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West Palm Beach community comes together in crisis
There are so many stories of compassion from one neighbor to the next. The Facebook group WPB Cares Community shares these stories.
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Heading back to the gym? Doctors tell how to stay safe There are many legitimate concerns about how gyms and fitness studios can safely reopen without furthering the spread. But infectious disease experts say risk can be greatly mitigated by following some simple rules.
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Keiser University swim coach named coach of the year Adam Epstein was named Coach of the Year by The Palm Beach County Sports Commission.
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Reining in
Ever since restrictions were lifted on May 21, summer camps have scrambled to reopen while providing proper social distancing and other safety measures.
Summer Camp By RON HAYES Palms West Monthly
Would there even be summer camps this year? Should there be? If so, where? When? And how? With a statewide lockdown in force and the number of Covid-19 cases in Palm Beach County rising through April and May, towns and cultural institutions pondered the fate of a summer tradition thousands of children look forward to – and many parents depend on. And then, on May 21, Gov. Ron DeSantis lifted the restrictions on summer camps and tossed the ball to local leaders. “I really trust parents,” the governor said. “I trust the physicians who work with the kids, the local leaders, coaches, camps. I think that’s a much better approach than having the state government doing 100 rules for tennis camp.” Since then, many summer camps have revived programs they had canceled. Some have reinvented them virtually, and some are still tweaking their plans in search of a happy and safe compromise. Here’s the latest information on some popular summer camps in the area:
VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM BEACH
The Village of Royal Palm Beach had canceled its summer camp program, but was considering a modified version when the restrictions were lifted. “Now we’re looking to open, but not before June 15,” Parks and Recreation Director Lou Recchio said. “And it will be a modified program with social distancing.” According to Recchio, campers will be divided by age and rotate through six rooms in the rec center, spending an hour in each for different games and exercises. The large gym space can accommodate more groups, and a walking trail will welcome one group at a time. Instead of four two-week programs, the camp will offer five one-week sessions, ending in early August. And while the camp once welcomed about 100 children per session, now they will be limited to about 50, with only nine campers per counselor. In addition, the $210 fee will be reduced possibly to $100, said Recchio, though that is not certain. “It’s going to be affordable,” Recchio promised. “We’re only going to charge to pay the counselors. This is a no-frills camp.” Location: Royal Palm Beach Rec. Center, 100 Sweetbay Lane; Contact: Call (561) 790-5124 or visit royalpalmbeach.com.
VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON
The Village of Wellington had never canceled its summer camp, but it was always an option. “Everything was on the table,” said
Wellington Athletics Programs Manager Ryan Hagopian. “We didn’t know what was going to happen.” The camp will happen, but with safety limitations. In previous years, as many as 240 campers participated each week. This summer, the number will be limited to 72 divided into classes of nine campers each that will be assigned to one of eight rooms at the village’s Community Center. Alas, the popular “banana split show,” in which campers make their own ice cream concoctions, has been canceled along with laser tag games and field trips. But the magic, animal and game shows are a go. “We’ve talked with all the vendors about masks and sanitizing, and they’re all on board,” Hagopian said. “It definitely will be different this year, but we’ll make the best of it.” Wellington’s tennis camp is still up in
the air as of press time, but residents are asked to keep checking the village’s website. Location: Wellington Community Center, 12150 Forest Hill Blvd.; Contact: Call (561) 791-4005 or go online to Wellingtonfl.gov/SummerCamp or wellingtonfl.gov/Tennis. SUMMER CAMP / PAGE 5
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Phase 3 of Clematis Streetscape project starts early due to Covid-19 West Palm Beach Commissioners on April 6 approved plans to move up the start date on upgrades to the 400 and 500 blocks of Clematis Street. The third and final phase was scheduled to break ground in early to mid-May, but instead began April 7. Project leaders requested the earlier start date to reduce the impact to downtown merchants and residents, as well as visitors, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “As with any improvement project we undertake, we aim to create the least amount of disruption for residents, businesses and visitors,” said West Palm Beach Mayor Keith James. “Given the current business climate due to Covid-19, moving up the start date just makes sense. We hope this efficiency will ultimately lead to better returns for our business community after Covid-19.” Phase III design plans include upgrades to the 400 and 500 blocks of Clematis Street. Improvements include more shade trees, wider sidewalks and a curbless street design. Once the 500 block has been com-
pleted, the city will start work on the 400 block, where City Hall is located. Project managers expect this final stage of the project to be complete before the holidays. “By moving up the timeline, we will be able to give merchants on the 400 and 500 blocks something that has already improved customer
foot traffic and patronage along the other blocks of Clematis,” said Allison Justice, interimexecutive director of the City of West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency. The city broke ground on Phase I on the 300 block in 2018. Phase II, which focused on the 100 and 200 blocks, took place in 2019.
