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OPINIONDon’t Be Complacent!Get Prepared For StormAs the Town-Crier goes to press,forecasters are predicting Tropi-cal Storm Isaac to become ahurricane and possibly makelandfall in South Florida earlynext week. With the possibilityof a Hurricane Isaac less than aweek away — coming on theheels of the 20th anniversaryof Hurricane Andrew’s landfallin South Florida — time is run-ning out for those not prepared.

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Palm Beach StateGets Town Approval

For Fifth CampusBy Ron Bukley

Town-Crier Staff Report

Amid standing-room-only sup-porters and eleventh-hour nay-sayers, the Loxahatchee GrovesTown Council gave final approvalTuesday to comprehensive planamendments and a resolution thatwill allow Palm Beach State Col-lege to proceed with the develop-ment of its fifth campus on a 96.7-acre site on Southern Blvd. knownas the Simon property.

Much of the three-hour meet-ing was spent reading more than100 comment cards both for andagainst the project, or listening toresidents’ comments.

The first comp plan amendmentchanged the existing mixed use tolow-density commercial use on the21.37-acre southeast quadrant ofthe property, and a second amend-ment changed the existing mixeduse to an underlying use of low-density residential on the remain-ing 75 acres, which is compatiblewith the development of a collegecampus, according to town staff.

The resolution approved a mas-ter site development plan — abroad framework for what PalmBeach State intends to do with theproperty over the next 50 years,according to town planning con-sultant Jim Fleischmann.

In June, the council recommend-ed transmittal to the state’s Officeof Economic Opportunity with lit-tle public comment. The amend-ments were returned with no com-ments or objections from Tallahas-see, Fleischmann said.

Bob Bentz with Land DesignSouth, representing the Simonfamily, said the first comp planchange would allow the develop-ment of the southeast 21 acres ofthe site. Plans call for the develop-ers to pay for standard paving onB Road from Southern Blvd. toCollecting Canal Road and opengraded emulsified mix (OGEM)paving from Collecting Canal toOkeechobee Blvd.

During public comment, Mar-sha Newell asked how much thetown would sacrifice in tax reve-

WCFL Marks 20th Anniversary With Big Celebration

See WCFL, page 16

RPB QUARTERS AUCTION BENEFIT

By Ron BukleyTown-Crier Staff Report

The Royal Palm Beach VillageCouncil granted site plan and platapproval last week for the 822,000-square-foot Aldi regional ware-house to be built off State Road 7near the Regal Cinemas, grantingneighboring residents’ request toallow a stand of Australian pinesremain until Aldi’s new landscap-ing grows in.

The Aldi warehouse will be builton about 42 acres of the 73-acresite, with the remaining parcels tobe developed later, except for oneparcel that is already developedwith a storage facility.

At the Aug. 16 meeting, JaimeBlackwell of Bobwhite Road in theWillows said he and his neighborsare concerned about the existingvegetation being torn down, ex-posing them to the construction

project before the new landscap-ing is installed.

“Many of the residents on mystreet have received letters fromthe U.S. Army Corps of Engineerswith plans showing the Aldiproject,” Blackwell said. “Whatthey’re showing is that it is com-ing within 60 feet of the canal be-hind our houses.”

Blackwell said the plan calls forstripping the land up to the canal’sedge. “By doing this, all of ourproperties are going to becomefront-row view to just a crater,” hesaid. “There is not going to be anyvegetation left for as long as ittakes to build this property.”

Aldi plans to put up landscap-ing and an 8-foot wall, but Black-well was concerned about the con-dition of the area between whenexisting vegetation is razed andnew landscaping grows in.

“I’ve talked to a lot of my neigh-bors, and this is not acceptable,”he said. “This is opening all thehomes on our street to noise andconstruction. If that whole area isstripped to dirt, it’s going to bevery hard for residents on thestreet to sell their property withinthe next two to four years.”

Although most of the existingvegetation is invasive exotics,Blackwell asked that it remain un-til the construction is done. “Wedon’t want to look at a ware-house,” he said. “It will take awayour privacy.”

Planning & Zoning DirectorBradford O’Brien said Blackwell iscorrect in that plans remove exist-ing vegetation, but the project willbe scarcely visible once the walland new vegetation are installed.

“The line of sight is a distance

RPB Council OKs Aldi Plan, ButTrees Left As Temporary Buffer

See ALDI, page 4

Programs HighlightAdvances At RPBHS


Royal Palm Beach High Schoolbegan a new year this week withpromising enrollment numbers,suggesting that more and morestudents are opting to attend theirhome school, rather than leave thecommunity for magnet and choiceprograms elsewhere.

“Our enrollment numbers seemto have been going up,” PrincipalJesus Armas said. “Our projectionwas higher this year than it hadbeen, and our initial numbersshow that we should reach thatenrollment number. We have thelargest freshman class in a long,

long time here. We’re up over 630freshmen. We’re excited about thefact that we’re keeping our stu-dents. They are choosing to cometo Royal Palm and be a part of allthe things that we have going on.”

The school has two new ad-vanced programs this year. Ad-vancement Through IndividualDetermination (AVID) is an inter-national program that helps stu-dents who are mostly the firstamong their families to attend col-lege to succeed in a higher-edu-cation institution.

“The program does a good jobof teaching some of the hidden

See RPBHS, page 16

Wellington Getting Ready As AStorm Threatens South Florida

By Lauren MiróTown-Crier Staff Report

With Tropical Storm Isaac pos-sibly headed to South Florida as ahurricane early next week, Well-ington officials told the Town-Cri-er this week that the village is well-prepared to weather any storm.

“Our preparation begins beforehurricane season starts,” DeputyVillage Manager John Bonde saidWednesday. “Every employeegoes through FEMA-recommend-ed training. In June, we make sureeveryone’s training is up to date…and check our supplies.”

He said that Wellington hasproven it can respond well in thewake of storms.

“We’ve proven ourselves with[hurricanes] Frances and Jeanne,”Bonde said. “The good news isthat many on our staff were hereduring those storms. We have anexperienced core group of peoplewho can help others. That’s notto say we can’t be thrown a curveball.”

Wellington takes its proceduresfrom a comprehensive emergencymanagement plan that is imple-mented countywide, he said.

“It includes everything from

tropical storms all the way up tothe most severe hurricane,” Bondeexplained.

As a municipality, Wellingtonacts as a first responder after thestorm, responsible for clearingroads and making sure emergen-cy responders can get to those inneed. Necessary village staff —those who manage emergencyoperations, operate machineryand do other important tasks —will go on lockdown at select vil-lage locations during a storm.

“Once winds get up to 40 milesper hour, staff either goes intolockdown, if they are needed, orgo home,” Bonde said. “We can’tdo anything when the winds aretoo dangerous to go out. We pre-pare before the storm, then after-ward execute response and thenrecovery.”

With Isaac, and a tropical de-pression right behind it, Bondesaid that Wellington is finishingup its details in preparing.

“This week we’re checking oursupplies,” he said. “We’re makingsure our fueling station is toppedoff and all our trucks and cars arefilled up. We have a more detailedlist for each department. For exam-

ple, the parks department goes out40 hours before a storm hits andmakes sure to secure all of our prop-erties. They secure items such asawnings, shade structures andbleachers that can fly away. Wemake sure all doors are locked andthat everything is chained down.”

Once a storm nears, Wellingtonstaff will take shelter in one of theseveral locations built to weatherthe storm. Chief among them is thenew Wellington Municipal Com-plex, where current council officesact as the primary emergency op-erations center for the village.

“The second location is at ourpublic works department,” Bondesaid. “They are linked by fiberoptic cable.”

Staff will also be on lockdownat Village Park and the Water Util-ities Plant, where critical staff willwait out a storm and help clearroads and other important areaswhen the storm is over. “This yearwe’re focusing a lot more atten-tion on recovery,” Bonde said. “Wewant to get the functions of thevillage back up and running asquickly as possible.”

Bonde noted that during theSee STORM, page 16

A Quarters Auction was held Wednesday, Aug. 15 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center tobenef it Blooming with Autism. A variety of vendors offered food, makeup, candles, Tupperware,jewelry and more for bid. Shown above are Gold Rush America's Nikki Pezzuti and basket winnerIrene Ferrante. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 8 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

The Wellington Amphitheater presented a free Neil Diamondtribute concert Saturday, Aug. 18 featuring Chuck La Paglia,a.k.a. Neil Zirconia. Shown above are audience members Rach-el Fienberg and Ella Evoy. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5

PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

TRIBUTE CONCERT


Last Friday night, nearly 2,000people gathered at Village Park inWellington to celebrate two de-cades of football, family and com-munity as the Western Communi-ties Football League celebrated its20th anniversary.

What began as a small footballleague playing on a patch of grassin front of Wellington High Schoolhas grown by leaps and boundsin its two decades, launching anew generation of football play-ers, academic scholars and stand-up citizens.

“When the grass would flood,we’d have to play on the otherhalf,” WCFL President Gus Pas-quale recalled. “The organizationbegan with a few hundred play-ers. This year we’re at 650 playersfor tackle football, 550 for flag and150 for cheerleading.”

League founder Joe Piconcelliwas honored with a Legacy Awardat the celebration.

To league officials, WCFL wasfounded not only to provide rec-reational sports for young chil-dren, but to build character anddiscipline.

“It has been a great program for

the community,” Pasquale said.“We’re so proud of what it doesbeyond football. We’re excited tobe able to keep the momentumalive.”

The WCFL legacy can be seenin the faces of honored alumnisuch as Anthony Nelson, Bran-don Pendergrass, John Bostic,and Tyler and Shane McDermott,who were inducted into the firstclass of the organization’s AlumniHonor Roll last Friday.

“These are five young men whogrew up playing WCFL football,”Pasquale said. “They have haddistinct accomplishments not only

ANN CLARK NEW POLO PARK PRINCIPALSEE STORY, PAGE 3

INSPECTOR GENERAL GETS RPB GRANTSEE STORY, PAGE 7

in football at the college level butalso academically. We wanted toshowcase them as an example forour current players.”

Nelson is a University of Mas-sachusetts graduate, while Pen-dergrass is a Wake Forest Univer-sity alum. Tyler McDermott playedfor Colorado State University,where he is now an assistant foot-ball coach. Bostic is a senior start-ing linebacker for the Universityof Florida, and Shane McDermottis the starting center on the MiamiHurricanes football team.

“There are bonds created [in theorganization] that last forever,”

Pasquale said. “It’s become aboutmore than football.”

The organization offers tacklefootball for children ages 6 to 13and flag football for kindergartenthrough eighth grade, staging 300games a year. Additionally, it of-fers a cheerleading program.

Games are held at Village Parkon Pierson Road, with this seasonkicking off Saturday, Aug. 25.

“We are so fortunate, as a ser-vice provider, to be within the Vil-lage of Wellington,” Pasquale said.“We know we have support fromeveryone — from the mayor to the

Palm Beach State College Presi-dent Dr. Dennis Gallon speaksat Tuesday’s council meeting.

PHOTO BY RON BUKLEY/TOWN-CRIER

See CAMPUS, page 16

RPB Council OverrulesZoning Board On SignThe Royal Palm Beach VillageCouncil last week gave Pet Su-permarket permission to use ayellow background in a sign forits new store in the VillageRoyale Shopping Plaza — a colorscheme turned down in June bythe Royal Palm Beach Planning& Zoning Commission. Approv-ing Pet Supermarket’s appealcould foreshadow the relax-ation of design codes in placeat RPB shopping centers.

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Wellington Awards BidFor Goldenrod ParkWellington is making good on itspromise to build a park for resi-dents in the Goldenrod commu-nity. Members of the WellingtonVillage Council agreed last weekto award a $198,137 contractto JMW Construction for thebuilding of Goldenrod Park.

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Whole Foods HostsBack-To-School PartyWhole Foods Market in Welling-ton held its fourth annual Back-to-School Bonanza Saturday,Aug. 18. Safety quizzes weregiven out, while Palm BeachCounty Sheriff’s Office person-nel issued ID cards for kids andhanded out coloring books andschool supplies. Page 9

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Polo Park Middle School inWellington opened the new yearwith new Principal Ann Clark incharge. Clark comes to Polo Parkfrom Poinciana Elementary School,a science, technology, engineer-ing and math magnet school inBoynton Beach.

While she has only been at theschool a couple of weeks, Clarkhas found a warm welcome.

“The dedication of the teachersis incredible,” she said. “This staffis phenomenal, they welcomed me,and I feel like I’m home. You walk

in and the kids are fabulous. Theyintroduce themselves and shakemy hand. It’s just a really neatspot.”

Clark added that parents havealso been very supportive. “I feellike this is home,” she reiterated.“It’s just a lovely place.”

Clark led Poinciana for abouttwo and a half years. Before that,she worked at the district officefor three years as an area director.In that job, she worked with char-ter schools and alternativeschools all over the county. “Iwent from Belle Glade north andsouth,” she said. “As an area di-

rector, you move from school toschool, and you work on issues atdifferent schools. The principal isvery much hands-on.”

Clark served as assistant prin-cipal and won promotion to prin-cipal while at Lantana MiddleSchool from 1997 to 2007. Shestarted with the district in 1983 atCongress Middle School as a spe-cial education teacher, and fromthere went to Christa McAuliffeMiddle School before heading toLantana, where she started hereducational leadership training.

She holds a master’s degree inspecial education from Florida

State University and certificationin educational leadership fromNova Southeastern University.

At Polo Park, Clark said she isimpressed with the number of highschool-level courses for high-achieving students.

“We offer geometry, algebrahonors and Spanish, so kids canleave here with high school class-es, which is great. Except for fiveand a half years, my whole careerhas been in middle school,” shesaid. “A few things change, but alot of it stays the same.”

Clark, 51, has lived in PalmBeach County since 1983. Origi-

nally from Miami, she is a nativeFloridian, born at Jackson Memo-rial Hospital.

She is married to husband Dave,principal at Olympic Heights HighSchool in Boca Raton. They havetwo grown children: Billy, 23, whois studying at Lindenwood Uni-versity in Belleville, Ill., and Ken-dall, 20, who is at Florida State. Forhobbies, she loves to read andgarden.

At Polo Park, Clark replacedScott Blake, who was removedfrom the post abruptly in July fol-lowing his arrest on solicitationcharges.Principal Ann Clark

Ann Clark Takes Over As Principal At Polo Park Middle School


The Royal Palm Beach VillageCouncil last week gave Pet Super-market permission to use a yellowbackground in a sign for its newstore in the Village Royale Shop-ping Plaza — a color schemeturned down in June by the RoyalPalm Beach Planning & ZoningCommission.

Approving Pet Supermarket’sappeal could foreshadow the re-laxation of design codes in placeat other shopping centers in thevillage, according to council mem-bers.

The zoning panel had recom-mended denial of the yellow back-ground for the monument signbecause it did not comply with Vil-lage Royale’s master sign codecalling for red letters on a whitebackground.

In June, Pet Supermarket rep-resentatives had requested touse its trademark colors on themonument sign along Okeecho-bee Blvd. near Royal Palm BeachBlvd.

“This appeal seeks reversal of adecision by the Planning & Zon-ing Commission regarding themonument sign,” Planning & Zon-ing Administrator BradfordO’Brien said at the Aug. 16 coun-cil meeting.

O’Brien added that there wasdiscussion at the June zoning meet-ing about a need to allow tenantsto use national trademarks or log-os for name recognition purpos-es. The need to be consistent wasalso discussed.

“The Planning & Zoning Com-mission decided the request was

not in keeping with the currenttenant panels on the monumentsign, with white background andred letters,” O’Brien said.

The commissioners recom-mended approval of the wall signas submitted, but recommendedthat the monument sign remainconsistent. “The Planning & Zon-ing Commission did not like theyellow background,” he said.

O’Brien pointed out that nation-al trademark colors have been ap-proved for monument signs at oth-er shopping centers in the village,and that the village code providesthat strong consideration be giv-en to identification characteristicsof signage, such as trademarks orlogos. Because of that, he said vil-lage staff recommended reversalof the zoning panel’s decision.

Robert Eisen with GovernmentProcess Services, representing PetSupermarket, said the chain wasfounded in 1973 and owns andoperates about 125 stores acrossthe United States.

“It has a consistent sign pro-gram using a red and yellow colortheme and distinctive letter typesregistered with the United StatesPatent & Trademark Office,” Eis-en said, adding that the store’s10,000-square-foot space is notvisible from the road. “The onlyidentification that they have oftheir store and their brand namecomes from this monument signon Okeechobee.”

Eisen acknowledged the shop-ping center’s master sign program,but did not believe it should applyto his client. “The majority of thetenants, not being national typesof businesses, comply with the

shopping center provision,” henoted.

Eisen said he thought the com-mission erred in its decision aboutthe monument sign. “You are sup-posed to give strong consider-ation to the use of logos and trade-marks in your sign approval,” hesaid. “Also the issue in your code,it’s not consistency. Your codedoes not say all the signs have tobe consistent. The code says allyour signs have to be compatible.Really, all they were concernedabout was the consistency. Theywanted each and every sign onthat monument to be exactly thesame, and we say that in the caseof a national tenant, a strong con-sideration should be given to al-low the national tenant to have hisidentification.”

Eisen also pointed out that oneof the commissioners said the signwould be more attractive if therewas more variety, and in light ofother national tenants in the shop-ping center, they might want to gowith their national trademarks if thecouncil granted Pet Supermarketits request.

“That’s for a future time and afuture date,” Eisen said. “Rightnow our only concern is the PetSupermarket sign, and we respect-fully request that we be allowed tohave the yellow background,which is an important componentof the national brand identifica-tion.”

Mayor Matty Mattioli said hedid not approve of giving one ten-ant a special exception, adding thathe thought if a store had goodproducts, consumers would seekit out.

However, Councilman RichardValuntas said he did not see a prob-lem with the variance.

Councilwoman Martha Websterasked Village Attorney Brad Biggsabout Eisen’s contention that thecommission had focused more onconsistency rather than compati-bility, and Biggs said the councilwould need to determine that.

Webster said she was confidentthat the other national tenantswould step up to ask for use oftheir trademarks if the council ap-proved Pet Supermarket’s request.

“We have made this change forothers around the village,” Web-ster said. “In fact, when we look atsome of those examples, I don’tfind them unattractive at all. WhatI do see is branding.”

Webster said the existing mon-ument sign is not very informa-tive. “I live right around the cor-ner and didn’t know Dairy Queenwas in there,” she said. “I do thinkthe time has come for us to moveup to what’s more relevant in mar-keting. I would go with this andapprove it.”

Vice Mayor Fred Pinto askedwhether the council would be cre-ating a competitive disadvantagefor other centers.

