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Students who want to dodge, duck, dip and dive while raising money for a good cause are invited to participate in the annual thinkPINKkids Wellington Dodgeball Tournament set for Friday, Feb. 15 at Wellington High School. The event, a fundraiser for breast cancer programs, is open to middle school and high school students. Page 3

Fathers and their special little ladies enjoyed a night out at Wellington’s annual Father Daughter Dance held Saturday, Feb. 2 at Village Park. Girls ages 5 to 14 were escorted by their fathers to an evening including dancing, games and photos. The theme for the evening was “Every Little Girl is a Princess.” Each girl was given a crown and wand, and met with Disney princesses. Shown here are Brian and Julia Govier with Jessica and Andrew Margolies. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5

Wellington Zoners OK New Master Plan For White Birch Farm

Members of Wellington’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend approval of a master plan that will allow for two estate homes at White Birch Farm with permanent access to Pierson Road. Page 4

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Group Opposed To Campus Turns In Petition Signatures By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Loxahatchee Groves residents circulating a petition to stop the construction of a new Palm Beach State College campus have collected enough signatures to draw a referendum. The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council was told Tuesday night that the petition has been sent to the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office, which is in the process of validating the signatures. Town Attorney Mike Cirullo said the petition committee had turned in about 260 signatures to the town clerk Monday, which is the first step in the process for a citizens

initiative provided for in the town’s charter. “The town clerk is working with the Supervisor of Elections Office to confirm the signatures to see they meet the minimum requirement, which I believe is around 207 signatures necessary to move forward, and also to confirm any other issues there may be with sufficiency of the petition,” Cirullo said. “That is ongoing as we speak. The town clerk has up to 20 days to provide that information to the committee.” If the petition is deemed sufficient, it would head to the council, which would have the option of either rescinding the ordinance See PETITION, page 4

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Latest Wellington RV Proposal Wins Zoning Board Approval World War II Veteran Honored At Wycliffe

The Combat Infantrymen’s Association held a luncheon honoring Dr. Harold Berkman on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at the Wycliffe Golf & Country Club. Berkman was awarded the Combat Infantrymen’s Badge for serving in combat. Page 9

#1 Education Place Hosts Open House

#1 Education Place held an open house Friday, Feb. 1 at its new location in the original Wellington Mall. In celebration of National School Choice Week, the school opened its doors to anyone interested in learning about its programs. Page 11

OPINION Immigration Reform, Wage Theft Program Help Those On Margins

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By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report After years of discussion surrounding recreational vehicles in Wellington’s Equestrian Preserve, a plan has begun to take shape that will allow use of the temporary homes during the winter season. On Wednesday, Wellington’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board unanimously approved recommendation of several measures that would permit but tightly regulate the use of RVs in the preserve. “Currently they are prohibited,” Equestrian Master Plan Director Mike O’Dell said. “This would allow them as a temporary housing during the equestrian season.” Despite being prohibited, O’Dell said that there are a number of RVs in the area illegally. “There were

82 found at the time [when the survey was done],” he said. The proposed regulations would allow one RV on 2.5 to 5 acres, two RVs on 5 to 10 acres and three RVs on properties of 10 acres or more. Property owners would be able to have RVs only for two consecutive equestrian seasons before going before the Wellington Village Council for special approval. Additionally, the property owner would have to provide electric, sewage and water, and get all required inspections and permits before someone could live in the RV. But Board Member Marcia Radosevich felt that homeowners should build permanent structures for their employees. “They are, frankly, too cheap to invest money into this communi-

ty to build permanent housing for grooms,” she said. “They want to do it on the cheap, and they want to turn it into a trailer park.” Radosevich said she felt it could have negative consequences for the community. “It’s tacky,” she said. “It siphons off money from people putting grooms up in homes. It creates a temporary, transient community, which is only negative.” She was also concerned by the lack of code enforcement on the issue already, let alone when they are allowed. “I would consider something like this, but with great trepidation,” Radosevich said. Board Member Mike Drahos was concerned about allowing the vehicles in Wellington, but noted that it seems to be a continually pressing issue. “You keep coming See PZA BOARD, page 20

The Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center held its “Buck Off” mechanical bull-riding competition Thursday, Jan. 31 at Polo West Cantina. Teams of riders competed in a series of competitions, in order to participate in the final round at Vinceremos’ annual fundraising gala on Feb. 8 at the International Polo Club. Shown here, Grand Champions team members Malicia von Falkenhausen, Riley Ganzi and Cinderella von Falkenhausen register to participate. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5 PHOTO BY JESSICA GREGOIRE/TOWN-CRIER

McLendon Challenges County Inks Pact With Legal Aid Rockett In Lox Groves To Operate Wage Theft Program

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Commission approved a $100,000 contract Tuesday with the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County to assist workers who feel they have been unfairly denied their wages. On Dec. 4, the commissioners established a policy condemning the denial of lawful wages to an employee and established a procedure for employees to recover back wages through a program administered by Legal Aid. For members of People Engaged in Active Community Efforts (PEACE), who have lobbied more than a year for a wage theft ordinance, the resolution fell short of what they advocated. PEACE representatives wanted an ordinance based on one that exists in Miami-Dade County, but Palm Beach County staff thought the Legal Aid Society could address the issue more effectively than Miami-Dade’s setup. County staff asserted that the MiamiDade model has lagged in actual-

ly collecting unpaid wages because of legal holdups. On Tuesday, Commissioner Jess Santamaria said PEACE had asked for a 30-day postponement of approval of the contract with Legal Aid in order to work out remaining issues, and questioned county staff why an extension shouldn’t be granted. Assistant County Administrator Brad Merriman said it would delay implementing the program. “We reviewed the e-mail that was sent, and we are satisfied by the response from Legal Aid that those issues were resolved, so we don’t feel it’s necessary for any further delay,” he said. Merriman added that entering into a contract with Legal Aid remains the best solution because it has proven successful, advocating at no cost to clients, which would not be the case with a county ordinance. According to the county staff report, involved parties did agree that Legal Aid’s Wage Dispute Project will assist county residents

with the collection of unpaid wages. The Legal Aid program will cover the salary and benefits of a staff attorney assigned to the program, along with the support services, investigative needs, court processing and other costs. The program and its funding will be reevaluated in a year. The Wage Dispute Project will also utilize the 15th Judicial Circuit’s Wage Dispute Docket and Wage Dispute Division created by an administrative order in December designed to increase fair and efficient resolution of those types of disputes. Santamaria said he has seen the commissioners postpone numerous items in order to work out issues and for all parties to express their thoughts. “We have done this quite often,” he said. “I just felt it fair and proper to give a 30day extension.” Commissioner Priscilla Taylor made a motion to approve the Legal Aid contract, which carried 6-1 with Santamaria opposed.

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The race for Seat 4 on the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council will pit community activist Todd McLendon against Vice Mayor Jim Rockett, who is seeking a second three-year term. The election qualifying period ended Tuesday, and since both available seats are contested, a town election will be held Tuesday, March 12. Also on the ballot, L.W. Lucas has qualified to run for Seat 2 against Mayor Dave Browning, who has served on the council since the town’s incorporation. McLendon, 38, has lived in Loxahatchee Groves since 2006 with his wife and two children. He is known in the community for his vocal opposition to the town’s speed hump policy and more recently his leadership in a petition drive aimed at overturning last year’s approval of a Palm Beach State College campus on Southern Blvd. McLendon told the Town-Crier that he is concerned about the direction Loxahatchee Groves is heading, with too much commer-

cialization and too much government. “We have totally changed the direction of where we are supposed to be developing commercial property from the comprehensive plan,” he said. “The comp plan is what the citizens put together years ago as to where they wanted the town to go. We were only supposed to develop from C Road east on Southern Blvd. We have now developed 200 acres outside of that for commercial use.” He said that commercial uses were supposed to extend north from Southern Blvd. only about 660 feet, to Tangerine Drive. “They created basically a rectangle along Southern where commercial was supposed to happen,” he said. “They have now gone almost 1,400 feet north from Southern for those two parcels.” McLendon asserted that the Simon property, where Palm Beach State College is planning to build a new campus, was to remain residential. “Our comp plan said that was not supposed to happen,” he said. “Only from C Road heading east were we supposed to allow See MCLENDON, page 7

Area Kids Enjoying New Goldenrod Park In Wellington By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report More than a year after Wellington closed Goldenrod Road’s access to Azure Avenue, children in the community have a new park. Goldenrod Park was completed in January and will be officially dedicated later this month, Wellington Community Services Director Nicole Evangelista said. “The park is currently usable by the community,” she said. “But the official grand opening and dedication ceremony is being planned for later this month.” In July 2011, the Wellington Village Council voted to close Goldenrod Road at the C-6 Canal. The controversial decision cut off access by children in the Goldenrod community to nearby Azure Park, concerning many residents.

The new park was part of the road closure plan, Evangelista said. “The council wanted a park for the community that would be a safe place for children to play,” she said. Constructing the park, located on a formerly vacant piece of property on Goldenrod Road just east of Hyacinth Place, cost nearly $200,000. It features a playground with two slides, monkey bars and a climbing apparatus. There is also a covered pavilion and a half basketball court. “They really did a great job,” Evangelista said. “There are also water fountains and benches so the community can go out and enjoy.” She said the amenities were chosen based on what residents wanted.

“We went out to the community and asked them what they wanted to see on the site,” Evangelista said. “We tried to incorporate them into our design as much as we could.” The park provides much-needed recreational relief for the area. “There are lots of kids in the area,” Evangelista said. “We hear they’re using the park quite frequently, so we’re anxious to have the dedication ceremony.” Information about the dedication ceremony will be available at www.wellingtonfl.gov once a date in finalized. Until then, the park is open and ready for use. “We’re really excited about it,” Evangelista said. “It’s beautiful, and we’re excited to see that the children are already making great use of it.”

One of the play structures at Wellington’s new Goldenrod Park.

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Students Invited To Play Dodgeball For A Great Cause Feb. 15 By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Students who want to dodge, duck, dip and dive while raising money for a good cause are invited to participate in the annual thinkPINKkids Wellington Dodgeball Tournament set for Friday, Feb. 15 at Wellington High School. The event, a fundraiser for breast cancer programs, is open to middle school and high school students. “It’s going to be a lot of fun,” TPK parent coordinator Janet Rosenthal told the Town-Crier Wednesday. “I think it brings kids back to their childhood. Everyone played dodgeball in school growing up.” The event is one of the most popular each year, and students from across Palm Beach County are invited to form a team with six to eight members. Teams must sign

up by Wednesday, Feb. 13 in order to participate. “You have to be a student in Palm Beach County,” Rosenthal said. “But we accept teams from any middle or high school. You don’t have to be in Wellington.” Registration for the middle school tournament begins at 5 p.m. Friday, and the games kick off at 5:30 p.m. High school team registration starts at 7 p.m., with games beginning at 7:30 p.m. All the games will be in the WHS gym. Though some teams get competitive, Rosenthal said the tournament is a friendly competition that brings students back each year. “You don’t have to be an athlete to participate. This is an event for students to come out and have fun with their friends,” she said. “The teams can be all-male, all-female or coed. The students can

create their own team name and a fun uniform. The students really get into it and love designing their outfits.” The cost to compete is $10 per person, and all money goes to the Scripps Research Institute and Your Bosom Buddies II. “We also welcome spectators,” Rosenthal said. “It’s $3 for entry, and we’ll have lots of food and drink for sale.” Each team must fill out a packet of information and have it signed by their parents. Obtain packets by e-mailing tpkwellington@ comcast.net. “Each team is guaranteed at least two matches,” Rosenthal said. “The teams are randomly picked to start. The winners of each round go on, and the losing teams get to play in the consolation rounds. Each match is the best of three games.”

The games are played according to official dodgeball rules with a regulation court and balls. “If parents want to volunteer their time, we are also looking for referees,” Rosenthal said. Formed more than five years ago, thinkPINKkids Wellington is part of the national organization that encourages kids to give back to the community by raising money for breast cancer research. “It’s a student-run organization that has fun activities and events while giving back to the community,” Rosenthal said. “We hope these events get our name out there and attract new members.” She also noted the organization’s end-of-the-year event, “Dance Night for the Fight” on Friday, May 10. The dance party will feature a DJ, contests, entertainment and more as a way to help raise money.

Teams from Emerald Cove Middle School at last year’s thinkPINKkids Wellington Dodgeball Tournament. PHOTO BY LAUREN MIRÓ/TOWN-CRIER

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night, e-mail tpkwellington@ comcast.net.

Lox Groves Council Hears Updates On Two Commercial Projects By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council heard updates Tuesday on plans for commercial developments at Southern Blvd. and B Road. Attorney Martin Perry made a presentation on the Loxahatchee Town Center site, also known as the Solar Sportsystems property, at the northeast intersection of B Road and Southern Blvd., while agent Bob Bentz gave an update on the Loxahatchee Groves Commons project, on the west side of B Road at the southeast corner of the Simon property site, adjacent to the planned Palm Beach State College campus. Town Manager Mark Kutney said the presentations were a required part of the planning and zoning process. “This is the next step in moving forward,” Kutney said. Perry said the Loxahatchee Groves Commons Planned Unit Development (PUD) has gone through a number of public workshops in the past five years as the town developed its comprehensive plan. “You have probably seen enough of this, and we’re going to try to keep this brief,” Perry said, explaining that the plan is not much different from the conceptual plan shown when the council approved

the comp plan amendment. “It shows you essentially the rezoning of the PUD, which is essentially almost identical to the concept plan. In terms of actual square footages and acreages of different uses, it is identical.” Perry pointed out that a 300-foot buffer on the north side of the property had been retained, as well as buffering along other property lines. “We have substantial buffering,” he said. The buffer will contain an equestrian trail consistent with discussion during the comp plan process. The plans for the 74-acre site include commercial retail on about 35 acres along the lower portion of the site below Tangerine Drive and commercial office space on the north side. The area is to include retail and professional office space, as well as a 3.6-acre circular open area that Perry said would be suitable for green markets and other public activities. “It’s a large green area,” he explained. “We think it’s the kind of thing that would lend itself for different types of community usages.” Perry said the floor-area ratio would be about .07, with 103,000 square feet of retail space, 44,000 square feet of office space, and an assisted living facility with 128 beds. “I think that’s really consonant with what you’re trying to

achieve in trying to keep everything low key,” he said. Councilman Tom Goltzené said he was glad to see that the plan retained the 300-foot buffer to the north. “So long as it proceeds like that, it looks good,” he said. “I’m very happy.” Councilman Ryan Liang liked the transition of the plans to where it is now. “I think it’s a lot more along the lines of what we were thinking of, and I look forward to seeing what’s going to happen,” he said. “It looks good, especially the horse trail and the buffer and the large green space. We didn’t ask for that, and you guys put that in. That’s a great idea, and I’m sure we can figure out how to use that.” Councilman Jim Rockett asked about entrance and exit points to the site on Southern Blvd., and Perry said they have been realigned, but they are essentially unchanged from the original plans with three right-in, right-outs on Southern Blvd. Residents Marge Herzog and Thais Gonzalez were concerned about the 128-bed assisted living facility becoming a voter bloc. Herzog added that during public workshops, they had talked about no commercial north of Tangerine, but the commercial office space has been placed north of Tangerine. During his presentation, Bentz

said the commercial component of the Simon property will be about 21 acres, adjacent to the 75 acres now owned by the college. He said the Loxahatchee Groves Commons and campus plans have a letter from the Florida Department of Transportation approving four entrances with two on Southern Blvd. and two on B Road, with one of them aligning with Tangerine Drive. The plan is essentially unchanged from the last time it came before the council. “Tangerine is sort of the main street for Loxahatchee Groves,” Bentz said. “It will terminate at the college property.” Plans are for 91,000 square feet of commercial space on the property with an expected grocery store anchor. On the northern portion is a 6-acre lake surrounded by an equestrian trail. “We have actually identified on our plan where you can tie up your horses and access the retail center,” Bentz said. The site will also have a passive green area for public use such as art shows. Plans will follow the Loxahatchee Groves Rural Vista guidelines, making use of cupolas and metal roofs and wooden-style siding, as well as an arcade running along the front of the buildings along Tangerine Drive. “We have been working with the community for many years,”

he said. “It is all intended to give that rural character and design similar to what you are looking for in Loxahatchee Groves.” Bentz said the three developers would work together to get B Road paved, including open graded emulsified mix (OGEM) north of Collecting Canal Road to Okeechobee Blvd., and asphalt pavement south to Southern Blvd. Plans also include widening the crossing at Collecting Canal, he said. Resident Marsha Newell said she felt the public is not aware of both projects. “I heard you’ve

been talking about it for a long time,” she said. “Here again, I don’t believe the public knows it, just like with the college. One of the things about the college we were talking about a few months ago was the commercial, and we didn’t need a whole bunch… Now all of a sudden we’re going to have a hell of a lot of commercial on the other side of the street.” Newell said the council must try harder to communicate with residents. “The people of Loxahatchee Groves somehow need to be informed,” she said.

