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FOOD DRIVE How you can contribute to Wellington’s annual holiday food drive.

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Enjoy live music and sip mimosas while browsing an assortment of cider donuts, European cheeses, hot sauces, rhubarb jelly, pickles, flowers, pottery and so much more.

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Get in the holiday spirit at Mounts Botanical Garden

Mounts Botanical Garden will get you in the holiday spirit when it kicks off its nightly light display in late November, illuminating the gardens.

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Wells Fargo volunteers raise the roof in WPB

Thirty-five Wells Fargo volunteers recently gathered to raise roof trusses on a Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County home located in the Pleasant City neighborhood in West Palm Beach.

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‘Stars of Broadway’ set to delight at Duncan Theatre The Duncan Theatre on the Lake Worth campus of PBSC will debut “Stars of Broadway” this season, featuring Mandy Gonzalez and Josh Young.

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A curious Taylor Weeks strains to look up at the 40-foot Tyrannosaurus Rex that looms over the grounds of the South Florida Science Center.

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WEST PALM BEACH — It’s been three long years since dinosaurs invaded the South Florida Science Center. Now, the life-size animatronic Triceratops, Raptors, Tyrannosaurus Rex and others are back and bigger than ever. Some have more teeth and some even have feathers.

“Dinosaur Invasion” is the largest exhibit the South Florida Science Center has ever hosted and gives visitors an up-close and personal encounter with some of the world’s most unique and recently discovered dinosaurs.

On a recent trip to the science center, one young visitor gave the exhibit two thumbs up. “They are so cool,” said Elizabeth Dunkelmann-Hon, 3, of Palm Beach Gardens. She was there with her mom, Jennifer Dunkelmann-Hon, who said her daughter was quite taken with Tyrannosaurus Rex. “He’s cool, he roars,” Elizabeth said of the 40-foot-long carnivore. Although the exhibit had been open less than a week, this was already her second visit.

The exhibition runs through April 21 and covers every continent so visitors can discover where dinosaurs lived

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Visitors will also have the chance to learn about geological formations, tectonic plates and the latest paleontological research.

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Local Happenings 300 block of Clematis Street officially opens with street party

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lanes to slow down traffic and wider sidewalks for more walkway and dining space.

The ribbon cutting will be held at S. Dixie Highway and Clematis Street at 5:20 p.m., featuring live music and giveaways. The party will be followed by Clematis by Night, which runs from 6-9 p.m. at the east end of Clematis Street.

The 300 block of Clematis Street officially opens to traffic on Friday, Nov. 2.

Head downtown Thursday, Nov. 1 to check out the brand new look of the summer’s Clematis Streetscape Project. The City of West Palm Beach and the West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency will host a ribbon cutting and street party celebration on the 300 block from 5-9 p.m.

The unveiling marks the completion of the first phase, which transformed the 300 block of Clematis Street between S. Dixie Highway and S. Olive Avenue to a more pedestrian-friendly area. Project highlights include a curbless street that prioritizes pedestrians, narrower traffic

5th Annual LagoonFest returns to downtown WPB The 5th Annual LagoonFest returns to South Flagler Drive in downtown West Palm Beach Saturday, Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. to

2 p.m., featuring tons of familyfriendly activities.

Attendees can learn about the Lake Worth Lagoon, the 20-mile-long waterway running from North Palm Beach to Ocean Ridge, while enjoying free wildlife presentations, paddle board yoga demonstrations and the chance to participate in kayak clean-up tours.

Mandel Public Library to host Medicare open enrollment seminar Are you having difficulty understanding your Medicare options and benefits? Get answers to all of your Medicare questions at the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach on Wednesday, Nov. 7 when the

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Stroll through Veterans Park for a unique shopping experience provided by local talented crafters & enjoy musical entertainment in the serene setting offered by the park’s peaceful waterfalls.

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Florida Department of Elder Affairs offers a presentation on Medicare open enrollment.

The free 90-minute presentation takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the library’s Clematis Room.

Topics covered include changes enrollees are allowed to make for 2019, prescription costs, the donut hole and the different parts of Medicare.

The Mandel Library is at 411 Clematis St. in downtown West Palm Beach. For more information, go online to wpbcitylibrary. org or call (561) 868-7701.

Discover Okeeheelee Park’s creatures of the night after hours

There’s a good chance you’ve visited the Okeeheelee Nature Center before, but have you ever checked it out at night?

Now you can as the center hosts an “Owl Prowl Hike Night” that takes place after hours.

The walk will be held Friday, Nov. 9 beginning at 7 p.m.

Participants can see the park in a whole new “light” as they experience the beauty of the nature center trails at twilight and learn about the park’s nocturnal creatures.

Cost is $5 per participant and is open to everyone ages 8 and older. Attendees are advised to wear close-toed shoes and bring bug spray. To make reservations, call (561) 233-1400.

Okeeheelee Nature Center is located in Okeeheelee Park, 7715 Forest Hill Blvd., west of West Palm Beach.

Pay tribute to your family’s veterans at Okeechobee Blvd. branch library

Pay tribute to the veterans in your family at the Okeechobee Boulevard branch library Saturday, Nov. 10 when The Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County hosts the program, “Honoring Our Family Veterans.” The free event takes place from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

In honor of Veteran’s Day, join other Genealogical Society members as they share photos, letters and stories from family members who served in the military. In addition, Shirley Bergman will demonstrate how to memorialize the veterans in your family online at Fold3.com, a website for military records.

The library is at 5689 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. For more information

on the event, email ancestry@ gensocofpbc.org.

Village of Royal Palm Beach to honor veterans Nov. 11

The Village of Royal Palm Beach invites the public to help salute all U.S. veterans Sunday, Nov. 11 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Veterans Park Amphitheater on Royal Palm Beach Boulevard.

A flag-raising ceremony will be followed by a motivational presentation. There will be free refreshments and a live musical performance provided by the Royal Palm Beach Community Band following the ceremony.

Veterans attending the ceremony who wish to be recognized may contact the sporting center at (561) 753-1232 to be added to the list.

Tee off at Quantum House’s ‘Golf and Gobble’ tourney

Golfers are invited to participate in Quantum House’s third annual Golf and Gobble golf tournament Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Palm Beach Par-3 Golf Course in Palm Beach.

Before the tourney starts, golfers can fuel up with breakfast by Panera Bread beginning at 7:30 a.m. before heading out onto the lush greens surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and Intracoastal.

Afterward, golfers will be treated to lunch at Al Fresco.

Participants will receive a goodie bag complete with Tito’s Handmade Vodka and a pumpkin pie compliments of Northern Trust, among other treats.

