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Wellington Moves Forward With Plan For Rental Licenses

Volume 35, Number 44 October 31 - November 6, 2014

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The Wellington Village Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday to an ordinance that would require rental licenses for single-family homes. Council members said the ordinance was intended primarily to control corporations that have been buying up large numbers of homes in Wellington and renting them. Page 3

‘Howl At The Moon’ At Wellington Dog Park

Courtyard Animal Hospital presented the 12th annual Howl at the Moon Dog Festival on Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Wellington Dog Park. The event was held to benefit Shepherd Help and Rescue Effort (SHARE). Page 5

County Candidates Take Questions At Forum Hosted By LGLA

The three candidates vying for the District 6 seat on the Palm Beach County Commission participated in a forum hosted Thursday, Oct. 23 by the Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association. Page 7

Fly-in Day Returns To Wellington’s Aero Club

Wellington’s Aero Club welcomed Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association President Mark Baker during the community’s annual fly-in event Saturday, Oct. 25. There was lunch, flying activities, aircraft on display and more. Page 9

OPINION

Send Mark Pafford Back To Tallahassee

District 86 includes all of Wellington, Royal Palm Beach and Loxahatchee Groves, along with several communities to the east. The Democratic candidate is three-term incumbent Mark Pafford, who is being challenged by political newcomer Stuart Mears, a Republican.

We commend Mears for having the dedication and confidence to seek this post, however, at the end of the day, Pafford’s experience, connections and incoming leadership position make him the better choice.

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Royal Palm Beach hosted its annual Fall Fest on Saturday, Oct. 25 at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. There were plenty of event-goers in costume, with pet and people costume contests taking place, as well as a mini pumpkin patch, music, trick or treat fun, a kids zone, a pirate ship and more. Shown here are Gabby Amunz and Caroline Holme in the mini pumpkin patch.

MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Royal Palm Beach Zoners Reject Free-Standing Emergency Room

By Briana D’Andrea Town-Crier Staff Report The application for a free-standing emergency medical facility near Wellington Regional Medical Center was denied by the Royal Palm Beach Planning & Zoning Commission on Tuesday after dozens of medical professionals filled the room opposing it.

Initially, the applicants requested a 30-day postponement, explaining that the proposed operator of the facility — St. Mary’s Medical Center — was no longer interested in the project.

Commission Vice Chair Joseph Boyle made a motion to postpone the item, but it failed. The commissioners voted 3-2 to move forward after hearing from a number of people who showed up to speak about the project.

Development Review Coordinator Kevin Erwin said that the

applicant, Legacy Shoppes LLC, was proposing what amounted to an emergency room facility on the west side of State Road 7, just north of WRMC. Erwin added that the applicant wanted to add a new definition of a “freestanding emergency department” to the village code.

It was defined as an extension of a hospital that is physically separate from it, but providing comprehensive emergency services.

“It must be under the same direction and comply with the same regulations and must be permitted by the Agency for Healthcare Administration,” Erwin said.

It would also be subject to the same signage requirements as at hospital ERs. “These types of facility are more appropriate in rural regions,” he said.

That statement weighed heavily on both the commissioners and the

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Ten-year-old Noah Norwitch received praise from the Wellington Village Council on Tuesday, along with a round of applause from the audience, for a donation of more than $3,300 of his birthday money to children in need of money to enroll in sports programs.

Norwitch is a fifth grader on the safety patrol at Binks Forest Elementary School.

His father is a pilot, and Noah explained that for the past several years he has donated his birthday money to Angel Flight Southeast, a volunteer pilot organization that helps to arrange free air transportation by private aircraft to medical facilities for people with medical needs.

“When I was 5 years old, I realized that I had lots of toys and games,” he said. “I wanted to do

something that would help kids.”

Norwitch said he has asked for birthday donations from his family and friends for the past four years.

“This year, I wanted to do something different,” he said.

“I’ve been swimming on the Wellington Swim Team since I was 5 years old. About four months ago, I was talking to a boy on my swim team… I had not seen this boy for a while, and I wondered where he was. He told me his parents couldn’t afford to bring him to swimming practice so he had been missing practice. I decided to use that as my birthday charity this year.”

Norwitch realized that with the amount he collected the previous year, he could have sent three kids to swimming for a year.

“I wanted to help kids play the sports they wanted, like swimSee NORWITCH, page 21

wide array of healthcare workers who came out in droves to oppose the idea.

“We’re changing this to incorporate all general commercial, and that worries me because we’re at 47 percent non-residential,” Commissioner Felicia Matula said. “I don’t feel like Royal Palm Beach is rural and underserved. I don’t think it is the right thing for Royal Palm Beach.”

“Any change of this magnitude needs to be taken very seriously,” Commissioner Jackie Larson added.

Planner Donaldson Hearing spoke on behalf of Wellington Regional Medical Center, requesting that the commissioners deny the application.

“Free-standing emergency departments are really something new that were put in place for unSee RPB ZONERS, page 21

Minto West Gets County Approval

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report After a marathon 10-hour meeting Wednesday, the Palm Beach County Commission gave comprehensive plan, land use and zoning approvals to the planned Minto West development.

The approvals came on three 5-2 votes with Commissioner Jess Santamaria and Vice Mayor Paulette Burdick dissenting.

The votes cleared the way for Minto to develop up to 4,436 homes and 2.1 million square feet of non-residential use on the 3,735-acre former Callery-Judge Grove property. However, opponents of the project have vowed to take their concerns to court.

Commissioners voting in favor of the development said the increased density was a preferred alternative to charging taxpayers for infrastructure improvements that would not have been paid for under the previous application approved in 2006 for 2,996 residential units and 230,000 square

feet of non-residential use.

Commissioner Steve Abrams said he supported the changes because infrastructure improvements for the previously approved development would bring the county less funding.

“We can’t get assistance because concurrency has been gutted by the state,” Abrams said. “The difference is we will get double the amount, which will preclude taxpayers from having to pay.”

But Santamaria said the development will adversely affect the surrounding community with increased crime and traffic. “It is an excessive development that should have stuck to the original plan,” he said.

Commissioner Shelley Vana voted for the changes after insisting on a number of additional conditions, including that Persimmon Blvd. would not be connected to the project until 2,700 homes were built at the development, that the developer would pay for a traffic See MINTO WEST, page 21

TRUNK OR TREAT FUN

The Village of Wellington and Wellington High School’s DECA program hosted the annual Trunk or Treat in the Wellington High School parking lot Saturday, Oct. 25, providing a safe location for kids to enjoy Halloween fun. Shown here, Gabrielle Ferraiolo and Kaidey Foster meet Kayla Reyburn dressed as Belle. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 19

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County Candidates Wellington Council Commends Meet At Wellington Chamber’s Forum Boy For Helping Kids In Need

Fifth grader Noah Norwitch addresses the Wellington Village Council on Tuesday.

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By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report The three candidates seeking to represent the western communities on the Palm Beach County Commission met for the final time before next Tuesday’s election at the forum hosted Monday by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce.

Moderated by well-known radio personality Tim Byrd, Democratic nominee Melissa McKinlay, Republican hopeful Andrew Schaller and independent candidate Michelle Santamaria answered questions and gave their final plea for votes, meeting with business leaders and residents at the Wellington Municipal Complex.

McKinlay moved to South Florida in 2004 from Sarasota with her former husband and three small children, choosing Wellington after researching the area.

“We decided to settle in Wellington because it was the best community, we thought, in Palm Beach County to raise children, with the best schools, and that’s what moved us here,” she said, particularly commending Wellington on the village’s grant program supporting local schools.

McKinlay then became involved in the community, volunteering at her children’s school, with the American Cancer Society and serving on Wellington’s Education Advisory Board.

“I’m very proud of my commitment and my ties to the Wellington community. I’m very happy now to be living in Royal Palm Beach and raising my children there,” she said, before elaborating on her 20 years of experience at all levels of government and volunteering.

Santamaria, a self-proclaimed See CHAMBER, page 10

Polo Park’s Science Night Aims To Inspire Students

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report Polo Park Middle School held its second Night of Science on Tuesday, Oct. 28, where close to 1,000 students — current, former and future — attended, along with their families.

The night focused on various elements of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (known as STEM studies) throughout the school campus, in conjunction with food trucks, representatives from Wild 95.5, exhibits from the South Florida Science Center, student science fair projects, a book fair, a liquid nitrogen show and more.

Principal Ann Clark, along with science teachers Roy Bernstein, Tom Craig, Dale Moore and Shaun Stabler, were on hand to organize volunteers and explain all things science.

“This is a great opportunity to bring the community in to show-

case what our students are doing,” Clark said. “We get kids from the elementary school to come in, so they get a little understanding about middle school, and it also shows the importance of science and how we value science at this school.”

High school students, such as Sara Casey, a former Polo Park Middle School student and now a freshman at Wellington High School, happily returned to volunteer at the Night of Science.

“Last year, I volunteered as a student, and I had a blast,” Casey said. “I love the teachers, the school, the actual night — it’s so cool. All the experiments they have set up in the cafeteria are really cool.”

This year, there were 30 exhibits from the South Florida Science Center, each designed with an interactive element to educate, entertain and inform. Exhibits See POLO PARK, page 21

Principal Ann Clark with science teachers Roy Bernstein, Tom Craig, Dale Moore and Shaun Stabler.

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Highly Respected Community Leaders and Professionals endorse Michelle Santamaria as the strongest and best qualified candidate for Palm Beach County Commissioner.

Michelle Santamaria A Fresh Voice For A Challenging Future.

As a young air force officer stationed in England after the Second World War, I remember hearing the voice of a young school teacher named Margaret Thatcher. Her message of hope and commitment changed history and helped restore a continent. Sometimes, when the future is most challenging, a fresh voice of reason steps forward, diminishing the challenge and brightening our future.

Today, our Western Communities are facing many serious challenges. The planned population increases can dramatically degrade our quality of life unless we have a county commissioner who can help us develop a “United Vision” for our future to ensure that a busier district does not erode the quality of lifestyle that we all love. Although Michelle Santamaria may not be the next Margaret Thatcher, Michelle has spent her entire life developing the necessary qualities and skills to represent us during these critical years ahead! As a forty years resident of Wellington and friend of the Jess Santamaria family, I have seen Michelle grow up from childhood to teenager to law school student to a mature professional leader in Palm Beach County.

Michelle’s entire adult life reflects her ability to influence others for the public good, including contract with the F.B.I to train their agents to successfully testify in court as “expert witness.”

As a former chairman of the Palm Beach County Commission, I know that Michelle is the most qualified, by far, to represent the western communities at this crucial time. I urge every voter in district 6 to secure our quality of life by voting for Michelle Santamaria for commissioner, Palm Beach County District 6.

I am Endorsing Michelle Santamaria Because I Believe She Is The Best Candidate.

This letter is my official endorsement of Michelle Santama-

ria for County Commissioner in District 6, Palm Beach County, Florida. I have known Michelle since 2006 . Her experience as Assistant State Attorney in Palm Beach County made her an instant favorite for me. Prosecuting bad actions of people is one of the most honorable things an Attorney can do. She also invented a program which makes it easier for police officers to testify. This program called Testify Made Easy is now being used by the F.B.I as well as many Law Enforcement Agencies including P.B.S.O. I worked for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office for 36 years and retired as a Captain. Michelle’s Testify Made Easy program is truly a great addition to Law Enforcement.

As many of you know I am a registered Republican. I cannot and will not support the Republican Candidate for this race. It is my opinion along with many others that Mr. Schaller is not qualified for the County Commission or worthy of it. Mr. Schaller ran for the same seat in 2010 as an Independent Candidate and lost by a huge amount with a little more than 3,000 votes. I know this because I was the Republican Candidate and I received over 18,000 votes. Jess Santamaria won the election with well over 26,000 votes. During that campaign I got to know Mr. Schaller.

In this election he became a Republican so he could be more competitive in 2014. I believe these are the wrong reasons to become a Republican.

After reviewing the Candidates, I am endorsing Michelle Santamaria because I believe she is the best candidate. She stands for issues in Palm Beach County that I support. I urge all of my Republican, Democrat and Independent friends to support and vote on November 4, 2014 for Michelle Santamaria.

— Ken Adams

— John E. Carroll Sr. , M.P.A.

“We fully endorse Michelle Santamaria as the best candidate for Palm Beach County Commissioner because of her relentless demand for honest government and the protection of the quality of life of our diverse communities”

Ed Eissey, Former President Palm Beach Community College

Robin Lee Chief Executive Officer

Marcia Andrews Newly Reelected PBC School Board

Michael Jackson Long Time Glades Leader

Dennis Witkowski Co-Founder Palms West Chamber of Commerce Political advertisement paid for and approved by Michelle V. Santamaria, No Party Affiliation for Palm Beach County Commission District 6.

Dave Browning Mayor, Loxahatchee Groves

Dr. Rosa Fernandez Pediatrician

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NEWS

Peyton McArthur And Kesnel Theus Jr. Vie For Open Port Seat

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Democrat Peyton McArthur and Republican Kesnel Theus Jr. will face off in the Nov. 4 general election for Seat 5 on the Port of Palm Beach Commission. The seat is being vacated by Port Commissioner Ed Oppel, who chose not to seek re-election.

McArthur, chief aide to County Commissioner Paulette Burdick for the past four years, worked at the port as director of human resources from 2003 to 2010.

“I’m very knowledgeable of the strengths and weaknesses, the good and the bad, at the port,” he said. “I feel strongly that there need to be some changes, and I think I can do that.”

Both Theus and McArthur oppose the proposed $88 million project to widen and deepen the Lake Worth Inlet that connects the port to the ocean. The plans have been met with growing opposition from local civic associations.

“The $88 million port project is absurd because the port would

have to match $33 million, and the likelihood of the port coming up with $33 million is only slightly greater than me coming up with $33 million,” McArthur said.

“They just don’t have it.”

He pointed out that the $88 million is actually eight separate projects.

“They might be able to look at taking those eight and prioritizing them for what does the most benefit for the port and the least damage to the environment,” he said.

McArthur said the port is profitable and that it projects a $1.5 million revenue surplus at the end of the coming fiscal year, but $1 million of that surplus is projected to come from the Island Breeze casino day cruise, which has had mechanical problems for the past year.

“They’ve had tremendous problems and were in dry dock for a long time,” he said. “Now they are back, and they are projecting that they will sail again sometime in November, but the likelihood of them living up to their financial

commitments is questionable at best.”

McArthur said the expansion of the port is not realistic because it is completely landlocked, with businesses, FPL and the City of Riviera Beach to the north, south and west.

“I know the port would like what we call ‘lay-down area,’ but the problem right now is finding it,” he said.

McArthur said he was one of the last candidates to file because he was waiting to see if Burdick was going to have a serious opponent.

“People had asked me to run. I told them I shared their concerns about the incumbent, but I told them to try to find a candidate.

If they did, I would try to help that candidate, but if they could not find another candidate, and if Commissioner Burdick did not face serious opposition for her re-election, [I said] that I would run,” he said.

McArthur added that he would like more transparency in the business of the port.

“What I mean by that is having

the agendas, backup [materials] and a video of the meetings available online,” he said. “It’s not expensive, and the port should do it.”

He would also like the port to sign an agreement with the Office of Inspector General to come under its oversight.

Theus, 25, has lived in Wellington since 2006 and is a graduate of Palm Beach Central High School.

This is his first time running for elected office.

Theus recently graduated from Nova Southeastern University with a bachelor’s degree in legal studies. “I am going to start law school, and I am an aspiring attorney,” he said. “I want to specialize in transportation law as well as Social Security and veterans’ disability. I actually work right now as a Social Security and veterans’ disability claims advocate.”

Theus said he attended a workshop put on by the Supervisor of Elections where he saw that Oppel’s seat was open.

“I was looking at the issues and looking into the opinions of Ed

Oppel, and I felt that right now was a good time for me to run,” he said. “I’m into the importing and exporting business, and the port primarily deals with importing and exporting. Being a business owner, I felt as if I can make executive decisions and be responsive to the people as I respond to clients on a daily basis.”

He thinks the major issue at the port is dredging the channel. “It’s not financially feasible for us to go ahead and widen the channel,” he said. “I felt as if Ed Oppel wasn’t really trying to compromise with the different organizations and associations throughout the county and addressing their concerns. The widening of the channel can have a serious impact on the environment. Along with that, I spoke to Florida Crystals. They do business with the port, and they stated that widening the port will not affect the way they do business.”

Theus added that he thought widening the channel is not necessary because the Port of Palm Beach should not aspire to com-

Wellington Moves Forward With Plan To Require Single-Family Rental Licenses

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Village Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday to an ordinance that would require rental licenses for singlefamily homes.

Planning & Development Services Director Tim Stillings said the ordinance adds single-family homes to an existing ordinance, which requires licenses for multifamily rentals.

Council members said the ordinance was intended primarily to control corporations that have been buying up large numbers of homes in Wellington and renting them, and are sometimes not diligent in maintaining the properties.

However, resident Christopher Gillette, who rents 11 homes in the village with his wife Dana, said the ordinance would put an undue burden on him.

“I work very hard with code enforcement,” Gillette said. “I have a business tax receipt on all my properties, and you can go around and look at them.”

Gillette said that costs are very

important to his renters, who would absorb the additional license fees. “Most of these people cannot afford to buy homes,” he said. “They have to have low-cost homes, and this is a function that I perform to keep the housing cost effective.”

He added that changes could be made that would separate punishing the landlord and the tenant. “The objective is to keep the neighborhoods looking great,” Gillette said.

Dana Gillette agreed with the village’s goal to have a nicelooking community. “We want to live in a house that looks good ourselves, and a neighborhood that looks nice,” she said. “We work hard to make that the case, and we would like everyone else to.”

She felt the current codes strive to do that.

“We think there’s already rules and laws in place, and that those are what should be used,” she said.

“You’ve got some things that the owner can control and some things the [renter] can control. The thing that really stuck in my craw was

the parking and the garbage cans.

We have a renter whose teenage son is parking in the swale quite a lot. We can nag the tenant, but that’s pretty much all we can do.

You can put a parking ticket on their car. I can’t do that. If they don’t pull their garbage can in, I might find out about it a couple of days later and go over there and do it for them, but you can put a fine on their water bill.”

She said a complaint filed with the landlord is more difficult to enforce than citing the tenant.

“If I go to a judge and say, ‘Evict this tenant because he is not pulling the garbage can in,’ the judge isn’t going to let me evict this tenant,” she said. “I can’t even turn off their water. If you put a fine on their water for misbehaving, you can turn off their water and get their attention.”

Councilman Howard Coates asked the Gillettes if their problem is with the licensing or with the fee. “That’s an issue that is being debated up here,” he said.

Coates said the ordinance had been presented to the council as a

tool for code enforcement .

“The whole purpose of the rental licensing process to begin with was to trigger an opportunity for the village to do inspections to insure that the rental properties were in code compliance,” he said.

Christopher Gillette said he agreed with that concept, but felt that the village already had authority to do that because he has to comply with local codes.

While Coates noted that code officials cannot come onto the property other than to knock on the door, Gillette said he would have no problem with code officials coming onto his properties.

Councilman Matt Willhite said he appreciated the Gillettes’ coming forward and their willingness to cooperate, but there are many landlords who are not cooperative.

“We have large corporations that are buying up to 120 houses,” Willhite said. “That’s where we run into the problem, and I just can’t differentiate between a multifamily or single-family home.”

