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Volume 37, Number 28July 8 - July 14, 2016Your Community Newspaper Serving Palms West Since 1980

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OPINIONThe Incorporation Of Westlake Mocks The Spirit Of The LawThe decision by Minto to push through the highly controversial incorporation of the company’s Westlake development on the former Callery-Judge Grove land has Palm Beach County of-ficials furious and local leaders angry at the legal loophole that let the incorporation happen. At issue is a debate about the letter of the law versus the spirit of the law. Page 4

The 26th annual Western Communities Red, White & Blue Fourth of July Family Fishing Tournament took place at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park on Monday, July 4, hosted by the Royal Palm Bassmasters. Shown here are Dara and Trent O’Connor. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 15

PHOTO BY JASON STROMBERG/TOWN-CRIER

FISHING TOURNAMENT

By Ron BukleyTown-Crier Staff Report

Wellington officials have pro-posed a fiscal year 2016-17 budget of $89.6 million, up $4.2 million from the current year’s $85.5 mil-lion, enabled largely by a 7.8 per-cent increase in property values, as well as increased revenue sharing.

“I think it’s a really good bud-get,” Director of Administrative & Financial Services Tanya Quickel said. “It’s very stable, and there’s lots of great projects in it. There is a big focus on our infrastructure, the roads, maintenance of every-thing and public safety.”

The Wellington Village Council is scheduled to set the prelimi-nary property tax rate, currently proposed at 2.44 mills, 0.01 mills lower than the current year’s 2.45 mills, on Tuesday, July 12.

The revenue increase will go primarily to maintenance for roadways, governmental facilities and the surface water management system, increased public safety

with two additional deputies, water and wastewater facility replacement and improvements, and additional staffing for the new Wellington Community Center to be completed next month.

“We are increasing the budget overall,” Quickel said. “The big-gest areas of increase include the higher investment in our infra-structure. We’re adding two ad-ditional deputies, and we also have a 2 percent increase in the PBSO budget. That brings the PBSO al-most to a $9 million contract with Wellington.”

Aside from the new community center, the budget also provides for in-house programming at the Wellington Tennis Center.

“We have a lot of emphasis on the new community center and bringing tennis in-house, which we budgeted for last year, but it did not come in-house. It will be in-house starting Oct. 1,” she said.

The grand opening for the new

Wellington Budget Focuses On Roads And Canal Projects

See BUDGET, page 4

By Julie UngerTown-Crier Staff Report

At the primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 30, area residents will see several familiar names running for state representative in District 86. Former Wellington councilman Matt Willhite and businesswoman Tinu Peña are run-ning for the Democratic nomina-tion, while educator Stuart Mears and businesswoman Laurel Ben-nett are seeking the Republican nomination.

The District 86 seat is currently held by Democrat Mark Pafford, who is leaving due to term limits. Encompassing all of Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, Loxahatchee Groves and several communi-ties to the east, District 86 trends Democratic.

Four Candidates Fight For Party Nods In District 86

See ALGAE, page 7


Palm Beach County Commis-sioner Melissa McKinlay has requested an emergency meeting of local, state and federal agencies to address the recent appearance of algae blooms in Palm Beach County.

Algae blooms that manifested in Martin County are now being reported in Palm Beach County, and McKinlay has asked the 16-county Coalition for the Re-sponsible Management of Lake Okeechobee to convene a meeting on algae blooms in local waters.

Local Governments Wary Of Algae, But Impact Is Limited

See DISTRICT 86, page 14

Wellington and Royal Palm Beach held well-attended Independence Day celebra-tions on Monday, July 4.(Above) Royal Palm Beach held its Star Spangled Spec-tacular celebration at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. Shown here are Enaam, Em-manuel, Merna and Ameer Sisa waving flags.(Left) Wellington held its fes-tivities at Village Park. Shown here are Edie Tetrault, Dani-elle and Olivia De Camps, and Amanda Lasseter.

MORE PHOTOSPAGES 9 & 15

PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN AND JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

FESTIVITIES MARK FOURTH OF JULY

EQUESTRIAN BOARD SETS PRIORITIESSEE STORY, PAGE 3

VAN DELL JEWELERS OPENS NEW STORESEE STORY, PAGE 7

Lead agencies include the South Florida Water Management Dis-trict, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conserva-tion Commission and representa-tives of the agriculture industry.

While regional, state and federal agencies are attempting to find a solution to the algae blooms, municipal leaders in the western communities report no problems other than the usual summer outcropping of aquatic plants in the canals.

As of now, findings of blue-

green algae in the C-51 Canal, which passes through the area, have not affected local commu-nities because there is not much back-pumping during the summer rainy season.

“We have the common, typical amount for this time of the year, but there’s nothing out of the ordi-nary,” Don Rinzel, acting manager of the Indian Trail Improvement District, told the Town-Crier on Wednesday.

Rinzel added that he had also received a call that morning from the Palm Beach County Depart-

Matt Willhite — Willhite is in his 21st year working with Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue. He served for eight years on the Wel-lington Village Council, leaving earlier this year due to term limits. He is married with two young sons.

“I am the only person in this race who was able to get on the ballot by petition. I collected 1,030 signatures,” he said. “The other three had to pay a filing fee. I have a great campaign team, and we’ve been working hard on this race.”

Willhite has an extensive list of endorsements from a wide array of union groups, public safety groups, professional organizations and local leaders. Among them are U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch, Patrick Murphy and Lois Frankel; State

Attorney Dave Aronberg; State Sen. Joseph Abruzzo; Sheriff Ric Bradshaw; and Clerk & Comptrol-ler Sharon Bock.

In addition to working in fire-rescue for 21 years, Willhite served in the U.S. Marine Corps for eight years. He is running to continue his life of public service.

“I’m trying to teach my kids that giving back to your community and public service is the key to a better tomorrow, and so I want to continue to represent the people in Wellington that I have in the last eight years, and represent the people in Tallahassee,” Willhite said. “If we don’t care about giv-ing back to our community, our country, who is going to? It takes people to step up and be in the

See BUILDING, page 4


As the newly created City of Westlake moves forward with de-velopment on the 3,800-acre for-mer Callery-Judge Grove property, Palm Beach County officials and nearby residents are questioning the legitimacy of the incorpora-tion process, which involved only five voters.

It also involved the rewriting of state laws to allow the process to happen.

“We have seen a very bad exam-

ple of what can happen with some-thing like that in our statutes,” County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay told the Town-Crier on Wednesday. “The problem is more along the lines of, are the people who voted to incorporate truly residents of Westlake, formerly the Seminole Improvement District? Was that whole process legitimate? That is what the governor needs to investigate.”

Immediately after the vote for incorporation, McKinlay sent a

McKinlay CriticalOf How Westlake Was Incorporated

See WESTLAKE, page 14

The new Wellington Community Center building is nearing completion.PHOTO BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

Grand Opening Planned For New Community CenterBy Julie Unger

Town-Crier Staff ReportAfter a year of construction,

the new Wellington Community Center is set to open Saturday, Aug. 6 with a grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony around 9 a.m. and tours until just after noon.

Parks & Recreation Director Bruce DeLaney is looking for-ward to the community center’s opening. The Aug. 6 date, he stressed, is not set in stone, but it is the expected date, barring any unforeseen delays.

Progress on the highly antici-pated new building has been swift. In February, there was a topping-out ceremony. A call for instruc-tors for programs went out that month, too. In April, rental rates

were approved by the Wellington Village Council. In July, at the village’s Fourth of July event, an announcement was made that the grand opening would take place on Aug. 6, and there was a booth where residents could receive in-formation about programs.

The facility is making tremen-dous progress, DeLaney said.

“It’s really beginning to take shape. It’s going to be a beautiful facility,” he said. “I think people will be very, very pleased with the final product.”

As of Wednesday, almost every-thing from the outside is complete. Most of the landscaping is done. A few things are being finished with the parking lot, but the striping is

As we prepare for the busy fall and winter season, the Town-Crier will be taking our mid-summer hiatus the final week in July and first week in August. After the issue of Friday, July 22, the Town-Crier will not publish on Friday, July 29 or Friday, Aug. 5. We will resume our normal weekly publishing schedule on Friday, Aug. 12. Our office will continue operating during this time period, and news updates will be available online. This brief hiatus will not affect the schedule of the Town-Crier’s sister publication, Wellington The Magazine.

A NOTE TO OUR READERS

Wellington SeniorsEnjoy ‘Coffee WithThe Village Manager’Wellington Village Manager Paul Schofield hosted “Coffee with the Village Manager” on Thursday, June 30 in the center court at the original Welling-ton Mall. A host of residents, mostly senior citizens, brought questions for Schofield on how the village can better serve the community. Page 3

Palm Beach CountyTo Set TRIM Tax Rate For Budget July 12The Palm Beach County Com-mission will set its Truth in Mill-age (TRIM) rate for its 2016-17 budget of over $1.2 billion on Tuesday, July 12. The proposed operating countywide property tax rate is set to remain the same at 4.7815 mills. Page 4

Firecracker Golf TourneyAt RPB’s Madison GreenThe 2016 Royal Palm Beach Firecracker Golf Tournament was held on Monday, July 4 at the Madison Green Country Club. After the event, a buffet lunch was served during the awards ceremony. Page 5

Scout Car Wash Raises Money For VictimsOf Domestic AbuseBoy Scout Troop 125 held a car wash to benefit Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse (AVDA) on Saturday, July 2 at St. Peter’s United Methodist Church in Wellington. Money raised will be used to purchase items to assemble personal care pack-ages for victims. Page 7

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WESTLAKE’S SEEMINGLY SHADY INCORPORATION ANOTHER TRAVESTY Interesting but not surprising that a founding

council member of the “City of 5 of Westlake” — previously known as Minto West — is in jail, adding yet another criminal charge to, I’m sure, his already illustrious résumé. I wonder if that will affect the $3,400-a-month salary as a tran-sitional council member for a yet-to-be-built city, being paid by Minto Communities, seeing that there are no other residents to tax. Birds of a feather flock together.

An aggressive Minto was able to persuade Tal-lahassee legislators (Harvard University research finds that Florida is one of the most corrupt states in the nation.) to create a brand spanking new, never-ever done before or again agricul-tural enclave that did not have to follow exist-ing rules.

Then, they created a brand spanking new rule about incorporation especially fitted for Minto West/Westlake.

Instead of the regular rules that actually require a real city in terms of residents, the Florida Leg-islature yet again obliged with brand new rules whereby you don’t have to wait over a year, only need five people in your supposed city, etc.

The result: a brand new way to create a city in just a few months. ... Huh? Then, there were five commendable citizens who offered to oblige in completing the grand scheme.

I question the legality of listing fenced off busi-ness offices owned by Minto as a legal residence where you don’t really live. The Palm Beach Post stated that they lived in the (area) so I guess that makes it OK. Can I change my legal address to one that works better for me, as well? I’d like Palm Beach County Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher’s official comment on this situation. No wonder calls and emails to the intrepid five sup-posed residents of Westlake went unanswered.

I remember speaking to Minto supporters on the elevator for the Palm Beach County Com-mission hearings, and asked where they were from. They answered Port St. Lucie and Boca Raton, and were being paid $10 an hour.

The blue shirts were free. At least Minto pays over the minimum wage when they “hire” sup-porters. You can’t make this stuff up.

Maybe in the future, Minto should have their employees sign nondisclosure statements. And maybe Minto can get a county tax incentive for employing people. Our County Commission is big on this. Tallahassee legislators will rewrite any rules as needed. That would just be the cher-ry on top.

Lastly, I found it interesting, though not surpris-ing, that Minto has a public relations firm. I guess they can’t count on unpaid word of mouth by the public for accolades. Wonder why?

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Point of View - Minto/Westlake Re-Print From The Palm Beach Post, June 28, 2016

LEADERS DISREGARD WILL DRIVE ME AWAY The blatant disregard our county commis-

sioners have demonstrated toward the “will of the people” they serve is criminal, advocating for the development of over 4,500 homes in the last rural area of the once beautiful Palm Beach County. The continued destruction of northern Palm Beach County by allowing out-of-control development such as Westlake, the

former Panama Hatties, Briger tract and more is clearly irresponsible and against the wishes of the people. This development will irrevers-ibly change the way we live and will result in lower property values choked streets with traffic, strain our precious water reserves and make it a terrible place to live overall. I’ll be looking to move in the future. Paradise lost.

Opinion: Letters To Editor of The Palm Beach Post Re-Print From The Palm Beach Post, July 4, 2016

— Christine Schwartz, Loxahatchee Palm Beach Post Editors Note: Anthony Fritz, who was arrested on a battery charge

for allegedly beating his girlfriend, resigned from the Westlake transitional council June 21.

— Anthony Michael Foley, North Palm Beach

PARADISE LOST!Over the past ten years, the majority of Palm Beach County Commissioners have approved every major development application, completely ignoring the overwhelming opposition by thousands of residents attending “standing room only” County commission meetings. This has resulted in the current anger and frustration of many residents who no longer attend County Commission meetings, and like Anthony Michael, are now considering moving out of Palm Beach County, their “PARADISE LOST” that is now matching the congestion of Broward and Miami-Dade!

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By Jason StrombergTown-Crier Staff Report

Wellington Village Manager Paul Schofield hosted “Coffee with the Village Manager” on Thursday, June 30 in the center court at the original Wellington Mall. A host of residents, mostly senior citizens, brought questions for Schofield on how the village can better serve the community.

Schofield came away pleased with the event.

“I’m very happy. This was the time we wanted to come out and talk to the seniors,” Schofield said. “I try to get out and speak to community groups at least once a month. It’s one in a continuing series. What we wanted here today was a focus on what the seniors want, because Wellington’s seniors are generally different than every-body else’s.”

Schofield was not surprised by the questions asked. “I have been working professionally for 43 years in public forums like this. I got about the questions I ex-pected,” Schofield said. “I thought the seniors were well engaged and well represented, and I don’t know

one question that stood out more than the others. I was just happy to see the number of people here.”

Schofield suggested that the seniors get out into the community and speak to the younger genera-tion. Even the village manager said he needs to do more of that. It was a hot topic of discussion.

“When is the last time you talked to a 20-year-old?” Schofield asked. “We tend to be afraid of kids, and we shouldn’t be. In their own way, they are afraid of us. Talk to them. They need it.”

For those seniors who graduated from high school in the 1950s and the 1960s, the education they got was very different, Schofield said.

