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Features

16 Eric Goldman Takes Over As Palms West Hospital CEO Palms West Hospital CEO Eric Goldman has been quite busy since taking over the reins in March. This month, he shares some of his plans for the future. By Ron Bukley

20 Wellington Regional’s ER A Model Of Teamwork

At Wellington Regional Medical Center’s emergency room, a team of doctors and nurses focus on consistency and quality of care, and a hospital expansion currently underway will bring a new level of comfort and efficiency to the facility. By Lauren Miró

24 Bethesda West Hospital Opening In January 2013

Bethesda West Hospital, a new state-of-the-art medical center at the intersection of Boynton Beach Blvd. and State Road 7, is slated to open Jan. 8, 2013. By Lauren Miró

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26 Medical Power Couple Dov And Rachel Eidelman

Plastic surgeon Dr. Dov Eidelman and cardiologist Dr. Rachel Eidelman both have busy practices in their fields, they’re involved in local nonprofits, and they’re raising two young children. By Chris Felker

30 The Diverse Interests Of Michael Metzner

Michael Metzner’s interests run the gamut from art photography, film and music to medicine and research — and he’ll be starting medical school. By Chris Felker

34 Olympian Peter Leone: A Lifetime In The Show Ring

For Olympic equestrian Peter Leone, the Florida show circuit has been on the annual calendar for more than 35 years. Leone and his brothers, known as Team Leone for their many successes, competed here as juniors. By Carrie Wirth

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40 Wellington Woman: Party Planner Karen Cavanagh Karen Cavanagh, this month’s nominee for Wellington The Magazine’s Woman of the Year Award, has been a community fixture for more than 25 years. Her help to area nonprofits established her as the go-to girl for party planning. By Deborah Welky

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Wellington Social Scene Wellington Rotary Club Presents Awards And Installs New Board Wellington Art Society Annual Installation Gala At Graffito South Central Chamber Hosts Taste In The West & Chocolate Festival Wellington Chamber Presents 2012 Health & Wellness Festival

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44 Wellington Home

This month we visit a large, luxurious home in Wellington’s Aero Club community that features plenty of room for entertainment. An open floor plan gives the house a nice flow. By Lauren Miró

48 Wellington Table

With more than 100 years of serving up five-star meals, the Palm Beach Yacht Club offers fine dining with spectacular views. Since 1890, it has been a beacon of class and refinement for yacht lovers and landlubbers alike. By Lauren Miró

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Wellington Watch Wellington Health Wellington Real Estate Wellington Dining Guide Wellington Calendar Around Wellington ON THE COVER Wellington Regional Medical Center’s Chairman of Emergency Medicine Dr. David Soria.

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A Message from the Publisher

July: Time For Our Health Issue... volume

As is our tradition here at Wellington The Magazine, July is time for our annual health-themed issue.

This month we check in with several local hospitals. On our cover is Dr. David Soria, the head of emergency medicine at Wellington Regional Medical Center. Dr. Soria explains how his ER is different than most others because of the longevity of the doctors staffing the emergency room. In an industry known for high turnover, the ER doctors at WRMC have been there eight years or more.

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Suzanne Summa bookkeeping

Carol Lieberman account managers

Betty Buglio Evie Edwards Wanda Glockson photography

Bill Barbosa Alan Fabricant Susan Lerner Abner Pedraza Gregory Ratner contributors

Matthew Auerbach Jason Budjinski Ron Bukley Chris Felker Denise Fleischman Jessica Gregoire Lauren Miró Joe Nasuti Deborah Welky Carrie Wirth

Big changes are afoot at Palms West Hospital, where a new leader is at the helm. We chat with CEO Eric Goldman regarding his first two months on the job, and the plans he is putting in place, including a major expansion opening next winter. Also by next winter, a new hospital will be arriving out west. Bethesda Memorial Hospital is just months from completing the new Bethesda West Hospital at the intersection of Boynton Beach Blvd. and State Road 7. We get a behind-the-scenes look at this new facility.

Beyond hospitals, we feature several doctors — and even a future doctor — in this month’s issue. Among them are medical power couple plastic surgeon Dr. Dov Eidelman and cardiologist Dr. Rachel Eidelman, who share an office on the WRMC campus. How do they do it all as a two-doctor family raising young children? We find out. Our monthly Wellington Health feature profiles Dr. Eliezer Hernandez of Cardiology Partners in Wellington, who prefers preventive methods before state-of-the-art surgical procedures. Finally, we chat with 21-year-old Michael Metzner, who is about to start medical school at New York University. Of course, his medical interests are just one part of this fascinating young man, who also has expertise in art photography, film and music.

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From the equestrian arena, we feature Olympic athlete Peter Leone this month.

When Leone is not riding around the world, he can be found training horses and writing books. Our Wellington Real Estate profile this issue is James Hoffman of Corcoran Group Real Estate. This month’s nominee for Wellington The Magazine’s Woman of the Year Award is Karen Cavanagh, who has been planning events for local nonprofits going back 25 years.

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Rounding out July’s issue is Wellington Home, which visits a spectacular Aero Club estate, and Wellington Table, which heads east to dine at the venerable Palm Beach Yacht Club. Enjoy your Wellington summer, and we’ll be back in August with our annual back-to-school-themed edition.

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Wellington Rotary Club Presents Awards And Installs New Board

(Left) Immediate Past President Dr. Juan Ortega, Outgoing President Karen Hardin, Incoming President David Unversaw and District Governor Terri Wescott. (Right) Outgoing directors are honored for their service.

The Wellington Rotary Club installed its new board of directors at a gala held Friday, June 22 at the Wanderers Club.

David Unversaw was installed as president of the club along with the new board. The prestigious Frank T. Gladney Award was given to Randy Pfeiffer, and the honor of Rotarian of the Year was shared by Maggie Zeller, Henrik Nordstrom and Carol O’Neil. For more info., visit www.wellingtonrotary.org.

(Left to right) The 2012-13 Wellington Rotary Club Board of Directors; Leslie Pfeiffer, Gigi Nordstrom, Barbara Johnson and Amy Burr; Karen Hardin and Dr. Carmine Priore with Frank T. Gladney Award winner Randy Pfeiffer; Barry Manning and Dr. Juan Ortega; and Karen Hardin, shown here with Outgoing Vice President Don Gross, is honored for her excellent year as president.

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wellington social scene Photos by Denise Fleischman Wellington Art Society Annual Installation Gala At Graffito South

(Left) Tony Baker receives the gavel from Suzanne Redmond; Outgoing board members receive mini paintings from Redmond; and Leslie Pfeiffer gets an award from Redmond.

The Wellington Art Society held its annual installation dinner Thursday, May 31 at Graffito South in Wellington. Some members brought graffiti-themed artwork to share. Outgoing President Suzanne Redmond gave out thankyou gifts to members who worked on special projects throughout the year, and new board members were installed, including 2012-13 President Tony Baker.

(Left to right) Laura Wilhelms with her artwork Aquatic Osmosis; Adrianne Hetherington shows her artwork; Linda Rovolis, Kathy Morlock, Joanne MacLeod and Suzanne Redmond; and Kathy Morlock, Joanne MacLeod, Bobbin Salisbury and Ursula Fernandez.

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wellington social scene Central Chamber Hosts Taste In The West & Chocolate Festival Photos by Denise Fleischman

(Left) Chamber CEO Jaene Miranda with Royal Palm Mazda’s Larry Tabloff. (Center) Cupcake contest winner Tiffany Warner with Brad Meltzer of Hoffman’s Chocolates. (Right) Maria Firma, Kyle Pickford, Jennifer Johnson and Elizabeth Hall of Johnson’s Custom Cakes, Most Original Chocolate Dessert winner.

The 15th annual Taste in the West & Chocolate Lovers Festival took place Thursday, June 7 at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center East. Area restaurants and specialty shops gave out samples of their food, exhibitors gave out freebies, Hoffman’s Chocolates hosted a cupcake-eating contest, and there were raffles and music. The event was hosted by the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce.

(Left to right) Cashley Acosta and Tyler Favreau of Graffito South; Kim Nichols and Grey Vanaman dip strawberries; Stephanie Hardy, Morgan Houck and Bradley Saunders with balloon hats; and Breakers West Chef Scott Dorsey adds sauce to roast beef.

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wellington social scene Photos by Denise Fleischman Wellington Chamber Presents 2012 Health & Wellness Festival

(Left) Hamilton Head with Wellington Chamber President Alec Domb. (Center) Moksha Yoga Studio presents a demonstration. (Right) Gyorgy Marton of Palm Beach Kangoo jumps high.

The 2012 Wellington Health & Wellness Festival took place Saturday, June 9 in the parking lot in front of Whole Foods Market in Wellington.

Presented by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, the event showcased a variety of specialties, including chiropractic spinal screenings, medical screenings, cutting-edge fitness trends, integrative and holistic medicine, aromatherapy, pet therapy, massages and food samples.

(Left to right) Cheryl Doel adopted Nate from A Second Chance Puppies & Kittens Rescue; Susan Odell with Eduardo Pantoja of the Center for Bone & Joint Surgery; Tali Crane visits with Elmo; and Wellington Regional Medical Center’s Shari Gill, JoAnn Franklin, Marsha Israel and Diane Brown.

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Village Could Host ‘Equestrian Olympics’

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Wellington is in the running to play host to the 2018 World Equestrian Games.