RPB Election Filing Closes Feb. 12 By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Qualifying for two available seats on the Royal Palm Beach Village Council opened Tuesday, Jan. 29. Potential candidates have until noon Tuesday, Feb. 12 to qualify for the ballot. The Group 2 seat is currently held by Councilwoman Martha Webster, who is seeking re-election. As of this week, she had drawn one challenger — former Councilman David Swift. The Group 4 seat is currently

held by Vice Mayor Fred Pinto, who is also seeking re-election. As of this week, he had also drawn one challenger — political newcomer Justin Sallenbach. The election will held Tuesday, March 12 with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Any resident who wishes to become a candidate must qualify with the village clerk no later than noon on Tuesday, Feb. 12. For more information, call Village Clerk Diane DiSanto at (561) 790-5100 or visit www.royalpalmbeach.com.

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Immigration Reform, Wage Theft Program Help Those In Shadows With the renewed possibility that President Barack Obama and the United States Congress will finally address comprehensive immigration reform, as well as local efforts to put an end to wage theft for undocumented workers, there may finally be hope for the millions of people living — and working — in the shadows. Despite the efforts of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) to jump-start the long-dormant effort at national immigration reform, it will likely take some time before anything happens in Washington, D.C. However, the Palm Beach County Commission this week approved a $100,000 contract with the Legal Aid Society to handle local cases of wage theft. While the problem of wage theft is not exclusively the domain of illegal immigrants, it is an issue that particularly targets migrant workers, day laborers and other transient employees — exactly the type of jobs often filled by those in the shadows, on the fringes of society, such as illegal immigrants. While there’s no easy way to bring justice to the victims of this unfair practice, employing the services of the Legal Aid Society, which exists to protect the indigent in legal matters, is a practical solution that county officials hope will yield quick results. The issue of wage theft was brought to the county’s attention two years ago by the community organization People Engaged in Active Community Efforts (PEACE). Wage theft is particularly ugly because it involves vulnerable groups, often agricultural workers, watching powerlessly as their wages are stolen. When a worker is not on the books, it’s easy for the employer to take advantage of the situation because Uncle Sam has no idea what is going on.

Unfortunately, there are many unscrupulous individuals who have no problem with not just making money off of other people’s labor, but then not paying the promised wages. Think about it: You work all day under the hot sun, in a poor and sometimes dangerous work environment, and then don’t receive what’s due you. But because of your circumstance, you’re powerless to demand your rights. Or imagine being called in on a weekend or holiday, only to learn you’re not getting paid for that work either. Those are just some of the forms of wage theft, and they are more common than you might think. When we look back to the time of slavery in the pre-Civil War era, it’s hard to imagine how slave owners can treat other humans so savagely. But that was more than a century ago — another time, another culture. Or maybe not. What’s even more difficult to fathom is that similar practices are taking place right now — and in our own back yard, for that matter. The fact that someone in the 21st century is capable of that, or the fact that it’s even allowed to continue on a widespread basis, is appalling. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough public outrage over such unjust practices. Locally and nationally, it’s time to help undocumented individuals come out from the shadows. Not only will it help those individuals and their families, but comprehensive immigration reform would have a positive impact on all of society, especially the economy. More important, we need to continue our progress into the 21st century, and that means removing these reminders of our ugly past.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Louda: Petition Has Good Intensions But Poorly Timed Lately, the Loxahatchee Groves petition drive of some citizens has gained a bit of press, and here’s more. The Simon property at the corner of B Road and Southern Blvd. has for many, many years come forward with plan after plan for development. This includes everything from near zero-lot-line homes, to RV parks, to solid commercial and so on. Over the last two years, the Simon Trust and Palm Beach State College worked out a plan for the college, plus scaled-back (though to me, still too much) commercial. There were many council and planning & zoning board meetings that were well advertised and open to the public for discussion. There were mail-outs and e-mails. There were single-purpose meetings at the chamber of commerce. There were zoning and land-use hearings.

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council then approved a plan and the state moved forward with the land purchase. Now a small cadre of citizens wants to stop this and go to a referendum of the qualified voters in town. The time for that was over a year ago, not now. Now we must look to minimizing these impacts (traffic, noise, light). Presently and in the future I would support, nay encourage, referenda for major impact land use changes if and only if it occurs before decisions are made. Therefore, I request anyone asked to sign this petition to think again and not do so. Loxahatchee Groves, from the days that we worked on the neighborhood plan until and after incorporation, has held that our commercial and other high impacts go to our southern border and not in the heart (Okeechobee Blvd., a.k.a. “middle road”) of our town. As future land use changes involving high-impact development come forward — and they will —

let’s certainly go to referendum before, not after, the council must act. The proposed charter amendment I am in support of but not as it is being presented — linked to the repeal of Town Ordinance 2012-04. This is typical political slight-of-hand, linking the good with the bad. Read through the smoke and mirrors, people! Bill Louda Loxahatchee Groves

Stop Opposing Reasonable Gun Regulations It’s no coincidence that the same people who refused to protect their disabled fellow human beings in 2012, by voting “no” on the United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, are the same people who refuse to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, and are the exact same group of people who protect the powerful NRA and refuse to even speak about chang-

ing our violent, gun-crazy society. Among their ranks are bigots, hypocrites and greedy gun lobbyists who believe that the right to own a military-style assault rifle trumps the rights of children to grow up safe, or for any of us to feel safe in public places. These are the exact same people who demonize teachers, firefighters, police and all public employees, insisting that they earn too much. These are the same people who demean the Office of the President of the United States by their unreasonable hatred of President Obama and their unified obstruction of America’s progress, including revising the Second Amendment, written by men who could never have envisioned the death toll of one assault weapon. Many of the same characters are also gun lovers who regulate the type and amount of ammunition that can be used to shoot ducks but have no such rules pertaining to the shooting of people. In January, some gun nuts had fun heck-

ling the father of one of the tiny victims of Newtown, as he held a photo of his son during an interview when he condemned the use of assault weapons. The same party that believes that caring about your community is “communism” believes that the answer to gun violence is more gun violence.

It’s not a coincidence; it’s a value system and an ideology. It’s an ideology that threatens to change the values and principles of the American people. For the sake of our children and grandchildren, I hope and pray that doesn’t happen. Gwynne Chesher Wellington

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Wellington Zoners OK New Master Plan For White Birch Farm By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report Members of Wellington’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend approval of a master plan that will allow for two estate homes at White Birch Farm. The property, located on Pierson Road east of South Shore Blvd., was once considered part of the controversial Equestrian Village development to the west, but when approval for that site’s master plan was revoked, the owners of White Birch Farm opted to come in for a separate master plan. The master plan change would show the separation of the two sites, as well as give White Birch Farm an official access point on Pierson Road. Board members, however, did not approve a request for an additional access point on the northeast end of the property, nor did they approve a request for an “equestrian facility” designation.

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continued from page 1 permitting the campus or setting up a referendum. The council must make a determination on its course of action within 30 days. Councilman Tom Goltzené said a state statute prevents them from putting the referendum question on the regular election ballot in March, which would mean additional costs. Cirullo explained that the state election code requires notifications on the fifth and third week before the referendum. “Today would have been the deadline to meet the advertising requirements of that statute,” he said. Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Supervisor John Ryan

Board Member Carol Coleman asked village staff for a definition of “equestrian facility,” but planner Cory Cramer said there was not a concrete definition. “The definition is based on what is taking place on site,” Cramer explained. But Board Member Marcia Radosevich was concerned about approving something with no definition. “We’d be voting on something that has no meaning,” she said, asking why a change in designation is necessary. Board Member Paul Adams said it was because its current designation as a tennis and polo facility is outdated. Board Member Tim Shields wanted to know if the “equestrian facility” designation would allow anything more than the two estates on the property. Wellington Director of Growth Management Bob Basehart explained that the designation would allow for some equestrian

elements. “They could put paddocks in or training facilities,” he said. “They can do equestrian activity.” However, these facilities could also be built under the site’s current designation, Basehart said. “The underlying comprehensive plan map is commercial recreation. I’d recommend that you don’t try to get overly restrictive in the designations you attach to the property,” he said. Coleman wanted to know whether it included stables, and Basehart said it would. Radosevich asked if a horse show could be held on the site. Basehart said a horse show would require approval from the Wellington Village Council. Because the current designation would allow the applicant to operate as a polo facility, Radosevich suggested striking the change in designation. Another issue of contention was an access point at the north-

east corner of the property. Board members were in agreement, though, about making permanent a long-used access point on Pierson Road to enter the site. “That’s been used for more than 30 years,” Coleman said. But a second access point requested by village staff concerned several board members. Wellington Equestrian Preserve Committee Chair Cynthia Gardner said during public comment that the access would allow for eventual golf cart connectivity through Wellington. “The purpose of that access is to be able to allow golf cart traffic to move from the Palm Beach Polo & Country Club along the eastern side of this property, down Southfields Road and either into the International Polo Club through the back entrance… or to give people another way of going to the horse show.” She noted that the Equestrian Preserve Committee is working to

make golf carts legal on roadways in the Equestrian Preserve, as well as designating some areas for golfcart traffic. “We look at this as a huge complement to the polo club and to the equestrian community as a whole,” she said. But Mike Nelson, representing Palm Beach Polo, was against the access point. “I am against the village attempting to create an entry point into Palm Beach Polo, which is private property,” he said. Nelson noted that currently, there is a 12-foot canal crossing at that location, which is used by the club to access a pump station. Coleman asked whether Nelson was in favor of the Pierson Road access, and he said he was. “I think that’s wonderful,” he said. Village Engineer Bill Riebe said that for the Equestrian Preserve Committee’s plans to be developed, Wellington would need the access. “That has been our problem all

along,” he said. “Who goes first? The time to do it is now. [The applicant] wants something from Wellington that they do not have. Now is the time to make an exchange.” Adams agreed. “The only motivation is when a developer comes in and asks for something,” he said. “That’s your opportunity to do a public good.” But other board members felt that a required 25-foot easement for the site could serve as a multipurpose trail if needed. “The applicant has agreed to the additional 25-foot easement,” Coleman said. “That could be used for future golf cart access.” Coleman made a motion to recommend allowing the site access along Pierson Road and make changes to allow two single-family homes, but to deny a second access point on the site and retain its polo and tennis designation. The motion carried unanimously.

said there is a Florida statute prohibiting referendums to rescind local comprehensive plan amendments. “Basically, what that tells me is that we’re proceeding to spend time and money and aggravation on a fruitless petition,” Ryan said. “To me, it’s almost an absurdity. We’ve got the background of a legal process that we went through.” Ryan said that a referendum resulting in rescission of the college campus approval would expose the town to a lawsuit under the Bert Harris Private Property Rights Protection Act. “We’ve been told by the college’s attorney that it’s $4.5 million,” Ryan said. “That probably doesn’t count the damages we’d be assessed for the commercial development associated with the college. To me, the facts need to get out to people, because I don’t believe most people understand what’s going on.” Goltzené asked about a recent

initiative in Boca Raton to rescind an approval, a case in which a circuit judge ruled it could move forward and which the city is appealing. Goltzené said he did not think it is in the best interest of the council to try to pull legal maneuvers. “I would suggest allowing the people to have a referendum and make a decision, and then we will know one way or the other, and we’ll put to rest all these issues,” he said. “If the town wants to continue, we’ll have a divided town and we’ll continue to fight over things. I really think we ought to try to let the process, which is in our charter, go forward.” Loxahatchee Groves Planning & Zoning Board Member Grace Joyce said she thought the council and the community should be proud of the process they went through to get the college campus. “What’s distressing to me, not only as a member of this commu-

nity, but as a member of the Planning & Zoning Board and also as a planner, is there were ample opportunities for public comment and for folks to get involved,” she said. Joyce said she was relieved that the land use reverted from commercial mixed use that had been granted by the town to its original designation of rural residential, which allowed the college. The mixed-use designation would have allowed up to 500,000 square feet of commercial development on both properties, she said. Joyce added that the college had every right to explain the possible consequences of a lawsuit to recoup the money it had invested in the land. “I would much rather have a partner at the table that is going to be here for 50 to 100 years than a developer who is going to clearcut the entire process, asphalt it, put in retail and then walk away,”

she said. “These are folks who are willing to stay at the table with us for the next however many years.” Joyce said she would also be interested in contacting the people who signed the petition to see whether they had been given correct information when they were asked to sign it. Resident Thais Gonzalez, one of the leaders behind the petition, said she had received a call from a resident asking whether the property would have commercial development if the college approval were rescinded. Mayor Dave Browning explained that rescinding the present rural residential use that permits the campus would allow it to revert to the mixed-use designation that had been granted to the developers, which they are allowed under the charter because it designates that area as a preferred location for commercial development.

Gonzalez said the town should let the people vote and decide what they want. She also pointed out that the charter designates commercial use on Southern Blvd. south of Tangerine Drive from C Road east. “You guys have changed all of that,” she said. “You have gone all the way from Southern to Collecting Canal.” Town council candidate Todd McLendon, who worked with Gonzalez on the petition, said the argument about whether the college should be there or not should instead be about whether council members listen to the people or not. “For the five of you to throw legal maneuvers back and forth how to block this from happening, that shouldn’t be up to you guys to fight us,” McLendon said. “Let’s get it on the ballot and move forward with it and find out what the people want.”

