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Palm trees under attack Now is perfect time to enjoy downtown like a tourist Whether by land or by sea, there’s many ways to squeeze in extra fun in downtown West Palm Beach before the snowbirds return.
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Executive Women of the Palm Beaches install new officers More than 40 members and guests recently attended the Executive Women of the Palm Beaches annual meeting and installation event at the National Croquet Center in West Palm Beach.
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Photo Centre hosts 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition
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Spread by a plant-hopping insect, lethal bronzing has gone from a small infestation on Florida’s Gulf Coast to a nearly statewide problem in just over a decade. By TERRY SPENCER The Associated Press
Florida’s iconic palm trees are under attack from a fatal disease that turns them to dried crisps in months, with no chance for recovery once they become ill. Spread by a rice-sized, plant-hopping insect, lethal bronzing has gone from a small infestation on Florida’s Gulf Coast to a nearly statewide problem in just over a decade. Tens of thousands of palm trees have died from the bacterial disease, and the pace of its spread is increasing, adding to environmental woes of a state already struggling to save its other arboreal icon, citrus trees, from two other diseases. Florida’s official state tree – the tall, broad-leafed sabal palm – is especially susceptible and Florida nurseries, businesses and homeowners are taking a financial hit as they scrap infected palms. Some preventive measures can be taken, but once infected, uprooting the tree is the only practical solution. “Getting this disease under control is essential because it has the potential to drastically modify our landscape,” said Brian Bahder, an entomologist who studies insect-borne plant diseases and is a leader in the state’s battle against lethal bronzing. If nothing is done, Bahder said, “I don’t think all the palm trees will die, but the issue we see will get a lot worse before it gets better.” Lethal bronzing, which experts say likely originated in Mexico, also is found in parts of Texas and throughout the Caribbean. Some worry it will migrate to California and Arizona, infecting date palms and damaging that fruit crop. The disease has already heavily damaged Jamaica’s coconut plantations, and Brazil is taking preventive measures to avoid invasion. Coincidentally – but conveniently – lethal bronzing is attacking palms right outside Bahder’s office at the University of Florida’s agriculture research station near Fort Lauderdale. Some are dying, some are dead. This gives him a lab to test ideas and make presentations, so he is not removing infected trees as recommended. “To understand the disease, I need to watch it spread and see what it is doing,” said Bahder, an assistant professor with UF. Lethal bronzing’s first Florida appearance came near Tampa in 2006, but it’s now found from the Keys in the south to Jacksonville in the north. The disease is transmitted solely by the haplaxius crudus, a tiny winged insect sometimes called the American palm cixiid or, generically, a treehopper. These specific treehoppers (there are other kinds) inject the bacteria through their saliva when feasting on the sap from a palm’s leaves. Any palm cixiid that later feeds from the tree will pick up the infection and pass the bacteria to more palms. Once inside a tree, the bacteria migrate to its base, multiplying until they clog the circulatory system – much like human arteries getting blocked by fat and cholesterol. The blockage makes it impossible for the tree’s cells to get sufficient nutrients and sugars, starving them. As an infected tree dies, its fronds and central spear leaf transform from green to a tell-tale shade of bronze as it succumbs in about six months. The disease doesn’t infect humans or animals. Genetic testing shows lethal bronzing likely originated in Mexico’s Yucatan region. Bahder’s hypothesis is that 2005’s Hurricane Wilma, which tracked from the Yucatan to Florida, or a storm with a similar path carried infected treehoppers
across the gulf to Tampa. Those insects infected area palms, which infected native treehoppers. The disease spread when winds blew infected bugs to new territories or they hitched rides on vehicles. Bahder said the palm cixiid is particularly attracted to white cars. To check the spread, the state agriculture department regularly inspects palm nurseries and certifies those found free of the disease. If infected trees are discovered, they’re destroyed and the nursery’s remaining trees are quarantined for at least six weeks. Calls to about a dozen palm tree farms around the state weren’t returned – Bahder said it is a problem owners don’t like to discuss publicly, fearing it will hurt business. Eric Muecke, Tampa’s urban forestry manager, said the city has had success containing the disease by keeping its palms healthy and surrounding its more susceptible palm varieties with trees that don’t attract the bacteria-spreading bugs. “It’s not like it marches through a tree population – you don’t see one dead tree after another,” Muecke said. “It hops around; it’s pretty sporadic.” Brent Gaffney, a Gainesville landscaper, said Bahder’s research is the state’s best hope for containing the disease, but only if he gets enough funding. Studies are underway on whether massive doses of antibiotics can save trees in the infection’s early stages. After infected trees are removed, nearby palms need preventive antibiotic injections to halt the spread. Each injection costs $50 and loses effectiveness after three months: that makes injections before the disease is present too costly for most homeowners, businesses and municipal governments, Bahder said. Only high-end resorts that use mature palms to enhance ambience might consider injecting trees without a nearby infection, he said. Lethal bronzing is sometimes called “Texas Phoenix palm decline” because it appeared in that state in the late 1970s, killing trees in the Rio Grande Valley around Brownsville. That state’s agriculture department says outbreaks today are infrequent and isolated. But Bahder said global warming is widening the threat. “With increased human movement around the region and, especially, stronger weather patterns in regards to climate change, there are more possible routes for invasive insects,” Bahder said.
