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CAMPERS VISIT OKEE NATURE CENTERSEE PHOTOS, PAGE 11

OPINIONTougher DumpingRules Needed, ButEnforcement Is KeyLast week, the Palm BeachCounty Commission gave initialapproval to changes meant toshield residents from uncon-trolled animal waste dumping.The issue has brought out peo-ple on all sides — from farmersand waste haulers, to annoyedneighbors and those with smallbackyard farms worried aboutmeeting regulations. Though notperfect, these changes are nec-essary to protect our communi-ties. Page 4

Residents ComplainAbout Weeds In

Royal Palm CanalsBy Ron Bukley

Town-Crier Staff ReportComplaints by several residents

about excessive weeds in canalsled to protracted discussion aboutweed control at the Royal PalmBeach Village Council meetingTuesday.

Ronald Blicksilver of Van GoghWay said the weeds in canals wereparticularly troublesome consider-ing that the village was schedul-ing several fishing and boatingevents for the Fourth of July cele-bration on Thursday.

He pointed out that the aquaticweed control contractor had ap-plied herbicide that killed theweeds but that the dying plantsfloated to the surface, making thecanals impassable before they areharvested by the contractor.

“The canals look like deathwarmed over,” Blicksilver said.“Can we please pick some othertime of the year when you have

less than 48 hours for that fishingcontest? It’s almost impossible toget boats down most of the ca-nals. If there’s anything that canbe done to expedite it or plan itdifferently so that it doesn’t hap-pen this time of the year, it wouldbe greatly appreciated.”

Blicksilver added that the odorof the chemicals put in the canalto kill the weeds and grass is over-whelming.

Village Manager Ray Ligginssaid Blicksilver had summed up thesituation well.

“There is a lot of growth, andit’s a mess,” Liggins said. “Unfor-tunately, the way the canals are,how small they are and how shal-low they are, the lack of depth, wehave some enormous growth, andwith this warm weather, it does getthat way.”

Liggins said the contractor hasbeen doing aggressive spraying

By Anne CheckoskyTown-Crier Staff Report

Business owners within 300 feetof residential properties in Well-ington who want to keep operat-ing after hours have until July 15to file an application to do so with-out being charged. After then, anextended-hours-of-operation per-mit application will require a $500fee.

The new code for these busi-nesses sets indoor activity hoursfrom 5 a.m. to midnight and out-door activities from 6 a.m. to 11p.m. Those wanting a later clos-ing or an earlier opening will re-quire a permit. In addition, busi-ness activities later than 2 a.m. willrequire Wellington Village Coun-cil approval.

Since the 60-day grace periodfor the extended-hours permit be-gan back in May, seven business-es applied for and were grantedextended-hours permits, said BillNemser, principal planner for thevillage.

“We were trying to be business-friendly and reasonable,” Nemsersaid regarding the grace period.

But the seven businesses thatwere approved weren’t just rub-ber-stamped, either. Each applica-tion was reviewed separately andsome conditions were put in place,he said. For example, the applica-tion for one business was grantedas long the owners agreed to ceaseoutdoor service by 11 p.m.

In another example, parkingwould be for employees only aftera certain time, Nemser said, add-ing that in all seven cases, the busi-nesses were aware they were outof compliance with the old code.

Wellington Chamber of Com-merce President Victor Connor isa little concerned, however, thatnot all businesses affected by therules change are aware they aresubject to it. He thought the 60-day grace period was on the shortside.

Nemser doesn’t anticipate an

Grace Period ForExtended BusinessHours Ends July 15

ZOLET ART CAMP IN WELLINGTON

By Ron BukleyTown-Crier Staff Report

After seven months on the In-dian Trail Improvement DistrictBoard of Supervisors and the re-cent resignation of former DistrictAdministrator Tanya Quickel, fol-lowed by a number of subsequentstaff resignations, Supervisor GaryDunkley told the Town-Crier thisweek that he is not worried.

“As a new member of the board,I am pleased at the direction we’regoing in, in terms of putting morefocus on rebuilding our infrastruc-ture,” Dunkley said Monday. “I’msorry that Tanya Quickel left, butthe administration budget wasway, way too high.”

Dunkley, who serves as the

ITID’s Dunkley Sees Positives In District Upheavalboard’s treasurer, early on calledfor a forensic audit of ITID’sbooks. He said the audit is aimedat no one in particular.

“Since I was the treasurer and Iheard certain things that I wasn’tsure of, and it is not my money, Ihave a fiduciary responsibility tomake sure that everything wascorrect,” Dunkley said, noting thathe seconded the call for an auditoriginally made by Supervisor Car-ol Jacobs. “Seven months later, westill don’t have a forensic audit.”

At a more recent meeting, Dunk-ley made another motion for a fo-rensic audit, which he hopes willgain traction. “I don’t think any-thing is wrong with the books, butI think that when a new adminis-

trator gets in, we should have alevel playing field,” he said.

As part of the forensic audit,Dunkley said he wants the boardto review the function of all thedistrict’s departments.

“After the forensic audit, we’regoing to have an active evalua-tion of each department to find outtheir functions and find out whatthey do so we can make policiesthat go forward,” he said. “Wecan’t make policies on our depart-ments if we don’t know what ourdepartments are doing. So, little bylittle, I just think we are makingthings realistic. It’s rough in thebeginning, but the direction thatwe’re going in is a very positivedirection.”

Zolet Arts Academy held a summer art camp from Monday, June 24 through Thursday, June 27 inthe original Wellington Mall. Children were instructed in a wide variety of art mediums. Shownhere, Gianana Morris, Alex Blanchard, Zoe Leitner and Alyssa Cavallo create dinosaur-themedscratch art. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER


The Loxahatchee Groves TownCouncil voted Tuesday to waituntil their July 16 meeting to makedecisions on whether to hire atown engineer, traffic engineer andsurveyor.

“We have two of the three con-tracts ready, but it’s not a majorproblem to wait until July 16,”Town Manager Mark Kutney said.

Town staff had prepared reports,including fee schedules, regardingthe engineering firm Keshavarz &Associates based in West PalmBeach and Simmons & White, atraffic engineering firm also basedin West Palm Beach, which theyplan to recommend the councilhire.

The staff did not have a report

prepared on the recommendedsurveying firm.

“To move forward, we need togo on faith on some things,” Coun-cilman Jim Rockett said.

But Mayor Dave Browningsaid he needed more time to lookover staff recommendations on allthree firms. “I’d like to have a con-tinuance,” he said.

Councilman Ryan Liang agreed.“Let’s just put it off rather thantrying to have a 20-minute discus-sion now,” he said.

Kutney said that rate-wise, theengineering and traffic firms werein line.

Two projects he would like thefirms to get started on are deal-ing with the traffic signal at DRoad and Okeechobee Blvd. andreviewing the new flood maps

proposed by the Federal Emer-gency Management Agency,Kutney said.

According to staff reports, Ke-shavarz & Associates can providegeneral town engineering servic-es such as consultation and civilengineering design, environmen-tal engineering services and civilengineering inspection services.

Simmons & White can providearterial analysis, traffic signal de-sign and review, and prepare traf-fic studies, among other duties.

Both firms would be retained ona monthly basis, and the terms ofthe agreements would run for threeconsecutive years. The agree-ments could be terminated after 90days by either party.

The motion to table discussionto July 16 was unanimous.

Lox Council Tables DiscussionOn Hiring Engineering Teams

See BIZ HOURS, page 4

Although Dunkley does notsupport Jacobs’ advocacy of aweaker administrative position, hedoes believe the administrativebudget is too high.

“The administrative budget was$1.2 million,” he said. “I’ve ownedbusinesses for over 30 years, andI really can’t justify why adminis-trative expense is 30 percent of ourbudget. That doesn’t make senseto me. That’s what I mean by top-heavy. We really have to dissecteach department and understandthe responsibilities and func-tions.”

Asked whether he thoughtQuickel did not share departmen-tal information freely enough with


Royal Palm Beach staff present-ed their proposed budget to theRoyal Palm Beach Village Councilon Tuesday. The proposed bud-get keeps the current property taxrate of 1.92 mills unchanged.

At the rate of 1.92 mills per$1,000 of taxable value, a RoyalPalm Beach taxpayer with a prop-erty valued at $175,000, less a$50,000 homestead exemption,would pay $240 in taxes to the vil-lage next year.

Village Manager Ray Ligginssaid that this year is the first timein several years that property val-ues in Royal Palm Beach have in-creased. According to the Proper-ty Appraiser’s Office, the village’sgross taxable value rose from $1.80billion to $1.87 billion over the pastyear.

“It would appear the negativeside of this revenue is over andshould continue to rise in futureyears,” Liggins said, adding thatmost other major revenues, includ-ing state shared revenues, are an-ticipated to increase slowly.

Liggins added that it was notnecessary to tap into the $5.5 mil-

lion tax rate stabilization fund thathad been authorized by the coun-cil earlier this year to balance thebudget.

The budget increases the levelof service in safety with the addi-tion of a motorcycle patrol unit tothe Palm Beach County Sheriff’sOffice District 9 substation — aninitiative requested by Capt. PaulMiles. The budget also increasesrecreation services with the open-ing of Royal Palm Beach CommonsPark and all the programmingplanned for that facility.

Finance Director Stan Hochmansaid the total budget proposed is$32.5 million, with 62 percent of thatbeing in the general operating bud-get, 21 percent in the general cap-ital budget, 10 percent in reserves,5 percent in debt service and 2percent in the stormwater utilitybudget.

“This year the economy is re-bounding,” Hochman said. “Forthe first time in six years, our prop-erty values are up.”

Total revenues have increasedby $988,000, while total operatingexpenses increased by $924,205,he said.

The general fund revenue sum-

mary is $22.59 million, with miscel-laneous taxes and fees account-ing for 24 percent, property taxes16 percent, licenses and permits13 percent, intergovernmental rev-enues 15 percent, charges for ser-vices 2 percent, fines and forfei-tures 1 percent, miscellaneous rev-enues 5 percent, current year fundbalance 11 percent, and transfersin 13 percent.

For expenditures, personal ser-vices account for 36 percent andcontractual services 37 percent,which is primarily the PBSO con-tract.

“We’re looking here at 73 per-cent personal services,” Hochmansaid.

Other charges and servicesmake up 13 percent, commodities3 percent, debt service 7 percentand transfers out 4 percent.

Merit raises are programmed atan average of 2 percent for all em-ployees, with a cost-of-living ad-justment of 1.8 percent.

For position additions and de-letions, Hochman said PublicWorks is deleting one foremanwhile Parks & Recreation is add-ing two part-time building atten-

Proposed Royal Palm BudgetLeaves Tax Rate Unchanged

See RPB BUDGET, page 14

See WEEDS, page 14

See DUNKLEY, page 14 Supervisor Gary Dunkley

BEST OF BROADWAY

The Wellington Children’s Theatre Musical Theatre Camp Play-ers presented “The Best of Broadway” on Saturday, June 29 atWellington High School. The children learned songs and rou-tines from classic Broadway shows over the three-week sum-mer camp and performed for family and friends. Shown here,Jayna Manohalal as Peter Pan is joined by the cast singing “IWon’t Grow Up.” MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 10

PHOTOS BY LAUREN MIRÓ/TOWN-CRIER

Wellington CouncilOKs Daycare CenterAt School On SR 7The planned Wellington CharterSchool will also include a day-care center after members ofthe Wellington Village Councilapproved a resolution last weekto allow the project’s daycarecomponent. The daycare facili-ty is part of the larger, 1,200-student school for kindergarten-ers through eighth-graders.

Page 3County Initial OK ForAnimal Waste ControlsIn a zoning meeting last week,the Palm Beach County Com-mission gave preliminary ap-proval to changes in its animalwaste and manure regulationsaimed in part to improve con-trol over uncontrolled dumpingof animal waste in unincorpo-rated areas such as The Acre-age. Page 7

Royal Palm RotaryInstalls New BoardThe Royal Palm Beach RotaryClub held its annual awards din-ner and induction of its 2013-14 officers on Saturday, June29. Awards were given out andnew officers were installed, in-cluding Selena Smith as presi-dent. Page 9

South Beach TanningCompany CelebratesWellington LocationSouth Beach Tanning Companyheld a grand opening on Satur-day, June 29 for its new loca-tion in the Pointe at WellingtonGreen. 0

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The planned Wellington Char-ter School will also include a day-care center after members of theWellington Village Council ap-proved a resolution last week toallow the project’s daycare com-ponent.

At the June 25 meeting, GrowthManagement Director Tim Stillingsnoted that the daycare facility ispart of the larger, 1,200-studentschool for kindergartenersthrough eighth-graders.

While the school will encom-pass 75,000 square feet, the pro-posed daycare would be 15,000square feet.

“The daycare originally wasproposed with 200 children,” Still-ings said. “Tonight’s approvalwould increase that to 228 chil-dren.”

Though traffic was a key issuefor many council members, Still-ings said that the proposed circu-

lation plan for the site includesprovision for the daycare.

“We believe [the plan] will ade-quately deal with site circulationand ensure that there is no stack-ing onto State Road 7,” he said.

Another change to the propos-al will have the applicant pay thecost upfront of a crucial traffic lightat SR 7 and Palomino Drive, Still-ings said.

“They will pay the full amountof the light,” he said. “Wellingtonwill reimburse them $141,000 whenit’s received from the other par-ties.”

Though two other propertyowners are on the hook to pay fora portion of the light, WellingtonCharter School owners offered tofront the cost of the light to getthe project underway in time forthe 2013-14 school year.

Councilman Matt Willhite saidthe traffic light would alleviatemany of his safety concerns.

“That concern goes back to

when the county approved thedevelopment that is on Palomino,”he said. “I think the traffic lightshould have gone in then. Itdidn’t, and that’s why we’re in theposition we are in today. But I thinkwe are in a good place now.”

Willhite also commended theapplicant for working to alleviatetraffic problems.

“That was my very first con-cern,” he said. “I’m very happy tosee that the applicant has put ev-erything aside, including financialsupport, to make sure this trafficlight comes forward.”

He said he is glad to see some-thing being built on the propertythat will bring value to the com-munity.

“This is the third project I’vevoted for on that property, and I’venever seen something come to fru-ition,” he said. “I’m so excited thatthe applicant is committed 100 per-cent to building this school andthe amenities that go with it that

they’re willing to put up the fund-ing to get this done.”

Vice Mayor Howard Coatesasked why the daycare center wasincreasing from 200 students to 228students. “Will that have an im-pact on traffic issues?” he asked.

Agent for the applicant JohnSchmidt said that the difference isbecause of the way age groupsare divided among staff.

“It was an error on our part, but228 students is the best numberthat works with the mix of teach-ers in the daycare,” Schmidt said.“The traffic impacts are based onthe square footage of the daycare,not the number of [children] with-in the daycare.”

Councilman John Greene askedWellington staff to work with thecounty to get the traffic signal in-stalled.

“It’s critical that the light is in-stalled prior to the [next] schoolyear,” he said. “I’ve expressedsome concern in the past about

who is paying for it and who isn’tpaying their fair share, so I thank[the applicant] for stepping up. Itwas essential, from a public safetystandpoint.”

Willhite made a motion to ap-prove the resolution with theamendments, which passed unan-imously.

In other business, council mem-bers directed staff to include$51,000 in the upcoming budgetfor the Wellington Seniors Club.

Wellington has provided mon-ey to the club for many years, Di-rector of Operations Jim Barnessaid. “The funds would be sub-ject to availability,” he told thecouncil. “You will have the oppor-tunity to give final approval dur-ing budget hearings.”

Greene asked whether the pro-posed amount was in line with thebudget. Barnes said that councilhad to direct staff to include thefinancing.

“[The club] requests it early so

we can factor it into the budget,”he said.

Willhite asked whether the ap-proval needed to mention that thefunds were pending approval dur-ing the budget.

Village Manager Paul Schofieldsaid that was not necessary.

“I just need direction from [the]council to put it in the budget,” hesaid. “This is the same amountwe’ve been funding for as long asI can remember. This is one ofthose things that we do for ourseniors.”

Coates said he supports add-ing the money into the budget fordiscussion purposes but didn’twant anyone mistaking it for aguarantee.

“Without seeing what the wholebudget is going to be, it’s hard forme to say definitely that this willsurvive the process,” he said.

He made a motion to direct staffto include the funds, which passedunanimously.


The Palm Beach County Com-mission gave preliminary approv-al Tuesday to an ordinance thatwould make people living on pri-vate roads who want paving to pay100 percent of the cost.

The ordinance would amendthe county’s municipal service taxunit (MSTU) ordinance to allowfor assessments and collectionsfrom affected residents at 100 per-cent of the total cost of improve-ments, with certain exemptions, asopposed to 50 percent previous-ly.

During public comment, AndySchaller commented that he hadbeen trying to get improvementson his unpaved road for about fiveyears and was still waiting.

Schaller’s property is in PalmBeach Ranchettes, a communityon the east side of State Road 7north of Lake Worth Road whereLyons Road passes through.

County Engineer George Webbsaid his department was still de-signing Lyons Road, which will tiein with the roads in Palm BeachRanchettes, and had run into de-lays with roundabout design andother issues.

Commissioner Jess Santamariaasked what the legal responsibili-ty of the county was to maintain

roads that are fully or partially pri-vate, and County Engineer GeorgeWebb said the county has respon-sibility in Palm Beach Ranchettes,which has a paving project under-way and regularly grades the un-paved roads.