“When I talk to a kid today and I ask a fourth-grader what 12 times 12 is, they are going to want to sit down and write an equation,” Schofield said. “These folks, every one of them, don’t need to do any-thing. They just know the answer is 144 because we memorized it.”

Schofield wants the seniors to go out in the community and teach today’s youth the value of commu-nication. “The best way for seniors and kids to feel included is to talk

Wellington Seniors Enjoy ‘Coffee With The Village Manager’to each other,” he said. “Don’t isolate yourself. Get out and be more actively involved with more than just the seniors.”

Howard Trager, who chairs Wellington’s Senior Advisory Committee, agreed.

I think this was a great give-and-take between the village manager and the residents,” Trager said. “This should really become a regular program, because people get a chance to voice their concerns about the future of Wellington.”

One of the concerns that Trager pointed out was that the Welling-ton seniors want to see balanced growth.

“What I took from the meeting today was that our seniors recog-nize that Mr. Schofield has the an-swers that they are looking for, or he can direct the questions and/or solutions to the various department directors and managers,” Trager said. “I was interested in the role of seniors in our growth plans.”

Like Schofield, Trager wants to see more of a role for seniors in the community.

“The seniors have a tremendous Wellington Village Manager Paul Schofield answers questions from local senior citizens.PHOTO BY JASON STROMBERG/TOWN-CRIER

Wellington Equestrian Preserve Committee Discusses Action PlanBy Ron Bukley

Town-Crier Staff ReportWellington’s newly configured

Equestrian Preserve Commit-tee set priorities at its meeting Wednesday that included a contro-versial proposal for regulations to control some aspects of properties with agricultural exemptions.

Working from the 71-page Equestrian Action Plan that had been passed out at a previous meeting, the committee set out a schedule to address different phases.

Committee Chair Jane Cleve-land said she was impressed with the plan but wanted to organize meetings so that the committee ad-dresses different aspects of the plan separately to improve efficiency.

One aspect of the plan drew attention to an exemption that the report suggests would call into question the standards by which buildings are constructed, which could lead to difficulty in maintain-ing a “world-class” standard.

Cleveland said she wanted to define what “world-class” venue means, and village staff’s plan of action to address that.

“To me there’s two parts to ‘world-class,’” she said. “There’s the Wellington, municipal part of world class and the management of the residential farm areas, and then there’s the venues.”

Cleveland said she thought all the venue operators should be invited to talk about how they feel about the plan and what it takes to be world-class.

“I don’t run a horse show busi-ness,” she said. “We all go to shows, and we all know what we like in shows, but horse shows are a complex business, and it would be interesting to know from them what it takes to be world-class.”

Committee Vice Chair Dr. Kristy Lund, the only returning committee member, said the pre-vious committee had met with all of them.

“Most of what we talked about was what Wellington can do to make your life easier,” Lund said. “A lot that came out was permit-ting, having to produce special use permits every single year and why it’s so difficult to do that.”

Lund said people who took a survey were enthusiastic about

equestrian trail development, but that wasn’t high on the plan.

“I thought the trails were high on the list, and I sort of see them lost,” Lund said. “I’d like to see them in phase one.”

Lund added that she was disap-pointed that an equestrian overpass had been pushed to phase three.

“That’s part of the trail system and making everything move easier,” she said. “I just thought that some of the priorities were a little bit off compared to what we’ve talked about in the past. I would shift some things around and go back to the survey to see what’s most important.”

Committee Member Doug Hundt had similar concerns about priorities.

“After spending time going through this, I have basically the same questions that Kristy had,” Hundt said. “The information is all there, but what do we do with it? Where do we start? I’m hoping that’s why we’re here. We’re going to prioritize some of these things.”

He agreed that some parts of the plan should be moved up.

“The roads and the overpass

would definitely be something that I think needs to be prioritized,” Hundt said. “That’s a huge project, and to me that’s one of the first things that needs to get going. It can’t be done overnight.”

Committee Member Dr. Rachel Eidelman agreed with prioritiza-tion and preparing a list to get things done one by one. “Tackle that first thing, and get it done,” she said.

Committee Member Robert Bushey agreed that the document would be impossible to address all at once.

“We need to pick out the most important one, two, three at the most, items and try and get them solved,” Bushey said. “We’ll never get through all of that in one two-hour meeting a month.”

Board Member Carol Cohen agreed with Lund’s priorities.

“Traffic and flow is the most important thing,” Cohen said. “We need to take those issues, get them going, put them at the first of the list and just make some decisions.”

Wellington Projects Manager Mike O’Dell said the plan had

been posted on the village web site and about 300 e-mails sent to interested people.

“First and foremost, we have la-beled this as a draft document, and that’s purposely done because we would like for you all to read it and give us your input,” O’Dell said.

He added that the information was collected over a period of time.

“The time that this was started back in around 2012 and 2013, if you think back to those time frames, the community was in great divide, so some of the in-formation that we have, some of the survey information, could be skewed based on what was hap-pening in the community then,” O’Dell said, adding that priorities could be rearranged and things could be brought up that commit-tee members thought had been missed.

O’Dell explained that the com-mittee had developed milestones included in the plan to serve as a measureable goal, and suggested starting there in a discussion of priorities.

“We can go back to the mile-

stones, and if some of those items need to have greater, in-depth discussion, staff can provide you more information,” he said.

One of the first items is to de-velop an economic development strategy.

“One of the important factors that I hope we’ve highlighted in the booklet was that we have an issue associated with the agricul-tural classification,” he said. “It’s an agricultural classification that allows tax reductions based on your agricultural lands.”

O’Dell said that it is understand-ably looked upon as a tax paid to all ad valorem taxing agencies, but on the other hand is the amount of economic impact the horse indus-try has on the area. He added that staff has also become concerned about construction exemptions that have been allowed under state agricultural exemptions.

He added that economic studies done on the equestrian industry had been conducted for the county, and not Wellington per se.

“We’ve never been able to quan-tify what it means for Wellington,” O’Dell said.

See SCHOFIELD, page 14

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auto scandal settlement in U.S. history. The company was caught, and has basically admitted, that its vehicles were designed to fool emissions tests.

There are some 475,000 Volk-swagen vehicles with affected 2-liter diesel engines. Owners who

decide to have VW buy-back their cars will get the “clean, trade-in value” from previous to the scan-dal. The average value of a Volk-swagen vehicle has plummeted 19 percent since prior to the scandal. In August 2015, the average value was $13,196. In May 2016, the

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By JulesW. Rabin

Volkswagen has agreed to pay $14.7 billion to settle its emissions cheating scandal. Each Volkswa-gen owner involved will be paid as much as $10,000, plus the com-pany will repair, or buy back, the polluting diesel vehicles.

That $14.7 billion is the largest

up problems in the U.S. There is an additional worldwide market that Volkswagen has yet to settle with.

This time, getting caught with a hand in the profit cookie jar had serious and expensive repercus-sions.

The decision by Minto Communities Inc. to push through the highly controversial in-corporation of the company’s Westlake development on the former Callery-Judge Grove land has Palm Beach County officials furious and local leaders angry at the legal loophole that let the incorporation happen.

Four years ago, state legislators passed — and Gov. Rick Scott signed — Senate Bill 692, which made it easier for special districts to incorporate. The legislation was created specifically to benefit Callery-Judge Grove, the predecessor to Minto as the dominant landowner in the Seminole Improvement District.

Previously, Callery-Judge had failed to get county approval for a 10,000-home devel-opment project on the 3,800-acre property. Lobbyists for Callery-Judge worked with law-makers to include wording stripping out minimum population requirements and legislative approval needed to create a would-be city, thus giving landowners a freer hand to develop projects. The goal was to force the developer and the county to work together — and it worked. Callery-Judge sold out to Minto, and Minto used the power given it by the Talla-hassee powerbrokers to get approval for a fairly sizable development of 4,500 homes and 2.2 million square feet of non-residential commercial zoning.

Why then, incorporate now? Minto officials blame the county for dragging its heels on building approvals, which county officials categorically deny. The elephant in the room is that as a municipality, Westlake can possibly rewrite the development agreement set out in lengthy detail at agonizingly long meetings in 2014.

At issue with the incorporation itself is a debate about the letter of the law versus the spirit of the law. Minto representatives have very clearly laid out their opinion that the exact letter of the law was carried out, but the spirit of the law? Clearly this scenario was not the goal of the 2012 legislation. The goal of the 2012 legislation happened with Minto West/Westlake’s 2014 development approval.

Moreover, some are questioning if the shotgun incorporation was even legal. What Minto officials have called a completely legitimate process, detractors have called an elaborate scam, with allegations of vote buying and election fraud. County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay has written Gov. Rick Scott, asking him to investigate the circumstances, joined by the Indian Trail Improvement District. McKinlay is also pushing to get the statute — a clear violation of county authority — overturned.

With just five voters, the “residents” of the Seminole Improvement District voted last month to create the City of Westlake. Among the questions McKinlay wants investigated are whether the Westlake voters actually live within the district and why all five voters appear to have the same mailing address. Further, McKinlay points out Westlake’s charter requires only two of the five transitional council members to reside in Palm Beach Coun-ty. These concerns, and others, appear superficially suspect from the outside, and lead to questions of both transparency by Minto and the ability of developers to do end-arounds when it comes to the creation of such phantom municipalities.

We’re pretty sure there will be legal action taking place over this issue, which leaves us hoping that, regardless of whether the incorporation of Westlake stands, what ends up being built on the property resembles what the county and developers had initially agreed to after years of negotiation.

So, what options exist until the matter is resolved? We encourage Palm Beach County and the Indian Trail Improvement District to hold strong in the authority they do have over roads, public safety, utilities and more to make sure that the City of Westlake closely resembles the approved Minto West development.

Intentionally following the letter of the law, but not the spirit of the law, can be accom-plished through exploiting technicalities, loopholes and ambiguous language. But that does not make it the right thing to do.

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DAWN RIVERAGeneral Manager

JOSHUA I. MANNINGExecutive Editor


The Palm Beach County Com-mission will set its Truth in Mill-age (TRIM) rate for its 2016-17 budget of over $1.2 billion on Tuesday, July 12.

The proposed operating county-wide property tax rate is set to remain the same at 4.7815 mills, with voter-approved debt service going down slightly from 0.1462 mills in 2016 to 0.1330 mills in 2017.

Due to increased property val-ues, the same proposed rate will

generate $56.8 million more in property taxes, or 7.8 percent more than the current year, for a total of $786.7 million.

The Palm Beach County Sher-iff’s Office is allocated 47.9 percent of the budget, or $594,447,569, with other constitutional officers receiving 4.7 percent or $58 mil-lion.

County departments would receive 25.6 percent, or $318 million, with almost $69 million (5.5 percent) going to debt ser-vice, $103 million (8.3 percent) to capital and non-departmental

Palm Beach County To Set TRIM Tax Rate For Budget July 12transferred from the operating budget to capital project funds, the total spending for county depart-ments increased $12.2 million, or 3.8 percent. The increase for the PBSO budget is $27.9 million or 5.7 percent.

Major factors affecting the gen-eral fund budget include personal service costs in a cost-of-living increase of 3 percent totaling $6.3 million, health insurance costs at $2.3 million and retirement con-tributions at $4.1 million.

The budget includes the addition of 61 net new county positions, 24

budgets, and almost $100 million to reserves.

The county library would re-ceive about $52 million in ad valorem taxes, compared with $49 million in the current year. The Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue Municipal Services Tax Unit would receive almost $230 mil-lion, compared with almost $215 million in the current year.

The budget represents an $8.1 million or 2.5 percent increase in countywide property tax-funded projects. Including $4.1 million for repair and replacement costs being

of which are funded by ad valorem taxes, and 37 non-county ad va-lorem positions in airports, water utilities, fire-rescue, building, fleet management and the library.

New capital funding is proposed at $31.9 million, which does not include projects to be financed with the 1-cent sales tax increase heading to the ballot for voter approval in November.

In order to submit a budget that maintained the existing tax rate, many department requests were not included in the proposed bud-get, according to staff reports. It

includes a full funding request for reentry and drug court programs, as well as supplemental funding for homelessness.

Reserves would be increased from $85 million to $99.5 million, or 8 percent of the gross general fund, in compliance with current county policy and with outside recommendations in order to maintain the county’s AAA bond rating.

The first public hearing on the budget is set for Sept. 6 at 6 p.m., with the second public hearing on Sept. 19 at 6 p.m.

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done, DeLaney said. The gazebo and dock also received refurbish-ing.

The interior of the building is getting final touches. There are banquet and conference rooms inside, ready for almost any kind of special event.

“The view from our grand ballroom, looking out over the lake, is quite stunning,” DeLaney said. “There will be lots of happy memories that will take place there, I’m sure.”

The new building stands as a stark contrast to the building that formerly occupied the land.

“There is no comparison,” he said. “The old building was originally constructed as a sales center for selling homes and lots in Wellington, and then it was a clubhouse, which provided entertainment for those people who purchased memberships. As the years went by, it eventually ended up being our community center.”

After several retrofits and years of discussion, the decision was made to create an entirely new building, tailor-made for commu-nity functions.

Designed by Song & Associates

and built by Pirtle Construction — the same firms that designed and built the new Wellington Tennis Center — the new facility was built specifically as a community center with areas for program-ming, people to congregate and have parties, for seminars and other events.

“It will provide the opportunity for us to get back to the program-ming aspect of various programs that we were offering at the origi-nal community center, plus adding some new ones,” DeLaney said. “The facility itself will provide a terrific venue for weddings and parties, and the rooms will lend themselves to meetings, semi-nars and pretty much any type of

activity that people are looking forward to.”

Special events, however, will not be the only things taking place at the new building. There will be a wide array of programs and classes available.

Community Programs Manager Michelle Garvey is gearing up for the grand opening.

“We will have our program instructors there. We have 13 new instructors, and will be offering a variety of programs from infants to seniors,” she said. “They range from art classes, meditation, dance classes, yoga, Pilates — there’s something for everyone. We have morning, midday and afternoon classes. We also have language

classes coming in Italian and French.”

Many of the instructors will be there for the grand opening, to meet and greet people and discuss the programs.

A complete listing of the fall classes, starting after Labor Day, can be found at www.wellingtonfl.gov under the “Playing” heading, in the “Programs & Activities” subheader, click “Classes & Pro-grams.”

Garvey is looking forward to showcasing the new community center.

