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Volume 31, Number 49 December 3 - December 9, 2010

STUDENTS SELL CHRISTMAS TREES

The Indian Trail Improvement District is planning a workshop for residents to provide input on amenities they would like to see at Acreage Community Park when it is expanded. The meeting — called a “charette” — is set for Saturday, Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Acreage Pines Elementary School cafeteria. Architect Rick Gonzalez will lead the workshop. Page 3

Horizon Baptist Church Celebrates New Building

Pastor Sherman Dibble welcomed members and guests to Horizon Baptist Church on Sunday, Nov. 28 to celebrate the first worship service in its new building in The Acreage. Horizon Baptist Church is now located at 12965 Orange Blvd.

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Golf Classic Benefits Diabetes Research

The DRI Wellington Golf Classic is set for Monday, Dec. 13 at the Wanderers Club at Wellington. The golf tournament will be highlighted by the appear ance of LPGA golf pros Michelle McGann and Anna Grzebien, as well as other surprise celebrity participants.

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OPINION Address The Issues On Seminole Pratt

For far too long, Seminole Pratt Whitney Road in The Acreage has been the site of unnecessary accidents — especially in the area of Seminole Ridge High School. If there is any reason for Acreage residents to join toge ther to demand something gets done, it’s the safety of their children. Page 4

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The Royal P alm Beach High School Student Council kicked off its annual Christmas tree fundraiser Friday, Nov. 26. Now through Dec. 19, trees will be for sale from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Shown here are student council members and faculty members at the sale tent. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/T OWN-CRIER

Story Time At Scott’s Place...

Great Fun For Young And Old

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report On the first Saturday of every month at 10 a.m., children and families are invited to Story Time at Scott’s Place Playground, where they will be entertained, enlightened and introduced to the fun of reading.

For Saturday, Dec. 4, the featured story will be The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett. The story tells the tale of Matti, whose impatience for the gingerbread man to finish baking leads to her opening the oven and discovering a gingerbread baby instead.

The idea for story time began when resident Michelle SewingSohn, a media specialist, discovered that there would be a reading corner in Scott’s Place, located in front of the Wellington Community Center on Forest Hill Blvd.

Sewing-Sohn, who has a disabled sister, thought the park was a great idea.

“I thought, ‘This is so amazing,’” she recalled. “Why didn’t anyone think of this before? It’s so important for people in the community, and in the world, to get to know people who are disabled.”

But she was particularly inter-

ested in the reading corner.

The reading corner was put in Scott’s Place at the request of playground benefactors Barb and Del Williamson, Wellington Volunteer Coordinator Kim Henghold said.

The Williamsons donated $250,000 to build the park, which is named in memory of their disabled son Scott. They requested a place where children who might be too sick or tired to play could come and read with their friends.

Sewing-Sohn has dedicated much of her life to teaching children to read. She was a media specialist for eight years in New York and also worked at Cholee Lake Elementary School in Greenacres.

She has also traveled around the world advocating literacy. Last year, she worked at a school in Africa as a media specialist and has traveled to Peru as well. Everywhere she goes, she inspires children to read.

“It’s my passion,” Sewing-Sohn told the Town-Crier Tuesday. “It’s my reason for being. What gets me excited is getting kids to read and also to write.”

So when she saw that there would be a reading corner in the playground, she immediately volunteered to provide books for the

children to read, as well as her time to read them to the children. And Story Time at Scott’s Place was born.

“There’s nothing I enjoy more than reading to a big group of kids who become so engrossed in the stories that they want more,” she said.

Sewing-Sohn’s story time is not your typical bedtime story. She has detailed costumes and props, and engages the children with character voices and activities centered on the book.

“Michelle is really animated and engaging,” Henghold said.

“She’s an engaging and inspirational reader, and you can tell she really loves doing it.”

She is even able to compete with the playground, Henghold said. Though some children choose to play, many left the playground to join story time once she got started.

Making reading fun and engaging is what it is all about, SewingSohn noted. “I make it enjoyable so that they’ll get turned on to reading,” she said.

For example, this Saturday, children will have the opportunity to scour the playground to find See STORY TIME, page 7

Serving Palms West Since 1980

Acreage Mom Seeks Sidewalks, Lights On Seminole Pratt

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Acreage mother Karen Keogh is planning another walk Monday, Dec. 6 on Seminole Pratt Whitney Road from the Grove Marketplace shopping center to Seminole Ridge High School to demonstrate the dangers for students who walk the stretch.

Two weeks ago, Keogh and a group of parents walked with signs on the same route students take from the shopping center north of the school. On Monday, they will do it again, this time including the parents of children and pedestrians or their friends who have been involved in accidents on the road.

Participants will include the parents of student Ryan Garcia, who was struck by a bus in late October, the parents of two girls whose vehicle was hit by a truck last year and friends of a bicyclist who was struck a few weeks ago.

“The Palm Beach County School District says that if you live within a two-mile radius, you must find your own transportation, therefore those students choose to walk, and we don’t have a safe way for those students to get to school,” Keogh told the TownCrier on Monday. “It is a hazard for them to get to school.”

The walk will take place at 2:30 p.m., when school lets out.

Keogh said that from Orange Blvd. south to the shopping center, there is no sidewalk for the students to walk on. “There’s a little part of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road where there’s a white line and then some more road and then the grass,” she said. “The grass is overgrown on the bike path, so you can’t even ride on the side.

It’s not maintained, thus causing the accident with the adult biker three weeks ago.”

The accident happened around 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14, not far from the high school where the other accidents occurred, she said.

Andrew Busscher was riding his bicycle on the road where Keogh said the shoulder is overgrown with grass, and he was hit by a car and is still in the hospital with bone fractures.

“It was dark, the driver didn’t see him, and he was on the road because the grass is covering up the easement area. It’s crazy that he had to ride in the road. He didn’t have a choice. There’s no sidewalk. There’s no light,” she said.

That is the same area where many students walk every school day. “It’s a dangerous way for See SEM PRATT, page 4

RPB Prepares To Bid Phase Two Of Park

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Phase 1 of the 163-acre Royal Palm Beach Commons Park is done, and the village is preparing to award a bid for Phase 2, which will be the actual construction of the facilities.

“We have a pre-bid meeting for all those interested in bidding on Phase 2 on Dec. 8, which is next Wednesday,” Parks and Recreation Director Lou Recchio told the Town-Crier on Tuesday. “If they have any clarifications or questions, that is when we’re go-

ing to give it to the prospective bidders.”

On Friday, Dec. 17, the bids will be opened at 3 p.m. “From that point, we’re hoping to mobilize and get the contractor on site in March or April of next year,” Recchio said. “We think it will take about 18 months to complete that phase.”

On Thursday, the RPB council was to have authorized Village Manager Ray Liggins to enter into a consultant services agreement of $35,500 for architectural services See PARK BID, page 4

DOG PARK ‘YAPPY HOUR’

Holiday Parade Returns Dec. 12

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report A 36-foot, 26,000-pound steel artifact from the World Trade Center will be the centerpiece of the 27th annual Western Communities Holiday Parade on Sunday, Dec. 12, kicking off down Forest Hill Blvd. at 1 p.m.

The relic, which eventually will be displayed at Wellington’s new Patriot Memorial to honor the victims of 9/11, is arriving in Palm Beach County this week (see related story, below).

Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue will keep it at its station at Florida’s Turnpike and Southern Blvd. for a week until the parade.

“On Dec. 12, it’s going to be in a procession from the Southern Blvd. fire-rescue facility to the Village of Wellington, and it will

kick off the holiday parade,” Wellington Vice Mayor Matt Willhite said.

The World Trade Center artifact will be escorted in the parade by Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office cruisers, fire-rescue vehicles and military equipment.

“There will not be sirens and all of that stuff, it will be a very solemn aspect of the parade,” Willhite said. “It will be the first opportunity for people in the village to actually see it.”

Willhite personally picked out the piece of steel from many other items in a 180,000-square-foot airplane hangar at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.

The artifacts are free, but organizations desiring them must apply for them and pay the cost of shipping, he said. “It also has to go to

a public use,” he added.

The future monument ties in perfectly with the theme of the parade this year, which is “Home for the Holidays.” The grand marshals will be soldiers from each respective branch of the armed forces, according to Mary Lou Bedford, marketing manager for the Palms West Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the parade.

“We’re featuring our troops this year,” Bedford said. “It’s a very special parade. I’m very excited about it. We usually have a celebrity as grand marshal, but this year our grand marshals are going to be representatives from each branch of the armed forces. They will lead off the parade. We’re going to be featuring the steel from See PARADE, page 20

The Wanderers Club at Wellington sponsored “Yappy Hour” Saturday, Nov. 27 at Wellington Dog Park. Chef Tam Ha baked up some dog treats and each dog got a small bag to take home. Meanwhile, pet owners enjoyed fruit kabobs, carrot juice with ginger, cookies, water and iced tea. Pictured here are Becky and Jim Marshall with chocolate Labrador Jake.

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Ground Zero Relic Heads South For Wellington Memorial

Patriot Memorial — An updated artist’s rendering of the planned Patriot Memorial showing the World Trade Center relic.

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report A piece of steel from the World Trade Center that will be the focal point of Wellington’s Patriot Memorial is set to arrive in the village this weekend, accompanied by a caravan of law enforcement, fire-rescue, military and motorcycle escorts.

The group, along with Vice Mayor Matt Willhite and several village employees, left early Tuesday morning to retrieve the artifact from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It is expected to arrive Friday or Saturday, Willhite said.

And residents who want to welcome the steel home only need to

visit www.wellingtonfl.gov to stay updated to its whereabouts, he said.

“Residents will have the ability to track the piece of steel using GPS location on the village web site,” he said. “They’ll be able to follow us as we bring the artifact down from New York.”

Sisters Towing & Transportation, which donated time to drive to and from New York, will carry the 36-foot by 8-foot steel beam home on one of their trucks. Members of Palm Beach County FireRescue, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and members of the military will escort the truck back to Wellington.

The Port Authority requires that

the artifacts taken from the World Trade Center wreckage be handled and transported in an honorable fashion, Willhite said.

“We will be stopping in Stuart on the way home,” Willhite said.

“We’re going to meet with a group of motorcyclists who will then join us in escorting the steel the rest of the way.”

Residents will have a chance to see the piece of steel on display during the 27th annual Western Communities Holiday Parade on Saturday, Dec. 12 in Wellington.

“It’s going to open the parade,” Willhite said. “It will be part of a very quiet and somber ceremony, See MEMORIAL, page 7

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Public Invited To Offer Opinions On Acreage Park Plans

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Indian Trail Improvement District is planning a workshop for residents to provide input on amenities they would like to see at Acreage Community Park when it is expanded.

The meeting — called a “charette” — is set for Saturday, Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Acreage Pines Elementary School cafeteria. Rick Gonzalez, CEO of REG Architects of West Palm Beach, will lead the workshop.

REG Architects projects include the historic county courthouse, Harriet Himmel Theater and Mar-A-Lago reconstructions.

He also consulted with Wellington on its Town Center projects and designed one of the first environmentally “green” buildings in Palm Beach County, the Marinelife Center of Juno Beach.

ITID President Michelle Damone said she and other supervisors will likely be there at some point during the day, but that the charette is primarily for residents to share their ideas and desires for the park, located at Orange Blvd. and 140th Avenue North.

The park site will increase from about 25 to 40 acres with the acquisition of land from a swap with the county for 6 acres planned for a new county library branch on Orange Blvd. east of Publix.

“There will be breakout sessions specific to amenities in the park, and then they will have other breakouts that are specific to the community center,” Damone told the Town-Crier on Tuesday.

The consultant will also be looking for input on preferred architectural style, such as Old Florida, Caribbean or Mediterranean Revival.

“It’s a great opportunity for the Indian Trail Improvement District to engage with the community,” Damone said, explaining that she will intentionally keep a low profile during the process. “I will poke my head in personally, but I will not attend the entire day as I don’t want to influence the residents.”

Damone said she is interested in hearing ideas from the public.

“I really want to hear their input before I add mine or make any major decisions as far as the permanent structure of the park,” she said.

One major concern of the district is compliance with grant financing. “We have a lot of grant requests out right now, so as the amenities are decided, they have to follow a schedule of phasing that will be important as we try to fund it with existing funds and matching funds,” Damone said.

The total cost for the park improvements is estimated at about $9.2 million, for which the district has about $6 million in its reserve account. The district has applied for about $2.75 million in various grants. The phasing will be spread out over several years. Another money source will become available after the district pays off an existing bond debt. “We are not looking at increasing the overall budget to construct the park,” Damone said. “We will be looking within the budget to maintain it once it’s built.”

Damone noted that the original park was built in 1997, but the expansion has been in the planning for 10 years. She thinks the park will provide not only recreational amenities, but also an economic boost to the area.

“This is truly an investment into See CHARETTE, page 20

‘Volunteer Wellington’ Gives Residents More Ways To Get Involved

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The Village of Wellington is calling for its residents to give back to the community by signing up for Volunteer Wellington.

The new program, in partnership with the Citizens Volunteer Organization (CVO), will organize residents to help with events, community programs and other needs.

“We’ve always had volunteers,” Volunteer Coordinator Kim Henghold said, “but we’ve never had a volunteer program like this.”

A key difference between the new program and other volunteer programs is that Wellington volunteers will have the opportunity to work in the administrative office, greeting people and doing filing work and other tasks.

“Volunteer Wellington’s focus is more comprehensive,” Henghold said. “We are encompassing administrative and clerical positions, greeting positions, a lot of things that are administrative, whereas before we didn’t have a lot of volunteers doing those sorts of things.”

The new program provides a way for residents to learn about and interact with their government, while providing a service to the community.

“We’re starting it now so that we can enhance the delivery of services to the residents, while providing some personal satisfaction for volunteers,” she said, “as well as getting them an increased understanding of city government.”

To sign up, residents can visit www.wellingtonfl.gov and sign up with Volunteer Wellington, the CVO or both, Henghold said.

“The CVO deals a lot with more resident-driven projects like community cleanups, hurricane cleanups and as liaisons with the schools,” she said. “Volunteer Wellington is more inside the municipal offices and special events. We will have things like Town Center greeters and amphitheater ushers, as well as special events.”

The CVO has about 200 members who help with various community projects all year long, CVO President Stacy Somers said.

She began the organization two years ago to help those in need.

“I moved to Wellington because it had that homey feeling,” Somers said. “The CVO came about because the community was changing. That feeling was going away.”

Through its partnership with Volunteer Wellington, Somers hopes to “reintroduce” the CVO to the public.

Together, the two organizations will hold a kickoff party for resi-

dents on Saturday, Jan. 8 at the Wellington Amphitheater.

“Volunteerism is big right now,” Henghold said. “It’s popular in municipal government.”

She noted that more than 80 Wellington residents came out to help deliver Thanksgiving meals as part of the Hometown Holiday food drive.

One of the reasons for the boost in volunteerism, she said, is the high level of unemployment across the country.

“They say it’s a perfect storm for volunteers right now because there’s a lot of people out of work,” Henghold said. “There are a lot of skilled workers whose skills aren’t being utilized. And they want to be productive, and they want to continue to give back to their community, so volunteering is a great way to do that.”

The program is not just for skilled workers, however, but for anyone who wants to spend their spare time helping. From seniors to high school students, there is a place for everyone.

“There’s no time commitment required,” Henghold said. “Someone can give as little as an hour a week or as much as 15 hours a week. You can even sign up just for particular events. However much time people can give.”

The village will also organize a teen community service group, which will allow kids the opportunity to volunteer during teacher workdays, when students are not in school but parents may still be working.

“It’s something we want to focus on for next year,” Henghold said. “They’ll get together as a teen service group and do community service. It would provide them with a large chunk of community hours at one time. If you need 50 hours to graduate, that would be an eight-hour day you could get done at one time.”

Online, volunteers can request to be notified for certain types of volunteer positions, including office and clerical, greeting or reception, neighborhood parks, the amphitheater program, senior services or special events.

Volunteers will then be placed in a position suited to their skills, Henghold said. “Everyone has different skills,” she said. “We’ll place volunteers on a case-by-case basis according to their skill set.”

But the program also provides the opportunity for residents to maintain their skill sets as well as gain new skills, she said. Henghold noted that an out-of-work resident looking to sharpen her computer skills came to the village to volunteer.

“With that, hopefully she’ll be See VOLUNTEER, page 20

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Address The Safety Issues On Seminole Pratt Whitney Road For far too long, Seminole Pratt Whitney Road in The Acreage has been the site of unnecessary accidents — especially in the area of Seminole Ridge High School. Following the Oct. 27 traffic accident in which a Seminole Ridge student was hit by a bus while crossing Seminole Pratt at 7 a.m., the Town-Crier published an article about the dangers pedestrians face on that road. Not long after that, on Nov. 14, a man was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on the same road. Fortunately, both survived their accidents, though not without serious injuries — and they are far from being among the first pedestrians to be hit by vehicles on this dangerous roadway. And while we would like theirs to be the last of such horrible accidents on that stretch of roadway, unless improvements are made, it is very likely that more of these incidents will occur.

After the accident in October, the Town-Crier spoke to officials from the Indian Trail Improvement District and Palm Beach County. ITID Supervisor Ralph Bair said he has been pushing for a lower speed limit on the stretch of road near the high school as well as the construction of a walkway from the nearby Grove Marketplace plaza north to Orange Blvd.

However, county policy for posting school zones includes only elementary and middle schools, and there are no plans for lowering the speed limit in front of Seminole Ridge.

According to county traffic engineer Dan Weisberg, the county does have plans for extend-

ing the sidewalk on the west side of Seminole Pratt, though only to 60th Street North. And it won’t happen overnight. Meanwhile, the hazards persist, and unfortunately SUVs and pickup trucks aren’t the “big” vehicles on Seminole Pratt; commercial semis use the road as a through street between Southern and Northlake boulevards. While it’s good that there are safety measures in front of the school, it’s not the only area where accidents are likely to occur. Farther down the road, pedestrians are on their own. Students who live within two miles of the school don’t have the option of riding a bus, and unless they’re old enough to drive or have a parent or someone else drive them, then they’re left to make the trek on foot or bicycle.

