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OPINION
Ultima Fitness & Wellness, in cooperation with the Village
of Wellington, Walgreens and Wellington The Magazine, hosted a free
Wellington Fitness & Wellness Education Day on Saturday, Aug.
22 at Ultima. As part of the event, Ultima and the village
collected back-to-school donations. Shown here, Alyssa Yanoss gets
her body mass index (BMI) measured by personal trainer Brittany
Wallrath. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5
PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER
HEALTH & WELLNESS EDUCATION DAY
By Ron BukleyTown-Crier Staff Report
The Loxahatchee Groves Town Councils choice out of two
re-spondents to be the towns new management firm has backed out of
its offer to replace the current management company.
Severn Trent Management Ser-vices sent a letter to Town Attorney
Michael Cirullo and Mayor Dave Browning on Monday stating that it
was no longer interested in providing management services to the
Town of Loxahatchee Groves.
Severn Trent is also the manage-ment company for the Seminole
Improvement District, which is the special district serving the
Minto West/Westlake development.
Due to other contractual obli-gations in neighboring
communi-ties, we believe that there may be significant portions of
the scope of work from which we would be precluded from performing
due
to ethical obligations and even perceived conflicts of interest,
Severn Trent General Manager Bob Koncar wrote in his letter.
Additionally, given the public opinion presented through various
residents at the towns last council meeting, we believe that it
would be in the best interests of the town for Severn Trent to
withdraw so that the town may pursue an agree-ment with another
entity.
The only other responder to the towns request for proposals was
Larry Tibbs, who did not meet the town charters requirement that
the manager be certified. Tibbs was also embroiled in a
high-profile inspector general investigation stemming from his time
as finance director with the City of Lauder-dale Lakes in Broward
County.
The current management com-pany, Underwood Management Services
Group, did not submit a
Severn Trent Backs Out Of Lox Groves Management Job
See LOX GROVES, page 4
Wellington Keeps Close Contact With Manure Haulers
TEXTING AND DRIVING SIMULATION
Its Time For Florida To Have An IndependentRedistricting
PanelThe embarrassing failure of the Florida Legislature to craft
new congressional districts in accordance with a recent order by
the Florida Supreme Court has once again demonstrated that such a
nakedly political body cannot craft the fair dis-tricts now called
for in Floridas constitution. Therefore, it might be time for
Florida to follow the lead of other states and hand restricting
power to an indepen-dent commission. Page 4
By Ron BukleyTown-Crier Staff Report
At the invitation of former County Commissioner Jess
Santa-maria, several dozen area residents attended a meeting at the
original Wellington Mall on Friday, Aug. 21 to express their
opinions about the rise of Republican presidential frontrunner
Donald Trump.
While many have been sur-prised by the Trump phenomenon,
Santamaria said that he was not, attributing it to a negative
reac-tion by the public to the continued dysfunction of government
and mistrust of elected officials.
It is a rebellion, he said, against the belief that most
politicians are beholden to special interests.
His message has been my message for more than 40 years,
Santamaria said. It was the reason that I decided to run for county
commission. The real root of all
evil in our political system is cam-paign funding. The great
majority of elected officials are not working for you or me. They
are working for special interests. Theyve been bought. Even if they
have not received money under the table, even through the money
over the table in campaign funds, they have been bought. What has
happened here in Palm Beach County is happening in Tallahassee, and
its happening in Washington.
He asked residents to share their opinions on the issue.
Id like to know what it is right here in our community, he said.
Id like to hear from my friends and neighbors, what their thoughts
are for or against or indifferent.
Featured speakers included Maureen Glasheen, former general
counsel to the Secretary of State of New York, who spoke about
dis-
Residents Meet To Discuss Trump
Phenomenon
See TRUMP, page 16
By Paul L. GabaTown-Crier Staff Report
Wheels are turning for Royal Palm Beach to involuntarily annex
nearly 98 acres of residential land in an unincorporated enclave at
the villages south end.
The proposal was approved on its first reading by the Royal Palm
Beach Village Council on Aug. 20 and by the Royal Palm Beach
Planning & Zoning Commission, meeting as the Local Planning
Agency, on Aug. 25. That starts the process of determining whether
21 parcels of land at the southeast cor-ner of State Road 7 and
Southern Blvd., totaling 97.94 acres, will be added to village
jurisdiction. Both boards unanimously approved the proposal.
The council will readdress the topic at its Thursday, Sept. 3
meet-ing. If the proposal is approved there, it will go to voters
in the affected area via a mail ballot in October.
The property is located in un-
incorporated Palm Beach County, behind the Lowes Home
Im-provement store.
According to Royal Palm Beach Planning & Zoning
Administrator Bradford OBrien, the property is zoned for
single-family residen-tial. The village has already ap-proached
Palm Beach County officials regarding a required urban services
report. OBrien said that the annexation request meets statutory
requirements set by the county.
At the council meeting, several people spoke in support of the
involuntary annexation proposal.
I appreciate the council picking this up, said Brian Tuttle, a
land-owner in the affected area. This is the best way to get rid of
this enclave. We dont have to worry about the county serving
certain areas, and it can make for better planning in the area.
We are in favor of the annexa-tion, said Sharon Willcox, on
be-half of her mother, who is an area
RPB Seeks To Annex Enclave Near Southern And SR 7
landowner. The time has come for that area to be developed.
Willcox questioned whether a vote if the proposal advanced that
far would be for residents in the entire village, or just those in
the affected region. Village At-torney Jennifer Ashton said that
all registered voters in the 21-parcel area would be afforded the
op-portunity to cast ballots, includ-ing renters, family members
and property owners.
The council unanimously ap-proved the proposal at its first
reading. Vice Mayor Richard Valuntas said that the proposal is a
good one for the future of Royal Palm Beach.
It makes a lot of sense, Valun-tas said. An enclave is not a
good situation, and this lets the people decide. It will make for
better planning, and make things more consistent.
Ashton said that while it is called an involuntary annexation,
the
The Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office, Palm Beach County
Fire-Rescue, Wellingtons Community Services Department and the Neil
S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club held a texting and driving
informational session Tuesday, Aug. 25. PBSO representatives
educated attendees about the dangers of texting and driving before
PBCFR officers performed an extraction from a car that had been in
a simulated accident due to a distracted driver. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE
9
PHOTO BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER
WELLINGTON APPROVES ACME BUDGETSEE STORY, PAGE 3
URBAN LEAGUE HELPS HOMEOWNERSSEE STORY, PAGE 7
By Julie UngerTown-Crier Staff Report
Last Thursday, representatives from the Village of Wellington,
including Projects Manager Mike ODell, gathered with local
live-stock waste haulers for their third annual meeting to discuss
hauling issues in relation to Wellington and the surrounding
areas.
The meetings began when ODell started with the village. The goal
was to curtail problems with illegal dumping.
It was pretty obvious that Wel-lington, in my opinion, was
getting a black eye because of all of the illegal dumping that was
going on. Regularly, we were making the newspaper and the TV news,
he said. It wasnt good for Wel-lington, it wasnt good for the
equestrian industry as a whole, and it certainly wasnt good for
our neighbors.
ODell told the Town-Crier that he orchestrated the first meeting
with haulers to open the lines of communication with these work-ing
in the area to educate them about the negative environmental
impacts that occur with illegal dumping. That original meeting took
place in 2013.
It was something less than cor-dial, ODell recalled. Were out
there doing the best we can, and we dont have a lot of places to
get rid of the material. Organized disposal sites that were
properly permitted were few and far between.
Currently, there are five Florida Department of Environmental
Protection-approved disposal
locations: Atlas Peat & Soil, the Solid Waste Authority,
Florida Crystals, McGill-Brighton and U.S. Sugar Corp.
We started to understand from the haulers perspective the fact
that theyre working 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week all
through season, that theyre trying to keep up with it [and] moving
it outside Wellington, but the impacts outside of Wellington are
also negative to our overall region, ODell said.
At the time, he said, Loxa-hatchee Groves was having issues
because some haulers were bring-ing waste into that community
illegally. Since then, ordinances have been enacted to stop
that.
