Jeffrey Epstein to agree to plea in prostitution case

Jeffrey Epstein to agree to plea in prostitution case Page 1 of 2 PalmBeachDailyillyvi csciran PRINTTH IS Pottered by iiKkkability Jeffrey Epstein to agree to plea in prostitution case Part-time Palm Beach resident to trade 18 months in prison, house arrest for end to federal probe. By MICHELE DARGAN Daily News Staff Writer Friday, December 14, 2007 Money manager and part-time Palm Beacher Jeffrey Epstein is scheduled to go before a judge Jan. 4 for a plea hearing in his felony prostitution case. The hearing will be before Circuit Judge Sandra McSorley, the court docket shows. Sources have confirmed that the deal will result in the Manhattan money manager serving 18 months in prison followed by house arrest. In exchange for a guilty plea, federal authorities are expected to drop their probe into whether Epstein broke federal laws, the sources said. Epstein, 54, was indicted in July 2006 on a felony charge of solicitation of prostitution. The charge capped an 11-month investigation by Palm Beach police that began after a woman told police that her 14-year-old stepdaughter might have been molested by a man in Palm Beach. Police said Epstein paid five underage girls for massages and sometimes sex at his El Brillo Way home. (enlarge photo) Money manager Jeffrey Epstein accused of paying underage girls for massages, sometimes sex at his home on El Brillo Way. Investigators watched Epstein's 7,234-square-foot waterfront home and private jet, and rummaged through his trash to build their case. They took sworn statements from five alleged victims and 17 witnesses. The investigation also focused on Epstein's assistant, of New York City, and http://cox.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Jeffrey+Epstein+to+agree+to... 12/14/2007 EFTA00259898 Jeffrey Epstein to agree to plea in prostitution case Page 2 of 2 of Royal Palm Beach, both of whom were paid to facilitate the massages and d. Neither nor was charged. Find this article at: httplfwvm.palmbeachdailynews.cominewsionntentlnewskpstein1214.html El Check the box to include the list of links referenced in the article. Copyright 2007 Palm Beach Daily News. All rights reserved. http://cox.printthis.clickability.corn/pt/cpt?action=cpt&titl Jeffrey+Epstein±to+agree-Fto... 12/14/2007 EFTA00259899 Epstein seeks to block unsealing of secret deal with feds Page 1 of 2 PalmBeachPost.carn Epstein seeks to block unsealing of secret deal with feds By SUSAN SPENCER-WENDEL Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 01, 2009 €driki- PRINTTHIS WEST PALM BEACH — A lawyer for financier Jeffrey Epstein have filed an emergency request with Fourth District of Appeal seeking to block the unsealing of Epstein's secret non-prosecution agreement with United States Attorney's Office. A circuit judge has ordered the release of the documents at noon on Thursday. pot your omments on this story below More local news Latest breaking news, photos and all of today's Post stories. Attorney Jane Kreusler- Walsh, a board-certified appellate attorney now working on Esptein's behalf, is asking the appellate court to quash that order. "Production of these documents will cause irreparable harm ("cat out f the bag") to Mr. On the beat behind the agenda: Post reporters cover your area in City Pulse. - o Epstein," she wrote. Share This Story Attorneys for women now suing Epstein, together with an attorney for The Palm Beach Post, have pressed for the public release of Epstein's deal with federal prosecutors, arguing the public has right to see it and the victims have a right to use it in their litigation. Epstein pleaded guilty in state court a year ago to solicitation of prostitution and procuring teenagers for prostitution. He was sentenced to 18 months incarceration, which is due to end five months early on July 22. http://palmbeachpost.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Epstein+seeks+to+b... 7/1/2009 EFTA00259900 Epstein seeks to block unsealing of secret deal with feds Page 2 of 2 His plea followed investigations by both state and federal authorities of accounts of teenage girls brought to the money manager's Palm Beach manse for massages and sexual encounters. At the time of his plea, his secret deal with federal prosecutors to avoid charges by them was sealed and placed in his court file without following court rules that govern sealing. The seven-page agreement - which Epstein's own attorneys have referred to in federal filings as "unprecedented" and "highly unusual" - promises a behind-the-scenes look at justice for Epstein who, according to Vanity Fair, hobnobbed with the likes of Prince Andrew and former President Bill Clinton, as he managed accounts for billionaires. .L Find this article at: htt?://www.palmbeachpost.corn/localnews/content/local news/epaper/2009/07/01 /0701 epstein.html fl Check the box to include the list of links referenced in the article. • http://palmbeachpost.printthis.clickability.com/m/cpt/action=cpt&title=Epstein+seeks+to+b... 7/1/2009 EFTA00259901 • 88 THE PALM BEACH POST • SATURDAY, JUNE 27,2009 FUNERAL NOTICES Epstein ruling likely to face appeal MARJORIE A. McKINLEY Age 84, cis sed away peacefully at home, June 2009, with fereda by kw side. Verge, of Bucyrus OH, residedin Palm Beach County since 1971. She had careers is lithography, banking. arid O as music set ttttt y at Fiat Baptist id% West Palm geed% for 17 yews, addition to raising fire children. She enjoyed coshing, quilting, reeding end doing crossword puzzles. Marge was • source Manatee becalm and support for her famiy, friends and anyone who met her. One of her many gifts wee her ability to keep Ilfe's ups end downs in ParsPectiv• • She 4 survived by a ester. Rosemary Cowan 'iv* cis Id,en WI' am. grey, John, Sc,,' Ch,ci . Da, ; grandchild-en, Wren. Err. y Etreoath. Carly. Cody, Saran. Sophie, Amanda, Jade, Ohms; beloved niece, Janine Davis. She will also be mined by her 'adidol dos Testa. Memorel services will be 1010 AM Saturday. June 27 at Christ Fellowship, South Campus. Northlak• Blvd. Palm Beech Gsrdens. Donations may be made to Hospice of Palm Beach County. Tenecgder.f=•-- JAMES H. BRODERICK James H. Broderick. 72 years old. of West Palm Beach. FL died at his horse on Wednissdea, June 24. 2009. Born in Yonkers. NY, Mr. Broderick had a promising athletic future until he contiecte(Polo in 1954. He graduated from the University of Miami Class of 1961 and *Word being a menthe of the Hurricane &otters ClUb. Mr. Broderick subleibettly moved to West Palen end.. and in spite of his physical challenges, loved sports. coat ling baseball, and raisang his family. He worked as a Stock Broker in Palm Beach for over 40 years; and was instrumental in establishing the Minor League Baseball Dmsion et Phelps Park. He Is survived by his wife of 46 pre 'Ailey Broderick of West Palm Beath. FL three children, Terry Broderick and his wife, Patti of Leesbomp. VA; Danny Broderick and his wife. Maria of Fermill• GA, and Colleen Broderick of osarate4s, CA eight syseloSeinm. T. ni. Is, Bryan. Dowd and Chretine and Ashley. Caroline, and Jacqueline. a brother. Am., Mtn), and a sister, Noel Alm both el Adam. GA. A Memorial Service in celebration of Mr. Broderick's life will be held at 6.30 PM on Friday, June 26, 2009 at Ouanlebaum Funeral Home 1201 South Olive Avenue, West Patm Beach, FL 33401. The limb receive friends at the funeral home on Friday. from 5 OM until the time*, Service In lieu of Roses, contributions may be made in his memory to. HospaCe of Palm Beach Count/4.5300 East Avenue West Palm Beach. re 31807. Ouattlebinot Funeral B Gernatian Sewers Family Owned end Operwed Ulf 832.5171 ra wens rearkemna We nese earns Van Palmilimdreetcoer nabbihreries SAUL DIAZ Saul Dee 7$. of Boynton Beach and formerly of New York Cite ended his He's Sarney on June 25.2009 Saul was pred•c•as• by his cleughter. Lynn. rod brothers, Dann and Enoch. He is survived by his wife Edith; stepchildren. Luis and Karen. , eight gnandcMdme semen great-grancithldren, and his brother. Woe - all who take comfort in the memories they've Mated .4th SW over the Wars Saul was a Navy man, isiettrical engineer and Memo cendadate with a passion and talent for music. He was a member of the.Berbershoppers of Boynton Beach and Staten bled; and along MTh his wife, the Boynton leech Choraletµ. Ha was also a proud member of the Boynton Beech Polka Citieeae Observation Patrol in his Conewrit . A memorial service will be held on Saturday (today) Jun* 27. 