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WEF HOSTS ‘BATTLE OF THE SEXES’

Wellington Chamber Hosts Show Grounds Gallery Opening Gala

The Wellingt on Chamber of Commerce and Equestrian Sport Productions hosted a champagne reception Thursday, Feb. 3 in the Gallery at the Palm Beach Int ernational Equestrian Center. The e vent featured the work of artist Patricia Powers. Page 2

Town Sets Another Closed Session On Callery Settlement

Although several residents said they would be willing to pay for a possibly expensive legal battle, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council decided last week to have one more closeddoor session with its attorney to discuss a settlement agreement with Callery-Judge Grove regarding the town’s stalled comprehensive plan. Page 3

The $55,000 Nespresso Battle of the Sexes jumper event took place Saturday, Feb. 5 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington. The battle included three challenges: Speed, Match Race and Six Bar. The women’s team defended its three-y ear title, defeating the men’s team 24-16. Pictured above are ringmaster Clif f Haines, Catherine Pasmore and Katherine Bellissimo. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 10 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

RPB’s Pinto, Webster Secure New Terms Without Opposition

Wellington Hosts Its Annual Father-Daughter Dance At Village Park

The Village of Wellington hosted its annual Father-Daughter Dance on Saturday, Feb. 5 at Village Park on Pierson Road.

The event featured dinner, party favors, magicians, photos and lots of dancing in the gym.

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OPINION Take Steps To Take Care Of Your Heart During American Heart Month

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Royal Palm Beach Councilman Fred Pinto and Vice Mayor Martha Webster will return to their seats for two more years after no candidates came forward to challenge them. The March 8 municipal election was canceled Tuesday after the filing deadline passed.

This will be Webster’s second full term. She ran unsuccessfully for a council seat in 2006 against incumbent David Swift, receiving 43 percent of the vote. Webster won election in 2008 to a one-year term and was easily reelected in 2009.

“This is the first election that I

haven’t had any challengers,” she said. “It has been a great learning experience. We have two-year terms, but for all there is to learn for a newcomer, it really takes a good three years to understand your budgets and all of the partnerships that municipalities have to have to be successful. I’m looking forward to applying everything that I’ve learned.”

Webster pointed out that surrounding municipalities have longer terms. Loxahatchee Groves’ terms are three years, while Wellington has four-year terms with term limits. “Two years is a very quick turnaround,” she said, adding that not having to

campaign this time will give her more time to focus on what she anticipates will be a very challenging two years.

“Things have become more complicated, and now we’re going to be looking at changes that are going to be coming down from the state and how they’re going to affect us, so the things that we did learn we’re going to have to relearn,” she said, noting that a series of changes are expected to the way the state’s Department of Community Affairs operates, as well as growth management rules in general.

The council will also be watchSee NO ELECTION, page 22

YOUNG AT HEART CLUB LUNCHEON

With the arrival of Valentine’s Day, there’s a preponderance of heart-shaped candies, cards and other treats designed to signify that most vital human organ. So it is appropriate that February is American Heart Month, and a report released this week by the American Stroke Association is a sobering reminder of how big a problem heart disease is in the United States. Page 4 DEPARTMENT INDEX NEWS ............................. 2 - 13 OPINION ................................ 4 CRIME NEWS ........................ 6 NEWS BRIEFS ....................... 8 POLO & EQUESTRIAN .........15 SCHOOLS ..................... 16 - 17 PEOPLE........................ 18 - 19 COLUMNS .................... 27 - 28 BUSINESS ................... 35 - 37 SPORTS ....................... 41 - 44 CALENDAR...................46 - 47 CLASSIFIEDS ...............48 - 53 Visit Us On The Web At WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM

The Royal P alm Beach Young at Hear t Club met Frida y, Feb. 4 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center for a Valentine’s Day-themed luncheon with live music. Butterfields Southern Cafe catered lunch, while the Fabulons performed. Shown above is Butterfields owner Becky Kiel (right) with Katina McMahon, Lek Guvetia and Bethany Kiel. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 13 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/T OWN-CRIER

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ITID Moves Closer To Lawsuit Over Water Surcharge

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Indian Trail Improvement District legal staff is preparing a complaint against Palm Beach County over a 10-percent water surcharge that the county’s utilities department is collecting from a growing number of Acreage water customers and turning over to the Village of Royal Palm Beach.

On Tuesday, the ITID Board of Supervisors directed its attorneys to proceed with a complaint that has been contemplated for several months.

The surcharge was part of an agreement reached between the county and Royal Palm Beach when RPB sold its water utility to the county in 2006.

Before the sale, Royal Palm Beach held rights to be the municipal water provider for the ITID area. As part of the sale agreement, Royal Palm Beach turned over those rights to the county in exchange for the 10-percent surcharge that the county would collect from its water utility customers in The Acreage and turn over to the village.

At ITID’s direction, attorney Charlie Schoech researched the matter and advised that the agreement is probably illegal because the county cannot levy a surcharge on county residents.

“At this point, we have not proceeded because the authorization that was given to us by this board was simply to prepare our position,” Schoech said. “Clearly, I wanted you people to know what my legal opinion was in the matter. I still fully support the opinion that I presented to you at a previous meeting, but at this point we cannot proceed without further direction from this board.”

Schoech said if the board authorizes litigation, it will almost certainly be contested, expensive, and will require a lot of preparation and a monetary commitment from

ITID. He also pointed out that right now, the surcharge does not amount to much money because there are few county water customers in The Acreage. However, that number is expected to rise.

Schoech added that the county’s attorney representing the utility department said they would consider raising water rates for the entire region to compensate for not having the surcharge if ITID’s lawsuit is successful.

“I don’t know if that was a calculated bluff, or if it’s something they really intend to do, but they were certainly looking at it, realizing that a challenge is at some point imminent, because down the road, that surcharge is going to be a rather large number,” he said.

Schoech said it is ITID’s decision on whether to proceed now or wait. “That’s your decision,” he said. “Whether or not you challenge the surcharge that the county has imposed is not my decision; it’s your decision. There are some pros and cons. I firmly believe the advice I gave you is correct. I do not believe the surcharge is appropriate, and I believe you have the basis to challenge it.”

He also pointed out that any county water customer who pays the surcharge has standing to file a lawsuit.

ITID President Michelle Damone asked Schoech whether he had discussed the issue with Royal Palm Beach’s attorney, and Schoech said he had. “The village position was that it’s their prize,” he said.

Supervisor Ralph Bair said that he thought the county attorney was bluffing about raising water rates. “That really does sound like a threat,” Bair said. “They have the right to raise their water rates any time they want to.”

Schoech said if the district wins a lawsuit and the county can no longer collect a surcharge, it will have to determine whether it is still See SURCHARGE, page 7

Wellington Moving Forward With New Boys & Girls Club

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Plans for the new Wellington Boys & Girls Club building are underway, and officials hope the facility will be ready by September 2012, according to a staff presentation Tuesday to the Wellington Village Council.

Last year, the council authorized the club’s lease of villageowned property near the water treatment plant on Wellington Trace.

The club now operates out of a building at Wellington Community Park on South Shore Blvd., south of Pierson Road, but has outgrown the facility.

Rather than tear down the old building, the club struck a deal with Wellington to turn the existing 15,000-square-foot facility over to the village and construct a new building at the Wellington Trace site.

The approximately 23,000square-foot, $3-million facility is

designed like the existing Boys & Girls Club facility in Riviera Beach. The club will pay for it through donations and grants, with Wellington covering $700,000 in construction costs. The village’s share will come from recreational impact fees.

Additionally, Wellington will save about $50,000 a year in operational costs, which will be covered by the club.

Moving the club will allow the village to partner with it for programs at the nearby Safe Neighborhoods Office and have it serve as a joint facility with the village and a place for children in the village’s transitional neighborhoods to go.

During the project status update Tuesday, Director of Operations Jim Barnes said that the majority of the property would be open green space.

“It will allow for open field play and additional playground areas, See B&G CLUB, page 22

‘Car Surfing’ Broadcast Has Wellington Officials Furious

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The misleading depiction of Wellington as the “car surfing” capital of the nation Tuesday on NBC’s Today Show angered members of the Wellington Village Council, who asked staff to draft a letter to producers of the show demanding an apology.

On the Tuesday edition of the popular morning show, host Matt Lauer introduced a segment that reported how police in Florida are arresting anyone who gets caught “car surfing.” Lauer then introduced correspondent Kerry Sanders, who was said to be reporting “from Wellington, Florida.”

During council comment at Tuesday’s meeting, Councilwom-

an Anne Gerwig expressed frustration that the village had been mentioned in the broadcast about the dangers of “car surfing,” in which passengers climb on top of a moving vehicle and try to “surf.”

“Today, I happened to see something online from the Today Show,” she said. “They introduced a segment about car surfing, which is horrible and dangerous… several young adults and children have been killed doing this.”

Gerwig said that she contacted Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Jay Hart to be sure there hadn’t been any recent incidents that she was unaware of, and he said that there had been no case of it.

“They just filmed it here and

showed it on the Today Show as if it was happening here,” she said.

The spot was filmed in the Starbucks parking lot near the Mall at Wellington Green.

Gerwig said that she contacted NBC to ask that they issue a correction and an apology for improperly painting Wellington in a bad light.

“This is a community where we protect our kids,” she said. “I didn’t appreciate that negative outlook on us, because we aren’t that kind of community. The implication is clear from watching it.

It’s implying that it’s here, and it’s not.”

Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Carmine Priore wondered whether village See CAR SURFING, page 7

Car Surfing — Today Show host Matt Lauer speaks to a correspondent in “Wellington, FL” on Tuesday about “car surfing.” Only problem... it’s not an issue here!

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WELLINGTON CHAMBER HOSTS SHOW GROUNDS GALLERY OPENING RECEPTION

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce and Equestrian Sport Productions hosted a champagne and hors d’oeuvres reception on Thursda y, Feb. 3 in the Gallery at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. The event featured the gallery opening of artist Patricia Powers. For more info., visit www.patriciapowers.com.

PHOTOS BY LAUREN MIRÓ/T OWN-CRIER

Mike Nelson and Kathy Foster with Wellington Councilwoman Anne Gerwig and Mayor Darell Bowen.

Wellington Chamber of Commerce President Bill Tavernise with Equestrian Sport Productions President Michael Stone.

Tom Newberry, Anna Frensenmeyer, Laura Newberry and Equestrian Sport Productions President Michael Stone.

Kari and Marina Garber enjoy the par ty.

Equestrian Spor t Productions CEO Mark Bellissimo, artist Patricia Powers and Katherine Bellissimo.

Wellington Chamber of Commerce President Bill Tavernise, Executive Director Michela Perillo-Green, Wellington Councilwoman Anne Gerwig and Mayor Darell Bowen.

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Town Sets Another Closed Session On Callery Settlement

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Although several residents said they would be willing to pay for a possibly expensive legal battle, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council decided last week to have one more closed-door session with its attorney to discuss a settlement agreement with Callery-Judge Grove regarding the town’s stalled comprehensive plan.

The sessions with CalleryJudge began in June 2009 after the Florida Department of Community Affairs found the town’s comp plan in compliance. Callery-Judge objected to several parts of the plan, notably road and traffic issues.

Callery-Judge and the town reached a tentative agreement in December. The citrus grower, which owns 4,000 acres just north of the town, insisted that Loxahatchee Groves do nothing to impede the efficiency of traffic flow, which would decrease access to Callery-Judge when it develops its property.

In the agreement, the town would have to meet certain deadlines to make road improvements, including road openings to the north, east and west of the community, and improvements to Okeechobee Blvd.

At a January meeting, many residents said they would as soon pay an estimated $500,000 to $750,000 in legal fees to settle the issues in court with an administrative judge as pay $100,000 to $200,000 in legal fees to complete the settlement agreement. Many also said they felt they had been left out during closed-door sessions between Callery-Judge and town representatives to reach the proposed agreement.

In a 4-1 decision last week, the council agreed to one more closed-door meeting. Vice Mayor Dennis Lipp, who faces re-election next month, cast the lone dissenting vote.

“I don’t think the shade sessions got us very far,” Lipp said. “I’m not in favor. There is an obvious problem that has not been addressed.”

Town Attorney Michael Cirullo requested the additional session.

Cirullo said he had asked the administrative law judge for more time to settle the case and had been granted 60 more days for the council to make a policy determination.

Under state law, the council can use executive sessions to discuss settlement negotiations and litigation strategy, Cirullo said.

“That will allow you to seek my counsel and for me to provide advice on what the options are so that you can then provide public direction on where you want to go next,” he said.

Cirullo said he wanted to give his advice in private so the council can provide him guidance.

“Otherwise, you have to make a lot of policy decisions; options need to be discussed, cast aside, in public,” he said, noting that discussing the matter in public would expose the information to CalleryJudge.

During public comment, former councilman Dr. Bill Louda said he was heartened to hear that at the previous meeting the council had taken up the public’s interest in not going forward with the settlement agreement. “I thought you left with the idea of ‘That’s off the

board, let’s go to court,’ so why do you need a shade session?”

Louda asked.

Councilman Ron Jarriel said the council had agreed to go to court, but he favored the closed-door session. “I think we need to go back to the people we were mediating with and let them know what the people want,” he said. “I think out of common courtesy, we ought to let them know what the people wanted.”

Lipp said some issues have not been addressed, including what he called a conflict of interest for Councilman Ryan Liang because of his family’s ownership of hundreds of acres adjoining CalleryJudge Grove.

Resident Jamie Udell said he was concerned that Liang’s family could benefit financially depending upon the outcome of the negotiations. “I am in possession of documents showing that Councilman Liang’s family has an interest in corporations that own over 200 acres in our town that could benefit financially from the proposed draft agreement,” Udell said. “Much of this acreage directly abuts Callery-Judge Grove.”

Udell said the documents also show that the Liang family coowns property with Laura Zung, the wife of Nat Roberts, general manager of Callery-Judge Grove.

Udell requested that Liang recuse himself from any future discussions regarding Callery-Judge.

Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Supervisor John Ryan said he was surprised at Udell’s comments.

“I know he doesn’t come to many meetings, but it is fixed in my mind that many, many meetings ago, when the settlement agreement with Callery-Judge was originally discussed, [Liang] publicly disclosed his family’s property locations and involvement with Callery-Judge,” Ryan said. “It is my recollection that he recused himself from any final decision.”

Jarriel said he thinks Liang ought not to participate in the last closed session, but Councilman Jim Rockett said he would prefer that Liang be there.

Liang said he had disclosed his family’s involvement and that it had been determined that he did not need to recuse himself.

“If the town council feels that I need to recuse myself, I’ll do it, but at this point I don’t see the need to recuse myself from participating in any meetings,” Liang said.

Rockett said he did not see anything in the documents presented

by Udell that the council was not aware of already regarding the business relationships of council members.

Mayor Dave Browning said that Liang had not been an instigator in any of the settlement discussions. “He has not been one saying, ‘Wow, this would be a good connection through this location,’” Browning said.

During council comments, Liang responded to Udell’s assertions.

“Jamie doesn’t know me and doesn’t know my character, and you’re more than welcome to come over and see my farm,” he said. “You said that I stand to make financial gain from selling my farm. I can’t sell my farm. My lychee trees are worth thousands of dollars each, and they can’t be See LIANG, page 7

Addresses Changing For Some Wellington Buildings

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Residents looking to send mail to Wellington’s offices need to update their address books, as the village has changed several street and mailing addresses to meet address standards.

“We’re still in the same buildings and the same locations,” Wellington Chief Information Officer Tom Amburgey said. “But the new addresses meet the standard PBSO 911 address standards.”

The changed addresses are as follows: the Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.); Wellington Community Center (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd.); community center mailing address (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 100); State Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 200); State Rep. Joseph Abruzzo (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 300); and Scott’s Place Park (12190 W. Forest Hill Blvd.).

Two Wellington building addresses, however, remain unchanged: The Patriot Memorial (12198 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) and the new municipal complex

(12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.).

But while residents adjust to the change, mail sent to the village’s old addresses will be forwarded to the correct location.

“We’ll have all mail forwarded to the new addresses for nine months,” Amburgey said. “That will give residents time to get used to the change.”

The village decided to change the addresses of its buildings when the new municipal center opened.

A new department reviewed the village’s addressing system and decided to make the changes.

“It prompted a review of the building’s addresses,” Amburgey said. “That side of the street was meant to have even-numbered addresses.”

And the changes will make it easier for the buildings to be found swiftly in case of emergency, he said. They also allow the village to remain consistent in case of future growth.

Amburgey stressed that the physical locations of the offices had not changed, just the numbers that represent them.

“Residents can still come in to the same place,” he said. “That hasn’t changed.”

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Take Steps To Take Care Of Your Heart During American Heart Month With the arrival of Valentine’s Day this coming Monday, there’s a preponderance of heart-shaped candies, cards and other treats designed to signify that most vital human organ. So it is appropriate that February is American Heart Month.

A report released this week by the American Stroke Association is a sobering reminder of how big a problem heart disease is in the United States. According to the report, strokes are becoming more common among young and middle-aged people. A study found that in 2006 and 2007, stroke hospitalizations for men ages 15 through 34 rose 51 percent when compared to 1994 and 1995; for women in the same age group, the increase was 17 percent. The study’s results point to the obesity epidemic as one possible cause.

But even with these new statistics, there’s one thing that hasn’t changed, and that’s the fact that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention web site underscores the severity of the situation, citing statistics from the American Heart Association that estimate 785,000 Americans had a new coronary attack in 2010, while roughly 470,000 had a recurrent attack. Further, the AHA estimates that an American has a coronary event every 25 seconds, with coronaryrelated deaths occurring about one every minute.

For those with high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, arrhythmia and/or diabetes, it’s important that they regularly monitor their condition. But while genetics can play a role in heart disease, putting some people at greater risk than others, the statistics make it clear that no one gets a free pass. Heart disease can affect anyone, no matter how seeming-

ly “fit” they are, and the combination of a poor diet and lack of exercise is all that’s needed to turn a once healthy ticker into a ticking time bomb.

While leading a heart-healthy lifestyle can be challenging enough for adults to follow, it can be even trickier for parents to get their children to follow along. Bad habits start young, and more and more children are falling into a sedentary lifestyle filled with video games and junk food. Encouraging them to pursue physically active interests is crucial for their short-term fitness needs and it helps lay the foundation for a lifetime of practicing physical fitness.

In Royal Palm Beach, the village has recently launched a program called Crazy Games, which exists to promote exercise in kids. It’s especially helpful for those who may be turned off by the competitive nature of other sports. For more information, visit www. crazygamesfl.com.

