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Volume 32, Number 13 April 1 - April 7, 2011

WELLINGTON ST. BALDRICK’S BENEFIT

Life Covenant Church will have a new home after the Wellington Village Council on Tuesday approved a plat for the land west of State Road 7 that will house the church’s new building. The church is slated to build a permanent site for its local congregation on the 8.58acre site located on the southern border of the K-Park site, on SR 7 south of Stribling Way. Page 3

Crowds Return For The Second Annual Royal Palm Music & Art Fest

The Village of Royal P alm Beach and the Palms West Chamber of Commerce hosted the second annual Royal Palm Art & Music Festival last weekend. Crowds gathered along the southern tip of Royal Palm Beach Blvd. to watch as fine works of art emerged and transformed the road into the largest canvas in the area.

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Reception Welcomes New CEO At WRMC

A cocktail reception to welcome new Wellington Regional Medical Center CEO Jerel Humphrey was held last Thursday at the Wanderers Club at Wellington. Dr. Jeffrey Bishop welcomed special guests and introduced Humphrey, who discussed his background and his goals for the future at WRMC. Page 9

OPINION Do Your Part To Help Conserve Our Water

Floridians have had months of warning that a drought emergency is imminent. We’ve been urged to plan ahead. With the announcement by the South Florida Water Management District that it has enacted twice-a-week lawn-watering restrictions, the time for preparation has passed. The drought is here, and it is up to everyone to do their part to not make things worse. Page 4 DEPARTMENT INDEX NEWS ............................. 3 - 13 OPINION ................................ 4 CRIME NEWS ........................ 6 NEWS BRIEFS ....................... 8 POLO & EQUESTRIAN .........17 SCHOOLS .....................18 - 19 PEOPLE........................ 20 - 21 COLUMNS .................... 29 - 30 SUMMER CAMPS ........ 33 - 36 BUSINESS ................... 37 - 39 SPORTS ....................... 43 - 46 CALENDAR...................48 - 49 CLASSIFIEDS ...............52 - 59 Visit Us On The Web At WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM

Palm Beach Central and Wellington high schools par tnered with the Village of Wellington to host a St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser on Frida y, March 25 at Village P ark. Participants raised money by pledging to shave their heads or cut their hair. Additional funds were raised through food, T-shirts and other sales. Together, the community raised more than $60,000 to help support pediatric cancer research. Additionally, several members of the business community raised $1,600 for Wellington Mayor Darell Bowen and Dean Piper from W4CY Radio to go bald for the cause, $1,000 of which came from Equestrian Sport Productions. Shown above are Event Coordinators Don Meyers, Christie Workman, Jenna Baxter and Peri Diamond with Wellington Mayor Darell Bowen (second from left). MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 13 CHECK OUT VIDEO FROM THIS EVENT AT WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM PHOTO BY LAUREN MIRÓ/TOWN-CRIER

Chamber’s Flavors Of Wellington Returns To Show Grounds April 8

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Flavors of Wellington 2011, the Wellington Chamber of Commerce’s signature event, will return for its eighth year on Friday, April 8 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center.

“We have over 23 restaurants, wine tastings and there will be equestrian events going on in the arena,” Wellington Chamber Executive Director Michela PerilloGreen said. “We are expecting between 800 and 1,000 people.

We do think it’s unique to Well-

ington because we have the events going on in the arena.”

Held in the International Tent, Flavors 2011 brings together the best of the best Wellington chamber member restaurants, caterers, wholesale and gourmet markets, and country clubs to showcase their businesses, products, menus and service staff.

Each vendor is asked to serve its tastiest signature items and compete in categories such as “Best Taste,” “Best Plate Presentation,” “Best Display” and “Best Dessert.” Guests will see anything from Tiffany blue chocolate foun-

tains to sushi boats, gourmet appetizers, dinner samplings and wine tastings.

The host venue and presenting sponsor this year is Equestrian Sport Productions, a subsidiary of Wellington Equestrian Partners.

Perillo-Green thanked Equestrian Sport Productions CEO Mark Bellissimo and his wife Katherine, as well as Equestrian Sport Productions President Michael Stone, for their support.

“As second-year host venue and presenting sponsor, I am once again delighted to announce our See FLAVORS, page 4

RPB Task Force Favors Mixed Use For Treatment Plant Site

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Royal Palm Beach Wastewater Treatment Plant Task Force narrowed its focus Monday, deciding it did not want a single use on the 160-acre site but a mix of low-density residential and lowintensity commercial, industrial or recreational options.

The task force is scheduled to make a recommendation to the Royal Palm Beach Village Council later this month.

The task force, led by Councilwoman Martha Webster, has been working on possible uses for the site, which was decommissioned when the village sold its water utility to the county. The site still carries a public use designation, which is obsolete, and village officials wish to have a usable designation should the land become marketable.

At the meeting Monday, the panel began by going around the table to hear individual preferences by members.

Michael Axelberd said he had

spent time telephoning CEOs of various businesses asking about the plausibility of the land having a commercial or industrial designation and they told him that the site, located just west of Royal Palm Beach Blvd. and north of Crestwood Blvd., is too far from arterial roads.

“Putting commercial in the middle of a residential area is something they wouldn’t look at, especially one that’s so far away from the Turnpike and I-95,” Axelberd said.

He would prefer to see recreational uses such as a BMX park or bike tracks. “I’m amenable to splitting it up, doing some really nice homes [on large lots] and putting in park space,” Axelberd said. “There is no park space north of Okeechobee for people to enjoy. Our people pay a lot of money in taxes, and I think our people deserve the same amenities as the people south of Okeechobee.”

Axelberd said he would be amenable to moving the baseball fields from the Bob Marcello Baseball

Complex at Willows Park to the site and marketing the current park tract for commercial use, putting in boat ramps at the water plant site and expanding RV or boat storage facilities there.

Jeff Hmara said he received input from his neighbors in Madison Green near the site, who also prefer a mixed use of residential and recreational. He also favored relocating the Marcello ball fields to the site and using the existing 10,000-square-foot building as an expanded sports complex, with expanded parking there to correct problems at the existing complex.

“That would address the issue of the preponderance of park area to the south of Okeechobee and redistributing some farther north.”

Robert James and Jeff Sabo also favored a large recreational component.

Sabo noted that selling the existing baseball complex on Okeechobee “would probably make a lot more money.”

Sabo said he has two small chilSee TASK FORCE, page 7

Serving Palms West Since 1980

New Commander Takes Over PBSO’s RPB Substation

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Capt. Paul Miles has been named the new commander of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office District 9 Substation in Royal Palm Beach, replacing Capt.

Eric Coleman, who has been transferred to command of the PBSO’s narcotics division.

Miles comes to Royal Palm Beach from West Palm Beachbased District 1, where he served as commander.

A resident of Royal Palm Beach, Miles said that is one of several reasons he looks forward to his new command.

“I have lived in Royal Palm for more than 10 years, and I’m happy to be working in the community,” Miles said. “It’s pretty nice working less than two miles from where you live. Having driven for many years to the Glades and to the PBSO headquarters, this is something I’m not used to.”

Miles came to Palm Beach County as an infant and attended local schools. He graduated from John I. Leonard High School and joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1979, where he did eight years on active duty before being discharged as a master ser geant. He joined the PBSO in 1987, starting in corrections at the Palm Beach County Jail before transferring to road patrol at the south county substation.

Miles worked closely on com-

Capt. Paul Miles munity policing, establishing partnerships between citizens, other agencies and the PBSO. He started at the PBSO Eagle Academy when it opened in 1997 and stayed there until being recalled to the military in 2001.

“I was still in active reserves,” he explained. “I got activated and left the Eagle Academy. When I came back, I worked at the courthouse and District 1 as an executive officer in robbery homicide.”

After being promoted, Miles spent a year as captain at the Eagle Academy before a five-year stint as District 1 commander based out of the PBSO headquarSee MILES, page 22

Village Ready To Sell Renovated Homes

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Anyone looking to move into Wellington could get a steal of a deal if they qualify for one of five recently renovated homes.

Beginning May 2 at 8 a.m., potential home buyers can submit their applications to own a Wellington home newly renovated with money from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, a federal grant program aimed at helping stabilize areas experiencing

difficulties as a result of foreclosures.

The village used the grant money to purchase and renovate the homes.

“This program puts people back in the neighborhoods who want to be there,” Deputy Village Manager John Bonde said. “It puts people in the homes who will take care of them, and it puts the homes back on the tax rolls.”

The five homes include one on See HOMES, page 22

BENEFIT AT APPLEBEE’S

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office partnered with Applebee’s to benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life by hosting “Dining to Donate” on Wednesday, March 23 at the Royal Palm Beach Applebee’s restaurant. Shown above, PBSO personnel and Applebee’s staf f members gather in front of the restaurant. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 24 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

New Electric Vehicle Debuts On The Streets Of Wellington

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington employees have a new, environmentally friendly way to get around town with the purchase of the village’s first completely electric vehicle.

The vehicle is a ZapVan Shuttle that has room for five, with two individual front seats and a rear bench. It can, however, be converted to an all-cargo van if needed.

It’s a small vehicle, standing 6’4” tall, 11’6” long and 4’6” wide. It weighs approximately 2,290 pounds and has a 110-volt battery.

The vehicle helped Wellington

secure its Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) status for its new municipal complex and will help the village save money and lower emissions as it moves people and products between Wellington offices and neighborhoods.

“It’s going to be a people mover,” Deputy Village Manager John Bonde said. “It will help shuttle people around and transport and deliver some items between offices.”

The shuttle made its debut this week on the streets of Wellington as the village hosted a Palm Beach County League of Cities meeting.

“An electric car has obvious

environmental benefits,” Bonde said. “When we built the municipal complex, we considered the possibility of an electric car.”

Wellington purchased the van this year as a way to help cut down on the cost of shuttling people back and forth.

Bonde said that the car, which actually seats four comfortably, relies entirely on electrical power rather than a combination of gas and electricity as hybrid vehicles do.

“It doesn’t go very fast,” Bonde said. “But it can go the speed limit. It wasn’t built for speed.”

The village already has several See ELECTRIC VAN, page 22

Enviro-Friendly Ride — Wellington’s new ZapVan Shuttle electric vehicle has a dedicated parking space at the municipal complex.

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Okeechobee Workshop Attendees Divided Over Road’s Future

By Eric Woodard Town-Crier Staff Report More than 50 residents and property owners in Loxahatchee Groves gathered last Saturday morning at the Palms West Presbyterian Church to discuss the future of western Okeechobee Blvd.

Planning consultant Jim Fleischmann formatted the meeting like a workshop so that all in attendance could voice their opinions. He and Mayor David Browning said that the morning was only the first such meeting to determine the future of Okeechobee Blvd.

“There’s 3,000-plus people in Loxahatchee Groves,” Browning said. “That’s not going to change a lot over the next 20 years, so my only thought is, how much commercial [property] do 1,600 people need on Okeechobee?”

Some property owners in Loxahatchee Groves are interested in changing some of the agricultural-residential property into commercial property. Others like it the way it is. First to speak when the floor was opened, Lawrence Corning called on the town and its leadership to make its deliberations honest and open.

“The most important thing in real estate is predictability,” Corning said. “If you all want us to

make as much money on our properties by being baby developers, tell us; we’ll be baby developers.

Or do what you said you were going to do and be ag-res [agricultural-residential], but whatever you do, play the cards face up.”

Only a small percentage of the town is currently used for commercial purposes.

“The town seemed to be formed on keeping it as rural as we can,” Corning said. “If our leadership has a different take on this, why don’t they just say so?”

The type of commercial property proposed by those favoring such development still isn’t known. Attendees were given packets that included a checklist of potential commercial tenants, allowing them to pick and choose possible commercial vendors, ranging from gas stations and convenience stores to doctors’ offices and ice cream parlors.

Many consider Okeechobee to be the “main street” in Loxahatchee Groves. Resident Ken Johnson was one in the audience who agreed that Okeechobee currently is dangerous and over capacity and worried about how these problems would become worse because of any changes made to properties on the road.

“If you go to an intersection and

try to go straight across, you might as well cut your engine off to save gas,” Johnson said. “If you try to make a left-hand turn if you’re on Okeechobee, you’ll sit there forever.”

Under the county’s 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan, Okeechobee would be widened to four lanes. When exactly this expansion would occur has not yet been determined.

According to the 2010 Census, the resident population of Loxahatchee Groves is 3,180, with roughly 56 percent living north of Okeechobee Blvd. and 44 percent living south of it. The vast majority of the land is either agricultural or residential.

Resident Grace Joyce expressed concern about the need for closer stores and services.

“More than 50 percent of the population lives north of Okeechobee Blvd. Do we really want 50 percent of the population to have to drive past Okeechobee to Southern to get to our services?”

Joyce asked. “We’re talking greenhouse gas effects. We’re using more gas to do that... We have to be smart about our land planning.”

Joyce also said that when she first moved to the area, it was, “Love it or leave it,” and that the

Roadway’s Future — Okeechobee Blvd. through Loxahatchee Groves is currently mostly residential with a few commercial and institutional/church uses.

PHOTO BY ERIC WOODARD/TOWN-CRIER residents should decide the parameters for future commercial property. “I understand it’s very sensitive, [and] not everyone will agree, but we should agree that we need to do this intelligently,” Joyce said.

“We have to look at this as a community, not just as small parcels of land.”

Joyce said town leaders have to consider “everybody’s needs.”

The needs of everyone in Loxahatchee Groves, however, don’t seem to come down to only the two perspectives of those who want commercial development and those who don’t.

Attorney Neil Schiller repre-

sents an Okeechobee property owner who met with opposition when he submitted a land use change request previously.

“I think that there’s been a massive generalization about who the Okeechobee property owners are and who they aren’t,” he said.

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Wellington Approves Plat For Planned Church On State Road 7

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Life Covenant Church will have a new home now that the Wellington Village Council on Tuesday approved a plat for the land west of State Road 7 that will house the church’s new building.

The church is slated to build a permanent site for its local congregation on the 8.58-acre site located on the southern border of the K-Park site, on SR 7 south of Stribling Way. The agreement also includes a second tract of land of 1.42 acres that will be used mostly for stormwater management.

“This is approving a plat that’s already in existence,” Utilities Director Bill Riebe explained.

“When Wellington purchased KPark, it annexed in K-Park as well as this parcel of land.”

Two other items that would have added temporary drainage easements and a temporary access agreement were postponed due to

language. Deputy Village Manager John Bonde told the Town-Crier Wednesday that the agreements made the approvals for the easements and access permanent.

“What was proposed was granting easements of property across Wellington-owned property,” he said. “We were worried that the way it was stated, it was guaranteed forever. We plan to reword those items.”

Wellington had planned to build a large-scale park on the adjacent 66-acre K-Park land, but that plan has been put on hold due to cost concerns and the current economy. A college campus has also been suggested for the site. For now, Wellington has granted a short-term lease for the property to an agricultural firm.

Councilman Howard Coates noted that the approval of the plat itself would not “burden the KPark property with any obligation for the village to provide access,

easements or anything.”

Vice Mayor Matt Willhite wondered whether the village could work with the Lake Worth Drainage District to mitigate issues with easements and drainage.

Riebe noted that this could cause a problem due to different water elevation levels.

“Their water elevation levels are higher,” he said. “In order for Life Church to drain, they would have to redesign the entire site — the building elevations and so on.”

Even if the Lake Worth Drainage District agreed, a new site plan would have to be drafted, he said.

“It would take a whole new redesign,” he said, “whole new engineering plans; the whole thing would have to change.”

Riebe explained that Wellington has a different control elevation for its flood-control system — roughly a foot and a half lower than the Lake Worth Drainage District.

“For that reason, they’ve actually designed their outfall elevation to match Wellington’s control elevation,” he said. “Going to the Lake Worth Drainage District now would be problematic.”

Riebe noted that the drainage plans for that parcel, K-Park and other plats along Stribling Way have been designed to handle outflow from the church.

“It’s all provided for,” he said.

“And as we work through these issues, we’ll decide how best to arrange the drainage easement so it accommodates the farming situation and any future development of K-Park.”

Willhite asked whether, when the village annexes a property, it automatically gets the drainage easements associated with it. “Do we have to get the Lake Worth Drainage District to release those to us?” he asked. “How did we get those drainage easements along Stribling Way?”

Riebe noted that it was part of the annexation agreement.

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig, who noted for the record that she attends Life Church, clarified that the village would not be cutting off the site’s drainage. Riebe said she was correct.

The council voted unanimously to approve the plat.

In other business, the council opposed a proposed state law that would remove a local government’s ability to regulate the content and use of fertilizers.

The Uniform Law on Fertilizer Regulation is before state legislators. According to a village staff report, the concept arose during last year’s legislative session and returned this year.

It would create uniform rules for where and when fertilizer could be sold in the state and what it could consist of.

“The state is planning to adopt a one-size-fits-all fertilizer statute

for the entire state,” Village Manager Paul Schofield said. “That is problematic for Wellington because we are one of the very few communities that is under a settlement agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the South Florida Water Management District to deal with our water quality problems.”

Schofield explained that Wellington’s rules, especially regarding phosphorus, are more stringent than the state rules would be.

“Because we are a unique community that deals with horse waste and phosphorus in an amount that most communities do not,” he said, “we really need the ability to continue to enforce our more stringent rules. This will send that message to the legislature and to the governor.”

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

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Do Your Part To Help Conserve Our Water During The Drought Two months ago, in the wake of a series of brush fires spurred on by dry and cold weather conditions, we suggested it would be a good idea to start taking measures to prepare for what is shaping up to be a not-so-rainy rainy season. For the most part, that means cutting down on water usage.

Now, with the announcement by the South Florida Water Management District that it has enacted twice-a-week lawn-watering restrictions, the time for preparation has passed.

The drought is here, and while there may be no easy solution, it is up to everyone to do their part to not make things worse.

The SFWMD last enacted twice-weekly watering restrictions in 2009. This isn’t a “better safe than sorry” gesture to get people’s attention; this is a serious emergency. It may be hard for some to understand how an area so close to the ocean could have such a problem.

Unfortunately, using ocean water would require a costly desalinization process with a price tag that prevents it from being a solution in the foreseeable future.

As it is now, the region’s backup water supply is Lake Okeechobee, and its water level is dangerously low (below 12 feet). Even if the region sees a week or two of consistent, heavy rain, it will take many such weeks before the lake’s level begins to inch its way back to normal. The problem is viewing such temporary respites as an excuse to use more water, thinking that a little extra rain makes it OK. Just because it rains in your immediate area doesn’t mean it’s doing the same over Lake Okeechobee. While it’s good to get rain

anywhere in South Florida, it’s only meaningful in the long term if it makes its way into the water supply.

While the water level in Lake Okeechobee is a key concern during a drought, it’s not the only one. In addition to keeping tabs on your water usage, it’s important to be mindful of avoiding behavior that may cause a brushfire. Flicking cigarette butts is not necessary, and could have serious repercussions. And now is not the time to play with fireworks or hold a bonfire.

Parents should also keep a watchful eye on their children, since the dry situation makes it far too easy for carelessness to start a fire. Most children will learn about the drought only if adults teach them. And for that to happen, they’ll need to take the lead in promoting responsible water consumption, not just in words but in actions.

As of this week, residents and businesses with odd-numbered street addresses may water lawns and landscapes on Wednesdays and Saturdays from midnight to 10 a.m. and/or from 4 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. Residents and businesses with even-numbered street addresses, no street address or that irrigate both even and odd addresses within the same zones, including multifamily units and homeowners’ associations, may water lawns and landscapes on Thursdays and Sundays from midnight to 10 a.m. and/or from 4 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. Landscape irrigation using reclaimed water is not restricted. Special regulations apply for new landscaping. Details are posted on the SFWMD web site at www.sfwmd.gov.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Don’t Close Goldenrod Road I have been a property owner of a multifamily unit on Goldenrod Road since 2005. I reviewed the article in last week’s TownCrier (“Residents Support Wellington Plan To Shut Goldenrod Road,” March 25).

I oppose the closure of the roadway for the reasons stated in the report. Closing the road because of speeding cars is not a solution to deter speeding. Proper law enforcement of the posted speeds, further traffic calming, and providing more capacity and flow control on main roads is the solution. If we closed every road that had speeding issues, we wouldn’t have any roads open at all.

If speeding is the true issue, then incorporate traffic circles, more speed bumps, rumble strips and the likes at 100-foot increments, post a 15-mph speed limit and have the road routinely patrolled by law enforcement and you will stop the speeders.

Why punish the law-abiding drivers and citizens who use the roadway as a legal and legitimate route by closing the road?

Regarding the residents who live on Azure, I’m pretty sure the

road was built with its established route when you moved into the house; did you think you would never hear or see a car driven by?

And I would think having three or four accidents over a 10-year period is a very low statistic when you factor in the number of daily trips made by the residents who live on the street; even lower when you factor in the total traffic on the road that includes non-residents.