The winning teams will receive turkeys and Dexter Russell carving knives – just in time for Thanksgiving!

Proceeds raised from the event supports Quantum House, a caring and supportive home that lessens the burden for families whose children are receiving treatment in Palm Beach County for serious medical conditions.

Registration starts at $125. To register, go online to quantumhouse.org/golfandgobble.

Beacon of Hope 5K Run/Walk to be held in Wellington Nov. 18 The 2nd Annual Beacon of Hope 5K Run/Walk takes place at Tiger Shark Cove Park in Wellington Sunday, Nov, 18.

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The event is held in memory of Kevin Enterlein, a 26-year resident of Wellington who lost his three-year battle with colon cancer in 2016 at the age of 51.

Proceeds benefit Cancer Alliance of Help & Hope.

Enterlein established “Beacon of Hope” to raise funds for underprivileged families dealing with cancer. The nonprofit is now run by his wife Andrea and their two grown children, Kevin and Melissa. Last year’s event raised more than $30,000 to help Palm Beach County residents dealing with cancer.

The 5K Run/Walk begins at 7:30 a.m. at Tiger Shark Cove Park, 13800 Greenbriar Blvd.

Cost to participate is $30.50 through Oct. 31, $38 after that date. Children 12 and under are free. Participants may register and pay with cash the day of the event until 7:25 a.m.

To register online, go to beaconofhopewellington.com.

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Join the YMCA for a Thanksgiving feast If you’re a member of the YMCA of the Palm Beaches or a local senior who won’t be able

to share Thanksgiving with family and friends, you’re invited to the YMCA’s annual “Home Away from Home” Thanksgiving event.

Come out on Wednesday, Nov. 21 and enjoy a free Thanksgiving feast with all the trimmings. YMCA members are welcome to invite a guest, and all attendees are asked to bring a Thanksgiving dessert.

The event takes place 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the YMCA of the Palm Beaches, 2085 S. Congress Ave. in West Palm Beach.

To RSVP or for more information, call the YMCA at (561) 968-9622.

Mounts lights up the evenings throughout the holidays

Mounts Botanical Garden is sure to get you in the holiday spirit when it begins its nightly display of holiday lights on Saturday, Nov. 24.

The gardens will be twinkling and sparkling every evening from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. through Dec. 30, with thousands of holiday lights hanging from the trees, illuminating walkways and landmark structures with colorful LED trees and glowing light balls. Guests will enjoy the scenery along an easy-to-follow

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There will also be dance performances and musical presentations performed by local schools and academies on select nights during the event, known as “Garden of Light: A Winter Holiday Event.”

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children 5-12, and may be purchased at the main gate.

For more information, go online to mounts.org.

Grandma’s Place 4th annual luncheon to be held in Palm Beach Grandma’s Place will host its 4th annual luncheon at Sailfish Club of Florida in Palm Beach on Tuesday Nov. 27. The luncheon starts at 11 a.m. with a wine

reception and a silent auction featuring more than 200 items.

There will also be a small live auction. WPEC Channel 12 news anchor Liz Quirantes will serve as emcee.

Proceeds benefit Grandma’s Place, which provides shelter and care to children who have suffered abuse or neglect and have been removed from their homes, as well as respite care for children with disabilities.

Tickets are $150 per person.

For more information or to purchase tickets, go online to grandmasplacepb.org.

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The 35-foot star of the city’s annual Holiday in Paradise campaign will stand tall by the waterfront, bringing merriment and cheer throughout the holiday season.

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Village of Wellington’s annual holiday food drive underway Help make the holidays bright for area families in need this year by contributing to the Village of Wellington’s annual Hometown Holiday Food Drive.

Wellington’s goal is to see that no resident goes without a hot meal this Thanksgiving.

Donations are being accepted through Friday, Nov. 16, and residents are asked to contribute items such as boxed mashed potatoes, boxed stuffing mix, cornbread mix, cranberry sauce, turkey gravy and canned green beans and corn.

All food donations will be distributed to residents on Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Wellington Community Center. Residents may register to receive food by calling the Community Services Department at (561) 791-4796, or stop by the department at 1092 Wellington Trace.

Registration ends on Nov. 13.

Food may be dropped off at Village Hall, 12300 Forest Hill Blvd.; Village Park, 11700 Pierson Rd.; or the Wellington Community Center, 12150 Forest Hill Blvd.

Partnership opportunities are available as well. Those interested in partnering with the village for this drive should call Senior Program Coordinator Morgan Cintron at (561) 791-4102 or email mcintron@wellingtonfl.gov for more information.

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Jupiter Lighthouse social club gathers to kick off season

Lighthouse Luminaries, a new social club of donors and supporters of the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum, gathered recently to kick off the season’s events on the deck of the iconic lighthouse.

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South Florida Fair unveils super hero theme for 2019

The South Florida Fair will honor superheroes of all types – from everyday heroes to the superheroes on the big screen – when the 2019 fair is held from Jan. 18 to Feb. 3.

Throughout the 17 days of the fair, attendees can expect to see appearances by their favorite Marvel and DC Comics heroes. Local superheroes also will be recognized.

Daily parades, featured as

part of last year’s “Magical Parades” theme, will continue due in large part to their popularity. Next year’s parades will be called “Not All Superheroes Wear Capes.”

Fair organizers are calling for nominations in different categories from the community and those selected will get to enjoy the excitement of riding on a float and tossing out beads to guests. More superhero details will be revealed closer to the fair’s opening.

And as is tradition, the fair will continue to host its awardwinning agriculture and livestock program featuring more than 1,000 exhibitors, four stages of music and entertainment, historic Yesteryear Village and more than 200 rides, games and attractions.

PBSC opens Veterans Success Center on Lake Worth campus

In an effort to support veterans, military service members and their families under one roof, Palm Beach State College has just opened its Veterans Success Center on its Lake Worth campus. The 2,206-square-foot facility significantly improves upon the services and amenities

previously offered.

The center features a lounge for social and recreational activities, a computer lab, study areas, a conference room and offices for PBSC’s Veterans Services staff. Student veterans can take advantage of services including tutoring, academic advising, financial aid assistance, benefits counseling and disability services.

Matt Watkins, PBSC’s veterans affairs coordinator, runs the new center as well as the veterans resource centers on the Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens campuses. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran who has more than nine years of college experience helping veterans use their G.I. Bill benefits.

“The idea for the Veterans Success Center is for veterans to have a one-stop shop for everything they need at the college and from the community,” Watkins said. “It is a place where veterans can feel at home and get support.”

