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County Zoners Support Manure Recycling Facility In Industrial Area

The Palm Beach County Planning & Zoning Commission on Tuesday, Nov. 3 recommended approval of an equestrian waste recycling facility in an industrial area on the east side of Benoist Farms Road about a third of a mile north of Southern Blvd. Page 3

Historical Society Panel Discusses Early Days Of Wellington

The Wellington Historical Society presented a virtual panel discussion Wednesday, Nov. 18 about the history of Wellington, from the first sales of lots in the community through two incorporation initiatives, the original comprehensive land use plan, initial efforts to make Wellington the “Winter Equestrian Capital of the World,” to celebrity sightings, including the famed visit by Prince Charles and Princess Diana for a polo match. Page 7

Second Annual Palm Beach Concours Hosted At Wellington Estate

(L-R) Center for Success Manager Luis Torres, WCF Board Member Mickey Smith, Veterans Club Vice President Fred Hoskinson, WCF Chair Tom Wenham, Palm Beach State College Director of Partnerships Anna Thomas, WCF Vice Chair Maria Becker, WCF Board Member Jim Sackett and WCF Board Member Dr. Gordon Johnson.

Foundation Supports PBSC Veterans Success Center With $10,000 Donation

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Community Foundation has donated $10,000 to the Palm Beach State College Foundation to help veterans who are Wellington residents toward their degree. The presentation was made at the Veterans Success Center at the Palm Beach State College main campus. Proceeds were from the foundation’s Red, White & Blue Jeans “Salute To Our Heroes” event. Wellington Community Foundation Chair Tom Wenham, a Korean War veteran, said this program is near and dear to his heart. “We are pleased and proud to partner with Palm Beach State College and the college’s Veterans Success Center with Wellington Community Foundation funding for Wellington resident veterans to support their tuition and educationrelated expenses that will help prepare these veterans who served in our country to meet the needs of the 21st century,” he said.

The money will assist Wellington veterans who face hardship beyond what is available from other sources and help bridge the gap from where a veteran ends active duty and enters college life. “About 60 percent of our students have a household income of $30,000 [or below],” Palm Beach State College Director of Partnerships Anna Thomas said. “You can imagine that in Palm Beach County, a lot of those families are working class and are service industry workers on some type of federal financial aid.” She said that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented additional challenges to students who must pay for computers and internet service to attend classes virtually. “We did get a federal deliverance package, and we were able to provide laptops to about 1,000 students. That has helped, but you’re looking at a huge population. The good news is that the foundation has stepped up to help one of our other programs.”

Thomas said that the college’s focus is getting veterans retooled from service industry jobs where many are employed, to professions and trades that people can be trained for in eight to 18 months. The Veterans Success Center helps guide veterans through the process to avenues that will assure them a lucrative place in the work environment, Center for Success Manager Luis Torres explained. The Veterans Success Center is equipped with staff that confer with veterans in person or remotely, as well as a computer center for veterans’ use and a multipurpose room where veterans’ groups can meet. “The veterans club is representative of our veterans’ student body,” Torres said. “A lot of the things we do, we want to get their feedback.” Veterans’ needs are distinct from the general student population, he noted. “They’re not the same as your regular students,” Torres said. See DONATION, page 14

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Indian Trail Improvement District will hold the long-awaited grand opening of Acreage Community Park’s southern expansion, along with a holiday parade, on Saturday, Dec. 5. The holiday parade will begin at Citrus Grove Park, located at 8501 Avocado Blvd., at 3:15 p.m. and proceed along 140th Avenue North to the park for the ribbon cutting, food trucks, a visit from Santa and live music. “We have a special event application that we’re putting out for anyone who would like to participate in the parade,” Parks & Recreation Director Elizabeth Ricci said, adding that floats, cars, trucks, golf carts and most

any conveyances are welcome. “We did reach out to the high school, but, unfortunately, with COVID-19, I don’t know if any of the groups are going to be able to participate. We’re still trying to socially distance.” Following the parade there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the band shell. “We’re also going to do a small ribbon cutting for the kids at the playground,” Ricci said, adding that the Garden of Hope, which is also complete, will hold a separate ribbon cutting at a date to be announced. “People can go just to see the bricks and things like that, but the official grand opening is not yet scheduled.” Food trucks and a visit from See PARK, page 4

VETERANS PARADE

A Veterans Day parade and honor service was held in the Town of Loxahatchee Groves on Sunday, Nov. 15. During the ceremony, held after the parade at Loxahatchee Groves Town Hall, local veterans were honored, and Frank Schiola Jr. was recognized for his Eagle Scout project placing military flags at the flagpole in honor of the late Ron Jarriel. Shown above, event organizer Councilman Robert Shorr thanks Frank Schiola Jr. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

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By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Village Council agreed Tuesday, Nov. 10 to negotiate a two-year contract with Deputy Village Manager Jim Barnes to succeed retiring Village Manager Paul Schofield. While many were surprised when Schofield, Wellington’s manager for the past 12 years, announced his retirement late last month, where the village’s next leader would come from was less of a surprise. When Schofield informed the council that he would be retiring in February, the next question became whether the village would conduct a nationwide search, a statewide search or promote from within. The decision was quickly made to bring stability to the village by promoting from within, with an eye on Schofield’s second in command.

“It has been such a pleasure working with you Mr. Schofield while I’ve been on the council, as every aspect of the village operates well under your management decisions. I want to thank you for everything you’ve done for the village,” said Vice Mayor Tanya Siskind, echoing the consensus of the council at the Nov. 10 meeting. “My thought is to promote from within. We are in a very unique position here, and we have someone who can transition in seamlessly.” That person is Barnes, Siskind said. “He was my first thought when I got over the shock of hearing the first news of Mr. Schofield leaving. I immediately thought of Mr. Barnes, and I think it is in the best interest of Wellington to promote from within,” she said, pointing out that a search could be expensive and take up to a year. Councilman John McGovern

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Deputy Village Manager Jim Barnes agreed that Barnes would be the best choice. “Continuity has become something that is important to our residents and to our community partners and stakeholders,” he See BARNES, page 14

By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Commission recently granted a unique approval which will allow a new real estate office building on the west side of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road at Orange Blvd. Chad Hanna of Reach Estate LLC runs one of the few real estate brokerages with a physical office in the Acreage/Loxahatchee area primarily serving residents locally. His office is currently in the Acreage Publix Plaza, where it opened three years ago. “The goal of our business is to be sensitive to the emotions that The Acreage people are feeling when they want to sell their home or when someone wants to buy a

house and move into The Acreage,” he said. Two years ago, Hanna began the in-depth process of changing the zoning on a nearby residential property to commercial low impact (CLO). It was an unusual request, but it was on one of the few residential properties where such a change could make sense, given its location on a major roadway and its proximity to the existing commercial center. “The Palm Beach County Planning Commission approved the initiation of a land use change that would allow a real estate office and/or CLO-type business on the southwest corner of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road and Orange Blvd. See REACH, page 7

Wellington Pioneer Ken Adams Dies At Age 90

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Former Palm Beach County Commissioner Ken Adams, who was a leader in Wellington’s incorporation effort, died after a prolonged illness at the age of 90 in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 11. A retired U.S. Air Force major, Adams bought a chain of True Value hardware stores in upstate New York after his military service. He moved to South Florida with his wife Arle after selling the hardware stores, making their home on 50 acres in the Little Ranches neighborhood in 1978, where they kept horses and foxhounds. They

held hunts in Binks Forest, which was undeveloped at the time. Former Wellington Mayor Tom Wenham recalled many conversations with Adams about Palm Beach County and the future of Wellington, which had not yet incorporated. “He was very interested in the Village of Wellington and Palm Beach County,” Wenham said. “He and Arle were interested in the equestrian events. He was a great person for us out here west of West Palm Beach. His thoughts and love were with the village, and as a county commissioner, he took that very seriously.” Ken Adams started the first

fox hunt in Wellington with the help of fellow Wellington pioneer A.W. “Bink” Glisson in the thenundeveloped area that came to be known as Binks Forest. Glisson is also credited with convincing New York accounting magnate C. Oliver Wellington to buy the land that became Wellington in the 1950s. Glisson spearheaded the creation of the Acme Improvement District, which was Wellington’s pre-incorporation government. It still exists today as a special purpose district operated by the village to oversee mostly drainage issues. After a conversation with Roger Wellington, who took over his

father’s holdings upon the senior Wellington’s death, Adams took a seat on the Acme Improvement District Board of Supervisors, later replacing Wellington as chair. Soon after that, Adams was elected to the Palm Beach County Commission, where he served from 1985 to 1988. From the county commission, Adams headed to the South Florida Water Management District Board of Governors. Former County Commissioner Jess Santamaria recalled his 40year friendship with Adams. “I had the good fortune of meeting Ken in 1980, when he walked See ADAMS, page 14

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Dr. Carmine Priore Added To Founder’s Plaque In Wellington

By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Village Council honored longtime community leader Dr. Carmine Priore on Tuesday, Nov. 10 by adding his name to the Wellington Founder’s Plaque, acknowledging his many contributions to the development of the village.

The council established the Founder’s Plaque to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to Wellington. Priore is the third member of the inaugural Wellington Village Council to be placed on the plaque this year, joining Tom Wenham and Kathy Foster. Priore’s service to the Welling-

ton community dates back to 1992 when he was elected to the Acme Improvement District Board of Supervisors, and he has served many roles through the years. He served as Acme’s president from 1994 to 1996, just before Wellington’s incorporation. In 1996, Priore was elected to the inaugural Wellington Village

Council and was re-elected in 2000. After stepping down briefly, he rejoined the council in 2004 and was re-elected in 2008, retiring in 2012. He remains the longestserving member of the council in village history. During his tenure, he served as Wellington’s second mayor, from 1998 to 2000, back when the position was appointed from among the council members. Priore’s influence reaches well beyond Wellington. He is a past president of the Palm Beach County League of Cities and was a member of the board of directors of the Florida League of Cities. In 2008, he served as president of the Florida League of Cities. Even after his time on the council, Priore remained active in vil-

lage affairs. He recently completed a two-year term on Wellington’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board. This is in addition to his work with nonprofit organizations throughout the community. Councilman John McGovern made the motion to approve Priore’s addition to the Founder’s Plaque, which was simultaneously seconded by, well, everyone. Mayor Anne Gerwig thanked Priore for his decades of service. “Starting with getting the village incorporated,” she said. “I recently saw a binder that was worked with during that time, and the name Priore goes all through it.” Councilman Michael Drahos said that he enjoys his conversations with Priore. “You are on a

very short list of people I go to for advice,” he said. “I will always thank you for the contributions and the role you have played in my life and in this village.” Councilman Michael Napoleone said that Priore’s name is noticeably absent from the Founder’s Plaque. “I am so glad we get to address this tonight,” he said. McGovern noted that he recalls Priore from his years growing up in Wellington. “Sometime in my life, in the early 1990s, what I remember about you is that you said, ‘The standard in service was to be in the community as often as possible,’ and to have a commitment not only to making rules and regulaSee PRIORE, page 14

County Zoners Recommend Approval Of Manure Recycling Facility In An Industrial Area

The Wellington Village Council (back) salutes Dr. Carmine Priore, who is joined by his wife Marie (right) along with his son and daughter-in-law Terri and Carmine Priore III (left).