What came out of that was U.S. Sugar stepping up and opening
up
See ANNEX, page 16
By Ron BukleyTown-Crier Staff Report
The Wellington Village Coun-cil decided Tuesday to look into the
methods other municipalities use to negotiate their managers
contracts, at the recommendation of Mayor Bob Margolis.
The council historically has appointed one council member to
negotiate, as was done by for-mer Councilman Howard Coates the last
time Village Manager Paul Schofields contract was renewed.
I was going to talk about the appointment for someone to
ne-gotiate Mr. Schofields contract tonight, Margolis said during
council comments. But instead, Im going to just ask the council to
consider some things and not make that discussion tonight for a
couple of reasons. I had the oppor-tunity to do a lot of research
in the last couple of days on what other municipalities do, and I
will share
that research with you through staff, if thats appropriate.
Margolis said that he has been involved in three manager
contract negotiations.
Its kind of difficult to do, and kind of rewarding, but
histori-cally, and the times that Ive been involved in them, Ive
always got some constructive criticism from my fellow council
members, which I expected to get, and Ive appreciated it, he said.
When Mr. Coates was on council, I think he also got constructive
criticism.
Margolis said other councils methods vary widely, from
dis-cussing the contract at an open council meeting, having legal
staff negotiate, or picking two council members to negotiate
separately with the manager in order to avoid Sunshine Law
violations.
That gives other council mem-bers a perspective; it gives them
two sets of eyes and two opinions, versus just having one person
ne-
Council Ponders Process To Review Schofields Contract
gotiate the contract, which weve done in the past, he said.
Some municipalities appoint a panel with one or more council
members, a human resources at-torney and other members of staff,
Margolis noted.
I thought that was kind of unique and kind of bizarre at the
same time, he said. Im not advocating any one of them. What Im
saying tonight is that maybe there is another way that we should be
or could be looking at this. Im not saying our way is wrong, but in
researching what other municipalities do in the State of Florida, I
found a lot of different options.
Margolis said that he has not completed his research, but that
so far, he had found that Wellingtons process of using a single
council member to negotiate the contract is not common.
It comes back to us anyhow, so
See HAULERS, page 7
See CONTRACT, page 7
some of their fields, ODell said. It was a means of
disposal.
Theyve done some testing, ODell said, and one of the un-knowns
is how long it will take to compost the waste mixed in with the
soil. Typically, he explained, depending on moisture content and
heat, it is a 30-day to 60-day process. However, those numbers have
yet to be determined.
The theory behind using the livestock manure is that less
fer-tilizer would be needed, since the soil will be enriched, and
less water will be needed. I think that the jury is still out on
that, ODell said.
Since that first year, hauling to U.S. Sugar has become
organized; haulers are no longer coming at all hours. The waste is
put onto a field,
laser-leveled, then left to bake un-der the sun for a few weeks.
Then the field is planted.
One of the best outcomes from the meetings, ODell said, is that
illegal dumping has been dra-matically reduced, and haulers are
making their businesses more sophisticated. For a few years, the
haulers have been publishing rates on their web sites and
standard-izing fees. Loosely, theyve begun organizing.
We have started to see that. We started to see that the haulers
are realizing that there is a true cost to this, ODell said.
The difference of sending live-stock waste to U.S. Sugar they
take approximately 80 percent of the waste and, by not charging
tip-
Michael Stone Urges Wellington Business Leaders To Visit
TryonMichael Stone, president of Equestrian Spor t Produc-tions,
was the main speaker at Wednesdays Wellington Chamber of Commerce
lun-cheon at the Wanderers Club. Stone shed light on plans for the
upcoming Palm Beach In-ternational Equestrian Center season, while
updating cham-ber members on the Tryon In-ternational Equestrian
Center, located in rural North Carolina.
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TWBA Hosts Social AtThe Wild West DinerIn Royal Palm BeachThe
Western Business Alliance held its monthly social event on
Thursday, Aug. 20 at the Wild West Diner in Royal Palm Beach.
Members gathered to mingle, make friends and build business
relationships.
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Open House Welcomes Visitors To Temple Bnai Jacob In
WellingtonTemple Bnai Jacob of Wel-lington held an open house on
Sunday, Aug. 23. It was a chance to meet the clergy, sign up for
religious school and learn about the temples new youth group. The
temple is located in the original Wellington Mall.
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The New Cheers Bar In Wellington Is Fun, Fun, Fun With Great
Food!BY JOE NASUTI
Make plans to enjoy what many of your neighbors have already
discovered the White Elephant Bar & Grill. Located in the
original Wellington Mall, this is the new happening place to be
almost any night of the week, inside at the Cheers bar or outside
at the cheerful patio bar. Whether its Taco Tuesday, Wings &
Wine Wednesday, Ladies & Karaoke Thursday, Live Music Friday
and Saturday, or Caribbean Calypso Sunday... there is always
something to do at the White Elephant.
Don Patel, one of the partner owners, is no stranger in the
restaurant industry. We are truly fortunate that he has brought his
talent for making everyone happy to our backyard.
We came for the food, and we were not disappointed. In fact, we
were impressed! The menu is a collage of American and international
fare.
What caught my eye was the Sweet Potato Gnocchi ($14), sauted
with kale and spinach and finished with a taste-tempting coconut
cream sauce... incredibly delicious and equally unique. The Curry
Shrimp Risotto ($16.50) combines three of my favorites perfectly.
This Indian-spiced shrimp with a curry cream sauce over risotto is
not to be missed. Other specials include Fish & Chips, Rib Eye,
Apple Cider Brine Pork Chops and the popular Pan-Seared Salmon. One
of the house signature dishes, the salmon, was perhaps the best Ive
ever tasted!Theme nights also have specials. We visited on
Caribbean Sunday with Calypso music playing on the patio, piped
inside to add to the flavor of the food, such as Jerk Chicken Wings
($10.50).
These jumbo beauties were fried to perfection and tossed in
homemade jerk sauce. The Spicy Island Pizza ($14) was our table
favorite of the evening, with grilled jerk chicken, jalapeo, red
peppers, barbecue sauce and mozzarella cheese... the best pizza
ever! Pizza lovers will also love the White Elephants other pizza
choices, such as Brisket, Reuben and Margarita Pizza ($14).
Dont forget to leave room for dessert. The homemade bread
pudding and unique elephant ear are incredibly delicious, and the
perfect way to end your dining experience worth every calorie!
Besides the great food, atmosphere and service, what impressed
me most is the White Elephants commitment to our American heroes.
Five members of the staff are veterans, including Executive Chef
Darrell Langworthy. He is also a veteran of the restaurant
industry, formerly from the Sagamore Resort and a highly respected
special events caterer at the Palm Beach International Raceway,
Ideal Lending and Wellington Events Staffing at the Polo Club.
Extra special attention and a 10 percent discount is given to all
veterans and first responders firemen, police and paramedics as a
thank you for their service and dedication to America.
So, if you are looking for some fun and good food tonight or any
night, head to the White Elephant Bar & Grill and tell them
that the Phantom Diners recommended a visit.
The White Elephant also is a great place to host a special
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NEWS
trian trails and surface water management of 89 miles of canals
and eight pump stations.
Capital projects from the $30 assessment increase with a
carry-forward total $1.1 million.
The Acme parks master plan has a carry-forward of $176,000, and
the Acme portion of technical improvements, plus the neighbor-hood
parks, neighborhood trails and surface water management programs,
have an additional $100,000 each.
The total additional capital funding this year is $1.2 mil-lion,
and with the carry-forwards, youre looking at almost $2.4 million,
Quickel said, explaining that carry-forward money is funds that
have been budgeted in previ-ous years for projects that may be
unfinished. It is carried forward because it has been approved in a
budget period, so the funds move forward.
Councilwoman Anne Gerwig made a motion to approve the budget and
assessment, which carried 5-0.
Acme has a new web site, now mandated by law, accessible through
a link on the village web site, as well as at
acme.welling-tonfl.gov. The web site shows the services that Acme
provides, as well as financial information, history of the district
and links to services and maps, as well as the water control
plan.