“We will be maintaining, and itis our responsibility for any pavedroad that currently exists within theboundaries of the Ranchettes,”Webb said, explaining that thereare several miles of paved roadthere already that have been in-stalled under the MSTU program.

Santamaria said the MSTU pro-gram is designed to assist com-munity improvements, but asked,“Prior to the MSTU program, thereis no legal responsibility of gov-ernment, is there?”

“That’s right,” Webb said.“That’s how we interpret it. Wehave many, many roads in the un-incorporated areas of Palm BeachCounty that Palm Beach Countynever accepted for maintenance.They’re open for the public todrive on just by legal dedicationsin the past.”

Santamaria pointed out thatthere have been two requests fromresidents on private roads in theLoxahatchee area for interventionby the county, which it refused onthe grounds that it had no respon-sibility on those properties.

Webb said there is a large seg-ment of property in the central areaof the county that has floodingand road maintenance issues forwhich the county takes no re-sponsibility. “In a way, it is a se-lective process when we decide toapply the MSTU program to as-sist a community that may havesome problems or just a requestfor paving,” Santamaria said. “It’snot really a right, but an extension

of assistance to apply the MSTUprogram.”

Webb agreed that it is a policycall resting with the commission-ers.

Assistant County AttorneyMarlene Everitt distinguished be-tween private roads, such as thosein a gated community where theroads are truly private and there isno governmental interest to main-tain the roads, and roads in the

county that are private but per-haps owned to the center line bythe property owners.

“The county has no responsi-bility to maintain those, but theyare open to the public, and as aresult of that, the statute is thatthe county has jurisdiction if itchooses,” Everitt said. “So part ofthe assessment process is that theproperty owners have to give upa private right they have to those

roads, and that is a condition ofmoving forward with any improve-ment. Those are the type roads thatare included in our MSTU pro-gram. Once that’s determined aspolicy by the board, which onesare eligible, then they turn thoseroads over to the county and theybecome county government roads,and they are maintained.”

Everitt emphasized that the

Wellington Council OKs Daycare Center At Charter School On SR 7

County Residents Might Have To Pay Entire Cost Of Paving Projects


For anyone having trouble mak-ing out the lane lines on PalmBeach County roads lately, youprobably don’t need an eye check-up. The problem is that the coun-ty has fallen behind on scheduledlane marking.

On Tuesday, the Palm BeachCounty Commission approved a$4.5 million road pavement mark-ing contract that is anticipated tohelp bring many neglected coun-ty streets back up to par, but stillwill continue a pattern of too littlefinancing for striping mainte-nance.

“We were very fortunate overthe last 10 years to do a lot of road

widening and improvementprojects, so with that came newstriping,” County Engineer GeorgeWebb told the Town-Crier onMonday. “We also were able tokeep our striping budget to han-dle the roads that weren’t beingredone, but our new road-build-ing and widening projects havedropped down.”

Striping lasts typically for about10 years, depending on theamount of traffic on a road, Webbsaid.

“The road striping budget, be-cause of other budget pressures,has not kept up with the need,” hesaid. “We are substantially behindnow as far as where we would haveliked to have gotten out there with

our new, refreshed striping. We didwhat we did, and we try to makedo.”

Webb said the striping has got-ten progressively worse over thepast five years because the strip-ing budget has not increased.

“If I looked five years ago, it’sabout what it was then, yet morelane miles and more markingshave reached the end of their, forlack of better term, useful life,”Webb said.

He said the lack of maintenanceis becoming more noticeable. “Iwas riding down Belvedere eastof State Road 7 in front of the Wal-mart,” Webb said. “We’re benefit-ing because we put in the raisedreflective pavement markers.

County Approves New Road Striping ContractThey’re there, but the actual whitestripes, it’s very hard to see themanymore.”

The contract is with the solebidder, Southwide Industries ofWest Palm Beach, not to exceed$4,470,000 to install pavement mark-ing material along with raised, re-flective pavement markers on anas-needed basis for various road-ways throughout the county.Southwide’s bid was $3,415,773.

The contract will include 1.9 mil-lion linear feet, or about 361 miles,of 6-inch white thermoplasticpavement marking compoundlines at a cost of 55 cents per lin-ear foot, and 1.26 million linear feet,about 238 miles, of 6-inch yellowmarking at the same price.

See PAVING, page 14


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LETTERS TO THE EDITORTo Understand

Today, Look BackTo Yesterday

To understand the present onthe main issue, one needs to un-derstand the past. The previousWellington Village Council had anopen-door policy for developers,and then went as far as them notcoming into the front of our vil-lage offices and checking in (like Imust do) but rather, rear buildingparking and back doors were fa-cilitated. That’s wrong.

Next, the citizenry has no lob-byist, but as we recently foundout, Mark Bellissimo’s lobbyisthad continuous access and wasrecently faulted by our ethics com-mittee for not registering as a lob-byist. The obvious question: Whywas this allowed, especially sincethe affected citizenry’s voices arequashed by this favoritism?

Is this our village manager’sfault? No. He was fulfilling his re-sponsibilities to the majority of theprevious council, who never saidno to commercialism, larger sig-nage than permitted and over-looked Mr. Bellissimo’s initiatingconstruction without completedpaperwork and even worse, tear-ing down a village sign concern-ing safety. Mr. Bellissimo admit-ted this to some degree, saying hewas revamping his process.

The Wellington Chamber ofCommerce, which put forth themajority of the “business-only”council, having lost the council’scontrol (by their members losingtheir election), started from dayone to denigrate the new council,and even the village as a whole,making statements to local pressand later others outside Welling-ton, calling this an “anti-businessWellington,” which hurts the en-tire village.

Now the whipping boy for Bel-lissimo is Jeremy Jacobs, a gentle-man who lives on a property con-tiguous to Bellissimo’s plans. Mr.Jacobs wants to protect his in-vestment, doesn’t want a hugehotel and commercialization nextdoor to him, so using his deeppockets, he gets involved in Well-ington politics. Prior to any of this,he was not an active participant inour elections.

Fortunately, he is on the side ofthe majority of Wellingtoniansbecause the preserve, and the in-sight of the vision conference ofWellington citizens, always pro-claimed the Equestrian Preserve,just that. Hotels, commercialism

and traffic and horses don’t mix,especially in our exquisite eques-trian community.

Village Manager Paul Schofieldhas had to do a balancing act, firstunder one administration and nowanother, and with the truly pugna-cious attitudes now prevailing, ithas become untenable and diffi-cult for him, because he is only afacilitator of the majority of thecouncil, which changed dramati-cally in one election.

Here in our village, we see a newdeveloper, with lobbyists, havingaccess that John Q. Citizen doesnot. We witness initiating con-struction without permits that noaverage citizen can, and so, inshort, favoritism based on money,political influence and in this are-na, the mutual aid society of theWellington Chamber.

The Town-Crier has suggestedmeetings (council/staff and thedeveloper), and I see this as theonly available reasonable option.I don’t think Bellissimo’s numer-ous lawsuits show any Welling-ton respect for the citizenry, but Ido understand his right to fightfor what he wants, even though Ivehemently disagree with him.

As of late, the only news we geton this is a constant flow fromWellington Chamber letters,friends of theirs and what appearsto be a monthly letter from Mr.Bellissimo in the press. Our elect-ed officials cannot and do not en-gage in tit-for-tat letters of accu-sation, but that lack of informationhas hurt them and the village.

It is my hope that the dressageaspect, which has never been ne-gated by anyone, even though itis constantly mentioned, be al-lowed and facilitated immediately,and a truly scaled down, commer-cial aspect be considered and thatany hotel be built on the StateRoad 7 corridor (for aesthetics andtraffic considerations) or perhapsat the K-Park site.

George UngerWellington

Which‘Informed’

Voters?Ah, yes! My longtime friend

Frank Morelli trusts “informed vot-ers” — also known as those vot-ers whose position on politicalmatters mirror his own (“MorelliTrusts Informed Voters,” Letters,June 28). The thought of “May-or” Steven Abrams having or of-fering a “brilliant” idea gives me

pause and makes me shudder a bit.I can see why “in the name of sav-ing money,” a thought which elud-ed him in other ideas, like the re-cent Waste Management garbagesite on Southern Blvd., but I di-gress.

To continue, the idea to mergethe inspector general’s office withand under the control of the coun-ty clerk, or some such office, maygive special interests a way to con-trol too much “oversight” by anindependent inspector general’soffice, and God knows we can’thave independent oversight. Itwould threaten the very founda-tion of the “honest government”that we’ve enjoyed all these years.

I don’t believe it was an acci-dent that the 72 percent that JudgeMorelli used in his examplematched the voter approval for thecreation of the inspector general’soffice. It was merely that Frank didnot believe anyone would noticethe mocked comparison. I did no-tice, and so did many in the 72percent you mocked. And I, forone, do not see anything worthyof satire going on in Palm BeachCounty. Your observation is cor-rect though, that most voters pre-fer the activities of an independentinspector general’s office be mon-itored by the voters and not spe-cial interests. The merger on thetable (the brilliant idea of MayorAbrams) may be cheaper than do-ing it another way in the short term,but in the long term, in terms ofbenefit to special interests, would,in my opinion, just continue thesame deals that have plagued usfor years.

“Republican form of govern-ment,” Frank? That’s just anothercoded message and double enten-dre. Use of the word Republicanin this case presents not a form ofgovernment, but just double speakfor party preference.

Opinions are like elbows, andwe all have a right to them, butwhat we don’t have a right to isour own facts cloaked in opinionbut failing the “smell test.” MayorAbrams “brilliant” idea wouldcost us less. We have 14 citiessuing over funding the office now.Will you guarantee that adoptionof his plan will eliminate all thoselitigants? And who says and whatevidence is there to support thisconclusion?

No, Frank, what we are left with,in light of no concrete evidence orproof, is someone’s opinioncloaked as fact. And yes, it is “re-plete,” just not factual. I wouldleave it up to the 72 percent who

voted for the inspector generalwhether they wanted an indepen-dent office, or controlled by thevery people the office was creat-ed for oversight. I would leave itup to these voters whether themoney spent now for an indepen-dent inspector general’s officewisely may result in a much-need-ed reduction in “Corruption Coun-ty” of deals they will have to payfor with their taxes.

Richard NielsenRoyal Palm Beach

Kudos ToThe Council

It was reported in the Town-Cri-er’s June 14 issue that Wellingtonwas offered $10 million for the K-Park property.

Is this the same property thatsome members of our previouscouncil wanted to give away fornothing? If so, I hope this coun-cil plans to stay on the jobawhile.

This proposal is a $1.5 millionprofit, and some members of thecouncil want to entertain more pro-posals. I like this council.

Alfred R. LongoWellington

Keeping LigginsRight Decision

This month, the Royal PalmBeach Village Council deliberatedon Village Manager Ray Liggins’annual performance and whetherto renew his three-year contract.Five years ago, when Mr. Ligginstook the interim position of villagemanager, the question was, was hethe right person at the right price?

Much has changed in the pastfive years, both in the expertise ofMr. Liggins and in the state of thevillage. First, Royal Palm Beach isnow in a maintenance positionwith its focus on infrastructure ofroads, canals, drainage and a largenumber of parks. It is clear that Mr.Liggins’ engineering backgroundis a real plus for the tasks facingthe village. Second, Mr. Ligginshas shown exceptional persever-ance in learning the broader skillsof municipal management. He hasactively expanded his certifica-tions and encouraged his staff toearn professional credentials andexpertise. He has reached out as aleader on numerous boards andhas played a valuable role in con-tributing to solutions during re-gional crisis, notably the recentflooding in the western communi-ties.

These attributes do not meanthat Mr. Liggins is lacking in vi-sion. It is his task to serve thecouncil; so when and if the cur-rent council decides on visionaryleadership, he is able to take themwhere they wish to go. Ray is serv-ing the village well, however, it isalso the time for the village andthe council to allow Mr. Liggins tocome out of the shadow of his pre-decessor and recognize him for hisown unique contributions to RoyalPalm Beach.

Martha WebsterRoyal Palm Beach

Editor’s note: Mrs. Webster is aformer member of the Royal PalmBeach Village Council.

Recent PoliceShootings A

Terrible ThingI am appalled that the shooting

of our fellow American citizens/residents has continued unabat-ed with no end in sight.

Why are so many law enforce-ment officers so trigger happy?Why are their bosses so “quick”to jump to their defense (even be-fore the official investigation) andconclude that all these shootingswere justified?

The fact that these trigger-hap-py cops are very seldom charged,and if charged, are almost certainto be exonerated, has led to com-placency by law enforcement andmuted outrage by the general pub-lic.

I urge everyone to obey the in-structions of all law enforcementofficers at all times. It is far betterto comply, then complain later. Itmight just save your life. Do notsay or do anything that could beinterpreted as a threat. Even themost trigger-happy cop will notshoot you if you obey his or herinstructions.

There are three levels of threat:no threat, likely threat and obvi-ous threat.

I firmly believe that more respectfor law enforcement should beshown. I also firmly believe thatproper meticulous training and re-spect for human life by the copswould eliminate most if not all ofthese deadly shootings. Why

LAUREN MIRÓNews Editor

can’t our American cops learnfrom the British cops?

Just recently, in South London,a British soldier (in uniform) wasmurdered in broad daylight on thestreet in London. The attacker cuthis throat from behind.

When the cops arrived on thescene, one attacker fired his gunat them but it misfired. Despite theobvious threat, these British copsshot the attacker in the leg thenarrested them both. In America,these armed attackers would mostcertainly have been shot dead, nodoubt about it.

Regarding a recent such shoot-ing in Martin County, for SheriffWilliam Synder to say that, “At theend of the night, the deputy (Sgt.James Warren) went home to hisfamily” is insensitive, troubling,outrageous and offensive. Whatabout the victim’s family? Whereis the remorse?

I am still trying to figure out therecent shooting in Royal PalmBeach.

Sheriff Ric Bradshaw is by farthe best sheriff we have had inPalm Beach County for decades. Ihave told him to keep up the goodwork. The humanitarian efforts byBradshaw and his better half, Dor-othy, should be applauded. Thework of Chief Deputy MichaelGauger is also worthy of muchpraise.

Having said that, I disagree withSheriff Bradshaw’s quick defenseof deputies who are involved infatal shootings, also his defenseof overtime hours, which need tobe reduced.

Karl WitterThe Acreage

Last week, the Palm Beach County Commission gave initial approval to changes meant toshield residents in unincorporated areas from uncontrolled animal waste dumping. The issuehas brought out people on all sides — from farmers and waste haulers, to annoyed neighborsand those with small backyard farms worried about meeting regulations.

Though not perfect, these changes to the county’s animal waste regulations are necessary toprotect our communities. But it will take strict enforcement to eradicate the problem. Foryears, residents of Loxahatchee Groves and The Acreage have complained about illegal dump-ing of manure on empty lots, and Wellington recently tightened its regulations on manure haul-ers to make sure the loads get properly disposed of.

While we believe the county must be mindful of small property owners — those on little morethan an acre who don’t necessarily cause a problem by spreading manure on their own proper-ty for gardening purposes — the fact is that illegally dumping manure is wrong and must becontrolled. It’s a significant problem that has long been an issue not adequately addressed.Aside from being a nuisance to neighbors who don’t appreciate the smell, there is concernabout the manure seeping into the groundwater.

New Environmental Protection Agency water control guidelines are on the horizon, andmany communities are struggling with controlling phosphates in the water. The county’s unin-

corporated areas have a higher density of horses and other livestock, which means more workmust be done to meet those standards. This is a good first step toward meeting the newstandards.

It’s a regional problem, and having each community coming down harder on violators isimportant to keep it from spilling over into an unprotected community. Having strong regula-tions on all sides will hopefully make manure haulers think twice before dumping illegally.

But a major issue in this has been a lack of enforcement. For these regulations to really makea difference, it is crucial that the county enforce them — especially against egregious andrepeated violators. Critics of the new regulations have pointed out that the county has not beeneffective in policing the problem with its current rules. We hope that the increased regulationsmake it easier for county compliance officers to identify and curb problems.

While it is prudent to have more discussion about some provisions that would affect backyardfarms, the message to those who dump illegally must be strong: dispose of manure throughproper channels.

The regulations will face another round of scrutiny from county commissioners later thissummer. To learn more about the new rules, see the story on page 7 of this week’s issue or visitwww.pbcgov.com.

For TheRecord

The photos that appearedwith the Wellington Chamber ofCommerce ribbon cuttings forHack Tax and Accounting Ser-vices and attorney Daniel AlanTerner published last week wereinadvertently transposed. TheTown-Crier regrets whateverconfusion this might havecaused.

The Town-Crier welcomes letters to the editor. Please keep lettersbrief (300 words). Submit letters, with contact name, address andtelephone number (anonymous letters will not be published), toThe Town-Crier, 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 31, Wellington, FL33414; fax them to (561) 793-6090; or you can e-mail [email protected].

Footlooseand...By JulesW. Rabin

Calif., for example. Here its chiefexecutive wound up with a pen-sion of $272,000 per year-for life.In her last year on the job, sheearned $228,000. This financialwhiz piled up added bucks by in-serting unused vacation time andsick leave plus education incen-tives into her retirement numbers.There are actually some 60 cate-

gories on non-salary paymentsthat local rules allow for conver-sion according to The Los Ange-les Times.

