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ITEM WAS NOT SCANNED DESCRIPTION 1,7 Nutispap, EFTA00260091 WEATHER' Online: New blog, Wine and dine with Breakers'• MATTERS -a , PalmBeachDailyNews.com culinary twins, page MO m Beach Daily News Established 1897 THE SHINY SHEET /# (.91 R D RD 16-18, 2009 Suit alleges daily sexual abuse to quit her Job at The Mar-a-Lago Club to be- royalty, politicians, academicians, business- Other Lawsuit says 15-yew-old girl was come what amounted to his sex slave. men and others in various locations around enticed to quit job and was sexually The lawsuit alleges that the girl, then the world, the suit says. filed by Miami attorney victim seeks assistant for 59 The lawsuit was to unseal exploited by billionaire Epstein and working as a changing room an hour at the club, was recruited there by Robert losefsberg on behalf of lane Doe No. document friends for four years. Epstein's then-companion Ghislaine Max- 102. losefsberg previously filed a case on be- from sex well in 1998. Maxwell told the girl, and her half of another minor girl, lane Doe No. 101. offender case, By MICHELE DARGAN father who was an employee at the club, that The lawsuit, like the dozen more other DazO News Staff Writer she could learn massage therapy and earn a lawsuits against the billionaire money man- Page AS "great deal of money," the lawsuit says. ager, says his modus operandi in the initial Epstein New allegations have emerged in a feder- The lawsuit alleges that the victim was visit was the same: the minor girl-was taken led To be released al lawsuit filed against convicted sex offend- not only required to satisfy Epstein's "every to Epstein's mansion on El Brillo Way and from jail er Jeffrey Epstein, accusing him of — among sexual whim," but t hat she also was exploited Wednesday. other things — asking his 15-year-old victim by Epstein's adult male peersihey included Please see LAWSUIT. Page AS Lesters DEP veto buy into of Reach 8 Olympia permit was art fair Founding owners of expected Art Palm Beach say pact will offer 'global Town had sought to withdraw platform' for ventures. beach-fill application months ago after judge ruled against it. By JAN SJOSTROM Daily News Arts Editor By WILLIAM KELLY Daly News Staff Writer David and Lee Ann Les- ter have added the Olympia The Florida Department of Environ- International Art & An- tiques Pair to their art-fair mental Protection has denied the town an environmental permit required for a beach portfolio. fill project along Reach 8. The Bonita Springs- EFTA00260092 Pa m Beach Daily News Established 1897 THE SHINY SHEET•; SUNDAY, SEPT. 20, 2009 16 Poyes 51.50 Town bristles at call for coral protection zone Designation could thwart beach nourishment projects. gered Species Act. But Palm Beach County Reef Connie Gasque, a Palm Beach resident Rescue says it has discovered stag- and a volunteer By WILLIAM KELLY In November, the National Ma- horn coral north of the Boynton diver for Palm Beach Daily News Stall ikraeir rine Fisheries Service designated as Inlet, and that the protection zone %Bounty Rcief Rescue, critical habitat for elkhorn and stag- should be extended 15 miles north looks at staghom An environmental group has horn coral a swath of ocean floor to the Palm Beach Inlet. coral offshore from asked the federal government to ex- from the Florida Keys to Boynton 'the fisheries service is review- the Bath & Tennis tend a coral protection zone along Beach Inlet. ing the group's petition and will an- Club in December the town's shoreline. The two reef-building species nounce Its intention on Jan. 6, said 2008. The town opposes the extension, have suffered drastic declines in the which would complicate future ef- last 25 years, and have been shield- Please see CORAL, Photo by Michael forts to nourish its eroded beaches. ed since 2006 by the federal Endan- Page A8 Patrick O'Neill Left: Piggie Pie Freckles Attorney for Epstein victims: PIG on the has been deemed a code violation and must leave Palm Beach by Month?. Below: The pig lives `I have MOVE? in a Brazilian Avenue apartment with Kimberly Kelley and Witty Witty the Kitty. never seen a stranger case' Unsealed plea deal shows Palm Beach sex offender could have faced a life sentence if charged by federal government. By MICHELE DARGAN Daily News Seal/ Write: Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein could have been charged with multiple counts of five federal offenses involving sex acts with minors and faced a life sentence, but, in- stead, the government agreed not to prosecute him or his procurers if EFTA00260093 Days of whites and roses Madoff spurs prison bill Wines lend notes to seasonal dishes. A10. ,111515{P New York weighs charging rich inmates. AM Pa m Beach Daily News PalmBeachDailyNews.com Established 1897 THE SHINY SI111. I THURSDAY-SATURDAY, JULY 2 25,2009 50 cent; No monitoring device for Epstein 'Difficult part in his life is ending,' says attorney for sex out of jail on work release for 16 hours the plea agreement stipulated that a day, six days a week since October, Epstein, a billionaire financier, would offender released from jail. Victims say sentence too short. has been going to his Palm Beach not be placed on electronic monitor- home as well as his West Palm Beach ing, Goldberger said. An earlier court office for the past two weeks. order incorrectly had him listed as By MICHELE DARGAN cording to a court order. His attorney, Jack Goldberger, as having to be monitored. Daily News Staff IA't Epstein, who served less than 13 well as Palm Beach County Sheriff's "A very difficult part in his life is months of his 18-month sentence at Office records confirm that Epstein ending, and he is looking forward to Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Ep- the Palm Beach County Stockade, has been to his home on several occa- moving on," Goldberger said. stein, released from jail shortly after 6 will serve one year of probation at his sions. Goldberger said Epstein was giv- Epstein, 56, pleaded guilty to pro- Epstein a.m. Wednesday, will not be tracked El Brillo Way home. He already bas en PBSO permission to be at home for curing a minor for prostitution and so- Served less than by an electronic monitoring device registered as a sex offender. specific time periods in order to make B months. during his one-year probation, ac- In addition, Epstein, who has been the transition from jail to his home. Please see EPSTEIN, Page A6 A construction crew working Petters for the county Department of Environmental Resources constructs a temporary mansion access road into the Intracoastal Waterway near Ibis Isle. Sand will be moved over muck to make a sale may stable shallow area to plant red mangrove seeds and promote an environment for oysters and other sea life. aid victims Owe, s Photo by !elfle‘ I taNlia. Businessman's trial on investor and tax fraud is set for Oct. 26; home sale proceeds to be put into Lagoon work receivership account. By DAVID ROGERS Dada News Stall Writer to aid habitat j EFTA00260094 The Palm Beach B3St B FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008 PalmBeachPost.com LOCAL Nearly 25 county building division workers laid off, 38 Two weekend events to close downtown West Palm streets, 48 Head of veterans charity accused of scamming donors Some contributors say their checks were altered investigator ' More than a dozen people told the local district attorney and s that they became we will do what they need us suspicious after sending in their to do to put an end to it," the By SUSAN R. MILLER J. Cariello, 70, and the Veterans cuit Court. checks, only to find the recipi- Paralyzed Veterans of America's Palm Beath Post Staff Writer Charitable Foundation were Between October 2006 and ents' name had been changed. spokesman, David Uchic, said The president of a 10-year- sparked by complaints from do- November 2007, law enforcement Investigators determined that old Boynton Beach nonprofit is nors in Massachusetts who had Thursday from Washington. He officers interviewed more than Cariello altered and deposited said he was unaware of this par- under investigation here and in been solicited by telemarketers two dozen people who told them at least 90 checks meant for the Massachusetts for allegedly mis- ticular investjgation. working for Cariello's char they received phone calls from Paralyzed Veterans of America, Investigatolt leading donors and misappropri- ity, which operates in about a determined telemarketers claiming that the according to records. that Cariello was depositing the Cadallo ating hundreds of thousands of dozen states. They are laid out in Veterans Charitable Foundation The group has 34 chapters dollars meant for veterans, court