By Ron BukleyTown-Crier Staff Report
The Wellington Village Council on Tuesday approved a larger
budget for the Acme Improvement
District next year, keeping the same per-unit assessment as the
current year.
Acme is a special taxing dis-trict controlled by the Village
of
Wellington focused primarily on drainage and park maintenance
services.
Finance Director Tanya Quickel said that the Acme budget is
part
of the villages overall budget of $79 million. The total Acme
bud-get is $7.3 million, an increase of slightly more than $1
million from last year.
The operating budget is $5.41 million, which is up $1.4 million,
or 37.5 percent, and the capital projects budget is $1.2 million,
down $430,000, or 26.4 percent.
These changes are because of the transfer of funds from capital
into the major maintenance fund part of the operating budget,
Quickel said. We have discussed that in all of our budget
presenta-tions this year.
The assessment rate will remain the same at $230 per unit, she
said, explaining that a $30 increase approved last year increases
the annual Acme budget by about $800,000, which is dedicated to
capital projects.
The overall budget generates more than $5.5 million from
ap-proximately 26,000 units. The largest portion of the Acme budget
is from the non-ad valorem assess-ment. The total revenue is just
over $6 million, which does not include the allocation of reserves
at just over $1.6 million.
There are five primary areas of expenditures within Acme:
environmental services, eques-trian trails, neighborhood parks,
preserve maintenance and surface water management, whose total cost
comes to $3.4 million, which
includes salaries for a total of 22 employees, Quickel said.
Environmental services costs include the replacement of two
mosquito sprayers and one ve-hicle, along with salaries for four
employees.
For equestrian trails, materials and supplies have been added
for upkeep and repairs and major maintenance of $100,000 for
fenc-ing, footing and crossing replace-ment, as well as two
full-time staff members.
Neighborhood parks include major maintenance of $200,000 for
equipment and grounds main-tenance, with four full-time posi-tions
and 3,120 part-time hours.
Wellington Environmental Preserve maintenance has been increased
with the addition of a boardwalk and pergola, as well as one
position, plus 1,560 part-time hours.
Surface water management has an increased operating budget for
aquatic weed control and major maintenance of $1.25 million for
surface water rehabilitation, canal bank reclamation and swale
maintenance, with 11 dedicated full-time positions.
The operating budget of $5.41 million is up almost $1.5 million,
and thats from the transfer of maintenance from capital to the
operating budget, Quickel said.
Maintenance includes 24 neigh-borhood parks, 67 miles of
eques-
Wellington Village Council Approves $7.3 Million Acme Budget
By Julie UngerTown-Crier Staff Report
Michael Stone, president of Equestrian Sport Productions, was
the main speaker at Wednesdays Wellington Chamber of Com-merce
luncheon at the Wanderers Club.
Stone shed light on plans for the upcoming Palm Beach
Interna-tional Equestrian Center season, while updating chamber
members on the Tryon International Eques-trian Center, located in
rural North Carolina. The new show grounds opened last year and
shares com-mon ownership with the PBIEC facility in Wellington.
People say, Where is it? Where is Tryon? Stone said. The horse
show is actually in Mill Spring, which is about 10 miles from
Tryon, but Tryon has a huge history in equestrian sport.
The area is centrally located, approximately 30 miles from
Asheville, 60 miles from Charlotte and 30 miles from Spartanburg,
S.C. There are direct flights from West Palm Beach to Asheville two
or three times a week, making it convenient to bounce back and
forth between both locales.
Equestrian Sport Productions CEO Mark Bellissimo and his
partners started clearing the area in the fall of 2013, which was
mostly hills, valleys and ravines.
By March, 2014 millions of tons of earth were removed, Stone
said, pointing out the conve-nience of the locations proximity to
the highway. The state of North Carolina has actually agreed to
redo this junction for us, to make it more accessible. During some
of our big events, weve already blocked the highway.
Tryons equestrian venue will eventually be home to six
all-weather rings and four grass are-nas. The lighted main arena is
to have 6,000 seats, and there will be 1,000 permanent stalls for
horses. The resort is built on 1,400 acres at the foothills of the
Blue Ridge Mountains.
A hotel will open in 2017, and will drop into the show grounds,
Stone said. It will be two stories at the top of the hill, and then
drop down six or seven stories.
One of the key features to the plan was to have the location
ac-cessible with barns all across, and climate-controlled viewing
areas.
Theres no need for golf carts, Stone said. People can walk
everywhere. The other feature is that there are very few tents;
almost everything is permanent. We built permanent vendor
booths
and permanent stalls permanent everything just to get away from
the look of tents. Its much more attractive.
There are 12 vendor buildings, all air-conditioned, Stone said,
broken into groupings of two or three spaces each.
From October 2013 to July 2014, the focus was on building the
main arena. By April 2015, the elevated areas leading to the barns
were created, allowing spectators to see multiple rings at the same
time. A great deal of parking was created, as was a VIP club.
The interesting thing about the VIP club is that we got all that
built in that short space of time with full-scale catering
kitchens, Stone said. We have a grill, a diner, a sushi bar, a
coffee bar, a caf for the riders and a Mexican
Michael Stone Urges Wellington Business Leaders To Visit
Tryon
The Wellington Village Council recognized the Wellington Wild 01
softball team at its meeting on Tuesday for winning the 14B USSSA
Road to Orlando World Series Championship held July 18-25. The
village will hold a celebratory parade and ceremony recognizing the
team, as well as honoring the Wellington Little League Intermediate
All Stars baseball team for its national title on Saturday, Aug.
29. The parade will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Montauk Drive, near the
Wellington Municipal Com-plex, and end at the Wellington
Amphitheater, followed immediately by a recognition ceremony at the
Wellington Amphitheater, after which the Turnstiles Band will
perform a Billy Joel tribute concert, starting at 8 p.m. For more
info., visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.
WELLINGTON HONORS SOFTBALL TEAM
See CHAMBER, page 16
Equestrian Sport Productions President Michael Stonedescribes
the Tryon International Equestrian Center.
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these risk factors are probable contributors to Alzheimers and
dementia. Perhaps it is time to swallow that latest information and
start to examine your lifestyle.
Alzheimers has, unfortunately, risen to have affected more than
five million Americans and con-tinues its upward surge.
One California research team, Tina Hoang of the Northern
Cal-ifornia Institute of Research and Education and Christine Yaffe
of the University of California, dis-covered that too much
television, plus a sedentary lifestyle, caused some 950 people who
developed dementia to suffer even worse if
Many Non-Biological Risk Factors For Alzheimers And
DementiaOPINION
they had poor grades in school. Mary Ann Malack-Ragona of
the Alzheimers Disease Resource Center believes that loneliness
in older age is often a key factor in the onset of Alzheimers and
dementia. Too many people, as they grow older, live cloistered
lives and fare worse than counter-
Footlooseand...
By JulesW. Rabin
While there are many risk fac-tors for Alzheimers disease and
dementia, recent studies have shown that there are a number of
non-biological risk factors. The more research conducted, the more
risk factors like too much televi-sion watching, poor school grades
and adult loneliness indicate that
The embarrassing failure of the Florida Legislature to craft new
congressional districts in accordance with a recent order by the
Florida Supreme Court has once again demonstrated that such a
nakedly political body cannot craft the fair districts now called
for in Floridas constitution. Therefore, it might be time for
Florida to follow the lead of other states and hand restricting
power to an independent commission.
Last week, a Leon County judge postponed a decision about
Floridas still incomplete congressional redistricting map after
legislative leaders failed to agree on how to redraw the
boundaries. The Florida Supreme Court had ordered the
Republican-dominated legislature to redraw eight congressional
districts over the summer, after ruling that the lawmakers had
drawn boundaries to favor incumbents, violating the
anti-gerrymandering fair districts rules that voters added to the
Florida Constitution in 2010.
While the legislature has until mid-October to complete the
revised congressional map, a draft of the redistricting proposal
was supposed to be ready in time for a hearing this past Tuesday.
But a special legislative session ended last Friday without a plan
after the two chambers deadlocked on the issue.