The village was named last month with four other communities around the world as a contender to host the event.

Held every four years, the World Equestrian Games are considered the world championships of international equestrian disciplines. Wellington joins Rabat, Morocco; Bromont, Canada; Budapest, Hungary; and Vienna, Austria on the short list for the 2018 games.

“We’re very excited to be selected as a candidate,” Equestrian Sport Productions President Michael Stone said. “In the horse world, this event is considered bigger than the Olympics.”

Though Wellington is uniquely qualified to host the games, Stone stressed that it would take the support of the entire community and local officials to rally behind it. “There’s no way the international governing body will allocate the games to us if we don’t have full support from the local government,” he said. Some officials, however, have expressed concern about hosting the event. “I think to have the Olympics of the equestrian world in Wellington would be a great thing if we could handle it,” Wellington Mayor Bob Margolis said. However, he expressed concerns of traffic and Wellington’s capacity to support such a large crowd.

Stone said that Wellington’s experience in hosting international shows would set it apart from the competition. “We have a very experienced team to organize the event, which is a weakness in all of the other bids,” he said. The Wellington Village Council is expected to hear a presentation on the matter in July.

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living facility with up to 21 residents.

The change will create a new category of congregate living facilities in Wellington’s code, especially for senior housing. Kim Glas-Castro, agent for the applicant, said that it provides affordable alternatives for seniors who want to remain in the area. “It provides a service for our aging residents and their relatives. It enables residents to age in place and make the village more sustainable,” she said. Vice Mayor Howard Coates was concerned that Wellington would require a 1,200-foot separation between these facilities. He asked that it be changed to a 1,000-foot separation to match Florida rules.

Councilman Matt Willhite was unsure about raising the number of residents.

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Miracle League Field — Children with disabilities could one day have a baseball field to suit their needs in Wellington as part of the Miracle League. The Wellington Village Council directed staff last month to explore fundraising options and locations for a handicapped-accessible field that would enable the league. At the meeting, Angel Hernandez, a Major League Baseball umpire and chairman of the Miracle League, showed a video about the group. “Whether the children have autism, physical disabilities or any other disability, we embrace them all,” he said.

To be safe for those in wheelchairs or walkers, however, a special playing surface is required. “The cost of this field is about $300,000,” Hernandez said. Mayor Bob Margolis suggested using the Wellington Community Foundation to raise money. Councilman Matt Willhite said that the village should be able to find a location for the field. “I think this is a great project to have here,” he said. “It shows a commitment and willingness to reach out and support people of all abilities.”

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New CEO Eric Goldman Has Big Plans For Palms West Hospital

By Ron Bukley

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Even though we have wonderful partners with the other HCA hospital, that the people of the western communities will be able to have at some point in time all of their healthcare needs taken care of on one campus out here. It’s certainly a lofty goal, but one that I think is worthwhile. With the growth we have seen over the years, it’s certainly something that’s necessary and achievable.

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Palms West Hospital CEO Eric Goldman has been quite busy since taking over the reins in March.

the procedures that we are doing,” he said, noting that a community lecture series is in the works.

“We have such a diverse medical staff between the adult and pediatric sides.

I’ve been spending a lot of my time getting to know who the players are, from a physician standpoint, in the community and getting to know as many of the hospital staff members as I can,” Goldman said.

The obstetric and pediatric programs are also major assets for Palms West Hospital. “We’ve seen a huge increase in deliveries over the last year,” Goldman said. “What they’re doing has been nothing short of impressive.”

He has also become active with civic organizations to deepen the relationships the HCA-owned hospital enjoys with the greater community.

“The Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce was gracious enough to invite me to be on the board,” Goldman said. “I’m really trying to figure out ways that Palms West can partner with the community for all of our benefit.”

Goldman took over for Bland Eng, who moved to the top job at Brandon Regional Hospital, an HCA facility in the Tampa area. Goldman served as chief operating officer at Columbia Hospital in West Palm Beach for eight years and one year as interim CEO there before transferring to Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, another HCA facility where he served as chief operating officer since 2006.

Goldman said he has been extremely impressed with all the unique programs available at Palms West Hospital, including the robotics program, the only hospital robotics program in the county with two robots for advanced general surgical, gynecological and urological cases. “We’re trying to find new ways that we can expand upon our outreach so more people are aware of

The pediatric emergency room will soon be staffed by physicians 18 hours a day, with a goal of being open 24 hours a day in the near future. “We certainly think that will be a big win for the people of the western communities, to be able to know that they are getting a top-notch product,” Goldman said, explaining that Palms West Hospital will be the only facility in the area with a 24-hour pediatric ER staffed by fellowship-trained pediatric emergency room physicians.

The general emergency room has also made significant advancements, especially in the wait time. “I’m sure everybody has seen the campaigns where we publish our wait times on the Internet and out on the billboards,” he said, noting that the wait times actually change, usually well under 10 minutes, but occasionally longer. “When there are difficult times, we air our dirty laundry right out in front of everybody.

It shows that our people understand that when people come to us in need, it is incumbent upon us to deliver quality care in an appropriate and efficient manner. It’s amazing how slow that clock moves when it’s you or your loved one who has an emergency.”

Goldman pointed out that the Leapfrog Group, an organization that looks at the quality of care delivered in hospitals,

Newly appointed CEO Eric Goldman speaks at an April ceremony celebrating the topping out of Palms West Hospital’s new addition.

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recently gave a letter grade to every hospital in the nation regarding how well they deal with patient safety.

“We were happy to see that we were one of only four hospitals in the county that received an ‘A’ grade for patient safety within the hospital,” he said, explaining that over the years there has been a lot of discussion about preventable accidents in hospitals. “For an outside, independent group to rate us that highly is something we’re incredibly proud of. The community should be proud that it has a hospital that has taken those concerns seriously.”

That good grade is part of a larger picture, Goldman said, of a hospital and its staff with a keen interest in patient care. “On a daily basis, where the rubber meets the road, is really on individual interactions that everybody has with our staff and our physicians, and from that standpoint, I think that’s where Palms West has really stood head and shoulders above the rest,” he said.

The hospital has been undergoing a major expansion project, adding a fourth floor to the east wing. The structure itself is nearly complete, allowing interior work to continue

through rainy weather. “We are still on track to open in March,” Goldman said.

Originally from Ohio, Goldman received his bachelor’s degree from Ohio University in Athens and earned a master’s degree in health finance management at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. After that, he made his way to Florida.

Goldman’s wife, Jennifer, and their two children, Drew, 6, and Ali, 4, moved here from Jacksonville when the school year ended. They expect to move into a new home in Wellington’s Olympia neighborhood this summer. “We’re thrilled to be part of the Wellington community,” he said.

He added that he is happy to be back in Palm Beach County as well. “Whether it’s employees, physicians or just general people, every tenth person I come by is someone I knew from being at Columbia for eight years,” Goldman said. “I have been able to make it over to Columbia, and I’ve seen the great strides that the new administrator there has been able to make with that hospital. It certainly shows the level of commitment that HCA has made to the hospitals in this area.”

Staff at all three local HCA hospitals — JFK, Columbia and Palms West — meet regularly to coordinate services so they are complementary to each other.

“That way, whether it be pediatric care that we have that JFK or Columbia doesn’t have, whether it be psychiatric care that’s primarily at Columbia with a little bit at JFK, or open-heart care, which is primarily at JFK, it allows us to ensure that as patients move between the facilities, because we’re on the same medical records platform,” Goldman explained.

Goldman sees Palms West Hospital as a facility in transition from a community hospital to a higher level of care.

“Probably the biggest challenge that I have is to see how we can continue to expand upon those services,” he said.

“Even though we have wonderful partners with the other HCA hospitals, that the people of the western communities will be able to have at some point in time all of their healthcare needs taken care of on one campus out here. It’s certainly a lofty goal, but one that I think is worthwhile.

With the growth we have seen over the years, it’s certainly something that’s necessary and achievable.”

Palms West Hospital CEO Eric Goldman, Chairman Dr. Carmine Priore and Dr. Ramprasad Gopalan sign the last piece of steel for the new addition. Photo by Ron Bukley

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By Lauren Miró

When it comes to emergency care, Wellington Regional Medical Center is home to a skilled team of boardcertified emergency physicians and highly qualified emergency nurses who believe all patients should be treated like family.

At Wellington Regional’s emergency room, the team of doctors and nurses focus on consistency and quality of care, and a hospital expansion currently underway will bring a new level of comfort and efficiency to the facility.

The hospital sets itself apart by offering personalized care with a team of recognizable doctors dedicated to their patients and the community.

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“Patients can know who their emergency physician is in a time of need,” WRMC Chairman of Emergency Medicine Dr. David Soria said. “When anxieties and fear are at their highest, you can rely on the fact that you’re going to see a known and recognized face here in our emergency department.”

Soria, along with Dr. Adam Bromberg, Dr. Brandt Delhamer, Dr. Blake Kendall, Dr. Jay Kernus, Dr. Donald Montgomery and Dr. Gregory Somich make up the emergency physician team.

“When our patients come in here, they recognize us,” Soria said. “When you’ve been here for so long, you do see the

same people over again, but it is rare that patients see the same emergency physician.”

Having personalized care is part of the family-first culture in the hospital, said Director of Emergency & Respiratory Services JoAnn Franklin.