Willhite added that the corporaSee RENTALS, page 21

pete for shipping from the Panama Canal and the larger ships that will use it when the project is finished.

“We’re not going to be a Port Everglades or the Port of Miami,” he said. “We need to focus on being responsive to the people and increasing trade here in our county.”

Theus said he would also like to change the storage facility for a scrap metal business that operates out of the port.

“What I would like to propose is that we find a different storage space for that type of business so that it doesn’t become a hazard,” he said. “The metal could fly due to a strong gust of wind. It could damage property, and it could hurt someone being where it is.”

Theus is single but plans to marry next year. He enjoys football and choral singing. He is a member of the NAACP, the Palm Beach Civic Association, a board member of the Men of Purpose Ministry at Salem Community Church and a board member of Theus Outreach Ministry.

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OUR OPINION

Send Mark Pafford Back To Tallahassee For Another Two Years

It is crucially important for voters to have choices, and voters in State House District 86 have two interesting candidate choices at the polls next week.

District 86 includes all of Wellington, Royal Palm Beach and Loxahatchee Groves, along with several communities to the east. The Democratic candidate is three-term incumbent Mark Pafford, who is being challenged by political newcomer Stuart Mears, a Republican.

A fourth-generation Floridian, Mears has deep roots in Palm Beach County. A U.S. Army veteran, he has worked as a school teacher and is currently an administrator with the Palm Beach County School District focused primarily on adult and community education. He wants to be a “voice for teachers in Tallahassee.” Key points of his campaign are his opposition to Common Core (now Florida Standards) and a his goal to see to it that teachers are paid better. He also has experience in business through his work as a Realtor.

We found Mears to be articulate and passionate about the issues he cares deeply about.

However, while he considers himself to me a moderate, he tends to tow the Republican line on social issues, business issues, taxes and more.

Pafford, on the other hand, is clearly among the more liberal members of the Florida House of Representatives. He is perhaps the state’s most outspoken advocate on homeless issues, Medicaid expansion, environmental issues and more. If re-elected, Pafford will step into a lead role in Tallahassee as house minority leader, speaking for the entire Democratic caucus.

Having served three terms already, he is seeking his final two-year term before vacating the seat due to term limits.

As the self-proclaimed voice of “everyday Floridians” in Tallahassee, Pafford is often the only person in the legislature routinely reminding his colleagues that there are far too many people in need here in Florida. While this has not always made him popular, it is a necessary point of view. He is also well known for stellar constituent service and the ability to work the back channels in Tallahassee to “make bad bills better.”

Both of these candidates have noble aspirations and want to do good things for their constituents. We commend Mears for having the dedication and confidence to seek this post, however, at the end of the day, Pafford’s experience, connections and incoming leadership position make him the better choice.

The Town-Crier endorses the re-election of Mark Pafford to the Florida House of Representatives in District 86.

As we have said before, midterm elections always feature lower turnout than presidential election years. That is too bad. Democracy functions best when more people vote. No matter whether your opinions on this race differ from ours, be sure to get to the polls and make your voice heard!

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Campaign Lies, Slander, Libel And Distortion

Most campaigns each year resort to lies, slander, libel 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 (the FBI, the State Attorney, the Ethics Commission, the Inspector General, etc...), including insinuating that I might be a convicted felon who burglarized a car in a parking lot during the time that I already owned a large hotel and multiple commercial buildings!

The county and state ethics commissions and the Inspector General investigated all his 118 pages of allegations, and found them all to be baseless! He made a fool of himself, receiving 6 percent of all votes cast during the November 2010 county elections.

Today, candidates still 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, slander and libel” your opponent.

Our legal system needs to address this very serious, growing problem. This is the main reason most good men and good women, who should occupy elected government positions, refuse to run for political office and subject themselves and their families to this unrestrained public abuse!

“We The People” are most often left to choose between “the lesser evil.” This is not Democracy! May God help us from this shameful destructive campaign practice.

Jess R. Santamaria County Commissioner Royal Palm Beach

Pick Crist Over Scott

The third and final debate between Gov. Rick Scott and Charlie Crist was, in my opinion, deliberately designed to bring out the nasty, instead of focusing on what each plans to do to improve the economy, education, the environment and healthcare; all very important issues. That is what I, as a voter, wanted to hear about.

We’ve had our fill of political ads from Rick Scott that don’t pass the truth test, and his repeated efforts to make jobs “lost” by Charlie Crist and “gained” by Scott relevant were just beating a dead horse; there is enough evidence to the contrary — neither is fully responsible for those jobs lost or gained.

Watching and listening to Scott flail about attempting to answer questions throughout the debate, and, as usual, not directly, was not just painful, it was embarrassing.

It was a very poor showing on his part.

Rick Scott is a relative “newbie” to Florida, moving from Texas (he was a part owner of the Texas Rangers along with George W. Bush at one time) to a home in Naples. Ever wonder why he would move to Florida and literally buy his way into the governorship?

And now he has Jeb Bush touting himself as a judge of a good governor, implying that neither he nor Scott have ever been in politics for

personal ambition. Hmmm. I think that their track records speak for themselves.

Whether Republican, independent or Democrat, Charlie Crist is Florida born and raised and knows our state well. I also believe that he has always had the best interests of our state and people, especially the middle class, at heart. I can’t say that for Rick Scott. Crist has my vote.

Patricia Abbott Royal Palm Beach

Voting For Michelle Santamaria

The recent editorial by the Palm Beach Post endorsing a candidate for Palm Beach County Commission in District 6 was wrong, wrong, wrong! Not only did it ignore the facts, but also bordered on libel. Was the editorial board not aware that the vast majority of endorsements and campaign funding for McKinlay came from outside of our district? These are individuals and groups who do not live here, do not know our issues and cannot vote in our district. So why so much interest in getting one particular candidate elected?

Could it be to enable further development and continued encroachment on our way of life in the western communities? Why so much interest and so much investment in a particular candidate from the outside? Surely that can’t be good for those of us who live here!

I have observed the McKinlay ads on television, and as far back as I can remember, I have never seen TV ads for a county commission seat.

On the other hand, the editorial attacks Jess Santamaria for putting money into his daughter’s campaign to protect the “Santamaria legacy” and protect his own business interests. The funding he has put into Michelle’s campaign pales in comparison to what the outsiders have put up for McKinlay. The Post obviously doesn’t know Jess Santamaria like we do. He is one of the most selfless people I have ever known. We all know of his philanthropic work and his donation of his salary for the needy. Jess speaks out against injustices of all kinds, particularly those that enrich developers at taxpayers’ cost. He has helped so many people confidentially without fanfare or publicity.

As for candidate endorsements, we who live here in the western communities know who is on our side, and it is not someone whose funding and endorsements come mostly from individuals who do not live here, do not vote here and do not share the quality of life that we enjoy and want to maintain.

Michelle Santamaria grew up here and spent all of her life, except for college days, right here where we all live. She knows our people and our issues. The “Santamaria legacy” is one that supports the best interests of our community and its residents, and is often the lone voice speaking out on our behalf. Michelle will continue that legacy, and we need to give her our support at the polls!

Arlene Olinsky Royal Palm Beach

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in their opposition to the onslaught of overdevelopment that is threatening our quality of life. We must elect three district supervisors who will not sell us out to developers, the county, the South Florida Water Management District, the City of West Palm Beach or any other organization or entity. Developers must not be allowed to reap obscene profits at our expense and at the expense of all Palm Beach County taxpayers. We must not allow any entity to take what is ours.

My husband, Gert, and I will not vote for any current or former ITID supervisor who is on record against a thorough forensic audit of the district’s records or has voted no to oversight by the Office of the Inspector General. We will demand that those who are elected represent us and not special interests or their own interests.

We need district supervisors who will protect our health, safety and welfare, our water supply, our drainage infrastructure, our roads, our parks and our property values.

It’s a matter of trust. This is why Alan Ballweg, Betty Argue and Jennifer Hager will have our vote on Nov. 4.

If you care about our future, do the right thing. Get out and vote.

Anne Kuhl The Acreage

No Match For Michelle

I would like to thank all the people who encouraged me to run for the District 6 Palm Beach County Commission seat being vacated by term-limited Jess Santamaria.

This occurred before his daughter Michelle decided to run for her dad’s seat.

The encouragement that I received to run was truly humbling, however, despite my scholastic achievements and political background (not local) I can honestly say that I am no match for Michelle. She is, without a doubt, the ideal replacement for Jess, who should be thanked and also remembered for all the great work he has done in our western communities.

So, as we prepare to say goodbye to Jess and welcome Michelle, lets reflect on Jess for a little while. He was the poster boy for the homeless, donating his entire commissioner’s salary to the Lord’s Place. He and his family have paid for vocational training for several underprivileged youths so that they could find meaningful employment. Give a man a fish and you can feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for life.

Countless numbers of kids are taken Christmas shopping each year, the look on their faces is quite touching. Jess gave tens of thousands to Max Planck. Jess fought tirelessly for us and redefined the term “intestinal fortitude.” He brought honesty and transparency to the county commission. Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can. He is far too modest and generous to a fault. We should all be honest and acknowledge and admire and applaud the work he has done. I thought Jess was good, but Michelle will be even better.

So I say to you, Jess, thanks a million. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to change you is the greatest accomplishment. Don’t cry because it ended, smile because it happened.

Our system of government can only function properly if those who are governed take an active role in choosing its direction and operation. Every citizen has a BARRY S. MANNING Publisher JODY GORRAN Associate Publisher

responsibility to be informed and to take part in the process. This is called participatory democracy. In a democracy, the will of the people is expressed through the voting process. An election is the process by which we choose who will hold public office, so before choosing, we should become familiar with the issues and the candidates’ position on all of these issues. Do not let illusion or delusion lead to confusion.

Politics is not a blood sport, neither is it rocket science. Please remember that one of the benefits of living in a democracy is the freedom and privilege to participate in the election system, voting for the candidate of your choice. My choice is Michelle Santamaria.

If you are not a part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

Please make your voice heard by voting in this upcoming election.

Palm Beach County has been stigmatized for far too long with the title “Corruption County,” with several elected officials being sent to prison. They were elected to lead but were consumed by greed.

The Palm Beach Post referred to the district candidates as a weak field.

I refute that assessment in its entirety. Once again, please go out and vote. Christmas will come early in the western communities when on Nov. 4 we elect Michelle “Santa”-maria to be our next county commissioner.

Karl Witter The Acreage

Be Sure To Get To The Polls

When I hear someone saying that they are not going to vote, I think of the thousands of Americans who sacrificed, suffered, marched and died for the right to vote. I think of the people in other countries still fighting for this right. How can anyone not vote?

How can one call themselves a citizen who cares about the country or its direction and not vote? How dare you complain about “government” if you do not vote. You have given away your choices and your power if you choose not to vote.

People always talk and cry for equality. The power of the vote makes us equal. When you fail to vote, you fail to use your power and you lose your shot at equality.

I will not venture to influence your vote, but if you want the best public education for Florida’s children, the opportunity for equal pay and higher minimum wages for workers, the right of women to choose, protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid services, establish honesty and transparency in government, seek the best creative medical cures and care, and protect our environment — then it is clear how you should vote.

However, if you want the “same old same old,” then don’t vote!

You will show that you don’t care, you have no power, no equality and no freedom of choice.

Kay Brown Wellington Editor’s note: Ms. Brown is the president of the Palm Beach County Teachers Association, Retired.

Support For Andy Schaller

I have listened to the debates and studied all three candidates that we are blessed with here in the western communities to become our county commissioner and represent us.

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ligent. One moved to our community not long ago and is a single mother, another is longtime community resident, very intelligent, whose father had the position and could learn from his experience and all her legal knowledge.

However, I present a fresh, never a politician, self-made businessman to you: Andy Schaller.

He is articulate, very bright and worked hard to become a successful resident here in the western communities.

Andy believes as shown at www.andyschaller.com: “I feel so blessed to be in a country where I am able to run for office while maintaining the values my parents taught me growing up, of hard work, community service, treat everyone as you would like to be treated and a hand shake is a promise.”

Hard work, community service, life by the golden rule. Can you stand next to a man with these values? Andy’s financial business handles millions of dollars for clients over the world who trust him. His hard work enabled him to build a financial business with this worldwide client base, which equates to a sense of financial acumen lacking in the other two candidates.

During the debate in Wellington on Monday night, I was impressed with the questions and the answers the candidates provided. However, Andy alone had the best answers to questions like: What would you do to combat the unemployment rate in the Glades? He is in favor of the Port of Palm Beach railway connection to Belle Glade to increase jobs for the Glades and provide an economic stimulus. He is in favor of helping the Wellington Village Council provide stimulus options healthcare/medical providers to relocate and produce jobs for the promised medical arts district. In a nutshell, Andy is going to push for programs that will create jobs, jobs, jobs, and enable hardworking people to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, and not hold out the hand for more government aid. He will support agencies to provide for the real needy and encourage job training and opportunities for each needy family to find security and individual values through gainful employment and not rely on weekly federal free paychecks.

He is in favor of carefully watching our tax dollars and finding waste in many agencies and departments where oversight is lacking to make the most of each dollar we contribute.

I trust Andy to be a safeguard of our tax monies and find waste in our vast government bureaucracy.

Al Paglia Wellington

Traffic Light Vote Was Reckless

At last week’s Loxahatchee Groves Town Council meeting, our council voted to recklessly blow another $57,000 of town money on the largely unwanted traffic light at D and Okeechobee.

That’s just for the survey, there’s another $290,000 to pay to actually build the thing!

Yep…. $340,000 of townsfolk’s money to put in a traffic light that most don’t want and the FDOT says is not needed. Even the tiny minority that do want it, accept that the county will tear it down and replace it within a few short years when they four-lane Okeechobee Blvd.

And here’s the rub: Okeechobee isn’t even a town road! That’s spending $340k of Loxahatchee Groves taxpayers’ money on something that doesn’t even belong to Loxahatchee Groves!

Makes you proud of our council, doesn’t it? Well, save for Councilman Tom Goltzené and Mayor Dave Browning, who wisely voted against the squandering madness.

The vote was 3-2, which should say something about the three who voted for it.

The petition resident Keith Harris presented, after a single day’s work, proved that 292 people also didn’t want the light. (No petition or backup was presented by the folks who do want it.)

Councilman Ryan Liang, hot for the light and up for re-election in March, made a politically bizarre observation so far out of character it seemed to most that although the mouth was his, the crazy words issuing from it surely must have been those of another. Possibly one not sitting too far away from him?

What did Ryan say? Well, in what can only be described as an electoral suicide bid, he waved Keith Harris’ petition in the air, grimacing as if it were used toilet paper, and scornfully observed that a mere 25 percent of the signatories were Groves residents.

In fact, his math was skewed: 97 of the 292 were residents. (That’s 33.2 percent.)

We can, perhaps forgive him for his dodgy math. What we can’t forgive is his scandalously callous following comment that, in his exact words and as reported in this newspaper, “that doesn’t say much to me…”

Suppose Keith had given it a week more and added another 582 no votes? Would that still “not say much” to you, sir?

So, Ryan, 97 residents, aka voters, don’t say much to you when they say no? Wow. In case you don’t remember, your very close, pro-traffic-light colleague Councilman Jim Rockett (who “coincidentally” has family business interests very close to the D/Okee junction and who “coincidentally” originally proposed the light) barely squeaked home last year by less than 40 votes!

Well, you saved yourself some time during the upcoming election, Ryan. No need to ask those 97 for their support. Their 97 votes “won’t say much to you.” It’s also a straight 97 vote headstart for your opponent. Good job! After March, you’ll have plenty of time to sit at the unwanted traffic light contemplating last week’s ludicrous, election-losing gaff.

Tim Hart-Woods Loxahatchee Groves

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ROYAL PALM’S ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL CELEBRATES ALL THINGS AUTUMN

Royal Palm Beach hosted its annual Fall Fest on Saturday, Oct. 25 at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. There were plenty of event-goers in costume, with pet and people costume contests taking place, as well as a mini pumpkin patch, music, trick or treat fun, a kids fun zone, a pirate ship with pirates and more.

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Bentley with Jennifer and Greg McFadden.

Kassarah Cadavid and Jan-Carlo Cadavid.

First-place costume contest winners the Burton Tribe: (front) Zoey, Abby and Charity; (back) Jasper, Josh and Brenda Burton.

Pirates of the Treasure Coast Capt. Dan Leeward, with Christopher Simonian and Capt. Cutter.

Daniella Bonfante with Max, who won third place in the pet costume contest.

Costume contest second-place finishers Kelly and Dr. Danny Bass of Family Orthodontics of Wellington.

COURTYARD ANIMAL HOSPITAL HOSTS ‘HOWL AT THE MOON’ AT DOG PARK

Courtyard Animal Hospital presented the 12th annual Howl at the Moon Dog Festival on Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Wellington Dog Park. The event was held to benefit Shepherd Help and Rescue Effort (SHARE). Toenail trims, microchipping, and pictures of pets with their owners were available, and there was a pet costume contest, vendors and more.

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PBSO Investigating Thefts From Target Store In Royal Palm

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report OCT. 24 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Target Superstore on Okeechobee Blvd. last Friday evening regarding a case of shoplifting. According to a PBSO report, an unknown subject was observed entering the store on three occasions, walking out with six high-end speakers, valued at $2,295.99, bypassing all points of sale. According to the report, the same individual was observed shoplifting at the Target store on Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. The suspect is described as a white or Hispanic male in his early 20s, approximately 5’9’’ tall, weighing 160 pounds with a shaved head.

According to the report, he fled the stores in a black sedan.

••• OCT. 21 — A resident of the Victoria Grove community contacted the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation last Tuesday morning regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, the victim recently had his pool pump replaced. However, when his pool maintenance person came to perform routine maintenance, the new pump was missing. According to the report, the plastic pipes attached to the pump were cut, allowing the pump to be removed.

OCT. 21 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on 87th Lane North in The Acreage last Tuesday afternoon regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8 a.m. and 5:10 p.m., someone entered the victim’s residence through the rear sliding glass door.

According to the report, a 15-inch HP laptop computer was stolen, along with a jewelry box, together valued at approximately $1,000.

OCT. 21 — An Acreage resident contacted the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Tuesday evening regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, the victim received a telephone call from American Express regarding a recent application. According to the report, the victim did not apply for the card and was instructed to notify local authorities. The victim has placed a fraud alert on her accounts with the credit bureaus.

OCT. 23 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on 78th Road North in The Acreage last Thursday morning regarding a vehicle burglary complaint.

According to a PBSO report, sometime between 2:53 and 3:12 a.m., surveillance video captured footage of a thin white male opening an unlocked Lexus and removing two pairs of Michael Kors sunglasses, credit cards and $90 cash. The Lexus abutted an unlocked 2004 Dodge truck, which was missing a subwoofer, valued at approximately $350.

OCT. 23 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on 56th Place North in The Acreage last Thursday morning regarding a stolen 2011 gas-powered golf cart.

According to a PBSO report, the victim’s golf cart was parked at the rear of the residence Wednesday night, but was missing Thursday morning. According to the report, the victim noticed bicycle tracks along with golf cart tracks leading out of his yard toward a canal.

OCT. 24 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Costco store on Southern Blvd. last Friday afternoon regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, Delmon Stephens of Port St. Lucie used a fraudulent license to attempt to obtain a Costco membership card and apply for a credit card. According to the report, Stephens’ picture was on the fake license with another name.