When it comes to heart health, there are a lot of things to consider, from the quality of what we eat (cut down on fatty fried food) to the quantity (overeating, no matter the food, is bad), as well as other obvious no-nos (smoking is always a bad idea). Thankfully, the AHA and CDC have an abundance of information on their web sites, www.american heart.org and www.cdc.gov.

So this Valentine’s Day, after you share your heart with your loved one, we suggest you read up on the proper steps to ensure your heart will be there to share for many Valentine’s Days to come.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Congestion, Not Speed The Real Problem On Sem Pratt Editor’s note: The following letter is in response to the article “Speed Signs Coming Soon To Seminole Ridge High School” published last week.

I fail to see how putting in a slower zone would be of any real benefit to anyone. It’s ridiculous.

Putting in a speed zone of 20 miles per hour isn’t going to do anything with regard to making it safer to commute in the morning.

The traffic backs up for miles literally to the north on Seminole Pratt Whitney Road. The problem is that the traffic is bumper-tobumper, and those of us who dare to need to get on the highway from the side streets are totally at peril because we can’t see over the sitting traffic.

The M Canal intersections are treacherous if you need to head north. That bridge is also a bus stop, and there should be lines painted to keep vehicles off of the bridge altogether when there is a

line of traffic, which there is each and every single day of the workweek. How could anyone think that making it slower is going to fix anything? Give us all a break here and actually do something to fix the problem.

Practically every time I have to travel at school time, I have to rely on the kindness of another driver to let me know that its safe to pull out, and I thank each and every one for their being a good Samaritan. Maybe the school needs a rear or side entrance for student drivers and parents who drop their kids off. We need the cars to actually move along and have less congestion, not more.

Deborah Behary The Acreage

Lox Council Ignores Wishes Of Residents Once again, the members of the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council have shown their craven bootlicking and lack of intestinal fortitude. They have caved in to Big Brother at Callery-Judge [Grove] — roads bisecting our communi-

ty had been discussed and rejected by our citizens consistently since Callery-Judge first broached the subject years ago. We also rejected a culvert at the North Road Canal. Yet our council has agreed to both and agreed to have the citizens of Loxahatchee Groves pay for these roads, which benefit only Callery-Judge.

How magnanimous of our illustrious leaders. They have also agreed to changes on Okeechobee Blvd. with no questions about road capacity. This will set precedents for other developers.

Loxahatchee Groves citizens incorporated to have protection from county decisions. Yet these town council members have tried to foist worse provisions on us.

Even the county wouldn’t have tried these tactics. Maybe it is time to unincorporate.

Joan Shewmake Loxahatchee Groves

‘Fearmongering’ A Two-Way Street In response to the letter from Shirley Bass in last week’s TownCrier (“Stop The GOP Fearmongering”): At a fundraiser in Phila-

delphia, June 13, 2008, flanked by Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Sen. Bob Casey, Barack Obama said, “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.” This was before any of the quotes from Republicans that she mentioned.

Phil Sexton Wellington

Support For Tom Goltzene I was very surprised when I learned that Loxahatchee Groves Vice Mayor Dennis Lipp is proposing that agricultural businesses that do not generate a profit should lose their agricultural property tax exemption. Many of our ag businesses are struggling during these difficult times, and I believe that proposal could do irreparable harm to many small businesses in our community.

Given that many agricultural businesses take a number of years to reach profitability, it makes no sense to take away their property tax exemptions simply because they had a bad year and did not make a profit. Hurricanes or freezes can cause businesses that were

formerly profitable to lose money for a year or two. What if I want to set up a tree farm for my retirement? I would not be able to do so if his proposal were in effect.

The Groves serves as an incubator for many small, beginning agricultural businesses, and proposals like this will chase them away. It seems that Dennis wants the government to determine who can and who can’t have a business and also what type of business they can have.

Personally, I do not believe that it is government’s role to dictate how businesses should be run or try to pick winners and losers in a free-market economy. It should be

the other way around; government should be helping small businesses, not trying to shut them down.

Tom Goltzene is running for Dennis’ seat. I believe that anyone with an agricultural business in the Groves should support Tom. I have known Tom for many years and can attest to the fact that he believes in “government lite.” He is a longtime resident and agricultural business owner, a family man and father of six children. He will not support any policies that will harm our small businesses, and he will make the right decisions for the future of our town.

Eric Marple Loxahatchee Groves

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OPINION

The Best Advice About Medications Is Simple: Read The Label First I am not a doctor, nor do I have any medical background. Having said that, there are many, many high-powered medications out there.

The claims some make are magical, but — wait a minute — are they really safe for you and your condition, and would the prescribing doctor give them to

Footloose and...

By Jules W. Rabin his or her own mother?

Without coming close to nam-

ing names, I recently decided to count the number of warnings, plus real and implied disclaimers, contained in an ad I came across in a national magazine.

Let’s start by saying the ad outright listed 10 most common side effects.

These included upset stomach, fatigue, drowsiness, stuffy nose,

dry mouth, constipation, weight gain, dizziness, disturbance in speech and language, and increased appetite.

In this same ad there are some 28 other warnings. Things such as uncontrolled movements in the face, tongue or other body parts. Also included are increase in bad cholesterol and decrease

in good cholesterol, changes in pulse and heart rate, or complications from diabetes that can be serious and even life-threatening.

Obviously, prescription medications are tested and pre-approved by the FDA. That doesn’t mean, however, that you should sheepishly accept every pre-

scription, however well intentioned, without asking about side effects, interaction with other drugs, etc.

I find one great question remains: Would you prescribe this for your mother? When possible, I like to go with programmed exercise for added health benefits.

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ALA Brainstorms Fundraising Ideas, Ways To Increase Membership

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Acreage Landowners’ Association discussed fundraising for the organization, improving communication with residents and increasing membership at its meeting Tuesday.

The ALA, which has been reorganizing to participate more actively in government, discussed many projects at the meeting, including a strategic plan and a vision for the organization, but it honed in on the basics of having money to run the organization and having a strong group whose members are able to express their opinions on issues.

Treasurer Rebecca Larrabee reported that the ALA has about $1,100 on hand, of which $850 is needed for an annual insurance payment.

ALA Government Liaison Mike Erickson said financing has been going down steadily, and the ALA must come up with new methods to raise money, such as selling food or beverages at the ALA-hosted monthly musical jam

sessions. “I don’t want to raise membership dues,” he said. “I think we’re trying to grow the club, but at some point we’ve got to have a discussion on how we’re going to bring some revenue in.”

ALA Board Member Edward McHugh suggested a discount card to make the current $20 membership free and sell discount cards to switch the source of revenue.

“Maybe we could make membership free, but bring in some local sponsors and sell an ALA discount card in order to switch our revenue to that sort of thing, rather than just depending on membership,” he said.

Erickson said that the more the organization drives the issues, the more participation it will get. “I’m not against the membership being free in order to grow the membership,” he said.

Board Member Jay Sweet said his parent-teacher organization sells a $5 membership card that offers discounts from local businesses. “You support the school, and at the same time you get

your money back,” he said.

Patricia Curry said she had purchased a coupon book for $20 recently that contained discounts and buy-one-get-one coupons to restaurants and shops. “The one that I got actually benefited a youth organization out of the YMCA in Lake Worth,” she said.

Larrabee said the ALA charged $25 for food vendors to operate at the jam sessions but there is currently no food vendor there.

McHugh said the format for the monthly jams should probably be changed so there are four major events where they charge for concessions, interspersed with free jams.

“If we have all this inventory out there and people don’t show up, and then we’re stuck with it, then the stuff goes bad, we lose money,” he said. “We need to be sure they’re there and we can sell them anything, but we need to make sure that it’s promoted. We need to pick a couple of dates when it would be the best time to have an event.”

The next community jam is

scheduled for 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19 at Acreage Community Park.

McHugh suggested getting out of the community jam mindset and coming up with other community events. “We could plan for the Fourth of July or whatever,” he said.

Vice President Domingo Flores recalled that the ALA made several thousand dollars running the Huck Finn Family Day event and suggested more community events such as that to raise money. “The idea is to put our brains together and come up with something with the other part of the community,” Flores said. “Maybe we can come up with something to make it a community event.”

President Bob Renna said any community event run by the ALA should be with the underlying theme of increasing membership.

McHugh said deciding their goals and what they want to make money toward would also be beneficial.

Renna said the ALA’s expens-

es are not great. Erickson estimated $2,000 to $3,000 a year. “I know that in the past it operated on just a couple of thousand dollars from Huck Finn, and that funded the whole year,” he said.

“Going forward, I think we want to be more than just Huck Finn.”

During his governmental liaison report Erickson said the groundbreaking for the Acreage branch library is set for 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 18 at the site east of the Publix shopping center on Seminole Pratt Whitney Road.

Erickson encouraged as many people as possible to turn out for the event and that, in order to be as visible as possible, they invest in shirts the same color bearing the ALA logo.

Erickson said the county is preparing to award a contract for a $4 million bridge on Northlake Blvd. that will be a major waterway connection for the Grassy Waters Preserve. The bridge will provide a less restricted flow of water underneath Northlake Blvd., as well as increased connectivity for wildlife, kayaking

and canoeing.

Members also approved a letter to be sent to ITID asking that its meeting times be returned to 7 p.m. Erickson said workshops are being scheduled for 4 p.m., and that anyone who works cannot go.

Meetings were once held at 7 p.m., but were moved back to 6 p.m., with afternoon workshops.

Erickson made a motion, seconded by Sweet, for the ALA to ask that ITID go back to 7 p.m. meetings, with workshops on another night starting at 7 p.m. The letter also asks that ITID allow public input at workshops. “I think we need to have more public participation,” Erickson said.

The motion carried unanimously.

For improving communication, McHugh said he has created a new blog site at loxtalks.acreage landowners.org. Members also discussed having a “members only” section on the web page where members would be able to vote on issues. McHugh is also upgrading the ALA web site at www.acreagelandowners.org.

‘I know that in the past it operated on just a couple of thousand dollars from Huck Finn [Family Day], and that funded the whole year. Going forward, I think we want to be more than just Huck Finn.’

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WELLINGTON HOSTS ITS ANNUAL FATHER-DAUGHTER DANCE AT VILLAGE PARK The Village of Wellington hosted its annual Father-Daughter Dance on Saturday, Feb. 5 at Village Park on Pierson Road. The event featured dinner, party favors, magicians, photos and lots of dancing in the gym.

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SRHS CONCLUDES STUDENT PRODUCTION OF ‘HAIRSPRAY’ SATURDAY EVENING The Seminole Ridge High School Performing Arts Department began its production of Hairspray last weekend. The cast includes Kristen Davis as Tracy Turnblad, David Rizzo as Corny Collins, Brandy Milano as Amber Von Tussle, Kristen Medvetz as Tammy, Megan Wells as Brenda, Domenic Servidio as Link Larkin, Gennaro Ballero as Edna Turnblad, Camellia Smith as Motormouth Maybelle and Jeffrey Rizzo as Wilbur Turnblad. The show’s run concludes Saturday, Feb. 12 with a 7 p.m. show. For more info., call PHOTOS BY CAROL PORTER/TOWN-CRIER (561) 422-2600.

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Burglar Arrested At Dunkin’ Donuts Drive-Through

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report FEB. 5 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach was dispatched to the Dunkin’ Donuts on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. early last Saturday morning in response to a security alarm call. The deputy determined that entry had been made into the business through the drivethrough window. Video surveillance showed that at approximately midnight, a white male wearing a white tank top had forced his way through the window and tried to rip open the cash register door.

Soon after, a woman arrived and said that she had lost her purse by the nearby gazebo around the time that the burglary occurred. According to the report, when the deputy asked her who she had been with, she became evasive and kept looking toward the nearby gas station. A second deputy noticed a man fitting the description of the suspect standing by the gas station, and several deputies began walking toward the man.

According to the report, the suspect fled the area on foot but was stopped by deputies behind a restaurant on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. The suspect, 27-year-old Danieli Martinez of Royal Palm Beach, said he had broken into the Dunkin’ Donuts shop alone, and that the female subject was not involved. Martinez was taken to the Palm Beach County Jail where he was charged with burglary, damaging property and resisting an officer without violence.

••• FEB. 1 — A Victoria Groves resident called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach last Tuesday morning to report a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim’s daughter left her designer purse on the passenger-side floorboard and forgot to lock the vehicle. Sometime between 9 p.m. last Monday and 6 a.m. the following morning, someone entered the vehicle and stole the purse containing the victim’s checkbook, $20 cash, a debit card, as well as two bottles of prescribed medication. The stolen items were valued at approximately $345. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

FEB. 1 — A Tennessee man was arrested last Tuesday evening on charges of drunken driving following a traffic stop near the intersection of Forest Hill and Southern boulevards. According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the Royal Palm Beach substation pulled over 49-year-old Eladio Mendoza. A second deputy arrived on scene to administer roadside tasks. Mendoza was arrested and taken to the county jail where breath tests revealed he had a .236 blood-alcohol content. Mendoza was charged with driving under the influence.

FEB. 4 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to the parking lot of a church on Lake Worth Road last Friday afternoon regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime around noon someone used a blunt object to break the front passenger win-

dow of the victim’s vehicle, which was parked outside the church.

The perpetrator(s) then stole the victim’s yellow designer purse containing the victim’s wallet. The stolen items were valued at approximately $1,800. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

FEB. 4 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation responded to a home on 57th Road North last Friday afternoon regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, the victim discovered that sometime between 9 p.m. last Thursday and 1 p.m. the following afternoon, someone removed the copper coil from the home’s air conditioning unit. The victim lives in Delray Beach but rents the property; however, it was unoccupied at the time of the theft.

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

FEB. 5 — A Royal Palm Beach man was arrested early last Saturday morning for drunken driving following a traffic stop in Wellington’s Aero Club neighborhood.

According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the Wellington substation observed 33-year-old James Keller driving erratically.

The deputy initiated a traffic stop near the intersection of Greenbriar Blvd. and Chandelle Place and made contact with Keller. According to the report, a second deputy was called to the scene to conduct roadside tasks, but Keller refused.

He was arrested and taken to the county jail where breath tests revealed he had a .271 blood-alcohol content. Keller was charged with driving under the influence.

FEB. 6 — A resident of Pinewood Grove called the PBSO substation in Wellington last Sunday morning to report an act of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 p.m. last Saturday and 7:30 a.m. the following morning, someone drove into the victim’s yard and ran over her mailbox. The perpetrator(s) broke the mailbox post and the mailbox, causing approximately $60 in damages.

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

FEB. 6 — An Acreage man was arrested last Sunday on charges of vehicle theft following a traffic collision on Jog Road. According to a PBSO report, a resident of 73rd Street North called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation to report his company truck stolen. The victim said the truck was last seen parked outside his home at approximately 6:30 p.m.

Shortly afterward, the victim received a call from 37-year-old Michael Ross, who asked to borrow the truck. The victim said he could not borrow it, and when he returned home at 8 p.m., the truck was missing. According to the report, the victim called Ross, who said that he had crashed the truck on Jog Road north of 45th Street.

A West Palm Beach deputy located Ross and the truck, which had been crashed through a fence at the Solid Waste Authority. According to the report, Ross said he took the truck even though he was told not to because he wanted to pick up his girlfriend. Ross was arrested and taken to the county See BLOTTER, page 22

Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s help in finding these wanted fugitives: • Boyd Knaack is a white male, 5’11” tall and weighing 165 lbs., with blond hair and blue e yes. His date of birth is 10/01/ 86. Knaack is wanted for felony charges of dealing in stolen property and false verification of o wnership to a pawnbroker, and failure to appear for resisting an officer with violence, and misdemeanor charges of failure to appear for resisting an officer and violation of probation for resisting an officer. His occupation is unknown. His last known address was Widgeon Road in Wellington. Knaack is wanted as of 02/10/ 11.

• Nef tali Sanchez, a.k.a. Junior Sanchez, is a white male, 5’9” tall and weighing 150 lbs., with black hair and green eyes. He has tattoos on his hand and arm. His date of bir th is 09/11/67. Sanchez is wanted for felony charges of dealing in stolen proper ty, false verification of owner ship to a pawnbroker and grand theft, and misdemeanor charges of failure to appear for petit theft and criminal mischief. His occupation is unknown. His last known address was Grand Duke Way in Royal Palm Beach.

Sanchez is w anted as of 02/10/11.

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

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ALA Supports Indian Trail On Disagreements With Royal Palm

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Acreage Landowners’ Association weighed in Tuesday on points of contention that the Indian Trail Improvement District has raised with neighboring Royal Palm Beach.

ALA members agreed to back ITID’s effort to fight a 10-percent water surcharge to Acreage users of the county water system. The surcharge is paid to the village as part of Royal Palm Beach’s 2006 agreement to sell its water utility to the county.

The ALA also authorized a letter to the village protesting a cell phone tower built on the northern edge of RPB’s 150-acre deactivated wastewater treatment plant site, which borders Acreage homes on 40th Street North.

Finally, the group voted to write

county commissioners expressing their disappointment that Royal Palm Beach had torn down a “Welcome to The Acreage” sign during recent work on Royal Palm Beach Blvd.

Members discussed 40th Street North, which runs along the border of Royal Palm Beach near the village’s old water treatment plant site, and a cell tower once located inside the site that was moved to the property’s edge.

“We have residents on 40th Street that face this whole area,” ALA Government Liaison Mike Erickson said. “It’s where [the village] put the cell tower without giving them any notification.”

Erickson suggested having ALA representatives attend the village’s Wastewater Treatment Site Task Force meeting set for Tuesday, Feb. 15.

“We need to at least get them to lay out a site plan and zoning so that our community has some buffering, because right now, I’m not so certain they’re going to look at buffering anything for Acreage residents,” Erickson said.

ALA Board Member Jay Sweet said he had drafted a letter to be sent to RPB’s village manager stating that residents of The Acreage need to be notified about changes to the site.

“We ask them respectfully to increase their notification to adjacent property owners, even if it is above 300 feet, because of easements and canals,” Sweet said. “I also ask that they appoint somebody from our organization to their site selection review committee.”

Erickson made a motion to have

the letter sent, and it was approved unanimously. Sweet also suggested sending a separate letter to 40th Street residents along with a copy of the letter to the village. Erickson added that the correspondence should go to Palm Beach County Commissioner Jess Santamaria as well.

As for the “Welcome to The Acreage” sign that the village tore down when it made improvements to Royal Palm Beach Blvd., ALA members were not happy.