“Every person who comes walking into this emergency room is treated like one of our family members,” she said. “We try to have a zero-wait emergency room. I want everyone who comes in here to feel like they are being taken care of immediately, whatever their situation is.”

Each emergency room physician is certified by the American Board of

(Above) WRMC’s emergency room physicians include (left to right) Dr. Donald Montgomery, Dr. Gregory Somich, Dr. Blake Kendall, Dr. David Soria, Dr. Brandt Delhamer, Dr. Jay Kernus and Dr. Adam Bromberg.

PHOTO BY DENNIS DEGNAN COURTESY WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Emergency Medicine and has extensive training in the field, Soria said. To be eligible for certification, a doctor must complete his or her residency in emergency medicine after graduating medical school, he explained. “After your emergency residency, you still have to pass the board, which only a few physicians do,” he said.

The seven-doctor team is unique not only in the credentials of its doctors, but also in their longevity within and dedication to the community they serve.

“We’ve been together now for about eight years,” Soria said. “But there have been physicians here for more than 10 years. When it comes to the world of

emergency medicine, that is a lifetime.

On average, doctors at other hospitals have been there for anywhere from two to three months.”

Soria explained that most hospitals contract a team of physicians and see a high rate of turnover due to contract changes or doctor dissatisfaction.

“It’s very unique for a group of physicians to be together upward of 10 years as a group in one facility,” he said.

Wellington Regional instead works to recruit and sustain top-level physicians who will put down roots in the community.

“This is a model that is very unique,”

Soria said. “We are a family of physicians who all have roots here in this community and in our hospital. We are not just an individual coming in and doing a shift. We are a team working together as a group and partnering with our community, our medical staff and our hospital.”

Delhamer agreed. “Everyone that is here is outstanding clinically,” he said.

“Each one of us brings a different approach to the totality of what it means to have and run a communitybased emergency department. We are committed to the western communities.

This is our home.”

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not only offering the best and brightest, but also an efficient team of doctors and nurses focused on patient care.

“If you’re practicing in the same emergency department, interacting with the same nurses and understand the ways our medical staff works and operates, efficiency is maximized, errors are minimized and patients are more satisfied,” Soria explained.

This is extremely important in criticalcare situations. “It’s really important to have a great physician in the emergency room,” Franklin said. “It changes every minute. The doctors and nurses work very closely, and at Wellington Regional, we know exactly what is expected when a doctor walks in the room. It helps with the continuity of care.”

WRMC’s physicians have relationships not only in the hospital, but also throughout the community, enabling them to enlist specialists in times of crisis, and recommend top physicians for follow-up care. “If you’re brand new, you don’t know other doctors in the community,” Soria said.

The emergency department is focused on reaching out to the community not only by being recognizable in the hospital, but by going out and educating residents.

“We do a lot of community education,” Franklin said. “It’s really important that the patients who are coming in feel a sense of familiarity. They know the doctors because they’re out in the community.”

Soria, who is the medical expert for WPTV-NewsChannel 5, agreed.

“We want to be sure that our community understands what things they need to be aware of if and when they have an emergency,” he said. “We also want our family to know the resources and expertise we have here at the hospital. Not all hospitals are created equally, so it’s important for them to know what they have right here in their back yard.”

For example, the hospital was recently certified gold as a primary stroke center for its strides in stroke treatment and prevention.

The goal for the emergency staff at WRMC is to save lives through awareness, Delhamer said.

“When it comes to awareness, the biggest obstacle we face nationwide is that there isn’t sufficient recognition of the signs and symptoms that could lead to a permanent, debilitating or deadly condition like a stroke,” he said. “Our ability to care for a patient is predicated on them getting to us in time. Getting people’s awareness of what it truly means when you’re having symptoms of a stroke or heart attack is crucial.”

This fall, the hospital will usher in a new era of patient care that will further increase efficiency and patient comfort.

The new 80-bed expansion is slated to open in late September.

“It’s going to be brand-new, cuttingedge technology,” Soria said, “with private rooms and all of the state-ofthe-art operational procedures that benefit patients. It affects the emergency room because we’ll be able to more efficiently and comfortably process our patients from the time they get seen in the emergency room to the time get admitted to a brand-new private room.”

The patient experience at WRMC will be like no other, Soria said, with its unique team of doctors, new facility and expert staff all dedicated to making patient care a priority.

“Between the experience and longevity of the physician group, and the expertise of our emergency department staff, we can provide the best, most efficient and top-quality care for the community,” he said.

For more information, visit www. wellingtonregional.com.

(Left) Dr. David Soria works with a patient in the Wellington Regional Medical Center ER. PHOTO BY ABNER PEDRAZA

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(Above) An aerial image of Bethesda West Hospital under construction.

The facility will open in January 2013. (Below) An artist’s rendering of the future hospital. (Inset) Renderings of the front desk at Bethesda West and the hospital’s comfortable patient rooms.

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New Bethesda West Hospital Opening In January 2013

Story by Lauren Miró Images courtesy Bethesda Memorial Hospital

Bethesda Memorial Hospital will soon offer innovative, personalized patient care at its newest facility.

Named Bethesda West Hospital, the 80-bed, state-of-the-art medical center will be located at the intersection of Boynton Beach Blvd. and State Road 7.

It is slated to open Jan. 8, 2013.

With a growing population in the western areas, Bethesda saw the need for additional healthcare services.

“Clearly, it is a growing community,” Bethesda President & CEO Roger Kirk said. “Right now, people drive to us from out west anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes. As the population grows, traffic congestion makes it harder for people to get to us. In a few years, the population could potentially be as large as the east.”

Despite the distance, Kirk said that many patients still chose to drive to the nonprofit hospital. “We think the community wants us to be out there,” he said. “We’re excited to be moving into that growing community and bringing them a state-of-the-art medical center.”

The new hospital will be paid for with tax-exempt bonds, which garnered an A3 rating by Moody’s Investors Service, something Kirk said he is proud of.

“We were able to secure tax-exempt bonds in a time when the healthcare system was going through changes,” he said. “I’m really proud of [the rating].

It really supported our financial stability and our strategic planning. Not many hospitals today can achieve that.”

The new hospital will be the pinnacle

of patient and guest comfort — both in structure and policy. With 70 all-private inpatient rooms, a full emergency room, operating rooms, a top-of-theline intensive care unit and a fullservice medical surgical facility, Bethesda West Hospital will be well equipped to serve patients’ needs.

“A couple of the things we are introducing are really state of the art,” Kirk said. “We have all-private rooms and we’re introducing the Walt Disney concept of offstage, onstage to the hospital.”

Kirk explained that Disney theme parks operate on two fronts — one the guests can see, and one behind the scenes, so as not to ruin the magic of the park.

“We’re really going to have two spines in the hospital running parallel — one in the back of the hospital where all medical staff will travel, and then guests in the other corridor,” he said.

This will help to provide comfort to both the patients and guests, he said.

“In most older hospitals,” Kirk said, “you can get on an elevator and be in there with a patient being transported.

It’s uncomfortable not only for the patient, but also for the visitor.”

Bethesda West will also bring innovation to the way nurses keep tabs on patients. “Historically, people talk about nurses at the bedside,” Kirk said.

“Most hospitals build around the idea of a central nursing core, and people work out of that core.”

Rather than one central station for nurses to go back to and do paperwork, nurses at Bethesda West will have work stations located between rooms,

enabling them to keep an eye on their patients.

“It does away with the nursing core,” Kirk said. “There will be a work station in a hallway between the rooms with a viewing glass into the rooms. Nurses can sit and do work and view their patients from outside the room.

There’s no reason they have to go back to the central station. It puts the nurses right at the bedside.”

Also gone will be the days of patients being awakened for meal times.

“We’re going to have meals on demand,” Kirk said. “Historically, all patients would eat at the same time.

Now it will be more like a restaurant, where patients can request food.”

The hospital, which is currently under construction, will bring 400 jobs to the area, Kirk said. Currently, Bethesda West is accepting applications for employees and volunteers.

“A significant part of those positions are our nursing staff, but there are a lot of support positions available as well,” he said. “We also encourage and ask the community to get involved and volunteer.”

Potential employees and volunteers can visit www.bethesdaweb.com for more information.

And in January, the entire community will have the opportunity to see the benefits of the new facility. “We’re very excited for it to open,” Kirk said.

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Wellington’s Medical Power Couple Plastic Surgeon Dr. Dov Eidelman And Cardiologist Dr. Rachel Eidelman If there’s a competition for champions of time management, the Eidelman family of Wellington could be the winners. The Doctors Eidelman — Dov and Rachel — both have busy practices in their fields, they’re involved in local nonprofits, and they’re raising two young children.

Dr. Dov Eidelman — “Mr. Dr. Eidelman,” as some of his staff members call him — is a 46-year-old plastic surgeon affiliated with Plastic Surgery of Palm Beach. He has been with the practice since his arrival in the area back in 1999, about a year before he and his wife settled here. The practice has offices in Wellington, Palm Springs and Jupiter.

Dr. Rachel Eidelman — “Mrs. Dr. Eidelman,” as she’s called by her patients — is a 42-year-old cardiologist who recently joined Bethesda Medical Associates, which has an office at Bethesda Health City in Boynton Beach and one in Wellington, which she shares with her husband. She specializes in non-invasive cardiology and has hospital privileges at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, JFK Medical Center and Wellington Regional Medical Center, and she has clinical appointments at Nova Southeastern University and Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine.

