalies play free and are supplied equipment.

Visit www.wellingtonwolfpack. com for more info.

Practices are held two days a week with games on Saturdays.

Those interested in coaching are

asked to contact Bob Rohack at Robert.Rohack@HCAhealthcare. com.

Drug Prevention Informational Session Nov. 18

Wellington’s Community Services Department has partnered with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and the Neil S. Hirsch Boys & Girls Club to host a drug prevention informational session for Wellington teenagers.

The session will take place Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 4:45 p.m. at the Neil S. Hirsch Boys & Girls Club, located at 1080 Wellington Trace. If you’re interested in attending, call (561) 791-4764.

holiday crafts and decorations will be abundant throughout the park. The park will have great food provided by the popular Food Truck Invasion, and there will be plenty of rides and games.

Santa Claus himself will even be stopping by.

Holiday craft vendors should register at www.pottcevents.com.

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Royal Palm Beach will host its annual winter festival on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 1 to 9 p.m. at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park.

Get in the holiday spirit and enjoy the sounds from local choirs, bands and dance teams on the main stage. A variety of

Longtime volunteer Albert Wahl was thanked recently for his years of service to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and the citizens of Royal Palm Beach. Shown here, Wahl receives a special presentation from Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and Major Tony Araujo.

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PALMS WEST HOSPITAL HOLDS ‘PINK FLING’ TO SUPPORT CANCER RESEARCH Palms West Hospital held its Pink Fling on Wednesday, Oct. 29 to honor those affected by breast cancer. There were manicures, PHOTOS BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER makeovers, massages, snacks, special treats and more.

Richard Cioffoletti, Amy Aquino and Art Barry with the pink truck.

Members of the breast cancer support group Your Bosom Buddies II.

Palms West Hospital representatives show their pink spirit.

Ben, Colleen and Kyle Campbell show their support.

Palms West Hospital CEO Eric Goldman with Chief Operating Officer Madeline Nava.

Chief Operating Officer Madeline Nava, patient liaison Lola Cariello and assistant nurse manager telemetry Heidi Weiser.

ROYAL PALM BEACH SENIORS CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN AT CULTURAL CENTER

The Royal Palm Beach Seniors Activities Club held a Halloween party Friday, Oct. 31 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center. Food and candy were available while a DJ played music for dancing to and singing along with, while seniors took part in a costume contest.

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Costume contest winners Teresa Guthrie, Gretchen Lugo and Dolores Valentine.

Catherine Amico, Peggy Caliendo, Jerry Springer and Linda Isaacs.

Dolly Hughes (center) and volunteers get into the Halloween spirit.

Amanda Lewis

Samanta Sabates

Shana Kirksay

Megan Shepherd

Lindsey Guthrie

Olivia Burns

With a lifelong dream of being a model, Amanda Lewis is hoping you’ll choose her to be Wellington’s Next Top Model. The 26-year-old blondehaired, brown-eyed beauty has made fashion her life, from stomping the runways of top international designers to the editorial pages of glossy magazines. “I’ve loved fashion all my life,” Lewis said, her locks rolled high in curlers as she prepared for her photo shoot.

“I’ve been modeling since I was 13.” Modeling as a teenager led her on a path to fashion design. Lewis has a bachelor’s degree in fashion design from Miami International University of Art & Design. She feels modeling gives her a unique opportunity to get close to the fashion world.

Samanta Sabates is hoping to inspire teens to love themselves and others as she competes to be Wellington’s Next Top Model. A high school student, the 5-foot, 10-inch brunette is new to the modeling world, but hopes she can inspire confidence in other young girls with her story and success. “It’s so sad that some people just don’t feel beautiful,” she said. “I like modeling because it gives girls confidence.” Sabates said she was inspired to model by her mother, Claudia, who is a wellknown former runway model in her native Chile. Sabates is a straight-A student and natural leader with a passion for social causes, especially anti-bullying and anti-drug programs at her high school.

Combining her passion for all things feminine with her athletic frame and a photogenic ease, Shana Kirksay hopes to continue forging her own path. “I did photo shoots when I was younger, but didn’t realize what I was doing,” Shana recalled, adding that this contest is an opportunity for her to follow her desire to be known for her own abilities. Often recognized as the daughter of basketball player Tariq Kirksay on the European circuit, she is aware of fame’s drawbacks. “I don’t like to be recognized as ‘the daughter of.’ I’m Shana.

That’s my name,” she said. Yet her background has allowed her to soak up opportunities that many people only dream of, such as traveling and learning about different cultures.

Poised and composed, with blue eyes, fiery red hair and a light complexion, 18-year-old Megan Shepherd looks like a young lady ready to enter into the world of modeling. Then again, modeling isn’t unfamiliar territory. “I modeled on and off until I was 12, and I just now started now getting back into it,” she said. In her younger years, Megan spent time in modeling and acting classes. “I auditioned a lot, and never got any callbacks,” she recalled. “I started getting insecure.” However, she has now learned to take the difficulties of the profession with a smile.

Her favorite part is having her hair and makeup done. “I love it. It makes me feel a lot better. It makes me feel a lot more confident,” Megan said.

With chocolate-brown eyes and chestnut hair, 18-yearold Lindsey Guthrie, a college student at Florida International University, has her sights set on a future in modeling. She knows that following your dreams isn’t easy, but Lindsey is ready for the challenge. Meanwhile, she is studying to become a speech therapist, and one of her goals is to work with deaf children.

She hopes to encourage others as she enters the spotlight.

“I’m most excited about being able to show everyone that you can follow your dreams just by taking the first step,” Lindsey said. The idea of modeling has always been in the back of her mind. “This past year, I wanted to expand on it and make a career out of it,” she said.

A quintessential Florida girl, 18-year-old Olivia Burns, with her tall, slim build, honeyblonde hair and tan skin, is ready to become Wellington’s Next Top Model. While studying business administration and marketing at Keiser University, Burns discovered the contest and decided to submit her information. Olivia became interested in modeling and the fashion scene at an early age. “I’ve always liked looking in the style magazines, looking at all the pictures and watching the Victoria’s Secret shows,” she said, explaining that model Adriana Lima is one of her favorites. Olivia, who is excited to participate in the contest, cannot wait to see where her modeling aspirations will take her.

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In May, Wellington The Magazine launched a search for ”Wellington’s Next Top Model,” and the response was amazing. Since June, we have featured six of Wellington’s most beautiful people, all of whom seriously have what it takes to be the next runway superstar.

Special thanks to all of our fashion retailers, hair and makeup industry professionals, and all of the models who entered the contest. Wellington’s Next Top Model has been one of our most successful contests to date, and we could have not accomplished it all without all of our community partners, including professional photographer Abner Pedraza and on-site assistant Betty Buglio.

With this issue, our series has concluded, and all six nominees have been featured. To the left, you can recapture a bit of who these nominees are and take one more look as we kickoff the voting phase. We are asking you, our readers, to help us decide who should be named “Wellington’s Next Top Model,” earning the top prize: a professional modeling portfolio, in print and digital versions, donated by fashion photographer Abner Pedraza and valued at more than $2,500, as well as being featured on Wellington The Magazine’s December 82 cover as the winner of the contest.

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Grand Opening Of Grandma’s Place Art & Music Studio In Royal Palm Beach

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, Grandma’s Place held the grand opening of its new Art & Music Studio, which was a Gratitude Training Masterful Living Group #19 (ML19) project.

Grandma’s Place is a nonprofit organization that is an emergency shelter for 16 children, from the age of birth to 12, who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect or abandonment.

The goal of an ML Group is to leave a lasting legacy. ML19 raised all the money to do the project, including installing wood floors, painting murals, purchasing art supplies and musical instruments, and more.

The event was underwritten by Sydell Palent, a longtime volunteer at Grandma’s Place.

Learn more at www.grandmas placepb.org.

(Above left) The ML19 Gratitude Training team leaders. (Above right) Father Steven Thomas and Dr. Ian Shtulman. (Below) Murray Palent, Michael Fink and Eddie Goldman.

Sue Fink, Sydell Palent, Jackie Alvarez and Betty Lantiere.

KIDS FROM ST. PETER’S DONATE BOOKS TO PWH

The students at the St. Peter’s United Methodist Church Child Enrichment Center (CEC) donated books to the Children’s Hospital at Palms West recently, helping the young patients in the pediatric unit. St. Peter’s parents purchased the books at CEC’s annual Scholastic Book Fair fundraiser that encourages reading. The St. Peter’s United Methodist Church Child Enrichment Center (CEC) is a Gold Seal-accredited, nonprofit, Christ-centered preschool in Wellington. For more information on the school’s classes and programs, visit www.stpeterscec.com.

Jeff Fraim Named Head Pro At Wanderers Club

The Wanderers Club in Wellington recently announced the promotion of Jeff Fraim to head golf professional. Fraim joined the golf club in 2012 from a seasonal position at the Sunnybrook Golf Club in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. Fraim started playing golf at age 13 and has been hooked on the game ever since. He served five years as the head golf professional at Primland Resort in Virginia, and has been employed at some of the country’s most prestigious private clubs, including Yeamans Hall Club, Charleston, S.C.; Edgartown Golf Club, Martha’s Vineyard; and Huntingdon Valley Country Club, Huntingdon Valley, Pa. An accomplished golf player, he tried his hand at mini tour life in 1999 and 2000, before deciding to continue his club professional career. Now, as a Class “A” Member of the PGA, Fraim’s strengths are providing first-class service to guests, as well as teaching, merchandising and tournament operations.

Members of the Rotary Club of Wellington attend a Trick or Treat event at the Children’s Hospital at Palms West.

Wellington Rotary Hosts Trick Or Treat At P.W. Hospital The Rotary Club of Wellington continued its “hands on” community service projects on Friday, Oct. 31.

Many members of the club attended a Halloween Trick or Treat party for the patients at the Children’s Hospital at Palms West.

The members of the club visited the patient rooms and greeted the children and parents. Toys, candy and other treats were distributed

to the children by the members of the club.

The event was organized by Maggie Zeller, the club’s community outreach chair.

For more information about the Rotary Club of Wellington, or information about becoming a member, contact Bob Salerno at (561) 512-8247 or bobultracleaners@gmail.com or visit www. wellingtonrotary.org.