money into checking accounts in Investigators hundreds of pages from search was affiliated with the Massa- across the country. Florida and either using it to pay say only 2 records show. warrants filed this week and last chusetts chapter of the Paralyzed "We get two or three of these The allegations against Frank week in Palm Beach County Cir- percent raised Veterans of America. things a year, we cooperate with See VETERANS, 7B ► goes to cause. ELECTION 2008 Governor on road to pitch Yes on 1 Crist says the amendment may be the last chance for meaningfid tax reform, but opposition is mounting. By DEANA POOLE and DON JORDAN Palm Beath Post Staff Writm Adding urgency to his property tax pitch. Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday that Florid- ians "may never get another chance" to vote on property tax reform if they reject the pro- posed constitutional amendment. "If we don't pass meaningful tax reform with this measure, we may never get another chance." he said Thursday in Lauderdale- by-the-Sea. "Florida's families have suffered long enough: The governor's warning came during the first day of a two-day, six-city campaign swing just days before Tuesday's primary where 60 percent of voters must approve the four-part measure for it to pass. is mniintina EFTA00260095 The Palm Beach Post LOCAL wc B IUESDAY, Boy, 4, on life support Man says he did not JULY 25, 2006 after Sunday's chain- touch 11-year-old PalmEteac hPost.com reaction crashes, 2B but saw who did, 3B RESEARCH IN FLORIDA Scripps, FSU sign pact as brain trust expands By KIMBERLY MILLER The Tallahassee school patents and share revenues Paha Beach Pose ste Writer discussed upfront" tists were working together in that experiment were able announced the joint coopera- from discoveries those part- Scripps, which will be on on at least two projects before • to better analyze how drugs The Scripps Research In- tion agreement Monday, say- nerships make. Florida Atlantic University's the agreement. stitute has signed its fourth bind to working agreement with a ing it will reduce the time and "The agreement specifies Jupiter campus, previously The results from one joint door toproteins, opening the improved medical paperwork formerly used to how intellectual property will signed working agreements project involving FSU's Na- treatments. Florida university, outlining a establish partnerships be- be handled," said W. Ross El- with FAU, the University of formal collaboration with sci- tional High Magnetic Field tween the biomedical re- lington, FSU's associate vice Central Florida and the Uni- Laboratory were published 'The ultimate beneficia- entists at Florida State Uni- search institute and FSU. It president for research. "Me versity of Florida. versity. this year m the journal Ana- ries of this collaborative rela- also makes it easier to file ownership issues have to be FSU and Scripps scien- lytical Oternistiy. Researchers See SCRIPPS, 118 ► Water lovers charity strip makes splash The idea came — gently at first and then in waves of certainty — after a day on the Sebastian River. Why not? they mused over their polenta-tomato-eggplant dinner. Illy not? And that's when these ladies on a yoga-kayaking getaway decided, ab- solutely, this was the right thing to do. They'd take off their clothes and pose stylishly alongside their beloved water and then turn it into a 2007 cal- endar. One woman for each month, just like in the movie Calendar Girls. "there was a lot of giggling and laughing, but it was really quite a seri- ous conversation," says Ronda Cox, a Vero Beach kayaking outfitter who organized the trip back in May 2005. Yes, South Florida has its own Calendar Girls. There are a new mom and a grandmother from Vero Beach. The ages range from the mid-20s to late 60s, and some are more fit than LE& MOTS Star Phoweaphe others. Just like in real life. Common concern for ecosystem High and feeling mighty fit EFTA00260096 4. The Palm Beach Post • B MONDAY. MY 24.2006 PahnlInehPost.eom LOCAL Children without shots won't be allowed in school, officials say, 28 Schools' demand for speech therapists expected to grow, 6B 1,700 rally at 2 sites in solidarity with Israel for Hezbollah. In separate gatherings — West Palm Beach rally, said. "Whether I Gatherings condemn terrorism one charged with condemnations of ter- agree with specific