Regarding the issue of security, I am against erecting barriers and walls to divide areas into “desirable” and “less desirable.” History shows that when you put up barriers, in this instance removing a roadway link between multiple and single residential areas, you create animosity, tensions and imbalance between the “haves” and the “have-nots.” Dividing is not the way to bring a community together.

What proof does the village offer that by shutting the road, crime will go down on both sides of the road closure? And if it’s not an equal deterrence to both sides, how is that fair representation to the taxpayers? And how does taking out a sidewalk deter crime?

Again, there are other ways to deter crime: additional street light-

ing, police presence, crime watch, citizens patrol and the like. I would ask what the village is doing in these regards, and also in educating what the property owners can do to take deterrence steps (additional lighting, clearing landscaping, alarm systems and the like) to improve security.

Timothy Palmer Wellington

Signs Are Taking Over Wellington In an increasing effort to represent the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, our Wellington Village Council has gone overboard in their kowtowing subservience.

I can understand that to get elected now, one just about has to be from the chamber, hence even a non-business member has to join. Realistically, the chamber represents less than five percent of Wellington’s population, leaving 95 percent not represented.

But political donations do indeed run our country and now, obviously, our wonderful village.

Witness the evisceration of our signage code that worked well for a couple of decades and insured no repeat of Miami-type garish

signage. Today and for a few months there has been a large Army truck (Vietnam-era) in a village parking lot festooned front to rear with a huge banner, commercial in nature. Now, to complement that, an old fire truck resides in a lot parallel to Binks Forest Drive with a huge banner from bow to stern, advertising a dentist. This eyesore along a residential community roadway, in what was a beautiful forest.

When inquiring of the village (actually, complaining), my first complaint “got lost,” and my second one as yet has produced no results.

I can only assume since the very large and obtrusive military truck appears to be a permanent fixture, that I might thank the Wellington Chamber for its “change signage policy” and of course our council, which immediately caves in (with alacrity).

Oh, that I were a millionaire, I would buy a fleet of trucks, and apply garish colors and banners.

But alas, I cannot afford this.

Our signage was good for decades. Did a church on a main road need a scrolling sign? Do we want banners everywhere? A question for retired dentist and Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Carmine Priore: What

exactly does a dentist need a banner for?

George Unger Wellington

Too Many Parks, Not Enough Planning Over the past ten years, the Wellington Village Council has installed a veterans memorial with no parking for anyone, including seniors and disabled veterans.

Twenty-five years ago, it was supposed to be a “horse monument statue.” The veterans park really should be at the village complex, with parking for all. Now an ex-

pensive 9/11 monument in the complex with plenty of parking… hello! A new park on Goldenrod Road — we have more than 20 parks in the village, all empty 95 percent of the time except for Scott’s Place. Talk about tax money maintaining empty parks!

Last, there is the 36-inch-wide sidewalk on Forest Hill Blvd. (built to code), a.k.a. “foot paths.”

A disabled person in a 28-inch electric wheelchair is in danger; one gust of wind and they will be in a ditch on their head. The sidewalks on Wellington Trace and South Shore Blvd. appear a lot wider.

Peter Evans Wellington

SEND IN YOUR LETTERS The Town-Crier welcomes letters to the editor. Please keep letters brief (300 words). Submit letters, with contact name, address, and telephone number (anonymous letters will not be published), to The Town-Crier, 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 31, Wellington, FL 33414; fax them to (561) 793-6090; or you can e-mail letters@goTownCrier.com.

Here Are A Few Youthful Superstars To Look Out For In The Future Like father, like son is the impressive tale of Austin Rivers, the 6-foot-4 basketball phenom of Winter Park High School in Central Florida.

Austin, who averaged 29.2 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, is the son of former NBA star and current Boston Celtics coach Glenn “Doc” Rivers. This truly talented youngster, who happens

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By Jules W. Rabin to be McDonald’s All-American Male Player of the Year, is headed to Duke University.

The queen bee is Elizabeth Williams, a 6-foot-3 center at Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach. She averaged 18.9 points and 11.1 rebounds, plus 4.5 blocks to lead the Cavaliers (31-1) to their fourth Group AAA state title. In the championship game, Williams notched 19 points, 19 rebounds and nine blocks! Oh yes, she too

is heading to Durham and the Duke Blue Devil women.

Add to the list of rising young stars Illinois’ Natalie Goodman of the O’Fallon Township High School bowling team. The lefthanded star rolled up Illinois high school records with a 799 series and a total score of 2,876, including, of course, a perfect 300 game.

During the two-day state compe-

tition, this senior southpaw also racked up a streak of 24 straight strikes. Next year she will be bowling for Vanderbilt.

Also, let’s not forget Waverly Neer of Russiaville, Ind., a Culver Academy runner who captured the 5k title at the nationals and set a high school indoor record (16.235.15).

Then there is Ty Timphony of

St. Paul’s School in Covington, La., who won the 5A state crown in the 165-pound class and set a dead lift record of 590 pounds.

Among a host of his accomplishments, Timphony has dead lifted 600 pounds, which is a national record in the 16-17 division, and is reigning teen champion of the Professional Raw Powerlifting Association.

NEWS

PBC Tax Collector Expands Services At Royal Palm Beach Office

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Tax Collector’s Royal Palm Beach office will become a full-service facility on Monday, April 4, offering road tests for people getting their driver’s licenses for the first time or requiring a driving test for renewal.

The office, located at 200 Civic Center Way in the Midwestern Communities Service Center, has been offering driver’s license renewal, tag and vehicle title transfers and other services for several months now since the state legislature transferred that responsibility from the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles to the county tax collector’s offices, in addition to the office’s traditional tax collection services.

Palm Beach County Tax Collector Anne Gannon said her offices are assuming the additional responsibility as best they can, considering the new duties came with “minimal financing” from the state to take them on. “We are giving driver tests on the street,” Gannon said. “We do not have a course there because the county does not want us to do driving tests there.

We will have one of our employees give the test. We are beginning to train them right now to do the driving tests. We’re pretty excited that Royal Palm Beach is going to be full service.”

Previously, the only services offered at the Royal Palm Beach office that had been transferred from DMV were driver’s license renewal and Real ID compliance.

“This will allow us to do license reinstatements and all the other issues that come with driver’s licenses,” Gannon said.

Royal Palm Beach is the last of the eight Palm Beach County Tax Collector’s offices to go full-service, Gannon said, adding that the biggest issue has been explaining to people where the office is. The building is tucked away behind the Royal Palm Beach branch library near the corner of Royal Palm Beach and Okeechobee boulevards.

Gannon noted that traffic has been steadily increasing at the Royal Palm Beach office as people have been shifting there from more overcrowded eastern offices.

“We’re doing fast driver’s license renewals, but now that we’re implementing all of this and doing driving tests, we should see our traffic go up and our wait times may increase,” she said. “All of our service reps are on learning curves right now. It takes about six to nine months to really become proficient at issuing driver’s licenses, so we do have a learning curve.”

Another major issue is the Real ID certification mandated by the

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continued from page 1 association and contribution to this event,” said Stone, who is also the president of the Wellington Chamber. “Equestrian Sport Productions believes in Wellington and in the success of our restaurants, country clubs and catering venues.

We anticipate the most successful year to date and are honored to present this event to Wellington and beyond.”

Celebrity judges will include Roxanne Stein from NewsChannel 5, Jose Lambiet from the Palm Beach Post and Mayor Darell Bowen.

Last year’s winners were Kon-

which she said does not cover the costs and amounts to an unfunded mandate. “We’re working on additional funding during this legislative session, not an increase to the public but in how the funding mechanism works in the state,” she said. “Hopefully, we will get an additional $6.25 per transaction, because, really the state is not giving any of these services; we are. But this is going to be a tough legislative year, so I don’t know how that’s going to come out.”

Meanwhile, the state is continuing to close DMV offices and transferring duties. Gannon not-

ed that the Indiantown Road DMV office is set to close in July. “We’re not sure when the one on Military Trail just north of Southern is going to close, which means all that traffic is going to come to us,” she said.

Aside from the state funding issue, the Real ID compliance problem is also an unfunded mandate. “Real ID increases our transactional time, which also increases the wait time for people,” she said. “And with the state passing down the responsibility to us, it was kind of a perfect storm.”

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tiki for “Best Taste,” Binks Forest Golf Club for “Best Presentation,” A Piece of Cake by Elena for “Best Display” and White Horse Tavern for “Best Dessert.”

In addition to sampling great food, attendees will enjoy an evening of dancing to the Music Masters International 20-piece stage band.

“They play a lot of oldies,” Perillo-Green said. “It’s great dance music, and they have been with us for eight years. They come back every year, and they have a huge following.”

Alec Domb and Bob Salerno are chairing the event with a committee including Mark Bozicevic, Bob Wolff, Ramon Hernandez, Denise Carpenter,

Mari-Ellen Sheldon and Laura special VIP section and front-row Jaffe. seats to the jumping events.”

“Each year this event gets bigCall the Wellington Chamber of ger and better,” Perillo-Green said. Commerce at (561) 792-6525 or “With the Palm Beach Internation- visit www.wellingtonchamber. al Equestrian Center as our host com for more information. venue as well as IberiaBank and FPL as our platinum sponsors, this year will no doubt exceed all our expectations.”

Tickets to Flavors 2011 cost $25 in advance and $30 at the door. VIP reserved tables begin at $300.

“Those are going pretty quick,” PerilloGreen said. “That Attendees will enjoy the sounds will entitle you to the of Music Masters Int ernational.

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offices should ease off by 2017, when everyone must be Real ID compliant. “You won’t need to come in to our offices,” she said.

“Unless something changes, you can renew your license on the Internet or mail it in.”

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CROWDS RETURN FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL ROYAL PALM ART & MUSIC FEST The Village of Royal Palm Beach and the Palms West Chamber of Commerce host ed the second annual Royal Palm Art & Music Festival on Saturday and Sunday, March 26 and 27. Crowds gathered along the southern tip of Royal Palm Beach Blvd. to watch as fine works of art emerged and transformed the road into the largest canvas in the area. There were also music and dance performances, carnival rides, kayaking, cooking and eating contests, and much more.

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Manuel Gomez works on a portrait of Dale Ernhardt.

Capt. Blackbeard with pirate winners in the age 3-5 category Christopher Recchio (first place) and Tyler Cote (second place).

Participants in the PBC Fire-Rescue burger contest, shown with master of ceremonies Andrew Burr, (L-R) Lt. Michael DelRossi, Battalion Chief Nigel Baker, Battalion Chief Michael Arena, Driver Jeff Smith and the winner, Capt. Paul Jaremko.

Dennis Stickley goes “fishing” in his painted manhole.

Jeff Fleischman, Danielle Boone and Garfield Morgan at the booth of gold sponsors Florida Public Utilities.

Palms West Chamber CEO Jeane Miranda, RPB Councilwoman Mar tha Webst er, chicken wing eating contest first-place winner Charles Codelle and Tree’s Wings owner Andy Maynard.

Leslie and Randy Pfeiffer look over art by Linda Rovolis (right).

Participants in the PBSO burger contest were (L-R) Major Tony Araujo, Capt. Paul Miles, Diane Smith and Lt. David Combs. The winner was Araujo.

PBCFR Capt. Paul Jaremko and PBSO Major Tony Araujo went head to head in a burger contest. The winner was Jaremko.

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Vehicle Burglaries Reported In Royal Palm, Wellington

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report MARCH 25 — An employee of the Super Target store on Okeechobee Blvd. called the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach last Friday to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 7:46 p.m. last Thursday, an unknown suspect entered the store and went directly to the television section. He then selected a 26-inch Magnavox television valued at $349.99, carried it out of the store under his arm and got into a waiting red sedan and fled the area. The suspect is described as a dark-skinned white male or light-skinned black male in his 40s with a beard and mustache. He was wearing a red ball cap, black T-shirt, black shorts, white socks and black sneakers. According to the report, the suspect matches the description in two similar cases.

MARCH 25 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to Wellington Regional Medical Center last Friday evening regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6:15 and 7:49 p.m., someone gained access to the victim’s SUV, which was parked in the rear of the hospital, by punching the driver’sside door lock. The perpetrator(s) then stole a 17-inch Toshiba laptop computer and an Apple iPod. The perpetrator(s) also punched the steering column of the vehicle in an attempt to steal it. The stolen items were valued at approximately $475. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

MARCH 25 — A resident of Sugar Pond Manor called the PBSO substation in Wellington last Friday to report a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim left home at approximately 7:14 a.m. and returned at approximately 9:30 a.m.

At that time, she realized that her rear sliding glass door was left unsecured. The victim searched her residence and discovered that a burglary had occurred. The perpetrator(s) stole a Compaq laptop computer and a coin collection, each valued at approximately $600. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

MARCH 25 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach responded to a business on Business Parkway in regard to a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 4 p.m. last Thursday and noon last Friday, someone jumped over the eight-foot-tall concrete wall on the south side of the business and stole four rolls of copper wire and a gaspowered chainsaw from two vehicles that were left unattended.

An employee of the business reported that he believed the theft occurred sometime between midnight and 2 a.m. last Friday, but was not discovered until noon.

According to the report, there was no surveillance video footage available. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

MARCH 26 — A fire broke out at a home in Sailboat Point last Saturday afternoon while the family was away. According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the Wellington substation was dispatched to the home on Sailboat

Circle after the victim returned home to find his house filled with smoke. The victim left at approximately 11 a.m. and returned at approximately 3 p.m. to find the home on fire. According to the report, the fire was started by an electric bed and occurred on the second floor of the home. The victim also discovered several items missing from the home including a passport, Social Security card, $13,000 in money orders and a purse containing $20,000 in jewelry. According to the report, there was no sign of forced entry, and only the victim knew where the stolen items were kept. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

MARCH 26 — A resident of the Willows neighborhood called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach last Saturday to report a delayed vehicle burglary.

According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8 a.m. last Thursday and 6:53 p.m. last Saturday, someone entered the victim’s unlocked Cadillac Escalade and stole his wallet containing his credit cards, driver’s license and miscellaneous papers. Also missing was a gold necklace and bracelet. The stolen items were valued at approximately $6,500. DNA evidence was taken at the scene, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

MARCH 26 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was dispatched to an auto parts store on Southern Blvd. last Saturday evening regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 a.m. and 6:12 p.m., someone stole the victim’s catalytic converter from his white 2004 Chevrolet van while it was parked in the parking lot.

The stolen item was valued at approximately $3,000. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

MARCH 26 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was dispatched to the Marathon gas station on Okeechobee Blvd. last Saturday evening after a customer tried to pass counterfeit bills. According to a PBSO report, an employee of the gas station received two counterfeit $5 bills from a customer. The customer said he was unaware that they were counterfeit and remained in the store. According to the report, the customer received the bills from someone else. The PBSO is conducting an investigation.

MARCH 27 — A resident of Sugar Pond Manor called the PBSO substation in Wellington last Sunday to report an act of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6 p.m. last Saturday and 10 a.m. the following morning, someone broke a glass object over the hood of the victim’s vehicle causing approximately $100 in damage. The victim’s car was backed into his driveway, and pieces of glass were also found in the roadway. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

MARCH 28 — Two men were arrested on drug charges early Monday morning following a traffic stop near the intersection of Greenview Shores Blvd. and Wellington Trace. According to a PBSO report, the deputy made contact with the driver, 21-yearold Erik Marquez of Wellington See BLOTTER, page 22

Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s help in finding these wanted fugitives: • Juanita Eddings, a.k.a. Juanita Igo and Juanita Sessoms, is a white female, 5’4” tall and weighing 135 lbs., with brown hair and green eyes. Her date of birth is 10/08/49. Eddings is wanted for unem ployment compensation fraud. Her occupation is unknown. Her last known address w as South 38th Stree t in Greenacres. Eddings is wanted as of 03/ 31/11.

• Nicholas Morris is a whit e male, 6’2” tall and weighing 220 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes. He has multiple tattoos. His date of birth is 05/05/82. Morris is wanted on a felony charge of f ailure to appear for grand theft and a traffic charge of failure to appear for DUI. His occupation is unknown. His last known address was Monterey Way in Royal Palm Beach. Morris is wanted as of 03/31/ 11.

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

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SFWMD Water Restrictions Could Be Big Problem For Lox Groves

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The South Florida Water Management District issued a watering restriction notice last week in response to worsening drought conditions, but Loxahatchee Groves leaders are more concerned about an SFWMD letter informing the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District that its daily permission to draw water from the C-51 Canal will be reduced by more than two-thirds.

The dry-season allotment, which had been 300,000 gallons per day, has been cut to 92,000 gallons, according to Councilman Ron Jarriel.

“The water control district is very concerned,” Loxahatchee Groves Town Manager Frank Spence told the Town-Crier on Tuesday.

Spence said LGWCD Administrator Clete Saunier had brought up the issue on Friday, March 25

at the town and district’s monthly Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee meeting the day after the order was issued.

“Our council, and certainly their board, is very concerned about not being able to keep our canals at what we call a safe level, because of the need for fire protection,” Spence said.

When Palm Beach County FireRescue fights fires in Loxahatchee Groves, the trucks must rely on canals to draw water. “Their trucks are limited, and they have only one tanker out here, which carries 3,000 gallons of water,” Spence said. “When they run out, they draw water from our canals, and when they get dangerously low, it poses a safety problem.”

LGWCD Supervisor John Ryan is hopeful that it will only be a short-term problem.

“It’s serious, but it’s close to the rainy season,” said Ryan, who sits on the Intergovernmental Coordi-

nating Committee. “So we’re kind of keeping our fingers crossed. In the past, the real problem we had was when the restrictions went into effect in February, with a couple of months before the rainy season.”

Ryan said one of the agenda items at the district’s April 11 meeting will be to ask Saunier to prepare a SFWMD variance request. “The South Florida Water Management District is very stingy with variance requests,” Ryan said, “but it will make exceptions if it is a community safety issue.”

Town officials expect to address the issue as well at a council meeting Tuesday, April 5.

Although brush fires have been prevalent, Ryan said PBCFR officials have told him that there is enough water in ponds and canals to be usable currently, but that could change with the restriction on back-pumping. “If we can’t maintain the 16-foot control level

in the canals, there are several areas that dry out and could be a problem,” Ryan said. “We’re in better shape in recent years than we were in the past because we do have fire hydrants now on Okeechobee and North Road, but it still means that tanker trucks would have to go back and forth.

Our ability to back-pump has been cut back, but if we did have rain, it would help a great deal.”

The district received a variance during last year ’s dry season, Spence said. “We are different, being a rural community where virtually all of our residents draw water through wells,” Spence said.

Spence said the SFWMD’s irrigation restrictions will not have as significant an effect on district residents as not being able to backpump enough water from the C51 Canal to keep its local canals at a safe level.

“To cut back on lawn sprinkling is really not applicable here when

people have 5- and 10-acre tracts,” Spence said. “The nurseries have already been given an exception in that they have been asked to reduce their usage by 15 percent.”

Spence pointed out that the elevation of Loxahatchee Groves is higher than the surrounding area, which makes it more difficult to keep water in the canals. The district has received permission to retain as much water as possible during the wet season, rather than discharge it to the C-51 Canal. “If it gets too high, they do discharge into the C-51 Canal, which is the major east-west canal,” he said.

Jarriel said the district must work out a plan with the SFWMD so they don’t have to apply each year for a variance to back-pump.

“They made an exception for us last year because we needed the water for fire control,” he said.

“The rain has slowed down the brush fires some for now. We had been having about one every day.”

Meanwhile, residences in Palm Beach County are restricted to irrigation twice a week.

For established landscaping, watering is not allowed between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Residents and businesses with odd-numbered street addresses may water lawns and landscapes on Wednesdays and Saturdays from midnight to 10 a.m. and/or from 4 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. Residents and businesses with even-numbered street addresses, no street address or that irrigate both even and odd addresses within the same zones, including multifamily units and homeowners’ associations, may water lawns and landscapes on Thursdays and Sundays from midnight to 10 a.m. and/or from 4 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. Landscape irrigation using reclaimed water is not restricted. Special regulations apply for new landscaping. Details are posted on the SFWMD web site at www.sfwmd.gov.

LGLA HOSTS SPECIAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCE FEATURING OLD TIME JAMMERS

The Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association hosted a social event at its monthly meeting on Thur sday, March 24 at Palms West Presbyterian Church. The event included entertainment by the Old Time Jammers, a group of musicians who play the type of old-time music popular in the Appalachian Mountain area. For information about the LGLA, call Marge Herzog at (561) 791-9875.

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The Old Time Jammers perform for the crowd.

Bill Messer gets ready to strum a tune.

Pat Johnson and Marge Herzog.

Landowners enjoy the food at the event.