Stephens was arrested on fraud charges.

OCT. 24 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on Hamlin Blvd. in The Acreage last Friday evening regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 7 a.m. and 6:15 p.m., someone entered the victim’s home, leaving the rear door open, and removed an iPod, an iPhone, earrings and change, valued at approximately $1,000, from the kitchen counter.

According to the report, the alarm clock in the master bedroom was unplugged and an armoire in the same room had been opened.

OCT. 25 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called last Saturday morning to a parking lot at Palms West Hospital on Southern Blvd. regarding a vehicle burglary.

According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9:30 and 9:48 a.m., someone pried open the driver’s side window of the vehicle, removing a Samsung Galaxy 4 phone, keys, a blue leather purse and other items, together valued at approximately $1,500. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

OCT. 25 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Royal Palm Beach Recreation Center last Saturday afternoon regarding the theft of a cell phone. While responding, a second cell phone was reported stolen. According to the first PBSO report, sometime between 2:50 and 3:50 p.m., the victim was playing basketball and left his red Samsung Galaxy 3 on a nearby bench. Upon return, the victim’s phone, valued at approximately $150, was missing.

According to the second report, the victim placed his white iPhone 5, valued at approximately $500, on a bench while playing basketball, and it was also stolen.

OCT. 25 — An Acreage resident contacted the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation last Saturday afternoon regarding a theft.

According to a PBSO report, the victim was having her nails done at a nail salon on Okeechobee Blvd. sometime between 4:30 and 6:20 p.m. While she was getting her nails done, someone stole her Michael Kors wristlet, valued at $150, containing $66 cash and two debit cards, from a table at the salon.

OCT. 27 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called Monday morning to a vacant home on Citrus Grove Blvd. regarding a case of vandalism. The vandalism was reported by the company maintaining the bank-owned property. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 3 p.m. Sunday and 9:30 a.m. Monday, someone ripped the power meter off the wall and cut the wires.

OCT. 27 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee See BLOTTER, page 21

Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s help in finding these wanted fugitives: • Mesaille Michel is a black male, 6’2” tall and weighing 245 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. His date of birth is 10/01/92. Michel is wanted for failure to appear on felony charges for the possession of cocaine and the possession of marijuana. His last known address was Olive Tree Circle in Greenacres. He is wanted as of 10/23/14.

• Ashley Wilkinson is a black female, 5’7” tall and weighing 150 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. Her date of birth is 10/05/86. Wilkinson is wanted for failure to appear on felony charges of public assistance fraud.

Her last known address was Pine Circle in Greenacres. She is wanted as of 10/23/14.

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.crimestoppers pbc.com.

Mesaille Michel

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County Candidates Take Questions At Forum Hosted By LGLA

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The three candidates vying for the District 6 seat on the Palm Beach County Commission participated in a forum hosted Thursday, Oct. 23 by the Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’Association.

Democratic candidate Melissa McKinlay, Republican candidate Andy Schaller and independent candidate Michelle Santamaria are seeking the seat being vacated by term-limited County Commissioner Jess Santamaria, Michelle Santamaria’s father.

Santamaria moved here with her family when she was 9 months old and attended local schools. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Florida, a master’s degree in business administration from Rollins College and a law degree from Stetson University.

Upon graduating from law school, she became a criminal prosecutor with the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office.

After several years, she started her own business training law en-

forcement officials how to testify effectively in court.

“Now, I’m running for county commission to remember the place that I grew up in and continue the legacy that my father started here,” she said. “The main focus is to continue to have honesty in government and protecting our quality of life. The life that I remember as a kid growing up is slowly being eaten away by special interests and builders and developers.”

Santamaria said growth is inevitable, but it has to be responsible, intelligent and compatible.

Schaller moved to Florida in 1983 to attend college, graduated in 1987 and bought his first of two homes in District 6 in 1990. “Both of them are agriculturally exempt properties,” he said. “I have a barn in Wellington, and I created a dressage facility. I like the lifestyle I have chosen. This is where I have made my forever investments.”

For the last 20 years, he has owned a business called Palm Beach Financial Exchange. “I’ve handled more than 550 businesses across the U.S. and Puerto Rico,”

he said. “I have an electronic banking company that focuses on recurring transactions.”

Schaller said he became involved in county government and property rights issues after purchasing his property. “In the past six years, I have pretty much not missed a single county commission meeting,” he said, adding that he has spoken to the county commission on many issues. “The one nearest and dearest to my heart is preservation of lifestyle and property rights. That’s why I’ve been around for the last six years, fighting for our neighborhood.”

McKinlay moved to the area in 2004 and has lived in Florida since 1977, attending Florida public schools. A graduate of Florida State University, she has three teenage children and has worked for the past four and a half years in the county’s legislative affairs office. “I have been giving back to my community since I moved here,” she said.

McKinlay decided to run for office after the county administrator offered the commission an

option to cut funding to youth empowerment programs in some municipalities that had withheld funding to the Office of the Inspector General.

“I walked into the county administrator’s office and told him that I was upset with the decision that he made,” she said. “Those empowerment centers provide homework assistance and tutoring, and arts and culture and educational programs. They provide a lot of those kids with the last meal they’ll get before they go back to school the next morning.”

McKinlay noted that she totally supports the inspector general’s office, but objected to a trade-off of youth funding to pay for it.

“I want to be completely clear: I support 100 percent the Office of the Inspector General and the Palm Beach County Ethics Commission, and I commend the current commissioner for what he has done over the years,” she said.

“But as a mother, I believe we should hold children harmless.”

Resident Dr. Bill Louda asked each of the candidates if they favor

the proposed Minto West project, and all said they do not. Louda also asked about the candidates’ possible obligations due to contributions they have received.

Schaller said campaign contributions are a non-issue for him.

“I pretty much self-funded my own campaign in 2010, and for the most part, I’m doing it now with some contributions from a handful of friends,” he said. “I’m beholden to no one.”

McKinlay said she feels fortunate to have received a variety of financial support, including from the business community, individuals, firefighters and law enforcement.

“I am happy to have that support,” she said. “I have taken nine to 10 weeks of unpaid leave from the county. I’m not in a position that I can self-fund my campaign.

I have counted on community support, and I am very grateful to have received that support. However, that does not beholden me to anybody, and everyone who has contributed to my campaign has been told that clearly.”

Santamaria said she does not accept contributions from builders or developers. “My only concern is representing what the majority of the people of the community want, no strings attached,” she said.

Resident Dennis Lipp asked how far the candidates would go to gain more control over the budget of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, which accounts for about half the county’s budget.

McKinlay said she would support making the sheriff’s budget more transparent.

“Unfortunately, under statute, we’re not able to require him to do anything, so that would take a state change at the legislature,” she said, adding that she would support making the entire budget process more transparent.

McKinlay recalled her time working in Sarasota County, where there were public budget workshops in which all constitutional officers and county departments made line-by-line presentations.

“We don’t do anything like that See LGLA FORUM, page 21

Final ITID Questions: ITID Staffing Policy, Campaign Summary

The Town-Crier has been asking questions each week to the six people seeking three seats on the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors. This week’s question: How would you rate the current staff of the Indian Trail Improvement District? What changes, if any, would you like to see made regarding ITID’s staff or staffing policy? Candidates were then invited to answer a final summary question: Why should voters vote for you?

ITID SEAT 5

Betty Argue — The ITID staff has worked diligently in meeting the demands of the district in the past couple of years, all while a management reorganization took place. Jim Shallman, now at the helm as district manager, is working to prioritize projects at the direction of the supervisors.

Issues brought to light by Tropical Storm Isaac have resulted in infrastructure improvements and a focus for future enhancements.

Lessons learned from internal audits and inspections have resulted in changes to district policies and implementing procedures adding efficiency, accountability and transparency to district practices.

Projects such as the Hamlin House and the walking/biking path on Cheetham Hill have been completed. Improvements have been made to parks, canals, swales and roads. The Acreage Community Park south expansion has begun.

This has all been possible because of the skilled and dedicated staff of the Indian Trail Improvement District.

Our community is faced with growth and development that will have significant impacts on the works of the district. The ITID Board of Supervisors must provide the leadership necessary to make informed choices and set district priorities by refocusing on the rebuilding of our canals, swales and drainage systems, maintaining and protecting our parks, roads and water, all while being fiscally responsible. We should support the district manager in accomplishing these goals and objectives, and assist in breaking down barriers to success.

Campaign Summary: My legal, real estate and ombudsman experience lends itself to the role of ITID supervisor. In applying my leadership, fortitude and dedication, we will see the objectives through, consistent with the charter of the

Indian Trail Improvement District. As your neighbor and fellow stakeholder, I am committed to hearing from all residents and will objectively represent your interests and concerns. With your help and vote, we will meet the challenges we face and improve our quality of life.

Carol Jacobs — The ITID Board of Supervisors needs to review and update all policies of the district starting first with all policies in reference to the maintenance department. I would like the operations and maintenance department to go back to zones and have everyone on that team accountable for their zone.

My thoughts have always been and always will be that the employees need the proper training and pass that training before they are placed in a position for the district. The district needs to hire qualified equipment operators; anyone can drive a piece of equipment, but not everyone is qualified to be an operator that is the first line of defense in safety. We need to use the district’s road engineer that we hired, not just the water engineer, and I have a big problem with the engineer not being on any of the district’s jobs overseeing the work. I have seen a few mistakes that a qualified engineer should have caught. If the engineer was overseeing all of the district jobs, the mistakes that have been made would be on his liability insurance to fix, and not the taxpayers’, which is what is happening now.

The district needs to hire qualified people and do all work in house.

ITID needs major restructuring of the operation and maintenance department as soon as possible.

Campaign Summary: A vote for me is a vote for common sense.

I am a listener; I don’t Argue! I have been a very involved and fair board member. I didn’t just move here and become a U.S. citizen so I could run for ITID for my movement; a movement that consists of residents from Loxahatchee Grove, Royal Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens, to use your tax dollars to fund their lawsuit cause. This would destroy this district. The district’s funds should be used for improvements to the roads, drainage and parks. I am running for a third term for this very reason, to protect this district from this group that has one mission. This group that is running for ITID has fought against everything out here in The Acreage that we

as residents have come to enjoy. I love The Acreage, and I will take care, as always, to make sure your tax dollars are spent wisely.

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Mike Erickson — I truly believe we have an excellent pool of employees at ITID. The problem is not the employees, but rather, the culture and turnover that exists at ITID. Over the last 12 years, there has been an extreme turnover of upper staff and middle managers due mainly to political turnover.

This environment of wondering if you’re going to get fired equates to a lack of staff empowerment. The board should be creating policies and budgets that help execute its vision for the community, rather than micromanaging operations. If elected, I will do everything in my power to create a board that makes policies that will empower staff to create a productive, efficient organization.

The board must create a longterm strategic plan with goals and a timeline. How can staff be expected to attain goals if they haven’t been given goals? As a board member, I will use the budget process to create accountability and direction. I will use a policy manual to create organization and limits on staff. Not only does staff need training, but the board should also be trained in policy governance. The board should be working on a vision for ITID, a real budget process, standards for everything ITID does and policies to execute them. The board can then leave daily operations to staff while they work on the bigger picture of creating a vision for our community.

Campaign Summary: I believe I am the best candidate because of my experience, common sense, knowledge and professionalism.

Sitting on dozens of professional boards throughout my career has given me the experience and know-how to help the ITID board add additional professionalism to its meetings. Having the experience of growing a very successful corporation has given me the knowledge of organizational structure, budgeting and accountability, and how to bring those key components to ITID. I have the experience in public speaking to stand up and represent this community in a professional manner.

If elected, I will push for the people to vote on the big issues rather than just the five board members

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making these decisions. If you vote for me, I will not let you or our community down. Learn more at www.mikeerickson.info.

Jennifer Hager — I believe ITID has a great team of employees in place. The key is that they be allowed to conduct the business and works of the district without outside interference or harassment from board members and non-employees. The district has a non-interference policy in place to prevent these types of situations.

This is one area that I’d like to see be strongly reinforced.

Jim Shallman has been working toward efficiently running this district. Longtime staff members have been of great assistance to him in learning to run the district.

I believe if we continue in this manner, productivity will continue to increase.

ITID staff had much to accomplish during a time of much transition and discord among employees. Mr. Shallman and his staff have managed to successfully overcome this discord to become the successful team that they are today. He has a good rapport, not only with his staff, but also with board members and our residents.

He is effective in assigning tasks appropriately, and he responds as quickly as possible to most public and board requests.

A good leader takes his share of the blame, and less than his share of the credit. Mr. Shallman has taken much blame for things that were not his fault and very little credit for things that he has helped to remedy since being moved into his current position. Staff is now working steady, morale is up, and they have come together as a cohesive team under his direction and guidance.

Campaign Summary: It has been an honor and my privilege to serve our community for the past four years. I truly love living here in this diverse, beautiful place. As your chosen elected official, I will continue to listen to and serve the will of the people. Good leaders

Mike Erickson Jennifer Hager practice with actions and attitude, not with words that lead to empty or broken promises. I am morally driven and my values are clear; therefore, making decisions on behalf of the people is easy. I will continue to fight the good fight to protect our lifestyle. I am as good as my good word.

ITID SEAT 3 Ralph Bair — The current staff is a mix of new and experienced personnel. It’s up to the district administrator to shape and mold them into an effective workforce to take care of problems and better serve our district. That is why I preferred an experienced district administrator. It is up to the board to empower the administrator to hire skilled employees and to create policies to purchase appropriate equipment and training for our employees to be successful. In addition, the board has assigned our administrator to enroll in current management courses to enhance his management skills. He continues to work with legal, the human resources attorney and engineering to be proactive in solving problems relating to all phases of his job.

Once the administrator has been selected by the board, it is his task to work within the administrative budget to hire any additional staff and key personnel. There is an employee flow chart that is the administrator’s job to fill, and if it needs to be adjusted, it should be brought back to the board for review. It is also his job to implement policy set by the board. This task is to be accomplished with the staff and personnel he has hired and managed. If this is not met, it’s the board’s responsibility to hold him accountable.

Campaign Summary: I am the only candidate with 14 years of experience and the integrity to take The Acreage into the next decade as it deals with growth management. I have been consistent on my support for State Road 7’s completion, our parks and the road network through The Acreage. I

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am concerned about all the residents of our community, and try to make myself available to each resident and listen to concerns.

Being a good listener allows me to exchange ideas and work with other agencies to benefit The Acreage. The Acreage is my priority; it is where I have lived for 35 years actively involved in our community, it is where I raised my children and where I plan on retiring.

Alan Ballweg — The ITID staff is managed by District Manager Jim Shallman. Jim’s appointment was approved unanimously by the board, and I approve that decision. He has made operations more transparent and open to the board, as well as to the public.

Jim manages the staff and implements the policies, which have been developed over many years and which work well, for the most part. The professional staff includes our district engineer and district attorneys, all of whom have long experience with Indian Trail.

Organizations tend to follow “the tone at the top,” and I believe Jim has been doing a good job both in setting the right tone, and in managing the myriad and complex details of the district.

Campaign Summary: Vote for me if you want someone who will fight to preserve our quality of life. I am strongly opposed to Minto West overdevelopment and helped found the “No To Minto” movement. I believe we do not want or need a city in the country.

My education and experience is an excellent fit for the ITID board. I graduated from Stanford University with a degree in economics and engineering management, and have knowledge of finance, accounting, cost/benefit analysis, and an extensive technical knowledge of drainage and flood control systems. I support the inspector general, and I am in favor of aggressive action to protect The Acreage from being used as a doormat by developers. Read more about my positions at www. winwithalan.com.

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RPB Relay Kickoff Nov. 6

The Royal Palm Beach Relay For Life will host a kickoff party Thursday, Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at Madison Green’s MarBar Grille, located at 2001 Crestwood Circle.

The Royal Palm Beach Relay for Life, which raises money for the American Cancer Society, will take place Saturday, April 25, 2015 from 4 p.m. until 6 a.m. Sunday, April 26 at Royal Palm Beach High School.

The kickoff party is open to anyone who wants to know more about the relay — individuals, businesses, cancer patients, cancer survivors and anyone with an interest in helping create a world without cancer. For more information, or to RSVP, contact Krista at (561) 436-7498 or kaybird73@ aol.com. To learn more about the relay, visit www.relayforlife.org/ royalpalmbeachfl.

Wellington To Host Vet Day Ceremony

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The activities begin with a parade at 8:15 a.m. commencing at the Wellington Municipal Complex, located at 12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd., followed by a ceremony at 8:30 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial at the corner of Forest Hill and South Shore boulevards.

Active duty military members or veterans attending the ceremony will have an opportunity to register the morning of the event at the Wellington tent to be recognized during the ceremony.

For more information about Post 390, e-mail wellingtonlegion390@gmail.com.

4-H To Offer Free Teen Finance Workshop

The Cooperative Extension 4-H Program is once again offering its “On Your Own” Finance Literacy Workshop. In this hands-on class,

youths age 12 and over will learn survival skills for the future.

Participants will learn how to understand and manage finances in a simulated real-world environment.

Attendees do not need to be 4-H members.

The workshop will be held Tuesday, Nov. 4 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cooperative Extension office, located at 559 N. Military Trail in West Palm Beach. Lunch will be provided.

Attendees are asked to bring a pencil and a calculator. For more info., call (561) 233-1731 or email fourh@pbcgov.org.

Golden Grove Choice School Open House

Golden Grove Elementary School has become a Choice School of Technology this year, allowing students from outside its boundaries to attend and participate in the innovative new program.

Golden Grove will host an open house showcasing the choice program on Thursday, Nov. 6 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. All classrooms

are being enriched with technology as the school encourages students to develop 21st century skills.

Fifth-grade students are able to take a capstone Digital Tools Certificate course. Successful completion of the certificate program will enable students to be placed on the school district’s digital technology track, which leads to other advanced certifications.

Applications for the choice program can be completed online at www.mypbchoiceapp.com beginning Nov. 3 and closing Jan. 30. For more info., call at (561) 904-9700.

Chamber To Host Holiday Parade

The Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce will present the 31st annual Wellington Holiday Parade on Sunday, Dec. 14, sponsored by Wellington Preservation Coalition and the Schumacher Family of Dealerships.

At noon, the Holiday Park at the Wellington Amphitheater opens, and at 2:30 p.m., the parade begins.

The parade will start at the

corner of Forest Hill Blvd. and Wellington Trace, and heads south on Forest Hill Blvd. to Country Club Drive near the Wellington Amphitheater.

Download parade and vendor applications at www.cpbchamber. com.

Boating Safety Class Nov. 8

The Village of Wellington has partnered with the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary to offer residents a certified boating safety class. The cost is $35 per person, and there is a multi-family discount.

The Coast Guard will conduct the class and examination in the Wellington Community Center, located at 12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd. on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a break for lunch.

This course is designed for individuals age 17 and older, and will review safe boating operations, as well as local laws and regulations. Participants will receive a certification at the conclusion of the course.

Call (561) 791-4082 to register.

No payment is necessary to register, but bring payment with you on the day of the class.

For more information on boating and water safety, call the Coast Guard Auxiliary at (561) 818-7905.

WHS Band To Salute Vets

The Wellington High School Band will present its second annual “Salute to Veterans” Concert on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. in the Wellington High School Theater. Admission is free.

The program will feature the WHS Wind Ensemble and guest trumpet soloist Forrest Sonntag, with performances of patriotic songs, traditional marches and audience favorites. Refreshments will be served following the concert.

