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(WET) DOG DAY AFTERNOON Calypso Bay Waterpark opens its doors to dogs on Oct. 20 PAGE 5
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They’re back! Local green markets make their return Let’s raise a glass to WPB’s booming craft beer scene
Over the last three years, there’s been tremendous growth in West Palm Beach’s local beer scene … and there’s more on the way.
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Panther Ridge Conservation Center founder and Director Judy Berens tends to Charlie, a 12-year-old cheetah who Berens says she brought to the center to become an “ambassador” for his species.
Meet Judy Berens, Wellington’s very own
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Berens oversees 20 endangered cheetahs, cougars and jaguars – eight species in all – at Panther Ridge Conservation Center. By RON HAYES Palms West Monthly
Thanks to Habitat for Humanity, two homes dedicated Habitat for Humanity Palm Beach County recently dedicated two homes on the 800 block of Fifth Street in West Palm Beach as part of its National Women Build Program.
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Fright Nights returns for three scary weekends
The carnival of terror at the fairgrounds includes scare zones, entertainment, midway carnival rides and four new chilling haunted houses.
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WELLINGTON — You’ve heard of cat ladies, of course. Those overly affectionate feline fanciers who take in cat after cat after cat, until one sad day when Animal Care & Control knocks on the door and 45 or 50 purring pets are removed from the house for safe keeping. Judy Berens is not that kind of cat lady. She prefers size over multitude. On 10 acres in rural Wellington, where most folks keep horses, Berens is the founder and director of Panther Ridge Conservation Center, a nonprofit home to 20 exotic and endangered cheetahs and cougars, jaguars, leopards and pumas – eight species in all. Judy Berens is a big cat lady. “When I bought here, I had horses and three exotic cats,” she recalls. Visitors to Panther Ridge will meet Isabella, a 9-year-old jaguar who was born at the conservation center.
“Now I have 20 cats and no horses. I don’t have time for both.” Originally from Minnesota, Berens came to Wellington from Nashville after visiting the area regularly for horse shows and equestrian festivals. “But I’ve always loved cats,” she says. “I’m just drawn to their beauty, so in the mid-90s I got a license to have a small exotic pet, a 22-pound ocelot named Sabrina.” She was married then, living in Palm Beach Polo Club, and used to walk Sabrina around the club on a leash while the neighbors walked their dogs. “Well, once you have a license, people call you,” she explains. “The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission will call and say they have a cat that’s been confiscated. So I took in another ocelot.” And then she took in a cougar from Loxahatchee that had metabolic bone disease. “I outgrew the Polo Club.” In 1999, she bought the 10 acres that are now Panther Ridge.
HOW TO VISIT THE CATS: WHAT: Panther Ridge Conservation Center, a nonprofit that provides a home and care to 20 exotic and endangered big cats.
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“And it just grew.” Today, the center is a beautiful spread of rolling green grass and shade trees, under which the cats’ zoo-sized enclosures stand. With accommodations for 20 cats, the center is now full. There’s Charlie the cheetah, and there’s Amos, the black leopard. Mateo and Isabella are jaguars and Brandy’s a puma. The cats’ enclosures are constructed of chain link fencing, with plenty of room to roam and frolic, and separate homes in each enclosure for sleeping and getting out of the rain. They have toys galore – balls to play with, and bowling pins, tree limbs to stretch out on, slides to slide down and wooden climbing structures. Mateo and Isabella share a swimming pool. “Jaguars are the best swimmers in the cat family,” Berens says. “They can jump on top of a crocodile and crush its skull with one bite.” Over in the food preparation building, Taj, Malee and Lura, three baby clouded leopards, share a temporary holding area. “Clouded leopards have the longest canine teeth in proporPANTHER RIDGE / PAGE 13
Fall has arrived, and with it so has the area’s popular green markets, where the aromas of hot coffee, spices and specialty products waft through the air on weekend mornings. Though the markets may differ in size, they all feature justpicked fruits and vegetables, herbs, spices, fresh flowers and market favorites like decadent baked goods, coffees, teas, vegan offerings and honey. Each also has an array of local artisans selling jewelry, handicrafts and other interesting wares. Here’s a quick rundown of the local green markets:
Wellington Dates & Times: The Green Market at Wellington returns Saturday, Oct. 20 for its fourth season. It runs Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through April 27, but will be closed the weekends of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s, in addition to Jan. 26 and March 23. Where: The Green Market at Wellington is held right next to the Wellington Amphitheater at 12150 Forest Hill Blvd. Why You Should Go: Not only are visitors encouraged to bring their furry friends on a leash, but nearby amenities include a shaded sitting area, lush green space, restrooms and Scott’s Place, a barrier-free playground designed to meet the needs of all children. There’s also tons of free on-site parking. To learn more: Visit GreenMarketatWellington.com.