VILLAGEWALK HOSTS BIG TRUNK OR TREAT

Jeff Fraim “Providing unparalleled service to the membership is my primary goal,” said Fraim. “We strive to achieve that goal every day at the club.”

The parking lot at Wellington’s VillageWalk community became the second annual Trunk and Treat on Saturday, Oct. 25. More than 50 young children participated in the community event. The residents decorated their trunks from cute and whimsical to a “scary” operating table. After the costume parade and judging, the event ended with arts and crafts and relay races.

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EMERALD COVE MIDDLE CELEBRATES THINKPINK

On Oct. 30, hundreds of students, faculty and staff members from Emerald Cove Middle School wore pink to show their support for October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Think Pink “PinkOut” day on campus was sponsored by the ThinkPink club. Each year, ThinkPink clubs at participating schools in the Wellington area raise money for breast cancer research through the Scripps Florida Research Institute, as well donating to the Your Bosom Buddies II Breast Cancer Support Group. Shown here are participating Emerald Cove Middle School students.

Palm Beach Central To Hold One School, One Book Assembly Nov. 13

Over the past three months, students at Palm Beach Central High School have been painting houses, learning about programs that train dogs for disabled veterans and forming a partnership with Habitat for Humanity — all because of a book. As part of a One School, One Book program, students read John Grisham’s A Painted House for their summer reading assignment, and the school has used the storyline as a springboard for community service activities and academic work since school began in August.

On Thursday, Nov. 13, the school will hold an assembly that combines Veterans Day with its One School, One Book program.

The assembly will take place in the gym, beginning at noon.

The novel takes place during the Korean War, and the main characters in the book are focused on news from the war while they await the return of their son, brother and uncle, Ricky.

Palm Beach Central will honor those who have served in the Nov. 13 assembly with the Presentation of Colors, the Pledge of Allegiance, and an a cappella performance of The Star-Spangled Banner by the school’s Traditions

choir under the direction of Scott Houchins. Principal Darren Edgecomb will be honoring audience members who have served in the Armed Forces as part of the ceremony.

In recognition of some of the community service activities that students have participated in this year, Debbie Majors, executive director of Dogs 4 Disabled Veterans, will be on hand with some of the organization’s dogs to show the students examples of the training that the dogs receive prior to being placed with a veteran who needs assistance with daily living.

Bernard Godek, executive director of Habitat for Humanity, will also talk about some upcoming community service opportunities that are available for students through that organization.

In A Painted House, young Luke Chandler dreams of becoming a baseball player someday, so faculty veterans and members of the armed forces will take on a group of students in an indoor wiffleball game as the culminating event of the assembly. Pep band members, under the direction of James Yaques, will entertain the crowd between innings with patriotic music.

SCHOOL NEWS

Seminole Ridge Donates To ‘Caps Of Love’ Caps of Love is an international nonprofit which recycles plastic caps and lids to fund wheelchairs for disabled children. Valerie Mathieu, founder and president of the charity’s U.S. affiliate, calls the Caps of Love effort “a winwin situation — not only do our proceeds go to fund wheelchairs for local children, but we keep tons and tons of trash out of our landfills.”

Seminole Ridge High School has donated more than 1,000 pounds of caps over the past three years, and faculty coordinator Peggy Larson said the most recent response has been overwhelming, prompting her to recruit National Honor Society and French Honor Society students to help in sorting the caps.

For more information, visit www.capsoflove.com.

Econ Students Get “Epi Vamptic” — The Florida Atlantic University Center for Economic Education held its inaugural Markets Interact contest recently, and Seminole Ridge econ students, under the sponsorship of economics teacher Andrea Caceres-Santamaria, were among the winners.

For the contest, students created a “markets interaction” diagram based on an apocalyptic event in which the U.S. is inundated with bloodthirsty vampires (“EpiVamptic,” an epidemic of vampires).

The resulting diagram indicated how the event impacts market supply or demand and how the price of the market good — for example: wood, for wooden stakes; silver,

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Hawk students James DeCarolis, Danielle McDade and Jaqueline Yussuf earned T-shirts and certificates for their second-place win, and honorable mentions went to the team of Ryan Beimly, Parker Jackson, Jared Sprague and Jonathan Wiggins.

Marksmen Take Silver — The SRHS Army JROTC marksmanship team joined four other schools at Forest Hill High School on Oct. 25 in a competitive, shoulder-to-shoulder, three-position shooting match — prone, standing and kneeling. Cadets from five local high schools participated, and Seminole Ridge brought home the second-place trophy. Congratulations to battalion marksmen Caleb Anderson, Chase Chute, Emilee Fanning, Matt Guinaugh, Brittney Katz, Kristina Mullins, Michael Schauers, Logan Waltersdorf and Alec Wasko.

Winged Regiment Superior — On Oct. 25, a panel of state-certified judges from the Florida Bandmasters’ Association gave the SRHS Winged Regiment the highest possible rating in every category for its annual marching band assessment, both individual (music, color guard, general effect, percussion, marching and maneuvering) and overall.

“The FBA oversees the quality of education for all band programs statewide,” Band Director Daniel Harvey said. “Their results represent the quality of education Ridge band students receive.”

Veterans Day Program —The

Hawk senior Anna Packard with a quarter-ton of caps collected from Seminole Ridge and Western Pines students this school year.

SRHS Army JROTC hosts its annual Veterans Day Program on Monday, Nov. 10 at 9 a.m. in the school gym. Students have invited friends, family and neighbors who have served in the armed forces to the event. There will be a reception for veterans in the media center at 10:15 a.m.

This year’s guest speaker is Staff Sergeant Brian Mast, who retired from the U.S. Army’s elite Joint Special Operations Command as an explosive ordnance disposal

(EOD) operator, or bomb tech, following the amputation of both legs while serving in Afghanistan. Mast now lives in Fort Lauderdale with his wife, Brianna, and his young sons, Magnum and Maverick. He is a full-time student of economics at Harvard University, an explosives specialist with the Department of Homeland Security, and a tireless advocate working to bring to the South Florida community an awareness of many veterans and nonprofit organizations.

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Sixteen seventh-grade students qualified for and have been recognized as Rosarian Academy Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) Scholars.

These students qualified by earning at least a 95 percentile or higher on an acceptable composite or subtest area from a previous test.

The Duke University Talent Identification Program allows students an opportunity to pursue an out-of-level testing experience by inviting them to participate in taking either the SAT or ACT college entrance examinations.

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In addition to building their testing skills, students also have the opportunity to learn and/or possibly participate in other programs for academically talented students.

Congratulations to the following qualifying students: Meredith Anderson, Alexander Boren, Charlotte Breckenridge, Daisy Cook, Lily Cook, Peter Fields, Emma Guerrieri, Isaac Jones, Milo Keogh, Colin Kramer, Maggie Millar, Thomas Raymond, Bard Rockenbach, Seema Thakkar, Jack Throop and Grayson Zwickel.

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H.L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY STUDENTS CLEAN UP

On Oct. 30, H.L. Johnson Elementary School’s environmental group, Team Green, hosted the International Coastal Cleanup as part of the Great American Cleanup sponsored by Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful. Fifty students and family members collected approximately 60 pounds of trash and 10 pounds of recycling from the nearby park and around the outside perimeter of the elementary school. H.L. Johnson has recently become an Adopt-A-Spot through the Solid Waste Authority and conducts monthly campus cleanups.

H.L. Johnson strives to keep their Green School Of Excellence clean and “green.”

RPBHS CLUBS FIGHT AGAINST TOBACCO USE

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The King’s Academy Celebrates Homecoming The King’s Academy’s celebrated homecoming during the week of Oct. 13. This year’s theme was “A Blast from the Past,” with each grade picking a different decade to represent. The week was packed with school spirit, fun and healthy competition.

Each day of the week, TKA students and staff dressed according to a theme, including: Mixn-Match Day, Twin Day, Theme Day, Class Color Day and Spirit Day. The festivities also included powder puff football, a class skit competition and a homecoming football game in which TKA defeated the Benjamin School 49-13, and the 2014 homecoming king and queen were crowned.

Most importantly, a “Change for Change” drive raised more than $5,800 to support Access-Life Ministry. Access-Life develops and executes programs and events for people and families in the local area living with disabilities.

Through their expo events, they help connect them to churches, organizations, resources and people within their community.

“We are so pleased to be able to

TKA’s Homecoming King and Queen, Payton Campbell and Cortland Brigham. partner with Access-Life,” said Michelle Kolar, director of student life. “This fundraiser allowed our students to truly appreciate what it means to give back to our community.”

TKA is a nationally recognized private Christian school. For more info., visit www.tka.net.

RED RIBBON WEEK AT NEW HORIZONS Royal Palm Beach High School’s SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) and SWAT (Students Working Against Tobacco) clubs recently joined forces to fight against tobacco use. The clubs recently traveled to a local CVS store to thank the manager for CVS’s decision to remove tobacco products. The students recognized that it is the first positive step in making cigarettes less available, and it also protects teens from the harmful effects of smoking. The clubs would like to thank CVS for its strong stance.

If you aren’t sure what this year’s favorite Halloween costume is, you need only to have attended Golden Grove Elementary School’s bash on Friday, Oct. 24, and you would have realized that for girls it is the princesses from Disney’s Frozen. For the boys, it is superheroes to the rescue. Students enjoyed an evening of spooky treats, dancing and spending time with their friends.

CELEBRATING ‘LIGHTS ON AFTERSCHOOL’ AT WES

On Thursday, Oct .23, Lights on Afterschool Day took place at Wellington Elementary School.

Lights on Afterschool Day is a nationwide event celebrating afterschool programs and their important role in the lives of children, families and communities. The afterschool children decorated light bulbs and shared thoughts about their favorite afterschool activities.

All the children and counselors received t-shirts celebrating the special day.

New Horizons Elementary School students celebrated Red Ribbon Week focusing on “Just Saying Yes to Good Choices” and “Just Saying No to Drugs.” Each day, students participated in different activities highlighting healthy choices, including, “Just Say Yes to Books.” Fourth grade dual language students read biographies, created “Who Am I” games with character clues, dressed in costumes depicting their book character, and presented to parents and students. Pictured here are students dressed as their biography characters with their books and games.

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A Trip To The Water Leads To My Latest Housing Adventure I am writing this at 4 o’clock in the morning, so excited I can’t sleep.