The center also helps veterans meet other veterans and find camaraderie with those who know what they’ve been through. “Initially guys who are transitioning will come here, and many times I’ve just hung out and kicked it around with a few veterans who are freshly out,” said VA work-study student Jacob May, a former U.S. Army sergeant who is currently an Army reservist.

PBSC serves more than 1,100 student veterans a year. This year, three military publications – Victory Media, Military Times and Military Advanced Education & Transition – have named PBSC to their lists of schools that best provide veterans, service members and their families with the higher education and support they need to pursue a civilian career.

PBSC used an $800,000 onetime appropriation approved by the Florida Legislature in 2016 to renovate a former criminal justice building on the campus.

For more information about the college’s Veterans Services department, go online to palmbeachstate.edu/ VeteransServices.

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West Palm Beach GreenMarket full of new discoveries The West Palm Beach GreenMarket held on the waterfront is the event that anchors the entire season. It starts the first week of October and runs almost every Saturday through April 20.

The green market is not just a place you go to buy produce.

This Saturday morning tradition is a full-on social experience and is mandatory for anyone who wants to enjoy the West Palm Beach life. Even Martha Stewart stopped by in 2016 to blog about it.

You can enjoy live music “By the Banyan” while sipping mimosas ($4 for one, $10 for bottomless) or find one of the many food spots to satisfy your cravings. Coffee is plentiful, as well as cider donuts, coconuts, European cheeses, hot sauces, rhubarb jelly, pickles, orchids, flowers, pottery, dog treats and so much more.

If you’re a dog lover, the green market is your weekly dog show. At the grand opening we brought Jackson, our 2-year-old Golden Retriever,

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More than 90 vendors, including Importico’s Bakery Café, will be on site every week at West Palm Beach’s GreenMarket at the corner of Flagler Drive and North Clematis Street. The GreenMarket runs through April 20.

and he had the time of his life catching up with his dog friends and basking in the attention of the dozens of little – and big – kids who lined up to pet him.

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We soon bumped into Alan and Amy Murphy and their dog Bella, who was celebrating her 14th birthday. The Murphys own Pioneer Linens, which has been on Clematis Street for over 100 years.

“There are more pastry vendors this year,” said Alan. “I love having my choice of chocolate croissants in the morning.”

The green market was busy, but it wasn’t nearly as packed as opening day. We walked through the south side of the market where the mature shade trees formed a shady canopy and the cooler breeze offered a bit of relief from the sun.

Next, we found Ellen Mudrick and her amazing pickles. “This is my 10th anniversary at the Green Market,” exclaimed Ellen, also known as the Pickle Lady.

We decided on a pint of her delicious “sweet with a bit of heat” pickles ($6).

“I left corporate America and said ‘You know what? Maybe I’ll start making my pickles,’” Ellen said as she rang us up. “Now, this is my corporate headquarters, under a tent. We’re in paradise!”

We continued our way through the green market, stopping to chat with Maxx and Martina who were raving about the pumpkin spice latte they picked up at Pumphouse Coffee

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Roasters. As good as that sounded, we had just stopped by the Havana tent and I was sipping on a strong Cuban colada. What I really needed was one of those chocolate croissants Alan had mentioned.

We found what we were looking for at Aioli, one of the 14 new vendors at this season’s green market. Michael and Melanie Hackman started the hugely popular bakery and restaurant on South Dixie Highway in 2014, and recently expanded to downtown.

While Melanie was grabbing the chocolate brioche I had settled on she had a few seconds to chat. “We’ve been on the wait list for the last three years,” she said. “We’re excited to finally be here, and it’s going great.” The brioche ($2) was fantastic.

Before leaving, we bumped into entrepreneur and world traveller Nick Mohnacky. “One of the things I love so much about the downtown waterfront is the landscaping and the tropical elements that make it so inviting,” he said.

We paused for a second as a group of excited dogs greeted each other, which began a chain reaction of nearby canines.

“I grew up in Hawaii so it feels like home,” Nick continued. “There’s great diversity in the vendors and I enjoy coming here and getting my fruits and vegetables.”

After strolling around a bit longer, we picked up a bag of sunflowers ($5) and put them in the basket on Stella’s bike and started the 30-minute bike ride back home.

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FACES & PLACES

Wells Fargo volunteers raise the roof at Habitat for Humanity home site A total of 35 Wells Fargo volunteers gathered in September to raise roof trusses on a Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County home located in the Pleasant City neighborhood in West Palm Beach.

Part of Wells Fargo’s Day of Service, company volunteers joined nonprofits across Florida to show support for their local communities on Sept. 15.

The home will soon belong to the Thompson family.

Karla Thompson is a Palm Beach County School District

employee and works for the Head Start program. A recent graduate of Palm Beach State College, Karla received her associates degree in education. She now attends Florida International University and is working toward her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education. She will be sharing her home with her niece Britney and grand-niece Harmonie.

For more information about Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County, go online to habitatpbc.org.

Photos courtesy of Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County

Wells Fargo employee Hailey Sellars steadies a ladder as another volunteer works on the roof.

From left, Luisa Orellana, Estivens Gonzalez and Cecilia Lopez take a break from work during Wells Fargo’s Day of Service in the Pleasant

City neighborhood of West Palm Beach on Sept. 15, where they helped build a house for Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

‘Stars of Broadway’ comes to Duncan Theatre The Duncan Theatre on the Lake Worth campus of Palm Beach State College is gearing up for a season featuring modern dance companies, music of the 70s and 80s, a weekend family fun series and the return of the popular doo wop band The Bronx Wanderers.

Most notably, however, is the new “Stars of Broadway” series coming to the Duncan, featuring Mandy Gonzalez and Josh Young.

Gonzalez created the role of Nina Rosario in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-award winning musical “In the Heights” and currently stars as Angelica Schuyler in the 11-time Tonyaward-winning Broadway musical “Hamilton.”

Mandy Gonzalez Gonzalez can also be seen on the TV shows “Quantico” and “Madam Secretary.”

She will perform songs from her album “Fearless” at the

Duncan Monday, Feb. 4 at 8 p.m.

Josh Young takes the Duncan stage Friday, March 29 at 8 p.m., performing the songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Young won the Broadway World Toronto Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Che in “Evita” at Canada’s Stratford Festival.

Young also played the role of Judas in “Jesus Christ Superstar” from 2011-2012, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

Tickets for both performances are $45 each.

To purchase tickets, call the Duncan box office at (561) 8683309 or go online to duncantheatre.org.