Senate President Andy Gardiner said in a statement that his
chamber is not prepared to relinquish control to the trial court,
and would prefer to come back into special session to find a
compromise. His counterpart in the lower chamber, Speaker Steve
Crisafulli, was not as confident that such a deal could be reached.
After all, these are the same people whose budget brinkmanship
nearly led to a fiscal disaster just two months ago.
While we respect the legislatures wishes to attempt to resolve
the issue internally, it is apparent in Floridas toxic and
dysfunctional political environment that this will not occur any
time soon. A wiser, more pragmatic method moving forward would be
to create an in-dependent commission, void of political
shenanigans, bias and influences, to create future
districts, both congressional and for the legislature itself. An
independent commission would eliminate or at least greatly diminish
the harmful political displays that have continually marked the
redistricting process in Florida. It would be far more likely to
follow the dictates of the fair districts amendments.
This is not a unique concept. Currently, 21 states utilize some
form of a non-partisan or bipartisan redistricting commission, 13
of which use redistricting commissions to exclusively draw
electoral district lines.
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Arizona State
Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission that
redistricting commissions such as Arizonas, whose redistrict-ing
commission process is completely independent of the state
legislature, are constitutional.
Arizonas constitution requires its independent redistricting
commission comprised of two Democrats, two Republicans and an
independent chair to start from scratch each cycle, rather than
redraw existing districts.
While members of the Democratic caucus in Tallahassee have
proposed a change to an independent redistricting commission, such
a change is unlikely to gain support from the dominant GOP
leadership. Therefore, such a change would most likely require the
same citizen-initiated referendum process that enacted fair
districts in 2010.
The concept of one-person, one-vote mandates that districts
should be roughly equal in population. Other factors which should
be considered include the federal Voting Rights Act, geographical
features, respect for communities of interest, district shape and
potential com-petitiveness. How to create those districts is best
left to those outside the legislature.
An independent redistricting commission is not possible in
Florida currently, but in light of current events, its an idea
which merits strong consideration. The residents of our state
deserve better than what they are being presented out of
Tallahassee.
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parts with more social contacts, she said.
Well, that settles it! Its time for a party. And as you know, Im
always up for an extra party or two. After all is said and done,
remember this old, but true, adage: when it comes to your brain,
use it or lose it!
By Ron BukleyTown-Crier Staff Report
The Loxahatchee Groves Wa-ter Control District on Monday
approved a South B Road mainte-nance map necessary to provide a
quit-claim deed to its 60-foot ease-ment on B Road so that the town
and area developers, including Palm Beach State College, could
proceed with road work there.
The developers Palm Beach State College, Loxahatchee Eques-trian
Partners, Solar Sportsystems and Atlantic Land Investments have
agreed to pave B Road as a condition of their development, and the
Town of Loxahatchee Groves asked the LGWCD to grant a quit claim to
its easement in order for the road improvement to proceed.
LGWCD Administrator Steve Yohe recommended approval of the map,
prepared by A&B Engi-
LGWCD Approves Map And Maintenance Agreements With Townneering,
which will be recorded in the Palm Beach County records.
Supervisor John Ryan made a motion to approve the map.
That appears to be the next step in preparation for the quit
claim, Ryan said.
Supervisor Laura Danowski said that she would like to see
letters or some type of notifications to go to residents explaining
what the red flags along the road mean.
I think it would go a long way to goodwill and community
relations that just a short letter be mailed to the residents
saying whats happening, Danowski said, explaining that some
res-idents may think a portion of their land is planned for
con-demnation.
LGWCD Attorney Mary Vi-ator said that there would be no
condemnation in relation to the maintenance maps.
Even if were going to noti-fy the landowners, there was a
procedure set forth in the local bill that sets forth the
continuous maintenance, operation and con-struction of these
particular areas to identify those areas that weve been actually
utilizing, Viator said, explaining that the local bill will provide
the easement to that particular area. Theres not going to be a
condemnation or any other steps taken to that extent.
Ryan said that the surveys and maintenance map dont really
af-fect the ownership of the property, and the completion of the
map, including surveys of canal ease-ments for use as equestrian
trails, would relieve the property owners of any associated
liability.
LGWCD Chairman Dave De-Marois asked whether the canal itself was
safe, and Yohe said it was.
Supervisor Frank Schiola asked if the approval process would
delay any future surveys. We want to get this surveying done as
quickly as possible, he said.
Yohe said the field work had been completed.
In other business: The board approved a Col-
lecting Canal maintenance map for the berm from South B Road to
Folsom Road prepared by the engineering firm Erdman Anthony.
Ryan said the approval of the map would open the way for the
Town of Loxahatchee Groves to make improvements along the road,
including the construction of culverts in the area.
This finals up what we did at the last meeting with regard to A
Road to B Road, so this completes Collecting Canal, Ryan said. This
opens it up to whatever
bridge culvert construction or other work is anticipated by the
town with respect to trails.
Viator added that improvements by the town would be subject to
permitting by the district.
The board also approved an amendment submitted by the town to
the 2015-16 fiscal year agreement with the town for the districts
construction and mainte-nance of town roads to reimburse the
district in an amount not to exceed $93,738.
It also approved an agreement with the town for additional road
maintenance of town roads. The district agreed to provide watering
services for town roads similar to district lettered roads, as
district manpower and operating equip-ment is available.
LGWCD staff determined that hedging services exceed the manpower
and equipment it has
available to perform the work as requested, but individual roads
can be evaluated by staff on a case-by-case basis as to the
condition of the area requested to be hedged. The district also
agreed to replace signs when staff is available.
These comments are provided in the spirit of goodwill to assist
the town whenever possible, and tempered with the responsibility
and priority of the district to pro-vide its basic services, the
staff report continued.
The board also re-elected De-Marois as chairman, and elected
Schiola as vice chair, Ryan as secretary/treasurer and Supervisor
Don Widing as deputy secretary/treasurer. Danowski, who is serv-ing
her first term as a supervisor, turned down a nomination as deputy
secretary/treasurer, saying that she would like to get more
experience first.
Lox GrovesFirm Backs Out Of Job
continued from page 1new proposal, although it is eli-gible for
a one-year contract re-newal. Its current contract expires Sept.
30.
The respondents presentations last week received more than a
dozen protests by residents urging for the renewal of the Underwood
contract.
Vice Mayor Ron Jarriel said that he was disappointed to hear of
the withdrawal of Severn Trent, which is a large firm that manages
a num-ber of municipalities and special districts in Florida and
Georgia.
I felt like they had the resourc-
es that could benefit the people of Loxahatchee Groves, Jarriel
said, adding that he planned to meet with Town Manager Bill
Underwood this week to review the agenda package for the council
meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 1.
I dont know what direction were going to go in right now,
Jarriel said. We have several directions we can go. I look at it,
we had three people we could have chosen. Tibbs is out of the
picture. My vote was for Severn Trent because they had so many
resources. The next in line is Underwood Management. They have
participated in the RFP for the simple fact that we can extend
their contract a year.
Jarriel said that his concern with Underwood was whether the
firm
would be asking for more money. The current contract is for
$27,083 per month.
At one time, [Town Manager Bill Underwood] told me that he was
going to ask for a two-year ex-tension and an increase, he said.
When we went out for the RFP, he told me that he would only ask for
a one-year extension instead of two and that he would not be asking
for an increase.
Jarriel said that he thought the company got a $125,000
increase, in essence, when the former man-ager, Mark Kutney, was
released, and Underwood himself took over in October 2014 as town
manager.
Jarriel said another option might be to find a road ranger
manager while they go out for another RFP.
Theres still a couple of options
out there, but Im hoping that Un-derwood will stand by his word
and not take advantage of Severn Trent backing out, and maybe take
a one-year extension without an increase, he said, adding that the
situation is further complicated by the recent resignation of the
towns legal and code enforcement firms.
Jarriel said he hoped to hear more input from residents at the
council meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 1.
I dont mean the handful of people who have tried to fight us on
everything that weve tried to do, he said, listing the approved
Palm Beach State College campus, the new town hall and the paving
of roads. I hope that we have a full house where everybody will
come and speak and try to give
us some direction on what the residents want.