“They had a legal obligation to maintain it in perpetuity, but they didn’t have an obligation to notify anybody when they tore it down,” Erickson said. “Their manager/engineer said they had no obligation to keep it; they just had an obligation to maintain it.”

Erickson said the county financed construction of the sign,

which said “Welcome to Royal Palm Beach” on one side and “Welcome to The Acreage” on the other. “They are doing a “ Welcome to Royal Palm Beach” sign 600 feet back on the median, but it won’t be a twosided sign, I guarantee you,” Erickson said.

The group decided to write a letter to Santamaria voicing the ALA’s disappointment that the sign had been torn down, with copies to the other county commissioners.

ALA President Bob Renna said the ALA could discuss what to do about signage for The Acreage at a future meeting.

Members also approved a resolution supporting the elimination of the 10-percent surcharge being collected by the county for the Village of Royal Palm Beach.

Erickson said the county has the right to pay the 10-percent surcharge to the village, but not if it costs Acreage residents. “It’s an illegal fee,” Erickson said. “It was collected illegally, and it was disbursed illegally.”

The county legally can collect a franchise fee for providing water outside its jurisdiction. The Acreage, however, lies within the boundaries of the county.

“This does not mean that Palm Beach County does not have to meet its contractual agreement with Royal Palm Beach,” he said.

“They have a contract that says, ‘We’ll give you 10 percent.’ I don’t care where they get that money. But it should not be coming from The Acreage, and they don’t have a legal right to charge a franchise fee within their own jurisdictional boundary.”

IPC To Sponsor Dressage Masters March 9-11 At Brandon Center The World Dressage Masters Palm Beach, sponsored by the International Polo Club Palm Beach, is set to take place March 9-11 at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center.

The World Dressage Masters presented by Axel Johnson Group is the world’s richest dressage series, with 100,000 Euros in prize money offered at the Palm Beach event alone. It attracts many of the world’s top competitors, including Olympic and World Championship medallists. Twenty of the world’s top-ranked dressage pairs from Europe, the U.S. and Canada will be invited to compete in this prestigious event.

The American leg of the World Dressage Masters, North America’s only CDI 5* competition, was in danger of being cancelled for 2011, but thanks to the generous support of the Goodman family, the International Polo Club and the show management team of Wellington Classic Dressage, the show will go on. Wellington Classic Dressage has entered into an agreement to host the World Dressage Masters Palm Beach for the next three years.

“On behalf of Wellington Classic Dressage, we are honored to have the opportunity to host this very prestigious event, with the help and support of our present-

Scouting Dinner Feb. 22 In Royal Palm Beach The Boy Scout Blue & Gold Dinner sponsored by the Royal Palm Beach Rotary will be held Tuesday, Feb. 22 at Links at Madison Green. The banquet will start at 6 p.m. with dinner beginning at

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Village Wants Apology

continued from page 1 staff could follow up with a letter to NBC asking for an explanation, but Vice Mayor Matt Willhite said he had received an explanation already.

“I had the same feeling when I watched it,” he said. “So [Village Manager Paul Schofield] and myself went down to see the reporters in the Starbucks parking lot.”

Willhite said that the closest place there had been an identified death from “car surfing” was in Orlando.

“As tragic as it was, it gave the impression that it happened here in Wellington,” he said. “It hasn’t happened here, and I hope it never does.”

Willhite said he had talked to producers who said they chose to film in Wellington because it was conveniently located for the crew and the reporter, who were in Miami and Vero Beach. “That’s the only reason they chose Wellington,” he said.

Schofield agreed. “We did speak to the producer, and she indicated that it was just a convenient place with nice buildings and a nice parking lot,” he said.

Gerwig criticized Today Show host Matt Lauer, who spends a lot of time in South Florida, for mak-

6:30 p.m. and going on until about 9:30 p.m. The dinner is held to thank parents and organizations for their participation. For more info., call Mike Fehribach at (561) 238-3003. ing the mistake. “It was a mistake,” she said.

Though several council members admitted that sometimes kids make poor decisions, they felt it was a poor choice to pick Wellington, which has had no “car surfing” incidents.

Willhite noted that the issue was compounded when local news crews showed up to cover the issue for their own stations.

“They put it on other news channels because they were still on location,” he said. “It was broadcast on more than just the Today Show.”

Mayor Darell Bowen suggested that a letter be sent asking NBC to issue an apology, and council unanimously agreed.

In other business: • The council voted Tuesday to amend an agreement with Palm Beach County and extend its Neighborhood Stabilization Program grant to give the village time to complete its renovations.

Last year, the council authorized the purchase, renovation and resale of five homes in the village as part of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, a federal grant program aimed to help stabilize areas experiencing difficulties because of foreclosures.

The village received $750,000 in aid from the program, of which it spent $720,120 for the purchase of five Wellington homes. Once renovated, the homes will be resold to income-qualified families earning 120 percent or more below the area’s median income.

ing sponsor International Polo Club Palm Beach and Akiko Yamazaki,” Wellington Classic Dressage Show Manager Noreen O’Sullivan said.

The 2011 World Dressage Masters Palm Beach will be held concurrent to the Wellington Classic Dressage Challenge II CDI, with the Grand Prix dressage freestyle to music and gala dinner by International Polo Club Catering on the evening of Friday, March 11.

A “South of France” theme will be featured in the cuisine, décor and wine. The elevated ringside tables, where spectators will enjoy a four course meal, will create an intimate atmosphere and an excellent view of the competition.

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, for research conducted at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

In addition to the World Dressage Masters’ brand new presenting partner Axel Johnson Group, official partners are Team EXQUIS, Moorland Investments and Moorlands Stables, Nürberger

Versicherungsgruppe and Jerich International.

The tentative competition schedule for the 2011 World Dressage Masters Palm Beach is as follows: Wednesday, March 9 at 12:30 p.m.: CDI 5* horse inspection; Thursday, March 10 at 1 p.m.: CDI 5* Grand Prix; Friday, March 11 at 1 p.m.: CDI 5* Grand Prix Special; and Friday, March 11 at 6 p.m.: CDI 5* Grand Prix Freestyle evening program.

Additional information regarding show entries, schedule and results are available online at www.wellingtonclassicdressage. com, or call O’Sullivan at (561) 227-1570.

Information for table reservations and tickets for the World Dressage Masters Palm Beach can be obtained by calling Maria Feola at (561) 282-5334 or mfeola@ internationalpoloclub.com or Julie Pickets at (561) 282-5343. Table tickets include entry to the competition, as well as to a complimentary competitors reception at IPC following the Grand Prix on Thursday.

But the village will not be able to meet its deadline of April 30 to finish all of the renovations and sell the homes. “The renovations have either taken place or are in the process,” Redevelopment Director Rick Greene said. “The intent is to resell the homes. This will hopefully stimulate additional repairs and renovations in the neighborhoods.”

The five homes include one on the 12th Fairway, which has been completed; one on Jonquil Place, which is expected to be completed by the end of March; a home on Pelican Drive to be finished by the end of the month; and homes on Yarmouth Drive and Periwinkle Place, where renovations will begin this month.

“The purpose of this is to extend the deadline from the end of

April to the end of September,” Greene said. “This is something that Palm Beach County is granting to other cities as well because they’re all in the same predicament we’re in.”

Willhite noted that the neighborhoods will benefit not only because the village has taken a home out of foreclosure, but also because first-time buyers or those having problems getting financing will be able to live in the community.

“It’s going to be easier for a lender to give them the funds when they know they don’t have to go in and put another $50,000 in their home and fix problems,” he said. “I’m supportive of this program because it’s hopefully going to take properties that are distressed and put them back out

and get people living in them that will take pride in the community.”

Priore said that he was pleased to see that the homes would be sold only to people who would live in them, not investors looking to make money.

“These are not homes that someone can purchase and flip,” he said. “They have an obligation to live in the properties, and they have to qualify to purchase the homes. This is a genuine benefit to putting people back in homes.”

Councilman Howard Coates wondered whether the current target prices represent market values.

“We’re not putting on the market below-market housing?” he asked.

Greene said that while the prices were estimates, the village is

looking to recoup its costs in purchase and renovation prices.

The council voted unanimously to extend the grant agreement through September.

• The village is facing several lawsuits over its decision to issue expedited permits to reroute the main road into the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center and Equestrian Club Estates.

Village Attorney Jeff Kurtz told the council that two lawsuits had been filed last month over the issue, and asked whether he could meet with council members for an attorney-client session.

The lawsuits come from several residents who claim that construction on the road was done illegally. Kurtz declined to comment on the matter, but noted that the village would file a motion to dismiss.

pacted, the more people who will support you,” he said. “Although that’s not determinative of the case, believe me, matters of great public interest get the court’s attention.”

ITID Vice President Carol Jacobs said she favors proceeding now. “The sooner the better,” Jacobs said. “People still have the fresh memory of all the corruption that happened. I think we should react on this ASAP.” Schoech clarified that the suit would be against the county, not the village.

Supervisor Carlos Enriquez felt County Commissioner Jess Santamaria should support the resi-

dents of The Acreage.

Schoech suggested that the board authorize ITID’s legal staff to prepare the complaint and then show Santamaria what the district is prepared to file.

Damone also favored proceeding immediately. “If we’re going to do this, if we’re even going to authorize a position, we’d better be prepared to back it up,” she said.

Schoech said alternatives to a full-blown lawsuit should also be explored. “That’s the cost-effective way to pursue it,” he said.

Enriquez made a motion to prepare the complaint, which carried unanimously.

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continued from page 1 legally obligated to pay the village. “The only legal way I know is to raise the rates,” he said.

Schoech also pointed out that the more people who are paying the surcharge, the more support the district will have going to court; and that the more people clamoring for relief, the more the court will pay attention.

“The more people who are im-

Noreen O’Sullivan and John Flanagan will be the management team for the 2011 World Dressage Masters Palm Beach.

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Conflict Of Interest?

continued from page 3 transplanted. If I go somewhere, I’d have to start all over again, and that’s impossible. My landscaping trees on my tree farm are worth more than the land. I can see where people on the outside see a possible conflict, but, plain and simple, I don’t have a conflict.”

Rockett made a motion to authorize a shade session, which was seconded by Jarriel and passed 41 with Lipp opposed.

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NEWS BRIEFS Wellington Garden Club Event Feb. 26

Kenneth Beall, Doug Vine, Mark Simpson and Steve Eshelman.

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Sportsman’s Grand Jamboree A Success The second annual Sportsman’s Grand Jamboree took place Thursday, Jan. 27 at the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach.

The event drew more than 400 sporting enthusiasts who enjoyed hors d’oeuvres, games including archery, a putting green, a virtual driving range, and silent and live auctions. In addition, boats, sports cars, luxury SUVs and a swamp buggy all donned the lawn in front of the museum. The event was presented by the Boy Scouts of America and hosted by Robert Leidy Jr., Kenneth Beall, Mark Simpson and Dack Patriarca.

Nearly $60,000 was raised throughout the evening.

The event served as a lead-up to the 13th annual Boy Scouts Sporting Clays Invitational, which took place Feb. 4 at the South Florida Shooting Club in Palm City.

Proceeds from the Sportsman’s Grand Jamboree and the 13th annual Boy Scouts Sporting Clays Invitational benefit the programs that serve the local Gulfstream Council of the Boy Scouts of America chapter, which serves 25,000 youths from Boca Raton to Vero Beach.

For additional information about the Gulfstream Council of the Boy Scouts of America, visit its web site at www.gulfstream council.org.

The Wellington Garden Club will host “Gardening Makes a World of Difference” on Saturday, Feb. 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parking area of the Wellington Community Center. Admission is free.

Now that warmer weather has returned, it is time to enhance your garden by choosing from a wide variety of plants and vegetables that will be available for sale. The selections will include spectacular flowering trees, shrubs, shadeloving bromeliads and cold-hardy native plants. Many will attract birds and butterflies to the garden.

In addition, enticing raffle items will include a Sylvester palm, a flowering tree, two pallets of mulch installed in your garden, flower and herb containers, and gorgeous orchids. A $5 raffle ticket may win items valued up to $800. Winners need not be present. There will also be homemade baked goods available for purchase. Profits from the event will benefit the garden club’s youth scholarship programs.

Want to learn more about gardening? Visitors may enjoy one of the following free hourly seminars by noted professionals: “Container Gardening for Vegetables, Flowers and Herbs” by master gardeners Barbara Hadsell and Susan Hillson at 9 a.m.; youth workshops on “Butterfly Gardening” from 9 a.m. to noon.; “Adding Native Plants to Your Landscape” by Florida Native Plant

Society President Sue Dingwell at 10 a.m.; “Vegetable Gardening” by professional heirloom tomato grower Brian Patterson at 11 a.m.; “Think Spring: Eliminate Cold Damage and Plan Ahead” by horticulturist and Palm Beach Post gardening columnist Joel Crippen at 1 p.m.; and “Landscape Design for your Home” by landscape architect and Botanical Vision Inc. President Bill Reeve at 2 p.m.

For more information, call (561) 635-8809.

American Legion Post 390 To Meet Feb. 17 American Legion Chris Reyka Memorial Post 390 will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. at Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue Station # 30 (9610 Stribling Way, Wellington, one block east of State Road 7). All eligible veterans are welcome and encouraged to attend. Meetings are held the third Thursday of each month. For more information, e-mail wellington legion390@gmail.com or call (561) 301-2961.

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

Palm Beach County’s Art in Public Places Program is issuing

a call to visual artists who reside in Palm Beach County to submit artwork to be considered for a four-month exhibition at the Palm Beach International Airport. Exhibition dates are March 16 to July 13. The deadline for entry is March 1, and there is a $10 application fee.

Artists may obtain a copy of the call to artists at www.pbcgov.com/ fdo/art/exhibitions, by sending an e-mail request to esinger@ pbcgov.org or by sending a selfaddressed, stamped envelope to Palm Beach County Art in Public Places, 2633 Vista Parkway, West Palm Beach, FL 33411.

Nominees Sought For Animal Kindness Award Palm Beach County’s Animal Care & Control Division is seeking outstanding individuals or groups who have shown commendable care and devotion to animals, domestic or wild, for the nomination of the 2011 Animal Kindness Award. Those nominated for the award must be Palm Beach County residents whose good deeds to animals have taken place in this county.

All of the nominations will be reviewed, and the most admirable person will be selected for the award. Youth nominations are also accepted and are eligible for the Junior Animal Kindness Award.

The honorees will be recognized before the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners for a special presentation.

Nomination forms are available

at the Animal Care & Control shelter at 7100 Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach, or online at www.pbcgov.com/pubsafety/animal. If you would like a form mailed to your home, call (561) 233-1222. Forms must be returned to Animal Care & Control by Tuesday, March 15.

Feb. 26 Jazz Brunch To Benefit Bak The Bak Middle School of the Arts Foundation invites you to a star-studded jazz brunch Saturday, Feb. 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at B.B. King’s in CityPlace in downtown West Palm Beach.

The event will feature the award-winning Bak jazz band in concert under the direction of Band Director Cleve Maloon.

Concert-only tickets begin at $10 for students (accompanied by an adult ticket buyer) and $25 for adults. A menu and cash bar will be available for purchase. Concert-only tickets include open seating and table service.

Sponsorships begin at $500 and include a Southern-style buffet, premier seating at reserved tables in a sponsor-only area, and access to the VIP musicians lounge. The event will feature a silent auction including luxury goods, gift certificates and a New Orleans jazz and dining package.

Proceeds will benefit arts and academics at Bak Middle School of the Arts. For more information, call (561) 882-3828, e-mail msoa foundation@msn.com or visit www.msoafoundation.org.

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‘JUMP FOR HOME SAFE’ OFFERS A NIGHT OF FUN AND FUNDRAISING AT PBIEC

The benefit event Jump for Home Safe took place Saturday, Feb. 5 from at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington. There was a silent auction, food and an open bar, and a “horseless horse show” for kids. For more information about Home Safe, visit www.helphomesafe.org.

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TD Bank reps Luis Perez and Alicia Foster look on as Meagan Hughes fills out an entr y form.

Home Safe Board Member Rex Kirb y, CEO Matthew Ladika, Chairman Mike Nichols and Board Member Steve Berstein.

Brett Burlington, Daisy Farish, Maddy Darst, Victoria Colvin, Kirklen Petersen and Lindsay Levine par ticipated in the horseless hor se show contest at the fundraiser.

Lindsay Levine competes in the horseless horse show jump contest.

Home Safe CEO Matthew Ladika with Jump for Home Safe Honorary Chair Georgina Bloomberg.

Br others Robbie and Andy Vargas won f irst and third place in their age group in the hor seless horse show jump contest.

PBSO HONORS SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS WITH CEREMONY IN WEST PALM The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Off ice held its annual School Crossing Guard Appreciation Day ceremony Friday, Feb. 4 at the Palm Beach Airport Hilton. PBSO staff recognized the honorees, and State Rep. Irv Slosberg (D-District 90) was the keynote speaker.

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Marlene Sharrer, JoAnn Merrick, Linda Freund and Sherry Haligowski.

Dawn Alberts, Elizabeth Williams, Gina Mendez and Julie Messa.

School crossing guard Linda Hill with her cer tificate.

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WOMEN’S TEAM VICTORIOUS AT THE NESPRESSO BATTLE OF THE SEXES AT WEF The $55,000 Nespresso Battle of the Sexes jum per event took place Saturday, Feb. 5 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington. The battle included three challenges: Speed, Match Race and Six Bar. The women’s team defended its threeyear title, defeating the men’s t eam 24-16. For more info., visit www.equestriansport.com.

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The women’s team celebrates another win.

The men’s team.

Candace King on Skara Glen’s Basel.

Shane Sweetnam rides Wiloma.

Enrique Gonzalex aboard Loretta.

The Revolution Kids hip-hop dance t eam: Samuel St. Aubin, Demarco Jeter, Tyler McBride and D.J. Leacock.

MAYOR BOWEN PROCLAIMS ‘WELLINGTON GARDEN WEEK’ AT CLUB MEETING During the Wellington Garden Club’s monthly lunch and business meeting on Monday, Feb. 7 at the Wellington Community Center, Wellington Mayor Darell Bowen was on hand to declare the week of Feb. 26 to March 4 Wellington Garden Week. The purpose will be to promote interest in horticulture and further the ar t of amateur gardening.

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Barbara Hadsell with Wellington Mayor Darell Bowen.

Wellington Garden Club board members.

Barbara Hadsell shows off her heirloom tomato and plant.