2009 at the Swathe Quantal/1C Boynton Beach at 2.80 PM. LORNE A SONS FUNERAL HOME, %key Beach 'n chap ef arrangements Te•••••••miodenesion meet nem d Wit Palregoacteeilonaloblbewlee TROND R. ISAKSEN Trond R. liaison, 58. passed away Friday. Are 19. 2009 after a courepechn belle with came. A long lima resident of Lantana ha bawl behind a toe Kristen; two sisters. Eby Watson fCre and Inger Lmins Oen) and a host of rannly and great fronds There mil be a celebration of his fife on Sunday. June 28. 2009 at 12 PM at Ill S 911' Street. Lantana 547.0931 In IN of flovrem ptcylease make a donation to Hospice of t.••••••acmisalwamorotoo mei* Meet.. visit Pelnithrachlbst.comrobituaries JOHNNIE H. PETTIFORD Our Beloved Father Johnnie H Pettiford was Celled to be with the Lord *oho* 22.2009 in Boynton Beath FL He lam tap cherish his devoted chidden. Tray Pertutoed. -tato* H. Pettiford and Lenwood "Slim' Petted all of Delray Beach, Trinetta Pettiford.tedsome (Calvin) of Boynton Beach. FL; six grandchildren and a host of sorrowing tabby'send friends. Friends may call on Sundary Jute 28. 2079 born 6 to B P.M.at Beth Spaeth hscro,.s: C.'s* Funeral Sermon welt be Ned Yo-clar June 29.2039 at 11-00 A.M. at nw abet inted chapel. stiPAG.N 6 SON TRI.CITY FUNERAL hOMk \C •.Chafge of wrengementt To owns woomon wdm mace is.* ' Wit PahnJoachrostconsioNtuarbs ABNER DANIEL BIGBIE Abner Daniel Bp i& 71, of Altoona, FL passed away on Thursday, June 24. 2009 in Tavern, FL Bann Lyons, Gh, he moved to Moons from Summer5etd in 2006. before that Mr Bigbie lived in West Palm Beach. FL lie Plarmlf09609 for ESL/ before becoming en Industrial Arts teethe, and coach for32 yore He is survived by his wife: Pam, Altoona. FL sons- Abner MOM, k. West Palm Beach, D. and Michael digbio. Tallahassee. Ft. brothers: Dante Plebe. West Palm Beach, Ft. Charlie B.gbe. Keystone Heights, F1, arcaloSthadit Bight Live Oeli, FL sister. Evelyn P s. West Pain Booth FL dyer gr en. A celebration of life MI be herd 2 PM Tuesday, June 30 2009 at Lekeview Terrace, Altoona, FL. b lieu of Bowers donations Tay be made to CURE PSP, Society for Progressive Suranuclear Palsy, Executive Plaza Ill. 11350 McCormick Road, Ste. 906. Hunt Valley, MD 21031 or your favorite charity. Beyes Funeral Home, Umatilla. Myers Fund HOTS 352-669-2146 re eapme a••••• srell - 'Jo dwiniciso Vek PelmBeechPost.combOttuarles RUTH SIMON Of Y. Delray con Beah. formerly of The Brom. N U. fled hm* 25 She was married to Leo Simon for almost 69 years and raised two sons. Hawed and Steven. who will be in her debt forever. She worked at a dark for the New York Public Library. In addition to hr husband and sons. she a survived by deughter..n.law Sharon Lutz, four sliters. Anne, Mn Cala and URN b dun nephews. two neves and many other retithes and trends. A graves service will be held on Sunday. June 2$. at 12:15 PM at Eternal Light Memorial Gardens, 11520 State Rood 7. Boynton Beads In Hue Bass, donations to the ACLU Foundation of Florida. 4500 (Escape Blvd.. Miami, FL 33t37 or to the Amenten Lung Associa- tion or similar ant •IIPC4,-.9 orgenintion would be sCriscecit•d To mermomml.Im,w maw ona. VIM PalmthachPost tom/obituaries 77te financier's accusers want the case unsealed to use in litigation against the Palm Reacher By SUSAN SPENCER-WENDEL Palm Beath Rot Staff ;Voter WEST PALM BEACH — A judge on Friday declined to suspend his ruling to unseal financier Jeffrey Epstein's secret non-pros- ecution deal with federal prosecutors. but delayed the docwnent's release until Thursday. The delay gives Ep- stein's attorneys time to challenge the ruling in the 4th District Court of Appeal. "We'll let the appellate court tell us, teach us what the law in this case will be," Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath said. Epstein's attorneys Jack Goldberger and Robert Critton argued that re- lease of the confidential document would violate a federal rule restricting re- lease of information about federal grand juries and would also cause Epstein irreparable harm. "If the proverbial horse is out of the barn, you can't get him back in." Critton argued. Attorneys for women now suing Epstein. to- gether with an attorney for Epstein Pleaded guilty to solicitation and procunng teenagers for prostitution. The Palm Reath Post, had asked Colbath to release the deal, arguing the pub- lic has right to see it and the victims have a right to use it in their litigation. Epstein pleaded guilty in state court nearly a year ago to solicitation of prostitution and procuring teenagers for prostitution and was sentenced to 18 AREA DEATHS Palm Beach County Aaltonen, Rose Made, 83, of Lake Worth. died Wednesday. All County Funeral Home and Crema- tory. Lake Worth. Bolley, Luther Ray, 58, of Greenacres. died Wednes- day Service in Michigan. Carmadello,Alleen M., 50. of Boca Raton, died Thurs- day. Neptune Flociety, Pm- pano Beach. Esposito, Dana Susan, 50, of Palm Beach Gardens, died Feb. 9. All County Funeral Home and Crema- tory. Stuart. Service today. 04941, Tina, of Lake Worth, died Thursday Tillman Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Germinal, Marie A., of Lake Worth, died June 16. Rubin Memorial Chapel, Boynton Beach. Grano, Madeline P., 76. of \Vest Palm Beach, died Sunday. All County Funer- al Home and Crematory, Lake Viiirth. Leaphart. Nina Kate 96. of Royal Palm Beach, died Thursday. Palms West Funeral Home and Crema- tory, Royal Palm Beach. Service in South Carolina. Martin, Margaret L. 74, of Atlantis, died Wednesday. All County Funeral Home and Crematory Lake NANCY LEA Worth. ZEILMANN DANIEL McCloskey, Edward, 7Z February 17, 1945 June 24, 2009 Nancy passed away <belly after en unexpected illness Si. graduated from Forest Hill Koh School in 1963 and married her high school tweeds* art. Jack Denial They recently celebrated their 45th weddinganniversary Her family moved to the-Orlando eta in 1976 She wes a deny time employe* at Jacobsons and Wards, whore ale bed waking in the dadren5 dept She was also an and tennis player, an amazing cook and f ttromtly dedicated to her family and riends. Nam is preceded in death by her father, Emmet (Croy) 2e2mane and her step father Amos E. Gunn. She is survived by her loving and devoted husband, John (Jack) Richard Denial II: three beautiful children, Katie Daniel O'Brien (husband Brian) °, North Palm Beach, Michael Daniel and Kolb Daniel of Altamonte, Springs; her mother. Debris DetnOn of Palm Beech Gardens FL: and two sisters Susie G SUMsburger (husband Rey) of Sense Fe, NM. Gann Garner Van Seders of North Palm Beach' and siste-in.law.