Runners Club ‘Bring It For Bina’ Event Supports Cancer Patient

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Runners Club is holding a virtual run in support of the family of a member who has been stricken with a rare form of cancer. “Bring it for Bina” is raising money for the family of Sabrina Emery, the daughter of Kerry Emery, who taught at Wellington Landings Middle School and now works at the Palm Beach County School District. The club will also hold an inspirational parade on Sunday, Nov. 22 starting at the JoJo’s Raw Bar & Grill parking lot in the Wellington Marketplace at the corner of Wellington Trace and Greenview Shores Blvd. at 9 a.m. to culminate the fundraising event. “That’s also where the Wellington Runners Club meets on Sunday mornings to do our long runs,” Wellington Runners Club

President Sheri Kleinman said. Those who wish to participate can visit the Wellington Runners Club at www.wellingtonrunners. org/bring-it-for-bina to register. “The Wellington Runners Club is a nonprofit corporation, and we are hosting a virtual 5K,” Kleinman said. “Anyone can do a run or walk [until] Nov. 21, and we ask for a donation of $30, and for people to record their run and post a picture.” The culminating event will be the inspirational parade on Sunday, Nov. 22. “Sabrina will be at home on the front lawn, and we’re going to start the march at JoJo’s, and we will walk with signs and cheering for her to her house, which is about a half-mile away,” Kleinman said. “Her whole family will be there because she really can’t be around people since she’s taking chemotherapy now.”

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By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Planning & Zoning Commission on Tuesday, Nov. 3 recommended approval of an equestrian waste recycling facility in an industrial area on the east side of Benoist Farms Road about a third of a mile north of Southern Blvd. The approval was made over objections from a number of residents outside the industrial area over concerns about odor. Kevin McGinley, agent for applicant Horizon 880, HiPoint Agricultural Bedding and the Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority, which owns the property being leased for the five-acre plant, said there is a great need for some type of treatment facility in Palm Beach County to handle equestrian waste. “This is not just a Wellington problem,” McGinley said. “Only about half of the waste generated by Palm Beach County comes from Wellington. The other half comes from western Boynton Beach, western Delray Beach or Loxahatchee. Some have said, ‘Why can’t you just locate this out in Wellington? It’s their problem?’ It’s not.” He pointed out that several applications in the agricultural area

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said. “What we do is recycle the bedding through a process where we separate the manure from the bedding.” The final products, fresh bedding and soil amendment materials, are then sold. “Our business is really recycling the horse bedding so we can sell it back to the local farms,” McGinley said, explaining that the 48,000-square-foot building is self-contained so that odors and dust are routed through the building’s anerobic processor. “In our system, everything is enclosed,” he said, adding that the facility would address the problem of almost 200,000 tons of equestrian waste generated annually in Palm Beach County. “Each horse generates one ton per month. At the height of the equestrian season, we have 24,000 horses in Palm Beach County.” He added that in 2019, 18,000 tons of horse bedding was delivered to the Solid Waste Authority for burning. After hearing concerns by the public and discussion among commissioners, Commissioner Alex Brumfield made a motion to recommend approval of the plant, subject to conditions including monitoring for escaping gases, which carried unanimously.

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Health Director: County Virus Cases Rising Along With Nation

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Florida Department of HealthPalm Beach County Director Dr. Alina Alonso reported an exponential spike in COVID-19 cases nationally and a corresponding rise in daily cases in Palm Beach County at the Tuesday, Nov. 17 meeting of the Palm Beach County Commission. Alonso cautioned that Thanksgiving celebrations be limited to local family members and discouraged family members from traveling from out of state. “Not Uncle Joe from Wisconsin,” she said.

U.S. COVID-19 cases have had three peaks the past year, with the most recent more than twice the second peak after the Fourth of July and rising more sharply. “Now, every day it seems we have a new high,” Alonso said, noting that on Nov. 3, the nation had 123,056 cases. “Then, 10 days later, we reached this peak with 177,022 cases. My concern is with this spike, it is what we call exponential, straight up. This line has no curve to it.” While she hopes the curve would go down, Alonso was concerned about the effect the Thanksgiving holiday will have.

“I’m very concerned that people are going to be traveling,” she said. “People will be traveling here as well as going out.” Alonso noted that testing centers have been busy testing recently because people must be tested before traveling by air. “That means a lot of our residents here in Palm Beach County are going to be traveling up north where states are in real critical condition,” she said. In Florida, the total cases reported are 889,864. “That’s 4,663 new cases, versus the 3,777 we had at our last meeting, and the hospitalizations are at 52,019,”

she said. “That’s an increase of 119 hospitalizations whereas last time we only had 74.” The total number of deaths in Florida is 17,559 compared to 16,500 at the commission’s last meeting, she said. The daily positivity in the state, which Alonso said should remain below 5 percent for effective contact tracing, is currently at 7.92 percent. “Most of our states are reporting alarming increases, especially in the Midwest,” she said. “There’s quite a bit of alarm in terms of cases going up.” Palm Beach County remains

in third place among counties in the Florida with 58,754 cases, behind Broward County with 95,734 and Miami-Dade County with 203,654. Alonso is particularly concerned about counties in the Panhandle with recent spikes that do not have the resources to address the increase in infections. Alonso said contact tracers have done a good job so far, but tracing will become more difficult if not impossible if the infection rate continues to increase. The largest proportion of new infections continues to be in the 15-to-44 age brackets.

“It has consistently been the same age distribution,” Alonso said. “They’re getting infected in bars and restaurants, clubs and house parties. Some are getting infected at family gatherings, weddings and birthday parties. That has been true for several months.” She attributed a low rate of infections and deaths among higher age groups to their practice of social distancing, wearing masks and washing hands often. More information about COVID-19 in Palm Beach County is available at www.pbcgov. com/coronavirus.

Historical Society Panel Discusses Early Days Of Wellington

By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Historical Society presented a virtual panel discussion Wednesday, Nov. 18 about the history of Wellington, from the first sales of lots in the community through two incorporation initiatives, the original comprehensive land use plan, initial efforts to make Wellington the “Winter Equestrian Capital of the World,” to celebrity sightings, including the famed visit by Prince Charles and Princess Diana for a polo match. The local pioneers participating in “A Discussion of Wellington’s Early Days,” were themselves actual participants in the village’s history: Tom Wenham, Dr. Carmine Priore and Jim Ogorek. They shared their recollections via the Zoom platform in a discussion that was led by longtime resident Chuck Edgar, a Wellington Historical Society board member. He had a list of enlightening questions, and also took questions from viewers during the discussion. The presentation opened with a moment of silence to honor Wellington pioneers Ken Adams and Denis Quinlan, who both recently passed away and were instrumental in the development of the village. Wenham, the village’s first elected mayor, moved to Wellington in 1981 and has been an active community member throughout the years. He served on the board of the Acme Improvement District, Wellington’s first local governing body, and following incorporation in 1995, served on Wellington’s first council. From 2000 to 2003,

he was chosen by his fellow council members to serve as mayor. In 2003, he became the village’s first elected mayor. Since leaving the council in 2008, he has focused on other public service duties. He currently chairs the Wellington Community Foundation. Priore, who served longer than anyone else on the Wellington Village Council before his retirement in 2012, was also instrumental in the incorporation of the village during its two efforts. He served on the Acme board and on the inaugural council, including two years as mayor back when it was an appointed position. He remains active today in community service and was recently added to the Wellington Founder’s Plaque. Ogorek moved to the community in 1979 to do work on behalf of the Gould company, one of Wellington’s primary early developers. Later he worked in-house for Gould and then worked as a contractor, vowing never to leave the area that his family loved as their home, despite much trepidation about moving to the community originally. Ogorek came to know Wellington in its earliest days as a senior manager with Ernst & Young in charge of auditing Gould Inc. Later working for Gould as vice president of administration and finance, he became involved in all facets of development and management overseeing club and golf operations, food and beverage, and ultimately development and construction. Ogorek described the Gould company selling lots that would be financed and available for building

in 10 years. He said the financing provided the capital to build the roads, golf courses and clubs in the village. Gould’s chairman was Bill Ylvisaker, an equestrian with a love for polo who thought that adding the equestrian element to the community would make it successful. Originally, Ogorek said he was sent to the community to keep an eye on assets and make sure that Ylvisaker wasn’t getting overly ambitious about “the horse aspect and his plan to make the community upscale by adding the equestrian features and other amenities,” he said. “Bill wanted to add our 1,600 acres with other parcels owned by Alcoa and the Stribling group and some others… to create the 16,000 acres Wellington is now.” Early on, buying a home in Wellington was a bargain. “The first homes sold in Wellington were $40,000… two homes per acre, and it has grown to what it is today,” Ogorek recalled. As the 10-year period for the land lots was expiring and people were beginning to build houses, Gould sold its share. “It was my suggestion,” Ogorek said. “It was a great time to sell. The company had made a lot of money, and it was a good deal for both parties.” Wenham recalled that he and his wife came down in 1980 and bought their Wellington house in 1981, and they still live in the same home. He spoke about what he calls the “Wellington Miracle Mile” that begins on Forest Hill Blvd. at the turnpike. He described how it passes by parks and a school, the housing developments then at State Road

7, there is a mall and a hospital, next a library and another school, a commemoration including flags of the country, state and all the divisions of the armed forces, followed by more homes, shopping, a row of churches, then Southern Blvd. with another hospital and a college on the border. “It is just the way we planned it,” Wenham said. “No section with all businesses or large condominium units.” Priore spoke about living in Miami when it was a much smaller town, and how he and his wife liked it. “Wellington was a smaller place size-wise and population-wise. It was a place where the kids could go to elementary school, junior high and high school in the same community,” he said. “I just love that and really enjoyed the concept that we were able to get to know everybody in the community.” The panel explained in as much

of a conversation as Zoom software can permit that the first incorporation effort failed because many residents thought it would mean higher taxes. But some $8 million every year was going to the county, and the community had little to show for it. Perhaps more importantly, nearby Greenacres was likely to consider annexing the land between the turnpike and SR 7 along Forest Hill Blvd. It was the “front door” of the Wellington community, and many thought Wellington residents should decide what went there. These issues were popularized, and the second incorporation effort was successful, although narrowly. Priore said the village brought home the tax money, and Wenham added that Wellington’s share of the gasoline tax alone has been instrumental. Most amazing memory? Ogorek admitted that, yes, he and his wife had a celebratory dinner along with others,

joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales. Village Attorney Laurie Cohen is also the president of the Wellington Historical Society. She said that the nonprofit organization is designed to capture and preserve the history of the village while the founders and pioneers are still available to tell their stories and share their memories. The organization was founded in 2013 by former Councilman Howard Coates, now a judge, who formed the entity after a discussion with Cohen and others to get the ball going. Three years ago, the group elected a board, held a retreat, and organized programs and events, including a popular New Year’s Eve dinner dance. Cohen said that the organization welcomes new members and donors, and there are even board memberships available. For more information, visit www.wellingtonhistorical.com.

Groves Council Critical Of New Southern Crossings Proposal

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council gave frank feedback to a new proposal by Southern Crossings that was abandoned in 2008 and now proposes to add commercial retail uses to the previously approved professional office project. Southern Crossings is a largely vacant parcel that stretches from Southern Blvd. to Tangerine Drive between E Road and Loxahatchee Avenue. The applicant received approval for a 28,000-square-foot commercial project in 2006, but that fell by the wayside when the recession hit in 2008. Bradley Miller with Urban Design Studio said agreements had

been reached with the owners of two parcels on Tangerine to become part of the project. However, one agricultural residential owner at the northeast corner of the parcel did not cooperate. “We do this as a planned development, which your code allows for, where it can be platted into several parcels, but can have several different ownerships,” Miller said. “We’re planning this as a planned unit development for commercial development, and it requires a master plan. It requires us to have a workshop with you, which is why I am here tonight.” The new proposal includes an expanded water retention area and ecological area on the north side of the property, as well as a 25-

foot buffer on Tangerine opposite residences on the north side of Tangerine. It includes a continuation of the horse trail on Tangerine from the west to Loxahatchee Groves Park to the east. Access is proposed as a right-in only from Southern Blvd. with exits to E Road as a right turn only, and ingress/egress on Loxahatchee Avenue. The plan calls for five 4,000-square-foot buildings connected by one roofline to the front of the property that would be available for small business owners, similar to another line of buildings to the north. Parking would be in the middle of the site. The planned unit development allows the applicant to request

waivers, Miller said, in this case to ask that a portion of the parking spaces be reduced to the size of many other municipalities, rather than the oversize parking the town requires to allow large trucks. Councilwoman Phillis Maniglia said she would prefer a 100-foot buffer to the north separating the project from the nearby homes. “This is a neighborhood,” she said. “There are people living on the other side of this. “You’re part of Groves Town Center, and you’ve been very accommodating, but this is a 25-foot buffer.” Maniglia added that there is a section of the site that would remain zoned agricultural residential. “There is a house there that

obviously he has held out and not sold to you guys,” she said, adding that she was concerned that the planned retention pond next to him would turn into a mosquito pit. Maniglia said she believes there is still a need for office buildings, rather than retail. Miller said the project is marketing for office uses, but a mixed use would open it to other uses, although they would be willing to strike through any undesirable uses. Mayor Lisa El-Ramey said she was concerned about the rightturn in only from Southern Blvd., which she said would intensify traffic on Loxahatchee Avenue and E Road, and that the new application adds almost 7,000

square feet to the application. Planning Consultant Jim Fleischmann said the applicant had asked for more commercial uses because there was not much of a demand for office space currently. El-Ramey felt it was not the town’s responsibility to grant more retail space because there was not a current demand for office use, and the council had granted a lot of retail uses on Southern Blvd. “You’re just going to be looking at another Military Trail,” she said. Town Manager Jamie Titcomb said the message he was hearing from the discussion that evening was that the applicant and other commercial applicants fronting Tangerine Drive should include a 100-foot buffer along Tangerine.