Browning, who voted against seeking new proposals in June along
with Councilman Tom Golt-zen, said Tibbs did not qualify for the
contract and that issuing another RFP would take the town beyond
Underwoods current Sept. 30 term.
The other thing that we can do is extend the contract with the
current management team for another year, Browning said. Thats what
most of the residents of Loxahatchee Groves want, and thats what I
support. The other thing would be to kind of start from scratch and
try to find a manager and a clerk and all those things to plug
in.
Browning said that the lack
of responses to the towns RFP revealed what he had said earlier
about the town developing a repu-tation for going through managers.
Underwood is the fourth manager the town has had since it
incorpo-rated nine years ago.
There are not a lot of manage-ment teams out there that are
jump-ing up and down about managing Loxahatchee Groves, Browning
said, adding that he thought the past RFP was put out too quickly,
without enough time to process it. Theres too much stuff going on,
and the timing was bad.
Goltzen said that he understood Severn Trents decision.
Im glad Severn Trent listened to the voice of the people, and I
would hope that others do the same, he said.
Calling Actors: Fright Nights Casting Call
Do you think you have what it takes to scare people? Are you a
drama student? Do you need community service hours? If so, take
part in Fright Nights casting call for scareactors!
To be a member of the cast, you must bring two forms of
identifica-tion, as well as your ability to scare the living
daylights out of people, but in a fun way. The casting call is set
for Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Perfect Vodka Amphitheater at the
South Florida Fairgrounds, starting at noon.
Fright Nights is the premier haunted house attraction in
South
Florida. With four full haunts, crazy midway scare zones, theme
park rides, live music, food and entertainment, Fright Nights will
be the areas top Halloween season destination in 2015.
Each year, Fright Nights is dedicated to bringing new haunt-ed
attractions, and 2015 will be no different. In past years, there
has been everything from flesh-eating zombies to twisted carnivals,
haunted prisons, evil clowns, haunted hotels, ghostly graveyards,
insane asylums, corn mazes, haunted hayrides, psychot-ic
hillbillies and more.
Located at the South Florida Fairgrounds, there will be acres of
scares and plenty of parking. The event will be open for four
weekends, including Halloween.
For more information about Halloween Fright Nights at the South
Florida Fairgrounds, call (561) 793-0333.
Shulamit Hadassah
Bingo NightShulamit Hadassah will hold
a bingo event on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at Palm Beach
County Fire-Rescue Station 30 on Stribling Way in Wellington.
Admission is free, and attendees are asked to either donate $5 for
projects or bring a dairy/pareve appetizer or dessert. Reservations
are required. To RSVP, contact Sandi at [email protected] or (561)
389-4186.
Trail Association Ice Cream Social
Set For Sept. 7The September meeting of
the Loxahatchee chapter of the Florida Trail Association will be
given over to a Labor Day family ice cream social extravaganza.
Socialize with FTA members on Monday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. at the
Okeeheelee Nature Center.
Guests will learn about FTA membership during a family
opportunity on helping with rec-reational wilderness foot paths in
Palm Beach County.
Wilderness foot paths in Palm Beach County are extensive, with
many rustic paths maintained by Loxahatchee chapter members.
These footpaths are used for woods walking, hiking, back
pack-ing, jogging, running marathons, nature photography and more.
They travel through natural pine flatwoods, sand dunes, oak scrub
and wetland areas.
Using the trails has benefits, in-cluding helping to relieve
weekly stress. The fresh air, sunshine and wildlife on a Florida
nature trail increases vitality, energy and opti-mism. The trails
provide a connec-tion with nature that is beneficial to health and
attitude. Helping to maintain them provides exercise in a social
group through Clip and Walks to trim excess foliage growing into
the paths.
The Okeeheelee Nature Center is located in Okeeheelee Park on
Forest Hill Blvd. between Jog
Road and Floridas Turnpike. The FTA will meet in the screen room
behind the nature center at 7 p.m. A road turn-in sign will be
displayed. For more details, call Margaret Brabham at (561)
324-3543.
Hand & Stone Massage Grand Opening Sept. 6Hand & Stone
Massage and
Facial Spa, located at 2863 S. State Road 7, Suite 300, in
Wellington, will hold its official grand opening on Sunday, Sept. 6
from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Special promotions will be shared on the
spas Facebook page. For more info., call (561) 221-6996 or visit
www.handandstone.com/spa/store/Wellington.
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Ultima Fitness & Wellness, in cooperation with the Village
of Wellington, Walgreens and Wellington The Magazine, hosted a free
Wellington Fitness & Wellness Education Day on Saturday, Aug.
22 at Ultima, located at 12799 W. Forest Hill Blvd. in the
Wellington Plaza. As part of the event, Ultima and the village
collected back-to-school donations. Wellington teachers who
attended were eligible to receive a donation of school supplies for
their classroom. Meanwhile, teachers, students, parents and
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Maria Marker leads a kids yoga class.
Jeanine Wiernik from Universal Living Sproutsgives Krista
Strathie an organic sprout salad.
James Rust tries the MarkPro Recovery System with
Dr. Addison Seitter. Denzil Soleyn gets a flu shot from
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CRIME NEWS
By Julie UngerTown-Crier Staff Report
AUG. 21 A deputy from the Wellington substation of the Palm
Beach County Sheriffs Office was called to Isles View Drive last
Friday morning regarding a business burglary. According to a PBSO
report, sometime between 1:58 and 2:08 a.m. last Friday, the alarm
for Cilantros Gourmet Deli went off. According to the report, two
masked males broke a glass window to gain entrance to the deli,
attempted to remove the ATM machine and knocked over items while
trying, unsuccessfully, to steal the machine. The incident was
caught on video surveillance.
AUG. 18 A deputy from the
PBSOs Royal Palm Beach sub-station was called to the Walmart
store on Belvedere Road last Tuesday afternoon regarding a
shoplifting incident. According to a PBSO report, sometime be-tween
2:25 and 2:30 p.m., Amy Methner was observed walking around the
store putting items in a plastic bag. She attempted to exit the
store but was stopped by a store employee. She was arrested for
retail theft.
AUG. 19 A deputy from the PBSOs Wellington substation was called
to a home on Snowberry Drive in the Sugar Pond Manor community last
Wednesday morn-ing regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a
PBSO report, sometime between 6 p.m. last Tuesday and 5 a.m. last
Wednes-day, someone opened the unlocked side door of the victims
2005 Chevy Pacifica and removed $1.25 in change from the center
console. DNA evidence was gathered from the vehicle.
AUG. 20 A deputy from the PBSOs Acreage/Loxahatchee substation
was called to a home on 61st Lane North in The Acreage last
Thursday regarding an in-stance of vandalism. According to a PBSO
report, sometime between 11:45 a.m. and noon, someone threw the
victims Samsung Gal-axy Note 3, valued at $435, into a pond.
AUG. 20 A deputy from the PBSOs Wellington substation was called
to a store on State Road 7 last Thursday afternoon regarding a
theft. According to a PBSO re-port, sometime between 3:30 and 4:30
p.m., while the victim was shopping at Jo-Ann Fabrics, one person
distracted the victim, while another stole the victims $500 Prada
wallet from the victims shopping cart.
AUG. 20 A deputy from the PBSOs Wellington substation was called
to a restaurant on State Road 7 last Thursday afternoon regarding a
theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 4:30 and 5
p.m., while paying for his purchase at Flakowitz Deli, the victim
left his wallet on the counter. According to the report, when the
victim looked for his wallet later, it was missing.
AUG 20 A deputy from the PBSOs Wellington substation was called
to Basin Street South in the French Quarter community last Thursday
morning regarding the delayed report of a residential burglary.
According to a PBSO re-port, sometime between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
last Wednesday, someone broke into the victims home and stole
multiple pieces of jewelry, valued at $1,850. According to the
report, the victim fixed her front door after realizing that the
home was broken into.
AUG. 21 A deputy from the PBSOs Royal Palm Beach substa-tion was
contacted by a resident of Citrus Grove Blvd. in The Acreage last
Friday regarding the delayed report of a stolen tag. According to a
PBSO report, sometime between 5 p.m. on Aug. 7 and 11 a.m. on Aug.