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1 Panther Parkway, Sunrise (954) 835-7825 Twenty One Pilots – Nov. 4 / Resale tickets only Elton John – Nov. 23 / $185.52-$1,148.85 Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Dec. 14 / $34.50-$75.25 Cher – Jan. 19 / $63.70-$975

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201 S.W. 5th Ave., Ft. Lauderdale (954) 462-0222 Circus Loonies – Oct. 29 / $45-$75 Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Nov. 8-25 / $50-$60 Stephen Stills and Judy Collins – Nov. 18 / $45-$95 The King and I – Nov. 20 - Dec. 2 / $35.25-$110 Legally Blonde – Dec. 13-30 / $47-$60 Hamilton – Dec. 18 - Jan. 20 / TBA

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Dramaworkshop’s New Year’s Festival gives sneak peak of works in progress

By ROBERT HAGELSTEIN Palms West Monthly

One of the crown jewels of West Palm Beach’s cultural scene is Palm Beach Dramaworks, whose maturation as a major, nationally-recognized regional theatre continues to amaze. The very best regional theatres serve as incubators of new plays that ultimately find their way to other theatres – including Broadway.

And now, Dramaworks’ new play development efforts are shown in full bloom.

In early January, the new year will usher in the introduction of a program that gives the general public a first look at plays so new, they’re still evolving. This is a very exciting opportunity to “get in on the ground floor” for all theatre goers in the area.

Imagine, one of these plays could find its way to Broadway, and we will have seen it first!

The Dramaworkshop’s first-ever New Year/New Plays Festival will take place Jan. 4-6, when five plays will receive readings on Dramaworks’ mainstage. The three-day event also includes a discussion, “Regional Theatre and the Future of American Plays,” featuring panelists of industry professionals from major organizations.

The New Year/New Plays

Festival will provide playwrights with the much-needed opportunity to hear their words performed in front of a live audience, which is instrumental to the development and growth of a play. Audiences not only have a chance to feel the excitement of seeing something brand new, but to offer invaluable feedback to the playwrights.

The five featured plays are:  “Red, White, Black and Blue” by Michael McKeever A national tragedy sets the stage as Lenora Waters finds herself about to become the first black female president of the United States amid cutthroat opposition and demons from her family’s past. It’s part political thriller, part jet-black satire.  “Drift” by William Francis Hoffman Set in 1957 Chicago in the lofted annex of a forgotten church and on the steel girders of a skyscraper under construction, “Drift” offers a concussive and heart-wrenching glimpse of a family trying desperately to uncover who they are.  “With” by Carter W. Lewis Minnie and Clifford devolve into a world of hilarious – but ultimately heartbreaking – minutiae as they navigate a blizzard, a dead son, a rat in the

kitchen, and a half-decorated Christmas tree, hoping to find the last strains of dignity in their final days together.  “The Captives” by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich A gripping and darkly comic story of a death-row inmate and the closeted artist who’s painting his last meal. But he wants a stay of execution, not a final meal, setting in motion a social media frenzy and a series of life-altering events for the painter, the prison warden, and the man about to die.  “Ordinary Americans”

by Joseph McDonough Based on actual events in the early 1950s, Gertrude Berg and Philip Loeb, the pioneering stars of television’s groundbreaking sitcom, “The Goldbergs,” heroically struggle to save their show, their careers, and their friendship in the face of McCarthyism, anti-Semitism, and the political climate of the country.

With the exception of “Ordinary Americans,” the plays were chosen from among some 300 received by The Dramaworkshop, managed by Bruce Linser, in 2018. “Ordinary Americans” was commissioned

by Dramaworks for a future mainstage production.

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Elizabeth Dimon plays Gertrude Berg in Joseph McDonough’s “Ordinary Americans,” a play based on actual events from the 1950s during the era of McCarthyism.

ences will share my enthusiasm for this invaluable event,” said PBD Producing Artistic Director William Hayes.

“One of my goals was for Dramaworks to be an incubator of new plays and a producer of world premieres,” says Dramaworks Producing Artistic Director William Hayes. “I knew that could only happen after we were well-established and thriving. As soon as the opportunity presented itself, in the fall of 2014, we launched The Dramaworkshop. We made the call for submissions, and the response from play-

wrights around the country was inspiring.”

According to Hayes, regional theatre plays a large role in producing new work.

“The economics of Broadway discourage Broadway producers from championing plays that have not previously been done elsewhere, which makes it imperative for regional theatres to identify, encourage, nurture, and bring to life exciting new plays.”

For more information, go online to palmbeachdramaworks. org/dramaworkshop or call the box office at (561) 514-4042.

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THE VILLAGE IDIOT by Jim Mullen

’Tis the season to stress over the right Medicare plan Every year around this time, millions upon millions of people are anxiously waiting for it to arrive. The anticipation, the beating hearts, the excitement of what surprises are soon to come!

That’s right – it’s time to pick up your 136-page “Medicare and You” brochure!

The list of what Medicare covers is conveniently located on page 29, or about 28 pages too late. With trembling hands, you flip through the thick booklet of unfathomable, unreadable fine print sent to everyone over 65 asking you to choose between plans that are designed to be the best – not so much for you, but for whoever’s running them. If you’re like me, you’ve considered gluing the individual pages to the living room wall and throwing darts at them. It’s as sound a way of choosing as any other.

If a plan pays for one thing you need, it’s guaranteed not to pay for the others. So you need supplemental insurance, which means another round of reading small print and making choices by dart.

You know what’s odd about growing older? How unaware people are of our decline. I’ll give you an example. When you’re a young child with the best eyesight you will ever have in your entire life, they print

books with letters eight inches tall. You couldn’t miss a word of “THE CAT IN THE HAT.” When you’re old, they print the letters so small you can’t read them with a microscope. There’s a section in my local library of large-print books. Who do they think is reading “The Girl on the Train”? Six-year-olds? Why isn’t every book in large print?

The people who put together our Medicare enrollment brochure must believe that as we get older, it somehow gets simpler to decide if we need Medicare Parts A, B, C, D or F, or a combination of all of them.

And we have to decide every year because – well, I have no

idea why. But my sister always says, “If you see some human behavior that is unexplainable, it usually has to do with alcohol or money.” My sister is a nun. The only rational explanation for this “A, B, C, D, and F” nonsense (other than that Congress is alphabetically challenged) is money or alcohol. Or both. Someone has to be making money off our choices, or getting drunk, or else why do they exist?

Which of the two main plans do I want, Original Medicare or Medicare Advantage? What does that mean? How would I know? Why do I have to make this choice? Why isn’t it just

plain “Medicare”? All those times they deducted out of my paycheck I don’t remember getting a choice. Why isn’t it simple? You turn 65 and Boom!