Royal Palm Beach Dates & Times: The Royal Palm Beach Green Market and Bazaar kicks off its sixth season Sunday, Oct. 21. The market runs through April 28 on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It’s closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s and Easter weekends. As an extra bonus, the market will run mid-week on Wednesdays from 3-7 p.m. beginning Nov. 7 Where: The green market is held at Royal Palm Beach’s beautiful Veterans Park, 1036 Royal Palm Beach Blvd. Why You Should Go: Along with exciting new vendors, GREEN MARKETS / PAGE 4
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Local Happenings Tropical fruit tree, plant sale to be held at fairgrounds
The annual Tropical Fruit Tree & Edible Plant Sale, hosted by The Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International, will be held Saturday, Oct. 6 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Vendors throughout the state will offer a wide variety of fruit trees for sale, including avocado, banana, citrus, dragon fruit, fig, guava, mango, papaya and many more. There will also be information on planting and growing fruit trees, along with knowledgeable volunteers and vendors ready to answer questions. Attendees should enter
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the South Florida Fairgrounds through Gate 8 on Fair Grounds Road. Both admission and parking for the event are free. The fairgrounds is located at 9067 Southern Blvd. in West Palm Beach.
Former U.S. Ambassador Robert Orr to speak at PBSC Former U.S. ambassador and Palm Beach State College alumnus Robert M. “Skipp” Orr, Ph.D., will kick off PBSC’s Honors College Speaker Series Wednesday, Oct. 10 with his lecture titled “Course Change: Seven U.S. Presidential Elections that Changed History.” Orr served as U.S. Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank
from 2010 to 2016 and was President Obama’s longest serving appointed ambassador in one post. He was elected dean of the ADB’s board of directors in 2013, the first American chosen for the position. The lecture is at 2 p.m. in the Public Safety Conference Center, PSD 108, on the Lake Worth campus at 4200 Congress Ave. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are asked to RSVP online at palmbeachstate.edu/ Honors/SpeakerSeries.
PBSC’s Palm Beach Gardens campus to host job fair Approximately 50 area employers will be at the Palm
Beach State College Job Fair on the college’s Palm Beach Gardens campus Thursday, Oct. 11 looking to recruit qualified job seekers. The free event is open to the public and will feature businesses, health care facilities and government agencies ready to hire for full- and part-time openings as well as internships. A partial list of attendees includes the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Tenet Healthcare, City of West Palm Beach, Oxford Global Resources, MorseLife Health System, Carr, Riggs & Ingram CPAs and Advisors, ESPN Radio and the School District of Palm Beach County. Job seekers at all career stages will find open positions to apply for, ranging from entrylevel to managerial opportunities. Attendees are reminded to wear business attire and bring copies of their résumés. The event will run 1-4 p.m. in the BioScience Technology Complex, Room SC 127. The campus is at 3160 PGA Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens. For more information and a complete list of employers, go online to palmbeachstate.edu/ Career/Job-Fair.
Fright Nights returns to fairgrounds for three weekends
What would autumn in South Florida be without the tradition of Fright Nights at the South Florida Fair? Luckily, we won’t need to find out, as the largest haunted house event in
West Palm Beach returns even creepier and scarier than ever. The carnival of terror includes scare zones, food and beverages, entertainment and midway carnival rides. Of course, the big attractions are the four new haunted houses, including Das Krankenhaus, an institution of horrific experimental torture featuring the Angel of Death, a depraved doctor, mutilation and psychological torture. You get the picture. The other haunts are Twisted Tales, The Mansion on Meadow Lane and Cuckoos Nest 2. Fright Nights will be held over three weekends – Oct. 11-13, Oct. 18-20 and Oct. 25-27. Midway hours are 6-11 p.m. on Thursdays and 6 p.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Admission is $30 and includes 30 tickets, which may be used for the haunted houses (seven tickets per haunt) or Midway rides (two to five tickets each). Buy your tickets online at myfrightnights.com and save $5. Hurry though, as online sales end on Oct. 11.