Official: Callery-Judge Grove Hopes To Settle Foreclosure Suit

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Callery-Judge Grove faces a $37 million foreclosure lawsuit, but General Manager Nat Roberts said resolving it will be a matter of refinancing, as thousands of others have in the face of the currently distressed real estate market.

The lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court last Friday, alleges that Callery-Judge Limited Partnership, CJC Management Ltd. and Managed Citrus owe Prudential Industrial

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continued from page 1 dren and would like a park they could walk to, pointing out that his development does not have recreational amenities.

Denis Eirikis agreed that commercial use there is not practical.

“From a transportation standpoint, it’s not low-hanging fruit,” he said.

“I don’t think we can attract a specific film studio, or this or that, because it’s kind of out of the way.

There is so much property in Palm Beach County along I-95 and along the Turnpike that probably makes more sense to the people putting the investments down. I think just giving it up to residential would be a waste of a tremendous resource, a huge chunk of land that the village owns.”

Eirikis said he is a heavy user of the village’s recreational amenities. “That’s why I moved here. I think they’re world-class, but

Properties LLC $37 million in mortgages, plus $8.7 million in interest.

“This is a long-term insured mortgage,” Roberts said. “It was made over 10 years ago. It was made before citrus canker and greening were so prevalent. [The mortgage] matured, and the cancer cluster issues and the real estate market have made it a much more complicated issue to refinance.”

Citrus canker was making its way slowly through South Florida and was being detected in ar-

eas near Callery-Judge’s 3,900 acres a decade ago. It was hurried along by the winds of hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004 and again by Hurricane Wilma in 2005.

Citrus greening is a bacterial disease believed to have originated in China. It is carried primarily by two species of plant lice. The bacteria itself is not harmful to humans, but the disease is extremely harmful to citrus trees.

As a result, Callery-Judge, which once produced millions of

boxes of citrus each year, had to shut down most of its citrus operation. It now grows palm trees and leases some of its property to tenant farmers. It is also developing a peach variety that does well in a warmer climate.

Callery-Judge, founded in 1964, has met dead ends on several redevelopment attempts. In 1998, the county denied a request for a 130-acre office park. In 2003, a packing house built in 1998 was closed and sold.

Then, in 2005, Callery-Judge began a plan for a 10,000-home

planned community with 3.8 million square feet of commercial space. It created a residents’ committee to brainstorm ideas for the development and held a workshop to show residents what had been planned.

Although the Florida Department of Community Affairs and the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council approved the development, the Palm Beach County Commission rejected it in 2007 after hearing objections to the plan from several hundred nearby residents.

Since then, Roberts has said he will plan a smaller-scale, predominantly residential development.

However, bad publicity from the alleged Acreage cancer cluster, coupled with a generally bad real estate market, has put that plan on hold.

All the adversity aside, Roberts said he is confident that CalleryJudge can work something out with its mortgage holder.

“We’re working closely with our lender and expect a satisfactory solution for all parties,” Roberts said.

we’re 30 percent over what the standard is,” he said, adding that since the village doesn’t have a good use for the land, he would like to see it preserved or landmanaged.

Marjorie Aiken said she was leaning toward a low-intensity mixed use. “We don’t need to move parks or recreation areas anymore,” she said. “We need to focus on finding something that will be of benefit to all of the community.”

Bruce Drummond saw potential to expand the RV park, “since it’s an ongoing problem in my neighborhood, especially the La Mancha area.”

Using part of the land for commercial and recreational vehicle storage could make the village a profit. “That would continue to give us an income-based situation and to have the land held in abeyance for any future needs,” Drummond said.

Richard Hedman favored a film studio production company for the site. “We have a lot of schools in

Palm Beach County,” he said.

“Right now we have a film festival going on on the east coast, and nobody knows we’re here.”

June Perrin said that alcohol and drug rehabilitation and mental health facilities might have a place there. She also said there might be a place for a college campus.

Joseph Boyle said the needs assessment done pointed out that there is no public transportation near the area, along with a lack of recreational amenities. He said the needs assessment also indicated the village needs public facilities for youth and seniors, as well as jobs.

“With that said, we need something for everything, and 160 acres is too much for one use,” Boyle said. “We have to split it up and put a little bit of park, put in a senior citizen location,” Boyle said.

“The important thing is we put in something there that does not have heavy traffic and we can put in rather quickly.”

Diane Queller was adamant about not having a commercial use

in the middle of a residential area, but was not opposed to a low-intensity mixed use, increasing the size of the RV park there and installing a boat ramp.

“Being a licensed Realtor, I have a lot of experience with developers and new homes, but, in my opinion, that piece of property is not marketable right now,” she said.

Queller said her biggest concern with a developer-driven project is

that they tend to press for higher and higher density.

During the discussion, Senior Planner Bradford O’Brien said the amount of money put into the ball fields would not make it practical to move them. Webster added that the chance of residents wanting to move the park is slim. She also said the combination of uses might be a new type of mixed use, which would be an acceptable recommendation.

The committee ruled out a single use such as residential, and members agreed to pursue some form of low-intensity mixed use, to possibly include residential, commercial, light industrial and/ or recreation, and were given a list of uses that might be included to take back and share with their neighbors.

The committee will meet again on April 4 and 12 before it prepares a final recommendation.

Westgate Church In WPB Seeks Donations The Westgate Tabernacle Church of West Palm Beach is seeking donations for its food pantry, which helps provide homeless men, women and children with free meals.

For more than 80 years, the church’s homeless outreach ministry has helped to feed and take care of the essential needs of those less fortunate in the community.

Under the direction of Bishop Avis Hill, the church has served

over one million meals, as well as given shelter to thousands of men, women, children, families and elderly residents.

In the past, the church estimates it could give out 5,000 pounds of food each week, distributing four days a week with the help of local stores. But with the declining economy, donations have slowed down causing shortages of food.

Monetary donations are being accepted to help pay utilities for

lights, water and food storage.

Food donations are also welcome, and will help feed those being sheltered by the church as well as needy families in the community.

The church is also accepting donations of clothing, paper goods, personal hygiene products and baby products. Donations can be sent to Westgate Tabernacle Church, 1622 Suwanee Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33409. For more info., call (561) 471-9309.

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Actor Cody Linley To Visit Wellington Dancing With the Stars alum and well-known actor Cody Linley will make a special guest appearance at International Polo Club Palm Beach on Sunday, April 3 at 3 p.m. during a firstround U.S. Open game.

Linley, best known as Jake Ryan on Disney’s Hannah Montana, is expected to present trophies after the match and then sign autographs for the public.

Linley will be in Wellington to appear at the Kids Cancer Foundation Gala on Saturday, April 2 at 6 p.m. at the Binks Forest Golf Club. This is his third trip to Wellington.

“We are honored to have Cody attend the gala, and we are making it very kid-friendly,” Kids Cancer Foundation President Michelle O’Boyle said. “He’s very sincere about helping our cause and the kids love him.”

Linley is the official spokesman for the Wellington-based organization. He will also be appearing in public service announcements for the not-for-profit organization.

“I think it’s very important to give back, and I’m honored to be a part of the Kids Cancer Foundation,” said the 21-year-old Linley.

“It will be fun to be back in Wellington and see my friends there, but also to raise awareness for a serious cause.”

Linley was the youngest DWTS performer in 2008 when he partnered with Julianne Hough. They finished fourth.

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Cody Linley Linley is also a veteran movie actor, having appeared in Hannah Montana: The Movie with Miley Cyrus, Jimmy Buffett’s Hoot as Mullet Fingers as well as My Dog Skip with Kevin Bacon, Cheaper by the Dozen with Steve Martin and Miss Congeniality with Sandra Bullock.

The International Polo Club Palm Beach is located at 3667 120th Avenue South in Wellington. For tickets, call (561) 2045687 or visit www.international poloclub.com.

For information about the Kids Cancer Foundation or the April 2 gala, visit www.kidscancersf.org.

NEWS BRIEFS April Story Time At Scott’s Place This Saturday Get ready for Earth Day at Wellington’s April Story Time, where children of all ages will be delighted by stories about recycling and keeping our planet green.

Parents and children are invited to join in the fun at Scott’s Place Reading Corner inside the Scott’s Place barrier-free playground located at 12190 W. Forest Hill Blvd. beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 2.

Three books will be read, including The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, Taking Care of the Earth by Billy Goodman and The Wartville Wizard by Don Madden.

Wellington hosts Story Time at Scott’s Place on the first Saturday of every month with stories and giveaways corresponding to each month’s theme.

Story Time participants are welcome to enjoy the Scott’s Place playground before and after the event. Scott’s Place is designed with large play structures and ramps ensuring children and parents of all physical abilities can play together.

For more information, call volunteer coordinator Kim Henghold at (561) 791-4137.

Princess Of Relay Contest At Acreage Relay The Princess of Relay Contest will be held during the Acreage/ Loxahatchee Relay for Life Sat-

urday, April 2 at Acreage Community Park.

The first round will start at 3:30 p.m. and is open to girls ages 5 to 10. They will be judged based on creativeness of their outfit. The prize is a tiara and a sash. There is a $10 registration fee, which will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

The second round will start at 6 p.m. and is open to girls ages 11 to 16; it will be judged based on creativeness.

For more information, or to obtain an entry form, e-mail sharon626@bellsouth.net

Grace Hoadley Dodge Award Nominations The YWCA of Palm Beach County is pleased to announce that it is seeking nominations for its 2011 Grace Hoadley Dodge Award. The award is presented annually to a woman residing in Palm Beach County who has overcome adversity and in the process has not only empowered herself but also created opportunities for and led other women toward their own empowerment.

Information required on the application includes the nominee’s name, address, phone number and current occupation, as well as the adversity she has overcome, how she overcame it and how she has helped empower others. The name and contact information about the person making the nomination is also needed.

The award will be presented at the YWCA’s Vintage Tea on June

15 at 3 p.m. at the Chesterfield Hotel (363 Cocoanut Row, Palm Beach).

Applications must be received by the YWCA no later than May 18 at: Grace Dodge Award Committee, YWCA of Palm Beach County, 2200 N. Florida Mango Road, Suite 102, West Palm Beach, FL 33409.

For more information about the 2011 Grace Hoadley Dodge Award, or to request an application, call the YWCA at (561) 6400050, ext. 115.

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ta; and Gary Antonio, Anthony Burks, Stacey Creech, Ronald Della Jacova, Sonya Gaskell and Verónica Volani-Inza of West Palm Beach.

The exhibition is on display through July 13 at the airport. For a virtual tour of the exhibition, visit www.pbcgov. com/fdo/art/ exhibitions/artatairport.htm.

Artists interested in receiving “Calls to Artists” for upcoming airport exhibitions and other Art in Public Places projects can submit their contact information through the Artists’ Registry page at Palm Beach County’s Art in Public Places web page at www. pbcgov.com/art.

Art Reception April 6 At PBIA

RPB Community Garage Sale Returns April 16

Palm Beach County’s Art in Public Places program invites the public to attend an artist reception at the Palm Beach International Airport on Wednesday, April 6 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. located on Level 2 Main Terminal. Parking is available in Short Term levels 4-7.

This exhibition features photography, paintings and mixed-media works by the following local artists: Gisela Pferdekamper of Loxahatchee; Susan Cohen, Marian Green and Mark Forman of Boca Raton; Carol Gold, Kevin A. Hinsdill, Ralph Papa and Lea Vendetta of Boynton Beach; Steven Nussdorf and Sally Painter of Delray Beach; Bruce Bain, Lisa Keeney and Scott Smith of Jupiter; Joseph Dzwill of Lake Clarke Shores; Norman Berman of Lake Worth; David Willison of Teques-

The annual Royal Palm Beach Community Garage Sale will take place Saturday, April 16 from 8 a.m. to noon at Royal Palm Beach Veterans Park.

The park will be filled with vendors selling their treasures to the public. Enjoy a great morning surrounded by the fountains and waterfall, musical entertainment and refreshments at the café.

Veterans Park is located on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. just south of Okeechobee Blvd. A free shuttle will provide pickup and drop-off for overflow parking, available at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center or behind Village Hall.

For more information, call the RPB Cultural Center at (561) 7905149.

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RECEPTION AT WANDERERS CLUB WELCOMES NEW WELLINGTON REGIONAL CEO A cocktail reception to welcome new Wellington Regional Medical Center CEO Jerel Humphrey was held Thursda y, March 24 at the Wanderers Club at Wellington. Dr. Jeffrey Bishop welcomed special guests and introduced Humphrey, who discussed his background and his goals for the future at WRMC. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/T OWN-CRIER

WRMC Board of Directors members with senior management.

Dr. Jeffrey Bishop introduces WRMC CEO Jerel Humphrey.

WRMC CEO Jerel Humphrey with Dr. Mitchell Davis, Dr. Michael Lakow, Dr. Richard Hays and Dr. Gracy Joshua.

Dr. Rick Grimm, Dr. Jaffa Halfon and Dr. Isaac Halfon.

Dr. Debra Balliram, Dr. Steven Fern and Dr. Julie Pass.

Dr. Jesse Eisenman, Dr. Cachia Renee, Marsha Israel and Dr. Jerome Spunberg.

LITTLE PLACE TOO HOSTS ‘HOP-ATHON’ FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH The Little Place Too in Wellington held a “hop-athon” Friday, March 25 to raise money for muscular dystrophy research. Students raised pledges from friends and family members and then hopped for as long as they could. For more info., call (561) 790-0808.

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Rosalina Avila and Meghan Shea jum p to raise money.

Sean Bramley jumps high.

Madisen Hunter hops across the field.

Kelly Namore’s class poses for a photo.

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WELLINGTON SENIORS ENJOY ‘THE ROD STEWART SHOW’ AT BINKS FOREST The Wellington Seniors’ Club hosted “The Rod Stewart Show” on Sunday, March 27 at Binks Forest Golf Club. The event included a sit-down dinner and live music by Allen Bostoom and George Orr, who performed as Rod Stewart.

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Jackie Spinelli, Hildi Wanklyn and Estelle Rubin.

Event Committee members Mary Alfalla, Club President Tony Alfalla and Nancy Salviola.

Iris Goldson, Ruth Blecher, Gloria Zankon and Selma Waters.

George Orr performs as Rod Stewart.

Wellington Seniors Club board members.

Mildred and Jack Pichon celebrate 66 years of marriage.

AREA PET OWNERS TURN OUT IN DROVES FOR THE SOUTH FLORIDA PET EXPO The South Florida Pet Expo took place Satur day, March 26 at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center. Local pet adoption agencies were on hand with cats, dogs and a couple of ferrets for adoption. There was a dog fashion show, a pet talent show, dog agility PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/T OWN-CRIER and obedience demos, and more.

Diane Israel with her dog Tucker, who won f irst place in the pe t talent show.

Buster, owned by Shari Vominianni, gets a nail trim by Ashley Meyer and Jim Clark.

Laura Smith of Loxahatchee with Archie.

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WELLINGTON FUNDRAISER RAISES MONEY FOR THE ST. BALDRICK’S FOUNDATION Palm Beach Central and Wellington high schools partnered with the Village of Wellington to host a St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser on Friday, March 25 at Village Park. Participants raised money by pledging to shave their heads or cut their hair. Additional funds were raised through food, T-shirts and other sales. The event featured several performances by local talent, inflatable rides and some celebrity barbers to shave heads. Toge ther, the community raised more than $60,000 to help support pediatric cancer research. Additionally, several members of the business community raised $1,600 for Wellington Mayor Darell Bowen and Dean Piper from W4CY Radio to go bald for the cause, $1,000 of which came from Equestrian Sport Productions.

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Francisco Sarmiento and Austin Sweeney go green and bald for the cure.

Wellington High School students show their support.

Christy Workman and Jenna Baxter with WHS grad and American Idol contestant Brooke Eden.

Wild 95.5’s Virginia Lang with her daughter Magnolia (left), shavee Chandler Martin and hair stylist Charlene West.

Dean Piper and Wellington Mayor Darell Bowen shake hands before getting shaved.

Mayor Darell Bowen (above) and Vice Mayor Matt Willhite (below) shave the heads of some high school students.

Wellington High School students enjoy the day’s activities.

Mayor Darell Bowen joins the ranks of the sha vees.

Veaunita Stocker with a lock of hair she had chopped off.

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WELLINGTON HOSTS FESTIVE CELEBRATION TO MARK ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY The Village of Wellington celebrated its 15th anniversary Saturday, March 26 at the Wellington Amphitheater. There was live music performed by country duo Chad Murphy and Heather Burkett, and the band Viva, children’s activities (bounce houses, face painting and train rides), a classic car show and more.

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Walter Cunningham of Big Lock Mobile Kitchen.

Country duo Heather Burkett and Chad Murphy perform.

Wellington Parks & Recreation’s Daryl Boyd, Joe Piconcelli and Bruce DeLaney.

Rosalina Avila, Adam, Callista and Abigail Radder.

Toni Blackwood and Maria Sierra practice cheerleading moves.

Volunteers Matt and Eleanor Lukasiewicz hand out freebies.

MARSHALL FOUNDATION HOSTS ‘BACK TO NATURE’ LUNCHEON AT RITZ-CARLTON The Arthur R. Marshall Foundation held its Back to Nature Luncheon featuring Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and co-founder of the Children & Nature Network, on Friday, March 25 at the Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach. Honorary chairs included School Board Member Jenny Prior Brown, environmental attorney Michelle Diffenderfer and author Harvey Oyer III. For more info., visit www.artmarshall.org.

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John and Nancy Marshall (center) with luncheon attendees.

Tiffany Riaboukha, Jill Klein and Megan Abbott.

Richard Louv signs books after the luncheon.

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Late Cambiaso Goal Wins It For Crab Orchard In U.S. Open Action It’s not often that you have the opportunity of seeing two of the top players in the world on opposing teams, but it happened last Sunday in the USPA 107th U.S. Open Polo Championship competition at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. An enthusiastic crowd was treated to one of the best polo games of the season.

Four goals were scored in the first two and-a-half minutes of play as Facundo Pieres and his Zacara teammates battled it out against Adolfo Cambiaso and the Crab Orchard team. Cambiaso scored the final goal of the first chukker, giving Crab Orchard a 32 lead as they rolled on to salvage a 15-14 win over an equally talented Zacara foursome.

Crab Orchard earned second chukker goals from Hilario Ulloa and Nachi du Plessis. Pieres

scored his third goal for Zacara, but Crab Orchard held on to a 5-3 advantage. Cambiaso added two more goals in the third, while Zacara missed several scoring opportunities. Pieres converted a penalty shot for a goal, but Crab Orchard still led at halftime, 7-4.

The pace accelerated in the fourth chukker with Pieres stealing the ball at one end of the field and racing to the other to score.

Cambiaso and du Plessis scored single goals, but Pieres and Merlos each got a goal to end the period trailing Crab Orchard, 9-7.

Cambiaso exploded for a goal to open the fifth, but two consecutive scores from Pieres cut the Crab Orchard lead to10-9. Cambiaso retaliated, followed by goals from Pieres and Mariano Uranga, ending the chukker with the teams deadlocked at 11-11.

Cambiaso opened the final chukker with a goal to put Crab Orchard up 12-11. Ulloa scored to make it 13-11, and it looked as if Zacara was fading. Pieres scored, followed by another Ulloa goal.

Crab Orchard held the lead, 1412. Pieres jacked it up a notch and scored a goal to cut the Crab Orchard lead to 14-13, followed by a game-tying goal from Sebastian Merlos with 1:24 left on the clock.

With both teams battling for control of the ball in the final seconds, a Zacara foul put Crab Orchard at the penalty line. Cambiaso converted the 60-yard penalty shot for the winning goal as time ran out.

Catch more high-goal action as the USPA 107th U.S. Open Polo Championship continues through April 17. Purchase your tickets at www.internationalpoloclub.com.

(Left) The Real Housewives of Miami star Larsa Pippen takes in a Sunday at polo. (Right) IPC President of Club Operations John Wash is joined by mascot Chukker and his friends.

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Laura Kraut Captures Grand Prix At A Packed WEF Show Grounds The Palm Beach International Equestrian Center experienced one of its biggest crowds ever last Saturday night during the 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival, as more than 7,000 spectators filled the stands to watch Laura Kraut and Cedric race to victory in the $500,000 FTI Consulting Finale Grand Prix, CSI 5*.

Kraut and Cedric won two Grand Prix classes in a row earlier in the circuit with victories in the $78,000 Adequan Grand Prix CSI 2* during week four and the $150,000 FEI World Cup Grand Prix CSI 3*-W presented by Spy Coast Farm during week five. It was the pair ’s third and biggest Grand Prix victory of the WEF circuit to conclude a fantastic winter season.

Guilherme Jorge of Brazil designed the courses in the International Arena last week. In the class, 40 entries jumped the first-round course and 15 went clean to advance to the jump-off. Nine were able to jump double clear, and Kraut and Cedric finished in a blazing 35.86 seconds to snag first place.