The entire community is invited to attend. Band members also wish to extend a special invitation to all active duty and retired servicemen and servicewomen in the greater Wellington area.

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FLY-IN DAY BRINGS ALL MANNER OF AIRCRAFT TO WELLINGTON’S AERO CLUB

Wellington’s Aero Club welcomed Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association President Mark Baker during the community’s annual fly-in event Saturday, Oct. 25. There was lunch, flying activities, aircraft on display and entertainment for the residents of the private aviation community that has been in Wellington for more than 30 years. For more info., visit www.wellingtonaeroclub.com.

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John Herring, Marc Rodstein, Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association President Mark Baker and Dave Yoder.

Marc Rodstein (center) presents a check to AOPA President Mark Baker and Vice President Stephanie Kenyon.

Flight medic Wayne Gordon, St. Mary’s Medical Center trauma surgeon Dr. Michael West, Wellington Mayor Bob Margolis and his wife Linda, Health Care District pilot Shaul Fuchsman, and Trauma Hawk flight nurse Bill Crafa.

Cassidy Daiagi, Taber Hyde and Steven Daiagi take a seat in one of the planes.

Alan and Wellington Councilwoman Anne Gerwig with one of the classic planes on display.

Diego and Alvaro Ledezma check out the aircraft.

TEMPLE PRESCHOOL ‘DOWN AT THE HOP’ WITH ’50S-THEMED FAMILY FUN DAY

Temple Beth Torah’s Leonie Arguetty Preschool hosted its annual Family Fun Day on Sunday, Oct. 26. The theme this year was “1950s Rockin’ Sock Hop” and featured music, bubbles and more. For more info., visit www.templebethtorah.net or call (561) 793-1072.

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Republican Bonner Faces Uphill Battle In Bid To Unseat Hastings

By Julie Unger Town-Crier Staff Report Republican Jay Bonner faces an uphill battle in his bid against longtime Democratic incumbent Alcee Hastings for Florida’s 20th Congressional District.

Hastings, who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1993, is widely favored in the race. The district trends strongly Democratic.

The 20th Congressional District includes parts of Palm Beach, Broward and Hendry counties, including Loxahatchee Groves and portions of Royal Palm Beach.

Bonner moved to northern Palm Beach County at age 9 in 1963 and grew up attending public schools.

As a businessman with a professional land surveying business that has been in operation for more than 27 years, he has set firm roots in the community.

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continued from page 1 “local girl” with a law degree, finance degree and business degree, has worked as an assistant state attorney and created a program, ultimately utilized by organizations such as the FBI, to help prepare witnesses for testifying in court.

“I’m really proud of the accomplishments I’ve done and the insights I’ve learned as a criminal prosecutor,” she said. “Now my goal is to continue my family tradition and protect the quality of life that we’ve grown to love.”

Running without a party affiliation, Santamaria chose to do so, knowing it would be more difficult to win.

“I’m going to be true to myself, and I’m going to stay no party affiliate,” she said. “That’s the whole point — to be independent and not be in debt to a party, and instead, to represent truly you, the people of this community.”

Schaller’s ties to the western communities began in 1999 when he first bought property in the area. “I am very proud to say that I did not have to come back to the western communities to run for this job,” he said. “I did not come back to this area for an increase in pay. I live here and am running because of the fact that I care.”

He emphasized his financial

A faithful church member for more than 25 years at Northlake Church of the Nazarene, Bonner has been heavily involved in the workings of the church and the community. “Prior to the call to run for office, I was the youth pastor there, the praise team leader there, corporate secretary and volunteer youth pastor,” he said.

Bonner sees problems with the country and hopes to make changes as the Republican candidate.

“I believe that we’ve reached a point in our country where we’ve got to save America,” he said.

“I have demonstrated my ability through the Department of Criminal Justice to engage the faith communities, and reaching the needs of our families and our youth with the Department of Juvenile Justice. I believe that I’m being led to rally our faith and community partners to save America.”

Bonner believes his community experience makes him the best person for the job.

“I would be a better candidate of the two candidates,” he said. “I am a professional land surveyor and a man of faith who has demonstrated his work in the community.”

Putting a strong emphasis on character and faith, Bonner believes that his work building community relationships has prepared him for the job.

“In essence, I listen to what the community needs, and then I look for resources,” he said. “The key at the congressional level is relationships, and currently, the Congress is a Republican Congress, and there’s a high likelihood that the Senate will be a Republican Senate this year. The best opportunity our community has for being able to bring home, or to relate with those who have the resources, would

and business expertise through his electronic banking company.

“I have what it takes to be fiscally responsible with your tax dollars,” Schaller said. “If you look on paper, there’s only two things that the county commission really does.

They set the fiscal policy and the governing policy based upon that fiscal spending.”

As in previous forums, the candidates were asked how they would stimulate economic growth.

McKinlay said that she would work to improve infrastructure, while Santamaria said she would work with the Business Development Board to bring new business into the area. Schaller suggested bringing divisions of the University of Florida to the area.

They were also asked whether they support the creation of a medical arts district in Wellington.

Santamaria was open to the idea, but wants firm deadlines.

“We have to be more deliberate and intelligent, and definitely have deadlines so people deliver on their promises,” she said.

Schaller supports the plan, with a focus on determining the right time to move. “It’s market-driven demand that will allow us to say when that opportunity is upon us to strike with real investor dollars,” he said.

McKinlay supported the concept, stressing the need to diversify the Wellington economy.

Candidates were asked to define “corruption in government” —

long a hot-button issue in county politics.

“Corruption is anything that doesn’t make sense for the greatest good, for the greatest number,” Schaller replied.

McKinlay defined corruption in government as, “anything that breaks the law.”

Santamaria, who has put a focus on “honesty in government” during her campaign, said, “corruption in government is taking actions that are contrary to what the majority of the people want and for the good of the people.”

In closing, the candidates made their final pleas for votes.

“I want to be a commissioner who is representing every single person in this district, across socioeconomic lines and industries,” McKinlay said.

Santamaria said: “I am 100 percent committed to representing you, the people of this district, and Palm Beach County, in general.

Whatever happens, my two goals will always remain the same — making sure to maintain honesty in government and protecting the quality of life that I grew up with and that you all came here for.”

Schaller closed, referencing his longtime devotion to seeking the District 6 seat on the county commission. “I never really stopped ‘running for office’ because running for office is getting the education, it’s putting the time in and devotion, it’s sinking the roots into the community,” he said.

be part of the party that’s actually making that happen.”

Bonner said that the three biggest issues facing the country today are debt, border protection and veterans’ needs.

“I’m very upset about the fact that we have not been able to sustain our budget and get a working budget,” he said. “Not only do we need to end up having a balanced budget, but we need to end up creating a surplus to the budget to pay off the debt. This stranglehold of money that has been placed upon us is a burden that’s being placed upon our children.”

One fear Bonner has heard about repeatedly is the possibility of an Ebola outbreak.

“One of our greatest fears, I hear across the county right now, is if an endemic, an outbreak, happens south of the border, and we see an influx of refugees or those fleeing

Jay Bonner said. “I support strengthening our communities through character and family, and I’m looking forward to a change.”

For more information, visit www.jaybonner.us.

FAMILY VISION CENTER OPENS NEW WELLINGTON BUILDING

On Tuesday, Oct. 28, the Wellington Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for the Family Vision Center, a member of Vision Source. Dr. Lori Mazza cut the ribbon for the newly relocated office, now at 3175 State Road 7, Suite 100, in Wellington, joined by Dr. Kandace Haines and Dr. Stephen Franzblau. To learn more about the Family Vision Center, call (561) 439-2020.

(Above) Dr. Lori Mazza cuts the ribbon. (Right) Dr. Kandace Haines, Dr. Lori Mazza and Dr. Stephen Franzblau in front of their new office.

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the disease from South America coming across the borders and bringing that disease with them,” he explained. “We need to have security of our borders, just simply for the safety and protection of we, the citizens of the United States.”

Bonner is very critical of problems in the Veterans Administration healthcare system.

“I’m very concerned about trying to expand on our national health initiative when, in fact, we’re not able to take care of our military personnel and what their needs are,” he said.

Looking to gain votes come Nov. 4, Bonner is ready to use his relationship skills to earn the trust of the people, to hear their needs and bring resources where they are needed.

“I am not a politician. I have not given our country $18 trillion of debt. I support our military,” he

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Democrats, Republicans & Independent Community Leaders Join Michelle Santamaria

IN HER RELENTLESS DEMAND FOR HONEST GOVERNMENT AND THE PROTECTION OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.

Ed Eissey, Former President Palm Beach Community College

Ken Adams Former Chairman of Palm Beach County Commission

Robbin Lee, Hospital Chief Executive Officer

Marcia Andrews PBC School Board & Michael Jackson Longtime Glades Leader

John E. Carroll, Sr. M.P.A. Staunch Republican, Retired Sheriff’s Capt. & Current Professor

Dave Browning Mayor, Loxahatchee Groves

Dr. David Soria Medical Doctor

Dr. & Mrs. Armando Marull Medical Doctor

Dennis Witkowski, Restaurant Owner & Co-Founder Palms West Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Rosa Fernandez Pediatrician

Kris and Wendy Soderman Private School Owners

Linda Terranova School Principal

Frank and Herta Suess Business Owners

Karen and Bob Cavanagh Business Owners

Bobby Ewing Optical Shop Owner

Dr. Gordon Johnson Medical Doctor

David Leland Printing Business Owner

Cynthia Szuka, Paraplegic Activist and Family with Seeing Eye Dog

Dr. and Mrs. Sundaram Medical Doctors

Mr. & Mrs. Ron Tomchin IT Consultant

Randy Pfeiffer Movie Producer & Past Rotary President

Mr. & Mrs. Maurcio Perez Transportation Company Owner & Soccer Club President

Norman Gitzen Renowned Artist Sculptor

Jeff Hmara Retired Government Administrator & Village Councilman

Tony Nelson Insurance Executive & Former Chairman, Boys & Girls Club of Wellington

Attorney Bob Jones Established Community Lawyer

Morley Alperstein Retired Businessman & Community Activist

Mr. & Mrs. George Peltzmacher Retired Businessman & Community Activist

Fred Pinto County Executive Assistant & Village Councilman

Mr. & Mrs. Newbolt Wilson Retired Xerox Executive & Community Leader

Eric Gordon Business Executive & Rotary District Governor Nominee

Scott Armand Landscape/Exterminator Business Owner & Past Rotary President

Rhonda Ferrin-Davis Hotel General Manager & Community Civic Leader

Maureen & Don Gross Realtors & Past Rotary President

Dr. Bill Louda University Professor

Vivian Palmer Retired & Past Chamber of Commerce Executive Director

Attorney Richard Valuntas Village Councilman

Richard Nielsen Retired & Former Hospital Administrator

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— Reprinted From The Town-Crier Newspaper October 24, 2014

The Town-Crier endorses independent candidate Michelle Santamaria for Palm Beach County Commission in District 6.

With a law degree and a master’s degree in business administration, Michelle Santamaria has extensive legal and business expertise, a proven track record of accomplishing goals and an innovative, thinking-outside-the-box attitude. With personal access to the outgoing commissioner, she is ahead of the game in learning the dynamics that emerge behind closed doors. While her father ran for office as a Democrat, she stuck to her principles and is running as an independent,

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rather than under the safety and support of a political party. It has allowed her to seek the seat not beholden to special interests, racking up a varied collection of supporters from across the political spectrum. Santamaria’s educational background makes her particularly good at analyzing tough issues. She is independent, yet with enough finesse and natural public speaking skills to be able to get others to be willing to hear and evaluate what she has to say.

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Support For Michelle Santamaria

We Need Michelle Santamaria

If you, the people of Palm Beach County’s District 6, are looking for sincere, honest government, and a candidate who will be 100 percent for the people, and not for corporations or others who expect something in return, that person is Michelle Santamaria.

She will fight to contain the Minto West expansion. She is an accomplished nationwide attorney with a master’s degree in business administration.

Based on her experience, education and honesty, she is without a doubt the best-qualified candidate for District 6 county commissioner. She is committed to always fight for what is best for our Palm Beach County.

Many have pointed out that this local election will be critical to our county’s future. What kind of county will we be in the next 20 years? Who will win the battles over the environment, of homes, farms, roads?

We will need the best and the brightest. We will need Michelle Santamaria. A woman with a master’s of business administration degree. A woman with a doctor of jurisprudence degree. An assistant state attorney and an entrepreneur in business.

We will need the best and the brightest, and we will need Michelle Santamaria.

— Morley Alperstein Wellington

— George Peltzmacher Royal Palm Beach

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My Despair Turned To Delight Due to term limits, District 6 County Commissioner Jess Santamaria, the fearless voice of the people, will be leaving office shortly. The thought of Jess leaving office caused me much despair. Like him or not, none can dispute the fact that Jess has been the most honest, dedicated, hardworking public servant that we have ever had, not only in the western communities, but in Palm Beach County in general. He gives so much of himself and exemplifies the true meaning of a “public servant.”

Thank you for all you have done, Jess. You will surely be

missed.

My despair quickly turned to delight when I learned that his daughter, Michelle Santamaria, was running for her dad’s seat.

Luckily for us all, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”

Michelle Santamaria is the ideal replacement for Jess. She is honest, well-educated and dedicated, and will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the county commission. She definitely is a cut above the other candidates. We can all vote for Michelle knowing that we can trust her and that her efforts will be about the greater good of the

western communities. Like her father, she has no self interest and will make a tremendous impact/effect on the Board of County Commissioners. While other candidates have style, Michelle Santamaria has got substance and integrity.

So on Nov. 4, I urge residents of the western communities to turn up at the polls in record numbers and vote for Michelle Santamaria.

A vote for Michelle will be a vote for honest government, and heaven knows we need honest government now more than ever.

Political advertisement paid for and approved by Michelle V. Santamaria, No Party Affiliation for Palm Beach County Commission District 6.

— Alma Sato Wellington

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I am strongly opposed to the increase in density by the developers of Minto West.

I am committed to STOPPING the

BROWARDIZATION

of Palm Beach County!

Michelle Santamaria I will protect the rural character and quality of life of our diverse communities.

Like you, my family moved here to enjoy the vast open spaces and to get away from the crime, traffic and pollution of big cities. As your County Commissioner, I will protect the lifestyle that attracted us all here in the first place.

Michelle Santamaria loves the equestrian community and rural lifestyle.

MICHELLE SANTAMARIA: • strongly opposes any increase in density for Minto West beyond the 2,996 homes

and 235,000 square feet of commercial space currently approved.

• supports the extension of State Road 7, provided it doesn’t negatively impact the health,safety and welfare of our community.

Michelle will demand honesty in our municipal and county government and, like her father, will strongly support the much needed Ethics Commission and Inspector General.

We can count on MICHELLE SANTAMARIA to protect our quality of life.

Paid electioneering communication paid for by Jess & Michelle Santamaria for Honest Government, Inc., 675 Royal Palm Beach Boulevard, Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411.

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Devon Kane Takes Autumn Grand Prix

Devon Kane and her self-trained Grand Prix gelding Destiny proved to be unbeatable at the 2014 Great American Insurance Group USDF Region 3 Championships and Wellington Classic Dressage Autumn Challenge held Oct. 16-19.

Kane returned recently from a summer of training with Olympic gold medalist Hubertus Schmidt in Germany in preparation for the dressage season in Florida.

Kane and the Danish Warmblood won the Grand Prix with a 72.45 percent, and swept the Grand Prix Regional Championship. They are now qualified to compete at the 2014 U.S. Dressage Finals in Kentucky.

Kane feels that her time in training with Schmidt and Destiny’s brief period of rest following a minor injury actually helped them.

“It wasn’t what we planned,

but it worked out for our benefit.

It’s like solving a Rubik’s cube.

You get one side in line, then the other side’s messed up again and you have to go back and fix it,” she said.

With fresh spirits and a recent win under her belt, Kane is ready to ride into the competitive winter season.

“My horse is feeling super right now,” she said. “He’s really fit and his muscles feel good. He’s training really hard and well. We have a couple more shows before the season starts to fine-tune some things, and hopefully we can keep the momentum we have right now flowing.”

Kane and Destiny are based at Diamante Farms in Wellington.

For more information, visit www.diamantefarms.com or call (210) 240-1614.

Devon Kane and Destiny.

C.K. Carter Of RPB Claims FAPA Award

Royal Palm Beach resident and John I. Leonard English/journalism teacher Charysse “C.K.” Carter was among the winners of the Florida Authors & Publishers Association (FAPA) annual President’s Awards given out Saturday, Aug. 9.

The awards are for the best books of 2013 and the first half of 2014 by authors and publishers in Florida and throughout the United States.

Her children’s picture book, The Castle Across the Street, was given the Silver President’s Book Award in the e-book category.

Carter employed her former newspaper student, Ricardo J. Rodriguez, to illustrate the book.

They worked together again on a second book, My Silly Dog Gus,

published by Carter in August.

The two are currently working on a sequel to The Castle Across the Street.

Both books are available in school library catalogs and on Amazon.com in both paperback and e-book. For more information, visit www.ckcarterbooks.com.

FitzGerald To Chair Homeless Event

Tamra FitzGerald

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ROTARIAN FROM NICARAGUA VISITS ROYAL PALM CLUB

Sarah Junkin Woodard from Club Rotario Ciudad Sandino in Managua, Nicaragua, visited the Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club recently and spoke about projects involving youth at the Jubilee House Community bringing supplies, medical treatment and much-needed attention to children in that area of the world. She also traded Rotary flags with the local clubs. Pictured here is Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club President Diane Smith with Woodard.

ROYAL PALM ROTARY RECEIVES POLIO HONOR

(Above) C.K. Carter and newly elected FAPA President Mark Wayne Adams. (Left) The cover of The Castle Across the Street.

Tamra FitzGerald will chair of the Lord’s Place Ending Homelessness Breakfast on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 8 a.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.

FitzGerald is a founding partner of Venue Marketing Group and is a longtime supporter of the Lord’s Place, helping to guide its branding and marketing efforts.

The Lord’s Place Ending Homelessness Breakfast honors individuals and organizations for their outstanding efforts to end homelessness. This year’s award

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winners include Community Partners, an organization receiving the Servants Award for its work leading comprehensive case management at the Lord’s Place men’s and family campuses.

The 2014 Ending Homelessness Award will be presented to Blake MacQueen, a resident of the Lord’s Place as a teenager who is now living a productive life.

“Blake represents the true heroes at the Lord’s Place,” CEO Diana Stanley said. “No matter how high a level of service we

provide, it is the clients themselves who must commit to the hard work to overcome the obstacles in their lives in order to get back on their feet and contribute to society.”

Sponsors for the 2014 Ending Homelessness Breakfast include the International Polo Club Palm Beach.

Tickets for the breakfast are $75 per person or $150 for premium seating. For more information, call (561) 537-4656 or visit www. thelordsplace.org.

Members of the Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club attended the Palm Beach County Commission meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 7 to receive a proclamation naming Oct. 24 as World Polio Day in Palm Beach County on behalf of Rotarians around the world.

Steinhouse Finishes Navy Training Navy Seaman Recruit Samuel N. Steinhouse, son of Michael Mahoney and Janice Konigsberg of Wellington, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, Steinhouse completed a variety of training, which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first

aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis was also placed on physical fitness.

The capstone event of boot camp is Battle Stations, an exercise that gives recruits the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the fleet.