Acreage Resident Petitions To Re-Open 140th Ave. Cut-Through

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report A resident of The Acreage is circulating a petition that has received almost 1,000 signatures asking the Indian Trail Improvement District to re-open the 140th Avenue North cut-through to North Road in Loxahatchee Groves. ITID, which has legal jurisdiction over that portion of road, recently closed the passage in an attempt to eliminate cut-through traffic and large trucks that have increasingly used the shortcut to save time traveling in the area, and to prohibit its use by an increasing number of residents living in communities outside The Acreage. Although the illegal cut-through has been in use for more than three decades, it has never been maintained except as a canal easement. Dawn Frood, who started the

petition and near the cut-through, said she discovered it was closed after her roommate, who commutes to Belle Glade, noticed that it had been shut down. Frood had planned to present her petition at ITID’s Nov. 18 meeting, but that meeting was canceled, so she will present it at the board’s December meeting. “I think that’s too long for people to wait,” she told the Town-Crier last week. “They did this during the pandemic, when everybody’s lives were disrupted. They also did this during the election when people are off guard.” Frood also wrote a letter to District 6 County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay sharing her petition and numerous comments attached. McKinlay responded to Frood with a letter she had written to ITID Executive Di-

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rector Burgess Hanson, who had written to the county regarding ITID’s intention to close the cutthrough. McKinlay’s letter stated that public safety was paramount among her concerns, especially with potentially increased times for emergency responders. ITID has installed lock boxes on the gates for accessibility to first responders. Frood said she circulated the petition on Facebook, including the ITID Facebook page, The Acreage Speaks, Acreage Hitching Post and Loxahatchee Lost & Found Pets. “As of yesterday, I had 981 signatures, and of those signatures, at least 80 percent of them are from this area,” Frood said. “I tried to share it only with local groups. I want it to be fair, but we have very few ways in and out of our community.”

Frood said she does not use the cut-through often, but when she does, it’s important, explaining that it offers much quicker access to hospitals and other medical facilities, including veterinarians. “I understand the value of having it there,” she said. “I understand the rationale. I know why

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they’re trying to do this. They’re trying to keep the Minto traffic at bay. I get it, but there’s got to be other ways to do this. There are already people who suffer enough with the traffic problems.” Frood feels that there should be more community input regarding the closure.

“There are five people [on the board of supervisors] making decisions for the whole community,” she said. “They unilaterally made a choice for us.” The petition is being circulated online. Find it by searching for “Dawn Frood” at www.change. org.

kids, all following CDC guidelines and social distancing. We’ll have an arts-and-crafts station, but it’s not going to be your normal one. It’s going to be a walk-through, grab and go where you take the kit with you, so that way we don’t have anybody sharing anything. There will also be a trackless train for everybody to ride around the track on.” The Hall & Oates tribute band H2O will perform from 6 to 9 p.m.

The park expansion completed thus far features an amphitheater, concession stand, multipurpose athletic field and playground. “Other phases of the park, we’re adding equestrian parking, and also relocating the skate park from where it is in the current Acreage Community Park over to the southern expansion,” she said. For more information, or to participate in the parade, e-mail jyerxa@indiantrail.com.

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Virtual Farm City Features State Commissioner, Ag Leaders

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Farm City, hosted virtually this year by the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, Nov. 18, focused on the effects of COVID-19 on agriculture, recent heavy rains on farm production and the advantages of buying locally. The event featured Florida Commissioner of Agriculture & Consumer Services Nikki Fried as keynote speaker and a panel of four distinguished agricultural producers, moderated by financial planner Ben Boynton, who is from a fourth generation of South Florida farmers.

Keith Wedgworth, president of the Western Palm Beach County Farm Bureau, opened the meeting noting that Palm Beach County leads all other counties east of the Mississippi River in agricultural production. “When COVID-19 hit this past spring, it really put us in a bind to make sure that we were able to harvest our crops, but also to make sure that the crops found a good home,” Wedgworth said. “The farmers were shocked with the outpouring of support from the local community.” Fried, who spoke for the third year at the luncheon, said much of her family lives in Palm Beach

County, and she considers it her home outside Tallahassee. “Agriculture is our number-two economic driver, and in economic downturns like the present, it is number-one,” she said, explaining that agriculture supports more than 170,000 jobs in Palm Beach County — eclipsing the tourism industry when it is slow — and 2 million jobs across the state, with an economic impact of $137 billion. “Everything is a little bit different now due to COVID-19, but regardless of whether it’s virtual or in person, [Farm City] is an important event for Palm Beach County’s agricultural community,”

Fried said. “Our farmers’ innovation is one of the major drivers in the face of adversity.” On top of the pandemic and recent rains, Florida growers face unfair competition from foreign competitors, she said, explaining that for the past 25 years, the North American Free Trade Agreement has allowed the domestic market to be flooded with cheap produce from Mexico. “In the face of these challenges, Florida farmers have remained resilient,” Fried said, adding that the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services has helped farmers with the implementation of the Florida Farm to You com-

modities exchange to help connect consumers directly to local growers. “We’ve worked with retailers like Publix, Walmart, Whole Foods and Sprouts, as well as counties and correctional facilities, to purchase more Florida-grown commodities,” she explained. “We’ve been working closely with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to communicate the needs and challenges that Florida agriculture is facing.” The panelists were R.C. Hatton Farms Vice President Paul Allen, Florida Crystals South Florida External Affairs Manager Caroline Villanueva, TKM Bengard Farms

Director of Food Safety Stephen Basore and Alderman Farms CFO Jim Alderman. Alderman said his farms, mostly organic and located along State Road 7, from Boynton Beach to Boca Raton, are among the finest and safest in the nation. “We can be in the supermarkets the day after it’s picked,” he said, encouraging buyers to look for the “Fresh from Florida” logo to know they are buying locally. “It helps the economy of the State of Florida. It keeps our money here.” Learn more about the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce at www.cpbchamber. com.

Commission Keeps Kerner Mayor, Citing Need For Continuity

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Palm Beach County Commission re-appointed District 3 Commissioner Dave Kerner to serve as mayor on Tuesday, Nov. 17 during its annual re-organizational meeting. Kerner has been seen as a steady leader during the COVID-19 crisis, which is not forecast to end soon. Commissioner Mack Bernard nominated Kerner to remain as mayor, while Commissioner Greg Weiss nominated Vice Mayor Robert Weinroth, who was next in line to hold the gavel. Kerner won

the vote 4-3 with Bernard, Kerner, Commissioner Melissa McKinlay and newly seated District 5 Commissioner Maria Sachs in favor of Kerner. Maria G. Marino was seated as District 1 commissioner, replacing former Commissioner Hal Valeche. Sachs replaced former Commissioner Mary Lou Berger. Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller Sharon Bock presided during the swearing-in of the new commissioners and newly re-elected commissioners Kerner and Bernard, as well as the nominations for mayor. After Bock returned the gavel

to Kerner, Bernard nominated Weinroth to remain as vice mayor. “Under normal circumstances, Weinroth would have become mayor, but because we’re in different times due to COVID-19, I believe it’s so important to keep the continuity of what we’re doing so we can continue to protect the health and safety of our residents,” Bernard said. Weiss seconded the nomination. “We have lived in unprecedented times for the last nine months, and I see the continuity of what [Kerner] has been doing and what Vice Mayor Weinroth has been doing,” he said.

Kerner said he did not want his selection as mayor for a second year to distract from what the commission has been doing, or the difficult work that faces it in the future. “I think it’s more a gesture of continuity of leadership, and I’m humbled to serve in this position,” he said. “I know that we will move forward with this new leadership structure. We have our work cut out for us. I will respect the leadership of this board as we go through the economic recovery and vaccinations and all the things that will help us get back on track.”

McKinlay, who is slated to leave the dais in two years due to term limits, congratulated Kerner on his remaining as mayor for another year and commissioner for another four years. “I believe in tradition, but these are trying times,” she said. “These are unprecedented times, and that call for continuity of leadership is not politics, it’s people that we need to focus on, the safety and well-being of the people of Palm Beach County, and because of that, I do think we need to keep the leadership team in place. I look forward to working with you for a couple more years.”

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Groves Council Hears Report On Possible New Grant Sources

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council heard an update from lobbyist Mary McNicholas with Geoffrey B. Sluggett & Associates on Tuesday, Nov. 17 about new funding sources for the town that might become available. McNicholas pointed out that in the first quarter of this year, the company was successful, with the help of Councilman Robert Shorr, then serving as mayor, in removing Okeechobee Blvd. from the Palm Beach County Transportation Planning Agency’s five-year plan for widening the road.

Loxahatchee Groves has long opposed the widening of Okeechobee Blvd. because it would cut the town in half. “It [had been] proposed by Palm Beach County,” she said. “That would have been their expansion project for Okeechobee Blvd.” She said Shorr was a speaker at the TPA meeting where it was removed from the five-year plan. The Okeechobee Blvd. expansion project would have extended from Crestwood Blvd. westward past Seminole Pratt Whitney Blvd. toward Arden before curving south to Southern Blvd. “That’s one thing we were suc-

cessful in doing, and you all were part of it,” McNicholas said. “The TPA basically said the communities aren’t ready for it.” She stressed that the project is not completely off the burner. “It doesn’t mean that they’re not going to be coming back every six months to try to put it back on the plan, because that long-range plan is updated every six months,” she said. McNicholas said she is also working on grant funding through the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council for corridor planning. “That’s not all the things that you will ask us to do because

we’re always looking for funding for roads, drainage, water and canal refurbishment, and multi-use trails, but where we know there is money to go after, we’re going after it for our town,” she said, explaining that the work is done by the TCRPC but funded through the TPA. The work can include economic feasibility and sustainability studies for both the Southern Blvd. and Okeechobee Blvd. corridors. The TCRPC would utilize information it has already gathered about the western communities. She pointed out that the organization is involved in projects with enti-

ties surrounding the town, such as Wellington and the Indian Trail Improvement District. “They’re doing several different things on a regional basis,” McNicholas said. “What they would like to at least try to do is extrapolate some of the data that will be the same and just help us so that we can keep the costs down.” The cost would be shared on a 50-50 basis by the TPA. “They would go up to $100,000, whereas we would pay up to $50,000, depending on how much you want to do with this,” she said, explaining that she would have more informa-

tion at the council’s next meeting. “We expect to have a scope of work and a delineation of tasks in the next couple of weeks.” She added that she has applied for two Rebuild Florida grants of about $2.6 million that would include southern D Road improvements at $1.5 million and the town’s portion of the proposed TPA grants. The council took no action but thanked Sluggett & Associates for putting in hours that appeared to be more than they were paid for. McNicholas and her husband Geoff Sluggett are residents of Loxahatchee Groves.