In the past 18 months, the Cali-fornia State Controller’s office hasinvestigated many cases of sus-pected pension abuse. It confirmedover two dozen “inappropriatebenefit enhancements.” In Ventu-

‘Spiking’ Pensions Violates The Reasons Why Pensions ExistOPINION

Ever wonder how so many in-dustry and business bigwigs windup with huge pension payoff , of-ten higher numbers in retirementthan when they were working fulltime? Say hello to “pension spik-ing,” that shady procedure whichsweetens the end-of-career pad-ding of the pension structure.

Let’s look at Ventura County,

ra County, the pension system isalready underfunded by $761 mil-lion.

Yes, pension guideline vary bystate and county. Thus far at least11 states have enacted “anti-spik-ing” legislation. Bills are pendingin four more as more public offi-cials realize how the game is beingplayed. Such actions go against

the spirit of what a pension plan issupposed to do — provide incomeduring retirement to help peoplemaintain their standard of living,noted expert Jean-Pierre Aubry ofthe Center for Retirement Researchat Boston College.

It seems there are endless num-bers of greedy people who don’tget it.

NEWSBiz Hours

GracePeriodEnding

continued from page 1influx of applications now that thegrace period is ending becausemost businesses in Wellington

can operate for 24 hours if theywish, but most of them don’t. Thisordinance affects only those lo-cated within 300 feet of residentialareas.

The new code also makes clearthat business activities are definedas work with patrons. So, busi-nesses owners who want to gointo the office at 3 a.m. and catchup on work can do so, as long as

the owner doesn’t bring clientsonto the property, Nemser said.

Here is how the new languagein the code reads: “As defined inArticle 5, Chapter 12, for the pur-poses of this section, businessactivities shall consist of any andall activities which involve patronsof the business (either public orprivate activity) and do not includeactivities such as setup/prep,

stocking or cleanup providedthose activities comply with allother Wellington regulations.”

Connor is worried that distinc-tion may be confusing for somebusinesses, especially accoun-tants at tax time who may have cli-ents at odd hours. How that willplay out remains to be seen, hesaid.

At the May 17 council meeting,

when the issue was last discussed,there was some debate amongcouncil members about the exemp-tion in the rules for professionaloffices.

A motion was made at that meet-ing by Councilwoman Anne Ger-wig to table the issue until thecouncil could hear from businessowners. “You can see how therewould be circumstances that there

would be someone there besidesyourself, and you may be doingmore than checking your e-mail,”she said then.

But her motion failed on a 3-2vote.

Businesses that are denied anextended-hours permit can alwaysappeal the decision, Nemser said.

The new code goes into effectJuly 15.


NEWS

Wellington is offering its summer camp through Aug. 16 at Village Park. Activities include sports, games, T-shirt painting, movies,swimming and many more fun things to do. For more information, visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or call (561) 791-4005.

WELLINGTON SUMMER CAMPS OFFER YOUTH DIVERSE FUN THROUGH AUGUST

Kyleigh Kravchenko, Rachel Ferguson, Abby Molsee, AmberMistry and Jessica Margolies use stencils to paint T-shirts.

Lory Mills from Celebration Cake Designgives instructions for T-shirt painting. Megan Peterson with Lory Mills from Celebration Cake Design.

Ryan Delgado, Zach Duckworth, Jonathan Buzekand Asher Prescott show off their painted T-shirts.

Jake Spuck with Lory Mills from Celebration Cake Design.Camp counselor Danielle Kent (standing)

oversees a freeze dancing game.

Dr. Abel St. Amour held a book signing and discussion at the Wellington Barnes & Noble on Thursday, June 27. St. Amour’s book, BeyondThe Mission, was the topic of the evening, and guests enjoyed excerpts as well as a brief question-and-answer session. Beyond TheMission examines burnout in the helping professions, specifically missionaries. For more info., visit www.drabelstamour.com.

DR. ABEL ST. AMOUR HOLDS BOOK SIGNING AT WELLINGTON BARNES & NOBLE

Joaquin Ribon, Stacey Oak, Dr. Abel St. Amour, Louise Villao and Meschac St. Amour.

Reading an excerpt from Beyond The Mission, Dr. Abel St. Amourprepares to open the discussion to audience questions. Dr. Abel St. Amour with his wife, Shirley.

PHOTOS BY ALEXANDRA ANTONOPOULOS/TOWN-CRIER

PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/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 Countyis asking for the public’s help in findingthese wanted fugitives:

• Pedro Gonzalez, alias Pete, is a whitemale, 5’9” tall and weighing 160 lbs.,with black hair and brown eyes. He hasmultiple tattoos. His date of birth is 03/01/62. Gonzalez is wanted for felonycharges of driving under the influencecausing injury, misrepresenting proof ofinsurance, driving while his license isrevoked and refusal of a chemical or physi-cal test. His last known address wasVespasian Court in Greenacres. He iswanted as of 06/27/13.

• Claudia Raffone is a white female,5’6” and weighing 150 lbs., with brownhair and brown eyes. Her date of birth is12/7/51. Raffone is wanted for failureto appear on felony charges of obtainingproperty in return for a worthless check,draft or debit card. Her last known ad-dress was Arabian Road in Loxahatchee.She is wanted as of 06/27/13.

Remain anonymous and you may beeligible for up to a $1,000 reward. CallCrime Stoppers at (800) 458-TIPS (8477)or visit www.crimestopperspbc.com. Claudia Raffone

By Lauren MiróTown-Crier Staff Report

JUNE 22 — A Pahokee womancontacted the PBSO substation inRoyal Palm Beach on Saturday,June 22 after she was robbed at abus stop on Royal Palm BeachBlvd. According to a PBSO report,the victim sat down at the bus stopat approximately 5:06 p.m. whenshe noticed an unknown manbend down and tying his shoe.The victim took out an iPad Miniwhen the suspect approached herand asked her for the time. Accord-ing to the report, the suspectgrabbed the iPad and fled north-bound. Deputies arrived on scene,and a K-9 unit tracked the sus-pect’s scent near Royal PalmBeach Blvd. and Camellia Drive,but could not locate him. Accord-ing to the report, the suspect wasdescribed as a black male in hismid-20s, approximately 5’7” witha skinny build and a goatee. Hewas wearing a black doo-rag,white tank top, khaki shorts andblack shoes. There was no furtherinformation at the time of the re-port.

JUNE 23 — A resident of Coun-terpoint Estates called the PBSOsubstation in Royal Palm Beach onSunday, June 23 to report a vehi-cle burglary. According to a PBSOreport, sometime between noon onSunday, June 16 and 4 p.m. on Sat-urday, June 22, someone openedthe victim’s unlocked vehicle andremoved a Springfield semi-auto-matic pistol with a nylon holster.The victim said the pistol was inthe center console. The stolen itemwas valued at $500. There were nosuspects or witnesses at the timeof the report.

JUNE 23 — A deputy from thePBSO substation in Royal PalmBeach was dispatched to a homein Strathmore Gate West on Sun-day, June 23 regarding a suspiciousincident. According to a PBSO re-port, a resident called to report anevent his mother witnessed. Ac-cording to the report, at approxi-mately 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 22,the witness was walking her dogwhen she observed a red SUVspeed into the parking lot. Accord-ing to the report, the SUV sloweddown and drove closely to her, andas she tried to walk away, the ve-hicle sped up and blocked her path.The victim said that an unknownHispanic man leaned out the win-dow and commented on her dogbefore speeding away. There wasno further information available atthe time of the report.

JUNE 25 — A Pahokee man wasarrested last Tuesday afternoonon shoplifting charges from theWalmart Supercenter on Belved-ere Road. According to a PBSOreport, a deputy from the RoyalPalm Beach substation was dis-patched to the store after a lossprevention officer observed 30-year-old Jesse Dortch enter theelectronics department and selecta Sony Blue Ray surround soundsystem. Dortch then entered thehardware department and select-ed a pair of wire cutters, beforemoving to the mens clothing de-partment and beginning to cut theanti-theft device on the system.According to the report, Dortchdiscarded the device on the shelfand then exited the store, passingall points of sale without attempt-ing to pay for the item. A loss pre-vention officer stopped him, andthe sound system was recovered.

Woman Robbed WhileWaiting For Bus InRoyal Palm Beach

Pedro Gonzalez

The stolen item was valued at$248. Dortch was taken to the PalmBeach County Jail where he wascharged with petty theft.

JUNE 30 — A resident of Or-ange Grove Blvd. contacted thePBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatcheesubstation last Sunday morning toreport a stolen vehicle. Accordingto a PBSO report, sometime be-tween 9 p.m. last Saturday and 11a.m. the following morning, some-one stole the victim’s beige 2006Ford F-150 pickup truck and at-tached trailer. The trailer was de-scribed as a white 2005 Pace trail-er. There were no suspects or wit-nesses at the time of the report.

JUNE 30 — A deputy from thePBSO substation in Wellingtonwas dispatched to a home in theAero Club last Sunday morningregarding a home burglary. Ac-cording to a PBSO report, the vic-tim’s daughter had a party at thevictim’s home while he was out oftown and sometime between 11p.m. last Saturday and 3 a.m. thefollowing morning, someone re-moved a safe from the master bed-room closet. The victim said thesafe contained several pieces ofjewelry, gold bars, gold coins andimportant documents. Accordingto the report, the victim’s daugh-ter did not know who took thesafe. The stolen items were val-ued at more than $60,000. Therewas no further information avail-able at the time of the report.

JUNE 30 — A juvenile was ar-rested early last Sunday morningon charges of burglary followinga chase through Royal Pine Es-tates. According to a PBSO report,at approximately midnight, a dep-uty from the PBSO substation inRoyal Palm Beach responded af-ter a witness reported a burglaryin progress. According to the re-port, the witness saw two menlooking into a neighbor’s vehicle.Approximately one hour later, thedeputy was driving on Royal PalmBeach Blvd. when he observed awhite male juvenile biking downthe sidewalk matching the descrip-tion the witness had given. Ac-cording to the report, when thejuvenile saw the PBSO car, he be-gan to flee, turning into the roadand attempting to elude the vehi-cle. The deputy followed and re-quested that he stop, but the ju-venile continued to ignore him.According to the report, the chasecame to an end when the juvenileattempted to turn sharply betweentwo homes and ran into a concretewall at full speed. He then attempt-ed to flee on foot, but the deputystopped him. According to the re-port, a search revealed that the ju-venile had several credit cards, acell phone and several other itemsthat appeared to have been stolenduring burglaries. He was arrest-ed and taken to the Juvenile As-sessment Center.

JUNE 30 — A deputy from thePBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatcheesubstation was called to a homeon 82nd Lane North last Sundayregarding a theft. According to aPBSO report, sometime between 9a.m. last Wednesday morning and5 p.m. last Friday, someone enteredthe vacant home and stole thepower meter. According to the re-port, someone cut the power meterfrom the outside and through thebreaker box, and then pulled outthe wires. There was no furtherinformation available at the timeof the report.

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A recent Royal Palm Beach HighSchool graduate was named thenational champion in dramatic in-terpretation during the NationalForensic League’s speech anddebate championship in Birming-ham, Ala., on June 20.

More than 5,000 students fromacross the country competed in thefour-day event, and AnthonyNadeau from Royal Palm Beachtook top honors in his category.

Nadeau, 17, didn’t think hewould win. But being the best ofthe best in the nation is “prettyawesome.”

“I’m really happy,” he said.His coach, Eric Jeraci, director

of speech and debate at RPBHSfor the past three years, was alsothrilled with Nadeau’s perfor-mance. “He’s our first championat Royal Palm Beach,” Jeraci said.

Dramatic interpretation is basi-cally competitive acting. Nadeauhad to give a 10-minute mono-logue in character. He selectedLady Chablis from the book, Mid-night in the Garden of Good andEvil, by John Berendt, which waspublished in 1994 and eventuallybecame a New York Times best-seller. Nadeau stumbled onto thebook last summer at a garage sale,Jeraci said. He read it and loved it.

The competition is intense andran from Monday until Thursday.There are six preliminary rounds,then two rounds of the top 60 stu-dents with two judges, two roundsof the top 30 students with twojudges, one round of the top 14students with five judges and thenthe final round, where 11 judgescritique the performances, Jeracisaid. That’s a lot of performing.

Students must rely only on dia-logue, facial expression and ges-

turing to bring their characters tolife. “It was emotionally draining,”Nadeau said.

But the repetition also helpedhim build on his performance.“You learn more about your char-acter and stay true to character,”he said.

It was probably to his advan-tage that he was on the speechand debate team for all four yearsof high school and that he’d per-formed this particular interpreta-tion and won at competitions atHarvard and Princeton universi-ties and at the University of Flori-da earlier this year.

Yet Nadeau still gets nervous.“But I like telling the story, so Ifocus on that,” he said.

There were 3,000 in the audiencefor the final round, Jeraci said.

In addition to being crownednational champion, he took homeabout $7,000 in scholarship mon-

RBPHS Graduate Wins At NationalSpeech And Debate Competition

ey, something he’ll put to gooduse in the fall when he enrolls atPalm Beach State College.

He plans to study at PBSC fortwo years and then transfer to UF.

And while he’s not sure if he’lljoin the college debate team yet,he’s pretty certain he’ll becomeinvolved with performing at somelevel. Perhaps theater, Nadeausaid.

Three students in all fromRPBHS competed at this year’snational event, Jeraci said.

(Right) Eric Jeraci, director of thespeech and debate team atRoyal Palm Beach High School,left, with national championAnthony Nadeau, a recent grad-uate. Nadeau took top honorsat the National ForensicLeague’s speech and debatechampionship in the category ofdramatic interpretation.


In a zoning meeting last week,the Palm Beach County Commis-sion gave preliminary approval tochanges in its animal waste andmanure regulations aimed in partto improve control over uncon-trolled dumping of animal wastein unincorporated areas such asThe Acreage.

The change, going through aspart of the year’s first round ofUnified Land Development Codeamendments, are intended to pre-vent property owners in the coun-ty from allowing their lots to becompletely covered with severalfeet of animal waste hauled in fromother areas, which creates healthconcerns.

At the June 24 meeting, Acre-age residents Anne and Gert Kuhlopposed changes to the animalwaste rules, instead asking thecounty to strictly enforce the ex-isting regulations.

Gert Kuhl said he thought peo-ple were abusing the existing ani-mal waste regulations, specifical-ly by taking waste from horseshows in Wellington and dump-ing it illegally in other areas.

“Dumping a whole bunch ofmanure in one place is not agri-culture,” he said. “I think thereis nothing broken here in thelaws.”

Anne Kuhl said she would pre-

fer that the county and other reg-ulatory agencies enforce existingregulations. She pointed out thatproposed setbacks of 25 feetwould adversely affect owners ofthe predominantly 1.25-acre lots inThe Acreage.

Speaking in favor of the amend-ments, Nick Aumen of Las FloresRanchos near White Fences saidhe was not concerned about thereasonable use of compost andmanure for soil enrichment andgardening, but rather the broad-scale application of animal waste,explaining that one of the ownersof a 5-acre lot near his home com-pletely covered his land with ani-mal waste recently, up to 4 feetdeep in some areas.

He thanked County Administra-tor Bob Weisman and CountyCommissioner Jess Santamaria forcoming out and looking at the lothe was particularly concernedabout.

“We live about three lots away,and the amount of flies and smellwas just unbelievable, and afterthe recent rains, the roads wereabsolutely brown with runoff fromthis manure,” Aumen said.

He also pointed out that anoth-er lot owner had covered his lotwith animal waste in the same man-ner a few years previously.

“I do want to respectfully dis-agree with the previous speakers,”he said. “I’m just trying to fix the

egregious nature of this, not theregular use on small lots. I’m ahorse owner, and we have twohorses on our property, and I’m allfor being able to spread that ma-nure over. In our case, we have 5acres.”

Aumen said the lot owner whohad piled up the animal wastemost recently had told him it wasto prevent flooding. “It wasn’t foragricultural purposes, and for me,it doesn’t matter what the reasonis — too much is too much,” hesaid.

Aumen said he thought the lim-it of 20 cubic yards per acre in 12months, allowed under the pro-posed changes, was plenty foreven the most ambitious agricul-turalist, and that the setbacks forwater bodies and well fields werealso important.

“I’m a water quality specialist,”he said. “I’ve been working in thefield of water quality for almost 40years, and this is a very transmis-sive substrate. This runoff fromthese areas leach very quicklydown into the groundwater.”

Palm Beach County Zoning Di-rector Jon P. MacGillis explainedthat the amendments were aimedat striking a balance between peo-ple applying fertilizer for garden-ing and dumping farm animalwaste on their property.

“We do have provision for ex-emptions if you’re spreading com-

mercial fertilizer or compost ma-nure, so people can still put thaton their garden at any amount,”MacGillis said. “Ten cubic yardsis allowed in a 12-month period.You can increase that up to 20, butthis requires somebody to get asoil analysis off the existing soilconditions and working with theAgricultural Extension Office todetermine... if that’s warrantedbased on the composition of thesoil. I think what we’ve tried to dois provide balance.”

MacGillis explained that theamendments do not prohibit some-body from using manure on theirproperty, but specify using it in afashion that they are actually en-hancing what they are trying togrow and not just dumping forsome other reason.

Deputy County AdministratorVerdenia Baker said her staff hadmet with concerned residents andlistened closely to what they hadto say, and then modified the pro-posal.

“We definitely did not want toput the small tomato-growing farm-er out, but we definitely wanted toprotect the neighbors and not con-tinue with the issue that was go-ing on,” Baker said. “We narrowlytailored this particular issue so wecould address the issue that wasbrought forward.”