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Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League recently hired Shellie Kalmore, shown here with Bruno, to fill the role of humane education manager.
Animal Rescue League hires Keiser swim coach named Palm humane education manager Beach County coach of the year The Palm Beach County Sports Commission on April 29 named Keiser University’s swimming coach Adam Epstein Coach of the Year by the Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame. In three years as head coach of both the men’s and women’s swim teams, Epstein led the men to three straight NAIA
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With restrictions lifted, area camps scramble to reopen SUMMER CAMP / FROM PAGE 1
ARMORY ART CENTER
Before summer camp restrictions were lifted, The Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach was only offering its Summer Art Experience virtually, limiting class sizes to 12. Campers would work from home and receive instructions for their projects online. “We made some of the materials part of the project,” said Liza Niles, the center’s chief of education and exhibitions. “They would go outside and search for things like palm fronds or leaves – almost like a scavenger hunt. They might get newspapers and magazines to make a collage or search for different shades of green or yellow.” Missing would be the almost daily fields trips campers usually take with their teachers. However, now that restrictions have been lifted, classes will return to the art center starting June 29, but with limited enrollment. Some virtual classes will continue. “Scholarships are available,” added Niles. Location: The Armory Art Center is at 811 Park Place in West Palm Beach; Contact: Call (561) 832-1776 or go online to armoryart.org/ youthartcamps.
PALM BEACH PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTRE’S FOTOCAMP The FOTOcamp at Palm Beach Photographic Centre is going completely virtual.
“Unfortunately, we normally have a lot of very close contact between the children and the instructors,” says Fatima NaJame, the center’s president and CEO. “ In previous years, campers went on field trips as a group, then returned to the center to upload their images on computers, where they worked with instructors, learning to edit and Photoshop what they’d photographed. “How do we take kids on a field trip and still maintain social distancing?” NaJame asked. This year, the young photographers will work alone, using their own cameras or smart phones, then meet online to edit and discuss the work. “Maybe if things improve, we will do one class in-house,” NaJame suggested. Location: Palm Beach Photographic Centre is at 415 Clematis St. in downtown West Palm Beach; Contact: Call 253-2600 or go online to workshop.org.
LAKE WORTH PLAYHOUSE THEATRE CAMP
At the Lake Worth Playhouse, the show will go on, but not the same show. “We knew we’d have to make changes at the beginning of April,” said Education Director Cathy Randazzo-Olsen. “We usually do two giant stage productions with over 30 kids in each camp.” This year, the Theatre Summer Camp will limit its cast
of kids to 10 in both the June and July musical theater camps, which will be two weeks each instead of three and a half. Also, classes will be held in three different areas of the playhouse and Stonzek Studio. In addition, the one-week Wonder Camps will put on four 30-minute shows and an arts & crafts camp is planned. Session One begins June 8, a week later than planned. All instructors will wear masks. In past years, about 300 campers attended. This year, Randazzo-Olsen expects about 100 will enroll. “But the biggest bummer is not being able to do our typical musicals with grandiose sets,” she lamented. “We just won’t have time.” Location: The Lake Worth Playhouse is at 713 Lake Ave. in Lake Worth; Contact: Go online to lakeworthplayhouse.org or call (561) 586-6410.