Part Of Lotis Property On State Road 7 Rezoned As Mixed Use

By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report A former sand quarry on State Road 7 just north of Forest Hill Blvd. moved forward with plans for a mixed-use development at the Tuesday, Nov. 10 meeting of the Wellington Village Council. Approval for the rezoning of a 10.36-acre part of what will be the 64-acre Lotis Wellington mixed-use project was received with very little comment but lots of clarification. This hearing on the matter before Wellington’s Planning,

Zoning & Adjustment Board last month drew sparks from some residents in the nearby — but not adjacent, as many had believed — Black Diamond neighborhood. Black Diamond has a wetlands area on the south end of the property. This abuts another parcel of some 49 acres with owners who have not requested any changes to their zoning. South of this property is the former quarry that is the topic of the current rezoning efforts. Lotis consists of four parcels, one that was zoned Palm Beach County

low residential and three that were zoned mixed use in 2006 for a development that was not built. This would rezone the recently annexed low residential parcel to mixed use as well. For the Nov. 10 hearing, the charts presented by staff depicted the four parcels and labeled the 49 acres of land between them and Black Diamond. “We are just talking about the basic building blocks,” Village Manager Paul Schofield said. “This property has just been brought into the village, and it

needs to have a zoning applied to it before they determine a master plan rezoning. This is the first building block of many.” Black Diamond resident Robert Hicks was the only member of the public to comment at the hearing. He was concerned that the water runoff for the site was not properly addressed. Schofield pointed out that such issues would be addressed in the land development ordinance during the master plan approval, and that issue was not before the council at present.

Schofield also reported that the Lotis property is a former mining operation that was heavily impacted by the mining, and there is nothing protected on the land, which is heavily infested with exotic plants. Councilman Michael Drahos made the motion to approve the zoning change for the newly annexed parcel, which was seconded by Councilman Michael Napoleone and passed unanimously. In other business, a housekeeping measure was approved for the new Florida Building and Build-

ing Regulations 7th edition. The village can make amendments to the administration portion of the code to localize the document. All other regulations must be adopted as stated in the Florida regulations. “Every three years we go through this process, and by state law we have to adopt it,” Wellington Building Official Jacek Tomasik explained. “The only changes we can make are to the administrative section to make it specific for Wellington… It gives us an opportunity to stay current with the State of Florida.”

Equestrian Panel Reviews Comp Plan, But Seeks More Input

By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington’s Equestrian Preserve Committee held its first in-person meeting since the start of the pandemic on Wednesday, Nov. 5 and set about to review the village’s comprehensive plan elements that relate to the Equestrian Preserve Area. Despite efforts to reach out to stakeholders during the past year, the language included in the plan had powerful detractors. The nearly three-hour meeting heard a presentation from village

staffers who mulled over a variety of input, plus a letter from Equestrian Sport Productions President Michael Stone that was reviewed silently but not read into the record. Stone was unhappy that his team had not been given enough input into the process of developing the comprehensive plan. Committee members seemed to be of a mind that they had asked for and received input but agreed to schedule a workshop before their next meeting to assure that everyone who wanted to have a say got an opportunity to do so.

“We spoke with Michael,” Committee Member Glen Fleischer said. “Clearly, we did not meet something that was important to him, so I think we should have another meeting.” While Committee Chair Jane Cleveland had asked probing questions at previous meetings, she said they did not necessarily reflect her opinion regarding the document. “I do not have an opinion,” Cleveland said. “I try to run this meeting, and I asked rhetorical questions that I may already know the answer to in order to get infor-

mation on the record.” She had particularly brought up Florida Statues 604.50, which exempts nonresidential farm buildings from land development regulations under certain situations, and its impact on Wellington’s comp plan. Equestrian lobbyist Dean Turney was given more than the usual three minutes allowed for comment in his conversation with the committee. He was concerned that Cleveland was against the state law and asked committee members to review the meeting

“During the course of 2020, the Palm Beach County Zoning Commission and the Palm Beach County Commission hearings were held, offering the plan supported by the ALA and ITID local boards, following extensive outreach at community meetings,” Hanna said. He was particularly proud of comments made the first time the Palm Beach County Commission looked at the proposal over the summer. “In August 2020, Commissioner Melissa McKinlay made a motion to approve transmittal stating, ‘The rarity of the county commission, the Acreage Landowners’ Association and the Indian Trail Improvement District all agreeing on a land use change is unbelievable.’ Then, on Oct. 22, the Palm Beach County Commission approved the zoning change application by a motion of 6-0,” Hanna recalled. The support provided for the zoning change required a limit to the commercial footprint and other constraints, adding a buffer

from commercial to residential with low impact, consistent with the character of the area. In order to allow transitional uses on Seminole Pratt Whitney Road adjacent to the commercial node at the intersection of Orange Blvd., the county is allowing exceptions to location criteria for low-intensity office uses that have a residential design and appearance. The surrounding eight parcels are not affected by a change to the rezoning or the future use. Those property owners would have to pursue their own land use change if they wish. Hanna was pleased with the outcome. “As evolution occurs within our community in many ways, ensuring dialogue with our community by those building businesses or initiating changes is an absolute necessity,” he said. “Not everyone knows the projects in the wind that are coming, but to know there are those with voices amidst the decisionmakers standing for some kind of inclusiveness for local priorities of greenspace and low impact

can make a community that feels their rural lifestyle is fading have the opportunity to understand that

minutes. “Public comment is not the same as stakeholder input,” said Turney, complaining about developing a comp plan without enough input. The stated objective of the committee of developing an annual equestrian “state of the industry” report aroused further suspicions with key equestrian leaders who withheld what they considered proprietary information. “We are seeking to collect information to analyze the situation with the industry,” Cleveland said. “We are not seeking to co-

ordinate or direct the industry.” The comp plan refers to the “exurban equestrian lifestyle,” which Turney took issue with. “Exurban is confusing, and equestrian lifestyle sounds elitist,” he said. The committee offered suggestions to staff to modify the plan and resubmit for further public and stakeholder input. Overall, the committee’s consensus was that the plan is an appropriate draft. “We have identified key elements, and it takes into account the core objectives,” Fleischer said.

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continued from page 1 designed to resemble a home,” Hanna said. All through the process, Hanna assured everyone that his goal was to help protect the unique Acreage lifestyle. “There is a certain sacredness to the country lifestyle. Loxahatchee and The Acreage offer plenty of land, being able to farm, great schools, abundant nature,” he said. “These are all aspects of The Acreage area that brought me and my family to the community.” He said that his goal at Reach Estate is to maintain the uniqueness of The Acreage while bracing for the inevitable growth of the area. This is why he worked hard to get local organizations, such as the Acreage Landowners’ Association and the Indian Trail Improvement District behind his project.

Chad Hanna of Reach Estate LLC in front of a rendering of his future office. there are ways to ensure some of that appeal is able to remain in the overall picture.”

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COLDWELL BANKER WELLINGTON CONCLUDES A SUCCESSFUL FOOD DRIVE

Coldwell Banker Realty Wellington’s annual food drive culminated on Tuesday, Nov. 17. For the past several weeks, Coldwell Banker has been joined by Brightway Insurance and Guaranteed Rate Affinity in collecting non-perishable food items for families in need. The food will be going to the Pahokee Church of God. Throughout the day, Coldwell Banker associates, both current and past, came to drop off food items and join in. The food drive has been going on for 23 years. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Current and former Coldwell Banker associates with representatives of Brightway Insurance and Guaranteed Rate Affinity.

Managing Broker Bruce Allan with cases of food.

Broker Associate Andrew Burr was one of the people who helped organize the food drive.

Maria Cruz with food to donate.

Gary Hooks and John Porath load up a car.

The Coldwell Banker team has been taking part in this food drive for 23 years.

Randy and Leslie Pfeiffer with Matthew Somsy of Curbside Gourmet.

Bob Barwald with Managing Broker Bruce Allan.

NEWS BRIEFS Wellington To Host Golf Cart Meeting Dec. 9

Wellington is seeking public input on its proposed golf cart ordinance concerning the safe use and operation of golf carts within the village. Staff from the Planning, Zoning & Building Department will host a Village-Wide Neighborhood Watch Zoom Meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 9 beginning at 5 p.m. Participants will hear from staff and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office regarding golf carts and will have an opportunity to ask questions. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required to attend the Zoom meeting. Visit www.wellingtonfl.gov/

neighborhoodwatch to register. Participation in Neighborhood Watch meetings provides members with tools that support the safety of the community as well as open communication with the village and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. If you are interested in starting a Neighborhood Watch in your community, call Gloria Kelly at (561) 791-4105.

Hope Church offers a Grief Support Seminar to help you know what to expect and how to prepare yourself and manage relationships and expectations in this season. This seminar is free and open to all. This seminar will be held on Monday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. at COH West in Loxahatchee, and on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. at COH East at 2341 S. Military Trail in West Palm Beach. To get more information and register for this program, visit www.communityofhope.church/ groups or call (561) 753-8883.

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Family Reading Program Goes Virtual

If you have recently lost a loved one, the holidays can be a difficult time. To help you get through it in a healthy way, Community of

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System is kicking off its 17th annual Families Reading Together campaign virtually. The program is sponsored by the Friends of the Palm Beach County Library System. Through the use of an online program called READsquared, children ages birth to 17 and their families can take part in a variety of reading missions and log the books they have either read or have had read to them during the month. Completing missions will earn virtual badges and points. Members can sign up for Families Reading Together online at http://pbclibrary.readsquared. com or on the READsquared app. READsquared offers members the chance to earn points by reading or completing missions, which include tasks such as drawing a

picture or playing an online escape room. For more information, visit www.pbclibrary.org/frt2020.

SNAP Sign Up At Libraries

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has expanded benefit sign-ups to eight Palm Beach County library locations. Palm Beach County Food Bank benefit specialists assist with the SNAP application process and conduct the food stamp interview. Specialists can also help with other benefit applications available through the Access Florida system, including Medicaid and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

Applicants must call to make an appointment at one of the locations. Locations include the Greenacres Branch (3750 Jog Road) on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call Gustavo Amador at (561) 329-5931 for more info. Another local site is the Royal Palm Beach Branch (500 Civic Center Way) on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call Riquet Lucien at (561) 790-6030 for more info. Appointments will be made one client per hour. Clients must wear face masks when inside the library and adhere to social distancing. Those interested must make appointments by calling the numbers above or e-mail the food bank at benefits@pbcfoodbank. org to schedule appointments or ask questions.

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Wellington Council Honors IT Team That Completed New Software Project

By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report The Wellington Village Council recognized an unusual nominee as employee of the month on Tuesday, Nov. 10 — the village’s entire Information Technology Department. The IT Department was honored for its team effort in finishing a successful five-year complete rework of all the software systems in the village on schedule and within budget. “It is my pleasure and privilege to recognize the Information Technology Department for their outstanding contributions in Wellington’s WISE Project, originally

known as Project 2020 back in 2015 when it started,” Director of Administrative & Financial Services Tanya Quickel said. WISE is the acronym for Wellington’s Information Systems Environment. “Thanks to the tremendous work of our steering committee, project team, subject matter experts and consultants, we are thrilled to announce the successful full implementation of our new environmental resources planning (ERP) software programs,” Quickel said. “Critical to this project’s success is the superior support from Wellington’s Information Technology Department.”

IT Department team members honored at the meeting were: Assistant IT Department Director Camilo Campo, IT Solutions Analyst Karyn Ahwai, Senior Systems Administrator Ian Ainbinder, Systems Administrator III Adam Watson, Systems Administrator III Jonathan Martinez, Systems Administrator Jerry Willis and IT Director William Silliman, the team’s leader. “This group of IT system administrators represent amazing talent, expertise, ingenuity, dedication and determination, and we are proud to recognize them as employees of the month,” Quickel said.