Baker said she believed thatwhat was being recommended

specifically addresses the applica-tion of proper amounts of fertilizerwith the appropriate exemptions,in coordination with agencies thathave oversight over manure.

Santamaria agreed that properbalance is needed to take care ofeveryone’s needs and concerns.He asked whether there will be timefor further fine-tuning of theamendments, and MacGillis saidthe first reading would be July 28,with adoption scheduled in Au-gust.

Santamaria said he wanted tocontinue meeting with the partiesinvolved to see if there are otherappropriate changes to be madeto take care of everyone’s needsand concerns.

Palm Beach County Vice May-or Priscilla Taylor asked about soilanalyses, and MacGillis said theintent was to determine how muchmore fertilizer, if any, was neededto enhance the soil on a particularpiece of property.

“The Agricultural Extension Of-fice has indicated there are someproperties that don’t warrantbringing any type of fertilizer inbecause of the condition of the soilalready,” MacGillis said.

Planning, Zoning & BuildingDirector Rebecca Caldwell saidthat after public input, staff setthe amount to a maximum of 20cubic yards per acre allowablebefore a soil analysis and nutri-

ent plan was required. She saidcounty staff avoided the dump-ing regulations that have beenput in place in Wellington andLoxahatchee Groves, where ille-gal dumping was an issue, be-cause the county’s concernswere more specific.

“The phosphorus and nitro-gen specifically are the items thatcan cause severe problems,”Caldwell said. “Wellington has asevere phosphorus overabun-dance right now. If you bringthat onto your site, you can killeverything that’s there if it comesin inappropriately. That’s whythe nutrient plan makes all thesense in the world.”

Commissioner Shelley Vana saidshe favored the amendments.

“This discussion has been on-going forever,” Vana said. “As Irepresented Wellington in the leg-islature many moons ago, that hadbeen an ongoing discussion. Ithink it’s really good that we havethe Ag Extension involved andthe Department of EnvironmentalProtection, because this phospho-rus, be it biological phosphorusfrom animals, it still is going intoour water supply, and it will be aproblem we have to deal with even-tually.”

Taylor made a motion to grantpreliminary approval to theamendments, which carried unan-imously.

County Gives Initial OK To Controls On Animal Waste Dumping

Palm Beach Central HighSchool’s graduation celebrationMay 23 lasted until 5 a.m. for the383 seniors who joined in the all-night party organized by their par-ents called Project Graduation.

“Project Graduation is an all-night alcohol- and drug-free partyfor graduating seniors,” event co-chair Audrey Valentine explained.“Parents organize the event withhelp from teachers and staff. Mon-

ey is raised throughout the yearto hold the 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. eventat Wellington’s Village Park gym-nasium.”

The event — themed “Party inParadise” — had activities all night

383 PBCHS Seniors Celebrate Success At Project Graduationlong. Seniors could run throughgiant obstacle courses; test theirskills at carnival games; play pool,ping pong and air hockey; andcompete on an inflatable Twister-like game for 10 people. Seniors

could also get a temporary tattooor have a caricature made.

More than 100 parent and teach-er volunteers worked all night tomake the event a huge success.There was plenty of food anddrinks donated by restaurants andbusinesses in the community. Se-niors danced to a DJ until 3 a.m.,when the laughs began as a hyp-notist put 20 seniors under his spelland entertained the crowd.

“This event couldn’t happenwithout the support from the par-ents, PBCHS staff and teachers,and the business community,”sponsorship co-chair Terri Prioresaid. “We received over $22,000in cash donations and another$8,000 in donations of food andprizes for the seniors.”

The PBCHS Project GraduationCommittee thanks the followingsponsors: marquee sponsorEquestrian Sport Productions LLCand platinum sponsor the FTIConsulting Great Charity Chal-lenge; gold sponsors Minto Com-

munities LLC, Wellington Dunkin’Donuts and the Mall at Welling-ton Green; and silver sponsorsMedExpress Urgent Care, the Vil-lage of Wellington, BuckeyePlumbing Inc., the Priore Family,Tahiti Joe’s Hot Sauces, the Well-ington Preservation Coalition Inc.,Armand Professional ServicesInc., Successful Women’s Master-mind Alliance, Palms West Hospi-tal and Lesser, Lesser, Landy &Smith PLLC.

“Project Graduation kept ourseniors safe graduation night withone last chance to be with friendsbefore they start the next chapterin their lives,” co-chair HellenCook said. “Seeing the seniorsdance, play and laugh with theirfriends all night was an overwhelm-ing experience that all parentsshould be involved with.”

Anyone interested in more in-formation about Project Gradua-tion 2014 and getting involved asa sponsor or volunteer should callCook at (561) 389-5083.Palm Beach Central High School grads dance the night away (left) and enjoy a game of Twister (right) during the Project Graduation party.


NEWS BRIEFSBock’s OfficeHonored WithBudget Award

The budget for fiscal year 2013from the Palm Beach County Clerk& Comptroller’s Office has re-ceived the Distinguished BudgetPresentation Award, the highesthonor given by the GovernmentFinance Officers Association(GFOA).

It is the first time that the clerk’soffice submitted its annual bud-get for review by the GFOA, whichjudges budget documents basedon how well they serve as policydocuments, financial plans, oper-ations guides and communicationsdevices.

“Winning this award the firsttime we entered our budget for re-view is a significant achievement,”Clerk & Comptroller Sharon Bocksaid. “I’m so proud of my team fortheir hard work in creating thisbudget and submitting it for thisexhaustive review by the GFOA.It’s an honor to share this awardwith them.”

The GFOA is a nonprofit pro-fessional association offeringbenchmarking and independentanalysis of public accounting prac-

tices and financial reporting. TheGFOA’s Distinguished BudgetPresentation Award program is theonly national awards program ingovernmental budgeting.

As the independently electedchief financial officer of the coun-ty, Bock and her office providechecks and balances as the ac-countant, treasurer and auditor,handling finances, investmentsand county financial reporting.

For more information about theclerk’s office, visit www.mypalmbeachclerk.com or call (561) 355-2996.

WPC To ProvideSummer CampScholarships

The Wellington PreservationCoalition is offering scholarshipsfor 10 Wellington children to at-tend a free week of summer camp.The camp is available to youthages 5 to 15 and will be for theweek of July 15 at Village Park onPierson Road.

Interested Wellington residentsare required to complete a campapplication, which can be pickedup at the Village Park or found atwww.wellingtonfl.gov.

The Wellington PreservationCoalition is a group of Wellingtonresidents committed to preservingand maintaining the character, na-ture and quality of life in Welling-ton.

Call the Neighborhood Servic-es office at (561) 791-4796 to ap-ply. Scholarships are limited andrecipients will be determined on afirst-come, first-served basis.

Ballet Boot CampWeek Of July 8

Sign up now for ballet boot campto be held at Dance Arts Conser-vatory in Wellington from July 8-12, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., for ages 5to 10.

Instructed by Melissa Waters,the first hour of dance each daywill concentrate in classical ballettechnique at the barre and withcenter exercises. Additional dailystudies will include subjects suchas acrobatics, character, modernwith strength and stretch, and con-temporary.

Arts and crafts will also be in-cluded and a project will be senthome. There will be a small perfor-mance on Friday at 12:30 p.m. Thecost is $200/week or $60/day. Toregister, call (561) 296-1880 or e-

mail [email protected].

Zoo To HostFood Truck Safari

Go on safari inside the PalmBeach Zoo at the first-ever foodtruck safari. Search out some ofSouth Florida’s best food trucksscattered throughout the zoo onSaturday, July 13 from 6 to 10 p.m.

Live music will be provided bySeKond Nature and MedicineHat, and reasonably priced beerand wine will be offered by Po-tions in Motion. Plus, the wholezoo will be open featuring somespecial, up-close, wild animal en-counters.

Admission is $10 and parking isfree. The food trucks accept cashand credit cards. They will donatea portion of their proceeds to thezoo. Gate proceeds support thePalm Beach Zoo’s daily opera-tions.

This is an all-ages event. A raindate is set for July 27.

The trucks currently scheduledto appear, thanks to Food TruckConnection, are: Crazydilla, Med-iterranean Grill, PS561, the DailySpecial, Hot Wheels Pizza, Churas-co Grill, Dough Dough Donuts

and Paradise Shaved Ice, withmore to be added.

Details of the event can be foundat www.palmbeachzoo.org. Formore info., call (561) 533-0887.

Tropical FruitTree Sale July 20

The Palm Beach chapter of theRare Fruit Council Internationalhas held tropical fruit tree and ed-ible plant sales twice a year formore than 30 years.

The next sale will be at the SouthFlorida Fairgrounds Agriplex onSaturday, July 20 from 9 a.m. to 2p.m.

Established in 1970, the chapteris a not-for-profit organization ded-icated to promoting and further-ing the cultivation and use of trop-ical and rare fruit in South Floridaand throughout the world.

There will be hundreds of vari-eties of fruits and thousands tochoose from including: avocados,bananas, Barbados cherry, blacksapote, canistel, carambola, citrus,dragon fruit, figs, guava, grumi-chama, Jackfruit, jaboticaba, lon-gan, lychee, macadamia, mameysapote, mango, miracle fruit, mul-berry, papaya, peach, persimmon,soursop, sugar apple, star apple,

tamarind, herbs and spices, spe-cially formulated fruitilizer andmore.

The organization includes sev-eral hundred members interestedin learning about, growing andenjoying tropical fruits.

Monthly meetings are the sec-ond Friday of each month at 7:30p.m. in the Mounts Building, 531N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach.Each meeting has an educationallecture by a speaker in the field offruit science or a related field, a fruittree auction, a seed and plant ex-change, and the famous “tastingtable” — a chance to taste vari-ous tropical fruits grown by mem-bers.

Membership is $25 yearly. Mem-ber benefits include a monthlynewsletter filled with informativearticles about growing rare fruitsand related topics, propagationclasses where members learn howto graft and air-layer tropical fruittrees, and an annual ice cream so-cial for members and their guestsonly, among other benefits. Theice cream is handmade with fruitsgrown by members.

Those attending the July 20 saleshould enter through Gate 5 onSouthern Blvd. Admission andparking are free.


NEWS

The Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club held its annual awards dinner and induction of its 2013-14 officers on Saturday, June 29 at theMayacoo Lakes Country Club. After cocktails and dinner, awards were given out and new officers were installed. There were also raffles,happy dollars and music from DJ Tony the Tiger.

ROYAL PALM BEACH ROTARY INSTALLS BOARD AT MAYACOO LAKES CEREMONY

David Eisenson, Linda and John Spillane, and Roland Amateis.

Selena Smith is installed as president by her father, Gus Samois.Past President Scott Armand received a crystal gavel fromSelena Smith as PBSO Chief Deputy Mike Gauger looks on.The newly installed Royal Palm Beach Rotary board.

Past President Scott Armand with his wife, Mair.Distinguished Service Citation recipients

with Past President Scott Armand.

Zolet Arts Academy held a summer art camp from Monday, June 24 through Thursday, June 27 in the original Wellington Mall. Childrenwere instructed in a wide variety of art mediums, including wood working, papier mache, painting and crafts. The next art camp is inSeptember. For more info., call (561) 793-6489.

KIDS LEARN DIFFERENT ART MEDIUMS AT ZOLET ARTS ACADEMY SUMMER CAMP

Alyssa Cavallo, Megan Shah, Josie Moskovitz andLogan Castellanos paint their wood fish seascapes.

David Liu, Gabrielle Barton, Mohamedameen Osman,Jacob Liu and Alrik Blanchard paint papier mache animals. Linda Zolet demonstrates scratch art.




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The Wellington Children’s Theatre Musical Theatre Camp Players presented “The Best of Broadway” on Saturday, June 29 at WellingtonHigh School. The children learned songs and routines from classic Broadway shows over the three-week summer camp and performedfor family and friends. For more info., call (561) 223-1928 or visit www.wellingtonchildrenstheatre.com.

WELLINGTON CHILDREN’S THEATRE PERFORMS ‘BEST OF BROADWAY’ AT WHS

Lily Edmiston and Anna Gilbert in “Marry the Man.”

Mary Gresh as Oliver Twist and Sasha Victome asthe Artful Dodger perform “Consider Yourself.”

Jayna Manohalal as Peter Pan leads the campers in “I Won’t Grow Up.”

Amelia Haymond leads the chorus in “Not forthe Life of Me” from Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Sebastian Diaz performs “Under the Sea” as Sebastian the Crab.Richard Paul as Nicely Nicely Johnson leads the chorusin “Sit Down You're Rockin’ the Boat” from Guys & Dolls.

South Beach Tanning Company held a grand opening on Saturday, June 29 for its new location in the Pointe at Wellington Green. Guestsenjoyed special offers on tanning beds and spray tan sessions. For more info., call (561) 333-3644 or visit www.southbeachtanningcompany.com.

SOUTH BEACH TANNING COMPANY CELEBRATES NEW WELLINGTON LOCATION

Mrs. Greenacres Stacey Steele-Yesnick, Denise Beasley, LaurenFaxas, Ashley Sawyer, owner Patti Martel and Siobhan Parker. Bryan Wardlaw tries out a tanning bed.

Ashley Sawyer, Kaela Strelec, owner Patti Martel,Denise Beasley and Rachael Stolpman.


PHOTOS BY LAUREN MIRÓ/TOWN-CRIER


NEWS

Equestrian Trails Elementary School day campers visited the Okeeheelee Nature Center on Friday, June 28. Kids were given an archerylesson with chances to shoot a bow and arrow, and then got to meet several reptiles. The Okeeheelee Nature Center will host its owncamp Aug. 5-9. For more info., call (561) 233-1400, ext. 4 or visit www.pbcparks.com/nature.

EQUESTRIAN TRAILS CAMPERS EXPERIENCE THE OKEEHEELEE NATURE CENTER

Briana Bermudez and naturalist KelliDorschel with a baby alligator.

Naturalist Kelli Dorschel and Esteban Rodriguez with a turtle.Alyssa Plaez examines apple snail eggs

under the magnifying glass.Campers gather around an alligator skull.

Okeeheelee Nature Center Manager ClivePinnock instructs Destiny Jacobs in archery.

Valetina Cortes and Mathew Weiss with a cornsnake held by naturalist Kelli Dorschel.


The post-apocalyptic zombiemovie 2057 Return to Zombie Is-land, a film by Royal Palm Beachmovie producer and director GaryDavis, premieres July 31 at Alco’sBoynton Cinema (9764 S. MilitaryTrail). The show starts at 7 p.m.

Starring Nicely “TaxMan” Jeanof Boynton Beach, the sci-fi film isset in a post-apocalyptic future af-ter the Asian Powers droppedweapons of mass destruction onthe world. As the war nearly de-stroyed everything, people are liv-ing like they did in the past. Some,including the corporal (Jean), stillmaintain their military outfits, eventhough there are no armies orcountries.

In 2057, a military officer, playedby Annya Bright, has kidnappedthe president and taken her backto the island to find the secret to

her super soldier project in orderto control the balance of power.Private Kelly (Sherrah Hill), whohas strong feelings for the corpo-ral, returns with him to the islandto rescue the president. There, thecorporal runs into a female friendwho he hasn’t seen in years. Howwill the balance of power be main-tained amidst the chaos? Find outat the Boynton Cinema premiere.

This new film was entirely filmedin Palm Beach County by Choco-late Star Entertainment. Davis cur-rently airs his TV show Gary DavisPresents on the South Florida CWnetwork, and also works with tal-ent including cast and crew thatlive in South Florida. The produc-er invites all moviegoers to be partof the summer premiere. Admis-sion costs $10 and space is limit-ed. Director Gary Davis will premiere his film in Boynton Beach.

Royal Palm Beach Director Gary Davis To Premiere Zombie Movie

Actress Annya Bright.The movie poster.


SCHOOL NEWS

The King’s Academy’s produc-tion of The Hunchback of NotreDame in April was not only a the-atrical triumph, but also an inspir-ing collaboration with Disney Ex-ecutive Studios to produce andpremiere the amateur stage adap-tation of its well-known 1996 ani-mated film.

TKA’s superb cast combinedbrilliant acting, dramatic vocals,and large chorus and dance num-

bers to present a sensitive accountof Victor Hugo’s novel that en-gaged audience members on anemotional level.

“The story was so beautifullycrafted and displayed in new andfresh ways,” Disney representa-tive Brian Turwilliger said. “I be-lieved in what was happening. Ididn’t feel manipulated or coercedto believe this tale of the bell ring-er because I sincerely felt that I

was in the tale. The trueness ofthe storytelling swept me away toanother realm of existence.”

Disney will begin preparing TheHunchback of Notre Dame to beproduced on hundreds of schooland amateur stages across thecountry, just as they did in 2000with their TKA collaboration ofBeauty and the Beast.

The King’s Academy is con-tinuing its pursuit of excellence inthe arts with an impressive sched-ule for the 2013-14 school year.Productions will include a fall play,the original stage play Pygmalionby George Bernard Shaw, betterknown by its musical version, MyFair Lady; a fall middle schoolmusical production of The Wizardof Oz based on L. Frank Baum’s1900 novel; a spring black box the-atre production of Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott; and aspring high school musical pro-duction of The Phantom of theOpera with music by AndrewLloyd Webber. It is sure to be an-other hugely successful year forperforming arts at TKA.

The King’s Academy is a na-tionally recognized, private Chris-tian school serving approximately1,200 students from preschoolthrough 12th grade. The King’sAcademy serves students andtheir families across Palm Beachand Hendry counties. More infor-mation is available online atwww.tka.net.Bernie Pino as Quasimodo in a scene at the Feast of Fools.