Ex-Time magazine picture editor to give free lecture
Camera buffs are invited to a free lecture by legendary Arnold Drapkin, who spent 10 years as picture editor of Time magazine and is a recipient of the National Press Photographers Association’s Sprague Lifetime Achievement Award. The lecture takes place at CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
WPB GreenMarket to feature live music, unlimited mimosas GREEN MARKETS / FROM PAGE 1
there’s live music and lots of fun for opening day. Visitors love the leisurely strolls along the walkways under the park’s shaded pergolas and the family-friendly amenities including a playground, waterfall and an interactive splash fountain. Oh yea, there’s plenty of free parking. To learn more: Go online to RPBGreenMarket.com.
West Palm Beach Dates & Times: West Palm Beach’s GreenMarket returns Saturday, Oct. 6. It’s held every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., but will be closed March 30. Where: The GreenMarket
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is held downtown on the Great Lawn at the corner of N. Clematis Street and Flagler Drive. Why You Should Go: More than 90 vendors are on site each week, and if that’s not enough, there’s live music, unlimited $10 mimosas and free kids’ activities. On the third Saturday of the month starting in November, take advantage of “By the Banyan” walking tours, which highlight historical locations throughout downtown. Be sure to bring your favorite pooch, as long as it’s on a short leash. There’s even free parking in the Evernia/Olive garage during market hours. To learn more: Go online to wpb.org/events.
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the Palm Beach Photographic Centre in downtown West Palm Beach on Friday, Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. Drapkin will discuss famous pictures and the stories behind the photos. During his years at Time, the publication won more than 200 awards for photographic excellence. He was also photo manager for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Following the talk, attendees are invited to tour the Photographic Centre and learn about classes for all ages and levels of photography. There will also be a free drawing for prizes, and refreshments will be served. Palm Beach Photographic Centre is in West Palm Beach’s downtown City Center municipal complex at 415 Clematis St. For more information, go online to workshop.org.
RPB’s Calypso Bay Waterpark goes to the dogs Oct. 20th!
Why should humans have all the fun? That’s what Calypso Bay Waterpark in Royal Palm Beach was thinking when it announced it will open its doors to dogs of all sizes during its popular “Waggin’ at the Waterpark” event Saturday, Oct. 20. Bring your dogs out to Calypso Bay Waterpark and let them splash around, get a good workout and meet new friends. Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control will also be on site with adoptions. Dogs will be permitted in the park for 50-minute sessions, determined by size. Dogs weighing 45 pounds and up will be permitted in the park from 10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m., and again from noon to 12:50 p.m. Dogs weighing less than 45 pounds will be permitted in the park from 11-11:50 a.m. Cost is $10 per dog, their humans
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are admitted free. Registration opens at 9 a.m. and will re-open 30 minutes prior to each session provided there’s still room. All owners must sign a waiver when registering their dogs, and dogs must have proof of current rabies, DHLP, and Bordetella vaccinations on site in order to enter the waterpark. For all other rules and to download the registration form, go online to pbcsplash.com. Calypso Bay Waterpark is located inside Seminole Palms Park at 151 Lamstein Ln. in Royal Palm Beach.
Meet local small businesses at the Mall at Wellington Green The Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce will shine a light on our area’s small businesses when it hosts the “Small Business Palooza” at the Mall at Wellington Green Saturday, Oct. 20. Come out to the mall and see this collective exposition of small businesses that keep our local community thriving. The expo takes place in the mall’s Grand Concourse and will be held from noon to 4 p.m. If you’re interested in becoming a small business vendor at the event, call Jim O’Neil at (561) 578-4816. Booths are $200 for chamber members, $350 for non-members. For more information, go online to the chamber’s website at cpbchamber.com.