“The problem facing us is thatif we grant this, all the other na-tional brands have the right to say,‘What about me?’” he said, sug-gesting that perhaps “the entiresign should be redone so we canaddress the issue across the boardfor all the national brands and notbe so piecemeal.”

O’Brien said the applicant hasput forth this particular applicationnow because there is urgency at

this time, and that a proposed gen-eral change would be before theboard in the near future.

Eisen, whose firm also repre-sents the shopping center, saidanother application will be pre-sented at the next meeting for over-all sign change approval. “Tonightwould be the first step toward anapplication for an overall signchange,” he said. “Over time youwill see a change that will result ina better look overall.”

Village Manager Ray Liggins

RPB Council Overrules Zoning Board On Pet Supermarket Signsaid that if a new master sign pro-gram is approved that includesregistered trademarks, applicantscan go through the process with-out zoning and council review. “Ifit is not approved, they still haveto go through this process,” hesaid.

Valuntas made a motion to re-verse the zoning commission or-der and allow the national trade-mark colors. The motion was sec-onded by Webster and carried 4-1, with Mattioli opposed.

The current monument sign requires Pet Supermarket to use redlettering on a white background. The company was granted ap-proval last week to use its logo colors of red and yellow.

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OUR OPINIONDon’t Be Complacent... Remember Andrew And Get Prepared!

LETTERS TO THE EDITORLouda: BewareOverbuilding OnSouthern Blvd.

At the Tuesday night meetingof the Loxahatchee Groves TownCouncil, I expressed two main con-cerns. These were the proposedfive-story building(s) at theplanned Loxahatchee Groves cam-pus of Palm Beach State Collegeand the intense commercial that ispart of the rezoning package of theSimon property.

I was, unfortunately, unaware ofthe northern height-restricted zoneon the PBSC campus and, nowknowing of it and other bufferingconcepts, my concerns over vi-sion into the campus from the gen-eral community are greatly allayed.Given our history of light pollu-tion impacts from the Village ofRoyal Palm Beach to our east, I doworry about similar impacts fromthe campus, and our council needsto stay on top of this in a veryproactive manner.

I still have deep-seated con-cerns over the density and inten-sity of the proposed commercialat B Road and Southern. The po-tential for a store of the size anddisruptive nature of a Publix is ex-tremely troubling. The develop-ment of this, and other sites alongSouthern Blvd., needs to be con-trolled and planned in such a wayas to serve and not injure our com-munity.

I look forward to a wonderfulrelationship with PBSC and willkeep a much closer eye on the com-mercial developments around it.

Bill LoudaLoxahatchee Groves

End The ScourgeOf Fireworks

On Aug. 10, after sundown,around 9 p.m., someone in Well-ington near where I live set off abarrage of fireworks, short-livedbut equivalent, in my opinion, to apowerful professional display, atleast in so far as the noise it made.One blast was so loud that itseemed to shake the ground. Asmy cats came running in from the

patio, I thought it must be gunfire.But then I saw my neighbors

running out from their houses tosee what the noise was and whereit was coming from. The aftermathof this incident has been consid-erable. For myself and some of myneighbors, it was very disconcert-ing and ruined our peaceful Fri-day evening. For one neighbor, itcaused his dog to bolt and runaway. As of this writing, the doghas not returned or been found,even though many people havebeen looking for her.

The person who set off theseuntimely fireworks was not onlyinconsiderate but may also havebroken the law. It’s bad enoughfor animals and people who dis-like sudden loud noises have toendure this rude and possibly ille-gal behavior on Jan. 1 and July 4every year, but this happened onAug. 10. Does this mean that it’snow a free-for-all concerning fire-works?

In [previous Town-Crier edito-rials], you relate that “…it’s illegalto buy, sell or explode consumerfireworks, even on your own prop-erty unless you have a permit forpublic display…”

It appears that the problem is,by nature, almost impossible forlaw enforcement to prevent, sowhy does the State of Florida al-low the sale of illegal fireworks? Isit money? Since the Aug. 10 inci-dent, I have been very concernedfor the safety and well-being ofanimals, not to mention people,when fireworks are used by non-professionals. What can or will bedone about this dangerous trendof people who simply disregardthe law? It seems to be more com-mon with each passing year.

Judy SpahlWellington

We Know MoreAbout ObamaThan Romney

Editor’s note: The following let-ter is in response to MargeFitzgerald’s Aug. 17 letter titled“The Threat to America is Real.”

E.J. Dionne, author and journal-

ist for the Washington Post, said,“Bad arguments prevail when theygo unanswered.” The letter “TheThreat to America is Real” is notonly a bad argument, it is almostentirely fiction.

The truth has actually been“distorted by spinning a few factsinto a mix of fabricated nonsense”by Mitt Romney’s TV ad claimsthat the Obama administration hasadopted “a plan to gut welfare re-form by dropping work require-ments.” The plan does “neither ofthose things,” according toFactcheck.org.

The letter-writer’s claim thatPresident Obama’s records havebeen “sealed” is also “false,” ac-cording to Factcheck.org and theWashington Post. Ms. Fitzgerald’sletter leaves us with other ques-tions: “How many jobs did Rom-ney create/ship to China?” We doknow, according to the Bureau ofLabor Statistics, that 4 million pri-vate-sector jobs have been creat-ed in the U.S. over the past 28months, thanks to PresidentObama’s stimulus package. Howdo you know how “pristine MittRomney’s closet is,” when he con-tinues to hide his financial “clos-et” from the American people?The only year that he has releasedhis tax returns shows that he paida much lower rate than the middleclass pays. He may not have paidany taxes in other years.

When right-wing radicals spewwords like “Obama’s corruptrecord” without a shred of evi-dence to back it up, rational, think-ing, educated adults question theirveracity, while Fox News watch-ers and Rush Limbaugh listenersnod in mindless agreement. Ms.Fitzgerald probably really doesn’tknow much about Barack Obama’spast, but David Maraniss’s biog-raphy joins at least a dozen otherObama biographies about thepresident’s childhood, his years atColumbia University, Harvard LawSchool, as a law professor at Uni-versity of Chicago, and as hisyears as a U.S. senator. Those ofus who actually search for factsand truth know as much aboutBarack Obama as we have everknown about any president.

The truth about Mitt Romney isthat he was born into significantwealth, grew up a spoiled prep-school bully and has abused ourtax code to avoid paying his fairshare of taxes. Barack Obama isthe very epitome of the Americandream. He is an accomplished,principled man and probably oneof this country’s greatest presi-dents.

Gwynne ChesherWellington

Plutocracy OrDemocracy?

Editor’s note: The following let-ter is in response to MargeFitzgerald’s Aug. 17 letter titled“The Threat to America is Real.”

Yes, the threat to America is realbut not for the reasons suggest-ed. Are we a nation of two majorparties, or has the right just as-sumed only they “are the truth, theway and the life,” and no oneshould go to Washington whosephilosophy represents all the peo-ple and not just those who bybirth or marriage has made them amoral authority?

Quoting a past president andone who was the first to tax SocialSecurity, discouraging peoplefrom working is not exactly auspi-cious. I prefer to quote anotherRepublican president, DwightEisenhower, who made a speechin 1954. He said, “Should any po-litical party attempt to abolish So-cial Security, unemployment insur-ance, eliminate labor laws or farmprograms, you would not hear ofthat party again in our political his-tory. There is a splinter group thatbelieves you can do these things...their number is negligible and theyare stupid.” (This was taken fromEisenhowermemorial.org.)

Mr. Romney’s involvement inBain Capital as well as his reluc-tance to make public his past fed-eral income tax returns is well doc-umented, and with little exceptionhas spread to his “boy who wouldbe king” Paul Ryan. PresidentEisenhower also warned us of thegrowing military-industrial com-plex, which unfortunately, has be-come a reality with the number of

preemptive wars due to globalcompetition and American inter-ests.

While it is true that Democratstax us heavily during wartime, it isalso true that Republicans justhide the true cost of war throughborrowing from China and India,and calling it deficit spending. Ifind it interesting that Mr. Rom-ney created “Romneycare” inMassachusetts, never dreamingwhen he defended it that he wouldlater have to condemn it when aweaker version was called “Obam-acare” — such irony! You justcan’t make this stuff up!

We have two considerations onthe table; we can continue underdemocratic capitalism or we cancontinue on our way to a plutoc-racy. The former will keep the doorof opportunity open for all Ameri-cans, and the latter promises agreater concentration of wealth inthe hands of fewer and fewer peo-ple with the loss of representativegovernment.

President Clinton signedNAFTA into law and Americanbusinesses, our job creators, dis-covered 39 countries that pay la-bor less than $2 per day — perday! Does anyone believe that ourjob creators will bring any of thosejobs back? But wait, there’s more!They get a tax credit for every jobthey send overseas to the 39 coun-tries, while American labor lan-guishes at home.

Job creators? Ha! Maybe if youlive in China or India!

Richard NielsenRoyal Palm Beach

I Want MyVote To Count

I call the Republican rhetoricsong and dance, and the new

As the Town-Crier goes to press, forecasters are predicting Tropical Storm Isaac to be-come a hurricane and possibly make landfall in South Florida early next week. With the possi-bility of a Hurricane Isaac less than a week away — coming on the heels of the 20th anniver-sary of Hurricane Andrew’s landfall in South Florida — time is running out for those notprepared. For those who haven’t already made plans, done all their storm-supply shopping andmade their homes and properties prepared, well, they have a lot of work ahead of them. Andtime might not be on their side.

When Andrew reached South Florida on Aug. 24, 1992, it was a Category 5. According tothe Federal Emergency Management Agency, Andrew was the most costly natural disaster inU.S. history up until that point. The storm cost FEMA $290 million in federal assistance and$746 million for help rebuilding the public infrastructure that was impacted. If Isaac makes adirect hit even as a Category 1, that’s strong enough to cause serious damage and leaveFlorida in a state of emergency.

If you’re thinking about evacuating the area, the sooner you leave, the better; there’s no wayof predicting how crowded the roads will be on Sunday, and the last thing you’ll want is to bein a car race against a storm. For those choosing to stay, the first thing to do is ensure that your

home is fortified and there are no damaged areas. For those without hurricane shutters, ply-wood will be hard to find on the day before the storm, so it’s imperative you swing by a homeimprovement store and stock up in advance. For those with shutters, don’t let that feeling ofsafety lull you into putting off their installation until the last minute. It’s an arduous task and,depending upon how big your home is, can take a long time — time that could be used to makeyour final preparations.

And you can count on losing electricity. Plan for life without power for weeks and shopaccordingly, if you can. If the threat level rises over the next few days, the supermarkets willbe full. Beyond all the essentials (water, non-perishable food, batteries, etc.), it’s important tomake sure you’re up to date with any medications you may be taking. A storm doesn’t have tophysically contact you to cause serious injury.

If you choose to seek shelter, there are two American Red Cross hurricane shelters servingthe western communities: Seminole Ridge High School (4601 Seminole Pratt Whitney Road)and Palm Beach Central High School (8499 Forest Hill Blvd.). For more information on hurri-cane preparedness, visit the National Hurricane Center’s web site at www.nhc.noaa.gov orFEMA’s hurricane preparedness web site at www.ready.gov.

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The Wellington Chamber of Commerce

As One Equatorial Guinea Minister Proves, It Pays To Have The Right Papagovernment reaction, it may turnout that much of New York City’shigh-end residences and com-mercial buildings may come in forextra scrutiny.

Wasn’t there recently a storyabout another oil-producing na-tion’s potentate offering $100million for a yet-to-be-built Man-hattan penthouse space? Hetopped my bid by a few dollars.

Footlooseand...By JulesW. Rabin

You may not know the Minis-ter of Forestry in Equatorial Guin-ea, but Teodorin Nguema Obi-ang Mangue sure knows allabout the United States of Amer-ica. After all, he has purchased a$30 million Malibu estate, plus a$38 million private jet here, aswell as more than $1 million inMichael Jackson memorabiliaover the last decade.

per year salary, he has alsobought an $80 million home inParis, a $15 million property inSan Paulo, about $6 million ofvarious specialty wine productsand paintings by Renoir, Degasand Gauguin. Did I mention Te-odorin is the son of TeodoroObiang Nguema Mbasogo, theextremely longtime dictator ofEquatorial Guinea?

What suddenly has broughtthese incidental facts to the lime-light? It turns out that the Unit-ed States government has filed acomplaint that documents amaz-ing corruption, including de-tailed allegations of huge brib-ery and money laundering by theheir-apparent in oil-rich Equato-rial Guinea. It says Teodorin builtup his fortune by forcing foreign

lumber companies to pay him offfor logging rights — big-time. Ithints at oodles and oodles ofcash-filled suitcases exchanginghands, for example.

A top Justice Department offi-cial recently stated, “The UnitedStates will not be a hiding placefor the ill-gotten riches of theworld’s corrupt leaders.”

With this type of United States

What is truly amazing aboutthis mid-30s “financial genius”is how, on his less than $7,000

dance is titled “the Republicantwist,” and I’ll tell you why.

First of all, if we talk about vot-ing rights, redistricting and earlyvoting laws, which have been re-tracted, it is a dance to keep thepoor, the ethnic groups, the elder-ly and the college kids, who mightvote Democratic, from voting. Butthey also sing their song out loudon national television, as the Re-publican [State] Rep. Mike Turzaiof Pennsylvania did, when he said,“The new voter ID (law) is goingto allow Gov. Romney to win theState of Pennsylvania, done.”Have they no shame shaking ourcore beliefs at the U.S. Constitu-tion? The right to vote — it is aright, not a privilege?

So here’s the deal: I don’t mindif we have fair and un-tetheredvoting laws, and the votedoesn’t come out my way. I domind very much, however, whenI have to tell all of you that inFlorida, from 2000 to 2008, myvote did not count. Not whenKatherine Harris made Bushpresident with the blessing of theFlorida Supreme Court, and notin 2004 when the Republicanssent their boys in suits to intim-idate the voters. Only in 2008, theRepublicans mis-stepped in theirdance, and now they are doingthe Republican twist again bychanging the voting rights lawsand redistricting.

No matter what you believe in, Idon’t think anyone wants to havetheir constitutional rights takenaway from them, because if onegroup can do it, so can anothergroup do it to you. So if you don’tstand up for someone else’s rights,when it’s your turn, who will standup for you?

Shirley BassWellington

OPINION

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ApprovedWith Buffer

continued from page 1of 440 feet from the homes to theportion of the building,” O’Briensaid, adding that Aldi is request-ing a landscaping waiver to allowa depression in the buffer area toretain water for natural irrigation,rather than a three-foot berm re-quired by village code, which theapplicant asserted would requireirrigation and sod.

Aldi agent Dana Gillette of Er-dman Anthony said the trees onthe property are Australianpines, which are not really pinetrees but an invasive exotic that

the village requires them to re-move.

“It turned out that there werenot too many native trees on thesite that we could salvage,” Gillettesaid. “Along the canal bank, thereare trees outside the property inthe village’s land, and they areAustralian pine trees. The villagecode requires that we do that, andit requires it for good reason, butwe will be putting in a lot of land-scaping to compensate for that.”

The buffer to the north betweenthe site and existing townhouseswill have the 3-foot berm with irri-gation with an 8-foot wall due toloading activity on that side, shesaid.

Gillette also pointed out that theplans had been turned around so

that trucks would be loading andunloading on the east rather thanthe west side in order to be awayfrom the homes, although backingthe trucks to the loading dockswould be more difficult.

“The west side has no openingsand will not be visible,” Gillettesaid. “The east side will be whereall the activity is.”

Councilman Jeff Hmara askedabout additional landscaping thatwould be provided as part of aneconomic grant that the villageoffered to attract Aldi.

“They have a standard formulato provide a number of trees thatdid not match up with what ourcode requires,” O’Brien explained.“In order to bridge that gap, wecame up with an economic grant

in order to attract them to the com-munity.”

He said the amount that the vil-lage would give them was smallcompared with the anticipated eco-nomic benefit to the communityfrom Aldi, estimated at $56 millionfor the first year and about $115million for the next five years.

Hmara asked about Blackwell’sconcern about the visibility of theproject if the existing exotics areleft in, versus replacing them withnative vegetation. “Can you giveus a rough feel for the differencein density between what there isright now and what will replaceit?” he asked.

O’Brien said the existing Aus-tralian pines provide a “wall ofgreen,” where the new vegetation

will provide occasional windowsof opportunity to see the build-ing.

Village Manager Ray Ligginssaid there will be three rows of treesbetween the parking lot of thewarehouse and the property line,in addition to the wall.

Vice Mayor Fred Pinto said thebig win in the arrangement waspersuading Aldi to reverse the siteand have the trucking operationsaway from the homes to the west.“Is it a timing issue that this wasgoing to be torn down before thenew growth is in place?” Pintoasked.

Adam Wilhoit, a Willows resi-dent since 1996, said the area isoverrun with exotics. “I’vescoured every bit of this area we’re

discussing, and I can tell you thatafter 15 years, it has really becomeoverrun with exotics and most ofthe wildlife has moved out,” hesaid.

Wilhoit said that about 15 yearsago, the village removed the Aus-tralian pines on residents’ side ofthe canal but not the other side.

“There’s no disagreement withthe plan by Aldi from my point ofview, but crazy as it may be — I’mno tree hugger, but I’m no fan ofexotics — I think my neighborshave a unique request,” he said.

Councilwoman Martha Webstermade a motion to approve the siteplan with the condition that Aldileave the strip of Australian pinesthere until the buffer is built. Themotion carried 5-0.


NEWSEVENING OF MUSIC & FUN AT NEIL DIAMOND TRIBUTE CONCERT IN WELLINGTON

Cliff and Wendy Boady of acoustic rock duo No Strings Attached.Lillian and George Cutler, Arline and Harvey

Rose, and Myrna and Elliott Taubenslag.

PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL STUDENTS RETURN FOR A NEW SCHOOL YEARPalm Beach County public schools began the new school year Monday, Aug. 20. After a relaxing summer break, students were up brightand early Monday morning for their first day back. Shown here are photos from H.L. Johnson Elementary School in Royal Palm Beach.

Len and Carol Goldberg, Marilyn andBarry Fox, and Alan and Maris Newmark.

Toni and Mel Jason with grandaughtersRachel and Lauren Weiner. Brandon and Tina McGee enjoy the music.

Principal Sharon Hench talks with the Naszkiewiczfamily: mother Jennifer, Jordan, mother-in-law

Sharon Kaye, Kaia, father Roy and Tanner. Tara Ghodis, Soheila Naderi and Kia Ghodis. Erica Cano, Adriana Gonzales and Damaris Gonzales.

Chuck and Lori La Paglia entertain.

The Wellington Amphitheater presented a free Neil Diamond tribute concert Saturday, Aug. 18. Chuck La Paglia, a.k.a. Neil Zirconia,sang all the popular Neil Diamond songs for the crowd at the amphitheater. For more on upcoming events, visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.

PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

PHOTOS BY RON BUKLEY/TOWN-CRIER


CRIME NEWS

THE INFORMATION FOR THIS BOX IS PROVIDED BYCRIME STOPPERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. CRIMESTOPPERSIS WHOLLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT SHOWN HERE.

Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County isasking for the public’s help in finding thesewanted fugitives:

• Michael Davis is a white male, 5’8” talland weighing 155 lbs., with brown hair andbrown eyes. He has a tattoo on his chestand a scar on his abdomen. His date ofbirth is 07/04/61. Davis is wanted for fail-ure to appear for jury trial on a charge ofbattery on a law enforcement officer. Hisoccupation is unknown. His last knownaddress was River Bluff Lane in Royal PalmBeach. Davis is wanted as of 08/16/12.

• Jeremiah Flores, a.k.a. Ernesto Valdez,is a white male, 5’7” tall and weighing 235lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. Hehas multiple tattoos. His date of birth is01/05/85. Flores is wanted for failure toappear on charges of possession of co-caine with intent to sell, possession ofmarijuana and driving while license sus-pended, canceled or revoked. His occupa-tion is landscaper. His last known addresswas Fleming Avenue in Greenacres. Floresis wanted as of 08/16/12.

Remain anonymous and you may be eli-gible for up to a $1,000 reward. Call CrimeStoppers at (800) 458-TIPS (8477) or visitwww.crimestopperspbc.com.

Michael Davis

Jeremiah Flores


AUG. 16 — Several residentscalled the Palm Beach County Sher-iff’s Office substation in Welling-ton last Thursday morning to re-port vehicle burglaries. Accordingto separate PBSO reports, threeresidents woke to find that some-one had entered their vehicles andstolen valuables. According to thefirst PBSO report, sometime be-tween 8:30 p.m. last Wednesdayand 7:40 a.m. the following morn-ing, someone entered the victim’sunlocked car, which was parked inthe Estates of Wellington. Accord-ing to the report, the perpetrator(s)stole an iPod, amplifiers and speak-ers, as well as sneakers and cloth-ing. The stolen items were valuedat approximately $1,120. DNA evi-dence was taken at the scene, butthere were no suspects or witness-es at the time of the report. In asecond PBSO report, a resident ofTurnstone Drive reported thatsometime between 7:30 p.m. lastWednesday and 6 a.m. the follow-ing morning, someone removed ablack-and-gray backpack contain-ing $8 cash and several keys fromhis vehicle. The victim said thathis car alarm had been malfunc-tioning and that he would silencethe alarm without checking to seeif there was anyone near his vehi-cle. In a third PBSO report, a depu-ty was dispatched to another homeon Turnstone Drive after the vic-tim discovered several items miss-ing. According to the report, some-time between 6:30 p.m. last Wed-nesday and 6 a.m. the followingmorning, someone entered the vic-tim’s unlocked vehicle and stole awallet, change from the ashtray, aflashlight and glasses. The victimsaid she did not see anyone enterthe vehicle. There were no sus-pects or witnesses at the time ofthe report.

AUG. 17 — Two residents of theWellington’s Edge communitycontacted the PBSO substation inWellington last Friday morning toreport vehicle burglaries. Accord-ing to separate PBSO reports, thevictims found their windowssmashed and valuables stolen.According to the first PBSO re-port, sometime between 1:20 and6 a.m. someone broke the frontdriver’s-side window, reached intothe vehicle and stole a brown de-signer wallet containing severalbank cards, the victim’s driver’s li-cense and Social Security card andmore. There were no suspects orwitnesses at the time of the report.In a second PBSO report, the vic-tim parked and locked his car out-side his home at approximately 2:30a.m. When he returned to his ve-hicle at 8 a.m., he discovered some-one had broken his front driver’s-side window. The perpetrator(s)removed an Escort radar detectorand a 3.5-inch Lone Wolf knife withwooden handle. The stolen itemswere valued at approximately $750.There were no suspects or wit-nesses at the time of the report.

• • •AUG. 15 — A Jupiter man was

arrested early last Wednesdaymorning on drug charges follow-ing a traffic stop near the intersec-tion of Southern Blvd. and BenoistFarms Road. According to a PBSOreport, a deputy was on patrol inthe area when he observed a blackHonda weaving in the middle laneof traffic. According to the report,the deputy initiated a traffic stopand made contact with the driver,

20-year-old Jacob Sadowsky. Asecond deputy arrived and said hecould smell marijuana coming frominside the vehicle. According tothe report, Sadowsky had red,glassy eyes and the odor of alco-hol on his breath. A search of thevehicle found a small amount ofmarijuana in the driver’s-side com-partment, as well as a glass pipewith marijuana residue. Deputiesalso discovered approximately 9.9grams of marijuana in a bag in thetrunk, along with .1 grams of co-caine. Sadowsky was arrested andtaken to the Palm Beach CountyJail, where he was charged withpossession of marijuana, cocaineand drug paraphernalia.

AUG. 16 — A deputy from thePBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatcheesubstation was dispatched to ahome on 80th Lane North lastThursday morning regarding atheft. According to a PBSO report,the victim had been in the hospitalsince June 29, and her neighborshave been caring for her animals.According to the report, the vic-tim said she returned home to dis-cover several items missing. Thevictim said that several tools weremissing from a toolbox, along withtwo coin banks and her wallet withher bank checkbook. Additional-ly, she said someone had removeda tabletop pool game and a plastictoolbox from her closet. Accord-ing to the report, the victim saidshe had not given anyone permis-sion to take those items. There wasno further information available atthe time of the report.

AUG. 17 — Two West PalmBeach residents were arrested lastFriday evening on charges ofshoplifting from the Walmart Su-percenter on Belvedere Road. Ac-cording to a PBSO report, a lossprevention officer observed 54-year-old Allen Edwards and 45-year-old Sandra Thacker enter thestore and load two shopping cartswith items. The officer also report-ed observing Thacker place sev-eral clothing items in her purse.According to the report, Edwardsand Thacker then proceeded tothe domestic department wherethey began placing all the itemsfrom the carts into plastic bags.The officer said she then ob-served them pass all points of pur-chase without making an attemptto pay for the items. According tothe report, the loss prevention of-ficer stopped them and recovered$268.75 in merchandise. Both Ed-wards and Thacker were arrestedand taken to the county jail, wherethey were charged with petty theftfrom a merchant, second offense.

AUG. 18 — A deputy from thePBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatcheesubstation was called to a homeon Tangerine Blvd. last Saturdayevening regarding a theft. Accord-ing to a PBSO report, sometimebetween 5 p.m. last Thursday and5 p.m. last Saturday, someone re-moved a generator, patio chairs,showerheads and a vacuum fromthe home. According to the report,the victim was served an evictionnotice, but it was extended sever-al months. The deputy said thatthere were no signs of forced en-try, but observed that another fam-ily lives on the same property inanother dwelling. The stolen itemswere valued at approximately$2,000. There was no further infor-mation available at the time of thereport.

AUG. 19 — A deputy from the

Vehicle BurglariesIn Wellington

Neighborhoods

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NEWS


The Royal Palm Beach VillageCouncil last week approved an in-terlocal grant agreement with PalmBeach County to pay the village’sshare to fund the Office of Inspec-tor General.

County Commissioner Jess San-tamaria attended the meetingThursday, Aug. 16 to stress thatthe arrangement was only tempo-rary until a lawsuit filed by 14 mu-nicipalities is resolved, and thatthe money should come from a0.25 percent assessment from con-tractors’ fees.

Royal Palm Beach had previous-ly sent its portion to the county,but Palm Beach County Clerk &Comptroller Sharon Bock is hold-ing the money in escrow until thelawsuit is resolved.

Village Manager Ray Ligginsexplained that the village had re-ceived a request from Palm BeachCounty to enter into the agreementto provide financing for the inspec-tor general. At a meeting in June,

the council directed staff to revisethe agreement to provide for a re-turn or credit of granted money inthe event the county does not pre-vail in the lawsuit.

For fiscal year 2012-13, the vil-lage’s share will be $26,000, whichwill be paid to the county in fourinstallments. Once approved bythe village, the agreement wouldbe forwarded to the Palm BeachCounty Commission for approval,Liggins said.

Santamaria said he has been astrong supporter of the Commis-sion on Ethics and Office of theInspector General from the begin-ning.

“The beginning goes back to theyear 2006, when a national maga-zine gave Palm Beach County theshameful title of ‘Corruption Coun-ty.’ I agreed, from my own person-al knowledge and experience overthe last 30-something years, thatthere was corruption in PalmBeach County,” he said. “It wasthat type of national recognitionthat made me decide to run for the

Palm Beach County Commission.”He pointed out that in the ensu-

ing two years, several prominentelected officials and businessmenwent to jail. “I felt I was going todo something about regainingtrust as an elected public servant,”Santamaria added.

Soon after Michael McAuliffewas elected state attorney in No-vember 2008, he asked Santamariato be the first county commission-er to testify before a grand jury toinvestigate whether corruption stillexisted in the county. Over the nextthree months, more governmentofficials and businessmen testi-fied.

“At the conclusion of that in-vestigation, the grand jury made a54-page report, and the conclusionwas, ‘Yes, we still were CorruptionCounty.’ As a result, they recom-mended the installation of the Of-fice of Inspector General,” he said.

One of the key elements of thereport was that the office shouldbe financed by 0.25 percent fee oncontractor fees. “That is being for-

gotten and actually being inten-tionally avoided by certain munic-ipalities, headed by West PalmBeach,” Santamaria said.

He said the county commissionvoted unanimously to approve thegrand jury recommendation beforea standing-room-only crowd sup-porting not only the installationof an inspector general but that itbe financed by vendor fees. “Thisone-fourth of one percent is reallypeanuts,” he said. “One fourth ofa percent on a $100,000 contract is$250; on a million-dollar contract,it’s $2,500. It’s really an insignifi-cant amount to charge the ven-dors, but sufficient to fund theOffice of Inspector General, andnot to charge it to the taxpayers.”

In response to public input, thecommission then conducted a ref-erendum in November 2010 ask-ing if the municipalities shouldcome under the jurisdiction of theinspector general, which passedwith a 72 percent margin. “Onceagain, the public demanded thatall 38 municipalities go under the

oversight of the Office of Inspec-tor General,” Santamaria said.

Problems began because somecities, headed by West PalmBeach, decided to fight the fund-ing in court, then Bock decided tohold money that had been con-tributed in escrow. “The fundingby the remaining cities that havein fact supported, including RoyalPalm Beach, are being held bySharon Bock, so now the Office ofInspector General cannot afford tohire adequate help to do its inves-tigations,” he said.

Santamaria stressed that thefunding being approved that nightwould only be a temporary solu-tion. “This grant is temporary be-cause it is not the way it was sup-posed to be,” he said. “The tax-payers should not pay for the Of-fice of Inspector General. It’s sup-posed to be paid by the vendors.”

Mayor Matty Mattioli said RPBhas always supported the inspec-tor general. “Do you have anyidea when this court thing will beresolved?” Mattioli asked.

“Apparently, nobody knows,”Santamaria replied. “I hope thecourts rule on it soon. That is myexpectation, and I hope that thepublic remembers that this is notthe way it is supposed to be. I amputting all candidates on noticethat any officials who oppose itand are creating all of these obsta-cles are in danger of losing theirseats in the coming elections.”

Councilman Richard Valuntasmade a motion to approve theagreement, which carried unani-mously.

In other business, the councilagreed to move $63,000 from thevillage’s reserves to the 2013 cap-ital improvement fund to build adog a park at the new Royal PalmBeach Commons Park. Council-woman Martha Webster hadbrought up the idea, and Ligginsnoted that a dog park had beenmentioned several times in mail-ings regarding suggestions forCommons Park amenties. It didnot, however, wind up on the park’smaster plan.

RPB Council OKs County Grant To Help Fund Inspector General


Wellington is making good onits promise to build a park for res-idents in the Goldenrod communi-ty.

Members of the Wellington Vil-lage Council agreed last week toaward a $198,137 contract to JMWConstruction for the building ofGoldenrod Park.

The park was part of the planpromised to residents when coun-cil members decided last year toblock Goldenrod Road as it turnsinto Azure Avenue, Director ofOperations Jim Barnes told theTown-Crier Wednesday.

“With the road closed, it meantresidents had to go further to getto Azure Park,” he said. “This pro-vides recreational facilities for thefamilies in that neighborhood.”

At the time, the road closurewas a controversial topic, withmany residents upset about los-ing access to a park. At the Aug.14 council meeting, CouncilmanMatt Willhite said Wellingtonwas keeping its commitment toresidents.

“There was quite a bit of dis-cussion about the closure of Gold-enrod Road and what we weredoing for the Goldenrod neighbor-hood to replenish the use of a parkin that area,” Willhite said. “I thinkit’s important to recognize that weare going forward with the com-mitment that we made to the resi-dents of Goldenrod. We said thatwe were going to build a park forthem and make amenities availablefor them to use.”

The new park, to be located ona vacant piece of property just east

of Hyacinth Place, will include aplayground, pavilion and half bas-ketball court.

“We acquired a piece of prop-erty on Goldenrod from a resi-dent that was not taken care ofvery well,” Willhite said. “It wasan empty piece of property. [Thepark] will include all those amen-ities that we put into our villageparks.”

Council members were able tochoose from three playgroundplans and opted for a playgroundwith two slides, monkey bars anda climbing apparatus.

Barnes said that the park couldbe completed by the end of theyear.

“I expect to have the notice toproceed issued in early Septem-ber,” he said. “If everything goeswell, I expect it to be complete by

the end of the year or in early Jan-uary.”

Construction will be financedthrough the neighborhood parksprogram capital budget.

Though JMW Construction didnot submit the lowest bid, becauseof the village’s local preferencepolicy, it was given the option tomatch the low bid, Village Manag-er Paul Schofield told council mem-bers last week.

Councilwoman Anne Gerwigsaid she was glad to be able togive the children of Goldenrod ananswer on the park.

“I know a little boy named An-thony who I can now tell what thepark is going to look like,” she saidat last week’s meeting. “He hasbeen asking me when the park isgoing to be built. I thank the coun-cil for making this happen.” A rendering of the play structure chosen for Goldenrod Park.

Wellington Awards Bid For Goldenrod Park

Charity Golf Tourney — Paws 4 Liberty volunteers Nancy Plotkin and Terri Dagnan, disabled veteranMarine Lance Corporal Joseph Rainey with Tanker (goodwill ambassadors for Paws 4 Liberty), Paws4 Liberty Executive Director Heidi Spirazza with Sergeant, Ed Portman, Sgt.-at-Arms John Isola, Com-mander Mike Pancia, Tom Wenham, Binks Forest Director of Catering Whitney Buchanan and headgolf pro Wheeler Stewart. PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

American Legion Charity GolfTournament Sept. 8 At Binks


Calling all kids — come swim,bike and run your way to betterhealth and fitness during the in-augural Wellington Kids Triathlonon Saturday, Sept. 22.

Children between the ages of 4and 14 are invited to take part inthe triathlon, which will begin withlaps at the Wellington AquaticsComplex and include a bike rideand run along South Shore Blvd.

“A lot of municipalities havestarted offering kids triathlons,”Community Programs ManagerMichelle Garvey told the Town-Crier. “It’s for kids of any level.Every kid who participates will getan award, and the top male andfemale from each age group willget a trophy.”

Garvey said that Wellington hascollaborated with the WellingtonRunners Club and other organiza-tions to make the event work forchildren of all abilities in a posi-tive and fun environment.

Participants must have beenborn between 1998 and 2008, andwill be divided into five separategroups that must complete differ-ent distances.

“It will begin with a swim in theWellington Aquatics Complex,”

Garvey said. “Then they will bikefrom the parking lot along SouthShore and back. The run will beon the same course.”

For safety, the road will beclosed and there will be volunteersalong the route to help children,Garvey said. There will also be life-guards on duty in the pool.

The competition is divided byage group, from the youngestgroup — the “Trikes” — to the“Super Seniors.”

The Trike group is for childrenages 4 to 6 (born between 2006 and2008). They will swim 25 yards,bike 0.4 miles and run a quarter ofa mile. Children ages 7 and 8 (bornin 2004 and 2005) — the “Juniors”— will swim 50 yards, bike 1.6 milesand run 0.7 miles.

The next group, the “Super Jun-iors” will include children ages 9and 10 (born in 2002 and 2003).They will swim 100 yards, bike 2.4miles and run 0.7 miles. The “Se-niors” — children ages 11 and 12(born in 2000 and 2001) — will swim150 yards, bike 4 miles and run 1.25miles.

Lastly, the “Super Seniors,” whoare those age 13 and 14 (born from1998 to 1999), will swim 200 yards,bike 4 miles and run 1.25 miles.

Garvey said that the event

would be staggered, with the old-est children beginning first.

“They’ll be separated by a goodamount of time,” she said. “Therace starts with the oldest groupat 7:30 a.m. The youngest groupbegins at 8:45 a.m. So there’s agood hour between them.”

For the bike portion, Garveystressed that racers do not need atriathlon bike. “Any bike is al-lowed,” she said, noting that evenbikes with training wheels wouldbe allowed.

Although participants are re-quired to be able to swim on theirown, lifeguards will be on duty tohelp if there is a problem.

“Parents will be able to help inthe transition areas,” Garvey said.“That’s where they come out ofthe pool and need to get on theirbikes and put their helmet on. Par-ents can be in that area, but weask that they don’t go out on thecourse with their children.”

The registration deadline is 6p.m. on Sept. 19, Garvey said. Thecost is $35 per participant. No sign-ups will be accepted the day ofthe race, and registration is limitedto 250 participants.

For more information, or to reg-ister, visit www.wellingtonfl.gov orcall (561) 791-4005.

Members of the WellingtonAmerican Legion Chris ReykaMemorial Post 390 met Thursday,Aug. 16 at the Binks Forest GolfClub to discuss the Future HeroesCharity Golf Tournament to beheld Saturday, Sept. 8 at Binks.

Proceeds will benefit the FutureHeroes Scholarship Fund and oth-er local youth, patriotic and veter-an support programs. The tourna-

ment will have a 1 p.m. shotgunstart followed by a barbecue din-ner, awards and a silent auction.

The tournament will be run byvolunteers to celebrate fallen law-enforcement hero Sgt. Chris Rey-ka and other law enforcement per-sonnel, firefighters and veterans.

For the second year, volunteersand service dogs from Paws 4 Lib-erty will be volunteering on the

golf course with the legionnaires.Sponsorship and advertising op-portunities are still available. Thecost to enter the tournament is $100per player or $35 to enjoy the bar-becue dinner and awards only.