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MANY ‘CUTE COUPLES’ ON HAND AT WELLINGTON’S FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE Area fathers and their special little ladies enjoyed a night out at Wellington’s annual F ather Daughter Dance held Saturday, Feb. 2 at Village Park. Girls ages 5 to 14 were escorted by their fathers to enjoy the night, which also included games and photos. The theme for the evening was “Every Little Girl is a Princess.â€? Each girl was given a crown and wand, and met with Disney princesses. The event was sponsored by Simon Orthodontics. PHOTOS BY LAUREN MIRĂ“/TOWN-CRIER

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Theft, Attempted Burglary Reported At RPB’s Katz Field By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report FEB. 1 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach met with a victim last Friday morning regarding a delayed theft that occurred at Katz Field on Sweet Bay Lane. According to a PBSO report, on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at approximately 4:10 p.m., the victims were at the fields for a soccer game and dropped their bags near the concession stand. When they returned to their bags around 5:30 p.m., they discovered that an iPod and an iPhone were missing. The stolen items were valued at approximately $750. FEB. 4 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was called Monday morning to Katz Field on Sweet Bay Lane regarding an attempted burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between midnight and 7 a.m., someone attempted to gain access to a storage room with commercial lawn equipment in the concession building at the park. The perpetrator(s) used a large steel pipe to attempt to force open the door but were unable to fully open it. The damage was estimated at approximately $1,000. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report. ••• JAN. 31 — A Royal Palm Beach resident called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach last Thursday to report a robbery. According to a PBSO report, the victim was waiting at a bus stop on Silk Carnation Way at approximately 6:20 a.m. when three unknown males approached him. According to the report, one of the suspects approached and asked to use the victim’s cell phone. When the victim declined, the suspect snatched the phone from his hand and fled into the Nautica Lakes community. Meanwhile, the other two suspects fled westbound into the Seminole Lakes community. The phone was an Apple iPhone 4s, valued at $120. The suspect was described as a black male between 5’10” and 5’11”, with short black hair in a fade-style cut and a scar under his right eye. He was last seen wearing orange shorts and a dark blue or black shirt. There was no further information available at the time of the report. FEB. 1 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was dispatched to a home on Orange Grove Blvd. last Friday morning regarding a stolen vehicle. According to the report, sometime between midnight and 7 a.m., someone stole a green 1995 Chevy C1500 with a blue trailer attached to it. The victim said that the trailer contained several tools valued at approximately $15,900 total. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report. FEB. 3 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on Orange Blvd. last Sunday morning in response to a recovered vehicle. According to the report, the victim was passing by an unoccupied house on Orange Blvd. when he saw that the garage door was partially open and a silver Honda Civic was inside. The victim believed it might be his stolen car and contacted the PBSO. After a search of the vehicle, the

victim determined it was his car; however, someone had removed the computer and stereo system from the vehicle. According to the report, the deputy believed the location was being used for other stolen vehicles, as there were car parts from other vehicles in the garage. There were no suspects at the time of the report. FEB. 3 — A Wellington resident called the PBSO substation in Wellington last Sunday night to report a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, the victim was at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center at approximately 9 p.m. when someone stole her black 2008 EZ Go golf cart. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report. FEB. 4 — A resident of Sag Harbor contacted the PBSO substation in Wellington on Monday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 11 p.m. last Sunday and 10 a.m. the following morning, someone entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle and removed a black backpack from the front passenger seat that contained a Sony video camera and a horse blanket. The perpetrator(s) then entered the victim’s glove box and stole a Coach wallet containing credit cards and $10 cash. The stolen items were valued at approximately $525. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report. FEB. 4 — A resident of Sycamore Drive called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach on Monday morning to report a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9:30 p.m. last Sunday and 10 a.m. the following morning, someone entered the victim’s vehicle and stole a .357 Taurus revolver from the glove compartment, along with an iPhone charger. According to the report, the victim said she locked the vehicle, but there were no signs of forced entry. The stolen items were valued at $430. DNA evidence was taken at the scene, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report. FEB. 4 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched Monday to a home on Tulip Lane regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 1:35 p.m., someone broke a side window to gain entry to the home. Once inside, the perpetrator(s) ransacked the house and stole a black .9mm Glock pistol from a bedroom, along with several pieces of costume jewelry. A safe was also removed from a bedroom and dragged to the front door but left unopened. The stolen items were valued at approximately $1,100. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report. FEB. 5 — An employee of Metro PCS contacted the PBSO substation in Wellington on Tuesday to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 5:20 p.m., an unknown white male entered the store, took a floor model Galaxy S III cell phone and left the store without paying for it. The suspect was described as a tall white male wearing a dark-colored shirt, blue jeans, a white ball cap, sunglasses and sandals. The stolen phone was valued at $499.

Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s help in finding these wanted fugitives: • Rene Molina-Gonzalez is a white male, 6’1” tall and weighing 220 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. He has multiple tattoos. His date of birth is 10/ 19/86. Molina-Gonzalez is wanted for violation of supervised own recognizance on charges of carrying a concealed firearm, possession of cocaine with intent to sell or deliver, and tampering with evidence. His occupation is unknown. His last known address was Jackson Avenue in Greenacres. Molina-Gonzalez Rene Molina-Gonzalez is wanted as of 01/31/13. • Natalie Thorpe is a black female, 5’1” tall and weighing 170 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. Her date of birth is 11/16/67. Thorpe is wanted for violation of probation on charges of grand theft and fraudulent use of personal identification. Her occupation is medical assistant. Her last known addresses were Mills Lake Circle in Greenacres and 78th Road North in The Acreage. Thorpe is wanted as of 01/31/13. Remain anonymous and you may be eligible for up to a $1,000 reward. Call Crime Stoppers at (800) 458-TIPS (8477) or visit www.crimestopperspbc. com. Natalie Thorpe THE INFORMATION FOR THIS BOX IS PROVIDED BY CRIME STOPPERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. CRIMESTOPPERS IS WHOLLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT SHOWN HERE.

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Pafford Urges Citizens To Get Involved In Legislative Process By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report State Rep. Mark Pafford (D-District 86) held a town hall meeting Thursday, Jan. 31 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center to get input from residents and inform them how to get information about the upcoming legislative session and effectively express their opinions. District 86 covers all of Wellington, Royal Palm Beach and Loxahatchee Groves, and extends east of Florida’s Turnpike into parts of West Palm Beach. Although Pafford said he probably represented most of the approximately 100 people attending the meeting, he said it is important for citizens to be sure they are addressing correspondence to their own legislators, especially since district lines were recently redrawn. This information is available at www.myfloridahouse.com by clicking on “Representatives” at the top of the page, followed by “Find Your Representative.” Citizens will then be asked to fill in their address, and the system will automatically tell them their state representative, state senator and congressman. “Original letters are important,” Pafford said. “Form letters are not so hot. The more you know on how to communicate with us, the better.” Residents who want to be active in the legislative process should try to understand the basics of how the system works and to express how particular bills will affect them, their family, their busi-

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continued from page 1 commercial property. We’ve not only gone west too far, we’ve gone north too far.” McLendon is part of a committee petitioning to repeal a council ordinance allowing the campus on the Simon property. “The college is the head of the problem,” he

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ness and/or their community. Pafford suggested that correspondence be polite, even if the writer disagrees strongly with his representative’s point of view. Letters or e-mails should be brief and cover only one issue per correspondence. The issue or opinion should be at the beginning of the letter and not buried in the text. “My point is, stay on task even when you visit with us,” he said, explaining that he tries to make himself available to his constituents so that they do not have to make the trek to Tallahassee. “Usually I’m trying to make a point of reaching out to you. This is a normal thing for me to do. I try to visit your cities, your municipalities, before and after sessions. I think it’s very healthy that I understand what people are thinking about.” People wanting to track a particular bill should go to www. myfloridahouse.com, click on “Legislative Tracking” and create an account. Entering a bill number will enable people to follow a particular bill. Keywords enable people to follow issues by topic. They will receive e-mails on any activity regarding the bill number or topic. Pafford cautioned that the legislative process is very structured, and it is important to go to people who have the authority to put legislation in the appropriate committees. Among bills he is sponsoring or co-sponsoring is the “Child Safety Devices” or booster seat bill. Pafford noted that Florida is

one of few states that do not require small children to be strapped into a booster seat. “There’s federal money attached to actually having a law,” he said. “It’s a bill that I think may actually get some traction this year.” He is also co-sponsoring the “Homelessness Bill,” sponsored by State Rep. Betty Reed (D-District 61), which would give a driver-license applicant the opportunity to check a box to donate $1 to a fund for the homeless. It was introduced last year but did not pass. Pafford said he is on two of the three committees the bill must go through. “I co-sponsor a lot of bills because there are many good bills out there,” he said. “I generally [co-]sponsor bills whose sponsor I know personally, [because] I know that there is a very good chance that the bill is not going to turn into something by the time it hits the floor that would make it embarrassing to have my name on it.” Pafford also pointed out that House bills must have an accompanying bill in the Senate. “Your bill in the House doesn’t have a chance of passing if it doesn’t have a Senate sponsor,” he said. About 3,000 bills are introduced in each session. Of those, 250 or 300 bills make it to the floor, where he estimated that 95 percent pass. “It’s a heck of a process,” he said. “The amount of information that we receive is just overwhelming.” Pafford is sponsoring an urban development and infill assistance

said. “It’s not the whole body of the problem. The problem with the college is it’s going to fuel the need for more commercial development.” Without the campus, he does not believe Southern Blvd. is ripe for commercial development. “The college is going to be the fertilizer for that development,” he said. “You bring 12,000 people down Southern and B Road, and that’s going to create a need.” Further, McLendon believes that commercial development will create a requirement for affordable housing. “Somewhere within your town, you have to have affordable housing so the people who work in these commercial establishments can live close to where they work,” he said. “Affordable housing is not five-acre home sites like Loxahatchee Groves typically is… so we’re going to have to allow condos and townhouses somewhere within our town.” He said the direction is taking Loxahatchee Groves away from its rural community roots. “You won’t

be able to differentiate it from West Palm Beach,” McLendon said. “The college, unfortunately, is in a precarious situation where they’re kind of an innocent bystander coming into this.” Along with the college comes the developer-funded paving of B Road, which McLendon said will further increase traffic. McLendon lives on D Road, where residents paid for paving. He anticipates that traffic will skyrocket when the college opens. “That’s not fair to me when I’m personally responsible for maintaining that,” he said. He is also concerned about the size of the town’s government. “It’s probably three times the size of when we started,” McLendon said. “I go to some of these meetings, and there’s more paid people than community residents. That is not ‘government lite.’” He noted a recent attorney general’s opinion that said the town does not have the power to enforce some rules, including setbacks, the council has imposed on

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bill that would put language back into the Florida statutes that was recently deleted. “The legislature works in funny ways,” he said. “Last year, we got rid of language in the statutes that basically contained the language that I’m filing to put back in the statutes.” The language creates a grant program that, if funded, would be very useful, Pafford said. “The one time it was funded was in 2001, and houses were built, community projects were built, some in West

Palm Beach. This was a $2.5 million grant program that was funded one time,” he said. Pafford added that a large amount of federal, local and private dollars were leveraged to help put the projects in place and that many of the restored areas had been blighted. “Because it had not been funded last year, they pulled it out of the statutes,” he said. “They said it was obsolete, which really bothered me, so this year I filed to put it back.”

Pafford is also sponsoring a bill that would create a registry for domestic partnerships. “It provides people in other types of relationships an ability to visit a loved one in a hospital that they may not have otherwise,” he said. “Many people think this is an issue that involves gay couples. If you think about it, there’s a lot of people who grow older. They don’t want to lose benefits by getting married. This involves a lot of people, so we’re going to try again.”

area farms. “They shouldn’t have been doing this for quite some time,” he said. “Not only did it impact a lot of residents and farmers here in the town with burdensome restrictions, it also cost us a lot of money in code enforcement to pursue these matters. That’s a clear indication of the government being the problem right now, not the solution.” McLendon said he has an issue with Rockett because of how he directs comments to the public in meetings. “He makes comments that we are the audience, rather than the people he is supposed to

be representing. An audience is people who just sit there and don’t interact,” he said. Rockett said he believes that McLendon’s point of reference is just about opposing the college. “He has made the claim on more than one occasion that we did not allow the community input on the college,” Rockett said, noting that the community discussed different ideas regarding the Simon property for years before the college campus was approved. He noted that multiple workshops are required for any landuse amendment. “We would not

begin the process without having a forum for the people to provide input,” Rockett said. “We went through a number of sessions specifically on the Simon property, with examples of what they would like to do, and a lot of workshops.” Rockett said that what the college brought forward was essentially a product of those public workshops, which were advertised and reported in the media. “The whole structure is centered around getting input from people, and they played a very big role in molding what we did,” he said.

Art Society To Meet On Feb. 13 The Wellington Art Society’s next monthly meeting will take place Wednesday, Feb. 13 at the Wellington Community Center (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). The meeting opens with a social half-hour at 6:30 p.m., when the group will welcome 10 new members and see some of their work. There will also be a raffle of art and art-related items with the proceeds going to the Wellington Art Society Scholarship Fund. The general meeting begins at 7 p.m. At 7:30 p.m., there will be a demonstration by Jupiter paper artist Nina Fusco. Guests are welcome for a $5 fee.

Fusco’s paper sculpture passion began 20 years ago. Selftaught, she creates 3D paper sculptures by manipulating the flat surface of paper to give it life. She cuts, scores and bends the paper to create her 3D paper sculptures. Fusco explores the contrast between light and dark shadows in these sculptures. Her numerous creations utilize hands to send a message of love, hope and working together to reach new heights. Fusco’s award-winning 3D paper sculpture pieces, collages, pencil drawings and photography have been exhibited in Palm Beach Coun-

ty galleries. For more on Fusco, visit www.nina3dpaper.com. Founded in 1981, the Wellington Art Society is open to artists of all mediums and patrons of the arts, providing both local and regional artists the platform to share their work, learn more about their craft and serve the community through their art. Membership forms will be available at the open house if you would like to become a member. For more information, visit www.wellingtonartsociety.org or wellingtonartsociety.blogspot.com, or call Leslie Pfeiffer at (561) 7913676.

Next Acreage Park Jam Feb. 16

Royal Palm Beach Village Council candidate Justin Sallenbach held a campaign kickoff event with his “Premier Team” on Frida y, Jan. 25 at Club Fit of the Palm Beaches. Sallenbach is challenging incumbent Vice Mayor Fred Pinto in the Group 4 race in the March municipal election. Shown above is Sallenbach (center) with his team of supporters.

The Acreage Landowners’ Association and the Indian Trail Improvement District will host the free monthly Acreage Community Park Jam on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 5 to 10 p.m. at Acreage Community Park (6701 140th Ave. North). The Acreage Community Park Jam features musicians, comedians, and other artists of all ages, styles and skill levels. The Holy Cow food truck will be onsite, so bring your appetite. For classic car lovers, there will be a Classic Cruisers Car Show. Attendees are invited to bring and display their classic vehicles or motorcycles.

For anyone feeling lucky, there will be a 50/50 raffle. Join your friends and neighbors while enjoying an evening of diverse entertainment. Event organizers recommend bringing a chair or something to sit on, as well as mosquito repellent. No glass containers are allowed. This event is open to all ages. Acreage Community Park also has a playground and skateboard park adjacent to the jam area. Adult supervision is required for playground use. A consent waiver is required for minors wishing to use the skate park and available by

visiting www.indiantrail.com and clicking “Our Parks.” For more information, or for a signup application, visit www. acreagelandowners.org. Go to “Events,” and then select the “Community Jam” link. To sign up as entertainment or make general inquires, contact Bob Renna at (561) 602-0676 or bobrenna@ bellsouth.net. Sign in and walk up entertainment the day of the jam is also welcome. The stage includes some instruments and a public address system and will be set up for all to use. Volunteers to set up and break down are needed.

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NEWS BRIEFS Adult/Child Music Program Starts Feb. 14 In RPB “Miss Amy’s Music Together Program” will begin classes Thursday, Feb. 14 at Movement Arts Dance Academy. Music Together is an adult/child interactive music program in which adults and children sing and move by participating in activities such as instrument jams, chanting, group dances and scarf play. The activities are developmentally appropriate for children and are easy for the adult to participate in regardless of their musical ability. Available class times are Thursday mornings from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. and Friday mornings from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. The program will run for six weeks. The cost of the six-week session is $100. For more information or to register, call Amy Smith at (561) 876-7565.

P.W. Community Foundation Scholarships The Palms West Community

Foundation has announced that it is offering scholarships and awards for area high school seniors. The foundation will award 15 scholarships to seniors graduating from select high schools, as well as two awards for students who live in the area that is served by the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce but do not attend school in the area. One scholarship will be awarded to a senior from each of the following schools: Royal Palm Beach, Wellington, Seminole Ridge, John I. Leonard, Palm Beach Central, Lake Worth, Forest Hill, Park Vista, Suncoast, Glades Central and Pahokee high schools. There will be two scholarships awarded at-large to students who attend a magnet school or private school, or is home-schooled and plans to attend Palm Beach State College at the Lake Worth campus or enter the medical field. For application and criteria information to apply for one of these scholarships, visit www.cpbchamber.com/menu5/ scholarships. The deadline for submission of an application is Monday, March 4. All applicants must be available

for an interview with the Education Committee on March 18 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce office at 13901 Southern Blvd. in Loxahatchee Groves. The scholarships will be awarded to the winners at the Monday, April 8 chamber luncheon, which begins at 11:30 a.m. For details, call Mariela Castillo at (561) 790-6200 or e-mail mariela@cpbchamber. com.