Bracelets now on sale for Wellington’s annual Fall Festival
Bracelets are now on sale for Wellington’s annual Fall Festival. The event will be held Saturday, Oct. 20 from 3 to 10 p.m. at Village Park, 11700 Pierson Rd. There will be haunted hallways, costume contests, a pet-
ting zoo, pony rides, a pie-eating contest, hay rides, trick-ortreating, face painting, bounce houses, laser tag and more. Unlimited all-access bracelets are required for activities. Bracelets can be purchased at the Wellington Community Center, 12150 Forest Hill Blvd., and Village Park. Bracelets bought by Oct. 19 are $7 for children, $5 for adults. On the day of the event, bracelets are $10 for children, $5 for
adults. Children ages 2 and under are free. Free shuttle service will be available from the Palm Tran bus stop near Nordstrom at the Mall at Wellington Green.
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In Brief
Village of Wellington to host Neighborhood Watch meeting
The Village of Wellington’s Community Services Department will host its next Neighborhood Watch meeting Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. at the Wellington Community Center, 12150 Forest Hill Blvd. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office social media manager Anthony Rodriguez will give a presentation on crime prevention and social media. Village residents are welcome to attend and meet other residents in an effort to strengthen the local Neighborhood Watch groups. For more information, call (561) 791-4764.
Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program dedicates two homes Habitat for Humanity Palm Beach County recently dedicated two homes on the 800 block of Fifth Street in West Palm Beach as part of its National Women Build Program.
help seniors and their caregivers identify and access services for their individual needs. This free service is staffed by knowledgeable volunteers and no appointment is needed – just stop by the program’s desk at the Royal Palm Beach Recreation Center, 100 Sweet Bay Lane, or call 790-5188.
PBC’s property fraud alert helps protect property owners
According to the FBI, property and mortgage fraud is one of the fastest growing white-collar crimes in the United States. The Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller’s office urges residents who own property in the county to register for free property fraud alert notifications to help combat this type of crime. Property Fraud Alert will send notifications by email or phone any time there is activity in the Clerk’s Official Records pertaining to your real estate. Signing up is easy by going online to mypalmbeachclerk. com/property-fraud-alert or by calling (800) 728-3858.
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Thanks to Habitat for Humanity’s National Women Build Program, West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio hands over the keys to a new house to Brandy Jordan and daughter Destiny.
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Raise a glass to West Palm’s booming craft beer scene In last month’s column, I covered Grandview Public Market and the evolution of the Warehouse District into a new center of social life in West Palm Beach. I hope you were able to swing by and enjoy some of the sights and sounds. Steam Horse Brewing had just opened in the Warehouse District as I submitted the column, so while they got an honorable mention I didn’t get a chance to write about the newest of the many breweries in West Palm Beach’s booming craft beer scene. Steam Horse Brewing is the creation of entrepreneurs Fran Andrewlevich and Matt Webster, who are no strangers to the West Palm Beach brewing scene. Fran was the original brewmaster at Brewzzi, the classic brew pub that anchored the second floor of CityPlace from 1997 to 2014. He put the “brew” in Brewzzi at a time when craft beer was rare in South Florida, and all but unheard of in sleepy West Palm Beach. Fran went on to dominate the north county brewing scene by founding Tequesta Brewing Company in Jupiter, then Twisted Trunk Brewing on PGA Boulevard, before heading back to West Palm Beach with Steam Horse Brewing. “The beer scene has changed since Brewzzi, we have a more educated consumer,” says Fran.
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Accomplice Brewery & Ciderworks co-founders Matt Stetson (who also serves as executive cidermaker) and Felonice Merriman opened their tasting room back in November 2015 on N. Florida Mango Road in West Palm Beach.
“The growth is crazy.” Fran credits West Palm Beach’s change in demographics to new development and the influx of people moving into downtown. The brewery backs up to the soon-to-open Steel Tie Spirits Distillery. This railway-themed distillery, which will produce Black Coral Rum, is located in the area’s oldest warehouse at 1615 Clare Ave. The Dade County Pine rafters are in the process of
being restored, a tasting room is being built and, when complete, it will have a 2,700-gallon distillation capacity. Two blocks away from the Warehouse District, at 1142 Old Okeechobee Rd., you’ll find Ookapow Brewing, which bills itself as West Palm Beach’s first nanobrewery. Its focus is small batch handcrafted artisan ales with 15 taps continually rotating a selection of ales. As we travel deeper into the
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business district we come to 1027 N. Florida Mango, where we find Accomplice Brewery & Ciderworks. When it opened in 2015 with the help of a GoFundMe project, it was South Florida’s first ciderworks and the city’s first commercial alcohol producer. The tasting room opened soon after. Accomplice founder and executive cidermaker Matt Stetson says educating consumers is a big part of his job, an especially challenging task the cider-brewer faces in steamy South Florida. “We have no apple culture, so we’re educating people and creating an interest in cider,” says Matt. “Many of our regulars have moved to South Florida from up north and miss the cider that is plentiful there.” Matt and the Accomplice team are working on expanding their production facility to include beer. They will start brewing a mainstream product using standard grains, and an alternative product which is gluten free. “We’re innovators, that’s what we do,” Matt adds. Accomplice was the first of many breweries to open in West Palm Beach. After it opened, the city revised its ordinances to allow for commercial brewing outside of general commercial areas. This change paved the way for breweries to open within the downtown area, triggering huge interest in serving our downtown market.