For more information call JohnIsola at (561) 795-2721, Mike Pan-cia at (561) 324-5403 or Ed Port-man at (561) 602-4409, or [email protected].

Sign Up Now For InauguralWellington Kids Triathlon

‘A lot of municipalities have started offering kids triathlons,’Community Programs Manager Michelle Garvey said. ‘It’s for kids

of any level. Every kid who participates will get an award, andthe top male and female from each age group will get a trophy.’


NEWSQUARTERS AUCTION HELD IN ROYAL PALM TO BENEFIT BLOOMING WITH AUTISM

Dean Tendrich, Rick and Tara Ramsey, MichelleGauthier and Robin Barmore do their bidding.

Event organizer and Tupperware representativeJulie Bryant offers a set for bid.

Becky Miller of Simply Said Designswith tile winner Kelley Proulx.

Cookie Mione won a necklacefrom Premier Design’s Lynn Acierno. Shoppers Angie Lamb and Kami O’Sullivan.

Milena Meehan wins the 50/50 rafflepresented by event organizer Julie Bryant. Anneth Breier is a happy shopper. Raschelle Young with Evelyn Escobar, who won this shirt.

Blooming with Autism volunteer FranPhister with founder Jodi Goldberg.

A Quarters Auction was held Wednesday, Aug. 15 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center to benefit Blooming with Autism. A variety ofvendors offered food, makeup, candles, Tupperware, jewelry and more for bid. The next auction will be Wednesday, Sept. 19 to benef itthe Arielle Anacker Cancer Foundation. For more info., contact Julie Bryant at [email protected] or (561) 797-1501.



NEWSWHOLE FOODS MARKET IN WELLINGTON HOSTS ITS BACK-TO-SCHOOL BONANZA

Deputy Humberto Mejia, Deputy Jason Gray and Deputy JasonHorowitz with Anna and Antonio Borroto on the Kawasaki 750.

Christian D’Orazio completes a safetyquiz as Deputy Scott Poritz looks on.

Sgt. Mike Kletzky, Rylee DeBlasis and Deputy Sohail Khan.

Deputy Scott Poritz, Sgt. Mike Kletzky, Store Team Leader BlakeLedbetter, Marketing Team Leader Lauren Belinsky, Capt. JayHart, Lt. Eli Shaivitz and Deputy Luis Ledbetter with K9 Clue.

Jodi and Maxwell Burkholz withDeputy Luis Ledbetter and K9 Clue.

Jayden Dunkle with PBSO Reserve Sgt. Chenry Baughman.Adrianna and Giavanna Fioravanti get

fingerprinted by PBSO volunteer Theresa Mirolla. Zachary D’Orazio gets safety info from Cpl. Alex Nunes.

Deputy Scott Poritz, Wellington Councilman Matt Willhitewith his son Mark, Cpl. Alex Nunes, Capt. Jay Hart,

Lt. Eli Shaivitz and Sgt. Mike Kletzky.

Whole Foods Market in Wellington held its fourth annual Back-to-School Bonanza Saturday, Aug. 18. Safety quizzes were given out withplates for a $5 donation to the Police Athletic League to be used for school supplies for local children in need. Palm Beach CountySheriff’s Office personnel issued ID cards for kids and handed out coloring books, and school supplies and safety information.



NEWS BRIEFSOpen HouseSept. 9 AtWellington

Jewish CenterThe Wellington Jewish Center

will hold an open house, shofarfactory and family barbecue Sun-day, Sept. 9 from 4 to 6 p.m.

Learn how to make and use akosher shofar at the free shofarfactory. Then come “meet andgreet” other people in the com-munity. Join Rabbi MendyMuskal for a family barbecue andfind out what the center has tooffer.

For parents, they will show yourteenager why he or she will lovecoming on Monday nights. Youwill have a chance to see theschedule of lectures and classes,as well as sign up for Hebrewschool. The event will have some-thing for the adults and somethingfor the kids.

The cost is $5 per person forthe barbecue. The Wellington Jew-ish Center is located at 13860 Well-ington Trace, Suite 4.

For more information, call (561)333-4663 or visit www.wellingtonjewishcenter.org.

Wellington WaterDisinfection

Begins Sept. 1Wellington water utility custom-

ers may notice a slight chlorinetaste and odor in their drinkingwater from Saturday, Sept. 1through Sunday, Sept. 23, as theresult of a temporary change in thewater disinfection process.

During this period, the disinfec-tion process will change from thenormal combined chlorine/ammo-nia treatment to a free chlorinetreatment. Periodic use of this tem-porary treatment process is recom-mended by the U.S. Departmentof Health & Human Services andthe American Water Works Asso-ciation as a precautionary measureto ensure that water remains freeof bacteria. These temporary con-ditions will not cause adversehealth effects.

Due to this temporary change,specialized users of water, such astropical fish owners, residents withpools, businesses, hospitals andblood/dialysis clinics may need tomake adjustments to maintain theirpresent water quality parameters.Customers may also notice addi-tional fire hydrant flushing by

Wellington’s Water Utilities De-partment personnel during thisperiod. Flushing ensures the freechlorine residual reaches all por-tions of the distribution system.

This process will be discon-tinued on Sept. 23, and treatmentwill revert back to the normalcombined chlorine/ammonia pro-cess.

For more information aboutWellington’s water, visit www.wellingtonfl.gov, go to the “De-partments” tab and select “Utili-ties.”

For more information, contactWater Treatment Facility Supervi-sor Sean McFarland at (561) 791-4037 or Village Engineer Bill Riebeat (561) 753-2466.

Sons Of ItalyPizza Party

Sept. 19 In RPBThe Michelangelo Lodge #2864

of the Sons of Italy in America willhost a pizza party Wednesday,Sept. 19 at the Royal Palm BeachCultural Center (151 Civic CenterWay).

The lodge meets the thirdWednesday of the month at 7 p.m.at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural

Center and is holding an open en-rollment during the month of Sep-tember. The cost for the pizza par-ty is $15 per couple for a wholepizza and soda, or $7.50 per per-son for half a pizza and soda.

For membership information,call Dennis Piasio (561) 641-1643.For pizza party reservations, callPat De Vivo at (561) 249-1298.

Benefit Gala For‘Lucy’ Sept. 27In Lake Worth

“Evening with the Stars,” a ben-efit gala for Lista “Lucy” Faircloth,will be held Thursday, Sept. 27 from6 to 10 p.m. at the Cottage in LakeWorth (522 Lucerne Ave.).

Everything for the benefit gala— from raffle items and live enter-tainment with special guest ap-pearances — has been donatedso that 100 percent of the proceedswill benefit Faircloth while she con-tinues to fight her battle with can-cer. She is currently undergoingradiation treatment for the nextseveral months. She is a singlemother of two and is strugglingfinancially.

As guests mingle with cocktailin hand, there will be plenty of en-

tertainment to keep the vivacityhigh. The red carpet event will fea-ture live entertainment by the ILove Lucy Canine Crew and manyprofessional celebrity imperson-ators. The main stage will show-case special guest appearances byCamille Terry as Marilyn Monroe,Alvis Sings Elvis and many morein the entertainment field.

To attend the gala, a donationof $20 at the door will be your tick-et to walk the red carpet. For moreinformation, contact Tracy SmithCoffey at [email protected].

NominationsSought For YWCA

HumanitarianAward

The YWCA of Palm BeachCounty is seeking nominations forits 2012 Barry Krischer Humanitar-ian Award. Established in 2008 tohonor the then-retiring state attor-ney, the award recognizes a lawenforcement, social services orhealthcare professional who hasgone beyond the normal “call ofduty” to assist or advocate for avictim of domestic violence.

As state attorney for the 15th

Judicial Circuit, Krischer madedomestic violence a priority byestablishing the Domestic Vio-lence Elimination Program (DOVE),which provides advocacy to bat-tered women upon their entry intothe criminal justice system; draft-ing and lobbying for domestic vi-olence legislation; and helpingcreate the Simon C. Fireman HomeSafe Center for Children to de-crease the trauma to mothers andtheir children during child sexualabuse investigations.

The commended service musthave taken place between Aug. 1,2011 and July 31, 2012. Nomina-tions should include the nominee’sname, title, place of employmentwith phone number, supervisor’sname with phone number, a one-page description of the activity oractivities with the victim, and thename and phone number of theperson(s) making the nomination.

The award will be presentedduring Domestic Violence Aware-ness Month, Thursday, Oct. 11 atthe PNC/YWCA Women in PowerLuncheon at the Gardens Mall.

The deadline for nominations is5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28.

For more information, or to re-quest a nomination form, call theYWCA at (561) 640-0050, ext. 115.


NEWSTEMPLE B’NAI JACOB IN WELLINGTON HOLDS ITS ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE EVENT

Allison Robbert, Erika Raichbach and Wendy Ginsberg.Oliver Chase gets help from ValerieSolomon as Josie Chase looks on.

BUCKLER’S CRAFT FAIR BRINGS CROWD TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA FAIRGROUNDSBuckler’s Craft Fair returned Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 18 and 19 to the South Florida Fairgrounds. Vendors sold a variety of craftsfrom jewelry to clothes. For more info., visit www.bucklercraftfair.com.

Herb Terry and Morry Silverman look overplans for the temple’s new building.

Maxime Rothschild, Marisa Feldman,Valerie Solomon and Erika Raichbach. Oliver Chase watches as Samantha Solomon paints his hand.

Fannie Wood of Trophies, Novelties &More shows Liz Lorence a key chain.

Suzanne’s Homemade Jams & Jelly ownerSuzanne Mixon gives Julian Simon a sample.

Up to My Knees in Crafts owner BarbaraMills sells handmade children’s clothing.

(Front, L-R) Mel Gross, Andrea Cohan, Susan Feldmanand Rabbi David Abrams; (back row) Morry Silverman,

Robert Solomon, Liz Thal and Jerry Bank.

Temple B’nai Jacob of Wellington held its annual open house Sunday, Aug. 19. It was an opportunity to learn about the congregation,meet Rabbi David Abrams and get information about religious school. The temple is located at 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 6,inside the original Wellington Mall. For info., call (561) 793-4347 or visit www.templebnaijacob.com. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

PHOTOS BY JESSICA GREGOIRE/TOWN-CRIER


SCHOOL NEWS

Resource Depot Teacher Appreciation Aug. 25

TKA Football Players Visit Children’s HospitalNEW HORIZONSHOSTS OPEN HOUSE

New Horizons Elementary School celebrated the new school yearby hosting an open house. Parents and students were greeted bytheir teachers as they visited their new classrooms. They enjoyedtouring the school, perusing the school store, visiting with old friendsand making new friends. Pictured here are parents, students andstaff members registering for school programs.

New Student Orientation At Berean Christian

Students and parents enjoy lunch during the Aug. 9 event.

More than 100 students at Be-rean Christian School in West PalmBeach started just a little earlierthan the rest of the school popu-lation — the new students, that is.Thursday, Aug. 9 was new studentorientation at Berean ChristianSchool.

New students and their familiesgathered in the school cafeteria tomeet with school administrators,take a tour of the campus, try outtheir lockers and meet with theirteachers. Berean Student Counciland National Honor Society mem-bers were on hand to assist in manyways. They gave tours, buddiedup with students and even helped

serve lunch. The morning finishedwith a cookout luncheon for newfamilies. Students and parents hadthe opportunity to mingle togeth-er on an informal level. Great priz-es were given away, includingCDs, gift cards to local business-es and school lunches.

The focus for Berean ChristianSchool this year is to help stu-dents develop a “Kingdom mind-set.” Berean Christian School en-courages students spiritually, emo-tionally, socially and academical-ly. To learn more about this or anyprogram at Berean ChristianSchool, visit the school’s web siteat www.bcsbulldogs.org.

(Front row, L-R) A.J. Pasquale, James Holland and GarrettLarson; (back row) Marcus Houston and Daniel Delgado.

Leading members of the King’sAcademy Lions football team re-cently took a break from trainingcamp and spent the afternoon vis-iting with children receiving treat-ment in the oncology departmentat the West Palm Beach Children’sHospital.

Seniors Marcus Houston,Daniel Delgado and A.J. Pasqualejoined coach Heath Nivens, aswell as juniors Garrett Larson andJames Holland, on the special vis-it. The players spent the afternoonvisiting with children and teenag-ers in the hospital and shared sto-ries, played video games, handedout candy and tossed miniatureKing’s Academy Lion footballswith the children.

The players made it clear thatthe trip had an immediate impacton them and not just the childrenthey were visiting. “It was remark-able to see how strong the kidswere,” said Pasquale, the seniorquarterback, of his experience at

the hospital. “It was a great feel-ing knowing that we could helpbrighten their day.”

Houston, the senior defensiveback, agreed. “The trip was a hum-bling experience and showed mehow thankful I should be,” he said.“I had a great time seeing a smilecome across the kids’ faces.”

The Lions will begin their sea-son with the Kickoff Classicagainst the Benjamin School onFriday, Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. on theKing’s Academy campus.

The King’s Academy is a na-tionally recognized private Chris-tian school serving approximately1,200 students from preschoolthrough 12th grade and is accred-ited by the Southern Associationof Colleges and Schools, the As-sociation of Christian Schools In-ternational and the Florida Asso-ciation of Christian Colleges andSchools. The King’s Academyserves students and their familiesacross Palm Beach and Hendry

counties at its main campus atBelvedere Road and Sansbury’sWay in West Palm Beach, itsClewiston campus on CaribbeanAvenue and its satellite preschool

campuses in Greenacres, PalmBeach Gardens and Royal PalmBeach. More information aboutthe King’s Academy is availableonline at www.tka.net.

SRHS Yearbook,School Picture

InformationSeminole Ridge High School

will hold school picture days forunderclassmen (freshmen, soph-omores and juniors) Wednesdayand Thursday, Sept. 5-6 duringEnglish classes.

Picture payment envelopeswill be available from Englishteachers during the last week ofAugust, the week prior to pic-ture day. There will be a schoolpicture makeup day in October.

The deadline for Hawk seniorsto have senior yearbook por-traits taken is Saturday, Sept. 22.To be included in the senior sec-tion of Seminole Ridge’s first all-color yearbook, seniors musthave that portrait taken at MaiaPhotography in Jupiter. Call thephoto studio at (561) 865-6242 orvisit www.maiaphoto.net toschedule a portrait session andtake advantage of the summerspecials available before the endof August. A $15 sit fee is due atthe time of the session, and se-niors can bring two different out-fits for a personal photo shootas well.

On Tuesday, Oct. 9 seniorscan have their portraits taken on

the SRHS campus. There will bea $15 sit fee for portraits only; apersonal photo shoot with dif-ferent outfits can only be doneat the studio. Visit yearbooksponsor Susan Menke in Room7-110, e-mail her at [email protected], or callMaia Photography to set up anappointment for Oct. 9.

• Yearbook: Senior Quotes —Seniors, the 2013 yearbook willinclude a personal quote underyour portrait in the senior sec-tion. To get senior a quote card,see your English teacher or dropby Room 7-110. All quote cardsmust be turned in by Friday, Oct.12.

• Yearbooks Discounted asSchool Year Begins — Until Fri-day, Sept. 7, Seminole Ridge 2013yearbooks can be pre-ordered atthe 25 percent discounted priceof $60. Purchase a yearbook on-line at www.yearbookordercenter.com or bring $60 in cashor check to Susan Menke inRoom 7-110. The 2013 SeminoleRidge yearbook will be entirelyin full color and will cost $80 af-ter Sept. 7.

Local nonprofit Resource Depotwill hold a 14th birthday and teach-er appreciation event Saturday,Aug. 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at itslocation at 3680 Investment Lane,Suite 1, Riviera Beach.

The first 100 teachers who ar-rive ready to shop will receive giftbags, refreshments, entertainmentand other surprises. Be sure tobring your teacher ID.

“Many teachers who comethrough our doors are given $100or less for supplies to last the en-tire school year,” Executive Direc-tor Jennifer O’Brien said.

Resource Depot’s mission is toprovide these teachers an alterna-tive to purchasing some (or evenall) of their classroom suppliesnew. “The alternative ResourceDepot presents is that of reuse,”O’Brien said. “Not only does work-ing with reused or re-purposedmaterials help teachers stretchtheir budgets and keep these itemsout of the landfill for a second orthird lifecycle, but it reinforces ina very practical way the importanceof environmental conservation forboth the teachers and their stu-dents.”

By making a very nominal dol-lar donation, educators can ac-cess Resource Depot’s warehouseand fill their classrooms with asmany items as they can carry out.From three ring binders, to paper,folders, books, art supplies, foamshapes, tubes and more ResourceDepot has something for everyteacher of every grade level andarea of study.

In addition to providing class-room materials, Resource Depotopens its doors to school groupsfor field trips, where students andteachers learn to use non-tradition-

al, reused and recycled materialscreatively while opening their eyesto ways that we can all be moreenvironmentally conscious. It alsoprovides teacher training sessionsand on location workshops, aswell as “This2That” workshopsteaching creative reuse to any-body and everybody who wantsto learn, hosted by Whole FoodsMarket.

Resource Depot is always look-ing for material donations to helpthese teachers fill their classrooms.Visit www.resourcedepot.net orcall (561) 882-0090 for details.


PALMS WEST PEOPLEKayla Adams

Graduates UF AsOutstanding Scholar

CAR Members AttendFlorida Packet Party

Kids Cancer Foundation End-Of-Summer PartyThe Kids Cancer Foundation

recently sponsored an end-of-summer party for local kids andtheir families battling childhoodcancer.

The young patients and theirfamilies were treated to an after-noon of family fun made possi-ble by the following local spon-sors: Once a Month Charities,Joey’s Outback Adventures,Costco, nutritionist Cindy Col-lins, chef Debbie Appleseed, GirlScout troops 20100 and 20114,TJ Spirit Zone and the AmericanHeritage High School NationalHonor Society.

Thanks to Once a MonthCharities and Costco, there wereplenty of cold drinks and tastytreats for the kids and families tosnack on. Once a Month Chari-ties also provided backpacks forthe kids filled with school sup-plies. Joey’s Outback Adven-tures sent their mascot Joey theKangaroo to pay a visit and handout toys that they had collected

at their “Christmas in July”event. Collins and Appleseedstopped in to talk about health-ful school lunches and snacksand to bring some healthy treatsfor the kids and families to sam-ple.

The Girl Scouts and TJ SpiritZone provided fun craft projectsand American Heritage HighSchool National Honor Societycame by to lend a hand at theevent.

All the children and familieswere able to enjoy an afternoonof fun, far removed from the doc-tor’s office and hospital. Andbest of all, they had an opportu-nity to just have a great time be-ing kids.

The event was a pleasant re-prieve for the children and theirfamilies to just relax and have funand to, at least momentarily, for-get their daily struggle battlingchildhood cancer.