The Eidelmans have a son, Benjamin, who just turned 9 and finished third grade at Binks Forest Elementary School, and a daughter, Abby, 5, who will enter kindergarten in the fall.

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the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. At the time, she was his student, but they didn’t start dating until later. “She was in her third year of school, completing electives to get an idea what specialty she wanted to go into,” he recalled.

When Dov finished his residency the next year, he accepted a plastic surgery fellowship at Yale University. “She spent half her time going to Connecticut and spending time with me after that, and spent half her fourth year in electives at Yale, and then applied for a residency there, which she got,” he said.

When both their programs were complete, they decided to settle in Florida. “I’d always wanted to live in Florida, so we agreed to get married in Texas (where she grew up) and then live in Florida,” he said.

They were engaged in 1999 and married in 2000. After moving to Delray Beach, Rachel Eidelman enrolled in a cardiology fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach — but not until after a brief honeymoon. “We took a week off after we got married — and then we went right back to work,” Dov Eidelman recalled. “We were so excited, we had saved up all our miles from traveling between Texas and Connecticut and Florida, and our parents gave us the trip as their gift to us. We didn’t have a lot of money, but we had a lot of fun.”

Rachel had known her desire to study medicine from a young age. “As a child, I wanted to be a doctor for animals or for people,” she said. “My parents encouraged and supported my interests.”

Story by Chris Felker Photo by Abner Pedraza

During her education at Texas Lutheran University, she was awarded a research grant in nuclear cardiology. “I published this data prior to attending medical school,” she said. “This cultivated my interest in cardiology.”

Since then, she has written five publications regarding clinical cardiology and research. In Miami Beach, she helped design and implement clinical research trials, many of them about and including women. “I became interested in focusing on the treatment of cardiovascular disease in women since there are very few women cardiologists,” she said. “But not to worry — I still see men!”

Dov Eidelman was born in Barranquilla, Columbia and moved to New York with his family at age 10. He speaks Spanish fluently. He is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and concentrates on cosmetic surgery and breast reconstruction. He is a graduate of New York University and Albany Medical College, finished his general surgery residency at the University of Texas with plastic surgery training at Yale, where he was also chief resident.

He studied under the guidance of internationally renowned surgeons, and his interest in education has continued.

Since 2005, he has been a member of the teaching faculty for the JFK Medical Center residency program, and he was appointed last June as an affiliate assistant professor of biomedical science at FAU’s Schmidt College. He has also earned an appointment as clinical assistant professor at the University of Vermont School of Medicine.

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The Eidelmans are closely involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. “Our son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 5,” Dov said. “So we’ve been involved in fundraisers for juvenile diabetes and involved in the walks yearly, and we’ve done fundraisers with patients.”

Given its work in breast reconstruction, Plastic Surgery of Palm Beach is also actively involved in raising money for breast cancer research. “Our practice has had several events in our Wellington spa in conjunction with the Komen Race for the Cure,” he said. “Mostly these are for education and support for

breast cancer patients because we do quite a bit of reconstructive work.”

Outside their careers, they spend as much time with their children as possible. “It is a challenge balancing between professional life and family life,” Dov said. “We really strive to spend as much time with our children as possible, especially on the weekends.

One of us is always at home in the evenings to spend time with the kids.

We both try to be home evenings during the week, and we bathe the kids and help feed them and get them to bed. On weekends, we spend a lot of time together. My wife likes to ride horses, and she will take the kids sometimes. And I spend time with the kids, usually outdoors; we like swimming, and my son likes baseball.”

They enjoy traveling throughout Florida, and also to Texas, where Rachel’s family still lives. “We take advantage of Florida tourist areas,

including Disney,” he said. “We’ve traveled to Orlando, Tampa and Miami Beach, visiting family and friends. We like to take little overnight trips.”

Rachel harnesses her passion for cardiology to raise money and do community outreach for the American Heart Association. She is thankful for the help they get from friends and family. “We have wonderful friends in the community, so that when we need something we just ask. Dov’s mom lives nearby, and she helps a lot,” she said.

“We’d have a much more difficult time doing things without the help of friends and family. And we do try to take vacations, just the two of us, at least once a year. I also ride horses, and sometimes I’ll just go and ride… I have wonderful friends here who have allowed me to ride, and Abby is taking riding lessons.”

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From Medical Research To Photography The Diverse Interests Of Wellington’s Michael Metzner Story by Chris Felker Photos courtesy Michael Metzner

To gaze at Michael Metzner’s curriculum vitae is to be amazed at all the accomplishments that a young man can call his own after a mere 21 years.

His interests run the gamut from art photography, film and music to medicine and research. To top it off, soon he’ll be starting medical school at New York University.

In that résumé lies abundant evidence that his Wellington upbringing by entrepreneurial parents inspired him to set his sights high.

Metzner’s father was a national sales manager with Sharp Electronics for 25 years, and his mother ran her own business with Pharmanex and now is a regional manager with Avon. She also started a company called Ageless Beauty and Health, of which her son is vice president, helping to administer the operation and visiting doctors’ offices to educate them about nutritional programs and new technologies.

“My parents always drove me to be as independent as possible. My first day of school, I created a sign that said, ‘I will be Dr. Michael Metzner,’ and put it above my bed so every morning I’d see it,” he recalled. “My parents have been great role models, and my grandparents also. My grandmother is my musical influence. She’s 81 years old and still teaches 14 students piano.

She was trained at Juilliard and has taught for 50 years.”

Because of her example, he plays piano, saxophone and clarinet and also composes music.

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Born in Suffern, N.Y., Metzner moved to Wellington with his parents 10 years ago and considers it his hometown. He graduated from Wellington Christian School in 2008 and earned his bachelor’s degree magna cum laude this year from Florida Atlantic University’s Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College with a double major in biological chemistry and visual arts.

But those few sentences don’t begin to describe his academic achievements.

He has been a Henry Morrison Flagler Scholar since 2010, which earned him a merit scholarship covering tuition and study enrichment and peer mentor programs, as well as leadership seminars. He won the FAU Make Waves Award last year, recognizing diversity and high academic achievement, and the Outstanding Junior and Outstanding First-Year Student awards from Wilkes College. Metzner also found time to become involved in five campus and collegiate organizations, including the Florida Collegiate Honor Council Executive Board and the Wilkes College Pre-Medical Society, and even co-founded the Players Club Music Group in 2008.

And despite just beginning his medical career, Metzner has already won grants for his medical research. He has been a research intern in the Department of Metabolism and Aging at the Scripps Research Institute from 2009 until this year, worked as an undergraduate researcher during a 10-week, intensive Department of Neurosurgery program in 2010 at the Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center and was an operating room intern at Palm Beach

Surgical Associates from 2006 to 2009.

As Metzner begins medical school in August, he’ll keep his options open as to his specialty.

“I’ll always keep an open mind because I’ve heard so many stories of how you always change, but I was really lucky.

When I was 15, I approached the chief of surgery at Wellington Regional Medical Center, and I shadowed him for four years in the operating room,” he said. “From that experience, I really love surgery, and because I’ve been doing research for the last four and a half years on the brain, I always thought I’d go into neurosurgery.”

Of course, other interests could change his mind. “I also love kids,” Metzner noted. “I volunteer at Christ Fellowship… so I’ve worked with kids every weekend for the last 10 years. So pediatrics is also very interesting and something that I could do.”

In addition to all these other interests, he’s also had a lifelong fascination with photography and, though he didn’t get his first camera until one appeared under the Christmas tree in 2007, Metzner has won several prizes for his photographic work. “I didn’t put the camera down for a year,” he said.

His passion translated into more recognition. Metzner took the Home Grown Artist Award at ArtiGras in Jupiter in 2009, was a finalist in Nikon’s “Best College Photography” competition and had a picture published in the book Best College Photography 2009. He parlayed that

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modest fame into an educational opportunity. Last year, he was accepted into the Savannah College of Art and Design’s summer study program in Lacoste, France. Courses included black-and-white film photography and art history.

And Metzner recently had an exhibition at Abacoa Town Center in Jupiter attended by around 500 people, as well as others at FAU, the Hibel Museum of Art and Scripps.

competing when I just got really busy and had to give that up,” he said.

His idea of time off is a day not doing anything and just relaxing.

Asked what he does in his spare time, Metzner said: “I don’t look at photography as work. I love to swim and to travel, but I don’t divide my life into leisure and work; I really do find everything I do to be enjoyable.”

Metzner will have precious few more of those, as medical school starts in a matter of weeks.

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Whether he’ll return to the area after he completes his medical studies in New York remains to be seen.

“But I do love Wellington. It’s one of my favorite places. I actually rode a bit when I was in high school. I did dressage, and of course it’s a perfect place for that. I had a horse that I rode almost every day for about three and a half years. I had just finished

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For Olympic equestrian Peter Leone, the Florida show circuit has been on the annual calendar for more than 35 years. Leone and his brothers, Mark and Armand, known as Team Leone for their success on the national and international circuits, all competed here as juniors.

“My brothers and I have been competing in Palm Beach since 1976.

We showed over at the fairgrounds on Belvedere,” Leone recalled. “I remember competing in the hunter ring. I remember seeing all the greatest athletes and horses of the sport, like Michael Hunter on Scrimshaw and Rodney Jenkins. Wellington has evolved into the epicenter of the United States equestrian competition year.”