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Local Happenings Wellington Cares to host free event for Grandparents Day
The public is invited to attend Wellington Cares’ free event celebrating National Grandparents Day Saturday, Sept. 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Live 360° inside the Mall at Wellington Green. Attendees will be treated to a fun afternoon with food, interactive games, story time and activities for all ages courtesy of the Mall at Wellington Green, Ford’s Garage, Luv 2 Play and Chick-fil-A. National Grandparents Day is a day to honor grandparents and give grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children’s children. It’s also
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Dreher Park Everyone is invited to come out to Dreher Park Saturday, Sept. 7 in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month for free food, music and games. Five area Chick-fil-A restaurants will be on hand supplying free food while attendees enjoy Latin music by DJ Carlos
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Outdoor movie watching is now better than ever thanks to a brand-new giant LED screen when “Screen on the Green” returns to the West Palm Beach Waterfront Friday, Sept. 13. “Dumbo,” rated PG, will be the featured movie, starring Danny DeVito, Colin Farrell and Michael Keaton. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets or chairs to watch the movie under the stars. Popcorn, snacks and beverages will be available for purchase from the concession stand. The free event, which begins with fun family activities, runs from 7 to 10 p.m. on the Great Lawn at 100 Clematis St. in West Palm Beach.
Area singers invited to join award-winning Women of Note Chorus The award-winning Women of Note Chorus invites women of all ages to explore a cappella fun over two evenings of education, harmony and ringing chords … barbershop style! Novices to knowledgeable singer are encouraged to come out Monday, Sept. 16 and Monday, Sept. 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. to United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches, 900 Brandywine Rd. in West Palm Beach. To reserve your spot, email membership@womenofnote. com or call (877) 966-7464.
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be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Community Foundation, 700 S. Dixie Hwy. in West Palm Beach. A panel of local experts will discuss the present situation, prevention strategies, rescue and restoration of victims and prosecution of perpetrators. Panelists include Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Randy Foley; Bonnie Jo Daniels from Hope for Freedom; Human Trafficking Coalition of Palm Beach County President Heidi Schaeffer; and Christina Silverstri from Catholic Charities. Tickets to the event are $20. To learn more or to make a reservation, call (561) 578-7736 or go online to impactpalmbeaches.org/event-directory.
Countdown 2 Zero Adoption Event returns to fairgrounds
Palm Beach County’s sixth annual Countdown 2 Zero Adoption Event is set for Saturday, Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Expo Center East in the South Florida Fairgrounds. The free event is the county’s largest annual pet adoption event and will feature hundreds of animals seeking new families and homes. Animals up for adoption include dogs, cats and rabbits of all ages. Organized by Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League and Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control, the adoption event is a collaborative effort of more than 20 local rescue and partner groups dedicated to saving the lives of homeless animals in Palm Beach County. Admission and parking are free. Many of the rescue groups will offer special discounts and adoption incentives, and all new pet parents will receive swag bags filled with special gifts, including rabies tags compliments of Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control. There will also be demonstrations and a children’s activity area. For more information on the event, call (561) 530-6057 or go online to countdown2zero.org.