If you wish to learn more aboutthe Kids Cancer Foundation, a

Joey the Kangaroo joins the children at theKids Cancer Foundation’s end-of-summer party.

nonprofit charity whose missionis to provide hope and supportto local children and families bat-tling childhood cancer and/or

blood disorders, visit the foun-dation’s web site at www.kidscancersf.org or call MichelleO’Boyle at (561) 371-1298.

Wellington resident and Drey-foos School of the Arts graduateKayla Adams has graduated fromthe University of Florida summacum laude with a double major.She also received the Outstand-ing Four-Year Scholar Award.

Adams graduated with majorsin fine arts and linguistics and a3.9 grade point average. She wasone of five graduating students,out of thousands in the LiberalArts School, to receive this award.Adams’ interests have rangedfrom sculpture and African agri-culture to fireflies. In 2009, shespent a semester studying wood-carving in a rural community in theBahamas.

Adams completed two majorresearch projects. One examinedthe ways ambiguity can be pro-cessed in both language and vi-sion, exploring their parallels anddifferences. The other project wasa yearlong study of perforatedforms in nature. She has present-ed her range of work at seven artshows, including two solo exhib-its.

Adams has sought to expandart into other disciplines, and shecoordinated several projects be-tween artists and scientists. Sheestablished ScArt, an official sci-ence and art student organization,and the blog Art/Science Collec-tive. Adams said her most valuedacademic achievement was the cre-ation of “Analogous Thinking inArts and Sciences,” a course andlecture series she developed withUF professors and one for whichshe served as a teaching assistant.The initiatives she fostered

brought nationally recognized art-ists and scientists to the universi-ty. She has received numerousawards for her work in science andthe arts, including one from theHoward Hughes Medical Institute.

Adams also spent time outsideof student artistic endeavors. Shetaught crochet as a UF leisure in-structor and partnered with sec-ond-language learners at the En-glish Language Institute to helpthem improve their English. Shewas a mentor for the CollegiatesHelping As Mentors in PublicSchools (CHAMPS) and the Gold-en Door, a program for the socialand financial rehabilitation of thehomeless.

Adams moved to Wellingtonwith her parents Ilene and NormAdams and sister Rachel in 2003.She plans to pursue a master’sdegree in studio art.

Kayla Adams

Army Pvt. Zachary Pinkertonhas graduated from basic combattraining at Fort Jackson in Colum-bia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of train-ing, Pinkerton studied the Armymission, history, tradition and corevalues, physical fitness, and re-ceived instruction and practice inbasic combat skills, military weap-ons, chemical warfare and bayo-

net training, drill and ceremony,marching, rifle marksmanship,armed and unarmed combat, mapreading, field tactics, military cour-tesy, the military justice system,basic first aid, foot marches, andfield-training exercises.

Pinkerton is the son of KenPinkerton of Tyrone, Ga., andgrandson of Gary Church of TheAcreage.

Pinkerton GraduatesBasic Army Training

Children of the American Revo-lution societies from around thestate attended the annual packetparty for the Florida State SocietyChildren of the American Revolu-tion to discuss this year’s theme,“Rolling with the Brave.”

The event was hosted by theFifer George Weissenfels Society,whose own Kaitlin Matyskiel is theFlorida state president of the Chil-dren of the American Revolution.She introduced to the group herstate project, which is to raisemoney to support the 33rd Nation-

al Veterans Wheelchair Games,which will be held in Tampa in 2013.Also in attendance were SeniorState Society President LindseyCook Brock and his wife, BillieSheckler Brock.

Members of the various societ-ies will volunteer their time as wellas raise funds to contribute to theevent. They enjoyed the presen-tation and acted in skits that high-lighted other groups and topics thesocieties support, including moun-tain schools, conservation effortsand endangered species.

Members of the Children of the AmericanRevolution at the annual packet party.

FREE SPIRIT WORSHIPCENTER COMMUNITY

OUTREACH EVENT

Free Spirit Worship Center in Greenacres held its annual commu-nity outreach event Saturday, Aug. 11. Some of the free activitiesincluded fully stocked bookbags, school uniforms, health screen-ing, a bounce house, a visit from the Greenacres Fire-Rescue fireengine and emergency truck, face painting, hot dogs and ham-burgers, and a Christian hip-hop artist. Free Spirit Worship Centeris located at 364 Swain Blvd. For more info., call (561) 596-8772or (561) 596-8773, or visit the center’s web site at www.fswcc.org.Shown above, Free Spirit Worship Center members enjoy the event.


NEWSPLENTY OF FUN ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES AT TEMPLE BETH ZION OPEN HOUSE

Rabbi Richard Polirer was on hand to meet visitors. Scott Seigel and Stephen Rosenberg prepare hot dogs.

Spencer and Michele Wyman.Children’s author Kimberling Kennedy showcases

her book Why You Should Laugh Three Times a Day. Meredith Pressler enjoys a hot dog.

Carl Margulies sells tickets.

Temple Beth Zion in Royal Palm Beach held an open house on Sunday, Aug. 19. Community members were invited to meet new RabbiRichard Polirer and the temple’s Hebrew school staff. The event included raffles, a bounce house, hot dogs, refreshments and more.Temple Beth Zion is located at 129 Sparrow Drive. For more info., call (561) 798-8888.

Cast Members Needed For Upcoming Play ‘Art Of The Pin-Up Girl’For South Florida playwright

Heather Storm, the prospect ofturning a dream into reality is nowcloser than ever.

Storm, writer and creator of Artof the Pin-Up Girl, a musical rompthrough the history of the Ameri-can pin-up, first envisioned theproject more than 10 years ago.Following a staged reading in NewYork City that “went very well,”according to Storm, a second read-ing is planned locally. The NewYork reading was staged at ShetlerStudios’ Theatre 54.

“We had an excellent turnoutwith about 80 percent of thehouse full of audience memberswho were delighted, and thefeedback was tremendous,”Storm said. “We can’t wait to do

it again here in South Florida.”Casting will soon begin for a

staging and future live performanc-es of Art of the Pin-Up, with film-ing for multimedia presentationalso in the plans. Dates, times andvenues will soon be announced.

“We are looking for six to eightfemale performers who can sing,dance and act for stage and forfilming, and who also can stylethemselves in a vintage/retro/‘pin-up’ look,” said Storm, who offereda look at the characters currentlybeing cast.

The characters are Ruth Etting,a 1920s radio and Ziegfeld star, alto,slim, beautiful; Anna Mae Clift, aGreenwich Follies showgirl of the1920s, alto, blonde, Southernbelle; Lena Horne, an African-

American movie star of the 1940sand 1950s, beautiful, soprano;Bettie Page, a queen of the pin-ups, black hair with bangs, beauti-ful, alto, bluesy voice; Alberto Var-gas, a tall, slim, Hispanic male,handsome, gentile, can be a non-singing role; and Baron von Lind,a narrator, male, suave, conversa-tional, dynamic, baritone.

“We are also casting additionalroles, both male and female, forspeaking roles and chorus,” Stormsaid, “and we also need excellentdancers (jazz/swing/ballroom) forfull company numbers and musi-cians, including horns, guitar, pi-ano and other instruments.”

Submissions should be madevia e-mail to [email protected]. Include links to all dig-

ital profiles, including pictures andsound and video files (if available).The roles being cast for the read-ing are unpaid at this time. Copy,credit and meals will be providedfor the filmed portions. This is non-union.

Art of the Pin-Up Girl is an orig-inal musical that takes a fond lookat the history of pin-up girls —those iconic, perfectly propor-tioned beauties who have adornedmagazine pages, posters, calen-dars and bedroom walls for morethan a century.

Originally inspired by a coffeetable book, The Great AmericanPin-Up, Storm set out to create astory that weaves tales of actualpeople and events into the tapes-try of a musical trip through the

time and space of pin-up art inAmerica.

The 15 original songs in themusical were composed by Gre-gory “Popeye” Alexander, Storm’shusband and a well-known SouthFlorida composer, producer, sing-er and radio personality. Alexanderis lead singer for the InternationalPlayers and Memory Lane andalso plays bass and keyboards forPoKoLoko based in West PalmBeach. The music was co-pro-duced by Alex J. Weir of PokoLo-ko at Dreamhouse Studios in WestPalm Beach.

To listen to musical excerptsfrom Art of the Pin-Up Girl andlearn more about its origins andthe pin-up icons who inspired it,visit www.artofthepin-upgirl.com.

An original pin-up girl poster bypinup artist Baron von Lind to

promote the new musical.

PHOTOS BY JESSICA GREGOIRE/TOWN-CRIER



NEWS

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PBSO substation in Royal PalmBeach was dispatched to a homeon Cordoba Circle last Sunday af-ternoon regarding a delayed resi-dential burglary. According to aPBSO report, sometime between 4p.m. last Tuesday and 4:30 p.m. lastSunday, someone entered the va-cant property and removed a stain-less steel Maytag stove and re-frigerator along with an air condi-tioning compressor. The deputyobserved no signs of forced en-try. According to the report, thecomplainant said that there was nolock box with a key at the proper-ty, and that only the new ownerand Realtors had a key to the frontdoor. There was no further infor-

mation available at the time of thereport.

AUG. 21 — A resident of Hem-ingway Court contacted the PBSOsubstation in Royal Palm BeachTuesday to report a theft. Accord-ing to the report, the victim saidthat last Thursday at approximate-ly 3 p.m. she was shopping at theWalmart Supercenter on Belved-ere Road. According to the report,the victim stepped away from hercart, and someone removed a blackpurse containing her wallet withher driver’s license. The deputycontacted the store to see if herpurse had been placed in lost andfound, but it had not. There wereno suspects or witnesses at thetime of the report.

WELLINGTON BALLET’S ‘NUTCRACKER’ AUDITIONSWellington Ballet Theatre held auditions for its second annual Nutcracker Tea on Saturday, Aug. 18 at the Dance Arts Conservatory. Theperformance will feature highlights of The Nutcracker and also showcase the company’s winter repertoire. The audition consisted of amaster class given by Melissa Waters and included a classical barre and the execution of various technical steps for the student toperform. For more info., visit www.wellingtonballettheatre.com.

Dancers learn audition combinations.Sarah Marsengill prepares

to perform her audition.Dancers stretch to

complete their warm-up.

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busy hurricane seasons in 2004and 2005, Wellington made a pointto open the Wellington AquaticsComplex.

“You might wonder why that’simportant,” he said. “The kids wereout of school; schools wereclosed; there was no electricity andno air conditioning. The pool end-ed up being really popular. Peoplewere calling us three days after astorm wanting to play baseball.They are desperate to get theirlives back in order.”

But Bonde stressed that Well-ington must first address crucialservices and major problem areasbefore it can address residents’needs.

“Our first priority is clearingdebris,” he said. “Then we haveto do things that involve clearinginfrastructure. In the first 72 hoursfollowing a major storm, we haveto work on infrastructure and then

building up services. Dependingon the severity of the storm, wecould be back in 12 to 24 hours,but we ask people to be realistic.”

Bonde encouraged all residentsto be well-prepared for the stormon their own.

“Make sure your home is se-cure,” he said. “Make sure youhave a family plan. Make arrange-ment for your pets and pet foods,and for necessary medications.Have enough supplies — they tellyou have enough supplies forthree days, but I say more like fiveto seven. Make sure your friendsand relatives know your plans.Sometimes people panic whenthey can’t get hold of their lovedones.”

Those who are well-preparedare less likely to become victimsthemselves, he said.

“Be prepared. Don’t become avictim,” he said. “Make sure yourhomes are secure and do whatyou need to do to exercise yourown emergency plan. If residentswould assist us in that, they won’thave to rely on government asmuch after the storm.”

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continued from page 1curriculum in education, such asorganizational skills, time manage-ment and study skills,” Armassaid. “We did some recruiting lastyear, and we’re starting out withone section of it, and that’s a goodthing for us.”

The school has also been ac-cepted for part of the CambridgeUniversity examination process,which offers an Advanced Inter-national Certificate of Education(AICE). “We are now officially aCambridge University school,”Armas said. “AICE courses andthe eventual test give studentscollege credits that in the FloridaStatutes are equal to IB and APcourses. They’re acceleratedcourses with an exam at the end,so we continue to increase thenumber of high-level courses thatwe can offer our students.”

In addition, the Science, Tech-nology, Engineering and Math(STEM) academy, started last year,is growing.

“We started with the one sec-tion last year, which is typicallyhow you start a new program,” he

said. “We still have one section,and we’ve added an elective sec-tion. It will be in its second year.It’s growing, and it will continueto grow. When we begin programslike this, we certainly don’t expectto start off with a lot of sections.We’re very pleased right now atthe direction that it’s going. We’vegot good kids in there. We’ve gotgood teachers, and the programwill pick up as we get farther andfarther.”

Armas said the Excelsior acade-my offering Advanced Placementcourses is in its third year and isalso growing. “We continue to geta lot of people,” he said. “That onecomes with very stringent en-trance requirements, an entrancetest, and you have to be level fouror five in both reading and mathcoming out of the eighth grade,so it’s a very tough, elite acade-my.”

Now with two sections, he ispleased with the progress at Ex-celsior. “Not that many studentscoming out of middle school qual-ify to even be enrolled in it,” hesaid. “If we have 635 kids in thefreshman class, only about 100 ofthose would qualify to be in it, andright now we have 30-some-oddkids in it, which means we’re get-ting about 30 percent of them who

actually want to be a part of thatacademy, which to me is a highnumber.”

The medical sciences programis possibly the school’s strongestsuccess story.

“For the first time in the school’shistory, the medical sciences pro-gram filled all of its seats and has awaiting list to get in as ninth-grad-ers, so it continues to be popular,”Armas said. “We have studentscoming in from outside whochoose it as a choice academy. It’spopular, and the students in thereare doing very well. Many of themare in our highest Advanced Place-ment classes.”

The school is to the point nowthat if students do not choosemedical sciences as a No. 1 choice,they’re not going to be able to getin. “Even then, you still might notbe able to get in,” Armas said. “Inthe old days, you could wait andsee if there were still slots open.That’s over with. There’s a wait-ing list to get in.”

In his third year as principal,Armas is excited by the momen-tum he sees. “Coming off last year,our numbers are good on ourtests, and we had a great gradua-tion,” he said.

Numerous village officials at-tended last year’s commencement,

which to Armas indicated the be-ginning of a solidarity between theschool and a village whose coun-cil had felt disenfranchised due tothe school’s attendance bound-aries spreading outside the vil-lage, with little if any input fromthe village.

“One of our goals coming in wasthat we wanted to ensure that wefeel that Royal Palm Beach HighSchool, as the high school of thecommunity, should be a beaconfor the community,” Armas said.“We should be hosting events likeRelay for Life. Our graduation cer-emony should be one that the en-tire village can celebrate.”

Having the mayor and threecouncil members attend gradua-tion is crucial to that goal. “Of allthe things that we have going on,we feel that is one of the truestindicators of how we’re progress-ing, of momentum that we havecurrently, and how we feel that theschool is going in a really gooddirection,” Armas said.

Armas said he is very confidentin his staff’s ability to sustain themomentum. “We’re excited aboutour faculty and staff,” he said.“Our faculty continues to be anexpert group. They’re very good,and they do a good job of further-ing our vision.”

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nue if the council approved thechanges.

Councilman Ron Jarriel said theuse had been agricultural beforethe mixed-use designation wasgiven a year ago, which garneredvery little tax revenue. “With 21acres of commercial, the taxes willbe 10 times the amount we havegotten over the years,” he said.

Vice Mayor Jim Rockett made amotion to approve the change,which carried 5-0.

The next amendment broughtthe 75-acre campus property backto low-density residential and in-corporated a special policy that willgovern future development of thecollege campus. “This ensuresthat the town will have the oppor-tunity to participate in planning,”Fleischmann explained.

Councilman Tom Goltzené saidhe was concerned about the plan-ning guidelines, including the buff-ers. Since the applicant is not re-quired to submit specific site planswith a comp plan amendment ap-plication, he used the right-of-waybuffers on Southern Blvd as anexample. The guidelines call forone tree every 60 feet at least 12feet tall and hedges 30 inches tall.“I think we’re getting a real shortshrift with what’s being proposedby the landscaping,” Goltzenésaid.

Collene Walter with Urban De-sign Kilday Studios, representingthe college, said they would havea detailed presentation, but the itemunder discussion was the compre-hensive plan amendment.

Nina Corning asserted that if thecouncil agreed to the amendment,it would no longer have regulato-ry power on the land. She also as-serted that the plan would allow apotential student body of 138,000.“Once you approve this, you can’tgo back,” Corning said.

But attorney Brian Seymour,representing the college, said thenumber Corning was referring tois full-time teaching equivalents,not individual students, pointingout that Miami-Dade CommunityCollege, the state’s largest college,does not have that many students.“Traffic concurrency limits thenumber of students,” Seymoursaid.

Indian Trail Improvement Dis-trict President Michelle Damonesaid she anticipated her daughterwould be attending the college ifit is built. “I’m actually very jeal-ous of your community,” she said.“If only I could have a college in-stead of all that commercial wehave. I think the location is per-fect.”

County Commissioner Jess San-tamaria said the campus would begood for the community. “I actu-ally encouraged [PBSC President]Dr. [Dennis] Gallon to select thissite. The people who will benefit

the most are your children andgrandchildren,” he said.

Rockett made a motion to ap-prove the amendment, which car-ried 4-1 with Goltzené opposed.

Town Attorney Michael Cirullopointed out that the 4-1 vote wassufficient under the town charterrequirement for super-majorityapproval of comp plan amend-ments.

The council also approved aresolution for the master site plan.

Seymour said the resolution hasprovisions requiring the college towork with the town, followingguidelines in the town’s comp plan.

Gallon pointed to the school’shistory of developing campuseswith respect to the environment.

The Lake Worth campus is 114acres that was given to the col-lege by the county in 1955. “It wasquite barren, and there was notmuch in the area,” Gallon said. “Wehave taken great pains to developas it is today. It is one of the mostwell-preserved areas in that loca-tion.”

He said the Palm Beach Gardenscampus would be the nearest mod-el to the way the college wouldlike to develop the LoxahatcheeGroves campus because it alreadyhas a lot of foliage on it. “It’s beenwell-preserved and has goodboundaries,” Gallon said. “That iswhat we hope to duplicate on thiscampus.”

Jose Murguido of ZyscovichArchitects, representing the col-

lege, said the abundant foliage onthe property will give the college arunning start. “It has wetlands,cypress knees and great edges,”he said. “That will create the con-nection to the community. It has arich ring of buffers, and a lot ofmaterial is already there. The ideais to preserve it.”

Walter, who is a registered land-scape architect and land planner,said one primary goal is that thesite design incorporate natural ar-eas. “Starting from the outside andworking in, we will look at morethan what the town code requires,”Walter said. “We want to be sureit fits in with the community.”