11, someone stole the tag and decal off of the victims work
vehicle.
AUG. 21 A deputy from the PBSOs Royal Palm Beach substa-tion was
contacted by a resident of Victoria Grove last Friday regard-ing a
case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, someone had been using
the victims credit card in New York City and New Jersey between
Aug. 16 and Aug. 21. According to the report, the victim received
two credit card company letters, and an existing Kohls card had
$700 in unauthorized charges billed to the account.
AUG. 21 A deputy from the PBSOs Acreage/Loxahatchee substation
was called to a home on West Epson Drive in the Royal Ascot Estates
community last Friday afternoon regarding a case of fraud.
According to a PBSO re-port, at 12:48 p.m. last Friday, the victim
was contacted by someone claiming to be from Florida Power &
Light, demanding that $461.12 be sent through Western Union.
According to the report, the victim sent the money, then determined
that the call was a scam and con-tacted the PBSO. The victim called
Western Unions fraud division, but the money had already been
received, sent to an account in the Dominican Republic.
AUG. 22 A deputy from the PBSOs Royal Palm Beach sub-station was
called to a residence in Greenway Village South last Saturday
morning regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime
between noon on July 4 and 10 a.m. last Saturday, someone entered
the victims home and stole approximately $37,200 worth of jewelry,
including a 3 carat sol-itaire diamond yellow gold ring, a 14k
yellow gold ring with three rubies and a yellow gold ring with
three diamonds.
AUG. 22 A deputy from the PBSOs Acreage/Loxahatchee substation
was contacted by a resident of 83rd Lane North in The Acreage last
Saturday afternoon regarding a case of fraud. Accord-ing to a PBSO
report, sometime between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. last Saturday, the
victim became aware of multiple unauthorized charges made to her
Bank of America debit card in the Miami area.
AUG. 22 A deputy from the PBSOs Royal Palm Beach substa-tion was
contacted by a Tamarac resident last Saturday regarding a theft.
According to a PBSO report, the victim accidently left her wallet
on the counter while making a return at the T.J. Maxx store on
State Road 7 sometime between 4 and 4:30 p.m. According to the
report, the victims SunTrust debit card was later used at a
Speedway gas station.
AUG. 23 A deputy from the PBSOs Acreage/Loxahatchee substation
was contacted by a resident of 88th Road North in the Rustic Lakes
community Sunday morning regarding a stolen tag. According to a
PBSO report,
THE INFORMATION FOR THIS BOX IS PROVIDED BYCRIME STOPPERS OF
PALM BEACH COUNTY. CRIME STOPPERSIS WHOLLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CONTENT SHOWN HERE.
Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the publics
help in finding these wanted fugitives:
Leonardo Contreras, alias Leonardo Contreras-Morales, is a white
male, 6 tall and weighing 225 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes.
His date of birth is 06/20/79. Contreras is wanted on felony
charges for attempted first degree mur-der with a deadly weapon,
aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and aggra-vated assault
with a deadly weapon. His last known address was Alcazar Street in
Royal Palm Beach. He is wanted as of 08/20/15.
Candace Revers, alias Candace Ferri-era, is a white female, 55
tall and weigh-ing 180 lbs., with brown hair and green eyes. Her
date of birth is 07/12/85. Revers is wanted on felony charges for
public assistance fraud. Her last known address was Tigris Drive in
Royal Palm Beach. She is wanted as of 08/20/15.
Remain anonymous and you may be eligible for up to a $1,000
reward. Call Crime Stoppers at (800) 458-TIPS (8477) or visit
www.crimestopperspbc.com. Candace Revers
Leonardo Contreras
See BLOTTER, page 16
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By Julie UngerTown-Crier Staff Report
The Urban League of Palm Beach County and the Village of
Wellington conducted a Pre-serving Homeownership Clinic on
Saturday, Aug. 22 at Village Park on Pierson Road to provide
residents with the opportunity to speak one-on-one with lenders,
certified housing counselors and legal assistants from the Florida
Legal Aid Society.
Jean Louis, director of housing for the Urban League, explained
that the purpose of the clinic was to reach out to the
community.
People who are facing fore-closure, having financial difficulty
paying their mortgage, he said, can come and meet with a certi-fied
housing counselor, as well as servicers and investors, to see how
they can get a solution to help them through their financial
crisis.
Representatives from Fannie Mae, the Bank of America, Legal Aid
and Ocwen Financial were available to meet with residents who
needed guidance and assis-tance.
Residents pre-register either through their lenders, loan
ser-vicers or through calling, or by just walking in. Some are able
to speak with their lender directly. Some will need assistance from
the Urban League.
As a HUD-certified counseling agency, our job is to make sure
that the people who come to our events follow through, Louis said,
ex-plaining that those who can work
with the lender themselves come to events such as last weekends
as a follow-up.
If someone is in need of assis-tance and cannot attend events
such as the Preserving Home-ownership Clinic, they can go to the
Urban League of Palm Beach Countys office in West Palm Beach. Thats
what were here for, Louis said.
There is a false misconception about Wellington, he explained,
that there is not a need for the Ur-ban Leagues services and
support.
Wellington has several dif-ferent phases. You may go in one
phase in Wellington where everything is well, but if you go in
another phase, things arent doing well, and people need help, Louis
said.
The critical moment, he said, is when that first mortgage
payment is missed. That is the crucial point when someone needs
help. The need is everywhere, he said. Theres always a need.
Wellingtons most recent event was intended to serve as a
re-minder to the community that even though the housing market has
improved, there is still help available.
Louis said that often, homeown-ers will call their lender, only
to be told that the lender did not receive a document, and the
homeowner keeps receiving a denial letter.
Maybe the reason you keep getting denied is that there is
some-thing that you didnt do properly. It may be your financials.
You need
to sit down with someone who can redo the budget with you, he
said. When we redo the budget, there may be a way to show the
lender that there is sufficient income in the household. If a
modification is offered, it will be affordable for them.
Last year, the Urban League of Palm Beach County was able to
help more than 500 people with the service.
Our goal is always to serve as many people as possible, Louis
said. We dont have a cap. There isnt a cap at the Urban League. You
come in, and we are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday. If you are coming in for mortgage assistance, yes, we will
always be glad to help you We will never close the door on
someone.
Louis pointed out that even if someone made a loan modification
last year, there may be something the league can assist them with
this year. There may be other is-sues that can be addressed by the
league that can be caught before an individual has a foreclosure
issue.
For instance, you have people coming in and you look at a
mort-gage statement, he said. The interest is low and the payment
is low from principal and interest, but you notice that there is an
issue with the escrow. It isnt that the mortgage is not affordable,
it may be that the lender sent them out with a letter telling them
that they need to renew their insurance. For some reason, you dont
respond in
Urban League, Wellington Team Up On Homeownership Clinic
Lydia Callender, Radhame Nunez, Karen Lanthier, Jean Louis,
DrekyraCollins and Kindery Latson of the Urban League at last
Saturdays event.
PHOTO BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER
time. So the lender would then pur-chase what we call a
forced-base insurance. Now your insurance was supposed to be
$2,500, but whatever the lender purchased, if it is $6,000. That
would increase your mortgage payment.
In such a case, Urban League counselors can help solve that
problem and, perhaps, make the payments more affordable.
The Urban League, Louis said, has been around for almost 43
years and serves the community in many capacities. The league
has its housing department, youth em-powerment programs,
after-school programs and more, all of which are free.
Bringing events to Wellington is important to Louis, who strives
to help anyone and everyone who could use the assistance of the
Urban League.
It is our pleasure to work with the Village of Wellington and
the
entire team, he said. They have been very helpful in putting
this event together, and we want to thank them very much, and the
entire community to allow us to come in here, not only one day and
one time, but we want to work with the Village of Wellington in any
capacity that we can.
For more information, call (561) 833-1461, visit www.ulpbc.org,
or stop by the office at 1700 N. Aus-tralian Ave. in West Palm
Beach.
HaulersWorking Togethercontinued from page 1
ping fees, are effectively subsidiz-ing the industry is
advantageous to the haulers, but U.S. Sugar has yet to determine if
this is a viable use of the product over the long term, ODell
explained.