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GOOD FOOD, LIVE MUSIC AT YOUNG AT HEART LUNCHEON IN ROYAL PALM BEACH

The Royal Palm Beach Young at Heart Club met Frida y, Feb. 4 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center for a Valentine’s Day-themed luncheon with live music. Butterfields Southern Cafe catered lunch, while the Fabulons performed an oldies set.

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Mary Ann Robinson, Roberta Hennessy and (standing) Iris Levin.

(Front) Joan Lehr and Pat Ollila; (standing) Jewel Large, Avelina Pernas and Nancy Boyle.

Ruth Rifkind, William and Marie Cecere, Dolores Valentine and Karin Ward.

Claudia and Victor McBarnette, Jean Davis, Mary Ann Robinson and Iris Levin.

Margie Bonner, Gloria Ferrara, RPB Vice Mayor Martha Webster and Rick Hansen.

The Fabulons entertain.

‘CRAZY GAMES’ YOUTH ATHLETICS PROGRAM STARTS IN ROYAL PALM BEACH The Royal Palm Beach Parks & Recreation Department hosted the opening day of its Crazy Games program Saturday, Feb. 5 at Lindsay Ewing Park. Crazy Games is a new sports program for children in third through fif th grades. Four weeks of fun begins Saturday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. and runs thr ough March 5. Registration is $25 for Royal Palm Beach residents and $35 for nonresidents. For more information, or to register, call (561) 790-5100 or visit www.crazygamesfl.com.

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Alijah Ricketts goes for first place.

Gabrielle Garcia bounces during one of the games.

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Venus Williams Visits IPC As ERG Defeats Lechuza On The Field Tennis star Venus Williams put down her racquet to visit the International Polo Club Palm Beach on Super Bowl Sunday.

While taking in the view of Piaget Field from the club’s Nespresso Grande Pavilion, Venus sipped on Veuve Clicquot champagne and enjoyed the luxe experience of the club’s famed Sunday brunch. Williams kicked off the afternoon by throwing the official coin toss at the start of the 3 p.m. featured match between ERG and Lechuza Caracas.

ERG charged out to a commanding 7-2 lead after three chukkers of play. ERG’s Paco De Nar-

vaez made it 8-2 in the opening minutes of the fourth chukker, but Lechuza responded with a 60-yard penalty goal from Gaston Lisioli and a goal from Toto Collardin.

But ERG continued to lead, 8-4.

Defenses tightened on both sides in the fifth chukker. Lisioli converted another 60-yard penalty shot, but ERG continued to hold strong with a 9-5 advantage. Despite Lechuza’s Victor Vargas scoring his first goal of the game, followed by a pair of goals from Lisioli, ERG finished out the afternoon with a 10-8 victory, improving its record to 2-1.

“We almost gave it away at the

Both teams charge down Piaget Field.

end, but we managed to hold on for the win,” ERG’s Jason Crowder said.

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er Cup tournament continues with Bendabout versus Equuleus for the 3 p.m. featured match. Purchase your tickets now at www. internationalpoloclub.com.

Tennis star Venus Williams visits the Nepresso Grande Pavilion’s Nespresso Café.

Kool 105.5FM’s Mo and Sally with top polo player Nic Roldan.

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Laura Kraut Takes Top Honors At $78,000 Adequan Grand Prix In last Sunday’s $78,000 Adequan Grand Prix CSI 2*, Laura Kraut and Happy Hill Farm’s Cedric jumped to victory over 48 starters in a talent-packed class.

Last week’s course designer in the International Arena was Richard Jeffery of Great Britain. At the halfway point in the class, nine had jumped clear over the first round course. Seven more clear rounds followed to put 16 horse and rider combinations in jump-off. The countries of the United States, Mexico, Great Britain, Ireland and Canada were all represented in the jump-off, but the U.S. reigned supreme as Olympic gold medallists Kraut and Cedric took the win.

Of the 16 entries in the jump-off, just two were able to clear the course. Nick Skelton and Unique, owned by Beverly Widdowson, were first to jump clear and clocked in at 51.02 seconds to finish in second place. Kraut and Cedric went last, and stopped the clock in 45.11 seconds for the win.

Finishing in third place, McLain Ward had one rail down with Rothchild, owned

by Sagamore Farm, to finish with the fastest four-fault round in 41.98 seconds.

Lauren Hough and Quick Study, owned

by Laura Mateo, placed in fourth with four faults in 43.32 seconds.

Kraut’s mount Cedric is a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding. The pair has

had a fantastic career together including playing an integral part of the United States’ efforts to earn a team gold medal in the 2008 Olympic Games. Cedric is just coming back from time off after competing in Europe in December, and Kraut thought he felt great for his first Grand Prix back.

“I was surprised; I was in the very fortunate position of going last, so I got to see the absolute mayhem that was going on,” Kraut said. “You would have never guessed that people would have that many rails in the jump-off.”

Last Saturday night was the popular “Nespresso Battle of the Sexes.” The women have dominated the event for three years now with another exciting win.

The women’s team, captained by Katie Prudent, and including riders Georgina Bloomberg, Ashlee Bond, Brianne Goutal, Lauren Hough, Maggie Jayne, Reed Kessler, Candice King, Laura Kraut, Christine McCrea, Catherine Pasmore and Nicole Simpson, swept the threephase competition with 37 points over the men’s score of 25. The men’s team consisted of Chef d’Equipe Henri Prudent and riders Will Simpson, Jonathan McCrea, Daniel Bluman, Ben Meredith, Shane Sweetnam, Nick Dello Joio, Enrique Gonzalez, Ben Maher, Paul O’Shea, Aaron Vale and Nick Skelton.

The evening’s attendance was approximately 6,500 people for the class at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center.

“This was a great event, and we’re very thankful to the riders and their owners for supporting this class with their time and their horses,” Equestrian Sport Productions CEO Mark Bellissimo said. “Special classes like this really grow our spectator base, which is one of our biggest goals at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival.”

Michelle McFaul, Nespresso’s vice president of community affairs and special events, was thrilled with the outcome.

“It is a total privilege for Nespresso to sponsor this class for the third year in a row,” McFaul said. “I am just fearful that this is the last year because the boys will not show up again!”

Another win went to Rodrigo Pessoa and HH Palouchin in the $8,000 G&C Farm 1.45m Jumpers last Wednesday.

This was the pair’s third win in a row, as they also won both of week three’s 1.45m classes. Pessoa and Double H Farms’ HH Palouchin were the fastest of those clear rounds with an unbeatable time of 55.552 seconds to take the top prize.

Mario Deslauriers rode Jane F. Clark’s Whistler to second place with a clear round in 58.503 seconds. Third place was

awarded to McLain Ward and Pjotter Van De Zonnehoeve, owned by Louisburg Farm, in 59.268 seconds.

Lauren Hough and Quick Study, owned

by Laura Mateo, earned the top prize in last Thursday’s $31,000 WEF Challenge Cup Round 4 after completing the very close jump-off in the fastest time by just 6/100ths of a second.

Beezie Madden and Coral Reef Via Volo blazed the trail for the jump-off, setting the opening time in 44.79 seconds, which eventually finished in fourth place.

Eric Lamaze and Atlete Van T Heike, owned by Artisan Farms LLC, immediately followed and topped Madden’s clear round in a faster time of 43.48 seconds, which eventually finished in second place.

McLain Ward and Pjotter Van De Zonnehoeve, owned by Louisburg Farm, were fast but had one rail down to earn four faults in 45.51 seconds to place in eighth.

Always a fast contender, Margie Engle rode Indigo to a clear round next and finished in fifth with her time of 44.87 seconds. Kate Levy and Vent Du Nord jumped into the seventh position with their fast, clear round in 46.51 seconds.

Nick Skelton followed trying to catch the target time with Big Star, owned by Beverly and Gary Widdowson, and finished clear in 44.92 seconds to finish in sixth

place. Moving their way into third place, Ashlee Bond and Little Valley Farm’s Cadett 7 took a good shot at the leading time, finishing in 44.56 seconds.

The final competitor to complete the jump-off was Hough on Quick Study. The pair managed to shave the smallest fraction off the lead-time to stop the clock in 43.42 seconds and take the win.

Last Friday, competition continued with a victory for Donald Cheska and Ericka Baran’s Ad Fundum in the $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m Speed Challenge.

Forty-four entries showed over the course set by Richard Jeffery and seven were able to jump clear. Cheska and Ad Fundum’s time of 70.834 seconds took the lead with just a few left to go and held on for the win.

Cheska and Ad Fundum just edged out Cypriano, owned by Equinvest and ridden by Julie Welles, who finished in 71.907 seconds. Jonathan McCrea and Candy Tribble & Windsor Show Stables’ Victor VDL were also fast and clear with a time of 75.473 seconds to earn the third place honors.

Cheska bought Ad Fundum, an 11year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding, as a five-year-old and sold him to amateur rider Ericka Baran two years ago. Baran shows Ad Fundum in the High AmateurSee WEF WEEK 4, page 22

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BRONCO PERCUSSION STUDENTS PLACE FIRST AT SFWGA PREMIERE

The Palm Beach Central High School Percussion Ensemble performed at the South Florida Winter Guard Association premiere show on Saturday, Jan. 29 at West Broward High School. Under the direction of Tony Gamble, the show titled “Claustrophobia” was well received by the crowd as well as the judges. Placing first in their class P National A, Palm Beach Central Percussion took home the trophy for first place. Pictured above are PBCHS percussion students with their first-place trophy.

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RPBHS Students Successful At Latin Forum For the fourth year in a row, the Royal Palm Beach High School Latin Club has sent a delegation to the Latin Forum, a competition among South Florida high schools.

The forum took place Saturday, Jan. 29 at J.P. Taravella High School in Coral Springs. The students participated in a wide range of contests such as written tests, oral presentations and Certamen, a team game similar to Jeopardy!

RPBHS brought home 25 medals and ribbons, including six firstplace awards, five second-place awards and five third-place awards.

The following students placed in their respective areas: • Giulia Porro — first place, Dramatic Interpretation; first place, Greek Derivatives; second

place, Latin Derivatives; and second place, Certamen.

• Albert Kranz — first place, Life in Ancient Rome; third place, History of the Roman Empire; and third place, Certamen.

• Rashaa Fletcher — first place, Art; third place, Mottoes and Abbreviations; and eighth place, Vocabulary.

• Robin Smyth — first place, Latin Derivatives; third place, Certamen; and 10th place, Vocabulary.

• Valeria Nasiri — first place, Life in Ancient Rome and fourth place, Heptathlon (five tests in one).

• Anne-Marie Oliver — second place, Dramatic Interpretation; seventh place, Latin Derivatives; and second place, Certamen.

• Nicholas Spigarelli — second

RPBHS Latin Club members celebrate with their medals. place, Certamen; third place, Life in Ancient Rome; and fourth place, Mythology.

• Stephen Gordon — fifth place, Mottoes and Abbreviations

and seventh place, Life in Ancient Rome.

• Jethro Joseph — sixth place, Life in Ancient Rome and ninth place, Vocabulary.

Ideal Students Design Earthman Eco Awards

PIERCE HAMMOCK SPELLING BEE WINNERS

Ideal School students work on one of the awards.

Philadelphia Eagles owners Christina and Jeffrey Lurie, along with the entire Eagles team, have been honored with the second annual Earthman’s Pro Football Eco Team of the Year award, and the two trophies were created by gifted students from the Ideal School in Royal Palm Beach.

Sponsored by the Earthman Project and ENVmagazine.org, this eco award is presented to the team or player who has made a commitment to educating the public about caring for the environment and/or committing the organization to environmental excellence.

Ideal School co-founder Wendy

Soderman said the project fits perfectly with the mission of the school. “Ideal School provides a challenging education where emotional and cognitive intelligences are of equal importance,” she said.

“Ideal School students are passionate learners with high academic standards and strong virtues.”

Under the direction of art teacher Eileen Kozyra, the students creating the awards are Miranda Pierce, Valentina Pierce, Daniela Golob, Juliania Wandell, Brent Butler, Lauren Rosello, Sabrina Tesalona, Olivia Williams, Cassandra Wiesner, Bria Butler, Quinn VanPopering and Nancy Sluggett.

Crestwood Receives Wal-Mart Gift Cards

Pierce Hammock Elementary School held its annual spelling bee on Frida y, Jan. 28, with 26 participants from the fourth- and fif thgrade classes. The winner was fourth-grader Sydney Khanthavong (center) with runners-up fourth-grader Samantha Vilarino and fifth-grader Thomas Thedford.

Crestwood Middle School business partner Wal-Mart recently delivered a surprise to eight Crestwood Middle School teachers.

Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market Store Manager Tim Wallace and Assistant Manager Michelle Maneval delivered a congratulatory plaque and $100 and $200 gift cards to eight teachers to buy supplies for their classroom.

Wallace thanked the teachers for their dedication to the students and said he knew how much money teachers use out of their own

pockets. He said Wal-Mart hoped the gift cards would help them purchase classroom materials.

The following teachers received gift cards: science teachers Anthony Allen, Ellen Barkan and Johanna Jurado; art teacher Jerianne Johnston; language arts teacher Wanda Reed; ELL teacher Damarise Reyes; social studies teacher Traci O’Connor; and math teacher Havela Drucker.

Crestwood Principal Stephanie Nance thanked the PTO president Dawn Fresch, and Wal-Mart gave her a plaque to honor her service.

PTO President Dawn Fresch, Damarise Reyes, Tim Wallace, Anthony Allen, Michelle Maneval, Havela Drucker and Principal Stephanie Nance. Not pictured: teachers Jerianne Johnston, Traci O’Connor, Ellen Barkan, Johanna Jurado and Wanda Reed.

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SRHS To Partner With Habitat For Humanity The Seminole Ridge High School construction academy and the Palm Beach chapter of Habitat for Humanity have partnered together for what will be a groundbreaking relationship.

Over the next 18 months, academy students will construct a three-bedroom, two-bath, 1,100square-foot home in their on-campus workshop. Habitat will provide all materials to the school.

The home will be built in four modular quadrants, with the roof segments built in a series of transportable strips.

During the home’s construction, academy students will be trained in carpentry, plumbing, electrical and cabinetry work, and other trades that are part of building this real house to be occupied by a Habitat-chosen family. Students will complete the house

modules with the installation of windows and doors, cabinets, plumbing fixtures and all electrical wiring, finishing their part of the project with interior trim and painting.

The shop-built modules will be transported to the Habitat property in West Palm Beach and set onto the foundation system that Habitat’s volunteers will build. Habitat will then complete the front porch and steps, the siding, roofing and air conditioning, and install finished flooring. The only thing remaining will be to get the family moved in.

Local architect David Porter has worked with academy students on the house design and will complete all necessary drawings for building permits and the students’ construction work. Royal Concrete Concepts has donated exper-

tise, cranes, trailers, rigging and trucking services to transport the modular units from the school to the building foundation. The Palm Beach County Building Department will provide inspections of the modular units as they are built on campus.

SRHS construction academy students are taught specializations in construction, architecture and engineering while taking regular high school classes during their four years at Seminole Ridge. For more information about admissions to this and the other SRHS academy programs, call John Walker at (561) 422-2600.

• Choristers Qualify for State — In district competition Jan. 2829, the SRHS choral department received several “Superior” ratings from the Florida Vocal Association to qualify for state assess-

ments in Miami this coming April.

The school congratulates soloists Melissa Au Yeung, Nickolaus Hofmann and Lorelle Wrice, and the chamber ensemble and varsity show choir.

In addition, several choristers and ensembles earned “Excellent” ratings. The school congratulates Sidney Clarke-Lequerique, Alexis Rizzolo and Aliseit Rogers, and the beginning women’s, concert women’s and men’s ensembles.

• Debaters Win at Gardens — In tournament competition Jan. 22 at Palm Beach Gardens High School, the SRHS speech and debate team earned several honors.

Marlee Arnold placed first in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Giana Abrams and Dominic Anaya placed second in Duo Interpretation, and C.J. Galko placed third in Extemporaneous Speaking.

PUBLIC SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES VISIT PANTHER RUN Panther Run Elementary School held its annual Transportation Day the morning of Jan. 27. Kindergartners were visited by representatives of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue, including SWAT team members, paramedics and the mounted posse, who explained their jobs to the students. The kindergar tners were chaperoned by Panther Run fif th-graders. K-2 science and math teacher Laura Hilderbrandt was in charge of the event. Pictured here is Jason Haythorn of Fire-Rescue Station #27 with fif th-grader Lindsay Levine, kindergartner Katie Warwick (front), fifth-grader Valentina Frankel, fif thgrader Mikayla Carroll and kindergartner Andrew Pankey.

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NEW HORIZONS CELEBRATES 100TH DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR

New Horizons Elementary School students celebrated the 100th day of school in a variety of ways including: counting and stringing 100 Fruit Loops into their own necklaces; measuring 100 inches; walking 100 steps; creating collages with 100 items; writing about $100 wishes; placing 100 items in a bag, writing clues and guessing what item was in each bag; creating a 100day snack out of one pretzel stick and two round crackers; reading for 100 minutes throughout the day; counting by 10s to 100 while doing sets of jumping jacks and sit-ups; licking lollipops 100 times and observing the difference in the lollipop afterward; reading poems about the 100th day of school; jumping 100 times; shouting 100 times; clapping 100 times; eating 100 M&Ms after graphing the colors; making a 100-link paper snake; and stringing 100 pieces of cereal on y arn and hanging them in trees for birds to eat. In music class, students celebrated with music teacher Veronica Dillingham by singing a song about 100 days of school. Pictured here are kindergarten students with their teachers Erin Santiago and Be tte Baez wearing 100th day hats they created.

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POSTAL CENTER JOINS IN RACE FOR THE CURE

The Postal Center in Loxahatchee participat ed in the 20th anniversar y Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure. F riends and neighbors from The Acreage came together to help raise money for finding a cure for breast cancer. This year was the first year the Postal Center had a team. “It was a great day of friendship and fun for a great cause,” Postal Center owner Neil Venuti said. “We definitely will be participating again ne xt year.”

P.W. PRESBYTERIAN HOSTS ‘SOUPER BOWL’

Palms West Presbyterian Church’s Youth Group held its annual “Souper Bowl for the Caring” Sunday, serving several different soups, chowders and chili. The gr oup raised $333, which will go toward feeding the hungry. The church is located at 13689 Okeechobee Blvd. in Loxahatchee Groves. For more info., call (561) 795-6292. Shown above, Patrick Eisman and Dalton Fish serve some soup.

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Hanley Center Foundation Luncheon Feb. 27 Family will once again be the underlying theme of the Hanley Center Foundation’s 16th annual Family Luncheon, scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 27 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center.