Because Acreage road projects aren’t usually high on the county’s list of priorities, it’s important for parents and other concerned residents to let their concerns be heard at every opportunity. There is already a group of parents working together to seek improvements. Two weeks ago, they marched along the same path students follow from the Grove Marketplace to school. This Monday, the group will march again, this time including the family and friends of accident victims (see story, page 1).

If there is any reason for Acreage residents to join together to raise their collective voice, it’s to ensure the safety of their children. It is time to address the issues on Seminole Pratt Whitney Road.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Lowering Speed Limits Is Not The Solution Consider Wellington’s recent speed limit changes, 90 percent of changes lowering them, despite the recommendation of the company we paid $23,000 to not do so. Heck, why didn’t we ask the real experts, the sheriff’s office? They are out there 24/7 and keep all accident and summons activity. Oh, I know, they are free, so let’s pay someone and give business to another business.

Does anyone know what the most dangerous thing in the world is today? It’s a woman in an SUV with one hand on the steering wheel the other on a phone, racing to or from school, or it might be being late for some after-school activity with her precious cargo.

They are the problem, not our speed limits!

Now plans are in place to create traffic jams at the entrance on Forest Hill Blvd. behind the hospital, a huge commercial development (one million square feet), and guess what: once again, against the advice of county planners and engineers — the experts. At least it will prevent speeding; gridlock will prevail.

I’m not sure who to thank, our Wellington Village Council or the Wellington Chamber of Com-

merce. Oh, they are the same thing! Hmm… Now I would like to thank the same people for the proposal to put some retail stores in the midst of our residential communities.

Imagine coming home to find a large sign or a flashing or digital sign (they already changed our signage codes, which were probably the best in Florida, that I and others wrote as the original master association codes). We (thanks Joe Piconcelli) made Park Avenue Grill, Hollywood Video, Checkers and McDonald’s all scale down. But those days are over; the new sheriff is the chamber and its representatives, our council.

Imagine the wonderment of such beauty as myriad flashing colors shine through your blinds as you attempt to sleep! Kindly take your right hand, place it over your left shoulder, and pat yourself on the back, for you are not unlike the rest of our country — apathetic, lazy and rapidly leaving our country (and village) as one long strip mall, allowing the business community to make decisions for us!

Who got this country into our current financial crisis? Why it was/is the national chamber of commerce and the business community and their rampant greed, not the average citizen. When we hear the outcry that we need jobs, please consider why. Simply put, thank the business community, but

now they want our help (translated: money) so they can go on another spending spree. Now consider, who pays to bail them out?

At present, billions sit in banks and financial institutions and are not being spent to help the little guy even though it is the little guy’s money. Heck, give those people tax breaks; oh, they already have them!

Our children or their children will be leaving Wellington, for the same reason we came here, to escape commercialism and traffic. Each of the above aforementioned items brings us closer to that day, all in the name of business and, ultimately, greed!

They represent less than 5 percent of our population, but every village leader is a “certified” member of a chamber, so who represents the rest of us, the 95 percent? They are counting on us to stay asleep. Zzz...

George Unger Wellington

Let’s Make The Dog Park No. 1 Editor’s note: The following letter was addressed to the Wellington Village Council. A copy was sent to the Town-Crier for publication.

To the Village Council: “In an age when keyboards and touchpads connect us, off-leash parks flourish across the country

because they are great gathering places for both dogs and dog owners to come together and enjoy each others company,” Dog Fancy editor Ernie Slone said. “The best parks offer opportunities for socialization and exercise, but also strive to create a special bond and sense of community.”

The Wellington Dog Park is such a place. We are hoping that the Village of Wellington can “take it up a notch” to make our dog park one of the best in America.

Each year, Dog Fancy receives nominations for the Best Dog Parks in America. To be considered, parks must have fencing, double gates and free cleanup bags. Parks are then considered based on a list of criteria including: water for dogs and their people, shade/shelter, lights, parking, support organizations and special events, among others.

This is Wellington. We boast some of the top facilities and municipalities of all types in Florida.

The opportunity to improve on what we have here is very obtainable and should stand on par with the other wonderful amenities the Village of Wellington provides for its loyal residents.

Here are some suggestions and solutions to making these improvements: • We need our maintenance person back to fill holes, fix broken locks on gates, fix wheels on mov-

ing gates, refill water stations with rubber fill and keep them level with the ground and mosquito control. These are all safety and liability concerns that are paramount to a safe and clean environment for the dogs and owners, especially those with children.

• The water hose that exists outside of the gates in the common ground needs to be available again. It is necessary for owners to wash off their dogs outside of the park without flooding the wooden stations as well as having a continuous flow hose.

• Small inexpensive signs reminding owners of the key responsibilities such as “picking up” and “close the gates.”

I am a 15-year resident of Wellington and regular at the dog park.

I have been in communication with your parks department personnel over the past few months as the park began to decline. Initially, the response was immediate and greatly appreciated. As of late, my calls have been totally ignored, and maintenance, besides mowing, has been ceased... why?

I speak for all of the regular dog park residents (100-plus signatures) and their dogs who have committed to this request. Many of us have actually come to the park with tool in hand. I echo all the comments by my friend [Wellington Dog Park founder] Dr. Elliott Krakow and also look forward to hearing from the village very soon.

Jaimee Rubin Wellington

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OPINION

Remembering My Old Friend And Great News Man, Donald Kellerman We were both born the same day, spent endless teenage hours together, co-conceived the Sports Parade radio show on WGBB radio, of course attended each other’s weddings plus myriad social engagements, argued baseball and sports in general endlessly and managed to stay in touch, loosely because of distances, for some 70 years.

Now my brilliant friend Don Kellermann is gone and big-time media across the nation from the New York Times to the Los Angeles Times to The Washington Post

Footloose and...

By Jules W. Rabin and Newsday, etc. are devoting large space and copious information to the obituary of his colorful and impressive career.

Don grew up near me in Valley Stream, Long Island, and while he wasn’t a great athlete, he was a great sports enthusiast. Thus there

was an ongoing argument on the stoops of Pilgrim Street most often about whether Joe D., “Say Hey” Willie Mays or the Duke (Snider) was the best center fielder in New York baseball. But once Donald said goodbye to his teenage years, his creative jets and fabulous vision of the world went to town.

His first big hit came when Don got his publisher at Newsday and the warden of the Suffolk County Jail to secretly agree to house him in jail for purposely breaking into a liquor store. Upon release, some

42 days later, he wrote a series on conditions in jail, which led to official investigations and key penal reforms.

The Newsday series opened a CBS-TV producer job which included, over his 11 years there, a documentary on Dickens, an investigation on the illegal selling of babies and a coveted interview with President John F. Kennedy.

Then it was on to national educational TV followed by his glory days as chief of staff to Sen. Jacob Javits, with whom he wrote an acclaimed book, Who Makes

War: The President Versus Congress, in 1973. Then, surprisingly, he left his East Coast roots in 1980 to become corporate vice president of public relations for the Los Angeles Times and some affiliated papers in 1984.

Finally, with funding from Times-Mirror, Donald jackrabbited back to Washington to set up and become the first director of the Times-Mirror Center for the People and the Press. It evolved into the internationally renowned Pew Research Center. This legacy stamped in place, Don retired in

1992 to an endless luncheon circuit of Washington movers and shakers.

At their 60th anniversary party three years ago in Manhattan, Don and his wife Joan joined other oldest friends, Bob and Viv and Sylvia and I to hoist a glass of champagne to 65.

My old friend didn’t make it… but he did make it a hell of a lifetime ride for Joan and daughters Carol and Lynn and the grandkids. Actually, Donald, it was a hell of a ride for all who knew you!

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Walk On Monday

continued from page 1 them to get to school,” she said.

“They’re risking their lives by walking to school.”

Keogh, who has a daughter who attends the school, said the students who park on campus are awarded passes based on their grade point average.

“Those students are few and far between,” she said. “The parking pass is not the issue. The issue is that we have students who don’t have a choice and don’t have a bus available to pick them up who must walk to school, who don’t have a driver’s license, who don’t have a car. Those are the students who have to walk on that road.”

Although her daughter has a car and an on-campus parking pass, Keogh said she became aware of the conditions after her daughter injured her foot in a cheerleading accident and she had to drive her to school.

“Right now, every morning I drive, and I see it, and it’s crazy,”

Keogh said. “When you’re standing there at the stoplight and you’re at the bus loop, students push to cross the street. The buses turning left are coming straight at the students. The buses are facing to the east and the students are usually facing to the west. When they push that button, it tells the student to walk and it gives the bus driver the green light to go. That’s an issue.”

The bus turning left must watch for students in the process of legally crossing the road, she said.

Keogh said that she thinks more parking should be available on campus, as well as additional access on the west side of the campus away from Seminole Pratt Whitney Road, which the school district had planned but which drew resistance from Indian Trail Improvement District officials back when the school was built.

“It would have definitely made more sense to give us another parking area or another access into Seminole Ridge High School away from Seminole Pratt Whitney Road,” Keogh said. “They should never have allowed the

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There are added troubles very early in the morning.

“When it is dark, you cannot see those kids,” she said. “I have been out there at 5:30 in the morning, it is pitch black and you don’t see those kids coming across that road.”

Keogh said it also troubles her that some parents put their students out on the road while they are stopped at the traffic light.

“They let them out in oncoming traffic and make them run across the street,” she said. “You ticket those parents one time, and I can pretty much assure you they’re not going to do it again.”

Keogh noted that the county has budgeted for lights from the school south to 60th Street, but that is not where the accidents have been occurring.

“The accidents have been at the north end of the school,” she said.

She said county traffic engineer Dan Weisberg has told her that more lights will be installed from Orange Blvd. to the school when Callery-Judge Grove develops its

property, but she feels that is not soon enough.

Weisberg said streetlights are being installed from the north driveway of the school south to Sycamore Drive. Road improvements were done in front of the school before its construction, including widening to four lanes and the addition of turn lanes, two traffic lights and streetlights on each of the traffic light poles.

He said the sidewalk on the west side of the road from the school north to the Grove Marketplace will be extended north to 60th Street when the roadway is widened from 60th Street north to Orange Blvd. Those improvements are being designed, although no roadway improvements or streetlight installation is planned between the school and 60th Street.

“The sidewalk will be extended north from its existing terminus to 60th as part of the road widening project north of 60th,” Weisberg told the Town-Crier on Tuesday.

He said $5 million is in the 2011 budget for construction of that section of road.

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Recchio said more than 20 contractors have picked up bid packets for the project. “There’s a lot of contractors out there looking for work,” he said, pointing out that having that many bidders probably will mean a good construction price for the village.

Phase 1 of the park, located on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. between Southern and Okeechobee boulevards, was earthwork and lake digging. Phase 2 is the actual construction of the roads and buildings, said Recchio, who hopes to have the project finished by mid to late 2012.

The main building will be three stories, with the ground floor for

canoe, kayak and bicycle storage and rental. The next floor will be for sundry stores, outfitters, a snack bar and registrations. The third floor will be a ballroom to be rented for private parties, with a full kitchen.

Outside the third floor will be a balcony with a 360-degree view of the park. In front of the main building will be an interactive fountain similar to but larger than the one at Veterans Park. In back will be a pavilion for weddings and other affairs.

There will also be a 5-acre open grass area that will accommodate 20,000 people for special events, along with two playground areas, two sand volleyball courts and several picnic pavilions, some of which will have docks that go into the lakes interconnected with a waterway system. The park has also been contoured for a ninehole, par-three golf course, which will not be completed at this time.

About a third of the park will be lakes, which will be stocked for catch-and-release fishing. Around the perimeter will be a paved bicycle and pedestrian jogging and walking path.

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HORIZON BAPTIST CHURCH CELEBRATES ITS NEW BUILDING IN THE ACREAGE

Pastor Sherman Dibble welcomed members and guests to Horizon Baptist Church on Sunday, Nov. 28 to celebrate the first worship ser vice in its new building in The Acreage. For the past six years, the chur ch has held services at Pierce Hammock Elementar y School. Horizon Baptist Church is now located at 12965 Orange Blvd. For more info., call (561) 792-1122 or visit www.horizonbc.com.

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Pastor Sherman Dibble (center) with deacons Matthew Winters, Jack Rose, Joe Thomas and Steve Roberts.

Char ter church members Traci and John Perez, Elizabeth Requeny, and Marena and Pedro Gonzalez.

Church secretary Laura Winters and Deborah Dibble cut cakes.

ROYAL PALM BEACH COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER FOR UNIFIED FOOD DRIVE

First Baptist Church of Royal Palm Beach was a beehive of activity Nov. 21 when volunteers began sorting the 3,000 food items that were donated during the first Unified Food Driv e in Royal Palm Beach. P articipating in the drive were local churches, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office District 9 personnel, local residents and students, and Zachry Holdings, which provided $5,000 to purchase more than 200 turkeys and other food items.

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(Front, L-R) First Baptist Church Associate Pastor Tony Hoffman, Pastor Dale Faircloth, Diane Smith and Andrew Lewis; (back) Lt. Marcos Mar tinez, Capt. Eric Coleman and Sgt. James Hightower.

PBSO personnel and clergy members gather for a photo.

PBSO Capt. Eric Coleman, Jorge Alvarado and Deputy Kenward Campbell stack boxed turkeys.

WELLINGTON AMPHITHEATER PRESENTS JUNE BUG & THE REBORN HIGHWAY

June Bug and the Reborn Highway rocked the Wellington Amphitheater on Saturday, Nov. 27 as part of the village’s winter concert series. The band entertained the crowd with a mix of original songs and classic covers. For music, show dates and more, visit www.junebugandtherebornhighway.com. For more information about events at the Wellington Amphitheater, visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or call (561) 791-4000.

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Bassist Ryan Mishkin (lef t) and guitarist Josh Pertnoy (right) perform as part of June Bug and the Reborn Highway.

Lead singer Amanda Covetskie croons out a tune.

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Suspects Arrested For Armed Robbery In Royal Palm Beach

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report NOV. 27 — Two Royal Palm Beach men were arrested last Saturday on charges of armed robbery after stealing $360 from a Wellington resident at the PNC Bank branch on Fox Trail Road South in Royal Palm Beach. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report, at approximately 12:05 a.m., the victim pulled up to the bank’s drivethrough ATM and was withdrawing $360 when 22-year-old Jean Francois approached him brandishing a knife. According to the report, Francois demanded the victim give him the money, and held the knife in his face. The victim complied and immediately drove away in fear for his life.

According to the report, as he was leaving, the victim observed a man later identified as 23-year-old Andres Pieschacon standing by the entrance to the bank and acting as a lookout. The victim then observed both men flee on foot westbound behind the business plaza toward a wooded area. The victim met with a deputy from the Royal Palm Beach substation and described the suspects. Other deputies arrived and set up a perimeter with canine tracking. According to the report, after tracking for several minutes through the woods, the canine unit discovered a backpack belonging to the suspects. Meanwhile, a resident of the Willows called the RPB substation to report two suspicious males running through her yard. Minutes later, an air unit located the suspects along a canal bank, and the canine unit tracked them down on the 200 block of Bob White Road.

According to the report, the suspects resisted deputies and refused to comply, resulting in them being apprehended by the canine unit. The victim was able to positively identify Francois and Pieschacon, and a deputy recovered the victim’s $360 from Francois.

The knife used in the robbery was found following a search of the woods where the backpack was recovered. According to the report, Francois admitted to committing the robbery, but Pieschacon denied any involvement. Both were arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail where they were charged with armed robbery and resisting an officer.

••• NOV. 24 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to a home in Paddock Park last Wednesday afternoon regarding a vehicle burglary.

According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8 p.m. last Tuesday and 2:30 p.m. the following afternoon, someone stole the victim’s MacBook laptop computer, valued at $970, and his debit card from his car. The victim said that he went to the gym and afterward went to his girlfriend’s house, which is when he noticed the items were missing. He discovered that the suspect(s) had spent $95.59 using his card. DNA evidence was taken at the scene, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

NOV. 25 — A Royal Palm Beach woman was arrested last

Thursday on shoplifting charges for stealing from the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Belvedere Road.

According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the Royal Palm Beach substation was dispatched to the store after 25-year-old Katherine Fidel was observed stealing numerous items. Fidel entered the store at approximately 8 p.m. last Wednesday and selected numerous items that she concealed on her person and inside her purse. According to the report, she continued to select items for six hours, and then passed all points of sale, making no attempt to pay for the items. A loss prevention officer stopped Fidel and took her into custody.

During a search of her purse for identification and concealed merchandise, the deputy discovered Fidel was in possession of one Adderall pill and one buprenorphine pill. Fidel was also found in possession of miscellaneous clothing, jewelry and makeup valued at $492.94. She was arrested and taken to the county jail where she was charged with grand theft and possession of controlled substances.

NOV. 26 — A Wellington man was arrested last Friday on charges of shoplifting and battery after he was caught stealing from the CVS Pharmacy on Forest Hill Blvd. in Wellington. According to a PBSO report, 23-year-old Calim Gerve entered the store at approximately 8:10 p.m. and was observed selecting items and placing them in his pants. He was confronted by a store employee and fled toward the exit. According to the report, Gerve knocked down store customers to get to the door.

Gerve was located by the deputy near a gas station on South Shore Blvd. The store employee was able to identify him, and Gerve was arrested. He was taken to the county jail where he was charged with retail theft and battery.

NOV. 26 — A resident of Channing Villas called the PBSO substation in Wellington last Friday to report an act of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 7 p.m. last Thursday and 7:44 a.m. the following morning, someone shot a BB through the victim’s front window.

The deputy was unable to locate the BB inside the house. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

NOV. 27 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to a home in Black Diamond last Saturday in response to a residential burglary.

According to a PBSO report, sometime between noon on Saturday, Nov. 20 and 9:30 a.m. last Saturday, someone cut the line to the victim’s alarm system, cut the screen on the pool patio enclosure and broke the glass on the rear sliding glass door. The suspect(s) then went into the master bedroom and removed several pieces of jewelry, including a 14-karat gold pendant, a 14-karat gold charm bracelet with 10 charms and $200 cash. The stolen items were valued at approximately $7,200. The burglar(s) did not rummage through any other room or take See BLOTTER, page 20

Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking f or the public’s help in finding these wanted fugitives: • Jybray Air-Barber is a black male, 6’3” tall and w eighing 160 lbs., with black hair and br own eyes. His date of bir th is 07/ 09/90. Air-Barber is wanted for burglary of a dwelling, grand theft of a dwelling, dealing in stolen property and false verification of ownership to a pawnbroker. His occupation is unkno wn. His last known addresses were Silk Carnation Way in Royal Palm Beach and Montauk Driv e in Wellington. Air-Barber is wanted as of 12/ 02/10.