= Mc:: arid bethar.in-law, Joe Palm Beath. Nancy roes blessed mth three grandchildren. CJ Lyons. and Brian and arena O'Brien; nieces and nephews, Stacy and David Barton of North Palm Beach. Steve and Cory Ine !ZinsApbrItirteratisti4A•arttlic.;4 CAr 1 she has one grandniece. Kendall Barton of North PPM Beach Services will be held at Mizell.Favlb. Zorn Funeral Home ei Hilkrest Mernore! Park Cemetery on Sunday. June 24 at 3.00PM. In lieu of flowers, the family ItgueSta • donation be made to Hospice of the Comforter 410 W. Central Partway. Ma/nonce Springs. FL 32714, w memory of Nancy Derwit s=rait rasi,L7t eba dis= of Boynton Beach, died Thursday. All County Funeral Home and Crema- tory Lake Worth. Meisel, Edith, 88, of Boca Raton, died Wednesday Beth Israel Memorial Cha- pel, Delray Beach. Owens, John Robert, 65, of West Palm Beach. died Wednesday. Quattlebaum Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Service Thesday. Pacelli, Americo George, 96. of Boynton Beach, died Friday. Seobee-ComIxt- Bowden Funeral Home and Crematory, Boynton Beach. Funeral Monday. Palmieri, Theresa, 92, of West Palm Beach, died Thursday Tillman Funeral Home. West Palm Beach. Funeral in Rhode Island. Rau, Lothar F., 11), of Lake Park, died Monday. Northwood Funeral Home and Crematory, West Palm Beach. Robinson, Herrin, 72, of Boynton Beach, (lied Monday. Shuler's Memo rial Chapel, Delray Beach. Service today. Valverde. Odle P., 79, of Lake Worth, died Wednes- day. All County Funeral Home and Crematory, Lake Worth. Whitehead, Amy B., 91. of Lake Worth, died Wednes- day. All County Funeral Home and Crematory, Lake Worth. Martin County Ades,Violette,92, of Palm City, died Thursday. Forest Hills Funeral Home, Palm City. Service Sunday. Defenthaler, Donald, T of Jensen Beach, died Thes- day All County Funeral Home and Crematory, Stu- art. Service Monday. St. Lucie County Cuoco, Eleanor T., 73, of Port St. Lucie, died Wednesday. All County Funeral Home and Crema- tory, Stuart. NU, Jane E., 75, of Port St. Lucie, died Thursday. Yates Funeral Home and Crematory, Port St. Lucie. North, Donald M., 52. of Port St. Lucie, died Wednesday. Yates Funeral Home and Crematory, Port St. Lucie. Service today. Reeb, Norma L,71. of Port St. Lucie, died VVednesday. Yates Funeral Home and Crematory, Port St. Lucie. Service Sunday. Thomas, Mary 1, 60, of Port St. Lucie. died June 19. All County Funeral Home and Crematory, Stu- art. Service July 10. In Loving Memory Larry Sr. MARCH 11.1958 • JUNE 27.2005 Soren:feels )vu were See among us. And 10 g/tyenrweie gcne. Hgb on wags vounse. Onward. upwardtakeaway skies. were re the nods. we iongoouy 'Ti', moots they do nor tome. forearms our extend flit out pain. Sorbet we may Nen 'ohms!. aid look kr a age'. law Amy. Saw lay Is dr amine her lefey lams P. km* • Sham. 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Riviera Beach Police Cmdr. Michael Madden praised the crime-watch group for working togeth- er and for keeping a keen eye on the neighborhood. especially during the day when many homeowners are working 1 have a hard-working group of detectives," Mad- den told them. "If we can get them the information, they'll run through walls to CAtc CORONADO)Sliontrceau•no Amon Yisrael odes along with officer Glen Meyer announcing 'no more break-ins, no more crime' as Monroe Heights residents marched through their neighborhood in a show of force against crime. get somebody in jail? Juvenile burglars can be back on the streets the day after being charged and booked, Madden said. That's one reason vigilance is so important in Monroe Heights. Madden told residents to call the police depart- ment's non-emergency number to report unusual cars or people wandering the neighborhood, any! thing out of the ordinary. He told them to call 911 if they see a crime in prog- ress and to ask strangers their names to show that they're paying attention. The police departments District 2 !wider newsletter advises residents to report violations of the city's curfew, which requires youths under 18 to be off the streets from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Madden also recom- mends that burglary vic- tims go to court to plead their cases as victims before the judge. Bates, who has lived in her home for more than 30 years, vowed to fight the burglars as long as it takes to stop them. "I can't sleep without a weapon," said Bate, "We've got to band to gether and fight thest' criminals." ilbe_ricerarchaptyposl com Show not over at Caldwell, chief says By KEVIN D. THOMPSON Palm Beach Post Stall Writer BOCA RATON — It's not a great time to be in the theater business. Just ask Clive Cholerton, the Caldwell Theatre Company's newly appointed artistic director. There have been whispers in the local theater community that the Caldwell owes money to vendors, is two months behind in mortgage payments and has not been man- aged effectively. He said Friday that the Caldwell's woes have been greatly exagger- ated. As for owing money to vendors or falling behind in mortgage pay- ments, Cholerton would only say, "We're working with our vendors and the bank. We're doing every- thing to keep ourselves current and there are no plans for a foreclosure? Cholerton replaced Michael Hall. the Caldwell's co-founder, on June 1. Cholerton joined the Boca Raton- based theater six years ago and has been its chairman of the board the past four. To address its financial problems, Cholerton said the Caldwell plans to trim $250,000 from its $1.9 million operating budget this year. Recently all the theater's execu- tives took a 50 percent pay cut. 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The prospect of another gaping bud- get hole — this one, about 10 percent of the county's $1.1 billion operating bud- get — will likely require a fundamental rethinking of what services the county government should provide and at what cost to taxpayers already grappling with double-digit unemployment amid the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Even as residential real estate shows signs of recovery, commercial property values, which had shown some resilience, are now plunging further, Property Ap- praiser Gary Nikolits said. He predicted a lagging commercial real estate decline would at least offset any slowing or stabi- lizing of residential values. "I think next year is going to be at least as tough, if not tougher," Nikolits said. "I wish I could be more optimistic." The dire forecast emerged alongside new estimates that said Palm Beach County's tax base is on track to fall 12.9 percent this year, a decline not seen in more than a century, Nikolits said. The numbers were a slight, albeit insiipift- cant, improvement over last months es- timate, which said the county's property See TAXES, 98 ► Riviera Beach residents rally to battle crime Monroe Heights neighbors take to the streets after a surge in burglaries. By WILLIE HOWARD Palm B' eath Poor Staff Iilter RIVIERA BEACH — "No more break- ins, no more crime," Amon Yisrael repeated on the loudspeaker of a police cruiser as Monroe Heights residents walked slowly down West 26th Court with Mawr Thomas Masters carrying signs reading No Violence on My Block. 