policies or not has and express grieffor loss of life rorists, the other with concern for Israeli nothing to do with my support for Israel." residents — they rallied for a nation His wife, Carol Safran, said, "I don't in Israel and Lebanon. battling with Hezbollah to the north and think there's anyone in this audience llamas to the south. who doesn't want peace." About 1,200 people gathered in sub- The local rallies were organized not By NIRVi SHAH urban Boca Raton and another 500 in only to boost morale but also to raise Palm Ika, Post 514 Writer West Palm Beach to hear speeches, money for humanitarian aid. Similar From half a world away, Sharon wave Israeli flags, offer donations and events have taken place in the past week Levin told Palm Beach County Jews express their grief about the loss of life in in Washington D.C.; Det!oit St. Louis: Sunday about the terrifying wall of air Israel — and Lebanon. Sacramento. Calif.; and West Hartford, raid sirens that has become common- "We gather here to send a powerful Conn. On Sunday, other rallies took place in northern Israel. and unified message. We condemn place in Cincinnati, Seattle and Naples. The sirens are followed by an eerie Hezbollah's unprovoked attack on Isra- The Boca-area gathering, sponsored Pnoto by SHMAON Otte silence, then the deafening boom of el And we unconditionally support Israel by the Jewish Federation of South Patin rockets, she said. in its fight against them," U.S. Rep. E. Beach County, included a parade of pol- Laureen Rabbe, who is from Jerusalem and is visiting her parents, wipes Levin joined Jews across Palm Beach tears as she listens Sunday to speakers at a rally in West Palm Beach. Clay Shaw, R-Fort Lauderdale, said at iticians besides Shaw: state Sen. Ron County Sunday as they demonstrated the event near Boca Raton. Klein, D-Boca Raton; U.S. Rep. Alcee She is scheduled to return to Israel Tuesday. their support for Israel and their loathing Peter Eckstein. who attended the See RALLY, 6B ► Slosberg alleges ex-flack's flap on `payroll reflects green, as in envy In consultant-speak, the phrase "you should have had me on the payroll" isn't about money, veteran political/PR hired gun Barry Epstein says. \Then Epstein used those words in a recent e-mail to Democratic state Rep. trying Sloan, he says he wasn't complaining about missing out on consulting fees from Slosberg's lavish state Senate campaign. All he was saying, Epstein told the Polities column, was that Slosberg should have listened to his advice. Relations between former allies Slosberg and Epstein frayed Thursday George when Epstein organized a Bennett news conference for a Politics businessma n who accused Slosberg of exaggerating his hurricane relief role last year. Slosberg dismissed the claims. Slosberg said Epstein was just being a sorehead because he hadn't tasted any of the more than $650,000 Slosberg has spent on his Democratic Senate primary race EFTA00260097 + LOCAL The Palm Beach Post BMONDAY, Children without shots Schools' demand for JULY 24, 2006 won't be allowed in speech therapists PahrtReachPost.com school, officials say, 28 expected to grow, 68 1,700 rally at 2 sites in solidarity with Israel for Hezbollah. In separate gatherings West Palm Beach rally, said. "Whether I Gatherings condemn terrorism one charged with condemnations of ter- agree with specific policies or not has and express grieffor loss of life rorists, the other with concern for Israeli nothing to do with my support for Israel." residents — they rallied for a nation His wife; Carol Safran, said, "I don't in Israel and Lebanon. battling with Hezbollah to the north and think there's anyone in this audience Hamas to the south. who doesn't want peace." About 1200 people gathered in sub- The local rallies were organized not By NIRVI SHAH urban Boca Raton and another 500 in only to boost morale but,also to raise Palm Beads Post Sle Writer West Palm Beach to hear speeches, money for humanitarian aid. Similar From half a world away, Sharon wave Israeli flags, offer donations and events have taken place in the past week Levin told Palm Beach County Jews express their gnef about the loss of life in in Washington D.C.; Detroit; St. Louis; Sunday about the terrifying wail of air Israel — and Lebanon. Sacramento, Calif.; and West Hartford, raid sirens that has become common- "We gather here to send