Women In Power Luncheon Feb. 21 At Kravis Attorney, legislator, professor, lecturer and author Dr. Sarah Weddington will highlight the final “Women in Power” luncheon of the season Thursday, Feb. 21. Presented by PNC Bank, the luncheon will take place at the Cohen Pavilion in the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. and the luncheon at noon. Weddington, believed to be the youngest person ever to win a case before the United States Su-

preme Court, is a nationally known attorney and spokesperson on leadership and public issues. Weddington successfully argued the Roe v. Wade case before the Supreme Court. This year marks the 40th anniversary of that landmark decision handed down in 1973. She is also particularly well known for her work on issues affecting women in her many roles as attorney, legislator, presidential advisor, professor and expert called upon by the national media, including Working Women, People and the Washington Post, and has been a guest on The Today Show , Good Morning America, CBS Morning News and CNN. “Dr. Weddington has had a distinguished career in supporting women’s issues in this country, and she has been a catalyst for empowering professional women,” said Craig Grant, PNC Bank regional president for eastern Florida. “We look forward to her bringing these inspiring messages here to Palm Beach.” Weddington served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives, was the first female general counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture, White

House assistant to President Jimmy Carter on women’s issues and the first female director of the Texas Office of State Federal Relations. For 23 years, she served as an adjunct professor of the University of Texas’ Center for Women and Gender Studies. She is founder of the Weddington Center and has been an advocate for cancer research, being a cancer survivor. She has received numerous leadership honors and awards. In August 2008, Weddington received the Margaret Brent Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession. In addition, she was featured in PBS and AOL’s series Makers: Women Who Make America . Makers is a historic video project exploring the compelling narratives of women who challenge, lead and inspire. Built from an archive of extraordinary stories, a comprehensive and innovative three-hour documentary of the organized women’s movement will air on PBS in early 2013. PNC’s “Women in Power” speaker series was created in 2007

Dr. Sarah Weddington to raise awareness of and support for programs that encourage and promote the development of girls and women. In support of this mission, nationally acclaimed female speakers are brought to the area to present their personal and professional journey to success. Tickets for the Feb. 21 luncheon cost $50, and 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit the YWCA of Palm Beach County. Reservations can be made by calling the YWCA of Palm Beach County at (561) 640-0050, ext. 134.

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THE 2013 SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR CONCLUDES 17-DAY RUN AT THE FAIRGROUNDS The 2013 South Florida Fair came to a close on Sunday, Feb. 3, wrapping up 17 days of rides, shows, music, food and general fair fun. This year’s Washington, D.C. theme was very popular. As part of the patriotic theme, 259 people from 41 different countries were sworn in as United States citizens on Feb. 1. For more about the fair, visit www.southfloridafair.com. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Wellington Mayor Bob Margolis (left) and Loxahatchee Groves Mayor Dave Browning (right) in the mayors parade held Jan. 27.

New citizen Khamerjee Martin with (front, L-R) Nyckerie and Narahjee Martin; (back) Marcus and Sonny Martin.

Newly naturalized citizens gather in the Oval Office replica.

Alex and Aaliyah Soto check out the Huey helicopter.

Judge Gus Schwartzbeck with 2013 Youth Dairy Cow winner Cady McGehee and jersey cow grand champion Winnie’s Girl.

LOCAL WORLD WAR II VETERAN HONORED DURING LUNCHEON AT WYCLIFFE The Combat Infantrymen’s Association held a luncheon honoring Dr. Harold Berkman on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at the Wycliffe Golf & Country Club. Berkman and his wife Muriel, longtime residents of Wycliffe, hosted the chapter. Berkman was awarded the Combat Infantrymen’s Badge for serving in combat. PHOTOS BY JESSICA GREGOIRE/TOWN-CRIER

Florida Southeast Chapter of the Battle of the Bulge President George Fisher, Dr. Harold Berkman and Combat Infantrymen’s Association National Commander Zalph T. “Bill” Cross Jr.

George Fisher discusses Berkman’s accomplishments.

Zalph T. “Bill” Cross Jr. introduces Berkman.

Muriel and Dr. Harold Berkman with Combat Infantrymen’s Association members.

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#1 EDUCATION PLACE WELCOMES GUESTS TO OPEN HOUSE AT ITS NEW LOCATION #1 Education Place held an open house Friday, Feb. 1 at its new location in the original Wellington Mall. In celebration of National School Choice Week, the school opened its doors to anyone interested in learning about its programs. For more info., visit www.1education PHOTOS BY JESSICA GREGOIRE/TOWN-CRIER place.com or call (561) 753- 6563.

School co-founder Anita Kane (right) teaches students.

High school math teacher Peter LaFerrara teaches Blanca Twohill.

High school social studies teacher Chris Rodgers assists student Jesse Myers.

Co-founder Judy Blake teaches Sam Cohen.

Elementary teacher Lori Maxwell.

High school foreign language teacher Ella Bender teaches Mary Jenkins.

WELLINGTON’S MIDA FARM HOSTING GRAND PRIX SERIES THROUGH MARCH 29 As part of the Ridge at Wellington’s schooling shows, the Winter Invitational Grand Prix Series is being held every Friday through March 29 at Mida Farm in Wellington. The competition features a 1.40-meter course on the facility’s impeccable grass field, and it offers courses designed by world-renowned designers. For more info., visit www.theridgefarm.com. PHOTOS BY LAUREN MIRÓ/TOWN-CRIER

Wellington Mayor Bob Margolis with show organizers Nona Garson and George D’Ambrosio during last week’s show.

Charlie Jacobs, Denis Quinlan, Wellington Councilman John Greene and Mary Lou Bedford.

Peggy and Kim Jacobs with Mida Farm owner Victoria McCullough.

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EQUESTRIAN AID FOUNDATION HONORS R. BRUCE DUCHOSSOIS AT FUNDRAISER The third annual Equestrian Aid Foundation fundraiser “Who Reins Supreme?” was held Frida y, Feb. 1 at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center. Two world-class riders from each discipline — show jumping, hunter, dressage and polo — competed in the reining ring. The nonprofit presented Wellington’s R. Bruce Duchossois with its Luminary Award. There also was a silent auction, live band and trick PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER riders to entertain the guests. Visit www.equestrianaidfoundation.org for more info.

Equine Aid Foundation President Scot Evans presents R. Bruce Duchossois with the Equestrian Aid Foundation Luminary Award.

Doug and Missy Smith with Steve Blaine and Patty Raynes.

Ron Neal and Mason Phelps with Dr. Jeffre y and Charlene Bishop.

Tom and Regis Wenham.

Patti Scialfa, wife of Bruce Springsteen, with Maryann Loring.

Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill’s Erica Prete, Michelle Rivera and General Manager Rob Kaufman.

Jackie McCutchan, Robert Ross, Caroline Orsini and Christy Hildebrand at the check-in table.

Horse Tales Benefit Tourney March 9 At Binks New Class Starts Feb. 11 “Bridles and Backswings,” a benefit for the Horse Tales Literacy Project, will be held Saturday, March 9 at the Binks Forest Golf Club in Wellington. Registration takes place at 12:30 p.m., and teeoff follows at 1 p.m. All proceeds will support the Horse Tales Literacy Project’s programs, which motivate children to read through the innovative combination of classic works of literature and the magic of live horses. For more information, contact Shelly LeConte at (561) 252-1432 or e-mail shelly.leconte@horse talesliteracy.org. Tickets to “Bridles and Backswings” cost $125 per golfer, $400 foursome or $45 for dinner only.

This includes a buffet dinner, live equestrian entertainment, a silent auction and raffles. The Binks Forest Golf Club is located at 400 Binks Forest Drive in Wellington. For more information, call (561) 333-5731 or visit the Binks Forest web site at www. binksforestgc.com. (Right) Golf Committee Member Bob Still, Golf Committee Chair Ed Por tman, Horse Tales Literacy Project Executive Director Glenda Laveck and South Florida Coordinator Shelly LeConte, Golf Academy Owner Kevin Perkins and Binks Forest Golf Pro Wheeler Stewart. PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

At Movement Arts In RPB

Movement Arts Dance Academy in Royal Palm Beach will hold a six-week session of “transitional” creative movement and preballet. The class will meet Monday evenings from 5 to 5:30 p.m. and will run from Monday, Feb. 11 through Monday, March 18. The class is designed for students who turned 2 years old between Sept. 2 and Jan. 15. In addition to teaching basic ballet steps, the class will also

teach students to follow directions, gain social skills and make new friends. It will prepare students to move into the creative movement and pre-ballet class for 2- to 3-yearolds during the 2013-14 school year. Movement Arts Dance Academy is located at 1241 N. State Road 7, Suite 11, Royal Palm Beach. For more information, call (561) 792-9757 or visit the studio’s web site at www.movementartsdance academy.com.

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LGES RECOGNIZES ITS SPELLING BEE WINNERS

Loxahatchee Groves Elementary School has announced the top two winners from the school spelling bee. Randy Medrano finished in first place, and Jackson Casey took second place. Both students will proudly represent their school at the Palm Beach County Spelling Bee. Shown above are Medrano and Casey with LGES Principal Richard Myerson.

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Landstrom Chosen As SECME Master Teacher Mentor Seminole Ridge High School teacher Erich Landstrom was selected along with 13 other educators from the country as the 2013 Master Teachers Mentors and Consultants for their strong leadership and contributions. The selected educators are significant members of SECME’s cadre of teachers with a strong tradition of leadership in SECME’s National Office Education Program Division. Because of its noteworthy contributions over the years, this group has been asked to accept additional responsibilities by serving on the SECME National Advisory Council and as SECME Summer Institute master teacher mentors or consultants. The focus of the SECME mentoring program is to enhance K-12 teaching and learning by leading professional learning communities during the summer institute and then providing institute participants with post-institute support. SECME Inc. is a national nonprofit formerly known as the Southeastern Consortium of Minorities in Engineering. For more than 30 years, a major SECME focus has been teacher professional development focused on K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). SECME’s capstone event for the professional renewal and revitaliza-

tion is the annual summer institute, hosted each year by one of its 42 member engineering universities. The 37th annual SECME Summer Institute will be hosted by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach June 1623. Presented by member university faculty, partner industry and government experts, and SECME master teachers, this intense eight-day residential STEM professional development opportunity provides educators with curriculum activities aligned to national standards, cutting-edge content knowledge, and a framework for implementing a SECME program. SECME was founded in 1975 by the engineering deans from six Southeastern universities. Today, SECME is a nonprofit alliance that extends to 40 school systems, 42 major engineering universities, and industries and agencies in 15 states, the District of Columbia and the Bahamas. SECME’s mission is to increase the pool of historically under-represented and under-served students who will be prepared to enter and complete post-secondary studies in STEM, thus creating a diverse and globally competitive workforce. SECME provides teacher professional development and coordinates student competitions across the country.

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POSITIVELY AFRICA VISITS PANTHER RUN

Julius and Julia Sanna of the band Positively Africa paid a visit to pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students at Panther Run Elementary School. The couple introduced students to African musical instruments and Swahili songs as well as learning the alphabet in Swahili. The Sannas brought authentic African artifacts, which included textiles, art, jewelry, homemade toys, currency and musical instruments. The children had a great time interacting with all the fun things the Sannas brought along. For more about Positively Africa’s educational programs and performances, visit www. positivelyafrica.com. Shown above, the Sannas introduce African djun-djun and djembe drums to the students.

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SRHS Students Honor Sandy Hook Victims Seminole Ridge High School students in the SECME Engineering Club and the National Honor Society chapter hosted a special blood drive to honor the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The Hawks host its annual blood drive “Give Blood: It’s Not Rocket Science,” which recognizes that giving blood is a small sacrifice with great rewards. Each donation can help to save up to three lives. For every pint given, SECME celebrates by letting the student launch a personalized pressurized water rocket launch. Working in teams, SECME students constructed water rockets

from 2-liter soft drink bottles and other materials, which are propelled by the “fuel” of a pint of water and air compressed to 70 psi. This year, to honor and reflect on the loss of the 20 children and six educators in the community of Newtown, Conn., Seminole Ridge students released 26 water rockets into the sky, dedicated to each individual killed in the shooting. Jan. 28 is also the day of remembrance for Sharon Christa McAuliffe, the teacher who perished in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion on Jan. 28, 1986. Blood donations will be dedicated in memory of her and her fellow crewmates.

Lewis Wilson, Brady Machado and Anna Alfieri.

Students in Eric Landstrom’s AP physics class.

PBCHS Hosts Dance Marathon

Palm Beach Central students show their support for Dance Marathon.

Palm Beach Central High School held a Dance Marathon on Saturday, Jan. 26 to benefit Shands Hospital for Children at the University of Florida. With more than 150 colleges and high schools raising money for local Children’s Miracle Network hospitals, Dance Marathon has become a nationwide movement. Dance Marathon is a completely student-run philanthropy celebration filled with dancing and standing, but absolutely no sitting. “We dance for those who

can’t” has become the universal reply when spectators question how people could stay on their feet for that long. The money raised from Dance Marathon provides for more than 17 million patients each year, including 88 percent of all children battling cancer. This year, Palm Beach Central decided to establish Dance Marathon. All money raised directly benefit Shands Hospital for Children. For more information, visit www. helpmakemiracles.org/eventpalm beachcentral.

Pierce Hammock Holds Spelling Bee Pierce Hammock Elementary School was buzzing with excitement on Friday, Jan. 18, as 28 fourth-grade and fifth-grade students and their families assembled in the cafeteria for Pierce Hammock’s annual spelling bee. The students had been preparing for months, and the competitors were strong spellers. After

several rounds, a winner shined through, as fifth-grade student Anna Alfieri emerged victorious. The first runner-up was Lewis Wilson, and the second runner-up was Brady Machado. Alfieri and Wilson will represent Pierce Hammock at the local area spelling bee Feb. 21 at St. Andrew’s School in Boca Raton.

NEW HORIZONS ARTISTS TO BE FEATURED AT WEF

Western Pines Character Counts Recipients Western Pines Middle School Principal Bob Hatcher has announced the Character Counts recipients for the month of January. These students were selected by their language arts teachers as students of distinction for their work in and out of the classroom. From the sixth grade comes Kendall Wright. According to her teachers, she is an excellent student in all of her classes. She is admired by teachers and classmates alike and is an excellent writer who pays close attention to all classroom assignments. In addition, Wright is willing to help others as needed. Seventh-grader Romina Giusti is polite and respectful, according to her teachers. However, she is also a force for positive behavior and embodies the ideals of the “Tigers

Roar” program. Giusti completely owns her grades and her actions. When given constructive criticism, she listens closely to her teachers and tries her best to improve. Her effort is apparent in every assignment she undertakes. Additionally, Giusti is optimistic, gracious and kind to teachers and students alike. She is always willing to work with someone who needs help and offers support with a benevolent, encouraging smile. Eighth-grader Cassidy Anderson’s teachers said that she exemplifies the character traits that make working with young people a pleasure. She is always personable in the classroom or whenever she crosses paths with her classmates and teachers in the hallway. Always cooperative, never forgetting to hand in assignments or homework, and always willing to help

Character Counts — Principal Bob Hatcher with Kendal Wright, Romina Giusti and Cassidy Anderson. others by volunteering to clarify something for someone who does not fully understand a concept, Anderson’s sunny disposition

and tireless work ethic will ensure her a bright future and make her deserving of recognition for her winning attitude.

New Horizons Elementary School students created a colorful mural filled with patterns and designs depicting an equestrian dressage rider. This project was sponsored by the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival, with murals on display at The Stadium at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. New Horizons will be featured in evening of events Saturday, Feb. 9 at WEF. Shown above is art teacher Katie Graham with student artists Leah Robbins, Kaylee Frost, Sebastian Bosa, Paytyn Hazelton and Natalia Bosa.