CASPEREY STABLES HORSE CAMP
One camp that can’t go virtual is Casperey Stables in Loxahatchee Groves. So they’re reining in their plans instead. Instead of hosting 32 campers, the two-week sessions are limited to 16 each. Grooming areas in the barns are being spaced out to provide more space between each horse, and all the tack and grooming supplies will be used only once before being cleaned
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with bleach and disinfectant. “It’s tough,” said Carolyn DeHass, Casperey’s marketing director. “We wish we could allow everyone to come, but we want it to be safe. Our goal is always safety for the students, campers and horses.” Location: 2330 D Rd. in Loxahatchee Groves; Contact: Call 792-4990, go online to caspereystables. com or send an email to info@ caspereystables.com.
SOUTH FLORIDA SCIENCE CENTER
The South Florida Science Center will host three one-week virtual summer camp sessions beginning June 1. For each session, families are able to safely pick up Campin-a-Box, which holds most of the supplies campers will need to demonstrate amazing athome experiments. Sessions include scavenger hunts, musical engineering and Florida’s ecosystems. The Science Center will transition back to in-person camps starting June 22. Location: The South Florida Science Center and Aquarium is at 4801 Dreher Trail North in West Palm Beach. Contact: For more information, go online to SFScienceCenter.org/camps.
PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE
Palm Beach State College has scrapped its traditional summer
camps at its Boca Raton, Lake Worth and Palm Beach Gardens campuses and is instead offering one-week virtual classes highlighting STEAM topics such as coding, game design, app development and virtual reality. Its virtual Summer Youth College will be led by top tech teachers and industry talent. It will be open to students ages 8 to 14 years old. Teens and young adults can also take advantage of PBSC’s wide range of courses that teach personal and professional skills. These non-credit courses are typically six weeks long and can be taken entirely over the Internet. All courses are led by expert instructors, many of whom are nationally-known authors. Location: All Palm Beach State College summer courses are virtual; Contact: Go online to palmbeachstate.edu/SYC or send an email to YCollege@ palmbeachstate.edu. Many more area summer camps announced in April and early May that they would be cancelling their programs entirely before Gov. DeSantis lifted restrictions May 21. As of press time, other camps that remain closed for summer include Breakers West Summer Camp, the Palm Beach Zoo, Palm Beach Atlantic University’s Science Learning Camps and John Webster Golf Academy Summer Camp at Breakers West.
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Community shows just how much West Palm Beach cares Welcome back to Downtown! We’ve been through a lot during the past few months, but if there’s one thing I know it’s that whether it’s a hurricane or a pandemic, the West Palm Beach community shines when it comes to helping each other. There are so many stories of compassion from one neighbor to the next. As part of Mayor Keith James’ Covid-19 Response Unit, a Facebook group called WPB Cares Community was set up to help share these stories. Some of the stories are big. When Rodney Mayo was forced to let his 650 employees go from his 17 restaurants, he committed to keep Howley’s open to serve at least one meal to each of his employees every day. His commitment helped create the “4th of July BBQ in May” event which served drivethrough barbecue to anyone who was hungry. He then started a massive effort to provide weekly groceries and diapers to anyone in need. Each Friday, more than 1,500 families line up in their cars and wait up to seven hours to receive much-needed groceries. Through his Hospitality Helping Hands nonprofit, also known as H3, more than 230,000 hot meals have been served to date, and 82 of his staff have been re-employed. To learn more about Hospitality Helping Hands, or to
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West Palm Beach restaurateur Rodney Mayo hands food items to passengers in a waiting car on Friday, May 1, at a Hospitality Helping Hands food distribution event in West Palm Beach. Hospitality Helping Hands is a nonprofit formed to help feed area hospitality workers, their families, local charities and others in need due to the coronavirus pandemic shutdown.