Mark and I are still in Kansas City with the newborn, waiting to take over when my daughter heads back to work. But both Mark and I grew up near water, so sometimes we miss it. Amber waves of grain have their own beauty, but you can’t waterski on prairie grass!

So last Saturday, we hopped in the car and went exploring. This is Mark’s favorite thing to do anyway and, like a divining rod, he always ends up at water. Which is exactly what happened this time.

I was admiring the bobbing blue of some little lake when Mark said, “Look at that house!”

Deborah Welky is

The Sonic BOOMER And there it was.

Now I’ve seen houses before, but this one made my heart go pitty-pat. Made of boulders and boards with a forest green roof, it sat nestled quietly among the trees like the best Girl Scout cabin ever. It had a massive stone chimney and a second-story

back deck with a tree growing through it.

Mark stopped the car and I got out, approaching this vision like I was being called home.

A wrought iron gate sat crookedly on its hinges, and just beyond that was a dusty “for sale” sign.

And that’s your clue, of course — “dusty.” Dusty as in “long forgotten,” “ill-abandoned” and “avoided like the plague.” Just the kind of place I like. It needed me!

Mark saw the sign, too, and started to back away slowly. Where I get to be naïve and rather stupid about houses, he is saddled with the burdensome knowledge of a builder.

“Just look at it!” I whispered.

“OK, back in the car,” he said nervously.

But it was too late. I was a deer in the headlights. “We… could… come up here... every… summer,” I said, barely able to think, much less speak.

“We don’t have the money.”

“Skippy could learn to fish on the lake.”

“It needs too much work.”

“Probably just a coat of paint…”

Mark succeeded in steering me back into our vehicle and peeled rubber out of there.

But the next day, we were back, with the kids. When Skippy headed straight for the dock, Mark’s head tipped back knowingly. ’Tis the pull of the sea, it is. Then my

son-in-law hollered, “The garage door is open!” and we were all inside, unrepentant trespassers.

There were four small bedrooms, two severely outdated bathrooms and a kitchen straight from the 1970s. I mean, it was carpeted!

Mark shook his head. “Just look at this,” he preached.

I was not about to be saved. In fact, I was already in the living room. “It has a window seat! It has built-in bookcases!”

I mused. “It has a shuttered little opening overlooking the space from the upstairs hall!”

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Bill Murray Makes ‘St. Vincent’ The Little Movie Worth Seeing

While we now are in the season for quality blockbusters, each arriving one week after the other to allow time to pick up the easy money, the small movie St. Vincent has slipped into theaters. It manages to avoid being sentimental and sappy by just a hair, probably from the quickly receding hairline of Bill Murray.

The movie should be overly sentimental, a young kid next to a cranky old geezer.

But Murray, a brilliant actor, manages to keep things moving forward enough that you can ignore the stereotypes and set-up scenes and simply enjoy.

Vincent MacKenna (Murray) lives in a dump a home in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, with his cat. He is more than a bit of a bore who spends his time at a local bar, the racetrack and a strip club, where he borrows Russian “dancer” Daka (Naomi Watts) once a week for some, um, alone time. Then MRI tech Maggie

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By Leonard Wechsler (Melissa McCarthy) and her 12-year-old son Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher) move next door. Maggie has just separated from her husband and winds up needing someone to watch her son. For a variety of reasons, she lets Vincent watch him. Of course, since Vince is a drunk and nasty loser and womanizer, he might not be considered an ideal child watcher.

He takes Oliver under his wing when the boy is bullied and teaches him a bit, a tiny bit, about fighting, which gets the

kid in trouble at his Catholic school. The priest, Father Geraghty (Chris O’Dowd) is not bothered by the fact the boy is Jewish, since there are many different faiths in his classroom, although he does whisper to the boy that the Catholic religion is the best because they have the most rules. Oliver winds up making friends and doing many interesting things thanks to Vincent that his father can use to try to pry him away from his mother.

Yet Vincent has another side to him. We see him visiting his wife every week at an expensive nursing home even though her Alzheimer’s means she does not recognize him, and he does her laundry despite the fact that it would be handled as part of his fees. When with her, he is even charming, and the contrast between his behavior there and elsewhere is exquisitely painful.

Of course, things have to be resolved, and director Theodore Melfi ties things up

in a nice sentimental knot that manages to be both heartwarming and funny, as Oliver points to Vince as someone who is a “saint among us,” finding good things about the man despite his flaws.

Murray is a wonderful actor. He manages to make a grumpy, nasty person into something far more. Not much he does is really nice, but somehow you still like him. McCarthy plays the straight-woman here. It is nice to see her not doing her wild woman routine. She manages to make Maggie a real person, one you can really care about. This woman works hard, does extra work to make needed money and takes care of her son — like many in real life, although unfortunately a rarity in both television and movies.

Watts is good as Daka, even though her accent sounds more like Natasha from Bullwinkle than any Russian I have ever met. Yet she makes a strong impression

and gets a lot more laughs than might be expected. O’Dowd is good in his small role. Lieberher stands out in this expert cast. He manages to not only be the underage nerd, but also to show a wisdom not often seen in the film.

We need more movies like St. Vincent that are more based in real life than on superheroes or vampires or the rich and beautiful. Small character-based films provide a way to look at life differently. There are many films about successful young people looking for love. But those not as pretty or as talented or as wealthy also want love. This season, St. Vincent is an anomaly. It has a real story and some very good acting. There are rumors already floating around that Murray might get an Oscar nomination or even, somehow in an era when comedies and comedic actors get little respect, an actual award. This is a good movie. See it.

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YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OF WELLINGTON HOSTS WICKED AT THE WANDERERS The Young Professionals of Wellington presented Wicked at the Wanderers on Saturday, Nov. 1. The evening was a costume and casino party to benefit Horses Healing Hearts. The group also awarded its Community Impact Award to Juan Gando, owner of the PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER Grille, Oli’s and the Seahorse. For more info., visit www.ypwellington.com.

Traci Goldberg, Gemma Ford, Lisa and Tracy Ciucci, and Jeremy Metternich.

Brian and Vicki Buckstein.

Kathy Foster and Mike Nelson.

Wellington Councilwoman Anne and Alan Gerwig.

Paulina and Juan Gando with the Community Impact Award.

Len Martling, Julie Jensen, and Dennis and Maureen Witkowski.

Rabbit in the hat David Scheider with magician Janna Schneider.

Joe and Ashley Maguire.

Melody and Alec Domb.

FUN HALLOWEEN OPEN HOUSE AT SCIENTASTIC INSTITUTE IN WELLINGTON

On Friday, Oct. 31, the Scientastic Institute held a Halloween Open House. Children made slime, learned about electricity and carbon, PHOTOS BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER and met a tarantula and a hedgehog. For more information, visit www.scientasticinstitute.com.

Jaden Osowiecki helps Max Popovic make borax slime.

Jacob Carpenter helps Samara Osowiecki with a carbon and sugar experiment.

Central Chamber Discusses Business Issues With State’s Lieutenant Governor

Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera invited the leadership team of the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce to join him for lunch at Flanigan’s in Wellington to discuss issues that affect Palm Beach County and the State of Florida.

Representing the chamber were Chairman Frank Gonzalez, CEO Wayne Burns and Executive Vice President Mary Lou Bedford.

Talks centered around three key issues: the competitive landscape between Florida and key states such as Texas, Georgia and North Carolina; the positive impact of the state-implemented micro-loans put into effect last year; and the need for the continuance of a positive pro-business and pro-economic development

climate in order to remain competitive.

“The Central Palm Beach County Chamber continues to take a lead role in supporting the state’s economic development priorities by continuing its focus on retaining and expanding small businesses in Palm Beach County and working with elected officials and developers to create a business friendly environment to support Kelly Smallridge and the Business Development Board in their efforts to attract corporations to our area,” Burns said.

During the meeting, several local people stopped by to express support for Lopez-Cantera and Gov. Rick Scott. “Our time with Lt. Gov. Lopez-Cantera was very productive, and I enjoyed

the added bonus of being in the company of Wellington Councilwoman Anne Gerwig and her husband, Alan, during lunch as well,” he said.

The governor’s office sees value in the Central Palm Beach Chamber because of the chamber’s large regional footprint and 1,200 member business base, further evidenced by the fact that Burns and Bedford have met twice so far this year with Gov. Scott.

The chamber has pushed for reductions in regulations and state legislated costs that impact small businesses, and also seeks to evaluate opportunities for local largescale commercial development that will serve as an economic engine for job creation and enhanced municipal fiscal stability.

Local Family Fighting To Cure Crohn’s Disease

The battle against Crohn’s disease, or ulcerative colitis, began for Joel Levine and his wife Irene in 2005, when their daughter Rebecca, now 25, was diagnosed.

A founding partner with the West Palm Beach public accounting firm of Caler, Donten, Levine, Cohen, Porter & Veil P.A., Levine discovered that his child had joined the more than 1.4 million Americans coping with the debilitating digestive disease.

Choosing to be tireless activists instead of helpless spectators, the Levine family of Wellington, and the accounting firm, will be at the front of the crowd at the annual Take Steps Walk, benefiting the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of

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continued from page 1 Cramer said that flexibility is one of the key benefits of using PUD zoning.

“The benefit of having a planned unit development is that there is flexibility in design and the ability to make these modifications as the development starts to progress through the development stage,” she said. “If you look at the master plan, you will see a table that provides you with all of the pods, and you will see that there are pods with phases that have a density that is much greater than one dwelling

America. To date, they have raised more than $175,000 for the only organization solely dedicated to funding research to find a cure for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

The local event will begin at 3 p.m. on Nov. 8 in CityPlace in downtown West Palm Beach.

The Levines’ involvement in finding a cure began almost as soon as Rebecca was diagnosed.

Rebecca participated in an internship with the CCFA in New York and her family flew up to support her by participating in the NYC Take Steps Walk in June 2010.

“We were moved by the support and compassion behind those involved and knew we wanted to

get involved with a local chapter,” Joel said.

In December 2012, the Levines joined CCFA’s Team Challenge Program and completed the Las Vegas half marathon. They will again run in the Las Vegas half marathon this month. “Throughout the training period, we have spent a great deal of time with individuals and their loved ones who are living with Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and inflammatory bowel disease,” Joel said. “We are learning more and are taking that knowledge with us as we continue our mission to find a cure.”