A highlight of the Wellington social season for the past 15 years, the 2011 event will continue to be a fun-filled afternoon for the entire family to benefit the Hanley Center, a renowned nonprofit addiction research, treatment and education facility based in West Palm Beach.

Proceeds from this year’s family luncheon will support the acclaimed programs offered by Hanley’s professional development and prevention departments. The programs include specialized training for physicians and clinicians worldwide on how to identify and treat the disease of addiction, as well as research-based prevention methods for parents, caregivers, older adults and schoolaged children.

The PBIEC’s magnificent show grounds will be the backdrop for the afternoon event. The day will offer plenty of entertainment for

all ages, including ringside seating for a world-class horse jumping competition, a petting zoo, magic shows, arts and crafts, and silent auctions, with one specifically designed for children.

Wellington resident Nancy Hooker and Kelly Moore of Palm Beach are this year’s co-chairs.

They will carry on the tradition of advancing the Hanley Center’s lifesaving mission within the context of this family-friendly afternoon. Support from this year’s generous contributors, corporate sponsors and guests will enable the center to continue its nearly 25-year history of providing the most innovative prevention and education programs to individuals and families afflicted with the disease of addiction.

The title sponsor will once again be Neil S. Hirsch and the Players Club Bar & Restaurant. The presenting sponsors are Kelly and Danielle Moore. Additional benefactors include the Hanley Center Foundation, the Sunny & Abe Rosenberg Foundation, Thomas C. Quick, Florida Crystals Corporation and the Azqueta family, Nancy Hooker, Sara Gadd, Dan

Ev ent co-chairs Nancy Hooker and Kelly Moore Ponton, Betsy and Wally Turner, Judith Morrell, the Danielson Foundation, Kim Coleman and Louise H. Stephaich.

Tickets to the 16th annual Hanley Center Foundation Family Luncheon are $195 for adults (18 and over), $50 per child (7 to 17

years of age), and free for children age 6 and under. Family tables cost $500 each. For more information, contact Theresa Kewley, director of special events for the Hanley Center Foundation, at (561) 8411212, tkewley@hanleycenter.org or visit www.hanleycenter.org.

Analisa Ruiz Takes First At County Science Fair Rosarian Academy eighthgraders Analisa Ruiz, Tahira McDaniel and Michelle Grande each received top honors in their respective categories at the recent Palm Beach County Science and Engineering Fair.

Ruiz, a Wellington resident, was awarded first place in the Zoology category for her “An Adaption Contraption” project which tested painted lady butterflies and their ability to adapt to new environments. Her experiment concluded that the butterflies preferred the nectar from flowers found in their typical surroundings. She received $150 in cash prizes and will advance to the state competition in March.

McDaniel took third place in the Earth and Science division for her project titled “Ladybug, Ladybug, What do you hear?” The North Palm Beach resident proved that ladybugs are attracted to low pitch sounds. She suggested using the data as a green-friendly way to treat the common aphid problem

rather than using harmful pesticides.

Grande of West Palm Beach demonstrated how exposing a nocturnal species to light can affect its growth, reproduction and activity level. Her experiment using apple snails placed fourth in the Zoology category.

More than 900 middle school students from the School District of Palm Beach County participated in the science competition at the South Florida Fairgrounds.

Other Rosarian Academy students involved in the competition included Christine Bralich, Kristen Cardenas, Oni Jumapao, Zachary Mayer, Juan Mendez, Alexandra Murray, Antonio Rodriguez, Spencer Schar, Adrian Perez-Vargus and Mackenzie White.

Located along the Intracoastal Waterway on Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach, Rosarian Academy educates children in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade and offers exceptional academic programming enriched by athlet-

Michelle Grande, Tahira McDaniel and Analisa Ruiz with eighth-grade science teacher Susan Lawless. ics, visual and performing arts.

Founded in 1925, Rosarian is an independent school sponsored by the Adrian Dominican Sisters and its primary mission is to instill a

“foundation for life” in every student.

For more information on Rosarian Academy, call (561) 8325131 or visit www.rosarian.org.

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Amritt Appointed To League Of Cities Committee The Palm Beach County League of Cities has announced that Youth Delegation Vice President Carl Amritt has been appointed to serve on the National League of Cities’ Council on Youth, Education and Families for 2011.

The council guides the work of the Youth, Education and Families Institute, which helps municipal leaders take action on behalf of children, youth and families. It is composed of elected officials, youth members and representatives from national organizations and corporations concerned about children and families.

A Royal Palm Beach resident, Amritt is a sophomore at the Alexander Dreyfoos School of the Arts. He attended the National League of Cities’ Congress of Cit-

ies in 2010, where his communication skills and leadership potential caught the attention of the youth delegate coordinators. He was chosen to fill one of only four youth appointments. “My acceptance into the NLC’s Youth, Education and Families Council is an opportunity not only for Palm Beach County, but for Florida and other municipal state leagues with aspiring youths such as myself to think, dream and live big,” Amritt said. “I’m looking forward to conducting and facilitating youth delegate seminars and sessions to set the example, tone and pathway for future delegates interested in local municipal government.”

Amritt will be representing not only Palm Beach County, but Florida at the national level.

League Appointment — PBC League of Cities President Isaac Robinson Jr., Carl Amritt, National League of Cities President James Mitchell Jr., Palm Beach County Youth Delegation President Angelica Vasquez and PBC League of Cities Executive Director Jamie Titcomb at the NLC conference in December.

Kennedy, Garretson Celebrate October Wedding Sacred marriage vows were exchanged between Jacqueline Anne Kennedy and Brad Michael Garretson, both of Orlando, on Oct. 10 at Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Sun City Center, near Tampa.

The bride is the daughter of Jack and Joyce Kennedy of Tampa, and the granddaughter of Grace Mantel and the late Gerald Mantel of Sun City Center, Fla. The groom is the son of Gary and Donna Garretson of Orlando. The bride and groom, as well as the parents, are former residents of Wellington.

The nuptials were solemnized

by Father Joel M. Kovanis. Dur-

ing the ceremony, readings were done by Sister Mary Sue Kennedy, aunt of the bride, and John Kennedy, brother of the bride.

Kennedy wore an elegant satin halter ball gown with beaded lace bodice and beaded cut out lace appliqués and long, flowing cathedral train. The tiara and matching cathedral veil completed the princess look. She carried a bouquet of white and lavender roses embellished with diamonds.

Kennedy graduated from Wellington High School in 1997 and from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2001.

Currently she helps Garretson with his computer business while doing work for medical offices.

Garretson attended Wellington schools until he moved to Orlando with his family in his junior year at WHS. He graduated from Cypress Creek High School in Orlando in 1996. He attended Valencia Community College where he studied for his degree in computer science and also took some specialized courses in computers outside of the campus setting. Garretson’s love of computers has become his career, as he owns his own business, Clogic Group.

The reception took place at the

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CUB SCOUT PACK 120 HOLDS PINEWOOD DERBY

Royal Palm Beach Pack 120 held its annual Pinewood Derby on Sunday, Jan. 23 at H.L. Johnson Elementary School. Each scout raced his own derby car he had made earlier at home from a kit.

Some siblings also raced their own homemade derby car s. The scouts created the cars in any shape or design they wanted. The derby operates on a double-elimination basis, and the scouts with the fastest cars won ribbons for first, second and third place in each age group. Shown above are the scouts with their cars.

STANFIELDS WELCOME DAUGHTER Jacqueline Anne Kennedy and Brad Michael Garretson Hilton Garden Inn in Riverview.

The couple honeymooned at the Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast and also in St. Augustine.

They reside in Orlando.

Christopher Stanfield III and Angela Stanfield of Wellington have announced the bir th of their daughter Charlotte Victoria-Louise Stanfield. She was born Nov. 23 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach and weighed as 8 lbs., 3 oz. and measured 21 inches.

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Robert Orthwein Claims 2011 Equestrian Idol Title At IPC Event Equestrians from all disciplines gathered Friday, Feb. 4 to enjoy the Equestrian Idol Musical Talent Show presented by Tiffany & Co. Palm Beach Gardens. A benefit for the EQUUS Foundation, the top prize of the evening was awarded to Robert Orthwein.

Six talented performers vied for the crown, but Orthwein’s unique and incredible performance won over the judges to earn him the 2011 title. Equestrian Idol, cochaired by Catherine Herman and Patricia Keenan, was the first special event to be held in the new Grande Pavilion at the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington.

Mason Phelps Jr. was master of ceremonies for the fifth year of the event, kicking things off by thanking everyone for attending and acknowledging the many wonderful sponsors. The evening’s live auction featured a polo lesson with Kris Kampsen and Brandon Phillips, a dog training session with Companion Dogs and Philip Levine, a women’s watch from Tiffany & Co, a men’s watch from Tiffany & Co, and a beautiful diamond pendant also from the evening’s title sponsor Tiffany & Co. Following a new format for

2011, three former Idol winners teamed up with this year’s contestants for collaborative performances. To kick off the show, Jenna Wyatt and 2010 Idol winner Brian Lookabill took the stage to perform the Rolling Stones’ “Honky Tonk Woman,” followed by 2008 Idol winner Ki-Juan Minors and Teaghan James for Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance.”

Taylor Blauweiss, the first Idol, was next, pairing with Susan Muench to sing Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart.”

Lookabill took the stage again, this time with Casey Hodges to sing Sugarland’s “Stand Up.” Ki-Juan Minors was up next with Orthwein. The two got the crowd on their feet with their version of JayZ and Kanye West’s “Run This Town.” Blauweiss returned with Hilary Dobbs to sing Katy Perry’s “Waking Up in Vegas.” Three contestants moved to the finals, and were voted on by the audience’s live texting.

This year’s judges included the three former idol contestants: Blauweiss, Lookabill and Minors.

Another new feature this year included one judge selected from the audience, and 11-year-old Gabriella Duval won the “Join the Judges” raffle.

Catherin Herman, 2011 Equestrian Idol winner Rober t Orthwein, Patricia Keenan and Rebecca Brewer.

Lauren Wessan, Monica Carrera, Cassie Herman and Leonie Brynt.

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Of the six contestants vying for the title of 2011 Equestrian Idol, only three were called back for the final round from the crowd. Hodges, Wyatt and Orthwein were selected to perform during round two of the night’s competition.

Hodges was first to compete, singing Adele’s “To Make You Feel My Love.” Wyatt put all of her cards on the table, singing Martina McBride’s “Broken Wing,” which showcased her talent and range of voice. However, Orthwein dominated the judges and the crowd with his perfor-

mance of Cage of the Elephant’s “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked.”

At the end of the night it was Orthwein who was named the 2011 Equestrian Idol. “I have been rapping since I was about 18, and I’m 26 now,” he said. “I wasn’t sure when I was in school if I wanted to do music or horses, and I was in a band in college. I’m glad I stuck with the horses, but this was really fun for me.”

Orthwein is a three-goal polo player who competes at the International Polo Club Palm Beach and is based at the Port Mayaca

Polo Club in Okeechobee. The Orthwein family has been playing polo for three generations and has been intimately involved in developing polo in South Florida.

“I’ve ridden my whole life, and as a horseman I really wanted to help out the cause since EQUUS is such a great foundation,” Orthwein said. “They do incredible work for horses and the community all over the United States, so for me to rap and do something fun like this to help them out is great all the way around. Thanks to EQUUS for this opportunity

and for all that they do for the horse community.”

The EQUUS Foundation is a charitable foundation that seeks to educate the public on the significant impact of horses in everyday life. It awards grants to charities that use the horse for the benefit of the public, promote horse welfare and advance equestrian sport.

The foundation has awarded over $1.5 million in grants, almost entirely because of events like Equestrian Idol. For more information about the Foundation, visit www.equusfoundation.org.

WPB ANTIQUES FESTIVAL RETURNS TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA FAIRGROUNDS The West Palm Beach Antiques Festival was held Feb. 4-6 at the Americraf t Expo Center at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Februar y’s outing was a big one, with lots of vendors and shoppers alike. Items ranged from jewelry and furniture to art and clothing. For more info., visit www.wpbaf.com.

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Keven Quidley at Brett Benson’s Vintage Je welry booth.

Elizabeth Burrows with her Tibetan-inspired jewelry.

Joanne Fry and Odette Schwartz bought these orchid plants.

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20th Annual Komen Race For The Cure Draws More Than 20,000 More than 20,000 people gathered on Jan. 29 along the waterfront in downtown West Palm Beach in celebration of local breast cancer survivors and participants of the 20th annual Susan G. Komen South Florida Race for the Cure, including honored guest and Race Grand Marshal Hoda Kotb, co-anchor of the fourth hour of NBC’s Today Show, and Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder and CEO, Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker.

“This was a major milestone for the Komen South Florida Race for the Cure and further solidified it as one of the premier community events in South Florida,” said Karen List, who served as race cochair with Sandra Spender. “Our sponsors’ and participants’ true dedication to the cause has brought us even closer to finding a cure.”

After the women’s and men’s 5k competitive runs, co-ed 5k walk, kids and tots races and the Family Fun Walk, the morning culminated with a moving survivors ceremony on stage at the Meyer Amphitheater. There, more

than 1,800 breast cancer survivors were led on stage by the Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue Pipe & Drum Corps to be honored by everyone in attendance.

“Being a part of the Susan G. Komen South Florida Race for the Cure was an honor and truly a moving and inspiring experience for me,” Kotb said. “Meeting and speaking to so many breast cancer survivors and hearing their amazing stories gave me more hope that we will find a cure and beat breast cancer for good — you can’t scare me!”

Race sponsors included presenting sponsor Florida Power & Light, host hospital Good Samaritan Medical Center, Palm Beach Ford Dealers, La Croix, Panera Bread, the Breakers, Primary Care Specialists, and media sponsors WPTV NewsChannel 5, The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach Illustrated, Palm Beach Daily News, KOOL 105.5 and WILD 95.5.

The South Florida Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is working to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in the local

Cancer survivors Brenda Smith and Beulah Pete.

Race co-chairs Sandra Spender and Karen List.

community. They join more than a million breast cancer survivors and activists around the globe as part of the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting breast cancer.

Through events like the Komen South Florida Race for the Cure, the Komen South Florida Affiliate has invested $10 million in community breast health pro-

grams in Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties. Up to 75 percent of net proceeds generated by the affiliate stays in the local service area. The remaining income goes to the national Susan G. Komen for the Cure Grants Program to fund research.

For more information, call (561) 514-3020 or visit www. komensouthflorida.org.

The Stroud family members, human and canine.

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COUNTY CLERK BOCK FEATURED SPEAKER AT PBC YOUNG DEMOCRATS MEETING The Palm Beach County Young Democrats held a meeting Tuesday, Feb. 8 at Brogues on the Avenue in Lake Worth. The main speaker was Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller Sharon Bock. The group meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Brogues. For more info., e-mail pbcyoungdemocrats@gmail.com.

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Justin Snyder, Sharon Bock, Megaan Schraeder and Ashley Richards.

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continued from page 1 ing the development of the county’s new Office of the Inspector General and its authority over municipalities.

“We still as municipalities have to look and see what the cost is going to be and what is going to be the extent or actual role of the inspector general in our day-today operations,” Webster said.

“We’re not clear on that.”

She said that in view of the tight economy, the council will have to address how to pay the anticipated $500,000 a year in maintenance costs for the new Royal Palm Beach Commons Park, which will be completed next year. “It’s won-

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continued from page 1 should the Boys & Girls Club elect to put some in there,” he said.

Overall, Barnes said that most of the 23,000 square feet would be efficient, usable space for “learning labs, science, dance rooms, break-out rooms for different age groups and a basketball court gymnasium.”

The gym will have an elevated roof and is roughly the size of a middle school gymnasium, he said.

Additionally, the village would retain its existing basketball courts outside the Safe Neighborhoods Office for club use, Barnes said.

Wellington will demolish the former skate park restrooms and concession stands as part of the project.

Barnes noted that there have been concerns about parking, especially during peak hours, but that village staff would revisit the

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continued from page 15 Owner Jumpers, and Cheska now only shows him occasionally.

On Saturday afternoon, the $25,000 Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Series Classic hosted 41 horse and rider combinations, and it was Ashlee Bond of Hidden Hills, Calif., who rode Little Valley Farm’s Chivas Z to victory.

Four were able to stay clear and advance to the jump-off. In the shortened course, Navona Gallegos and No Fear, owned by Bar X Ranch LLC, went first and

Club President Takeata King Pang offers opening remarks.

PBC Clerk Sharon Bock talks to the Young Democrats.

derful to have that new park, but we have to see what it is going to cost us,” Webster said.

The council will also look at properties remaining in the village that can be developed. “We have a few parcels left of 10 or more acres [where] hopefully we may be able to attract some more diverse economic development,” Webster said.

With a lean budget, Webster said she hopes that the 10-percent surcharge collected from the growing number of county water utility customers in the Indian Trail Improvement District will help grow revenue. “We don’t know what it may generate, but our water utilities and the 10-percent surcharge on the water lines should be additional income, but we can’t count on things that aren’t in hand,” she said.

The Wastewater Treatment Plant Task Force spearheaded by

Webster to find a viable use for the 150-acre site on the village’s north end will have its second meeting Tuesday, Feb. 15. “We’re rolling up our sleeves and getting down to evaluating the members’ preferences,” she said. “Their final recommendation will go to the council on April 21. We have two meetings this month and in March and in April.”

Webster described RPB as a “slow, steady village” that, barring any unforeseen crisis, would continue its pace forward. “We’re just going to have to look at our budget and see what the numbers are,” she said.

During the budget process for next year, Webster said the council will need to balance keeping its low tax rate against keeping its healthy reserves.

“These are the hard times, and we have a very good amount of reserves, and we can draw off the

interest,” she said. “We’re down to 1.92 on our millage rate. We certainly can’t go lower, but do we want to go up? That’s something the council will have to discuss at budget time.”

Webster said she looks forward to another two years on the council. “I’m very happy to be serving the people,” she said.

Pinto has served on the council for eight years. This will be his fifth two-year term. He said he looks forward to continuing his work for the village.

“I’m thrilled to continue to have an opportunity to serve the citizens of the village, and I will continue to do what I’ve been doing,” he said. “That is listening to what the citizens have to say. I go into nothing with a predetermined notion of what we need to get done on issues that come up.”

With a challenging budget cycle coming up for the next fiscal

situation and see if parking agreements could be made with adjacent facilities, “particularly with Wellington Christian School, which has parking that normally would not be occupied during the use of this facility,” he said.

Barnes also noted that for security reasons, Wellington would have to construct a concrete barrier around the water treatment plant, which now has only a fence.