make a donation or sign up to volunteer, visit hospitalityhelpinghands.org. Other stories may not make the headlines but are equally compelling. One example is Pedra of West Palm Beach, who immigrated to this county from Cuba more than 50 years ago. She lives near the H3 distribution center on Georgia Avenue, where as many as 60 volunteers work long shifts preparing and handing out groceries as cars drive through. Every day she and a few of
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her neighbors brew up delicious Cuban “cafecito” and stop by throughout the day to serve the volunteers and keep their caffeine levels high. It may not sound like much, but after you’ve been bagging and handing out chicken for five hours, a shot of espresso hits the spot like nothing else. Another act of appreciation involves Lila and Jim Young who live south of downtown. They wanted to encourage their neighbor who works as a physician’s assistant at JFK Medical Center. So they hung a cardboard cutout of a heart in their yard thanking all frontline workers. But the gratitude didn’t end with the one sign. They created hearts – doubled sided – for grocery store workers, truck drivers, City of West Palm Beach workers, delivery people and postal workers. “The signs grew as we added more hearts,” Lila Young said. “We have five hearts, so 10 different worker bees who are out there for all of us are represented on our hearts as the breezes turn them around.” Cyclists, pedestrians and drivers who travel past their home are now greeted by a tree full of
red cardboard hearts thanking our essential personnel. The team at Rosemary Square wanted to show their appreciation for our frontline workers during National Nurses Week. So they contacted Miami-based Frontline Chalk Project, which raises funds to hire local artists to create art to cheer up frontline heroes at hospitals, fire stations and police stations. With a sponsorship from The Related Group, Rosemary Square hired local artists to create a gigantic chalk mural that reads “Thank you, Nurses” on the top floor of the Hibiscus Garage. Nurses and other workers at Cleveland Clinic were encouraged by the message of gratitude left to them each time they looked out their windows. The coronavirus pandemic has changed how people travel downtown. Whether you’re working from home, back from school or simply waiting to get back to work, more people are walking and cycling. Traffic is way down. Juan Orellana is a local bike advocate who saw this trend. After hearing about people in the community who needed
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT by Jim Mullen
Winter, spring, summer or fall, please stop the robocall I still have a landline telephone. People ask me why. I actually keep it because that’s how I get my internet out on the farm, but that’s not what I tell them. I say things like, “I keep it in case my pager’s not working.” Or “It’s how I receive faxes and dial up AOL.” Or “I just love to listen to all the other people on my party line.” Because saying that you still have a landline is like telling people you still have an outhouse and wear a powdered wig. It’s not something you brag about. Even though I rarely use the landline to call out, plenty of people use it to call in. While I rarely get a nuisance call on my cellphone, I’m averaging eight a day on the landline. And it’s a new type of nuisance call: It’s almost always a computer. You can tell because it’s from a number you don’t recognize, but in your area code. After you say “hello,” there’s a long pause. After you say “hello” a second time, it’s obvious it’s a computer and you hang up. But sometimes it starts its message right away. “We’re calling to alert you of credit card fraud” is about as far as I get before hanging up. I’m on the Do Not Call list, but I’d have to listen to the entire recorded portion of the nuisance call to tell a real person that. Is it worth the wait? Wait, the phone is ringing right now. It’s from a town I’ve never heard of in Wisconsin. I didn’t pick up. They left a message saying that they’re going to help me clean up my debt. I don’t have any debt that needs to be cleaned up, but if I did, is that the way to get out of it? Wait until some random stranger calls you on the phone? Maybe that’s how you got into debt in the first place. I’m going to turn off the ringer since none of my friends use the landline number, but it bothers me that I have to do that. It’s not the interrupting phone calls that upset me so much, because scammers are
both a landline and a cellphone. Some of us can’t cut the cord yet for one reason or another. I think that’s what the phone companies want: for all of us to cut the cord. They don’t want to have to fix lines and come to your house to repair things. If a few billion robocalls won’t get you to cut the cord, maybe they’ll try something else. Like charging you for robocalls. Gotta go, the phone’s ringing.