West Palm Beach Brewery and Wine Vault opened its doors at 332 Evernia St. in December 2017. The location couldn’t be better – right in the heart of downtown. Just a short walk from both Clematis Street and CityPlace. The West Palm Brewery build-out is absolutely fantastic. What used to be a crossfit gym is now buzzing with people looking to taste one of brewmaster Joel Kodner’s fantastic beers or a wine from John Pankauski’s private label. You can have your libation paired with one of the many delicious pizzas and small plates that come out of its open Intracoastal Kitchen. The delicious fare can be enjoyed while you watch a game on one of the many bigscreen TVs inside or on its front patio area. And even more breweries are on the way! Here’s a taste of what’s opening soon: Civil Society Brewing, which is expanding from its Abacoa location to a warehouse currently under renovation right off S. Dixie Highway. American Craft Aleworks will open on the 200 block of Clematis Street at the location formerly home to Bar Louie. On Northwood Road, Skunkworts Brewing Concern will open on the street’s 500 block. With this tremendous growth in the craft beer scene over just the last three years, area brewers have formed a brewers guild. So we can look forward to even more growth, options, education, “beer tourism” and maybe even an “ale trail” in the near future. Here’s this month’s homework: Expand your palette by trying out some of the abovementioned breweries and save the date for Accomplice Brewery’s 3rd anniversary and expanded brewery grand opening on Saturday, Nov. 3! Aaron Wormus, the “guy” behind West Palm Beach’s popular aGuyonClematis Twitter account and blog, reports on news and happenings in and around West Palm Beach. Follow Aaron on Twitter for upto-the-minute news throughout the month.
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT by Jim Mullen
For maximum enjoyment, column best when read by 2018 I recently discovered a box of chicken tenders in my freezer, hidden underneath a container of very fuzzy cherry chocolatechunk ice cream. I made a salad and put a few pieces of the microwaved tenders on top. As I returned the chicken to the freezer, I spotted a little line on the package that said, “Best when eaten before August 2017.” No doubt I had just poisoned myself and had minutes left to live. I looked in the fridge to see if there was some moldy sour cream or sour milk I could swallow to make me purge the deadly meal, but no such luck. I also remembered reading a story a while back that some chickenpacking company had recalled a few billion pounds of chicken parts because of a rare failure of their self-regulated inspection system. It seems their one parttime inspector had gone on his honeymoon or something. The chicken tenders still tasted good despite being a year out of date. Even so, it’s probably best to write a note to Sue before she finds my cold, dead body on the kitchen floor. While writing the third page of my note – the part about the equitable distribution of my snow-globe collection – I realized that not only was I still alive, I felt pretty good. The more I thought about it, I realized that if some deadly bac-
teria could live through years in my freezer and four minutes in the microwave, some rogue country would be using chicken tenders as a biological weapon. They’d just put the wrong “use by” date on some common food and kill us all. How clever the wording is: “best used before,” not “spoiled rotten by” or “vile and disgusting by.” “Best used” doesn’t even imply that the product can’t be used after that date; we just assume it. Past that date? Better throw it out and buy some more. Why take a chance? Now bottles of beer and soda have “best used by” dates
on them so you’ll know they’re fresh. Yeah, you don’t want to show up at that tailgate party with stale beer. As if after eating four pounds of chili, nachos and chips, and taking a few nips from a hip flask, you could possibly tell the difference. The label on the soda I’m drinking right now says it contains potassium benzoate, calcium disodium EDTA and something called “Red 40.” Will any of that really spoil over time? It also has the words “pomegranate” and “antioxidant” prominently on the bottle. In small print on the back it says “Contains no juice.” Should I assume, then,
that it also contains no antioxidants? After all, it didn’t say it “contained” pomegranate, it just had the word on the label. Of course, the soda was only half the price of a real pomegranate, but considering it has absolutely no pomegranate in it, shouldn’t it be, say, one-tenth the price? How much should a beefsteak that “contains no beef” cost, or olive oil that “contains no olive products”? Thinking about all this was giving me a headache, so I looked in the medicine cabinet for some over-the-counter relief. I noticed that all my prescriptions expired exactly one year