Andres Rodriguez rode Secret to the first clear round of the jump-off and set the standard with his speedy round in 37.10 seconds. The pair ’s time held onto the lead for ten rounds before Kraut and Cedric entered the ring, eventually finishing in third place.

The only other horse and rider combination able to come close to the time were Lauren Hough and Quick Study, owned

by Laura Mateo, who jumped double clear in 36.55 seconds to place second.

The first class in the International Arena last Wednesday morning was the

$8,000 G&C Farm 1.45m Jumpers, and it was Kevin Babington on Udiana, owned by Chloe Wormser, who came away with victory as the only double clear.

There were 11 clear rounds out of 31 starters, but Babington and Udiana were the only ones able to stay clear in the jumpoff. They finished in a time of 38.305 seconds. Laura Kraut and Dona Evita, owned by the Evita Group, had four faults in 36.381 seconds for second place. Third place went to Nick Skelton and Caetano, owned by Monarch International. They had four faults in 36.428 seconds.

The final round of the $31,000 WEF Challenge Cup Series was held last Thursday afternoon with a victory for Beezie Madden and Abigail Wexner’s Danny Boy. A total of 41 competitors showed over the first round course, and 11 qualified for the jump-off. With one competitor choosing not to return, ten jumped off against the clock.

Great Britain’s Nick Skelton and Big Star, owned by Beverly and Gary Widdowson, were first to attempt the short course and jumped clear in 40.48 seconds to blaze the leading time. Eight rounds followed, but no one was able to jump without fault until the final competitors entered the ring.

Madden and Danny Boy covered the course with a ground-eating stride and cleared the fences easily as they jumped to a winning time of 39.41 seconds.

Coming in third place, McLain Ward had the time well in hand with Louisburg Farm’s Vocas, but had a rail at the second to last jump on the course to finish with four faults in 37.50 seconds.

The highlight class last Friday in the International Arena was the $31,000 G&C Farm 1.45m Classic. Kent Farrington and Up Chiqui, owned by Farrington, Alex Boone and William Dobbs, was the fastest through the timers for victory.

The class was a speed format against the clock. Farrington had the fastest time of the day in 61.38 seconds for the win.

Ben Maher and Lindsay Cook’s Oscar came the closest to that speedy time in 62.36 seconds for second place. Shane Sweetnam and Little Emir crossed the timers in 63.21 seconds for third place.

Emilie Martinsen of Denmark earned her fourth classic win of the circuit, riding her horse Gucci to victory in the $15,000 ECB Equine Spa High Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic. The pair won the class during weeks three, seven, eight and 11.

The $100,000 FTI Rider Challenge concluded after 11 weeks of jumper competition. Nick Skelton led the standings and earned a $50,000 cut of the bonus money for his success during the circuit.

McLain Ward finished in second place ($25,000), Lauren Hough third ($15,000), and Beezie Madden fourth ($10,000).

Earlier in the evening, Madden was also presented with a special award as the overall Leading Lady Rider during this year’s circuit. The Harrison Cup was awarded to Beverly and Gary Widdowson, the owners of Skelton’s top horses.

Week 11 at WEF concluded last Sunday afternoon with a victory for Mario Deslauriers and Cella in the $30,000 Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Series Classic Finale. Deslauriers and Cella, owned by Jane F. Clark, were the only

pair to master the course with double clear rounds for the win.

Just three of the original 50 competitors were able to go clear in the first round to return for a jump-off. Daniel Bluman was the first to return for the short course aboard his own Sancha La Silla. The pair had one rail down to earn four faults in 34.158 seconds, finishing in second place.

Deslauriers returned next with Cella and put down a fast, clear round in 35.853 seconds to take over the lead. Ashlee Bond rode Chivas Z, owned by Little Valley Farm, through the course next, but retired from her round after a refusal to automatically finish in third place.

Last Sunday’s class was the final in an 11-class series that has been featured throughout the 2011 WEF circuit thanks to the generous sponsorship of Suncast.

In addition to the weekly prizes, riders were in competition for a $50,000 bonus for the overall series standings. Nick Skelton and Big Star earned the top bonus, receiving a check for $25,000. Ashlee Bond and Chivas Z finished in second overall to earn $15,000, and McLain Ward on Domino received the third-place bonus of $10,000.

Earlier in the day, the International Arena hosted the junior and amateur-owner riders in their classics for week 11. Christina Kelly and Diamond Edge Farm’s Camirage won the $10,000 EquiFit High Junior Jumper Classic to begin the morning. Last week’s win marked Kelly’s seventh High Classic win for the circuit and her third win in the class riding Camirage.

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Scott Stewart rode his own entry Inclusive to the First Year Green Working Hunter championship last week. Inclusive has been awarded multiple championships this winter with Stewart and junior rider Victoria Colvin. However, last week the winning duo of Stewart and Inclusive won an impressive four out of five classes to secure the championship. The reserve championship in the First Year Green Working Hunters was awarded to the Good German. Marc Grock owns the Good German, but Patricia Griffith had the ride last week. The duo won one class and placed second in another to win the reserve championship during week 11.

The featured division in the E.R. Mische Grand Hunter Ring was the Camping World Adult Amateur 51 & Over Hunters Section A. Mary Katherine Shaughnessy of Wellington and King Lear, owned by Shamrock Ventures, rode to the championship.

Shaughnessy only recently started competing in the hunters after switching over from the jumper ring. Never receiving a ribbon lower than a third last week, Shaughnessy and King Lear were nearly unstoppable. The winning duo secured the tricolor honor by winning one class, placing second in three classes, and placSee WEF WRAPUP, page 22

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Wellington Elementary School’s pre-kindergarten classes recently learned about community helpers and transportation. As part of their lesson, students met with Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue personnel and got to explore fire-rescue trucks. Pictured above are fire-rescue personnel with students from Virginia Vattiat’s class and teachers Bonnie Koos, Vattiat and Cathy Tosner.

SCHOOL NEWS

Osceola Creek Students Raise Money For LLS Osceola Creek Middle School recently finished participating in the 17th annual Pasta for Pennies program, a fundraiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Over a three-week period (Feb. 325), students collected as much money as possible to donate to the LLS. The fundraiser is sponsored

by Olive Garden, which provided a lunch to the winning class.

Osceola Creek raised a total of $2,746.43. The winning class was science teacher Jay Mermelstein’s study hall period, with a total of $189.71. Eleven classes raised more than $100, contributing to the total.

Last year, Olive Garden’s Pasta for Pennies collected $6.1 million nationally, bringing the total amount donated since the program’s inception to more than $53 million. “Olive Garden’s Pasta for Pennies motivates students to give their time and money to a great cause,” said Tracy Novakas, senior campaign director for the

LLS Palm Beach Area Chapter.

“We are inspired by the commitment of the students, teachers and parents who generously raised more than $29,600 last year to help advance our mission to find a cure.”

Local Olive Garden restaurants help kick off area Pasta for Pennies campaigns by hosting lunches for representatives from participating schools to learn more about the program. Olive Garden also provides marketing support and materials for 42 participating LLS chapters nationally.

“Every one of our Olive Garden restaurants is committed to serving our local communities,” said Dave Pickens, company president. “Our Pasta for Pennies program is one way we are able to do that. The money and awareness our student participants raise for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society truly makes a difference in the lives of so many of our families, friends and neighbors.”

Jay Mermelstein’s study hall period class enjoys lunch at Olive Garden in Wellington.

Cypress Trails Students Join RPBHS To Host Car Wash April 2 In The ‘Hanging Of The Hands’ Cypress Trails Elementary School’s after-school program was among those in the Palm Beach County School District invited to participate in the “Hanging of the Hands.” The project will highlight a “strings of hands” created by students across the state

to be hung at the Capitol Rotunda in Tallahassee.

The “hands” will remain in the Capitol Rotunda during Children’s Week as a reminder to legislators and advocates that we must take care of our most precious commodity, our children.

Thousands of nonprofit partners, policy makers, faith-based leaders and advocates join together to recognize the efforts of teachers, parents and children and dedicate the children’s hand art display to the Florida Legislature.

Royal Palm Beach High School is partnering with Applebee’s to host the inaugural Flapjack Festival on Saturday, April 2 at the Royal Palm Beach Applebee’s (corner of State Road 7 and Southern Blvd.).

Students from the prom committee and Why 21 will serve a pancake breakfast and host interactive exhibits on alcohol preven-

tion. Florida Highway Patrol representatives will be present with their simulator for participants to get a first-hand experience of the hazards of driving under the influence.

The purpose of the Flapjack Festival is to raise funds to increase awareness of the dangers of underage drinking throughout the whole school year, not just

during prom season.

The cost is $8 for a pancake breakfast, which includes a free car wash, available from 8 to 10 a.m. The exhibits run until noon.

Limited tickets are available.

For more information, contact Alexa Lee at (561) 301-9975 or alexa.lee@palmbeach.k12.fl.us.

To contact Applebee’s, call (561) 791-2240.

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PALM BEACH CENTRAL BAND COMPETES AT WGI MID-SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS Over spring break the Palm Beach Central High School indoor marching percussion ensemble attended the WGI Mid-South Championships, a national regional competition in Chattanooga, Tenn. This is one of two regional events (eastern and western U.S.) leading up to the national championships. Bronco percussionists competed against 21 groups from Missouri, Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, Nor th Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana and Ohio. After preliminaries, the Broncos were eighth, with 11 groups continuing to semifinals. At semifinals, the Broncos moved up to sixth to earn the last spot in the finals. PBCHS moved up t o finish fifth at the finals performance in the school’s first national competition. The Broncos were in the top two in the Music Performance category. However, PBCHS will not be attending the national championships because they take place during FCAT week. (Below) Last week, the Bronco band performed at the St. Baldrick’s event at Village Park in Wellington.

PBCHS band members performing at last Friday’s St. Baldrick’s benefit in Wellington.

PBCHS band members were dressed in prison garb.

The Broncos remove their “psycho” masks.

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NEW HORIZONS Hawk Student Awarded Cambridge Summer The National English Honor sightseeing. “I’m thrilled and ex- as one of 14 “Pacemaker” finalRECOGNIZES HIGH Society has awarded Seminole cited!” she said. ists in the National Scholastic Ridge High School junior Rachel Hand chose several of her sum- Press Association’s magazine HONOR ROLL STUDENTS Hand a full scholarship — more mer courses to match her career competition. “The Pacemaker is than $6,000 — to attend a three- goals in medicine. “I may want to the highest honor NSPA gives to week summer institute at Cambridge University in England.

The scholarship covers all costs except travel.

“It took me about six hours to write the competition essay for the scholarship,” said Hand, whose summer courses will include studies in British culture (including the psychology of Shakespeare), finance and cognitive neuroscience.

As part of her stay, Hand will also spend time touring the country and

get into the neuroscience field, and this’ll be a good way to find out,” she said. “And few doctors have any experience in the humanities field, so I’ve seen a lack of empathy in the medical profession. I want the psychology course so that I can better understand my patients.”

In other Seminole Ridge news, “Out of the Blue,” the 2010 issue of the SRHS literary magazine Mirage, was selected from 63 entries

its members,” magazine adviser Carly Gates said.

The NSPA judges panel choose the annual Pacemaker winners based on excellence in content; quality of writing and editing; photography, art and graphics; layout and design; and overall concept or theme. All finalists will be honored April 16 at the NSPA’s national high school convention and awards ceremony in Anaheim, Calif.

The cover of the 2010 Mirage.

Ideal School Students Jump Rope For Charity New Horizons Elementary School students achieving straight A grades on the second trimester report card recently enjoyed breakfast with the principal. Sixty-seven high honor roll students in grades two through five were honored by Principal Betsy Cardozo with breakfast and a medal of honor for their effort in this great accomplishment. The breakfast and medals were provided by the PTO. Pictured here are high honor roll student recipients with Cardozo and Assistant Principal Mickey Simmel.

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Students from the Ideal Elementary School and Dream Middle School have a heart, and they showed it in a big way recently by raising over $4,000 for the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart.

The goal of Jump Rope for Heart is to encourage children to live healthier lives and eliminate cardiovascular diseases as well as stroke. All of the funds raised go toward helping children with heart problems.

All of the students at the school jumped rope for 30 minutes to show their support for heart health

in addition to raising money for the charity. Third-grader Blakely Willson raised over $700 on her own.

The third-grade class collected the most money for the event and won passes to Calypso Bay for their efforts.

This is the second year that Ideal and Dream have participated in Jump Rope for Heart. Fourthgrade teacher Sophie De La Paz launched and led the event each year.

“It’s a great way to bring heart health awareness to the students while having fun,” she said.

De La Paz gave students even more incentive to participate in the month-long fundraiser by giving them weekly prizes to compete for.

The first week, the class raising the most money forced De La Paz to eat broccoli. The second and third weeks, the winning class pied De La Paz with a whipped cream pie. The water park passes were awarded the final week.

“Last year, we raised about $3,700, so our goal was to beat that amount this year, and happily we did that,” De La Paz said. “It

made the students feel good to know that they were helping other children get well with the funds they’ve raised.”

The Ideal Elementary School and Dream Middle School employ unique, project-based curriculums encouraging both understanding and application of knowledge. Their expertise in innovative education draws students from preschool through eighth grade from throughout Palm Beach County.

To find out more about the schools, visit www.dreamideal. com or call (561) 791-2881.

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‘Strut! Fashion Show’ Benefit For JustWorld International A Success The inaugural fashion show “Strut! Fashion for a Just World” to benefit JustWorld International was held Saturday, March 19 during the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington.

In a production that could have easily been at home at Miami Fashion Week, “Strut!” was a

huge success. Orchestrated by JustWorld’s Sabrina Jurak and produced by Dazzle Creative Events, the event saw some of show jumping’s biggest names walk the runway, showing off the latest fashions in equestrian apparel and street wear. Cameras flashed, music pumped and a packed house showed its appreciation for the models, all of whom

AVONDALE WOODS DEDICATES NEW TENNIS COURTS

The Avondale Woods community in Wellington held a chili cookoff social last Saturday to celebrate the recent renovation of the neighborhood’s tennis courts. Several dozen people attended the festivities. Shown here are Avondale Woods Homeowners’ Association officers (L-R) Secretary Joshua Manning, Treasurer Carol Rhodes, Vice President Lena Uhren and President George Himich.

enjoyed entertaining the crowd with their sassy struts and cheeky antics.

The male models included Mike Belisle, Nick Dello Joio, Alejandro Karolyi, Matt Morrissey, Bobby Murphy, Andres Rodriguez and Will Simpson, led by professional model and actor Vincent de Paul. Showing off the latest in women’s fashion were Alexa Adelson, Hannah Baumann, Georgina Bloomber g, Ashlee Bond, Mireya Cano, Dawn DeRentis, Rachel Horrowitz, Lexie Mowery, Molly Newsome, Elizabeth Pandich, Louise Serio, Nicole and Sophie Simpson, Chase Spears, Ainsley Vince, Alexandra Zachowski and Caitlin Ziegler.

Horseware Ireland’s Tom MacGuinness had the idea of holding a fashion show to launch the brand’s new Pessoa clothing line, as well as to benefit JustWorld International, a not-forprofit humanitarian organization working as a catalyst for positive change in the developing world by helping impoverished children.

Horseware Ireland has been a long-time partner of JustWorld International and donates a portion of proceeds of every fly sheet it sells to JustWorld, which in turn uses the donation to supply mosquito nets to families in Cambodia.

“Together with Rodrigo Pessoa, Horseware Ireland has developed a clothing collection with a new level of style and sophistication, and Wellington was the ideal ven-

Andres Rodriguez sports the Horseware Ireland Newmarket collection.

Will Simpson models Horseware Ireland’s new Pessoa clothing line.

Georgina Bloomberg models Ariat apparel.

ue to have the official launch,” said MacGuinness, founder and managing director of the company. “We’ve been a supporter of JustWorld since the beginning, and I have personally seen the project in Cambodia, where we’ve been closely involved. Bringing the two together was a perfect fit.

I thank everyone who bought tickets to support this inaugural event, the models who donated their time, Equestrian Sport Productions for allowing us to use this gorgeous facility, and the Horseware and JustWorld teams who worked so hard to make this event a success.”

In addition to Horseware Ireland’s Newmarket and Pessoa

lines, other brands featured in the fashion show were Ariat, Asmar Equestrian, Beval, Der Dau, Elegante Polo, Haute to Trot Inc., Hunt Ltd., Parlanti, SaraRose and Skidrow LLC. Allan Donnan and Brian Lookabill announced the outfits for each model while hair and makeup were provided by Generations: A Hair Salon.

“Thank you to all of the JustWorld ambassadors, families, staff, volunteers and sponsors for their amazing support and donating their time to make this event such a success,” said Jessica Newman, executive director of JustWorld International. “Special thanks also to Heather Hays and Candace FitzGerald Quackenbos,

both of the Horseware Ireland team, for their collaboration in planning the event, as well as the Baumann and Ruziska families for their generous involvement.”

All proceeds will benefit JustWorld International’s project sites in Brazil, Cambodia, Guatemala and Honduras.

With show jumping riders around the world signing up to become JustWorld rider-ambassadors, Newman has mobilized some of the sport’s biggest names toward supporting JustWorld’s projects. There are currently more than 400 rider-ambassadors from 35 countries.

For more information, visit www.justworldinternational.org.

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Easter Seals Kicks Off Spring Fashion With Shoe Auction & Luncheon Celebrating fun, fashion and philanthropy, Easter Seals recently hosted the seventh annual “A Pair to Remember” luncheon and fashion show at the Gardens Mall Grand Court. This ultimate girls luncheon, co-chaired by Liz Griffin and Wendy Samuels, brought together well-heeled women and great looking men from the community in support of children with special needs and disabilities at Easter Seals’ Igoe-Amar Child

A model in the fashion show.

Development Center in West Palm Beach.

“We were thrilled to have such amazing support of this event,” said Marlo Massey, vice president of development for the Igoe-Amar Child Development Center. “The fashion show, coupled with an incredible live and silent auction, was the best we have ever had.

The committee planned a fun event, which helped us raise crucial funds for Easter Seals. We are very fortunate to have the support needed to continue our therapy and educational services for our children.”

Brio Tuscan Grille General Manager Michial Rachaner swayed the crowd with his charming personality and motivation during an incredible live auction of this season’s hottest heels from Louis Vuitton, Saks Fifth Avenue, Salvatore Ferragamo, S tuart Weitzman and Tory Burch. Guests were greeted by local male celebrity models David Abell, Jay Cashmere, Josh Cohen, Jose Lambiet and Dr. Travis Thompson, who were enticing the ladies to bid on the featured shoes for the live auction. The fun did not stop there as the ladies were pampered with complimentary makeovers and mini-massages from Mac and

Marlo Massey, Eddy Taylor, Venus Williams and Kiki Norman.

Aveda. “We believe that philanthropy and fashion are a wonderful combination destined for success,” Gardens Mall Marketing Director Debbie Negri said. “Our retailers embraced the opportunity to support Easter Seals, and our team was completely on board. It was a pleasure to host this event and an honor to work with such an important charity. The fact that we can have a hand in making a

difference for the beautiful children at Easter Seals is one that we all fully embrace here at the Gardens Mall.”

The Gardens Mall was not only the venue host for the event, but also the Presenting Sponsor for the second year in a row. It was joined

by Gold Stiletto Sponsor Eddy Taylor; Silver Sandal Sponsors Bankrate Inc., Lewis, Longman & Walker LLP, Liz Griffin/Teques-

Josh Cohen, David Abell, Dr. Travis Thompson and Jay Cashmere. ta Insurance and the Milk Jug; Media Sponsor Palm Beach Illustrated and Television Sponsor ETC. Proceeds from “A Pair to Remember” will benefit children with special needs and their families throughout Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties. Easter Seals offers comprehensive care and therapy treatment for children ages birth to five who live with

challenges such as cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism, hearing impairments and other developmental delays. These services help prepare children for success in school while affording parents an opportunity to continue their careers or education.

For more about Easter Seals, or to learn about upcoming events, call (561) 471-1688 or visit www. fl.easterseals.com.

Palm Beach Dramaworks Raises Over $250,000 At Anniversary Gala More than 250 guests promenaded the red carpet at the Kravis Center’s Cohen Pavilion on Saturday, March 19 for a superb dinner “a la Sardi’s” with dazzling entertainment in celebration and support of West Palm Beach’s longest residing theater company, Palm Beach Dramaworks.

Co-chaired by Ralph and Calla Guild, the evening’s Manhattan tone was set from the onset when during cocktails, six of Broadway’s greatest hit shows had their original theatre posters on display and the legendary artist Frank “Fraver” Verlizzo was on hand to autograph the posters for their lucky new owners.

Then after a musical fanfare, guests could not believe their eyes as they were magically transported into the most famous theatre restaurant in the world, the incomparable Sardi’s. More than 20 show biz famous faces — all from the original Sardi’s caricatures and larger than life — circled the walls of the grand ballroom with count-

less others on every table to recreate Broadway’s acclaimed restaurant.