just trying to make a dishonest living. At least they’re trying. I wish I could say as much for the phone companies. The FCC reports consumers received about 2.4 billion robocalls last year – per month! Remember, if you’re on the Do Not Call list, these calls are illegal. Call me a control freak, but I don’t think strangers should be allowed to invade my home to sell me things or scam me. If a real person called me this many times a day, I could have him arrested for stalking. It bothers me that I can’t do anything about it. But the reality is, who can you call to complain? Here’s the weird thing: The phone companies know where most of these calls are coming from. They could block most of them, literally, with a phone call. Why don’t they do that? Hmmm. Could it be about money? I also have a cellphone. I get about one nuisance call a month on it. And when it happens, I simply block that number. It’s quick and easy and oh, so satisfying. They can never call me again. That’s something you can’t
do on a landline. As a matter of fact, it’s one of the millions of things you can’t do on a landline that you can do on a smartphone. Maybe that’s why
last year was the first year that more than 50 percent of the country had gotten rid of their landlines. Of the remaining 50 percent, a large percentage had
Jim Mullen is the author of “It Takes a Village Idiot: A Memoir of Life After the City,” a comic memoir about his move from New York City’s Greenwich Village to a former dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains. His freelance work has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine and The Village Voice.
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Heading back to the gym? Doctors explain how to stay safe “I think there’s a greater risk for taking classes where you are going to be doing a lot of cardio.” Anderson agrees that there should be at least six feet of distance in cardio settings – along with an understanding that the risk there is “not the same as walking into the grocery store six feet apart.”
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FORT LAUDERDALE — Are some workouts, like yoga or spinning classes, less safe than others? Should I wear a mask? Do I need more than six-feet apart in cardio classes where there’s panting and heavy breathing? There are many legitimate concerns about how gyms and fitness studios can safely reopen without furthering the spread. But infectious disease experts say risk can be greatly mitigated by following some simple rules. “There may be scenarios where (the gym) can’t develop a system whereby your risks are lower, so the responsibility falls to you,” said Dr. Deverick Anderson, director of the Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention. So:
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“When you put down that dumbbell, you’ve got to immediately wash your hands. You’ve got to assume that if you were to accidentally touch your eyes, you’re putting yourself at risk,” Anderson says. Bring your own towel, wash every piece of equipment before and after using it so you’re not relying on whether someone before you followed the rules. Most gym wipes
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A sign keeping people off an elliptical machine ensures gym-goers remain at least six feet from each other Tuesday, May 26, at GreatLife Gym in Sioux Falls, S.D., as coronavirus restrictions ease.
aren’t strong enough, so bring your own disinfectant or inquire what the gym is using. And before you hop on the treadmill or grab your weight, let the disinfectant spray sit on the equipment for a minute or two, he says. Surfaces, not people, may offer more opportunities for contact with the virus. Experts have said different things, but some believe the virus can last for up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two or three days on
plastic and stainless steel. But the federal Centers for Disease Control says – and re-emphasizes – that surfaces are not thought to be a major path for transmission. If respiratory droplets from an infected person do land on surfaces, “they absolutely can be spread there, and it’s a very common thing to wipe sweat off your forehead,” said Dr. Kristin Englund, an infectious disease expert at Cleveland Clinic. “But if you wipe past
your eyes or nose, you’re going to be carrying the virus there.”
CARDIO
Cardio workouts and fitness classes may pose increased risks. “Being on an elliptical machine and breathing very heavily on that, those activities make me anxious about being able to spread the virus more heavily because people are going to be panting and sweating,” Englund cautioned.
Anderson acknowledges that it’s impractical to wear masks while sweating, but he suggests wearing them to enter and exit facilities. Employees, he says, should definitely be wearing masks. An abundance of signs stressing hand washing and equipment cleaning protocol is helpful, at first, but eventually people become inured to them, he says.
PERSONAL CHOICE
To some degree, since guidance varies by city and state, your workout will be as safe as you choose to make it. On top of that, each facility is bound to have folks who are and aren’t following their safety precautions. Bottom line: Is it worth it? Says Anderson: “For many people, I think the answer to that is yes. For some people, the answer to that is still no as we learn more and more about this disease and who is at most risk.”
Morikami Museum reopens June 2 The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is reopening Tuesday, June 2. Public hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The museum stated it will follow CDC guidelines regarding capacity limits and six-foot social distancing. Masks are required to be worn at all times while inside the museum and Japanese gardens. Frequent sanitation of high contact areas will be routinely performed. Cash transactions will not be accepted. All visitors will be required to use credit and debit cards for museum entry and purchases at the museum store.