As Wellington has become the most important and longest leg of the show jumping year, Leone has endured as a respected fixture of the show ring with his great horsemanship, athleticism and staying power. “I remember jumping in the World Cup at the polo field stadium. And I remember going on working trail rides with Nelson Pessoa on a dirt path which is now Pierson Road,” Leone said.

The youngest member of the 1982 World Championship European Tour, Leone demonstrated his talent with solid performances. He graduated from Drew University and entered a busy, non-equestrian professional career while continuing to ride and show.

But it wasn’t long before the equestrian world lured him back. In 1990, after a yearlong break from the show ring, he won a Grand Prix, filling in on a day’s notice for his injured brother, Mark.

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Drawn back to the show ring, Leone purchased a 4-year-old Grand Prix prospect named Legato. Then in 1994, he opened Lionshare Farm in Greenwich, Conn., and launched his professional equestrian career.

Proving his tenacity and determination, he qualified for the Olympics, competing with a broken collarbone.

He was a contributing member of the 1996 Silver Medal United States Olympic Show Jumping Team aboard the legendary Legato.

Today, Leone wears many hats. The winner of more than 50 Grand Prix competitions, he is a competitor, trainer, popular clinician and author/ producer of hunter/jumper instructional DVDs. He operates the busy Lionshare Farm, training alongside Michael Henaghan and Elizabeth Pandich. But with all that is on his plate, he still manages to maintain focus. “I don’t ever see a reason to yell,” he said.

Leone’s quiet warmth and humor make him a favorite on and off the show grounds. This is an Olympic athlete who is more than willing to admit a mistake. “I’m sorry, I didn’t see that inside turn,” he tells a client after her jumping round.

Leone recently sold out of every advance copy of his new book, Peter Leone’s Show Jumping Clinic: Success Strategies for Equestrian Athletes at the Equine Affaire in Columbus, Ohio, where he was a featured clinician.

“This is the horse business,” he said.

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business. You have to go into it trying the best you can, knowing that you can’t always win, and be OK with it.”

But the outlook is very encouraging.

The Lionshare Farm barn is currently filled with some outstanding, up-andcoming horses. There is his homebred, Wayfarer, whom he has nicknamed “the Future.” Two newer arrivals are Graffiti, with whom he won the Six Year Olds at Garden State, and the Belgian Warmblood stallion My Pleasure, who earned the blue ribbon in the Seven and Eight Year Olds at Garden State and was second at Old Salem.

Leone has had great success with Monica Carrera’s Lincourt Gino, an Irish Sport Horse that is as great on the grass as he is in footing. Gino and Leone won the G&C Farms 1.45m Open Jumpers in March and were second at the $50,000 Live Oak Derby and fifth at the G&C Farms Jumper Derby at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington with the fastest time. The pair also recently won the Level Sevens at Garden State and were second in the $20,000 Speed Derby at the Old Salem spring show. “Gino is careful and game and has a huge stride, but he can also be short catty,” Leone explained. “He takes advantage of the big gallops. It’s exciting! Who knows what he can accomplish.”

Leone’s Grand Prix horse, Select, was sidelined with an injury this past year, which has kept the team out of the big ring for the larger, international Grand Prix events. But Leone said the horse is sound and back at work. It is evident that of everything Leone does, what he loves most of all is competing in the big ring. Expect to see him there soon.

Peter Leone rides Lionshare Farm’s Wayfarer at the Wellington show grounds. Photo by SportFot

(Above) The cover of Peter Leone’s new book, which recently sold out all of its advanced copies.

(Left) Peter Leone in his show uniform.

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Cardiology Partners’ Dr. Eliezer Hernandez Focuses On Prevention, Managed Therapy Story by Ron Bukley  Photo by Abner Pedraza

Many wonderful advancements in heart treatments have come about in recent years, but Dr. Eliezer Hernandez of Cardiology Partners in Wellington prefers preventive methods rather than surgical procedures.

Advancements include new methods of stress testing such as the positron emission tomography (PET) scan, which can more clearly identify patients with coronary artery disease. “It doesn’t put the patient through the invasive procedure of cardiac catheterization,” Hernandez explained, noting that many procedures, including renal catheterization, once reserved for the hospital can now be done in the office.

Atherectomies to extract plaque and open up coronary arteries are more

often used in place of open-heart bypass surgery, which requires the use of a blood vessel in the leg to replace a clogged artery in the heart. “That’s really the cutting edge of technology,” he said. “That really helps out a lot of patients. For me, that’s really exciting.”

heart attack or procedure and they are doing well. They’ve lost weight. Then you see others, and every six months or a year they end up in the hospital…

Optimized medical therapy actually works, but it takes a lot of compliance from the patient.”

Despite advanced new procedures, Hernandez stressed that prevention is always preferable. A recent study revealed that patients with 70 to 80 percent coronary artery blockages can be managed as effectively with aggressive medical treatment as with a stent.

“When you follow them through the years, you find out that they did exactly the same and there was no difference in stents and optimal managed medical therapy, so cardiology took a step back and learned maybe prevention might protect this patient,” he said.

He recommends that people who suspect they have heart issues come in for testing. He urges everyone not to ignore the symptoms, especially women, who are more prone to ignore them.

“We know by recent studies that now women, post-menopausal, who have diabetes and get a heart attack, they do worse than males,” Hernandez said.

Hernandez talks frankly to patients suffering from aortal blockages or other issues about managed therapy. He urges them to stop smoking, lose weight, control diabetes, keep glucose levels normal and control cholesterol. “If you don’t do any of that, you will end up with more procedures and bypass surgery,” he said, adding that he has patients back every six months to see how they are progressing.

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He also cautioned young people about the hazards of smoking and obesity. “As a young physician, when I was training, patients were getting heart attacks usually at 50 or 60 years old, and ending this training, I started seeing all these 40-year-olds coming in with heart attacks,” he said. “Now I’m seeing these 30-year-olds getting heart attacks.”

Hernandez joined Cardiology Partners in 2008. He did his cardiovascular disease fellowship at Saint Vincent’s Medical Center in New York City and his residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, as well as his pulmonary, surgical critical care and trauma fellowships. Hernandez is board-certified in internal and vascular medicine, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. He subspecializes in vascular, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.

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James Hoffman Of Corcoran Real Estate Story by Deborah Welky  Photo by Abner Pedraza

James Hoffman is a broker associate with Corcoran Group Real Estate, a company with a strong presence in Palm Beach, Manhattan, the Hamptons — and Wellington.

“A lot of the same people who own homes on Fifth Avenue and at the beach also own horses,” Hoffman explained.

“They buy in Wellington because of the equestrian aspect.”

They also buy to invest. And real-estate investment is where Hoffman does his best work. Back home in Milwaukee, he began buying, renovating and selling 100-year-old Victorians near the University of Wisconsin. He bought his first one in 1994 for $134,000 and sold it for $439,000.

In 1997, he moved to Florida, followed by nearly a decade of investing in Lake Worth, where he renovated and managed more than 30 houses and rentals, along with a development in Costa Rica. By 2005, Hoffman had begun the switch to full-time property sales.

“I think it’s important to be an expert in your field and with your tools. Part of it is education. My iPad and other technologies have made it even easier to do a better job,” he said. “I conduct research, analyze how the current market is trending, then counsel my customers. Real estate means knowing your micromarkets, understanding the neighborhoods and communities within those markets, and using your expertise in a professional manner.”

In 2006, Hoffman closed on a home in Versailles. This time, it was for himself and his wife Monica (who owns Generations: A Hair Salon in Wellington) and their three sons: Francisco, 24; Andy, 18; and Christopher, 5. “Wellington seemed the logical choice,” Hoffman said. “It’s a nice family community; we already had friends out here, and I love it. It was a great decision for us.”

The family has since moved to a one-acre lot in Pinewood East, although clients often have Hoffman traveling throughout the county — and beyond. “I try to focus my business on Wellington, but my customers lead me out of the area,” he said. “For instance, one has a farm out here but also bought in Palm Beach. Another is closing tomorrow in Lakefield West, but their company is looking to expand in Fort Lauderdale. The changes since 2009 aren’t all negative.

If you look at real estate from an investment standpoint, there’s always an opportunity. I try to show my clients an opportunity, not just a house.”

Hoffman defines the real-estate business as a process — the more education, licensing and accreditation you get, the more you work yourself into a niche. “I work a lot with buyers, but that naturally leads into being a listing agent as well. It’s a cycle,” he said. “Right now, I’m working with five different buyers, and four are looking for personal residences or second homes. Only one is an investor. Yet the investors have been purchasing quite a bit of property. It’s a great, great time to be purchasing a piece of real estate.”

Hoffman said he joined Corcoran because it is a great brand with a great reputation. “One of the good things about real estate is there’s never a dull day. I’m doing something I love to do, and it is satisfying,” he said. “My goal is to exceed my clients’ expectations by providing an unsurpassed consulting experience through responsiveness and quality services.”

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Karen Cavanagh at her Royal Palm Beach office.

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Many Local Organizations Have Turned To Her As The ‘Go-To Girl’ For Party Planning Story by Deborah Welky Photo by Susan Lerner

Karen Cavanagh, this month’s nominee for Wellington The Magazine’s Woman of the Year Award, has been a fixture in the community for more than 25 years.