after I got them. Really? So that medicine is perfect for 365 days, but it turns bad in the container on day 366? That’s quite a trick. And how long did it sit on the pharmacy shelf before they sold it to me? How long was it in the factory warehouse before it got sent to the pharmacy? How long before they start putting “best used by” dates on big purchases like cars and washing machines? If it works for frozen chicken, imagine how much they could make by getting you to toss out the old fridge. I’m not against the “best used by” idea for some things – athletes, politicians and teenage pop stars come to mind – but you should use your own common sense. By the way, my out-of-date chicken tenders tasted, you guessed it, just like chicken. 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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whether reimbursing a donor’s lost income could shorten the wait for a kidney. “The community’s in a real bind about how we can help them,” Porrett said. “It’s a fine line that it doesn’t get misconstrued that we’re paying people for their organs.” Another challenge: Living donation too often is considered as a last resort rather than a first choice, said Pittsburgh’s Humar – especially for liver transplants. His hospital is trying to change that and last year performed more adult liver transplants from living donors than deceased ones, a milestone. The liver is unique, able to regenerate a few months after donors give a piece. But it is a larger and riskier operation than donating a kidney. And that sparks an ethical debate: Many people with failing livers aren’t allowed onto the national waiting list for organs from deceased donors. That’s because the scarce supply is rationed, given only to those with the best survival chances. But what if patients who don’t qualify find a living donor? Should the donor be allowed to undergo a risky surgery if the recipient’s predicted survival isn’t quite as good? Goudge, the California patient, had been fighting a rare condition called fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma since 2001. A variety of treatments kept her cancer in check for years but eventually it overwhelmed her liver. While Goudge’s condition isn’t as aggressive as typical liver cancer, it was more advanced than transplant waiting list rules allow – and the first surgeons she consulted said living donation wasn’t an option either. Then she stumbled onto Pitt’s program. Humar says living donation could allow transplants for many patients who otherwise would never get one – either because too many people are ahead of them on the waiting list or because they weren’t listed. After extensive evaluation of both patient and would-be donor, Humar decided Goudge had a good enough shot at prolonged survival to justify the risk to her friend. In April, his team replaced Goudge’s liver with a healthy piece of Aleck’s. Both recovered well. “She is truly a walking miracle for me,” Goudge said.
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WASHINGTON — Surgeons turned down Terra Goudge for the liver transplant that was her only shot at surviving a rare cancer. Her tumor was too advanced, they said – even though Goudge had a friend ready to donate, no matter those odds. “I have a living donor – I’m not taking away from anyone. I’m trying to save my own life,” she pleaded. Finally, the Los Angeles woman found a hospital on the other side of the country that let the pair try. People lucky enough to receive a kidney or part of a liver from a living donor not only cut years off their wait for a transplant, but those organs also tend to survive longer. Yet living donors make up a fraction of transplants, and their numbers have plateaued amid barriers that can block otherwise willing people from giving. Among them: varying hospital policies on who qualifies and the surprising financial costs that some donors bear. Now researchers are exploring ways to lift those barriers and ease the nation’s organ shortage. “We just want people to be given the chance to at least entertain this as a possibility,”
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This April 19, 2018 family photo shows transplant recipient Terra Goudge, right, and her friend, Amy Aleck, after Aleck donated a piece of her healthy liver to Goudge. Goudge was turned down for a traditional transplant from a deceased donor, so the California women traveled to the University of Pittsburgh to find a surgeon willing to perform a living donor transplant instead.