Councilwoman Anne Gerwig wondered what type of wall it would be. Barnes said it would depend on cost but could be a stucco or panel wall.

Gerwig also expressed concern that plans for the building show the side of it facing Wellington Trace. “We’re getting a side view of it from Wellington Trace?” she asked.

Councilman Howard Coates wondered whether the village could shift the building so the front would face the road. However, Barnes said that would not be possible since the property is deeper than it is wide.

“We tried a site adjustment,” he

said. “But this is the only way we’ve been able to fit it. We tried a lot of different iterations with the building’s footprint, but this was the only way that we would meet our setbacks and still be able to function.”

Coates asked if there was a way to make the side that people would see more attractive. “The side that is going to be fronting Wellington Trace isn’t that aesthetically pleasing,” he said. “I think we need to take that into account.”

Barnes said it is something that can be addressed. Coates said that he was not looking to increase the cost of the project but just wanted staff to look into making it more attractive.

Gerwig suggested adding trim, and noted that one of the drawbacks to using pre-made plans is that they have to be adjusted to fit the individual need.

“Part of the tradeoff of using these plans, which is a significant savings, is that we’re going to have to work on them,” she said.

“I understand that it’s important to use these plans… but that’s the

trade-off that it doesn’t exactly fit our site.”

Vice Mayor Matt Willhite suggested false windows similar to those on the municipal building.

“You don’t even notice that there are no windows here from the front,” he said. “It’s just shutters.”

Willhite also wondered whether plans had been made for the use of the existing facility. “I know it sounds like a long way away,” he said, “but that building will be going up before we know it. I would like to see us coming up with plans for what we’ll do with the existing site.”

Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Carmine Priore suggested that the site could be used for programming if the village chooses to knock down the community center. “Seniors don’t have a meeting place,” he said.

“This might be an opportunity to offer them a place, if it has the ability to accommodate them.”

Village Manager Paul Schofield said that timing could be an issue.

“I’m not sure that the Boys & Girls club will be out by that time,” he said.

stopped the timers in 42.445 seconds with eight faults for fourth place. Rodrigo Pessoa and Champ 163, owned by Legacy Stables LLC, had four faults in the double combination. With a time of 38.691 seconds, they finished in third place.

Pablo Barrios and G&C Flash, owned by G&C Farm, set the first double clear round. They had a more conservative time in order to leave all the jumps up, in 41.455 seconds. Knowing she needed to stay clear but beat Barrios’ time, Ashlee Bond put Chivas Z at a “medium-fast pace” and clocked around the jump-off with no faults in 39.393 seconds for the win.

Green divisions started the week in the hunter rings. Among

the many green hunter divisions at WEF, the Second Year Green Working Hunters showed off last Wednesday and Thursday.

Erynn Ballard rode Susanne Stroh’s entry Sigfried to the championship honors in the Second Year Green Working Hunters this week. Last week marked Sigfried’s first time in the Second Year Green Working Hunters.

Sigfried won four out of the division’s five classes last week to secure the championship. He was also third in the remaining class.

Ballard plans to continue showing Sigfried throughout the remaining weeks at the WEF. “We’ll do World Championship Hunter Rider week and go from there,” Ballard said.

Kelcie Brophy, aboard the Lionshare Farm entry Dynasty, took the top prize in the Platinum Performance USEF Show Jumping Talent Search last Friday morning.

Brophy forged a quick connection with Dynasty as the pair wasted no time taking over in the equitation ring.

The course, which contained multiple combinations, also had an option jump. The option segment of the course allowed riders to either jump a water jump or a vertical placed directly next to the water.

Riders could choose either obstacle; however, the water jump could earn them more standing with the judges, as it was the hard-

Megaan Schraeder, Justin Snyder, Amanda Fleites, Clerk Sharon Bock, Raul Mejia and Takeata King Pang.

Martha Webster & Fred Pinto year, Pinto said the council will need to be thorough in its review.

“We need to approach that in an intelligent way to make sure that we are able to maintain our equilibrium and operational mode and continue to provide the same level of services,” he said.

Pinto said he remains concerned about budget challenges and that it was troubling that the council drew money last year from reserve funds to cut taxes.

“We provided yet another very, very small reduction in our millage rate, and in terms of the actual dollar volume that was generated, the reduction in taxes was a token reduction,” he said. “Now, we’re going to have to address that issue again in this budget cycle.

We did have to take some fund-

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ing from our reserves to make sure we were whole.”

Projections are that property values and the village’s tax base are going to drop again. “I don’t want to create a process where we constantly go to the reserves to balance the budget,” Pinto said. “That is not the right approach. We’re going to have to come up with some new approaches.”

Other issues include what to do with the old wastewater treatment plant site.

“We’ll see how that evolves,” he said. “The ad hoc committee has been put together. We’re going to look to get some recommendations on the land use and zoning that we should put there. That’s not something that I think we need to rush. I’m glad to see we’re running a process where we will get citizens’ input.”

Pinto said he looks forward to seeing the progress on Commons Park.

“We just went through the process of selecting the vendor for the next phase of construction,” he said. “We will make sure that project stays on target and on budget as we go forward.”

continued from page 6 jail where he was charged with grand theft of an automobile.

FEB. 7 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to Paddock Park on Monday night regarding an act of vandalism. According to the report, someone spray painted a gray phallus onto a municipal stop sign on Horseshoe Trace. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

FEB. 8 — Several residents of the Black Diamond neighborhood called the PBSO substation in Wellington on Tuesday to report incidents of vehicle burglary. According to separate PBSO reports, two vehicles in the community were burglarized overnight. Ac-

cording to one PBSO report, sometime between 9 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday, someone entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle parked outside his home on Bayview Way and stole a credit card from the victim’s wallet. The perpetrator(s) used the credit card twice, and the victim was trying to obtain footage from a Walgreens location where the card was used. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report. In a second PBSO report, sometime between 8:30 p.m.

Monday and 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, someone entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle and stole a decking station and a backpack. The stolen items were valued at approximately $100. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

er of the two choices. Brophy’s choice of the water jump may have helped her earn the top prize.

Mackenzie Hamill bested a field of 27 riders on Saturday to take top honors in the THIS National Children’s Medal. Hamill was aboard the Monty Kelly entry Einstein. Hamill has only been riding Einstein since the summer.

The top four riders from the first round were called back to test over a short course that included a trot fence. Einstein and Hamill received a top score of 86 in the first round of the class, which had them going in to the test on top. Hamill and Einstein remained on top for the win after all four riders completed the test.

Daisy Farish was the Gotham

North Small Pony Hunter champion on Sunday. Farish was aboard Betsee Parker’s pony, Elation. Elation is an 11-year-old Welsh Pony mare.

The small ponies had four over fences classes, one of which was a handy hunter class. Some of the riders had never done a handy course before, and expectedly had difficulty remembering the unusual course. However, Farish and Elation had no trouble at all, as that was one of the classes that the pair won.

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

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Vinceremos Annual Auction Benefit Returns Feb. 18

This year’s Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center benefit auction is scheduled for Frida y, Feb. 1 8 at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. Festivities get underway at 6:30 p.m. with a silent auction, followed by a live auction, dinner, dancing and the mechanical bull riding finals. Ellen Rosenberg’s Column, Page 27

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Wellington High School Boys Soccer Season Ends

A crushing 1-0 defeat to Davie-Nova High School on Thur sday, Feb. 3 brought the Wellington High School boys varsity soccer season to a close. A Titans goal ten minutes into the second half was the lone shot that found the back of the net for both teams.

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Business Wellington Vacuum: New Storefront Will Better Service Area Customers

After having much success with Wellington Mobile Vacuum, owner Bernie Holmstock decided to make the change from a mobile business to operating out of a storefront. The result is the recently opened Wellington Vacuum, located in the Courtyard Shops.

Wellington Vacuum services household and central vacuums for all makes and models and offers other services as well. Page 35

Sports SRHS Basketball Squad Defeats Palm Beach Central 49-36

Visiting Seminole Ridge High School defeated the Palm Beach Central High School boys varsity basketball team 49-36 Feb. 7 in the first round of the District 9-6A boys basketball tournament. The Hawks took an early lead, leaving the Broncos struggling to catch up. Page 41

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Vinceremos Annual Auction Benefit Returns On Feb. 18 Begun in 1981, the Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center in Loxahatchee Groves has helped more than a thousand clients with physical and emotional disabilities and has received a Premier Accreditation rating from the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA).

Children as young as two, all the way up through adults in their 70s, regularly attend the program for recreation or therapy. People diagnosed with cerebral palsy, mental disabilities, autism, head injury and strokes, along with at-risk teens, have all benefited from the center’s programs. Vinceremos provides services to 145 clients each week and is the training home for numerous Special Olympics medallists.

Its four basic programs are Therapeutic Riding, Hippotherapy, Horses for Heroes and Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy. Therapeutic Riding teaches actual riding skills, using the horse as a therapeutic tool. The lessons allow each rider to develop his abilities at his own speed. In Hippotherapy, an occupational, physical or speech therapist uses the horse’s movement to improve neurological function and sensory processing. Horses for Heroes provides therapy to injured service personnel. Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy helps people who are dealing with issues related to anxiety, attention deficit/impulse control disorders, addictions, depression, grief, traumatic stress and relational problems.

“All of our programs benefit people with special needs,” explained administrative as-

Tales From The Trails

By Ellen Rosenberg sistant Summer Murphy. “Using a horse to help, say, someone who can’t walk, offers something unique. The feel of a horse’s gait is very close to the feel of actually walking, so it aids the body in developing and using support muscles. Our Special Olympics riders also do really well each year. We usually send some riders on to the state competition.

And we’re looking into adding therapeutic driving. We currently have one horse in training for driving, and we’d like to find a carriage that will allow wheelchair access so the wheelchair can be rolled right into the carriage.”

As you might imagine, offering all those programs while maintaining the facilities and horses (the center has 21 horses and ponies) doesn’t come cheaply. Donations of time and money are always appreciated. And they hold fundraisers and an annual benefit affair.

This year’s benefit auction is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 18 at the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington. Festivities get underway at 6:30 p.m. with a silent auction of approximately 200 items that range from

dog collars to saddles, art to jewelry. This is followed by a live auction of a few higherticket items, such as a horse quarantine service and a trip to Spain. Dinner is served after the auction, followed by dancing and the mechanical bull riding finals.

The mechanical bull riding contest started with three preliminary rounds on Jan. 27 and Feb. 3 and 10. During these rounds, teams of four vie to turn in the highest scores by staying on the longest. The cost is $100 per team, and the three winning teams receive tickets to the benefit and the chance to compete against last year’s winning team. The overall winning team gets belt buckles, the title and the chance to defend the following year.

“It’s all a great deal of fun,” Murphy said.

“The benefit is a great way to raise funds so we can continue offering our services to the community. Each year, the attendance at the benefit has grown. This year, we’re expecting about 450 attendees. Everyone always has a terrific time.”

Murphy explained that tickets cost $225 each. For anywhere from $3,000 to $25,000, businesses can purchase a table sponsorship and receive some great marketing and publicity. All of the money raised help with operating expenses, and toward a new, huge project now in the planning stage: a large covered arena.

“Since 1986, we’ve raised a total of more than $2.6 million,” Murphy said. “This year’s theme is My First Pony, and honors those horses and ponies who gave us our first rides

Dressage rider Chris von Martels rides the mechanical bull during one of three “buck off” events, preliminary rounds of a contest that will culminate at the Feb. 18 Vinceremos gala. and taught us the thrill of sitting on a horse.

Decorations include photos of some of our therapeutic riders and some well-known benefactors on horseback.”

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When I’m Sick, Just Thinking About Medicine Is Painful!

Last Sunday, I was sick as a dog, which of course makes me think about cavemen.

I had a queasy stomach, sore eyes and a raging headache. I wanted to sleep all the time and, in fact, did — dragging myself downstairs only long enough to watch the last half-hour as the Packers won the Super Bowl.

For a former Wisconsinite, that’s sick.

But what about cavemen?

Not only did they not have a Super Bowl to distract them, they had no fancy-schmancy medications to experiment with. I think a lot of those fossilized Neanderthals that archaeologists find at the foot of cliffs didn’t fall or get chased over the edge by their enemies; they jumped.

And they probably jumped because of a toothache or a headache or a ringing in their ears — something we simply take a pill for today.

The poor schmoes didn’t even have aspirin!

So I always feel sorry for cavemen when I’m sick.

Of course, if you’ve ever tried to eat my cooking, you know that unleashing me into a

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The Sonic BOOMER medicine cabinet isn’t a good idea, either. I have my own ideas about “mixing and matching.”

Knowing this about myself, however, I have taken precautions. I have taken the prescription label and written over the gobbledygook “name” of each drug to describe what the thing was actually meant to fix. For instance, I have one jar labeled “shoulder got twisted when I reached into back seat.” Another reads, “knees hurt that time after camping trip.” And yet another says, “red blotches on face after eating shrimp.”

These labels are far more informative to me than anything my doctor or pharmacist could write. But there was nothing in there that related to the things I felt Sunday. My

shoulders, knees and face were fine. So I had to go OTC (over the counter).

Selecting OTC drugs ought to be less harmful than fiddling with prescription drugs. I mean, I’ve seen some of the people reaching OTC for these things, and if they can’t kill themselves, neither can I. I started with a baby aspirin, not because I thought it would miraculously cure my condition, but so I didn’t have a heart attack while trying. The baby aspirin was my baseline drug.

From there, it was a crap shoot.

In the first place, when your stomach is queasy, you don’t want to move out of bed. I thought about moving for, oh, about four hours. I’d wake up, move one leg from under the blankets, get the chills, pull it back in and fall asleep.

Then I would dream I had gone to the medicine cabinet and found something and, inevitably, be very disappointed — and hurty — when I woke up again. Then I’d think about moving for another four hours.

Finally, in desperation, I stumbled toward this Holy Grail of a medicine cabinet. I dumped its contents into a pillowcase and

headed back to bed. Exhausted, I took a nap.

When I woke up, I summoned all my courage and turned on my bedside lamp. Blinding! I snapped the light back off.

In the dark, I tried to discern whether it was daytime or nighttime, then took a sinus pill that corresponded to that. I had no idea if my sinuses were involved in my illness, but it seemed like a good place to start. It covered a lot of ground.

When I woke up four hours later, my sinuses were clear, but my eyes were still in pain. I squirted in some eye drops, most of them running down my face because I cannot do this without flinching. Then I rooted around in my sacred pillowcase for a migraine pill. My head had stopped hurting, but that’s where my eyes are located, so it seemed to make sense.

Then I went back to sleep.

When I woke up four hours later, Mark had gotten home from his business trip. Thank goodness! He patted my head and silently handed me a parfait glass containing cherry Jell-O. I’m better now.

Poor cavemen.

‘The Fighter’ Is A Realistic Film Carried By Top-Notch Acting The Fighter is a good, if predictable, story of a successful struggle against the odds. I finally caught up with my review of the movie, having seen it right after Christmas in a week I saw several films. Somehow, although the acting in this movie was excellent, it did not leave the kind of lasting image that I had for some of the others. Perhaps that is because it follows so closely in the footprints of other boxing movies.

One thing that sets the film apart is that it is essentially true, based on the experiences of Massachusetts boxer Micky Ward. The younger brother of an “almost made it” older brother, Dickie (Christian Bale), who once “knocked down” Sugar Ray Leonard (who makes a brief cameo in the movie), Micky (Mark Wahlberg) has become a “stepping stone” fighter, one who loses but provides the means for other welterweights to move up.

His family life is a mess. His domineering mother Alice (Melissa Leo) is his manager, and Dickie, who is a crackhead, is his trainer.

They set him up for a disastrous losing fight where, at the last minute, he is forced to fight a man far heavier than he is.

Ward begins to look around for other opportunities, one of whom is calculating, sexy bartender Charlene (Amy Adams), who first

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continued from page 27 Vinceremos always needs additional volunteers. “We couldn’t function without our wonderful volunteers,” she said. “They help with everything.”

Some volunteers are horse-savvy veterans, and some are novices who’ve never been around a horse before; everyone’s welcome.

People can volunteer to come out for a cou-

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By Leonard Wechsler shares his bed and then his dreams. After Dickie goes off to prison for trying to carry off a convoluted robbery to raise money to allow Micky to train full-time instead of working on a road crew, she engineers a deal that gets him away from his family and starts him on the road to success. Dickie and the rest of his family eventually are reconciled with Micky, and he goes on to become welterweight champion.

Besides the biographical nature of the film, two other elements set the movie off from many others. The first is the gritty look at working-class life. Micky and Dickie work at tough blue-collar jobs, maintaining streets.

The two brothers have seven sisters, all of whom seem like nightmares in themselves, always ready to fight, sneer and backstab. Yet watching them viewing an HBO documentaple of hours a week or for a couple of days a week. They clean stalls, tack up horses, lead horses or help as side-walkers. Vinceremos holds orientations a few times a year. The next one is scheduled for Saturday, March 12.

“Volunteers can be as young as 12, and as old as whatever,” Murphy said. “We get a lot of teens helping out after school and on weekends. Our adults come out whenever their schedules permit. We can always use more.”

For more information about Vinceremos, or to buy tickets to the benefit, call (561) 7929900, or visit www.vinceremos.com.

ry about how crack destroyed Dickie, you can actually feel their pain. There is almost no glamor in the movie; the characters live, as they did in real life, in a barely middle-class neighborhood. Director David Russell does a brilliant job of presenting real-life people, and his work enables the other extraordinary element of the film.

That element is the acting. Wahlberg is excellent as Micky, managing not only to capture his strength but also his ambivalence toward his own family. Seeing him finally recognize that it is they who are dragging him down was done beautifully. Bale gives probably his best performance ever. He lost a huge amount of weight to give him the look of the crack addict, but he also beautifully creates the rhythm of the streets of Lowell, Mass.

Watching his change, from a boastful addict to a man finally cognizant of his own weaknesses, mourning the tragedy but going on to support his brother, is painful. He has been nominated for an Oscar, and I will be rooting for him. Leo as Alice gives another strong performance. She manages to let us see the

loving mother lurking beneath the grasping matriarch. Adams, who generally plays sweet, nice, wealthy young women, gets gritty and real. Her strength explains a lot of Ward’s success. Russell brings out the best in every one of his performers.

The boxing scenes are very realistic; more so than in most boxing movies. We see Micky being hit a lot. That was part of his tactics for a few fights, letting his opponents wear themselves out by hitting him hard and often.