“To offer such a variety of pro-grams is very exciting, to meet these new instructors and see what programs to offer. We hope the

public likes them as well,” she said.Garvey and DeLaney invite the

community to come out and enjoy the village’s new gem on Aug. 6.

“If everything goes as expected, we would certainly invite the pub-lic to come and have an opportuni-ty to walk through the building and see what it’s all about,” DeLaney said. “If they’re looking to have a gathering of some type, whether it’s a bridal shower or a baby shower or a wedding or a bar mitz-vah, or just a family gathering, or you’re looking for a place to hold meetings, on Aug. 6, pending ev-erything goes as we expect, we’ll have it open for people to come in, walk through the facility and get to see what we have.”

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community center is tentatively set for Aug. 6.

“We’ll have it open a few weeks before that, but that’s the official grand opening,” Quickel said.

The new budget adds a total of 13 new positions throughout different departments.

“Most of those positions are really in two areas, the community center programming and mainte-nance,” she explained.

Although maintenance takes care of all village facilities, the demand on that department will be increased due to the tennis and community centers.

A proposal to return to a five-day workweek with expanded hours would add about $295,000 to the budget.

“We’re still on four days, but the budget does include going to five days, Monday through Friday,” Quickel said, adding that hours will remain 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. four days a week, and be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. “There are really five positions associated with that, as well for the additional hours,

because that means we’ll be open 53 hours a week.”

She said capital improvements are an important part of the budget. They include drainage improve-ments at the intersections of Big Blue Trace and Barberry Drive, and Big Blue Trace and Wiltshire Village Drive, at $750,000; ex-tension of the turn lane at Pierson Road and South Shore Blvd. at $250,000; repair and replacement of the Peaceful Waters Park board-walk at $400,000; completion of Hawthorne Park at $225,000; and lighting and shade improvements at Scott’s Place Playground at $120,000.

The budget will move some of the Acme Improvement District staff from the Acme budget back into the village’s general fund budget.

“It’s really moving the parks out of Acme back into the general fund,” Quickel said. “They were put there several years ago, and now we’re moving them back.”

Total ad valorem revenue would be $17,353,978, which is $1,193,483, or 7.4 percent, higher than the current year. The revenue value of 0.1 mills will be $711,000 in 2017, compared with $655,763 in 2016.

“Overall, the utility rates are

slightly decreased or staying the same,” Quickel said. “The millage is down a hundredth of a mill, but most people will probably see an increase in their annual tax because of the property value increase.”

Solid waste and containerized waste collection will go down $5 per customer, at $135 per residen-tial pickup and $100 for contain-erized pickup. The potable water and wastewater rates will remain unchanged at $18.22 for the base rate for potable water and $17.38 for the base rate for wastewater.

The most significant revenue increases include an ad valorem

increase of $1.2 million at the 2.44 millage rate, and $1.1 million in intergovernmental revenue from the half-cent sales tax, state revenue sharing, gas tax and Community Development Block Grant funding.

The proposed budget will fi-nance 315 full-time positions, 90,180 part-time hours and two in-terns. Capital projects and depart-mental budgets will be available in a few weeks. Public outreach is also beginning, with community forums and surveys. Wellington’s Budget Challenge is available online at www.wellingtonfl.gov/survey.

New Rules Raise Concern Among Veterans In Pain

Revisions to pain management guidelines at the VA have many VA patients concerned. I am a Vietnam veteran (1968-70), and I suffer with chronic pain. The Jason Simcakoski Memorial Promise Act, moving through Congress, is

intended to control opioid medica-tions at the VA more tightly and opt for alternative pain control modal-ities. As with most legislation, the Law of Unintended Consequences has already led to denial of essen-tial opioid pain medications to some veterans very much in need.

Many veterans’ quality of life becomes a shadow of what it ought to be without opioid medications. I am a very satisfied VA patient,

having received care at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center since 2002. I received opioid medications post-operatively in an amount that met my needs. My doctors actually listened when I explained that the original dose was not helping, and they raised the dose appropriately.

I continue to suffer with chronic pain and concomitant emotion-al deficits, and I receive spinal

injections four times a year for relief. Unfortunately, my spinal pain returns within a month or so. My doctors and I discussed chiropractic and acupuncture, but my pain doctor explained that at the VA, they saw very limited results therefrom. From this point forward, many fear that veterans’ pain will be inadequately treated.

Robert GaltWellington

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NEWSROYAL PALM HOLDS FIRECRACKER GOLF TOURNAMENT AT MADISON GREEN

Royal Palm Beach Mayor Fred Pinto withcouncilwomen Jan Rodusky and Selena Smith.

The 2016 Royal Palm Beach Firecracker Golf Tournament was held on Monday, July 4 at the Madison Green Country Club. After the event, a buffet lunch was served during the awards ceremony. There were raffles and prizes for on-course contests, such as closest to the pin, longest drive and putting.

First-place winners Mike Connors, Adam Rosseau, VinceChillemi and Randy Castricone with Mayor Fred Pinto (center).

ROYAL PALM SENIORS ENJOY A PATRIOTIC INDEPENDENCE DAY LUNCHEON

Barbara Stafirn, Janet O’Connor and Linda Isaacs.

The Royal Palm Beach Seniors Activities Group held an Independence Day celebration party on Friday, July 1 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center. A light lunch was served. Samuel Curry played music from 1950s through the 1970s for the seniors to enjoy.

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Madison Green Head Golf Pro Mark Rodgers, Lew Masotti,Joe Egan and Scott Stowell won second place.

Mayor Fred Pinto with third-place winners Eric Livorio,Justin Levins, John Weidner and Michael Hoechst.

Dolly Hughes with volunteers Doris Mendez-Weeks,Lorna Pearson, Cheryl Lower, Attis Solomon,Prudel Bell, Elaine Mathis and Vinette Tracy.

Janet O’Connor madethis patriotic doll.

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Mayor Fred Pinto with Closest to the Pin winner Todd Kenny.

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FLARA Meeting Set For July 11The western communities chap-

ter of the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans will meet Mon-day, July 11 at St. Peter’s United Methodist Church (12200 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington). The business meeting starts at noon, and new members are welcome. The program begins at 1 p.m. and features hospital administrator Harry Wolin sharing ideas on patient advocacy. The event is free and open to the public. For more info., call Nancy Tanner at (561) 793-9677.

Junior Golf Camp At OkeeheeleeThe Okeeheelee Golf Course

(7715 Forest Hill Blvd.) will hold a series of junior golf programs throughout the summer for ages 6 through 17 led by PGA and LPGA professionals.

Each student will learn putting, chipping, pitching and sand play, with a swing analysis and infor-mation on game knowledge and etiquette. Campers can choose

either the half-day camp, which will run from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., or the full day, which lasts from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. The dates are July 11-15, July 18-22, Aug. 1-5 and Aug. 8-12.

The Little Linkers Camp, for boys and girls ages 4 through 6, will also be available on select Thursdays and Fridays throughout the summer. The camp dates are July 14-15, Aug. 4-5 and Aug. 11-12. Each camp day will run from 9 a.m. until noon.

To register, call (561) 964-4653 or visit www.golfproservices.org/junior-camps.

Sign Up Now For New Community Center Programs

The Village of Wellington has many exciting new programs com-ing to the new Wellington Com-munity Center this fall taught by instructors who have been locally and nationally recognized for their work in the arts, dance and more.

New programs will be available for participants of all ages — children, tweens, teens, adults, and seniors. Dabble in new art

techniques, learn a new language, improve writing skills, discover a new style of dance, increase physical activity levels, relax with meditation, and improve strength and flexibility with yoga or Pilates.

Now is the time to register. Find the list of programs and more information at www.wellingtonfl.gov/classes. The first sessions will begin just after Labor Day.

Returning recreation partici-pants with an existing household account can register online at www.wellingtonfl.gov/webtrac. Registration can also be completed in-person at Village Park (11700 Pierson Road).

Cool Kids Nights At The Mall

School’s out for the summer and the Mall at Wellington Green is hosting themed activities for kids every Wednesday in July.

The MallStars Kids Club Cool Kids Nights are packed with live entertainment, including DJs spin-ning the latest hits, fun activities, giveaways, food court specials and more.

Each event will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the food court

with a different theme for each night. Upcoming events include: Art Party on Wednesday, July 13; Cowboys and Cowgirls on Wednesday, July 20; and Zoo Animals on Wednesday, July 27.

The Mall at Wellington Green is located at 10300 W. Forest Hill Blvd. For more info., visit www.shopwellingtongreen.com.

Art After Dark Celebrates Bastille Day

The Norton Museum’s weekly Art After Dark series dons a beret and speaks with a French accent for its annual Bastille Day Cele-bration set for Thursday, July 14 from 5 to 9 p.m. All the evening’s activities — music, film, language lessons, food, drink and art — are presented with a French twist, and admission is free.

The celebration features the gypsy jazz and French pop sounds of the French Horn Collective a popular, Miami-based band led by Vincent Raffard, a South Florida transplant from Paris. Cheryl Brut-van, curator of contemporary art, will lead a curator’s conversation

about the new installation “A Fresh Look at European Art.” What’s a French celebration without a French lesson? Learn to parlez a little français with help from the Multilingual Language & Cultur-al Society of West Palm Beach. Potions in Motion will provide a menu of French food and drink.

The museum is located at 1451 S. Olive Ave. in West Palm Beach. For more info., call (561) 832-5196, or visit www.norton.org.

Performing Arts Camp Thanks Author James

PattersonThe Choir in the Glades, hosted

by the Young Singers of the Palm Beaches, is producing a perform-ing arts summer camp thanks to a gift from author and Palm Beach County resident James Patterson.

Patterson and the Patterson Family Foundation have awarded a $20,000 grant to provide the funding for the free camp serving the Glades region. Benefiting about 40 elementary and middle school-aged children, the camp

will be two weeks filled with song, dance, dramatic arts, visual arts and literacy. The public is invited to attend a performing arts show-case on Thursday, July 21 at 3:30 p.m. at the Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center in Belle Glade to see the culmination of the program.

Palm Beach County music edu-cator Nicole Lee will be directing the choral and dramatic arts por-tion. Divinity Dance founder Sonja Kelly will be teaching movement and dance, while Young Singers’ graphic artist Pauline Zaros will be teaching visual arts, including prop and stage design. Also integrated into this year’s summer camp will be a literacy enhancement portion based around Patterson’s children’s novel Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life.

The summer camp program is an enhancement to Young Sing-ers of the Palm Beaches’ satellite program, Choir in the Glades. Only two seasons old, Choir in the Glades began with several dozen elementary school children and is now planning to expand into middle school ages this fall. For more info., call (561) 659-2332, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.yspb.org.

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By Jason StrombergTown-Crier Staff Report

Van Dell Jewelers has expand-ed. The longtime local jewelry business opened its third location last month between Fresh Market and Oli’s Fashion Cuisine in the Wellington Green Square plaza on Forest Hill Blvd.

Alexander Van Dell, son of owner Jack Van Dell, is excited about the new location.

“I am very satisfied that we opened up our newest location,” Alexander said. “I look forward to serving new clients.”

Serving clients is business as usual for his father, who opened the first local Van Dell Jewelers store more than 35 years ago in the Wellington Plaza. It is currently located in Wellington’s Courtyard Shops.

Another store opened six years ago in the Southern Palm Crossing shopping plaza on Southern Blvd. in Royal Palm Beach.

The Van Dells will welcome their new clients, and returning ones, with open arms.

“If you put in multiple locations of your business, you increase the effectiveness of the business,” Jack explained. “That’s what we’re trying to do here.”

Having the new location up and running gives local custom-ers easier access to the Van Dell business.

“We have customers down there who will be easily served there,” Jack said. “It’s very easy to get to this new location. It was needed. You can only reach so many peo-ple with one location.”

Dwight Huntoon will manage the new location. Huntoon, who has worked as a manager at Van Dell Jewelers for 14 years, is excited about the potential of the new location’s success.

“I think the most significant thing is good customer service,” Huntoon said. “Most people only do fine jewelry purchases a few times in their life. It’s an emotional and significant purchase. When you see someone buy a special piece that is emotional, and it makes that special someone in their life happy, it’s very rewarding to see that.”

Huntoon invited the community to visit the new Van Dell Jewelers location.

“Customers, when they are looking for jewelry, should look for a jeweler that is well-estab-lished with a good reputation,” he said. “We have many good refer-ences, and we maintain customers’ jewelry pieces for a lifetime after they make their purchase. We offer a wide variety of services. We do repair and maintenance at all three premises.”

Huntoon has been in the jew-elry business for 35 years. He previously served as a manager at the Van Dell Jewelers location in Royal Palm Beach. April Fa-ciane is now the manager there. She is also excited about the new location.

“Jack is really good at having his finger on the pulse of the market,” she said. “He knows the best loca-tions for us to open in. We are very active in the local community. We believe in giving back to the local

Van Dell Jewelers Opens Location At Wellington Green Squarecommunity, and we support many events that take place here.”

A family-owned business for more than 85 years, Van Dell Jew-elers originated in Massachusetts, founded by Jack’s late father, John.

Van Dell Jewelers is a hands-on jewelry business with complete jewelry making and repairing workshops in all three locations. It is staffed by expert jewelers. A major facet of the business is its custom designs. The staff does casting, setting and finishing on the secured premises.

With everything performed in-house, Van Dell Jewelers controls its costs and offers customers great value on having a custom piece designed and made just for them.

“There aren’t many jewelers that do a whole gamut of services and offer trustworthy service from beginning to end,” Huntoon said. “We do custom design and jewelry appraisals. We buy jewelry and also do trade-ins for new pur-chases. We buy diamonds, gold, precious stones, and also take them as trade-ins on new jewelry purchases.”

Family jewelers that do com-plete service on the premises are not as common as they once were. That’s what makes Van Dell Jew-elers so special.

“I’ve worked for big companies, and the services are not done on the premises,” Huntoon said. “We offer more personal service and are there at any time, from the initial purchase through the lifetime of the piece.”

Due to its high-tech workshops and expert jewelers and stone set-

Dwight Huntoon, Alexander Van Dell and Jack Van Dell at the new Van Dell Jewelers location.PHOTO BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

ters, Van Dell Jewelers can make finished pieces quickly. The repair capability is strong, from minor soldering and sizing to complete restoration of vintage and antique jewelry.