You get it. Instead, it’s like one of those TV shows where you have to swing over lakes, climb ladders, bounce off tilted pads, jump through hoops of fire and in the end, you still lose.

I just got on Medicare and already I have to renew or change my choices. What’s it going to be like when I’m 87 and have a hard time remembering how to use the remote for the TV? By then, the brochure will be 500 pages long, and the choices will include X,

Y, and Z before starting again with AA. How long will it be before someone starts an H&R Blocktype of company for seniors confused about Medicare? Each year, instead of taking a box of receipts to an accountant because doing our own taxes is too complicated, we’ll have to schlep a box of our medicines down to a Medicare Adviser who will do all the work for us, and charge us for the pleasure.

It’s the government’s idea of job creation.

Yes, I’m sure some kind healthcare professional could explain Medicare and Medicare Advantage and A and B and C and D to me in simple words that I could understand, but that is missing the point. They shouldn’t have to.

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.

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Your family doctor: The benefits of a primary care provider Cleveland Clinic Florida provides world-class primary and specialty care for Wellington families.

Long-term, trusting relationships Patients are often too shy or embarrassed to talk about medical concerns or certain topics.

As life changes, so do the healthcare needs for yourself and your loved ones. You may want to consider choosing a primary care physician – family medicine or internal medicine physician – who can be your partner in health and wellness.

“We’re trained to provide comprehensive care for patients ages six and up,” said Jessica Jessica Garcia, MD Garcia, MD, a Cleveland Clinic Florida family medicine physician who sees patients at Cleveland Clinic Florida’s Wellington location in the Village Green Center. “We treat a variety of conditions – from allergies and ear infections to orthopaedic issues and women’s health.”

Knows family history Many patients are unsure about health concerns and diseases in their family tree. Since a primary care physician often cares for a family from one generation to the next, they know the family’s medical history.

“Since we have longstanding relationships with our patients, a degree of trust is established,” said Dr. Mitchell. It makes it easier to talk about issues when there’s a level of comfort and camaraderie.”

To make an appointment with Dr. Garcia, Dr. Mitchell or any other primary care physician at Cleveland Clinic Florida’s Wellington location, call 800.639.DOCTOR or visit ClevelandClinicFlorida.org/WellingtonAPPT to make an appointment online.

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IN THE KNOW

FACES & PLACES Life is hard and we all get too busy at times to stay up with the latest news. Nothing Earth-shattering here, just a few points of interest to keep you in the know:

WEST PALM BEACH GREENMARKET

Popular green market goes a few shades greener The West Palm Beach GreenMarket will eliminate plastic straws, coffee stirrers and Styrofoam products this season, and its more than 90 vendors are buying in.

The initiative is a collaboration between the city’s Parks and Rec. Department

and the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability. Vendors are also asked to eliminate single-use plastic bags.

Want to do your part? Attend the GreenMarket by way of the city’s free trolleys.

The Yellow Line has several stops near the GreenMarket and runs weekly from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY

‘Best Colleges’ ranking climbs five spots If you’re looking to attend one of the most respected universities in the South,

look no further than our own back yard.

The 2019 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges ranks Palm Beach Atlantic University 52nd among Best Regional Universities in the South – that’s five spots higher than last year.

The ranking places PBA in

a tie with Coastal Carolina, Columbia College and Wingate University.

What’s more, U.S. News ranks PBA No. 34 among Best Colleges for Veterans, No. 38 in Best Value Schools and No. 16 in Most Innovative Schools.

Throw in the year-round sunshine and beaches, you have a formula for fun and success!

THE VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON

Tops for retirees looking to work on their short game According to Money Magazine’s latest findings,

the Village of Wellington is one of Eight Best Places in the U.S. to Retire Right Now. That’s quite the recognition. Wellington was ranked “Best for Golfers,” and the magazine attributed the ranking to “234 days of clear skies and proximity to Palm Beach County’s plethora of golf courses and country clubs.”

Money Magazine looked only at places with populations above 50,000 and eliminated locations that had more than double the national crime risk, less than 85 percent of its state’s median household income and a lack of ethnic diversity.

Quantum Foundation announces new Elliot Bostwick Davis named new CEO, director of Community Engagement director of Norton Museum of Art Quantum Foundation recently announced the promotion of Shannon Hawkins as the new director of Community Engagement and the hiring of C’jon Armstead as the organization’s newest program officer.

Hawkins has been with the foundation for more than 10 years. In her new role, she will develop relationships between the foundation and community leaders and stakeholders across Palm Beach County to advance the mission and programs of Quantum Foundation.

C’jon Armstead will manage program funding and various community initiatives. He will provide assistance to and work directly with community partners, applicants and grantees.

Quantum’s mission is to fund initiatives that improve the overall health of people living in Palm Beach County. Since its inception two decades ago, the foundation has awarded more Shannon Hawkins than $125 million to hundreds of local nonprofit grantees.

“Both Ms. Hawkins and Mr. Armstead are an engine for change and innovation in philanthropy, and we are truly grateful for their service,” said President Eric Kelly.

The Norton Museum of Art recently announced the appointment of art historian and curator Elliot Bostwick Davis to director and CEO, succeeding Hope Alswang, who is retiring in March after leading the institution for nine years.

Davis comes to the Norton from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where for the past 18 years she has spearheaded all aspects of one of the world’s premier collections of the art of the Americas.

Since 2000, Davis has led the MFA’s Art of the Americas department, charged with responsibility for one of the world’s preeminent collections of paintings, decorative arts and sculpture from North, Central and South America.

The Art of the Americas collection of more than 16,000 objects spans three millennia, from 900 BC to the late 20th century.

“It is with great pleasure that we announce the Elliot Bostwick Davis appointment of Elliot Davis, an outstanding museum leader, as the new director and CEO of the Norton Museum of Art,” said Harry Howell, chairman of the Norton Museum of Art’s Board of Trustees.

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Discoveries that revolutionized cancer care win Nobel Prize

By JIM HEINTZ and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press

Two researchers from the U.S. and Japan won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday, Oct. 1, for discoveries that have revolutionized cancer care, turning the body’s immune system loose to fight tumors in an approach credited with saving an untold number of lives.

James Allison of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Tasuku Honjo of Kyoto University learned how cancer can put the brakes on the immune system – and how to release those brakes.

Their work, conducted separately during the 1990s, led to the development of drugs known as “checkpoint inhibitors,” first used to treat the deadly skin cancer melanoma but now used for a growing list of advanced-stage tumors, including those of the lungs, head and neck, bladder, kidney, colon and liver.