• Ariel Rosales is a white male, 5’8” tall and w eighing 150 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. His date of bir th is 02/06/ 73. Rosales is wanted for failure to appear on charges of traf ficking in marijuana, unlawful possession of property for trafficking, sale/manufacture of contraband, possession of marijuana with intent to sell and larceny of a utility. His occupation is unknown. His last kno wn addresses were 52nd Court Nor th in The Acreage and SW Four th Street in Miami.

Rosales is wanted as of 12/02/10.

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

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Drivers Beware: Speed Limit Lowered On Section Of Okeechobee

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Construction is almost finished on the new section of Okeechobee Blvd. between Wildcat Way and Florida’s Turnpike, but the speed limit has been reduced from 50 to 45 mph effective this week.

Deputy County Engineer Tanya McConnell said the design for the new eight-lane roadway requires a 45-mph speed limit, mandated by the Florida Department of Transportation. Similar to the sequence of events on Southern Blvd., the FDOT will conduct a speed study in about 60 days to

Wellington Toy Drive Through Friday, Dec. 17 To ensure that every child in the community has a bright holiday, the Village of Wellington will hold its second annual Hometown Holiday Toy Drive through Friday, Dec. 17.

Wellington has partnered with the Citizens Volunteer Organization, the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue, the Boys & Girls Club, the Palms West Chamber of Commerce, Walgreens and local businesses to collect new, unwrapped toys for children in need this holiday.

Residents are encouraged to drop off new, unwrapped toys by Friday, Dec. 17 to any of the following locations: the Wellington Community Center (12165 W.

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continued from page 1 escorted by police and fire-rescue without their sirens to show respect.”

After the parade, the steel will be stored away until it is installed on the memorial next year. Construction is set to begin in February 2011, and the memorial will be finished in time for the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. “[The memorial] will be unveiled during the countywide ceremony that will take place here in Wellington,” Willhite said.

Last January, the Wellington Village Council approved the memorial, which will sit at the entrance to the new Town Center, between Scott’s Place playground and the new Wellington municipal complex. It will feature an eternal flame, a flagpole, pergolas, benches and a fountain.

“Behind the pergolas there will

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continued from page 1 the lost gingerbread baby. They will also enjoy gingerbread cookies thanks to a partnership with Walgreens.

“Even the adults laugh at the stories,” Sewing-Sohn said.

“People think of children’s literature as it was 40 years ago, but there’s so much powerful children’s literature out there.

It’s like the animated films these days, there are jokes that adults will find funny that the children might not get.”

And story time is a break from the school atmosphere, she noted.

Instead, children can come and enjoy reading for pleasure.

“They can stop by and stay longer,” she said. “If the kids want to read, I let them. I tell them, ‘I want to listen to you.’

It’s a great way to build their self-esteem.”

For Henghold, story time provides a great opportunity to pro-

determine whether the 45-mph limit will remain or be increased to 50 mph.

“It has always been 50 all the way to Wildcat Way, and Wildcat Way west through Royal Palm Beach is 35,” McConnell said. “A speed study will be done eventually in six months to a year.”

Okeechobee Blvd. is a state road from State Road 7 east. “It is partially funded by the state, so it would have to meet their requirements,” McConnell said.

At present, neither the state nor the county has plans for any further improvements to that section

of Okeechobee any time soon, although the Palm Beach Metropolitan Planning Organization has discussed flyovers for several major intersections, including Jog Road and State Road 7, if pressure on that roadway continues to increase.

Flyovers had been discussed as possible alternatives to the completion of the extension of Roebuck Road, the easement of which runs north of Okeechobee Blvd. along the north sides of the West Palm Beach developments of Andros Isle, River Walk and Baywinds. Residents have been fight-

Forest Hill Blvd.), the Safe Neighborhoods Office (1100 Wellington Trace), the Administration Office (14000 Greenbriar Blvd.), or the Planning, Zoning & Building Office (12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd.).

“The holidays are about giving and helping those in need,” Mayor Darell Bowen said. “This is an excellent opportunity for our residents to come together and bring smiles to children’s faces in Wellington this holiday season.”

For more information, visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.

Palm Beach County Animal Care & Control is hosting holiday pet portraits.

Pet owners can team up to

help homeless animals by scheduling an appointment to have their family and pets professionally photographed by the Top Room Studio.

The cost is $20 for two 5” x 7” prints. All proceeds will support homeless animals at Animal Care & Control as well as low-cost spay/neuter programs and animal cruelty investigations.

Call (561) 233-1222 to book an appointment for Saturday, Dec. 11 or Sunday, Dec. 12. This fun event will take place at Animal Care & Control, 7100 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach, just west of Florida’s Turnpike.

Please be sure your pet is current on rabies vaccines and tags.

In the event your pet is not current, low cost rabies vaccines will be available upon arrival. Visit www.pbcgov.com/animal for more information.

be a glass wall,” Willhite said, “with all of the names of those who died in the attacks etched into it.”

The memorial is expected to cost $200,000, and money is being raised through a public-private partnership with the Wellington Community Foundation, the village’s nonprofit organization, Willhite said.

Residents also have the opportunity to honor their loved ones with an engraved brick, which will pave the way to the 9/11 artifact that serves as the focal point for the memorial.

Willhite traveled to New York in July to select a piece of the World Trade Center wreckage. He chose the piece of steel, which comprises three parallel beams held together.

The steel is special not only because of its history but also because it was one of only a few pieces selected for the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster.

“Our piece of steel was actual-

ly part of the study that investigated what happened to the buildings,” Willhite said, noting that the steel was identified in the study as an exterior column panel from World Trade Center Tower 2. It was located somewhere between floors 68 and 71.

“When the plane hit Tower 2, the initial impact was from floors 77 to 85,” Willhite said. “It was just a few floors above where our piece of steel was located.”

The steel will be placed at an angle, with a concrete base deep in the ground to hold it in place.

Residents may purchase a personalized brick to commemorate or celebrate a loved one for $50 or $100, or they may elect to sponsor another piece of equipment such as flowerbed markers for $200, the flagpole base for $3,500 or one of several other items. Opportunities are available from $50 to $50,000, Willhite said.

For more information about the Patriot Memorial, or to donate, visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or contact the village at (561) 7914000.

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mote literacy, education and healthy outdoor activity.

“It’s beneficial to the community to recognize the importance not only of reading to your kids, but with your kids,” Henghold said. “It also gives parents and children an opportunity to do something outside that’s fun and educational. It’s a great setting because the kids can play at the park before or after.”

Already, story time has been a success in her eyes, Sewing-Sohn said.

“The first time we did it, a little boy, who was all of six years old, came up to me and said, ‘I love you,’” she recalled. “He held my hand and asked me to read to him.

And I stayed and read to him for over an hour.”

Sewing-Sohn may enjoy reading to the children, but getting them interested in a lifetime of reading is her ultimate goal. She noted that at the same time she was reading to the young boy, an older boy also asked her to read with him.

“We read together one-on-one, and I talked with him about the

story,” she said. “Seeing children get interested in reading excites me. I think that maybe I’ll get him into an author, or he’ll go to the library now to find more books. It could change his life.”

And ultimately, Sewing-Sohn hopes to inspire children to read so they will be successful later in life.

“Literacy is so important,” she said. “To me, if you can’t read, forget everything else. How are you going to succeed if you can’t read?”

For future installments of Story Time at Scott’s Place, on Jan. 8 the theme will be New Year’s, Feb. 5 will have a Valentine’s Day theme, March 5 will feature leprechauns, April 2 will celebrate Earth Day, and the May and June sessions will celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day respectively.

Anyone who wishes to volunteer to be a reader or assist with literary programs should contact Henghold at (561) 791-4000.

For updated information about Story Time, visit www.wellington fl.gov.

ing to stop the Roebuck Road extension.

“The state rarely goes to an eight-lane road, much less anything bigger,” McConnell said.

“This just shows a really great need for Roebuck Road.”

She said the overpasses might be looked at again sometime in the future. “I believe the state might eventually look at the State Road 7/Okeechobee one in the not-sodistant future,” McConnell said.

Royal Palm Beach Village Manager Ray Liggins said he has talked to County Engineer George Webb about speed limit options,

such as retaining a lower limit between Wildcat Way and SR 7, so the change in speed limit does not go abruptly from 35 east of Wildcat Way to 50 mph to the west as it did before.

“On this side, we do have two right-in, right-out driveways and a signalized intersection,” Liggins said. “The discussion we had with him was if the village raises ours to 40, then kept that section [from Wildcat Way to SR 7] at 45, and east of SR 7 if it was 50, there would be a smoother transition than what we have now, where we go from 50 to 35. I don’t know

how my council will respond to that. I’ll bring it to their attention.”

Liggins said such a change would likely be dependent on a traffic study. “I guess we’re in more of a wait-and-see mode,” he said. “Let’s see what the studies say, and we’ll go from there.”

Liggins said that because the road is partially maintained by the state, the county must comply with state levels of service standards.

“The only way to do that is do the $70 million overpass at each location — or build the less expensive Roebuck Road,” he said.

Enjoy Chanukah Candyland Dec. 4 Chabad Lubavitch of Wellington will present “Chanukah Candyland” on Saturday, Dec. 4 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the original Wellington Mall.

The event will begin with the Havdalah service and a menorah lighting. There will be a grand menorah filled with chocolate candy, and whoever guesses the amount will win the chocolate and the candy. There will also be a chocolate fountain, pretzels, fruit and marshmallows, latkes, donuts, and an edible chocolate and candy exhibit. Circus jugglers will be on hand for a performance, and there will be music provided as well.

“Chanukah Candyland” is free for the entire family. Candle sponsorships cost $180.

The original Wellington Mall is located at 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd. at the corner of Wellington Trace and Forest Hill Blvd. For more information, call (561) 3334663 or visit www.wellington jewishcenter.org.

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Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week — At the Board of County Commissioners meeting on Nov. 16, Commissioner Jess Santamaria presented a proclamation declaring Nov. 14-20 as “Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week” in Palm Beach County. Pictured above are (L-R) Homeless Advisory Board Vice Chair Leo Abdella, Commissioner Santamaria, Community Food Alliance Executive Director Alex Stevens and Nate Nichols with United Way.

Wellington Salutes WLMS Gators Baseball — During its No v. 23 meeting, the Wellington Village Council awarded the Wellington Landings Middle School Gators baseball team certificates in honor of their undefeated season and winning the Palm Beach County Middle School Baseball Championship Title. Shown above are council members with players and coaches.

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Scouts Visit Wellington Council — Before their Nov. 23 meeting, Wellington Village Council members gave members of Boy Scout Troops 120 and 165 an exclusive tour of the new Village Hall.

Shown above are Mayor Darell Bowen and Councilwoman Anne Gerwig with the scouts.

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MID-COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CLUB HOLDS FIRST MEETING AFTER THE ELECTIONS The Mid-County Democratic Club held its monthly meeting Monday, Nov. 15 at Tree’s Wings & Ribs in Royal Palm Beach. The guest speakers included former State Sen. Dave Aronberg, new Palm Beach County School Board Member Marcia Andrews and County Commissioner Jess Santamaria. Aronberg spoke about the recent election and the impacts of the new Republican supermajority in the Florida Legislature and the future of the Democratic Party in the state. Andrews spoke about her goals on the school board. For more information about the Mid-County Democratic Club, contact Allen Mergaman at (561) 255-0724 or acis714@yahoo.com.

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Former State Sen. Dave Aronberg.

County Commissioner Jess Santamaria

School Board Member Marcia Andrews.

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On Wednesday, Nov. 24, Royal Palm Covenant Church gave turkeys and a bag of food to about 250 less fortunate families so they could have a Thanksgiving meal. The food was donated by several sources. One source was the first Unified Food Drive in Royal Palm Beach. (Above) Nathaniel Campbell, Rev. Mike Rose, and Syndia and Cindy Duandice. (Below) Volunteers Elaine Simpson, Berbeth Lewis, Gladys Martin and Ethel Palmer stock the food pantr y with donations. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/T OWN-CRIER

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NEWS BRIEFS PBCHS To Host ‘Style Your Sole Party’ Dec. 4 Palm Beach Central High School will host its inaugural Toms “Style Your Sole Party” sponsored by First Priority on Saturday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. at Village Park on Pierson Road.

The event will take place at the pavilion between the playground and skate park, and participants will decorate white canvas Toms shoes to contribute to the Toms Movement. All of the students participating have purchased their own Toms, and with each pair purchased, Toms gives a pair of shoes to a child in need. For more information on the movement, visit www.toms.com/our-movement.

A Style Your Sole Party is a fun community activity that involves young people making a difference in the world. For more on Style Your Sole Parties, visit www. toms.com/style-your-sole.

Tyler McLellan Foundation Benefit Dec. 6 The Bru’s Room Sports Grill in Royal Palm Beach will host a fundraising event for the Tyler McLellan Foundation. The event will be held Monday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. and includes a Monday Night Football watch party during the New England Patriots vs. New York Jets game. Guests of the Tyler McLellan Foundation who present a flier will have 10 percent of the proceeds of their meal

donated to the Tyler McLellan Foundation. In addition, the foundation will hold a raffle for sports memorabilia including a limited edition leather Miami Dolphins jacket, a poster of the Miami Dolphins Killer Bs, and more.

The Tyler McLellan Foundation was started after the McLellans lost their 15-year-old son Tyler in a plane crash on July 17, 2008.

The foundation raises money to help fund local youth sports organizations. Some of the programs the Tyler McLellan Foundation has helped are the Healing Hearts Foundation, Lake Worth Pride Basketball, 1st Choice Basketball in Riviera Beach, the Heath Evans Foundation, the Anquan Boldin Q81 Foundation, Lonesome Warrior Dojo in West Palm Beach, the Boca Raton Youth Athletic Association, the Palm Beach County Youth Football League, East Boca Tackle Football, Wellington Parks & Recreation Basketball, Wellington Travel Basketball, the Gardner’s Kids Foundation and the Pierre Garcon Helping Hands Foundation. For more information about the foundation, visit www. tylermclellanfoundation.org.

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For more information, visit www.brusroom.com.

Royal Palm Beach Offering Scholarships The Royal Palm Beach Village Council will award six $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors residing in Royal Palm Beach.

High school seniors may pick up an application from their school guidance office or from the village clerk’s office at Village Hall (1050 Royal Palm Beach Blvd.). The application can be downloaded from the village’s web site at www. royalpalmbeach.com. On the right border, click on “scholarship information.”

The completed application must be postmarked no later than Feb. 15 or hand-delivered to the village clerk’s office by 5 p.m. on Feb. 15. Finalists must be available for interviews on March 26.

The Royal Palm Beach Education Advisory Board Scholarship Committee will make the final determination. Winners will be announced in April, and the scholarships will be awarded at a council meeting on May 19. If you have questions, call the Village Clerk at (561) 790-5102.

Free Beauty Treatment For Cancer Survivors Empire Beauty School (4258 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach) will offer free beauty treatments to cancer survivors Tuesday, Dec. 7.

From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., cancer

survivors are invited to Empire for a day of complimentary pampering as a part of the school’s participation in Cancer Survivor Beauty & Support Day (CSBSD).

Men, women and children of any age will be treated to free hair and nail services on a day that is intended to make all cancer survivors feel supported and appreciated, and to get a muchneeded break from their daily worries.

CSBSD has been recognized and acknowledged by several state and local governments, received an honorary proclamation in the House of Representatives and is supported by volunteers who work for hospitals, cancer clinics and cancer care organizations, such as Gilda’s Club, Lungevity and others.

For more information, call (561) 615-4265 or visit www. empire.edu.

New Speed Limit On Stretch Of Okeechobee The current construction on Okeechobee Blvd. between Wildcat Way and Florida’s Turnpike is almost complete. The design for the new eight-lane Okeechobee Blvd. requires a 45-miles-perhour speed limit, per the Florida Department of Transportation.

Similar to the sequence of events on Southern Blvd., FDOT will conduct a speed study to determine if the 45-mph limit will remain or be increased to 50 mph.

The 45-mph speed limit is now in effect.

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Jerel T. Humphrey Named New CEO At Wellington Regional Jerel T. Humphrey has taken over as the new chief executive officer at Wellington Regional Medical Center. Humphrey brings with him the expertise of a long and successful career in hospital administration.

Humphrey’s appointment was effective Nov. 1. He replaces longtime CEO Kevin DiLallo, who left last April to become vice president of the Manatee Memorial Health System in Bradenton.

Humphrey has served more than 20 years in a chief executive officer role, most recently as CEO of Danville Regional Medical Center in Danville, Va. His longest tenure as CEO was served with the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston, Texas, a not-for-profit corporation operating 11 acute care hospitals in southeast Texas. Over a 15-year period, he successfully led operations at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, Memorial Hermann City Hospital and Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital.

“We welcome Jerel Humphrey to his new position at the helm of Wellington Regional Medical Center,” said Dr. Melissa Carlson, chair of the WRMC Board of Governors. “We are confident that his strong leadership and management expertise, along with his focus on providing the highest standards of clinical care, will keep Wellington Regional right on track in meeting the goals and vision for the future of medicine in the western communities.”

Humphrey holds a master’s degree in healthcare administration

Jerel T. Humphrey from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

“I appreciate the opportunity to bring my healthcare experience to the table to advance the development of hospital services and continue to meet the growing medical needs of the community,” he said. “I will focus on developing good working relationships with our board of governors, physicians and employees to promote high quality healthcare and excellent patient experiences.”

Humphrey and his wife Linda plan to reside in Wellington. They have two sons and a daughter, all college students.

“I’m looking forward to developing new relationships and taking an active role in our community,” he said.

Christmas Comes To Yesteryear Village For Two Weekends The spirit of old-fashioned Christmas is alive. For two big weekends in December, historic Yesteryear Village at the South Florida Fairgrounds will step back in time with a celebration of the Christmas season reminiscent of a simpler era.

Christmas in Yesteryear Village, sponsored by Publix, Pepsi and The Palm Beach Post, is a joyful annual event that aims to uplift the spirit and put a smile on your face.