The Wellington Village Council recognizes members of the village’s Information Technology Department.

‘This group of IT system administrators represent amazing talent, expertise, ingenuity, dedication and determination,’ Director of Administrative & Financial Services Tanya Quickel said.

Groves Council Gets One-Year Local Nonprofit Expands To Help Update On Solid Waste Service More Senior Citizens Age In Place

By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council met with its solid waste hauler Coastal Waste on Tuesday, Nov. 3 to discuss progress and problems over the past year since the company took over the contract. Coastal Vice President John Casagrande said his company took over the contract with the town a year ago after the previous contractor left abruptly, trying to catch up on issues that had been left behind while the company adjusted to established routes in the community. One of the things Casagrande has been working on with town staff is an effective web site that customers can go to if they have a problem or question. “We started a program to locate and remove illegal dumping… Identifying illegal commercial businesses has been an ongoing thing,” he said, explaining that his company had made a list of solid waste customers that are paying residential rates for commercial service. Casagrande said one issue he has been receiving calls on is when the company started a six-cubic-

yard limit on yard trash pickup in February. “We started tagging [oversize trash piles] and letters went out from the town stating that the limit was six yards,” he said, adding that the number of customer calls started to go down after the initial spike. All the trucks are equipped with computers that record where each truck goes and records any incidents on the routes. “This gives us the ability to track where they are and gives us the ability to know if they’ve been there,” Casagrande said. A drive cam gives the company the ability to see how fast the truck is going and where they are. “We also have cameras all the way around the truck, and we can also track missed pickups,” he said. Casagrande added that the town charges a lower commercial franchise fee than surrounding municipalities. He said a correction to the fee might help the town avoid an anticipated residential assessment increase in the future. Loxahatchee Groves charges 3 percent while Wellington charges 5 percent and Royal Palm Beach charges 6 percent. Assistant Town Manager Francine Ramaglia add-

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ed that there are an estimated 52 commercial enterprises using residential cans in town, and that some businesses have continued using vendors other than Coastal, which is a violation of the franchise. Councilwoman Phillis Maniglia thanked Casagrande for mentioning franchise fees because they were something she wanted to address. He said an issue he would like the town’s direction on was the allowance of community trash piles where three or four property owners use the same trash pile. He said he felt many residents were taking advantage of the community piles to dump illegally, thereby raising the total tonnage that the town pays for in dumping fees. “That’s my opinion, but I’d like to know what you guys would like to do about it, whether you would like to continue it, but that’s what’s going on,” Casagrande said. “I believe once we get our arms around it, the tonnage will go down even more.” The community piles were a concept the present contractor inherited from the previous contractor, which had a clamshell truck to pick up the piles. Coastal does not have that type of equipment.

Wellington Cares has begun expanding to serve residents that are at least 65 years of age in Royal Palm Beach for free. “We have been very fortunate over the last few years,” said Cheryl Anders, Wellington Cares board president and founder and CEO of Think Big Health Care Solutions. “Thanks to grants from the Palm Health Foundation and the Great Charity Challenge, we are able to expand our services to serve more residents of Palm Beach County.” Wellington Cares’ free services include: pickup and delivery of prescriptions and groceries, socializing by visitation in the home or with phone calls, write letters, pay bills, make phone calls to schedule appointments, help seniors coordinate services available to them in the community, and drive seniors to doctors, therapy or places of worship. Limited services will be available to Royal Palm Beach senior residents in the beginning. “Wellington Cares has been helping Wellington resident seniors age in place for the last eight years. We are so excited to expand our services beyond Wellington to neighboring communities throughout Palm Beach County,” said Diane Gutman, director of

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The Arc’s President And CEO Recognized as Community Giant

Kimberly McCarten consistently leads The Arc of Palm Beach County to new heights as its president and CEO. So tremendous are the nonprofit’s achievements that the Inner City Youth Golfers organization has named McCarten a “Community Giant,” recognizing her contributions to the future and to the stability of children in the community. The Arc’s Stand Up program exemplifies McCarten’s impact. Stand Up matches high school student mentors with same-age peers at The Arc, and serves as a model of how to build inclusive communities. The result has been improved understanding and acceptance of people with disabilities. After two short years, the student mentor program has achieved national recognition.

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continued from page 1 “They’ve served in combat, and they’re adults.” Thomas said that the Veterans Success Center is working on a plan to transition veterans from active duty to help them contribute to the economy in Palm Beach County.

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continued from page 1 said. “We have multiple in-house candidates who could be very strong and successful successors to Mr. Schofield. We have a very talented team that could handle it, but when you talk to them, they have said that Mr. Barnes is the one to carry the mantle forward.” Councilman Michael Drahos said that a search is always tempting but counterproductive in the village’s current situation. “We have to avoid looking for Paul Schofield 2.0,” he said. “I think Jim Barnes is the best, obvious choice, and that is a credit to Mr. Schofield for allowing Mr. Barnes the latitude to interact with us and grow into the position.”

“Learning to accept people of all abilities should be part of every young person’s education,” McCarten said. “We are proud to offer a program at The Arc that helps kids to bridge their differences and find ways to connect. We want them to take those lessons into their future interactions and leadership roles.” McCarten and her team strive to empower, engage and enhance the lives of people with developmental disabilities. Since taking over as the president and CEO in 2014, The Arc has expanded its programs, improved client outcomes, and strengthened community and donor relationships. The Community Giant award will be presented to McCarten at the Inner City Youth Golfers’ annual Community Service Awards & Auction on Saturday, Dec. 12 at

the Eastpoint Country Club. The Arc is changing the conversation around disabilities by defying definitions, inspiring possibilities and improving the lives of the people it serves, their families and the community. Learn more at www.arcpbc.org.

Torres said the new format of the GI Bill is much different from the old GI Bill where veterans simply received a stipend for tuition. “It pays them housing, that’s why it’s imperative that we certify our students in a proper and timely manner,” he said. “We want to make sure that they are processed, and they see a return on their investment.” Thomas said the Wellington Community Foundation grant will help veteran students who are in the process of being certified.

“They have to get certified and also not delay the opportunity to start school,” she said. “This is why partners like the Wellington Community Foundation are so important, because it helps bridge that gap.” Learn more about the PBSC Veterans Success Center initiative and the many other programs that the Wellington Community Foundation supports and the tremendous impact it has on Wellington residents in need by visiting www. wellingtoncommunityfoundation. org.

Councilman Michael Napoleone said that the best option is to leave the village’s leadership team in place. “We have a great leadership team, and if you bring in someone from outside, they are not going to know Wellington, or our staff and our history,” he said. “I think [Barnes] is the best candidate for Wellington at this time to move the community forward and maintain continuity. I think we should negotiate a contract with Mr. Barnes.” Mayor Anne Gerwig said that Barnes has long been Schofield’s right-hand man. “Paul Schofield told me almost 10 years ago, ‘Hey, when I’m not here, Jim Barnes is your man,’ and I agree with him, as he has spent this time getting Barnes ready for this position,” Gerwig said. Schofield himself became manager in 2008 after his predecessor,

the late Charlie Lynn, set him up as Lynn’s natural successor when he announced his retirement. All council members noted that it has worked out well for Wellington. Both Gerwig and McGovern wanted to be the point person to negotiate the contract with Barnes, but the council voted for McGovern to handle the task. “It is nothing against you, Madame Mayor, I just want to go with the lawyer to negotiate this,” Drahos said. The council is seeking an approximately two-year contract that does not coincide with Village Attorney Laurie Cohen’s contract or the next election cycle. Gerwig said that a two-year contract gives the new manager time to get comfortable in the role yet also gives the council time to re-evaluate after a period of time has gone by.

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continued from page 1 into my office and he asked if I had available vacant space in the Royal Plaza Shopping Center for a True Value Hardware store,” Santamaria recalled. “I informed Mr. Adams that phase one of my shopping center was already 100 percent committed to other businesses. However, I would have space in phase two the next year. Ken informed me he wanted to open right away, so he decided to take a vacant space in a shopping center at the southeast corner of Okeechobee Blvd. and Military Trail.” However, that was just the start of a decades-long friendship. “Because Ken lived in Little Ranches, half a mile from my office, we soon developed a friendship that started with lunches at the Royal Inn and Royal Plaza restaurants, and eventually led to dinners with our respective wives, Arle and Victoria,” Santamaria said. “When the polo matches started in Wellington, Ken would ask us to join him and Arle at the games. It was not long after, he decided to campaign for the Palm Beach County Commission, which I supported.” He won that election and soon found himself as chairman of the Palm Beach County Commission. “He thereafter, proved to be an outstanding and prominent government official, which included being appointed chairman of the South Florida Water Management District, while I continued my commercial and residential development projects through the

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continued from page 3 tions, but having real service with Rotary, scholarships and more.” Vice Mayor Tanya Siskind echoed the many compliments. “When I first joined the council, I saw you everywhere,” she said. “Your reputation precedes you. This is a long overdue, well-deserved honor.”

Gerwig thanked Priore for supporting her along the way in her political career. “You encouraged and directed me because you understood every aspect of serving this village,” she said. “My life has been directly impacted because of your encouragement, your instruction and the model you have been. I thank you so much for what you have poured into this entire village of your life and your family’s life.” Invited to the podium, Priore warned with a smile, “You never want to give me a microphone.”

Yet his comments were for the current administration and for retiring Village Manager Paul Schofield. He said that he is excited to see that Wellington is being carried forward with strong leadership. “I really appreciate the work you are doing,” he told the council. Turning to Schofield, he thanked the manager for the years of hard work he has done. “I don’t know how the village will get along without you,” he said to Schofield, who answered, “They will do just fine.”

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By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report The pandemic is bringing out the creativity in all of us, and this year’s edition of Wellington Winterfest is a case in point. The Wellington Chamber of Commerce

will present a limited admission drive-in event to celebrate the season on Saturday, Dec. 5 starting at 5:30 p.m. “It’s going to be a little different this year, but we are going to make it work,” Wellington Chamber

Wellington resident Rob Van Winkle (aka music legend Vanilla Ice) will once again be a highlight of Wellington Winterfest.

Executive Director Michela Green said. She said that the event, Wellington Winterfest “Live From Your Ride,” is open to 320 cars and their occupants and that the $20 per car admission tickets are expected to go fast. “It is going to be a drive-in event, and people can watch from their car or the space in front of their car. Everyone will have masks and will social distance,” Green said. At a recent Wellington Village Council meeting, the consensus was that they welcomed the event, but stressed that Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputies will be on hand to monitor traffic and only the 320 ticket-holding vehicles will be admitted. Any overflow of vehicles or spectators will be turned away so as not to create a potential super-spreader event. Green said the chamber has arranged for food trucks for dinner, snacks and beverages, all with social distancing. “It will provide an opportunity for families to get out and enjoy an event from the safety of their car,” Green said. “But we want to avoid people just showing up.” The number of performers will also be limited this year. “We are limiting the performers to three. We have Vanilla Ice, who has been with us for 13 years. We have Alex Shaw, and we have

School of Rock,” said Green, who added that gates open at 5:30 p.m., and the music begins at 6:30 p.m. In addition to the live performers, DJ Johnny Quest will be presenting an eclectic style of open format DJ music known all over the world. The exact playlist depends on the crowd, night and venue. A South Floridian with more than 25 years of DJ expertise, Johnny Quest is best known locally for his Lotos Music Festival held annually in Boca Raton. The show features popular kids’ band School of Rock and the music of Alex Shaw, plus local favorite for his philanthropic work and worldwide as a musical sensation, Wellington resident Vanilla Ice. Green stressed that the safety of attendees, artists, crews and staff is the top priority. The new format is designed to maximize social distancing and will meet all local health and safety standards, as well as state regulations. Attendees are invited to enjoy the show from their vehicle or directly outside their own vehicle. Chairs for directly in front of your car, food and beverages to party and truly make the experience unique to you are welcome. Patronage of the food trucks is also invited. For tickets and information, visit www.wellingtonchamber. com and find “Winterfest 2020” under “Events.”