The drugs marked an entirely new way to treat tumors, a kind of immunotherapy that uses the patient’s own body to kill cancer cells. Up until then, the standard arsenal consisted of surgery to remove the tumor and radiation and chemotherapy to poison the cancer.

The research was “a landmark in our fight against cancer,” the Nobel Assembly of

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James Allison, right, one of the 2018 Nobel Prize winners for medicine, speaks to members of the media Monday, Oct. 1, in New York. Allison and Tasuku Honjo won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries that help the body marshal its cellular troops to attack invading cancers.

Sweden’s Karolinska Institute said in announcing the award.

The two scientists will share the $1.01 million prize.

“Not all patients respond to this, but for the ones that do, it has made a huge difference to their lives,” Dr. Arlene Sharpe, co-chair of microbiology and immunobiology at Harvard Medical School, told

The Associated Press. “There are patients over a decade ago who had an incredibly poor prognosis and now, a decade out, they are living normal lives.”

Dr. Jedd Wolchok, chief of the melanoma and immunotherapeutics service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, said, “An untold number of lives ...

have been saved by the science that they pioneered.”

Indeed, a drug based on Honjo’s research was used to treat former President Jimmy Carter, who was diagnosed in 2015 with melanoma that had spread to his brain. A year later, he announced he no longer needed treatment.

Allison, 70, who was in a New York hotel for a scientific meeting, said at a news conference that the Nobel committee evidently had trouble reaching him to break the news. But his cellphone lit up with a call from his son at 5:30 a.m., when the names of the winners were released.

And soon, “there were people beating on my door at 6 in the morning with Champagne,” he said.

At a news conference in Kyoto, Honjo, 76, told how a member of his golf club once walked up to thank him for the discovery that was used to treat his lung cancer.

“He told me, ‘Thanks to you I can play golf again,’” he recalled.

“That was a blissful moment. A

comment like that makes me happier than any prize.”

Scientists had been trying for a century to harness the immune system against cancer, but it was a struggle. Normally, key immune system soldiers called T cells seek out and attack invaders. But for poorly understood reasons, it was hard to rev them up against cancer.

In an interview on Oct. 1, Allison said he wasn’t trying to cure cancer but to understand how T cells work when, at the University of California, Berkeley, he was studying a protein named CTLA-4. He learned that the protein could put the brakes on T cells, creating what’s called an immune “checkpoint.”

He then created an antibody that blocked the protein’s action – in other words, it released the brakes so the T cells could do their job.

Working separately, Honjo discovered another protein, called PD-1, that also hampers T cells’ ability to attack cancer, but in a somewhat different way.

Allison’s research led to development of the drug Yervoy, approved in 2011 after studies showed it extended the survival of some patients with late-stage melanoma.

A few years later, developers created drugs that release the PD-1 brake Honjo discovered – Keytruda and Opdivo, now commonly advertised on TV. Allison said the biggest challenge with immunotherapy now is to learn why it helps some patients but not others – and how to combine it with traditional therapies to improve outcomes and reduce side effects.

“It’s a great emotional privilege to meet cancer patients who’ve been successfully treated with immune checkpoint blockade. They are living proof of the power of basic science,” he said in a statement.

His research also inspired the name of the Checkpoints, a musical group of cancer researchers for which Allison plays harmonica.

Study finds 1 in 3 U.S. adults eat fast food every day

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer

NEW YORK — A government study has found that 1 in 3 U.S. adults eat fast food on any given day. That’s about 85 million people.

It’s the first federal study to look at how often adults eat fast food. An earlier study found a similar proportion of children and adolescents ate it on any given day.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the numbers on Oct. 3. It’s based on a survey of about 10,000 adults over four years.

The study did not find a difference between men and women. But higher-income families ate fast food more often than lower-income fam-

ilies, and blacks ate it more than other racial or ethnic groups.

Health officials say too much high-calorie fast food can lead to obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other health problems.

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‘Dinosaur Invasion’ exhibit South Florida Science Center takes visitors back in time looks to back yard for expansion The traveling exhibit is in line with the science center’s mission to open every mind to science. “People will learn about the history and timeline of the dinosaurs’ reign as well as the geology and geography associated with this period and climatology. They’ll learn about how dinosaurs lived, what they ate and how they died.”

Scientists have determined that dinosaurs are more closely related to the modern chicken than to living reptiles, Grenz added. So it should come as no surprise that some of the creatures on exhibit have feathers.

The exhibit is on loan from Imagine Exhibitions, Inc., which is currently producing more than 35 unique exhibitions globally in museums, science centers, aquariums, integrated resorts and nontraditional venues.

And the animatronic dinosaurs aren’t just limited to the science center’s grounds, Grenz said. Two dinosaurs are positioned in Concourse C of the Palm Beach International Airport to greet inbound passengers.

“Dinosaur Invasion” runs at the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, 4801 Dreher Trail North in West Palm Beach, through April 21. Admission is $17.95 for adults, $15.95 for seniors 60 and older and $13.95 for ages 3-12.

Members are admitted free.

The Science Center will supplement the exhibit throughout its six-month stay with special events, including the Roar and Snore Family Sleepover that takes place Nov. 2-3.

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would be perfect for the center.

“It’s a very interactive exhibit,” she says, “and the dinosaurs move and roar.”

Unlike previous exhibits at the venue, “Dinosaur Invasion” leads visitors outside to what normally is the employee parking lot. It’s been transformed into a playground for animatronic dinosaurs, a half-dozen prehistoric giant rats and a 33-foot-long crocodile. And what’s more, future paleontologists can perform their own fossil dig in a giant sandpit.

Hudson Winegrad, a curious 2-yearold from Boynton Beach, especially enjoyed the sandbox, where he dug up large dinosaur bones. Hudson, accompanied by his grandparents from Apollo Beach, is a boy of few words. Still, he managed to share his thoughts.

“I love dinosaurs,” the toddler exclaimed as his eyes widened and his grin stretched from ear to ear.

“I like their mouths,” chimed in 4-year-old Lyla Rose Granato of Jupiter.

“They’re loud and when they open wide you can get inside with your hands.”

Lyla Rose’s baby sister, Cosette, 2, echoed her sibling’s sentiments. “They have big mouths,” she gasped.

Their mother, Jennifer Granato, writes children’s books and may be prompted to write a new one based on her girls’ experiences at the exhibit. “They are my little inspirations,” she said.