'Enough is enough," Yisrael said. "The law will be strictly enforced." Thursday night's walk against crime was one of several Masters plans to lead in Monroe Heights as residents fight a recent rash of burglaries. In Police Service Area 21, which in- cludes Monroe Heights, burglaries spiked to 35 in April. Another 38 break-ins were reported in May, and 19 had been report- ed for June as of Tuesday. A group called the 26th Street Pioneers and other Monroe Heights residents See RESIDENTS, 68 ► IOU INS In the fight: Lorenzo Robertson, minority AIDS coordinator for Palm Beach County. edited Silence Is Death, Unleashed Voices. STIGMA OF HIV/AIDS REMAINS BREAKING THE SILENCE A book gives voice to local people w'th the disease, in hopes others will get tested today. By LONA O'CONNOR Palm Brack Pot Staff Write. 0 ver 13 years, Lorenzo Robertson and Rice Roll- ins have been best friends and full-time com- rades in the fight against HIV/AIDS. So it was a natural progression for them to collabo- rate on Silence Is Death, Unleashed Voices, a book featur- ing the words and faces of 25 Palm Beach County people in the HIV/AIDS community. Robertson, Florida's minority AIDS coordinator in Palm Beach County, and Rollins, a Tampa minister and photographer, debuted their book at a reception Thursday night. 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Keith Maul lost his lower right leg and lower right arm to a gre- ;,,tnade in February near Baghdad, iiibut not his spirit. "I knew what the risk was 'when I signed uµ" said Maul, 20, wearing a Pittsburgh Pen- ins hat and a smile. "Now. I just want to have some fun with y family" The Portage, Pa„ native was zone of five severely wounded Army servicemen welcomed El-1day night at Palm Beach In- ternational Airport in suburban West Palm Beach. The servicemen and their families will spend a week in Ju- piter away from the white sheets and plastic tubes at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Wash- ington. The families are staying for free in separate Jupiter homes owned by Jupiter residents Sara Ashworth Lankier, a West Palm Beach native and former elementary education professor at Florida Atlantic University. and her husband, Alexander. a retired corporate attorney. "We're part of the healing process. We're doing what gov- ernment can't do," Ashworth Lankletsaid. The trip was set up by Opera- tion Second Chance, a Maryland- based nonprofit whose mission is to help wounded service women and men hospitalized at Walter Reed transition back to duty or to civilian life. Operation Second Chance, which bought the plane tickets and rented transportation for the families, is making its first visit to Palm Beach County. The organization operates on private grants and donations. Charter fishing excursions, gift cards from local grocery stores, restaurant meals and tickets to local sporting events have been donated for the Jupi- ter stay. After the week is uµ the ser- vicemen will return to Walter Reed. "Jet skiing and some four- wheeling That's what I'm look- ing forward to." said Corey Lyons, 23, an Army corporal and Avon Park native who lost his right leg below the knee a year ago. "I'm going to keep moving" For more information about Operation Second Chance or to make a donation, go to operationsecondchance.org or call (561) 744-0190. Obill_clipaoloOpOpost corn "METRO REPORT POLICE BLOTTER The lawyer forAnthony L. Martin, arrested this week in connection with a Houston murder 26 years ago, told a judge Friday morning he will fight extradition because he's - not satisfied authori- ties have the right man. ,I7iThe 1983 Texas warrant 1- said Martin had been l a drug dealer and had slain one of his work- ers, Junior Galloway, when he learned the man was selling drugs to for a competitor on the I' side. Kevin R. Anderson "'told Judge Richard L / Oftedal, "I haven't seen • any documentation or warrant to suggest he (Martin) is who they say he is or if any of the paperwork is accurate.' TRAFFIC Bryan 0. Zelaya, 19 . of suburban Royal Palm Beach, Is in critical condi- tion after losing control of his vehicle and flipping near the South Florida Fairgrounds, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said. He was heading north on Ben- oist Farms Road. north of Belvedere Road. at about 3:30 a.m. Friday and was trying to round a curve when he went into the east shoulder, a report said. The driver overcompensated and flipped at least twice be- fore stopping alongside a tree. Authorities are asking the public to help them find a hit-and-run driver of a red sedan that fatally struck a man In May 2008 as he ran across South Military Trail, north of Lake Worth Road. at about 9µm. May 21, 2008. Francis E. Bartko, 54, died last month. The car should have damage to its front end. Anyone with information is asked to contact sheriff's office investigator Robert Stephan at (561) 688.3700. Weather, traffic. breaking news and special reports PalmBeachPosttomilooal Search For a New Home. PalnilleachPostrom Driver hits, kills two road workers By BILL DiPAOLO Palm Beath Post Staff Wiiter They are almost every- where these days — road construction crews — on Interstate 95 and State Roads 7 and Alk And the work is some of the most dangerous out there, say workers and authorities. In the early morning hours of Friday, a driver plowed through a con- struction site on Alternate A1A in Jupiter, killing two workers and sending a third to the hospital. The crash happened in the northbound lanes be- tween lbney Penna Drive and Frederick Small Road. Steven Dunn, 53, of Stone Mountain, Ga., and Jesus Antonio Resen- diz-Banales, 34, a Palm Beach County resident, died when they were hit by a northbound Toyota Solara while they were working on a county re- surfacing project. A third worker, Clint Talley, 39, also a Palm Beach County residents, remains at Jupi- ter Medical Center. No charges have been filed against the Toyota driver, Cynthia Castoro, 43, of Tequesta, who was not injured. Police are awaiting toxicology re- ports, said Jupiter police spokeswoman Sally Col- lins-Ortiz. The word spread quick- ly to other mad crews Fri- day morning. "Watch this this guy won't move over," shouts Wayne Retty, waving his red flag to warn an upcoming blact SUV to slow down to protect land- scapers trimming the me- dian on US. 1 just south of Donald Ross Road. Sure enough, the driver — on a cellphone — stays in the lane, buzzing by at about 50 mph just a few feet away from Retty. "It's dangerous work. We have to concentrate on our jobs. We need the public to slow down and be careful at construction sites." said county road supervisor John Brand. Road workers earn be- tween $10-$18 hourly, he said, and they take safety training. "We need more public safety education. Even with signs, doubling fines in construction zones and flaggers, we still have ac- cidents: Brand said. Obiq OpaoloOpttpostcorr Library worker spots missing DVDs By ELIOT KLEINBERG Palm Beath Post Ste Writer RIVIERA BEACH — DVDs for sale at a Riviera Beach thrift store caught the eye of a shopper who noticed some of them bore stickers identifying them as property of the Palm Beach County Public Library System. The shopper should know: He shelves items for the library. Riviera Beach police have re- covered 174 DVDs and nine music CDs„ Sgt. Pat Galligan said Friday. Some were from the North Palm Beach library; but police have yet to determine if those were part of the 192 DVDs, worth about $4,800, that were stolen from that library between June 1 and June 11. Two people have been arrested in that case. A student worker at the county system's Palm Beach Gardens branch had spotted the DVDs as he shopped at Thrift Store Items, 6831 N. Military Trail. At an average price to the county of $22.50 each, the loss was close to 64,000. Assistant Director Sharon Hill said the system has about 70.000 titles at its branches and simply didn't notice so many were miss- ing. Hill said the DVDs came from several of the county's branches and at least two music CDs were from the West Palm Beach library. Workers at the thrift store told police they had paid a man $75 to $100. A manager at the store did not • return a call Friday. Galligan asked anyone with information to call him at (561) 629-6032 or Crime Stop pers at (800) 458T1PS (8477). Staff writer Bill DiPaolo contributed to this story 0 ern klembetelhietpeatem THE LARGEST THRIFT STORE 44,000 SQ. FT.!!! HUGE LIQUIDATION SALE!!! NEW AND PRE-OWNED FURNITURE!!! 