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Executive Women of the Palm Beaches host annual meeting
More than 40 members and guests recently attended the Executive Women of the Palm Beaches annual meeting and installation event at the National Croquet Center in West Palm Beach.
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Dress for Success sets schedule for job readiness program
Dress for Success Palm Beaches, a nonprofit whose mission is to empower women to achieve economic independence, has set its upcoming schedule for job readiness programs. Participants who complete these tuition-free programs are eligible to receive free “suiting” benefits, which includes wardrobe consultation and appropriate head-to-toe apparel and accessories for a job interview. Upon landing a job, a full week’s workplace wardrobe will be provided. Next Step, for women ages 18-to-25, is a series of 2½-hour sessions conducted over a 10-week period that begins Sept. 13, focusing on building confidence and professionalism. The curriculum includes resume writing, interviewing and communication skills. Since Next Step was launched in 2013, 102 women have completed the program, with 65 percent of them securing employment. The classes are held at the Lake Worth campus of Palm Beach State College. For women 26 years and older, the 10-week New Directions session will begin Oct. 3 at Children’s Services Council in Boynton Beach. To learn more about enrolling for these programs, call (561) 249-3898.
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SCENE FROM WEST PALM by Aaron Wormus | awormus@palmswestmonthly.com
Now is the perfect time to enjoy downtown like a tourist Whether by land or by sea, there’s many ways to squeeze in extra fun in downtown West Palm Beach before snowbirds return. The kids are back in school, but there’s still time for you and your family to squeeze in some fun summer adventures right here in downtown West Palm Beach before the snowbirds arrive and the lines everywhere get long. Here are some popular ideas to get you started.
TAKE A SEGWAY TOUR
Palm Beach Segway Tours start on Clematis Street and will roll you and your friends through downtown West Palm Beach, along the waterfront and over the bridge to Palm Beach. The 2-hour tour is an excellent way to see local landmarks while coasting along on the “Coolest Machine in the World.” No experience is necessary, and after a quick introduction you’ll ride a Segway like a pro. I took this tour for the first time last year, and as a selfproclaimed expert in the area I will admit that there was still a thing or two that I learned from the expertly-trained guides who lead the tour. There are plenty of tours both in and out of season but they do fill up quickly, so make sure you call well ahead and lock in your dates. Cost is $75 per person. To book a tour, go online to palmbeachsegwaytours.com.
ENJOY DOWNTOWN’S HISTORIC FOOD TOUR
Want a fun way to sample some of the locally-owned and family-owned restaurants, cafes, bakeries, teahouses and juice bars in the area? On the first Saturday of every month you can take advantage of the Historic Food Tour. Guests on the tour visit three to four local eateries to experience tastes ranging from “Floribbean” to French and from seafood to Sicilian. Each tour is unique as eateries are visited on a rotating schedule. There’s also trips to emerg-
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HOP ON BOARD A CYCLE PARTY
Chances are you have seen this amazing “pedal powered party” rolling its way through our downtown. The 16-person cycle party is a great way to have fun with friends while enjoying an unforgettable adventure through the streets of downtown. You’ll need at least 6 people to book the entire bike, or make new friends and grab a seat on one of the social tours. On the Popular Bar Crawl, you’ll ride around for two hours visiting local bars and restaurants. There are also specialty tours which include scavenger hunts, a foodie tour and a progressive dinner tour. Cycling adventures start at $39 per person. To book your cycle party, visit westpalmbeach.cycleparty.com.