Murguido also pointed out thatthe master plan is a 50-year planand the college intends to begindevelopment on the south end.“For all intents and purposes, theland will remain virgin for a long,long time,” he said. “It will be con-sistent with the rural vista guide-lines. The important thing is thespirit and vision that it carries topreserve the beauty of the town.”

Goltzené said he was disturbedthat the master plan had no spe-cifics on how the site would bedeveloped. “They don’t have anyidea at all what they’re going todo,” he said.

Rockett said it was clear to himthat college representatives hadlistened to the town’s suggestionsand made the changes that itcould. He said he had driven up tosee the Palm Beach Gardens cam-

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continued from page 1parks and recreation department.We travel the region and we seethat we are truly blessed to havegone from that little patch of grassto the world-class facilities wehave now.”

Many of the program’s alumnihave gone on to join local highschool football and cheerleadingteams — something evident by thenumber of jerseys on display atFriday’s event.

“There were a slew of formerplayers out there,” Pasquale said.“One of the neatest things waswatching all of the little kids outthere interacting with the older kidswho are now in high school. It’s agreat gift to see kids I’ve knownsince they were 6 years old inWellington, Palm Beach Centraland King’s Academy jerseys.”

Thanks to a scholarship provid-ed by Equestrian Sport Produc-tions, WCFL will be able to en-sure that every child who wantsto play can — no matter their fi-nancial hardship.

“Part of our mission is to neverdeny families from participating in

the league, no matter their financ-es,” Pasquale said. “Mark [Bellis-simo] wanted to get involved andset up a hardship scholarship.”

Pasquale said these funds arecrucial, as league sponsorshipshave dwindled.

“It’s a combination of individu-al folks who have financial chal-lenges and a significant detractionin sponsorships,” he said. “Manyof our sponsors were constructioncompanies, Realtors and other in-dustries like that. This communitywas hit really hard in the real-es-tate department.”

Equestrian Sport Productionshas pledged $10,000 a year for

three years to help needy childrenparticipate. Bellissimo, the compa-ny’s CEO, said he first heard ofthe league from board memberswho attended events at the PalmBeach International EquestrianCenter last year.

“We invited the schools tocome to our events,” Bellissimosaid. “I had met Nick Iannone —one of the board members — atour event. We got to know eachother and struck up a conversa-tion about WCFL.”

Bellissimo said he attended aflag football game and was soldon the close-knit community sur-rounding the game.

“They told me that they werehaving challenges with sponsor-ships and trying to provide re-sources for kids who didn’t havethe money to play,” Bellissimo re-called. “I was impressed with theamount of participation from thecommunity and what a great jobthey’d done with the organiza-tion.”

Bellissimo said he and his wife,Katherine, were touched by theirstory.

“We want to provide resourcesfor children to participate in thisgreat organization,” he said. “Itrepresents all that’s great about

pus, was impressed and added thathe’d also noticed the healthy com-mercial community there.

Lung Chiu, inspector general forthe Palm Beach County SchoolDistrict and a member of the town’sFinance Advisory & Audit Com-mittee, said that as a 12-year resi-dent, he supports the project. “Ibelieve this is the best thing thathas happened to LoxahatcheeGroves,” he said. “I can tell youmy family of five wholeheartedlysupport this project.”

Chiu said he looks forward tohis children coming back from col-lege and possibly getting jobs atthe campus, and that he looks for-ward to it having cultural facilitiesthere.

Mayor David Browning said hedisagreed with those who opposethe college because it would notcontribute to the tax base. “There

are a lot of churches in Loxa-hatchee Groves that do not bene-fit me, but I’m not going to saythere’s nothing in it for me,” hesaid.

Darlene Snowball said she was100 percent for the college. “Myson could be going to this collegeinstead of Palm Beach Gardens toget his engineering degree,”Snowball said. “I would go backto school myself as soon as thiscollege is built.”

Goltzené said he was going tovote for the resolution but that hewould have preferred a larger buff-er to the north than the 50-foot onein the master plan.

“I had other ideas of preserva-tion,” he said. “All I can do is trustthem that they will do what theysay.”

The motion, made by Rockett,carried 5-0.

this community. It’s a special or-ganization that I would not havebeen exposed to had we not doneour Wellington schools program.”

As a frequent coach of his chil-dren’s sports teams as they grewup, Bellissimo said he recognizesthe benefit that the organizationbrings to the community.

“My wife and I both realize howimportant it is that kids are outthere being active and pursuing a

goal, whether its football, eques-trian sports or music,” he said.“Unfortunately, in difficult timesit’s more challenging for familiesto participate. Hats off to a greatgroup of people who are reallymaking a difference in this com-munity. Anything we can do tohelp is great.”

For more information about theorganization, or to become a spon-sor, visit www.wcflfootball.com.

(L-R) Anthony Nelson is recognized as one of five inaugural members of the Alumni Honor Roll;honoree Brandon Pendergrass with WCFL founder Joe Piconcelli; and cheerleaders enjoy the evening.

Mark Bellissimo presents WCFL President Gus Pasqualewith money for the financial hardship scholarship program.

Loxahatchee Groves Vice Mayor Jim Rockett received a certificateof completion for the 2012 Institute for Elected Officials held June22-24 in Tampa from Bill Underwood of Underwood ManagementServices, the town’s management contractor. Underwood alsotaught the course. PHOTO BY RON BUKLEY/TOWN-CRIER

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BusinessEnjoy High-End Dining Along WithGreat Entertainment At The GrilleServing up trendy cuisine, the Grille Fashion Cuisineis an upscale restaurant in Wellington. Owners JuanGando, Dustin Parfitt and Clay Carnes opened therestaurant in October 2011. The Grille has turnedinto not only a place to go for quality food but also aplace for great nightlife and entertainment. The own-ers wanted to create a place where people could enjoyhigh-quality food and a fun night out with friends, familyor a date. Page 23

SportsSRHS Football EyesReturn To The StatePlayoffs This SeasonThe Seminole Ridge HighSchool varsity football teamhas its sights set on the stateplayoffs again this year. TheHawks, who went 9-3 last sea-son, hope to surpass that andmove further toward a statechampionship title, head coachMatt Dickmann said.

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AHA Features Tack Sale And Swap, Free ClinicsDespite threatening weather, the Acreage Horseman’s Association'stack sale and swap meet held July 15 at Nicole Hornstein EquestrianPark was a huge success. There were saddles, pads, bridles, halters,riding clothes and boots, helmets, artwork, knickknacks and more.

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Acreage Pop Warner Teams Ready For New SeasonThe Acreage Steelers Pop Warner Football Club traveled to JupiterCommunity Park on Saturday, Aug. 18 to play in a series of pre-season scrimmages. The Acreage Steelers are in their third seasonand have three full teams: the Tiny Mites, Junior Pee-wees andJunior Midgets. Page 31


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Tales FromThe Trails

By EllenRosenberg

It was a great idea — the Acreage Horse-man’s Association planned to hold a tack saleand swap meet at Nicole Hornstein Equestri-an Park. For a nominal fee, anyone could renta space, set up tables and sell their stuff. Thedate: April 29. The problem: It poured all daylong. I’d had the sale on my calendar, but Ilooked out the window and shook my head,disappointed.

The sale did go on, however; but an addi-tional rain date was announced: July 15. Icouldn’t wait. The day dawned overcast, andbefore 8 a.m., showers briefly swept through.

Not again, I thought, and waited, hoping.Sure enough, although the clouds hung

around, the rain held off; and the sale went offwithout a hitch. About a dozen people orgroups offered all sorts of horse-related itemsfor sale. There were saddles, pads, bridles,halters, riding clothes and boots, helmets, art-work, knickknacks, even a cart and harness.

Christina Izquierdo was there displayingher custom-made western hatbands. “Ithought this would be a good place to let peo-ple see them,” she said. “They’re crystalstones on leather bindings, all different de-signs.”

“I brought along a bunch of boxes of allkinds of stuff,” added Meghan Garcia. “It’s alldoubles and triples of stuff I had sitting around

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at home. I never sell singles, things I haveonly one of — you never know when youmight need something. Only problem is, I thinkI’ve bought more stuff from other people thanI’ve actually sold.”

Volunteers from Luv-A-Pet, a local cat anddog rescue group, had a booth. Kelly Knotts,their director, had also brought along a minihorse.

“We’re selling pet- and horse-related itemswhich were donated,” she explained. “All pro-ceeds go directly to helping the animals we’retrying to get adopted. We’re located in thePublix shopping center in Royal Palm Beach.”

Two other horse groups also had boothswith items for sale.

“It has been a nice day,” said Jennifer Swan-son of Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue. “It’sgood working with the Acreage Horseman’sAssociation.”

“It has been going OK,” said Ruth Menor,executive director of the Vinceremos Thera-peutic Riding Center. “We’re selling excessitems people have donated. In addition to rais-ing some money, an event like this is a nice See ROSENBERG, page 22

The recent AHA tack sale and swap was a great success.way to get some publicity and meet other peo-ple in the horse community.”

Indeed, the friendly atmosphere fosteredjust that, a sense of being part of a large horsecommunity. Someone stopped me and askedfor the name and number of someone I’d done

an article about two years ago. I jotted downher name and called the next day with the con-tact information for Joy McKay, who cleanshorses’ sheaths.

I wandered around, not just interviewing

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Everyone knows I love a good yard sale.I didn’t go to many as a child, mostly be-

cause my mother didn’t want to drag fourhyperactive children from house to house,putting the neighbors on edge. (I was one ofthose kids on a leash when I was a toddlerbecause I had to touch everything. Still do!)As the kids grew up, Mom occasionally ven-tured out with my younger sister, Pam, whowas the first among us to appreciate vintagegoods sporting non-vintage price tags.

But when I got to Florida, my first new friendwas into the yard sale thing and dragged mealong. I’ve been hooked ever since. Not onlydo I like the bargains, but I like the brother-

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hood. There’s a silent understanding betweenpeople who can’t throw anything out beforegiving the rest of us a stab at it. We’re recy-clers, in a way.

And we’re certainly not in it for the moneybecause no one gets rich having a yard sale.Most yard sales will net the owner approxi-mately $150 and a sunburn. Most of us packthings up swearing we will never do it again.Yard sales are just too much effort and a wasteof a Saturday. If we purchased posterboard

and stakes for our signs, ran a few ads andgave out free coffee, we may actually end upin the hole. But we do do it again. We simplycan’t throw out our junk until we at least try.

Last weekend I was at a sale where the huck-ster was really, really trying. “Come one, comeall!” she shouted. “We have everything youneed and lots of things you don’t!”

Her garage was overloaded with books andelectronics. “Buy a book! Spend the summerreading! Books make great gifts!” she hol-lered.

She also had a few tables of “other.” I like“other.” There were vases and candles (twoyard-sale staples) as well as faded silk flowers(another thing no one can seem to throw out,no matter how old and dusty they are).

I picked up a stainless-steel pitcher with acork attached to the bottom of its lid. It weigheda ton, and I had never seen anything like it.Embossed on the bottom was the manufac-

turer, and that’s when I realized it was an oldThermos. It was totally cool.

“How much is this?” I asked.“Twenty bucks.” She waited a half a sec-

ond. “I’ll do $15.”“I’d take it for $10…”“$12 and it’s sold!”I handed over 12 bucks, and that’s when I

saw the sign that read, “For Charity.”“Which charity does this sale benefit?” I

asked.“The happiness congregation of India,” she

replied. “It promotes the idea that people neednothing to be happy.”

Odd.“I needed this Thermos…” I started to say,

but she had already turned to the next shop-per, yelling: “Buy something! Buy it even ifyou don’t need it! Buy something at this sale!Do it right now!”

Do they even have yard sales in India?

If you go to The Expendables 2 expectinghigh drama with an exceptional group of dra-matic players, you’ll be disappointed. On theother hand, if you simply want Grade A, high-testosterone action, this film is for you.

Like its predecessor, the movie focuses ona rather elderly group of mercenaries doingtheir business and having fun along the way.The leader, Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone),is a pilot/motorcycle builder and rider/merce-nary who winds up doing noble things in thename of money. In this film, after an openingsequence involving rescuing a couple of pris-oners from Nepal, the mysterious Mr. Church(Bruce Willis) demands that the gang do a“small, easy mission.” A plane with a valuableitem on board has crashed and they have toretrieve the item.

They do, but get ambushed by Mr. Vilain(Jean-Claude Van Damme) who not only takesthe item (a computer) but casually murdersthe one young male on the team, Bill (LiamHemsworth) who, to carry the caricature fur-ther, was about to leave to be with the onewoman he really loved.

Stallone, his assistant Lee Christmas (Jas-on Statham), a knife and combat fighting ex-pert, and a mixed bag of others go after Vilain,

leader of a small army of psycho thugs whoplan to grab tons of bomb-grade plutoniumfrom Russia. Given time and assistance from agroup of Russian women, Chuck Norris, Ar-nold Schwarzenegger, Willis, etc., wipe outwhat seems like thousands of younger, butobviously not tougher, men.

I had the stray thought that if we got theseguys together along with their really cool weap-ons (that somehow seem far more advancedthan what we’re using now) and sent them tothe Middle East on Sept. 12, 2001, they wouldhave wiped out the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Hezbol-lah and the rest of the different terrorist groupsin about a week and with a lot better one-liners than we currently get from our politi-cians.

A good piece of the movie in between bat-

tles was taken up with one-line wisecracksgoing back and forth. As expected, the Gover-nator was the best at it, adding several timesthat “I’ll be back” until one of the other char-acters just snaps at him, “You keep sayingthat.”

Describing the acting performances in thefilm is almost useless. Stallone does expressremorse at Bill’s death but is so “manly” thatexcept for a couple of lines about death andhonor, you would barely realize that he evenrealizes the kid is gone. Statham plays a hen-pecked boyfriend, actually speaking to hisgirlfriend on his cellphone in the middle ofmissions, until, of course, the fighting beginsand he starts killing.

Dolph Lundgren plays a wacky Swedishmercenary with a background in engineeringwho can’t make bombs but kills well with agun. Terry Crews and Randy Couture roundout the rest of the mercenary crew. Yu Nan, amartial arts expert, plays Maggie, forced onthe group because of special lock-breakingskills, but who can kill with the best of theboys. Van Damme matches Stallone’s lack ofgesture for lack of gesture, but Scott Adkins,playing the bad guy’s psycho sidekick Hec-tor, outperforms all the others.

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Having well-known action stars provides acomfort level for the audience. We can quick-ly identify with them, particularly when thedialogue constantly refers to old movie roles.And, for an old codger like myself, I enjoywhen the AARP generation sweeps down andwipes out all the young thugs.

The action is very cartoonish, bodies fly-ing everywhere during some of the actionscenes (and we all know that the good guyswill win in the end… except for the poor, mar-tyred kid whose death sets off the action) andthe bad guys have absolutely no redeemingfeatures. In one scene, Schwarzenegger andWillis rip the doors off a smart car (Arnoldcomplaining that he had shoes larger than thevehicle) and drive it through an airline termi-nal, blasting bad guys from both sides whileNorris takes out all the bad guys in a few wait-ing rooms. And, at the end, there’s an extend-ed battle scene between Stallone and VanDamme that works its way through at least ahalf-dozen clichés.

This will never be rated as a great movie oreven a really good one. But it is fun; the one-liners come fast and furious to separate thelong battle scenes. In other words, a goodpopcorn film.

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people but meeting friends, catching up onhorse events and, of course, buying thingsthat, while I didn’t exactly need, I could prob-ably use. I ended up with a saddle pad, sad-dlebags, a hay bag, a girth, yet another bit,two fly masks and a cute framed horse print.

“The sale is going well,” said Christy Hilde-brand. “I’ve made some decent hay money.”

Recently unemployed but with lots of goodskills, Hildebrand was also trying to find ahome for her bombproof, older horse. “Hardtimes,” she sighed.

Beverly Woodard cleaned out her tack roomand hauled along the excess. We swappedstories about rescuing horses.

“I wish there were more people here,” shesaid. “At least the weather is holding out. It’snice running into people we know. This is likea whole bunch of horse people coming to-gether for a community event.”

And it was. People brought horses and puton riding demonstrations. Three girls rodetheir horses, some bridleless, which was im-pressive, one even doing bridleless reiningand cutting. I don’t know which I enjoyedmore, chatting with friends or finding greatbargains.

“The sale was a great success,” said LindaRainbolt, pleasure director of the AcreageHorseman’s Association.

She had brought along two western sad-dles needing a new home. “I think it was ex-cellent. Everyone had fun, and there was a lotof good stuff for sale,” Rainbolt said. “We’llbe holding these sales twice each year, inNovember and May.

In addition, the group will be holding freeweekly riding classes at the equestrian parkon all sorts of topics.

“Everyone’s welcome; you don’t have tobe an AHA member to participate or watch,”Rainbolt said. “There will be clinics on show-manship, grooming and conditioning, west-ern pleasure, hunter/jumper, reining and cut-ting, trail class obstacles, de-spooking, west-ern dressage, dealing with behavior problems,driving and anything else anyone can thinkof or would like to see. They’re held differentdays of the week, either on weekday eveningsor on a Saturday or Sunday. Check our website for specifics.”

The goal is to get people out so they canenjoy doing things with their horses.

“Some people have lovely horses that justsit out in the yard doing nothing,” Rainboltexplained. “We’d like to see horse people be-ing active, connecting with friends and neigh-

bors in the horse community, organizing localtrail rides. It’s a great way to meet others whilelearning something fun and useful.”

For more information about the AcreageHorseman’s Association and for clinic datesand times, visit www.acreagehorseman.com.

The booth run by Luv-A-Pet volunteers.


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Grille Fashion Cuisine owners Clay Carnes, Juan Gando and Dustin Parfitt.

By Jessica GregoireTown-Crier Staff Report

Serving up trendy cuisine, the Grille Fash-ion Cuisine is an upscale restaurant in Well-ington. Owners Juan Gando, Dustin Parfitt andClay Carnes opened the restaurant in Octo-ber 2011.

The Grille has turned into not only a placeto go for quality food but also a place forgreat nightlife and entertainment. The ownerswanted to create a place where people couldenjoy high-quality food and a fun night outwith friends, family or a date.

“The kind of food we have, you won’t findit anywhere,” Gando said. “It is really goodPalm Beach–style food.”

All three of the owners met at CucinaDell’Arte, where they worked as chefs. “Weall worked together and bring all our styleshere,” Gando said. “But our main thing here isgrilled food with a little bit of everything.”