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Check your daily stocks at PainiffeachPost.com/business oi cd (800) 926-7678 to order The Palm Beach Post's Weekend Stocks. a comprehensive weekly stocks listings Boca accountant pleads in tax case The Associated Ara FORT LAUDERDALE — A - wealthy Boca Raton ac- countant who is the first US. citizen charged in a :- wide-ranging tax probe of Swiss banking giant UBS AG pleaded guilty Thursday to filing a false tax return. Steven Michael Rubin- stein pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return in 2004, the US. Attorney's Office reported. Rubinstein failed to report UBS income on his returns from 2001 to 2007. the Internal Revenue Service claimed. As part of his plea agreement, Rubinstein agreed to pay a 50 percent penalty for the year with the highest bal- ance in the account as of June 30. That was 2004. Rubinstein's name was among roughly 300 American account holders • turned over to U.S. authori- ties by UBS in a deal that also required the Swiss bank to pay $780 million in fines and restitution. In a separate lawsuit filed in Miami, the IRS was seeking the identities of another 52,000 UBS cus- tomers suspected of using bank secrecy to shield as- sets from US. taxes. UBS is contesting the lawsuit. Rubinstein was accused Eitornbent OM Steven Michael Rubinstein leaves court in Apnl. of creating a shell corpora- tion in the British Virgin Islands in 2001 to conceal his ownership of the UBS account, which he then used to finance construc- tion of a multimillion-dol- lar Florida home, deposit some S2 million in Kruger- rand gold coins and make numerous investments. In all, prosecutors said he hid some $6 million with UBS. A message left at the of- fice of his attorney. Robert Panoff, was not immedi- ately returned. Rubinstein is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 30. He faces a maximum three years in prison. Ru- binstein remains free on S12 milyn bail. Competition drives fares out of cities .• AIRFARES from we a bargain. Chances are some of your favorite spots will be on sale. Take a closer look at travel Web sites, including the airline sites, that often throw in additional discounts if you enter a specific code usually found in a section for promotional fares. Airline Web sites also offer deals that include hotel and sometimes car rental. Gabe Wire, senior editor at travel information Web site Thwel- zoo, expects promotions to continue into the summer as people remain hesitant to book far in advance. "People are definitely becoming more impulse-driven," he said. if you still want to go somewhere before mid-August, Parsons says buy your tickets now. It's unlikely the deals will get any better. After that it's another story. Parsons says airlines haven't started serious discounting for flights after mid- August, so you might want to wait to book tickets for then. Parsons and other travel watch- ers have noticed that fare hikes have eliminated ultra-cheap tickets to Europe between now and Aug. 17. Fares out of any particular city are driven mostly by competition to a destination. For instance, Frontier, Southwest and United were already competing vigorously in Denver before the recession. So fares there fell just 1 percent through June 1, according to Bob Harrell of airfare- tracking firm Harrell Associates. Regardless of where you live, it's not too late to get out for the sum- • mer. For example. AirTran has a fart, sale out of Atlanta. You can fly on Thesdays and Wednesdays for under S100 each way to Cancun, Mexico; Fort Myers and Orlando; Minneapo- lis and Washington. Escape the heat with $128 fares each way to Seattle. AirTran also has Knoxville, Tenn., to Orlando, flights for $44 and Memphis to Los Angeles for $119 each way All the Aiaran sale fares have to be purchased by Tiresday for travel through Nov 4. You can fly from Atlanta to do, ens of cities on Delta Air Lines, for as low as $49 one-way, if you but your ticket by Thesday. Leisure fares from the South were 12 percent lower than at the same time last year, according In HarrelL Savings rate jump makes investors jumpy IP' SAVINGS from 10B time payments to people receiving Social Security and other government pension benefits. "Personal tax cuts and government income support have brought consumers back from the dead, but the recuperation period promises to be a long one," said Sal Guat- ieri, an economist at BMO Capital Markets. The big jump in the savings rate also made some Wall Street inves- tors nervous. The Dow Jones industrial average lost about 50 points in af- ternoon trading. Broader indices were mixed. The stimulus package also featured reductions in payroll tax withholding designed to get people to start spending more mon- ey and boost the economy. Those factors helped in- crease after-tax incomes 1.6 percent in May. How- ever, without the special factors, after-tax incomes would have risen just 0.2 percent. Payroll tax reductions help income rise 1.6 percent in May. The savings rate, which is a percentage of disposable income, rine to 6.9 percent from 5.6 per- cent in April. Last month's savings rate was far above recent annual rates, which dipped below 1 percent from 2005 through 2007 as a booming economy and soaring home prices pushed Americans it, spend most of what they earned. Those factors have been reversed amid the longest recession since World War II. Triggered by a housing bust, the downturn has depressed home prices by the larg- est amounts since the Great Depression. Still, economists viewed the 0.3 percent rise in spending in May as encouraging after no change in April and a 0.3 percent drop in March. EFTA00259909 • The Palm Beach Pog B FRIDAY. JUNE 26.2009 PalmBeaehPost.com LOCAL BUSINESS • Swine flu: Camp counselor, student from suburban Boynton camp fall ill on trip to Atlanta. Story, 3B Giving back: Businessman prints T-shirts for charities at discount. Business, 6B Frank Cerablne Ritzy trip? It's no day at beach for poor officials My heart goes out to the Palm Beach County commissioners who have slogged across the state to do the public's business at a luxury resort on Marco Island. It's not as easy at it seems: You have to get up every morn- ing at a beachfront resort, pull yourself away from the buffet, avert your eyes from the 18-hole golf course. sidestep the spa, and head to a meeting room for a discussion of plebeian topics, such as public transportation or homelessness. It's enough to drive you back to your room for the scented soap and the mini-bar. How easy can it be to focus on the homeless when you're staying in a resort that