The evening continued with Producing Artistic Director William Hayes inviting Joan Gross to the stage, and both honored longtime supporter and Palm Beach Dramaworks Board President Mark Perlberg with the fourth annual Shelly Award, an award in Joan’s late husband’s name given to a dedicated individual who has made an extraordinary commitment to developing and supporting the theatre community in South Florida.

Live music by the popular Platinum Band had guests toe-tapping in a setting glowing in shades of Sardi’s famous iridescent red and gold light. Tables were topped with prize-winning sky-high orchids courtesy of PRA Orchids, with additional décor courtesy of Richard Grille and the Design Studio at the Breakers — a perfect setting for the evening of surprises.

Sponsors and underwriters were acknowledged, while gala chairman Ralph Guild welcomed the guests and thanked his gala committee, including Patricia Bradshaw, Pat Cook, Peter Cromarty, Esther Dinerstein, Rita and Gus Hauser, Sally Ann Howes, Rhoda Kleid, Dorothy Lappin, Carlton Moody, Elizabeth Neuhoff, Jo Ann Pflug, Faith Schulstrom, Linda and Donald Silpe, and Chet Tart. He then introduced noted musical entertainer Wayne Hosford, who wowed the crowd with his soaring voice, piano musicianship and witty banter.

A sumptuous dinner followed, catered by Special Impressions, starring a toasted hazelnut, fig and goat cheese salad, followed by chicken napoleon encroute stuffed with wild rice and exotic mushrooms, only to be upstaged by individual New York style cheesecakes with dark and white chocolate ganache.

The event’s grand benefactors, Susan Bloom and Sydelle Meyer,

along with the evening’s honorary chairwomen, Elfriede Grevendick and Virginia Sand, toasted Sardi’s owner Max Klimavicius, who graciously granted permission to use the restaurant’s well known logo, elements of the restaurant and the legendary caricatures as themes for the gala.

The annual ef fort, which raised more than $250,000, was the company’s most successful fundraiser in its 11-year history, and it filled the Cohen Pavilion ballroom with both new-found theater lovers and devoted generous patrons.

Palm Beach Dramaworks is located in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, at 322 Banyan Blvd., between Dixie Highway and Olive Avenue. For ticket and performance information, call the box office at (561) 514-4042, open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or visit the Palm Beach Dramaworks web site at www.palm beachdramaworks. org.

Co-chairs Ralph and Calla Guild enjoy the gala.

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FLORIDA PARTY CHAIR SPEAKS AT REPUBLICAN CLUB MEETING IN WEST PALM The Republican Club of the Palm Beaches held its March 23 meeting at Bear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach. The special guest speaker was Republican State Party Chair David Bitner. For more information about the Republican Club of the Palm Beaches, visit www.gopclubpb.org.

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PBC Party Chair Sid Dinerstein with David Bitner.

Joe Cardenas.

Anita Mitchell.

Jay Goldfarb addresses Republican Club members.

Tony Coppola To Serve As Announcer For GPL Tournament April 2 The Gay Polo League is excited to announce that “the voice of polo” Tony Coppola has been named as the announcer for the second annual International Gay Polo Tournament to be held Saturday, April 2 at the Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington, hosted by presenting sponsors Marc and Melissa Ganzi.

Guests will have the opportunity to see the sport showcased in

a whole new way as riders from four teams compete for the title.

Coppola, who announced the inaugural International Gay Polo Tournament in 2010, is returning this year.

Originally from Long Island, N.Y., Coppola has made Wellington his home for over 40 years. It was the love of polo that brought him to South Florida, playing polo during the winter months.

Coppola opened the Tackeria in the heart of Wellington’s equestrian community, and the store has become a community landmark.

In 2010, Wellington The Magazine awarded Coppola the Wellington Entrepreneur of the Year award.

He also announces Sunday games at the International Polo Club Palm Beach during the winter season.

“We couldn’t be more excited

to have Tony announce for the GPL’s tournament,” noted event organizer Mason Phelps Jr. “Tony does an incredible job and has such a great knowledge of the sport. He will help people understand the sport who are watching for the first time, as well as commentate throughout.”

The GPL tournament will feature top polo players from the Gay Polo League (GPL) as well as top

Vinceremos Riders Look Forward To Area Special Olympics At The Brandon Center The Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center enjoyed a successful weekend of competition during the Palm Beach County Special Olympics held Saturday, March 19 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center during the tenth week of the Winter Equestrian Festival.

Over 40 riders from Vinceremos and six from Haiti competed in the county games before moving on to the area competition. The area competition will be held Saturday, April 2 at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center.

Vinceremos will join four other therapeutic riding centers from around the Palm Beach area to compete, bringing over 45 riders this weekend.

Vinceremos provided horses for the county games, and will again bring 12 of their 23 horses for the

area games. Hidden Creek Jones, a donation from Margie Engle, was one of the horses used. It was Jones’ second Olympic debut, however this time at the Special Olympics. “Jones was incredible, as always,” said Vinceremos founder and director Ruth Menor.

“He seems to really enjoy his job, and this was a fun thing for him to do.”

Vinceremos riders who prove successful at the area games will then advance to the Florida Special Olympics Equestrian Games in Tampa on May 20-21, and finally to the International Special Olympic Games. Riders eight years of age and older are eligible to compete.

During the county games, riders competed in English and Western equitation, trail ride, dressage and pole bending. Riders repre-

senting Vinceremos have a range of disabilities; some competitors require full assistance while others are fully independent. Several riders competed at the training level in dressage. Riders worked on dressage tests, equitation skills, pole bending and barrel racing to prepare for the exciting competition.

“The students are really excited about the area games, as they had a great time showing at the county level,” Menor said. “It is so much fun to watch these kids learn and change at the center, but watching them at the games brings out such joy in them. I have been doing this for over 20 years, and I still get excited every year to watch.”

Vinceremos was founded 29 years ago and has been participating in the Special Olympics

Equestrian Games for 23 years.

Menor has had students compete at the international level and has also served as an international games coach.

The Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center is a nonprofit organization based in Loxahatchee Groves that provides recreational and therapeutic riding instruction to people of all ages with varying developmental, physical and psychological disabilities. The organization, founded in 1982, assists more than 430 adults and children every year, helping them gain a sense of accomplishment, greater independence and a higher quality of life.

Vinceremos has received a “Premier Accreditation” rating from the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA).

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continued from page 1 the 12th Fairway, which has been completely renovated; ones on Jonquil Place and Pelican Drive, which were set to be completed by the end of March; and homes on Yarmouth Drive and Periwinkle Place, which are still under renovation.

The homes span different neighborhoods and different types of homes, from a single-family

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continued from page 1 ters on Gun Club Road. He is in his seventh year as a PBSO captain.

In 2005, Miles graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va. He also has a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Barry University and a master’s degree in criminal justice from Lynn University. He is an adjunct professor at South University and Kaplan University.

Miles retired from the Marine Corps in 2006 after 27 years, with 10 years active duty. At age 49, he has two grown daughters, a son who is a junior at the King’s Academy, and one grandchild.

In addition to the reduced driving time, Miles said working in his own community has a special meaning for him. “You definitely want to make a difference for the community that you live in,” he said. “It’s more of

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continued from page 17 ing third in the division’s remaining over fences class.

Shaughnessy friend Margaret Taylor was awarded the reserve championship. Taylor was aboard her own entry, Quality Control, an eight-year-old Westphalen gelding. The pair won two of the division’s five classes, including the under saddle, to secure their reserve championship.

home to a multifamily unit.

Renovations on the properties included everything from a new roof and floors to an upgraded look, Bonde said.

“We evaluated each unit to decide what needed to be done to make it marketable,” Bonde said.

“Before we bought the homes, we asked which would help to make a difference and help stabilize that neighborhood.”

Homes will be sold on a firstcome, first-served basis to those buyers who submit completed applications and meet all qualifications. After renovations are

complete, the homes will be sold to income-qualified families earning 120 percent of the area’s median income or below.

“There are some qualifications that buyers have to meet,” Bonde said. “They have to meet certain income requirements. This has to be their primary home, not a second home or a vacation home.

And they have to live in it themselves; it can’t be an investment property.”

To help interested buyers learn more about the program and its requirements, Wellington will host several informational sessions.

the chief-of-police feel, that you’re heading up a department that’s taking care of a specific area, a specific city. I know a bunch of the deputies and sergeants who work here, and it’s a great group to be a part of.”

After years in command of District 1 — a busy division with more than 140,000 annual calls for service, the most in the county — Miles is looking forward to returning to a more community policing-centered command.

“Capt. Coleman has updated me on some things that they have been working on out here, and I’d like to continue working on those community-policing initiatives,” he said. “I worked in community policing for years… I think with my background of working in community policing for as long as I have, and coming from a district with a community policing unit, I think I bring that to the table, and hope to expand on the community policing role.”

Although he is taking over a district that has had several large prescription drug busts lately, he pointed out that Royal Palm Beach

is not the only area with such issues.

“I’m quite familiar with the pill cases,” Miles said. “I had a detective who assisted in those types of cases, and we worked many of them and made quite a few arrests.

So I understand that this is a caper that is throughout the county, through the state and through many states. It’s part and parcel to the whole county. We’ll continue to work those cases here as we always have.”

The drug cases also lead to information about residential, commercial and vehicle burglaries by drug users who need the money to support their habit. “Thieves have no boundaries, and we’ll work together with the surrounding communities as well,” he said.

“I think I have a good rapport with the other districts and contacts that surround us.”

At the PBSO’s narcotics division, Capt. Coleman replaces Carl Durr, who was promoted to major and put in charge of the PBSO’s homeland security division, replacing the recently retired Major Dan McBride.

Ever present in championship presentations, Victoria Colvin and Scott Stewart’s Inclusive were awarded the championship for last week’s division of Large Junior Hunters 15 and Under. Colvin, of Loxahatchee, only began riding Inclusive, an eight-year-old Warmblood gelding, at the beginning of circuit this winter.

The technique of both Inclusive and Colvin earned them some impressive scores last week. The pair won three blue ribbons last week, and even received a score of 91 in one of the classes. They also received a score of 87.5 in

another class. However, due to the extremely competitive nature of the division, that was only good enough for a third.

Lillie Keenan and the Chansonette Farm entry Madison came in a close second for overall points. The winning duo won one class, placed second in three classes, and was third in the remaining class to just miss the championship by two points.

Not only did Wright have numerous mounts in various pony divisions, but he also secured the Gotham North Small Pony Hunter championship for the third

The first is slated for this Saturday, April 2 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Wellington Community Center (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd.).

The village will host the informational sessions on the first Saturday of each month until all five homes are sold.

Bonde noted that though the Neighborhood Stabilization Program does not help potential homebuyers secure financing, the village will provide assistance at the meetings.

“We will have banks familiar with the programs there to provide assistance,” he said.

Bonde said that he would encourage anyone looking to buy in Wellington to check out the homes and come to the meetings.

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continued from page 3 “Some of these property owners have houses on [their property].

They are residential. They are being used for residential purposes, and these people may not want to sell to a commercial developer or to a Publix — maybe they want to keep it as a residential development. Whatever the town council decides today doesn’t necessarily preclude development or stopped development in the future.”

Property owner and resident Brett Davis has lived on Okeechobee Blvd. for 37 years and thinks it will eventually become a major roadway. A property rights advocate, Davis asked other Okeechobee property owners if they would mind standing up so everyone else in attendance could see their numbers.

“There’s not a rich developer in this room, not one. A lot of us have no rights on Okeechobee,” Davis said. “If we were to try to sell our property, we wouldn’t be able to — it has no value.”

Davis sees more commercial development as a benefit to the “These homes would be perfect for people of moderate income,” Bonde said, “like a schoolteacher or a young couple looking to start a new family. This program makes it so they can afford a home of their own. You could get into a home cheaper than paying rent, in some cases.”

In September, the Wellington Village Council authorized the purchase, renovation and resale of the five homes, which were either in foreclosure or pre-foreclosure.

“These were problem units,” Bonde said. “Many of them were bank-owned and not properly cared for.”

Wellington received $750,000 in aid from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, of which it

continued from page 1 charge stations for electric and hybrid vehicles outside the new municipal complex, so the shuttle can be charged each night at little cost.

According to the Zap web site, the van costs approximately 2 cents per mile to operate. Because it’s fully electric, the van also has zero emissions, making it environmentally friendly.

“It gets good mileage, and with gas at $4 a gallon, it saves the village money,” Bonde said. “As fuel prices go up, these vehicles seem like a good option.”

With gas prices on the rise, Bonde said that Wellington has considered purchasing more elec-

trical vehicles for its fleet. He noted that code enforcement officers already have hybrid vehicles to help them reduce their carbon footprint.

“When we look at these things, it really comes down to technology and cost,” he said. “We’d like to expand [the number of electrical vehicles], but the newer technology comes at a cost.”

Bonde explained that it’s a balancing act between purchasing the electric vehicles, which are often expensive, and operational costs such as gas.

“There’s also the environmental factor,” he said. “You can’t really put a price on that.”

Plans for the new vehicle are currently being ironed out, Bonde said, as village employees must be qualified to operate it. Once employees are trained, though, residents can expect to see the little van regularly on the streets of Wellington.

week in a row, and on different ponies no less. Then, to top it off, Wright went on to ride Rico Suave for Suave Pony LLC to the Gotham North Small Pony Hunter championship last week.

The reserve champion in the Gotham North Small Pony Hunters went to Daisy Farish on her Lane’s End Farm entry Shine. The successful duo won one class and placed third in another to secure the reserve tricolor award.

Another busy rider in the pony rings is Meredith Darst. The second day of competition, Darst rode the KAR LLC entry Won Up to

secure the championship in the Equisport Insurance Large Pony Hunters. Won Up is usually ridden by Kate Ross. Won Up was awarded three blue ribbons and a third-place ribbon in the division.

Darst was also awarded the reserve championship on the Megan MacPherson entry, Mapleside Magic Dancer. Darst secured the reserve championship by winning two classes, placing second in two more classes, and also receiving a fifth-place ribbon as well.

The championship in the Medium Pony Hunters, sponsored by Visse Wedell, the Elebash Com-

picked up at will call on the day of the event.

The Grand Champions Polo Club is located at the corner of Lake Worth Road and South Shore Blvd. For more information, call (561) 753-3389 or visit www.gaypolo.com. town’s economy. “We would like when we get ready to sell to at least have the right to sell it to someone who would like to develop it,” he said. “We’re not talking about Wal-Mart or Kmart... [we want] an office building, doctors, dentists, whatever. I don’t know how that would upset anybody.”

At the end of the meeting, Browning urged everyone to keep the uniqueness of the town at the forefront of their minds and be careful in comparing themselves with other communities in Palm Beach County.

“Okeechobee goes through our town. We’re going to be bombarded with traffic from other communities, [but] we’re not going to develop that much. We just have to be careful with what we do on Okeechobee to where it fits our neighborhood and it fits our need,” he said.

Browning concluded by offering his own perspective on the potential for commercial development.

“I’ve been here 30 years. I want it to stay like it is — that’s why I moved here,” he said. “Everybody kept saying, ‘It’s inevitable,’ but you know what? It’s not. It’s inevitable when everybody says it’s inevitable.” spent $720,120 for the purchase of the homes.

The village also paid $3,600 of its own money for each of the five homes, totaling $18,000.

The five homes ranged in price from approximately $106,000 to $198,000 upon purchase, and are currently priced between $80,000 and $200,000.

Maximum income requirements for a family of four to purchase one of the homes are between $36,700 and $88,080 a year, depending on the home.

Originally, all five homes were to be finished and sold by April 30; however, in February, the council extended the deadline to Sept. 30.

Bonde said that the program is a great chance for moderate-income residents to live in Wellington.

“It’s an advantage for residents because they know the home doesn’t need any repairs done,” he said. “And it’s an advantage for the village because we put people in the homes who will care about their neighborhoods.”

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According to the report, the deputy could smell the scent of marijuana coming from the vehicle. A search of the vehicle found 2 grams of cocaine and 2.8 grams of marijuana in the center console of the car. Marquez and passenger Alejandro Marquez were arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail and charged with possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana under 20 grams.

pany, was awarded to Sham’s Huckleberry, ridden by Daisy Farish for Samantha Kasowitz. They won the handy class and were first and third in over fences classes for the top tricolor ribbon. Reserve champion in the division was Denmark with Madison Goetzmann riding for Manhattan Mortgage.

They were first and second over fences.

The 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival features 12 weeks of competition running through April 3. Visit www.equestriansport.com or call (561) 793-5867 for more information and complete results.

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PBSO, APPLEBEE’S HOLD ‘DINING TO DONATE’ EVENT TO BENEFIT RELAY FOR LIFE The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and Applebee’s partnered to benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life by hosting “Dining to Donate” on Wednesday, March 23 at the Royal Palm Beach Applebee’s restaurant. PBSO personnel from the Wellington and Royal Palm Beach substations took orders and served diners while 15 per cent of the bill was donated to the Relay for Lif e.

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PBSO Deputy Scott Poritz, Applebee’s General Manager Ted Skupienski, Manager Patty Shay and Deputy Al Loudermilk.

Deputy Al Loudermilk serves dinner to Keith, Kwinten, Kei-Anne and Joanne Keller.

Deputy Jose Rendon, Diane Smith, Deputy Scott Poritz, Deputy Al Loudermilk, Jerry Nicholas, Amber Zeiher and Candi Price.

Deputy Scott Poritz brought dessert for Lissette, Madelyn, Morgan and Megan Neeb.

Maria and Mariah Moody buy raffle tickets from Candi Price.

Cindy Posa buys a pink bracelet from the PBSO’s Catherine Engel.

ANNUAL PRIDEFEST OF THE PALM BEACHES HELD IN DOWNTOWN LAKE WORTH The 2011 PrideFest of the P alm Beaches was held Saturday and Sunday, March 26 and 27 in Lake Worth. There were activities in Bryant Park both days, and the event featured a parade, which included members of Wellington’s Gay Polo League, former state representative Kelly Skidmore, State Rep. Jeff Clemens (D-District 89), and the grand marshal, former state senator Dave Aronberg.

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Former state representative Kelly Skidmore.

Voices of Pride, the Gay Men’s Chorus of the Palm Beaches perform at the festival.

Members of the Gay P olo League during Sunday’s parade.

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Broadway sensation Michael Cavanaugh, handpicked by Billy Joel to star in his smash hit musical Movin’ Out , will bring the Piano Man’s music to the Palm Beach Pops stage this month. Performances will take place at the Kravis Center, Florida Atlantic University and Palm Beach State College. Page 32

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Features Australian Horseman Guy McLean Wows Crowd At The Winter Equestrian Festival

The big horse shows in Wellington are thrilling, but at times, some of the more interesting offerings are not the competitions. Such is the case with Guy McLean, who put on a series of brief riding demonstrations this past February. He turned pro at 16 and has been giving demonstrations since he was 21.

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Sports Wildcat Volleyball Boys Focus On Team Building This Season

The Royal Palm Beach High School boys varsity volleyball team is looking to foster talent this year and build a program that will be successful for years to come. “We are still building a team,” head coach Sal Ciano said. “It’s something that takes a few years to do.” Page 43

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Australian Horseman Guy McLean Wows Crowd At WEF The big horse shows in Wellington are thrilling, but at times, some of the more interesting offerings are not the competitions. Such is the case with Guy McLean, who put on a series of brief riding demonstrations this past February.

“I was blown away to be invited to be part of the Winter Equestrian Festival,” McLean said. “This place, the shows, the people — they’ve all been wonderful, just magnificent.

Unreal.”

McLean was also pleased at the response to his demonstrations.

“It has been great,” he said. “I’m not a big name yet. As I see it, my job is to show people how wonderful horses are. If you have high expectations for your horses, like I do, then there’s no limit to how far you can go.”

And McLean has gone very far indeed. The night I went out to watch him was Saturday, Feb. 19. The weather was cool and breezy, and the stands were filling up for the evening’s top attraction under the lights: the Great Charity Challenge. McLean was one of the opening performers, before the main event. At 6:45 p.m., he rode into the huge International Arena, filled with jumps. He was riding one horse and, with the help of a long dressage whip, directing three others at liberty. There was nothing on those three horses: no riders, no equipment.

All four horses cantered in, in a line, then pivoted to stand facing the stands. McLean directed individual horses to stand alone while he rode figure-eights around them. He had

Tales From The Trails

By Ellen Rosenberg one mare lay down and then side passed over her, then had all three horses stand, straddling her. He stood up on his horse and cracked two whips, then did a shoulder stand at the horse’s withers. And through it all, the four horses remained calm and completely relaxed.

They might have been standing around in their pasture at home.

The demonstration was only 15 minutes long, but McLean really got the crowd’s attention. Everyone applauded and whooped.