Other musical guests will include Alex Shaw (above) and the popular kids’ band School of Rock (below).

B&G Club To Safely Celebrate Annual Wellington Dinner Dance

The Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club will safely celebrate the annual Wellington Dinner Dance in January. While the fundraiser is a must-attend event each season, the 33rd year will be held as a home virtual event, “Building Sustainable Futures,” on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Due to the current pandemic and the need for social distancing, delectable farm to table cuisine will be delivered to each sponsor’s home or office and complemented with the live virtual event. Proceeds benefit educational programs at the Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club in Wellington, one of 16 Boys & Girls Clubs in Palm Beach County that serve more than 10,000 children. Educational programs inside the

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Wellington Wolverines Defeat The Santaluces Chiefs 26-13

By Mike May Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington High School quarterback Ryan Anthony completed 15 of 22 passes for 250 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Wolverines to a 26-13 victory over the Santaluces High School Chiefs on Friday, Nov. 13 at Wolverines Stadium. Wellington receiver Reece Larson caught two of those touchdown passes, while Wellington’s defense did its part by forcing four turnovers — grabbing three interceptions and recovering a fumble. “Our offense played well tonight, and we eliminated our mistakes,” Wellington head coach Tom Abel said. “Our defense played very well tonight. Our quarterback Ryan Anthony is a big X-factor for us.” Both Wellington and Santaluces scored touchdowns on their first two drives, which left the game

tied 13-13 with 4:45 left in the first half. The Wolverines then scored on their third drive, when Anthony found Larson on a 14-yard touchdown pass with 1:04 left in the second quarter. Wellington led 19-13 at the halftime break. In the second half, Wellington’s defense started dominating the game. Santaluces’ first five second-half possessions were halted by three interceptions, a fumble and a punt. On the Chiefs’ last drive, they ran out of time as the game clock expired. The Wolverines scored their lone second-half touchdown with 9:49 left in the game when Anthony found Larson on a 46-yard scoring strike and Larson sprinted down the left sideline. Wellington’s opening drive was a dominant display of ball control. After misplaying the opening kickoff and nearly getting tackled for a safety, Wel-

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lington started the opening drive at its own one-yard line. The Wolverines marched 99 yards in 15 plays to take the lead. The scoring drive, which was scored with 2:50 left in the first quarter, was capped by a 14-yard touchdown pass from Anthony to Lucas Ligouri. Ligouri’s reception took place after the passed ball deflected off the hands of Larson, the initial intended receiver. Santaluces running back Taenard Boyd led the Chiefs with 113 yards rushing. He also scored his team’s second touchdown on a 15yard first-quarter pass from quarterback Thurlynne Benniefield. Wellington and Santaluces ended the game with identical 1-2 records. In other local football action, Seminole Ridge High School shutout rival Royal Palm Beach High School 38-0 in a game played Saturday, Nov. 14 at the

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Casablanca Captures Tackeria Invitational; Grant Ganzi MVP

Casablanca defeated La Indiana 8-6 in the final match of the Tackeria Invitational earlier this month in Wellington. In the final match, which took place on Sunday, Nov. 1, Casablanca (Nico Harriott, Grant Ganzi, Nic Roldan and Santi Bermudez) met La Indiana (Matthew Gonzalez, Michael Bickford, Nick Manifold and Jeff Hall)

at Santa Rita Polo Farm. Casablanca, with a team handicap of 12 compared to La Indiana’s 13, started the match with one goal on the board. Both teams got off to a strong start, and it was more than three minutes before Roldan fired off one of his trademark long shots downfield to Ganzi, who finished the play and put the ball through.

After a brief delay for weather, the second chukker started with 2-0 on the board for Casablanca and Kris Kampsen substituting for La Indiana’s Hall. Gonzalez put the first goal on the board for La Indiana, and around 2:56, Manifold impressed by snatching one of Roldan’s long shots out of the air. Bickford picked up a loose ball from Harriott and knocked in

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By Denis Eirikis Town-Crier Staff Report It’s 3 a.m. You haven’t had a decent night sleep since the flare up. You have to work tomorrow; no choice but to force yourself to sleep. Then a nightmare, something bad and electrical is starting to happen deep in your arms. Pins, needles, burning, tingling. You can’t relieve it by scratching, but in your sleep you try anyway. Now it feels like someone is injecting acid into the veins of your forearms. You twitch, feel electrical zaps, try scratching again, violently this time. In half sleep, you now feel the sensations of a phantom army of stinging red ants impossibly burrowed into your arm. You scream yourself awake, but the horror doesn’t stop. Your arms are scratched bloody. Your sleep-deprived mate is looking at you like you are crazy. Worst of all, that horrifying deep itch is still there. That describes what is happening to me and thousands of others. I have brachioradial pruritus (BRP), an affliction of the nervous system, so underreported that your doctor has almost certainly never heard of it. That’s my purpose in writing this. I want doctors of Floridians who get a lot of sun to know about this unusual condition. I have been a freelance reporter for the Town-Crier off and on for 25 years. I handle pain well. As a U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant, I served steadfastly in harm’s way as a first responder to everything from ship fires to chemical spills. I have taken hard punches in the face as an amateur boxer. I’ve undergone painful bone fusion surgery. I once even walked away from a U.S. Marines helicopter crash and went on with my mission, but I have never in my life ever experienced anything as miserable and terrifying as brachioradial pruritus. That’s simply Latin for “top-ofyour-forearm itch.” It’s more of an itch sensory hallucination. I prefer to call it “the Dante’s Inferno Eighth Circle of Hell Itch,” which medieval author Dante elegantly describes, “the burning rage of fierce itching that nothing could relieve.” The Cleveland Clinic warns, “If you have the urge to scratch your forearm, or you feel like it’s tingling, you might have brachi-

oradial pruritus. Sun exposure and spinal issues might be at fault. Treatments range from ice packs to physical therapy to medications and possibly surgery. Brachioradial pruritus is a nerve disorder that causes itching, stinging or tingling sensations in the outer forearm. BPR usually affects both arms, but it can occur in only one arm [as is my case]. This condition is not contagious.” No one knows how common it is, but thousands of people who scratch themselves raw have flocked to online support groups, all describing the same symptoms of unbearable and sometime debilitating deep arm itch. “I feel like I was going insane, and no one could relate or understand what I’ve been going through for the past 5 or 6 years,” said Gretchen Smith, who works in the Palm Beach County yachting industry at Rybovich Marina. She gets lots of sun sailing the world and working in shipyards. Dan Judkins is a self-described deep thinker and tradesman from Australia. “I have been suffering from BRP for half my lifetime,” he said. “BRP is an untamable, unpredictable, relentless beast. It strikes me in my sleep and leaves me with blood and tears. In moments of BRP-induced madness, I have fantasized removing my limbs by any means possible. Unable to reach REM sleep. Unable to hold down steady work. Unable to keep a positive attitude. This is a beast that rules me.” He isn’t alone. Online support groups contain about 2,000 people all describing the same maddening condition. Neurologists call it a “neuropathic itch.” BRP is like a broken burglar alarm. Sun damaged “itch nerves” keep sending the brain a false signal of deep itch, and your brain tells you it’s something that needs scratching. The state of the science is so bad, that according to Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon and writer for The New Yorker magazine, neurologists didn’t discover a separate “itch nervous system” until very recently. A 1997 paper details discovering a certain type of nerve that was specific for itching. The literature on BRP is sparse. While the medical/research community regards it as “rare,” simply searching the web for “deep arm

itch” has led me and more than 2,000 other folks to various BRP online support groups. Nikki Wheetman in the UK is the kind soul who runs the world’s largest BRP support group, where she ministers to 1,629 of us who have come in desperate search of relief, or at least for answers. “I didn’t actually create the Facebook brachioradial pruritus group,” she said. “I found it at 3 a.m. one morning when I was desperately searching for answers while strapping bags of frozen peas to my arms. The first thing most of us learn is that ice is our most reliable form of relief.” Wheetman has managed the support group for six years with a passion. “I spent every minute of my life learning and researching BRP and taking as much info as I could to the group,” she said. “I had BRP very severely, so I know only too well how dreadful it can be, and how desperate people become. Most doctors either haven’t heard of it or dismiss it as an allergy, or give a wide range of misdiagnoses, such as scabies, eczema, all manner of allergic reactions, and when people report numb fingers with pins and needles and electric zaps, or the feeling of millions of insects crawling and biting (this change of sensation is known as formication), the doctors frequently misdiagnose carpal tunnel. People have had surgery that maybe they didn’t need. This condition is very scary.” Wheetman is determined to not end up “elderly, itchy and ripping my arms off and nobody believing me, as that’s what happens to so many older people. They end up being patronized and pacified and no real help given.” More than 100 BRP patients around the world responded to my requests for information. The most common reported experiences are misdiagnosis, misunderstanding and marginalization. Sufferers from around the world sent me their stories: “My air force doctor didn’t believe me.” “My physician sent me to an allergist.” “My doctor can’t tell the difference between neuropathic itch and neurosis.” “My doctor says it’s probably stress-related and to try calamine lotion.” The great majority of BRP suf-

ferers polled are self-diagnosed. The Cleveland Clinic web site describes ice as a diagnostic tool. If the itch responds to little but ice, it might be BRP. Shannon Gruidl was more fortunate than the great majority of sufferers, who have a hard time finding a physician familiar with BRP. She is a licensed occupational therapist who went through a variety of misdiagnoses and conflicting treatment advice until being diagnosed at the Mayo Clinic by the dermatitis department. Coincidentally, the Mayo Clinic conducted an internal census and concluded that it only diagnosed about 120 cases over 10 years. Getting diagnosed is only half the battle. There is no easy cure. Many patients are given a powerful nerve blocker, but these strong drugs create drowsiness and other side effects. Besides freezing their arms with ice, many patients try to block out the itch with burning agents like capsaicin, the chemical that makes jalapeños hot, or with topicals like camphor and menthol. Others achieve a similar effect using strong solutions of camphor or menthol. Antihistamines have no effect. The two suspect causes are sun damage and nerve pinching. Patients are advised to avoid sun, and many sufferers are given MRIs to check for a pinched nerve where the nerves leading to the arms branch off in the area of the fifth and sixth vertebrae. Some have surgery. Marcee Katz, an executive in California, recently had her second steroidal epidural injection. “This time my doctor went a bit deeper into C5 and C7,” she said. “My itch has definitely lessened since my first injection on Sept. 29. I would say 70 percent better. I have also been using the TENS machine [electrical nerve stimulation] nightly for 30 minutes before bed. I have used the capsaicin as well a few times. It burns like hell, but the next day, no itching. Good news is that I have not used ice at all lately. No itching the last few nights. I’m praying it stays away!” Debbie Shay is 60 years old, fair skinned and lives in the Midwest. “I suffer from this horrible affliction,” she said. “The itch is so intense that I fantasize cutting my arms off or using a sander to