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT by Jim Mullen
Here’s hoping Amazon gets in the pothole-fixing business I just bought a new printer for $29 on Amazon. I ordered it yesterday afternoon, and it arrived before noon today. First, how can they sell a wireless printer and copier for only $29? And second, how can they get it to my home in less than 24 hours? In the 1970s, the company I worked for bought its first dotmatrix printer. It cost well over $5,000 and took up the better part of a room. It was so noisy they had to spend another chunk of change building a container around it to soundproof it so people could actually do some work. It used up entire forests’ worth of scrolling paper with little sprocket holes on the side. It broke down constantly. The paper would jam, the ink nozzles would clog, the printer wouldn’t talk to the computer, it was Tuesday, someone sneezed. Finally, they hired a guy fulltime just to keep it running. I never did figure out what they were printing. My little $29 printer can’t print thousands of pages, but for the 10 times a year I do need a hard copy, it’s fine. Most forms you can fill out online now. Every time I receive a bill that asks if I want to “go paperless,” I say yes. Even at the low, low price of $29, it won’t be long before home printers go the way of buckled shoes and camera film that you have to drop
off to be developed. The only snail mail I get now is spam. Thank goodness the post office gives spam mailers a price break on postage, or I’d never know I could get lower rates on my mortgage, my credit card, my electricity, my life insurance, my health insurance and my medicine. All I have to do is jump through a few of their hoops and somehow I’ll end up paying exactly the same. Or more. But really: How did Amazon get a printer to me in less than 24 hours? Even a drone can’t do that. Yet. I didn’t see who delivered my package, but I’m pretty
sure it wasn’t a robot. Yet. How is it that when I send someone a postcard, they’ll get it in a few weeks, but Amazon and a few other companies can get me a big package in 18 hours? And I live far out of town: It’s a 35-minute drive to the nearest grocery store. It’s an hour and a half to the nearest big box store – round-trip, that would be three hours. And I’ve never seen a printer there for less than a hundred bucks. There is some magic going on here that I can’t suss out. Here’s the thing: If you bake cookies this Christmas and want to send some to a friend, you’ll
have to put them in a box, go to the post office, wait in line for half an hour and then listen to them ask you if you’re sending anything flammable, breakable, plaid, or a thousand other things. Then they’ll tell you it’s $9 to send it to the other side of town, and that the sendee should receive it in a few weeks. By the way, do you want insurance on that? Or, you could order cookies from Amazon, tell them it’s a gift and they’ll get it to your friends 49 states away. Tomorrow. For free. “Well,” people will say, “Amazon can do it because it’s
a loss leader. They don’t make any money on it, it’s just to get you into the store to buy stuff they do make money on.” That would be right, except Amazon doesn’t have any stores to get me into (though they are experimenting with some). It sounds as if I’m shilling for Amazon, but they have fundamentally changed the way we shop. That doesn’t mean they are problem-free, but think about it: Has your bank fundamentally changed banking? Has your hospital fundamentally changed health care? Has your local education board made schools fundamentally better? Are we fixing potholes faster? When people say, “We should run the government like a business,” Amazon is the business they should be looking at. Not Enron. 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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A screen displays a patient’s vital signs during open heart surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. U.S. hospitals are now required to post list prices for medical services online, under federal rules meant to help patients find affordable care and avoid hefty surprise bills.
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Outside the Neighborhood
CLEVELAND — Investigators say a Cleveland bank robber made their job much easier because his note demanding money was written on the back side of a document bearing his name and address. FBI Special Agent Vicki Anderson tells WJW-TV the stunned teller who was handed the note looked at both sides and realized it was a document from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Anderson says the teller addressed the man by his first name, gave him the money and then notified law enforcement officers. Authorities used surveillance footage and the information from the document to identify the 54-year-old suspect.
Florida woman says toilet explodes after lightning strike
PORT CHARLOTTE — A Florida woman says lightning destroyed her septic tank and caused a toilet in her house to explode. Marylou Ward tells television station WINK News that the sole toilet in her Port Charlotte home was shattered into hundreds of pieces. Ward says the explosion was the loudest sound she’s ever heard, and that she also smelled smoke. She says a plumber told her lightning hit the methane gas that was built up in the pipes from feces. Ward says she’ll have to get the toilet and septic system repaired, but she’s thankful no one was injured.
Great white shark leaps from water to snatch fish off line
ORLEANS, Mass. — A family fishing in Cape Cod Bay had an up close and personal encounter with a great white shark that leaped out of the water to snatch a fish they had caught right off the line. Doug Nelson, who caught
the leaping shark on video, told New England Cable News it “gave us a pretty good scare.” His son Jack can be seen on the video jumping back as the shark breaches the water’s surface. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy confirmed it was a great white, as did Marc Costa, captain of the Orleans-based Columbia Sportfishing vessel.