“We take great pride in the trust that people have in us to care for their jewelry,” Faciane said. “Whether it’s cleaning, or inspec-tions, or repairs, or restorations, we get it done for you in a professional manner. We treat the jewelry piec-es as if they’re our own. We want

to give it back to you better than you ever thought it would be. We are extremely passionate about what we do.”

Van Dell Jewelers also designs and makes trophies for the eques-trian season. Priding itself on being the largest maker of fine equestrian jewelry in the country, Van Dell Jewelers also has a great selection in all of its stores of engagement rings, wedding bands, earrings, bracelets and pendants.

Van Dell Jewelers, which is

scheduled to open its fourth store near the new Palm Beach State College campus on Southern Blvd. in Loxahatchee Groves, can use a customer’s existing precious metals and gemstones to create a great-looking new piece.

“We never say no. That’s what makes us so successful,” Jack said. “As long as it is a jewelry-related question, we will find an answer to it.”

For more info., visit www.vandell.com.

SCOUT TROOP CAR WASH RAISES MONEY FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE

Event organizer Matthew Roberts washes the wheels.

Boy Scout Troop 125 held a car wash to benefit Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse (AVDA) on Saturday, July 2 at St. Peter’s United Methodist Church in Wellington. Money raised will be used to purchase items to assemble personal care packages for victims. The scouts are also collecting supplies, such as body wash/soap, shampoo, conditioner, mouthwash, deodorant, disposable razors, baby shampoo/wash, formula, diapers/pull-ups, new baby clothing and sippy cups. Donations can also be made online at www.gofundme.com/MattEagle2016. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

Anna Breitbach, Amanda Roberts, Aidan Guaglioneand Daniel Melton try to attract customers. Scouts and friends who took part in the car wash fundraiser.

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ment of Environmental Resources Management asking whether there were algae issues in Acreage-area canals.

“I talked to our pump operations manager today,” Rinzel said. “We have our water tested several times a year, so if anything pops up, we’d be aware of it right away.”

The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District, which back-pumps periodically from the C-51 Canal, also reported no algae problems.

“We don’t have it at this time,” LGWCD Administrator Steve Yohe said. “We stopped back-pumping when we first heard about it. We stopped back-pump-ing a week before because it has been raining. It’s kind of coinci-dental, but a week before we even heard that, it started showing up in the C-51. We will not back-

pump until we hear that the C-51 is clear.”

Yohe said that there would be no negative results of the suspended back-pumping because most prop-erty owners, including agricultural operations, have wells.

“Everybody went to wells, and the reason is that they couldn’t rely on back-pumping,” he said. “Those north of Okeechobee, that’s a long way to travel uphill.”

Royal Palm Beach Village Manager Ray Liggins said there were no algae problems in village waters that he was aware of. The village never back-pumps due to an ample supply of water.

“This time of year, we get the continual problems that we contin-ually spray for and the stuff dies off and floats up,” he said. “We do get complaints about that, but that’s kind of the annual recurring event. Other than letting it grow, I’m not sure what the alternative is, other than having a machine out there continually.”

Liggins said the blame for the algae blooms has been pointed at several sources, but it reflects the development of Florida in general.

“A lot of people have done a lot of work, but the bottom line is that millions of people live here who didn’t live here before,” he said. “It all contributes to runoff. The more runoff you have, the more probability that you’re going to have algae blooms.”

Wellington Village Manager Paul Schofield agreed.

“It’s 150 years of continuous urbanization in South Florida,” said Schofield, who also reported no algae contamination in his vil-lage, just the usual summer aquatic plant growth.

“There are a lot of contributing causes for it, but the impacts are everywhere,” Schofield said. “Most of it has happened in the last 30 or 40 years. When I came to Palm Beach County in 1974, there were 300,000 people in this county. We’re at 1.3 million today. You have a lot of urban runoff, and a lot of agriculture to support that. The same water out of Lake Okeechobee that’s contributing to the blue-green algae is the same water in February and March that everybody is going to need to keep wellfields hydrated.”

He added that Wellington does back-pump, but only during the winter dry season.

“We do not have a blue-green al-gae problem, but this time of year, we always do have some problems with aquatic weeds, and it really is because the temperatures are going up,” Schofield said. “We’re deal-ing with them on a daily basis.”

According to the South Florida Water Management District July 1 operations update, Gov. Rick Scott and the Martin County Commission have declared a state of emergency due to the algae blooms.

The SFWMD has been pursuing several actions, including holding additional water in the Upper Kis-simmee Chain of Lakes to reduce the volume of water flowing into Lake Okeechobee.

The SFWMD has begun re-questing the use of private prop-erties to store additional water. In response, Florida Power & Light confirmed that it can tem-porarily store about 2.2 billion gallons of water per month of Lake Okeechobee water drawn from the C-44 Canal in the cool-

ing pond at the FPL facility near Indiantown. Storage has already begun and will continue for three to four months.

According to the report, the SFWMD will continue to explore practical steps that can be taken

to address the algae blooms. The district is continuing to sample wa-terways and is coordinating with other state agencies responsible for algae response.

For more information, visit http://sfwmd.link/AlgaeResponse.

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Adult SoftballWellington’s Parks & Recre-

ation Department is now taking registrations for its Adult Coed Softball Fall League.

New teams can sign up for available spots through Thursday, July 14. Participants must be 18 years or older. The cost to register is $500 per team. For more info., contact Programs Coordinator Jill Denoff at (561) 791-4786.

A mandatory managers meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 18 at 6:30 p.m., at Village Park (11700 Pierson Road).

Games begin Friday, Aug. 5 and are played on Friday evenings at Village Park.

Camp Karen Starts July 13

Due to unforeseen circumstanc-es, Camp Karen at Karen’s Equine Intervention Therapeutic & Edu-cational Riding Center has been postponed and will now begin on Wednesday, July 13. Camp will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, for a total of four sessions.

This camp is geared for adoles-cent girls, ages 11 to 14, suffering any sort of stress or trauma, offer-ing a therapeutic environment with limited enrollment and quality time with a nurse.

Visit www.equineintervention.org or call (561) 318-8043 for more information.

TRACTOR STOLENJohn Deere 855D Tractor stolen from 2728 B Rd. Loxahatchee on May 3, 2016

and was possibly seen at 8:30 p.m. driving North on B Rd., Loxahatchee Groves.

$1,000.00 REWARD from owner leading to arrest and conviction. Call Dispatch Belle Glade (561) 996-1670, Leave a message for Detective Hansen.

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Model No: 855D (1989)

$500.00 REWARD from owner for return of tractor in good condition. No questions asked, call Lawrence at (561) 818-9993.

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The Center for Bone and Joint Surgery of the Palm Beaches is proud to announce that Dr. Anand Panchal will be the official Orthopedic Surgeon for the 2016 AYSO National Games. The National Games is a week-long festival of soccer competition, making new friends and fun in the sun. They’ll be played on the grounds of the International Polo Club Palm Beach, one of the world’s great sporting facilities. This amazing event only comes around every other year so don’t miss out! The event is scheduled to take place from July 6th to July 10th at the International Polo Grounds located at: 3667 120th Avenue South Wellington, Fla. 33414.

Anand P. Panchal, D.O., is a Dual Fellowship Trained Orthopedic Surgeon practicing both Sports Medicine and Surgery of the Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist and Hand for adult and pediatric patients. He is currently one of the only dual fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeons in all of southeast Florida. His training started with a rigorous orthopedic surgery residency program in Ohio, followed by two well-renowned fellowships. The first fellowship took place at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, where Dr. Panchal assisted in the care of high school, college (Towson State University), and professional level athletes (Baltimore Ravens, Washington Nationals, and the Baltimore Blast). This was followed by a comprehensive upper extremity fellowship at Triangle Orthopaedic Asso-ciates in Raleigh-Durham, NC, where under the tutelage of Dr. William Mallon and Dr. Julian M. Aldridge he was taught complex shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand procedures. Dr. Panchal is also the head team physician for Keiser University in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Whatever your orthopedic problem, Dr. Anand Panchal at The Center for Bone and Joint Surgery of the Palm Beaches can help get you pain-free and active again. Offices are located in Jupiter and Royal Palm Beach.

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NEWSCROWDS ENJOY FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY AT VILLAGE PARK IN WELLINGTON

Julie Strow and Christine Knapp hand out bingo cards.

The Village of Wellington held its Fourth of July festivities Monday, July 4 at Village Park on Pierson Road. Children and adults alike enjoyed fun games and an Eagles tribute concert by the Long Run band. There were bounce houses, lawn games, face painting, food trucks, a petting zoo, pony rides and more, as well as a Zambelli fireworks show that lit up the sky. PHOTOS BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER

The Long Run Band plays for the crowd.

Brooke, Cheri and Carli Cantor enjoy the holiday.

Zoey Shay Hembreeenjoys a pony ride.

Tara and Addison Tuozzo with Angelina and Sheila DiGiovanni.

Avah Amendolaro, Robert Barnes and Bayleigh

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Barbara, Arianna, Jean, Brenda and Carlos Ocasio.

(Front row) Regis Wenham, Nathalie Drahos, MichelleMcGovern and Tom Wenham; and (back row) Councilman

Michael Drahos with daughters Julia and Sophia, andVictoria and Emilia with Vice Mayor John McGovern.

Lauren Impastato enjoysa ride down the slide.

David Valero and Samantha and Sebastian Figueroashow off their face paint. Trudy and Ryder Keene.

Alexis and Evan McPherson with Ellie Toby.

Annabella and Jovanni Emilione and Dominic Hershewe visitwith Lalaoopsy, Bomb Angry Bird and SpongeBob SquarePants.

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Winslow Makes Siena Heights Dean’s List

Dressage Riders Give Demo At Ida FarmsOn Sunday, June, 26, Lauren

Knopp and Barbara Brady gave a dressage demonstration at Ida Farm in Wellington to a group of residents from the Andros Isle community. Lauren’s mother, Theresa Knopp, also provided a running commentary.

Lauren Knopp rode Degas SSF, an 8-year-old Dutch Warmblood/Morgan during the demo. Knopp is a professional FEI dressage rider/trainer who has competed up to the Grand Prix level and has won USDF bronze, silver and gold medals.

Barbara Brady rode Okie Dokie, a 15-year-old gray Connemara. Okie has been trained to Grand Prix level. Brady is an amateur rider who has competed at many levels in Florida, New York and throughout New England.

Ida Farm is located on 15 acres in Wellington and has 85 stalls, two covered arenas as well as jumping galloping fields and paddocks.

The residents donated to a boarder at the farm who is a para-Olympic rider and will be competing at the Rio Olympics.

Kretzer Piano Foundation To Present Physician Talent Showcase Aug. 16Siena Heights University in

Michigan recently announced its dean’s and academic achievement lists for the winter semester 2016. Among the honorees was Scott Douglas Winslow of Royal Palm Beach.

To make the lists, students must

Wellington Art Society member Roehl Acosta has been awarded Best in Show for his sculpture Florida Wave at the sixth annual Art of Association exhibit at the Lighthouse Art Center & Gallery in Tequesta. The award was pre-sented at the opening reception on June 16. In addition to being an accomplished sculptor, Roehl teaches drawing and painting at a local studio.

Eleven additional artists from the Wellington Art Society are showing 18 paintings and stained glass pieces at the Art of Associa-tion exhibit.

The show features more than 100 talented artists from 16 art

Joseph Corneille Completes U.S. Air Force Basic Training

U.S. Air Force Airman Joseph Corneille recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San An-tonio, Texas.

The airman completed an in-tensive, eight-week program that included training in military dis-cipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

U.S. Air Force Airmen who complete basic training also earn four credits toward an associate’s degree in applied science through the Community College of the Air Force.

Corneille is the son of Gail Federico and brother of Alyssa Corneille of Wellington. He grad-uated in 2015 from Wellington High School.

achieve a minimum 3.5 grade-point average out of a possible 4.0. The dean’s list is for full-time students with at least 12 credit hours, and the academic achieve-ment list is for part-time students with at least six and no more than 11 credit hours.

associations in Palm Beach and Martin counties. There will be two additional receptions for this exhibit on Thursdays, July 21 and Aug. 11 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

The Wellington Art Society is a nonprofit charitable organization in its 35th year. It is open to artists of all mediums and patrons of the arts, allowing both local and regional artists to display their artwork in local galleries, interact with other artists and serve the community through. their art.

For more information, visit www.wellingtonartsociety.org.

(Right) Artist Roehl Acosta with his award.

Local Artist Wins Best In Show Award

Local businesswoman Silvia Garcia was recently awarded the Esperanza Award by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach County. The inaugural Esperanza Awards recognized and honored Hispanic businesswomen with exceptional achievement in business and influential in public or private sectors who serve Palm Beach County. Felicia Rodriguez, shown here with Garcia, was the event’s keynote speaker.

GARCIA RECEIVES ESPERANZA AWARD

The Kretzer Piano Music Foun-dation will present its fifth annual Physicians Talent Showcase fea-turing the musical talents of local physicians.

For the first time, several doc-tors will be joined on stage by gifted family members.

The fun-filled “Prescription for a Great Evening” will be held at the Harriet Himmel Theater at CityPlace in West Palm Beach on Tuesday, Aug. 16 at 7:30 p.m.

“The exciting line-up for this year’s Physicians Talent Showcase will have the theme of ‘We Are Family’ and will feature talented physicians performing with their spouses and/or children. There will be dancers, pianists, vocal-ists, instrumentalists and even an all-doctor band,” said Kathi

Kretzer, founder of the Kretzer Pi-ano Music Foundation. “We were thrilled when our first four con-certs raised more than $210,000 to benefit underprivileged children in our area.”

Tickets are $75 each (tax de-ductible) and can be purchased by calling Complete Ticket Solutions at (866) 449-2489. Money raised will enable KPMF to expand its music education programs for more deserving children.

“We are still looking for spon-sors for the upcoming Physicians Talent Showcase, and interested individuals and companies are encouraged to call me directly,” Kretzer added.

For more info., call Kretzer at (561) 748-0036 or visit www.kretzerpiano.com/kpmf.

(Front row) Dr. Robin Sykes, Kathi Kretzer-Sayler, Dr. Maureen Whelihan, Dr. Robin Shecter and Dr. Lyda Rodriguez; (middle row) Dr. Gordon Johnson, Dr. John Fernandez, Dr. Richard Wayne, Dr. Millard Brooks and Dr. Kenneth Fuquay; and (back row) Dr. Peggy Hunter, Robin Arrigo, Dr. Tom Rowe and Dr. Jack Zeltzer.