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Royal Palm Beach resident Denis Eirikis with his wife Leonor. remove the skin on my arms. It As a science writer, I am aghast is absolutely the worst itch imag- at the horrible state of the research inable.” on BRP. As a journalist, I am BRP affects not only thousands shocked that thousands of people of patients, but their families as flock online with the same sympwell. Angel Tansley’s husband has toms and about 90 percent report BRP. “At the peak of an episode, misdiagnosis and marginalization. seeing my husband on the verge I have never been more motivated of tears, seemingly at the brink to use my training as a scientist and of insanity, as he tore his arms to experiences as a lobbyist, advocate pieces desperately trying to sleep and communicator to help shine and keep them as cold as possible, light on this community that might I would lay there unable to do be larger than anyone imagined. anything for him, frustrated and In coordination with Nikki upset that I couldn’t do anything Wheetman, and thanks to volto help the person I’d vowed to unteers like Angel Tansley, the care for in sickness. Anger that no world’s first BRP a web site at professional could offer any more www.brpalliance.org recently advice or treatment and give my launched, advocating on behalf kids back their dad. We just sit and of patients. wait for him, wait for the episode to In the first 72 hours of being be over, wait to resume something formed, more than 100 people that resembles normality,” she said. joined the BRPAlliance.org, an Many others suffer alone. “BRP effort to organize the thousands is the worst thing I’ve ever expe- of marginalized BRP sufferers rienced. I never even heard of it into an advocacy organization. Our until I got it,” said Lori Perkins, ultimate goal is to work closely a 64-year-old business owner and with the research and medical kind soul from Michigan. “There community to create better global is zero relief. It comes when it awareness, diagnosis, research and wants to — no rhyme or reason for treatment for brachioradial prurithe most part. Severe itching/pin tus (BRP) and neuropathic itch. prick pure hell,” she said. “I think So, if you are a BRP patient to myself, will I have this the rest reading this, have hope and join us. of my life? I know it’s a ‘phantom’ We are organizing now, perhaps itch — it’s the nerves… I know into a Palm Beach County-based this, but I still scratch until my nonprofit, where we can try to arms bleed, then all I can do is cry.” partner with the neuroscience The medical community knows hub here. shockingly little about it. Scientists If you are a medical professional think the cause is a combination of who wants more information or to UV damage to itch nerve receptors get involved, visit www.brpalliin the arm, along with perhaps ance.org. If you are a neurosciena short-circuited pinched nerve tist tired of going along with the somewhere between the spine crowd and studying uninteresting and upper arms. Most patients are stuff like brains, and want to make elderly and might have arthritis a mark for yourself instead by findcausing pressure on the brachi- ing the cure for the sexy disease of oradial nerves, but I interviewed neuropathic itch, the world’s BRP a woman in her 30s who has had community wants to hear from you BRP for 10 years. at www.brpalliance.org.

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Cindy Screnci Wins Para Dressage National Championship With Sights Set On Tokyo Reigning USEF Grade V Para Equestrian of the Year Cindy Screnci of Wellington has been promoted to the Para Dressage Pathway Development Athletes roster following multiple victories on Eragon VF and Riccione at the Adequan/USEF Para Dressage National Championships at the Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) last month. After being named to the U.S. team last month, Screnci secured the U.S. Para Grade V National Championship on her 11-yearold KWPN gelding Eragon VF (aka Danny) and won the Grade V Freestyle in front of judges Adrienne Pot, Elke Ebert and Carlos Lopes. She also earned reserve champion honors with her KWPN mare Riccione, posting the top two scores in both her team and individual classes. The fairytale week just kept getting better for Screnci, after making the U.S. team and winning the U.S. National Championship, she was also unanimously nominated by her peers to receive the Lloyd Landkamer Memorial Sportsmanship Award in recognition of high standards and virtues of integrity, honor, team spirit, good temper and unselfishness. Just don’t say “break a leg” if you want to wish her luck. Because her road to Tryon and next (she hopes) to Tokyo for the Paralympic Games began 26 surgeries and a couple of riding lifetimes ago. As a girl, barrel racing and pole bending left her unscathed from injury, but years later, when her own daughter showed an interest in horses, she joined her in the hunter/jumper ring, only to suffer

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Acreage resident Mary Tidy-Coyle tells her students at the Armory Art Center that creating art is more than fun, it requires continual practice. “Art is a growing process... something to nurture,” Tidy-Coyle said. A celebrated artist, Tidy-Coyle has been practicing art for as long as she can remember. “I don’t know if it was ever a ‘realization,’ that I was an artist,” she said. “It seems to be something that has always been a part of me.” As a child, she recalls always creating, drawing and coloring and is thankful that her family was so supportive of her ever-growing interests and continuing goals in the arts. Her educational accolades include earning a master’s of fine arts degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and a bachelor’s degree from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. “I am very proud to be a part of our nation’s first art museum and school,” she said of her studies on the renowned campus of PAFA. “So many of the great artists we study in art history went to PAFA.” At the Armory, art history, critique and analyses are intentionally woven into her teaching methods for students of every skill level. Accountability for work and honest criticism are a staple that students have come to know and respect. “It builds confidence in themselves as artists, and it shows in their work,” Tidy-Coyle said. In addition to serving the community as an Armory instructor, Tidy-Coyle also teaches at Palm

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Debra Johnson, principal and executive director of the Connections Education Center of the Palm Beaches, a Palm Beach County charter school serving students on the autism spectrum, recently announced that Orlando Ortiz, a founding member of the school’s board of directors, a parent and active volunteer, has received the award for Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser from the Palm Beach County chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Ortiz, director of community operations, director of safety and

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Palm Beach County School District Police Department K9s Murphy, Onessa, Cali, Neo, Tango, Maggie, Jade and Kobee have received bullet and stab protective vests thanks to a charitable donation from the nonprofit organization Vested Interest in K9s Inc. Vested Interest in K9s, established in 2009, is a charity whose mission is to provide bullet and stab protective vests and other assistance to dogs of law enforcement and related agencies throughout the United States. This potentially lifesaving body armor for four-legged K9 officers is U.S.made, custom-fitted and NIJ certified. Since its inception, Vested Interest in K9s has provided more than 4,101 vests to K9s in all 50 states at a value of $6.9 million, made possible by both private and corporate donations. “Our partnership with Vested Interest in K9s improves the safety of our K-9 teams, who work hard to protect our schools every day. We are truly grateful for this generous donation,” School District of Palm Beach County School Police Chief Frank Kitzerow said. The program is open to U.S. dogs that are at least 20 months old and actively employed and certified with law enforcement or related agencies. K9s with expired vests are also eligible to

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Backstreets Closing To Become The New Kickback Neighborhood Tavern

Longtime fans of the venerable Backstreets Bar & Grill in Wellington will need to bid farewell this month before the restaurant closes its doors on Saturday, Nov. 28. The restaurant will then undergo a two-week transformation into the new Kickback Neighborhood Tavern, located in the Wellington Plaza at 12771 W. Forest Hill Blvd. The owners plan to re-imagine the restaurant with new furniture

and fixtures, a refreshed bar, shiplap walls and renovated restrooms. A 29-degree, 8-tap beer system will be installed to serve up pints alongside classic cocktails and new libations. The food menu will feature elevated tavern fare with comfort classics and familiar favorites. Popular items like the tenderloin tips with béarnaise sauce, the Peter Lugar burger and the gorgonzola salad will continue to delight diners. A new layout will appeal

to family and friends visiting for lunch or dinner. Guests will be able to enjoy live music with a stage area featuring vintage musical instruments and old school vinyl records. New acts will fill the schedule alongside longtime performer Chance Encounter. “We acquired the business with an idea and vision that we could learn about the customers and staff and put in the time and effort it would take to make it magical

again. That time has come,” said Dan Hooker, managing member of Mad Hospitality Group. Farewell celebrations for Backstreets will commence the week of Nov. 23 culminating on that Friday and Saturday. The goal is to re-open in mid-December with a new neighborhood feel, warm hospitality, live entertainment, and great food and drinks. For more info., follow along on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ kickbackwellington.

(Above) Backstreets is closing this month, but it will re-open in December with a new look and new name. (Right) Kickback Neighborhood Tavern will feature elevated tavern fare.

PulteGroup Acquires 31-Acre Site For New DiVosta Community

PulteGroup has acquired a 31acre development site in suburban Lake Worth for a new DiVosta community that will introduce new home designs that consumers are now asking for as a result of the pandemic. The deal closed Nov. 17. Terms were not disclosed. Located on State Road 7 south of Lake Worth Road, just outside Wellington, the community named Windsong Estates will feature 93 single-family residences. Planned amenities include a resort-style pool and cabana area. Home prices are anticipated to start in the low $500s. The new development site abuts residential areas to the north and south, and a golf course to the east. Homeowners will be close to major thoroughfares that provide easy access to shopping, includ-

ing the Mall at Wellington Green just minutes from the community, restaurants and entertainment destinations, as well as top-rated public schools. Windsong will be located within several miles of another DiVosta community, the Fields, which fronts Florida’s Turnpike. “We felt the timing was right to introduce a new, boutique community to the area and build off the success we have enjoyed so far at the Fields,” said Brent Baker, president of PulteGroup’s southeast region. “The pandemic is driving more people to buy single-family homes in less urbanized areas, and we fully expect that trend to continue for the foreseeable future. Many people are preferring smaller, more intimate neighborhoods today.”

At Windsong, DiVosta will offer a coastal-inspired home design that is new to the Palm Beach County market. The floor plans will reflect features that consumers now want in a house, according to a recent in-depth study conducted by PulteGroup. They include more storage, enhanced wi-fi, dedicated home office space for multiple people to work, antimicrobial countertops, air filtration systems, dedicated space for working out, ample indoor spaces for relaxing while social distancing and distraction-free space for learning. “Based on the research we did, consumers have clearly told us what they need and want in a future home,” Baker said. “As it turns out, we are offering many of these features already and now

exploring how we can incorporate others into future designs.” Baker said the land will be prepared for development in the coming weeks, and sales should start toward the end of 2021. In Southeast Florida, PulteGroup builds under the Pulte Homes, Pulte Active Adult, DiVosta and Del Webb brands. Homes are actively being sold in three new communities in Broward County, four in Palm Beach County and four in the Treasure Coast area, with several others under land development across the region. Home prices range from the mid $200s to over $1 million. PulteGroup is one of America’s largest homebuilding companies with operations in 40 markets throughout the country.

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Red Cross Partners With WPB VA On Santa Safely Returns To His Seasonal Home At The Mall At Wellington Green Totes Of Hope For Homeless Vets A visit with Santa is a special year based on guidance from the holiday traditions alive. Santa can

The South Florida Red Cross celebrated Veterans Day by delivering hope to homeless and at-risk veterans in West Palm Beach. In partnership with the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, the Red Cross honored veterans for their service by donating 100 “Totes of Hope” backpacks to local veterans in need. The Totes of Hope initiative is a personal care kit drive in which items for homeless and at-risk veterans are collected, assembled in a waterproof backpack and distributed through veterans hospitals or veterans outreach programs. These totes provided to veterans contain items like hygiene products, bottled water, a poncho, activity books and other care items to ensure that their basic needs do not go unmet. For nearly 140 years, the Red Cross has supported military and veteran communities, including supporting World War I soldiers through the 1918 flu pandemic. During this unprecedented time in the nation’s history, the South Florida Red Cross continues to bring hope to the nation’s heroes through this initiative, a program that has provided comfort and relief to local veterans for the past seven years. “We are proud to honor veterans and celebrate Veterans Day each year by donating these Totes of Hope,” Heidi O’Sheehan said. “This project is but one example of

Red Cross volunteers deliver “Totes of Hopes” backpacks to the West Palm Beach VA. how the Red Cross Service to the volunteer activities but continues Armed Forces Department carries to support the VA’s initiatives virout its mission of providing care tually by the generous donations and comfort to service members, provided by the community. veterans and military families. We Every day, the Red Cross prosincerely hope that each veteran vides 24/7 global emergency comthat receives these items will know munication services and support that their service is appreciated and in military and veteran healthcare will never be forgotten.” facilities across the country and Generally, the Red Cross has a around the world. To learn more robust and active volunteer pro- about the Service to the Armed gram with the West Palm Beach Forces Department and how they VA by providing volunteers to support military members, vetersupport care package distribution ans and their families, visit www. and participate in the medical redcross.org/saf. center’s events, like baby showers, For veterans or members of the Veterans Patient Week, monthly armed forces in need of assistance, hospice breakfasts, art and garden call (877) 272-7337 or download therapy sessions, and more. the American Red Cross Hero This year, due to COVID-19, Care app at www.redcross.org/ the Red Cross suspended in-person apps.