Strolling carolers, costumed reenactors and charmingly decorated buildings will be there to get everyone in the Christmas spirit.

Gaze upon a spectacular and decorated 23-foot Christmas tree; a blue ribbon Fraser fir transported from a tree farm in Lewisville, N.C. Vote for your favorite Christmas tree in a decorating, tree trim competition.

When was the last time you had s’mores? The village will have them together with hot chocolate, apple cider and many other delicious and special holiday food offerings. Entertainment includes talented local carolers and choral groups. On Friday, Dec. 10, a live

Nativity scene will be presented

by Good Shepherd Church of West Palm Beach.

Other points of amusement are the village’s gingerbread houses.

Shop special holiday crafters and check out the Village General Store for Christmas gift giving. Be sure to bring the kids; pony rides and children’s games will put a spring in their step, and they can meet Santa and Mrs. Claus.

Christmas in Yesteryear Village hours are 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, Dec. 9-12 and 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, Dec. 16-19. Admission is $7 for adults. Children age 5 and under are admitted free. Parking is free as well. Purchase an advance admission ticket to January’s South Florida Fair at any Publix in Palm Beach County and receive a free admission ticket to Christmas in the Village.

Yesteryear Village is located at the South Florida Fairgrounds on Southern Blvd., one mile west of Florida’s Turnpike. For more information, visit www.south floridafair.com or call (561) 7930333.

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RPBHS STUDENT COUNCIL SELLING CHRISTMAS TREES NOW THROUGH DEC. 19

The Royal Palm Beach High School Student Council kicked off its annual Christmas tree fundraiser Frida y, Nov. 26. Through Dec. 19, trees will be for sale from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Prices vary based on size. A six-foot tree costs $45; add $5 for every six inches above that (or subtract for every six inches under six feet). For more info., contact Justin Arnone at (561) 753-4000 or via e-mail at arnonej@palmbeach.k12.fl.us.

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Ryan and Elizabeth Andrews are ready to take home their tree.

Kenneth Rodriguez helps RPBHS Student Council Advisor Justin Arnone trim a trunk .

Alex Marionakis, Tyler Kane and Karli Torrieri put a tree into a chute to wrap in netting.

Kailey LaCroix and Michelle Olivarez work to attract customers.

Glenn, Tyler and Tracy McGrath select a seven-foot tree.

Gabrielle Marionakis and Michelle Olivarez with wreaths and wood carved trees for sale.

AREA SHOPPERS WAIT OUTSIDE STORES OVERNIGHT FOR ‘BLACK FRIDAY’ DEALS

Thanksgiving ended early last Thursday for eager shoppers who wanted to get a head-star t on Black Frida y sales. Rather than show up Friday morning to find a space at the back of a long line, some customers chose to wait overnight, camping outside various retail PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/T OWN-CRIER stores.

Ben Rodney, Mike Haimowitz, Alfredo Yapor and Alex Cohen play Xbox games while in line at Best Buy on State Road 7.

Phil, Mik el and Maria Alvarez wait outside the Super Target on Okeechobee Blvd. for a new television.

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THE WANDERERS CLUB HOSTS ‘YAPPY HOUR’ EVENT AT WELLINGTON DOG PARK

The Wanderers Club at Wellington sponsored “Yappy Hour” Saturday, Nov. 27 at Wellington Dog Park. Chef Tam Ha baked up some dog treats with carrots, peanut butter, sweet potatoes, bacon, etc., and each dog got a small bag to take home. Meanwhile, pet owners enjoyed fruit kabobs, carrot juice with ginger, cookies, wat er and iced tea.

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Nixie and Royal Palm Beach Councilman David Swift with Norwich terrier Maggie.

Jim Cam pitelli, Willow Morzella, Daphne Urso, gif t basket winner Bobbie Langevin, Jennifer Jost, Farish Ensenat and Chef Tam Ha.

Irma Saenz and mini Aussie Hunter get some treats from Daphne Urso.

Jennifer Jost with Sadie the schnauzer.

Diana Tashman with Buddy the poodle.

Kyle Pickens with pug Oreo.

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Seminole Ridge Students Have Fun With Physics On ‘Fizzix Funday’

“Launch It” winners Yiro Shimabukuro and Moegamat Peck.

Seminole Ridge High School physics students showcased their skills Wednesday, Nov. 17, testing their “Fizzix Funday” research projects.

Students chose to either “Drop It” (creating the ideal container to protect an egg from a seven-story drop), “Launch It” (blasting off the ultimate water bottle rocket) or “Thrill It” (building the best roller coaster model).

Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue assisted in “Drop It,” testing for the most efficient package to protect a large raw egg from cracking after a 70-foot free fall from the truck’s ladder. SRHS congratulates Arnold Banner, whose container creation weight was only 13 grams.

In “Launch It,” students took a projectile created from an ordinary

plastic two-liter bottle, fired it using a compressed-air-and-water mixture, and aimed the greatest air aloft hang time. The winners were Yiro Shimabukuro and Moegamat Peck, whose “This Side Up” was airborne for 8.0 seconds.

Students finished big with “Build It,” creating a coaster with the longest ride time from start position to finish (with bonus points for loops and attraction).

The school congratulates Joseph Pavicic and Mark Blanar, whose “Collision Course” rolled along for an average of 22 seconds.

• Hawk Choristers Earn ‘AllState’ — According to choral director Wes Rainer, “Only the best of the best attend All-State.” The school congratulates choral students who passed every level of the All-State choral exam and will

represent SRHS this January in Tampa. They are tenor Brandon Fuentes, mixed tenor Nick Hoffmann and alto Lorelle Wrice.

• Former ‘Mirage’ Editor Takes NSPA Silver — The National Scholastic Press Association announced the winners of this year’s Design of the Year Award at a recent conference, and Hawk graduate Brian Masters won second place in the category Literary Magazine for his page spread in the 2010 issue of Mirage.

• Annual ‘Food for Families’ Drive a Success — The cans have been counted, and Helen Crawford’s Period 1 class won the challenge with 142 cans donated in the annual Food for Families drive.

Following Crawford’s students were those of Kathie Rita-Holifield (112 cans), Peggy Hand (103

cans), Barbara Nicho (96 cans) and Ken Klammer (70 cans).

SRHS collected a total of almost 700 items that were given to needy families for Thanksgiving.

• Financial Aid Night — The SRHS guidance department will host Financial Aid Night on Wednesday, Dec. 8 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium for students in grades 11 and 12 and their parents.

If your child is a student planning to attend college after graduation, the evening’s information will be both interesting and valuable; you’ll learn not only how to maximize your chances of receiving higher education financial support but also how to take advantage of the wide variety of scholarship opportunities available to high school graduates. For more information, call (561) 422-2610.

Western Pines Honors Students Of The Month Western Pines Middle School Principal Robert Hatcher is once again proud to present the students of the month for November.

These students have been chosen by their science teachers because of their leadership in and out of the classroom, their consistency and academic excellence in the classroom.

This month’s chosen eighthgrader, Autumn Rine, is an excellent student. She is very dependable and works very diligently in class. Rine always puts forth 100 percent effort in everything she does. Rine enjoys cheerleading in her spare time.

Joey Schergen was chosen as the seventh grade student of the month since he is a true model student. Schergen excels in all areas

of his education, making six As and one B on his first report card.

He is in the pre-medical program in the hopes of becoming a doctor of sports medicine one day. Out of school, Schergen plays running back and outside linebacker on his football team and is the first baseman on his baseball team.

Finally, the sixth-grade student of the month is Andrew Meyer.

According to his teachers, Meyer is a hardworking young man who puts forth 100 percent effort in everything he does. Meyer was on the “A” honor roll for the first nine weeks and was recently selected to continue on to the regional science fair for his outstanding project. He is a great example of character and is highly respected by his peers.

Krystale Mendez displays her science fair project.

Students Of The Month — Autumn Rine, Andrew Meyer, Joey Schergen and Principal Rober t Hatcher.

Poinciana Students Present Thanksgiving Play

Ryden Trimble, Rebecca Rigaudon and Paige Trimble.

Julie Dean’s first-grade class at Poinciana Day School presented a play about the Thanksgiving story to parents and friends. The students dressed appropriately as Pilgrims and Indians and told how the Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic Ocean in stormy seas to arrive in the New World.

The Pilgrims would not have survived without the help of friendly natives.

After bringing in a bountiful harvest, the Pilgrims and Indians feasted and celebrated their friendship.

The parents were very impressed with how well the students performed and the number of lines that they memorized for the play. After the play, everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving refreshments.

“We like to immerse our students in their education,” Head of School Ann Simone said. “Ms. Julie Dean helped the students learn all the important information as well as teach them how to conduct themselves in front of an audience. It was a wonderful learning experience.”

Dream Middle Students Display Science Experiments Dr. Harry Orf and two colleagues from the Scripps Laboratory recently came to the Dream Middle School in Royal Palm Beach to judge the annual science fair.

Each project was evaluated based on specific criteria such as the problem being tested in the experiment, the process used to carry out the experiment and the result of the experiment. Each of the students presented their projects, what they expected to happen during their testing and finally the actual results of their tests to one of the three judges. Based on the judges’ observations and

comments, several of the students will have the opportunity to take their projects to the Palm Beach County Science Fair in December.

“Students were encouraged to choose a project that they would enjoy,” science teacher Amanda Cooperman said. “Their selections were very creative, ranging from testing different keels for a model boat to testing the strength of egg shells. Everyone who participated was a winner today.”

All of the middle school students’ projects will be on display in the Mitchell Auditorium Jan. 12-14 for the Ideal and Dream School Science Fair.

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A Busy First Year So Far For New Everglades Elementary School Everglades Elementary School, Palm Beach County’s newest “green” school, opened in August, and the students, teachers, staff and parents have been very busy participating in many healthful activities.

The natural connection between living green and being healthy is reflected in the school’s clubs, fundraisers and special events.

• Healthful Presentations — Everglades Elementary was awarded the Child Nutrition and Fitness Initiative Breakfast Grant in the amount of $3,000. This grant is funded by General Mills in cooperation with America’s Dairy Farmers. The school partnered with Whole Foods in Wellington to provide the students with a fresh fruit and dairy product tasting during breakfast. More than 200 students participated daily. The students have listened to presentations from PBSO and McGruff the Crime Dog about personal safety, learned about the Fuel Up to Play 60 Movement as well as participated in Journey to Fitness action breaks.

• Giving Back and Keeping it Healthy — October was a busy month at Everglades Elementary. The school was the local host for the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick competition. While the students in second through fifth grades participated in the Dolphin Jr. Training Camp with special guest Lorenzo

Dolphins Junior Training Camp with special guest Lorenzo Hampton.

Hampton, the school raised $500 to fight breast cancer. Students sold pink bracelets for Think Pink Kids, and teachers supported the Komen Foundation. If the Everglades Elementary family wasn’t busy enough, each Monday more than 100 students, parents and teachers walk their way to fitness during Mileage Club. The students will

then go on to participate in Palm Beach County’s Read, Run and Recycle Marathon in December.

• Earning Green and Staying Healthy — Growums, small vegetable and herb gardens that the students can plant at home and in the classrooms, are the fall fundraiser. The owner of Growums also donated seeds to each teacher to plant in

Everglades t eachers and staf f wear pink in support of finding a cure. the classroom, and through the Child Nutrition and Fitness Initiative Breakfast Grant, the school purchased seeds to be planted in the school’s hydroponics garden. Prior to heading off for Thanksgiving break, the entire school lined the fields and created a human race course for the inaugural Turkey Trot. Two students from each class per grade level raced along the

course for a chance to win a frozen turkey. The students then cheered on the teachers as they too ran the course.

If you would like to support Everglades Elementary and its healthy choices program as a business partner or through donations, contact wellness coordinator and physical education teacher Sharon Patelsky at (561) 792-9515.

Frontier Students Write Letters To ITID In Support Of Recycling Students in Molly Harding’s fifth-grade science class at Frontier Elementary School recently wrote letters to the Indian Trail Improvement District to request recycling containers at Samuel Friedland Park and Acreage Community Park: Dear ITID: I really think you should start recycling at Samuel Friedland and Community parks. You can put recycling bins so when people go there, they can recycle paper, plastic and cans. You would also need less trash cans if you had recycling bins. When we don’t recycle, we affect the animals’ habitat and they die or have to leave. If we don’t recycle, the water could get contaminated and then we won’t have clean water to drink. We need to recycle!

Andrea Rivera-Moran Dear ITID: I really think you need to start recycling at Samuel Friedland and Community parks. When I go to the fields to watch my brothers play football, I see the garbage

cans filled with so many recyclable materials. There is also a big forest right next to the fields, and I see all types of animals like birds, raccoons and squirrels. Those are just a few of the animals around the area that may be hurt by pollution. Please put recycling bins at our parks!

Brittany Addison Dear ITID: I really think you should start recycling at Samuel Friedland and Community parks. The three “Rs” mean reduce, reuse and recycle.

Reduce means “use fewer resources;” reuse means “use resources again;” and recycle means “collect items so their raw materials can be used again.” At our school, there are these recycling bins that we put all our paper in and they are great. So you should put these bins in the parks because it will help our ecosystem and get people into the habit of recycling. Did you know that newspapers take up 13 percent of our landfills? Get this: newspapers are so easy to recycle, too! You could place bins by the concession stands for ev-

eryone to recycle bottles and cans.

Thank you for understanding.

Hannah McCarthy Dear ITID: I really think you should start recycling at Samuel Friedland and Community parks. If you don’t start recycling, you will make the earth a gigantic trash can. At the parks, we could all recycle our Gatorade and water bottles. When someone recycles a soda can, we save 96 percent more energy than making a new can. Also, did you know that plastics make up about 10 percent of our waste? Recycled plastic bottles can be used to make carpeting, boards, new bottles and many other products. Reducing, reusing and recycling save resources and energy. These actions reduce the amount of pollution and help protect our ecosystems.

Please help save the earth little by little. Please contact the Department of Waste Management to get recycling bins.

Justin Howard Dear ITID: I think you should put recy-

cling bins at Samuel Friedland and Community parks. Many laws have been passed to protect our ecosystems. But laws alone aren’t enough! Conservation of resources includes three actions: reduce, reuse and recycle. It would be great to have recycling bins at the parks, so instead of throwing out bottles and cans, we could recycle. All you have to do is get some recycling bins, and we’ll do the rest! Just by doing that, we all will be helping the environment. So please get some recycling bins!

Maria Anselmo Dear ITID: I want to tell you that I think you should place recycling bins at Community Park. The garbage cans are overflowing and polluting the land. You should also place recycling bins to prevent our landfills from getting bigger. A lot of people at Community Park are there for sports, so they bring water bottles. When they are done with the water, they put the bottles in the garbage. Water bottles are very easy to recycle, and you

Young Activists — (L-R) Brittany Addison, Maya Caccavale, Hannah McCarthy, Justin Howard, Maria Anselmo, Nathalie Rodriguez and Andrea Rivera-Moran. don’t have to pollute the land to aluminum and plastic can be do it. That is another reason why ground, melted and made into new we need recycling bins at Com- products. If you have trash cans, munity Park. then you need to have recycling Maya Caccavale bins. When you recycle glass, you save 30 percent more energy than Dear ITID: making new glass. By recycling I really think you should start only two cans, you save one cup recycling at Samuel Friedland and of gasoline energy. Each person Community parks. Recycle has the job of saving our ecosysmeans, “collect and use items so tems. Let’s recycle instead of filltheir raw materials can be used ing more landfills. again.” For example, glass, paper, Nathalie Rodriguez

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Panther Run Students Deliver Thanksgiving Meals On Wednesday Nov. 17, the Panther Run Elementary School PTA and Student Council brought Thanksgiving dinners to Pioneer Park Elementary School, its sister school in Belle Glade.

Each class in Panther Run collected a donation of food from the students and families. Vans and pickup trucks arrived carrying students, Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) members and volunteers bringing with 45 Thanksgiving boxes. The boxes, which contained the food for each class, were colorfully decorated.

Panther Run PTA President Kristi Bomar and PTA members Kim Proenza-Smith (sister school program coordinator), Melodie Brockway and Susan Shaevitz,

along with Karen Kostik (fourthgrade teacher and student council sponsor), and the student council members and parent volunteers helped load and bring the donations to Pioneer Park.

Panther Run families also donated winter coats. Pioneer Park administrators and safety patrol students welcomed Panther Run. As the families arrived, guidance counselor Gary Harmon presented each one with the Thanksgiving box and gift card. Each box contained stuffing, marshmallows, canned yams, cans of green beans, etc. All were extremely thankful as was the principal and staff at Pioneer Park. The winter coats will be given out in time for winter.

Pioneer Park Principal Adam Miller (middle) and guidance counselor Gary Harmon with Panther Run parents, teachers and students and some of the Thanksgiving boxes.

Members of the Panther Run Student Council and Pioneer Park Safety P atrol with a pile of donated winter coats.

Pioneer Park guidance counselor Gary Harmon gives a Thanksgiving box to a Pioneer Park family.

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WES JOINS FOOD DRIVE, PRESENTS MUSICAL

Wellington Elementary School participated in WPT V NewsChannel 5’s Bill Brooks Food for Families campaign. Last year the students collected 2,529 f ood items; this year they collected an overwhelming 4,013 canned and boxed items. In other school news, members of the WES Spotlight Club performed a musical titled Mighty Minds. The after-school club of third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students entertained their parents, teachers and fellow students with songs that highlighted their concern over standardized testing. Songs included “Test Anxiety,” “Give Me a Book” and “Conga Math.” The Spotlight Club is sponsored by Amy Feranec, Beth Smalling and Rosanne Tatti. (Above) Teddy Miloch, Rose Gibbs, Camden Etten, Charlotte Ostrov and Nicholas Sanfillipo with food donations. (Below) Students at the conclusion of Mighty Minds.

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Loxahatchee Groves Garden Club Undertakes Beautification Project The Loxahatchee Groves Garden Club recently participated in a project to improve the community.

The club members decided to repair and improve the appearance of the historic pillars at the corner of D Road and Sixth Court North near the Division of Forestry building. It has been many years since anything was done to improve their appearance.

These large pillars have been there for many years. They were put in place to hold the large gates that were opened and closed by a gate keeper when trucks needed to enter or leave the fruit groves to the north. It was the only way for trucks to get access to the roads

that would lead to the groves, where there was fruit to be loaded and brought to the packing house on Southern Blvd.