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King’s Academy Hosts ‘Mane Event’ Underwriting Party At IPC The King’s Academy’s “Mane Event: Havana Nights” auction underwriting party took guests on an authentic journey to “old Havana” with Cuban-themed characters, traditional cuisine and a tropical setting at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. The elaborate event was host-

ed and underwritten by TKA parents Ashley and Joe Maguire and TKA grandparent Kathryn Maguire. In addition to being great fun, the event was a huge success financially, and Joe Maguire was proud to announce record sponsorship for the coming Mane Event totaling more than $170,000

Event chairs Irelys Pattee, Denise Meers, Lisa Gerardi, Teddy Walker and Cristina Rodriguez.

to support the school and underwrite the auction. The Mane Event dinner and auction will take place on March 2 at PGA National Resort & Spa. Guests were captivated by the ambiance created by the Rumberas in authentic costume and the customary Cuban gentleman engaged in a game of dominoes. Executive Chef William Sellner, along with sous chefs Donald Kruse and Ozzy Vasquez of the International Polo Club Palm Beach, created a delicious menu of Cuban cuisine to the delight of more than 100 Mane Event sponsors. Joe Maguire spoke to the assembled guests and announced a record year of sponsorship with more than $170,000 already committed to the fundraising effort, which augments the King’s Academy annual fund. TKA Board Chair Dr. Clyde Meckstroth thanked the Maguires and all in attendance for their financial support of the annual fund and the mission of the King’s Academy. The King’s Academy’s annual fund provides needed financial aid, faculty development, technology

Joe, Ashley and Kathryn Maguire with children Bryson and Kathryn. and facilities/program enhancements at the Christian school, which serves more than 1,100 students from K4 through 12th grade from throughout Palm Beach County. Presenting sponsors of the 2013 Mane Event are Equity Trust Company (the Desich family), Insurance Office of America (Ray Dorsey, David Lodwick and Dan Ricker), Regal Paint Centers (Margari-

Alan Gerwig, Wellington Councilwoman Anne Gerwig, Yalonda Meckstroth and Dr. Clyde S. Meckstroth. ta and Steve Rasmussen), Revan Racing Inc. (Michelle and Van Collier), the Maguire family, Liz and John Raese, and Andrea and Ray Titus. The diamond sponsors are Shirleen and Ed Aiello. Platinum sponsors are Braman Honda (Cristina and Mike Rodriguez), Insurance Express (JaneMarie and Raymond Graceffo), and Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

Gold sponsors include the Center for Bone & Joint Surgery of the Palm Beaches (Jeannie and Jorge Acevedo), Kim and John Cobb, Heidi and Kamal Fereg, Cathy and Dale Hedrick, and Ellen and Charles Hobbs. Tickets to the Mane Event cost $125. For more information on this event or about the school, contact the King’s Academy development office at (561) 686-4244.

Mark Llano Joins The Board Of Directors At Veterans’ Pathway Veterans’ Pathway to Business Success, a nonprofit, entrepreneurial grant program for Florida’s Veterans who have served in Afghanistan or Iraq, has announced that highly decorated Marine veteran Mark Llano has joined its board of directors. Llano is president and CEO of Source One Distributors, based in Wellington. Recipients of grants from Veterans’ Pathway are veteran entrepreneurs who are hoping to start their own business or who have an established business and are seeking funding for expansion. The

main requirements for receiving funding are for veterans who have served in Afghanistan or Iraq after Sept. 11, 2001; have, or are eligible for, an honorable discharge; reside in Florida and can provide proof of residency; and present a detailed business plan for eventual approval by the Veterans’ Pathway Board of Directors. Llano is the founder of Source One Distributors Inc., an established leader in military tactical gear distribution. In addition to being a Marine veteran and serving on active duty during the first

Gulf War in 1990-91, Llano has been presented with many entrepreneurial awards during his time at Source One, including the National Veteran Owned Business Association’s Vetrepreneur of the Year Award, the United States Small Business Administration’s Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year Award (Florida) and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 Florida Award (Distribution & Manufacturing). According to Ernst & Young LLP, the award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate ex-

cellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. “We believe Mark Llano will bring immense value to Veterans’ Pathway mission,” said retired Army Major Gen. Joe Taluto, vice president of the Veterans Pathway Board of Directors. “Not only is he a highly respected and decorated Marine, he has achieved great professional success as an entrepreneur following his military service. Mark exemplifies the busi-

ness leader we want our veterans to become — entrepreneurs with the vision, determination and leadership skills to succeed.” Taluto added that he is “greatly impressed by Mark’s life story, the adversity he overcame and the courage and skill it took to build a successful business. I have met many great leaders over my 44 years of military service. Mark’s character and integrity ranks with some of the best I have known.” For more information on Veterans’ Pathway, visit www.veterans pathway.org.

Mark Llano

Four Locals Graduate Marine Corps Training

most demanding entry-level military training in order to be transformed from civilian to Marine instilled with pride, discipline and the core values of honor, courage and commitment. Training subjects included close-order drill, marksmanship with an M-16A4 rifle, physical fitness, martial arts, swimming, military history, customs and courtesies. One week prior to graduation, they endured the Crucible, a 54hour final test of recruits’ minds

and bodies. Upon completion, recruits are presented the Marine Corps emblem and called Marines for the first time. Diaz is a 2006 graduate of Palm Beach Central High School. Hargrove is the son of Darla and Gerald Hargrove of Loxahatchee and a 2010 graduate of Seminole Ridge High School. Klarich is the son of Monique DeLauz of Lake Worth and a 2012 graduate of Palm Beach Central High School. Thompson is the son of Beky

and Thomas Thompson of Loxahatchee.

of its Naval mobile construction battalions. Atlantic Fleet winners are Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 (active) and NMCB 27 (reserve). Winners from the Pacific Fleet are NMCB 4 (active) and NMCB 25 (reserve). While supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, NMCB 11 supported engineering operations for three supported commands operating in 77 dispersed locations throughout six regional commands. Based in Gulf-

port, Miss., the battalion completed more than 70 projects and 46,000 man-days of construction, counter-insurgency operations and training support to Afghan engineer forces. NMCB 11 improved force protection, enhanced freedom of movement, and improved quality of life for U.S. and coalition forces, and set the stage for the surge draw-down of U.S. and coalition forces and the eventual transfer of the mission to the Afghan forces.

Marine Corps Pfc. Mario Diaz, Pfc. Austin Hargrove, Pvt. Mitchell Klarich and Pvt. Cody Thompson have earned the title of United States Marine after graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C. For 13 weeks, they stayed committed during some of the world’s

Allen Earns Naval Construction Battle Award Navy Lt. Christopher Allen, a 2000 graduate of Wellington High School, was one of a group of sailors recently awarded the Naval Construction Force Battle “E” award, which recognizes outstanding operational performance

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Piaget Overcomes Goose Creek 10-8 In Ylvisaker Cup Action At IPC The Piaget polo team staged a last-chukker rally Sunday, Feb. 3 at the International Polo Club Palm Beach to score an exciting comefrom-behind win 10-8 over a determined Goose Creek foursome in Ylvisaker Cup competition. It highlighted a day that featured three high-goal polo matches. Piaget fell behind early and trailed by two goals at the end of the first half, 5-3. Goose Creek maintained the two-goal lead until the fifth chukker when Piaget 10-goaler Miguel Astrada put three goals on the scoreboard to tie it up at 7-7. Goose Creek managed only a single goal from Chilean 6-goaler Tano Vial and seemed to have lost their earlier momentum. “We moved [Juan] Bollini forward in the second half and had [Joaquin] Panelo playing a bit further back in the lineup, and it worked,” Astrada said. “It allowed me more room to operate in and with Bollini opening holes, we were able to break through the Goose Creek defenders.” The plan worked, and Astrada went on to score three sixth-chukker goals while Piaget held Goose Creek to a single goal from Luis Escobar in the 10-8 win. Astrada led the scoring with nine goals on the day, including three penalty conversions, and was named MVP. Panelo added a single goal. Vial recorded three goals for Goose Creek (one on a penalty shot). Cote Zegers and Escobar added two goals each, and team captain Maureen Brennan

scored once in a losing effort. Astrada’s 8-year-old Bay gelding, Chaleco, was honored as Best Playing Pony. The victory evens Piaget’s record at 1-1 while Goose Creek falls to 0-2. In last Sunday morning’s match between Zacara (2-0) and Crab Orchard (1-1), Argentine 10-goaler Facundo Pieres continued to amaze spectators as he scored nine goals in Zacara’s 11-8 win over a previously unbeaten Crab Orchard team. After a 1-1 first chukker, Crab Orchard surged out to a 4-2 second period lead before settling into a 6-6 halftime tie. The game continued to be a struggle for both teams with Pieres converting a 40-yard penalty shot for Zacara’s only fourth chukker offense while limiting Crab Orchard to a single goal from 8-goaler Matias Magrini to keep it all even at 7-7. Pieres let loose in the fifth chukker as he scored three times to give Zacara a 10-8 advantage. Magrini supplied the only goal of the period for Crab Orchard as they found themselves trailing 10-8 with one chukker left to play. Pieres scored his ninth goal of the day in the final chukker while the Zacara defense shut down the Crab Orchard attack for the duration of the game and rode off with the 11-8 win. Port Mayaca got off on the wrong foot in last Sunday’s noon contest as they surrendered an early penalty goal to a Coca-Cola team that was determined to re-

Though Goose Creek led Piaget throughout most of the game, a late rally gave Piaget the win. main undefeated in Ylvisaker Cup competition. The early foul that awarded a free goal to the Coca-Cola team ended up resulting in another goal from a penalty conversion that found Port Mayaca in a 2-0 hole in the first three minutes of the match. Port Mayaca’s fortune didn’t improve in the ensuing two chukkers as they were outscored by Coca-Cola 6-2 and found themselves trailing by five goals at the end of the third chukker, 8-3. Four more Coca-Cola goals highlighted a fourth chukker that found Port Mayaca producing just one goal as the deficit grew to nine goals, 14-5. Coca-Cola coasted through the final seven minutes of play, allowing Port Mayaca three un-

answered goals in the 14-8 win. The victory gives Coca-Cola a perfect 2-0 record while Port Mayaca remains winless in two outings, 0-2. The high-goal polo action takes place every Sunday through April 21 at the International Polo Club. Ticket prices for Sunday polo range from $10 general admission to $120 box seating. Tickets for Sunday brunch at the Pavilion and its reception start at $55, upward to $330 for the Veuve Clicquot brunch package for two. Tickets can be purchased online at www.internationalpoloclub. com, or by calling (561) 204-5687. Find IPC on Facebook, follow on Twitter at @SundayPolo or visit www.ipcscoreboard.com for upto-date scores, schedules, rosters and all other polo info.

Piaget Vice President Lauren Duffy joins the team after its victory last Sunday afternoon.

Most Valuable Player Miguel Novillo Astrada signs autographs. PHOTOGRAPHY BY LILA PHOTO

Ben Maher Captures $100,000 Fidelity Investments CSI 2* Grand Prix It was a star-studded equestrian event during week four of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival’s “Saturday Night Lights” competition as Great Britain’s Ben Maher piloted Jane F. Clark’s Cella to victory in the $100,000 Fidelity Investments CSI 2* Grand Prix. Competing in the International Arena at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, Maher and Cella finished on top of 49 entries over second-place finishers Rodrigo Pessoa and HH Rebozo and third-place competitors Gemma Paternoster and Osiris. Leopoldo Palacios of Venezuela set the course for last Saturday night’s $100,000 Fidelity Investment’s CSI 2* Grand Prix. Out of

49 competitors, only six made it to the jump-off round, and the top three were the only entries to clear both courses without fault. Todd Minikus and Macoemba were the trailblazers in the jumpoff but had a rail down to incur four faults in 50.13 seconds to earn fifth-place honors. McLain Ward and Grant Road Partners’ Super Trooper de Ness followed and had the fastest time of the jump-off, but also had four faults in 47.59 seconds to place fourth. Rodrigo Pessoa and Double H Farm’s HH Rebozo were next and jumped the first clear round in 51.12 seconds to eventually finish second. Maher and Cella followed with a second clear round and galloped through the timers in 48.95 sec-

onds to take the lead. Gemma Paternoster and Osiris, owned by Paternoster along with Julia Harrison Lee, also cleared the short course and placed third with their time of 52.62 seconds. Last to go, Liza Finsness had one rail down with Ormsby Hill in 52.77 seconds to place sixth. Maher just started riding for Clark and has quickly established a great rapport with her top horses. Maher has worked hard to get to know his new mounts while showing in Wellington, and even had the help of world-renowned horseman George Morris as he forms the growing relationships. “Yesterday we had a sit down with George,” Maher said. “It really helped; it’s really great to have

someone like George to be the eyes on the ground.” Second-place finisher Pessoa spoke about his mount HH Rebozo, who has been with the rider through the most recent World Equestrian Games and Olympic Games. Rebozo spent some time off for breeding and is just getting back into the show ring. The Winter Equestrian Festival features 12 weeks of competition. More than $6 million in prize money will be awarded through the circuit. For full results, visit www. showgroundslive.com. The Palm Beach International Equestrian Center is located at 14440 Pierson Road, Wellington. For more information, visit www.equestrian sport.com or call (561) 793-5867.

Ben Maher aboard Cella. PHOTOGRAPHY BY SPORTFOT PHOTO

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L.W. Playhouse Concludes Production Of ‘Drowsy Chaperone’ The Lake Worth Playhouse recently wrapped up its final performance of The Drowsy Chaperone to a sold-out crowd for the third weekend in a row. The audience was thoroughly entertained from beginning to end. Tom Kooch, who played the “Man in Chair,” took audience members back to a time when “musicals were musicals.” He engaged them and made everyone feel each emotion as he ushered them through the musical numbers, while leading lady Janet Van De Graaff, played by Shenise Nunez, brought everyone back to the days when starlets lit up the stage in fanciful costumes and beautiful musical dance routines. Rick Hvizdak played her love interest, Robert. The gangsters, played by

The entire cast performs “I Do, I Do in the Sky” to close the show. Keagan Cerny and Andrew Spinelli, had the crowd laughing out loud with their rendition of “Toledo Surprise.” And Lake Worth Playhouse regular Ashley

Rodriquez played Kitty dead on. All of the cast members volunteer their time for months of rehearsal and production to put on shows such as The Drowsy Chap-

Shenise Nunez and Rick Hvizdak. erone at the Lake Worth Playhouse. For information about upcoming shows at the playhouse, visit www.lakeworthplayhouse.org.

Cleveland Clinic Gears Up For Feb. 9 Ball Major supporters of the Cleveland Clinic Florida Ball were treated to a “dazzling” evening event Jan. 29 at the Palm Beach home of Sydell L. Miller. The evening served as a kickoff to the fifth annual ball, themed “Dare to Dazzle,” chaired by Miller and her daughter, Lauren Spilman. More than 150 guests enjoyed cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a spectacular fashion show by Neiman Marcus that was staged in Miller’s dramatic gallery. Dr. Bernie Fernandez, CEO of Cleveland Clinic Florida, greeted the guests, including event vice chairs Lori and Bruce Gendelman, Judith Murat Grubman and Raymond Perelman, honorary chair Bruce Bent, Kathryn and Leo Vecellio, Trisha and Jeff Cole, Ellen and Irwin Levy, Nancy and Gene Beard, and Beth Pine of Neiman Marcus.

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continued from page 1 back to us with ideas,” he said. “This seems to be the most stringent. I figure at some point we have to accept one.” Drahos said he would like to see stricter penalties for those found in violation of the code. “If we increase the penalties, it

The 2013 Cleveland Clinic Florida Ball will be held Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Mar-a-Lago Club. This season’s black-tie affair has plenty of exciting entertainment in store, including the sensational sounds of New York’s famous Starlight Orchestra. A special tribute to Patrick Park is part of the program as the recipient of the 2013 Sydell L. Miller Award. All proceeds from the 2013 event will remain in Florida to enhance the premier medical programs and services offered at Cleveland Clinic’s West Palm Beach and Weston locations and support future expansion plans in Palm Beach Gardens and Parkland. For more information, or to purchase tickets to this season’s ball, contact Stephanie Miragliotta at (561) 804-0264 or ccfball@ccf.org, or visit clevelandclinicflorida.org/ palmbeachball.

Beth Pine and Sydell Miller.

creates the fear that once it’s gone, they’re not getting it back,” he said. “I’m not going to support this unless there are really strong penalties in place.” Drahos suggested revoking a landowner’s ability to have RVs at the first violation, but Board Chairman Craig Bachove felt that was too stringent. “You need to give them at least one warning with time to make a correction,” Bachove said. Board Member Paul Adams sug-

gested residents receive a warning with 30 days to correct any violations. “We have to be fair,” he said. Bachove agreed, but felt that a second violation should go immediately to the magistrate for handling. “If they’re guilty, they lose their permit,” he said. Radosevich also suggested stronger measures for property owners seeking to use RVs for more than two seasons. “When they come before the

Ashley Rodriguez, Shenise Nunez, Keagan Cerny and Andrew Spinelli.