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Classmates can’t find time capsule buried 30 years ago
COLOMA, Mich. — Former classmates reunited in Michigan to uncover a time capsule buried 30 years ago. The result? They couldn’t find it. The seven classmates and two teachers spent two hours in late August digging outside Coloma Junior High in southwestern Michigan. Tracy Gilmer said she remembers putting a Michael Jackson cassette in the box in 1988, along with assignments from an accelerated writing-and-reasoning program, including a fictional country. “We had our own constitution and I actually sewed a flag for our country. I think the flag is in” the time capsule, she told The Herald-Palladium. A teacher, Sandi Sanders, said information about the capsule was filed away but lost. Some wonder if rebellious classmates dug it up. “We are all kind of in the dark trying to remember what was in it and where it is,” Sanders said. Coloma Superintendent Dave Ehlers said the box may have been unearthed earlier when work was performed to alleviate flooding behind the school. The group might use a different metal detector and keep hunting. “It was an English class,” Sanders said. “We didn’t know how to measure.”
Person, ‘feeling guilty,’ pays 44-yearold parking ticket
MINERSVILLE, Pa. — A person has cleared their conscience by paying a 44-year-old parking ticket. The Minersville, Pa. Police Department received a letter over the summer with $5 and a note inside. The return address was “Feeling guilty, Wayward Road, Anytown, Ca.” Police Chief Michael Combs tells WNEP-TV the note said, “Dear PD, I’ve been carrying this ticket around for 40 plus
years. Always intending to pay. Forgive me if I don’t give you my info. With respect, Dave.’’ The fine for the 1974 parking ticket in the eastern Pennsylvania town was $2. But the person added $3 for interest. The same ticket today would be $20. Combs says the ticket was for a car with Ohio license plates, but the department did not have the technology to track out-of-state vehicles.
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URANUS, Mo. — Cue the giggling: A small Missouri town has a new newspaper called The Uranus Examiner. KYTV reports that the newspaper’s launch was announced in early September, just days after GateHouse Media said it was shuttering Pulaski County’s local paper, the Daily Guide. The new publication’s editor, Natalie Sanders, led the Daily Guide before leaving in June to start what she calls a “fun” paper that will include local news and promote the tourist town of Uranus, which is pronounced the way any self-respecting class clown would say it. Uranus sits along historic Route 66 and is known for quirky attractions, including a fudge shop and the world’s largest belt buckle. Luge Hardman, the mayor of nearby Waynesville, where the Daily Guide was based, says she thinks the “innuendo” surrounding the new publication’s name will bring “public ridicule.”
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PITTSBURGH — Robbing a Store 101: Take the money and run – but not before checking your getaway car’s gas tank. Authorities say a man’s bid to rob a Pittsburgh pharmacy was foiled because his car had no gas. Police say 39-year-old Anthony Scolieri fled the pharmacy with a small amount of cash and got into the vehicle. But when he couldn’t drive away, he tried to run away on foot but was soon confronted by police. Authorities say Scolieri showed a cashier a pistol when he demanded cash. But they say the weapon was a fake, and authorities recovered the stolen cash. Scolieri faces three counts of robbery and one count of possession of an instrument of crime.
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OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — One Mississippi high school senior had to quickly discard her crown after being named homecoming queen – and put on a football helmet. Kaylee Foster was crowned homecoming queen of Ocean Springs High School before the Friday night football game held Sept. 7. She then put on her football uniform and later kicked the winning extra point to lead her team to a 13-12 victory over George County High School, local news outlets reported. Foster kicked two field goals earlier, giving her a majority of the team’s points. Primarily a soccer player, Foster has been kicking with the football varsity since she was a sophomore. She’s been a member of the homecoming court for four years. She put her crown back on after the game, posing for photos in her football uniform and tiara. Asked whether she was more nervous before the homecoming queen announcement or before her kick, she told The Mississippi Press, “I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to be homecoming queen, but I was pretty sure I was going to make that kick.”