Barbara Brady and Lauren Knopp during their demonstration.

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Neutralize. You want buyers to see themselves in your home. If your living room has lime green shag, wood-paneled walls, and all your

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SCHOOL NEWSGODDARD STUDENTS INSPIRED BY ARTISTS

Robotics Program At H.L. Watkins Middle School Helps Loxahatchee Student ShineUnlike most kids his age, Quin-

cy Sasson, from Loxahatchee, doesn’t flinch when you ask him what he wants to be when he grows up. “I want to be a petro-leum engineer,” he explains.

At 14 years old, Sasson loves robotics, and since sixth grade has been a part of the Howell L. Wat-kins Middle School robotics pro-gram. This fall, he will enter ninth grade at Suncoast High School as part of the school’s math, science and engineering program.

H.L. Watkins’ robotics program offers an opportunity that not many middle school students receive — the chance to gain the creativity, skills and knowledge to become an engineer. But before that, it equips them for acceptance into the highly competitive and nationally recog-nized Suncoast High School. The program, made possible through a partnership between Florida Power & Light and the school, is a three-year, intensive program that provides a motivating curriculum for students. The program focuses on job-specific skills for the engi-neering field, teaching students to construct and program robots.

“The program gave me a lot of free time to be creative, use my imagination and work inde-pendently,” Sasson said. “I really like building things, and when I had to switch schools, I chose H.L. Watkins because of the robotics program.”

While at H.L. Watkins, Sasson worked with various styles of robotics kits, including VEX and Lego robots that vary in diffi-culty. Building the robots allows Sasson and his peers to work on programming and create unique attributes and actions for the robots to perform.

Ultimately, the experience gained at H.L. Watkins will give students like Sasson a head start in developing the foundation and understanding of engineering, arming them with tools to better succeed in high school.

Involvement in robotics pro-grams has been proven to help students build leadership and work-related skills in technology and innovation, and has a positive impact on developing students’ interest in STEM subjects, as well as their learning trajectories and

Teachers and students at the Goddard School of Wellington have been working hard to create artist masterpieces (shown above and below). Each classroom picked a famous artist and mimicked his or her work. The children’s work is displayed in classrooms and hallways for parents and grandparents to view. The Goddard School is located at 2665 State Road 7 in Wellington.

Florida Atlantic University Receives $600,000 Grant From Farris Foundation To Increase Access To Nurse-Led Community Care

Florida Atlantic University’s Community Health Center, oper-ated by FAU’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, has received a $600,000 grant from the Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W. Farris Foundation to increase access to integrated nurse-led primary and behavioral care.

Strategically located in the heart of West Palm Beach, FAU’s West-gate center serves a high minority and low-income community, where only 18 percent of its low income residents have access to health centers.

With the grant, FAU’s College of Nursing will increase its hours of operation and expand outreach to screen for mental illness.

The project will integrate behav-ioral health assessment, screening processes and interventions into the center’s existing nurse-led practice. Patients at the center currently receive examinations, diagnostic tests, prescriptions and follow-up care.

“The Farris Foundation is very pleased to support the expansion of services at FAU’s Community Health Center, which will help to create a comprehensive, seamless system of healthcare services for many residents in need in Palm Beach County,” said Christine Koehn, executive director of the foundation.

The inter-professional team will include a nurse care manag-er, social worker and patient care coordinator, as well as nurse prac-titioners and physicians, to ensure shared decision-making care.

In addition to primary, diabetes and mental health services, the center will reach into the com-munity to provide comprehensive screenings, and tele-behavioral and diabetes services at rural and urban healthcare partner sites.

Team members will be trained to use mental health screening tools and telehealth services for remote and rural areas, and will ad-dress issues related to depression,

anxiety, substance use, diabetes, obesity and hypertension.

Furthermore, spirituality and cultural beliefs, language pref-erence, trauma symptoms and personalized medicine will be utilized to ensure a comprehensive approach for the patient’s health issues.

“The majority of individuals living with mental illness or sub-stance use issues are seen in pri-mary care settings, where there are significant health problems such as diabetes and hypertension,” said Eugenia Millender, director of the FAU Community Health Center. “However, not all primary care patients are screened for substance use or mental health disorders, and likewise, not all mental health patients are screened for chronic illness or substance use. This grant will enable the FAU Community Health Center to close these gaps in care.”

The center also will establish an integrated behavioral inter-profes-

sional practice to teach health pro-fession students the competencies, practice knowledge and cultural sensitivity skills that are necessary to serve in community healthcare settings.

“We are most thankful to the Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W. Farris Foundation for this generous grant to support Dr. Millender’s important work in our community health center in Westgate,” said Marlaine Smith, dean of FAU’s College of Nursing. “Early screening, treatment and care management by our expanded team will build trust, better health outcomes and authentic com-munity partnerships. Moreover, the program will help to develop more culturally competent nurses, doctors and social workers.”

FAU’s College of Nursing is internationally known for its com-mitment to nursing as a discipline focused on nurturing the whole-ness of persons and the environ-ment through caring.

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outcomes. The educational bene-fits don’t stop there. Robotics gives students the skills for a future in engineering. Companies like FPL see an opportunity to enhance their workforce pipeline and have made a strong commitment to increase access and funding to STEM pro-grams like the one at H.L. Watkins Middle School to prepare the next generation of engineers.

“STEM programs are just one of the ways that we’re working with the communities we serve to help make Florida an even better place to work and raise a family,” said Thomas Bean, FPL’s director of public and community engage-ment. “Robotics programs prepare today’s students for exciting and well-paid jobs in the future — and these are the future employees that FPL will need. Students who participate in these programs not only learn engineering skills, but teamwork, collaboration, creativ-ity and other vital experiences to thrive in tomorrow’s competitive work environment.”

While Sasson simply loves robotics, his education not only will prepare him to take on the

challenges that high school will bring his way, but also equip him for college and ultimately the workforce. It’s a challenge Sasson seems prepared to take.

“I really love physics and sci-ence and want to contribute to society as a petroleum engineer, because it is not something a lot of people can do, and robotics is helping me get ready for that,” he said.

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Yet Another ‘Tarzan’ Movie? Call Me Not Impressed... Skip It!

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‘I’ OnCULTUREBy Leonard Wechsler

Those who hoped the new Legend of Tarzan film would be exciting and fun are doomed to disappointment. While not as bad as last week’s excruciating Indepen-dence Day sequel, almost nothing really works in this umpteenth remake of the Edgar Rice Burroughs’ pulp fiction story of a boy raised by apes. This film, like the 30-year-old Greystoke, spends most of the film with Tarzan as a grown, very English, man. The early movie versions had fun with the boy learning about civilization. Here, that part almost disappears.

The whole storyline has long been condemned as racist. After all, you have the “King of the Jungle” as a white man while the natives generally seem helpless. This film pushes that envelope even more. John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke, is urged to return to the jungle… the Belgian Congo, to rescue mistreated natives. That part, at least, has validity. The Belgians

were by a large mark the absolutely worst colonialists. And in the 19th century, they were truly horrific.

Clayton (Alexander Skarsgård) does not want to return to Africa (“It’s hot,” he explained) but does because a freed Amer-ican slave named George Washington Williams (Samuel L. Jackson) wants him to prevent King Leopold of Belgium from selling more slaves (never mind that it’s after the Civil War and chattel slavery was essentially illegal almost everywhere) and

British businessmen want more leverage. Clayton’s wife (Jane, who else, played by Margot Robbie) is feisty and insists she should join them to help. At that point, you know that she will undoubtedly wind up a hostage.

Once in Africa, Clayton rips off his shirt (and he is really buff, despite the fact that there were no real gyms back in those days) and swings from trees and even fights a gorilla. In real life, of course, a small orangutan is far stronger than a man, but he can match up to an 800-pound ape. He sniffs some lions… somehow they are supposed to remember him, I guess, although the chances of their ever having met him are close to zero.

Soon after, Jane is kidnapped by the evil Belgian Colonel Léon Rom (Christoph Waltz) who has promised Tarzan to a group of natives who support him. Tarzan fights him, and if you have not figured out

what happens, you have managed to miss hundreds of movies.

The racism is rampant throughout. The natives are either evil and not wildly competent or totally incompetent, as the great white hero battles against the great white villain over their fate. By the way, all of the animals are computer-generated images, and, I would guess, so are many of the stunts. That weakens them; some-how things do not seem real. Skarsgård is not an ideal Tarzan. He is far too effete beforehand; that makes his jungle doings seem not quite real. Jackson has played the same part so often that he could do this one in his sleep. There’s very little excitement.

Robbie is a stunning beauty, but she comes across as really pallid. The script suggests she is a “modern woman,” but she gets no chance to do anything really bold and seems at time to be valued mostly for the heir she might provide. Her biggest

scenes are not the love scenes; Skarsgård has greater chemistry with the comput-er-generated animals. But she is expected to show her real fire when answering Rom. There her lines really go nowhere. Waltz has also played the mild-mannered, fun-loving villain rather too often, but he is properly acerbic. The computer-generated animals gave the best performances.

Tarzan has not been revived much in recent years, and it is clear to see why. It might have been far more interesting to do a film where the black man, Williams, brings over a group of freed slaves to do some fighting and gets a chance to kick some imperialist butt. That would have been a really fun movie. Imagine Halle Berry captured by Rom and then watching her kick him around a room!

Instead we have a century-old fantasy that lacks charm and grace. Skip this one. Finding Dory is more realistic.

Because Independence Day was on a Monday this year, lots of people got a three-day weekend. How fun!

Unfortunately, this three-day weekend only left us pining for a four-day or five-day weekend... namely, summer vacation. By the time we get it, we’re often ready to crack.

I hosted a foreign exchange student from Paris one summer and, even though Thomas was only 16, he gave me valuable insight to a major difference between our two countries. “You Americans live to work,” he said. “We work to live.”

Today, Thomas and his young family are traveling the world, according to nu-merous enviable photos I see posted on

Facebook. Whether they own a house or car, however, is questionable. From what I saw of Paris when I was there, everyone rents and walks. It’s a different culture.

Here in America, we do work hard. We work long hours and long days and often put in overtime. “What do you do?” is one

of the first things we ask when meeting someone new because, whether or not we admit it, our jobs help to define us. (Doctor? Oooooh. Protologist? Ahhhhh.)

No matter what we do, however, ev-erybody looks forward to their summer vacation.

When my own children were school age, we’d postpone the big family vacation until August. My logic was that they’d have tired of all their toys and every local attraction by then. By the time August rolled around, “tired” was an understate-ment. They were so bored they were at each other’s throats. What a perfect time to load them into the car and drive for several hundred miles!

The great thing about Florida is the number of attractions it has. There’s the natural stuff (water and swamps and Lion Country Safari); and the unnatural stuff (Disney World, Universal Studios and Lion Country Safari).

There’s great stuff to eat (fresh fish, fresh fruit and barbecued everything); and great stuff to drink (frozen margaritas, frozen daiquiris and melted ice cream).

And it’s a melting pot, sometimes liter-ally. Go to the beach on any given day and you’ll see the bronze skin of people from many different lands splashing in the surf right alongside pale people like me who have never heard of sunscreen.

Everyone knows there’s a lot of summer

fun to be had in Florida. Of course, there’s a lot of fun to be had outside Florida, too. The Bahamas are fun, and they’re just a boat ride away. Your spouse’s parents’ house is fun, but you’ll need to unwind with a trip to the Bahamas afterward. And, of course, there’s poor little Cuba, trying hard to be fun again.

It doesn’t matter where you go on your summer vacation, you’re going to have fun. Even with the occasional flat tire, missed flight or really bad sunburn, it beats working. As for me, retirement looms large on the horizon, and I’m dreading it.

It turns out, I will really miss summer vacation!


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The 26th annual Western Com-munities Red, White & Blue Fourth of July Family Fishing Tournament took place at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park on Monday, July 4, hosted by the Royal Palm Bassmasters.

In the Parent/Child Other Cate-gory, Allan Manuel won first place, Frankie Loffredo-Smith took sec-ond place and Abigail Dovey won third place. In the Parent/Child Bass Category, Riley Weaver won first place, Kaelen Dougherty won second place and Noah Bibey won third place.

In the 6 and Under Other Cat-egory, Savannah Bibey won first place, Isaiah Agosto won second place and Baylee Arnold won third place.

In the 7 to 9 Other Category, Brody Williams won first place, Layla Lavern won second place and Cody Arnold won third place. In the 7 to 9 Bass Category, Ellie Schartner won first place and Matthew Korbelak won second place.

In the 10 to 12 Other Category, Alana Shagena won first place, Vinny Loffredo-Smith won second place and Ribekah Dovey won third place. In the 10 to 12 Bass Category, Gabi Ferrer won first place and Vincent Dejesus won second place.

In the 13 to 15 Other Category, Brendan Moser won first place. In the 13 to 15 Bass Category, Ian Donde won first place and Taylor Binsema won second place.

Bassmasters Host Fourth Of July Fishing Tournament In RPB

Participants in the Western Communities Red, White& Blue Fourth of July Family Fishing Tournament.

Royal Palm Bassmasters members Kiel Carr,Mike Reitano, Phil Northrop, Randy King, Bill

Latham, Chris Little and Mike O’Connor.PHOTOS BY JASON STROMBERG/TOWN-CRIER

Ryan Cohen. Sara Freeman.

Brendan Moser. Ian Donde.

Savannah Bibey. Brody Williams.

Alexa Reyes.

Michael Lovern and his daughter Layla.

Ellie Schartner.Vinny Loffredo-Smith.

Allan Manuel. Riley Weaver.

Alana Shagena. Gabi Ferrer.

Brock Moser.

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political arena and work to make this community a better place.”

Some of Willhite’s main issues are protecting seniors, be it from fraud or keeping prescription costs down; working on infrastructure such as roads and bridges; en-suring water quality; working to improve public safety; and giv-ing children better opportunities through public education.

“We’re working very hard. We’re running like we’re losing. We’re not standing back or taking things lightly. We are going to work hard for this election. We are going to work hard to make sure we represent the people in this district,” he said. “On Aug. 30, the voters will decide. Hopefully, they’ll decide they want me as their Democratic nominee. We’ll work on November after that.”

For more information, visit www.mattwillhite.com.

Tinu Peña — Peña has lived in Royal Palm Beach for 17 years, moving to Palm Beach County in 1999 after completing her tour with the United States Army.