asks, "Searching for Paradise?" Not ideal. Certainly, the fact that taxpayers are ponying up about S10.000 to help pay for the trip to the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort comes as some solace. But it's a true test of public see vice. and I'm not talking about the champagne and chocolate-dipped strawberries that come with the resort's "escape romance" pack- age. They deserte a break, and a tan This is no escape for our public servants. It wasn't their idea to take time out from the daily task of finding ways to lay off county workers and grind out a few dollars from an overstretched budget. They're just part of a Florida Association of Counties gather- ing And so it's only fitting that tour of our commissioners and some staffers show up. After all, one of the seminars is on "honest services and public in- tegrity" Not having Palm Beach County public officials at that discussion would be like holding a steroids chat without the team- mates of Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds. So I applaud them. It took a great deal of courage for our county commissioners to go to this conference, knowing full well that they'd be criticized by commission hopefuls such as Karl Dickey, who has suggested checking them for tan lines when they return. I mean, c'mon, Karl. Some of that tanning will certainly be warranted. A golf outing is actual- ly part of the schedule, and there may be some accidental tanning during the early moments of the sunset dinner cruise. Fertile ground for Ideas I think you just need to trust that our commissioners are working hard, instead of imagin- ing the worst, which would be that Commissioners Jeff Koons, Karen Marcus, Steve Abrams and Shelley Vana are there to take advantage of the resort's "fertile turtle package" — a pituitary gland-stimulating couples mas- sage combined with fertility- promoting aromatherapy and a "special offer for couples who actually conceive during their visit." Ugh. Now look what you made me do: Ruin everybody's break- fast. Are you happy? All this dis- trust of your public officials has led to a visual that will take hours to erase. So just take a few deep breaths. Calm down. It's no big deal. Our commissioners are just learn- ing how to get by in these tough times by spending a few days at a beachfront resort in Southwest Florida. It's not as if they've disap- peared to Argentina. O frank cerabirroflpbpost corn Lake Worth High in trouble Rated one of the state's wont schools, it will be shut down if it doesn't go from a D to a C grade. By LAURA GREEN Palm Beath Post Staff Miter Lake Worth High School was named among the state's worst schools on Thurs- day. The school has performed so poorly under federal standards that it was named one of 17 "intervene" schools, meaning it re quires the state's immediate intervention. If Lake Warth High does not improve from the D grade it earned last week to a C next year and come closer to meeting fed- eral standards, it will be shut down. If that happens, students could be sent to other schools. Or the school could be reopened as a district-managed school, a charter school or even a privately managed school. Principal Ian Saltzman could not be See SCHOOL. 5B Ow A G-Star School of the Arts student cameraman Marcos Gasc (center) prepares to shoot a scene Thursday. The kids are the crew Palm Beach County school ratings The level of sanction and support increases with each category, with 'intervene' being the worst. Prevent I: 33 schools Correct I: 68 schools Prevent 11: 11 schools Correct 11: 32 schools Intervene: 1 school Shnyantha Wimalasekera operates the boom nuc on the set of A Dog. Gone Tad: Destiny's Stand. Statt Pnotas M TAYLOR JONES Actors Ron Palillo (left) and Barry Bostwick work a scene Thursday in west Boca Raton for A Dog-Gone Tail: Destiny's Stand. G-Star students making movie The teens work with famous actors and do all the jobs a Hollywood film crew would do. • LESLIE GRAY STREETER Palm Beath Ant Ste Mins Since Greg Hauptner founded C-Star School of the Arts six years ago, there have been two feature-length films shot on the Palm Springs campus. Now a third movie shoot has taken up residence at G-Star. but the biggest differ- ence between it and the pivvious projects is obvious the minute you walk onto the set. "This crew has a curfew." Haupt- ner said this week, as 17-year-olds with headsets walked carefully around 15-year-olds scrutinizing the next shot in the foyer of the suburban Boca Raton home where scenes were being shot. "We lose crew members because they say 'My mom's here to pick me up I gotta go." Those teenaged grips. editors. assistant directors and actors have been running around Palm Beach County for two weeks filming A See G-STAR, 5B P. > WANT MORE? See a gallery of photos from the movie set. pbcals*.com Appointed or not, Rep. Taylor to seek Greene's seat in 2010 By GEORGE BENNETT Palm Beath Post Staff Hinter WEST MLNI BEACH — State Rep. Priscilla Taylor will run for a Palm Beach County Commission seat in 2010 regardless of whether Gov. Charlie Crist appoints her to the now-vacant post this year. Taylor, D-West Palm Beach, is one of four finalists to replace Addie Greene, who stepped down from the commission April 30 because of health concerns. The governor's appointee will serve through November 2010, when the seat is up for election. 'While I have the utmost respect Taylor for Gov. Crist and I do hope certainly that I am the governor's choice ... I see no reason to wait on the governor's decision to launch my cam- paign," Taylor said at a Thursday news conference. Greene. who attended Taylor's announcement, said she is disap- pointed her former seat has been vacant for nearly two months. "My constituents are now look- ing at me, blaming me because the See TAYLOR. 48 Iv Judge agrees to unseal Epstein's sex scandal deal By SUSAN SPENCER-WENDEL Palm Heads Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH — A circuit judge agreed Thursday to unseal a deal billionaire Jeffrey Epstein struck with federal pros- ecutors to avoid their fil- ing of charges in the wake of his sex scandal with underage girls. Circuit Judge Jeff Col- bath said he would not re- lease Epstein's agreement with federal prosecutors until Monday, allowing him time to redact the Epstein names of vic- tims. Colbath ruled that the deal had not been sealed properly. sk y. Goldberger, Epstein's at- torney, immediately asked fora stay of Colbath's deci- sion to unseal the agree- ment in order to appeal it. A hearing on that request is set for this morning. See EPSTEIN. 