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Outside the Neighborhood
Pilot rescued at state park after plane crashed into tree
MACOMB, Ill. — The pilot of a small plane has been rescued after the plane he was flying crashed and got stuck in a tree in Argyle Lake State Park, authorities said. The McDonough County Sheriff’s Office said the plane crashed May 15, trapping the 75-year-old pilot in a tree about 50 feet in the air. Authorities received a distress call from the pilot of a Cessna 172M Skyhawk around 4:30 p.m. that he had run out of fuel and crash-landed west of the Macomb Municipal Airport. Deputies located the pilot in the tree, which was about a mile from the nearest roadway. The pilot had minor injuries. “Lucky guy. Should buy a lottery ticket,” said McDonough County Sheriff Nick Petitgout, according to The (Galesburg) Register-Mail.
Catholic bishop takes tongue-in-cheek shot at Tom Brady
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Not even a Hail Mary is going to help Tom Brady win a seventh Super Bowl championship now that he’s with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to a Roman Catholic bishop. Diocese of Providence
Bishop Thomas Tobin in a tongue-in-cheek tweet recently took a swipe at the former New England Patriots quarterback while praising Brady’s former boss for raising more than $1 million for coronavirus relief by auctioning a Super Bowl ring. “Bob Kraft is auctioning a Super Bowl ring for charity,” Tobin tweeted. “Very admirable indeed. But is it true that Tom Brady bid on it because he knows it’s the only way he’ll get another ring?” Brady won six championships in 20 seasons in New England before signing a free agent deal with Tampa Bay. Tobin proudly touts in his Twitter profile that he’s a Pittsburgh native. That prompted a couple people to reply that Brady has a better chance at another ring than Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Boy, 6, cracks open robbery case by reeling in sunken safe JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. — A 6-year-old boy helped crack open a nearly decade-old robbery case when he reeled in a locked safe from the bottom of a South Carolina lake. Knox Brewer of Johns Island took up “magnet fishing” and began hunting for metal objects underwater as a way to pass time during the coronavirus pandemic, his family members told WCIV-TV.
The boy was out with his family at Whitney Lake in May when the magnet attached to his line stuck to something heavy in the mud below. With the help of a bystander, Knox pulled in and pried open what turned out to be a waterlogged lockbox containing debris-covered jewelry, credit cards and a checkbook. “I knew the right thing to do was go ahead and call the local authorities,” said the child’s father Jonathan Brewer. Authorities determined the sunken safe belonged to a woman who lived across the street from the lake. She said it had been stolen from her home eight years ago. While most of the expensive items had been taken, the find still turned out to be a valuable catch, according to the Brewers. They said they were able to reunite her with charms from an old bracelet. “The first thing that she did was just kneel down, hug Knox and thanked him and thanked him for bringing that closure to her,” Jonathan Brewer said.
Glazed or jelly? Doughnuts lure cityroaming bear into trap FORT MYERS — Glazed or jelly? A black bear roaming around a Florida city proved no match for the doughnuts that lured the animal into a humane trap.
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The Fort Myers News-Press reports that the juvenile 250pound bear spent a good chunk of the morning on May 26, meandering around the Gulf coast city. Wildlife officials say bears tend to move more in the spring in search of mates and, as always, food. In such a congested area, tranquilizing the bear wasn’t an option, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Officer Adam Brown. He said the drugs don’t always work immediately on large animals such as bears. “When we use a tranquilizer the bear sometimes will run away, and we didn’t want to take any chance of it running into traffic or the residential area,” he said. So instead, officers turned to doughnuts from Krispy Kreme and some blueberry pie-scented spray in a trap. That did the trick. Brown said the bear was relocated to a state-managed wildlife area. Authorities estimate there are about 4,000 black bears in Florida. Wildlife officials say people should be sure to secure their garbage cans and should not put them out the night before pickup because it gives bears more opportunity to get into them.