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Mississippi man says dog saved him by warning of house fire
NEW ALBANY, Miss. — A Mississippi man says the family dog saved him and his son from a house fire. Marvin Foster of New Albany tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that he was getting out of the shower when Dudley the dog bumped the bathroom door and alerted him about a fire in the kitchen. Foster got dressed and yelled to his son, Terrance, that they needed to get out of the burning home. The two men escaped, but a wall fell and jammed the bathroom door, trapping Dudley inside. New Albany firefighters rescued the dog and gave him water and oxygen. Dudley had burns to an ear and his eyes, and he inhaled smoke. He is recovering at a veterinarian’s office. Foster says the dog is his hero.
Indiana city erects ‘Turtle Xing’ signs at request of boy, 8
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A northern Indiana city has installed “Turtle Xing” signs along a road after an 8-yearold boy warned the mayor that motorists were running over turtles on the move. Jack Wietbrock wrote West Lafayette Mayor John Dennis a letter in July asking him to install a sign advising motorists to keep watch for turtles along Cherry Lane. The second-grader wrote that “there are turtles crossing the road and they need our help.” He included a handdrawing of a car stopped and someone carrying a turtle, captioning that image with, “We saved a baby turtle.” The Journal & Courier reports that the mayor instructed the city’s street department to make “Turtle Xing” signs. Some of those signs recently went up along Cherry Lane. Other signs will be
Florida boy calls 911 to order pizza, gets lesson and a pie
SANFORD — A Florida boy who called 911 to report he was hungry and wanted a pizza got a lesson in proper emergency call etiquette, but he also got a pie. The Sanford Police Department said in a Facebook post
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JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT
This Month in History Sept. 16, 1630: The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston. Sept. 14, 1814: Francis Scott Key wrote his famous poem “The Star-Spangled Banner” after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland. Sept. 18, 1851: The first edition of The New York Times was published. Sept. 5, 1882: The nation’s first Labor Day parade was held in New York. Sept. 4, 1894: About 12,000 tailors in New York City went on strike to protest the existence of “sweatshops.” Sept. 7, 1927: American television pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth, 21, succeeded in transmitting the image of a line through purely electronic means with a device called an “image dissector.”
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Sept. 30, 1939: The first college football game to be televised was shown on experimental station W2XBS in New York as Fordham University defeated Waynesburg College, 34-7. Sept. 30, 1962: Black student James Meredith succeeded on his fourth try in registering for classes at the University of Mississippi. Sept. 22, 1964: The musical “Fiddler on the Roof” opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 3,242 performances. Sept. 20, 1973: In their so-called “battle of the sexes,” tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, at the Houston Astrodome. Sept. 17, 1995: Heather Whitestone of Alabama was crowned Miss America, the first deaf woman to win the title.
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( This issue’s clue: O=R) Last month’s quote: “Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.” — George Orwell
UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD Edited by Timothy E. Parker
“GIVE IT A GO” by J.R. Richardson ACROSS 1 They’re common 6 Rig on the highway 10 Denies access to 14 Aimee of “La Dolce Vita” 15 Hair removal product 16 Cookie choice 17 What a comedian stows? 19 Pop Diamond 20 Nationality finish 21 Choice meat cut 22 1998 Olympics site 24 One hundred dinars 25 Executive’s list heading 26 Tourist attraction near Cairo 29 Desert groups 33 Single-handedly 34 What most gamblers do 35 Sharp taste 36 Uncovers 37 Round of seasons 38 Surprising disclosure 40 Zulu or Swahili
41 Type of existence 42 Wooden spinning toy 43 Letters at Calvary 44 Kemp ran with him 45 “Viva Zapata!” star 48 Poker action 49 “Krazy ___” 52 “This won’t hurt ___!” 53 Game of chance played by nuts? 56 First name in legendary guitarists 57 What a siren does best 58 Wickerwork willow 59 NRA component 60 Caesar and Vicious 61 “The Dresser” director Peter DOWN 1 Outdoor eatery, e.g. 2 Difficult burden 3 Like a certain wolf 4 Pester for payment 5 Manhattan feature 6 Terrestrial mollusk 7 Garner 8 Russian-built fighter