Steinhouse is a 2014 graduate of Palm Beach Central High School.

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AT&T DONATES SUPPLIES TO LOX GROVES ELEMENTARY

On Oct. 20, AT&T Pioneers donated six Kindles and $400 in gift cards to Loxahatchee Groves Elementary School. The Kindles will be a great motivator for the students to read, and the gift cards will be used to purchase e-books. Shown here is Principal Rich Myerson and Media Specialist Colleen Psoinos with AT&T Pioneers Denise Caruso and Gayle Gilbert.

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Eagle Arts Academy Launches Artademics With A Visit From Disney’s Mitchel Musso Eagle Arts Academy has had a great start with its arts-infused program. Disney’s Mitchel Musso recently dropped in to share his story with students.

Musso, who played Oliver Oken on Disney’s Hannah Montana, was right at home with the interviewing format first used at the school’s “Inside the Eagle Arts Studio” just a few weeks earlier with actor/comedian Tommy Davidson of In Living Color fame.

“We are on our way,” Interim Principal Jeannette LaFleur said.

“This has been a terrific month.”

Musso, 23, sat through two sessions with students as they interviewed him in a variation of Bravo’s Inside the Actors Studio hosted by James Lipton. They used three students instead of one and thought up their own questions.

“We use this format to work on interviewing skills,” LaFleur said.

“Students research the person they are interviewing and try to find questions that associate their subjects with their lessons or events.”

Eagle Arts students were curious about being a child actor, if

Musso had been homeschooled, missed his family or ever bullied.

He called life as a child star “amazing.” But warned it comes with a cost. “You are told what to do and say and what to wear,” he said, adding that he did miss out on a lot of things, but he wouldn’t change things.

Musso went to public school until the sixth grade, and then was schooled on the set. To the audience’s surprise, he went through some of the same things as other kids. “I was surprised to find out that he was bullied,” sixth grader Emma Daubenmire said. “He’s, like, famous!”

Musso also is known for other Disney Channel roles, such as Jeremy Johnson in the animated series Phineas and Ferb and King Brady on Pair of Kings. He also was the host of the Disney Channel’s PrankStars. As an accomplished songwriter and singer, his songs are pop favorites.

Celebrity interviews are an important part of the program, but the book-to-film series brings “artademics,” the arts-infused

Disney’s Mitchel Musso with Eagle Arts Academy students. instruction program, to the class- James Blount. Look for Alice in room and materials. This year, Wonderland throughout the year Alice in Wonderland rules. in classroom learning and extra“On all grade levels, we will be curricular activities. introducing a series of choicework Eagle Arts Academy is an artsprojects, reports and fun guidelines based curriculum charter school that takes this wonderful story at 1000 Wellington Trace. The and allows the children to explore school, which opened in August, their creativity and imagination,” has more than 650 students in said school co-founder Gregory kindergarten through grade six.

NMSP Recognizes Three Wellington High Students

Renaissance Charter School civics students.

Renaissance Students Write Letters To Troops Seventh grade civics students at the Renaissance Charter School at Palms West have undertaken a project to recognize and appreciate soldiers through written cards and letters. Recently, 135 letters were sent to soldiers in Afghanistan, Iraq, Korea, and to U.S. Marine Corps recruits at Camp Lejeune.

Staff members, parents and friends of soldiers both home and abroad have requested and enlisted assistance in thanking them for their dedication, courage and commitment to our country.

This “Hand to Hand” letter-writ-

ing campaign is part of the school’s community service project, in which students engage in performing a variety of services. The sincere appreciation of a soldier’s willingness to serve was evident in all of the letters.

The concepts and standards for this civics course have never been more relevant and alive, and Renaissance students showed how they value and love the freedom guaranteed by the men and women who serve. With overwhelming support, the school will be continuing the program.

Three outstanding Wellington High School students were recently recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Austin Hart was named a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program, Lisa Melamed was named a commended student in the National Merit Scholarship Program and Bryan Walker was named a semifinalist in the National Achievement Scholarship Program.

The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955.

High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) — a test which serves as an initial screen of approximately 1.5 million entrants each year — and by meeting published program entry and participation requirements.

In early September, about 16,000 students, approximately one-third of the 50,000 high scorers, are notified that they have qualified as semifinalists. To

ensure that academically talented young people from all parts of the United States are included in the talent pool, semifinalists are designated on a state-representational basis. They are the highest scoring entrants in each state. The program provides scholarship application materials to semifinalists through their high schools.

In late September, about 34,000 of the approximately 50,000 high scorers on the PSAT/NMSQT receive Letters of Commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise. Commended students are named on the basis of a nationally applied selection index score that may vary from year to year.

Although commended students do not continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships, some of these students do become candidates for special scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses.

The National Achievement Scholarship Program is an academic competition established in 1964 to provide recognition for outstanding black high school

students. Black students may have entered both the 2015 National Achievement Program and the 2015 National Merit Program by taking the 2013 PSAT/NMSQT and meeting other published requirements for participation.

The two programs are conducted concurrently but operated and funded separately. A student’s standing is determined independently in each program. Black students can qualify for recognition and be honored as scholars in both the 2015 National Merit Program and the 2015 National

Achievement Program, but can receive only one monetary award.

Of the more than 160,000 students who entered the 2015 National Achievement Program, more than 4,700 are honored. A group of about 3,100 Outstanding Participants are referred to colleges for their potential for academic success. A smaller group of about 1,600 are named semifinalists. They are the only students who have an opportunity to advance in the 2015 competition for National Achievement Scholarships.

Scott Dobbs Of RPBHS Nominated For An Award Palm Beach County School District Mathematics Program Planner Diana Snider has nominated Royal Palm Beach High School teacher Scott Dobbs for a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST).

The award is the highest recognition that a math or science

teacher can receive in the United States. Awardees are heralded with a presidential certificate, a trip to Washington, D.C, and a $10,000 prize. Awarded for more than 30 years, PAEMST teachers serve as models for their colleagues, an inspiration to their communities, and leaders in the improvement of math and science education.

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Acreage Pines Brings In Nursing Students Acreage Pines Elementary School and Southeastern College have closed a partnership that brings nursing students to provide hands-on lessons to elementary school students at the Acreage Pines Medical Lab. On Friday, Oct. 24, the college students, under instructor supervision, began demonstrating an array of health scenarios to the children.

The collaboration aims to expose students to a better understanding of the medical field, improving the theoretical curriculum already in place at the Acreage Pines Biomedical and Veterinarian Technology Program.

For the nursing students, this is an opportunity to conduct pediatric

rounds to improve their skills. “We are all very excited about this partnership and helping Acreage Pines Elementary and the community that we both serve,” said Brian Dickens, dean of academic affairs at Southeastern College.

As for the students at Acreage Pines, this is an opportunity to learn real-world skills first hand, learning the practices used by medical professionals daily.

“This partnership is providing a unique experience for the students and faculty of both campuses,” Acreage Pines Principal Amy Dujon said. “Having the college students and instructors is just what Acreage Pines needs to take our program to the next level.”

Acreage Pines medical lab students participate in demonstrations.

Students Recognized At Osceola Creek Osceola Creek Middle School recently announced the recipients of September’s Scholar-Athlete Award. The award is sponsored by the school police and honors varsity athletes who also excel in academics, effort, behavior and school spirit, and serve as a role model for others. September’s honorees, two eighth-grade students, carry high grade point averages and play varsity sports.

Karie Abel was honored by girls softball. “It is with great pleasure that I nominate Karie Abel for Scholar-Athlete of the Month,” Athletic Director Judy DeCosta said. “As a member of the Osceola Creek Middle School girls softball team, she has demonstrated hard work, leadership and determination.”

Abel is a member of the Culinary Arts Academy, band and she is also on the girls basketball and

track teams at Osceola Creek. She demonstrates great success in the classroom as well by maintaining a 5.14 GPA. “We are extremely proud to have Karie Abel represent Osceola Creek as Scholar Athlete of the Month,” DeCosta said.

Abel has perfect attendance and, despite being a multi-sport athlete, is a straight-A student.

As a sixth grader, she achieved the outstanding percussionist award in band and was recently elected secretary of the National Junior Honor Society. She hopes to attend the University of Florida as a precursor to a career in paleontology.

Boys baseball honored Andrew Dutil. “Andrew is a captain on the Osceola Creek baseball team,” coach Pete Pagliaro said. “He is the team’s starting pitcher, and he maintains a 3.38 GPA in school.

He is a leader and role model for

Osceola Creek Middle School Principal Nicole Daly, Andrew Dutil, Karie Abel and Officer Sandy Molenda. perfect attendance for the year. His the younger players.”

Dutil, who also plays on the career goals are in professional school’s basketball team, has baseball or in firefighting.

Deborah Bennett reads to students at TKAP Royal Palm Beach.

TKA Preschools Participate In Literacy Program

The King’s Academy Preschool (TKAP) participated in Read for the Record recently at all four locations in partnership with the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County.

Jumpstart’s Read for the Record is a national campaign to bring preschool children together with valued grown-ups in their lives to read the same book, on the same day, in communities all over the world.

More than 2.5 million children across the country read the children’s book Bunny Cakes, a comical story of sibling bonding

and birthday shenanigans, by bestselling author and illustrator Rosemary Wells.

TKA’s four preschool locations are experiencing growing success due to hands-on, developmentally appropriate and individually adapted curriculum presented in a Christ-centered atmosphere of love, respect, trust and safety.

Serving the communities of Royal Palm Beach, Greenacres, Palm Beach Gardens and a new location in Wellington/Loxahatchee, TKAP serves children ages 1 to 3 years old. For more information, visit www.tkap.net.

Fall Festival At Doodle Bugs

Students enjoying the school’s fall festival.

Doodle Bugs in Lake Worth held its fall festival Oct. 8. The festival offered families the opportunity to participate in fall-themed arts and crafts, mingle with each other, speak with teachers about the curriculum, and enjoy pizza, apple cider and pumpkin muffins.

Lake Worth Director Amy Collins provided tours to interested families, discussing the fall programs and upcoming classroom activities. Doodle Bugs is currently enrolling for all age groups, including vacation club and before/ after school programs.

Doodle Bugs Children’s Centers

is a leader in high-quality, educational child care in the western New York, Pittsburgh and South Florida areas. Doodle Bugs offers programs for children ages 6 weeks old to 12 years, including preschool, pre-k, before and after school care and summer camp.

Since 1992, Doodle Bugs has been building a community of happy children, happy parents and happy teachers. Doodle Bugs provides high quality child care and preschool programs that exceed families’ expectations for nurturing child care, early learning, safety and convenience.

Tammie Sprague reads to students at the King’s Academy Preschool in Wellington/Loxahatchee.

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Think Halloween Is Scary? Try Hanging Out With A Toddler!

Halloween is here — hooray! It’s time to scare your friends by donning a scary mask, leaping from a closet and screaming at the top of your lungs.

And Halloween is fun for kids, too.

They get to eat cupcakes all day and candy all night. The house is draped in orange and black, and mom serves them Kool-Aid with plastic spiders entrapped in the ice cubes. On this holiday, everyone gets to dress as their alter-ego, and people say all sorts of things they wouldn’t dare say if they weren’t embracing their dark side. It’s the most liberating of holidays!

But if you want to be really scared — so scared you almost have a heart attack for real — share your daily life with a two year

Deborah Welky is

The Sonic BOOMER old. The chills never stop. From toddling out into traffic to running with scissors, these little monsters are blissfully unaware of danger. In fact, they are so adamant that it doesn’t exist, they will fight you to the death for the right to play in the knife drawer.

My daughter Jen has one of these creatures. Her two-year-old son, Skippy, is both the light of her life and the source of her deepest fears. Welcome to parenthood.

Last weekend, she packed him up and took him to the Mother Earth News Fair where her husband, a farmer of microgreens and builder of movable greenhouses, had rented three booths in which to display his wares. He was surrounded by craftspeople, tool-makers and other farmers. There was a lot to see and a lot to learn. In addition to people wanting to become more self-sufficient, the event also attracted plenty of “preppers, Doomsdayers and hippies,” in Jen’s words.

Oh, Skippy had a ball. In the first place,

Greg’s booths were right next to a tractor display. It was like an indoor playground — with blades! In the second place, both parents were somewhat distracted.

Freedom!

They found him playing hide-and-goseek with six year olds, climbing threshing machines and trying to eat things off the floor. Yet the day went fairly well, so Jen, toting Skippy, his infant sister and all the support paraphernalia needed, managed to get everybody back to the hotel to rest up for day two.

It was when she brought Skippy out into the hallway to show him how the ice machine worked that things turned grim.

In short, he was gone.

Frantic, Jen searched the hallways and stairwell to no avail. (Insert movie-grade scream here.)

He couldn’t have taken an elevator, could he? He could. But which one?

Jen raced inside, went up a floor, down a floor, up two floors and down two floors, all the while trying not to think about lonely, misguided or depraved people who think they want a two year old.

By now a perspiring nervous wreck, she finally found him in the lobby, making polite two-word conversation with the girl at the front desk.

On the bright side, he hadn’t pressed the alarm button... and ended up safe at home in time to go trick-or-treating.

Plenty Of Stylized Killing In ‘John Wick’ Starring Keanu Reeves

The new movie John Wick is a slick bit of absolute violence with more than a hint of film noir. The body count is incredible, yet it is done so stylishly that individual deaths barely matter. Once the film really gets going, about 20 minutes in, it is a nonstop ride of killing that keeps you focused throughout. Yes, it is a B movie.

It does not aim all that high, but it easily reaches its goals.

The film opens with a grieving John Wick (Keanu Reeves) trying to get on with his life after the illness and death of his beloved wife (Bridget Moynahan), seen only in flashbacks and on a brief video on her husband’s phone. He gets a last gift from her, delivered after her death — an adorable puppy. Her note says she knows he needs something to love to be able to go on. Shortly thereafter, Russian punk Iosef (Alfie Allen) sees Wick driving in his 1969 Mustang, demands he sell it and,

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By Leonard Wechsler when refused, comes back to Wick’s house that night, beats Wick, kills the puppy and steals the car.

When Iosef brings the car to a local dealer, the owner slugs him. The punk’s father Viggo Tarasov (Michael Nyqvist), who heads the Russian Mafia in New York, calls the dealer to demand to know why. “He stole the car and killed the puppy of John Wick,” was the answer, and the father curses. It turns out that Wick is also known as the “bogeyman,” the

most feared assassin around and a former colleague before he left to spend time with his late wife. Viggo calls out an army of followers to take out Wick, but he has reverted to type. He kills a dozen goons and, in a wonderfully stylish scene, calls in a special cleaning service to remove the bodies and blood, paying them with gold coins.

The rest of the film is his battle for vengeance. What makes the film more fun is its quirks. He checks into the Continental Hotel in lower Manhattan, where he is clearly recognized and reminded that it is forbidden to do “business” on the premises. He again uses gold coins, a unique system. One gets him into the hotel’s nightclub, where the owner, Winston (Ian McShane) gives him a hint where Iosef might be found. That leads to a battle in a very private Russian sex club where the body count rises, although somehow

Wick stops for a few seconds before shooting at Iosef, who escapes. Wick has another fun scene where he storms into a Russian Orthodox church that is doubling as a headquarters for the mob boss, who uses its basement as the place to store all of his blackmail items. Wick tosses in firebombs. He later wipes out a large group at a Brooklyn warehouse, killing Iosef. Shortly thereafter, his more or less ally, Marcus (Willem Dafoe), is beaten and murdered by Viggo, and Wick then kills Viggo, who puts up more fight than the 50 or more younger thugs Wick has previously wiped out.

Reeves is excellent in the role, just about always cool. It helps keep the mood somber and intense. Killings are done so quickly that they lose their meaning. The rest of the cast is also excellent. Nyqvist is an interesting thug, smarter and more selfaware than most are usually portrayed.

McShane gave a stylized performance that somehow worked. I particularly liked Adrianne Palicki as Ms. Perkins, a nasty assassin, who learns the hard way that the hotel means it when the management says no business should be carried on within the premises. Oh, and the dog that started it all was adorable.

There were, of course, holes in the plot.

The father could have called Wick, apologized, gotten him a new dog and maybe let him beat the daylights out of the kid as a lesson. But then there would not have been a movie.

Nevertheless, the action is great. The mixture of choreographed fighting and killing along with extreme stylish touches works well. Chad Stahelski, one of two directors, was a stunt double and knows how to make fighting seem real and exciting.

For those who like tough-guy movies, this one’s for you.

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POPULAR TRUNK OR TREAT BRINGS CROWDS TO WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL

The Village of Wellington and Wellington High School’s DECA program hosted the annual Trunk or Treat in the Wellington High School parking lot Saturday, Oct. 25, providing a safe location for kids to have Halloween fun. There was music, candy, decorations, raffles and a costume contest.

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Firefighter Travis Sheltra, Lt. James Sims, Paramedic Paul Jaremko and Firefighter Darrell Nelson Jr. pass out candy.

Keith, Melissa, Katie and James Allen as the Incredibles.

Dylan, Lincoln and Lucy Belanger dress up as characters from Grease.

Natalie Gonzalez and Lee Schietz have fun playing Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf.

Sarah and Luke Miller take part in the Trunk or Treat.

Jeffrey Denney with his daughter Maci.

Breanne and Brandon Rosen.

Ashley Amaya, Kayla Reyburn, Christina Lista, Kylie Unser and Sarah Kimberly dressed up as princesses to pose with children.

LT. GOV. CARLOS LOPEZ-CANTERA VISITS ROYAL PALM BEACH NURSING HOME

Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera made campaign stops through Palm Beach County last weekend, stopping by the Royal Manor Nursing Home in Royal Palm Beach on Saturday, Oct. 25 for a tour and to meet with the patients.

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Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera with Royal Manor Administrator Grace Achille.

Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera chats with Richard Tripp.

Administrator Grace Achille and Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera with Royal Manor patients.

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(Left) Kristian Zambrana from the South Florida Science Museum demonstrates the behavior of liquid nitrogen. (Right) Bianca Cristea demonstrates the Hoberman Sphere.

what goes on in the world around them, with immediately applicable knowledge.

“At least they can bring context to their daily lives and understand,” Stabler said. “When we talk about the immune system, when they listen to CNN or a news outlet, they can understand what they’re even talking about.

Anything that we can do to bring that alive, is definitely what we feel is critical.”

While students are often excited about science in elementary school, that excitement tends to wane in middle school, Moore said. Strengthening scientific literacy, he explained, helps to bring that excitement back, which students can carry on to high school and beyond.

A huge crowd-pleaser was the liquid nitrogen show.

“When we think of things that are exciting, as a science teacher, we definitely try to do those things that capture the excitement of children,” Stabler said. “Liquid nitrogen has smoke, has them smashing things, making things shrink and grow... These kids can actually get to see something they definitely would not see on an average day.”

The things the students are able to see and discover at special events such as the Night of Science are things that Stabler hopes they will look back on fondly.

“We want to give them memo-

ries and have them remember that Polo Park is providing them to all of these students as something to get them excited. We want them to remember this great night,” he said. “In 30 years, when they think back to all the great things they did in school, they go, ‘Wow, we got to see liquid nitrogen and play with millipedes.’ These are the kinds of things that stick.”

The excitement of learning through science is what motivates Moore. “That’s why we got into science. We get to do chemistry,” he said. “We make things blow up.

It’s fun. It’s exciting.”