Search for melonwearing Va. theft suspects bears fruit
LOUISA, Va. — A theft investigation has proven fruitful in Virginia, where authorities arrested one of two suspects in a convenience store robbery. Store security video shows the pair stealing items while wearing masks made from hollowed-out watermelons. The Town of Louisa Police Department put out a call for tips in an effort to identify the “MELON-HEADS,” and later thanked the public for helping them make an arrest. Investigators said the two arrived at the store in a lifted black truck around 9:30 p.m. on May 6 and “proceeded to commit a larceny” in the melon masks, which featured small holes cut out for their eyes. The police statement didn’t say what items were taken, and provided no other details about the suspects.
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“SUPPLY AND DEMANDS” by Stephen Windheim ACROSS 1 It’s lowest on the Mohs scale 5 Words with “the run” or “the go” 10 Like Patagonia 14 Apple application, once 15 How often the postman rings? 16 Seward Peninsula city 17 “St. Elmo’s Fire” actor 18 Devise, as a plot 19 Mane setting 20 Shakespearean demand? 23 Somerset Maugham’s “___ Betters” 24 Sugar form 25 Canadian television network 28 Opposite of edge 31 Surfing essential 35 Popular bloom in Tennessee 37 Buddhist sect 38 Catlike 39 Lazarus demand? 42 Personas’ counterparts 43 Miner’s quest
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7 Jermaine and Marlon’s brother 8 Pertaining to magic or astrology 9 India’s first prime minister 10 Maryland’s capital 11 Overwhelming audience response 12 Hobs 13 Balmoral Castle’s river 21 It’s the word 22 Actor M. ___ Walsh 25 George Burns trademark 26 Pickling solution 27 Kind of suit or servant 29 Laurie Partridge por trayer 30 Peek in someone’s medicine cabinet, perhaps 32 More urgent 33 “___ of the State” (Smith film) 34 Word with circus or blitz 36 Clause connector 38 Type of p oetry 40 Parrot with brilliant plumage
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Aries (March 21 – April 20) You can’t complain about the way others do things; half your problems wouldn’t exist if you could just let people be. You’ve spent half your life trying to have it your way. Maybe it’s time to lighten up. Taurus (April 21 – May 21) The writing on the wall will change in the next few months. Make sure your motives are clear and get even clearer about the motives of others. Don’t hand your life over until you know for sure that you’re done here. Gemini (May 22 – June 21) You can’t be sure about anything but at least you’ve got the light on. Beaming up, or out, or in, will show you where you need to go next. It’s OK to branch out; just make sure your connections are for real. Cancer (June 22 – July 23) Being the one to do it all has its limits; and you’ve got to wonder where it comes from because it’s wearing you out and it doesn’t seem to be helping. Rearrange your thinking enough to see when enough’s enough. Leo (July 24 – Aug. 23) Time out
for a little self reflection will help you make sense of what it is that keeps you coming up against the same issue. Ironically, the way out is always easier to see when we close our eyes and go within. Virgo (Aug. 24 – Sept. 23) Letting go happens in stages. If you think you’re over this, guess again. To get to the next step in the process you’ll have to figure out how to turn grief and bitterness into a true reflection of what was. Libra (Sept. 24 – Oct. 23) The cure for it all could involve the need for a change of scenery; Hello! You don’t have time to waste hanging around trying to make things right in a situation where no matter what you do you’re always wrong. Scorpio (Oct. 24 – Nov. 22) The dreams that brought you to this place may be totally irrelevant at this point in time. Sticking to the program versus starting over has you reassessing everything. If something needs to change, do it. Sagittarius (Nov. 23 – Dec. 21) More free time has opened the
space for you to explore your truer visions. The changes of the past two years have awakened something that needs a whole new venue, or perhaps another place to put down roots. Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 20) You know you’re in love but you can’t figure out why there are certain things that keep getting in the way. Growing deeper into love always involves letting go of something. What is it that you’re holding on to? Aquarius (Jan. 21 – Feb. 19) You can’t control people’s choices or their fate. Recent changes make you wish that you had more to say about who does what. Knowing enough to say nothing is often the best way to get the point across. Pisces (Feb. 20 – March 20) Making peace with people who have kept their distance will do a lot to heal the past. The next few months will see everyone stepping far enough beyond their own hurts to finally be willing to forgive and forget.
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