Club members gathered with their tools in October to clean up the area around the pillars. Dr. Bill Louda volunteered to supply the paint and the labor needed for the project. George Herzog used his masonry skills to repair a broken part of one pillar. At the November meeting, club members spread the soil donated by Gordon Nursery and planted flowers and bushes donated by MSA Nursery and Quinntessence Nursery.

For more on the Loxahatchee Groves Garden Club, call Marge Herzog at (561) 791-9875.

Marge Herzog, Carolyn Crowley and Yvonne Roberts clear weeds.

Marge Herzog and Dr. Bill Louda paint a pillar.

Artists Honored At Lighthouse ArtCenter’s ‘Peace’ Juried Exhibition

Juried Exhibition Winners — (L-R) Norm Gitzen (third place), Linda McVay (fourth place), Karen Lewis (Best in Show), Ahni Sallaway (first place) and David Willison (second place.)

A strong sentiment of nonviolence marked the opening ceremony for the “Peace on Earth” exhibition at the Lighthouse ArtCenter, where artists’ visions of peace deck the walls in paintings, photographs and sculptures throughout the museum gallery. The event on Nov. 18 attracted nearly 300 people, one of the largest turnouts of the season for the museum’s monthly Third Thursday event.

The exhibition was underwritten by lifelong internationalist and peace activist Kathryn Davis of Jupiter Island. A mission of the exhibition is to promote peace and unity within the community and throughout the world.

Some of the artists in this jur-

ied exhibition received special recognition for their artwork in an award ceremony that took place during the evening. The exhibition was judged by Glenn Tomlinson, William Randolph Hearst curator of education at the Norton Museum of Art. Five artists were awarded cash prizes for their outstanding pieces: Best of Show was awarded to Karen Lewis for her oil on canvas painting Peaceful Dream; first place was awarded to Ahni Sallaway for her installation panel series I Am You; second place was awarded to David Willison for his intaglio The Recipe for War; third place was awarded to Norm Gitzen for his sculpture Higher

Love; and fourth place was awarded to Linda McVay for her oil on canvas painting Easter Lily.

Honorable mentions were awarded to Nanette Carton for The Gathering, acrylic on canvas; Mark W. Forman for Contemplative Union, acrylic on canvas; Wheaton Mahoney for I’m Always with You, photograph on canvas; and Dennis Usdan for Peace Drops, a photography piece.

Following the presentation of awards, Lighthouse ArtCenter Executive Director Katie Deits recognized the exhibition’s sponsor, 103-year-old Kathryn Davis, for her many years of dedication to promoting world peace.

Davis was accompanied by art-

ist Jane Davis Doggett, who read a statement from Davis to the audience.

The reception closed with guests gathering in a circle and joining hands as a group. They recited in unison, “May there be peace on Earth, and may it begin with me.”

“Peace on Earth” will be on display at the Lighthouse ArtCenter through Dec. 30, along with its “School of Art Faculty” exhibition.

For more information on the Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum, School of Art, exhibitions, programs and events, call (561) 7463101 or visit www.lighthousearts. org.

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Wes Boughner Earns Rotary Peace Award The Wellington Rotary Club has announced that Dr. Wes Boughner, a longtime Wellington resident and past Rotary president, was honored with the club’s Peace Award for 2010.

Boughner is the guiding light behind the Rotary Peace Initiative.

He works tirelessly, but not quietly, on the project and has achieved much with the program that started back in 2002 with the first international peace program when he helped arrange for 12 Russian bankers to come to Wellington to learn the banking system. He helped promote the Rotary Peace Toast program where clubs around the world are toasted at Rotary gatherings.

The International Humanitarian project and the Peace Pole initiative have all seen Boughner at the center of the planning and implementation. Boughner’s late wife was also a leader in establishing the Peace Pole project.

Upon her death, Boughner vowed to continue on and has grown the Rotary Peace Initiative to what it is today, including the Rotary Peace Park on Royal Fern Drive

in Wellington. Peace poles are on display at the park and other areas in Wellington.

The Wellington Rotary Club’s annual Peace Initiative involves local schools, organizations and businesses in the promotion of peace and understanding, not only within the community but throughout the world. The local club has been a leader in the promotion of the Peace Initiative within Rotary International. Prizes are awarded to students, scouts and community members who sponsor peace, multicultural understanding and conflict resolution. The separate annual Peace Award is always reserved for a person who, in the opinion of the club, has most greatly contributed to these noble goals.

The recipient is usually notified ahead of time and is presented with a plaque on U.N. World Peace Day as the person most epitomizing the peace initiative. This year the person chosen was not informed ahead of time since a surprise was necessary. This year, for the first time, a member of the Wellington Rotary Club was pre-

Wellington Rotar y Club President Juan Ortega, Dr. Wes Boughner and PR Director Larry Kemp. sented with the award at the ceremony.

Wellington is a designated Peace Community and helps lead the way in the establishment of other peace initiatives around Florida and the United States.

The Wellington Rotary Club could not be prouder of the work of one of its own in the arena of the promotion of world peace and considers Boughner a most worthy recipient of the club’s Peace Award as person of the year.

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RPB ROTARY HOSTS ANNUAL GLOW BALL GOLF TOURNAMENT

The Royal Palm Beach Rotar y Club hosted its third annual Glow Ball Golf Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 13 at the Links at Madison Green. A total of 38 golfers participated in the nine-hole scramble format. The club raised $3,000 with the assistance of Wellington Rotarian Karen Hardin (event’s main sponsor), sponsors Evergreen Insurance Agency and AccuDial Pharmaceutical Inc., and a field of golfers. The club used the money to provide Thanksgiving dinners to 120 families in Royal Palm Beach and the surrounding areas. The next Glow Ball Golf Tournament will be held March 12, 2011 to assist in raising money for the club’s Todd Robiner Scholarship Fund. Pictured above are the winners from Team Zeller, with a score of 25: Tim Ouellette, Paul Denofrio, Chris Zeller and Jeff Smith.

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The Wellington Twirlers show some patriotic spirit.

Wellington Twirlers Give Vets Day Performance Seventy-five members of the Carlisle Veterans Club along with nearly 100 residents of the Carlisle Palm Beach in Lantana gathered to commemorate Veterans Day 2010.

Joining in the celebration were local dignitaries, the Junior Air Force Academy from Lake Worth High School, Pastor Chris Dillon

of Calvary Methodist Church and Lantana Chamber of Commerce President Ron Washam.

Major J.K. Wells was master of ceremonies, and there were performances by the Wellington Twirlers, Palm Beach Bag Pipes & Drums and a special performance by Loren Michaels, who impersonated Barbra Streisand.

Royal Palm Beach Cub Scout Pack 120 recently collected a truckload of nonperishable foods to help restock the county’s food pantries. Scouting for Food has become a tradition for the pack .

Each November, they distribute grocery bags in local neighborhoods one weekend, and then return the following weekend to pick up the donated food. This activity provides a service to the community while teaching the scouts about helping those less fortunate.

On Tuesday, Nov. 16, members of the Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club delivered more than 100 dictionaries to third-graders at Cypress Trails Elementary School. Dictionaries were also distributed to Royal Palm Beach and Everglades elementary schools later that same week. In total, more than 550 dictionaries will be given out to local elementary schools as part of the Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club Dictionar y Project. Shown above are Joan Scherer, Eric Gordon, Lynn Balch, Joan Folkes and Bruce Elkind with Cypress Trails third-graders.

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Dec. 13 Golf Classic To Benefit The Diabetes Research Institute The DRI Wellington Golf Classic is set for Monday, Dec. 13 at the Wanderers Club at Wellington.

Presented by Ashley and Joe Maguire of the Rosen Group, the golf tournament will be highlighted by the appearance of LPGA golf pros Michelle McGann and Anna Grzebien, as well as other surprise celebrity participants.

The 18-hole tournament will be held in support of “An International Affair,” the March 5 gala that is expected to be a highlight of the equestrian season. Proceeds from both events benefit the cure-focused work of the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Known for their uniquely themed galas, the Wellingtonbased committee responsible for the DRI Wellington Golf Classic and “An International Affair” also brought the community “Vintages” and “Jungle Safari” in recent years. Co-chairs Karen and Bob Cavanagh return to the helm this year, just as they were at the committee’s inception six years ago.

Finding a cure for diabetes is a cause close to their hearts.

“When I was diagnosed with diabetes 32 years ago, around the time I met my wife, I said that I developed diabetes because she is so sweet,” Bob Cavanagh recalled. “But seriously, after touring the Diabetes Research Institute, we feel the question is not if the DRI will find a cure, it is when.”

Stacey Hogan, who is new to the committee, agreed. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1987 at the age of 11.

“It may not come as soon as I would like, but for those young children being diagnosed today, tomorrow and in the future, a cure shouldn’t have to be a dream,” Hogan said. “I only recently became involved with the Diabetes Research Institute, but I plan to be around a long time.”

Also affected by the cause is McGann, a Palm Beach County native who has nine professional wins on the LPGA tour and in international competition. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age

13, she was introduced to the DRI early on and now serves as the DRI’s patient ambassador.

“I grew up in West Palm, but this event could have been in Miami and I would have said yes. I can’t do enough to help keep funding research in order to try to repay the DRI doctors and scientists for the endless hours they put in,” McGann said. “Nobody likes to go to the doctor, but at the Diabetes Research Institute there is a warm family feeling. I’ve recommended it to people from all over the country.”

McGann, along with fellow LPGA pro Grzebien and others, will be present at the DRI Wellington Golf Classic to play alongside participants.

For a chance to play with these golf greats, purchase a player’s spot for $250 or a foursome for $800. Beginning at 11 a.m., the golf tournament will be followed by an awards reception featuring cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, raffles and more. Anyone wishing to attend the cocktail reception only can purchase a ticket for $50.

Sponsorship opportunities are available. To learn more, visit www.diabetesresearch.org/dri wellingtongolf2010.

The mission of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation is to provide the Diabetes Research Institute with the funding necessary to cure diabetes. The institute, a center of excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, is a recognized world leader in cure-focused research.

Since its inception in the early 1970s, the DRI has made significant contributions to the field of diabetes research, pioneering many of the techniques used in islet transplantation.

The DRI is now building upon these achievements by bridging cell-based therapies with emerging technologies to restore insulin production. For the millions of families already affected by diabetes, the Diabetes Research Institute is the best hope for a cure.

For more information, call (800) 321-3437 or visit the Diabetes Research Institute web site at www.diabetesresearch.org.

LPGA golf pro Michelle McGann serves as patient ambassador for the Diabetes Research Institute.

Hospice Foundation’s Celebrity Pro-Am Features Escobar, Phillips

Luis Escobar and Brandon Phillips will take part in Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation’s second annual Celebrity Pro-Am weekend.

They are known for their incredible skills on the polo field, but on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 3 and 4, Luis Escobar and Brandon Phillips will be hitting the greens as part of Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation’s second annual Celebrity Pro-Am weekend.

Escobar, a member of the Black Watch Polo Team known for his ability to play at every level, is excited about playing in the tournament.

“Golf, sunshine and a great cause,” Escobar said. “What better way to give back to an organization that does so much for families at their time of greatest need.”

Phillips, known as one of the sport’s “young guns,” is hailed as one of the world’s most talented polo players. He has helped to rekindle excitement for polo in the United States and is equally excited to participate.

“Not only am I excited to play amongst other celebrities and supporters of Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation,” Phillips said.

“I am just as pleased to find out that the monies raised at this tournament stay in Palm Beach Coun-

ty to serve people of our community.”

The fun-filled weekend will kick off with an elegant cocktail reception and silent auction at 6:30 p.m. at the Breakers Palm Beach on Dec. 3. Guests will have the opportunity to dance to today’s hottest tunes, rub elbows with celebrity guests and enjoy the view from the incredible Ponce de Leon ballroom.

Starting with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4, golfers will spend the day golfing on the breathtaking Rees Jones Course at Breakers West, where the par 72 layout will be a challenge to every level of golfer. Following the day of golf, guests are invited for the Leisure Time Coins awards ceremony in the Breakers West clubhouse.

Chair of the cocktail reception is Shamin Abas. Tournament director is Vicki Rautbord. Sponsors include Leisure Time Coins, the Legend Group, Cumberland Consulting Group, Isador S. Segall Trust, Sapoznik Insurance, the Westin Maui Resort and Spa Ka’anapali, Ka’anasali Golf Courses, Flagship Solutions

Group, Homecare Homebase, KOOL 105.5, ESPN 760AM, CBS 12 and the Sun-Sentinel.

Tickets and sponsorship opportunities for the second annual Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation Celebrity Pro-Am are still available. For more information, visit www.hpbcf.org or call (561) 494-6887.

Hospice of Palm Beach County cares for more than 7,000 patients per year and thousands more families. The not-for-profit organization is dedicated to meeting every need of patients and families faced with advanced illness.

Hospice of Palm Beach County offers a comprehensive range of programs and services, from nationally recognized hospice care to music therapy, massage and loss-specific healing services. Full bereavement support is offered to hospice families and to anyone in the community in need. Hospice of Palm Beach County is sensitive to and respectful of religious, cultural and personal beliefs.

For information about Hospice of Palm Beach County, call (888) 848-5200 or visit the organization’s web site at www.hpbc.com.

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TEMPLE BETH ZION PRESCHOOL STUDENTS CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING FEAST A Thanksgiving performance and feast with preschool students was held Monday, Nov. 22 at Temple Beth Zion in Royal Palm Beach.

Dressed in Pilgrim and Indian costumes they made themselves, the students sang Thanksgiving songs for adoring family members before moving on to enjoy a full Thanksgiving meal. Shown here are scenes from the celebration.

RUMBASS HOSTS ‘IT’S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS’ BENEFIT FOR SAVON’S ACADEMY “It’s All About the Kids,” a charity event to benefit Savon’s Academy, was held Wednesday, Nov. 24 at Rumbass (106 N. Military Trail). The event featured a live performance by dancer and singer Kriyss Grant, who was the first dancer selected by Michael Jackson himself for the “This Is It” tour. Savon’s Academy is an instruction basketball program held at the Royal Palm Beach Recreation Center (100 Sweet Bay Lane). For more info., visit www.savonsacademy.com.

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Savon and Chastity Smith with event coordinator Barbara Powery and performer Kriyss Grant.

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continued from page 1 Ground Zero, so we’re really excited about that because it just kind of flows with this whole theme.”

The piece of steel will be on display at the Wellington Amphitheater after the parade so spectators can view it up close, she said.

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continued from page 3 our community, which I think is extremely valuable right now since we all received value decreases in our residential proper-

Blotter continued from page 6 anything else. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

NOV. 27 — A resident of Grand Isles called the PBSO substation in Wellington last Saturday evening to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 7 and 9 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20, someone stole the victim’s Schwinn bicycle from the driveway in front of the garage door. According to the report, someone stole the bike and rode away in an unknown direction.

The bike was valued at approximately $200. A canvass of the neighborhood yielded no results.

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

NOV. 30 — An employee of Florida Power & Light called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach on Tuesday morning to report a theft. According to a PBSO

Jonathan Harris (back) with Serenity Lewis and Carolyn Powery.

Kriyss Grant with Rayell Alvin.

This year’s parade will have more than 100 entries. “It’s going to be bigger and better even than last year,” Bedford said.

The parade will begin at 1 p.m. from the staging area at the original Wellington Mall and end at Holiday Park in the Town Center area, where there will be many activities beginning at 10 a.m., including bounce houses, clowns, games, food and craft vendors.

The festivities will continue at the

park until 5 p.m. The Holiday Mile run, which begins at 12:45 p.m., will benefit the Palms West Community Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the chamber. The run will start at the amphitheater, proceed to St. Peter ’s United Methodist Church and return.

Immediately after the parade, the winning raffle ticket will be drawn for the winner’s choice of a Nissan, Mazda or Toyota from Royal Palm Auto Mall for a value

up to $30,000. The raffle also benefits the Palms West Community Foundation.

“Santa will draw the winning ticket at the judge’s stand, and we’ll make the announcement right there,” Bedford said. “The tickets are only $20 this year, which is fantastic. They’ve only printed 2,000 tickets, so the odds are really strong to win.”

Raffle tickets are available through the chamber. To get one,

call (561) 790-6200 or visit the chamber ’s web site at www. palmswest.com.

The entry fees for the floats raise money for scholarships awarded by the chamber to deserving high school seniors attending area schools. “We give out $1,000 scholarships to students,” Bedford said. “The floats are amazing this year. They have some really great themes. There’s a great variety.”

The float fees also pay stipends to the bands in the parade, which number eight this year: Wellington, Glades Central, John I. Leonard, Palm Beach Central, Royal Palm Beach, Seminole Ridge and Boynton Beach high schools, and L.C. Swain Middle School.

On parade day, Forest Hill Blvd. will be closed from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from the original Wellington Mall to the Wellington Amphitheater.

ties,” she said. “I believe the Indian Trail Improvement District investing millions of dollars into the infrastructure of our community will help increase the overall value and integrity of our community.”

Supervisor Carlos Enriquez said he has met with several county officials to discuss the availabil-

ity of hard-to-find grant money.

“I’m knocking on every door I can to bring money into this community for this park, whether it be the county or anybody else,” Enriquez said, explaining that since ITID is a special district, it does not qualify directly for many types of loans.

While the county did not offer

report, sometime between 6 p.m.

Monday and 8 a.m. the following morning, someone stole four spools of copper wire mounted on a truck, parked in a compound on Business Parkway. According to the report, the wire is solid copper, approximately a quarter-inch thick and weighs approximately 25 lbs. The victim noted that there had been a previous incident where copper spools were stolen, and in this case, the perpetrator(s) cut a padlock that helped secure the spools. According to the report, the deputy found several shoe prints on the south side of the building and on the concrete wall surrounding the lot. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

NOV. 30 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was dispatched to the WalMart Supercenter on Belvedere Road on Tuesday regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report,

at approximately noon, a loss prevention officer noticed a white male in the electronics department select several video games and place them into his shopping cart under other merchandise. The suspect then went to another area of the store where he placed the games in his waistband. The subject then walked to the front of the store and exited without paying for the concealed merchandise. According to the report, the officer called out to the suspect, who ran and got into a red or maroon Dodge Dakota extended cab truck with a chrome toolbox in the bed.