“I’ve lived in the same commu-nity since then and served on the Planning & Zoning Commission in Royal Palm Beach,” she said. “I currently serve on the Citizen Advisory Committee of the Met-ropolitan Planning Organization, representing Royal Palm Beach. I was on the Palm Beach County Zoning Commission. I recently stepped down from that position. In addition to that, I am a working mom. I own a small business do-ing engineering design consulting work.”

Both of Peña’s children have gone through the Palm Beach County school system. She is a strong supporter of public educa-tion, as well as job and economic growth in the county. “I am run-ning for this seat because it’s an opportunity to send somebody to Tallahassee who truly understands the community’s diversity, looking to represent all of the distinctive communities in the district,” Peña said.

With Peña’s work, she often collaborates with others. “At the end of the day,” she said, “I know

how to build consensus.”If elected, Peña would like to

work with others to get many projects accomplished. First, she would like to take a long-range approach toward revamping the education system in the state. Peña has noticed that trade industries and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) industries, need to be encouraged as viable sources for careers. “If we’re bringing jobs to Florida that we do not have the talent to fill, how are we going to improve quality of life?” she asked.

Peña believes that she is the best candidate for the position because of her skill set and approach.

“When I talk, I talk about ‘we.’ The campaign itself is about the people, not me. At the end of the day, I am sacrificing a lot to be able to do this. But the bigger sacrifice is, if we don’t put the right person in place, the community is going to lose,” she said. “I bring a sense of community to the table. I bring a sense of knowing the importance of the different issues that affect the different communities in the dis-trict, and I’m looking to represent each community in the district.”

Peña ran twice for seats on the Royal Palm Beach Village Coun-cil, losing to Martha Webster in 2008 and Richard Valuntas in 2010.

For more information about her current campaign, visit www.votetinupena.com.

Stuart Mears — Mears, a fourth-generation Floridian, grad-uated from Lake Worth High School in 1992 and served in the U.S. Army before attending Palm Beach Community College and graduating from Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor’s de-gree in political science and a cer-tificate in peace studies. He earned a graduate degree in education at Nova Southeastern University and is currently an assistant principal at the Palm Beach County School District’s Adult Education Center.

“My wife and I have chosen to raise our family here, and ul-timately, I want to be a voice to keep Palm Beach County and West Palm Beach the same great place that I experienced growing up and experienced as an adult,” he said.

Mears is out knocking on doors, working to bring what he consid-ers a polarized political climate together.

“I want to represent people, not a letter in the alphabet. Yes, we have to have a party, and I get that, but at the end of the day, I’m run-ning to represent my community as a whole,” he said.

Mears wants to continue im-proving the economy for all Flo-ridians, through lowering taxes and loosening the reins on busi-nesses so they can hire more people. He wants to have another educator in the legislature to be a voice for children and education.

Students need to be exposed to languages, math and technology, in ways that are challenging, he said, rather than in the high-stress environment that students are currently in.

“Common Core, specifically, has got to go. We have to get back to teaching and learning; teaching these kids to love learning and embrace it for a lifetime,” he said. “Right now, all they’re learning is anxiety.”

Mears doesn’t like the Afford-able Care Act.

“It had its merits; yes, people should not have to worry about how or where they’re getting their much-needed healthcare, but there’s got to be a better way,” he said. “This transformation of our healthcare system has basically penalized the American people and Floridians. The cost of healthcare has gone up tremendously and continues to rise.”

In 2014, Mears challenged Pafford, the incumbent, for the District 86 seat. Pafford won with 59.78 percent of the vote to Mears’ 40.22 percent.

However, that election made Mears’ name more well-known.

“It really speaks to what I can accomplish, not being the new guy and running against the in-cumbent,” he said.

His strategy is to knock on doors and talk to those in the community.

“I think that’s going to achieve more votes than raising money,” Mears said. “I think the more doors I knock on, that’s just as good as checks coming in.”

For more information, visit www.votestuartmears.com.

Laurel Bennett — Bennett has an MBA in healthcare adminis-tration and a bachelor’s degree in computer science. Along with running her personal health re-cords company, PHR Solutions, she has been politically active in the county.

In 2014, Bennett ran for mayor of Royal Palm Beach, finishing fourth in a four-way race. She has been involved in government affairs and economic development with the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce. With PHR, Bennett has been on TV, explaining how her company’s ID cards can save lives.

Bennett is running for the Dis-trict 86 seat because she believes that she can do a better job.

“I think there are some people who need to be replaced. We’ve got to clean Congress out; the House and the Senate, make a clean sweep, so that we can get the government back to the people, and I think I can help with that. I believe in that. I believe in the Constitution,” she said.

Bennett believes in taking care of veterans, explaining that her husband is a Vietnam veteran who is one of 11,500 on appeal with the St. Petersburg VA.

“Veterans are huge to me be-cause I am living that nightmare where the veteran does not re-ceive the benefits he should, and he is a hospice patient. It’s not something I’m talking about; it’s something I’m walking,” Bennett said. “If you want somebody who is actually doing something about it, rather than just talking about it, I’m your girl.”

Second Amendment rights are important to Bennett.

“I believe you should be able to protect yourself, especially if the police are not going to do it for you,” she said.

Getting her PHR ID card out to everyone is a priority because

it would allow first responders to learn a person’s allergies, medi-cations and doctor information in case of an emergency.

“I’d like to be sure our commu-nity is covered by that so we can save lives and not waste money at the hospitals doing tests that aren’t needed,” Bennett said.

Bennett believes that she is the strongest candidate because of her background.

“I think I’m the better candidate because I’m involved already,” she said. “I know what we need to do as far as saving lives, saving the community, saving the veterans and making sure that they have jobs in the area… It’s all there, and I can do that. And I have a plan and a platform, and it’s not based on wishful thinking.”

For more information, visit www.laurel-bennett.com.

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amount of knowledge to pass on to the younger generations,” Trager said. “That’s only going to help the Village of Wellington.”

Schofield spoke very highly of Meridith Tuckwood, the village’s senior services specialist.

Seeing the seniors engaged and interested in the future of Welling-ton is wonderful from Tuckwood’s perspective.

“The whole purpose was for the manager to get the informa-tion out and to get feedback from our residents as to what services we may be lacking,” Tuckwood said. “This was more of an op-portunity for residents to be able to share what they feel are their concerns.”

To Tuckwood, today’s seniors are what made the Village of Wel-lington so special.

“They are what made this a great hometown. These are the people who did that. We need to honor and respect what they say,” Tuckwood said. “These are the residents who built Wellington. This is our foundation.”

Schofield and Tuckwood an-swered questions posed by the seniors to the best of their abilities.

“How can we do it better? That says a lot about us as a community, because we want to do it better,” Tuckwood said. “You can always be better. My job is to provide services to them in education and information. I want to make sure their quality of life is good.”

Wellington Vice Mayor John McGovern said he thought the event was an opportunity for seniors to have a better under-standing on how to navigate Wel-lington’s government.

“This was a great installment of our Coffee with the Village Man-ager series,” McGovern said. “It’s focused on senior services and senior issues in our community. I am most excited about the great turnout of almost 50 people.”

Outreach with all residents continues to be a village priority, McGovern added.

“I think this event signaled this sector of our community’s desire to be involved in ensuring that the best aspects of our community are preserved,” he said. “What we heard today were a lot of great ideas and good questions focused on ensuring the long-term success of Wellington. I could not be more thrilled with the outcome, or thrilled with the fact that our residents want to be so involved in working with us to continue to make Wellington a great home-town.”

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letter to Gov. Rick Scott asking for an investigation into the process.

“As the county commissioner elected to serve the area of central Palm Beach County commonly known as The Acreage, I am extremely concerned about the circumstances surrounding the recent conversion of the Seminole Improvement District into Palm Beach County’s 39th municipal-ity called Westlake,” McKinlay wrote to Scott in a letter dated June 23.

She wrote that agricultural enclave legislation enacted in 2008 and 2012 paved the way for an improvement district to convert to a municipality with-out going through the lengthy process wherein resident input is paramount.

The previous process also re-served a role for the county, state and nearby municipalities in an incorporation effort.

Attorney Terry Lewis, repre-senting the Seminole Improve-ment District, responded in a letter to the governor dated June 24 that McKinlay acknowledges that there is a legal mechanism for qualifying special districts to become a mu-nicipality through the new process.

“Palm Beach County was both aware of and participated in the same legislative process and has been aware since 2012 that it could be utilized,” Lewis wrote, continuing that McKinlay’s letter appears to indicate that the statu-tory process was complied with.

“The conversion process was followed carefully, and after adop-tion of a municipal conversion and incorporation plan, the electors of the district unanimously endorsed the plan in a referendum election held for that purpose,” Lewis continued. “Those results were tabulated and certified by the can-vassing board on June 20, 2016. The City of Westlake was created immediately upon certification of the results of the referendum election.”

But more recently, McKinlay said neighboring residents had sent her correspondence indicat-ing that at least one of the voters was not a legitimate resident of Westlake. It has also been re-ported that one of the founding members of the Westlake City Council was residing in the Palm Beach County Jail at the time that the new city was created.

“There have been some Face-book postings by one of the voters who voted to incorporate where she admits that she doesn’t live there, so I think their true residency comes into question,” McKinlay said. “That is the part that needs

to be investigated. Were they legitimate residents when they voted to move forward with incor-poration? I don’t think it was done appropriately.”

She also questioned the valid-ity of Westlake not requiring that some of its council members live in the municipality, and pointed out that elected officials, including county commissioners, must live in the district where they were elected.

In her letter to the governor, McKinlay points out that West-lake’s charter requires that only two of the five transitional council members reside in Palm Beach County.

“To my understanding, there is nothing in the statutes that requires city officials to live in their district unless it is specifically outlined in the city’s charter, so cities imple-ment their own residency require-ments,” she said. “I think that is something that the legislature needs to address, because I don’t think it was ever any intention to not have the mayor of the city to not live in the city. They don’t even have to live in Palm Beach County. That’s egregious. That’s a good service to the good people who will eventually live in the City of Westlake. It should be a representative government, and it won’t be.”

McKinlay’s letter to the gover-nor also expresses concern over

the five “voters” who approved the incorporation. “These voters, remarkably, share the same ad-dress,” she wrote. “It would appear that renters were brought in by the property owner to fulfill this ‘voter’ requirement.”

Lewis’ letter asserts that there have long been residences on the property, prior to when Minto acquired it.

“The residences are located within the agricultural property and typically behind fences, and for that reason, and ease of mail delivery, all use the same mailing address, the address of the Semi-nole Improvement District,” Lewis wrote.

Lewis also took issue with McKinlay’s suggestion that the same five voters were automatical-ly appointed as transitional council members.

“The initial transitional council of Westlake was composed of three electors from the district and two other individuals from the county,” he wrote. “One of the initial council members has resigned. The charter provides a mechanism for his replace-ment. All the transitional council members are Palm Beach County residents.”

The county-approved plans for Westlake call for 4,500 homes and 2.2 million square feet of non-residential commercial and employment center zoning.

Wellington Village Manager Paul Schofield (left) is joined by Parks & Recreation Director Bruce DeLaney and Senior Services Spe-cialist Meridith Tuckwood.

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NEWSA STAR SPANGLED SPECTACULAR AT COMMONS PARK IN ROYAL PALM BEACH

The Zambelli fireworks display lights up the night.

Royal Palm Beach held its Star Spangled Spectacular celebration on Monday, July 4 at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. There was a kids fun zone with several bounce houses and crafts. There were many meal options from the Food Truck Invasion, and a wide array of live music. Along with plenty of vendors, there was an interactive DJ, games and more. The celebration ended with a 30-minute fireworks show by Zambelli Fireworks International. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER

RPB Vice Mayor Jeff Hmara, Councilman David Swift andMayor Fred Pinto with former mayor Matty Mattioli.

Councilwoman Jan Rodusky, Village ManagerRay Liggins and Village Clerk Diane DiSanto.

Gino, Giada and Jennifer Calderon celebrate the holiday.

Lisa, Ed and Joan Combes enjoy the evening.

Richard and Jo Vanahave a patriotic time.

PBCFR Chief Nigel Baker celebrates with family and friends.

Sandy Burke with Chevy.

Addison Inge jumps high.

Joyce and Tom Parkerenjoy dinner at the park.

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BusinessFour Graduate From Family MedicineProgram At Lakeside Medical CenterFamily, friends and colleagues gathered June 21 at Lakeside Medical Center, Palm Beach County’s only public hospital, to celebrate the graduation of four residents from its Family Medicine Residency Pro-gram. Richard Roche, hospital administrator and chief administrative officer with the Health Care Dis-trict of Palm Beach County, welcomed the more than 70 attendees. Page 20

SportsWellington’s Blake Dever Looks Ahead To Savannah StateBlake Dever, a 2016 grad-uate of Wellington High School, is looking forward to making an impact at Sa-vannah State on the grid-iron this fall. The standout quarterback had seven of-fers from Division I schools but chose Savannah State. “I felt I had a better oppor-tunity to play as a fresh-man,” he said. Page 25

Wellington Summer Shows Offer Relaxing FunIt’s summer in South Florida, and if you ride, your options are limited to early — before the heat builds — or later on, after it’s cooled off a little. Many of the local schooling shows take a hia-tus during the tough summer months, but there are still some nice shows out there. Ellen Rosenberg’s Column, Page 19

Big Showing For SRHS Flag Football TourneyLast weekend, the Seminole Ridge High School football program hosted its second annual flag football tournament. Sixteen teams played in adult men’s and women’s divisions on two different fields at the school. The event has gained popularity in the year since its inception. Page 25

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By Ellen Rosenberg

It’s summer in South Florida, and if you ride, your options are limited to early — before the heat builds — or later on, after it’s cooled off a little. Many of the local schooling shows take a hiatus during the tough summer months, but there are still some nice shows out there. The Palm Beach County Horseman’s Associa-tion will hold its shows under cover at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center on July 30-31 and Aug. 27-28.

Equestrian Sport Productions hosts its sum-mer series shows in the Van Kampen covered arena at the Global Dressage Festival grounds. The arena is split in two for the competition, with warmups in one half and the course in the other. A walkway between the two provides room to stand and watch, or spectators can sit in the bleachers.

The shows, which run Friday through Sunday, began in June, which is when I vis-ited on Friday, June 3. Diana Wightman of Wellington watched from the bleachers. She usually shows, but was feeling a bit under the weather that weekend, so had come along to support friends.