5B a• • • 40 Riviera workers could be laid off under budget scenarios, 2B 12 Lake Worth must move quickly on water plant to get grant money, 4B EFTA00259910 • n THE PALM BEACH POST • FRIDAY. JUNE 26, 2009 X • affordable luxury that reflects my METRO REPORT Weather, traffic, breaking news and special reports PelmBeachPost.com/local 9,rrnItrm cpprtyc PALM REACH GARDENS — Mosquito spraying from trucks is scheduled to begin Wednesday and continue as needed throughout the city's neighborhoods. The spraying, depending on the weath- er, will start about an hour before sun- set and continue for about two hours after sunset. Palm Beach County also has begun spraying in unincorporated areas. For more information about spraying in the city, go to pbgfl.com. Residents can request spraying in their neighborhood by calling (561) 804- 7000. The Aerial Spray Hotline for the county is (561) 642-8775. BrAPP RIVIERA BEACH — Frustrated by the lack of specifics in a revised marina redevelopment plan, the city council Wednesday set a July 22 deadline for Viking Developers 1,1.0 and the Community Redevelopment Agency staff to deliver cost estimates and details of land swaps proposed for the redevelopment of the marina and surrounding properties. In September. Viking Developers responded to the city's request for proposals with a $500 million plan to rebuild the marina, Bicentennial Park and Newcomb Hall as well as adding a parking garage, a hotel, offices, shops and restaurants. Riviera budget proposals may result in 40 job cuts By WILLIE HOWARD Palm Beach Past Staff Writer RIVIERA BEACH — As many as 40 police officers, firefighters and general employees could lose their jobs under budget-cutting scenarios presented to the city council Thursday. Because the taxable value of city property is expected to drop 16 per- cent during the budget year that begins Oct. 1, the city is expected to bring in $2.5 million less in property tax revenue at the current tax rate of $8.43 per $1,000 taxable value. Revenues from permit fees and other sources also are down. Under the tightest budget scenario, with no tax increase, 60 full-time positions would be cut — 14 police officers, 21 firefighters, four commu- nications officers and 21 general employees. Councilman Shelby Lowe noted that 22 posi- tions are vacant, meaning about 40 employees would be laid off under that sce- nario. Under a second pro- posal that calls for in- creasing the tax rate by 50 cents per S1,000 tax- able value, to $8.93. the city would keep all police and firefighters but would cut 30 full-time positions — about 10 percent of the general employee work- force — and seven part- BONAIR time positions. A third scenario that in- creases the tax rate by $1 per $1,000 taxable value, to .43, also calls for elimi- nating 30 full-time and seven part-time positions but takes less money from reserves — about $500,000 versus $2 million under the first two scenarios. All three scenarios pre- sented Thursday call for all employees to take one unpaid day off a month for a savings of $1 million. All department heads have been told to cut their bud- gets by 10 percent. 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A judge Thursday ordered Peek, 42, of sub- urban West Palm Beach, held without bail. He is charged with sexual bat- tery on a child under 12, technically a felony pun- ishable by death. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office report, the victim's mother said a man she knew only as John invited the girl to a sleepover birthday party for his daughter. The mother said that when she dropped the girl off on June 16, she saw children playing outside and saw pizza and children's videos in- side. The next morning:. the woman said, "John" dropped off her daughter at 6 a.m., saying his girl- friend and daughter had been in an accident. The woman said the girl told her she wasn't feeling well. The mother said she saw physical signs of the assault and asked the girl about them. She said the girl told her "John" had given her beer, had kissed her and had fondled her. On Monday, the girl spoke with investigators from the Child Protection .Team. She told them the man "did nasty stuff to me." the report said. She repeated to them what she had told her mother and added that Peek had exposed himself to her. On Wednesday, the re- port said, Peek came into the sheriff's office and admitted to investigators that he'd molested the girl. but only at her re- quest. Peek said she had seduced him. ionot kleinbergeptv•st com Deal reached on school cops' pay By MARC FREEMAN StasSntharl Negotiators Wednesday reached a tentative agreement on a new three- year contract for Palm Beach County school police officers. It includes a salary freeze for all of this year. and the option to reopen nego- tiations for pay issues for 2010 and 2011. The deal, subject to ratification by the officer members of the county Police Benevolent Association, came together alter seven months of sporadic talks between the union and the school district. School bus drivers, secretar- ies and other employees had already agreed to contracts that did not include raises. District administrators said bud- get reductions and the state's weak economy prevented them from offering salary increases. The police contract includes some new non-salary benefits for the 144 of- ficers on the force. including perfect attendance awards. Man arrested in Boca liquor store robbery By ADAM PLAYFORD Pain Reach Past Staff 135ittr A man was arrested Wednesday and accused of robbing a Boca Raton liquor store in March by smashing through the store's front door with a vehicle and then snatch- ing several bottles of rum, according to Boca news release. Fabian Vazquez told detectives that he burglarized the ABC Liquor Store at 6998 N. Federal Highway on March 16. The vehicle, a Mercury Sable, was reported stolen that same day and was lat- Raton police. cr found in Delray Beach According to a police after a tip from a suspect in an unrelated case, the release said. That suspect also pointed police toward Vazquez, it said. Vazquez was charged with burglary and theft. eaplayftyd@pbpost.com July 3rd • and 4th at RogerDean Stadium • 0, vs* e. Northern Palm Beach County's Largest Fireworks Extravaganza! „rutoCricke JOHN DEERE tit July 3 Cardinals vs. Hammerheads @ 6:05 PM Post-gam i Fireworks Tickets - $8.50 Adult $6.50 Kids & Seniors July 4th GA Bash! * MEGA Kids Are : 5:00PM - 9:00PM * MEGA Game: 6PM Hammerheads vs. Cardinals * MEGA Fireworks: Post-game *MEGA Concert: 'Don't Stop Belevin' Florida's tribute to the music of Journey * MEGA Tickets: $9.50 Adults, $7.50 Kids & Seniors WWW.RogerDeanStadium.com 561-775-1818 4751 Main Street, Jupiter - in Abocoa 97444' Fi ollitWPETF;-• —= ASK LOCAL The Palm Beach Post Cdomcast emigre Appethmics Pr. l' I •I I 4 EFTA00259911 • THE PALM BEACH POST • FRIDAY. JUNE 26,2009 3B SWINE FLU Camp counselor, at least one child get illness on trip The Jewish Community Center sports camp cut short their Atlanta visit after symptoms showed. By MICHAEL LaFORGIA and LONA O'CONNOR Palm Beath Post Staff Write., A camp counselor and at least one child from a suburban Boynton Beach Jewish Community Cen- ter sports camp came down with swine flu dur- ing a sports trip to Atlanta earlier this week, officials said. "Several children sub- sequently began exhibit- ing flu-like symptoms, so we cut short the trip," JCC spokesman Scott Be- narde said in a statement Thursday. "The group re- turned to Boynton Beach on Wednesday" County health officials now are watching what they are describing as a mild outbreak at Hochman JCC, at 8500 Jog Road west of Boynton Beach. "Starting this week, we experienced an increase in children and counselors with flu-like symptoms at our camp in Boynton Beach." Benarde said. "They were sent home and must be symptom free for at least 24 hours and have a doctor's note before returning to camp." Health department of- ficials learned Wednesday of several cases among summer campers and counselors, said spokes- man Tim O'Connor "One of the counselors tested positive and there are two other kids we as- sume are positive," said O'Connor, adding that public-health nurses have been calling families whose chiklren became sick. "We're not finding any severities," he said. O'Connor advised the standard response to flu: consult a physician and stay home