For more info., call the CCFA at (561) 218-2929 or visit www. ccfa.org.

unit per two acres, but the overall PUD density is still one dwelling unit per two acres. That has not changed. As far as the construction and design of 40th Street, that is not part of this petition. It is not part of the request in front of you.

The only thing that is, is the access point, and the access point is to illustrate on a general master plan, where the access point is.”

Adams favored the changes, saying they will improve mobility and traffic in the area.

“While I’m very sympathetic to the causes of all the people who had their lawyers here, I’m also sympathetic to dispersing traffic, particularly off of Pierson Road, and I’m also in favor of trusting my staff,” he said. “They’ve stud-

ied these issues, so I’m sure that they’re aware of the arguments that have been made.”

Adams characterized the proceedings as “one step in a multistep process.”

“I’m in favor of supporting the staff. I’m in favor of dispersing traffic. I’m in favor of keeping the horse industry vibrant and moving ahead with due recognition to the owners,” he said. “As far as I can tell, our staff has done a professional job with a difficult subject.”

With that, Adams made a motion to approve the resolution, which was seconded by Mariaca.

The motion carried 3-2, with Chair Carol Coleman and Vice Chair Andrew Carduner opposed.

Jacob Carpenter, Max Popovic and Jaden, Jay and Samara Osowiecki have a great time at the Halloween Open House.

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New County Commish

continued from page 1 county’s priorities that we need to work with our state partners on, including appropriation requests for the Glades,” she said. “We still need water and road money — that’s one of the first items on the county’s legislative agenda for 2015. I want to make sure that the needs of the Glades are included in that agenda.”

McKinlay said she aims to be a county commissioner representing all residents of District 6.

“It’s tremendously rewarding, very humbling, and I know that I captured 46 percent, so I have a lot of work to do,” she said. “I’m proud to have had that support, but I have a lot of work to do to work with the other side that didn’t vote for me and try to pull us all together to do good things for District 6… I’ve got a big job ahead of me, and I’m ready to start.”

Melissa McKinlay celebrates with her children, Annika, Brady and Macey.

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Michelle Santamaria awaited returns at the original Wellington Mall. (Left) Michelle Santamaria with supporters John Carroll and Bob Jones. (Right) Commissioner Jess Santamaria addresses the crowd.

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Republican candidate Andrew Schaller waited with friends and family for polling results at JoJo’s Raw Bar & Grill in Wellington. (L-R) Kelly Jackson, Bill Schaller, Andrew Schaller, Chase Manning, Fran Schaller and Julie Schaller.

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continued from page 1 he said. “My job is to promote myself and talk about what I have done and what I’ve accomplished.

We’ve come a long way from where we started in 1996 when I was first elected. We’ve basically built the parks we have and put in the roads we have, and we’re working on the drainage system to see if we can make it even better.

We’ve been doing that for a long time, too.”

In the next four years, Bair wants to complete the State Road 7 extension to Northlake Blvd., complete the Acreage Community Park south project, and continue to work on drainage

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Decision Nov. 10

continued from page 1 ents itself for negotiation,” Perry said. “Minto has taken a hard line.”

Supervisor Michelle Damone asked whether the difference of opinion at the end of the hearing could be sorted out by the ITID board’s next regular meeting on Nov. 10, and Perry said he knew there was support by other county commissioners for the condition made by Commissioner Shelley Vana to protect Persimmon Blvd., at least in the development’s early stages, which he estimated to be six to eight years.

About an hour of public comment limited to two minutes per speaker was divided between those who did and did not want to pursue litigation.

Resident Diana Demarest said she did not want to pay for more litigation, referring to a push by a group called ALERTS (Acreage/ Loxahatchee Engaged Residents Taking a Stand) for ITID to take legal action.

“I keep hearing $500,000 as the cost of suing,” she said. “Their dream at ALERTS is for Indian

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continued from page 3 what the concept was with pixels, and how it affects the picture on the television set.”

Watching the students draw the connections between science and math and everyday situations was crucial to the teachers.

Fifth-grade science and math teacher Stacey Bryant observed the transformation as students experienced the various exhibits.

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“We’ll do whatever we can to improve [drainage] without costing the district a fortune,” he said.

Hager, mounting much of her campaign from atop a horse with the hopes of “keeping The Acreage rural,” said her victory tells her that she is doing something right in the eyes of the people.

“It has been a really trying, learning experience, having a fulltime job and sitting up there on that board, but I’m ready for the next four years,” she said.

Hager said she wants to find a happy medium in a community that is divided.

“With limited space left in Florida to be able to live somewhere for a lifestyle, I think this area is one of those few places, especially south of Orlando,” she

said. “They’ve started to realize that encroachment of developers is real, but they’ve also started to realize that they have a voice in the process, and that together we can accomplish something. That’s what I’m hearing from the people who support me.”

Her goals over the next four years include fighting overdevelopment and doing all she can to limit its impact on The Acreage, especially on roads.

“I really don’t want to see us paved over,” she said. “I don’t want to see this area become a thoroughfare for Minto and GL Homes. I’m not saying seal the borders and put up a wall, but as far as the district is concerned, the residents are going to pay some way, either monetarily or with their way of life. It’s really something worth fighting for.”

Hager said some people want to yield to developers because they think it’s not worth the fight, but she believes that it is.

“I’m not interested in negotiating with developers,” she said. “They do not have our best interests.”

Regarding the recent campaign, Hager said that she ran a clean race.

“I stayed positive; I did not give in to negative campaigning,” she said. “I did not say one negative thing. I didn’t print one negative thing. I ran my own race.”

Jacobs said she is happy to have pulled out with a win in a close race, but her joy was muted due to the other outcomes.

“I was hoping Mike Erickson would get in,” she said. “He has a way of negotiating and talking to professionals at different levels

that we need on that board, and he is really good at it.”

Jacobs credits her opponent for running a great race, especially in her first time running for office.

“She didn’t get dirty or nasty,” Jacobs said. “I’m happy I got a third term. I’m going to try my best to get things finished, get things done, and try to mend this community mainly.”

Jacobs cited the need to negotiate with Minto to minimize the impact of the development on The Acreage.

“My goal is to bring this community back together,” she said.

“Minto divided it terribly. We used to have our green market with all our different groups, and we’d gather and everybody loved each other. It was so much fun, and now it’s ugly, real ugly. You don’t even know if you want to go in your

local grocery store because some people have been saying some really nasty things.”

Jacobs wants to help people get on with their lives, and try to minimize the impact by working with the county to get as much of the impact fees from Minto West as they can for road improvements.

“Our roads, whether Minto came or not, the county needs to get out here and widen Northlake, and some of these roads need to go through east to west,” she said.

“It’s ridiculous. They keep building houses in The Acreage even without Minto. You have to go around and it takes half an hour.”

She also wants to finish the Acreage Community Park project.

“We have some bonds that should be paid off soon,” she said.

“I’m hoping to start a community center also.”

Trail to pick up the tab. If you sue, you are only delaying the inevitable.”

Demarest added that she also did not favor blocking roads or delaying the development of connecting roads.

Resident John Meredith said Seminole Ridge High School students spend 45 minutes on Orange Grove Blvd. and Seminole Pratt Whitney Road commuting to and from school. Meredith added that he did not want more litigation.

“Drainage, roads and parks is what we should be doing,” he said.

Marissa Hopkins echoed that sentiment. “Please do not spend tax dollars on frivolous lawsuits,” Hopkins said. “Development is inevitable.”

Rick Diaz also opposed ITID pursuing a legal battle. “You’re not our city council; you’re our public works,” he said, adding that residents don’t pay the board to fight political battles. “This is not an endorsement of Minto, but I feel such expenditure will be fruitless.”

Diaz presented a petition with 154 signatures opposing further litigation.

But resident Patricia Curry, a central figure in the ALERTS group, said that ITID has a fiduciary responsibility to protect assets

of the district and should continue discussion of not only Persimmon Blvd. and 60th Street, both slated to be connected to the development, but also many other Acreage roads that will be affected.

“Our own consultants report said there will be bleed-off traffic,” Curry said. “Minto sent a letter to the district saying they want to widen Coconut to four lanes.

You will not be able to negotiate anything with Minto if you don’t have a seat at the table. Fight it.”

Al Summer thought there would be no negotiating with Minto and asserted that residents own the property under the roads. “The county cannot take 60th Street unless you give it to them,” he said. “We can stop Minto and GL Homes by maintaining the deeds to our roads.”

Resident Gina Parrish took a more conciliatory view, saying it was time to negotiate, not litigate.

“If we work with Minto, they will be our neighbors,” she said.

“I want no more tax dollars spent on this waste, but let’s get what we can.”

Lillian Hall also opposed further litigation. “My concern is collateral damage to the community,” she said. “We have wonderful people who worked together who won’t

speak to each other now.”

Hall pointed out that Minto West is going to come one way or another. “Let’s learn how to deal with this, not pull each other apart,” she said, adding that she would support a private lawsuit, but not a publically initiated one.

Litigation supporter Anne Kuhl said her bigger concern is other large developers that have been waiting for the Minto West decision as a precedent.

“If we don’t fight this, we will have all this traffic,” Kuhl said.

“It’s unconscionable to me to think of laying down and letting them walk all over us.”

She said it was wrong for Minto to use a 5-mile radius as a measurement for comparable growth around the site. “People in the immediate area are rural,” she said.

“We have 17,000 residents who need to be protected.”

Former ITID Supervisor Carlos Enriquez said he did not favor further legal challenges, but thought that ITID should get it in writing that the county would be responsible for maintaining the roads that would be improved as a result of Minto West.

“You need to get it in writing from the county to maintain the roads, but that does not require

of the things they’re doing out there, are things that pretty much happen every day,” she said. “Even from the heartbeat — your heart beats every day, you just don’t get a chance to hear it. Everything is tying in to normal, everyday situations that they never actually thought were science.”

The adjustable activities allowed the teachers and volunteers to customize each child’s experience. “How much they’re getting out of it is based upon how much interest they have in it,” Mann said.

His station, math with dominos, taught students that math can be

both fun and challenging.