Shady Ladies Gala Returns On Feb. 9

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The Shady Ladies Dinner & Celebrity Sunglass Auction rolls the $80,000 Adequan Grand Prix, a ringside dinner, cocktails and live and silent auctions all into one fabulous evening for the benefit of the Lupus Research Institute. Now in its eighth year, the popular event will be held ringside in the Wellington Club at the International Arena at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center on Saturday, Feb. 9. The evening kicks off at 6:30 p.m. with renowned fashion designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka. “This is an event run by equestrians. There are so many fundraisers held during the winter season, all for the benefit of worthy causes, but this is an event that’s put together and hosted by other

council, they should have to show proof that they are planning to build a permanent structure,” she said. Issues of occupancy and parking were also of concern to board members, who suggested that property owners be required to say how many people would be living in each RV on the property, as well as the number of bedrooms in the vehicle. They also suggested between two and four parking spaces per RV, depending on the num-

ber of occupants. Board Member Carol Coleman made a motion to approve the ordinance as amended, which passed unanimously. Drahos clarified that he felt the rules were a necessary compromise to regulate the RV use that is already occurring. “I just want to clarify that my voting for this is a compromise,” he said. “I believe it’s a tool that we can use to weed out this RV situation.”

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equestrians — Angela and Chris Paradysz and Teri and John Wood,” explained Kim Tudor, owner of Tudor & Company. Angela and Chris Paradysz started the Shady Ladies event eight years ago because their daughter, Allie, suffers from lupus — a chronic, complex and prevalent autoimmune disease that affects more than 1.5 million Americans. “People would be very, very surprised to learn who among their equestrian friends and peers are suffering with lupus. Many of those equestrians have banded together to come to this event in order to help us put a face on the disease,” Tudor said. Since its inception, the Shady Ladies celebrity sunglass auction has grown to include elaborate packages accompanying each pair of auctioned sunglasses. Attendees can bid on items like Bruce Springsteen’s sunglasses, coupled with signed CDs. “We’ll have celebrity polo sunglasses,” Tudor said. “Polo players will combine their sunglasses with lunch at the International Polo Club. There’s a long list of fabulous celebrity items to bid on, including Richard Gere, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruce Springsteen and many more.” To purchase tickets, contact Kim Tudor at (908) 512-2828 or kim@tudorandcompany.com.

Rocking Good Time At Dream 2 Grip Boot Launch Party At WEF The Der Dau booth on vendor row at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center came alive on Jan. 24 with upbeat music and merriment. The star-studded celebration was held in honor of the launch of the ultimate custommade boot for the active professional and amateur rider — the Dream 2 Grip Boot. Guests feasted on delicious Cuban cuisine, smoked cigars and had the opportunity to try the hookah pipe. “I love hosting parties for our clients and friends,” said Joseph Der, president of Der Dau. “It is always a treat to see everyone. We are excited to see the reaction to our newest boot.” On hand to enjoy the music, great company and festivities were such notables as international grand prix show jumping super star Debbie Stephens, Venezuela’s Pablo Barrios, Columbia’s Mark Bluman, Canadian Olympians Ian and Amy Millar, Olympic eventer Karen O’Connor, Gustavo Mirabal of G&C Farms, and many more. “I love working with Joseph,” Stephens said. “He is a visionary. He’s always asking the riders, ‘What can I do to make it better?’

We wear our boots sometimes from six in the morning to after the grand prix is over. What shoes do you walk in that are that comfortable that long?” The Dream 2 Grip Boot is a breakthrough in riding apparel technology. The butter-soft but extremely durable Dream 2 Grip Boot offers all of the features of the popular Dream Boot — double-paneled, inner leather lining, full length elastic, arch support with memory foam and cemented and stitched soles — but also pre-

vents wear and tear to the inside of the calf and ends wear where the calf meets the panel of the saddle, extending the life of the saddle. Equestrians are encouraged to stop by the Der Dau booth at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, HITS Ocala and at HITS Thermal in California to see the innovative boot first hand. Stay tuned for another Der Dau party at WEF in March. For 50 years, New York–based Der Dau has been making high

quality, custom boots and shoes by hand. The Der Dau craftsmen create perfectly fitted, second-skin boots and shoes through an unparalleled, exacting process. Founded by José Der, the family business is now led by his son

Joseph Der with passion and vision. The company prides itself on its commitment to excellence, hard work and dedication. The quality and beauty of the Der Dau boots and shoes have made them a favorite of celebrities

and top equestrian competitors. Debbie Stephens, Ian Millar, Margie Engel, Eric Lamaze, Jessica Springsteen and Betsy Steiner all ride in Der Dau custom boots. For more information, visit www. derdau.com.

Der Dau Party At WEF — (Above) Mark Bluman, Luis Miguel, Gustavo Mirabal and StephanieZilo. (Left) Rider Debbie Stephens with Der Dau’s Joseph Der.

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AC&C Still Has Four Rescue Horses In Need of Homes

Back on Nov. 7, a group of 13 horses was seized by Palm Beach County Animal Care & Control. They ranged in age from a few months to 20-something years. They were emaciated and in poor health. Nine have since been placed in homes, but four still need homes. Ellen Rosenberg’s Column, Page 25

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Wellington Boys Basketball Overcomes Sem Ridge

The Wellington High School boys varsity basketball team pushed past Seminole Ridge High School 72-40 on Friday, Feb. 1 at the Hawks’ home in The Acreage. The Wolverines nabbed an early lead and kept the pressure on the Hawks throughout the entire game. Page 35

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Planning for financial security in the future can be difficult. Wellington-based Insurance & Financial Services Group has a team of professionals who can assist you in the entire insurance and long-term planning process aimed at protecting you and your loved ones. The group offers many types of health and life insurance policies, savings plans and investment options. This gives clients a broader spectrum to work with. Page 27

Sports Bronco Soccer Girls Top St. Thomas Aquinas To Win The Regional Title

The Palm Beach Central High School girls varsity soccer team made history Jan. 30, upsetting two-time defending state champion St. Thomas Aquinas 3-2 at a home game to capture the school’s first regional title. The win sent the Broncos into their first appearance in the Class 5A state tournament. Page 35

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AC&C Still Has Four Rescue Horses In Need of Homes Back on Nov. 7, a group of 13 horses was seized by Palm Beach County Animal Care & Control. They ranged in age from a few months to 20-something years. All of them were emaciated and in generally poor health. Flash forward three months. “We’re very pleased that nine of the horses have been placed in homes or with other rescues,” Capt. David Walesky said. “We’re cautiously optimistic about finding homes for these last four.” The last four are very nice horses, and certainly look a great deal better than they did when they arrived. Debbie McBride, who helped work with the horses, provides her take on them. Copper is approximately 15.2 hands and 16 years old, a big-boned bay Saddlebred. He looks like he’d be fun to ride. He would probably need an intermediate rider because he is big and his trot is bold and lofty. He’s a sport horse-type Saddlebred who would probably do well on trails for a rider who likes a headsup kind of guy. He may have been shown. He likes kids and will ride them around, but isn’t as willing with adults. Golden Boy is a chestnut Arabian stallion and would be a great gelding. He has a loving personality. He may have been ridden bareback, if not formally trained. He has a quiet temperament and is good-boned. He stands Get updates all week long... follow Ellen Rosenberg on Twitter at twitter.com/ HorseTalkFL or stop by the Tales from the Trails page on Facebook and click “like.”

Tales From The Trails By Ellen Rosenberg 14.2 hands and is 4 years old, extremely quiet and well-mannered for a stallion. He needs to be gelded, and then he’d make a great riding companion. Spirit is a 3-year-old chestnut Mustang gelding. He stands around 14 hands and probably hasn’t had a lot of handling, so he needs someone with experience. He is smart, handy and has come a long way. He’s curious and friendly, and easily comes over for a pat, hoping for a carrot. He’s nicely built, straight and correct, rugged and adorable, with the potential to make someone a fine little horse. Star is a dun Paso Fino mare who was basically used as a broodmare since she was 2 years old. She’s in her 20s and stands 14.2 hands. This horse is still noticeably thin and needs TLC and an experienced handler. She shows behavioral signs of food deprivation more than any of the others. She’s more highstrung than the rest. It’s unknown whether she was ridden, so she needs an experienced owner. This mare just needs lots of love from someone able to offer her a wonderful, retired life.

Sue Moline with Golden Boy at Animal Care & Control. “I’m ecstatic that we found homes for the other nine,” said Rosemary MacDougall, an animal care specialist with Palm Beach County Animal Care & Control. “We had a lot of help from the media, the Internet, word of mouth and volunteers. I am so grateful for all

the people who showed up and helped with donations of hay, feed, equipment and, especially, their time, helping out with bathing, mucking and handling.” Sue Moline is one of those volunteers who See ROSENBERG, page 26

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Strolling Around With Skippy Is Now My Full-Time Job... Now that I’m spending a lot of time with my new grandson, I realize he has much in common with the family dog — they’re both big opportunists. Crockett (the dog, not the baby) is right underfoot if you’re in the kitchen. If you’re not in there, he still guards both its entrances in case a marauding thief shows up (a.k.a. The Newer Dog). If you’re eating, he sits politely at your feet with his chin on your leg (a discreet reminder of his presence), and if he’s in the car with you when you go through a drivethrough, he makes sure the server sees his smiling (slobbering, panting) face hanging out the window. He is not as discreet at the drivethroughs and will in fact trample you to get to the window, dig his toes into your leg to lean out and catapult himself off your lap if necesGet your Sonic Boomer humor every day! Follow Deborah Welky on Twitter at twitter.com/TheSonicBoomer or stop by “The Sonic Boomer” page on Facebook.

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The Sonic BOOMER sary. But he’s not a beggar, just an opportunist. Skippy (the grandson) is following his lead. Because he has no teeth and has known nothing but milk so far, Skip’s not a big problem at the drive-through, but he does like his walks — like Crockett, of course. Walking Skippy in the stroller started out as my desperate attempt to get him to sleep when all else failed. It was probably too cold to take him out, but I bundled him up, put on his red velvet Santa hat (the only one I could find on short notice) and off we went. He was

asleep within a block. But now he’s gotten greedy. The walks get longer and longer as The Skipster realizes there’s a great big, wide world out there that he needs to explore. He doesn’t want to go home. He cries when he sees the front door come into view. As for me, I’ve lost about 10 pounds pushing him around, and my death knell may have sounded last week when a fleet of heavy-equipment trucks rolled onto our street. Evidently, a new water line is being dug. Oh, the excitement! What is it about little boys and gigantic machinery? I mean, Skippy’s only five months old and already he’s mesmerized. He was just nodding off when we came upon the first dump truck, and the driver, who must have had young children of his own, politely put the motor on idle so as not to wake him. It didn’t matter. Skippy smelled machinery. His eyes popped open, and the pacifier dropped out of his mouth in awe. The fact

that a big yellow excavator was pulling dirt out of the earth was just too much. Then this thing lifted up the dirt and poured it into a dump truck. Could it get any better than this? It could. The dump lumbered away and a second truck took its place. Considering the show to be at intermission, I again began to push, but Skippy swiveled his head around about 240 degrees so as not to miss a single moment of the ditch-digging process. So our new normal is for the baby to refuse to sleep, for me to walk him halfway around the block and then for us to stand there for 10 minutes or so while the city installs a water line. Satisfied beyond anything a bottle or a pacifier could do, Skippy is then ready for his nap. While his engineer parents are at their jobs, working like slaves to earn enough money for his Ivy League education, Skippy is in Dreamland, blissfully planning his career as a heavy-equipment operator.

Sex On TV? Things Sure Have Changed Since The 1950s! There is a new development in television as several series have now been going where none dared go before. Characters are changing and are having new kinds of relationships, the kind almost never allowed before. They are allowed to have sexual feelings and, in some cases, even sex and marriage. What is TV coming to? In the good old days, this kind of thing never happened. If the father in Father Knows Best met an interesting woman, something always intervened. Marcus Welby did meet women but never got involved. On a few of the doctor shows, whenever an interesting woman came into a star player’s life, she generally died. Although Mary Tyler Moore sort of had a dating life, we never did get into her bedroom when a man was present. And That Girl somehow managed to stay virginal. Most shows simply followed the formulas set in the 1950s. Dick Van Dyke slept with his sexy wife in twin beds. And the original sitcom of all time, I Love Lucy, caused conniptions when the producers actually showed Lucy pregnant. The idea! Married people actually bearing children? That meant they were having sex (as opposed to shows where the kids were already born, which allowed the pretense that perhaps storks brought them while their parents swore off sex). The rise of the soaps on nighttime televi-

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continued from page 25 has spent a good deal of time helping care for these horses. “I’ve had horses and worked with rescues before,” Moline said. “When I heard about this group, I very much wanted to get involved. I went down to Animal Care & Control about three weeks after they’d arrived, curious to see how they were doing. They were still very thin, but they had the potential to be really nice horses. They didn’t have bad manners;

‘I’ On CULTURE By Leonard Wechsler sion changed that. Suddenly, there actually was sex around. Of course, the good guys (and gals) never cheated on a spouse and generally told the truth. As a result, of course, they suffered beautifully. It was the bad guys who fooled around. Then came Grey’s Anatomy, where the two leads started out in bed together having had a one-night stand, only to discover they were going to work together. And that accelerated the movement to more realistic (and frank) relationships. Did you like the idea of the chances that two characters might get together? Well, all you had to do was wait a year or so as everyone did everyone else. But that is sort of what soap operas are all about. But the trend toward having two major characters actually changing their relationship because of sex seemed a bit taboo. Everyone remembered the infamous Moonlighting curse. The first years of the show went very they just didn’t know how to respect people. I didn’t have a lot of extra money to donate for their care, but I had time and experience. And these horses needed to be handled.” Moline started going out two or three times a week, working with them and helping them learn. Using natural horsemanship techniques, she got them used to leading, picking up their feet, getting fly-sprayed, lunging and yielding to pressure. She found it a very rewarding experience. “I hope these last four find good homes,” she said. “That would be wonderful. They deserve to be someone’s special horse.” For more information, call (561) 233-1200 or visit www.pbcgov.com/animal.

well because of the obvious sexual tension between the two leads, a tension that extended past all logical bounds but held the show together. When David and Maddie finally got together, the tension dropped and the series declined and ended soon after. So most shows simply allowed relationships to hang on, occasionally finally settling things right at the end of the series. Ross and Rachel on Friends had a stormy relationship that only settled on marriage at the end of its tenth season. Shows are changing. Bones has been revolving around the relationship between Brennan and Booth in its early years, aside from solving a lot of crimes. Both had other relationships, but there were a lot of viewers who wanted them to get together. Finally, they did (rather abruptly), and in the very next episode, Brennan told Booth that she was pregnant. Since that time, the show has been split between the crime-solving and a lot of gooey child-raising sitcom material. On the other hand, Castle, which had the same situation, finally solved it at the end of last year and, while there have been a few episodes focusing on the new relationship, has kept its focus strongly on crime-solving. Of course, since

there have always been some family bantering, things have not changed much. Even in sitcoms, things are changing. Jess and Nick on New Girl have been platonic roommates with a lot of sexual tension. Finally, a week ago they actually kissed… really kissed. Will something happen? Of course, both of them have had sleepovers with members of the opposite sex already. And a lot of people who watch NCIS are rooting for Tony and Ziva. Penny and Leonard look like they might be a permanent couple on The Big Bang Theory, and even Sheldon might actually get intimate. The new trend is interesting because it shows the characters as having more human traits than on early shows. Attractive people actually can have relationships! Of course, just move up the dial to the premium channels, and they manage a whole lot without any ideas of marriage. Plus, they use the language regular folks use, and they sometimes (on a few shows, often) get naked. But we can also see the old shows, which somehow are funnier, on many late-night stations. Something for everyone — the American way!