Polo Park hopes such special annual events are an asset to the community. “This is a real community event,” Clark said. “We’ve got moms and dads and students here, older brothers and sisters, and it really generates a lot of excitement around the school. It’s a fabulous evening.”

Food trucks were on site, as well as representatives from Wild 95.5 to entertain, as attendees explored the stations set up on campus and shopped at the book fair.

Clark finds it exciting that so many students care to come back, even after middle school.

“That means something,” she said. “It means a lot to all of us, because they obviously had a great experience here. If it hadn’t been a good experience, they wouldn’t have come back. We enjoy seeing what they’re doing now.”

senting WRMC, urged the commissioners to keep in mind that the application is requesting a policy change to actual zoning codes, allowing more free-standing ERs to pop up.

“What they’re requesting is more far-reaching in the community than one free-standing ER,” he said. “Communities are opposed because hospitals are already providing for needs, and it causes issues with care.”

Scott called the change unnecessary. “It’s important to think about why there are no free-standing ERs,” he said. “It’s because there are already two hospitals serving the area.”

WRMC CEO Robbin Lee said that the doctors and physicians in the community work extremely well with her ER and hospital, built in 1986 to serve the western communities.

“This was quite a surprise that someone thought we needed a free-standing medical facility,” Lee said. “The Village of Royal Palm has about 2,000 patients a year that get admitted to Wellington Regional. About 3,000 patients get admitted via ambulance… that will be stopped by a free-standing

ER. The requirements are that the free-standing ER is equipped the exact same way as our ER. Therefore, EMS will be required to stop there. The problem is once they stop, the rest of the hospital services are not there.”

Lee cited cardiac cath labs, operating rooms, advanced imaging, board-certified emergency-room doctors and critical care nurses as facilities that wouldn’t be available.

“The patient would then have to be transported to another hospital, which in turn would add to their medical bills and stress,” she said.

Sharonda Brown, director of emergency services at WRMC, said her hospital is perfectly capable of caring for the community.

“Right now, we see about 48,000 patients a year, and we have the capacity to see at least 70,000. We do have a 38-bed emergency department,” she said.

“We practice daily on making sure our processes are in place so patients don’t have to wait, which further proves we do not need an additional free-standing clinic to confuse our community.”

Boyle did not feel that the need

existed for more emergency rooms to serve the community.

“You have to show a need for a third ER. We have to look at whether or not this improves quality of life,” he said. “Because this was withdrawn, and you didn’t have the people here, we have no demonstrated need to our community. All we have is the rebuttal. Unfortunately, that’s the circumstance. The technical thing was so bad that I would vote against it for that reason.”

Commissioner Michael Axelberd said the proposal could be detrimental to healthcare. “I can’t ever imagine a scenario now where I would ever approve this in our community,” he said.

After hearing the overwhelming opposition to such a facility, Chairman Richard Belcher agreed.

“To be honest with you guys, I was going to vote for this,” he said. “A special exemption is basically what it is. We have a lot of businesses that get special exemptions.”

A motion to deny the application carried 5-0. The matter was slated to go before the Royal Palm Beach Village Council at its next meeting, on Thursday, Nov. 6.

use since 1968 as Callery-Judge Grove, but citrus canker and blight led the previous owner to sell the land to Minto last year for $51 million.

Davis said that the grove was established before significant development occurred around it, and that since that time, The Acreage has grown up around the site without sufficient infrastructure, including road improvements and commercial services, which require residents to travel long distances to shop.

“We have been trying to retroactively look at how we address this,” he said, explaining that the Callery-Judge land had been included as a commercial center in the failed Sector Plan developed 10 years ago.

Davis noted that the owners of Callery-Judge had proposed a major development of 10,000 homes and approximately 5 million square feet of non-residential use, which was rejected by the county commission in 2006. Callery-Judge came back with an application for the 2,996 homes and 230,000 square feet of non-residential use, which the county was obligated to approve under the Agricultural Enclave Act.

Davis added that the previously approved plan had only three points of access, Seminole Pratt Whitney Road north and south, and Persimmon Blvd. The plan approved Wednesday added 60th Street North and a western access point.

Davis said the county has received a tremendous amount of correspondence from the public both in support and in opposition to the density increase. He also pointed out that the originally approved project provided 40 percent open space, whereas the new project will offer 55 percent to 65 percent open space, including parks, trails and significantly larger buffers around the edge of the property.

The developer has also offered land for another elementary school, as well as additional drainage capacity for the surrounding communities.

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, formerly the Department of Community Affairs, sent the amendment application back with no comment, while the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council recommended additional compactness of the developed portion to avoid impact on neighbors.

County Engineer George Webb said the development’s increased non-residential uses, including 500,000 square feet of local-serving commercial and a 1 million-square-foot employment center, will help capture traffic internally.

The project will, however, significantly increase traffic outside the project, including on Northlake and Okeechobee boulevards, which will probably require additional lanes on both roads as well as overpasses on both roads, and Minto will only have to foot part of the bill under proportionate share rules recently established by the state.

Webb added that the developer has agreed to make $12 million in improvements through the development itself, as well as more than $50 million to go for improvements elsewhere. That leaves about $236 million in additional road improvements that the county has identified as needed.

Planner Donaldson Hearing, representing Minto, pointed out that it is a 25-year project and that residential development will only occur concurrently with commercial development, which was a requirement by the county.

process is to send it up to the governor,” he said. “The governor and his panel then review the budget.

We can very easily, as seven people sitting there, force the sheriff to have a review by Tallahassee.”

Asked whether any of the constitutional officers should be brought under the jurisdiction of the county commission, Santamaria said she thought they should all be separate but that the most important position to remember is the inspector general.

“We need an independent inspector general who is not influenced nor has any strings attached or required by the county commission or influenced in any way,” she said. “That way, everything is protected.”

Schaller said he would prefer a referendum to determine term limits for constitutional officers, and also favors keeping the offices separate.

“We’re not building a structure where seven people run 1.7 million people’s lives in totality,” he said.

“I would not take further responsibility under the county commis-

sion off of the constitutionally elected officers that we have now.”

McKinlay agreed with Schaller that there should be checks and balances, pointing out, for example, that the Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller’s Office has the authority to review and possibly deny funding for items approved by the county commission.

She pointed out that last year, Clerk & Comptroller Sharon Bock turned down a request approved by the commission to pay $5,000 for a table for county staff at the Mayor’s Ball.

“They wanted that on the taxpayers’ dime, and that request came to Ms. Bock,” McKinlay said. “She denied it, and I agree with that decision.”

Asked about the relationship of District 6 with the rest of the county, Schaller said he thought there is an imbalance of services. “You don’t have the same services, you don’t have the same facilities, and you don’t have the same access that you do in other parts of the county,” he said.

He said the best way to fix that

is to take a leadership role. “Stand in front of the people and be accountable,” Schaller said. “Let the people of the western communities know who you are by sight, not just by being somebody on the wall at the airport.”

McKinlay said that although District 6 is by far the largest, it has been underrepresented for years. She said that is abundantly evident in the Glades, but also in the western communities, pointing out a fire station in The Acreage operates out of a shopping center.

“That station has been in the shopping mall for 15 years, costing us about $10,500 a month in rent,” she said. “The apparatus is sitting out in open air, unprotected.”

Santamaria noted that District 6 has by far the most undeveloped land.

“Over the next several years, we’ve got to be very, very cautious and aware of any action we take toward growth and development,” she said. “Once you allow for overdevelopment, we can never get that back.”

Night Of Science

continued from page 1 included learning about the Hoberman Sphere, electrical currents, bugs and more. The cafeteria held approximately 400 science fair projects from students of all grade levels, which amazed and interested parents and students alike.

Approximately 20 of those projects will be going to the district science fair, Stabler said. The Night of Science, he explained, is an event designed to generate

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ER Idea Rejected

continued from page 1 derserved regions that didn’t have access to care,” he said. “It’s clearly a duplication of effort. It will result in adverse patient outcomes.

It won’t decrease wait times.”

Hearing noted that many medical professionals had shown up to object. “These are medical professionals here who are concerned with what it will do to not only local institutions, but their neighbors,” he said.

Dr. Richard Hays, a 45-year resident who serves patients as a primary care physician, said ambulance and emergency medical transport services are going to be required by law to stop at the free-standing emergency room.

“Then they will have to be transferred to St. Mary’s or any other hospital. That is not in the best interest of public safety. This is not needed for the western communities. We have what we need,” Hays said.

Attorney Matthew Scott with the Tripp Scott Law Firm, repre-

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continued from page 1 light at Okeechobee Blvd. and D Road at a time to be determined by the county engineer, and that equestrian trails in the project would have connectivity to the surrounding communities.

Vana also had the developer agree to disclose to future home buyers that odors associated with equestrian uses might be present in the project.

County staff had recommended approval of the increased density, saying it would help alleviate infrastructure issues that had been cropping up in the area for the past 25 years.

Project Manager Bryan Davis explained that the county had been bound to give the previous approval for 2,996 units and 230,000 square feet of non-residential use under provisions of the Agricultural Enclave Act passed by the state legislature in 2006, which was tailored for the site and entitled it to similar development as the land surrounding it.

The land has been in agricultural

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continued from page 7 here,” she said. “If I am elected, I would like to institute a process that does that… and try to encourage a good relationship with the sheriff and see if we can bring him on board and make it more open to the public.”

Santamaria also favored making the PBSO budget more transparent.

“In order to open it up, I would sit down and try to communicate all the benefits to the community as a whole to being more transparent with the budget,” she said.

“You could get more citizens on board if they fully understood the reasoning and the importance of all the different aspects of the sheriff’s office and what it encompasses.”

Schaller said the county commission does have options on what to do about the sheriff’s budget.

“If the county commission does not accept his budget, then the

excitement for the sciences and introduce families to the amazing things the children are accomplishing. Next year’s event will be around the same time of year, timed strategically along with the district’s science fair.

“We are striving to create future scientists,” he said. “It’s not an issue of the complexity, it’s an issue of how our responsibility, as science teachers, is to generate new scientists and new students who are interested in pursuing science, hopefully as a future.”

Learning about science, in and out of the classroom, allows students to become more aware of

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65 Roses Golf Classic Kicks Off Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Season The second annual 65 Roses Golf Classic to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will be held Friday, Nov. 7 at the Breakers West Golf Club.

Siupeli and Suzanne Malamala, along with Albert Maggio, cochair the committee planning the event, which has attracted several corporate sponsors and will feature amazing gifts for golfers, “party holes,” a silent auction, prizes and a cocktail reception for awards presentation. Golfers are urged to sign up soon, because the event is limited to 24 foursomes.

Other committee members are: Spencer Abrams, Jodi Chu, Christopher Kretz, Alys Daly, Marc Haisfield, Amy Smith, Steve Wagmeister, Lindsey White, Stacy Jackson Meschke and Jon Rapaport.

“We are truly grateful for all of the supporters who are coming out to this event,” said Chanda Fuller, executive director of the

Norwitch

local chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. “And a special thanks to Sue and Fred Menowitz for stepping up and becoming our presenting sponsors this year. This event is helping us take a big step toward finding a cure for CF.” Gold sponsors are Karen and Elliot Hershberg. Other supporters include: PNC, Frankel Development, Las Trampas, Frigates, Tito’s Homemade Vodka, Tease Me Tequila, BJ’s Restaurants, Gold Coast Beverage Distributors, Monk in the Trunk, Graphic Plus and Davidoff Studios.

Thousands of children across the United States suffer from cystic fibrosis, which restricts breathing and requires constant vigilance and medical help. Recent research has produced remarkable results that support CFF’s hopes for a cure.

Prospective corporate sponsors and golfers are invited to contact Fuller at cfuller@cff.org or (561) 683-9965 for more information.

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continued from page 1 ming, tennis, baseball and soccer, when their parents couldn’t afford it, so I’d like to give $3,334 to the Village of Wellington on behalf of my family and friends who generously donated for my birthday,” he said. “They have helped make this happen with me. I hope that with this money, kids can participate in sports they want all year round.”

Councilman Matt Willhite asked that the money be specifically earmarked not to go into the general fund or any sports fund and be designated specifically to any child who is underprivileged or does not have the ability to pay.

“If anybody else wants to donate to that, that line item will be specifically dedicated for underprivileged kids who don’t have the ability to pay for items that they need to participate in a particular sport,” Willhite said. “As I said to this young man and his mother earlier, it’s random acts of kindness like this that will hopefully spark interest in others.”

He urged others in the community to get involved and join Norwitch on his mission.

“I think if there’s any way that we can help him in this achievement and his goal to help any kid who is underprivileged, I think it would be very beneficial to this community,” Willhite said.

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig commended Noah on his project.

“You’re definitely an old soul to think of other people in that way,” she said. “I really appreciate that and what you’ve done… I thank you for having the insight and seeing the need and meeting that need.”

Vice Mayor John Greene was also impressed by the young man.

“Noah, I am so proud of you,” he said. “In the two and a half years that I have been sitting here, this is probably one of the most moving stories. You are very special.”

Councilman Howard Coates commended Norwitch’s parents for raising a community-minded son.

“The apple doesn’t fall very far from the tree, so I want to give congratulations and thanks to your parents because it’s obvious that they have instilled in you a moral code and compass that is definitely pointing the right way,” Coates said. “I hope that this example you’re setting is something that other kids and adults as well will follow.”

Mayor Bob Margolis also commended Norwitch. “Normally, we’re not a loss for words up here,” he said. “As your elected officials, we can sit up here and talk forever, but I am absolutely speechless.”

He praised Norwitch for reaching out to those in need.

“This is something that I will never, ever forget. You are welcome here any time,” Margolis said. “Let me know if there are other kids that you couldn’t help that maybe we can help. I am so proud of you.”

Attorney Marty Perry, representing the Indian Trail Improvement District, said the project is dropping a small city into the middle of a rural area.

“Indian Trail is a special taxing district with no power for land use planning,” Perry said. “We depend on the county for that.”

Planner Jim Fleischmann, also representing ITID, said the developer had gone too far out of the area to compare surrounding areas for density, using a 5-mile radius that extended into parts

of Wellington and Royal Palm Beach. He asserted that the Minto West development constituted urban sprawl.

“A sense of place in Loxahatchee Groves and The Acreage would have been more appropriate,” Fleischmann said. “It put undue emphasis on developments in Wellington and Royal Palm Beach.”

Webb said the state did not provide comments to the methodology used to determine urban sprawl.

Rentals

SingleFamily Homes

continued from page 3 tions are making a profitable business from both types of rentals, and code enforcement currently has no authority to come onto the property to do an inspection to insure that renters have a safe place to live.

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig said the objective had been to address problem homes.

“I don’t know that this does a thing about it, and our residents are looking for a solution to the problem homes,” Gerwig said.

“No one is going to rent a home that is not up to their standards. I don’t think what is presented here is of any value.”

She added that the $100 inspection fee proposed would not cover the actual inspection cost.

Vice Mayor John Greene asked if village staff had interacted with landlords while drafting the ordinance.

“We’re talking about an ordinance that is impacting [the Gillettes’] business, yet we don’t ask for his input,” Greene said.

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continued from page 6 substation was called Monday evening to a home on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. in The Acreage regarding a residential burglary.

According to a PBSO report, the victim left the residence at 5 p.m. and returned shortly after 9 p.m. to discover that his Snapper riding lawn mower, valued at $800, was removed from the overhang adjacent to his home.

Coates said he had a problem charging landlords a fee up front when 90 percent of violation fines are being waived by the magistrate.

Code Enforcement Manager Steven Koch said the benefit of the multi-family license was that it put code enforcement in contact with the owner, and it has been difficult to locate the owners of single-family homes, who sometimes have only a post office box.

“The multi-family licenses have opened up a dialogue between code enforcement and the landlords,” Koch said. “The landlords often contact us because they know where we are.”

Coates said he would prefer a system that offers the first inspection free, with a charge for a re-inspection, feeling that the first inspection is for the overall benefit of the community.

Village Manager Paul Schofield said that would be consistent with how the village does building inspections, requiring a fee for re-inspections.

Coates made a motion to approve the preliminary reading of the ordinance, with a $50 re-inspection fee. It carried 4-1 with Gerwig opposed. She did not favor having home owners bear the bulk of inspection costs.

OCT. 28 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to the Shaker Wood community Tuesday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 11 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m.

Tuesday, the victim discovered the rear passenger side window of her vehicle smashed, and the her black bag, containing clothing, removed from the rear passenger seat.

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‘ROCKTOBERFEST’ BRINGS LOTS OF FALL FUN TO ACREAGE COMMUNITY PARK TLC Productions hosted “Rocktoberfest” on Sunday, Oct. 26 at Acreage Community Park. Taking place after the Acreage Green Market as a fun event for families, “Rocktoberfest” featured raffles, games, contests, music and more. For more info., visit www.

PHOTOS BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER acreagegreenmarket.com.

Michael and Alexis Deeds enjoy the afternoon.

Boy Scouts Nicholas Wolslager and Cory Goodman sell popcorn for Pack 120.

Joyce Gorring, Tracy Newfield and Devan Schouarz greet event-goers at the Garden of Hope booth.

Ava Muhlerwirth with her new friend Sampson.

Pie-eating contest winner Piti Lopez is honored by Sandra Love Semande.

Vincenzo Martorella enjoys playing ball with Olaf Corning.

FRIGHTS NIGHTS HOSTS MONSTER BASH DANCE NIGHT AT S.F. FAIRGROUNDS

Fright Nights at the South Florida Fairgrounds hosted its Monster Bash on Sunday, Oct. 26. The event featured a costume contest, PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER food, drinks and plenty of dancing — and, of course, lots of scares.

Costume contest contestants Anne Cardozo and Lacey James (first place), Paige Brevell and Drew Verellen (second place), and Travis Martin (third place).

Event organizers Brad Cain, Kelly Goodman, Craig McInnis and Alex Rodriquez.

Political adv. paid for and approved by Carol Jacobs for Indian Trail Improvement District 5.

Monster Bash attendees have fun on the dance floor.

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The White Elephant Restaurant Hosts

MY BROTHERS’/SISTERS’ KEEPER fundraiser Every year, My Brothers’/Sisters’ Keeper, founded by Jess Santamaria, holds fundraising dinners at various restaurants for its projects to assist disadvantaged individuals. This year’s third event was held at the new White Elephant Bar & Grill in the original Wellington Mall. Dinner was enjoyed by all. There was a live auction with items donated by community businesses, including Star Liquors and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.

This event was organized by My Brothers’/Sisters’ Keeper board members, including Randy Pfeiffer, Rhonda FerrinDavis, Maggie Zeller, Ron Tomchin, Barry Manning, Eric Gordon, Henrik Nordstrom, Chris and Jess Santamaria, Bryan Hanley and Pastor Michael Rose.

All of the money donated to 100% of all funds donated to My Brothers’/Sisters’ Keeper Charitable Trust goes entirely to the disadvantaged and less fortunate in the western communities to help them become self-sufficient and productive community citizens.

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Founder Jess Santamaria thanks everyone for attending.

My Brothers’/Sisters’ Keeper board members and event organizers.

Emcee and auctioneer Barry Manning.

Barry Manning, Michelle Santamaria and PBSO Chief Deputy Mike Gauger (Michelle Santamaria won the Sheriff for a Day auction item).

Mary Anne and Bryan Hanley.

Lois and Keith Jordano with Ron and Elaine Tomchin.

RPB Councilman Jeff and Carolyn Hmara with Genieve White.