if you have symptoms. JCC camp officials sent e-mails to parents this week advising families to keep sick children at home. The Hochman JCC has 275 children aged 5 to J4 and 35 staffers. Benarde said there have been no reports of illness at the JCC's other camp near West Palm Beach. • nichaei jeforpattaposi com Pahokee middle school breaks ground By LAURA GREEN hum Brach Post SI4tWraar PAHOKEE — In the football-loving city of Pa- hokee, it rivals even the new football stadium. Pahokee's middle school students are finally getting a home of their own. The school district broke ground Thursday on a three-story middle school with capacity for 736 students. Students in grades sev- en through 12 now share the Pahokee Middle/ Senior High. The new school opens in 2010. Ranking the city's major events in history, Pahokee Mayor Wayne Whitaker said the new school is "almost number It's being built on the old high school football field. The new football sta- dium will be ready for the start of the season in August. Alfred Jones, the school district's senior projects administrator, said every- where he goes in Paho- kee, residents want to talk about the projects. "I'm stopped on the street and people are ask- ing me questions." Jones said. "They're telling me how beautiful the stadium is and they can't wait for the new middle school." The school also will serve as the city's first hurricane shelter. Now residents have to drive about 10 miles to Belle Glade. And while that may not seem far. Whitaker said some residents brave storms in their homes. With a shel- ter close to home, more residents will be safe, he said. Once middle school students move out of the high school, some span space will be turned into a clinic, Jones said. Another plus is sepa- rating the middle and high school students. "You don't want that (seventh) grade girl inter- mingling with 17-, 18-year- old boys," Whitaker said. laura_greenlipOposicom Kickball fest to aid fallen officers' families By JASON SCHULTZ Palm Brach Post Ste IVrilir ROYAL PALM BEACH — It is an American pastime that most people haven't played since they were pint-sized children on the hallowed fiekls and frozen tundras of their elementary schools. On Sunday, however, dozens of full-grown men and women from the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office, Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue and several restaurants will take to a Royal Palm Beach field to com- pete and reclaim their former ath- letic glory at the game of kickball. Scott Cotton, a bartender at Max & Erma's in Royal Palm Beach. organized the tournament to raise money for the families of police offi- cers and firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty. Cotton, the former owner of a restaurant in Tampa, said he almost became a police officer and likes to organize events to help police and fire agencies. Kickball Fest Where: 151 Lamstein Lane, Royal Palm Beach When: Sunday, 1.7 p.m. Cost: $5 Questions: Email Scott Cotton at robkickbaltlestityahoo.com "It started as a thing between us and Duffy's," but then blossomed into a full-blown tournament. Cotton said, adding that he chose kickball because it required less equipment than softball or baseball. Deputy Roy DeMarco said he will be playing on one of two sheriff's office teams — one team will be deputies who patrol the Wel- lington area and the other will be those who cover Royal Palm Beach. A team from the fire department also will play, along with teams from Max & Erma, Duffy's, Hoot- ers and Outback restaurants in the Wellington and Royal Palm Beach areas, DeMarco said. Cotton said the village of Royal Palm Beach donated the use of the field, and friends and co-workers will help organize face paintings and raffles to raise money. One thing the teams may be short on is experience. When asked how long it had been since he had played kickball, the 43-year-old Cot- ton simply laughed. "Ifs probably been at least 20 years." he said. DeMarco said he hadn't played since he was a child. But he said his team of Wellington-area deputies planned to practice their kickball skills this week. Cotton said he plans to make the tournament ah annual event in Royal Palm Beach. 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The 4,000-foot-deep injection well is needed to dispose of the briny byproduct of the reverse- osmosis water treatment process, which presses salty water from the deep aquifer through a mem- brane to make drinking water. The city's plans for the reverse-osmosis plant were tabled two years ago after the state denied per- mits for an ocean outfall to dispose of the brine water. The city already has three wells to serve the reverse-osmosis treat- ment plant, which it plans to build near the existing water plant near Lake Worth High School. If the commission agrees to solicit propos- als to build the deep injection well and autho- rizes engineering work for the reverse-osmosis plant design on July 7. bid packages for plant con- struction would be dis- tributed in early August. Bids would be opened in early September, and commissioners would award a contract later that month. To receive the $2.5 million grant, the water plant construction con- tract must be awarded by Oct. 1. Commissioners could decide whether to pursue a plant that will produce 4.5 million gallons a day or scale back to one that produces 3 million gallons a day. Water from the re- verse-osmosis plant would supplement water treated at the existing city water plant, which draws water from shallow wells, Per- mits call for withdrawals from the surface wells to gradually decline in the years ahead. The cost of a 3 million- gallon plant and a deep injection well is estimated at $25 million. If the commission follows the schedule outlined by Matte% the reverse-osmosis plant should be completed in 2012. Still unknown is how much, if any, water the city will purchase from Palm Beach County un- der a 2008 agreement. The commission voted in May not to pay the county $6 million due under the county water agreement and instead attempt to rework terms of the con- tract. *wait hOwardipbg0St COM Man, 3 rescue workers hurt after crash By ANDREW MARRA and KATHLEEN CHAPMAN Palms Beath Ibis Staff {Strain WEST PALM BEACH — Police on Thursday were investigating a crash that sent three city firefighters and a pickup driver to the hospital late Wednesday. The pickup driver is in critical condition at St. Mary's Medical Cen- ter after officials say he smashed a West Palm Beach Fire-Rescue truck by mowing through a red light at the corner of Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard and Congress Avenue. "Apparently, be was in bad shape," city spokes- man Chase Scott said. "We had to extricate him from the vehicle." He said the three fire- rescue workers were not as seriously injured in the crash, which happened just after 10 p.m., but were treated at a local hospital as well. The city's fire-rescue truck had significant damage to its front-left side. The impact shat- tered all the windows on the pickup and deployed its air bags.' "If it had been a family in a regular truck they would have been dead," Scott said. .andrear mar/410000M COM Greene hopes announcement prods Crist to fill seat soon ► TAYLOR from 1B governor has not filled the seat," Greene said. "That's why I'm hoping what she (Taylor) is doing today will get back to the governor and maybe this will make him hasten filling the seat." Crist spokesman Ste