The officer observed the suspect drive north onto State Road 7. The officer was able to get a license plate number, but it came back with no record. The games were valued at $79.52. The suspect was described as a white male between 45 and 50 years old with light brown hair. He was wearing a bright green T-shirt and blue jeans.

money for the project, officials did offer to give ITID “letters of support for grants or [help in] applying if any grants come up that we can apply for,” Enriquez said.

Enriquez looks forward to the workshop this weekend and plans to stay for most of the process.

“I’m very excited about the charette,” he said. “In my memory, this is the first time ITID has had a charette for a major project, which the park expansion is. I’m very excited to find out what the public thinks and include everybody in this, not just us the board, but everybody out in the community, and build it together.”

Enriquez said he is going to be there because he wants to listen.

“I think we as a board have offered enough input,” he said. “As long as I’ve been there, they’ve

been talking about this park and its amenities.”

He credited District Administrator Tanya Quickel with tying together the diverse aspects of the project. “I know before they were wrestling with this,” he said.

“She’s really put some legs on this and brought in a professional company with Rick Gonzalez. He’s very qualified, and I’m very happy to be working with him. When the park does get done, it’s going to be a very proud moment for our community.”

Supervisor Ralph Bair said the charette will touch on a compilation of options that have been suggested in questionnaires filled out from the district web site.

“It lets people know what we’ve been planning and any suggestions that might alter the plans,

how we can do something differently or maybe spruce up the plan we have and see what they think,” Bair said. “We’ve been planning to do it for years and haven’t had money. We now have money for most of the park, and we’d like to proceed, but we’d like to know what the public thinks about it.”

Bair said he expects the district to do some of the work itself to help contain costs.

“We’re going to be able to slice those costs off some by doing some of the work ourselves,” he said. “We have road graders and everything else. Certainly, we can redo our own infrastructure and build some of the parts ourselves.

The building is something we can’t do ourselves. All we can do is bid it out and see what kind of price we can get.”

Instead, it is an opportunity for volunteers to use their skills to help.

“A volunteer can’t replace a paid employee,” Henghold said.

“But we’ve had a lot of requests for people to come volunteer and give back in other ways. This is not a replacement of employees that we’ve lost, but a supplement of employees that we have here.”

Somers noted that volunteerism is important and a way for resi-

dents to help others.

“It feels good to help people,” she said. “Even when you’re in a hard place yourself, it makes you feel good to volunteer and to be able to help someone with something so simple just because there’s a need. A task that is so simple for you could be a huge benefit to someone.”

For more information about Volunteer Wellington or the CVO, visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.

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continued from page 3 able to learn some skills that she didn’t already know,” Henghold said. “Those skills may help her in her job search.”

But she stressed that the volunteer responsibilities would not take over for those of paid employees.

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‘Carrot Man’ Jody Hartwick Delivers The Treats

If there’s one thing horses love, it’s carrots. Jody Hartwick offers 25- and 50-pound bags of carrots for $15 and $30, respectively — and free delivery in Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, The Acreage and Palm Beach Gardens.

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WHS Girls Basketball Looks To Strong Starters

The return of a junior varsity star and the continued leadership of senior players are what the Wellington High School girls varsity basketball team hopes will lead to a successful season. Coach Vic Navarro hopes to reach double-digit wins for the fifth consecutive year. Josh Hyber’s Column, Page 39 Pages 36 & 38

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Business Hands-On Montessori Education Offered At The Children’s House Of Wellington

The Children’s House of Wellington of fers Montessori instructors who have received specific training and certification that helps them focus on “the whole child.” In addition to the use of specialized Montessori materials, children learn together in small groups and they w ork closely with teachers to get the individual attention they need. Cultural themes are learned through hands-on experience. Page 33

Sports Seminole Ridge Advances After 23-20 Victory Over Atlantic

A field-goal kick decided the fate of the Seminole Ridge High School varsity football team Friday, Nov. 25. SRHS kicker Maxx Neilsen kicked a 21-yard f ield goal, giving the Hawks a 23-20 victory over Atlantic High School in the regional semifinals at home. Page 39

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Get Treats Delivered From ‘Carrot Man’ Jody Hartwick Horses love carrots; always have, always will. When I was very young, I didn’t know about this enduring love affair between things equine and orange. I knew about sugar.

Back then, when you went to a restaurant (fast food hadn’t been invented yet!), there was always a sugar bowl on the table, and in it were small rectangles of sugar, each individually wrapped in paper. Some of these sugar lumps always managed to find their way into my pocket, and the next time we went to the stable (which for most of my growing-up years was one glorious hour each week), the sugar cubes came along and were gratefully crunched up by whichever horse I rode. I didn’t learn about carrots and horses until much, much later.

Although almost every horse loves sugar, it takes some horses a while to learn to eat carrots. I’ve seen some, especially racehorses, who thought you were trying to club them if you offered them a carrot. With one horse, it took me months to talk her into eating them.

We progressed from carrots mashed up in a food processor and added to her grain, to finely chopped carrots, to thinly sliced carrots, to bigger slices, and finally to actual chunks.

So while I grew up loving and learning about horses, Jody Hartwick grew up loving and learning about produce. Born and raised in Belle Glade, Hartwick has no background with anything equine. He’s been into fruits and vegetables for the past 20 years.

In 2006, he moved to Ocala, one of the biggest horse-breeding areas in the country.

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By Ellen Rosenberg That’s when it occurred to him that he was dealing with horses’ favorite snack. He started H&M Carrots and supplied the big farms with big bags of big carrots. Everyone was happy.

But being in produce means living a nomadic life. You move around, following the various crops and growing seasons. He moved corn and strawberries and other produce, and moved from Georgia to North Carolina to New Jersey to California. It doesn’t make sense to own a home you’ll only live in a few months at a time. You can’t start a family or set down roots. It gets old. So Hartwick, now 40, decided to give up the road and try staying in one place.

Happily, he has two aunts, Brenda and Deborah, who live in Wellington, another big horse center, and so he thought he’d move in with them and give it a try. He left his Ocala business in the hands of a couple of partners and headed south.

The original Carrot Man, Walter, had started bringing carrots to barns about 18 years ago. In fact, he’s the one who inspired

“The Carrot Man” Jody Hartwick with a bag of horse treats.

Hartwick to start doing the same up in Ocala.

Interestingly, Walter had bought his carrots from … you guessed it — Hartwick.

“Walter retired, just got old and quit,” Hartwick said. “He had a good run. So there was an opportunity to take over from him.”

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I Can’t Wait Until It’s Time To Pass The Thanksgiving Torch It’s over now, so I guess I can talk about it.

Before I got married, I pondered long and hard about everything they tell you to ponder — finances, religious differences and whether or not we both wanted children.

I didn’t ponder for one moment about the holidays. Then fall happened, and suddenly Thanksgiving was on its way. I felt like I’d been slapped in the face with a plucked turkey. Just who was going to make this holiday special when all I could cook was macaroni and cheese from a box?

OK, OK. No need to panic. I would simply drag my husband from Florida back home to Wisconsin. Because “home” is Thanksgiving.

At Thanksgiving, my mother reigns over that kitchen like a monarch. It’s her kingdom, and in Marge’s kingdom, everything runs smoothly. Just stay out of that refrigerator or you could lose a hand.

So that plan worked for a couple of years, but eventually money was tight or my hus-

Deborah Welky is

The Sonic BOOMER band had other commitments and we had to spend Thanksgiving in our own home. I still shudder at the thought of it — mismatched jelly glasses on the table and a 25-pound turkey for the two of us. (Who knew the smaller turkeys sold first?)

But everything went OK, and, after the kids were born, I got better at it. I managed to cobble together some great feasts and even went so far as to invite a few unsuspecting guests.

But the winds of change are a-blowin’. My daughter got married a couple of years ago,

and now she just bought a big house. I can feel it in the air — the holiday torch is about to be passed.

Perhaps because she was nearly starved as a child, Jennifer likes to cook. Not only that, but she likes to cook healthful foods — nuts and grains and lots and lots of vegetables. She belongs to some sort of Midwestern co-op where they hand her a bag of homegrown food each week, and she doesn’t even know what she’s getting until she unpacks it. Sometimes there’s cheese in there that is actually made from goats!

So (and this is the part I don’t understand), she will come home from a 10-hour day at work and gleefully peruse her cookbooks to conjure up something using these mysterious ingredients. She looks at cooking as if it’s one big chemistry experiment. I look at cooking as a time-consuming process with results that are gone in 10 minutes except for the residual mess of dirty dishes.

So Thanksgiving may soon be held at Jen’s

house (fingers crossed!), and I am already looking forward to my new role in that Thanksgiving. I have it all planned out.

I will arrive in the frozen North wearing faux fur and a jaunty hat. I will be carrying bundles of thoughtful gifts — a cheese platter from Harry & David, a bottle of wine in a cute little gift bag, a mushroom soufflé special-ordered from a world-famous restaurant — and I will be met at the door with glee because “Mom’s here!”

Then I will take my place at the kitchen sink, where I will peel potatoes or carrots or whatever my daughter needs peeled as she and I share hilarious conversations about the things I used to put in her lunchbox.

Then we will all sit down around the table and say grace (silently giving thanks that I am no longer the one responsible for food preparation) and eat a fabulous meal. It’s the circle of life!

(Hey! Is there really such a thing as a mushroom soufflé?)

Poor, Confusing Plot Doom New Flick ‘Love And Other Drugs’ The real problem with Love and Other Drugs is that there are about four different stories, all aching to get out. Unfortunately, they clash with each other to such a degree that almost no story actually emerges. The writers (not surprisingly, a group) adapted the book Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman by Jamie Reidy and then tried to take a story about how Viagra changed America and tried to force a love story into it. Along the way, it also managed to get in subplots involving patients unhappy with the pace of research into Parkinson’s disease as well as a fond retrospective of the casual sex for geeks in older movies.

The main plot centers on Jamie Randall (Jake Gyllenhaal), a good-looking slacker who becomes a pharmaceutical salesman because of the money that can be made. He is not a wild success working for Pfizer and pushing Zoloft. His life changes twice. First, he meets Maggie Murdock (Anne Hathaway), a victim of early-onset Parkinson’s disease, and then he gets shifted over to push the new drug, Viagra. The problem with the plot is that the two paths never quite connect.

The meeting with Maggie is a bit too overcute. He gets to watch her show a breast to a doctor he’s visiting. She is understandably angry and goes out and has sex with him.

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continued from page 25 a story, and he’d cruise slowly past, yelling out the window, “Carrots! Carrots!”And people would flag him down or give him directions to their tent.

Those days are gone. Hartwick said he’s working on being able to drive through the stable areas at the big shows, but the management is tougher these days. They want to charge him regular vendor rates of about $1,200 a week. “I can’t afford that,” he said.

So he’s trying to jump-start the business in other ways: visiting feed stores, smaller

There is a lot of sex and nudity in the film, although except for that scene with the doctor, none of it particularly advances the plot.

Maggie is a very difficult person, and Hathaway is excellent at handling roles of annoying women. As I sat in the theater, I wondered how great the fringe benefits had to be for Jamie to continue being with her. We are supposed to connect with her character, the poor, sick, but adorable woman. Instead, she leaves us cold.

And though it seems evident that the film’s makers wanted to create the notion that love is in some way a drug, there was no coherent plot pointing in that direction. Jamie and Maggie had their problems, but right after having intense scenes about feelings, the film switches to its other main points. If love is a drug, it is a strange one since it both hurts and heals. The side effects are numerous.

None of this is covered in the film. Instead, it is a smorgasbord of scenes that never quite pull themselves together in coherent fashion.

Jamie’s kid brother Josh (Josh Gad), despite having made a $35 million fortune, is tossed out by his wife and crashes on Jamie’s couch, causing all sorts of sleazy problems, including seeing Maggie naked, listening to them making love, masturbating while watching a video the two lovers made, and finally forcing Jamie to go to a Viagra “pajama party,” where Josh has meaningless sex. This convinces him, for some reason that defies rationalization, that he should make up with his wife.

Jamie has the obligatory “longer than fourhour erection” scene, which might have been embarrassing except for the quick film diversion to his promotion to take over the Chicago area. Somewhere in there, a message about how people are more interested in curing impotence rather than other diseases might be buried, but it was buried very deeply.

The most affecting scenes are from the “unconvention” of Parkinson’s patients where people describe how their lives have been affected by the disease. It is actually moving but, once finished, plays relatively little part in the rest of the movie.

Any of the different parts, if better written

shows, larger barns, any gatherings or symposia involving horses or horse people.

“I buy my carrots from different areas, as they come into season,” Hartwick explained.

“In the fall, they come from Michigan. After that it’s California or Canada. In January, it shifts to Georgia. Those are really sweet carrots.”

Hartwick offers 25- and 50-pound bags for $15 and $30, respectively — and free delivery in Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, The Acreage and Palm Beach Gardens. He said that typically, he delivers a bag a week to his smaller customers, two bags to the larger barns. He’s glad for any customers, whether backyard owners with one or two horses, or

bigger commercial concerns.

“So far, I haven’t had any complaints,” he said. “These are U.S. Number 1 Grade A carrots, a little bigger than the average carrot, but very sweet. If anyone has any problems, I’ll be glad to replace a bad batch. Refrigerated, a bag will last months; just sitting out in the barn, two to three weeks. Right now I deliver on Tuesday and Friday, but when the show season starts, I’ll probably be delivering every day. I try to provide a quality product and prompt, friendly service. I hope the business will continue to grow. It feels good to be in one place.”

For more information, or to order carrots, call Jody Hartwick at (352) 342-6424.

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to explore motivations, would have been better than this sorry mess. The changes wrought

by Viagra go unexplored; the brother’s sleaze is used essentially for bad jokes rather than plot (with the exception of his pushing his brother to that party, he has no other role in the plot); the problems with Parkinson’s, aside from the convention and bus trips to Canada for less expensive drugs, is limited to short scenes of Maggie having medical breakdowns. And we never really get any kind of understanding of Jamie, the central character.

There are a lot of good movies coming out this winter. Choose one of them instead of Love and Other Drugs. The performers are generally personable even if misused, but I would have liked the movie better if it had a real story.

Cypress Trails Chorus Holiday Performances The Cypress Trails Elementary School Singing Lions Chorus, under the direction of music teacher Aggie Austin-Guyer, has announced their holiday season of performances.

The performance schedule is as follows: • Friday, Dec. 3 at 12:30 p.m. for the Young at Heart Club luncheon at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center (151 Civic Center Way).

• Monday, Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Village of Royal Palm Beach’s tree lighting ceremony at Veterans Park (1036 Royal Palm Beach Blvd.).

• Thursday, Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Cypress Trails Elementary Family Night at the school (133 Park Road N., Royal Palm Beach).

For more information about the Singing Lions Chorus or any of the upcoming performances, call the Cypress Trails Elementary School main office at (561) 904-9000.

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DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

‘Surgery-Performance’ Exhibit At FAU

Arnold Cohen, Barbara Cohen, Debbie Block, Diane Francis, Brian Ross, Kris Lidinsky and Richard Schuller.

School Of The Arts Foundation Benefit Dec. 8 At Morikami The School of the Arts Foundation invites friends and supporters to an evening of art, music, theater and dance Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens (4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach).

Entertainment will be provided by the students of the Dreyfoos School of the Arts.

Members of the School of the Arts South County Guild presenting the event include Nadine Assaf, Debbie Block, Lisa Marie Browne, Barbara and Arnold Cohen, Diane Francis, Brian Ross, David Scherff, Richard Schuller and Kimberly Sciarretta.

Sponsors of the event include Cavallino Classic,

Marilyn and Stanley Barry, Lisa Marie Brown, CBIZ Goldstein Lewin, Barbara and Arnold Cohen, Richard Edge for UBS Financial, Dr. Howard Green, Sylvia Greenberg, Calla and Ralph Guild, Betty and Roger Hess, Dorothy L. Lappin, Cindy and Ted Mandes, Sydelle Meyer, Simon Benson Offit, Nancy and Stefan Richter, Mr. and Mrs. Reid Ruttenberg, Richard and Donna Schuller for BNY Mellon Wealth Management, and Donald Silpe.

Tickets cost $75 per person with all proceeds benefiting the School of the Arts Foundation. To purchase tickets, call (561) 805-6298 or visit www.soafi.org.

Florida Atlantic University’s University Galleries presents the exhibition “Orlan Resurfacing: Surgery-Performance Photos and Recent Works” now through Saturday, Jan. 22 in the Schmidt Gallery Open Space at FAU’s Boca Raton campus (777 Glades Road).

The exhibition features the work of the internationally acclaimed French multimedia artist Orlan, who gained worldwide recognition in the early 1990s for her performances in which she rede-

signed herself through numerous plastic surgeries.

Incredibly shocking and controversial when they were performed, Orlan’s surgeryperformances were not only historically valuable for the questions they raised concerning beauty, nature and the body; they also remarkably presaged contemporary popular culture’s obsession with plastic surgery.

For more information about Orlan’s exhibition, visit www.fau.edu/galleries or call (561) 297-2966.

A photograph from “Orlan Resurfacing.”

‘Hate Mail’ Dec. 3-12 At Willow Theatre The Boca Raton Theatre Guild will present Bill Corbett’s and Kira Obolensky’s Hate Mail Dec. 3-12 at Sugar Sand Park’s Willow Theatre.

According to Corbett and Obolensky, the inspiration for Hate Mail came from two things: A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters and the possibility of writing the play as a correspondence between two authors.

“We quickly strayed from the first idea, and never went back,” the playwrights explained. “While we retained the title from that initial impulse, it was clear from our very first working conversations that Hate Mail would not be a parody (or a ‘spoof,’ or — our favorite — a

‘wacky send-up’) of Love Letters… Its two correspondents live in a nastier, more venal and admittedly, much sillier world.”

Hate Mail’s director Paula Sackett was amused and intrigued by the script. “Although the entire play consists of letters and other correspondence, there’s a whole lot of room for action and creative interpretation,” she said.

“And I’ve got two excellent actors, Adam Simpson and Carrie Santanna, who are keenly attuned to what’s needed. We’re having a great time with Hate Mail, and I know audiences will, too!”