“If you would poll nine out of 10 kindergartners or first-graders, or whoever was at the station, and say, ‘Do you want to do addition or subtraction?’ they’d be like, ‘No thanks.’ But they were having fun because it infused dominos, which is a game I’m sure a lot of the parents have at home,” he said. “They were actually enjoying these addition and subtraction scenarios.”

With so many stations to choose from, the students were able to see how science is infused into so many of the things they take for granted, added

kindergarten teacher Debbie Breuninger.

The links between science and math are something the teachers have also been learning about, said Mann, who added that part of the STEM training is to show the interwoven relationships between science, math and technology.

“Technology is their world,” Bremekamp said. “We’re just trying to provide opportunities to give them technology so it’s fun, and yet still making sure we’re making those ties into science, technology, engineering and math — and it’s not just about being on a computer.”

a lawsuit of any kind,” Enriquez said.

Christine Schwarz was among those favoring litigation. “We need to defend ourselves. If you think you’re going to bargain with Minto, you’re living in a fantasy world,” she said.

The three unsuccessful candidates for seats on the ITID board in Tuesday’s election were on hand to weigh in.

Candidate Mike Erickson, also a former ITID supervisor, said he shared Perry’s concern that the Persimmon Blvd. conditions did not get into the final approval.

“I will be calling the county commission, too,” Erickson said.

“Those conditions are crucial.

Litigation is a lose-lose except for lawyers. They are the ones who win in the end. We need to be at the table with Minto.”

Candidate Betty Argue presented a petition with 315 signatures calling for the board to protect the district’s roads and canals and objecting to their use by Minto.

“The estimated cost of litigation could be $250,000 to $500,000, but that is a small percentage of the total assets in the district,” she said.

And candidate Alan Ballweg said that ITID has a fiduciary duty to protect taxpayer assets, which he estimated to be about $320 million worth of roads and canals.

“Litigation to protect our assets is essential,” he said, pointing out that the Scripps/Mecca Farms lawsuit was successful.

William Miller was for litigation. “I attended the commission meeting and saw a total disregard for people,” he said. “It was arrogant of five of them. I would not count on Minto’s good nature or kindness toward us. If we sit here and roll over, these guys are going to say it was easy picking.”

Supervisor Michelle Damone said the comments of Lillian Hall stuck in her mind.

“When we moved out here, we impacted people,” she said, pointing out that the early Acreage did not have its own recreational amenities at first and had to use Royal Palm Beach services. Royal Palm Beach Blvd. was heavily traveled

by Acreage commuters before the

State Road 7 extension opened.

“I think it’s irresponsible to litigate without mitigation,” Damone said. “I used to love driving through [Callery-Judge Grove] and smelling the orange blossoms.

That’s gone now, and they have a right to develop. Nobody told me I cannot build on my property.”

She also heard comments about blocking off roads, which she said would be unacceptable for emergency services.

“If you ever have to make a 911 call, you would not want that,” Damone said, explaining that she had ridden on rescue vehicles with Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue staff. “They would be devastated if certain roads were closed here.”

Damone said she was against litigation, but preferred to wait on a final decision until the board’s meeting on Nov. 10, after Perry has gotten a final determination on the Persimmon Blvd. conditions.

“I will say, for the record, that I do not support litigation,” she said.

Supervisors Ralph Bair and Carol Jacobs also did not support litigation funded by the district.

Supervisor Gary Dunkley agreed that ITID’s responsibility is roads, drainage and parks, but thought those would be affected by the Minto West project, as well as other large ones lined up behind it.

“I was not against Minto but the density,” Dunkley said. “What I am blaming is the county in that they did not take a regional approach. The county left us out of the process completely. Sometimes you have to spend a little bit now or be strapped with this for eternity.”

Supervisor Jennifer Hager said the Minto West decision set a dangerous precedent.

“Minto was approved for 4,396 homes and 2.1 million square feet of [non-residential use],” Hager said. “GL Homes will get their 12,000 plus and will go down 60th Street. I know a few of those people are expecting development, but there are more who are not.

Our job is to protect roads, but also all who will be driving on them.

That’s why I support litigation.”

RPB Zoning

Pioneer Project

Susan Monticello, Michael Mann, Stacey Bryant and Debbie Breuninger check out the plasma ball and lava lamp with Meb Weaver and Principal Shari Bremekamp.

Waste

Collection Location?

continued from page 3 not putting it back in the soil and water,” he said. “The monthly average is important. As we move from the off season to the season, it picks up dramatically.”

The waste is carried by 10 haulers who work 12 to 14 hours a day during the season, O’Dell said.

He pointed out that Loxahatchee Groves recently enacted an ordinance that eliminated the ability for manure to go in or out of that community, and Palm Beach County also enacted regulations for unincorporated areas.

O’Dell added that the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office has been a good partner at enforcement with its environmental unit.

“There is still the issue of trying to dispose of it in an economical way,” he said.

O’Dell has met with haulers and five end users, as well as three or four companies interested in a startup, but most of them are not haulers.

“That’s a key component,” O’Dell said, explaining that U.S. Sugar and haulers have told him that 75 to 80 percent of the material has been delivered to its facility.

He also clarified that the end users are not haulers, who support a central collection facility. “They said

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a drive distance of 5 to 10 miles makes sense to them. Drive time is critical to haulers.”

Currently, there are five available end user sites, ranging from 11 to 83 miles from Wellington, including the Solid Waste Authority 19 miles away, which charges a $42-per-ton tipping fee, Atlas Peat & Soil 11 miles away, and U.S. Sugar 20 miles away.

O’Dell said there needs to be a central location that is convenient and local for haulers, making it an economical and legal alternative to illegal dumping, as well as a facility to store vegetation waste, which would be added to the livestock waste to maximize burning.

Wellington staff has identified several potential sites, including Palm Beach Aggregates, two sites along Flying Cow Road, property owned by the school district off 120th Street and the village’s wastewater treatment plant.

O’Dell said the village’s options currently are to do nothing and let law enforcement and governmental ordinances regulate compliance or allow more time for the private sector to resolve the issue; for the village to purchase or lease a collection site and build and operate a collection facility; or to pursue public/private partnerships to operate centralized collection locations.

O’Dell added that a central location would only be for temporary storage until larger trucks pick it up

Fifth grade science and math teacher Michael Mann demonstrates math with dominos to students Isabella Moreno and Casey Nangle. for transportation to end user sites, pointing out that the composting process requires a minimum of 30 days using modern composting techniques.

Schofield explained that the critical element to addressing the issue is more stringent federal standards for water quality. He is concerned that nutrient measurements that are currently taken from the C-51 Canal will be taken from inside the village itself.

Councilman Matt Willhite said he thought the issue was more of a hauler problem.

“They are looking to save themselves money,” he said. “That throws a different perspective into what has been presented.”

O’Dell said that is a legitimate way to look at the issue, but haulers are also looking at more rigid enforcement, as well as hauling costs that will continue to go up.

Willhite said he did not favor the “do nothing” option but wanted to thoroughly investigate the other options before deciding to go into the animal waste disposal business.

“Before we start a site, the horse people have to talk about it, and the haulers have to talk about it,” he said. “With sugar taking most of it, it seems to be a great benefit.”

Schofield said the village’s responsibility is water quality.

“We are bearing that cost today,” he said.

However, Schofield stressed

that it is a myth that Wellington disposes large volumes of animal waste in Loxahatchee.

One of the issues with disposal at U.S. Sugar has been some haulers’ use of smaller trucks. “They prefer larger trucks,” Schofield said.

Councilman Howard Coates said that a central facility is critical to the sustainability of the horse industry in Wellington.

“I think we’re looking at this entirely wrong,” Coates said. “We value the sanctity of the Equestrian Preserve Area, and we are in competition with countless other communities that wish they had what we have. I’m not sure it’s not a village problem. In my opinion, a village-run facility is something we should look at.”

Schofield said that Wellington is years away from actually moving forward with a collection facility.

He added that a central collection facility would utilize 100-yard trucks to pick up the waste and haul it away, which would present another issue to solve.

Margolis asked what the next step would be, and Schofield said his staff would start talking to the village’s committees and report back to the council.

“I wanted the council completely up to date,” he said. “We are looking for policy direction. We will be back at the beginning of the year.”

continued from page 7 a code and if your professional advice is our code’s defective, don’t look for a variance, look for a change to our codes,” he said, “because if we’re wrong with you, we’re wrong with everyone else.”

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continued from page 6 PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home in Meadowland Cove on Sunday morning regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 4 p.m. last Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday, the victim’s hedge trimmer attachment, valued at $100, was removed from the home’s garage, which had been left open.

NOV. 3 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to the Kay Jewelers store in the Mall at Wellington Green on Monday regarding a shoplifting incident that took place on Saturday afternoon. According to a PBSO report, two female suspects entered the store to look at jewelry and were shown a tray of rings. According to the report, the suspects were able to grab one of the rings, a solitaire set 10k white gold 3/4 diamond, valued at approximately $2,000, without the employee realizing it. Video surveillance showed the suspects

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continued from page 16 said, trying to help Mark out.

“I smell pine trees!” my daughter countered, on my behalf.

Hearing said that if the zoning board did not support the plan as proposed, “it will impact our site plan in an adverse way. It could mean we wouldn’t meet the parking. We would take it to the village council and see what they say, and we would ask for your support.”

The plan was approved 5-0, with a condition that the developers add 5 feet to the north buffer, to make it a full 25 feet. pointing at the rings and grabbing one of them.

NOV. 3 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home on Camellia Drive on Monday morning regarding a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9 p.m.

Sunday and 6:30 a.m. Monday, someone stole the victim’s white 2005 Ford Expedition from her driveway.

NOV. 3 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Royal Palm Town Center shopping plaza on Belvedere Road on Monday morning regarding a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 7 p.m. Sunday night and 7 a.m. Monday morning, someone stole the victim’s green 2002 Ford F250 truck, valued at approximately $10,000.

According to the report, video surveillance shows two figures near the truck shortly after 7 p.m. on Sunday.

We locked everything up when we left. With everybody pulling, they were able to get me back into the car. Mark was starting to tremble.

We went out to lunch to discuss the place, and I took careful notes on what everybody said. But I called the Realtor with an offer anyway... and now I’m just waiting to move in.