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition Of Palm Beach County Announces New Board Chair

The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Palm Beach County (HMHB) recently announced that Lauren Whetstone will serve as its new board chair. She will help lead the organization as it enters its 35th year of serving pregnant women and families countywide. Whetstone is a litigation shareholder in the West Palm Beach office of Greenberg Traurig. She received bachelor’s degrees in finance and public relations from the University of Florida, as well as a law degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Whetstone focuses her practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation and securities litigation. She has broad experience representing domestic and international

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we begin our five-year strategic plan. Her educational and career background paired with her leadership style will lend itself perfectly to help us reach our goals,” HMHB CEO Michelle Gonzalez said. Since 1986, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies has been committed to improving birth outcomes and promoting healthy families by providing access to care, education and support to those facing the physical, emotional, economic and social challenges of pregnancy and infant care. The group supports more than 70 percent of women delivering babies in Palm Beach County. For more information, visit www.hmhbpbc.org, or contact Mary Carhart at mcarhart@ hmhbpbc.org or (561) 665-4518.

time for children and families. This year especially, everyone is looking for a little more magic in their lives, and a visit with Santa is an experience you’ll never forget. This holiday season, Santa is visiting the Mall at Wellington Green, where he will be meeting children and families in a safe, contactless way. Visits with Santa are scheduled to begin Saturday, Nov. 21 and will continue through Christmas Eve on Dec. 24. Visit www.shopwellingtongreen.com for hours of operation and to schedule your visit. There will be plenty of fun and magic, as well as a focus on the health and well-being of everyone. To plan your visit with Santa and review the steps being taken this

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, visit www.cherryhillprograms.com/reopening. Reservations are strongly encouraged as the socially distanced A Merry Little Santa Breakfast event sold out in just a few hours. However, photos with Santa will have walk-up visits available as space allows throughout the day. Best practices will be followed: maintaining social distance, face masks required for everyone and enhanced cleaning between visits. For children and families who are not comfortable visiting with Santa in the mall, the Mall at Wellington Green has partnered with legacy brand Cherry Hill Programs to “create holiday magic” from the comfort of your home through tailored virtual experiences to keep

connect with children and families via personalized Zoom video calls, along with other virtual magic and fun available through a selection of packages. Visit www.shopwellingtongreen.com for more details and to schedule your virtual experience. To learn more about photos with Santa at the Mall at Wellington Green and other holiday promotions, events, sales, holiday hours and a list of stores that will meet all of your shopping needs, visit www.shopwellingtongreen.com or visit the mall on Facebook or Twitter. The Mall at Wellington Green is managed by JLL. It is located at 10300 W. Forest Hill Blvd. in Wellington. Restaurant, store and holiday hours may vary.

Royal Palm Beach Salon Flourishing While Keeping Clients’ Health A Top Priority

As the world rearranges into its new normal, Image Studio 360 Royal Palm Beach owner Lenka Ginsburg has found how to operate in a safe and manageable way and has been overwhelmed by the understanding and support clients have shown throughout this time. “Our individual studios provide social distancing, protection and containment, and have given our professionals the opportunity to not only keep working but grow their business,” Ginsburg said. “In fact, the few spaces we have available for rent are open only because professionals have relocated or retired.” Ginsburg, along with her beauty professionals, have been doing

all they can to make sure clients remain healthy and happy. “Our clients are the lifeblood of our business, and our first priority is always to their health, safety and satisfaction,” Ginsburg said. “The current situation remains very fluid. We assess daily, remain vigilant by disinfecting all equipment, conduct one-on-one appointments, image pros and their guests wear masks in the studio and common areas, and we are mindful of updates from the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and other governing authorities.” Conveniently located in the Southern Palm Crossing shopping plaza with ample free parking,

Image Studio 360 Royal Palm Beach occupies approximately 5,000 square feet and is outfitted with 25 salon studios. Every salon studio is designed with European glass doors and windows, high exposed ceilings, LED lighting, ample client seating, wood flooring and more. In addition to being outfitted with whatever accessories the professional may need, every tenant has 24-hour access to their studio, allowing each professional the freedom to work when and as long as they want. For more information about Image Studios 360 Royal Palm Beach, call (754) 246-8886 or follow the salon on Facebook and Instagram.

ABWA Will Meet On Dec. 9

The Northern Palm Beach Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association will meet Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. To RSVP, or for more info., contact Loretta Remy at (561) 317-3227 or loretta.spalady@gmail.com. The meeting typically takes place at the Embassy Suites Hotel on PGA Blvd. with networking from 6 to 6:30 p.m. The cost is typically $25 through Sunday, Dec. 6 and $30 after and at the door. If the meeting occurs at the hotel, you can utilize this link to pay: paypal. me/abwanorthernpalmbch or pay at the door. Due to the pandemic,

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Thanksgiving Options: Very Safe, Fairly Safe Or Not Safe At All

Thanksgiving is next Thursday, and I have three choices: 1. The Safe Choice — I spend a couple of days baking, cooking and cleaning; set a beautiful table where flickering candles bathe fall’s bounty in a glorious yellow glow; and have a wonderful private feast with my husband. 2. The Next-Safest Choice — I accept my daughter’s invitation to enjoy the holiday at their house; let the kids romp all over me and breathe in my face; and settle in to watch football, sated and happy. 3. The Probably Unsafe Choice — I get into my car and drive through several states to visit my brother, who is going to spring my parents from the retirement home

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The Sonic BOOMER in which they’ve been entrenched since March, and we will have a down-home family Thanksgiving reminiscent of the good ol’ days, except that we’re all wearing masks and sitting in folding chairs on the back patio, six feet apart in 55-degree weather with a robust wind-chill factor.

Ordinarily, having these three choices would make me feel great. The fact that all these people consider me important enough and funny enough (and non-combative enough) and worthy enough to want to spend Thanksgiving with me would have me smiling from ear to ear. But this year, my choice is really whom do I want to endanger the most — my husband, my daughter or my parents? So, I could let myself get mired in depression, knowing that I am nothing but a potential germ-carrying pariah wherever I go — or, I could look at the bright side! The bright side is this (it’s not much, but it’s all I’ve got) — think of how magical and powerful and appreciated

all these holidays are going to be next year, post-vaccine. Even if the shots aren’t available to us peons until spring, Easter Egg hunts could be back by April! The crowds at the Fourth of July celebrations might be huge! Grandparents’ Day will include actual grandparents. By the time Halloween shows up, this whole virus travesty could be nothing but a dim memory (fingers crossed). Costumes will sell out! Kids will be showered with buckets of candy at every door! Thanksgiving won’t be held via Zoom, but around an honest-to-goodness table with people seated less than six feet apart, savoring the inexplicably, indescribably beautiful smells of roasted turkey and

pumpkin pie and buttery mashed potatoes and warm homemade rolls, fresh from the oven! Christmas, well, Christmas 2021 will include shopping at the mall — for months! Wouldn’t that be nice? And those are the hopes we have to cling to, people! Look past the rapidly rising case numbers; the scary up-thenose testing; the severe, claustrophobic isolation! Look to the future — the near future — where we beg someone to stick a needle into our arm and inject us with a vaccine that may have been rushed to market. It’s all good! Uh-oh, sinking into the abyss again. Luckily, I have a pumpkin spice candle right here.

‘The Unicorn’ Is A Fairly Funny CBS Sitcom About Modern Dating Looking around for anything amusing on TV, something I find necessary these days, I discovered a sitcom called The Unicorn. Wade (Walton Goggins) is a relatively recently widowed father of two who runs a fairly successful business. But his friends feel he is just marching in place, not moving ahead with his life. What does that mean? They feel he has to go out and date, a clear euphemism for having sex. He resists. He seems content to stay where he is, although after a year, all the food local women have provided for his family finally runs out. To friends Ben (Omar Miller) and Michelle (Maya Lynne Robinson), a couple with four children who were particularly close to the late wife, he should start looking around. To his other close friends Forrest (Rob Corddry) and Delia (Michaela Watkins), a couple demonstrating their total love by quips putting each other down, he is a challenge. Complicating the issue are

‘I’ On CULTURE By Leonard Wechsler his two daughters Grace (Ruby Jay) and Natalie (Mackenzie Moss). Natalie looks up with soulful eyes saying, “You’re going to replace mommy,” and then adds she plans to throw up. Wade is told that he’s “a unicorn.” That means he’s every girl’s dream: has a job, is reasonably attractive and to top it off, “you’ve only had sex with one woman in 20 years. It’s like you’re really just pre-owned.” Wade discovers this is true. Within two minutes after he puts his profile on a dating web, he has more than

a dozen women after him… including Michelle’s sister. The series centers on Wade’s attempts at dating (remember, that’s a euphemism). And, as expected in a comedy series, things constantly go wrong. The friends constantly intrude; the women are either inappropriate or have their own baggage. And, of course, the quest must be a failure or the whole premise of the show collapses. One thing I enjoyed was that this show is the ultimate anti-Hallmark show. For those who do not watch that network, just about every show (aside from The Golden Girls) ends with a kiss or a wedding ceremony. Sex seems barely to exist. Since the leads of both sexes are generally attractive (although in the nicest way) you are expected to believe that we are sort of back a century ago when girls wearing white at the altar was not just a kind of false symbolism. On one show (part of one of their series) the lead female was

in danger and her boyfriend of over two years volunteered to stay over, in a guest room of course. The Unicorn makes it quite clear that dating will lead to sex. Several episodes directly touch on it. The cast constantly talks about it, as well as the other adults’ issues in their own relationships. And the fact that Wade’s oldest daughter is starting to date and beginning to experience some of the more elemental aspects, provides a nice counter-point to some of the adult action. And the show is funny. Goggins, who has had a successful career playing villains and all kinds of crazy guys, is the straight man for this show. One reason it works so well is that he comes across as earnest and eventually willing to try out the things his friends want him to do. He is a caring father, a hard worker and a decent man. So in most episodes, it’s the rest of the cast that gets a chance to do the funny lines

and then get his reaction. The cast is good. Jay is really good as the older daughter, and Corddry and Watkins get off some wonderful zingers, particularly aimed at each other. Yes, most of the fun from the regular supporting cast comes from, shall we put it nicely, clearly not reasonable behavior, but it is very funny. The different women Wade meets are generally wacky. One is willing to do pity sex, another won’t go forward because she feels Wade will never really forget his first wife. (Why would a woman want a man who could casually change years of feelings so easily?) Another who he worries might be wanting more than he is ready to give turns out to also be seeing another man. And so forth. This is a funny show. Not a great one, and it is self-limiting: if Wade finds the right woman the whole premise ends. But in an era when so little is really funny, this is a show you just might like.

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SERVING WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY SINCE 1973

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Home Improvement ANMAR CO.— James’ All Around Handyman Service. Excellent craftsman Old time values. Once you’ve had me! You’ll have me back! Lic. Ins. Certified Residential Contractor CRC1327426 561-248-8528

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Painting J&B PRESSURE CLEANING & PAINTING, INC. — Established 1984. All types of pressure cleaning, Chemical Roof Cleaning, houses, driveways, patios etc. Commercial & Residential. Interior & Exterior painting. Certified -pressure cleaning & painting contractor. Lic. #U21552 Call Butch 309-6975 or visit our website at www.jbpressurecleaningandpainting.com JOHN PERGOLIZZI PAINTING INC. — Interior/Exterior - Repaint specialist, pressure cleaning, popcorn ceiling, drywall repair & roof painting. Family owned/ owner operator. Free Est. 798-4964 Lic. #U18473

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Sprinkler Systems AQUATIC SPRINKLER, LLC — Complete repair of all types of systems. Owner Operated. Michael Office: 561-964-6004 Cell: 561236-8595 Lic.#U17871 Bonded & Ins. Serving the Western Communities Since 1990

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13860 Wellington Trace

(The Courtyard Shops) Right Next Door To Publix

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750 ml or larger

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