2010 marks Sackett’s 50th year in theater and theaterrelated ventures. She has been an actor, singer, direc-

tor and technician. She has served as the executive director of the Lake Worth Playhouse, business manager of the Actors Repertory Company in West Palm Beach and the managing artistic director of her own Studio Theatre of Wellington. Her directing credits include Lucky Stiff, The Taffetas, Godspell, The Zoo Story and From Door to Door as well as several religious productions, one-act plays and children’s theater productions.

Simpson has performed locally in Rock and Roll (Mosaic Theatre), and Romeo and Juliet and The Lonesome West (Naked Stage). He received a Carbonell nomination as best supporting actor in the New Theatre’s produc-

tion of Hamlet. He has appeared on television in Burn Notice and The Glades.

Santanna has appeared in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ production of The Deadly Game, at the Kravis Center for Performing Arts in Outtabounds III and the Edge Theatre in All in the Timing.

She also worked for the West Boca Theatre Company in Don’t Drink the Water, the Hollywood Boulevard Theatre in Romeo and Juliet, and the Naked Stage’s 24 Hour Theatre Project.

Show times are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m.

Sunday. All tickets cost $10, available at the Willow Theatre box office at (561) 3473948. For more information, visit www.brtg.org.

Phantoms Highly Recommend Casa Mia Trattoria Pizzeria We love reviewing new restaurants, and emia Coppola, sous chef and the quintessen- with fresh mozzarella, Florida tomatoes and as about 20 selections by the Quartino (about Casa Mia Trattoria Pizzeria owners Roberto tial pizza chef. basil oil; and Fritto Misto ($8.85), a crispy a glass and a half, $5.95 to $10.95). PersonCavaliere and Stefano Paggetti, have created We cannot resist an authentic wood-burn- fried combination of calamari, shrimp and able wine director Mario Vassale is skilled at a wonderful new gathering spot with an in- ing pizza oven from Italy. The margherita piz- zucchini served with a Sardinian sun-dried matching the perfect libation with every dish. viting cozy ambience. Delicious Italian cui- za is the best this side of Italy. These divine tomato aioli (a must); then again, the No. 1 There are also plenty of specialty cocktails, sine made with fresh, high-quality ingredi- pies feature the thinnest and crispiest crusts Italian appetizer is the prosciutto and melon which will change your attitude and your latents is the order of the day, and the service is around and are topped with house-made moz- ($9.95). itude, such as the chocolate martini and the attentive and friendly. zarella and tomato sauce (with San Marzano Entrée standouts ($14.95 to $19.95) include tiramisu martini. The lounge features highCasa Mia is conveniently located in the tomatoes from Sicily). There are seven other the Branzino Mediterranean sea bass top tables, and many diners choose to enjoy space previously occupied by Marc’s Chop- pizza varieties that will definitely tempt your ($19.95), served whole and de-boned table- their meals there or at the bar. Diners can house. We love it when a quality restaurant taste buds. Order one for the table and enjoy. side adding a special touch to your dining choose to sit in one of two inside dining hits the ground running — and the word is, Warning: it will be hard to share! experience. This sweet white fish is sautéed rooms, or out through the French doors leads it’s the new in place to go to. This is no surAnother mark of excellence is handmade and served with roasted potatoes. Other to a charming patio, which is home to a bubprise given that Cavaliere has been in the in- pasta ($9.95 to $15.95), and again, Casa Mia mouth-watering selections include grilled, bling fountain, a lovely seating area with comdustry for more than 20 years and previously is awarded four stars for its fresh fettuccine, marinated Black Angus New York Strip, fy couches and twinkly lighting. owned the very popular Ocean Grille in Palm pappardelle, lasagna, and Joe’s favorite, Chicken Milanese, Grilled Jumbo Prawns, Casa Mia serves lunch and dinner daily.

Beach Gardens. While Paggetti has worked Gnocchi Gorgonzola ($13.95), a ricotta gnoc- delicious Baked Eggplant Parmigianino and There is also a nice happy hour from 3 to 7 at many popular local spots, including Jetty’s chi tossed with gorgonzola cream sauce in- Veal Scaloppini, either with a mushroom p.m. daily, with half-priced well drinks, house in Jupiter and Galaxy Grille in Palm Beach, fused with white truffle oil. Another pasta sauce or lemon, wine and caper sauce. wines and draft beer. Casa Mia Trattoria Pizhe also grew up in the business with his dad favorite is Spaghetti all’Aragosta with half a Desserts ($5.95) are a perfect ending to a zeria is located at 337 E. Indiantown Road in Mario, who owns the stylish and extraordi- Maine lobster, fresh tomatoes, white wine and wonderful meal, including dreamy home- Jupiter (in Fisherman’s Wharf Plaza). For resnarily popular Scalini Restaurant in London. garlic ($16.95), as well as Risotto del Gior- made tiramisu, crème brûlée, gelato and can- ervations or further information, call Casa Mia Great chefs make great restaurants, and no, which changes daily. noli. These sweet treats provide the perfect at (561) 972-6888, and please tell them that Casa Mia has brought gifted Executive Chef Standout starters ($5.95 to $9.95) include finale to every meal. Casa Mia also offers a Joe and Kathryn, the Phantoms, highly recIsidoro Giorsetti down from Alfredo’s restau- the crisp Caesar salad ($5.95) with a flavor- full bar, with approximately 100 varieties of ommended you call. Visit their web site at rant in Orlando, together with the talented Jer- ful house-made dressing; the Caprese salad wines ($23 to $135), mostly from Italy, as well www.casamiajupiter.com.

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Hands-On Montessori Education At Children’s House Of Wellington The hot topic of the day seems to be the state of education in America. It is obvious that parents today are looking for the best education for their children. No longer are parents taking a back seat to this process. Most parents seem to know that the educational process begins at an early age, as research has proven. According to a study done in Michigan, children who participate in a preschool program do better than children who do not participate in preschool, outperforming their classmates academically through the fifth grade.

Knowing these facts, parents then need to choose the best program for their preschool age children. With so many programs available, which one will produce the best benefits?

According to Children’s House of Wellington Directress Kitty Williams, Montessori tends to be the program that so many parents turn to when looking for a preschool program.

Montessori-trained children tend to outperform even children who have attended other preschool programs.

Williams is celebrating eight years of Montessori excellence in the Wellington area. “So many parents visit my school and wish they had gone to a school like this,” she said. “As they visit the classrooms, parents perceive a learning culture that feels both new and familiar.”

Williams noted that the classroom environment is productive. “The buzz within the classroom has youthful energy, but there is also an ambiance of calm and order that gives the students the freedom to concentrate,” she said.

When observing the classroom, it’s clear that the materials take center stage. Each of the specialized Montessori materials help the children focus on new learning skills through repetition. The classrooms have a prepared environment that is filled with educational materials. Yet each is neatly organized, and the children are taught to respect this order.

In addition to the use of specialized Mont-

essori materials, children learn together in small groups and they work closely with teachers to get the individual attention they need.

“Some of the differences in the Children’s House of Wellington that parents notice are the multi-age classrooms,” Williams said.

“Children of all ages become a community, each child progressing at his own pace and rhythm, according to his individual capabilities.”

The Children’s House of Wellington offers Montessori instructors who have received specific training and certification that helps them focus on “the whole child.” The process of becoming a Montessori teacher is very involved, but the result of their training is evident in the look and feel of a well-run classroom.

At the Children’s House of Wellington, each month offers a special cultural theme, such as recycling, nutrition, animal classification and geography studies. These themes are learned through hands-on experience. For example, when studying recycling, the children separated recycled materials into the appropriate recycling boxes.

The Children’s House of Wellington believes that teaching the next generation about the needs of the environment will be crucial to their future. That’s why they have instituted a waste-free lunch. Children are asked to use reusable containers. Along with the children, parents and staff are working toward putting only biodegradable waste into the garbage. According to Williams, educators of today need to be in tune with world events so that children can be leaders of their communities in the future.

As parents focus on the needs of their children and take into account the state of American education, it’s clear why a great start at the right preschool will set the stage for what’s to come. To make an appointment to visit the Children’s House of Wellington, call (561) 790-3748. For more info., visit the school’s web site at www.childrens-house.com.

Children learn using the specialized Montessori materials at the Children’s House of Wellington.

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Wellington Regional Auxiliary Scholarship Applications Available The Friends of Wellington Regional Medical Center Auxiliary once again is offering college scholarships to high school seniors pursuing careers in the healthcare field.

The Camilla Combs Memorial Scholarship Fund grants awards to graduating high school seniors pursuing careers in human healthcare and medically related fields. To qualify, applicants must reside in the following zip codes: 33406, 33411, 33413, 33414, 33415, 33417, 33460, 33461, 33463, 33467 and 33470. Applicants will be considered for an award based on the following criteria: academic competency, extracurricular activities, community service, financial need and acceptance by an accredited college or university. Applications are now available in the guidance offices of the following high schools: Wellington, Seminole Ridge, Royal Palm Beach, Park Vista, Palm Beach Lakes, Palm Beach Central,

Lake Worth, John I. Leonard and Forest Hill. Qualified seniors attending private school and living in the above-mentioned zip codes may also pick up an application from one of these area high schools.

All completed applications are to be mailed to: Friends of Wellington Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Inc., c/o Bea Fries, scholarship committee chair, 10101 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington, FL 33414. Applications must be received by Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. Qualifying applicants will be interviewed by a Scholarship Committee in mid-February. Winners will be notified in March; an awards celebration event will be held at the hospital in May. The Friends of Wellington Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Inc., a non-profit volunteer organization of Wellington Regional Medical Center, is proud of its continuing commitment to honor the achievements of young scholars.

Send business news items to: The Town-Crier Newspaper, 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 31, Wellington, FL 33414.

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RPB’s Deborah Jaffe Named Relationship Manager At IFO

The Intracoastal Family Office (IFO) at Capital Guardian LLC recently announced the addition of Deborah Jaffe as relationship manager. A Royal Palm Beach resident, Jaffe brings more than 15 years of experience as a financial advisor, community advocate and, most recently, as the director of alumni relations at Palm Beach Atlantic University.

“We are very excited to add Deborah Jaffe to our team,” IFO Director Paul Vattiato said. “We believe the relationships Deborah has built and cultivated through her years of service in the industry and the community will play an important role in further establishing a presence for the firm.”

The vision of Intracoastal Family Office is “to provide the best life guidance to every client, every day, through integrated, collaborative planning, education, and impartial advice.”

“This holistic process of partnering with our clients is completely unique to the industry and is such a refreshing way to work,” Jaffe said.

“My passion has always been to empower and educate women to

better understand wealth management and become more involved in the decision making. Intracoastal Family Office is such a strong community supporter with many different organizations and offers a perfect platform to educate women and families.”

Jaffe has been a community advocate and volunteer leader since the early 1990s with many organizations, including Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the American Heart Association, Executive Women of the Palm Beaches, the American Cancer Society, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the Arthritis Foundation. She and her husband Marc are co-chairs of the 2011 North Palm Beach Heart Ball, which will be held Feb. 12, 2011.

The Intracoastal Family Office opened in November 2009 and has developed a contextual planning structure that views the clients in a holistic fashion. Integrating the complexities of lifestyle, family dynamics, consumption, sustainability, philanthropy and issues of care/ capacity, IFO professionals weave the financial architecture to make the life story of each client into a

Deborah Jaffe great tapestry of possibilities. Principals are Jeffrey Eagle, Jack Kaplan and Paul Vattiato. The office is located at 777 S. Flagler Dr., West Tower Suite 1701 in West Palm Beach. For more information, call (561) 839-1100 or visit Intracoastal online at www.intracoastal familyoffice.com.

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Seminole Ridge Advances After 23-20 Victory Over Atlantic

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report It was a field-goal kick that decided the fate of the Seminole Ridge High School varsity football team Friday, Nov. 25. With seven seconds left on the clock and the score tied 20-20, head coach Matt Dickmann called a timeout and brought in senior kicker Maxx Neilsen.

Neilsen, who’d missed an extrapoint kick in the second quarter, kicked a 21-yard field goal with 3.5 seconds remaining, giving the Hawks a 23-20 victory over Atlantic High School in the regional semifinals at home.

“I never thought I would have to do this,” Neilsen said. “But I was ready for it. I just wanted to be the hero and win the game.”

But it was a game that the Hawks would have to fight to win. Offensively, Seminole Ridge was held back by Atlantic’s defense for much of the first half.

“You never know about the playoffs,” Dickmann said. “Offensively, I thought we were a little sluggish. But at least in the second half we put some drives together and put some points on the board.”

Dickmann noted that the team was able to adapt and make key plays when it counted. “Defense did a great job of bending a little bit but not breaking,” he said. “And when they needed to, they made the big plays. And when we needed to, on offense, we made the plays.”

Seminole Ridge scored first when Omar Pierre-Louis intercepted a pass and ran 22 yards for a touchdown. An extra-point kick made the score 7-0 with 8:22 left in the first quarter.

But the Eagles ran the ball 90 yards on the kick return, putting them on the 6 yard line. The Hawks were able to hold them at the goal line, forcing a turnover on downs.

The Hawks were unable to break

through Atlantic’s defense and turned the ball back over.

With 1:53 left in the first quarter, the Eagles put points on the board when Abdud Narcisse ran in a touchdown. The extra point was unsuccessful, and the first quarter finished 7-6.

Atlantic scored early in the second quarter with a carry by Marcus Gaskins, on a play set up by Tevin Spells. Spells was able to break through the Hawk defense repeatedly to advance down the field. A successful extra-point kick made the score 13-7 with the Eagles taking the lead.

Although the Hawks were unable to capitalize on their possession, with only 35 seconds left in the half, Alex Malsbury blocked an Atlantic punt on the 28 yard line. Carries by Thomas Fragale and Tyler Butler put the Hawks on first-and-goal with 11 seconds left.

Butler carried the ball into the end zone for a Seminole Ridge touchdown. However, Neilsen kicked the extra-point kick wide, and the half ended tied at 13.

The Hawks were able to come through early in the second half to score. A pass from quarterback Trevor Vanscoy foundAlex Santacroce near the end zone. A successful extra-point kick made the score 20-13.

The Hawks were able to hold the Eagles back for the remainder of the third quarter. But Atlantic was able to break through the Hawks’ defense with just over four minutes remaining in the game to score. A successful extra-point kick tied the game at 20.

For the remaining few minutes, both teams battled to move down the field. Atlantic was able to effectively stop Seminole Ridge’s running game, but the Eagles were unable to break through the Hawks’ defensive line.

Hawk Gary Holmes takes the ball down the field.

Alex Santacroce catches a pass before scoring a touchdown.

Butler earned a first down on a fourth-and-two, but fumbled the ball for the first time all season with 1:18 left, turning the ball back over to Atlantic on their own 28 yard line. After three failed passing attempts, the Hawks received a punt to take over from the 37 yard line.

With 50 seconds left on the clock, Vanscoy broke through the middle of the pack, carrying the ball up the field to set up the winning kick with a 59-yard run. He

Jarryd Klaffka runs around the Atlantic defense.

Hawk Chase Watson grabs hold of Atlantic’s J’Rod Beard.

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was stopped just short of a touchdown.

“When Trevor broke through like that, I was just happy that he got inside the 20 [yard line],” Dickmann said, “because I knew that we could milk the clock and kick a field goal if we needed to. I was hoping we would score, but it probably worked out better for us, because if we had scored, it would have given [Atlantic] too much time on the clock.”

Neilsen’s kick sealed the win for

the Hawks, who will take on Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando on Friday, Dec. 3 in 7:30 p.m. game.

Dr. Phillips defeated OrlandoOak Ridge High School last Friday 45-0. But Dickmann said that he’s not worried.

“I know they’re a great team,” he said. “They’re the top-ranked team in the state, so we know we’ll have our hands full. We’ll get the tapes.

We’ll practice as usual.”

WHS Girls Basketball Team Looks To Rely On Strong Starters The return of a junior varsity star and the continued leadership of senior players are what the Wellington High School girls varsity basketball team hope will lead them to a successful season. After last year’s 13-9 campaign, head coach Vic Navarro hopes this year’s group can reach double-digit wins for the fifth consecutive year.

Point guard Mercedes Queen is the team’s floor general and leading distributor. Queen has been on the varsity team since her freshman year and is the only four-year varsity player. In the team’s second game of the season against John I. Leonard High School, however, Queen injured both her right wrist and her left foot. A time table of recovery was undetermined as of Nov. 28.

Joining Queen in the backcourt is senior shooting guard Quinn Ruderman. Ruderman led the junior varsity with 19 points per game

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By Josh Hyber in her sophomore year but chose to play lacrosse last year. Ruderman is the team’s leading scorer and is the key to the offense without Queen.

Senior Debra Gerrits is the team’s most experienced player on the low post. After being a key contributor off the bench last year, Gerrits is now the team’s starting center.

With the trio of Queen, Ruderman and Gerrits, the projected starting five is rounded out

by junior small forward Kaley Gatrell and freshman forward Heather Brown. With the injuries to Queen, and also an injury to Gatrell, Navarro has used freshman point guard Kelsie Boudreau and freshman forward Doren Ruchti in the starting unit.

The team’s only other senior is guard/forward Amy Serna. Guard Marjorie Silva, a junior, and Taylor Johnson, a sophomore, round out the varsity roster. In the entire girls basketball program, 14 of the 20 girls are freshmen and sophomores.

Navarro said the team needs to work on its timing on offense, but that’s expected because of the inexperience and injures. The team’s defense is its specialty. As of Nov. 28, the Lady Wolverines are 1-1. The girls continued play Thursday, Dec. 2 at Lake Worth High School, and will be back in action Monday, Dec. 6 at Dwyer High School.

The WHS girls varsity basketball team.

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RPBHS Grad Excelling More Wins For TNT Gymnastics Team In College Volleyball 2009 Royal Palm Beach High School graduate Morgan Hill and the Pasco-Hernando Community College Conquistadors of New Port Richey made history as they became the first Florida college to win the NJCCA Division 2 National Women’s Volleyball Championship. The tournament was held in Wisconsin Dells, Wis., Nov. 18-20.