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ROYAL PALM BEACH GREEN MARKET SEASON UNDERWAY AT COMMONS PARK The Royal Palm Beach Green Market & Bazaar is underway after opening the new season Sunday, Nov. 2. Now through April 26, the market will be open every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine, at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. It is closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter weekends. For more info., visit www.rpbgreenmarket.com.

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The Pure Honey for Health crew, with Lila (a rescued German shepherd), wait for visitors to their tent.

Kim Charles of Natural Mystic Soaps helps Teena McLaughlin pick out new soaps.

Sue Duncan of Duncan’s Designs discusses mango trees with green market organizer Kathy Gilbert.

Laurie Raid from Seed to Bloom shows Mac McLaughlin some of her fresh eggplants.

Alfredo Ramirez of Don Victor’s Produce shows a decoratively cut papaya for display.

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Tyler Klees Hosts Clinic At Sunshine Meadows

Over the weekend of Oct. 11-12, a handful of people brought their horses to Sunshine Meadows in Delray Beach for a horsemanship clinic offered by trainer Tyler Klees. He had come from Colorado to teach “Leadership Through Horsemanship.” Ellen Rosenberg’s Column, Page 25

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Heidi Breen Joins Staff At Central Palm Beach County Chamber Of Commerce

Longtime Wellington resident Heidi Breen is joining the team at the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce as business development manager. Breen, formerly catering and conference service manager at the Omphoy Ocean Resort & Spa Palm Beach, takes over for Steve Paulsen, who is moving to special projects. Page 27

Sports Wolverines Take District Title With Win Over Gardens

Wellington High School’s varsity football team traveled to Palm Beach Gardens High School in a key District 9-8A match-up on Halloween night and beat the Gators 23-17. Both teams entered the contest unbeaten in district play, already having clinched playoff berths. Page 31

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Broncos Defeat Cobras 23-16 To Win District Title

The Palm Beach Central High School varsity Broncos traveled to Park Vista High School on Thursday, Oct. 30 in what was a de facto District 10-8A title game, topping the Cobras 23-16. It marked the third consecutive district championship for the Broncos, but the first for new coach Tino Ierulli. Page 31

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Trainer Tyler Klees Hosts Clinic At Sunshine Meadows The weekend of Oct. 11-12 featured wonderful weather: not too warm, low humidity, rain-free. How could you not want to go outside and do… well, anything, really?

What 15 or so people chose to do was bring their horses to Sunshine Meadows in Delray Beach for a horsemanship clinic offered by 26-year-old trainer Tyler Klees. He had come from Colorado with his Quarter Horse, Spade, to teach “Leadership Through Horsemanship.”

“My pursuit of leadership through horsemanship started at the end of my high school years,” Tyler said. “I grew up around horses and was comfortable on them, but lacked knowledge. I studied under Leif Forrester during my first summer at the C Lazy U Ranch in Colorado. Leif had just returned to the ranch as horse foremen after spending four years as an assistant to Buck Brannaman. After that, I spent as much time as possible at Buck’s clinics, watching or riding. Any good horsemanship I have to this day is due to Buck’s influence and Leif’s time and efforts helping me learn good skills and values through the horse.”

It was at the C Lazy U Ranch that Tracy Kim of Lighthouse Point first met Tyler. She had gone there on vacation five years ago and attended some of his clinics.

“We clicked immediately,” Tracy recalled.

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By Ellen Rosenberg “I loved what he taught in his Leadership Through Horsemanship clinic. It made so much sense. Then I went on a cattle drive with him, and the connection got stronger. He inspired me. I wanted to be able to do what he does on a horse.”

Specifically, there was one horse that Tracy wanted help with.

“I had an Appendix gelding named Romeo who was having navicular problems and lameness issues, and I thought Tyler could help,” she said. “I ended up giving Romeo to him, and the horse is doing great now. I’ve been out to see him, and he’s completely sound. I rode him on a three-hour trail ride, up and down mountains, and jumped over ditches.”

Ever since, Tracy has been bugging Tyler to come to South Florida and give a clinic, and it finally came to fruition. There were four sessions, morning and afternoon on both Saturday and Sunday, covering groundwork, teaching the horse to respect the person’s space and horsemanship under saddle. Tracy watched as her daughter, Danielle, 13, took part with Vanessa, their Holsteiner mare.

Tracy Kim and Tyler Klees with Spade, and Danielle Kim with Vanessa.

“It’s so cool to watch what he does,” Tracy said. “He allows the rider to know the horse better, giving both the self-confidence to build a strong relationship. One man had taken a bad fall a few months ago and had so much fear that he couldn’t get back on the horse. Within an hour-and-a-half, Tyler had them cantering around, perfectly fine. Tyler is great at reading both horses and people, and

dealing with their baggage and problems.”

This was Tyler’s first trip to South Florida, and he was impressed.

“It’s a fun area,” he said. “In terms of horses, there’s lots going on, a lot of different riding styles, what with hunters, jumpers, dressage, all the big shows, even polo, in addition to all the Western disciplines. It’s quite an eyeSee ROSENBERG, page 33

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Western Business Alliance’s First Social A Success

The Western Business Alliance hosted its inaugural networking social on Thursday, Oct. 16, at the White Elephant in Wellington.

More than 120 local business members attended the event to support the new organization.

“This is a tremendous show of support, said Don Gross of Keller Williams Reality, membership chairman for the alliance. “We have had multiple attendees join tonight.”

Those attending overflowed from the back room to the main bar and dining area.

The evening began with Gross

welcoming attendees and giving a brief overview of the group while a slide show of members and media articles played in the background.

“I had several friends e-mail me the invitation,” Monica Lewis of Total Shredding said. “I’m so impressed with the alliance that I joined the organization tonight.”

Guests enjoyed complementary appetizers and a drink while participating in a 50/50 drawing. Everyone was given a raffle ticket for a bottle of wine and had the opportunity to win a $50 gift basket.

The group’s next event will be

a social on Thursday, Nov. 13 at Flanigan’s Seafood Bar & Grill in Wellington from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The event is open to any business member, and pre-registration is requested at www.thewesternbusiness alliance.com.

The entrance fee for the event is $10 for members and $15 for guests and future members.

Throughout the year, the Western Business Alliance will host a variety of topical lunches, socials and educational events to assist in building strategic alliances between its members.

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Stretch Zone Opens New Facility Serving Western Area

Stretch Zone’s unique program in action.

Stretch Zone, the world’s leading education source for today’s advanced practitioner-assisted stretching, is now open in the Wellington area. Through practitioner-assisted stretching techniques, the Stretch Zone method literally “stretches back the years,” delivering a significant impact on clients’ overall health, injury prevention and recovery.

“Rather than pulling on limbs to the point of soreness, Stretch Zone works through the nervous system to achieve lasting flexibility gains,” founder and CEO Jorden “Stretch” Gold explained. “This method rests on the notion that manipulating the muscle’s nervous

energy is a major key to unlocking the body’s functional flexibility.”

Founded in 2004, Stretch Zone provides services through licensing agreements, corporate wellness programs, retail locations and an extensive educational program, with Wellington being one its newest locations.

The new western communities location is at the Crexent Business Center (8461 Lake Worth Road, Lake Worth).

Stretch Zone has more than 30 locations in South Florida, North Carolina, Washington, D.C., New York City and Puerto Rico, and currently has partnerships with the St. Louis

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Positive effects include increasing and maintaining range of motion, enhancing physical skills, increasing muscle relaxation and relieving stiffness and soreness.

Practitioner-assisted stretching has also assisted in the fight against cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis.

Stretch Zone can also be found at Fit2Run in the Mall at Wellington Green. Learn more at www.stretchzone.com.

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Southern Waste Systems Adds Third Location In PBC

Southern Waste Systems officially opened its newest South Florida recycling facility on Oct. 22.

Southern Waste Systems and Sun Recycling are the largest recyclers of construction and demolition material in the state, with three of their 12 facilities located in Palm Beach County. The new 10-acre site on Wallis Road adds an additional 10 employees to the current team of 709 employees.

The addition of the new facility, dedicated to the recycling of concrete aggregate, complements the complex just west on Wallis Road that recycles single-stream, mixed construction and demolition material and yard waste. The company’s

two other facilities in the county are in West Palm Beach and Lantana.

“The State of Florida goal of 75 percent recycling has played a vital role in bringing awareness to the importance of recycling,” said Charles Gusmano, president and CEO of Southern Waste Systems. “The investment in this facility is testament to our ongoing commitment to the environment, but the real need for the facility is the result of the economy moving in the right direction and citizens who are committed to doing the right thing by recycling.”

Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce CEO Wayne Burns agreed. “Green jobs are good jobs, and we are proud to have

Southern Waste Systems as a member of the chamber,” he said.

Southern Waste Systems is a full-service waste and recycling company with more than 50 years’ experience in solid waste collection, disposal and recycling. The company serves Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties. Sun Recycling also operates construction and demolition material recycling facilities in Pompano Beach, Dania Beach, Deerfield Beach and Miami, in addition to other facilities in Deerfield Beach and Davie. Sun recycles up to 90 percent of the debris that it collects. For more information, visit www.southernwastesystems.com.

Company officials and business leaders at the Oct. 22 ribbon cutting.

Heidi Breen Joins Staff At Central PBC Chamber

Heidi Breen

Longtime Wellington resident Heidi Breen is joining the team at the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce as business development manager.

Breen, formerly catering and conference service manager at the Omphoy Ocean Resort & Spa Palm Beach, takes over for Steve Paulsen, who is moving to special projects, tasked with coordinating migration to the chamber’s newly acquired customer relationship management software and web site platform that

integrates all aspects of VIP investor relations, accounting, events logistics and promotion of small business members.

“The Central Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce is doubling down on the technology and the human capital necessary to serve our members across the central Palm Beach region,” Chamber CEO Wayne Burns said.

During her tenure at the Omphoy, Breen was a proactive chamber ambassador, involved with event

production support, and has been a vocal advocate for the chamber’s economic development mission.

Most recently, she volunteered to be the chamber’s VIP coordinator and photographer at a local Wellington event that Gov. Rick Scott had asked the chamber to organize and lead for him.

“Heidi did a fantastic job as one of our volunteers,” Burns said. “Her experience and enthusiasm for our chamber’s small business focus will add great value. With 17 years as a

Wellington resident, Heidi raised her children here and was active in her church and the PTA.” Breen brings unique skills to the post. “Because of her longtime service to the community combined with her time at the Omphoy in West Palm Beach, Heidi has professional working relationships with many key business leaders in Wellington and across Palm Beach County, so she’ll be an outstanding asset for this chamber and our members,” Burns said.