Married to husband Bob for 32 years, Cavanagh is a native of Long Island, N.Y. Back in the 1980s, Bob’s career in senior management for Allstate Insurance was pointing them toward Chicago when a three-week visit to her sister-in-law diverted the young family to Florida.

“My 9-month-old son Brian and I were staying with Bob’s sister in West Palm Beach while he was off on a business trip,” Cavanagh recalled. “And what is there to do, with a baby? My sister-inlaw said, ‘There’s a new development called Wellington going up. Do you want to go look at the houses?’ I said, ‘Sure.’”

By the time her husband returned, Cavanagh had scratched plans for Chicago and found a house in Wellington.

Out in Wellington, she had seen trees in the middle of the road that reminded her of Long Island.

“Sugar Pond Manor was hardly built at all,” Cavanagh said. “I looked at models, and I fell in love with them — and with Wellington. We went back to Long Island, but Bob made frequent trips down to take a course, get licensed as an agent and be interviewed for a job. They weren’t hiring new agents because everybody wanted to

move to Florida, but when New York said they didn’t want to lose him, he was hired immediately.”

When Karen was five months pregnant with daughter Kristen, the Cavanaghs moved to Wellington in February 1986.

“Before I settled on the lot for my home, I looked at every single lot,” she said. “I knew more about Wellington real estate than anybody!”

It takes time for an agent to gain enough clients to be able to open an office, so Bob started out with an Allstate booth at Sears in the old Palm Beach Mall.

“When you’re in sales, you have to sell — but we didn’t know anyone here except his sister,” Cavanagh explained.

“So, after working at the mall all day, Bob and I would put Brian to bed and we’d call people from Sears’ ‘preferred customer list.’ I’d say, ‘I’m calling from ‘Seuhs’ and they’d say, ‘From where?’

They couldn’t understand my New York accent.”

Eighteen months later, they opened their own office. “We wanted to locate in the Publix shopping center, but there was a three-year wait, so we leased in Royal Palm Beach,” Cavanagh said.

Today, they’re right across Okeechobee Blvd. from that original location, in their own building.

Involved in the business from day one, Cavanagh has also loaned her

boundless energy to numerous nonprofit organizations, beginning with the Palms West Chamber of Commerce.

“I had attended one or two meetings when [then president] Jerry Flanders said, ‘How would you like to be on our special events committee?’ I said, ‘What is it?’ and he said: ‘I don’t know. We don’t have one.’”

Cavanagh began by organizing chamber mixers and its installation dinner. She soon became a chamber ambassador, sat on the chamber’s board, edited its newsletter, conducted its toy drives and has served as a holiday parade judge for the past 20 years.

“Back then, the chamber didn’t have any money and didn’t know how to make any,” she recalled. “I told them we needed to have some raffles, but there weren’t that many businesses out here to donate anything. Still, I don’t remember ever being turned down — that’s how close-knit the community was.”

In 1991, Karen and Bob Cavanagh hosted the third-ever ACS-125 party at their Wellington home, where 125 couples are invited in the hopes of garnering donations for the American Cancer Society.

“It was a full-time job, working on that party,” Cavanagh said. “Back then, we had very, very few restaurants out here, but I wanted to give the best party I could and make the most money I

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Since Wellington stole her away from Chicago, Cavanagh has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to benefit others, but she makes it clear that she did not do it alone.

could for the charity. I called every restaurant that we had, and they all donated. I got every single piece of food donated. The wine, too. And the DJ. We raised $15,000 with hardly any expenses.”

raised awareness about Wellington enough to keep local schoolchildren from being bused out of the area and raised money for schools through a scholarship program. “That was very, very serious,” she said.

The word was out. Karen Cavanagh was the go-to girl for party planning.

Following the ACS event, she worked on event committees for the Wellington Boys & Girls Club, the American Heart Association, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Hospice of Palm Beach County, the Boy Scouts and more. A White Shoe Luncheon she organized raised money to help Canal Point Elementary School in the Glades. She’s been involved in too many political fundraisers to count, was a room mother, a field trip driver and more.

When the American Heart Association moved its February Heart Ball from Wellington, Cavanagh was the first to realize that an important midseason date had been freed up. She nabbed it and chaired a fundraiser to support diabetes organizations, a cause close to her as husband Bob has been a diabetic for decades. She raised $30,000 the first year and went on to chair two more such events.

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Since Wellington stole her away from Chicago, Cavanagh has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to benefit others, but she makes it clear that she did not do it alone.

“Bob was very supportive of everything I did, even though sometimes it took a lot of time away from him and the kids,” she said. “We were very, very fortunate that my father and stepmother were available to baby-sit.

We could not have done all the volunteering we did if it was not for them. And I could not have done everything I’ve done without tremendous support from the community. Everybody has been so supportive.”

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Today, son Brian is 29, has married his college sweetheart, Chrystal, and works as a banker in Charlotte, N.C. The couple has given the Cavanaghs two grandchildren — Owen, 3, and Katie, 7 months.

Daughter Kristen is a third-grade teacher in Jacksonville, married to a customs agent at the port.

These days, fundraising is hard, Cavanagh said, with even large corporations cutting back on donations. So she has thrown herself into shopping — and helping others shop.

“I work at Chico’s in the Mall at Wellington Green one day a week,” she said. “It’s my guilty pleasure. I love to dress people, help people — and, it’s good exercise.”

She also pursues an epicurean hobby of food and wine tasting.

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Unique Aero Club Home Great For Families And Entertaining Story by Lauren Miró Photos courtesy Daisy Nelson

This large, luxurious home in Wellington’s Aero Club community features plenty of room for entertainment. The home boasts four bedrooms, four full baths and two half baths in 4,814 square feet. An open floor plan gives the house a nice flow, with a large sunroom, patio, pool, Jacuzzi and game room. Built with the family in mind, two of the bedrooms have separate entrances for older children or nannies, and the home is divided to maximize privacy. Crown molding, wood and tile floors and architectural details make this spectacular home stand apart from the rest.

(Below) The bright and spacious family room is perfectly poised for entertainment. The room features vaulted ceilings and big, bright glass doors that open up completely and lead out to the sunroom.

The sunroom has impact glass doors and windows and opens up to the large brick patio. Another advantage to the room is that it connects to the kitchen, making it great for entertaining guests.

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(Left) The home has four large bedrooms with accompanying bathrooms. This bedroom features wood floors, a spacious sitting area and a walk-in closet. The two front bedrooms offer unique guest-access doors that make them ideal for privacy.

(Left) The gourmet kitchen is a chef’s dream with granite countertops, glassfront cabinets, a gas stove and range, subzero refrigerator with paneling, and a trash compactor. With plenty of space for storage, the kitchen also offers a walk-in pantry and pullout shelves in the cabinets.

It’s a great family space as well, with a breakfast bar and separate seating area.

This room also opens out to the sunroom and patio.

(Left) With tray ceilings and architectural built-in niches, the formal dining room stands out. It offers a distinctive chandelier and built-in server with granite countertops. The room is located off the formal living room and is flanked by architectural columns.

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Palm Beach Yacht Club: Great Dining With Spectacular Views Story by Lauren Miró Photos courtesy Palm Beach Yacht Club

With more than 100 years of serving up the finest five-star meals, the Palm Beach Yacht Club offers great dining with spectacular views.

The members-only club was founded in 1890 in Palm Beach for boating enthusiasts and their guests. In 1911, the club moved to its iconic West Palm Beach location with sprawling views of the Intracoastal Waterway.

Since that time, it has been a beacon of class and refinement for yacht lovers and landlubbers alike.

“It’s the best place to go on the water,” Club Operations Manager Michael Nadeau said. “You have a gorgeous, 360-degree view. It’s one of the best views in Palm Beach.”

Nadeau comes to the Palm Beach Yacht Club with 23 years of hospitality management experience. For eight years he served as general manager at the Players Club restaurant in Wellington.

The Palm Beach Yacht Club has earned the Epicurean International Service Award and is the only yacht club in the United States to receive the honor. The

club has also earned numerous awards for its wine list and has emerged as an industry leader, offering members the best quality in management, food, wine and more.

bowties serve up world-class meals. “It’s ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen,” Nadeau explained.

“It’s five-star service with quality food and wine.”

Everything about the Palm Beach Yacht Club is first-class. Walking up to the restaurant, you are instantly struck with a nautical presence as luxurious yachts line the dock. Members can then take the stairs or the lift into the second-floor restaurant.

The Commodore’s Room is also available downstairs for private events and parties. This hideaway is centered on an impressive display of the club’s wine selection.

Immediately one’s eyes are drawn to the expansive view, looking out over the Intracoastal. Directly to the east lies the iconic Breakers Hotel & Resort, and members get a bird’s-eye view of the ships passing by.

The restaurant itself is elegant and understated. It has large tinted windows encasing the entire top floor, perfect for an intimate dinner on the water. There are nods to its nautical roots — a captain’s wheel mounted on the wall and lengths of rope coiled around the tables.

Members can choose to sit at the bar or one of the many tables with crisp white linens where waiters wearing

This summer, the club has a lineup of events and specials including wine tasting, champagne and oysters, and an Intracoastal cruise.

“We have entertainment during dinner on Thursday, Friday and Saturdays,” Nadeau said, “and we try to have about four events a month.”