The just-opened show has already been a huge hit according to Melinda Grenz, the science center’s marketing director.

“Last weekend, the sandpit was packed,” she said. “Kids are loving it all.”

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The South Florida Science Center and Aquarium is well known for hands-on exhibits, Discovery Center for kids, its digital planetarium and impressive 10,000-gallon aquarium.

But the center’s fun offerings now extend outside those walls.

There’s the 18-hole putting course with science-focused education stations for starters. And in October, the center unveiled its newly-renovated, $1.2 million backyard featuring 15 science exhibits.

“Our new backyard installation is a place where fun and learning are inseparable and where the natural landscape invites curious minds to explore this area full of hills to roll down and water to splash in,” says Kate Arrizza, Science Center CEO. The center’s Conservation Course, named among the top 13 mini golf courses in the country by the Travel Channel, has been extemely successful, according to Arrizza.

“We wanted to build on that popularity and create a thrilling landscape of exploration and relaxation,” she says. “We know these new exhibits will inspire our visitors to open their minds to science and keep learning about the world around them.”

The new Fisher Family Science Trail, named for Jeffrey, Frances and Harrison Fisher, is an eight-foot wide surface that zigzags through five acres with responsive exhibits to encourage interaction and learning.

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Students from Renaissance Charter School at Summit in West Palm Beach pan for gems at the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium.

In following the backyard trail, visitors will come across a Physics Forest and a long-necked Brachiosaurus, and that’s just the beginning.

The Solarscape portion of the trail, built with the help of a $100,000 gift from Florida Power & Light Company, features two new solar trees, a gem panning station, a human sundial and a pavilion for science encounters.

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Outside the Neighborhood

Tipsy birds flying into windows, cars in northern Minnesota

GILBERT, Minn. — Police in a small northern Minnesota community have been taking some strange calls about birds that seem to be intoxicated.

Citizens in Gilbert on the state’s Iron Range have reported the birds flying into windows, cars and acting confused.

In a cheeky Facebook message, the police department says there’s an easy explanation: The birds are ingesting berries that have fermented earlier than usual this year because of an early frost.

National Parks Service ranger Sharon Stiteler tells KMSP-TV that robins and waxwings feast on fruit such as crabapples, and that the sugar in those fruits can turn into alcohol as they lose moisture. Stiteler says “drunk birds are totally a thing.”

The police department says there’s no need to panic, the birds will eventually sober up.

ended in a laugh and that the officer didn’t ask her to take the sign down.

Determined runner struck by deer finishes half marathon SANDY HOOK, N.J. — A runner who was struck by a deer during a half marathon in New Jersey still managed to cross the finish line.

Christina Sanchez tells the Asbury Park Press that she was on Mile 10 of the Jersey Shore Half Marathon at Sandy Hook when a large buck took her out.

Sanchez says the deer came dashing out of the woods and struck her in a “blur of brown and white fur.”

The Fair Haven woman was knocked down before the deer sprinted back into a wooded area near Gunnison Beach. She received attention from emergency personnel who gave her the OK and encouraged her to finish the race.

Sanchez finished about 10 minutes slower than her goal time. But she says she wasn’t going to give up.

Naming Rights: Orlando’s new police chief is named Orlando Woman with ‘emotional support ORLANDO — Orlando’s newest police chief is already squirrel’ removed making a name for himself. His name? Orlando. from plane Mayor Buddy Dyer announced Orlando’s newest police chief during a ceremony on Oct. 11.

Orlando Rolon will also be the city’s first Hispanic police chief.

The Orlando Sentinel reports Rolon previously was a deputy chief overseeing the agency’s patrol services bureau.

Boo! A Halloween display so scary that neighbor calls 911

WEST FARGO, N.D. — A Halloween decoration hanging in the window of a North Dakota home is so scary that it prompted calls from concerned neighbors and at least one plea for police assistance.

The sign reading “Help Me,” which appears to be written in blood, is part of Becky Muhs’ display for her favorite holiday at her West Fargo home.

WDAY-TV reports that Muhs and her husband began getting messages from neighbors over the weekend asking if they were OK, and one neighbor even dialed 911, leading to a visit from a police officer.

Muhs says the incident

NEW YORK — Police at a Florida airport removed a passenger who refused to get off a Cleveland-bound flight after she was found carrying an “emotional support squirrel.”

Passengers had already boarded Frontier Airlines Flight 1612 at Orlando International Airport when they were told there was a “situation” and everyone needed to get off the plane, according to passenger Brandon Nixon.

“Everyone was a little panicked. You expect the worst when they say something like that,” the 24-year-old Ashland, Ohio resident said. “A lot of people were asking questions.

People wanted to know what was going on.”

As he exited the plane, Nixon said he asked a flight attendant if she had any other information. “All she said was ‘a squirrel,’” he said.

But once they were back in the terminal, “word spread pretty quickly” about what was happening.

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Rodents, including squirrels, are not one of the emotional support animals allowed on Frontier flights, according to its website.

The airline says police were called when the passenger refused to leave the plane.

Nixon captured video of the moment the woman was escorted through the terminal, pumping her fist in the air as she clutched her carry-on bag with the squirrel on her lap.

“I knew I had to capture that moment just to show it. It’s such an odd thing. Something you don’t see every day,” Nixon said.

The passengers boarded the plane 15 minutes later, taking off about two hours late. But Nixon said most of the passengers didn’t mind the delay because it was such a unique situation.

“This is going to be a story to remember for the rest of our lives,” he said.

Man wins woman’s weight in beer at wifecarrying contest

NEWRY, Maine — Baseball’s fall classic focuses on an American pastime. A Maine ski resort has its own fall classic based on a Finnish tradition.

More than 30 teams from Maine to California participated recently in the North American Wife Carrying Championship.

The event at the Sunday River ski

resort featured male competitors completing a 278-yard obstacle course while carrying a woman.

The legend behind the event is based on Finland’s “Ronkainen the Robber,” whose gang was known to pillage villages and take the women.

Jesse Wall and Christine Arsenault won the event. For their efforts, the South Paris couple received Arsenault’s weight in beer, and five times her weight in cash.

Man finds winning lottery ticket while cleaning out wallet

REDDING, Conn. — A Connecticut man cleaning out his wallet says he found a winning Powerball ticket from May that was set to expire in less than a month.

Charles Dudley had 23 days left to claim the prize when he found the winning ticket from the May 2 drawing.

Dudley claimed the award on Oct. 3 after finding the ticket stuck between old receipts in his wallet.

The Connecticut Lottery says he bought the ticket while stopping for ice cream at a gas station in Wilton on May 2. Dudley told lottery officials he forgot about the ticket after buying it.