“I love the summer series,” Diana said. “I’m glad they offer it, especially with the covered arena. These shows are very high-quality, but a lot more laid-back, relaxed, and less chaotic than the Winter Equestrian Festival. It’s a ter-rific place for a green horse or inexperienced

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rider to gain some experience. Especially during the summer, when there’s not so much going on here in town, the summer series is your best bet.”

Abbey Perry, 12, had traveled with her barn, Kris Di Carlo Equestrian in Bradenton.

“We came for the spring series as well,” she said. “And we’ll be back for the fall series. We love it here. It’s nice and quiet, with good, tough competition.”

Her horse, Classic Damata, is a Dutch Warmblood that she has had for nine months.

“I got him just to do jumpers. I used to do hunters, and now I’m doing low jumpers,” Abbey said. “This is a good way for us to move up to bigger jumps. That’s what I love, jumping. The higher, the better.”

Abbey’s mother, Tiffany, sat beside her on the bleachers. “I ride, but I don’t show,” she said. “We love traveling here with the other barn families. The camaraderie of the kids is quite nice. Everyone supports and respects each other. This is one of our favorite venues.”

Another barn member, Mattison Harllee, 16, also was watching. She had shown in the

low children’s hunters earlier that morning.“I love how small and organized the show

is,” she said. “You don’t have to worry about finding a golf cart to get to a ring that’s a half-mile away. Everything’s close at hand.”

Her horse, Jasper, an American Warmblood, had injured himself and stayed home. Instead, she showed with Atterbury, one of the barn’s sale horses.

“This is a really nice way to put some more miles on him and to give me more experience. It benefits us both,” Mattison said. “The com-petition is a good challenge. The courses make you think, but they’re doable. And I love the covered arena.”

Brooke Poindexter, 17, and Lindsay Cham-berlain, 16, had also come along with the

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Tiffany and Abbey Perry watch the summer series show from the bleachers.


BUSINESS NEWSFour Graduate From Family Med Program At Lakeside

Palm Beach Outlets Partner With CHS To Help Foster Kids

(L-R): Lakeside Medical Center Administrator Richard Roche; gradates Donoffa Nelson, Shaun Nazar, Sholem Palevsky and Monique Sam-uel; Program Director Dr. Nikerson Geneve; and Health Care District CEO Darcy Davis.

Family, friends and colleagues gathered June 21 at Lakeside Med-ical Center, Palm Beach County’s only public hospital, to celebrate the graduation of four residents from its Family Medicine Residency Pro-gram. Richard Roche, hospital ad-ministrator and chief administrative officer with the Health Care District of Palm Beach County, welcomed the more than 70 attendees.

This is the fourth class of residents to graduate from the program, which was established at the acute-care facility in 2011 and is one of the few of its kind to focus on the special healthcare needs of rural, under-served areas.

“Your training gave you a broad opportunity to learn the best prac-tices of healthcare for patients with a variety of medical conditions,” said Darcy Davis, the Health Care District’s chief executive officer. “We appreciate your commitment to Lakeside Medical Center, to the health of the residents of the Glades and for choosing to advance your medical careers right here in this rural, agricultural region.”

The graduates, Shaun Nazar (chief resident), Donoffa Nelson, Sholem Palevsky and Monique Samuel, completed a rigorous three-year curriculum that included rotations in

emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, geriatrics, general surgery, internal medicine, neonatology, community and sports medicine, cardiology, diagnostic ra-diology, orthopedics, ENT, urology, ophthalmology and critical care. Lakeside Medical Center, owned and operated by the Health Care District, is the program’s primary clinical training site.

“Being a physician is challeng-ing,” said Dr. Nikerson Geneve, Lakeside’s chief of medical edu-cation. “You have all learned the science of medicine, but it’s my hope that you will practice the art of compassion. Only then will you be a great physician.”

The ceremony featured two key-note speakers: Dr. Lesly Desrou-leaux, senior physician with the Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County, and Dr. Anthony Silvagni, professor emeritus and former dean of Nova Southeastern University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine.

“There is a huge difference be-tween being an ordinary doctor and a special doctor,” Desrouleaux said. “It’s a very special club being a spe-cial doctor. You need to practice good medicine 100 percent of the time.”

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said. “People will trust you with things they won’t tell anyone else. Every patient who walks out of your office, you will change the quality of their life. Enjoy this profession. Enjoy your accomplishments.”

In his graduation remarks, Dr. Na-zar thanked the attending physicians and hospital staff. “I will always be proud to come from this institution. It will always be a special place, and I’ll remember how much I’ve improved and learned,” he said.

Following the ceremony, the four graduates, along with Geneve, took part in coating five incoming residents to the program: Kimala Harris, Roy Barski, Hayley Baum, Ron Mathew and Caitlin White.

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BUSINESS NEWSDouglas Elliman Recognized

As Top Real Estate BrokerageIn Wellington And Miami BeachLeading a revolution in the South

Florida real estate industry on the principles of integrity, professional-ism, honesty and diligence, Douglas Elliman Real Estate was recently recognized as the leading broker-age in Wellington, underscoring its authority in the equestrian capital of the world.

Only seven months after the grand opening of the firm’s Wellington office at the Palm Beach Polo & Country Club, located at 11199 Polo Club Drive in Wellington, the brokerage has catapulted to the top. The firm’s leaders credit that status to skillful recruiting, notable trans-actions and tactical execution at the Winter Equestrian Festival.

“Our rapid growth in Wellington epitomizes the swift progression and overall evolution of our Flor-ida brokerage,” said Jay Phillip Parker, CEO of Douglas Elliman’s Florida brokerage. “Wellington is a prime location in the global real estate landscape, and the expertise of regional Managing Broker Don Langdon and his talented team have been instrumental to its success.”

Spearhead by Langdon, the Wel-lington office has taken control of market share in the region, leading with 15.9 percent market share and $90 million in total volume. Focused on the common thread that ties a substantial amount of affluent clien-tele together, Douglas Elliman has a long history of corporate affiliation with the equestrian community, in-cluding longstanding sponsorships of the Hampton Classic, the Winter Equestrian Festival and the Ameri-can Gold Cup.

The new office at Palm Beach Polo has allowed the company to provide continued personalized at-tention to existing equestrian clients while capitalizing on the equestrian relations that the firm has access to through the Douglas Elliman Fine Homes/Knight Frank Residential network.

“Our office is embedded in the equestrian community and has exclusive access to the Palm Beach Polo & Country Club,” Langdon said. “Our ideal location, coupled with the most advanced tools sup-plied to our talented agents, allows

our team to better serve our clients and continuously prosper. I’m ex-tremely proud of this team and look forward to contributing to the further growth of the Florida brokerage.”

The Florida Brokerage of Doug-las Elliman has welcomed more new agents in the past year than any other firm in South Florida, growing to more than 700 agents across its continued expansion throughout Palm Beach, Wellington, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, the Miami Design District, Aventura, Miami Beach, Coconut Grove and Brickell. Douglas Elliman is rec-ognized as the No. 1 brokerage in Wellington and Miami Beach, and is among the top four brokerages nationwide.

Established in 1911, Douglas Elliman Real Estate has more than 6,000 agents. The company operates 85 offices in the New York City metropolitan area, South Florida, Aspen and Beverly Hills.

To learn more about Douglas Elliman, or for expert commentary on emerging trends in the real estate industry, visit www.elliman.com.

FSU Student Places Third In National Pitch CompetitionEmily Bocchino, an entrepre-

neurship student from Florida State University, recently came in third at the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council Student Entrepre-neur Program pitch competition.

Bocchino is CEO and founder of Campus Thrift, an online thrift store where college students can buy and sell thrifted goods.

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SPORTS & RECREATION

Big Showing For Flag Football Tournament At Seminole Ridge

By Gene NardiTown-Crier Staff Report

Last weekend, the Seminole Ridge High School football program hosted its second annual flag football tournament. Sixteen teams played in

adult men’s and women’s divisions on two different fields at the school.

The event has gained popularity in the year since its inception. The Acreage/Loxahatchee area is known for its flag football programs, which

helps explain the school’s success with its girls flag football team, collecting five state titles in the past seven years.

Alumni from the Hawks’ tackle football program and the girl’s flag program participated as competitors on various teams. Several alumni stopped by just to catch up with old friends and watch some football.

“Flag football is so big out here, it’s just perfect for the community,” head football coach James Parson said. “One of the referees used to play out here. Now we get to pay him on Friday nights.”

Parson is building tradition at Seminole Ridge and maintains re-lationships with former student-ath-letes. “We have several returning players from both programs out here playing on teams,” he said.

The tournament was a two-day event, with the first day being pool play. On day two, teams participated in a playoff system to determine the tournament champion in each of the divisions. Teams had the potential to play up to seven games total, based on their performance.

The tournament served a dual purpose: one, to provide an activity for people in the community who chose not to travel for the holiday

PHOTOS BY GENE NARDI/TOWN-CRIER

PHOTOS BY GENE NARDI/TOWN-CRIER

WHS’s Blake Dever Looks Ahead To Savannah StateBy Gene Nardi

Town-Crier Staff ReportBlake Dever, a 2016 graduate of

Wellington High School, is looking forward to making an impact at Sa-vannah State on the gridiron this fall.

The standout quarterback had seven offers from various Division

I schools but elected to attend Sa-vannah State. “I felt I had a better opportunity to play as a freshman,” Dever said. “If I continue to work hard, I have an opportunity to be the starting quarterback.”

Dever finished his senior year as the Wolverines’ quarterback and helped lead his team to a 7-4 over-all record, a finish as District 9-8A runner-up and a regional quarterfinal appearance. Dever compiled a stag-gering 2,787 yards passing and 31 touchdowns. He totaled 212 yards rushing with four touchdowns.

Dever’s bulls-eye accuracy was evident through the season, espe-cially with targets such as Miami commit Ahmmon Richards, Austin Gilman and Chris Atkinson. “Those were my clutch guys to go to,” De-ver said. “They had so much speed and great hands.”

Dever’s most memorable moment of the season was a near-victo-ry against juggernaut William T. Dwyer High School. In front of a capacity Wellington crowd, Dever orchestrated a comeback from a 21-point deficit. Dever threw for two touchdowns in the final minutes to bring the Wolverines within a touchdown, 42-35, but the clock ran

out as Dever brought the offense to the Dwyer 30-yard line. The thriller grabbed the attention of Palm Beach County, proving the Wolverines were for real.

To add to Dever’s accolades, he achieved all-county and all-confer-ence first team status. Dever was also selected to participate in the Florida vs. Georgia all-star game.

Dever spent the spring training with Wellington assistant baseball coach Brandon King preparing to make his transition to college football.

He really helped me with my strength, speed and agility,” Dever said. “It was the one-on-one train-ing that I really liked, and it really helped me increase the velocity of my throwing.”

Dever has elected to study busi-ness while he takes the field for the Tigers at Savannah State. “My pas-sion is football, but I want to study business and stay connected to the game in some way,” he added.

He has a passion for the game and a commitment to excellence. Dever was on the sideline during the Wol-verines spring game assisting with the quarterbacks during warmups. “Coaching will always be an interest

to me as well, because it would keep me closer to the game,” he said.

Dever starts camp at the end of the month, and told the Town-Crier that his continued focus is the key to his future success.

“It’s different from high school

Blake Dever throws a pass to receiver Ahmmon Richards in

Wellington’s game against Fort Pierce Central last season.

Quarterback Blake Dever takes the ball up field in Wellington’s district title game against Palm Beach Gardens last season.

football, because the team is made up of young men, not kids,” Dever said. “I told myself I must stay fo-cused to stay competitive.”

To follow Dever and learn more about football at Savannah State, visit www.ssuathletics.com.

See TOURNAMENT, page 27Team Collier (in red) runs for a big gainagainst the Village Idiots in gray.

The Team Vortex quarterback (in green) getssacked by the Team Adrenaline (in blue).

Team All Madden (in orange) vs. Team Adrenaline(in blue) play in the women’s division.


SPORTS & RECREATION

The Wellington All-Stars (ages 9-10) won the Florida District 7 Little League championship June 29 with a 13-6 victory over West Boynton at Miller Park in Delray Beach. Wellington finished 4-0 in the dou-ble-elimination tournament, defeating Boca Raton, West Boynton and North Palm Beach in earlier rounds. The All-Stars advance to the sectional tournament starting July 10. Shown above are: (front row) Parker Uhley, Cameron Cabrera, Cole Palmi, Alec Hotaling, Alex Medina and Hayden Neihoff; (middle row) Trevor Robb, Antonio de los Reyes, Christian Harris, Humberto Caldera, Kyle Baxt, Carson Perusse and Anthony Fontana; and (back row) coaches J.C. de los Reyes, Ryan Hotaling, Scott Baxt and Danny Medina (head coach).

WELLINGTON ALL-STARSWIN DISTRICT 7 TOURNEY

The King’s Academy’s Lions Sports Camp athletes recently received a special visit from a TKA alum. Emmanuel Lamur, the Minnesota Vikings outside linebacker, took time to speak to campers about playing football at the national level, working hard and glorifying God. The King’s Academy also gave him football supplies such as helmets and shoes for Lamur’s family relief mission to build athletic fields and to supply Haitian orphanages with football, soccer and baseball equipment. Lamur joined the Minnesota Vikings on a two-year contract after playing with the Cincinnati Bengals.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS’ EMMANUEL LAMUR VISITS THE KING’S ACADEMY


SPORTS & RECREATION

RosenbergSummer Shows

continued from page 19barn. It was Brooke’s first time here, and she also enjoyed the com-pactness of the show. “Everyone’s nice,” she said. “And it’s not too intimidating. My horse likes it, too. He hasn’t spooked at all.”

Lindsay had been here before and also commented on the show’s friendly atmosphere. She said her classes contained about 22 riders, which was a nice amount of compe-tition but not overwhelming.

Shai Tertner and Jordan Hill, both of Wolfstone Stables in Wellington, had brought along some young horses.

“I love how calm this show is,” Jordan said.

“The covered arena saves the horse a lot of energy,” Shai added.

“And the relaxed atmosphere helps them focus on the job. It’s a great venue for less-experienced horses to gain experience and move up. Jordan’s horse just turned 5. This is a perfect venue to practice in a real show atmosphere but without too much pressure. The summer series allows us to fine-tune our horses so they’ll be ready when the rest of the world arrives in the winter.”

Shai started showing at the sum-mer series last year.