During the meeting, it was discussed that the most important
part of the waste is the shavings. ODell explained that, at
Welling-tons large horse shows, stalls are completely cleared out
weekly as horses come in and out. It isnt the same as having a
horse consistently in a stall. The stalls are disinfected and new
shavings are put down. The shaving use is
exponentially higher through this process than through normal
stall mucking.
Theres a tremendous amount of shavings that leaves this
partic-ular area, and thats what makes it valuable, or we think
makes it valuable, for a soil amendment, ODell said.
On average, he said, horses pro-duce 50 pounds of waste a day,
and 20 percent of that is thought to be shavings. However, the
increase in shaving portion during the season is not consistent
throughout the year it ends when the season ends.
Best management practices have had an impact on cleaning the
water, ODell said. Best management practices have been employed
throughout the nation. Ive been studying this now for
more than four years, and anywhere you go in the nation where
there are high populations of some form of animal and a waste
production stream that comes from that, theyre looking to utilize
it.
In areas where the animal popu-lation is consistent, many
compa-nies have found ways to recycle the waste as fertilizer, a
source of energy and all kinds of other uses. The idea isnt new, he
stressed. The challenge here is we have so much in such a short
period of time, he said.
In the future, ODell would like to standardize how end-users are
charged. He explained that some firms charge by weight and others
by load. Haulers look at a manure bin and determine a price for the
owner to empty it. Sometimes
they wind up charging the same when the bin is full and fills
one truckload as when it is overflowing and fills two which costs
the hauler more.
ODell suggested that paying by weight might be a more effective
way to standardize the system.
For the haulers, having a con-sistent location to dispose of
waste would be advantageous. They could calculate their time, how
much fuel it takes to get there, the truck maintenance necessary,
and any other fees associated with moving waste, and really
determine their cost of doing business.
The haulers are in favor of fig-uring those things out, but the
big wildcard is a permanent location to put it.
Through its meetings, the vil-
lage learned that for the haulers, being within a 10-minute
radius of Wellington would be ideal. The idea of a local collection
facility has been discussed, but theres no industrially zoned land
nearby.
I think the conversation, amongst Wellington to the haul-ers,
and even to the haulers them-selves has been tremendous, ODell
said.
He was quick to thank U.S. Sugar for their help with the current
solution, even if its not a permanent one.
Without them, we would be fighting this problem even more, ODell
said. Theyve come to the rescue, so to speak, of the industry. But
is this a viable option for the long term? My concern is the
regulations. My concern is water quality requirements.
While the jury is still out on how viable accepting waste is for
U.S. Sugar, there are still many other factors to consider.
Overall, the removal and dis-posal of waste affects the
envi-ronment. The Everglades are in our back yard, ODell said. Its
something that we should treasure.
Approved haulers for the 2014-15 fiscal year are: Trucking by
Duques, Wellington Agricultural Services, Salmana Enterprises,
Palmetto Mills, Southern Waste Systems, Garcia Brothers, Little
Palm Landscaping Removal Horse Manure, T.A. Steinman and J.H.
Hauling & Services.
The approved list of haulers and disposal sites for 2015-16 will
be posted in October on the villages web site.
ContractHow To
Negotiate?continued from page 1
what Id ask you to do is possibly put this as an agenda item for
Sept. 10, and at that time have the coun-cil do some research and
share. Well have a chance to talk about this at our next agenda
review meeting, Margolis said.
That way, at the Sept. 10 meet-
ing, the council could either ap-point a council person to
negotiate, or decide on another selection method, he said.
Again, Im not saying that what weve done is incorrect, but there
are some other options that have certainly opened my eyes that we
may want to consider, Margolis said.
Councilwoman Anne Gerwig asked to clarify the process for two
council members negotiating the contract, and Margolis said
each
would negotiate with the manager separately.
Village Attorney Laurie Cohen said that she has concerns about
that method, because it would place the manager in an odd posi-tion
of trying not to be a facilitator for discussions that have
occurred between one council member, and becoming an intermediary
to the other. Its something that would have to be very carefully
done, Cohen said.
Margolis said another option
that he was interested in was hav-ing the village attorney
negotiate the contract and make a presenta-tion to the full
council.
Im not trying to reinvent the wheel, but there are some other
options out there we may want to consider instead of just picking a
point person to negotiate the con-tract, he said.
Cohen also offered to do some research on negotiating meth-ods,
and Margolis said that Lynn Tipton at the Florida League of
Cities might be a good source of information.
She is the eyes and ears of every municipality in the State of
Florida, and she might be a good person to ask for some feedback,
he said.
Gerwig asked about council members discussing both the village
attorney and village man-ager reviews outside of public
meetings.
We cannot talk about anything were going to vote on, but for
us
to have conversations with each other outside of a public
meeting about either one of these things would be improper? she
asked Cohen.
I would recommend that you not discuss it, because even though
youre not voting on the evaluation itself, the evaluation could
lead to a vote for or against retaining either one of us, Cohen
said. I think it would be inappropriate for you to discuss that
outside of the Sunshine Law.
A 20-year plan to dramatically reduce phosphorus levels of
agri-cultural water entering the Florida Everglades is working,
thanks to proper implementation of best management practices by
grow-ers, training by the University of Floridas Institute of Food
& Agri-cultural Sciences, and cooperation with state and
federal agencies.
It is a partnership that has worked, said Samira Daroub, a
professor of soil and water sci-ence at the UF/IFAS Everglades
Research & Education Center in Belle Glade. It is one of the
suc-cess stories in the area and also in the country.
This year, the agricultural area
has seen a phosphorus reduction of 79 percent, with an average
in past years of more than 50 percent. State law requires a 25
percent re-duction. Monitoring by the South Florida Water
Management Dis-trict shows an average number of 94 parts per
billion of phosphorus in the water substantially better than the
500 ppb in 1986.
The story is much bigger than even this astounding result, said
Jack Payne, senior vice president of agriculture and natural
resourc-es at UF/IFAS. The marketplace wont always take care of
places like the Everglades, and thats why the work of public
land-grant university scientists is so import-
ant. Its science in the service of society.
The Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
works with UF/IFAS researchers and personnel from the SFW-MD to
develop and adopt best management practices (BMPs) for different
types of agricultural operations.
The BMPs are designed to benefit water quality and water
conservation, while maintaining or enhancing agricultural
production.
In 2014, the total phosphorus load reduction was 63 percent,
attesting to the success of the partnership, said Daroub, who has
worked since 2002 to help farmers
with BMPs in reducing phospho-rus. She added that they have
taken a three-pronged approach:
Soil testing before fertilizing to see how much fertilizer, if
any, is necessary;
Regulating when and how much water can be pumped off of the
farms; and
Cleaning out sediment from the canals before farm water is
released into a maze of waterways that lead into the
Everglades.
Anyone farming in the Ever-glades Agricultural Area (EAA) must
obtain a permit to do so, and they have to attend a BMP training
workshop to get and maintain that permit. Daroub and
researchers conduct the twice-a-year workshops for nearly 250
farmers, ranchers and their per-sonnel, including U.S. Sugar
Corporation, Florida Crystals and the Sugar Growers Cooperative the
three largest farming entities in the EAA.
Paul Allen is co-owner of R.C. Hatton Farms, which grows a
variety of vegetables and sugar cane in Pahokee. He noted that the
SFWMD board, environmentalists and the entire audience gave
grow-ers a standing ovation this month when the 79 percent
reduction was announced and growers were honored for their
efforts.
Its something Ill never for-
get, said Allen, who was there with his son. Were all really
happy about it and really proud.
The UF/IFAS program also fo-cuses on new and innovative best
management research. Daroub and researchers are currently
conduct-ing a five-year paired farm study to evaluate the impact of
floating aquatic vegetation on sediment properties and phosphorus
loads from eight cooperating farms within the EAA.
Controlling floating aquatic vegetation may help reduce
phos-phorus loads on certain farms by reducing the generation of
highly mobile organic sediments, she said.