Thursday nights this summer, members can enjoy dinner for two, which includes dinner and a bottle of wine with live entertainment. There will be monthly theme nights with a special menu and wine. Then on Friday and Saturday nights, the club offers Piano & Cocktails where the Palm Beach Yacht Club picks up the first round of drinks.

Members can also enjoy a summer

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Chef Thomas Keller visits the club. (L to R) Maitre d’ Paul Frassetto, Executive Chef Bill Somers, Chef Keller, Sous Chef Manny Fundora, General Manager Elaine Ragon and Club Operations Manager Michael Nadeau.

lunch special — a three-course meal for $25 every day this summer. On Wednesdays, the club offers a threecourse dinner with a glass of wine or beer from a select menu.

Though members benefit from such great events, world-class food is available every day. Whether it is steak or seafood, soup or salad, each meal is expertly prepared.

The Palm Beach Yacht Club launched the career of one of the most awarded chefs of our time. Once named the Best Chef in America, Chef Thomas Keller got his start washing dishes in the restaurant.

“He started here as a young man in the kitchen,” Nadeau said. “His mother

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worked at the club. He started washing dishes and then moved up to the grill and then a cook.”

pie and a glass of wine or beer. “It’s delicious,” Nadeau said. “It’s simply great quality food prepared expertly.”

Keller returned to the club in its centennial year for a book signing last November.

In addition to a variety of seafood, Somers cooks U.S. Prime New York steaks, Colorado lamb racks and thick veal chops. “All our meat is freshly hand-cut,” Nadeau said. “It’s cut locally each morning and delivered the same day.”

Now at the helm is Executive Chef Bill Somers, who serves up a variety of classic American cuisine, seafood specialties and more.

If you love seafood, this summer the Palm Beach Yacht Club is offering a one-and-a-half-pound Maine lobster on Monday and Tuesday evenings for $32.

Served either steamed or broiled, it’s paired with jasmine rice and vegetables.

The meal also includes a salad, key lime

No matter what you choose, you’re guaranteed a world-class meal in a setting unlike any other.

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wellington dining guide Agliolio Fresh Pasta & Wine Bar offers a fine dining experience at casual dining prices featuring fresh pastas and homemade sauces. Agliolio also offers an extensive wine list. For more info., call (561) 7987770 or visit Agliolio in the Wellington Plaza at 12793 W. Forest Hill Blvd. at the corner of Wellington Trace.

For a touch of the Florida Keys in your own back yard, visit Bonefish Mac’s Sports Grille. Located at 10880 W. Forest Hill Blvd. near the Mall at Wellington Green, Bonefish Mac’s offers excellent food in a family-friendly environment. For more information, visit www.bonefishmacs.com or call (561) 798-6227.

Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant is located on Forest Hill Blvd. near the Mall at Wellington Green.

Specializing in family-style Italian cuisine, Buca di Beppo is known for its large portions designed to serve several people. For more info., call (561) 7903287 or visit www.bucadibeppo.com.

Campagnolo Italian Restaurant offers a taste of New York’s Little Italy in Wellington. In the Marketplace at Wycliffe at 4115 State Road 7, Campagnolo serves authentic Italian cuisine with huge portions meant to share. For more info., call (561) 434-9427.

For an authentic, elegant Italian experience, visit Franco Italian Bistro at 10160 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 103, in the Pointe at Wellington Green. For more info., call (561) 615-1551.

The Gourmet Deli House, a popular Kosher-style deli, is known for its famous corned beef and pastrami sandwiches served on fresh-baked rye bread. Celebrating 24 years, the restaurant is located at 7117 Lake Worth Road. For more info., call (561) 965-1605 or visit www.gourmetdelihouse.com.

Graffito South Scratch Italian Cooking deconstructs and re-imagines classic Italian flavors into creative, scrumptious dishes. Graffito is located at 3401

Equestrian Club Drive, adjacent to the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center off Pierson Road. For more info., call (561) 333-1150 or visit www.graffito southflorida.com.

The Grille Fashion Cuisine (12300 South Shore Blvd., Suite 10) is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week. It is also a popular gathering place, open until 2 a.m. Thursday through Sunday. For more information, call (561) 793-2110 or visit www. thegrillefashioncuisine.com.

Grimaldi’s Coal Brick-Oven Pizzeria is now open on Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach.

Call (561) 833-8787 or visit www.grimaldispizzeria. com for more info.

Drop by the Gypsy’s Horse Irish Pub & Restaurant and relax in a warm, traditional Irish setting complete with oak-barrel tables and a full bar with many types of beer flowing from the taps. Regular live entertainment is offered. The Gypsy’s Horse is located in the original Wellington Mall at 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd. Call (561) 333-3700 for more info.

Enjoy authentic Greek cuisine as well as wines from around the world at I’m Greek Today, located in Southern Palm Crossing at 11051 Southern Blvd. in Royal Palm Beach. For more information, call (561) 333-4233 or visit www.imgreektoday.com.

Let personal chef Jill Evans of Jill’s Healthy Cooking, former owner of Culinaria Gourmet Café, plan, shop and prepare a week of meals in your home. For more info., call (561) 376-6424 or visit www. jillshealthycooking.com.

Oli’s Fashion Cuisine & Bar is open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks on Forest Hill Blvd. near the Mall at Wellington Green, offering the quality and style of Palm Beach in the heart of Wellington. For info., call (561) 792-2220 or visit www.olisrestaurant.com.

Pangea Bistro in the Pointe at Wellington Green offers a taste of the best food from all around the world. Pangea is open for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday. For reservations, call (561) 7939394 or visit www.pangeabistro.net.

The Players Club Restaurant & Bar (13410 South Shore Blvd., Wellington) features gourmet cuisine along with a popular piano bar, new bistro area, outside dining, two outside smoking bars, live entertainment and catered events. Call (561) 795-0080 or visit www.playersclubrestaurant.com for more info.

Stonewood Grill & Tavern in the Pointe at Wellington Green serves up exciting flavors in a casually sophisticated setting. Call (561) 784-9796 or visit www.stonewoodgrill.com for more info.

Drop by the award-winning TooJay’s Original Gourmet Deli in the Mall at Wellington Green for breakfast, lunch or dinner. TooJay’s is reminiscent of your favorite New York delicatessen. For more info., call (561) 784-9055 or visit www.toojays.com.

Utopia at Polo West, located at 2470 Greenview Cove Drive in Wellington, serves up spectacular LatinAmerican fusion cuisine with gorgeous equestrian views. For more information, call (858) 847-5161 or visit www.utopiacuisine.com.

World of Beer offers more than 500 varieties of choice brews. Located at 2465 State Road 7, Suite 100, in front of the Mall at Wellington Green, World of Beer does not serve food, but offers menus of several restaurants offering delivery. Look online for information about live entertainment. For more info., call (561) 383-6115 or visit wellington.wobusa.com.

Yogurt Isle is in the Wellington Marketplace near the movie theater at 13873 Wellington Trace, Suite B-1 featuring self-serve frozen yogurt with dozens of toppings. For more info., call (561) 249-0649.

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Monday, July 2 • Genbu-Kai Karate (13889 Wellington Trace, Suite A-21, Wellington) will present a five-week women’s self-defense course beginning Monday, July 2.

The cost is $90. For more info., call (561) 804-1002.

Tuesday, July 3 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Chess Club for Adults on Tuesday, July 3 at 6:30 p.m. Basic game knowledge is required. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

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Wednesday, July 4 • Royal Palm Beach will host the annual Red, White & Blue Fourth of July Family Fishing Tournament on Wednesday, July 4 at Lakeside Challenger Park. Registration is from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. with a deadline for bass weigh-ins (bass must be alive) at 11 a.m., deadline for other fish weigh-ins at noon, and entertainment and awards at 12:15. For more info., call (561) 790-5124.

• Wellington’s Family Fourth Celebration will take place Wednesday, July 4 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at Village Park. This free event includes games, inflatables, face painting and live music. Fireworks will begin at 9:15 p.m. Free shuttle service will be available from the Palm Tran bus stop at the Mall at Wellington Green beginning at 5:30 p.m. For more info., call (561) 791-4005 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.

Thursday, July 5 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Make Your Own Mandrake” for ages 8 to 12 on Thursday, July 5 at 3 p.m. Listen to a reading from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, then learn to make your very own mandrake. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host a Writers Critique Workshop for adults Thursday, July 5 at 6:30 p.m. Share, offer and accept constructive criticism and comments to improve your fiction, nonfiction and poetry in a supportive atmosphere. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

Friday, July 6 • The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will feature a free screening of the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked on Friday, July 6 at 8 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

Saturday, July 7 • The West Palm Beach Antiques Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday, July 7-8 at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Early buyers’ admission starts at 9 a.m. on Saturday before the regular show opening time of 10 a.m. Daily admission is $7 for adults and $6 for seniors, with a $1 discount coupon for adult admission available at www.wpbaf.com.

• The Friends of Mounts Botanical Garden (531 N. Military Trail, WPB) will host an Orchid Care 101 Workshop on Saturday, July 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring an orchid (up to 6 inches) to be repotted or mounted. The cost is $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers. For info., call (561) 233-1757 or visit www.mounts.org.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host a free Blues Brothers Soul Band Tribute Concert on Saturday, July 7 at 8 p.m.