Scott and Mair Armand, Diane Smith, Rich Ivancic and Eric Gordon.

(Seated) Phyllis Manning, Paul Seal and Roger Plevin; (standing) Barry Manning, Jann Seal and Andrea Plevin.

Bradley Nordstrom, Maureen Gross, Julie Tannehil, Don Gross, Maggie Zeller, Henrik Nordstrom, Hope Barron and Gigi Nordstrom.

Frank and Herta Suess, Randy and Leslie Pfeiffer, Linda Webb, Jim O’Goreck, and Mary Anne and Bryan Hanley.

Debbie White, Adrienne Ferrin, Phyllis Manning, Dr. Winston Davis, Rhonda Ferrin-Davis, Michelle Spencer, and Rose and Freddie Lewis.

Leo Buquicchio, Hope Barron, Maureen Gross, Herta Suess, Don Gross, Maggie Zeller and Julie Tannehill.

Paulette Franklin, Pastor Carolyn Rose, Yvette Randon, Pastor Michael Rose and Robert Gibson.

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Andrea Colombino Of Dream Believer Stables

Tucked away in Rustic Ranches, off of Flying Cow Road in Wellington, Dream Believer Stables is nestled on five private acres. It’s a little piece of paradise and the culmination of owner Andrea Colombino’s dreams.

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Business

Family Dentist Of Palm Beach Will Support Operation Gratitude Program

Dr. Sunitha Sirivolu and Dr. Manoj Patel of Family Dentist of Palm Beach are supporting Operation Gratitude, which is a national program that sends candy to U.S. active-duty troops stationed overseas. Family Dentist of Palm Beach will buy back excess unopened Halloween candy that can lead to kids’ cavities. It’s a solution that families can take to the bank. Page 29

Sports Seminole Ridge Defeats District Rival Pahokee

The Seminole Ridge High School varsity football squad hosted Pahokee High School for the Hawks’ homecoming game on Friday, Oct. 24, dominating the Blue Devils 5421. The Hawks used a balanced attack through the air and on the ground. Page 33

THIS WEEK’S INDEX TAILS FROM THE TRAILS............................. 27 BUSINESS NEWS................................... 28-29 SPORTS & RECREATION........................ 33-35 COMMUNITY CALENDAR............................. 36 CLASSIFIEDS.......................................... 37-41

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Win Over Spanish River Puts Broncos In Playoffs

Palm Beach Central High School’s varsity football team hosted district foe Spanish River High School on Friday, Oct. 24, besting the Sharks 40-20. The win clinched a playoff berth for the Broncos, as well as propelled them into a first-place tie with Park Vista High School. Page 33

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Horse Farm A Dream Come True For Andrea Colombino

Tucked away in Rustic Ranches, off of Flying Cow Road in Wellington, Dream Believer Stables is nestled on five private acres. It’s a little piece of paradise and the culmination of owner Andrea Colombino’s dreams.

“I couldn’t imagine anything better than this,” she said, looking around.

The large, comfortable barn has 15 stalls.

There are turn-out paddocks, a jumping ring and room to stretch. Andrea offers full board, training, lessons and sales. She teaches hunter/ jumper on your horse or one of her school horses, beginners through advanced, kids and adults. It’s not a high-powered sales or show barn, and the atmosphere is friendly and relaxed.

“What makes us special is that we’re a real family barn. There’s no push to do well at shows or even to attend shows, for that matter,” Andrea said. “We do go to the local schooling shows, but we view showing only as a test of how your skills are progressing, not as an end in themselves.”

Andrea bought this farm in 2003. Before that, she leased a farm in Lake Worth while she looked for her perfect property. When this one became available, she bought it with the help of her parents, then designed and built the barn.

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By Ellen Rosenberg she said. “I’m the one out here every day.

They’re silent partners.”

Andrea is definitely the main force behind the farm. She started riding at age 10 when she attended a week-long riding camp one summer down in Delray Beach.

“It was phenomenal,” she recalled. “The very first time I sat on a horse, I was addicted.

That was it. I was done. I knew horses and riding were going to be my life. We lived in Lantana, but I made my parents drive me back to that stable two or three times a week, every week, after that. It was a long, 45-minute haul, but I didn’t care. I had to be there.”

Andrea kept riding and learning. At 17, she got a job at a small farm south of Augusta, Ga., training and breaking Saddlebred colts.

After a year, she returned to South Florida and went to college for a time, then it was off to Tampa to train more horses and work as a groom. But her unwavering dream was to have her own barn.

“When we bought this place, I named it Dream Believer on the spur of the moment,” she said. “It exactly fit my philosophy. If

Kristin Cook (left) and Andrea Colombino with Eddie. you believe in your dream strongly enough and follow it, you’ll be able to make it come true.”

Andrea credits much of her farm’s success to barn manager Alex Gryskiewicz, whom she described as “the right side of my brain. She’s just an amazing sidekick.”

Andrea’s favorite thing is watching her students learn new skills and progress.

“When I see someone attain a goal, like learning how to post or being able to jump a

bigger fence, it’s as if I’m the one doing it, right along with them,” she said. “It makes me feel as if I’ve accomplished it, too. It really tickles me. My students constantly amaze me. They work really hard and do so well.”

When she teaches, she focuses on equitation.

“That’s what ties everything together,” Andrea explained. “If you’re riding in the right position, then you can use yourself correctly.

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Family Dentist Supports Operation Gratitude Program Dr. Sunitha Sirivolu and Dr. Manoj Patel of Family Dentist of Palm Beach are supporting Operation Gratitude, which is a national program that sends candy to U.S. active-duty troops stationed overseas.

Family Dentist of Palm Beach will buy back excess unopened Halloween candy that can lead to kids’ cavities. It’s a solution that families can take to the bank.

Family Dentist of Palm Beach is partnering again this fall with the national Halloween Candy Buy Back program, which lets trick-or-treaters trade in their excess candy for gifts.

The collected candy will be sent

to U.S. military personnel serving overseas through Operation Gratitude. Last year, Family Dentist of Palm Beach took in 90-plus pounds of candy to send to American troops.

Again this Halloween, trick-ortreaters can bring their excess candy to the Family Dentist of Palm Beach office in the Farm Credit building in Royal Palm Beach and receive $1 per pound in exchange for their loot.

Each participating child will also receive a goody bag with a toothbrush and toothpaste.

Dr. Sirivolu will have supplies on hand for children to write a note to a service person, which will be sent

along with the candy.

“Families want their children to enjoy the fun of trick-or-treating, but many are at a loss what to do when they wind up with more candy than they want children to consume,” Dr. Sirivolu said. “We think this program offers a terrific solution to this annual dilemma, and it’s a winwin situation for parents and for our troops as well.”

Unopened candy will be collected at Family Dentist of Palm Beach on Saturday, Nov. 1 from 9 to 11 a.m.

There is a limit of 9 pounds per family, and commercial outlets are excluded.

Frank Gonzalez Appointed To BDB Board Gonzalez & Shenkman is pleased to announce that attorney Frank Gonzalez, a partner in the law firm, has been appointed to a one-year term on the Palm Beach County Business Development Board’s Board of Directors.

Gonzalez will be serving as a representative of the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce. He chairs the chamber’s board of directors.

The BDB is an economic development organization focused on economic growth in Palm Beach County through the retention and ex-

pansion of companies already here and through encouraging the move to the county of other companies.

“As the current chairman of the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce, I welcome this opportunity to further support robust business and civic growth in our chamber footprint and across the county,” Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez & Shenkman P.L. is a boutique law firm in Wellington that represents clients in real estate transactions, business matters, estate and asset protection planning, and in probate matters.

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“Parents know that daily brushing and flossing, combined with twicea-year visits to the dentist, will help limit the onset of cavities,” Dr. Patel said. “But limiting excess sweets can go a long way toward preventing tooth decay, as well as to establishing dietary habits that can help over a child’s lifetime.”

Operation Gratitude annually sends 100,000 care packages filled with donated snacks, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation addressed to individually named U.S. service members deployed in hostile regions, to their children left behind and to wounded

warriors recuperating in transition units.

Since its inception in 2003, Operation Gratitude volunteers have shipped more than 815,000 packages to American military deployed overseas. Visit www.operation gratitude.com for more information.

The founding principle of Family Dentist of Palm Beach is treating the dental needs of individuals, while educating patients about the relationship between their oral health and their overall systemic health.

For more info., call (561) 666-4190 or visit www.familydentistpalm beach.com.

Underwriters Lunch Nov. 5

The Palm Coast Association of Health Underwriters will host a luncheon Wednesday, Nov. 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel (1601 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach).

Sponsors and guest speakers HSN, HIPAA Secure Now and Total Digital Security will present simple, effective and affordable privacy and security compliance with HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, along with turnkey solutions without hardware or information technology expertise for protecting computers

and mobile devices, protecting Internet activity, transactions, e-mail traffic and data storage. Michael Teller will be presenting a program on “Anatomy of the Awesome Life and Health Insurance Agent.”

The community service spotlight will be on Homesafe, a facility for children who have been abused or abandoned. At the December meeting, the association will collect toys for the children at Homesafe.

The RSVP deadline is Tuesday, Nov. 4. For more information, e-mail pcahu@pcahu.org or visit www.pcahu.org.

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The Fortis Institute Launches New Dental Assisting Program

The Fortis Institute has begun a teaching program in dental assisting.

The program will offer local students an education in what the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts will remain one of the nation’s fastest-growing careers.

The campus, located on S. Congress Ave. in Palm Springs, is enrolling students for dental assisting classes that will begin soon. In preparation for the program start, Fortis President Fabian Fernandez said that the campus has completed a new, six-station dental lab where students can receive hands-on training and practice their dental skills.

“The program is a great opportunity for area residents interested in careers in healthcare — especially at a time when unemployment remains high in certain job categories,” Fernandez said. “While jobs are never certain in any profession, healthcare just might be among the nation’s most recession-proof careers, especially as medical options and coverage expand.”

According to the Bureau of La-

bor Statistics 2014 Occupational Outlook Handbook, there could be as many as 70,000 new dental assistant job openings nationwide through 2022. Employment growth for dental assistants is projected at nearly 25 percent, which is much faster than the average.

U.S. News & World Report Money (money.usnews.com) ranks dental assisting in its Top 30 healthcare jobs, adding that the profession offers “high upward mobility and above-average flexibility.”

Dental assistants perform a variety of patient care, office and laboratory duties, often working in dental practices, mobile dental units, hospitals, nursing homes, insurance companies and healthcare facilities.

Fortis Institute’s dental assisting program provides students with hands-on strategies and techniques for working alongside dentists as they examine and treat patients in the dental chair.

Upon completion of the program, Fortis graduates will be prepared for entry-level employment opportuni-

ties as dental assistants in a variety of workplaces.

“Working as a dental assistant is rewarding, in and of itself,” notes Rita Eaton, the campus’ program director for dental assisting. “Beyond that, the experience they receive working with patients, learning safety procedures, and understanding a dental office’s logistics may lead to expanded responsibilities, career advancement and financial rewards as well.”

The Fortis Institute is located at 1630 S. Congress Ave., Suite 300, in Palm Springs.

In addition to its new dental assisting program, the campus offers career-focused education in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC-R); medical assisting; medical billing and coding specialist; medical office basic X-ray technician; pharmacy technician; practical nursing; radiologic technology; and surgical technology.

For campus-specific information and details about program offerings, call (855) 4-FORTIS (855-4367847) or visit www.fortis.edu.

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Matt Johnson Joins Equestrian Sotheby’s International Realty Office In Wellington Equestrian Sotheby’s International Realty welcomed Matt Johnson as the newest associate to its team of real estate professionals on Oct. 13.

Johnson, an avid equestrian, brings with him more than 16 years of real estate experience and expertise in the Wellington area.

Year after year, Johnson has consistently been one of Wellington’s top-producing agents, representing some of the community’s finest estates and equestrian properties.

Equestrian Sotheby’s International Realty prides itself on providing local expertise in the luxury, equestrian and golf communities.

For more information on Matt Johnson and Equestrian Sotheby’s International Realty, visit www. equestriansir.com.

Equestrian Sotheby’s International Realty is located at 12180 South Shore Blvd., Suite 102, in Wellington.

For further assistance, or to make an appointment, call (561) 7712626.

Matt Johnson

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A Guide to Some of The Best Fine and Casual Dining Spots in the Western Communities!

11071 Southern Boulevard 561-333-6720

Treat yourself and family to all the joys of a back yard BBQ without the hassle or mess.

Stop by Foster’s Grille, located in Southern Palms Crossing Shopping Center, and choose from an array of freshly grilled-up favorites. Choose from our award winning Charburger, delectable fresh chicken sandwiches, authentic and boneless Buffalo wings, turkey burger, garden burger, famous quarter-pound hotdog and more. Foster’s Grille serves up your family’s favorite eats fast and hot. With plenty of meal options for the entire family plus hand scooped milkshakes, beers on tap and a video game corner for kids of all ages. Foster’s Grille is the ultimate family-friendly neighborhood style grille. Foster’s is located at 11071 Southern Boulevard Suite 100, next to Stein Mart. Feel free to call in your order for more information 561-333-6720. Foster’s Grille, where friends meet and families come to eat.

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Seminole Ridge Defeats District Rival Pahokee 54-21

By Gene Nardi Town-Crier Staff Report The Seminole Ridge High School varsity football squad hosted Pahokee High School for the Hawks’ homecoming game on Friday, Oct. 24, dominating the Blue Devils 54-21.

The Hawks used a balanced attack through the air and on the ground to keep the Pahokee offense practically off the field. Seminole Ridge (4-4,

0-2) rebounded with the win after a disappointing 42-15 loss to Wellington a week ago, and propelled themselves back to the .500 mark.

Running back Jalen Young, committed to FAU, stepped in at the quarterback position, replacing an injured James Parson for the second week in a row.

Young led the Hawk offense to a 14-0 early first-quarter lead, after the defense riddled the Pahokee

Seminole Ridge’s replacement quarterback for the second week, Jalen Young, changes direction to keep a play alive.

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offense, forcing two turnovers.

Hawk running back Sean Edwards drove in the first touchdown from 1 yard out. Jacob Curran’s kick made it 7-0.

After a Pahokee fumble on their own 18-yard line, running back Kerrith Whyte ran 18 yards for the second score. Curran’s kick extended the Hawk lead to 14-0.

Young then connected with Whyte on a 60-yard touchdown

Hawk cornerback Joey Schergen returns a Pahokee punt for a gain.

pass. Curran’s kick gave the Hawks an impressive 21-0 lead.

Pahokee finally responded with a 65-yard touchdown pass to close the gap to 21-7, but that would be as close as the Blue Devils would come to any hopes of launching a comeback.

Young led the Seminole Ridge in the second quarter on a 65-yard drive and capped it off with a 5-yard run to the outside on a keeper. Cur-

ran’s kick extended the Hawks’ lead to 28-7.

Pahokee would battle back in the second half, scoring twice more, but could not go blow-for-blow with the Seminole Ridge power offense, as it racked up another 26 points in dominating fashion to come away with the 54-21 homecoming victory.

Seminole Ridge will host Jupiter High School on Friday, Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. in a District 9-8A contest.

Running back Sean Edwards powers forward for a big gain as his jersey is pulled from his body.

Victory Over Spanish River Puts Broncos In District Tie

By Gene Nardi Town-Crier Staff Report Palm Beach Central High School’s varsity football team hosted district foe Spanish River High School on Friday, Oct. 24, besting the Sharks

40-20. The win clinched a playoff berth for the Broncos, as well as propelled them into a first-place tie with Park Vista High School.

The two schools were set to meet Thursday, Oct. 30 in Boynton

Palm Beach Central quarterback Luis Peguero carries two Spanish River defenders along with him, but scores a big gain.

Beach for the District 10-8A crown.

Palm Beach Central’s Broncos remained unbeaten in the district after last week’s game at 4-0, and have a 5-3 overall record on the season.

The Broncos secured the win with a solid running attack that helped them maintain the lead throughout, holding on to a 20-14 halftime lead.

The defense also helped with

Bronco safety Kyle Cabra speeds in from the right side to blitz the Spanish River quarterback.

creating turnovers by intercepting two Spanish River passes in the second half.

Miscues on the Broncos behalf, See BRONCOS, page 35

Bronco outside linebacker Ben Panitz defends against a Spanish River pass.

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Successful Golf Tourney Raises $27,000 For B&G Club

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County hosted its 33rd annual golf tournament to benefit the Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club of Wellington on Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Wanderers Club. The tournament and the day’s events raised nearly $27,000 for the club. There were 128 supporters participating in the tournament.

In addition to beautiful weather and 18 holes of golf, the participants had endless opportunities for fun throughout the afternoon. Prior to taking to the course, the golfers were treated to brunch, courtesy of TGI Fridays, Whole Foods and

Kennesaw Juice. The golfers also had time to enter into a raffle and take a first glance at several silent auction gifts. Following the 12:30 p.m. shotgun start, there was plenty of entertainment on the course, such as a rocket ball launcher, a longest drive contest, a closest to the pin contest and a hole in one contest.

The event wrapped up with dinner, the culmination of the silent auction, both committee and sponsor recognition, and the awards presentation.

The man responsible for the fun was Ed Portman, who has organized the tournament for 33 years.

“It has been a great 33-year ride planning this tournament to benefit the children at the Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club,” he said.

“I’ve been blessed with great committee members and sponsors. This year’s committee was a refreshing surprise, because every time I turned around, someone was there to help.”

Portman now sits on the Wellington Board of Directors, which oversees the Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club.

Eight other committee members, under Portman’s direction, were instrumental in the success of this year’s golf outing: Todd Barron,

Jim Bomar, Elliot Bonner, Max Cohen, Clive Henry, Julie Kime, Ray Mooney and Mickey Smith.

The event would also not have been possible without the support of this year’s sponsors. The gold sponsors were the Wanderers Club, the International Polo Club Palm Beach and Orchard Hill Polo; silver sponsors B/E Aerospace, Deloitte, Ernst Young, Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith, Price Waterhouse and the Barron Group at UBS Financial.

Raising nearly $27,000 is a huge success and a record high. Proceeds from the day’s events benefit the Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls

Clubs of Wellington, one of 13 clubs run by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County. The club emphasizes educational, vocational, social, recreational, health, leadership and character-building skills in a positive and safe atmosphere.

Through quality programs, the club experience provides children with the guidance they need to make a healthy transition from childhood to young adulthood.

The clubs throughout Palm Beach County serve more than 6,000 children ages 6 to 18. For more information, visit www.bgcpbc.org or call (561) 683-3287.

WHS Dancers To Host Holiday Bazaar

The Wellington High School Dance Team.

Proceeds from a holiday bazaar hosted by the Wellington High School Dance Team on Saturday, Nov. 15 will benefit the team’s competition expenses.

The holiday bazaar will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Dance Theatre of Wellington, located at 10620 W. Forest Hill Blvd. near Fresh Market.

The $5 admission cost includes free food.

It will be a great opportunity to do holiday shopping early while supporting local businesses. Ladies will enjoy getting pampered with a

gel manicure, threading, an eyelash fill, a makeup makeover and more.

Shop for purses, art, soy candles, homemade soaps and more. There will be a beautiful assortment of jewelry to choose from, along with cigars for cigar enthusiasts. Partake in the silent auction and raffle to win great prizes.