Valentine’s Day Ice Skating At Skate Zone

Sunsport Gardens Midwinter Festival

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Palm Beach Skate Zone will host “Sweetheart Skate” Thursday, Feb. 14 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Palm Beach Skate Zone invites you to smooch while you ice skate, cuddle up with a hot chocolate from the snack bar or hold hands with loved ones as you ride the ice. All couples, families and friends are welcome, and there is free admission for the ladies. Palm Beach Skate Zone is located at 8125 Lake Worth Road, just west of Florida’s Turnpike. For more information about “Sweetheart Skate” or ice skating at Palm Beach Skate Zone, visit www.pbskatezone.com or call (561) 963-5900.

Sunsport Gardens in Loxahatchee Groves will host the 25th annual Midwinter Naturist Festival Feb. 14-20. This year’s new age festival will feature workshops on health, personal growth, bodywork, ecology, relationships, the arts and naturists’ rights. There will also be sports, drum circles, musical performances, dances, spiritual ceremonies and activities for children. Sunsport Gardens offers a heated swimming pool, spa, sauna, tennis, volleyball, petanque, a nature trail, children’s playground, full-service restaurant, free Wi-Fi and camping. Approximately 350 people are expected to attend. For more information, call (561) 793-0423 or visit www.sunsportgardens.com.

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Insurance & Financial Services Group owners Mike Ecker and Donna Talbot. PHOTO BY JESSICA GREGOIRE/TOWN-CRIER

Insurance & Financial Services Group Helps With Long-Term Planning By Jessica Gregoire Town-Crier Staff Report Planning for financial security in the future and passing on a financial legacy to those you care for can be difficult. Wellington-based Insurance & Financial Services Group has a team of professionals who can assist you in the entire insurance and long-term planning process aimed at protecting you and your loved ones. Owners Mike Ecker and Donna Talbot started Insurance & Financial Services Group eight years ago as a division of Ad’Mark Consultants Inc. The office is located in Wellington’s Chancellor building. Originally from New York, Ecker has a background as a broker, having worked for notable companies such as David Lerner Associates and Shearson Lehman Brothers. Ecker has more than 30 years of experience dealing with finance, handling and educating clients on the diverse investment options for their money. Talbot, who has been in the insurance industry since 1989, specializes in long-term care. She has experience teaching long-term care as a certified instructor at Palm Beach State College. At Insurance & Financial Services Group, Talbot is in charge of insurance and fixed investments such as life insurance, health insurance, long-term care and fixed annuities. “Donna is probably the most knowledgeable person doing long-term care around,” Ecker said. “She’s been doing it a long time and is well qualified.” Talbot does free reviews for people who have existing policies. “She reviews them to see if there are any changes because people think they’re covered, but they’re not, or the coverage is inadequate,” Ecker said. This is also prevalent with life insurance policies. “There are many things that have changed in life insurance policies over the

last few years,” Talbot said. “We try to keep people up-to-date with their policy as well as what’s new out there, like living benefits.” As an independent agent, Insurance & Financial Services Group is able to offer many types of health and life insurance policies, savings plans and investment options. This gives clients a broader spectrum to work with. “We have access to over 30 companies,” Talbot said. “We are one of the few independent insurance and financial companies in this area with the freedom to use many different providers and companies.” It’s all about working only for the benefit of the client, Ecker noted. “We don’t have allegiance to any company,” he said. “We are only working on behalf of our clients’ interest.” Some of the agency’s financial and insurance services include stocks, corporate and tax-free bonds, mutual funds, IRAs, annuities and life insurance policies. The agency also offers health insurance plans for individuals, families, small groups and businesses. Ecker recommended that people not get their life insurance policies over the Internet. “That’s the easy way but the wrong way to buy life insurance,” he said. “By going through us, we are able to pre-screen our clients before they apply, because once they apply online, that information becomes public record. And if they’re denied, that information is there for the rest of their lives.” Insurance & Financial Services Group holds ethics to the highest standard and is a member of the National Ethics Association. “Even our broker dealers are screened,” Talbot said. “We surround ourselves with good people so that our clients feel comfortable and secure.” Insurance & Financial Services Group is located at 12008 South Shore Blvd., Suite 108, Wellington. For more information, visit www.wise2plan.com or call (561) 798-5678.

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Wellington Chamber Welcomes AAA Travel And Insurance The Wellington Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for AAA Travel and Insurance, located at 4075 State Road 7 in Wellington. The company is a not-for-profit, taxpaying corporation that provides services to its 53 million members in areas such as automotive, insurance, travel, financial and discounts. Its national headquarters is located in

Heathrow, Fla., and the company employs 40,000 full-time workers throughout North America and has more than 53 million members. Kathleen Euler is one of the managers at the Wellington location. “We offer many services here in the Wellington branch,” Euler said. “We specialize in insurance products, personal lines and light commercial. We also offer travel servic-

SafeGuard America Offer Benefits Tyler’s Foundation Local security representative Joe Americo and his company SafeGuard America/GE Security Pro are showing their support for the Wellington-based Tyler McLellan Foundation with a special promotion. For every residential or commercial system installed, GE Security Pro will donate $100 to the foundation, and to get things going will also offer three months of free monitoring service to the first 25 buyers. “We want to help give back to the communities we service, and we believe in what Kevin and Karin [McLellan] are doing for the families and children of South Florida,

trying to help keep them in youth sports,” Americo said. Safeguard America features stateof-the-art technology with GE Security Systems. GE Security Pro secures commercial and residential applications with state-of-the-art equipment installed and serviced by some of the most highly trained technicians in the industry. Its service features rapid response monitoring, a second-to-second monitoring system. For more information on how GE Security Pro can help you protect your home or business, contact Americo at (561) 352-1707 or jamerico@thesecurityforce.com.

es like tours and cruises. We always stand behind our AAA standards; we’re all about customer service. That’s how the organization was created, and we’re carrying that on. As people are searching on the Internet or in other offices looking for services and prices, we make sure that the customers we are serving are receiving the best possible rates. Besides representing our own company, we represent other companies also. These are all top-rated companies, so we will look for that very best rate for our client.” When discussing the travel services her company offers, Euler said that AAA travel agents are well traveled and know what vacation destinations are like first-hand. In addition, members receive tour books that provide ratings on different hotels and events. The books also identify hotels that are offering discounts. “It’s a show-your-card-and-save thing, which is a great benefit all around,” she said. In the community, AAA is the organization that sponsors the crossing guards at the South Florida Fair and has done so for many years. In addition, the company has a traffic nonprofit foundation. “When people renew their mem-

Ribbon Cutting — Bob Salerno, Gary Whelpley, Mark “Boz” Bozicevic, Carlene Siemucha, Randi Aylor, AAA’s Kathleen Euler, Denise Carpenter, Carmine Marion and Joanne T. Dee. berships, part of those funds go to lobbyists, who are able to help work toward different laws that we want to have passed, most recently the safety belt law,” Euler said. “We are now working on [a] helmet law, trying to get helmets back on motorcyclists, and a cell phone texting law prohibiting texting while driving. We are doing everything we possibly can to make sure people are safe.

That is our foundation. Customer service and safety — that’s what we’re all about.” For more information regarding AAA, call (561) 357-3475 or visit www.aaa.com. For more information about businesses in the Wellington area, call (561) 792-6525 or visit the new Wellington Chamber of Commerce web site at www.wellington chamber.com.

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RPB’s Jeffrey Schneider Talks First Watch Restaurant Tax Updates At FSEA Workshops Opens In Wellington “Individual Federal Tax Updates” was the subject of the day when enrolled agents Jeffrey Schneider of Royal Palm Beach and Twila Midwood of Rockledge undertook the task of teaching the topic at a recent two-day workshop series. Each January, the Florida Society of Enrolled Agents hosts a two-day event on both the east and west coast of Florida. This year, with all the uncertainty surrounding the tax code, tax forms and the myriad difficulties associated with this year’s tax filing, Schneider and Midwood stepped up and shared their knowledge of the subject with a large group of “America’s tax experts,” enrolled agents, in Deerfield Beach and Clearwater. The day was filled with challenging back-and-forth dialogue, discussion about the changes that had just taken effect, and new changes to the tax-filing forms that were also just available. The attendees walked away with a greater knowledge of individual federal tax updates and will now be better able to put to use the new information. Schneider, president-elect of the FSEA, is the principal of SFS Tax,

Jeffrey Schneider

Twila Midwood

Accounting & College Planning Services in Royal Palm Beach and Port St Lucie. In addition to business accounting and business tax preparation, individual tax preparation and payroll services, Schneider can help with any IRS representation problem you might have. He is a graduate fellow of the National Tax Practice Institute, the preeminent training source on taxpayer representation in the county.

Enrolled agents are the only federally licensed tax practitioners who specialize in taxation and also have unlimited rights to represent taxpayers before the IRS. For more information, or to learn more about the new client certificate, contact Schneider at (56) 868-1868 or (772) 337-1040. For more about the Florida Society of Enrolled Agents, visit its web site at www. fseaonline.org.

Award-winning breakfast, brunch and lunch restaurant First Watch made its debut in Wellington on Monday, Jan. 28 with the opening of a restaurant in the Plaza at Wellington Green. Located at 2335 S. State Road 7, the new 4,064-squarefoot restaurant features an outdoor patio and holds an end-cap space in the Office Depot-anchored shopping center. “First Watch boasts a delicious and unique menu featuring items made from only the freshest ingredients,” said Chris Tomasso, chief marketing officer for First Watch. “We believe this, along with our fast and friendly service, will cater perfectly to Wellington’s family community.” As the company kicks off its 30th year, its aggressive growth strategy continues to evolve in its home state. News of the Wellington restaurant comes on the heels of two other recent announcements for locations in Florida, in St. Petersburg and Winter Park, opening in the first half of 2013. The opening of the First Watch restaurant in Wellington brings the total number of restaurants in South-

east Florida to five. First Watch has 37 restaurants in the state and more than 100 nationwide. The new restaurant features an interior design concept known as “Connect.” It connects traditional First Watch design elements with contemporary executions by maximizing natural light provided during the restaurant’s daytime hours, and incorporating color tones intended to convey the warm and inviting personality of the First Watch brand. The design also accentuates an open-kitchen concept, which reinforces First Watch’s honest approach to fresh food preparation. In addition to serving unique and fresh entrées, First Watch offers its exclusive Sunrise Select Premium Blend Coffee. The special blend is made from slow-roasted, hand-selected, high-grown Panamanian, Colombian and Mexican coffee beans. First Watch serves its entire menu seven days a week from 7 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. The restaurant also offers guests complimentary newspapers and free Wi-Fi Internet access. For more information, visit www. firstwatch.com.

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‘Science On A Sphere’ Part Of Science Museum’s Expansion When “Science on a Sphere” was unveiled at the South Florida Science Museum on Feb. 2, guests felt as if they stepped into a classroom with Leroy Jetson — straight out of the futuristic cartoon about his space-age family. Developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, “Science on a Sphere” is a 6-foot suspended globe displaying animated images of atmospheric storms, climate change, ocean temperature, animal migration patterns and more. The exhibit is funded by a grant from Quantum Foundation and is one of the centerpieces of the museum’s expansion project. Using computers and video projectors to display planetary data onto the globe’s surface, researchers at NOAA developed “Science on a Sphere” as an educational tool to help illustrate earth system science to people of all ages. Animated images explain sometimes complex environmental processes in a way that is simultaneously intuitive and captivating. Imagine watching the nine-month trek of a juvenile loggerhead sea turtle as it swims from its release site. One of the “Science on a Sphere” data sets tells the story of Delta, an Atlantic sea turtle tracked from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science when she was rescued after being

stranded in Deltaville, Va. After recovering from a broken left flipper and severe head injury, Delta was outfitted with a satellite tag, in order to track her movements and determine the success of her recovery. Immediately after release, Delta connected with the Gulf Stream and was transported north off of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Delta then appeared to wander around the Atlantic Ocean before turning back toward the United States. Delta was near Bermuda when the tag lost its battery power and stopped transmitting. “You can imagine just how powerful this innovative technology will be to not only educate students and visitors but inspire guests to explore scientific career paths,” South Florida Science Museum CEO Lew Crampton said. “When children hear about Delta’s voyage and then learn about our own local sea turtle nesting season, we think more than a few of them will be inspired to continue a love of science and learning. We’re incredibly grateful to the Quantum Foundation for recognizing this unique instrument for teaching science, math and geography in a way that provides a dramatic visualization of complex information in an understandable form for the public. ‘Science on a Sphere’ offers a spectacular look at our world and at the universe. We know it’s going to

be popular with museum visitors of all ages!” Situated in a newly opened section of the museum’s expansion, the 200-pound fiberglass sphere will be suspended five feet off the ground. Four 3,000-lumen projectors and four personal computers synchronize and blend animated images from global environmental data sets. Images include the Earth’s topography, bathymetry, weather events, weather prediction models, and past and future climate change. Viewers can watch 500 years of changing climate or travel back to the time when the Earth’s continents were one large land mass. They can see the sun erupting in spectacular solar storms. With a focus on hurricanes, Whirling Weather, a new educational demonstration, has since been developed for school groups. More than 300 data sets will be available to teach students of all ages. “This unique exhibit is displayed in only two other museums in Florida, the Orlando Science Center and the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame Museum in Titusville,” said Kerry Diaz, president of Quantum Foundation. “Once installed, the South Florida Science Museum will house the only ‘Science on a Sphere’ in South Florida — another distinction that will set it apart from other science and nature centers. We are excited to be an integral part of

“Science on a Sphere” displays animated images of atmospheric storms, climate change, ocean temperature and more. PHOTO COURTESY NOAA

the museum’s expansion progress.” For more than 50 years, the South Florida Science Museum has offered an exceptional educational experience to more than 5 million students and visitors, and has succeeded as a growing and relevant public benefit organization in our community. Opening its doors in 1961, the museum was originally built to serve as an educational and cultural resource, and to further the understanding of science and technology within Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties.

In addition to “Science on a Sphere,” the museum’s completed expansion is anticipated to open to the public in early June. The South Florida Science Museum is located at 4801 Dreher Trail North in West Palm Beach at the north end of Dreher Park. Admission is $11.95 for adults, $10.50 for seniors 62 and older, $8.95 for children ages 3 to 12, and free for children under 3 and museum members. For more information about the South Florida Science Museum, call (561) 832-1988 or visit www.sfsm.org.

‘Altered Realities’ Exhibit Open Now At Lighthouse ArtCenter “Altered Realities,” exhibiting now through March 13 at the Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum of Art in Tequesta, features a retrospective of renowned contemporary artist Jake Fernandez. The exhibition is sponsored by Cotleur & Hearing Landscape Architects, Planners and Environmental Consultants. Fernandez’s drawings, photographs and paintings, some of which

Jake Fernandez.

span more than 12-feet wide, give you the sense of being in a totally different environment. Take a closer look; Fernandez has created a landscape by deconstructing reality and reassembling it according to his own precise and calculated imagination. Art historian and State University of New York professor Lynette M.F. Bosch, Ph.D., recently reviewed Fernandez’s work. “In paintings and drawings, Fernandez takes you through a woodland path or brings you to a meditative pause at the edge of a lake, pond or stream,” Bosch said. “His colors and forms move your sight, through the passing times of day, in which each degree of changing light transforms time. As Fernandez composes his images, the underlying structure of the geometric, perspectival grid is submerged into compositions that draw the spectator in and through his delineated spaces — so subtly that the picture plane between the spectator and the work dissolves.” Fernandez was born in Cuba and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Florida and received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of South Florida. An internation-

ally known artist, Fernandez creates complex pictorial structures with a unique depiction of light and space. His works are in numerous public and private collections throughout the world, including the Florida House of Representatives and the capitol building in Tallahassee. Fernandez lives and works in Florida and New York City. “In this 30-year career retrospective exhibition, Jake Fernandez invites you to survey his changing interests, explorations and development of style in multiple mediums,” said Katie Deits, executive director of the Lighthouse ArtCenter. “The Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum is pleased to present this unique artist’s collective of work.” Fernandez will give an artist’s talk at the Third Thursday event on Thursday, Feb. 21. Guests will enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 p.m., followed by the lecture at 6 p.m. The Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum & School of Art, a member-supported nonprofit organization, provides visual and performing arts for the community through unique collections, engaging exhibitions and cultural programs, a dynamic school of art and diverse outreach activities. Programs are funded in part by

Myakka Fork, an oil painting on 24 wood panels. the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council and the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners. The Lighthouse ArtCenter is located in Gallery Square North at 373 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, one half mile west of U.S. Highway 1. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, with admission free for members and $5 for nonmembers age 13 and up. Saturday

hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with free admission. The Lighthouse ArtCenter is a member-supported notfor-profit charitable organization, providing excellence in art exhibitions, instruction, education and outreach for all ages. For more information about the Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum & School of Art, and its exhibitions, programs and events, visit www. lighthousearts.org or call (561) 7463101.