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Monday, July 9 • The Society of the Four Arts (2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach) will host Summer of the Sitcom, television comedy writing and acting with Lois Cahall, a four-week course beginning July 9. The cost is $250 per person. Call (561) 659-8513 or e-mail campus@ fourarts.org to RSVP. • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will present Simple Seasonal Origami for age 8 and up Monday, July 9 at 4 p.m. Try your hand at paper-folding fun. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• Beginning July 9, Community of Hope Church (14101 Okeechobee Blvd., Loxahatchee Groves) will offer a free 13-week DivorceCare series Mondays at 7 p.m. For more information, call (561) 753-8883 or e-mail info@gocoh.com.

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wellington calendar Tuesday, July 10 • The Wellington Chamber Small Business Roundtable will focus on planning, market research and traditional marketing methods Tuesday, July 10 at 8 a.m. at Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington). RSVP to (561) 792-6525.

• The Palm Beach County Commission will meet Tuesday, July 10 at 9:30 a.m. at the government center’s Jane M. Thompson Memorial Chambers (301 N. Olive Ave., Sixth Floor, West Palm Beach). For more info., visit www.pbcgov.com.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “When Harry Met Katniss: Fan Fiction & Fandoms” for age 10 and up Tuesday, July 10 at 6 p.m. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach Community Band Summer Concert Series will begin Tuesday, July 10 at 7 p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center.

For more info., call (561) 790-5149.

• The Wellington Village Council will meet Tuesday, July 10 at 7 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Complex (12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). For more info., call (561) 791-4000 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.

Wednesday, July 11 • The Palm Beach County Sports Commission will host the Kids Fitness Festival Wednesday and Thursday, July 11 and 12 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center (650 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach). Elementary and middle school children have the opportunity to get hands-on experience in more than 40 different sport clinics. For more info., visit www.palmbeachsports.com.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Herb Gardening for Muggles” for adults Wednesday, July 11 at 2 p.m. The Harry Potter books featured the magical power of herbs. Learn to plan your own herb garden for wellness. Call (561) 7906070 to pre-register.

• Perfect Smile Dentistry (12300 South Shore Blvd., Suite 208, Wellington) will celebrate its 10-year anniversary Wednesday, July 11 from 5:30 to 7:30

p.m. Eight free veneers will be given away, along with other great raffle prizes. For more info., call (561) 204-4494 or visit www.perfectsmiledentistry.com.

Thursday, July 12 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will feature “Nail Transfiguration: Snape’s Secret Recipe” on Thursday, July 12 at 2 p.m. for ages 8 to 12, and at 5 p.m. for ages 12 to 18. Transfigure your nails into different designs. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

Friday, July 13 • The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will feature a free screening of the movie The Three Stooges on Friday, July 13 at 8 p.m.

Bring your own seating. Call (561) 753-2484 for info.

Monday, July 16 • Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road 7, Wellington) will host “Summer Kids Cooking Camps” for ages 6 to 12 Monday through Friday, July 16-20 and again Aug. 6-10 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The cost is $150 per child. RSVP to (561) 904-4000.

• The Central Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon will take place Monday, July 16 at the Binks Forest Golf Club (400 Binks Forest Drive, Wellington). Registration begins at 11:30 a.m., and the luncheon begins at noon. For info., call (561) 790-6200 or e-mail marylou@cpbchamber.com.

• The Society of the Four Arts (2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach) will continue its play-reading series “Summer of Shaw” Tuesday, July 17 at 5:30 p.m. with Pygmalion. There is no charge. Call (561) 6598513 or visit www.fourarts.org for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will feature Coupon Strategies for adults Monday, July 16 at 6:30 p.m. Learn how to save on groceries.

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

Tuesday, July 17 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive)

will host “Harry Potter and the Quest for Excalibur” for age 12 and up Tuesday, July 17 at 2 p.m. Do you have what it takes to find King Arthur’s famous sword? Dress to get messy. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

Wednesday, July 18 • “Little Bear’s Big Dream & Other Tales” will be held Wednesday, July 18 at 11:15 a.m. at the Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive). The allages event will feature lively audience participation tales and music from around the world with storyteller Bob Kanegis. To pre-register, call (561) 790-6070.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “The Alchemy of the Everyday: Book Arts & the Magic of the Imagination” for adults Wednesday, July 18 at 6 p.m. featuring John Cutrone of the Jaffe Center for Book Arts at Florida Atlantic University. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• Shulamit Hadassah has scheduled one of the most informative and entertaining speakers in the country to conduct a presentation on identity theft and how not to become another statistic Wednesday, July 18 at 7 p.m. at Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue Station 30 (9950 Stribling Way, Wellington). The cost is $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to Sondra at (561) 966-3779.

Thursday, July 19 • The Friends of Mounts Botanical Garden (531 N. Military Trail, WPB) will host a lecture “Native Wildflowers & the Three Bs (Birds, Butterflies & Bees)” on Thursday, July 19 at 6 p.m. The speaker with be author Rufino Osorio. The cost is $10. For info., call (561) 233-1757 or visit www.mounts.org.

Friday, July 20 • The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will feature a free screening of the movie We Bought a Zoo on Friday, July 20 at 8 p.m.

Bring your own seating. Call (561) 753-2484 for info.

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Saturday, July 21 • The Palm Beach County Thrift Store (2455 Vista Parkway, West Palm Beach) will hold its monthly auction Saturday, July 21. Store hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with bidding from 8 to 11 a.m. Call (561) 2332256 or visit www.pbcgov.com for more info.

• The 13th annual Horizons Fishing Tournament benefiting the Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation will take place Saturday, July 21 at the Riviera Beach Marina. Festivities will kick off Thursday, July 19 with a captains’ meeting sponsored by Park Avenue BBQ Grill. To register, call (561) 4946884 or visit www.hpbcf.org.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will feature Chess Club for Kids for age 8 and up Saturday, July 21 at 2:30 p.m. Basic game knowledge is required. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host a free Billy Joel Tribute Concert with the Turnstiles Band on Saturday, July 21 at 8 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl. gov for more info.

Monday, July 23 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Wizard’s Chess” for age 8 and up Monday, July 23 at 2 p.m. Play as a knight, rook, bishop, queen or king in a life-sized game of chess. Game knowledge is required. Call (561) 790-6070 to preregister.

Tuesday, July 24 • The Palm Beach County Commission will hold a workshop Tuesday, July 24 at 9:30 a.m. at the government center’s Jane M. Thompson Memorial Chambers (301 N. Olive Ave., Sixth Floor, West Palm Beach). For more info., visit www.pbcgov.com.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Introduction to Ghost Hunting” for adults Tuesday, July 24 at 6:30 p.m. The Gold Coast Paranormal Society will discuss ghost hunting and teach you how to locate possible haunted sites and carry out investigations. Call (561) 790-6070 to preregister.

• The Wellington Village Council will meet Tuesday, July 24 at 7 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Complex (12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). For more info., call (561) 791-4000 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.

Wednesday, July 25 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will feature “Who’s Whoo: Owls in Harry Potter” for age 8 and up Wednesday, July 25 at 2 p.m. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

Thursday, July 26 • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host a Small Business Development Center Workshop for adults Thursday, July 26 at 2 p.m.

Certified business analyst Phil Scruton will be the featured speaker. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Defense Against the Dark Arts” on Thursday, July 26 at 2 p.m. for ages 8 to 12 and 6 p.m. for ages 12 to 17. Improve your abilities in defenses against the dark arts by battling evil using Nintendo Wii. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 7906070 to pre-register.

• The Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce will host a networking mixer Thursday, July 26 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. as South Shore Tavern (502 Lucerne Ave., Lake Worth). For more info., call (561) 790-6200.

Friday, July 27 • The Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center (151 Civic Center Way) will host an Indoor Flea Market on Friday, July 27 from noon to 4 p.m. with a wide variety of vendors selling household items, antiques, crafts and more. Space is limited for vendors, and pre-registration is required. For more info., call (561) 790-5149.

• Live auditions for the Wellington Talent Search will be held Friday and Saturday, July 27 and 28 from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

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Memorial Day — The Village of Wellington and American Legion Chris Reyka Memorial Post 390 honored fallen veterans with its Memorial Day Parade & Ceremony on Monday, May 28. Dignitaries shared their feelings on the day and honored veterans in the crowd. Shown here, honored veterans gather after the ceremony.

Chamber Luncheon — Members of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce learned important facts about hurricanes from meteorologist Kait Parker at a luncheon Wednesday, June 20 at the Wanderers Club.

Shown here, sponsor Dr. Randy Laurich and Parker receive certificates of appreciation from Wellington Chamber officials.

Women’s Club Installation — Women of the Western Communities held its annual installation of officers Thursday, June 14 at the Madison Green Golf Club. WPTV NewsChannel 5 anchor Kelly Dunn was the guest speaker. Shown here are club leaders with Dunn.

Eagles Tribute Concert — Wellington hosted an Eagles tribute concert featuring the band Long Run on Saturday, June 9 at the Wellington Amphitheater. Despite the rain, Long Run (shown above) rocked the house with classic Eagles jams.

New Sbarro Menu — The Sbarro restaurant in the Mall at Wellington Green unveiled its new menu at a celebration held Friday, June 8. The event included live Italian music and a chance to win a Vespa scooter.

Proceeds from the day went to Feeding South Florida.

(Left) Sbarro Vice President Harry Erardi, server Amanda Goldberg and CFO Carolyn Spatafora. (Below) Mall at Wellington Green General Manager Dorian Bordenave enjoys lunch.

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