The Grille offers daily specials, except forMondays during the summer when it is closed.The large expansive bar also includes a dailyhappy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. The specials varyby day of the week. On Tuesdays, bottles ofwine are half off; on Wednesdays, appetizersare half off; on Thursdays, drinks are half off;Fridays are Latin nights; Saturdays are bingokaraoke nights from 9 p.m. to midnight; andon Sundays, there are brunch specials and$20 all-you-can-eat ribs.

Bingo karaoke nights have become a newpopular form of local entertainment and din-ing. The evening begins with dinner, followedby entertainment with host Josh Cohen. Co-hen first welcomes the guests and announc-es the grand entrance parade. This paradepleasantly surprises the attendees as the DJplays “Be Our Guest” from the movie Cinder-

ella, and the servers and host come out incharacter costumes waving large sparklers inthe air.

“It’s not your average bingo,” Gando said.“Josh Cohen makes it fun because he inter-acts with the people.”

There is also a live DJ, as well as variousprizes and free drinks to be won. “You neverget bored playing this bingo,” Gando said.“Everybody is laughing, dancing, singing andhaving fun.”

After Cohen picks a ball, he challengespeople to do certain things, from dancingon the table to answering trivia. The nightis filled with comedy, drinking, dancing andprizes.

Grille General Manager Ximena Cordero,who learned about this style of bingo afterattending one in New York, developed theidea. The owners of the Grille don’t wantguests to just come and eat; they want themto stay and enjoy their night.

With much to do every night of the week,the owners are prepared to continue servingup fresh, high-end food. “We have a full barevery night with the best wines and liquors,”Gando said. “The kitchen will be open all nightuntil we close, so people can order food andeat while they are playing, singing, dancingand just having fun.”

As experienced restaurateurs, Gando andParfitt are also the owners of Oli’s FashionCuisine in Wellington. Their success with Oli’sled to the opening of the Grille, but this timethey teamed up with internationally experi-enced chef Clay Carnes.

The Grille is located at 12300 South ShoreBlvd. in Wellington. For more information, visitwww.thegrillefashioncuisine.com or call (561)793-2110.

PHOTO BY JESSICA GREGOIRE/TOWN-CRIER

SEE VIDEO FROM THE GRILLE AT WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM


BUSINESS NEWSPeter Fogel To Speak At Sept. 13

Small Business RoundTable EventThe Wellington Chamber of Com-

merce Small Business RoundTablewill present a humorous, informativeand interactive session with speak-er, author, corporate trainer and re-invention expert Peter Fogel, a.k.a.“the Reinvention Guy,” on Thurs-day, Sept. 13 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. atthe Binks Forest Golf Club.

Fogel will discuss motivation, re-inventing oneself, attaining goalsand coping with reality — all sprin-kled with humor. Blanca Greensteinof Morris Laing Evans Brock &Kennedy, Chtd. will be the modera-tor. A mixer is scheduled at the be-ginning of the evening with drinksand hors d’oeuvres. The presenta-tion will begin at approximately 6p.m.

Fogel’s career started in Las Ve-gas, Nev. Years later, this same ca-reer took him into corporate Ameri-ca. As a comedian in the nightclubsof Las Vegas years ago, he openedfor comedy luminaries such as Jim-my “J.J.” Walker, Rita Rudner andLewis Black. He also performed onor worked for 22 shows, includingMarried… With Children , Unhap-pily Ever After and Comic Strip Live,as well as having performed on cruise

ships. Fogel acknowledges that hewas living a full life; he was havingfun and taking on the all the risksthat came along with that type ofcareer.

After turning 40, however, Fogelhad a mid-life crisis. “I was success-ful, but yet, if you looked at my ca-reer it had more peaks and valleysthan an EKG graph,” he said.

Fogel felt burned out from thegypsy lifestyle of a performer. It wasthen he decided to make a 180-de-gree change and reinvented himselfinto an advertising copywriter. Us-ing his background as an actor andwriter, Fogel discovered he had aknack for persuading people to buyproducts, and he thereby became anin-demand sales writer for multi-mil-lion dollar companies such as VitalMax Vitamins, Renaissance Health,Bio-Centric Health, Gold and Ener-gy Report, and Agora Publishing.

Later, Fogel realized he wanted tohelp others reach true fulfillmentthrough personal growth, changeand reinvention — so he became anauthor. For more information on Fo-gel, visit his web site at www.reinventyourselfnow.com.

The cost for the session is $10.

Those planning to attend are askedto RSVP by Sept. 7 by calling (561)792-6525 or visiting the chamber’sweb site at www.wellingtonchamber.com.

For more information, contactWellington Chamber of CommerceExecutive Director Michela Perillo-Green at [email protected].

The Burt Reynolds Institute forFilm and Theatre (BRIFT) recentlyannounced the election of a newboard of directors.

Stepping in as chair is DouglasRill, owner of Century 21 America’sChoice in West Palm Beach andPalm Beach. Rill has over 40 yearsof experience in the real estate in-dustry and serves on the board ofthe Palm Beach County Film & Tele-vision Commission.

Well-known television news jour-nalist Bob Nichols will serve as vicechair for the institute’s board. After

Douglas Rill, Burt Reynolds, James Bearden and Bob Nichols.

more than three decades as a localreporter, Nichols moved into non-profit work. He is the former CEO/executive director of the GrassyWaters Preserve and the owner ofMediaMasters LLC.

Attorney James Bearden was alsoelected to the board. He has morethan 20 years of experience in cor-porate, communications and enter-tainment law. Currently, Bearden isa partner with Bearden, Lewis & Th-omas, LLP in Boca Raton.

For more information on theBRIFT, visit www.brift.org.

Burt Reynolds InstituteAnnounces New Directors

PHOTO COURTESY TODD VITTUM

Peter Fogel


BUSINESS NEWSPaton New DirectorOf Development At

Marshall Foundation

UPS Store Opens In Courtyard Shops

Mark Rosenthal of the UPS Store (third from left) with WellingtonChamber ambassadors Mark “Boz” Bozicevic, Laura Hanson,

Andrea D’Addario, Bob Salerno and Denise Carpenter.

The Wellington Chamber of Com-merce has announced that the UPSStore recently opened a new loca-tion in the Wellington CourtyardShops at 13860 Wellington Trace,Suite 38. UPS has another locationat 11924 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite22, in the Wellington Plaza. It hasbeen a member of the WellingtonChamber of Commerce since 2011.

The business is owned and oper-ated by Mark Rosenthal, originallyfrom Bloomfield, N.J. He lived thereuntil he was 13 and moved with hisfamily to Wellington. Rosenthal’sfather opened Mailboxes Etc. in theWellington Town Square in 1993while Rosenthal continued with hisstudies.

After graduating from WellingtonHigh School with the class of 1999,he enrolled in the University of Cen-tral Florida to study business. In2003, Rosenthal inherited his fa-ther’s business and came back tolive in Wellington. He is currentlyengaged to Andrea D’Addario andis planning a fall wedding next year.

The UPS Store offers many ser-vices such as UPS and postal ship-ping both domestic and internation-al; regular, priority and express mail;insured shipments; signatures andguarantees for packages if needed;faxing; black-and-white and color

copies; printing from paper or digi-tal printing via computers and exter-nal hard drives; a computer area withInternet for customers who come inand need a work space; binding andlaminating reports; business cards;folded brochures; direct mail forwhich a person can physicallychoose on a map where to target themailing; door hangers; and mailbox-es that are accessible 24/7. The storealso sells office supplies, stamps,

packing and moving materials, andgreeting cards.

On the rare occasion thatRosenthal is not working, he enjoyswatching NFL games and rooting forthe New York Giants.

For more information about theUPS Store, visit www.theupsstore.com/6304.htm. They can be contact-ed via e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at (561) 328-6271.

Nancy Marshall, president of theArthur R. Marshall Foundation forthe Everglades, has announced thatAnn Paton has joined the nonprofitorganization as director of develop-ment.

“Ann Paton comes to the Mar-shall Foundation as a seasonedfundraiser and administrator withsubstantial experience in creatingand sustaining strong communityrelationships that generate commit-ted stakeholders,” Marshall said. “Infact, her career as a successful fund-raiser includes serving as vice pres-ident of advancement at Barry Uni-versity for six years, 2005-2011.”

Paton brings to the MarshallFoundation a 20-plus year back-ground in higher education fund-raising. She began in the early 1990sby managing annual fund and alum-ni relations programs for DartmouthMedical School, and then moved tothe Brown University School ofMedicine to run a successful $70million capital campaign.

In her new position, Paton is re-sponsible for all of the MarshallFoundation’s fundraising efforts,

Ann Paton

such as securing gifts from individ-uals, corporations, foundations, andother private funding sources, aswell as long-term development cam-paigns and various special events,including the annual River of GrassGala.

The new director of developmentposition is funded by a recent grantfrom the AWC Family Foundationin Nashville, Tenn. For more infor-mation on the Marshall Foundation,visit www.artmarshall.com.



DINING & ENTERTAINMENT‘Sylvia’ Opens Sept. 28 At The Willow Theatre In Boca Raton

The Boca Raton Theatre Guild’sproduction of Sylvia will open Fri-day, Sept. 28 at the Willow Theatrein Sugar Sand Park. It will continuethrough Sunday, Oct. 14.

“Give a dog a woman’s name, andyou start to treat her like one,” saidone of the characters in Sylvia, A.R.Gurney’s clever, funny and unusualplay about a man, a dog and thechaos their relationship generates.

Gurney (Love Letters, The Cock-tail Hour, The Dining Room) tapsinto the fragility of human relation-ships, as well as the joys and frus-trations of pet ownership, to createwhat is often cited as his best work— a delicate balance of humor andpoignancy.

Sylvia was first produced in 1995at the Manhattan Theatre Club inNew York and starred Sarah JessicaParker and Blythe Danner. Called“delicious and dizzy” by the NewYork Times, the play received Dra-ma Desk Award nominations forOutstanding Play, Outstanding Ac-tress in a Play (Parker) and Outstand-ing Costume Design. Patti Gardner, Keith Garsson and Jacqueline Laggy in Sylvia.

Sylvia focuses on Greg, a middle-aged businessman disenchantedwith his job and somewhat adrift inlife, who finds a stray in the park —a dog named Sylvia who absolutelyadores Greg, much to the conster-nation of his wife Kate. JacquelineLaggy (Other People’s Money,Chapter Two) will play Sylvia, theenergetic lab-poodle mix, and KeithGarsson (Other People’s Money,Chapter Two) and Patti Gardner(The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife) willplay Greg and Kate. Mario Betto(The Sisters Rosensweig, play-wright of Combing Through Life’sTangles) will also star.

Genie Croft, who recently helmedthe Boca Raton Theatre Guild’s sold-out production of Lady Day at Em-erson’s Bar and Grill, will direct. “I’mdelighted to be directing A.R. Gur-ney’s intelligent, insightful, hilariousscript,” Croft said. “Gurney’s varia-tion on the plot of the married, meno-pausal male falling in love with anexciting, enticing younger woman,who just happens to be an adorablestray dog, offers keen observations

into American life. Yet it is first andforemost a love story, deeply comi-cal and touching, because Sylviaremains a dog with an animal’s in-stincts and urges.”

Croft was also responsible forguiding the guild’s successful pro-ductions of Neil Simon’s BroadwayBound and Charles Busch’s TheTale of the Allergist’s Wife.

The Boca Raton Theatre Guild isa not-for-profit organization dedi-cated to producing professional pro-ductions and advancing the art oftheater in the South Florida commu-nity.

The Willow Theatre in Sugar SandPark is located at 300 S. Military Trailin Boca Raton, just south of Palmet-to Park Road. Performances ofSylvia take place Thursday throughSaturday at 8 p.m., and Saturdaysand Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets cost$25, and are on sale now. Ticketscan be purchased at the Willow The-atre box office by calling (561) 347-3948. For more information about theBoca Raton Theatre Guild, visitwww.brtg.org.

Art, Antique & Jewelry Auction Sept. 15-16 In Boynton BeachWhat began as a low-key sum-

mer sale has swollen into a two-day,500-plus-lot colossus at Elite Deco-rative Arts. The weekend event willbe held Sept. 15-16 at the firm’s gal-lery located in the Quantum TownCenter in Boynton Beach (1034 Gate-way Blvd., Suites 106-108). The auc-tion will offer fine antiques, decora-tive arts and estate jewelry.

“This will be a solid decorativearts sale with a lot to choose from,”said Scott Cieckiewicz of Elite Dec-orative Arts. “We thought we couldcontain it all in one day, but as moreconsignments poured in, it becameevident a second day was neces-sary. And that’s great. Summer istypically a slow time for South Flor-ida, but all this activity suggestsstrong demand and a healthy mar-ket.”

For those unable to attend in per-son, online bidding will be facilitat-ed by Artfact.com, LiveAuctioneers.com and Auctionzip.com. Phone

and absentee bids will also be ac-cepted. The auction will start at 1p.m. both days. Previews will be heldon Friday, Sept. 14, from 11 a.m. to 5p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 15, the firstday of sale, from 11 a.m. until thefirst gavel comes down.

One of the expected top lots ofthe auction is an exquisite 18-karatwhite gold ring holding a round bril-liant cut 3.95-carat natural blue dia-mond having 129 solare cut facets(estimated value, $60,000 to $80,000).The blue diamond, boasting VS2 clar-ity, is flanked by Kite white dia-monds and is surrounded by roundcut diamonds. The stunning size 7ring has a diamond weight of 5.7 dwt.

Civil War and presidential memo-rabilia enthusiasts will be intriguedby an Abraham Lincoln originalhandwritten letter with hand-signedengraving (estimated value, $8,000to $12,000). The letter is dated Nov.12, 1864, and is accompanied by anote also written during the war. Theengraving, showing a profile of Lin-coln, is 5 inches by 7 inches andsigned by engraver Frederick Rey-nolds.

Artwork will include an artistproof bronze sculpture of a goat byLouise B. Nevelson. The sculpture,signed to the back of the rear feetand measuring 12.75 inches tall by20 inches long, should bring $10,000to $15,000. And a pencil on paper ofa nude female by Fernando Botero,22 inches by 15 and a half inches, isexpected to hit $30,000 to $40,000.

A pair of watches carries identicalpre-sale estimates of $6,000 to $8,000each. One is a Bulgari 18-karat yel-

low gold and diamond Parentheses(or “Parentesi”) bangle watch withfancy-shaped links featuring a rounddial set with single-cut diamonds.The other is a man’s 18-karat yellowgold Rolex President Oyster perpet-ual day/date watch with gold handsand leather case.

Two decorative accessories alsohave the same pre-sale estimates($3,000 to $5,000). The first is a foot-ed, oval-shaped Tiffany & Compa-ny sterling silver entrée dish with arepoussé pomegranate design. Thesecond is a beautiful pair of 18th-century Sevres yellow porcelain lid-ded urns, 21 inches in height, eachhaving a panoramic landscapescene with playing cherubs.

A Grant Wood oil-on-canvaspainting and a Jacobus Stainer vio-lin and bow with case each is ex-pected to command $4,000 to $6,000.The painting by Wood depicts alandscape scene with figures inAnamosa, Iowa, circa 1910. It is 12inches by 15 inches. The violin, bowand original fitted wooden case arecirca 1660, with a total weight ofabout 6 lbs.

Two watercolor renderings worthnoting are a harbor scene, signedlower center by Ralston Crawford,measuring 13 inches by 19 inchesand matted and framed (estimatedvalue, $5,000 to $7,000); and a wa-tercolor on card stock by RobertHavell Jr., depicting a London land-scape, inscribed en verso, circa ear-ly 19th century (estimated value,$5,000 to $7,000).

Returning to estate jewelry, a gor-geous two-piece 18-karat yellow

gold necklace and bracelet suite,holding 75 round cut white dia-monds and measuring 15 and a halfinches in length, could climb to$7,000 to $10,000; and a dazzlingMarlene Stowe 18-karat yellow goldand platinum diamond heart banglewith a wide design and having ayellow gold and satin finish, shouldhit $6,000 to $8,000.

Elite Decorative Arts’ next bigsale after this one will be a fine art-work and decorative arts auctionslated for Saturday, Oct. 13, alsoin the firm’s Boynton Beach show-room. Quality consignments arestill being accepted for that auc-

tion and the one after that, too,scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 10.It will be the biggest Chinese auc-tion of the year for Elite Decora-tive Arts.

Elite Decorative Arts is alwaysaccepting quality consignmentsfor future auctions. To consign anitem, an estate or an entire collec-tion, call (800) 991-3340 or [email protected]. All e-mailsare promptly replied.

To learn more about Elite Deco-rative Arts and the upcoming cal-endar of events, to include an on-line catalog of the Sept. 15-16 auc-tion, visit www.eliteauction.com.

An original oil painting by iconic American artist Grant Wood.

An original handwritten letter byPresident Abraham Lincoln with

a signed engraving and note.





SPORTS & RECREATION

Zach DeCosta looks for an open teammate.

SRHS Football Eyes Return To State Playoffs This SeasonBy Lauren Miró


The Seminole Ridge High Schoolvarsity football team has its sightsset on the state playoffs again thisyear.

The Hawks, who went 9-3 lastseason, saw their state champion-ship hopes dashed in the secondround of the playoffs when theynarrowly lost to Palm Beach Gar-dens High School.

“It was a nail-biter,” head coachMatt Dickmann told the Town-Cri-er. “We lost on the goal line.”

This year, Dickmann hopes to seehis team surpass that and move fur-ther toward a state championshiptitle.

“We’d like to repeat as districtchampions, which is going to takesome fighting effort,” he said. “We’dlike to make it further than the sec-ond round. You always want to im-prove.”

Dickmann said the key to a goodseason will be keeping a healthy andhungry team.

“We’ve got to stay healthy,” hesaid. “That’s number one. Andwe’ve got to earn it. No one is goingto give it to you.”

This year, the Hawks are without

star running back Gary Holmes, whoran 1,481 yards and 24 touchdownsfor the team last season alone. Re-placing him, Dickmann said, will bea team effort.

“It’s hard to fill Gary Holmes’ role,”he said. “I think we have some pret-ty good guys who will step in as ateam. Our three new backs are ElieTurene, Silas Spearman and E.J.Elien. I think they’re all going to doa great job in the back field. You cancount on all three of them to be sol-id, balanced players.”

The Hawks also graduated widereceiver Darian Williams and fullbackAlex Santacroce.

“We had a good group of seniorsthat we lost,” Dickmann said.“Those were guys who were reallytight at the bag — guys you couldcount on.”

Additionally, the Hawks will beshort a starting safety for their firstseveral games, he said.

“We lost Mike Almonte as ourstarting safety last year,” he said.“He broke his fingers and has tohave surgery, so he’s probably go-ing to be out for several games.”

Dickmann called the news “dis-appointing,” and said he expects himto have to sit out for the first five or

six games of the season.“He’s worked so hard,” he said of

Almonte. “You’re not going to findanybody that works harder than hedoes. It’s disappointing when yousee that happen.”