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Bronco Soccer Girls Top St. Thomas Aquinas For Regional Title By Gene Nardi Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach Central High School girls varsity soccer team made history Wednesday, Jan. 30, upsetting two-time defending state champion and nationally ranked St. Thomas Aquinas 3-2 at a home game to capture the school’s first regional title. The win sent the Broncos into their first appearance in the Class 5A state tournament. Palm Beach Central traveled to Miami on Friday,

Feb. 1 to play Miami Lourdes in the state semifinals, falling 4-0 to the Bobcats. The loss ended the Broncos’ run for their first state title. It didn’t take long for Palm Beach Central (21-2) to get the Raiders’ attention in regional title match. In the 11th minute, a St. Thomas defender committed a foul in the penalty area, which set up the first score. Michelle Nilsen sent in an accurate ball to give the Broncos an early 1-0 lead. Minutes later, St. Thomas tied

The Broncos celebrate after Amber Agrillo’s winning penalty kick. PHOTOS BY GENE NARDI/TOWN-CRIER

the score at 1-1. The game remained deadlocked for the rest of the half. A big blow to the Broncos also came at the half, when star striker Yulie Lopez could not return to the game after a late first-half ankle injury. In the 51st minute, the Raiders took the lead 2-1. The Broncos would bend but not break as St. Thomas dominated possession and peppered the goal. Palm Beach Central goalkeeper Haley Brunner came up big with 20 saves on the night. In the 68th minute, Palm Beach Central’s Amber Agrillo saw an opening on the left side, worked the ball with her speed around the St. Thomas defender and shot a low ball that snuck by the St. Thomas keeper for the equalizer. The game continued into two 10minute overtime periods after regulation with the “golden goal” rule in affect. After neither team could find the back of the net in overtime, the game was decided on penalty kicks. Yulie Lopez managed to return to take the first shot and found the back of the net. Agrillo, Nilsen and Andrea Delgado all hit their shots to give the Broncos their first Class 5A regional title. Agrillo’s winning goal sent the Palm Beach Central student body from the stands to the field in celebration, while St. Thomas players watched in shock as their season ended. “The girls continued to rise up and play tonight,” Palm Beach Central girls soccer coach Tom Dawkins said. “This is why we play, and this is why we coach — you never know what’s going to happen. God bless ’em.”

Bronco defender Ashley Jones passes the ball up field.

Bronco Isabella Grajales battles for possession of the ball.

Wellington Boys Basketball Overcomes Sem Ridge 72-40 By Lauren Miró Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington High School boys varsity basketball team pushed past Seminole Ridge High School 72-40 on Friday, Feb. 1 in The Acreage. The Wolverines nabbed an early lead and kept the pressure on the Hawks throughout the entire game. Meanwhile, the Hawks missed opportunities to score points and gave up the ball to Wellington, giving them an edge. In the first quarter, Wellington held Seminole Ridge to only two baskets, but put up 15 points of their own. Alex Peavler and Stephon Gordon each nailed 3-point baskets, while Dondre Duffus and Arthur Strappazzon added additional points to bolster the Wolverines. Both teams battled to control the ball early in the second quarter, but Peavler got a hold of the ball and

nailed 3 points to make the score 184. It was followed by a basket by Nick Arena, bringing the score to 20-4. Steveny Massillon responded with a 3-pointer for the Hawks to make the score 20-7, but Wellington came back with another basket to keep up the lead. Gordon then nailed a foul shot for Wellington, making the score 23-7 with about 5:30 left in the half. About a minute later, Strappazzon added another basket for the Wolverines, which was answered seconds later by Luke Miller for Seminole Ridge to make the score 25-9 with 4:04 left in the half. But Wellington continued to push, scoring back-to-back 3-point baskets — one by Peavler and the other by Duffus — to make the score 31-9 with less than three minutes remaining. Next, Duffus tossed the ball from mid-court, and Gordon jumped up

for a slam dunk, extending the Wolverines’ lead to 33-9. Duffus then added 2 foul points to make the score 34-9 with less than a minute to go in the half. But the Hawks weren’t giving in. Massillon sank a 3-pointer, and Zach Lewis added two foul shots to make the score 34-14. Then, with less than 30 seconds on the clock, Gordon added 3 points to make the score 37-14. Peavler finished the half with a 3point basket at the buzzer to send the Wolverines into the second half leading 40-14. In the second half, the Hawks tried to make up for lost points but were unable to overtake Wellington’s lead. Ultimately, the Wolverines came out on top, winning 7240. The Hawks traveled Tuesday, Feb. 5 to John I. Leonard High School for the District 10-8A playoffs, falling to the Lancers 66-58. The loss

Seminole Ridge’s Steveny Massillon takes the ball around Wellington’s Alex Peavler. PHOTO BY LAUREN MIRÓ/TOWN-CRIER

ended the Hawks’ playoff hopes for the season. The Wolverines will face Dwyer

High School Friday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. for the District 9-8A playoffs at home.

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BCS Teams Win At Homecoming

Binks Forest Elementary School cheerleaders gear up to perform during a timeout.

Binks Cheerleaders Cheer At WHS Game The Binks Forest Elementary School cheerleaders performed with their counterparts from Wellington High School at a recent basketball game at Palm Beach Central High School. The Binks Forest girls performed basketball chants and cheers during timeouts at the big game. “To have a chance to cheer along-side the high school cheer-

leaders is extremely exciting,” Binks Forest cheerleader Megan Fenton said. The Binks Forest cheerleaders are coached by Heather Brodnicki. “This is by far their favorite event,” Brodnicki said. The Binks Forest cheerleaders practice once a week at the school and perform at local and school events.

Berean Christian School’s normal uniform looked a little different from Jan. 14-18. The regulation uniform was traded in for costumes that represented each themed day, which included College Game Day, Wacky Tacky Twin Day, Vacation Day and more. Students participated in class competitions through various teambuilding games, costume contests and skits. The week culminated on Jan. 18 with the BCS Bulldog basketball teams securing wins over Jupiter Christian School. The Berean girls basketball team defeated the Jupiter Christian Eagles by 2 points, while both the boys junior varsity and varsity basketball teams took sizable leads and secured victories as well. The homecoming festivities of the evening began with the announcement of the senior’s victory and the presentation of the traditional “spirit stick” in the week-long class competitions. The highlight of the evening was the crowning of homecoming king and queen, Dean Hendricks and Emily Gatlin. For additional information about programs at Berean Christian School, visit www.bcsbulldogs.org.

Tyler Goertzen, Noah Adams and Daniel Pinkerman.

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Karate Students Practice Kangeiko

Eight students from the GenbuKai Karate school in Wellington met Jan. 6 at 6 a.m. at Ocean Ridge Park in North Palm Beach to practice kangeiko. Loosely translated, kangeiko means “winter training.” This type of training is a special test of endurance and forges character development within the participants. It’s also an excellent way for the students to form new friendships. In Japan, kangeiko is practiced outside in the snow during the winter. Sensei Keith Moore often held kangeiko in his New York schools before moving to Florida. While some parents thought it was crazy to practice outside in the snow and cold, the students loved it and looked forward to it each year. Genbu-Kai is located at 13889 Wellington Trace, Suite A-21, in the Wellington Marketplace. For more information, call (561) 804-1002 or visit the Genbu-Kai web site at www. floridagenbukai.com. (Top left, front row, L-R) Eden Martin, Tyann Bedwell, Kota Ramsey and Taiga Ramsey; (back row) Alan Tobin, Ron Martin, Brent Bedwell, Sensei Keith Moore and Catherine Mazzella. (Bottom left) Students practice in the water.

Brayden Reece, Sean Blankenship, Ethan Diberardino, Andrew Sword, Christian Lugo, Mark Chin-Len, Austin Wallace, James Cote and Mia Fusca. Not pictured (but achieved All-American status): Jaiden Manual, Isaac Scroggins, Christian Barbieri, Brennen Brewster, Cooper McCoy, Dalton Nutter, Vincent Prettelt, Conner Alexander, Dylan Anderson, Jack Higgins, Sean Houck, Jeremiah Scroggins, Christopher Atkinson, Matthew Smith, Morgan Jansen, Emily Rodriguez and Carly Gomez.

Pop Warner All-American Scholars Honored In RPB The Royal Palm Beach Wildcat Pop Warner Football and Cheer League honored its All-American Scholars at an awards banquet Thursday, Jan. 24. Pop Warner is the only youth sports league that requires academic performance in order to participate in the program. All athletes must

maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA. In addition, it celebrates scholar athletes that have maintained a minimum 3.96 GPA. The Royal Palm Beach Wildcats had 26 athletes achieve this AllAmerican status. Many have the opportunity to advance to state and national award recognition.

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Saturday, Feb. 9 • The Dressage Summit, a three-day event bringing together the best of classical dressage, is scheduled for Feb. 9-11 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. For more info., visit www.dressagesummit.com or call (855) 727-3554. • The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office District 8 Substation (14000 Greenbriar Blvd., Wellington) will hold a yard sale Saturday, Feb. 9 from 7 a.m. to noon to benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Call (561) 688-5421 for more info. • The Wellington Green Market will take place Saturday, Feb. 9 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Complex. Call (561) 283-5856 for more info. • Whole Foods Market in Wellington (2635 State Road 7) will host “Sweet Victory Cookie Decorating Competition” on Saturday, Feb. 9 with a team member competition at 10 a.m. and customer competition at 11 a.m. Call (561) 904-4000 for more info. • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Happy Birthday, Laura Ingalls Wilder!” for ages 5 to 11 on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 10:30 a.m. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info. • The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Altered Book Art” on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 2:30 p.m. Transform books into works of art. Call (561) 681-4100 to preregister. • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “What’s All that Jazz About?” on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 2:30 p.m. Children will learn about jazz in a presentation by Shenole Latimer. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register. • The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host a Teen Writing Club meeting for ages 12 to 17 on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register. • Denver & the Mile High Orchestra will perform Saturday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater. Tickets are $40 for VIP seats and $25 for general admission. Tickets are available from the First Baptist Church of Wellington by calling (561) 7935670 or visiting www.fbcwellington.com. Sunday, Feb. 10 • The International Polo Club Palm Beach (3667 120th Avenue South, Wellington) will continue its 10th anniversary season on Sunday, Feb. 10 with the Ylvisaker Cup. For tickets, visit www.internationalpoloclub.com or call (561) 204-5687. • The Rare Species Conservatory Founda-

tion will host the “Wild Things” art show and sale Sunday through Tuesday, Feb. 10-12 at Pferdekamper Studio (14281 Collecting Canal Road, Loxahatchee Groves). An opening reception will take place Sunday, Feb. 10 from 5 to 10 p.m. For more info., call McGovern at (561) 790-5864 or visit www.rare species.org. • The Hanley Center Foundation’s 18th annual Family Picnic will take place Sunday, Feb. 10 from noon to 3 p.m. at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Tickets cost $195 for adults 18 and over, $50 per child 7 to 17 years of age, and free for children 6 and under. Visit www.hanleycenter. org for more info. • Chabad Jewish Center in Wellington will hold a Bar Mitzvah Celebration & Gala Dinner on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. at the Binks Forest Golf Club. Tickets cost $150 per person. For reservations, visit www.wellington jewishcenter.org or call (561) 333-4663. Monday, Feb. 11 • The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Mardi Gras Mania” for ages 4 to 6 on Monday, Feb. 11 at 3:30 p.m. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register. • Movement Arts Dance Academy (1241 N. State Road 7, Suite 11, Royal Palm Beach) will host a six-week session of “transitional” creative movement and pre-ballet. The class will meet Mondays, Feb. 11 through March 18 at 5 p.m. for students who turned 2 years old between Sept. 2 and Jan. 15. Call (561) 792-9757 or visit www.mo vementar ts danceacademy.com for info. • The Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce Education Committee will host a free College Planning Workshop on Monday, Feb. 11 at 6:30 8 p.m. at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center. Call (800) 7766445, ext. 203 or register online at www. collegeplanningmasters.com/rpb. • The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Supervisors will meet Monday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. at the district office (101 West D Road). Call (561) 7930884 or visit www.lgwcd.org for more info. Tuesday, Feb. 12 • Na’amat USA, Sharon Chapter of Royal Palm Beach will meet Tuesday, Feb. 12 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center (151 Civic Center Way). A prepaid lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. Author Ellen Brazer will speak about her new book, And So it Was Written. For more info., call Cecile Millman at (561) 795-5811. See CALENDAR, page 39

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR CALENDAR, continued from page 38 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host the book discussion series “Between the Covers” for adults Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. Barbara Harnick will discuss Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. Call (561) 790-6030 for more info. • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host a Valentine’s Day Cards Class for ages 8 to 12 on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 4:30 p.m. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register. • The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Crochet a Heart” on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 5 p.m. Use your skills to make a heart using yarn. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register. • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Chess Club for Adults” on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 6 p.m. Call (561) 7906070 to pre-register. • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Fantastic Nails” for ages 12 to 17 on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 6 p.m. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register. • Whole Foods Market in Wellington (2635 State Road 7) will host “Sushi 101 for Kids” on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. for ages 6 to 14. Join in for a hands-on sushi class. The cost is $5 per child. Call (561) 904-4000 for more info. • The Royal Palm Beach Community Band will give a free performance Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Cultural Center (151 Civic Center Way). Refreshments will be served. For more info., call (561) 790-5149. • The Wellington Village Council will meet Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Complex (12300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). For info., call (561) 791-4000 or visit www.wellingtonfl.gov. Wednesday, Feb. 13 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host “Black History Book Discussion Series: Muck City” for adults on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 2 p.m. Library staff members will lead a discussion of Muck City: Winning and Losing in Football’s Forgotten Town by Bryan Mealer. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register. • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host a Valentine’s Day Workshop for age 6 and up on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 3:30 p.m. Call (561) 790-6070 for info. • The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host the adult book discussion series “Between the Covers” on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 4 p.m. featuring A Walk in the Woods

by Bill Bryson. Call (561) 681-4100 to preregister. • The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors will meet Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the district office (13476 61st St. North). Call (561) 793-0874 or visit www.indiantrail.com for more info. • The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Hooked on Crochet” for adults Wednesdays, Feb. 13 and 27 at 6:30 p.m. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info. Thursday, Feb. 14 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host “Finding Your Florida Doctor” for adults Thursday, Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. Consumer Health Information Service librarians will share their expertise so you can make the right choice. Call (561) 7906030 to pre-register. • The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Valentine’s Day” for ages 4 to 6 on Thursday, Feb. 14 at 3:30 p.m. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register. • Wellington’s Food Truck Invasion will take place Thursday, Feb. 14 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 more info. • The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host “Handmade Valentines” on Thursday, Feb. 14 at 6:30 p.m. Call (561) 6814100 to pre-register. Friday, Feb. 15 • The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host a Storytelling Workshop for ages 9 to 14 on Friday, Feb. 15 at 4:30 p.m. Florida Storytelling Association member Monica Ladd will teach basic storytelling techniques. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register. • Whole Foods Market in Wellington (2635 State Road 7) will host a Local Artist Celebration on Friday, Feb. 15 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Meet Wellington Art Society artist Maria Lentine and view her paintings inspired by colorful floral design. The $5 entrance fee will benefit the Wellington Art Society Scholarship Fund. Call (561) 904-4000 for info. • Royal Palm Beach will host a free screening of the movie Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted Friday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Veterans Park Amphitheater. Bring your own seating. Call (561) 790-5149 for info. • Live auditions for Wellington Idol will take place Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15 and 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater. Call (561) 753-2484 or visit www.wellington fl.gov for more info.

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