Andrew Titus as Frollo.

TKA Production Of ‘Hunchback’ A Success

STUDENTS ENJOY NEW HORIZONS CAMP INVENTION #1 Education Place, in conjunc-tion with Active Learning Servic-es Ltd., will be the site of threeunique learning experiences in afive-day session from July 29through Aug. 2.

USA Chess, the largest chesscamp organizer for children in theUnited States, will present chesscamp for ages 5 to 15, introducto-ry to advanced levels. Options in-clude morning, afternoon and all-day sessions.

For children ages 8-15 interest-ed in computer programming andgaming, two new courses are In-troductory Video Game Creationand Video Game Creation: The Se-

quel. Students will learn basic com-mands and game design and willcreate their own unique games. Atthe end of the session, they willbe provided with access to a cus-tom download site, where they willbe able to download their owngames, as well as specialized soft-ware, which will enable them tocreate more new games.

#1 Education Place is located inthe original Wellington Mall, Suite23. For more information, visitwww.activelearningcamps.com orcall (888) 652-4377. Registrationmust take place directly with Ac-tive Leaning Systems, not with #1Education Place.

If your high school student isheaded to college in the next yearor two, there is a lot to do to getready — including ACT and SATpreparation.

Mary Fisher of the WellingtonHuntington Learning Center re-minds parents that students en-tering their senior year and stillplanning to take the ACT or SATneed to develop a study timelineand strategy this summer. “A stu-dent’s SAT or ACT score is a crit-ical component of his or her col-lege application package, and forthat very reason, it’s so important

to plan ahead to prepare well,”Fisher said.

Huntington Learning Centeroffers parents and students a step-by-step exam prep checklist:

12 Weeks Out• Develop a test prep schedule

with the guidance of a tutor whospecializes in SAT or ACT testprep.

• Take a full-length practice examto get familiar with it. Huntingtonoffers initial evaluations as part ofits test preparation services.

• Evaluate the results of theexam to create a targeted study

plan that will focus on weakerareas and capitalize on currentstrengths. Divide study sched-ule into major exam sections andsub-sections.

• Start getting familiar with mul-tiple choice questions, response(essay) questions, fill-in-the-blankquestions, improving sentence/paragraph questions and otherquestion types.

8 Weeks Out• Register for the exam. The Sept.

21 ACT registration date is Aug.23, and the Oct. 5 SAT registrationdate is Sept. 6.

• Get familiar with the length ofeach exam and its sections, theapproximate time your studentshould allow for each question,how each exam is scored and oth-er important details.

• Work on speed. Students mustbe able to quickly identify wronganswer choices and manage theirtime well during the actual SAT orACT.

• Continue to work on stayingfocused under pressure.

• Take two or more full-length,timed practice tests. Adjust study-ing to focus on weakest areas.

• Review the ACT and SAT test-taking tips.

4 Weeks Out• Hone in on the weakest areas

with timed section exams that con-centrate on those areas.

• Focus on practice questionsthat are the most difficult for yourstudent.

• Practice relaxation techniquesto keep calm and focused duringthe exam.

• Continue taking full-length,timed exams.

Day of the Test• Review the test-day checklist

to make sure your student doesnot bring prohibited items to theexam and has everything he or sheneeds.

“To prepare well for the SAT orACT, students should give them-selves plenty of time to improvesubject areas where they are notas strong, get acquainted with theexam and get comfortable with thetest-taking setting,” Fisher said.

To schedule a diagnostic eval-uation and test prep consultation,contact Fisher at (561) 594-1900 [email protected] or visitwww.huntingtonhelps.com.

Huntington Learning Center Offers ACT & SAT Preparation Tips

Chess, Video Game CampsAt #1 Education Place

Camp Invention at NewHorizons Elementar ySchool had a very suc-cessful week. A total of120 campers enjoyedexperimenting, discover-ing and creating science-related concepts. Pic-tured here are the 120campers and counse-lors.

Teacher To AttendHolocaust SeminarDarrell M. Schwartz, a teacher

at Royal Palm Beach High Schoolhas been selected, with a fullscholarship, to attend Appala-chian State University’s 12th an-nual Martin & Doris Rosen Sym-posium on Remembering the Ho-locaust: A Summer Symposium forEducators and the Community.

Schwartz is the lead teacher ofthe International Business Acad-emy as well as the Holocaust andJewish history. He recently found-ed the Center for Holocaust andGenocide Studies, which is the firstof its kind in Palm Beach County.

Schwartz has studied the histo-ry of the Holocaust at Yad Vashemin Israel, Facing History and Our-selves in New York City, the U.S.Holocaust Memorial Museum inWashington, D.C. and at FloridaAtlantic University.

The purpose of the Martin &Doris Rosen Symposium is to pro-vide a wide audience of publicschool teachers, university facul-ty, students and concerned citi-zens with information and insightsabout the victims, perpetratorsand consequences of the NaziHolocaust. The symposium willraise basic questions about intol-erance, indifference and humancourage in a dangerous world.

“I have personally dedicatedmyself to teach our studentsabout the history of hate that leadsto genocides and the Holocaust,in hopes they will become bettercitizens and not let this happen inthe future,” Schwartz said.

The 2013 summer symposiumtakes place July 13 to 18. For moreinformation, visit www.holocaust.appstate.edu.


PALMS WEST PEOPLECAMPAIGN KICKOFF FORCOUNCILWOMAN GERWIG

A FARMING FUN TIME FOR ALL AT PALMS WESTALLIANCE CHURCH VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

Forty local children enjoyed “Hay Day!” Vacation Bible School atPalms West Alliance Church held June 10-12. Wednesday eveningtopped off the farm-themed fun with a petting zoo and pony rideby “Every Kids Dream,” a hay ride by Danny Moore, face paintingand outdoor games.

Pastor Randy Clarke and Alicia Clarke.

Jessica Terkovich and Corey McPherson.

Branch Named HomeSafeLifeSkills Supervisor

The Rotary Club of Welling-ton held its annual college schol-arship awards ceremony at theWanderers Club on June 26.

Eight seniors from Palm BeachCentral High School and Welling-ton High School were awardedcollege scholarships ranging fromone to four years at $1,000 per year.

The scholarship committee in-terviewed applicants and re-viewed grades, community ser-vice and financial need to selectrecipients.

The winners of the scholarshipswere as follows: Danny Duprey,

Wellington Rotary HoldsScholarship Ceremony

Mark McClean Scholarship; Sa-rah Baldeo, Marylou AlexanderScholarship; Megan Keiser, JoanBoughner Scholarship; BrandonKrock, Joshua Candreva Scholar-ship and Wellington Rotary ClubScholarship; Tilon Powenecki,Karen J. Hardin Scholarship; Lau-ren Philmus, Wellington RotaryClub Scholarship; Megan Stan-ford, Neil August Scholarship;Lena Weeks, Paul FortorneyScholarship; and Jonathan Wittel,Wellington Rotary Scholarshipand “Service above Self” InteractScholarship. Zenyza DeJesus, Analisia DeJesus and Megan Allison.

(Above) Noah Bamber, Emma Luchiniand Rose Bamber. (Right) Decaris Lee.

Wellington Seat 2 incumbent Councilwoman Anne Gerwig held acampaign kickoff party on June 26 at the Grille in Wellington. Shownabove is Gerwig with supporters. PHOTO COURTESY LOIS SPATZ

HomeSafe, a nonprofit organi-zation helping victims of childabuse and domestic violence inPalm Beach County and South Flor-ida, has announced Wellingtonresident Yvette Branch as itsLifeSkills development supervisor.

In her position, Branch will beresponsible for ensuring that allHomeSafe youth secure qualityaccess to education, and developand implement HomeSafe’s com-prehensive LifeSkills independentliving program. She has more than20 years of experience specializingin children and family issues in-volving substance abuse and dual

diagnoses, mental and emotionaldisorders.

Branch most recently was pro-gram director for PANDA (Preg-nant and Addicted). She earnedher master’s degree in behavioral,emotional and learning disabilitiesfrom Long Island University, anda bachelor’s degree in early child-hood education and elementaryeducation from the City College ofNew York. Branch completed hercoursework and is finalizing herdissertation to receive a doctoratein philosophy in marriage and fam-ily therapy at Nova SoutheasternUniversity.


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PavingChange To

MSTU Rulescontinued from page 3

county does not maintain or doMSTU assessments to pave pri-vate roads owned by homeown-ers’ associations. “These roadsthat we bring to you under theMSTU are private but publiclyused, and that is what the MSTUordinance was designed to do,”she said.

Everitt said the original MSTUprogram was put into place in theearly 1970s.

Santamaria said his concern hasbeen how individual propertyowners are notified before they arecharged the shared cost of theroad improvements. “What is theprocess of notifying the propertyowners?” he asked.

Webb said there are several dif-ferent procedures, including a pe-tition that gets circulated usuallyby an interested resident in the

neighborhood asking whetherthere is general neighborhoodsupport for a project.

“If we deem there is, we moveforward with the design processand then go into the bidding pro-cess,” Webb said.

Santamaria said it is still unclearhow it is determined what votescount toward approval or disap-proval. Webb said when they re-ceive petitions or send them out,they explain that if they return a“yes” or “no” vote, each of thosewill be counted. “We have count-ed a non-returned petition as a ‘no,’not in support of the project,”Webb said. “That is historicallyhow we have been doing it.”

Santamaria suggested that theunreturned non-responses be senta second notice to either agree ornot agree to the project, and spec-ify how a non-response will becounted.

“In my opinion, silence meansconsent,” Santamaria said. “In myopinion, somebody who does notrespond probably feels that is not

important enough, so I’d like thefinal notice to specify how hisnon-response is going to becounted, and in certified mail, tobe sure that he gets it.”

Webb said that question hadbeen raised previously by Com-missioner Shelley Vana.

“It is not included in this ordi-nance,” he said. “We intend tooperate that as board directionunder a policy. My intent was tobring that back and have that as aseparate discussion with theboard, about how you want us tohandle the petitioning process.”

Webb pointed out that such adetermination will be an importantpolicy decision because both theengineering and water utility de-partments utilize the MSTU pro-cess.

Webb estimated that questionwill probably come before the com-missioners again in September.

Commissioner Priscilla Taylormade a motion for preliminary ap-proval, which passed unanimous-ly.

DunkleyWants FocusOn Drainage

continued from page 1the board, Dunkley reiterated thathe was sorry to see her leave.

“Every manager has a differentstyle,” he said. “Whether I agreedwith her or not, she only had an-other year in her contract, and Iwas hoping she would havestayed through the forensic au-dit. I know the books are all right,but it is to quench everybody’ssuspicion and gossip so we canjust drop all this gossip and moveforward. We keep looking back,but we have to go forward.”

One of Dunkley’s campaignpromises in the aftermath of Trop-ical Storm Isaac was to improvedrainage in The Acreage.

“The board is taking a new di-rection,” he said. “We’re dealingwith rebuilding our infrastructure.We have already started cleaningout the canals. We started withimprovements in terms of retrofit-ting, and we’re identifying it. It’snot going to be a problem that’ssolved overnight because our in-frastructure has been deteriorat-ing and people haven’t been pay-ing attention to it.”

Dunkley said canals and drain-age should be priorities rather thanpark improvements, such as a com-munity center at Acreage Commu-nity Park.

“Our weather has been becom-ing more and more extreme,” Dunk-

ley said. “I’m not saying we’regoing to have a terrible flood, butthat’s a wake-up call that meansthat we have to pay more atten-tion to our infrastructure. Before,the leadership had a favoritismtoward parks.”

Dunkley said that the district’snine parks should continue to bemaintained but that the drainageinfrastructure needs to be im-proved to protect residents’ prop-erty.

“People moved out here to havespace and have a home, and flood-ing... threatens all of our homes,”he said, explaining that he thinkssome of the money allocated forthe community center should beput into drainage improvements.“I’m saying divert some of thatfunding that you want to make thecommunity center, and put it intoour infrastructure. I think that ourboard is going in that proper di-rection, and I agree with that.”

While there was widespreadstreet and yard flooding duringIsaac, only one actual home flood-ed, and that was due to a faultypad elevation. Nevertheless,Dunkley is very dissatisfied withhow the district fared.

“I and many other residentswere stuck in our house for sevendays,” he said. “That is not ac-ceptable. It is expected that weflood, but not for seven days.”

He pointed out that The Acre-age’s elevation is 21 feet comparedwith Wellington’s 14 feet, yet Well-ington drained quickly, and TheAcreage is listed as a flood zone

on the Federal Emergency Man-agement Agency’s new floodmaps, along with most other areasof the western communities.

“That’s going to affect our res-idents because now they mighthave to get flood insurance,”Dunkley noted.

He added that he hopes thatThe Acreage’s drainage allotmentwill be increased to more than aquarter-inch per day after Isaacdrew attention to the situation.

“Our attorneys, finally for thefirst time in 20-something years,have an opening that we are go-ing to get increased drainage,”Dunkley said.

Many people see Dunkley asaligned on the board with Jacobsand ITID President Jennifer Hag-er, but he does not agree.

Dunkley said his only alignmentis with the people of the commu-nity.

“Whatever topics come up, Ivote my conscience, and I thinkit’s in the best interest of our com-munity. That’s the way I’m vot-ing,” he said. “If I was aligned withsomeone, I would have fired Tan-ya Quickel at the first meeting. Iwas the vote that said ‘no.’ I’m notaligned with anyone; I think formyself.”

Dunkley admitted that he had alot to learn about the job, but saidhe’s doing his best to get up tospeed.

“I’ve been doing all types ofresearch so I can know about thetopics and know what I’m talkingabout,” he said.

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continued from page 1over the past month to stay aheadof the growth. “We’re to the pointthat we’re taking sections of a ca-nal and killing all the growth in thecanal, but we just can’t keep upwith the growth,” he said.

The dying plants do float to thesurface and find their way downto the M-1 Canal, he added.

“It isn’t pretty. That’s why weput $125,000 in our budget to do afull three-dimensional survey ofour canals and identify the worstareas with the highest growth,”Liggins said. “Once we get thatstudy of the canals, we’re goingto come up with a plan to find whatwould be the best way to keep thegrowth to a minimum withoutspraying so badly that we’re tell-ing people they can’t irrigate forweeks at a time.”

Liggins said the present condi-tion is not what staff desires. “Thecanals are more than just storm-water collection areas,” he said.“That is what they were designed

for, but they are amenities, and forthem to be an amenity, to be anasset to our community, they can’tbe as you just described them.”

The long-range plan, he said, isto find a way to break the cycle ofsummer canal weeds. “Thesemonths where we go through thispain and suffering isn’t pleasantfor the residents who live on thesecanals,” Liggins said. “It isn’tpleasant for us to try to deal withthese canals. Unfortunately, thesolution is more long-term thanimmediate.”

Public Works Director PaulWebster said he has met with thecontractor to correct operationalproblems and discuss strategiesto correct the current issue.

Councilman David Swift said thecanal running along Sparrow Driveis the perimeter access from thevillage boat ramp to all the othercanals.

“You’ve got three things go-ing on there,” Swift said. “Thedepth is very shallow, plantgrowth is very rapid becauselight gets to the bottom, and allthe boats go through there andcut the weeds, and they all floatto the top there.”

Blicksilver asked whether some-thing has changed in the ecosys-tem to cause the problem, butSwift said it happens every sum-mer.

“This year seems to be worsethan the year before,” Blicksilversaid.

“Global warming, I guess,” Swiftanswered.

“As long as you recognize thereis a problem,” Blicksilver replied.

Councilman Richard Valuntassaid the problem is not restrictedto the canals of Royal Palm Beach.He has seen issues in neighbor-ing Wellington.

Valuntas asked Webster wheth-er the contractor can be more ac-tive in getting the weeds out ofthe canals and how much more itwould cost.

Webster said the $125,000 thatLiggins mentioned would help,along with dredging, which isplanned for future years.

“We programmed the mainte-nance level on the dollar amountbased on the current contract thatwe have,” Webster said. “We’vehad discussions with our contrac-tor on future changes we may needto put us in a better position.”

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dants, six part-time summer internsand one part-time program coor-dinator, and deleting three aero-bics instructors.

In the newly created stormwa-ter utility fund, 100 percent of the$710,000 in revenue will come from

the new stormwater utility fee,Hochman said.

The capital improvement fundof $10.17 million includes 43 per-cent for recreation improvements,19 percent for impact fees, 2 per-cent for a recreation facilities fund,3 percent for a beautification fundand 33 percent for reserves.

The council will discuss thebudget at its July 18 meeting. Pub-lic hearings are scheduled for Sept.3 and Sept. 19.

The Arthur R. Marshall Foun-dation for the Everglades and theFlorida Environmental Institute,which champions the restorationand preservation of the greater ec-osystem of Florida’s historic Riv-er of Grass, will co-host a sea levelrise symposium from 8 a.m. to 4p.m. on Friday, July 26 at the Ox-bridge Academy of the PalmBeaches.

“It is particularly important tooutline sea level rise challenges tocurrent science and engineeringgraduates because they are theones who will inherit consequenc-es of what previous generationsleft in their wake,” said John A.Marshall, chairman of the institute.“Certainly, more consideration ofthe consequences of sea level riseis needed in long-range planningby local, county, state and federalgovernments, including educatingthe public about the probability ofa markedly different coastal land-scape in the years ahead.”