“The courses are perfect — tech-nical enough to help a horse learn, but not too intimidating,” she ex-plained. “It’s also nice that, being here, you get a real feeling of com-munity with other local riders. I feel like the show management goes out of its way to support the locals who stay here all summer. It’s a great use of the resources, especially this covered arena.”

For more information, visit www.pbiec.com or call (561) 793-5867.

TournamentFlag Football

At SRHScontinued from page 25

weekend, and second, to serve as a fundraiser for both programs at the school.

Concessions were available throughout the day, and the Hawks apparel tent was on scene so fans could show their school spirit.

Parson took over the Seminole Ridge tackle football program after last season and directed the team to a 20-14 victory over South Fork High School in the spring game. The Lady

Hawks flag football program, direct-ed by coach Scott O’Hara, capped an impressive undefeated season (17-0) with its second-straight state title last season, beating Martin County High School 25-7.

Team All Madden in orange versus Team Resurrection in gray and green.PHOTO BY GENE NARDI/TOWN-CRIER

Parson is already planning next summer’s tournament.

“I’m going to get it on the calen-dar early,” he said. “We may keep it on the holiday weekend, because some people stay around and are

looking for something to do.”There is no doubt the community

will look forward to this new tradi-tion that has created an opportunity for alumni and supporters to catch up on what’s happening.

share fascinating facts about the garden’s history and exciting plans for its future. For more info., call (561) 233-1757 or visit www.mounts.org.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Natsu Matsuri: Summer Anime Fest for ages 12 and up on Wednesday, July 13 at 6:30 p.m. Wear your yukata (summer kimono) or your favorite cosplay outfit, and enjoy refreshing summer treats, games, crafts and a costume contest. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “Better Than the Movie?” for adults on Wednesdays, July 13 and July 27 at 6:30 p.m. The library continues its series of book versus movie discussions by watching and talking about the classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

Thursday, July 14• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic

Center Way) will host Thrilling Quilling: American Folk Art for ages 16 and up on Thursday, July 14 at 10 a.m. Dating from the Renaissance, quilling involves rolling, looping and curling strips of colored paper to make decorative designs. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Game Time on Thursday, July 14 at 1:30 p.m. for ages 5 to 7, and at 3:30 p.m. for ages 8 to 12. Have a blast indoors with new and favorite board games, card games and video games. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host “I Love Art!” for ages 6 to 12 on Thursday, July 14 at 3 p.m. Dress to get messy. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host food trucks on Thurs-day, July 14 at 5 p.m. with a free concert by the NattyBos at 6:30 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 for more info.

• The Norton Museum of Art (1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach) will present its annual Bastille Day Celebration during Art After Dark on Thursday, July 14 from 5 to 9 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.norton.org for more info.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Gardening in Small Spaces for adults on Thursday, July 14 at 6:30 p.m. Growing food is easy. All you need is some sunlight and the desire to grow something. Learn the basics of starting your own backyard farm. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Scrabble for Adults on Thursday, July 14 at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy a fun evening of word play with the classic board game. Basic game knowledge is required. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

Friday, July 15• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W.

Forest Hill Blvd.) will hold a free screening of the movie Everest on Friday, July 15 at 8:30 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 for more info.

Send calendar items to: The Town-Crier, 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 33, Wellington, FL 33414 or e-mail [email protected].

are just learning to crochet. Some materials will be provided. Call (561) 681-4100 for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Anime Nation for ages 12 to 17 on Tues-day, July 12 at 6 p.m. Snacks will be provided. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Wellington Village Council will meet Tuesday, July 12 at 7 p.m. at the Wellington Municipal Complex. Visit www.wellingtonfl.gov for more info.

• Wellington will hold a Family Game Night on Tuesday, July 12 at 7 p.m. at the Community Ser-vices Office (1092 Wellington Trace). Visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or call (561) 791-4764 for info.

Wednesday, July 13• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.)

will host Pokémon Party Day for all ages on Wednesday, July 13 at 2 and 2:45 p.m. Prepare for Pokémon games, battles and crafts. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Cen-ter Way) will host Teen Towel Origami for ages 12 to 17 on Wednesday, July 13 at 2:30 p.m. Learn how to make cute critters and other designs using an ordinary towel. Participants must bring one large bath towel, one hand towel and three wash clothes. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Musical Toddlers & Tykes for children under age 4 on Wednesday, July 13 at 3:30 p.m. Join in for a jam session with lots of instruments to play along with and keep the music going. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Mall at Wellington Green (10300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will hold an Art Party on Wednesday, July 13 at 5:30 p.m. in the food court. Every Wednesday in July, the MallStars Kids Club will host Cool Kids Nights with live entertainment including DJs spinning the latest hits, fun activities, giveaways, food court specials and more. Visit www.shopwellingtongreen.com/events for more info.

• The Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce will hold Networking & Poker at the Palm Beach Kennel Club (1111 N. Congress Ave., West Palm Beach) on Wednesday, July 13 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Visit www.cpbchamber.com for more info.

• Wellington will hold a Neighborhood Watch Meeting for Guilford Village on Wednesday, July 13 at 6 p.m. at the Community Services Office (1092 Wellington Trace). Visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or call (561) 791-4764 for more info.

• The Northern Palm Beach Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association will meet Wednesday, July 13 at the PGA Boulevard Embassy Suites Hotel in Palm Beach Gardens. Networking will take place from 6 to 6:30 p.m., when the dinner and the program begin. To RSVP, call (561) 543-5641 or (772) 828-0915. Visit www.abwanpbflorida.org for more info.

• The Mounts Botanical Garden will host a Summer Evening Stroll with the Director on Wednesday, July 13 at 6 p.m. Take a walking tour with Garden Director Allen Sistrunk, who will

ter Way) will host Stitching Starters Beginning Crochet for ages 10 and up on Monday, July 11 at 4:30 p.m. Learn the basics of crocheting. If you know how to crochet, bring your projects in to work on them and help out new crocheters. Children must be able to work independently. Materials will not be provided. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• Wellington Regional Medical Center’s Birthing Center welcomes the community to an open house showing off its newly renovated and expanded post-partum unit on Monday, July 11 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Guests will enjoy refresh-ments and a guided tour. The first 200 attendees will receive a special gift to take home. To register, call (561) 798-9880.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host its Chess Club for Adults on Monday, July 11 at 6:30 p.m. Practice strategy skills with other players. Basic game knowledge is required. Call (561) 790-6070 to pre-register.

• La Leche League’s Mother to Mother Breastfeeding Support Group will meet Monday, July 11 at 7 p.m. at Wellington Regional Medical Center. Visit www.lllwellington.org for more info.

Tuesday, July 12• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will

host Your Pizza Place for ages 5 to 9 on Tuesday, July 12 at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Do you wonder what it’s like to own a restaurant? Try out all the different jobs from taking customer orders to making and serving food in a mock pizza parlor. Call (561) 681-4100 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Cen-ter Way) will host Art for Adults: Still Life for ages 16 and up on Tuesday, July 12 at 2 p.m. Practice and develop your drawing skills by exploring the elements of drawing objects and develop the fundamentals of perspective, shadowing, pro-portions and balance. Various media and paper will be provided, as well as guidance from the instructor. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Cen-ter Way) will host Geeky Papercrafts: Minecraft for ages 9 and up on Tuesday, July 12 at 2:30 p.m. Create your favorite Minecraft characters out of paper. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Family Container Gardening Fun for ages 5 and up on Tuesday, July 12 at 2:30 p.m. The easiest way to begin growing your own food is with containers. Learn all the steps, from choosing a container size to harvesting your crop. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Little Olympics for ages 2 to 5 on Tuesday, July 12 at 2:30 p.m. Compete in the ring toss, the high jump and several other Olympic-style events. All participants will receive a medal for their efforts. Call (561) 790-6030 to pre-register.

• The Acreage library (15801 Orange Blvd.) will host Sit ’n’ Stitch for adults on Tuesdays, July 12 and July 19 at 5 p.m. Meet new people, and share your ideas and knowledge with others who

Saturday, July 9• The Florida Gun & Knife Show returns to

the South Florida Fairgrounds on Saturday, July 9 and Sunday, July 10. For more info., visit www.flgunshows.com.

• The Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association will hold trail maintenance in the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area on Saturday, July 9 at 6:30 a.m. Call Paul Cummings at (561) 963-9906 for more info.

• The Mounts Botanical Garden will host Or-chid Basics: The Six Most Common Orchids in South Florida on Saturday, July 9 at 10 a.m. This is the first of three classes on orchids. Newcom-ers will learn how to choose the correct orchids for their growing area and what they need. For more info., call (561) 233-1757 or visit www.mounts.org.

• The Palm Beach Zoo (1301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach) will hold a Story Time book feature on Saturday, July 9 at 10:30 a.m. with Curious George by H.A. Rey. For more info., visit www.palmbeachzoo.org.

• The Wellington Amphitheater (12100 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will host a free Jimmy Buffett tribute concert on Saturday, July 9 at 8:30 p.m. Call (561) 753-2484 for more info.

Sunday, July 10• The Holocaust Survivor Band will perform

an afternoon of entertainment playing Klezmer music on Sunday, July 10 at 2 p.m. at Congrega-tion L’Dor Va-Dor (3475 Woolbright Road, Suite 19, Boynton Beach). The concert will be offered free of charge to the public. Donations are appre-ciated to assist the band with traveling expenses to Poland. Call (561) 968-0688 for more info.

Monday, July 11• The Okeeheelee Golf Course (7715 Forest

Hill Blvd.) will hold a series of junior golf programs this summer for ages 6 through 17 starting on July 11. Each student will learn putting, chip-ping, pitching and sand play; swing analysis and improvement; as well as game knowledge and etiquette. To register, call (561) 964-4653 or visit www.golfproservices.org/junior-camps.

• The Royal Palm Beach library (500 Civic Center Way) will host Write, Read & Critique for adults on Mondays, July 11 and July 25 at 10 a.m. The event will be an informal roundtable where participants improve their craft by reading and discussing their works in progress. Call (561) 790-6030 for more info.

• The western communities chapter of the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans will meet Monday, July 11 at St. Peter’s United Methodist Church (12200 W. Forest Hill Blvd, Wellington) with a business meeting at noon, followed by a program at 1 p.m. Hospital administrator Harry Wolin will share ideas on patient advocacy. Call Nancy Tanner at (561) 793-9677 for more info.

• The Wellington library (1951 Royal Fern Drive) will host Tween Gaming for ages 8 to 12 on Monday, July 11 at 2:30 p.m. Call (561) 790-6070 for more info.

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FOR SALE 8 Units, one location, pool.

Walk to Publix & McDonalds. One story; 4 units 4/2, 1400 sq. ft.

3 units 3/2/1, 1200 sq. ft. 1 unit 1/1/1 670 sq. ft.

Fenced patios. Owner/builder. 561.329.0240 $1,435,00 (Proof of funds)

EMPLOYMENT

MAKE $2000 A WEEK— Sales exp a plus, great networking skills, valid drivers license. Mature and or retired candidates are encouraged to apply. Join our team call Mark 561 352-0298.

PART-TIME ACCOUNTANT ASSISTANT — Part time, flexible, assistant to accountant. Must be organized self-starter, computer literate (Excel, MS Word), to answer phones, do filing, do scheduling. Must be willing to learn new tasks. Royal Palm Beach.REF-ERENCES WILL BE CHECKED.Respond to [email protected] No phone calls.

PART TIME, FLEXIBLE LEGAL SECRE-TARY/ASSISTANT. — Computer Literate (WordPerfect). Answer phones, sched-ule hearings, filing, assist with document preparation, etc. ONLY APPLICANTS WITH SOME EXPERIENCE WILL BE CONSID-ERED. REFERENCES WILL BE CHECKED. Respond to [email protected] No phone calls.

INSURANCE AGENT: For auto/home-owners insurance — Spanish speaking preferred. Office in Wellington salary ne-gotiable. Contact Robert 561-758-7029.

BOOKKEEPER WANTED

WELLINGTON AREA

Part Time, experienced in Quickbooks, flexible hours.

Please fax resume to 561-793-1470 or

email to: [email protected]

BUSINESSOPPORTUNITIES

ROOM FOR RENT - ROYAL PALM

ROOM FOR RENT LA MANCHA — N o P e t s / N o K i d s . F u r n i s h e d w i t h pool $700 monthly. Call 561-667-3475

REAL ESTATE

OFFICE SPACE

• Large office with window • Centrally located in Wellington off Forest Hill Blvd. • Large conference room with Apple TV and White Board • Kitchen and Storage

• Private side entrance • Plenty of safe parking • $800 per month

includes high speed Comcast Internet • Sublet, no lease signing

OFFICE SPACE TO SHARE - WELLINGTONAffordable Wellington Office Space To Share

Call or text Gregg at (561) 309-4346

GARAGE SALE & ESTATE SALE


WANTED WELLINGTON AREA

Part Time, experienced in Quickbooks, flexible hours.

Please fax resume to 561-793-1470 or

email to: [email protected]

BOOKKEEPER

35 temporary farmworkers needed for common field labor in peppers, cucumber, and sugar cane in Palm Beach County, Florida, for JFT Harvesting, Inc., Farm Labor Contractor, with work beginning on or about 08/06/2016 and ending on or about 12/02/2016. The job offered is for an experienced farmworker and requires minimum 3 months verifiable work experience in the crop activities listed. The minimum offered wage rate that workers will be paid is $10.70 per hour and piece rates may be offered depending on crop activity. Workers must commit to work the entire contract period. Workers are guaranteed work for 3/4 of the contract period, beginning with the first day the worker arrives at the place of employment. All work tools, supplies and equipment are provided at no cost to the worker. Housing will be provided to those workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of each working day. Transportation and subsistence will be provided by the employer upon comple-tion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, to workers who are recruited outside the area of intended employment. Applicants must provide documentation that they are eligible legally to work in the United States. Applicants should report or send resumes to Florida Dept. of Economic Opportunity, 107 East Madison Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399, (850) 245-7437, or the nearest local office of their State Workforce Agency, and reference job order #FL10244369. EOE. H-300-16161-445544.

35 TEMPORARY FARMWORKERS NEEDED

ESTATE SALE - ROYAL PALM BEACH

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12785 West Forest Hill Blvd. Suite #D | Wellington FL 33414 | (561) 444-3590

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Kim Kinsey,Owner

We accept McKay Scholarship and we use an accredited curriculum.wellingtoninstitute.wix.com/wellington-institute

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