People commented that it had been beautiful and amazing.

McLean is from Australia, and his four horses are Australian Stock Horses, Quarter Horse-Thoroughbred crosses, what Americans would call Appendix Quarter Horses. He is self-taught and has a burning desire to find better ways of building relationships with horses. He never uses force, preferring to ask horses to work as partners. He has developed his own training methods.

McLean said he could take just about any horse and have it ready to perform like that in four to six weeks. In 2005, he won the Aus-

Guy McLean, with his horses, at the Winter Equestrian Festival. tralian Horsemanship Challenge. In two hours, he started a young horse that had never been ridden and had it perform a set routine.

“I can get a horse used to just about anything,” he said. “When I’m done, they won’t mind big crowds or lots of noise: fireworks,

motorbikes, fair rides, whips. I can teach just about any breed of horse to go at a walk, trot or canter and lay down, at liberty. They do it for me naturally.”

McLean, now 35, started riding when he was just 16 months old. He turned pro at 16 See ROSENBERG, page 30

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Having Long Nails For Just One Evening Was Quite A Chore!

I have never been a girly-girl. From the moment I discovered the joy of swaying with the branches at the top of our old apple tree, the possibility of my ever having long fingernails or wearing high-heeled shoes looked grim. I remember reacting with dismay when my fifthgrade girlfriends overnight became squeamish around spiders, caterpillars and even ladybugs! Why? Just because it is nearly impossible for a young boy to save a damsel in distress over a caterpillar if she has a jar full of them at home in her bedroom?

Over the years, I did risk my neck to wear heels to the occasional function, like my wedding. But long feminine nails? Not really. Oh, I’d try to grow mine out, but then I’d type something. Or, if I wasn’t typing, I’d have my them in my mouth while I tried to think up something to type about. Not good.

But recently, I was invited to a gig so ladee-dah that I actually worried that my treeclimbin’, keyboard-plunkin’ hands might not fit in.

I felt like a traitor, but I made a beeline to Walgreens where I thought I might be able to

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The Sonic BOOMER find some fake nails that would get me through the night. After wandering aimlessly up and down the aisles for 10 whole minutes, I finally found them on a rack in the corner.

Now, I had heard all the horror stories about nails that won’t come off or, worse yet, get torn off, so I was looking for nice, naturallooking nails that I could remove immediately upon arriving home. I found them — in the children’s section. They were called Shorties.

Even Shorties were plenty long for me, but there was a problem. These nails were made for itty, bitty little fingers — the fingers of your average fifth-grader, in fact. But they had two-sided tape, not glue, as an adhesive. Suc-

cess! So I bought a set of grownup-size nails and a set of kiddie nails and figured I’d just use the tape from one package on the correctly sized nails in the other package. I didn’t even mind paying double because, quite frankly, I’d already saved hundreds of dollars on nails over the years.

I rushed home with my purchase.

I knew that once I had these things on, I’d feel like an octopus, or maybe Edward Scissorhands, so my goal was to get completely dressed by 4:30 p.m. so I could take until 7 to figure out how to attach these things and still get to the party by 7:30. (“Know thyself.” I do.)

The instructions said to put tape on each of your real fingernails, then peel the paper off the top side of the tape one nail at a time, applying each fake nail as you go.

But, of course, I had a better plan. I would put all the tape on, peel all the tops off then plunk, plunk, plunk — stick the plastic nails on.

In no time at all, my fingers were all stuck together. Tape got folded over, leaving me with

lumpy blobs on several fingers. In exasperation, I jostled the edge of the package, and nails fell onto the floor where they immediately nestled down into the carpet. I tried to pick them up and got stuck to the rug. I yanked myself loose, but now my fingers were all fuzzy.

And I was three nails short.

It was only 5:30, but I had to start over.

By 6:15, I’d cleaned up the mess, found the missing nails, got them all on (and more or less parallel to each other!) and was so, so proud.

That’s when I realized I had forgotten to put on my stockings.

Mission accomplished by 6:45, but I’d lost one nail along the way! By standing with my back to the mirror, bending over and twisting, I finally located it behind my kneecap and, by 7:15, had extricated and reapplied it.

Panting and frazzled, I got to the party late, but the important thing was — I had done it!

I fit in! I was finally a bona fide girl!

By midnight, however, those little devils were in the wastebasket.

And I was back at my keyboard. Ah-h-h.

Changes To Teacher Tenure Will Be Interesting To Watch Gov. Rick Scott got what he wanted: a quick victory over the teachers and their unions.

We will now see how it plays out. Don’t bother holding your breath. Ending tenure for new teachers is not, by itself, something that will create quick change. Slashing the budget means that very few teachers will actually be hired this year. After all, taking millions of dollars from each school district means that many will probably be letting people go. And if they retain all the teachers without also raising taxes, it would probably mean that our educational leaders probably have been spending a lot of cash that could have and perhaps should have been cut already.

But Scott’s decisions in education, most of which would not have been believed before the election, will provide an interesting test of a lot of theories. After all, the Chinese saying, “May you live in interesting times,” is a curse.

The governor is right on one point. There is no direct causation or even a correlation between spending more public money and better education. Now, I do believe in paying teachers well. I was a teacher for more than 20 years and spent my life in a school system.

My wife is currently an overworked teacher. I

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continued from page 29 and has been giving demonstrations since he was 21. His goal is to raise people’s expectations of what can be done with horses.

“Some of the world’s best horsemen are here at these shows,” he said. “And they’ve watched me and been amazed. They’ve told me that seeing my horses has made them want to go higher, be better horsemen. I have no magical gifts. Anyone could do what I’m doing. I’m one of those horse trainers who has gotten to a high level of communication, but others can do the same. I always expect the best, the most, from my horses. Being here at Wellington has allowed me to reach more peo-

‘I’ On CULTURE

By Leonard Wechsler think teachers should be paid appropriately, which generally means they should get more than they do now. But paying a teacher more does not directly improve education. In the long run, you may get better teachers, but there are no guarantees. And good teachers, no matter how high their salaries, are always underpaid, just as poor teachers, no matter how little they earn, are overpaid.

On the other hand, ruining your educational system can have an immediate impact. Portugal, one of the most charming countries in Western Europe, is on the verge of economic collapse, and perhaps the most important reason is its really poor educational system. Consider this: 27 percent of its population has high school diplomas; in the United States, ple and show them what’s possible. It has been wonderful. It’s my dream.”

Two men who had come specifically to watch McLean perform were Brendan Martin and Jason Gazy, producers for Equine HDTV. “We’re looking to add the next big name in horse training, and I think we’ve just found him,” Martin said. “He’s not only a showman, he’s a real trainer. People respond well to him.

He’s very approachable, very friendly and polite. We’re hoping to capture, on film, the essence of who he is, why he does what he does and the philosophy behind his training techniques. We hope to be in production shortly.”

For more information, and to watch videos of McLean performing, visit www.guymclean usatour.com.

the percentage is 89. As a result, Portuguese unemployment is very high and there are few options in sight. A poorly educated work force is not flexible; you cannot switch easily from learning how to stitch shoes to manning computers. And in a worldwide economy, there is plenty of competition from workers everywhere, often ones paid a lot less and educated a lot better.

There are thousands of young people in Portugal, which found it easier over the years to let students drop out early (you only have to finish the ninth grade there) and then take low-level jobs; these youths have nowhere to go economically. That saved the country a lot of money and kept taxes lower. But Portugal now faces disaster. Education ministers in the country generally serve months rather than years because of the built-in hostility that squeezing out the school systems created.

Will Florida’s children face that kind of problem? According to Gov. Scott, not at all. In an interview on Fox News, he said that teachers would not be mistreated and that no principal would give better classes to a friend, or someone who actually paid them directly, just so that person would get more money. And that

principal could lose his job over a poor evaluation because the school did not perform. I kept looking for the Easter Bunny to hop by distributing beautiful eggs as he said it, since only people who still believe in that furry creature actually accept the notion. Wait until the courts get their hands on the issue and top leadership has to explain why some principals bounce from one poorly performing school to another.

After all, testing has become a centerpiece of our system while many of the elements that correlate strongly with performance are not related to teaching. Trying to create a pay scale that reflects all the issues and subtleties these elements create will be extraordinarily difficult. No one has yet managed to do it.

Poor children do not do as well as middleclass ones. Will teachers accept lower pay for working in schools in poorer sections of the state? Will special education teachers shift to regular academic disciplines because it would not only pay them more but ease the emotional burden of working with our weakest students? Or will they go to court and let judges decide what will happen? If you are uncertain of the answer, go ask the governor. Or the Easter Bunny.

Volunteer For Hurricane Helpers Program Wellington, along with the Citizens Volunteer Organization, is encouraging residents to prepare for hurricane season now by signing up to participate in the Hurricane Helpers program. The program matches volunteers with residents who need assistance before and after a storm.

Now through June 30, residents can sign up to receive assistance or as volunteers to assist neighbors with putting up first-floor hurricane shutters, securing outdoor furniture, removing post-hurricane debris and making follow-up phone calls after the storm has passed. To sign up, call the Safe Neighborhoods Office’s Helping Residents with Needs

line at (561) 791-HRWN (4796). Residents can also sign up at www.wellingtonfl.gov.

Wellington will continue to accept requests for assistance after June 30, but cannot guarantee volunteer matches. However, as long as phone service is available, volunteers who have signed up to assist with these efforts will make follow-up phone calls after a hurricane or make home visits once the roads have been cleared and determined to be safe.

It takes the entire community to make this program work, and all are encouraged to help your neighbors this hurricane season.

For more info., call Volunteer Coordinator Kim Henghold at (561) 791-4137.

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Ralph Gibson Exhibit Opens April 2 At Palm Beach Photographic Centre The Palm Beach Photographic Centre in West Palm Beach will feature the exhibit “Overtones: Diptychs and Proportions” by Ralph Gibson April 2 to May 14. An opening reception will take place Saturday, April 2 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Palm Beach Photographic Centre President and CEO Fatima NeJame said she is “very excited about our upcoming exhibition by one of the most famous black-and-white photographers living today. For over 50 years, Ralph Gibson has consistently pursued and extended the definition of black-and-white photography. His images are as much about photography itself as the subject in the picture.”

Widely considered to be one of the foremost black-and-white photographers of his time, Gibson has worked exclusively with the Leica 35mm camera throughout his entire career.

“The Palm Beach Photographic Centre is a museum space where photography can speak with its clearest voice,” NeJame said.

“This exhibition shows not only Ralph Gibson’s photography, but also how his photos relate to one another. Also, this show will feature recent color images that are now being integrated into his body of work.”

Gibson’s images often incorpo-

rate fragments with erotic and mysterious undertones, building narrative meaning through contextualization and surreal juxtaposition. The artist has maintained a lifelong fascination with books and bookmaking.

Since the appearance in 1970 of The Somnambulist, he has produced more than 40 monographs, and his photographs are included in more than 150 museum collections around the world, and have appeared in hundreds of exhibition.

“Overtones” reveal his personal thoughts about the role of his images on the page and how they converse with each another. Gibson’s theory is that enhanced impression experienced by the viewer is a result of the two images that produce it. With this in mind, Gibson has sought out pairings of his photographs that conform to the rules of visual scale and photographic tonality.

The diptychs are autonomous works so that the viewer plays an important role in the function of the work, bringing to each diptych his or her own personal interpretation.

“I am particularly excited that photographer Ralph Gibson will be at the opening night reception on Saturday, April 2 from 6 to 8 p.m.,” NeJame noted.

A photo from the exhibit “Overtones: Diptychs and Proportions” by Ralph Gibson.

The Palm Beach Photo Centre is located at 415 Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach in the City Center complex. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

For more information, call (561) 253-2600 or visit www.workshop. org or www.fotofusion.org.

Subscriptions Now On Sale For Upcoming P.B. Opera Season

Palm Beach Opera has announced its 2011-12 50th anniversary season, which includes Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, special 50th anniversary gala concerts, Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor.

The season runs from December 2011 through March 2012 and all main-stage performances will take place at the Kravis Center.

The season opens with Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly Dec. 16-19 featuring powerhouse soprano Maria Luigia Borsi as Cio-Cio San and audience favorite tenor James Valenti as Lt. Pinkerton in a production brand new to Palm Beach. Michael Chioldi will sing the role of the compassionate Sharpless, along with former PBO Young Artist Irene Roberts, also a winner of the Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition, who returns to Palm Beach as Suzuki.

Special 50th anniversary gala concerts titled The Best of 50 Years will take place Jan. 20 and 22. It will be a look back on 50 years of grand opera in Palm Beach with scenes from La Traviata, Die Fledermaus, Pagliacci, Carmen and Aïda, among others. Biaggi will be joined by special guest masters of ceremo-

ny and a variety of established singers, along with rising opera stars for a celebration of the history and a look to the future of Palm Beach Opera, tributes to its founders and cultural leaders of the past 50 years.

Charles Gounod’s Romeo & Juliet makes its Palm Beach Opera premiere Feb. 24-27. The production marks the company debut also of the young American Stage Director Kevin Newbury — recently described as “ingenious” by Opera News magazine — who will render Shakespeare’s famous love story relevant to our times.

Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti is the season finale March 23-26 and features opera’s most famous mad scene, which is often viewed as the litmus test for all coloratura sopranos. A visually stunning new production will showcase an international cast of established singers, including tenor Roberto De Biasio in his company debut fresh off his Metropolitan Opera success.

All opera performances will feature English supertitles. Season subscriptions are available now, with single ticket sales beginning Sept.

24. For more info., call (561) 8337888 or visit www.pbopera.org.

The Phantoms Recommend Tribute To The Music Of Billy Joel Broadway sensation Michael Cavanaugh, handpicked by Billy Joel to star in his smash hit musical Movin’ Out, will bring the Piano Man’s music to the Palm Beach Pops stage this month.

Performances will take place April 4 and 5 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, April 7-9 at Florida Atlantic University’s main campus in Boca Raton, and April 10 at the Palm Beach State College Eissey campus in Palm Beach Gardens. All shows start at 8 p.m.

A Tony-nominated vocalist and pianist known for high-energy performances, Cavanaugh will sing show-stoppers such as “Uptown Girl,” “Piano Man” and more. Don’t miss these concerts featuring energizing music.

Cavanaugh is the new voice of the American rock ’n’ roll songbook. A charismatic performer, musician and actor, made famous for his piano/lead vocals in the Broadway musical Movin’ Out, he was handpicked by Joel to star in title role and evokes a style rivaling the Piano Man. Cavanaugh ap-

peared in the show for three years and over 1,200 performances, receiving accolade after accolade, which culminated in 2003 with both Grammy and Tony award nominations.

Cavanaugh began playing at age 7, when his parents bought their first piano. Encouraged by family and friends, and inspired by his hero Billy Joel, Cavanaugh formed his first band at age 10 and began playing local functions, fine-tuning the craft that would become his chosen career. Cavanaugh’s first full-time gig as a musician was an extended engagement in Orlando at a piano bar called Blazing Pianos. In January 1999, Cavanaugh received an offer that would unknowingly change his life, with an opportunity to play Las Vegas at the famed New York, New York Hotel and Casino. It was there that Joel spotted Cavanaugh and joined him on stage one fateful night of February 2001. It took only two songs before Joel was convinced he had found his new Piano Man. Cavanaugh moved to New York City to work alongside Joel and Twyla Tharp to shape the Broadway mu-

sical that would be called Movin’ Out. With the close of Movin’ Out at the end of 2005, Cavanaugh began touring in his own right, creating a show that reinterprets the modern pop/rock songbook. He soon became one of the hottest artists in the corporate/events market. Cavanaugh continues to perform worldwide for company and charity events as well as sporting events including PGA tour events, the U.S. Open and the Indy 500. It wasn’t long before symphony orchestras discovered Cavanaugh’s talents and audience appeal. He accepted his first orchestral booking, “Michael Cavanaugh: The Songs of Billy Joel & More,” which debuted in April 2008 with the Indianapolis Symphony and continues to tour. In October 2008, he signed with Warner/ ADA to distribute his first CD titled In Color. In June 2010, Cavanaugh debuted his second symphony show in the “Generations of Rock” series titled “Michael Cavanaugh: The Songs of Elton John & More” and continues to tour both symphony productions.

Michael Cavanaugh plays the music of Billy Joel.

We hope to see you and your children at one of these great performances. The goal of the Palm Beach Pops is to preserve the American Songbook. What better way than to introduce it to our next generation!

Tickets to “Michael Cavanaugh

in Concert: The Music of Billy Joel & More” start at $29. For more information, call the Palm Beach Pops box office 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at (561) 832-7677, or visit the Palm Beach Pops web site at www.palmbeachpops.org.

Joe & Kathryn, the Phantoms, are featured writers for the Town-Crier and www.yournews.com... Comments and recommendations are welcome at thephantomdiners@aol.com.

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Academy for Child Enrichment — In the heart of Royal Palm Beach, the Academy for Child Enrichment offers free all-day VPK. Infants through after-school day and night care, 6:30 a.m. to midnight (Monday through Friday), meals included. Qualified staff. Se habla Espanol. Special rates for all registration. The Academy for Child Enrichment is located at 700 Camellia Drive in Royal P alm Beach. Call (561) 798-3452 or visit www.smallworldpbc.com for info.

Breakers West Summer Camp — For the summer of a lifetime, children ages 5-14 are invited to join the 2011 summer camp at Breakers West. Enjoy wildlif e demonstrations, science experiments, magic shows, arts & crafts, cooking classes, golf, t ennis, basketball, soccer, daily swimming instruction and much more! Camp runs June 6 - Aug. 19 (excluding July 4-8), Monday –through Friday from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sessions are $300 per camper, per week, plus a one-time registration fee of $50, which includes a camp essentials bag. Discounts are of fered to families registering multiple children and/or for multiple sessions. After-care is available. Space is limited. To register for Breakers West Summer Camp, call (561) 653-6333.

Casperey Stables Hor se Camp — Casperey Stables is a small, fun-filled day camp for children ages seven to 14. With four riding opportunities each day, arts & crafts and outdoor games, campers f ind little time to be bored. The low counselor-child ratio ensures y our child will receive individual attention. There are camp sessions for spring and winter school breaks, and during the summer, each two-week session has a theme, such as Indian Days, Circus Days and Medieval Days. Casperey Stables has a w eekly swim party and ends each session with a horse show and family BBQ. Call soon — this small, q uality program f ills quickly! To learn more about the camp, located at 2330 D Road in Loxahatchee Groves, call (561) 7924990 or visit www.caspereystables.com.

High Touch High Tech — High Touch High Tech has been providing hands-on science experiments to children in South Florida for over 15 years. The pr ogram brings science to life for children in preschool through middle school. They are happy to introduce “The Lab,” a handson science facility no w open in Wellingt on. They of fer summer cam p programs, after-school enrichments and birthda y parties at a new location of f Pierson Road. The camp of fers af fordable pricing, hands-on science experiments with lots of cool science take-homes, nature experiences, as well as art projects that relate to the scientific investigations. High Touch High Tech knows that children are naturally curious. They tap into that natural curiosity and provide safe, exciting and fun experiments to help them understand the world around them. The ultimate goal is to give children the tools to be able to think scientifically in order to solve problems. Kids will erupt volcanoes, pan f or gems, launch rockets, make ice cream, gr ow plants, make fossils, observe live animals, dissect owl pellets and much, much more! Come visit and explore the all-new High Touch High Tech science laboratory! High Touch High Tech is at 3080 Fairlane Farms Rd., Suite 2. For more info., visit www.ScienceMadeFunSFL.ne t, call (561) 792-3785 or e-mail inf o@ScienceMadeFunSFL.net. Call now to book a free tour.

Jewish Summer Camp — Enjoy a Jewish summer camp on a f arm for girls ages 7-11 at the Good Earth Farm. Featuring a six-week certificate of horse care competency. Candy making, soap making, painting, drawing, 3D design, sewing and crafts. Kayak instruction; European spa comes to the camp for beauty day. Je wish music singing, art and a Shabbat program with a local rabbi. Director Nancy Fried Tobin (BFA, MAT, MFA, RM, Equine Cer tified Specialist/ Instructor) has been w orking with kids for y ears. Registering now; call (561) 792-2666. Located at 2141 B Road in Loxahatchee Groves, the farm is 25 minutes fr om anywhere in the Palm Beach area.

The King’s Academy “Camping Ar ound the World” — TKA’s summer cam p welcomes ages 5 through 8th grade. Experience different cultures thr ough craft projects, science experiments, field trips, music and more. Counselors are qualified teachers, fir st aid certified and offer a loving environment. Day camp/sports camp with daily lunches run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m with many options and before/af ter care. Field trips to Calypso Bay, the South Florida Science Museum, the Palm Beach Zoo, Lion Countr y Safari and more, all for one inclusive price. R egister now at www.tka.net and save $25 when y ou mention this offer. Call Helga Van Wart (561) 686-4244 for more info.