aircraft 9 They’re found in lodes 10 Farewell given by a beatnik? 11 Expanse 12 Bit attachment 13 Recital performance 18 Urge gently 23 Ben Cartwright’s eldest 24 Canine rock and roll star? 25 Criminal subduer 26 Indulged to excess 27 Desert basin floor 28 Pooh’s love 29 Pavin or Feldman 30 With regard to 31 Old-fashioned “Super!” 32 Vermont product 34 Hawaiian veranda or island 36 Camping items 39 Walden or Golden 40 Hotel employee 42 Roly partner
44 Claire of “The Rainmaker” 45 Mexicali area 46 Ruth’s 2,213 47 Scopes the target 48 Appliance part 49 Heal, as bone 50 “The Night of the Hunter” screenwriter 51 Craggy mountaintops 54 Nice answer 55 Part of a Stein line
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. Jeffrey Pearson is a white male born 12-1070. He is 5-feet 10-inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. He has brown hair, blue eyes and has multiple tattoos. His last known address is Persimmon Boulevard in Royal Palm Beach. The suspect is wanted on felony charges of Failure To Appear: 1) Resist Officer with Violence; 2) Assault on a law Enforcement Officer. Jeffrey Pearson Cassandra Rosa is a white female born 11-4-97. She is 4-feet 11-inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. She has brown hair, brown eyes and multiple tattoos. Her last known address is Dolphin Circle in West Palm Beach. The suspect is wanted on felony charges of 1) Fraudulent Use of a Credit Card; 2) Fraudulent Use of Personal Identification Information. Warrants checked on 8-15-2019. Remain anonymous (don’t give your name) and you may be eligible for up to $1,000 reward. Cassandra Rosa
Call CrimeStoppers at (800) 458-TIPS (8477) or you can log on to www.crimestopperspbc.com.
Aries (March 21 – April 20) Financial worries make it hard to see what really matters. Your best support is about to come from people who know and trust you. Think less about what’s in the bank and more about who your friends are. Taurus (April 21 – May 21) What seemed like a small thing turned out to be bigger than both of you. You can no longer ignore this. Whether it’s a love affair, a conflict, or a project, get into it, or over it, as soon as you can. Gemini (May 22 – June 21) People aren’t blowing you off. Your paths never cross because you’ve both got way too much going on. In a month or so, serendipitous meetings will show you how much this connection really means to you. Cancer (June 22 – July 23) If your skills seem obsolete think about developing new ones. Growth always follows disruption. Maybe all the turmoil in your career has something to do with needing to break out and do what you love. Leo (July 24 – Aug. 23) If you
think that the best way to get love is to not ask for it, you’re wrong. Telling people how you feel won’t ruin your chances of getting closer to them. It’s safe to go ahead and make a fool of yourself. Virgo (Aug. 24 – Sept. 23) When things don’t work in one place, sometimes it means it’s time to move on. Going beyond our boundaries takes enormous strength. You can do this; whatever it takes will make you that much stronger. Libra (Sept. 24 – Oct. 23) How much do you think it will cost you to tell the truth about this? It’ll make a scene but so what? Your only other options would be to remain silent or split, and let your absence do your talking for you. Scorpio (Oct. 24 – Nov. 22) Between your parental issues and work issues you’re already out of here. Cutting the cord to the past will be easier than it was the last time. You know where you want to be; drop everything and go there. Sagittarius (Nov. 23 – Dec. 21) Maybe you gave someone too
much credit, and maybe you expected too much. Either way, you’re disappointed. Don’t let your misplaced trust get you down; use it to remind you to treat it better the next time around. Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 20) You can’t blame everything on your relationship. Whatever’s wrong has more to do with you. It takes two to tango. Instead of trying to remake your partner take a look at how your behavior feeds into this scenario. Aquarius (Jan. 21 – Feb. 19) You’re getting into something that you’re totally unprepared for. What looks like an easy ride will turn out to be an initiation. Open your heart to the idea that you’re about to embark on a vision quest. Pisces (Feb. 20 – March 20) If you thought this would fall into place on its own you were dreaming. Nothing will change until you act. Don’t let your fears of hurting people interfere with your choices. This is as much their choice as it is yours.
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