The Marshall Foundation andits summer interns are co-hostingthe symposium along with the Ox-bridge Academy and the Leagueof Women Voters.

Among the 45 expert speakerswho will participate in a series ofpresentations, breakout sessionsand workshops will be: John En-glander, oceanographer and au-thor of High Tide on Main Street;Stan Bronson, executive directorof the Florida Earth Foundation;

Camille Coley, assistant vice pres-ident for research at Florida Atlan-tic University; Pat Gleason, formermember of the South Florida Wa-ter Management District Govern-ing Board and past president ofthe Grassy Waters Preserve; AnneHenderson, an engineer workingwith FAU on a NASA-funded cur-riculum on climate science inves-tigations; Gary Hines, senior vicepresident of development at theBusiness Development Board ofPalm Beach County; Bonnie Laz-ar, president of the Realtors Asso-ciation of the Palm Beaches; JimMurley, executive director of theSouth Florida Regional PlanningCouncil; Jayantha Obeysekera,technical lead for climate changeand sea level rise investigationsfor the South Florida Water Man-agement District; State Rep. MarkPafford (D-District 86); RobertRobbins, director for Palm Beach

County’s Department of Environ-mental Resources Management;Chuck Shaw, chairman of the PalmBeach County School Board; FredSklar, Everglades division directorfor watershed management; andJon Van Arnam, assistant countyadministrator.

The symposium is open to thepublic, community leaders, policy-makers, government officials andemployees, scientists and teach-ers. The cost is $30 per person,and reservations can be made on-line at www.artmarshall.org/regis-tration.

Scholarships to attend the sym-posium are available for highschool teachers and both highschool and college students. Ex-hibitor space and sponsorshipopportunities also are available forthe event.

For more information, call (561)233-9004.

Tax Collector Anne Gannon re-cently announced that her officehas mailed local business tax re-newal bills to 104,102 businessesin Palm Beach County. Business-es can renew their local businesstaxes anytime between July 1 andSept. 30.

Online payments can be madeat www.pbctax.com. E-checks andcredit cards are accepted online.There is no charge for e-checkpayments. Credit card vendorscharge a $2.35 convenience fee pertransaction. Payments can also bemade by mail or at a service center.

State agencies or commissionsregulate approximately 37,000Palm Beach County businesses.For this group of businesses, thelaw requires validation of state li-censing or certification prior to re-newing a local business tax re-ceipt. These businesses shouldinclude a copy of their state li-cense certification with their renew-al if mailing or paying in person.

A change in requirements thisyear impacts seal coating and strip-ing businesses. The ConstructionIndustry Licensing Board of PalmBeach County ruled that all seal

coating and striping services beperformed by licensed contractorseffective Jan. 1, 2013. Businessesin this industry must get a certifi-cate of competency from the PalmBeach County Planning, Zoning& Building Department.

The law requires every busi-ness selling merchandise or ser-vices in Palm Beach County, in-cluding one-person and home-based companies, to obtain a lo-cal business tax receipt. Business-es are required to display it in alocation viewable to customers.For info., visit www.pbctax.com.

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Gannon Has Sent Out Biz Tax RenewalsThroughout the year, the Norton

Museum of Art, located in theheart of downtown West PalmBeach, celebrates art in all formsduring its weekly Art After Darkseries, held Thursday nights from5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Music highlightsan exciting evening of activitiesthat includes guided tours, winetastings, film screenings, cookingclasses and more. And for Floridaresidents, Norton admission is freeevery Thursday through Aug. 29.

Among the musical acts sched-uled for Art After Dark on July 11are Wellington’s Emily Brooke, 14;Maggie Baugh, 13; and SavannahMaddison, 12. All are local aspir-ing, country singer-songwritersparticipating in the Chrystal Harti-gan Presents Songwriters Show-case series at Art After Dark beingpresented by WRMF (97.9 FM).

This is the second showcase inthe series presented by Hartigan,who is thrilled that the three musi-cians will perform at the Norton.

“It’s amazing how young theyare, and how extremely talented,”Hartigan said. “What I really loveis the support they all get fromtheir families.”

She also noted that each younglady is beginning to find success.Baugh, for example, has been per-forming this summer in Nashvilleand Boston, and Maddison isscheduled to perform July 7 onMichael Stock’s popular “Folk

and Acoustic Music” program onthe NPR station WLRN (91.3 FM).

The July 11 Art After Dark alsowill feature a performance fromworld fusion band Treebo, a Cu-rator’s Conversation on DorotheaLange’s iconic 1936 photographMigrant Mother and a Blue BellIce Cream truck offering free sam-ples to help beat the heat.

“I try to book different kinds ofmusic to attract diverse audienc-es every week,” said Norton Edu-

cation Programmer Yael Matan,who organizes the weekly culturalgatherings. “The goal is to appealto the entire community.”

The Norton is located at 1451 S.Olive Ave. in West Palm Beach. Itis open Tuesday, Wednesday, Fri-day and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.;Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; andSunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is closedMondays and major holidays. Formore information, call (561) 832-5196 or visit www.norton.org.

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Businessdivine Fitness Brings PassionAnd Fun To Personal TrainingDivine Fitness, a private personal training studio in Wellington, offers clients a fun and inviting approach to fitness. Damon and Darren Divine — brothers, own-ers and personal trainers at Divine Fitness — share the philosophy that, when it comes to exercise, most people simply want to look and feel their best without the fear of failing. Page 21

SportsJohn Brebbia Recalls His days in WellingtonJohn Brebbia came to Wel-lington in 2008 for his se-nior year of high school. He found a home on the mound for the Wolverines, going 10-1 with 55 strikeouts and leading the team to a district title. He was drafted in the 30th round of the 2011 Ma-jor League Baseball draft by the Yankees and now plays for the single-A Charleston RiverDogs. Page 29

Trainer Julius Von Uhl Offering Clinics in WellingtonLeon Gerard hosts clinics with trainer Julius von Uhl periodically at his Border Fox Farm in Wellington. Von Uhl’s system, which he calls Ride Like You Walk, works for every discipline: English, western, hunters, jumpers, dressage, reining, cutting and more.

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By Ellen Rosenberg

“That’s it, darling! That’s the way to do it.” Sitting in a plastic lawn chair, Julius von Uhl booms at the rider who makes the correction. “There, now. Isn’t that better?”

It is, indeed, better. Thirteen-year-old Chirsten Zubka smiles and pats Max, her Quarter Horse gelding, whose walk has now gone from short and pokey to long and working.

“See how he can engage his hind legs and really use them now?” von Uhl asked.

Zubka nodded. Everyone watching nodded. We can all see the difference.

“I love riding with Julius,” said Leon Ge-rard, who hosts the clinics held periodically at his Border Fox Farm in Wellington. “Julius is great with riders of all levels, beginner through advanced, and any kind of horse, from green to made. He has a great system for starting horses or fixing problems. I’ve seen him take horses who are throwing everyone off to work-ing smooth, light and easy within 30 minutes.

His system, which von Uhl calls Ride Like You Walk, works for every discipline — English, western, hunters, jumpers, dressage, reining, cutting and more.

“You can apply it to all horses,” Gerard said. “A lot of people don’t believe it until they see it for themselves. He has been teaching this system for 50 years, and his lessons are guar-

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anteed. If you’re not happy with it, if you feel you didn’t learn anything, then you don’t pay him. Now that’s different.”

The clinics are reasonably priced at $75 per private lesson, $125 for the whole day or $275 for five rides: one on Friday, two each Saturday and Sunday. Stabling is available for $25 per night, and auditing is $35 a day or all three days for $50. It’s very informal: comfortable clothes and any tack, and von Uhl recommends recording each lesson for later review.

“It’s all about the riding, not what you or your horse look like,” Gerard said. “His les-sons are wonderful and unique. He’s quite a character. In addition to training horses, he used to own a circus and worked with lions and elephants. He’s quite a showman.”

Von Uhl was definitely fun to be around when I observed part of a recent clinic. He lives in Peru, Ind., and flies into Wellington for clinics every so often. Now 75, he was born in Hungary but grew up in the United States. His father was a brain surgeon and expected him to follow in his footsteps, but he played hooky

Julius von Uhl with Chirsten Zubka aboard Max.

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and ended up working at a circus. “I learned a lot there,” von Uhl said. “I also learned military horsemanship from my grandfather, who was a Hessian cavalry officer.”

I had hoped to ride one of my horses, but

ended up leaving her home. It was the week Tropical Storm Andrea sent us feeder bands and tornadoes. I hadn’t been able to ride in two weeks, and my trailer was sitting in the middle

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Did you have a wonderful Fourth of July? I did.

I mean, even though I am writing this in advance of the holiday, I know I will have a wonderful July 4.

In the first place, this year it’s in the middle of the week. A free day!

There is nothing like a holiday messing up your work schedule to help one relax. While all the other holidays have been moved to Monday and/or merged together, a Thursday holiday is so refreshingly retro. (“When I was young, we had Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s Birthday — none of this Presi-dents’ Day garbage.” “Wow, Grandma. How old are you?”).

Let Me Count The Reasons Why I Love The Fourth Of July

Celebrating July 4 on the fourth day of July reminds me of the olden days when we celebrated holidays as they occurred. We also had real time instead of Daylight Saving Time, but I am being redundant, if delightfully dotty.

In the second place, the Fourth of July does not require activity. No cards must be sent, presents wrapped, phone calls made. If you want to make a big deal out of it, grill some weenies then head on over to the park for the fireworks. Done.

In the third place, fireworks. Unless you’re a dog or a horse — and most of my readers are not — there is just something awesome and breathtaking about exploding balls of fire in the sky. There are some unusual shapes and colors these days, but my favorite fireworks continue to be what my dad calls “duds.” They whistle their way up there, pause for effect, and then BOOM! No colors, just the leaves shaking right off the trees.

In the fourth place, that’s it. Following the traffic jam leaving said park, people simply go home. No one has to stand around waiting for a ball to drop or for a guy in a red suit to show up. It’s a family thing — everyone in bed by 10.

Of course, if you want to, you can reflect on the reason for the day off work and the weenies and the fireworks — America’s independence.

My version goes something like this:The British, who came to America to colo-

nize, it were seeking freedom, but they still liked their tea. When Parliament decided to tax them for it, that was the last straw.

“They don’t even invite us to vote in Parlia-ment! We’ll grow our own tea leaves; it can’t be that difficult,” was the prevailing school of thought. So they dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor (one fine mess, that was) as a form of rebellion.

The reality also dawned that this country had plenty of non-plundered natural re-sources (thanks to the conservation-minded Native Americans) and the colonists could be self-reliant. They could grow their own corn, make their own soap, dip their own candles and never, ever put a tax on any-thing. Ever.

Of course, that was before they needed roads. And schools. And libraries.

Not to mention public parks to shoot off fireworks in.

The new comedy The Heat is funny. Of course, it is also a copycat. Just think of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in the Lethal Weapon series and you can see the template. But somehow when Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock team up with almost exactly the same kind of story, it comes out funny. People were amused at Gibson’s antics, but McCarthy, being female, is able to take them a few steps further. When Gibson showed off his weapons, it was a moment that demonstrated his disintegration; this new film shows a re-frigerator/arsenal as a comedy prop.

Bullock plays Sarah Ashburn, a scarily efficient FBI agent, who manages to alienate all the men around her. In this film, you never see any women officers other than the two stars — and the men are not particularly useful, grateful or intelligent. There is a smug “we’re the women and we’re so much smarter than all those men” motif that would be ruined by having other women in that position.

Ashburn loves to show off how smart she is (and she is) and is amazed to realize that no one wants to work with her. She is sent to

Boston to deal with a powerful, murderous drug importer who seems invisible.

She quickly offends McCarthy’s Shannon Mullins (she is never called by her first name), a foul-mouthed, boisterous, over-the-top cop. The two women battle each other and then start to grudgingly work together. And, as in all movies of the type, they begin to bond as they try to find the drug lord.

McCarthy’s character comes from a large, boisterous Irish family that brings stereotypes to a new high (or low). She has been alien-ated from them ever since she arrested her brother on drug charges and sent him to prison. Watching Ashburn dealing with them, while

Mullins grills her brother in a separate room, was a great way to remember how effective Bullock is at comedy.

There are a number of set pieces that are ferociously funny. Watching Mullins go over to a john trying to pick up a hooker, grab-bing his phone and calling his wife to tell her what’s been going on, pulling him out of the car through the window, then learning that his reason for cheating is that his wife just gave birth and that “things down below are sort of strange” was very funny. The two women try-ing to get sexy in the ladies’ room of a fancy nightclub was great, as was anytime Mullins dealt with her family.

The two actresses pair up well. Both are masters of physical comedy; McCarthy for her use of her size and Bullock for her awk-wardness. Together, they create a wonderful symbiosis: they play off each other really well.

They also don’t hide the physical elements. Bullocks gets a wonderful sequence where, after being stabbed in the leg, she has to make her way to the right hospital room to save the day. Her trials with a wheelchair,

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not to mention crawling through the halls, was hysterically funny at a time when most movies would have simply focused on com-ing to the climax.

This is a great pairing; with luck, we will see them again, whether in The Heat 2, or some other movie. Director Paul Feig, who did a great job with Bridesmaids last year, was able to not only follow in the footsteps of all the genre films that he emulates, but brought in a sentimental element that sets it apart. Having women in the traditional roles allowed that. A final scene during the credits brought “ahhs,” from the women in the audience.

In the season when most of the movies are blockbusters, where super and other heroes reign, The Heat is a wonderful change of pace. You can sit back, relax and watch a couple of masterful actresses doing what they do best. And, of course, they caught the bad guy in the end.

Go and enjoy the film. There are not too many comedies this summer, and not very many really good ones at any time.

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of a lake. In fact, as we sat in Gerard’s cov-ered arena watching others ride, the skies opened yet again and thunder boomed. We edged our chairs inward to avoid the blow-ing rain.

“My system is very simple, very easy, very horse friendly. Horses like it. You become one with the horse,” von Uhl told me. ”Horses remember everything, and you can’t erase or bury bad habits. They’ll pop up again. But good training can provide different behaviors. Every time you ride, you’re teaching your horse something, either good or bad.”

I watched Gerard ride Maestro, his Lipiz-zaner gelding, whom von Uhl had trained

since he was a colt. They worked at a number of exercises: shoulder in, haunches in, half passes, turns on the forehand and back hand.

“The shoulder in is very important,” von Uhl said. “You can fix almost any problem with a shoulder in — running away, shying, not engaging the rear end. When all else fails, do a shoulder in. And the walk — the walk is the most important gait. If you don’t have a good walk, you won’t have a good canter.”

While Gerard rode, I spoke with Galen Miller, who used to own the Arabian Nights show in Orlando, where von Uhl has been a trainer and consultant for many years.

“I consider Julius the greatest trainer across all riding disciplines alive today,” Miller said. “I’ve ridden and shown all my life, bred hundreds of horses, yet within five minutes of riding with him, I found out I didn’t know anything.”

When searching for a trainer, von Uhl fit the bill perfectly.

“For the Arabian Nights show, we needed a trainer who was horizontally integrated,” Miller said. “Many trainers are vertically integrated and know a lot about one single discipline. We needed someone who could teach horses to work under saddle and at liberty, all sorts of different disciplines from western to dressage. Julius had no problems with that.”

She noted that his training system is based on making the horse feel more comfortable doing what you’re asking him to do, moving toward comfort rather than away from pain or punishment.

“I’ve never seen him hurt a horse. All his fixes make sense to the horse,” Miller said. “Julius can take you where you want to be, lead you to a movement where you may not have confidence in your ability, but he puts you in the right position, and there you are, doing a passage or a piaffe or whatever it is. It’s all in the seat, where to put your hands and butt. He’s especially good with what I

call survival lessons, where you have a green rider on a green horse. He can help any rider make progress without fear.”

Gerard had brought Maestro back to the barn, and we watched Zubka ride Max.

“You need to strengthen him by bringing his hind legs in and under him,” von Uhl called, trying to be heard over the rain. “Make him use all his muscles so he’s balanced and supple. Make him use all four of his corners, darling.”

“I really enjoy taking lessons from Julius,” Zubka said after the lesson. “He’s taught me how to get Max on the bit and keep him in a nice frame. Even though I love to jump, dressage is fun. It has really improved Max’s gaits. Julius gives me a lot of good infor-mation in a short period of time. He fixes problems that need to be fixed.”

For more information, or to sign up for the next clinic, call Leon Gerard at (561) 504-6666 or e-mail Linda von Uhl at [email protected].


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Brothers Damon and Darren Divine of Divine Fitness.photo By AlexAnDrA Antonopoulos/town-crier

Divine Fitness Brings Passion And Fun To Personal Training

By Alexandra AntonopoulosTown-Crier Staff Report

Beginning with a personal trainer might seem like a daunting task — being pushed to physical limits in a gym full of gawking onlookers is a tall order if a person is at all hesitant.

Many people imagine exercise as a scary endeavor that equates to more hours of work in an already crowded week.

But Divine Fitness, a private personal train-ing studio in Wellington, is trying to change that perception by offering clients a fun and inviting approach to fitness.

Damon and Darren Divine — brothers, owners and personal trainers at Divine Fitness — share the philosophy that, when it comes to exercise, most people simply want to look and feel their best without the fear of failing in front of strangers and their instructor.

“Everybody should figure out a way to make fitness a part of their lifestyle,” Darren said, adding that a person doesn’t need to love working out to make time for it. Staying fit allows people to do what they love, longer.