Noah’s Ark — Noah’s Ark is located on Okeechobee Blvd. in Loxahatchee Groves. They offer free all-day VPK. Lower rates and special registration for fall. Meals are included. Noah’s Ar k of fers care for infants and preschool children as well as after-school care. Se habla Espanol.

Conveniently located at 14563 Okeechobee Blvd. between Royal Palm Beach and Loxahatchee Groves elementar y schools. Call (561) 753-6624 for more info.

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St. David’s Episcopal School — Ho wdy Pardners, mosey on over to St. Da vid’s Ranch and be a part of western-themed summer fun! Campers ages two and a half to eight are in vited for arts and craf ts, Bible stories, music, games, a shaded outside playground, w ater play, movie days and more. All activities are supervised by the teaching staff and take place on the St. David’s campus. The round-up has already started, so come in soon to reser ve your place.

The ranch will be open from June 6 through August 12. For your convenience, you may register for one week, or as many as you want. Camp is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; camper s can pick Monday through Friday, Monday-Wednesday-Friday or Tuesday-Thursday.

So saddle on up and head on over t o become a part of this rootin’-tootin’ summer fun. For more information, call (561) 793-1272 toda y or visit www.stdavidsepiscopal.com.

South Florida Science Museum — Join the South Florida Science Museum for Summer Camp 2011! Each exciting week will of fer hands-on exploration for young scientists ages 4 to 12 on specific topics in science. The da ys are packed with fun science lessons, laboratories, craf ts and outside activities led by exper t science educators. Camp star ts at 9 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. with extended hours of structured activities av ailable from 7:30 a.m. t o 5:30 p.m. Camps are grouped into ages 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12. Before and af tercare available. Early registration accepted prior to May 1. R egister online at www.sfsm.org or call (561) 832-2026.

TNT Gymnastics Center — TNT is offering a great summer program with flexible hours and fun-filled days. They provide a safe, positive environment for y our child to enhance self-esteem and physical fitness through gymnastics, tram polines, rock climbing, group games, ar ts & crafts, water play, martial arts and much more! TNT o wner Tina Tyska is a former Class 1 gymnast coached by tw o-time Olympian Kim Chase. She has over 25 years of coaching experience, including toddler s thru Level 9 gymnasts as well as special-needs children. TNT Gymnastics is located at 3120 Fairlane Farms Road in Wellington. For more info., call (561) 383-TNT1 (8681).

Villari’s of Wellington — Villari’s is pleased to invite your child for summer camp this year. Due to the rising demand for summer camps in the western communities, Villari’s is allowing students to book spots early. Villari’s is offering four sessions of camp this year, as well as three Mar tial Arts Boot Camp sessions. Each camp session will consist of five days of games, activities and martial arts, star ting as low as $29 per day. The Mar tial Arts Boot Camp sessions will be limited to 10 students, three days per week, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Summer camp dates are June 6-10, June 20-24, July 11-15 and July 25-July 29. The program is for ages six and up. Camp will be limited to 20 campers on a first-come, first-ser ved basis. Call (561) 792-1100 toda y to reser ve your space. F or more info., visit www.

VillarisOfWellingt on.com or www.WellingtonMar tialArts.com.

TREAT YOUR KIDS TO A

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2011 Breakers West Summer Camp Calling all campers for a summer of a lifetime. Sports-minded, adventure-seeking, nature-loving kids, ages 5 – 14, will find something for everyone at Breakers West, where there is fun for all and all for fun.

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Pak Mail of Wellington’s Dave Crockett, Linda Ramos and Arthur Crowell. Not Pictured: Nance Crockett.

PHOTO BY DAMON WEBB/T OWN-CRIER

Pak Mail Wellington Adds Products And Services At The Request Of Clients

By Damon Webb Town-Crier Staff Report Pak Mail Wellington owners Dave and Nance Crockett have been adding services and products to the store’s already extensive list of offerings to make it a one-stop destination for their customers’ wants and needs.

Pak Mail is a full-service packing and shipping business. Some other products and services offered include private mailboxes, onsite notary, fax capabilities, copy machines, office preparation station, stamps, greeting cards, small gifts, paper shredding, packing and moving supplies, and more. Along with the Palm Beach Gardens Pak Mail, the Wellington store has the largest selection of boxes in the area. Plus, custom boxes can also be created when needed.

“We are problem-solvers,” Dave explained.

“People come to us for answers and advice.

We like to be a resource for our customers.

We work with all the major transportation companies — UPS, FedEx, DHL and the USPS. We advise the right company based on the customer’s needs.”

The Crocketts already owned one Pak Mail store in Palm Beach Gardens. Then the opportunity presented itself, and they decided to expand their business and buy the Wellington location.

“I wanted to make things more efficient when I took over as owner of this location,” Dave said. “This location had always performed well and had an excellent reputation for customer service. I just wanted to improve upon that solid foundation. I was also fortunate because Linda Ramos and Art Crowell were already a part of the team prior to me

coming here. With them being here, the transition was seamless and daily operations continued to run smoothly while new systems were put in place.”

Through trial and error, the store continues to evolve constantly. With a high level of traffic and requests, the team strives to customtailor the store to the area. There is no generic floor plan or setup to be delivered to customers.

“Even though this is a Pak Mail store, the clientele is different in every store,” Dave said.

“This location has been around for a while, and the community has accepted it. It’s definitely a staple in the area. Also, having the equestrian community here in the winter adds another aspect to the business.”

Behind the scenes, there are always new things coming up that directly affect customers. The Pak Mail team makes sure to keep customers in the know regarding pertinent information. It’s just another courtesy to be expected.

“Security involving shipping is always a hot topic,” Dave said. “We are constantly staying informed on the latest developments and regulations. We want to be able to provide our customers with accurate information. It’s all in the details. We want everyone’s experience with us to be enjoyable and memorable.

We want them to feel like there’s no place like Pak Mail. We stand by our slogan. We ship anything anywhere.”

Pak Mail is located at 13833 Wellington Trace, Suite E-4, in the Wellington Marketplace. For more information about the store, visit www.pakmailwellington.com or call (561) 795-2373.

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Rick Vymlatil Elected MFA President South Florida Fair President and CEO Rick Vymlatil was elected president of the prestigious Midwest Fairs Association at the organization’s gathering in Houston, Texas.

Formed in 1922, the Midwest Fairs Association provides large fairs the opportunity to gather, network and deliberate on industry issues.

The organization is exclusive to just 35 fair members to fos-

ter dialogue among fair managers and industry elites.

Originally focused on a region from Michigan to Nebraska and Minnesota to Louisiana, today the association has expanded boundaries to include large-scale fairs from many other states throughout the country.

The South Florida Fair has been a member since 2004.

The group comes together each spring at their annual

meeting to take part in a twoday-long brainstorming session. Members are allowed to invite an associate to help provide discussion and insight. Many include carnival operators, entertainment buyers, insurance associates and a great number of former presidents of the International Association of Fairs & Expos.

Vymlatil is widely recognized as one of the leading

and most experienced fair managers in the business.

Elected to the Florida Federation of Fairs Hall of Fame, he was appointed manager of the South Florida Fair in West Palm Beach in 2004. Prior to that, he managed the Florida State Fair in Tampa and the St. Lucie County Fair in Fort Pierce. He came to the fair industry in 1982 as an administrator for the South Florida Fair.

Women’s Chamber Foundation To Host Afternoon Tea April 9 The Wellington Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting for Alpern Rosenthal in Wellington, a Top 100 accounting firm of fering accounting and auditing, tax preparation and business consulting services, as well as financial planning to businesses, not-for-profit organizations and high-net-worth individuals. For more info., call Steve Ritmiller at (561) 301-7430 or visit www. alpern.com. Shown here are Alpern Rosenthal staff members with Wellington Chamber ambassadors.

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Women’s Chamber Foundation Chair Jane Bloom has announced that the guest speaker at the foundation’s annual Afternoon Tea will be Her Majesty’s Secret Ser vants author Allison Chase.

The event will be held Saturday, April 9 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Chesterfield in Palm Beach.

Lisa Manuel, a.k.a. Allison Chase, began penning romance fiction in the mid-

1990s. In 2003, after several manuscripts, she made her first sale, a historical romance titled Mostly Married. She went on to publish several more historical romances.

Her current series, Her Majesty’s Secret Servants, is set in the early Victorian Age. The Women’s Chamber Foundation is the education and development force of the Women’s Chamber of Commerce that serves its members

and women in the community by providing financial support, mentoring, leadership and educational opportunities.

As part of the mission to promote opportunities for professional growth and development, the Women’s Chamber Foundation offers scholarship awards annually to deserving women who want to optimize their lives through higher education.

The Women’s Chamber Foundation’s highest priority is raising funds to support the scholarship program.

The public is invited to attend, but seating is limited and reservations are required.

More information is available on the Women’s Chamber web site at www.womens chamber.biz, or by calling the chamber office at (561) 6844523.

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PALMS WEST CHAMBER HOSTS TWO RIBBON CUTTINGS

Glamorous Nail Spa — Glamorous Nail Spa in Wellington is a place where ladies can get pampered and unwind in an intimate setting.

The salon is able to accommodate private e vents for groups of eight or more. These specials par ties include one free beverage (nonalcoholic or alcoholic), and there are Hello Kitty pedicure chairs for younger clients. Glamorous Nail Spa offers organic services, including facials and nail polishes. Weekly special discounts are as follows: Monday, Senior Service Day (get 25 percent off 55 and older); Razor-Free Tuesdays (get 25 percent off wax services); Wednesday, Men Get Pampered, Too (get 25 percent of f all services); Thursda y, Skin So Soft (ge t 25 percent off facial services); Frida y, Ladies’ Da y Out (get 25 percent off all services); and Saturday, Mother and Daughter Day (get 25 percent off all services). In addition, customers get 40 percent off on their birthday, and there is a 40-percent discount on all parties. Glamorous Nail Spa is located at 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd. in the original Wellington Mall, located behind the Checkers restaurant. For more info., call (561) 422-8882. Pictured above are Glamor ous Nail Spa staff members with Palms West Chamber of Commerce ambassadors.

Huntington Learning Center — The Palms West Chamber of Commerce ambassadors recently hosted a ribbon cutting for Huntington Learning Center in Wellington. Locat ed at 2655 State Road 7, near Whole Foods Market, Huntington Learning Center helps students ages 5 to 17 achieve remarkable improvements in their grades, test scores and self-esteem. The success of its program lies in the one-to-one attention de voted to every child, and the expertise of the caring, certified teachers. Founded in 1977, Huntington Learning Center is the nation’s longest-running supplemental education services provider. Today, it continues to be an industry leader providing instruction in reading, writing, spelling, phonics, mathematics and study skills, as well as SAT and ACT preparation.

For more info., call (561) 594-1920. Sho wn above are Huntington Learning Center staff members with chamber ambassadors.

New Restaurants Open On Clematis Two new restaurants are making their way to downtown West Palm Beach this month — Duffy’s Sports Grill and World of Beer. They are among the 12 new businesses that have opened in the Clematis District in the past six months, according to the West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority.

“Programming and services such as the trolley, private security patrols, and overall maintenance all play a big part in making downtown West Palm Beach appealing to investors and business owners who look for environments just like this,” said Raphael Clemente, interim director of the DDA. Duffy’s owner Paul Emmett opened the new Clematis Street sports bar and grill on March 31, making it the company’s 23rd location. Duffy’s has already hired 200 employees to open the 5,500square-foot space at the corner of Clematis Street and Olive Avenue.

At the corner of Clematis Street and Narcissus Avenue, Mark Krumin and Richard Reeves opened World of Beer on March 29. The 3,700-square-foot space will be the 13th location in Florida for the franchise. The bar carries more than 500 bottled varieties and 40 beers on tap.

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Wildcat Volleyball Boys Focus On Team Building This Season

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The Royal Palm Beach High School boys varsity volleyball team is looking to foster talent this year and build a program that will be successful for years to come.

“We are still building a team,” head coach Sal Ciano said. “It’s something that takes a few years to do.”

Ciano noted that though some of the team members have played on the school team, none of his players play club volleyball during the off-season, something he hopes to change.

“Right now we don’t have anyone who plays club,” he said. “They don’t get enough time to play and really develop skills. This is a short

season. In club, they get to play all year.”

But Ciano said he has been trying to attract good kids who want to play. “We have some very good players,” he said. “We have a couple of new guys.”

Returning this year is Ryan Moody, an outside hitter and fouryear starter. “He’s probably one of the best players in the county,” Ciano said. “He knows his business.”

Also returning are Jake Bohannon and libero Danny Shakey. “He’s done a lot for us this year,” Ciano said. “He has a really positive attitude, which helps. He fights for everything out there on the court.”

Another top player who moved up from junior varsity is setter Ryan

Ryan Harris sets the ball.

Harris. “They have all played before,” Ciano said of his top players.

“Everyone else on the team has just moved up or is new. Our two middle hitters are completely new — they’ve never played before. And to do anything big in volleyball you have to have good middle hitters.”

Ciano said that he has his eye on one of them, junior Anthony Deutsch.

“He’s learning quick,” Ciano said. “He plays football, and he’s a good player. As the year goes on [the middle hitters] can only get better.”

Overall, Ciano said he hopes to see the Wildcats (3-3) be successful.

“Our goal is always to win,” he said. “But we also want to build a great program.”

Ryan Moody serves.

The Royal Palm Beach High School varsity boys volle yball team gathers before Tuesday’s game against Seminole Ridge.

Alex Zambito blocks a Seminole Ridge ball.

PHOTOS BY LAUREN MIRÓ/T OWN-CRIER

WHS Baseball, Softball Teams Enjoy A Night Of Victories It was a dream of a night for the Wellington High School varsity baseball and softball teams on Thursday, March 24. Sophomore pitcher Corrie Boggess pitched a complete game no-hitter with eight strikeouts for the girls, and the baseball team scored eight runs in the first inning. The girls won 7-0 against Spanish River High School, while the boys defeated Seminole Ridge 9-3.

Boggess escaped trouble in the first inning after two batters walked, but a forced out at third base and a strikeout ended the inning.

“I was excited because I went into this game knowing it was a big game and I had to bring my game [along with my team] for us to win,” she said.

It was in the home half of the second inning when the WHS team did most of its damage. Although the first two batters recorded outs (junior catcher Macey Cheatham singled but was called out on an illegal steal), the

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By Josh Hyber Wolverines “batted around” in the inning.

Junior right fielder Alyssa Cheatham singled and then scored on a triple from junior left fielder Amy Groover. With Groover on third and sophomore second baseman Addie Poyner on first, senior shortstop Natalie Puñal singled, giving the Wolverines a 2-0 lead.

Freshman center fielder Amanda Peck followed with a two-RBI double. Boggess then helped her own cause with an RBI single.

With Peck on third, junior third baseman

Mariah Gonzales hit an RBI single to score the frame’s sixth run.

In the bottom of the fifth, Wellington’s Alahna Kessler dropped down a suicide squeezed bunt to score Macey Cheatham from third base, which turned out to be the Wolverines’ seventh and final run.

Boggess received great defense behind her the entire night. Gonzales made several nohitter-saving catches at third base, Kelly Kirchner made a nice catch in the fourth inning, and Puñal evoked the memory of Willie Mays with an over-the-shoulder grab in the top of the sixth. Puñal, who had previously made an error, said, “I felt I had to make it up to the team. Corrie is a great pitcher and deserved the no-hitter more than anyone, so I was happy to help.”

After Boggess struck out the first and second batters, the no-hitter was completed on a routine groundball. “I had no idea that I had

not given up a hit until after the game when coach told me,” Boggess said.

The victory improved the team’s record to 14-4. The girls were scheduled to play at Seminole Ridge on Monday, but it was canceled due to inclement weather. The team’s next game is on Tuesday, April 5 against John I. Leonard.

For the boys, senior Clint Knoblauch earned the victory, bringing his record to 4-0.

Junior third baseman Peter Rivera hit a tworun home run in the first inning, and senior catcher Alex Tannone went 3-4 with an RBI. The win pulled Wellington’s record to 123. The team defeated Royal Palm Beach High School the next day. The Wolverines played a home game Thursday, March 31 against Bucholz High School from Gainesville, but the score was not available by press time. The team’s next game is on Friday, April 1 against Lake Worth High School, also at home.

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CATS Gymnasts Compete In Delray

Wildcat Dancers Jerrisha Cowort, Summer Rosencrantz, Charey Baez, Kemar Wilson, Diana Salgado, Jammall Victor, Kaisha Taylor, Lucas Gonzalez, Melissa Felix, Matthew Taylor and Loren Estebanez.

Wildcat Dancers At ‘Fiesta Del Pueblo’ The Wildcat Dancers dance team from Royal Palm Beach High School wowed the packed audience on the main stage Sunday, March 20 at Fiesta Del Pueblo at Greenacres Community Park.

The Wildcat Dancers dance team represented the country of Cuba and performed a production of the Spanish dance the cha-cha. Under the direction of dance director and master choreographer Michele Blecher, the Wildcat Dancers performed

the cha-cha along with the song “Loco.”

The Wildcat Dancers dance team and Tapazz dance troupe have a busy schedule over the next two months. Both teams will be showcasing their dance routines for Career Day at New Horizons Elementary School in Wellington, Relevo por la Vida (Relay for Life) at the South Florida Fairgrounds, and their productions “Horton Hears a Who” and “Haven’t Seen the Last of Me.”

The CATS Gymnastics team competed in the Arabian Nights Invitational on March 6 in Delray Beach.

In Level 2, Alyssa Hill scored 9.750 on vault, 9.5 on bars, 9.450 on floor and 9.15 on beam, scoring 37.850 all around. Kylie Wilhelmi scored 9.55 on vault, 9.2 on bars, 9.2 on floor, scoring 36.900 all around. Genevieve Sylvester scored 9.45 on vault, 9.25 on bars and 9.05 on beam, scoring 36.550 all around.

Elizabeth Sylvester scored 9.5 on vault and 9.1 on bars. McKenna Dickinson scored 9.5 on vault and 9.050 on bars. Bailey Brown scored 9.25 on vault and 8.9 on floor. Katie Lettera scored 9.6 on vault and 8.9 on bars.

In Level 3, Faith Campagnuolo scored 9.550 on vault to win first place, 9.5 on beam for second place, 9.3 on floor for third place and 9.0 on bars for fourth place, earning her second place all around. Alexa Alvarez scored 9.550 on floor for second place and 9.5 on bars for second place, earning her third place all around. Michela Frozini scored 9.350 on bars, 9.2 on floor and 9.1 on vault to win third place, earning her fourth place all around. Arabella Campbell scored 9.650 on bars for first place, 9.3 on vault for sec-

The CATS gymnasts with their new trophies and medals with coaches Margarita Martinez, and Felipe and Mario Restrepo. ond place and 9.0 on floor. Alexis Merritt scored 9.050 on vault for first place and 9.4 on bars.

In Level 4, Ranaya Lindsay scored 9.475 on vault for second place, 9.1 on floor for third place and 8.9 on beam for second place.

Elia Aird scored 9.475 on vault for first place and 8.975 on beam for first place. Samantha Baez scored 9.45 on bars for first place and 8.8 on vault. Bianca Sileo scored 9.475 on vault for third place and 9.025 on floor.

In Level 5, Isabella Padilla scored 9.050 on vault for first place, 8.950 on floor for third place and scored

third place on bars for second place all around. Alexia Moraes scored 9.1 on floor for second place and 8.875 on beam for third place. Sofia Ringvald scored 8.950 on beam for the second-place medal. These girls brought home the third-place team trophy.

In Level 6, Taylor Michie scored 8.7 on vault. In Prep Optional, Rayven Glaubrecht scored 9.2 on beam for third place and 9.15 on floor. Michela Arbocco scored 9.35 for her bar routine to win first place and 8.825 on floor. Angella Chandler scored 8.9 on vault for second place and 8.75 on bars.

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PBSC Golf Classic April 8 At Bear Lakes 12 PACK SECOND IN Bear Lakes Country Club will again be the setting for the Palm Beach State Foundation Golf Classic on Friday, April 8.

The tournament will be a best-ball format and features contests during tournament play, including a hole-in-one competition with a chance to win a new car. Prizes also will be awarded for the longest drive, straightest drive and closest to the pin. One unique contest, a “copter drop,” will feature numbered golf balls purchased for $5 each dropped above the 18th green from a helicopter. The person whose ball lands first in or closest to the hole will win a laptop computer.

Sponsorship opportunities, including foursomes, begin at $2,000. One sponsorship new to the tournament is the opportunity to have local youth golfer Andre Wade as part of a team’s foursome.

“We recognize the strength of our firm is our employees’ education,” said Jay Hoffman, project manager executive for Mills Gilbane. “Our company sees sponsoring the

annual golf classic as a way to give back to the community by helping to improve the education level of the local workforce.”