Program Highly Successful In Keeping Phosphorus Out Of The
Everglades
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NEWSTEXTING AND DRIVING INFORMATIONAL SESSION AT WELLINGTON
B&G CLUB
District chiefs Jose Gonzalez and Bruce Arbeitwith District
Capt. George Springthorpe.
Capt. Amanda Vomero, Cadet Chief Brandon Yurick andDistrict
Chief Bruce Arbeit with PBCFR teen cadets.
The Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office, Palm Beach County
Fire-Rescue, Wellingtons Community Services Department and the Neil
S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club held a texting and driving
informational session Tuesday, Aug. 25 at the Boys & Girls
Club. PBSO representatives educated attendees about the dangers of
texting and driving before PBCFR provided a demonstration,
performing an extraction from a car that had been in a simulated
accident due to a distracted driver. PHOTOS BY JULIE
UNGER/TOWN-CRIER
Palm Beach County Fire-Rescues specialoperations team with
cadets.
PBCFR officers prepare to extract victims from the vehicle.
Officials with the vehicle after the extraction process.
Rescue workers remove a victim from the shattered car.
KELLER WILLIAMS AGENTS ENJOY GIRLS NIGHT OUT AT SANDA GAN
SPA
Keisha Delahaye, Fran Broadhead, Jessica Peacock and Rossy Soto
of Sanda Gan with Nancy Jennings of Keller Williams.
Melissa Race enjoys a facial treatment from Pat Morris.
Keller Williams held a Girls Night Out At The Spa event for
agents, friends and family Tuesday, Aug. 25 at Sanda Gan European
Day Spa in Wellington. Donations benefited KW Cares, Keller
Williams nonprofit organization to help take care of agents when
they are in need of financial help. For more info., visit
www.kwcares.org. PHOTOS BY JULIE UNGER/TOWN-CRIER
Keller Williams agents with Maxine Turner of Sanda Gan.
Maxine Turner of Sanda Gan with Keller Williams broker
Nancy Jennings.
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Sign Up For CodeRed
NotificationsThe Village of Wellington en-
courages residents to sign up for its CodeRed Emergency
Notification System, a high-speed telephone communication service
for emer-gency notifications.
The system allows village staff to call targeted areas of
Wellington in case of an emergency situation that requires
immediate action, such as severe weather, evacua-tions and
boil-water notices.
The system is capable of dialing 60,000 phone numbers per hour.
It then delivers a pre-recorded mes-sage describing the situation
and possibly including instructions requiring action on the part of
the recipient. Once the situation is remedied, another call will be
placed signaling that the issue has been addressed.
In addition to receiving a phone call, residents can elect to
receive notifications via e-mail, text mes-sage or the CodeRed
Mobile Alert app available to iPhone and An-droid users. The app is
geo-aware and will send a notification to the
subscriber if an alert is issued for their specific
location.
Register now for the service at
www.wellingtonfl.gov/codered.
New Wellington Chorale Seeks
SingersDr. Ed Palmer has changed the
name of his Palmer Singers at Wellington to the new Wellington
Chorale, and he invites singers to join the group.
Singers with experience and able to read music are urged to
consider the Wellington Chorale. Palmer, the director, has sung
with world-famous groups, including the professional Robert Shaw
Chorale and the Roger Wagner Chorale.
Palmer studied voice with Met-ropolitan Opera bass-baritone
Giorgio Tozzi and Richard Miller of the Oberlin Conservatory, and
has taught on the college level.
The Wellington Chorale will be a group of 24 singers, highly
trained by Palmer in songs from many genres. Members sing with
meaning, as opposed to the sound of many large choruses. In
rehears-
al, singers grammatically diagram the text and analyze the
music.
For more info., call Palmer at (561) 659 3641 or e-mail
[email protected].
Volunteer Training At
VinceremosThe Vinceremos Therapeutic
Riding Center, located at 13300 6th Court North in Loxahatchee
Groves, will hold volunteer train-ing sessions on Saturday, Aug. 29
from 1 to 3 p.m. and Thursday, Sept. 3. from 4 to 6 p.m.
The mission of the Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center is to
expand and enrich the lives, bodies and spirits of children and
adults with physical, intellectual and emotional disabilities
through the benefits of therapeutic horseback riding and other
equine-assisted activities.
The nonprofit needs volunteer team members for the upcoming fall
session. Volunteers at Vincer-emos do more than give of their time
and energy. They change lives and help special individuals achieve
their dreams. They make
lifelong friends and join a larger community of fun-loving,
ener-getic, individuals intent on making a difference.
Volunteers assist riders dur-ing their weekly lessons, groom
horses, help maintain the facility, assist with administrative
tasks and much more.
Volunteers are needed at all times of the day, but especially in
the afternoons and on Saturdays.
The fall session begins Sept. 8. Available times are Monday
through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. For more information, call Volunteer Coordinator Deb
Ras-mussen at (561)-792-9900.
Garden Club To Meet Sept. 9
The Wellington Garden Club will meet Wednesday, Sept. 9 at
Village Park, located at 11700 Pierson Road.
A business meeting will start at 10:30 a.m., followed by lunch
at 11:30 a.m. and a program at 12:15 p.m. on the benefits of urban
food gardens, presented by Dr. John Zahina-Ramos.
Zahina-Ramos, who has au-thored a book explaining a five-year
study of home and com-munity gardens, will delve into how just one
backyard garden can make an impact on energy and water
conservation. Using his ex-perience with sustainable organic
agriculture and storytelling, he will explain how to save money by
growing your own food.
Guests are welcome, but seating is limited. To reserve a seat,
e-mail Jim Wenham at [email protected]. For more information, visit
www.wellingtongardenclub.org.
WellingtonGym Closure
The gymnasiums at Welling-tons Village Park will close
be-ginning at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3 and remain closed through
Monday, Sept. 7 for the annually scheduled maintenance of the gym
floor surfaces. The gyms will resume normal operating hours on
Tuesday, Sept. 8. During the closure, program registrations can be
completed online at www.wellingtonfl.gov.
Register Now At Dance Arts Conservatory
Fall registration is now open for the Dance Arts Conservatory.
The schedule can be viewed at
www.danceartsconservatory.com/2015-fall-schedule.html.
Classes are filling up quickly, and there is only a short time
left to take advantage of a special offer: when the years tuition
is paid in full, there is a 10 percent discount, and the
registration fee is waived.
To register, call Randy at (561) 296-1880.
Ballet Show At WHS Theater
Purchase your tickets now for Wellington Ballet Theatres
pro-duction Going Hollywood to be performed at the Wellington High
School theater on Saturday, Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 6
at 2 p.m. It is reserved seating, and tickets start at $15. The
production features music from a wide range of movies. For more
information, visit www.wellingtonballettheatre.org.
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PALMS WEST PEOPLEWellington Rotary Visits PICU AtPalms West
Childrens Hospital
Mac McDonald Earns MBA From Northwestern U.
Marshall Mac McDonald IV recently graduated from the Kellogg
School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.,
with a masters de-gree in business administration. He has moved to
Philadelphia, Penn., to work for the Vanguard Group.
Before his admission to North-western, McDonald attended
Wellington Christian School and the Brooks School in North
An-dover, Mass., where he graduated in 2005. He studied economics
at Cambridge University in England and graduated from Carleton
Col-lege in Northfield, Minn., in 2009 with a bachelors degree,
graduat-ing cum laude in economics.
McDonald passed the certified financial analyst examination in
2012 while working as a unit trust equity portfolio manager at
Inves-
Amanda Cook of Royal Palm Beach was named a 2014-15 Out-standing
Undergraduate Scholar during an April 16 ceremony at the Rochester
Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y. This was the 39th year
RIT has presented this award to honor its students.
The bronze medallion award was given to 104 students who have
met the criteria a mini-mum grade-point average of 3.85 out of 4.0;
completion of more than two-thirds of the credit hours required for
a bachelors degree; and demonstrated community en-
co in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., before beginning the MBA program
at Northwestern.
gagement, such as creative work, serving student committees,
civic activities, employment or inde-pendent research. RIT chooses
less than 1 percent of the students from all five campuses
worldwide for the annual honor.
Cook is pursuing a bachelors degree in me