But in the end, although this is not by any means a great film, it is a strong one. The great cast, and everyone deserves credit for that, manages to carry a movie that might have had a simple message of triumph into an area where a lot of the dark side of the boxing world, the drug world and even the internal struggles of many families lurk.

This will not go down as one of the great movies of all time or even of 2010, a year in which, unfortunately, there were really no truly great films. But it is a solid movie, one worth spending the huge amounts of money it now takes to get into a movie theater.

Meet Florida Panthers Feb. 12 At The Palm Beach Ice Works In support of the Florida Panthers’ I Love Hockey Month, Palm Beach Ice Works is hosting a reception with Panthers Chris Higgins and Mike Weaver (subject to change) on Saturday, Feb. 12 from 3 to 6 p.m.

Fans will have the opportunity to meet the players, have merchandise signed by the pros and have their photos taken at the event. Palm Beach Ice Works is looking forward to holding the event at its facility to draw attention to the new state-of-the art Olympic-sized rink and to raise awareness for its youth hockey and learn to skate programs.

In addition, the rink will host the eighth annual United States Figure Skating South Florida Basic Skills Series on Feb. 20. The basic skills series competition is where future champions get their start on the road to the Olympics. Several skaters who started out in the USFS South Florida Series have made it all the way to the U.S. Junior Nationals and the International Skating Union International Junior Grand Prix.

Palm Beach Ice Works is located at 1590 N. Florida Mango Road. For more info., call (561) 656-4046 or visit www.pbiw.org.

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WHS Performing Arts Department Presents ‘Anything Goes’

Cast members of Anything Goes at WHS.

The Wellington High School Performing Arts Department will continue its production of the classic musical comedy Anything Goes Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the school’s performing arts theater.

The SS American, sailing from New York to England, carries an unusual group of passengers. Included among them are a gangster and his moll Moonface Martin and Bonnie, played by Jackson Garber and Rachel Thomas respectively; wealthy debutante Hope Harcourt and her mother Evangeline Harcourt, played by Alyssa Shears and Debra Marcus respectively; evangelist turned nightclub singer Reno

Sweeney, played by Vanessa Plasencia; and wealthy New York businessman Elisha Whitney and his stowaway assistant Billy Crocker, played by Austin Peavler and Patrick Sylvester respectively.

It turns out that Hope is Billy’s long-lost love. Unfortunately, she is now engaged to a wealthy Englishman, Sir Evelyn Oakleigh played by Travis Michaud. After a series of comedic happenings, Billy manages to win back Hope. Meanwhile, Billy’s friend Reno manages to seduce and win Sir Evelyn. All this happens while Moonface Martin attempts to escape the law and Hope’s mother strives to maintain her social status.

With music and lyrics by Cole Porter, the shows features hits like “It’s DeLovely,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Friendship,” “Anything Goes” and other show stoppers. The music is delightful and delicious and the plot is crazy. The shameless book is by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse.

The production features a cast of 42 talented performers directed by drama teacher Dennis Schaber and a 20-piece live orchestra conducted by Bradford Chase. Tickets cost $12 for adults and $7 for students, and can be purchased at www. showtix4u.com or at the door on the evening of the performance.

David Willison Exhibit On Display At Art On Park Studios Art On Park Studios and Gallery in Lake Park is currently featuring the work of Tequesta printmaker and photographer David Willison in the exhibit “Chair: Hand-Pulled Prints, Mixed Media and Giclees.”

“Chair” will focus on recent works, including hand-pulled intaglio prints, mixed-media acrylic paintings and original digital artwork printed using the giclee process. The exhibit will be on view through March 3, with an opening

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reception planned for Saturday, Feb. 12 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Willison’s work flows largely from the pop art tradition of the 1960s and features a mixed bag of social commentary, politics and humor. His work is primarily collageoriented and relies on appropriated material and his own collection of photographic work. The work itself is divided between traditional printmaking and newer forms of digital art. The artist’s work represents a bridge between old and new art forms and shows the vitality of using new media while maintaining a link with old methods.

The title of the exhibit, “Chair,” reflects Willison’s sense of humor and his keen interest in conceptual art. The exhibit is not a decorator’s showcase or a study in furniture design. Rather, it is an exploration of art, language, social commentary and political ideology using the chair as a starting point.

“The chair is ubiquitous in the Western world as well as the history of art,” Willison noted. “It represents one of the most fundamental

One of David Willison’s pieces in his exhibit “Chair: Hand-Pulled Prints, Mixed Media and Giclees.” of human activities (sitting), and it has been involved indirectly in every major event in recorded human history. The chair is also deeply embedded with symbolism and represents everything from solitude to power.”

Willison attended Ohio State University where he received a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree in political science.

Willison also attended the University of Kentucky and taught as an

instructor in the department of political science. He has served as a policy analyst for the federal government, a management consultant and a researcher for a Washingtonbased nonprofit. Since 1995, Willison has lived in South Florida and worked as a freelance photographer, a graphic designer, a video editor and an artist. He is currently showing work at two other local galleries: Original Elements (Tequesta) and A Unique Art Gallery (Jupiter).

Willison is also a frequent exhibitor at the Lighthouse Art Center in Tequesta. Willison’s work can also be viewed online at www.david willison.com.

Art on Park Studios and Gallery is located at 800 Park Avenue in Lake Park. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; the gallery is closed Sunday and Monday. For more information, call the gallery desk at (561) 355-0300 or e-mail gallery@artonpark.org.

‘Steven Caras: See Them Dance’ Feb. 24 At Kravis Center The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts will host the world premiere of the new public TV documentary Steven Caras: See Them Dance on Thursday, Feb. 24.

Presented by Arizona PBS, the film concerns the life and work of Caras, a former New York City ballet dancer who transformed his career to become one of the world’s most renowned dance photographers. Currently a resident of West Palm Beach, Caras is also a published author, guest lecturer, ballet master and founding chairman of the Randolph A. Frank Prize for the Performing Arts in Palm Beach.

Directed by Emmy Award winner Deborah Novak, Caras’ story

begins in the 1950s, when men did not readily pursue a career in ballet without escaping unscathed. Despite the bullying he endured, he persevered, receiving full scholarships to the Joffrey School and the School of American Ballet in New York City. At 18, with only three years of training, Caras was personally invited by legendary choreographer George Balanchine to join his company, the New York City Ballet. Without question, Balanchine would change his life.

During a 14-year period of dancing with NYCB, Balanchine took note of Caras’ gift as a photographer and granted him privileged access to photograph all aspects of

City Ballet’s private world. Steven Caras: See Them Dance will present rare, behind-the-scenes photographs of ballet superstars such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Suzanne Farrell, Rudolf Nureyev and Natalia Makarova. These now historic dance moments are but a few of the countless arresting images featured in the film. Lively interviews with dance icons further enhance the film. They include Peter Martins, Mia Michaels, Jacques d’Amboise, Patricia McBride, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Allegra Kent, Sean Lavery, Kay Mazzo, Elizabeth Streb and Virginia Johnson, among others.

Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout, fine art and photog-

raphy expert Sarah Morthland, and New York Public Library at Lincoln Center’s Executive Director Jacqueline Z. Davis are also among those who appear in the documentary, commenting upon the artistic and historic significance of Caras’ work.

Both director Deborah Novak and Teachout, author of All in the Dances: A Brief Life of George Balanchine, will engage in a conversation with Caras onstage at the Kravis Center on Feb. 24. General admission tickets cost $20 and are available for purchase at the Kravis Center box office (701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach), online at www.kravis.org or by phone at (561) 832-7469.

Steven Caras PHOTO BY RICHARD GRAULICH

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The Wellington Vacuum storefront in the Wellington Courtyard Shops plaza.

Wellington Vacuum: New Storefront To Better Service Area Customers

By Damon Webb Town-Crier Staff Report After having much success with Wellington Mobile Vacuum, owner Bernie Holmstock decided to make the change from a mobile business to operating out of a storefront. The result is the recently opened Wellington Vacuum, located in the heart of Wellington in the Courtyard Shops plaza.

Wellington Vacuum services household and central vacuums for all makes and models.

Other services and products include repairs, bags and belts.

Holmstock received his college degree in marketing. After pursuing his career in that industry, he decided to take over the family vacuum business. Since taking over the company, he has expanded its operations.

“The response to us opening up the store has been fantastic,” Store Manager Sharon Hostetler said. “The customers have quickly adapted to stopping by and checking things out for themselves. There are many products customers can now see up close and many new things they can discover.”

Hostetler has a substantial amount of experience in the customer service industry. She draws from that experience on a daily basis when interacting with customers and assisting them with all their needs and concerns.

“We have made an earnest effort to exceed customers’ expectations,” Hostetler said. “Our daily mission is to create an environment that is inviting and customer driven.”

The demand was great within the western communities for Wellington Vacuum’s services. The neighboring merchants are also helpful, Hostetler said, and there is a great sense of the “buy local” spirit supporting the business community. This made Wellington a prime area to place a full-service retail store.

“We observed early on that residents don’t like to leave Wellington if possible,” Hostetler

Store Manager Sharon Hostetler with some of the store’s merchandise.

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said. “So now that we have a storefront for them to come to, they don’t have to. They are loyal customers.”

Outside of business hours, the Wellington Vacuum team is heavily involved in local events, including the Palms West Chamber of Commerce’s annual holiday parade. The company is a member of both the Palms West and Wellington chambers of commerce.

“Bernie believes in being active within the community. We want people to be able to put a face with the business,” Hostetler said. “We want our presence to be felt. So if or when the times comes that a potential customer does need our products or services, hopefully we will come to mind.”

Wellington Vacuum is located at 13860-17 Wellington Trace in the Courtyard Shops plaza. For more information about Wellington Vacuum, visit www.vacuumclub.com or call (561) 795-0444.

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Palms West Community Foundation Women In Business Lunch Feb. 24

Susan Turturici and Robin Kirchner register guests for the wine and beer tasting at Whole Foods Market.

Whole Foods Hosts Benefit For WHS Project Graduation Whole Foods Market in Wellington hosted a beer and wine tasting to benefit Wellington High School’s Project Graduation 2011. The event coincided with Whole Foods Market’s monthly pre-game samples on Tuesday, Feb. 1.

For a $10 donation, supporters were given a sample beer mug or wine glass and enjoyed many varieties of beer and wine throughout the store. Many of the people in attendance were there to support

Wellington High School’s Project Graduation.

Project Graduation is an event developed to keep students safe and alcohol-free on graduation night.

The event includes a variety of games and activities throughout the night. Money raised helps to fund the event and sponsor activities for the graduates. Anyone interested in sponsoring the event should call Lourdes Punal at (561) 333-8308 or Sue Olevitch (561) 753-8645.

As part of its Women in Business series, the Palms West Community Foundation will host its first luncheon of 2011 on Thursday, Feb. 24 at noon at the Wanderers Club at Wellington, and a sold-out crowd is expected.

In honor of February being Women’s Heart Health Month, the program will feature Dr. Michael Lakow, one of Palm Beach County’s leading cardiologists.

Lakow is a board-certified cardiologist with Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches and is the recipient of the 2011 Cardiac Care Excellence Award. During his presen-

tation, Lakow will discuss women’s heart health as it relates to work, stress, life balance, diet and nutrition.

The cost for the luncheon is $25 for Palms West Chamber members and $35 for non-chamber members.

Sure to be a sell-out, reservations for this event are requested by Tuesday, Feb. 22.

For more information, or to make reservations for the luncheon, visit www.palmswest.com, and click on the Women in Business icon on the right-hand side, or call Maureen Gross at the Palms West Chamber office at (561) 790-6200.

Dr. Michael Lakow

Invention Expo This Saturday In WPB Good Horse Products will host an exhibit at the annual invention expo “Resources 2011” on Saturday, Feb. 12 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.

After spending many years watching others fighting thrush, an equine hoof infection, and having difficulties in succeeding, Good Horse Products founder and CEO Norah Dombrowski found a better

way. “Putting the horse first” has always been Dombrowski’s mantra, so she is bringing the product to market herself with the help of coinventor Leo Mazur, president of the Inventors Society of South Florida.

You can influence the name and packaging of a brand-new product.

You might even win a gift certificate. “Resources 2011” is a free event hosted annually by the Inven-

tors Society of South Florida. It will take place from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The Palm Beach County Convention Center is located at 650 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach.

For more information about the expo, call (561) 366-3600 or visit www.inventorssociety.net. For additional information about Good Horse Products, call Dombrowski at (561) 797-1877.

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Hospice Foundation Board Names New Chair, Chair-Elect The Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation has announced that Harold “Hal” Stayman and Richard P. Callahan will serve as chair and chair-elect of the foundation board for 2011-12. They are known in the community for their extensive service and volunteerism, and the foundation is grateful for their continued commitment.

Stayman, who serves as chairman of the board, has been involved with Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation since 2010. Under his leadership, the foundation has seen solid growth in its programs, events and recent expansion into Boca Raton.

“We are fortunate to have Hal Stayman leading the foundation

board,” Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation President Greg Leach said. “He is making a difference in the lives of so many in the community through his efforts for our foundation and the services and programs Hospice of Palm Beach County provides.”

Stayman has a significant history of civic involvement in the community. He is best known for his connection with La Chaine des Rotisseurs, founding and co-founding the Tampa and Palm Beach chapters respectively, and holding the position of CEO/director general for La Chaine des Rotisseurs USA, the first and only person to hold this position.

Stayman is currently CEO of Ep-

icurean International Associates and the Epicurean Cruise Society.

Callahan has been general counsel and a director and executive vice president of the Oxbow Corporation since 1985. Before joining Oxbow, Callahan was a partner in a Boston law firm. In addition to his Oxbow Corporation duties, Callahan serves as a board member of the America3 Foundation, the Palm Beach Civic Association Board of Directors and Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches.

To learn more about the Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation, the programs and services it supports, and how you can get involved, visit www.hpbcf.org or call (561) 494-6888.

Harold “Hal” Stayman

Richard P. Callahan

Clerk & Comptroller Offering Community Service Hours The Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller’s Office is recruiting candidates for its volunteer program that allows high school students to earn their required community service hours any time during the year.

Although some of the slots are available throughout the year, there may be a few additional opportuni-

ties during the summer.

Students who would like to participate in the program will need to attend one of five orientations: April 29 and May 13 at 3 p.m.; May 13 at 9:30 a.m.; or June 10 and 24 at 9:30 a.m.

All students are required to pass a background check, and students between the ages of 15 and 17 must

provide parental consent.

Senior employment specialist Patricia Chaparro said the opportunity is an excellent one for young people to gain insight into the workings of the Clerk and Comptroller’s Office. “These students learn details and processes that many adults don’t understand because they haven’t had the chance to see them

first-hand like these volunteers will,” Chaparro said.

Students will learn business etiquette, data entry, alphabetical and numerical filing, organization of legal pleadings (approximately 15,000 pleadings are received weekly), effective listening skills, accuracy through attention to detail, organizational skills, use of office

equipment, courthouse software applications and more.

Students interested in the program can apply online at www. pbcountyclerkcareers.com/palm beach/jobboard/listjobs.aspx.

For more information about volunteering at the clerk’s office, visit www.mypalmbeachclerk.com/ volunteer.aspx.

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SRHS Boys Basketball Squad Tops Palm Beach Central 49-36

By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Visiting Seminole Ridge High School defeated the Palm Beach Central High School boys varsity basketball team 49-36 on Monday, Feb. 7 in the first round of the District 9-6A boys basketball tournament.

The Hawks took an early lead, leaving the Broncos struggling to make up for turnovers, missed baskets and other mistakes. Near the end of the first quarter, Palm Beach Central was trailing by nine points when Anthony Adams nailed a twopoint basket. But the Hawks responded with their own basket, and

the quarter finished 16-7.

Sam Auguste opened the second quarter with a basket for the Broncos, making the score 16-9. But soon after, the Hawks’ Steveny Massillon caught a pass and took the ball across the court for a basket. Matt Gray added a three-point basket soon after, making the score 21-9.

But the Hawks struggled to keep the Broncos off the foul line. Auguste nailed two baskets early in the second quarter, and returned several times throughout the game.

Brandon Kegler continued the momentum when he picked of f a Hawk pass and put in two points for

Hawk Chris Pearce makes a basket from the center.

the Broncos. Auguste then followed up with a three-point-basket, making the score 23-18 with about a minute left in the half.

Raymond Collett responded with two baskets for the Hawks, making the score 28-18 with 10 seconds left in the half. But with 1.1 seconds on the clock, the Broncos’ Kegler was fouled. He nailed one out of two baskets to finish the half 28-19.

The Hawks took control back early in the second half with back-toback baskets to make the score 3219. Then a pass from the Hawks’ Chris Pearce found Jared Cody under the net, and he sank another basket. Cody added an additional basket to make the score 36-19 Seminole Ridge continued to dominate the third quarter with additional baskets from Collett and Massillon. Meanwhile, Mauricio Neira nailed baskets for the Broncos, making the score 42-24 at the end of the third quarter.

But the Broncos weren’t going down without a fight. They came out strong at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Auguste opened the quarter with a three-point basket.

Another basket by Adams and another three-point basket for the Broncos made the score 42-32. But the Hawks soon returned with several baskets to win the game 49-36.

Collett led the Hawks with 17 points while Auguste scored 13 points for the Broncos.

The win advanced the Hawks (917) to a game against fifth-ranked Santaluces High School on Tuesday. The Hawks lost that game 6356.

Sam Auguste jumps up for a shot while Hawks Raymond Collett and Chris Pearce try to block.

Brandon Kegler runs the ball around Hawk Raymond Collett.

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WHS Boys Soccer Season Ends With 1-0 Loss To Davie-Nova A crushing 1-0 defeat to Davie-Nova High School on Thursday, Feb. 3 brought the Wellington High School boys varsity soccer season to a close. A Titans goal ten minutes into the second half was the lone shot that found the back of the net for both teams.

The Wolverines played without starting midfielder Kamil Balcerzak, a senior who sprained his right ankle in the team’s prior game against John I. Leonard High School.

Sophomore midfielder Jose Castellon started in his place.

Wellington defender Mike Bauman throws the ball in bounds.

Wolverine Watch

By Josh Hyber Wellington was also unfortunate to have numerous momentum-breaking offsides called against them and had four yellow cards throughout the course of the game.

The Titans controlled the ball for most of the game, but during the opening portion of the first half, the Wolverines had several scoring chances. A shot attempt from senior midfielder Nick Brewer missed just wide left. Later, a lead pass from senior forward Gonzalo Gelso intended for sophomore forward Luis Zamorano was broken up by a Nova defender.