The pair opened Divine Fitness after years of working in other fields, finally getting the opportunity to live their dream and become business owners when Darren moved to Wellington in 2007.

Both always had a passion for fitness, and after working in a corporate gym and building a steady clientele, the Divine brothers were ready to strike out on their own, together.

“We saw the things we would change if we had our own place,” Damon said of their time in the corporate gym setting.

He added that their training sessions are de-termined by the needs and goals of individual clients, not by an arbitrary calendar of rotating exercise routines. In essence, the Divines aim to keep every workout fresh, effective and stress-free for clients.

“We always try to make it enjoyable, so when you come in, it’s not such a chore,” Darren explained.

A walk through the studio tells a great deal about the culture of the people who work and work out there: a vibrant, blue wall keeps cli-ents focused and at ease; the music is current and usually varies according to clients’ tastes, while a cork board full of photos of the Divines with friends, clients and loved ones show that working out at Divine Fitness means becom-ing part of the family.

Damon noted that one of the most rewarding parts of his job is helping his clients reach the fitness goals they set for themselves, and in-sisted that anybody with drive and dedication can do it.

“You don’t have to be an athlete to hit those goals, you just need to be determined,” he said.

The brothers explained there isn’t a typical client at their studio, and they have trained children as young as 10 and adults as old as 90.

“Divine Fitness is for anyone looking to be pushed a little or who just wants a great, safe workout experience,” Damon said.

Recently, the Divines hired Allyson Serrӑo, an elite runner, as their newest trainer. Serrӑo was a client who showed an interest in becom-ing a personal trainer herself, and when the time came to expand their staff, they reached out to her.

Since then, things have been going well, and Serrӑo’s passion for helping clients echoes their own. “We really enjoy training people,” Damon said.

“We always try to do a little bit more [for clients] and go the extra mile for them,” Dar-ron added.

Divine Fitness is located at 3080 Fairlane Farms Road, Suite 3. For more information, call (561) 784-3333 or visit www.divine1 fitness.com.


Business newsTara Weldon Brings Back Latest

Trends From Major Hair Show

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a rib-bon-cutting ceremony for Extremely Fun Bouncehouse and Waterslide Rentals.

Established in April 2012, the company is a family owned party rental company with an extreme edge. The company owns the newest and largest water slide in the South Florida region. Kids of any age will have a blast with their friends plum-meting down the Blue Crush Wa-terslide from an astounding 35 feet.

The company also retains many popular theme-related bounce hous-es and slides for boys and girls of all ages.

Extremely Fun Bounce & Slide is dedicated to providing timeli-ness, loyalty and cleanliness. Its committed team, known as “The Extreme Team,” has more than five years of assembly experience in the inflatables rental industry.

For more info., call Amy Kaiser at (561) 213-2721 or visit www.extremelyfun.com.

Wellington Chamber of Commerce officials with representatives from Extremely Fun Bouncehouse and Waterslide Rentals.

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It was a weekend of education, fun and inspiration as Tara Weldon of Visions Salon in Wellington traveled to the Trend Vision Conference in Orlando on June 5.

The show, which is held in locations around the world, brings together the top hairstylists in the Wella family to inspire and create the latest trends and styles in hair.

Weldon, who is a board-certified colorist and Wella educator, was excited to be a part of the convention.

“It is such an honor to be invited to this show with some of the top stylists from around the world,” said Weldon, a master colorist who has been with Visions for more than 10 years. “The tools and training I have access to with Wella provide me access to the newest techniques and the upcoming trends so I can always give my clients a cutting-edge, super stylish look.”

The Trend Vision show is known for fuelling the passion of stylists, celebrating the directional hair looks on its fashion podium and propelling up-and-coming talent onto the global stage.

In addition to this show, Weldon has worked with celebrity stylist Nick Arrojo, was an on-set stylist for the TV show Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition and has had work published in a number of media outlets.

To learn more about the new techniques that Weldon is providing to clients at Visions, call (561) 790-1696. Visions Salon is located at 12793 W. Forest Hill Blvd. in the Wellington Plaza.

(Right) Visions stylist tara Weldon.

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Gayle A. Landen was recently elected and installed as the new president of the YWCA of Palm Beach County.

Landen has considerable experi-ence in leading not-for-profit orga-nizations in the local community, especially those supporting women and children. She has served as president of the Center for Chil-dren in Crisis; the American Lung Association of Florida, Southeast Area, Palm Beach; the American Society of Training and Develop-ment; Executive Women of the Palm Beaches; and the Women’s Chamber of Commerce. She is formerly the executive director of Community in Schools and is currently the commander of the Commandery of the Palm Beaches, Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller.

For her professional and volunteer work, Landen has been honored with the Athena Award, the March of Dimes Woman of Distinction Award and the Executive Women of the Palm Beaches Woman in Leadership Award for the volunteer sector.

Prior to moving to Palm Beach County 26 years ago from Michigan, Landen had a distinguished career in

Gayle Landen installedAs new YwCA President

management with General Motors Corporation.

Also installed at the recent an-nual membership luncheon of the YWCA were: Alexcia Cox, first vice president; Karen Swanson, second vice president; Theresa LePore, secretary; and Eileen Daly, treasurer. Newly elected to the board for a two-year term were Henrietta McBee, Linda Wartow and Valerie Wright.

Lewis, Longman & Walker was recently listed as one of South Flor-ida’s “Fastest Growing Companies” and listed as one of South Florida’s “Top Largest Law Firms” by the South Florida Business Journal.

Each year the South Florida Busi-ness Journal ranks South Florida companies to determine the fastest growing. Companies chosen include both private and public companies and range in industry, size and rev-enue. The “Top Largest Law Firm”

rankings are based on the number of South Florida lawyers, South Flori-da partners and total staff. For more information about the rankings, visit www.bizjournals.com/southflorida.

For more than 19 years, the attor-neys at Lewis, Longman & Walker P.A. have helped the individuals, businesses and governments that have shaped Florida’s future. The firm offers solutions to issues as-sociated with complex local, state and federal laws and regulations.

It focuses on the specific, technical and seemingly ever-changing areas of environmental, land use and governmental law.

The Lewis, Longman & Walker team is comprised of well-known and respected attorneys with the ex-perience and skill to quickly resolve difficult legal challenges.

For more information, visit www.llw-law.com. The firm has offices in Tampa Bay, Jacksonville, Tallahas-see and West Palm Beach.

The Northern Palm Beach Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association will host its monthly meeting Wednesday, July 10 at the PGA Embassy Suites Hotel.

Before the dinner and program at 6:30 p.m., the chapter presents “Christmas in July: A Shopping Extravaganza” from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Vendors will be open for business, so get a head start on holiday shopping. Vendors include BeautiControl, Cottage Garden Teas, Dove Chocolate, Elizabeads, Miche Bags, the Ornamator, the Pampered Chef, Stampin’ Up, Tropical Kandle Kreations and 31.

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The cost for the dinner is $20 and guests are welcome.

The July speaker will be Chap-ter President Sharon Maupin. The topic will be, “Together We Can; Together We Will.”

The fun-filled evening will fea-ture a recap on the chapter’s past year accomplishments and chal-lenges.

At the meeting, the group will recognize chapter members’ con-tributions and use the review to springboard into the coming year.

The mission of the American Business Women’s Association is to bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and pro-

vide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow per-sonally and professionally through leadership, education, networking, support and national recognition.

To make reservations for the event, or for more information, contact Dottie Smith at (772) 545-7145 or Maupin at (561) 329-4485.

The Embassy Suites Hotel is located at 4350 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. For directions to the hotel, call (561) 622-1000.

For more information on the American Business Women’s As-sociation, call Maupin at (561) 329-4485 or visit www.abwanpb florida.org.

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Man of La Mancha, the beloved musical that follows the adventures of the eternally optimistic Don Quixote, launches the summer sea-son at Palm Beach Dramaworks on Wednesday, July 10 at 8 p.m., the first of two shows to be presented in concert as part of the Musical Theatre Masters Series.

Man of La Mancha plays a limited engagement through July 21 at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre (201 Clematis St.). The production is directed by Clive Cholerton, with musical direction by Caryl Fantel. Stephen Sondheim’s Company fol-lows from Aug. 7 through Aug. 18.

Often referred to as “America’s Baritone” as well as a regular on Broadway, William Michals will be cast as the production’s Don Quixote, along with Alix Paige as Aldonza and Oscar Cheda as San-cho. Ken Clement, Natalia Coego, Rodrigo De la Rosa, Nick Duckart, Joshua Grosso, Barry Tarallo and Cassandra Zepeda complete the acting company.

Having last appeared in the land-mark revival of Rodgers and Ham-merstein’s South Pacific at Lincoln Center, Michals made his Broadway debut as The Beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and later returned to play Gaston in the same production.

His career has continued in such roles as Javert in Les Miserables, Billy Flynn in Chicago, Harold Hill in The Music Man and the title role in Phantom of the Opera. Not only has Michals played the great theat-rical venues of the nation, including Carnegie Hall, Broadway’s fabled Palace Theatre, LA’s Ahmanson and D.C.’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, but he’s also enter-tained in New York’s finest rooms, including the Rainbow Room, the Four Seasons and the grand ball-room at the Plaza.

He regularly appears with the country’s leading orchestras, includ-ing the San Francisco, San Diego, Utah and Hartford symphonies, the New York Pops, and recently

appeared with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops for another sold-out eve-ning of “Broadway Showstoppers.”

The award-winning Man of La Mancha is inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th-century masterpiece Don Quixote, about a madman and self-appointed knight errant who sets out to perform heroic deeds. The show — with a book by Dale Was-serman, music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion — takes place in a Seville prison where Cervantes is awaiting trial, and is performed as a play within a play.

Man of La Mancha opened on Broadway in 1965 with Richard Kiley in the title role, ran for 2,328 performances and has become one of musical theater’s most enduring works, with four Broadway revivals and countless productions all over the world. The show’s most famous song, “The Impossible Dream,” beautifully captures the piece’s message of hope.

The Musical Theatre Masters Series features concert versions of

classic musicals, with limited instru-mental accompaniment and minimal staging and design. These full-length presentations include both the score and the book.

For 13 years, Palm Beach Dra-maworks has brought to the Palm Beaches a distinguished roster of plays under the guidance of Produc-ing Artistic Director William Hayes.

Palm Beach Dramaworks is a nonprofit, professional theater and is a member of the Theatre Communications Group, the South Florida Theatre League, Southeast-ern Theatre Conference, Florida Professional Theatres Association, Florida Theatre Conference and the Palm Beach County Cultural Council.

Performances are scheduled Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m., with matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.. All tickets are $35. Student tickets at $10 and group rates for 10 or more are also available.

The Don & Ann Brown Theatre

is located in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, at 201 Clematis St.

For ticket information contact the box office at (561) 514-4042 or visit www.palmbeachdramaworks.org.

William Michals will play Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha.

Dramaworks To Present ‘Man Of La Mancha’ July 10-21

The season is always abuzz, with something happening every day and every night. I love all that excite-ment — but not the traffic associated with all the visitors. It seems that half the people on our highways don’t know where they are, and the other half, like me, are too old to drive!

As much as I love the season, I look forward to summertime in the Palm Beaches. Highways are less congested and summertime deals offer incredible discounts on hotel packages, stay-cations and vacations, and all the restaurants throughout Florida are offering up a wide array of prix fixe menus and nightly specials. I also like the Flavor of Palm Beach promotion every September. Fortunately, you

don’t have to wait that long, because a number of summer menus are in place at many Palm Beach County restaurants. I intend to go from Jupi-ter to Boca throughout the summer and sacrifice my diet to take advan-tage of the enticing special summer menus that beckon my taste buds!

I started my summer menu jour-ney on June 21 — the first day of summer — at one of my favorite eateries, Vic & Angelo’s in Palm Beach Gardens. This wonderful restaurant is featuring two terrif-ic, three-course prix fixe summer menus, for either $25 or $35 per person, which amounts to about a 50 percent savings if ordered from their regular menu. What a great meal deal to kick off the summer season.

These menus are also available at Vic & Angelo’s in Delray Beach.

For only $25, the three-course menu offers you 10 items from which to choose, such as Angelo’s salad (a very Italian combination), their delicious Caesar salad, or yum-my fried calamari with San Marzano tomato sauce for appetizers. Entree selections are their famous pizza (a reason to go to Vic & Angelo’s any time), cappellini al telefono, fusilli with crumbled sausage and broccoli rabe, chicken Milanese, or grilled shrimp or tuna cobb salad. For dessert, there’s a choice of gelato or sorbet.

For only $35, there is an up-graded, three-course menu with 11 items. Diners can choose one appetizer: PEI mussels al forno, grilled calamari (one of my favorite dishes) or spinach salad. Entree choices include shrimp penne alla vodka, chicken piccata with arti-choke hearts, chicken marsala with wild mushrooms and the incredibly delicious sweet pea risotto, veal Milanese (very Italian and very delicious), wild salmon with mixed veggies or four-cheese pear tortello-ni with truffle cream sauce. Dessert choices are either house-made tiramisu or cannoli. You can add a bottle of Coastal Vines pinot grigio, chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon or pinot noir for only $15.

I would be remiss if I did not mention talented restaurateur and entrepreneur John Rosatti’s sister restaurant, the Office in Delray Beach, which also offers two sum-mer prix fixe menus: two courses

for $25 or three courses for $35.

Appetizer choices are quesadilla, deviled eggs, fried pickles, grown-up tater tots, house-smoked fish nachos, warm baked pretzel bread, side salad (house or Caesar), bar-becued Chinese chicken wings, chicken shu-mai dumplings or sweet po-tato chips.

Entree choices are veggie burger, Office burger, barbecue pulled pork sandwich, buffa-lo chicken sandwich, grilled marinated hanger steak, baby-back ribs, pan-roasted chicken, grilled salmon, coconut curry PEI mussels, dark English ale-battered fish or boneless country fried chicken.

Dessert choices are apple crum-ble, mini ice cream sandwiches, maple- and bacon-glazed donuts, golden raisin and chocolate bread pudding, and blueberry creme brulee.

These prix fixe summer menus at Vic & Angelo’s in both Palm Beach Gardens and in Delray Beach, and at the Office in Delray Beach, are offered Sunday through Thursday for lunch and dinner through Sept. 30. Of course, the regular menu items are also available.

Both Vic & Angelo’s restaurants and the Office serve lunch and din-ner, daily with a happy hour daily

the Phantom Loves Summertime in the Palm Beaches

at both the indoor and outdoor bars. The Office also offers a late-night happy hour. Brunch is served on Saturday and Sunday at both Vic & Angelo’s restaurants.

Vic & Angelo’s in Palm Beach Gardens is located at 4520 PGA Blvd. in PGA Commons. Call (561) 630-9899 for info.

Vic & Angelo’s in Delray Beach is located at 290 E. Atlantic Avenue. Call (561) 278-9570 for info.

The Office is located at 201 E. Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach. Call (561) 276-3600 for info.

Find the restaurants on the web at www.vicandangelos.com and www.theofficedelray.com.The outdoor patio at Vic & Angelo’s in Palm Beach Gardens.

The popular Office burger atthe Office in Delray Beach.

Joe Nasuti, the Phantom, is a featured writer for the Town-Crier, Forever Young and www.yournews.com. Comments & recommendations are welcome at [email protected].


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By Tania ArtilesSpecial To The Town-Crier

Ultima Fitness is proud to have members with such big hearts. After our fundraiser for Place of Hope, we had such a great feeling of being able to help others in need. During

May and at the beginning of June, members and guests were excited for the opportunity to donate fitness shoes and clothing for the children of Place of Hope.

“We are honored that Ultima Fit-ness would choose to partner with

Place of Hope, and we’re amazed by the overwhelming response from the people who donated to support our kids,” said Chelsea Dasilva, special project assistant for Place of Hope. “We strive to consistently show the children in our care that they are loved and valuable, so when they see so many people in the com-munity taking steps to support and love them, it has a great impact on them. On behalf of the children and staff of Place of Hope, thank you so much to everyone who participated in Ultima’s clothing drive!”

Jill Merrell, owner of Ultima Fitness, said the facility believes in sharing the importance of a healthy lifestyle and giving back to the community.

“At Ultima Fitness, Xtreme Tae-kwondo and Wellington BCx Fu-sion, we consider ourselves a family and are incredibly fortunate to work with so many educated, kind, dedi-cated individuals,” she said. “With the support of our generous mem-bers and charitable organizations, such as Place of Hope, together we are making a difference.”

Ultima Fitness Holds successful Clothing,shoe Drive For Children at place of Hope

Besides Ultima’s efforts of help-ing Place of Hope, it is also reward-ing students for their academic excellence in the 2012-13 school year. During the summer, from June to August, students with a 3.5 GPA or higher will be eligible to receive one free month gym or tae kwon do membership.

“We want to introduce children and teenagers to a variety of exer-cises and exercise routines that our fitness center offers all year long,” Merrell said.

Being involved continually in our community is a big part of what we do. Not only do we need to exercise our heart for good health, we also need to open our hearts for those in need. With these events we have going on in our com-munity, we make sure our “positive purpose” is heard.

The “positive pur-pose” at Ultima Fitness is to support members, clients and guests in ev-ery way possible on their

journey to improved health and wellness. We will provide an open, friendly and fun environment, where people feel welcome and motivated to improve upon their personal well-being.