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Wolverines Take District Crown With Win Over Gardens

By Gene Nardi Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington High School’s varsity football team traveled to Palm Beach Gardens High School in a key District 9-8A match-up on Halloween night and beat the Gators 23-17.

Both teams entered the contest unbeaten in district play, already having clinched playoff berths.

The Wolverines (8-1, 3-0) drew first blood with their potent air attack. Quarterback Shannon Patrick found receiver Jean Rene on a 36-

yard touchdown pass in the opening series of the game. Alex Ng’s kick gave Wellington an early 7-0 lead.

The lead was short-lived as Palm Beach Gardens (5-4, 2-1) marched right down the field on the ensuing possession to tie the game 7-7 with a 3-yard touchdown by Gator running back Tommy Monday. As in a classic heavyweight title fight, blow-for-blow, Wellington drove to the Gator 3-yard line, but the feisty Palm Beach Gardens defense held the Wolverines to a Ng 19-yard field

Wellington running back Mike Howard makes a first down at the end of the game to retain possession and run out the clock for the Wolverine victory.

goal, but Wellington did regain the lead, 10-7.

The Gators took their turn at a field goal to tie it 10-10. Patrick took control again and, on a critical third-and-long play, he found Rene, this time for a 70-yard touchdown and a 16-10 lead. On the Gators’ ensuing possession, Rene grabbed his second interception of the game to give the Wellington offense the ball on their 34-yard line, but Palm Beach Gardens linebacker Tevon Coney had other plans for the Gators

when he intercepted Patrick on the next play and returned it 34 yards for the go-ahead touchdown and a one-point Gator lead, 17-16.

With Wellington’s standout receiver Ahmmon Richards attracting all the attention of the Gator defense, it was Rene who had Patrick’s attention. They connected for a key 45-yard reception near the goal line, which set up a 1-yard Patrick keeper to give the Wolverines a 23-17 lead with Ng’s kick.

Twice, Palm Beach Gardens

Wellington quarterback Shannon Patrick looks to throw down field.

Wellington receiver Jean Rene runs for the end zone.

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attempted to convert on a fourth down but fell short to the stubborn Wellington defense. The most crucial was a late fourth-and-1 inside the Wellington 34-yard line with under two minutes to play and the district title on the line.

Gator running back Monday was stopped short, surrendering possession to Wellington. The Gator defense forced Wellington into a critical third-and-6 situation, but running back Mike Howard had no problems grinding out 12 yards for a first down, which allowed the Wolverines to run out the game clock, and seal the 23-17 win for the District 9-8A championship. “My line is great, and I depend on them to do what they do,” Howard said.

Coach Thomas Abel was thrilled with the outcome. “It was a hardfought game, and I’m real proud of these boys,” he said after the game.

Patrick was 22 on 36 for 291 yards and two touchdowns, and had one rushing score plus two interceptions. Rene had 11 receptions for 225 yards and two scores, with two interceptions on defense. Howard combined for 100 yards.

Wellington will host John I. Leonard High School on Friday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. for the Wolverines’ homecoming game to finish out the regular season. The Wolverines will then host Park Vista High School on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in the regional quarterfinals.

Broncos Defeat Cobras 23-16 To Win Third District Title

By Gene Nardi Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach Central High School varsity Broncos traveled to Park Vista High School on Thursday, Oct. 30 in what was a de facto District 10-8A title game, topping the Cobras 23-16. It marked the third consecutive district championship for the Broncos, but the first for new coach Tino Ierulli.

Both sides struggled early on with several miscues on offense. The Broncos (6-3, 5-0) managed to rack up 65 yards in penalties midway through the second quarter. The teams had opportunities thrown at their feet in the first half to take an early lead, but it was the Broncos who figured it out and capitalized on Park Vista’s errors.

The first score came from the Broncos, in a third-and-33 situation, after a series of penalties pushed them back behind their own 20-yard line. Palm Beach Central quarterback Luis Peguero connected with receiver Darius Dent for a 77-yard touchdown pass. The pass escaped a sure interception by the Cobra secondary but shot through the grasp of the Cobra safety and right

into the waiting hands of Dent, who then outran the remaining Cobra defenders for the score. A broken play on the point after gave the Broncos a 6-0 lead midway through the first quarter.

Bronco running back Marvin Pierre runs for a big gain.

Another costly error by the Cobras, a punt team high snap, gave the Broncos great field position, and they eventually scored on a Nick Petrone 30-yard field goal to extend Palm Beach Central’s lead

to 9-0 at the end of the first quarter.

The Bronco defense kept Park Vista (5-4, 4-1) from earning a first down until the second quarter, and continued to rattle the Cobra offense. Backup freshman quarter-

Cornerback Kemar Downer makes an interception at the end of the game to seal the Bronco win.

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Receiver Adarius Dent makes the catch and runs for the end zone to make a touchdown.

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YMCA’s Swim Lessons Put The Focus On Drowning Prevention

The YMCA of the Palm Beaches combines fun and safety in its swim classes available all year round.

In 2013, there were 44 drowning deaths in Palm Beach County. The

YMCA is committed to helping lower that number through swim lessons for adults and children offered at the Edwin W. Brown Family YMCA Aquatic Center in West Palm Beach.

Classes are given in the YMCA’s indoor pool and are open to the public, with YMCA members receiving a discount. Youth lessons are separated into lesson groups by

Comeback Falls Short As Berean Falls To Seffner Christian School

Berean Christian School played the first round of the SSAC playoffs against Seffner Christian School on Thursday, Oct. 30, narrowly losing a hard-fought battle. Berean had previously earned the Gulf Atlantic Division championship and home field advantage.

Seffner took an early 7-0 lead, but Berean would answer back swiftly.

Quarterback Chris Mauck, on two back-to-back series, hit Daniel Pinkerman for two touchdown passes. Daryk Racine then hit a 26yard field goal to put the Bulldogs up 17-7. Seffner drove late in the second and hit a quick screen pass to make it 17-13.

With 1:54 to go in the half, Mauck took control and connected on multiple passes, taking the Bulldogs to the 15-yard line. On fourth and goal, and 15 seconds on the clock, Berean went for it, and Mauck hit Racine on a quick slant for the score. The half ended with the Bulldogs up 24-13.

However, the second half would not be as good for the Bulldogs.

Seffner came out and dominated the third quarter with a running game. Keeping Berean’s offense on the sidelines for the majority of the quarter, Seffner put up two scores to make it 27-24 by the start of the fourth quarter. On fourth down deep in their own territory, disaster struck the Bulldogs. Berean snapped the ball over the punter’s head, and Seffner took control at the 4-yard line. Two plays later, Seffner took a 33-24 lead.

Berean did not fold and mounted a super comeback effort. Mauck took the offense down the field and put another touchdown on the board with four minutes to play, hitting Racine deep in the right corner of the end zone to make the score 3331. The defense dug deep, causing a fumble.

The Bulldogs took control on the 25-yard line with 1:56 left on the

clock. Mauck’s passing game got them to the 50-yard line for a first and 10 with a minute to play. The Bulldogs were now 20 yards from Racine’s field goal range. However, on the next two plays, holding penalties put them in a long, first and 30 situation.

On fourth and 18, Mauck threw a 28-yard bullet down the middle, hitting his receiver with what looked to be a first down. Unfortunately, Seffner’s free safety made a great hit from behind just as the receiver caught the ball, jarring the ball loose. The Bulldogs’ comeback had ended, and Seffner finished with a 33-31 win.

The SSAC playoff system plays out the top 8 teams to completion.

Berean was set to be back for the second round against Community School of Naples on Thursday, Nov. 6 at Wellington High School. The top 8 teams will play in Orlando on Saturday, Nov. 15.

age and ability. The “shrimp” lesson group is for tots up to 36 months old and their parents, to help familiarize the child with the water and create positive first experiences. More advanced youth swimmers participate in the “minnow” group, which is for intermediate level swimmers ages 6 and up, to encourage endurance building, stroke development and

comprehensive safety skills. Adult lessons for beginning swimmers age 14 and up, and private lessons for all ages are also available.

The YMCA also hosts the YMCA Waves Swim Team and water fitness classes. For a schedule of classes, visit www.ymcapalmbeaches.org/ aquatics or call Aquatics Manager Amy Martin at (561) 968-9622.

AAL HOSTS SUPER BOWL

The Acreage Athletic League Freshman Dolphins won the super bowl on Saturday, Nov. 1. Other teams playing in the super bowl were the Prep Falcons vs. the Colts, the Freshman Dolphins vs. the Saints and the JV Vikings vs. Dolphins. The super bowl champs are the Prep Falcons, the Freshman Dolphins and the JV Vikings. The ATFL cheerleaders entertained between games.

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continued from page 25 opener. I’m used to mostly working horse stuff out in Colorado. I didn’t know there was a place like this. It’s a whole new world.”

Tyler is proud of the work he does helping others through horses.

“I ride at the Strawberry Creek Ranch in Granby, Colorado. Dedicating specific time to both horsemanship and leadership every day has allowed me to progress significantly with both horses and people,” he said. “What I’ve come to truly believe in is leadership through horses. I want to teach horsemanship and leadership skills together to help others reach their full potential, in hopes they do the same for others.”

Tyler said the biggest mistake many riders make is not having a solid foundation in the basics,

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The second half started with a series of punts, but it was the Cobras

who mounted another drive that led to a 24-yard field goal to come within 10 at 16-6. Palm Beach Central responded with a 55-yard drive that included a big one-handed grab by Downer, as he tiptoed the sideline to make the catch. The reception led to a 4-yard touchdown run by running

starting with groundwork.

“A lot of people ride their horses on a tight contact all the time, so the horse loses his self-confidence and natural forwardness. He comes to rely on the rider for everything, instead of there being a true halfand-half partnership,” he explained.

“Riders have to learn how to release their horses, and to always give when the horse does something right, so there’s a reward. That breakthrough is wonderful. They’re both able to relax and move forward.

I most love seeing the rider change, and the horse always reaps the benefits. It makes the horse’s life a lot better.”