But the Hawks have an experi-enced, reliable group of starters re-turning to the team, Dickmann said.Many of them are three-year start-ers, including Kyle Shortridge, Omar

Acreage Steelers Pop Warner Prepare For New SeasonBy Gene Nardi


The Acreage Steelers Pop Warn-er Football Club traveled to JupiterCommunity Park on Saturday, Aug.18 to play in a series of pre-seasonscrimmages.

Other Pop Warner clubs partici-pated as well, including the hostJupiter Mustangs, the Palm BeachGardens Gators and the ParklandRangers.

The Acreage Steelers are in theirthird season with the 70-year-old

Pop Warner organization and havethree full teams: the Tiny Mites, ages5-7 and 45-75 pounds; the JuniorPee-wees, ages 8-10 and up to 105pounds; and the Junior Midgets,ages 10-12 and up to 145 pounds.The local program has grown sinceits inception, and Bill Pennypacker,the club’s president, expects the pro-gram to expand more next season.

Last Saturday, the Tiny Mitessquared off against the ParklandRangers and the Palm Beach Gar-dens Gators. The Junior Pee-wees

faced the Jupiter Mustangs Goldand White teams. The Junior Midg-ets also played two different Jupitersquads. All of the teams played oneach side of the ball for 15 minutes,offense and defense. Scores werenot tallied during the contests. Thepurpose of the scrimmage was forthe teams to prepare themselves forthe first game of the season. Prior tothe scrimmage, teams practiced dai-ly. Once the regular season starts,teams will practice two to three timesa week.

The teams practice at SamuelFriedland Park in The Acreage, andplay their official games at SeminolePalms Park in Royal Palm Beach.Negotiations are ongoing for an of-ficial field for the club within Acre-age boundaries.

“Pop Warner has changed theirrules this year to protect the play-ers, making the game safer,” Penny-packer said.

Pop Warner has approximately400,000 members nationwide andmade the move to limit contact to nomore than one-third of the practice.It’s the first youth sports organiza-tion to put a limit on contact duringpractice.

“The organization is taking con-cussions seriously with the rulechange and making parents aware,”Pennypacker said.

According to Pennypacker, saferequipment is also on the way for Pop

PHOTOS BY GENE NARDI/TOWN-CRIER

A Junior Pee-wee Steeler stops a Jupiter ball carrier for a short gain.

Pierre-Louis, Rayfield Dixon and Ja-son Shepherd.

“All of these guys have beenaround for a while,” Dickmann said.“We also have new players steppingup. That’s the key to stayinghealthy. If we can stay healthy, we’rebetter off.”

Dickmann said that the team willbe strong both offensively and de-fensively.

“We have a veteran offensiveline,” he said. “A lot of them hadplaying time last year. The defen-sive line is also intact, so a lot ofgood things can happen if we stayhealthy. Everyone has to do theirpart.”

The Hawks will kick off the sea-son Friday, Aug. 31 at Palm BeachCentral High School for a 7 p.m.game.

A Tiny Mite Steeler defender sacks a Jupiter quarterback for a loss.

Warner. The league also has a man-datory play rule, in which each playermust see at least eight plays of ac-tion during a game, depending onroster size. With the improvementson safety and awareness, the clubis confident they will field moreteams in the future.

For additional information on PopWarner football, visit www.popwarner.com.

For more information on the Acre-age Steelers Club visit www.publicteamzonesports.com/acreagepopwarnerfootball. The regular seasonkicks off Saturday, Aug. 25.

Jalen Young runs a passing drill. PHOTOS BY LAUREN MIRÓ/TOWN-CRIER


SPORTS & RECREATION

Send sports news items to: The Town-Crier Newspaper, 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd.,Suite 31, Wellington, FL 33414. Fax: (561) 793-6090. E-mail: [email protected].

Seminole RidgeCheerleaders Host

Summer Camp

Bassmasters Fish On Lake OkeechobeeRoyal Palm Bassmasters

held its monthly fishing tour-nament Sunday, July 15 outof the Belle Glade boat rampon Lake Okeechobee.

First place was awardedto the team of Larry Payne(boater), with five fishweighing 12 lbs., 14 oz. andpartner Herman Parker (co-angler) with five fish weigh-ing 9 lbs., 15 oz., for a team

weight of 22 lbs., 13 oz.Second place was award-

ed to the team of WaltZajkowski (boater), with fivefish weighing 5 lbs., 11 oz.and partner Randy King (co-angler), with three fishweighing 6 lbs., 8 oz. for ateam weight of 12 lbs., 3oz.

Third place was awardedto the team of MikeO’Connor (boater), with

four fish weighing 6 lbs., 8oz., and a dummy weight of4 lbs., 0 oz. for a total weightof 10 lbs., 8 oz.

The Big Fish of the tour-nament was caught by Lar-ry Payne: a bass weighing 5lbs., 5 oz.

Royal Palm Bassmastersmeets on the second Thurs-day of each month at 7 p.m.at the Royal Palm Beach

Recreation Center (100Sweet Bay Lane). The clubis now accepting applica-tions for new boaters andnon-boater members. Comeand check out the funyou’ve been missing.

For more informationabout Royal Palm Bassmas-ters, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.royalpalmbassmasters.org.

Mike O’ConnorLarry Payne and Herman Parker Randy King

Taylor Carroll andNicole Hopkins

Seminole Ridge HighSchool cheerleaders recentlyhosted a Universal Cheer-leaders Association camp,with seven area schools join-ing the Hawks in competitionamong their junior varsity andvarsity teams.

“Our varsity and JV earnedthe coveted ‘Spirit Stick’ andreceived ‘Superior’ ribbonsfrom the judges each day ofcamp,” coach Tammy Licavolisaid.

The Seminole Ridge varsi-ty team also took second placein the Extreme Routine com-petition, and the junior varsi-ty team, named Most Im-proved at Camp, placed firstin both the Cheer Routine andExtreme Routine competi-tions.

Seminole Ridge varsity se-niors Taylor Carroll and NicoleHopkins were chosen All-American Cheerleaders, enti-tling them to participate eitherin Macy’s Thanksgiving DayParade or travel to England

for a New Year’s Day perfor-mance. Both were also invit-ed to try out for the UniversalCheerleaders Association asstaff instructors.

Three Seminole Ridge jun-ior varsity sophomores —Beatriz Arteaga, RebeccaBirch and Kristina Costanza— were chosen All-AmericanCheerleaders as well.


SPORTS & RECREATIONPREP DOLPHINS HONORED

AS ACREAGE SPOTLIGHTTEAM OF THE WEEK

The Acreage Athletic League, along with the Acreage Tackle FootballLeague (ATFL) have announced the Prep Dolphins tackle team as theSpotlight Team of the Week. Coached by Ken McDonald, the PrepDolphins won their Aug. 11 opening game 26-6. Along with McDonald,Robert Sorensen, Robert Cook, Tory Rinderknecht and Martin Medinaassist in coaching these 7- to 9-year-old players. McDonald is veryproud of the dedication and hard work the players put forth over thesummer. The Prep Dolphin players are Derrick Belluche, Robert Caulett,Daniel Chamberlain, Casey Codell-Emerson, Connor Cook, JacksonHarding, Brandon Hopwood, Kade McDonald, Koby McDonald, JacobMacQueen, Daniel Medina, Joshua Pilone, Robert Sorensen, TylerRinderknecht, Brian Trowbridge, Malakai Williams and KadeMcDonald. Not pictured: Jacon Yunck and Ayden Vergin.

Sullivan Maney of The Acreage and Hannah Tannone of Atlantis wonthe Florida Beach Volleyball Tour 14-under State Championship Tour-nament in Fort Lauderdale on Aug. 12. The pair went undefeated inthe 32-team tournament, besting Skylar Schoemig and Randi Fox ofWellington in the final. Maney and Tannone have played four tourna-ments together, placing first three times and third once. Maney andBailey Babowicz of Wellington recently placed ninth in the USAV Jr.Volleyball National Championships in Milwaukee, Wisc. Shown above,Maney, Tannone, Babowicz and Schoemig all play for Matrix Volley-ball Academy in Deerfield Beach.

SULLIVAN MANEY WINS ATBEACH VOLLEYBALL STATECHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY

Acreage FootballHonors Players

Of The WeekThe Acreage Tackle Football

League (ATFL) and the AcreageAthletic League (AAL) have an-nounced that the Players of theWeek for the Week of Aug. 11 are asfollows:

Mikey Montalvo, Prep Bucca-neers; Daniel Chamberlin, Prep Dol-phins; Joey Gallo, Collegiate Dol-phins; Richard Diamond, CollegiateGiants; Jeremiah Brown, Pro Bucca-neers; Christopher Permenter, ProDolphins; Jessie Bailey, Pro Eagles;Jordan Jackson, Pro Giants; ColeHiggins, Pro Patriots; and Christo-pher Mulrean, Pro Redskins.

Trampoline TeamTraining In WPB The United States Trampoline

and Tumbling national team will betraining Friday, Aug. 31 from 7 to 9p.m. at Gymnastics Revolution (6714White Drive, West Palm Beach).

There will also be a clinic on Sun-day, Sept. 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,with national coaches and coachesfrom Cirque Du Soleil.

For info., call (561) 848-4577 or visitwww.thegymnasticsrevolution.com.


COMMUNITY CALENDAR

See CALENDAR, page 35

Saturday, Aug. 25• The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Flori-

da Trail Association will host an 8-mile hikeat Apoxee Park in the West Palm BeachWater Catchment Area on Saturday, Aug. 25at 8 a.m. Plenty of water is a must. Call (561)616-8790 for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 CivicCenter Way) will feature “Are You Ready forSome Football?” for adults Saturday, Aug.25 at 10:30 a.m. Get ready for college andprofessional football. Discover recipes toserve at tailgate parties, bring your favoriterecipe to share and get ideas on how to dec-orate for the season. Call (561) 790-6030to pre-register.

• A Benefit Golf Tournament will take placeSaturday, Aug. 25 at the Binks Forest GolfClub (400 Binks Forest Drive, Wellington)for Paula Richards, who needs a liver trans-plant. The $80 per player entry fee includesplayer gifts, prizes, dinner and more. Tee timeis 1 p.m. For more info., call Dave Olszewskiat (772) 233-5862.

• Caribbean-Americans for Community In-volvement (CAFCI) will present its annualYouth Talent Show on Saturday, Aug. 25 at 6p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Cen-ter (151 Civic Center Way, Royal Palm Beach).This year’s show will feature “Stars of Tomor-row” from the community. For more info.,call Marsha at (561) 386-3146, Shirley at(561) 719-6508, Nadine at (561)351-6895or the CAFCI office at (561) 790-4002, or e-mail [email protected].

Sunday, Aug. 26• The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Flori-

da Trail Association will host an easy walk inthe shady pinelands of Frenchman’s Forestoff Prosperity Farms Road on Sunday, Aug.26 at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast afterward.Call Alan Collins at (561) 586-0486 for moreinfo.

• The Kids Cancer Center (12989 South-ern Blvd., Building 3, Suite 201, Loxa-hatchee) will host an open house Sunday,Aug. 26 from 2 to 4 p.m. Tour the center andlearn about new programs and services pro-vided to local children and families battlingchildhood cancer. RSVP to Sandy Erb at (561)801-3420 or e-mail [email protected]. Formore on the Kids Cancer Foundation, call(561) 333-8116 or visit www.kidscancersf.org.

Monday, Aug. 27• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.)

will host “Go Fish” for ages 8 to 12 on Mon-day, Aug. 27 at 4 p.m. Learn about Florida

fish, make a recycled craft, and play the li-brary’s fishing game. Call (561) 681-4100to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal FernDrive) will feature “Legos” for age 8 and upMonday, Aug. 27 at 4 p.m. Builders createvehicles or buildings out of Lego pieces. Call(561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

Tuesday, Aug. 28• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern

Drive) will host “Tween Game Night” for ages8 to 12 on Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 2:30 p.m.and at 5 p.m. for ages 12-17. Play NintendoWii and board games. Call (561) 790-6070to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.)will host “Club Pokémon!” for ages 6 to 12on Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. Bring your DSor Pokémon cards to battle, trade and makenew friends. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-reg-ister.

• The Wellington Village Council will meetTuesday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. at the WellingtonMunicipal Complex (12300 W. Forest HillBlvd.). For more info., call (561) 791-4000or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.

Wednesday, Aug. 29• The Wellington Chamber of Commerce

will host a luncheon reception with PalmBeach County Inspector General SherylSteckler on Wednesday, Aug. 29 at 11:30a.m. at the Wanderers Club (1900 Aero ClubDrive, Wellington). The cost is $20 for mem-bers, $30 for nonmembers and $200 forVIP tables. Sponsorship opportunities areavailable. For more info., call (561) 792-6525.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 CivicCenter Way) will feature “Shared Stories:English as a Second Language” book dis-cussion group for adults on Wednesday, Aug.29 at 6:30 p.m. Share your love of readingas we discuss novels and short stories. Call(561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal FernDrive) will host “Hooked on Crochet” foradults Wednesday, Aug. 29 at 6:30 p.m.Learn beginning techniques or bring currentprojects to share and work on. Pick up amaterials list when you pre-register. Call(561) 790-6070 for more info.

• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road7, Wellington) will feature “Health StartsHere: Fall Into Desserts” on Wednesday, Aug.29 at 6:30 p.m. Learn ways to cut out re-fined sugar and find healthier desserts. Pre-register at the customer service desk for this

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• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road7, Wellington) will host a Savvy Shopper Touron Tuesday, Aug. 29 at 6:30 p.m. Learn howto shop the store’s private label, weekly spe-cials and family-sized savings. Pre-registerat the customer service desk for this freeevent or call (561) 904-4000 for more in-formation.

Thursday, Aug. 30• Whole Foods Market (2635 State Road

7, Wellington) will host “Gluten-Free Cook-ing” on Thursday, Aug. 30 at 6:30 p.m. Learnhow to prepare a gluten-free meal that tastesgreat and is easy for anyone to prepare. Pre-register at the customer service desk or call(561) 904-4000 for more info.

Friday, Aug. 31• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic

Center Way) will host a Go Club meeting forages 8 to 17 on Friday, Aug. 31 at 4:30 p.m.A local member of the American Go Founda-tion will teach you how to play this ancientAsian strategy game. Adults with young fam-ily members are welcome to play. Call (561)790-6030 to pre-register.

Saturday, Sept. 1• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic

Center Way) will recruit student volunteersin grades 6 to 12 for “Be a Reading Buddy”classes Saturday, Sept. 1 at 10 a.m. Earnvolunteer service hours for school by read-ing and playing literacy games with a child ingrades K to 5 on Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m.Pick up an application. Call (561) 790-6030to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.)will recruit “Be a Reading Buddy” volunteersin grades 6 to 12 on Saturday, Sept. 1 at 2p.m. Earn volunteer service hours by helpinga child in grades K to 5 with reading skills.Pick up an application. Call (561) 681-4100to pre-register.

Tuesday, Sept. 4• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic

Center Way) will start “Fall Story Times” forchildren under 5 on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 10:15a.m. Pick up a flier for dates and times. Call(561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 CivicCenter Way) will host “Poetry Recital Prac-tice” for ages 7 to 11 on Tuesdays at 4:30p.m. Memorize a favorite poem or one you’vewritten and create simple props and cos-tume pieces for performance. You must beable to attend the poetry recital on Oct. 9 at

6:30 p.m. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-regis-ter.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.)will present “The Science Behind Dinosaurs”for ages 6 to 8 on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m.Learn basic facts about how paleontologistsstudy dinosaurs and make a few hands-ondiscoveries of your own. Call (561) 681-4100to pre-register.

Wednesday, Sept. 5• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.)

will present “Could You Be a Cahill?” for ages8 to 12 on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. Test yourmettle to find out if you could protect thesecrets of the 39 Clues. Call (561) 681-4100to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 CivicCenter Way) will hoar “Reading Buddies”for grades K to 5 on Wednesdays, Sept. 5through Oct. 24 at 4:30 p.m. If you need prac-tice reading, work once a week with a teento read together and play literacy games. Pickup an application. Call (561) 790-6030 topre-register.

Thursday, Sept. 6• The Palm Beach County Commission

will hold a public hearing on the budget Thurs-day, Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. in the government cen-ter’s Jane M. Thompson Memorial Cham-bers (301 N. Olive Ave., Sixth Floor, WestPalm Beach). For more info., visit www.pbcgov.com.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.)will present “Anime Origins” for ages 12 to17 on Thursdays, Sept. 6, 13 and 20 at 6:30p.m. Check out the latest cartoons and fash-ions from Japan and make your own Japa-nese-style snack. Call (561) 681-4100 topre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal FernDrive) will host a Writers Critique Work-shop for adults Thursday, Sept. 6 at 6:30p.m. Share, offer and accept constructivecriticism and comments to improve yourfiction, nonfiction and poetry in a support-ive atmosphere. Call (561) 790-6070 topre-register.

Friday, Sept. 7• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100

Forest Hill Blvd.) will feature a free screeningof the movie World Trade Center on Friday,Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. Bring your own seating.Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

Send calendar items to: The Town-Crier,12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 31, Well-ington, FL 33414. FAX: (561) 793-6090. E-mail: [email protected].

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JOHN PERGOLIZZI PAINTINGINC. — Interior/Exterior - Repaintspecialist, pressure cleaning, pop-corn ceiling, drywall repair & roofpainting. Family owned/owner op-erator . Free Est. 798-4964 Lic.#U18473COLORS BY CORO, INC. — Int./Ext. residential p ainting, over 20 yrsexp. Small Jobs welcome. Free est.Ins. 561-383-8666. Owner/Oper-ated. Lic.# U20627 Ins. W ellingtonResident

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APARTMENT FOR RENT — Smallapartment for rent. All utilities in-cluded. $700 per month.Call 305-481-3789

FURNISHED HOUSE FOR RENT/SHORT OR LONG TERM — situ-ated in a cul-de-sac and 5 minutesaway from Spruce Meadows, this2000 sf. 2 story newer house inShawnessy has hardwood floorthroughout and 2.5 bathrooms.Leather furniture, 48” TV and a Pi-ano in main floor. Master bedroomhas Jacuzzi. 2 large size bedroomsand bonus room. Wireless Internet,double att ached garage, fencedbackyard with BBQ. Weekly house-keeping, linen service and lawn cut-ting plus all utilities included. Formore details call (403) 808-7254OR (403) 700-2065106.33 ACRE EQUESTRIANFARM NEAR AIKEN, SC — Pleasecall Debbie Harrison, Realtor withBlanchard and Calhoun Real Es-tate Co., at 803-480-5245 for de-tails.

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