The scoreless tie was broken when Roberto Desousa scored for the Titans at the 30:22 mark of the second half. With 11:06 remaining, Davie-Nova scored again, but the goal

was called back because of a hand ball.

Gelso had a few more chances, but to the distress of the home crowd, Wellington was not able to score. Davie-Nova will now face St. Thomas Aquinas High School in a regional semifinal.

The Wolverines’ season ended with a record of 20-5.

“I could not have asked for a better way to end my soccer career at Wellington High School,” Brewer said of this year. “We were 20-5, and as a captain, I couldn’t have asked any more out of my guys than what they gave me every day.”

BOYS BASKETBALL Also, Thursday, Feb. 3 was the boys varsity basketball team’s Senior Night game. Wellington played host to Palm Beach Central High School and won convincingly 69-45.

Scott Witkowski led the team with 25 points, 12 assists and six rebounds, while center Rex Kirby added 13 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocks.

The victory concluded the regular season for the 18-6 Wolverines. Witkowski finished second in the area in assists per game with 7.6 (although the leader played in 11 fewer

The Wolverines hold a team huddle before the game.

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games) and Davis Martin’s 7.7 rebounds a game were good enough for 12th in the area.

The team’s first playoff game was on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at Spanish River High School. Results were not available at press time.

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Register Now For LeaderCheer In WPB

Brynjar Gudmundsson and Kaelin Ferreira.

WHS Athletes Sign College Intent Letters On Wednesday, Feb. 2, Wellington High School offensive lineman Brynjar Gudmundsson signed a letter of intent to play for the University of South Florida Bulls.

Gudmundsson, a 6-foot-4, 285-pound left tackle, was a main factor in the Wolverines’ strong running attack this season. Gudmundsson’s coaches said the closeness of the team and school’s location sold him on attending USF. He will start summer

classes in June.

Also signing a letter of intent was girls varsity soccer player Kaelin Ferreira. Ferreira, a defender and team captain, signed with Coastal Carolina University, a Division 1 school in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Ferreira has played on the varsity team all four years of high school and as a freshman played a key role on the state championship-winning team. She will leave on Aug. 6 to begin the pre-season.

LeaderCheer in Royal Palm Beach is officially taking registrations for its inaugural 2011 cheer season. The season is currently underway and will continue until the end of May. LeaderCheer provides affordable cheerleading to girls from ages 7 to 15. Classes are held twice a week. Girls will learn or enhance their beginning or intermediate cheer skills, such as motions, timing and sequencing, tumbling, dance and stunting.

They will learn cheers as well as a cheer/dance routine.

LeaderCheer also provides an athletic scholarship program. Up to 25 girls who participate in the scholarship

program can receive up to $100 toward whichever fall season sport activity they choose. They will earn their scholarship by participating in approved LeaderCheer volunteer opportunities, which will encourage girls to become involved in their community and be good role models. LeaderCheer’s volunteer opportunities will support different charities and organizations, such as providing U.S. troops overseas with much-needed supplies, and supporting foster care and pediatric cancer research.

For more about LeaderCheer, visit www.leader cheer.us or call Jessi Sleek at (561) 719-3868.

Some of the LeaderCheer girls.

Hawk Wrestlers Finish Regular Season 22-9 The Seminole Ridge High School wrestling team had a great finish to its regular season on Saturday, Jan. 29 in the Iron Cobra Duals at Park

Vista High School. The Hawks were 4-1 in dual matches, winning the Silver Division championship, and finishing the season with a

22-9 dual meet record.

Hawks Sam Hargesheimer and Tim Summel each finished the tournament 5-0.

Brayden Gillis, Evan Kauff-

mann, Robert Lapeter and Scott Watson were 4-1 at tournament’s end, and James Moore finished with a 3-2 record for the tournament.

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Hawks Sign To Play College Football Seminole Ridge High School saw two of its football players ink letters of intent on Wednesday, Feb. 2, the national college athletics signing day.

Varsity fullback and linebacker Tyler Butler will attend Colgate University in New York. “I feel good about this decision,” he said.

“Colgate has great football and educational programs.”

Butler will play linebacker (and fullback on short-yardage situations) for the Raiders.

SRHS defensive lineman Pierson Masillon will attend Independence Community College in Kansas, joining the Pirates’ defensive line.

“I feel accomplished,” he said. “I finally did it!”

“I’m glad to see them further their education, and I’m very proud,” head football coach Matt Dickmann said. “This is something they both worked hard for.”

(Top right) Tyler Butler with parents Greg and Lynita, coaches Mark Nieter, Frank Binstead, David Runner and Justin Hilliker, Principal Dr. Lynne McGee, and head coach Matt Dickmann.

(Bottom right) Pierson Masillon with parents Pierre and Marie, Nieter, Binstead and Runner, McGee, Dickmann and Hilliker.

King’s Academy Launching Boys Lacrosse Program

The King’s Academy has announced boys varsity lacrosse as the newest addition to its athletics program. The school has hired Brett VanAlstyne as the first head coach of the new lacrosse team.

The team’s first competitive season will be in spring 2012, and TKA plans to participate as a member of the FHSAA (Florida High School Athletic Association). The Lions will begin off-season conditioning and summer workouts this year in compliance with FHSAA policies.

“Our desire is to create excellence in all of our programs,” TKA Athletic Director Adam Winters said.

“We wanted to hire a man of Godly character, passionate about lacrosse, and with great experience as the first leader of the lacrosse program.”

VanAlstyne has a passion for lacrosse and has been involved with the sport for many years. His coaching career began while attending the University of Central Florida, during which time he was able to coach at Bishop Moore High School, Florida Lacrosse Camps and Cypress

Creek High School. While at UCF, he also played on the Orlando Men’s Club lacrosse team. He was also the president and founding member of the UCF Golden Knights lacrosse team. Since moving to West Palm Beach and coaching girls lacrosse at Wellington High School, VanAlstyne has been awarded Lacrosse Coach of the Year every year since 2005.

“God has truly been good to my wife and me, blessing us in ways immeasurable,” VanAlstyne said.

“We both appreciate the players and their parents, and hope the athletes will walk away from every season with a sense of accomplishment and character.”

The King’s Academy serves students and their families across Palm Beach and Hendry counties at its main campus in West Palm Beach, its Clewiston campus on Caribbean Avenue, and its satellite preschool campuses in Greenacres, Palm Beach Gardens and Royal Palm Beach. For more information, visit www.tka.net.

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Saturday, Feb. 12 • The 26-goal C.V. Whitney Cup Polo Tournament will be held Saturday, Feb. 12 through Sunday, Feb. 27 at the International Polo Club Palm Beach (3667 120th Ave. South, Wellington). Visit www.international poloclub.com for more info.

• A Yard Sale to Benefit the Acreage/ Loxahatchee Relay For Life will take place Saturday, Feb. 12 from 8 a.m. to noon at 16610 70th St. North (off Banyan) in The Acreage. For more info., call (561) 6500134.

• The 12th annual Everglades Day “Foreverglades” will take place Saturday, Feb. 12 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (10216 Lee Road, Boynton Beach).

There is no charge for this family-friendly event with speakers, workshops, live animals, performances, canoeing and tours.

Call (561) 734-8303 for more info.

• The Friends of Mounts Botanical Garden (531 Nor th Military Trail, West Palm Beach) seeks volunteers for its second annual Work Day sponsored by the Florida Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture on Saturday, Feb. 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info., call (561) 2331757 or visit www.mounts.org.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host “Writing for Children & Teens” on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 10:30 a.m., a workshop for beginning to intermediate writer s who want to improve their craft and learn a little bit about publication. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will host “Kids Cooking with Dianne Morin” on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. Join kids cooking instructor Dianne Morin as she teaches children ages 6 to 16 to make scrumptious chocolate strawberry valentine muffins. The cost is $10 per person. Call (561) 904-4000 to pre-register.

• A Classic Car Show will take place Saturday, Feb. 12 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater. Call (561) 7914000 for more info.

• The $150,000 Spy Coast Farm Grand Prix FEI CSI W will take place Saturday, Feb. 12 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (14440 Pierson Road, Wellington). Call (561) 793-5867 or visit www.equestriansport.com for more info.

• The Palm Beach State College Dolly

Hand Cultural Arts Center (1977 SW College Dr., Belle Glade) will present A Heart That Forgives on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15 in advance and $20 at the door. For ticket information, contact (561) 996-0023 or belleglade@bible teachers.com.

• The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s “Wellington’s Finest Ball” will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12 at the new Grande Pavilion at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. For tickets, visit palmbeach.cff.org/finest or call (561) 6839965.

Sunday, Feb. 13 • Wellington Travel Basketball will hold tr youts for high school students Sunday, Feb. 13 at the Wellington Village Park gym (11700 Pierson Road). Tryouts are open to all student athletes in the area. For more info., call Chris Fratalia at (561) 252-9530 or visit www.wellingtonwolves.com.

• The South Florida Bridal Show will be held Sunday, Feb. 13 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center (9067 Southern Blvd.) drawing vendors from Vero Beach to Miami and featuring beautiful décor, glamorous gowns, elegant formal wear, fashion shows, live music and entertainment. Visit www.jenksproductions. com or call (860) 563-2111 for more info.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will feature “Love Songs and Chocolate” on Sunday, Feb. 13 from 2 to 5 p.m. Enjoy love songs by the cast of Hairspray from the Dreyfoos School of the Arts and enter to win a basket of premium chocolates and tickets to their opening night. No purchase is necessary. For more tickets, call Beverly Blanchette at (561) 802-6061 or e-mail blanchb@palmbeach.k12.fl.us.

• The “Wild Things Art Show and Sale” benefiting the Rare Species Conservatory Foundation will be held Sunday, Feb. 13 from 5 to 10 p.m. at Pferdekamper Studio (14281 Collecting Canal Road, Loxahatchee Groves). Visit www.rarespecies.org for more info.

• The Wellington Jewish Center will celebrate its tenth anniversary with a gala Sunday, Feb. 13 at 5 p.m. at the Wellington Community Center (12165 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). For more info., call (561) 333-4663 or visit www.wellingtonjewishcenter.org.

Monday, Feb. 14 • Temple Beth Tivkah (4550 Jog Road, Greenacres) will host “A Look at the TanSee CALENDAR, page 47

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The cost is $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers. Call (561) 967-3600 to reser ve a seat.

• The Palms West Chamber of Commerce will host a luncheon Monday, Feb. 14 at 11:30 a.m. at the Wellington Community Center (12165 W. Forest Hill Blvd.).

Palms West Hospital doctors will discuss the robotic surgery program. Call Mary Lou Bedford at (561) 790-6200 or e-mail marylou@ palmswest.com for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host a Valentine’s Day Card Activity on Monday, Feb. 14 at 3:30 p.m. for ages 8 to 12. Make a pop-up card for a special someone. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Love is Sticky... So is Duct Tape” on Monday, Feb. 14 at 4 p.m. for ages 10 to 13. Make a duct tape rose for your Valentine. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• A Lupus Support Group will mee t the second Monday of each month through June from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Medical Center (901 45th St., West Palm Beach) in the main entrance conference room. The meetings are open to patients, family members and friends with no need to pre-register and at no cost. For more info., call (800) 339-0586 or visit www.lupusfl.org.

Tuesday, Feb. 15 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Fancy Nancy Tea Party” on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 3:30 p.m. for ages 4 to 7. Grab your boas and tiaras and your glamorous accessories to take tea like the library’s favorite heroine. Call (561) 7906070 to pre-register.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will host “Deliciously Raw with Renate” on Tuesday, Feb. 15 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The raw foods chef will prepare totally raw desserts and shares her secrets to living a raw foods lifestyle. The cost is $20 per person. Call (561) 9044000 to pre-register.

Wednesday, Feb. 16 • The 20-goal Iglehart Cup Polo Tournament will be held Wednesday, Feb. 16 through Sunday, Feb. 27 at the International Polo Club Palm Beach (3667 120th Ave.

South, Wellington). Visit www.international poloclub.com for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host a Presidents Day Celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 3:30 p.m. for ages 6 to 9. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

Thursday, Feb. 17 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Authors Love: Ghosts!” on Thursday, Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. for ages 12 to 17. Author Megan Crewe reveals the inspiration behind her book Give Up the Ghost and gives advice to aspiring writers. Use real ghost-hunting equipment with the Gold Coast Paranormal Society and hear local ghost stories with Florida storyteller Monica Ladd. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will feature a free “Health Starts Here” tour and demonstration Thursday, Feb. 17 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Learn healthful eating principles and how to identify nutrient-rich foods. The tour will be followed by a cooking demonstration, which will utilize nutrient-dense ingredients. Call (561) 904-4000 to pre-register.

• The Dolly Hand Cultural Ar ts Center (1977 College Dr., Belle Glade) will present The Music Man on Thursday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call (561) 993-1160 or visit www.dollyhand.org.

Friday, Feb. 18 • Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will host “Mom’s Morning Escape” on Friday, Feb. 18 from 9 to 11 a.m.

Moms will receive a free mini-massage, coffee or tea, and muffin from the coffee bar.

There is no charge. Call (561) 904-4000 to pre-register.

• New Orleans Saints fullback Heath Evans and more than a dozen other NFL players are expected to play in the third annual NFL vs. SWAT Softball Showdown charity softball game on Friday, Feb. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter. Admission costs $10. Proceeds will benefit the not-for-profit Heath Evans Foundation, which is dedicated to fostering hope and healing in the lives of children and families affected by sexual abuse. For more info., call Glenn Martin at (561) 282-6345 or e-mail glenn.martin@heathevans.org.

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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2000 HONDA ACCORD — 209,000 miles, red w/cream leather interior good running condition, good A/C $3,400 OBO 561-7137794 2008 BMW 3 Series 328i — Exterior: T itanium Silver Metallic Interior: Other Drivetrain: 6 cylinder Automatic Model Code: 0845 / Stock: 11GC7134A 45,649 mi. $22,409 Internet Price for more info visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser Limited — Exterior: Beige Interior: Other Drivetrain: 4 cylinder Automatic Model Code: PTCS44 / Stock: 11GC7427A 52,256 mi. $7,895 Internet Pricefor more info visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2008 Chrysler Town & Country Touring — Exterior: Light Sandstone Metallic Interior: Pebble Beige/Cream Drivetrain: 6 cylinder Automatic Model Code: RTYP53 / Stock: P2673 30,715 mi. $19,225 Internet Price for more info visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2005 Dodge Caravan SXT — Exterior: Black Interior: Other Drivetrain: 6 cylinder Automatic Model Code:RSKH53 / Stock: 10SF5438B 78,948 mi. $8,215 Internet Price visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2008 Honda Accord Sdn 2.4 LX— Exterior: Gray Interior: Other Drivetrain: 4 cylinder Automatic Model Code: CP2638EW / Stock: 11S9036A 24,038 mi. $16,678 Internet Price for more info visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2009 Honda Accord Sdn EX-L — Exterior: Basque Red Pearl Interior: Ivory Drivetrain: 4 cylinder Automatic Stock: P2665A $22,985 Internet Price for more info visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2008 Honda Civic Sdn LX — Exterior: Gray Interior: Other Drivetrain: 4 cylinder Automatic Model Code: FA1658EW / Stock: 11S8940A 28,234 mi. $16,349 Internet Price for more info visit www.wpbhyundai.com SELL YOUR AUTOMOBILE HERE CALL 793-3576 T ODAY TO PLACEYOUR AD

2008 Honda Odyssey Touring — w/ RES/ Navigation Exterior: Taffeta White Interior: Other Drivetrain: 6 cylinder Automatic Model Code: RL3888KW / Stock: 10G4618A 47,163 mi. $26,958 Internet Price visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2010 Hyundai Accent GLS — Exterior: Gray Interior: Other Drivetrain: 4 cylinder Manual Stock: 11T1362A 7,183 mi. $12,455 Internet Price for more info visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2005 Hyundai Elantra — Exterior: Red Interior: Other Drivetrain: 4 cylinder Automatic Stock: 10E9727A51,038 mi. $7,985 I n t e r n e t P r i c e for more info visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2009 Hyundai Genesis 3.8 — Exterior: Black Interior: Other Drivetrain: 6 cylinder Automatic Model Code: B0422 / Stock: 10G6166A 22,415 mi. $28,956 Internet Price www.wpbhyundai.com 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 — Exterior: Blue Interior: Other Drivetrain: 6 cylinder Automatic Stock: 10G8527A 20,915 mi. $25,986 Internet Price visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2002 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS — Exterior: Black Interior: Other Drivetrain: 6 cylinder Automatic Model Code: 60552 / Stock: 11S0482A 69,311 mi. $6,985 Internet Price visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS — Exterior: Silver Interior: Other Drivetrain: 6 cylinder Automatic Stock: 11T8068A 53,431 mi. $14,256 Internet Price for more info visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2007 Hyundai Sonata GLS — Exterior: Blue Interior: Other Drivetrain: 4 cylinder Automatic Stock: 11S4001B 67,045 mi. $9,883 Internet Price for more info visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2008 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited X — Exterior: Green Interior: Other Drivetrain: 6 cylinder Automatic Model Code: JKJM74 / S tock: 11S0695A 40,731 mi. $23,019 Internet Price for more info www.wpbhyundai.com

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2000 Lexus LS 400 — Exterior: Silver Interior: Other Drivetrain: 8 cylinder Automatic Model Code: 9100 / Stock: 11G4544B 54,664 mi. $14,523 Internet Price visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2010 Mazda MAZDA3 — Exterior: White Interior: Other Drivetrain: 4 cylinder Automatic Stock: 11T4251A 11,386 mi. $19,658 Internet Price visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis LS — Exterior: Gold Interior: Other Drivetrain: 8 cylinder Automatic Model Code: M75 / Stock: 11G3763B 77,455 mi. $6,325 Internet Price for more info visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2004 Saturn Ion 2 — Exterior: Blue Interior: Other Drivetrain: Automatic Model Code: ZAJ69 / Stock: 11S9484B 60,578 mi. $7,865 Internet Price for more info www.wpbhyundai.com 2005 Scion tC BASE — Exterior: Maroon Interior: Other Drivetrain: 4 cylinder Manual Stock: 10SF2780A 101,443 mi. $6,995 Internet Price for more info visit www.wpbhyundai.com 2004 Volvo C70 LPT — Exterior: Gray Interior: Other Drivetrain: 5 cylinder Automatic Model Code: C70LTACV / S tock: 11S3630A 58,730 mi. $12,991 Internet Price for more info www.wpbhyundai.com SELL YOUR AUTOMOBILE HERE CALL 793-3576 TODAY TO PLACEYOUR AD

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