Through exercise, nutrition, stress management, education and social interaction, the staff of certified professionals will assist clientele with integrating everyday lifestyle changes. We believe through find-ing balance in one’s life, optimum wellness can be achieved. Actively involving our club in community and philanthropic events contributes to our “positive purpose,” and by giving back to others, we hope to create an experience for our clien-

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For more info., call (561) 795-2823 or vis-it www.ultimafitness.com.

Tania Artiles is sales and marketing manag-er at Ultima Fitness/Xtreme Tae Kwon Do.Ultima staff members with the items collected for Place of Hope.


SportS & recreation

By Gene NardiTown-Crier Staff Report

Local BMX racers gathered at the Okeeheelee BMX Race Track on Saturday, June 22 to celebrate the sport’s annual Olympic Day by competing in races while promoting the sport.

BMX made its debut as a medal sport in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The sport gained popularity

in the 2012 games in London and continues to grow around the world.

Host racing venues conduct the annual event across the country to recognize and promote the sport.

Okeeheelee BMX Director Tom-my Cross noted that his track opened in 1988 and has maintained its status as one of the most popular racing sites in the eastern United States.

“Many professional BMX racers

have trained here, including a few world champions,” Cross said.

The local area has sustained solid teams along the way, including Team Force Racing (Loxahatchee), Flying High Race Team and Team Revolution (Wellington). USA BMX is the track’s sanctioning body for local independent racers and teams.

“Racers from as far as Miami to Jupiter come to Okeeheelee Park to ride our track,” Cross said.

Kids begin racing at age 4, and it is not uncommon to see adults on the track riding as well.

“We’ve got a few men in their 60s racing out here regularly,” Cross added.

Racers can ride or race as inde-pendents or as teams in various di-visions, such as novice, intermediate and expert. There is a professional division as well.

Cross added that his crew was in-volved in the design of the National Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., for the Olympic team. He modeled the last section of his track at Okeeheelee from the same mold and it has since earned the name “Chula Vista East.”

Racers can race in season compe-titions, ride and train throughout the year at the track. To learn more, visit www.okeeheeleebmx.com.

A crew of Force Racing Team members fromLoxahatchee make their first turn in the race.

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By Josh HyberTown-Crier Staff Report

In the mid to late 1990s, Welling-ton High School was known for its highly talented baseball teams. Year after year, the school graduated first-round draft picks and earned a reputation as one of the country’s top baseball programs.

It was an affinity to play for a team of that caliber that convinced a hard-throwing righty from the Boston area to move to Wellington. He wanted to be the next in line.

John Brebbia came to Wellington in 2008 for his senior year of high school having lived in Sharon, Mass., his entire life. But he quickly found a home on the mound for the Wolverines, going 10-1 with 55 strikeouts and leading the team to a district title. He was drafted out of Elon University in the 30th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft by the New York Yankees and now plays for the single-A Charles-ton RiverDogs.

“I wanted to play baseball in college, and I wanted to hopefully move on to a professional career,” Brebbia said of his move to Wel-lington. “I thought the best way to do that would be to find some warm weather, find a top-quality coaching staff and go from there.”

Brebbia arrived in Wellington al-ready familiar with the team. He had played fall baseball in Boston for the Hammertime team with Wellington players Bryan Adametz, Trey Ferra-no, Lee Reumann and Evan Stermer. He became close friends with the Wellington players.

“Everyone was really excited when he announced he would be playing at Wellington his senior year,” Reumann said. “I remember our coaches had the radar guns out at tryouts, and he was throwing 90 to 92 consistently. Word got out quickly, and he lived up to the hype.”

It took getting accustomed to a larger school and the weather, but Brebbia found quick success on the mound, beginning with his first start in a game at Park Vista High School. Later in the season, he threw 18 strikeouts against John I. Leonard. “He was one of the best pitchers in the state that year,” Reumann said.

Despite his success, Brebbia said what he learned most from his short stay in Wellington was work ethic. He, like all Wellington students who have been on the back0fields of campus around 2 p.m., watched coach Scott Riddle manicure the field. With pitching coach Bob Bradley, Brebbia learned everything should be geared toward perfection.

“Both of those guys were some of the hardest working people I’d ever seen, no matter what it came to, not just baseball, but in anything,” Breb-bia said. “Not only did I feed off that, but other people on the team did.”

Along with his talent and suc-cess, Brebbia clicked with his new friends. “I got to know John only for a year, but in that time, we all realized that he had special talent,” Stermer said. “He had a tremendous work ethic to back up his God-given ability. Off the field, John was a joker and a great friend.”

The camaraderie Brebbia and his old teammates had is what he now has with his professional teammates. Brebbia called the friendships he has with the players he’s played with in the minors the highlight of his pro-fessional career. Yes, there are long bus rides, but at the end of the day, the positives outweigh the negatives.

Last year, in spring training, Breb-bia was given the chance to sit in the dugout during a big league game. He said hello to Derek Jeter and grilled Andy Pettitte about his slider.

Although Brebbia was recently demoted from High-A Tampa to Low-A Charleston, his goal is still to reach the majors. He plans to hone his fastball command and work on the location of his off-speed pitches

to go level to level to reach the big leagues.

“The goal in the end is to play Ma-jor League Baseball,” Brebbia said. “That’s pretty much everybody’s goal. Hopefully I can progress to the next level and then the next level, until the final ultimate goal of playing at Yankee Stadium.”

If he does make the majors, he’ll be yet another player to make a stop in Wellington before doing so.

“I just remember that whole team being a bunch of not only great base-ball players, but great people who I had so much fun with,” Brebbia said. “The whole year was a blast. I couldn’t even have imagined that I could have had that much fun. We had a great team, and we did really well. It was a awesome experience.”

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John brebbia on the mount for the Charleston riverdogs.photo Courtesy CharLeston riverdogs


sports & recreation

Participants in the Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation De-partment’s junior golf program were among the champions crowned at the second annual LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Team Championship on June 12 at the Kiawah Island Club in Charleston, S.C.

Mary Janiga of Wellington and Megan Turnquest of Loxahatchee, both 16, won the Bell-McIntyre di-vision. The duo scored a 69 and a 71 for a two-day total of 140, 10 strokes better than their nearest competitors on the challenging River Course.

Hannah Foster, 12, of Hobe Sound and Haylie Turnquest, 10, of Loxahatchee, won the Sandy LaBauve division with a two-day total of 145.

Megan Turnquest, her sister Hay-lie, and Mary Janiga are longtime participants in the county’s junior golf program at the Okeeheelee Golf Course. The course offers 27 holes of championship golf and is an official LPGA-USGA site.

Golf Professional Services Inc. and the Junior Golf Foundation of America, under the direction of Mary-Lee Cobick, provide junior golf programs in partnership with the Palm Beach County Parks &

Recreation Department at the Okee-heelee and Park Ridge golf courses, and the John Prince Golf Learning Center. Independent junior programs are also available at the Osprey Point and Southwinds golf courses.

The mission of the junior golf program is to provide all youth the opportunity to learn and play golf. Palm Beach County is committed to growing the game and removing the barriers to junior golf by offering reduced greens fees, use of junior clubs and the junior golf card pro-gram, which provides substantial benefits at discounted prices. For more info., visit www.pbcgolf.com.

Junior Golf Participants Are National Champions

Palm Beach County’s Junior Golf national champions.

The Wellington Wild Silver fast-pitch softball team recently won the Independent Softball Association state championship in the 10 and under division. The two-day tour-nament concluded in Tamarac on June 23.

The Wellington team also won two other regional tournaments this summer and will compete for the national title at the USSSA World Series, which begins July 20.

The team went undefeated in the ISA state tournament. The Wild gave the Palm City Cruisers a tough loss in the first elimination game. They defeated the Cruisers 2-1 in a defensive battle, during which Alexis Mobilia allowed only two hits and struck out 12 batters. The game was decided by a long home run by Isabella Marshall, which scored two runs in the fourth inning.

“These girls love this game,” Team Manager Ron Mobilia said. “We practice hard, and it shows when they go out on the field. This group of girls has bonded so well that I know they will all be friends for a long time to come. Ultimately, the friendships that they develop and the experiences that they share

Wellington Wild silver Fast pitchsoftball team takes state title

Wellington Wild Silver — Front row: Carolina Vallejo, Bree Hockett, Jordyn Maybrown, Nicole Gumula and Mia Corcoran; middle row: Alexis Mobilia, Abby Klan, Ashley Mobilia, Danielle Deaton and Is-abella Marshall; back row: coaches Charlie Gumula, John Vallejo, Ron Mobilia, Rick Klan and Brett Maybrown. PHoto CouRtesy ADAM MARsHAll

together is what is most important in any team sport.”

Mobilia also led the team to victory in 2012 at the USSSA State Championship. Tryouts for the the

team’s 2014 season will be held in August and will be open to girls born in 2001, 2002 and 2003. E-mail [email protected] for more information.

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The Wellington Prowlers 12U travel hockey team took second place in the East Coast Hockey Organization nationals held in Char-lotte, N.C., June 12 through June 14. The team lost in the championship game 2-0.

The tournament was held at Break Away Sports in Charlotte. The team travelled from Wellington and

Coaches Gari Sanfilippo and Jason Hanchuk with the 12U players. Players include: Hunter Markey, Zack Hanchuk, Zack Perkins, Donald Tuckwood, Sean McAllister, Devin Selleck, Tauben Brenner, Michael Lesh, Carson Mango and Niko Sanfilippo. Most are from Wellington.

fought to get to the championship game on June 14. The game was close, but Wellington lost 2-0 to a strong team named Speed.

It was the final tournament for the 12 and under group this year, but Wellington also has 10 and under and 14 and under groups that play at Village Park. For more info., visit www.wellingtonrollerhockey.com.

The Royal Palm Bassmasters held a two-day fishing tournament March 16 and 17 on Lake Toho in Kissimmee.

First place was won by the team of Ed Singleton (boater) with a two-day total weighing 16 pounds, 14 ounces and partner Mike O’Connor (co-angler) with a two-day total weighing 10 pounds, 2 ounces, for a team weight of 27 pounds.

Second place was awarded to the team of Bill Latham (boater) with a

two-day total weighing 11 pounds, 14 ounces and partner Mike Addie (co-angler) with a two-day total weighing 9 pounds, 7 ounces, for a team weight of 21 pounds, 5 ounces.

Third place was awarded to the team of Phil Northrop (boater) with a two-day total weighing 9 pounds and partner Herman Parker (co-an-gler) with a two-day total weighing 10 pounds, 7 ounces, for a team weight of 19 pounds, 7 ounces.

The day one big fish was caught

by Mike O’Connor weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces. The big fish on day two belonged to Herman Parker weighing 4 pounds, 4 ounces.

The Royal Palm Bassmasters meet on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Recreation Center. The club is now accepting applications for new members. For more info., e-mail [email protected] or visit www.royalpalmbassmasters.org.

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Tuesday, July 9• The Acreage Landowners’ Association

is organizing a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Starting July 9 and running through Aug. 1, CERT training will take place every Tuesday and Thurs-day, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Indian Trail Improvement District Office. Training will be provided by the Palm Beach County Department of Public Safety’s Division of Emergency Management. CERT educates citizens about disaster preparedness and more. For information, contact Sandra Love Semande at [email protected].

• The Central Palm Beach County Cham-ber of Commerce will host a mixer Tuesday, July 9 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Mara Cucina Italiana in the Mall at Wellington Green. To RSVP, call (561) 790-6200 or visit www.cpbchamber.com.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Chess Club for Kids on Tuesday, July 9 at 6 p.m. Chess fans unite to practice strategy skills with other players. Basic game knowledge is required. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• The Wellington Village Council will meet Tuesday, July 9 at 7 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Complex (12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). For more info., call (561) 791-4000 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.

Wednesday, July 10• The Acreage library (15801 Orange

Blvd.) will host American Girl: Addy for ages 6 to 12 on Wednesday, July 10 at 4 p.m. Celebrate Addy with games and crafts related to post-Civil War America. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Art Club for ages 8 and up Wednesday, July 10 at 4 p.m. Dress to get messy. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• Jonathan Dickinson State Park Ranger Barry Richardson will tell the story of Trap-per Nelson, a captivating figure in South Florida history, on Wednesday, July 10 at 6 p.m. at the Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.). This program is geared for adults. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Anime Origins for ages 12 to 17 on Wednesday, July 10 at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy a Japanese snack, check out the latest anime and discuss the culture that inspired it. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

Saturday, July 6• The Royal Palm Beach Parks & Recre-

ation Department will host Crazy Games for children ages 4 to 13 every Saturday, July 6 through July 27, from 10 to 11 a.m. at Lindsay Ewing Park off Sparrow Drive be-hind the Village Hall complex. Children will participate in water-oriented fitness games to improve their athletic ability. Registration is available online at www.royalpalmbeach.com or www.crazygamesfl.com. Call (561) 790-5124 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Acoustic Java Jam for adults Saturday, July 6 at 2 p.m. Experience a caf-feinated collection of local talent or bring acoustic instruments and jam out. Coffee will be provided. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Jove Comedy Experience will ap-pear at the Atlantic Arts Theater (6743 W. Indiantown Road, Jupiter) on Saturday, July 6 at 8 p.m. performing a comedy theater production titled “Bourne on the 4th of July Supremacy,” a blend of improvised, sketch and musical comedy with audience partic-ipation. Tickets are $16 per person. Call (561) 575-4942 or visit www.theatlantic theater.com for info.

Monday, July 8• The Wellington library (1951 Royal

Fern Drive) will host Messy Masterpieces for age 3 and up Monday, July 8 at 10:30 a.m. Dig into dirt, sand and other outdoor materials to create one-of-a-kind works of art. Dress to get messy. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• Wellington Community Center (12150 Forest Hill Blvd.) will feature a Free Book Review for Seniors age 55 and older Monday, July 8 from noon to 2 p.m. The review will discuss Alexander McCall Smith, Scottish writer and emeritus professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh. A light lunch will be provided. Pre-register in person, at www.wellingtonfl.gov or by calling (561) 753-2489, ext. 0.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Summer Reads & Travel Needs for adults Monday, July 8 at 4 p.m. Develop language skills, find a good read and learn about library resources to ex-plore this summer. Call (561) 681-4100 for more info.

• The Loxahatchee Groves Water Con-trol District Board of Supervisors will meet Monday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the district office (101 West D Road). Call (561) 793- See CALENDAR, page 33


Community Calendarcreature crafts. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Lego Builders Club for ages 6 to 12 on Saturday, July 13 at 2 p.m. Meet fellow builders and work on creative projects every month. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Palm Beach Zoo (1301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach) will hold its first-ever Food Truck Safari on Saturday, July 13 from 6 to 10 p.m. Some of South Florida’s best food trucks will be scattered throughout the zoo. There will also be live music and reasonably priced beer and wine. The entire zoo will be open, with some special up-close wild animal en-counters. Admission is $10 and parking is free. Call (561)533-0887 or visit www.palmbeachzoo.org for more info.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host a free Santa-na Tribute Concert on Saturday, July 13 at 8:30 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

Monday, July 15• The Wellington Preservation Coalition

will offer scholarships for 10 Wellington children to attend a free week of summer camp available to youth ages 5 to 15 for the week of July 15 at Village Park (11700 Pierson Road). Call (561) 791-4796 to apply. Recipients will be determined on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications can be found at Village Park or at www.wellingtonfl.gov.

• The Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce will host a lun-cheon Monday, July 15 at 11:30 a.m. at the Binks Forest Golf Club in Wellington. Call Mary Lou Bedford at (561) 578-4807 or e-mail [email protected] for info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Ancient Angry Egyptian Birds for ages 8 and up Monday, July 15 at 3:30 p.m. A live-action version of Angry Birds has gone back in time to ancient Egypt. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host a program for adults on Stray & Feral Animals on Monday, July 15 at 6 p.m. led by a representative from Palm Beach County Animal Care & Control. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

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

CALENDAR, continued from page 32Thursday, July 11• Wellington Community Center (12150

Forest Hill Blvd.) will offer a free lunch and learn seminar presented by Weiss Family Chiropractics for seniors ages 55 and old-er Thursday, July 11 at noon. Pre-register in person, at www.wellingtonfl.gov or by calling (561) 753-2489, ext. 0.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Bottled Up Sandcastles for ages 4 to 6 on Thursday, July 11 at 2 p.m. Enjoy sand play and put a castle in a bottle while listening to ocean sounds and stories about playing at the beach. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Hands-on Craft: Bead Bracelets for adults Thursday, July 11 at 2 p.m. Make and take bead bracelets. Mate-rials will be provided. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Seed Paper Cards for ages 9 to 14 on Thursdays, July 11 and 18 at 3 p.m. Use scraps of recycled paper and seeds to make cards you can plant, and decorate them the second week. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• Wellington’s Food Truck Invasion will take place Thursday, July 11 from 5 to 9:30 p.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for info.

Friday, July 12• The Royal Palm Beach library (500

Civic Center Way) will feature Wii Gaming for ages 7 to 12 on Fridays, July 12 and 26 at 11 a.m. Play Wii games and check out the library’s new graphic novels. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Duct Tape Bangles for ages 8 to 12 on Friday, July 12 at 3 p.m. Use brightly patterned duct tape to make cool bangle bracelets. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will present a free screening of the movie Captain America: The First Avenger on Friday, July 12 at 8:30 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

Saturday, July 13• The Wellington library (1951 Royal

Fern Drive) will host Under the Sea Story Time for ages 3 and up Saturday, July 13 at 11 a.m. Enjoy stories, songs and ocean

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