Upon winning the District P Regional Championship in Wentworth, N.C., Pasco-Hernando, coached by Kim Whitney, traveled to Wisconsin and defeated (#5) Grand Rapids Community College, (#1) Iowa Lakes Community College and (#8) Glendale Community College to advance and face (#2) Johnson County Community College in Kansas, in the championship match. Pasco and Johnson battled to a thrilling two-game, two-game split. The fifth and final deciding game score went from 9-4 to 9-8 to 12-12 and ending 15-12 with the Pasco-Hernando Lady Quistas, the 2010 National Champions.

According to NJCCA Division 2 statistics, Hill finished this season third in the nation for average digs per set and received FCCAA De-

Morgan Hill fensive Player of the Week honors twice. Hill continues to play libero, as she did on the 2009 Florida State 6A runners-up Royal Palm Beach Wildcats volleyball team, coached

by Sal Ciano and Tamara Cook. Hill graduated third in her class at RPBHS with a 4.6 HPA and will complete her associate’s degree at Pasco-Hernando this spring. Hill’s academic interests are law, psychology, art and nursing. Hill would like to continue competing in volleyball and has been contacted by several universities.

Hill is the daughter of Robert and Donna Hill and sister to Robby, Gregory and Miranda.

Gymnasts from TNT Gymnastics Center in Wellington competed in two recent meets, the Gold Rush Invitational, held Oct. 16-17, and the Harvest Challenge in Stuart, Nov. 5-6. Gymnasts earned numerous medals and trophies at these events.

“Our gymnasts did a great job at both of these meets and continue to excel,” TNT Gymnastics owner Tina Tyska said. “We are so proud of their hard work.”

TNT competitors and their scores in the Gold Rush Invitational are as follows: Mia Logsdon, Level 2 (34.6 all around); Catherine Boynton, Level 3 (32.50 all around); Nicole Hirsch, Level 4 (34.875 all around, first place all around); Carly Banister, Level 4 (32.1 all around); Amber Birt, Level 4 (29.2 all around); Kennedy DesRochers, Level 5 AAU (32.275 all around, first place all around); Daisy Coates, Level 5 USA (30.550 all around); and Amy Damante, Level 5 USA (31.775 all around).

TNT competitors and their scores in the Harvest Challenge are as follows: Kaili Ziffer, Level 2 (34.425 all around); Erin Smith, Level 2 (34.250 all around); Carly Banister, Level 4 (32.5 all around); Gracie VanNess, Level 4 (31.1 all around); Amber Birt, Level 4 (30.3 all

TNT Gymnastics team members with their newest trophies.

The next meet for TNT gymnasaround); Nicole Hirsch, Level 4 (35.175 all around); Molly Lasko, tics will be held in January at the Level 4 (33.775 all around); Skyler Suncoast Sports Festival in TamVanNess, Level 4 (33.4 all around); pa.

The TNT gymnastics team is Kennedy DesRochers, Level 5, USA (31.250 all around); Daisy coached by Percy Price, Tina TysCoates, Level 5, USA (30.925 all ka and Laura Ealy. The team’s loaround); Emma Rigolo, Level 5, cation is 3120 Fairlane Farms Road USA (30.550 all around); and Amy in Wellington. For more about Damante, Level 6, USA (32.425 all TNT’s gymnastics program, call (561) 383-8681. around).

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Wolverine Wrestling Dominates At Duals Tourney The Wellington High School wrestling team brought home the championship trophy and finished with a perfect 5-0 record Saturday, Nov. 20 at the Wellington Duals III wrestling tournament.

Wellington rolled through the first two rounds of competition by defeating St. Andrews 78-3 and Suncoast 79-0 before the competition started to heat up. The Wolverines took on conference rival Seminole Ridge and defeated them by a score of 44-27, and then followed up with a victory over Cooper City to make it to the finals by a score of 37-29.

As expected, Boca Raton, the topseeded team in the other pool, made it to the finals to face the Wolver-

ines. Wellington and Boca Raton have wrestled the past two seasons, and both times it came down to the final weight class, with Wellington winning close matches.

This year, Wellington came out winning the first three matches and continued the momentum, winning 10 of 14 matches and finishing with a 45-15 victory. Senior Jake Ferrara (152), senior Brandon Lustgarten (215) and freshman Josiah Cleghorn (285) all finished with a perfect 5-0 record. In addition, freshman Nik Bonadies (112), junior Tim Skaryd (130), senior Zach Katz (140), junior Collin Bachi (145) and senior Korey Maguire (171) finished with 4-1 records.

The Wolverine wrestling team celebrates another victory.

Palm Beach Central Wrestling Team Begins Fresh

By Michael Lavery Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach Central High School wrestling team finished last season with a record of 12-6. Last year’s team was without any upperweight classes.

The wrestlers will now face a different obstacle heading into the 2010-11 season.

High school sports teams are continuously being cycled due to grad-

uation and incoming freshmen.

However, this year has hit the Palm Beach Central wrestling team especially hard.

“This is the first time in all my years coaching that we’ve been this young,” coach Jon Henry said.

“Graduation has finally caught up to us.”

Although the wrestling team has lost a large portion of their squad from last year, there are 30 incom-

ing freshmen. Those freshmen will take this year as a learning experience, Henry noted. “Don’t count on us to be much besides in tournaments,” he said.

In tournaments, Palm Beach Central will be able to use the strength of their four leaders.

“We have a couple good leaders coming back, including state qualifiers Josh Weinberg and Dylan Marcus,” Henry said. “Tony Salone had

about 30 wins last year. I’m expecting big things from him.”

One improvement from last year is the addition of heavyweight Brandon De La Cruza. “[He’s] as good as anyone,” Henry said.

Palm Beach Central began preseason matches on Nov. 13. They defeated Forest Hill but lost to Park Vista at the Park Vista duals. The Broncos next competition is Saturday, Dec. 4 in Key West.

Hawk Swimmer Competes At State Seminole Ridge High School swimmer Victoria Ho competed Saturday, Nov. 13 at a state meet in Orlando. She placed fifth in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:51.71 and 11th in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:03. Ho’s points allowed Seminole Ridge to defeat both the Wellington and Palm Beach Central swim teams in team points at the state level. The school would like to congratulate Ho for her efforts.

In other Seminole Ridge sports news, the Hawk wrestling team finished 3-2 at the Wellington Duals wrestling tournament Saturday, Nov. 20, defeating Suncoast, Royal Palm Beach and St. Andrews, and losing to Wellington and Cooper City. Two Hawk wrestlers, Sam Hargesheimer and Trace Thome, finished undefeated 5-0.

Holiday Fishing Classic Dec. 18 The 20th annual Holiday Fishing Classic on Lake Wellington will take place Saturday, Dec. 18 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Wellington Community Center dock. For more info., contact Capt. Christina Kenny at (561) 351-3408 or strictly fishing10@yahoo.com.

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Wellington Golfer Ken Martin Wins Again At Minor League Tour Ken Martin of Wellington fired a three under par 68 on Monday, Nov. 22 to score his second victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour.

Playing the east course at the Jacaranda Golf Club, Martin made four birdies (Nos. 4, 7, 9 and 14) and bogeyed the par-3 13th hole. He earned $950 from the $7,125 purse.

A teaching professional at the Village Golf Club in Royal Palm Beach, Martin, 51, won the Southeast Chapter seniors championship and had several other good finishes earlier this year but missed out last week at the TPC at Eagle Trace in Coral Springs in qualifying for the 2011 Champions Tour.

Martin’s only other MLGT title was on Oct. 19, 2009.

The MLGT’s 126th tournament this year drew 52 entries, including LPGA teen-

age rookie Alexis Thompson of Coral Springs. She shot 70, tied for third and earned $508.34. It was her fifth MLGT start. She has finished in the money each time.

Besides Martin, other area golfers who competed in the tournament include Matthieu Pavon of Wellington, who scored 37-33, 70 to earn $508.34; David Smith of West Palm Beach, who scored 36-35, 71 to earn $325; and Tim Hoss of Royal Palm Beach, who shot 3638, 74 to earn $53.50.

After a break for Thanksgiving, the MLGT returned the following week, with play at the Fountains Country Club and the Abacoa Golf Club. Four tournaments are scheduled the first two weeks of December. For information and entry, visit www. minorleaguegolf.com.

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Lady Gators Finish Successful Season The Wellington Landings Middle School softball team set out to defend its 2009 county championship title this season. But with eight of the team’s nine starting players from last year moving onto high school this year, holding that position would prove difficult. But the 17 talented athletes were determined to have another successful season.

The girls worked really hard this season, rain or shine.

The girls’ hard work helped the team achieve their first goal of the season by capturing the West Area Division Championship with a record of 9-0 during regular season play.

This would secure Wellington Landing a spot in the playof fs, where the girls would compete with 11 of the best teams throughout Palm Beach County in a singleelimination, post-season playoff tournament. The Lady Gators had a bye their first game, winning the No. 2 seed in the northwest side of the bracket. Their first game was against one of the

(Front row, L-R) Team captains Madi Miller and Toni Pancione; (second row) Jaci McNeill, Genevieve Mangini, Mary Rodriguez, Brittany Griswold, Britney Schmidt, Krista Swift, Emilee Quesada and Taylor Koos; (back row) Chelsea Brinkmann, Annalyce Papo, Abby Earley, Milan Bolden-Morris, Kenzie McMullen, Kaylin Kramer and Alyssa Corneille. toughest teams in the county, Jupiter Middle School. It was 0-0 for six innings until the Lady Gators pulled through and won 1-0 in seven innings.

WLMS advanced to the final four of the playoffs and faced Duncan Middle School

in the semifinal game, but lost 8-3.

Therefore, the Lady Gators ended their 2010 season tied for third place in the county, which is a great accomplishment, said manager Jenny Schmidt. WLMS will lose six

eighth-graders this season but will still have a core of strong athletes to lead the team next year.

The team is managed by Jenny Schmidt, along with her husband Bob Schmidt and Chris Pancione.

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Saturday, Dec. 4 • G Star School of the Arts (2030 South Congress Ave, Palm Springs) will host its first Holiday Craft and Health Fair on Saturday, Dec. 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on its new sound stage. For more info., call Sally at (561) 967-2023.

• The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors will host a charette on the Expansion of Acreage Community Park on Saturday, Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Acreage Pines Elementary School cafeteria. Call (561) 793-0874 or email info@indiantrail.com for more info.

• The Pointe at Wellington Green Holiday Festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4 in the parking lot outside LA Fitness. The free event will feature more than 40 venders giving away free food and prizes. There will be a DJ, 10 tons of snow, live radio, four bounce houses, petting zoo, pony rides, Santa Claus, Marines promoting Toys for Tots, clowns offering face painting and balloons, and a chance to win a giveaway from Aztil A/C. Call (561) 305-0935 or e-mail lonilynn1023 @aol.com for more info.

• The Okeeheelee Nature Center (7715 Forest Hill Blvd.) will hold a “Swamp Tromp” on Saturday, Dec. 4 at 11 a.m. for all ages.

Explore the shore of the pond with net in hand to capture small fish, shrimp and aquatic insects, and then examine them with hand lenses and microscopes. Wear close-toed shoes that can get wet. The cost is $3. Call (561) 233-1400 to RSVP. • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host “Creative Writing for Teens” on Saturday, Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. for ages 12 to 17. Learn about the craft of writing and do exercises to improve your skills.

Bring a sample of your writing to share. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• Wellington WinterFest 2010 will take place Saturday, Dec. 4 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater on Forest Hill Blvd. in front of the Wellington Community Center. For information on auditioning, becoming a vendor or sponsor/general event information, call the Wellington Chamber of Commerce at (561) 792-6525 or visit www.wellingtonchamber.com.

• The Wellington Boys & Girls Club will host its 23rd annual Wellington Dinner Dance on Saturday, Dec. 4 at the Wycliffe Golf & Country Club. Themed “Diamonds Are Forever,” tickets cost $225 per person.

For more info., call Special Events Coordi-

nator Alonna Paugh at (561) 683-3287 or visit www.bgcpbc.org.

• The Sierra Club Loxahatchee Group will hold its annual Holiday Party & Silent Auction on Saturday, Dec. 4 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties (700 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach). Whole Foods Market and Bedner’s Farm Fresh Market will provide appetizers and dessert, and there will be a cash wine bar. Folk musician Grant Livingston will perform. Admission costs $25. RSVP to Adele at (561) 7337217 or adelewolok@aol.com.

• Palm Beach Atlantic University will host “Opera Workshop,” an evening of arias and ensembles, on Saturday, Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the DeSantis Family Chapel (300 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach). Call (561) 803-2970 or visit www.pba.edu for info.

• The Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens (253 Barcelona Road, West P alm Beach) will present the fourth annual Festival of Trees on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 4 and 5 and Wednesday through Sunday, Dec. 8-12.

Stroll through the gardens to view 25 live evergreens created by artists, guest decorators and community groups. Call (561) 832-5328 or visit www.ansg.org for info.

Sunday, Dec. 5 • The Village of Wellington will host a Benefit for P olice and Firefighters Sunday, Dec. 5 at the Wellington Amphitheater near the Wellington Community Center. Call (561) 753-2484 for more info.

• The Temple Beth Tikvah Sisterhood’s annual White Elephant Sale will take place Sunday and Monday, Dec. 5 and 6 at the temple (4550 Jog Road, Greenacres). Sale hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday. There will be plenty of bargains, and the sale will include house ware, clothing, ar t, books, musical instruments and more. Call (561) 967-3600 for more info.

• Temple B’nai Jacob of Wellington will host a community-wide Chanukah celebration Sunday, Dec. 5 from 3 to 5 p.m. The event will include activities and entertainment for all ages. Special Chanukah-related crafts will be available for children, including making their own beautiful Chanukah candles. Admission is $10 for individuals, $18 for couples and $36 for families.

The temple is located in the original Wellington Mall (12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 6). RSVP to (561) 793-4347.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR CALENDAR, continued from page 44 • Flagler Museum (Cocoanut Row & Whitehall Way, Palm Beach) will host a Christmas Tree Lighting on Sunday, Dec. 5 from 3 to 5 p.m. Call (561) 655-2833 or visit www.flaglermuseum.us for more info.

• Temple Beth Zion will feature “Chanukafest” Sunday, Dec. 5 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center (151 Civic Center Way). The event will feature booths, children’s games, traditional Chanukah foods and a show featuring local performers. Call (561) 798-8888 or visit www.templebethzion.net for more info.

• TCIN.TV will feature live broadcasts of Night Shul with Matt Auerbach at 9 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 5, followed at 10 p.m. by Elsie Bell’s Secrets with Deb Welky Miles.

Watch this new Wellington-based Internet TV station at www.tcin.tv.

Monday, Dec. 6 • American Legion Auxiliar y Unit 367 will meet Monday, Dec. 6 at 11 a.m. at Palms West Presbyterian Church (13689 Okeechobee Blvd., Loxahatchee Groves).

For more info., call Marge Herzog at (561) 791-9875.

• The Palms West Chamber of Commerce will host a Holiday Luncheon on Monday, Dec. 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Breakers West Country Club. RSVP to (561) 7906200.

Tuesday, Dec. 7 • The Palm Beach County Commission will meet Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 9:30 a.m. in the Jane M. Thompson Memorial Chambers on the sixth floor of the county’s governmental building (301 North Olive Ave., West Palm Beach). Visit www.pbcgov.com for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host “Penguin Story Time” for ages 4 to 6 on Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 3:30 p.m. Listen to stories about these funnny birds, sing songs and make a craft.

Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council will meet Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District office (101 West D Road) beginning with a workshop at 6 p.m. Call (561) 7932418 or visit www.loxahatcheegroves.org for more info.

• The Maltz Jupiter Theatre (1001 East Indiantown Road, Jupiter) will present Academy Dec. 7-19. Call (561) 743-2666 or visit www.jupitertheatre.org for more info.

Wednesday, Dec. 8 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civ-

ic Center Way) will feature Bilingual Story Time for ages 3 to 5 on Wednesdays, Dec. 8 and 15 at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy a fun family story time in English and Spanish. Read, sing and create a delightful craft. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Hunger Games” on Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m. for ages 12 to 17. Katniss is thrust into “The Hunger Games,” a televised battle to the death between 24 teens. Check out the book, and then compete in activities while discussing the book. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

Thursday, Dec. 9 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will feature “Snowman Story Time” on Thursday, Dec. 9 at 11 a.m. for ages 2 to 4. Walk in an imaginar y winter wonderland, listen to stories about snowmen and make a craft. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

Friday, Dec. 10 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host a “Human Rights Day Celebration” on Friday, Dec. 10 at 3:30 p.m. for ages 8 to 11. Listen to stories and add leaves to the Tree of Human Rights. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Okeeheelee Nature Center (7715 Forest Hill Blvd.) will feature “Owl Prowl” on Friday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. for ages 7 to adult. Enjoy an evening walk and search for wild owls and visit resident owls. Bring a flashlight. The cost is $3. Call (561) 2331400 to RSVP. • The Armory Art Center (1700 Parker Ave., West Palm Beach) will present its annual Holiday Studio Sale on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 10 and 11. Visit the Armory for holiday shopping featuring one-of-a-kind handmade gifts made by Armory students and instructors. Call (561) 832-1776 or visit www.armoryart.org for more info.

• The “Living My Life Expo” will be held Dec. 10-12 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center (650 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach). The expo will present a variety of companies that can help im prove your life, mind, body and soul, including companies such as AT&T, Humana and ADT Home Security. Call (786) 454-8646 or visit www.livingmylifeexpo.com for more info.

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

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T OWNHOME FOR RENT— 2 / 2 2 car garage. Lakefront seasonal or annual lease. No Pet s 561-6442019 VILLA IN WELLINGTON — Walk to schools, clean 2/2 Villa, vaulted ceilings, tile floors, split bedroom, utility room with W/D and fenced patio. $850/month 775-0717

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Barn is on a 3 acre piece of land in Loxahatchee approximately 5 miles from Wellington Show Grounds and has a 1.5 Acre turn out/riding area as well as 1 paddock. When and if renter is not available I will feed the horse(s) with the feed/hay you provide and assure the horse(s) have fresh water. There is room to park a horse trailer and truck on the property should the renter need to leave it on the property. Use of bathroom, shower and laundry room in my home when I am home will be permitted to a renter who proves to be a responsible individual. This property is owned by a Law Enforcement Officer so there is on sight security. No smoking in or near the barn and no alcohol or drugs permitted on the property.

Prefer female renters over male renters. $500 Per Stall Per Month.

If interested contact Ed at (561)5311631

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