During his visit, Tyler took his first-ever English riding lesson and did a little jumping. “It was kinda fun. I’d like to learn more about it, and try it again. Perhaps a little higher next time,” he said. “I think Spade might have to learn a little jumping, and I’d love to try polo.

Who knows what else I‘ll get into?”

Tyler was so impressed that he is considering moving here permanently.

“In Colorado, the riding is very seasonal,” he said. “Everything basically shuts down during the winter, and the rest of the year people get out and ride now and then, mostly on weekends. I’ve never seen a place where people are so serious about their riding, and work every day and take lessons every week. I believe I’d be able to have a more steady clientele here with a more dependable source of income. Right now, I’m trying to figure a reason not to move here.”

The idea of Tyler moving to Florida made Tracy happy.

“I’m hoping like mad that he’ll decide to move here,” Tracy said.

“There’s so much opportunity for him to give clinics and private lessons. Danielle and I will be his first clients. I’m hoping he’ll say yes.”

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back Kerlvin Elise. Petrone’s kick extended the Bronco lead again 23-6.

The Cobras scored on a short run in the fourth quarter that closed the gap to 23-13. Park Vista drove close enough to grab another field goal and chipped away at the Bronco lead, 23-16, but it was all the offense the stubborn Palm Beach Central defense would allow.

The Broncos held on to the lead, taking the 23-16 win and a third

consecutive district crown.

“It means everything to the boys,” Ierulli said. “We faced a great football team tonight, and we knew we had to step up our game in the second half.”

Palm Beach Central will travel to Palm Beach Gardens High School on Friday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. to finish out the regular season. The Broncos then play host to the Gators in the first round of the playoffs on Friday, Nov. 14.

Quarterback Luis Peguero keeps the ball and tries to pick up some yardage.

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Saturday, Nov. 8 • Audubon Society of the Everglades will hold a bird walk Saturday, Nov. 8 at 8 a.m. at the Loxahatchee River District (2500 Jupiter Park Drive).

For more info., visit www.auduboneverglades.org or call (561) 742-7791.

• The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary will offer a certified Boating Safety Class at the Wellington Community Center (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participants will receive a certification at the conclusion of the course. The cost is $35 per person. Call (561) 791-4082 to register.

• The Wellington Green Market will take place Saturday, Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Complex (12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). Call (561) 283-5856 for more info.

• The Caridad Center (8645 W. Boynton Beach Blvd.) will hold its 10th annual Family Festival on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Screening tests will be available at no cost, including cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure, urinalysis, body mass index, HIV, oral and vision. For more info., call (561) 737-6336 or visit www.caridad.org.

• The Mounts Botanical Garden (531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach) will host Creative Container Design on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 9 a.m.

Learn about basic design principles, successful plant combinations, potting mixes and maintenance. The cost is $40 for members and $50 for non-members. For more info., call (561) 2331757 or visit www.mounts.org.

• The Little Blue Dog will present its Ride for Rescue Ride-A-Thon on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Iron Lion Fitness (10660 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington). Small breed adoptable dogs will be available to meet, and there will be light refreshments from Taylor Made Café and fresh juice from Universal Living Sprouts. Spin as long as you like with a $20 donation to benefit Get A Life Pet Rescue. For info., call (561) 204-LION. • The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach) will present Metro Theater Company in Unsorted on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. Clothes are the characters in a playful world where everyone must be sorted, according to the bully-boss known as “Jacket.” For more info., call (561) 832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.

• Barnes & Noble (10500 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington) will host a Hands-On-Learning Event: LeapBand Activity for ages 4 to 7 on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 11 a.m. The event highlights LeapBand from LeapFrog, the new activity tracker designed just for children that encourages active play and healthy habits. Call (561) 792-1292 for info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host RPB Teen Xpressions for ages 12 to 17 on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m.

Share your original poems, writings, art work, etc. with a group of peers. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Lego Builders Club for ages 6 to 12 on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 2:30 p.m. Meet fellow builders

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

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host its Anime Club for ages 12 to 17 on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 3 p.m. Meet other teens who enjoy anime and share your knowledge. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (701 Okeechobee Blvd., WPB) will host Reach For The Stars Kravis Royale: Cha Cha Ching Party on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m. to benefit the Kravis Center’s education programs. Enjoy four floors of gourmet foods, fine wines and the sounds of a live Latin band while playing table games with celebrity guest dealers. For tickets, contact Maureen Gardella at (561) 651-4355 or gardella@kravis.org, or visit www.kravis.org.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host free tribute band concerts on Saturday, Nov. 8 with a Paul McCartney tribute by Silly Love Songs at 7:30 p.m. and a Carpenters tribute by Yesterday Once More at 9 p.m. Visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

• The Colony Hotel’s Royal Room Cabaret (155 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach) will present jazz pianist Copeland Davis on Saturdays, Nov. 8, 15 and 22. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. for dinner, and the show starts at 8:30 p.m. To RSVP, call (561) 659-8100.

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

• The Royal Palm Beach Green Market & Bazaar will take place Sunday, Nov. 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. For more info., visit www.rpbgreenmarket. com or call (561) 792-9260.

• Royal Palm Beach will host a free outdoor Concert in the Park series at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park on the second Sunday of each month, beginning on Sunday, Nov. 9 through April. The series will kick off with Simply Tina, a Tina Turner tribute band, from 3 to 6 p.m. For more info., call (561) 790-5149 or visit www. royalpalmbeach.com.

• Audubon Society of the Everglades will hold a bird walk at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 3:30 p.m. For more info., visit www.audubon everglades.org or call (561) 742-7791.

• The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach) will present Don McLean and Judy Collins on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $25. For more info., call (561) 832-7469 or visit kravis.org.

Monday, Nov. 10 • Recognition Day 2014: Honoring All Who Served will be held Monday, Nov. 10 at 1 p.m., with a ceremony in Lot 23 by the Veterans Garden near the Military Trail entrance to the VA Medical Center (7305 North Military Trail, West Palm Beach) with hot dogs, music and

refreshments. For more info., call Marge Herzog at (561) 818-9114.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host The “Under Construction” Crew for ages 7 to 11 on Monday, Nov. 10 at 3:30 p.m. Play with building blocks and see if you can do the building challenge of the day. Call (561) 790-6030 for more info.

Tuesday, Nov. 11 • Wellington and the American Legion Chris Reyka Memorial Wellington Post 390 will honor all current and former members of the armed forces at Wellington’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11. The activities begin with a parade at 8:15 a.m. commencing at the Wellington Municipal Complex (12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) followed by a ceremony at 8:30 a.m. at the Wellington Veterans Memorial. For more info., e-mail wellingtonlegion390@gmail.com.

• Barnes & Noble (10500 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington) will host a Veterans Day Story Time and activity Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. Call (561) 792-1292 for more info.

• A candlelight service to salute veterans will be held Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. at the Veterans Park Amphitheater on Royal Palm Beach Blvd.

A flag-raising ceremony will be followed by a motivational presentation. Enjoy free refreshments and a live musical performance by the Royal Palm Beach Community Band following the ceremony.

Veterans attending the ceremony who wish to be recognized should call (561) 790-5149.

• The Wellington High School Band will hold its Salute to Veterans Concert on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. in the Wellington High School Theater (2101 Greenview Shores Blvd.). Admission is free. Refreshments will be served following the concert. Visit www.whsband.com for more info.

• The Wellington Village Council will meet Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Complex (12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.).

For more info., call (561) 791-4000 or visit www. wellingtonfl.gov.

Wednesday, Nov. 12 • The fifth annual Chef Event benefiting Seagull Services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 11:30 a.m. at the Breakers beach club restaurant in Palm Beach. Tickets can be purchased at www.seagull.org. For more info., call Elizabeth McDermott at (561) 842-5814, ext. 111.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host a Consumer Report Program for adults Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 3 p.m. Palm Beach County business librarian Susan R. Berger will demonstrate how Consumer Reports, an online library database, can help you make the best choices for your holiday gifts, obtain product ratings and reviews, and find in-depth advice and recommendations for thousands of products and services. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host 101 Fantastic Fingernails for ages 8 to 12 on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. Decorate your nails with out-of-this-world designs. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

The Town-Crier • The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Trivia Night for adults Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. Form a team or compete alone in a stimulating game of trivia. Bragging rights and prizes will be awarded to the winners. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Northern Palm Beach Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association will meet Wednesday, Nov. 12 at the PGA Embassy Suites Hotel (4350 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens). The speaker will be Lorna Owens of the Footprints Foundation. Networking starts at 6 p.m., with dinner and program at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $20. For more info., call Dottie Smith at (772) 545-7145 or Pat Key at (561) 622-2713, or visit www.abwanpbflorida.org.

Thursday, Nov. 13 • The Palm Beach Jewelry & Watch Show will debut Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 13-16 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center (650 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach) with more than 100 jewelry and watch dealers and collections of antique and estate jewelry, vintage pieces, modern collections and more. Call (561) 822-5440 or visit www.palmbeachjewelryandwatchshow.com for info.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host food trucks and a free concert on Thursday, Nov. 13 from 5 to 10:30 p.m. Food trucks will be on hand at 5 p.m. and the No Strings Attached band will play at 6:30 p.m.

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

• The Safety Council of Palm Beach County will hold a Beginning Motorcycle Rider Course on Thursday, Nov. 13 from 6 to 10 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15 and 16 from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Wellington High School (2101 Greenview Shores Blvd.) Visit www.safetycouncilpbc.org for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Families Reading Together for all ages Thursday, Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m. Patrick Ball, one of the world’s premier Celtic harp players, will offer an introduction to this legendary instrument.

Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

Friday, Nov. 14 • The Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce will hold the second in its three-part Business Academy 1-2-3 series Friday, Nov. 14 at 8:30 a.m. at the chamber building (13901 Southern Blvd., Loxahatchee Groves). The cost is $29 for members and $40 for non-members.

Visit www.cpbchamber.com for more info.

• The Palm Beaches Crab Cake Cook-Off for Changing the Odds is set for Friday, Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Lake Pavilion and Terrace, City Commons and Waterfront in West Palm Beach. This charitable event will award the 2014 Top Chef and Restaurant/Caterer judged to craft the finest crab cake in the Palm Beaches. For more info., visit www.cp-cto.org/crab-cake-cook-off-2014.

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