Coached and choreographed

by Brittany Tobasco, the team includes captains Sam Granaroli and Ashleigh Coffman, co-captain Isabella Bruce, officer Janae Smith and members Tayler Fallen, Tessa

Wallis, Maison White, Erica Ruston, Katie Wallace, Allie Terry, Kayla Reyburn, Kylie Unser, Christina Lista, Ashley Amaya, Kaitlyn Alecia, Lexi Lopez , Kelsey Washington and Nicole Arguelles. The dancers have a number of competitions coming up. Expenses include costumes, competition fees and hotels.

Proceeds from the fundraiser will be donated to the team members to help subsidize their expenses.

For more info., call Brittany Tobasco at (561) 800-7625 or Sheree Diamond at (561) 236-2441.

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continued from page 27 I’m also big on treating horses fairly.

Most mistakes are the rider’s fault, and you never take that out on a horse. You understand how and why the mistake happened, and learn from it to improve and grow from the experience.”

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SPORTS & RECREATION Going to shows helps as a learning experience.

“When we go to a show, we try to present ourselves as polished and as ready as we can be,” she said.

“It’s much more important to use showing as a learning experience than to just try to collect a bunch of blue ribbons. It’s always about growing and improving, and taking a judge’s opinion into account can be very helpful.”

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continued from page 33 however, kept Spanish River in the game. Nevertheless, Palm Beach Central’s defense rallied to thwart any thoughts of a Shark comeback.

The offense could not be stopped, and the Broncos added 20 more points in the second half, holding the Sharks to just 6 points.

Bronco running back Keenan Duggan is credited with a 5-yard rushing touchdown in the second half.

Kyle Cabra and Joseph Ierulli are credited with interceptions in the second half to help lift the Broncos to the 40-20 win.

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Running back Kerlvin Elise follows his block as he runs toward the end zone.

boards her horse, Eddie, a 13-yearold Thoroughbred, at Dream Believer Stables.

“I’ve been riding my whole life,” Kristin said. “When I moved to Wellington from Massachusetts three years ago, I’d been out of it for a while, but this was definitely the town to get back into riding. I looked around at a lot of barns. After meeting Andrea, I started taking lessons here.”

Eddie started out as one of the school horses. “We really clicked,” Kristin said. “I leased him, then when the opportunity came up, I bought him. It’s all worked out pretty well,” she said.

She likes her time at Dream Believer Stables.

“I really like coming out to the barn. It’s a very friendly, relaxed atmosphere, and everyone’s nice. No drama. The horses are all well taken care of, and the lessons are fun. I like getting individual attention. Andrea has a good eye and really helps me improve,” Kristin said. “I’d highly recommend Dream Believer Stables to anyone. It’s a good match for kids and adults, and for riders at various levels, beginners through advanced.

Come out and visit. You just might end up staying, like me.”

For more information, call (561) 289-8515 or visit www.dreambelieverstables.com.

Bulldogs End Regular Season Undefeated

The Berean Christian football team (8-0) finished its regular season last week undefeated with a victory over the International School Comets from Maitland, 40-21.

Quarterback Chris Mauck went 15 for 20, throwing 203 yards and three touchdowns. All three touchdowns were caught by junior receiver Keilon Stube.

Free safety Joe Hendricks added to his interception count and took one all the way to pay dirt. Luke Langsam added a rushing score, and the Bulldogs took an early 33-7 lead at the half.

With a significant lead, Mauck took a seat for the second half and turned the reins over to sophomore Brendon Oakes. Oakes guided the

Bulldogs to a quick third quarter score with Hendricks taking it in from the 15, to make it 40-7.

The defenses traded three and outs, and the third quarter ended with Berean up by 33. Now in complete control, the Bulldogs sent the first defense to the pine and gave younger players a chance to shine.

They showed great effort early in the fourth quarter, but did give up two late scores to make the final score 40-21.

Berean has home field advantage for the first round of the SSAC playoffs this week. The Bulldogs were set to face Seffner Christian School on Thursday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. on the Wellington High School field.

P.B. Bulls Fundraiser Set For Nov. 20 The Palm Beach Bulls travel basketball organization will hold a happy hour fundraiser on Thursday, Nov. 20 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the White Elephant restaurant in Wellington. The cost is $20 for adults and $10 for children. All proceeds will benefit the nonprofit organization.

At the event, the Bulls will be partnering with Feeding South Florida. The price of admission will be reduced by $5 to any person bringing at least four canned goods and/or non-perishable items.

For more information, call Coach Brown at (561) 460-2613 or Coach Sutton at (561) 313-3522.

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Saturday, Nov. 1 • The Audubon Society of the Everglades will hold a car pool tour around Storm Water Treatment Area 1E managed by South Florida Water Management District on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 7:45 a.m. The tour drives around the water impound areas viewing the birds that accumulate there.

For more info., visit www.auduboneverglades. org, e-mail asetripinfo@gmail.com or call Linda to register (561) 742-7791.

• The Mounts Botanical Garden (531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach) will host its Fall Plant Sale & Hibiscus Show on Saturday, Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with more than 80 vendors. For more info., call (561) 233-1757 or visit www.mounts.org.

• The Wellington Green Market will take place Saturday, Nov. 1 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.

• Palm Beach County and the Lake Worth Lagoon Initiative will host the inaugural LagoonFest on Saturday, Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. next to the West Palm Beach Green Market on South Flagler Drive at the downtown waterfront. The free festival will showcase the lagoon, raising awareness of its importance. For more info., visit www.lwli.org/lagoonfest or call (561) 233-2400.

• Barnes & Noble (10500 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington) will host Maisy Visits on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 11 a.m. Get your photo taken with Maisy and enjoy a story time, activities and a snack. Call (561) 792-1292 for more info.

Sunday, Nov. 2 • Royal Palm Beach’s weekly Green Market & Bazaar will return Sunday, Nov. 2. The event will run each Sunday 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.

• The Acreage Green Market will take place Sunday, Nov. 2 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.

• Barnes & Noble (10500 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington) will host a Temple Beth Torah Preschool Book Fair fundraiser on Sunday, Nov. 2 from noon to 4 p.m. Call (561) 792-1292 for more info.

• NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” arrives at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. Tickets starting at $15 can be purchased at www.kravis.org or by calling (561) 832-7469.

Monday, Nov. 3 • The Wellington Garden Club will meet Monday, Nov. 3 in the Greenview Room at the Wellington Community Center, with a business meeting at 10:30 a.m., followed by lunch at 11:30 a.m. and a program at 12:15 p.m. on sea turtles in the Lake Worth Lagoon, presented by Jonathan Gorham of Inwater Research Group. There is no admission fee, but seating is limited. RSVP to Carol Coleman at (561) 792-2290.

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• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Art Club for ages 6 and up Monday, Nov. 3 at 4 p.m. Dress to get messy. Call (561) 7906070 for more info.

• The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County’s Culture & Cocktails will celebrate literature and photography in a conversation with James and Sue Patterson at the Colony Hotel (155 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach) on Monday, Nov. 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. James Patterson is a well-known author, while Sue Patterson is an award-winning photographer. Admission is $60 in advance and $75 at the door. All proceeds will support artist programs. Call Debbie Calabria at (561) 4723330 for more info.

Tuesday, Nov. 4 • Polling places will be open on Tuesday, Nov. 4 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the General Election.

Visit www.pbcelections.org for more info.

• Temple Beth Tikvah (4550 Jog Road, Greenacres) will host “Can You Hear Me Now?” on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at noon with a hearing screening workshop by Horizon Nursing Services. Refreshments will be served. There is no charge. Call (561) 967-3600 to RSVP. • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host its Pokémon League for ages 8 to 12 on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 5 p.m. Bring DS or Pokémon cards and get ready to battle, trade and make new friends. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Audubon Society of the Everglades will meet Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. at FAU’s Pine Jog Environmental Education Center (6301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach). Mark Cook will speak on wading bird science and monitoring. Refreshments will be available at 6:30 p.m. Visit www. auduboneverglades.org for more info.

• Barnes & Noble (10500 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington) will host a Berean Christian School Book Fair fundraiser Tuesday, Nov. 4 from 5 to 8 p.m. Call (561) 792-1292 for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host By Hook or By Crook Crochet Club for ages 9 and up Tuesdays, Nov. 4 and 18 at 6:30 p.m. Learn basic stitches and socialize while you work on projects. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

Wednesday, Nov. 5 • American Legion Auxiliary Unit #367 will meet Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 10 a.m. at Palms West Presbyterian Church (13689 Okeechobee Blvd., Loxahatchee Groves). For more info., call Marge Herzog at (561) 791-9875.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host “The Brick By Brick Crew” for ages 3 to 6 on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 10:30 a.m.

Create the tallest tower of blocks you can with the library’s jumbo building blocks. Call (561) 790-6030 for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Not Your Grandma’s Bingo for ages 5 to 12 on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 3:30 p.m. Create your own card and see if luck is on your side. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.)

will host American Girl: Forever Friends for ages 6 to 12 on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. Learn what makes a good friend and how to make your friends feel special. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Designer Duct Tape Flowers for ages 7 to 17 on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 4:30 p.m.

Make beautiful flowers out of fashion-forward duct tape with cool designs and trendy patterns.

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

• Barnes & Noble (10500 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington) will host a Berkshire Elementary School Book Fair fundraiser Wednesday, Nov. 5 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Call (561) 792-1292 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host its Japanese Anime & Culture Club for ages 12 to 17 on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. Hang out, watch anime and eat snacks while you talk with friends about the coolest stuff from Japan.

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

Thursday, Nov. 6 • The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Happy Birthday, Everyone!” for ages 2 to 5 on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 10:15 a.m. Celebrate everyone’s birthday all at once for a magical “Unbirthday Party” full of stories, songs, games and treats. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce will host an Economic Forum Luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 11:30 a.m. at the Binks Forest Golf Club (400 Binks Forest Drive, Wellington). The topic will be “Responsible Development.” Visit www.cpbchamber.com for more info.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host food trucks and a free concert on Thursday, Nov. 6 from 5 to 10:30 p.m.

Food trucks will be on hand at 5 p.m., and the Classic Rock Therapy band will play at 6:30 p.m.

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

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host its Writers’ Critique Workshop for adults Thursday, Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m. Share, offer and accept constructive criticism to improve your fiction, nonfiction and poetry in a supportive atmosphere. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• Barnes & Noble (10500 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington) will host a Liberty Park Elementary School Book Fair fundraiser Thursday, Nov. 6 from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Call (561) 792-1292 for more info.

Friday, Nov. 7 • The Regional Gathering of South Florida Walkers, an annual event sponsored by the Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association, will be held at the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area Everglades Youth Camp on the weekend of Nov. 7-9. The cost is $16. For more info., call (561) 963-9906.

• Temple Beth Torah’s Leonie Arguetty Preschool (900 Big Blue Trace, Wellington) will hold its holiday boutique Friday, Nov. 7, from 8 a.m. to

The Town-Crier 3 p.m. There will be vendors with unique items, including jewelry, clothing, gifts, sweet treats and more. For more info., call (561) 793-2649.

• The Audubon Society of the Everglades will host a bird walk Friday, Nov. 7 at 9 a.m. at Wakodahatchee Wetlands (13206 Jog Road., Delray Beach). For more info., visit www.audubon everglades.org or call (561) 742-7791.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Toddler Time Stories and Fun on Fridays, Nov. 7, 14 and 21 at 10:15 a.m. for ages 12 to 24 months and Baby Time Rhymes and Songs at 11:15 a.m. for ages under 12 months. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The second annual 65 Roses Golf Classic for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will be held Friday, Nov. 7 from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Breakers West Golf Club. Visit http://palmbeach.cff. org/65rosesgolf for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will hold its Cool Creative Kids Club for ages 7 to 11 on Fridays, Nov. 7 and 21 at 3:30 p.m. Experience an afternoon of creativity using a variety of art materials and techniques. All materials will be provided. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• Ortiz-Smykla Gallery-Studio (500 Northwood Road, West Palm Beach) will host Holiday Jewels/Wearable Art on Friday, Nov. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. Enjoy one-on-one interaction with artists Claudia Bloch, Meryl Lefkovich and Elayna Toby Singer, sip cider and enjoy light music. For info., visit www.osgsart.com or call (561) 833-2223.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host a free screening of the film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Friday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www. wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

• The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach) will present Diavolo: Architecture in Motion on Friday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. Performers take movement, athletics and daring to the extreme, creating abstract narratives through surreal architectural landscapes. For more info., call (561) 832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.

Saturday, Nov. 8 • 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 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.

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

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

L i c.& Ins. 1 0 0 0 4 5 0 6 2 5 61-667-7716

ERRANDS PICKUP GROCERIES HOME AND PET SUPPLIES — Kitchen organizing wait for appointments in your home, etc.

References available. 561-707-2834

FLOORING C O M P L E T E F L O O R I N G R E M O VA L ! B E S T R AT E S ! A L L T Y P E S O F FLOORS! — Your local flooring store and more. www.buyithereflooring.com 561-333-2306 buyithere7@gmail.com

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

HOUSECLEANING EXPERIENCED — reliable local references. Pet sitting available. Call Charlene 561-572-1782

LANDSCAPING PALM BEACH LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION & MAINTENANCE SERVICES — Commercial and Residential. If you are looking for an honest and reliable company, give us a call today. We take pride in our work! Free Estimates 561-818-1925

LAWN SERVICE YELLOWHAMMER LAWN SERVICE — High Quality, affordable yard maintenance serving the Loxahatchee area. NO CONTRACTS!.

Locally Owned & Operated. 561-320-1118

PAINTING J&B PRESSURE CLEANING & PAINTING, INC. — Established 1984. All types of pressure cleaning, roofs, houses, driveways, patios etc. Commercial & Residential. Interior & Exterior painting. Certified pressure cleaning & painting contractor. Lic. #U21552 Call Butch 309-6975 or visit ourwebsite at www.jbpressurecleaningandpainting.com JOHN PERGOLIZZI PAINTING INC. — Interior/Exterior - Repaint specialist, pressure cleaning, popcorn ceiling, drywall repair & roof painting. Family owned/owner operator. Free Est. 798-4964 Lic. #U18473 COLORS BY CORO, INC. — Int./Ext. residential painting, over 20 yrs exp. Small Jobs welcome. Free est. Ins. 561-383-8666. Owner/Operated. Lic.# U20627 Ins. Wellington Resident TOWN-CRIER CLASSIFIEDS 793-7606

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

ROOFING REPAIRS REROOFING ALL TYPES — Pinewood Construction, Inc. Honest and reliable. Serving Palm Beach County for over 20 years. Call Mike 561-309-0134 Lic. Ins. Bonded. CGC-023773 RC-0067207

SECURITY SECURITY — American owned local security company in business 30 plus years.

Protection by officers drug tested. 40 hour course. Licensed & Insured. 561-848-2600

SCREENING JOHN’S SCREEN REPAIR SERVICE — Pool & patio rescreening. Stay tight,wrinkle-free,guaranteed! CRC1329708 call us 798-3132. www.poolscreenrepair.com

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

TIRES/AUTO REPAIRS TIRES/AUTO REPAIRS— Located behind Al Packer West off Southern Blvd. Tires for autos, trucks and commercial vehicles. 561-790-7228.

587 105 Ave. N. Unit 28, Royal Palm Beach.

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

WALLPAPERING PAPERHANGING BY DEBI — Professional Installation,Removal. Repair of Paper.

Neat, Clean & Reliable. Quality work with a woman’s touch. 30 years experience.

No Job too big or too small. Lic. & Ins. References available. 561-795-5263

WATER TREATMENT NEED A NEW WATER SYSTEM! — Let us come out and give you an estimate. Call Mike 561-792-5400

FOR SALE AWESOME DEAL QUEEN PILLOW TOP MATTRESS SET! — New in Factory Plastic! Must Sell $150.00 561-320-7626

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT - GREENACRES ROOMMATE TO SHARE — 2 bedroom 2 bath apartment - Purdy & Jog Road. $550 per month.

Looking for under 35 years old. 954-296-3748

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

PRESSURE CLEANING

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HUNTINGTON LEARNING CENTER IN WELLINGTON — Now hiring certified teachers.$10-$15/hour. Call 561-594-1920 E-mail: MarleneGiraud@hlcwellington.com

TRUCK DRIVER FOR PLANT NURSERY — Local and instate deliveries with box truck, CDL not required Excelsa Gardens 561-790-3789.

EMPLOYMENT

LOXAHATCHEE MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE — 2 DAYS - Saturday, Nov. 1st. & Sun. Nov. 2nd.

— from 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tools, clothing, housewares, electronics, furniture & misc. items. 15734 82nd st. N. Loxahatchee

WELLINGTON

HELP WANTED OFFICE/PRODUCTION PERSON — Quickbooks & Microsoft knowledge, good communication skills, flexible schedule, please call 561-333-2306 Buy It Here Flooring.

WELLINGTON’S EDGE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE. 10851 Forest Hill Blvd.

Sat. Nov. 8th 8:00 a.m.-12 p.m. Located across from Buca di Beppo Something for everyone! Rain Date Sat. Nov. 15th

EXPERIENCED ONLY: FULL TIME FULL SERVICE TRAVEL AGENT — Salary plus commission contact Michael 798-0505 CCCP DISTRIBUTION, INC. — Seeks Software Engineer: Min. bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in computer programming, physics with a subspeciality in microelectronics, or closely related field, and 8 years experience. Duties: researching, designing, developing, testing software operating systems for cellular telephones. Must have expertise in CDMA mobile phone debranding, delogoing, reverse engineering and altering boot operating systems to work inside and outside of United States.

Send resume: CCCP Distribution, Inc., Attn: Marsel Usmanov, 10475 Riverside Dr., Ste. 3, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

LOST AND FOUND LOST RED FOOT TORTOISE LOST IN ROYAL PALM BEACH — About 13” long, black domed shell with yellow spots, red scales on feet, $250 reward 561-910-7863

GARAGE/ESTATE SALES

LAKEFIELD WEST GARAGE SALE Saturday.

Nov. 8th 8:30 a.m.- Noon — Community Wide Garage Sale. Aero Club Drive. Opposite the Wanderers Club. Gates Open 8:30 a.m.

OFFICE SPACE EXECUTIVE AND VIRTUAL OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE – WELLINGTON FLORIDA Furnished or unfurnished office space available. Unlimited use of conference rooms, reception, kitchen with no extra fees.

Utilities included. The best LAKE VIEW in Wellington! Please contact Steve at 561227-1500 or at info@lakewellington.com LAW OFFICE TO SHARE: ROYAL PALM BEACH/WELLINGTON Fully furnished executive office $550 per month additional secretarial office $200. Incudes all utilities, use of copier/scanner, use of conference room, reception, kitchen, file cabinets, 561793-1200 ext. 1

SEEKING EMPLOYMENT CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE SEEKING JOB — Years of experience, excellent references, own a car, live-in/out.

Available 24/7, reliable. Call 561-526-5909 QUALIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT — with 26 years experience seeking employement to provide care for senior in home. Assisting with activity of daily living, medication reminder, meals, and companionship. Florida license.

Call 954-684-0516

PLACE YOUR AD HERE CALL 561-793-7606

PALMS WESTTHIS WEEK’S WELLINGTON • ROYAL PALM BEACH • LOXAHATCHEE • THE ACREAGE

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Equestrian Sport Productions

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ESP November/PBCHA Joint Show - November 8-9 USEF Rated “C” Regional - Jumper 2

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