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This Month in History Oct. 27, 1787: The first of the “Federalist Papers,” a series of essays calling for ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was published in a New York newspaper. Oct. 26, 1881: The “Gunfight at the OK Corral” took place in Tombstone, Ariz., as Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and “Doc” Holliday shot it out with Ike Clanton’s gang. Three members of Clanton’s gang were killed; Earp’s brothers were wounded. Oct. 4, 1895: The first U.S. Open golf tournament was held. It took place at the Newport Country Club in Rhode Island. Oct. 23, 1910: Blanche S. Scott became the first woman to make a solo, public airplane flight, reaching an altitude of 12 feet in a park in Fort Wayne, Ind. Oct. 8, 1918: Sergeant Alvin C. York almost singlehandedly killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132
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“HIGH JINX” by James E. Buell ACROSS 1 Garment size 6 Pod vegetable 10 Sound of an angry exit 14 Construction piece 15 Milker’s implement 16 Muscular fitness 17 Start of a clumsy alpinist’s quip 20 Mother of all matriarchs 21 “The Wizard of Oz” family name, no pun intended 22 Nomadic communities 23 Some tennis volleys 25 Peddle goods 26 Mattress problem 27 Have a bawl 28 Keeps folks in stitches? 32 Visorless cap 35 Barker’s pitch 37 Durocher or Esaki 38 Middle of a clumsy alpinist’s quip 41 Requirement for a 10th inning 42 Latter-day one 43 Upscale abode 44 Captain Pierce
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7 Jackson or Capshaw 8 Hope/ Crosby destination 9 Type of soup 10 Baby birds? 11 Garish, as some outfits 12 Either of two of the VIII’s six 13 They were Amazin’ in 1969 18 Sharp spasm 19 One way to level the playing field? 24 Advertiser’s target 25 Use a block and tackle 27 Like porcupines 29 Blithe spirit 30 Fuse, in a way 31 Fledgling pilot’s goal 32 Software development phase 33 Good opponent 34 Swamp stalk 35 Ruins 007’s martini? 36 Puts in jail, e.g. 39 Part of a c ertain cutting blade 40 Driver A.J. 45 Hunt and Peck
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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. Erik Sheets is a white male born 7-19-71. He is 5-feet 10-inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. His last known address is South J Street in Lake Worth. The suspect is wanted on felony charges of Dealing in Stolen Property and False Verification of Ownership.
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Aries (March 21 – April 20) This would be easier if you were in charge. Having to bow to someone else’s stupidity won’t get you anywhere. You can make your influence felt if you keep coming up with great innovations and let them think it’s all their idea. Taurus (April 21 – May 21) Nothing will change until you stop feeding into everyone else’s issues. If you start taking care of yourself your example will inspire them to handle their own stuff. Gemini (May 22 – June 21) What you’re afraid of is nothing compared to what it will cost you not to face it. Reclaiming your power may come at a high price. Others are bound to freak out about this. Don’t let their hysteria keep you from doing what’s right. Cancer (June 22 – July 23) You have no clue how to work this. All you can do is stay in the moment and trust that if this is what you want it’s already yours. Keep your thoughts clear and don’t let anyone tell you that this is impossible.
Leo (July 24 – Aug. 23) Needing to prove yourself is an old story. Removing your parental trips from the equation will help you see this for what it is. Stop trying to outdo what’s perfect to begin with. Virgo (Aug. 24 – Sept. 23) People are manipulating you to the point where you can’t figure out what you want here. Your needs are too important to get lost in others’ attempts to micromanage your life. Shut off their input and listen to your inner voice. Libra (Sept. 24 – Oct. 23) Your love life has taken an interesting turn. What was a problem before is no longer there. Now that things are clear you are free to go deeper into your heart. Learning more about the true nature of love is your job right now. Scorpio (Oct. 24 – Nov. 22) Your money concerns are major. You’re so tied up in the system you’ve gotten trapped in it. This is all the result of thinking more is better. Keep only what you need and sell the rest.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23 – Dec. 21) There’s so much going on outwardly your personal issues can’t even be addressed. Maybe this is a blessing, but sooner or later you’ll have to deal with the fact that you went too far too fast and wound up forgetting yourself. Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 20) A little strategy will save you from having to hammer your point to death. Step back and let others think that this is their choice. Once they see that you aren’t here to force the issue, they will willingly agree to go along. Aquarius (Jan. 21 – Feb. 19) Others are confused by what appears to be your need for change. What you wanted a year ago has nothing to do with what you want now. Sharing your true feelings won’t jeopardize your relationship. Pisces (Feb. 20 – March 20) What you’re afraid of losing is causing you to cling to this. The real question is, what are you holding on to? There may be nothing of value here. By settling you could easily close your self off to real fulfillment.
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