“As our commitment grows to improving the quality of education of our students at Palm Beach State, we continually strive to make the golf classic a quality fundraising event for our sponsors and participants,” said Suellen Mann, executive director of the foundation. “The beauty of Bear Lakes Country Club and the challenge of the Lakes course provides a unique opportunity to blend an afternoon of ‘serious fun’ to both promote the college to the local business community while funding student scholarships, programs and capital improvements.”

The tournament’s shotgun start begins at 12:30 p.m., and the awards reception begins at 6 p.m. or immediately after play. A raffle, with the grand prize of a MacAir laptop computer, will also be held as part of the fundraising efforts. The second-place prize is a new iPad2, and the

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(Front row, L-R) Tim McNulin, Sullen Mann, Ana Thomas and Jay Hoffman; (back row) Mark Tribble, Sasha Bubanja and Dagoberto Diaz. third-place prize is a $500 shopping spree at the Palm Beach Gardens Mall. Tickets for the raffle are available at the college’s foundation office at (561) 868-3450. The raffle is open to the community and participants need not be present to win.

Major sponsors of the golf classic include 97.9 WRMF, Balfour Beatty Construction, Fastrack MCI, Hedrick

Brothers Construction, Lotspeich Co. of Florida, McDonald North County, Mills Gilbane, Pepsi Beverages Company, James B. Pirtle Construction, Software AG and Suffolk Construction Co. For more information about the Palm Beach State Foundation Golf Classic, call (561) 868-3569 or visit www.palmbeachstate.edu/ foundationgolf.xml.

The 12 Pack girls flag football team recently competed in a national tournament at the ESPN Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World. The girls challenged some of the best teams from thr oughout the state. The final championship game was against Nemesis of Palm Beach Gardens, and the 12 Pack took second place in overtime. The Gold Sponsor was Coastal Massage Therapy, Sarasota; Bronze sponsors were Dave’s Auto Body, Lake Park; Joan Turek, Advanced Copy Solutions, Loxahatchee; the Kelz family; Dr. Deborah Lubell, DMD; the Lauer and Folk families; Threadwor ks Inc.; and Lindsay Nicole’s Salon. Shown above are (front row, L-R) Kate O’Hara, Shannon Dearujo, Bianca Lagos, Kristy Rhemer, Megan O’Hara and Brooke Collier; (back row) Sydney Shivers, Casey Turek, Jenna Malsbur y, Kelsey Strickland, Morgan Lauer and Michele Valero.

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Saturday, April 2 • The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association will hold a two- to fourmile walk Saturday, April 2 at John Prince Par k in Lake Worth. Meet at the entrance on Congress Avenue south of Sixth Avenue at 7:30 a.m. Participants will have breakfast afterward at TooJay’s in Lake Worth.

Call Paul at (561) 963-9906 for more info.

• Scott’s Place Playground (12190 Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington) will host Earth Day Story Time on Saturday, April 2 at 10 a.m. with stories about recycling and keeping our planet green. Visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

• The Acreage/Loxahatchee Relay for Life will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 2 and 3 at Acreage Community Park (6701 140th Ave. North). Opening ceremonies will be held at 2 p.m. on April 2. All cancer survivors and the public are welcome to attend and support the teams in their effor t to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

Closing ceremonies are at 8 a.m. on April 3. For more info., call (561) 650-0134 or visit www.relayforlife.org/acreagefl.

• The Wellington Rotary Club will hold its 2011 major fundraising event at an asado after party starting at 5 p.m. after the second annual International Gay Polo Tournament on Saturday, April 2 at the Grand Champions Polo Club off Lake Worth Road in Wellington. The polo matches start at 1 p.m. For tickets, visit www.wellington rotary.org.

• Local schools will bring a mix of action and music to Wellington’s Amphitheater (12100 Forest Hill Blvd.) for “A Touch of Broadway: A Musical Revue” on Saturday, April 2. Beginning at 7:30 p.m., drama students from Elbridge Gale Elementary School, Wellingt on Christian School, the King’s Academy and Palm Beach Central High School will perform two acts each from popular musicals. Call Joe Piconcelli at (561) 791-4756 or visit www.wellingtonfl. gov for more info.

• The Shamrock Classic, Paddy Mac and Quantum House’s 13th annual Golf Tournament, will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 2 and 3 at PGA National Estates Golf Course in West Palm Beach. The cost is $1,000 per foursome or $250 per individual golfer. All proceeds benefit Quantum House. Tournament entry includes a private steak and lobster dinner at Paddy Mac’s with live enter tainment, golfer’s breakfast and food and beverage stations on the golf

course, buffet awards lunch, golf shirt and a tournament gif t bag. Visit www.quantum house.org or call (561) 494-0515 to register and for more info.

Sunday, April 3 • The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association will hike Jonathan Dickinson State Park on Sunday, April 3.

Meet at the front gate at 8 a.m. Bring lots of water. Participants will have lunch afterward at the Dune Dog Café. The entrance is on U.S. 1 about one mile north of the Palm Beach County line in Martin County. Call Mar y at (561) 391-7942 for more info.

• The Acreage Horseman’s Association will host a Barrel Show on Sunday, April 3 at Nicole Hornstein Equestrian P ark on Hamlin Blvd. Registration starts at 8 a.m.

Palm Beach County beauty and talent contest winners will be there, as will great buys such as bake sale items, crochet hats and scarves, tote bags, bling attire and raffle tickets. Call Vicki Moore at (561) 281-5254, Chelsea Chilcutt at (561) 352-4225 or Linda Rainbolt at (561) 506-5212, or visit www.acreagehorseman.com for more info.

• The 26-goal U.S. Open will be featured on Sunday, April 3 at the International Polo Club Palm Beach (3667 120th Avenue South, Wellington). For more info., call (561) 204-5687 or visit www .international poloclub.com.

• Temple Beth Zion (129 Sparrow Drive, Royal Palm Beach) invites the community to sing the night away with karaoke DJ Jett Larsin on Sunday, April 3 at 5 p.m. The cost is a donation of $10. For more info., call Muriel at (561) 798- 8888. For more information about Temple Beth Zion, visit www. templebethzion.net.

Monday, April 4 • The 12th annual Hanley Center Foundation Golf Classic will be held Monday, April 4 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club & Spa (106 Ritz Carlton Club Drive, Jupiter). The tournament will benefit Hanley Center’s Hope Fund, which provides financial assistance to those seeking treatment for alcoholism or chemical dependency, but are unable to afford it. Registration and breakfast will be at 7 a.m. and the tournament will begin at 8:30 a.m. An awards luncheon will be held at 1 p.m. The cost is $1,000 per player or $4,000 per foursome. For more info., call Theresa Kewley at (561) 841-1212, e-mail tkewley@hanleycenter. org or visit www.hanle ycenter.org.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR CALENDAR, continued from page 48 • American Legion Auxiliar y Unit 367 will meet Monday, April 4 at 11 a.m. at the Palms West Presbyterian Church (13689 Okeechobee Blvd., Loxahatchee Groves).

For more information or directions to the meeting, call Marge Herzog at (561) 7919875.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Lightning Thief Trivia” for ages 9 to 12 on Monday, April 4 at 4 p.m.

Do you think you know Percy Jackson? Put your knowledge of Rick Riordan’s bestselling series to the test. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association monthly meeting will be held Monday, April 4 at 7 p.m. at the Okeeheelee Nature Center (7715 Forest Hill Blvd.). There is no charge; the public is invited. The program will about hiking in New Zealand on the Milford Track. Call (561) 963-9906 for more info.

Tuesday, April 5 • The Palm Beach County Commission will meet Tuesday, April 5 at 9:30 a.m. in the Jane M. Thompson Memorial Chambers (301 N. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach). Visit www.pbcgov.com for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Straight Talk about Business Plans” for adults on Tuesday, April 5 at 2:30 p.m., presented by Bob Keltie from the Small Business Development Center.

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

• The Greenacres Historical Society will host a pot luck dinner at its meeting Tuesday, April 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the Greenacres Community Center (501 Swain Blvd.) featuring Mayor Sam Ferrari as speaker. The public is invited. For more info., call Estelle Friedman at (561) 968-4123.

• The Audubon Society of the Everglades will hold its annual meeting and potluck dinner on Tuesday, April 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the Pine Jog Environmental Education Center (6301 W. Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach).

Doors open at 5:45 p.m., and food will be served at 6:30 p.m. The annual meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Bring a dish. Visit www. auduboneverglades.org f or more information.

Wednesday, April 6 • Audubon Society of the Everglades will host a bird walk at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, April 6 at 7:30 a.m. Meet at the Marsh Trail. There is

a $5 entry per car. Visit www.audubon everglades.org for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach Recreation Department is planning a trip to the Maltz Jupiter Theatre to see Crazy For You on Wednesday, April 6 from noon to 5 p.m.

The fee of $45 includes first balcony seats and round-trip transportation. For more information, call Dolly Hughes at (561) 790-5149.

• The Palms West Chamber of Commerce will host an After-Hours Networking Mixer on Wednesday, April 6 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington). For more info., call (561) 790-6200 or visit www.palmswest. com.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Bilingual Story Time for ages 3 to 6 on Wednesdays, April 6 and 20 at 6:30 p.m. This is a family story time in English and Spanish, where participants will read, sing and create a craft. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

Thursday, April 7 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host a “Writers’ Critique Workshop” for adults Thursday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m. Share, of fer and accept constructive criticism and comments to improve your fiction, nonfiction and poetry in a supportive atmosphere led by Florida Writers Association member Mark Adduci. Call (561) 7906070 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach Village Council will meet Thursday, April 7 at 7 p.m. at Village Hall (1050 R oyal Palm Beach Blvd.).

Call (561) 790-5100 or visit www.royal palmbeach.com for more info.

Friday, April 8 • Wellington’s finest dining establishments will offer their tastiest samplings Friday, April 8 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center at Flavors of Wellington 2011. In addition to sampling great food, attendees will enjoy an evening of dancing to the Music Masters International 20-piece stage band. Tickets to Flavors 2011 cost $25 in advance and $30 at the door. VIP reserved tables begin at $300.

Call the Wellington Chamber of Commerce at (561) 792-6525 or visit www.wellington chamber.com for more information, or to buy tickets.

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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

CARING & COMPASSIONAT E CNA — with 20 plus years hospital & private experience. FL licensed & Insured. Wellington resident; excellent references. Online at eldercarenotebook. 561-531-4179

AUDIO PLUS ELECTRONICS — for all your electronic needs, home theater, stereo, plasma TV, satellite, security systems, computer systems. 561-471-1161

JJJ AUTOMOTIVE,INC. — we’re looking out for you! John Lawson.

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HOUSECLEANING — 20 yrs experience. Excellent local references.

Shopping available. 561-572-1782 HOUSE/OFFICE CLEANING — 30 yrs experience in the Western Communities. Honest-Reliable and plenty of references. Call Anytime Norma 561-719-9242 Ins. & Lic.

MOBILE-TEC ON-SITE COMPUTER SER VICE — The computer experts that come to you! Hardware/ Sof tware setup, support &troubleshooting w w w.mobiletec.net.

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DRIVEWAYS — Free estimates.

A & M ASPHALT SEAL COATING commercial and residential. Patching potholes, striping, repair existing asphalt & save money all work guaranteed. Lic.& Ins. 100045062 561-667-7716

BACHE DEVELOPMENT INC. — General Contractor Christopher G. Bache 561-662-8353 CGC 1510884. New construction, barns, kitchens, baths, complete remodeling, flooring, painting. Residential and commercial visit us at www.bachedevelopment.com

KYLE GORDON DESIGN — Need a graphic designer? Go to kylegordondesign.com for more information. k.godon07@gmail.com

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

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

Lic. Ins. Certified Residential Contractor CRC 1327426 561-248-8528

HOME INSPECTIONS — Mold inpections, air quality testing, US Building Inspectors mention this ad $20.00 Off. 561-784-8811 HURRICANE SHUTTERS P&M CONTRACTORS — ACCORDION SHUTTERS Gutters, screen enclosures, siding, soffit s, aluminum roofs, Serving the Western Communities. Since 1985. U-17189 561791-9777

WELLINGTON WINDOWS, LLC — Protect your family from break-ins and hurricanes. Quality, Maintenance-free, Energy-efficient. Impact Windows and Doors Lic& Ins Call 561-670-2637 You’ve seen the REST...now compare the BEST Greenwise Builders, Inc. #CBC051244

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

GREENTEAM LANDSCAPING — We make your grass look greener than the other side Call now 561337-0658. www.greenteamllc.com

MOLD & MILDEW INSPECTIONS Air Quality Testing, leak detection.

US building inspectors, mention this ad for discount. 561-784-8811.

RJA PAINTING & DECORATING, INC. — Interior, Exterior, Faux Finish, Residential,Commercial.Lic. #U17536 Rocky Armento, Jr. 561793-5455 561-662-7102 J&B PRESSURE CLEANING & PAINTING, INC. — Established in 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 visit our website at www.jbpressurecleaningandpainting.com

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

JOHN PERGOLIZZI PAINTING INC. — Interior/Exterior - Rep aint specialist, pressure cleaning, popcorn ceiling, drywall repair & roof painting. Family owned/owner operator. Free Est. 798-4964 Lic. #U18473 ADVER TISE YOUR BUSINESS HERE CALL 793-3576

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COLORS BY CORO, INC. — Interior/Exterior , residential painting, over 20 yrs exp. Small Jobs welcome. Free est. Ins. 561-383-8666.

Owner/Operated. Lic.# U20627 Ins. Wellington Resident

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

Quality you expect, service you deserve. License, bonded and insured. U21006 561-662-9258

JEREMY JAMES PLUMBING — Licensed plumber, legitimate estimate. Water heaters, new construction. CFC1426242. Bonded and Insured. CFC1426242. 561601-6458

AMERICAN TREE SERVICE Tree Trimming, landscaping,removal, hauling & stumps Most Palms $20.

Lic.Ins. Free Estimates Call Roy 373-6117 or Jimmy at 329-0213

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

Interior & Exterior p ainting.

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

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FCAT SPECIALS 561•333•1980 CLUBZ.COM America’s Largest In-HomeTutoring Co.

MR. CLEAN PRESSURE CLEANING — 27 years. Roofs $100+up • Wall $75+up • Driveways $50+up and Patios $20+up (Chlorine PreSoak). Licensed & Insured 561541-4339

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

MINOR ROOF REPAIRS DON HARTMANN ROOFING — Roof painting, Carpentry. Lic. #U13677 967-5580

WE DO WINDOWS — 20 years professional window cleaning. Residential/Commercial references available. Lic. & Ins. 561-313-7098

HORIZON ROOFING QUALITY WORK & SERVICE — Free estimates, No Deposits. Pay upon completion, res/comm.reroofing, repairs, credit cards accepted.

561- 842-6120 or 561-784-8072 Lic.#CCC1328598 ROBERT G. HARTMANN ROOFING — Specializing in repairs. Free estimates, Bonded,insured. Lic. #CCC 058317 Ph: 561-790-0763.

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

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

APARTMENT FOR RENT — 1 bedroom, 1 bath, kitchen, living room, private entrance, electric & cable included. $700 mo. 561-252-2622

ADVERTISE HERE 793-3576 ROBERT CHERRY ROOFING INC Reroofing - Repair - Waterproofing 561-791-2612 or 954-741-4580 State Lic.& Ins. #CCC-1326048

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

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

Stay tight,wrinkle-free,guaranteed!

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

CONDO FOR RENT — ROYAL PALM BEACH, must be 55 or over.

Clean 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, transportation, pool, movies etc. $600 per month. Call 561-602-9584 2/2 NEW APPLIANCES — good condition “The T rails” good area. pool and amenities. 561-714-8376 561-793-1718 $900 monthly. Cable included.

T OWNHOME FOR RENT — 2 / 2 2 car garage. Lakefront seasonal or annual lease. No Pets 561-6442019 EFFICIENCY FOR RENT — fully furnished/full kitchen,TV,washer/ dryer. Private entrance. No smoking.No Pets. Single adult $700 per month includes all! 561-6320464 561-790-0857 PLACE YOUR REAL ESTATE RENTAL HERE CALL 793-3576

ACCORDION SHUTTERS — Gutters, screen enclosures, siding, sof fits, aluminum roofs, Serving the Western Communities. Since 1985.

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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

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT — in Wellington Commerce Park off Pierson Road. Furnished or Unfurnished 575 Sq. Ft. with beautiful view of water. 2 upscale private offices, reception area, bathroom and storage loft. AvailableImmediately $600 per month (561) 722-7195

HUNTINGTON LEARNING CENTER opening in Wellington needs CERTIFIED PART TIME TEACHERS new and experienced elementary & secondary teachers wanted to instruct K-12 in Reading, Math, SAT/ACT Exam Prep. No lesson plans or homework, paid training and flexible hours.

Please e-mail resume to marlenegiraud@hlcwellington.com or call 561-594-1920 and leave a message TEACHERS/TUTORS P/T SAT/ACT/FCAT- MATH Flexible Hrs. Great Pay. PB County Area Experience required Fax: 828-8128 E-mail tutorking@wpb3331980.com BUSY ACCOUNTING OFFICE — needs Secretary/computer literate permanent position. Please fax resume to 561-333-2680 VOLUNTEER NEEDED — 14 years and over for community service. Have fun with animals & kids 792-2666 WINDOW INSTALLERS WANTED Lic. & ins. subcontractors only. Top Pay. No Brokers. Call Matt 561714-8490 PART TIME MEDICAL ASSISTANT— needed for busy medical office. Must have pediatric experience. Fax resume to (561) 7930490 or call (561) 793-3232 EVENING MANAGER — wanted for take-out pizza restaurant in Belle Glade. Fax resume to 561993-2111

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY APRIL 3RD, 2p.m. - 5 p.m. Original price $1,494,000. Now $899,000 3/2 Home, 10.5 Plus Acres. Currently Sub-Divided 4 parcels. Horse lovers dream. 12033 Acme Road, Wellington

1.55 ACRE LOT — 2 story barn, with loft horse stall, garage, water, electric, phone, $50,000. Call 561572-1782 WELLINGTON 2/2 VILLA FOR SALE — Move-in Ready! New paint, new carpet, new kitchen flooring, outside p atio entryway.

Light & bright. Call Lorna (561) 3191292 Keller Williams Realty . $78,500.

COACH HOME FOR SALE IN WELLINGT ON — 1869 Sq. Ft. Coach home on Lake Wellington.

3 BR,2BA, Loft screened porch.

Mayfair at Wellington, a 55+ gated community. End unit in pristine condition with many upgrades. Must see the only spect acular view of Lake W ellington. $325,000 Call 561-236-0420

PART-TIME SECRETARY WANTED — Work with local religious organization 15 hours per week. 3 or 4 Days W eek.

Please E-Mail resume RABBIM@BELLSOUTH.NET DRIVERS WANTED — Full-Time/ Part-Time W ellington Town-Car NIGHT DISPATCHER — for Wellington Town-Car. Call for details 561-333-0181 CLEANING HELP NEEDED— Looking for reliable, honest, longtime resident with own transportation. English speaking to clean homes. 15-20 hours per week.

Please call Norma 561-719-9242 ANIMAL CARE - WILDLIFE NONPROFIT THE RARE SPECIES CONSERVAT ORY FOUNDATION www.rarespecies.org, seeks qualified, permanent part-time animal care staff. Duties include care and management of a diverse collection of endangered tropical species including parrots, small primates, and antelope. BA/BS preferred, must be fit, work out doors, be able to lift 50 lbs. 20 hrs/week average including weekends and holidays. Send CV and letter if inquiry to info@rarespecies.org. NO PHONE SOLICITATIONS ACCEPTED. EXPERIENCED LINE COOK — Deli person. Call between 8am & 11am. 561-795-7333 SHULTS ORTHODONTICS Hiring Full time Orthodontic Assistant. Experience required.

Send resume to: Shultsorthodontics@comcast.net

2000 HONDA ACCORD — 209,000 miles, red w/cream leather interior good running condition, good A/C $5,000 OBO 561-7137794 2001 PONTIAC MONTANA VAN — Loaded 76,022 miles. $5,000 OBO 561-784-7763

RV MOTORHOME 2005 — 31 f t. jar wings chateau class c 4700 miles. V10 for chassis fully equipped, 1 slide out. $4,800 offers considered 561-398-1825

NEXT SATURDAY APRIL 9th, 8:00a.m. - 1:00p.m. — YARD SALE Lake Pointe, White Coral Way. Clothing, housewares, furniture, misc. NO EARLY BIRDS PLEASE. YARD SALE — ThisSaturday, APRIL 2, 7:30a.m. - Noon.

Palms West Presbyterian Church. 13689 Okeechobee Blvd. Loxahatchee Between E & F Roads TOWN-CRIER CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS CALL 793-3576

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