Good Samaritan driver revives squirrel after car scare BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — A motionless squirrel apparently stunned by a passing car has been revived by the driver who performed chest compressions beside a Minnesota road.

Police officers on patrol in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park thought the man might be performing CPR. In police video posted to the department Facebook page, the man tells the officers he swerved to avoid the animal and didn’t think he struck it.

The squirrel was not bleeding and the man says if he had hit it “he would’ve popped.”

The man flips the squirrel onto its belly and as he strokes its back, the animal starts to come around.

The squirrel eventually darts away and an officer declares: “There he goes! You saved his life, dude!”

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JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT

This Month in History Nov. 20, 1620: Peregrine White, the son of William and Susanna White, was born aboard the Mayflower in Massachusetts Bay – the first child to be born of English parents in present-day New England.

Nov. 10, 1775: The U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress.

Nov. 30, 1804: The only U.S. Supreme Court justice impeached to date, Samuel Chase, went on trial, accused of political bias. He was acquitted by the Senate.

Nov. 29, 1890: The first Army-Navy football game was played, at West Point. Navy defeated Army by a score of 24-0.

Nov. 11, 1921: President Harding dedicated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

Nov. 10, 1951: Direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service began as Mayor M. Leslie Denning of Englewood,

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Nov. 12, 1954: Ellis Island, the immigration station in New York Harbor, closed after processing more than 20 million immigrants since its opening in 1892.

Nov. 10, 1969: The children’s educational program “Sesame Street” made its debut on National Educational Television (later PBS).

Nov. 18, 1978: California Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four other people were killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by 912 cult members.

Nov. 2, 1984: Velma Barfield, convicted of the poisoning death of her boyfriend, was put to death by injection in Raleigh, N.C., becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.

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“LAID-BACK” by Gayle Dean ACROSS 1 German magician and alchemist 6 Wets one’s whistle, in a way 10 Raps 14 Taedium vitae 15 Peek at provoca­tively 16 Idle of Monty Python 17 Wrapped up 18 Laid-back 20 Cigarette stat 21 Vandyke, e.g.

23 Mork’s supervisor 24 Splice after cutting 26 Sovereign’s stand-in 27 Laid-back 32 After-school lineup 33 Olympian Carl 34 Greek letter 37 Raised, as cattle 38 Shroud site 39 Mediterra­nean gulf 40 Like Baker’s “Sack” 41 He says, in a game 42 Cheese and crackers, e.g.

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45 Worry compulsively 48 Catbird seat?

49 Pilots put them down 50 Lowest par 53 Umbrage 56 Laid-back 58 Wore the carpet thin 60 Old Norse poetry ­collection 61 Receive interest 62 Dik-dik’s ­relative 63 “The ___ is history” 64 Got a good look at 65 “Harper Valley PTA” singer DOWN 1 Parts of the yard?

2 First name in a Tolstoy novel 3 Ready for the showers 4 Proceed against 5 Juicy morsels 6 Daybed of sorts 7 Assistant with a hunch?

8 Trudge along 9 Evil brother of Osiris 10 Substitute for gum or

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30 “Satchel” Paige, really 31 “Dallas” clan 34 Useful 35 Untalented artist 36 Name for a pet squid?

38 Manual offerings 39 The world, to Atlas 41 Sarah Vaughan’s sobriquet 42 Unexpected hit 43 Jazz lover’s tag 44 Next to nothing?

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CROSSWORD ANSWERS

Horoscope by Madame Hughes Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s assistance in finding Palm Beach County’s wanted fugitives.

Lauren Francois is a white female born 3-6-65. She is 5-feet 5-inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. She has brown hair and blue eyes.

Her last known address is Ocean Inlet Drive in Boynton Beach. She is a nurse.

The suspect is wanted on felony charges of Possession of Heroin, Possession of Alprazolam, Possession of Paraphernalia.

Lauren Francois Darian Oscar Gonzalez is a white male born 12-14-96. He is 5-feet, 8-inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

He has multiple tattoos. His last known address is West Hampton Circle in Wellington.

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Aries (March 21 – April 20) You can’t judge people even when they misbehave. Understanding why they act out would be easier if you knew how much they’ve suffered.

Forgiveness and a little unconditional love will heal everything.

Taurus (April 21 – May 21) Spiritual matters have caught your attention. Realizing that nothing you own has any true value, you’re searching out things that do. Let your instincts guide you toward what’s meaningful.

Gemini (May 22 – June 21) Recent healings have reunited you with the ones you love. Coming into the situation on your own terms, you see that they have grown as much as you have. It’s pretty amazing that what was there has deepened over time.

Cancer (June 22 – July 23) You’re wondering why it’s so hard to get it together more than you’re wondering about what to do about it.

Focus on the solution, not the problem. Dwelling on your confidence and failure issues isn’t helping.

Leo (July 24 – Aug. 23) Things are

going beautifully. Your life is set up to support anything you want to do.

It’s never been this way before. If you’re wondering if you deserve this, we all do. Tune in to the idea that everyone deserves all this and more.

Virgo (Aug. 24 – Sept. 23) You’re disappointments aren’t that horrendous. What didn’t work out wasn’t meant to go that way. You can hang on to this sob story or choose to see it as one of those things that had to happen to get you onto a better track.

Libra (Sept. 24 – Oct. 23) Getting what you want isn’t about conning people. A little sincerity goes a long way. Find a way to ask for what you need from an honest place.

Whomever this is, respect them enough to be straight with them.

Scorpio (Oct. 24 – Nov. 22) Nobody said this would be easy.

Don’t obsess about how unfair things seem to be. The other thing is you’re not trapped here. When things get tough hanging in there isn’t the only choice. You could just as easily blow this clambake.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23 – Dec. 21) Whatever you thought was over is still there. On some level you’ve moved on, but elements of the past are so strong you’re wondering about closing that door. Don’t overthink this and don’t 86 anyone who’s still there because they love you.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 20) Chasing your tail is where it’s at right now. You want to make progress but too much is coming up for review to allow it. Nothing will move until you tie up loose ends.

Aquarius (Jan. 21 – Feb. 19) It must feel good to be in your shoes.

When things go right be grateful.

It’s time to focus on your work and bring what you love to the highest level of expression. Make hay, as they say.

Pisces (Feb. 20 – March 20) Try to see this for what it is. Sometimes things end, and it’s got nothing to do with us. If you feel rejected, get over it. Just because someone or something didn’t pan out, don’t start obsessing that there’s something wrong with you.

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