a powerful Conn. On Sunday, other rallies took place in northern Israel. and unified message. We condemn place in Cincinnati, Seattle and Naples. Laureen Rabbe, who is from Jerusalem and is visiting her parents, wipes The sirens are followed by an eerie silence, then the deafening boom of rockets, she said. Levin joined Jews across Palm Beach. Hezbollah's unprovoked attack on Isra- el. And we unconditionally support Israel in its fight against them," U.S. Rep. E. Clay Shaw. R-Fort Lauderdale, said at The Boca-area gathering, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, included a parade of pol- iticians besides Shaw: state Sen. Ron • tears as she listens Sunday to speakers at a rally in West Palm Beach. County Sunday as they demonstrated the event near Boca Raton. Klein, D-Boca Raton; U.S. Rep. Alcee She is scheduled to return to Israel Tuesday. their support for Israel and their loathing ,Peter Eckstein, who attended the See RALLY, 6B w Slosberg alleges ex-flack's flap on `payroll' reflects green, as in envy In consultant-speak, the phrase "you should have had me on the payroll" isn't about money, veteran political/PR hired gun Barry Epstein say& When Epstein used those words in a recent ernail to Democratic state Rep. Irving Slosberg, he says he wasn't complaining about missing out on consulting fees from Slosberg's lavish state Senate campaign. All he was saying, Epstein told the Polities column, was that Slosberg should have listened to his advice. Relations between former allies Slosberg and Epstein frayed Thursday when Epstein organized a George news conference for a Bennett businessman who accused PORI= Slosberg of exaggerating his hurricane relief role last year. Slosberg dismissed the claims. Slosberg said Epstein was just being a sorehead because he hadn't tasted any of rho mnrn th,n cage NIA C.Inchprrr 1‘ c EFTA00260098 The Palm Beach Post LOCAL C WEDNESDAY Family mourns Lake Worth seeks JULY 26, 2006 4-year-old boy who died neighborhood center for PalmBeachPost.com from crash injuries, 3B laborers to gather, 3B Biggest schools budget a mixed bag. buy Pixar, the animation studio that a mixed bag for teachers, students more to the Florida Retirement ■ Needy schools: Scrapping The class-size amendment , produced Shrek. You could even and taxpayers. System for employee benefits. $3.5 million that was going to be make an offer on the National Highlights of the S1.4 billion makes its presence felt. Hockey League. operating budget include: ■ Reading programs: $1.4 mil- spent for additional teachers in poor- lion increase, from $5.9 million to and low-performing middle and high Or you could send more than ■ Class size: A $41 million in- $7.3 million. 172,000 children to school in Palm crease, to $144 million, to hire schools. And 54 teachers will be By CHRISTINA DeNARDO ■ Building costs: A $12.5 million moved from under-performing Palm Beath Pact Sae Wraer Beach County. teachers to meet the state's class- increase for operating district build- The public gets its first glimpse size amendment schools to other schools, to reduce For $3.5 billion, you could pay ings, because of skyrocketing in- class sizes. of the district budget today, at a • Teacher pay: $10 million to surance and energy costs. the salary of every baseball player in public hearing at school board pay 5 percent bonuses to teachers • Teacher raises: A 4 percent Major League Baseball —with more ■ Reading coaches: A decrease headquarters. Although, the $3.5 based on student performance. of $2.3 million for reading coaches in across-the-board raise (or teachers. than $1 billion to spare. You could billion budget is the biggest ever, it's ■ Retirement: $17.5 million kindergarten through second grade. See SCHOOLS. 6B ► 'Yoga changes not only the hardware of the body, it changes the software.' MARK ELSNER, Yoga instructor Frank Cerabino Boca makes cut but can't beat `down to earth' Every year Money magazine picks the best places to live in America, and I was prematurely chuffed over my podunk. Yes, that's right. Boca Raton came in at No. 30 on Money's Top 100 list. Boo-yah! The soy milk lattes are on me! But then I kept reading, which turned out to be a mistake. Boca wasn't the most desirable Flori- da city on the list. That honor went to . . . Coral Springs. Coral Springs? That souped-up Tama- rac along the edges of the Sawgrass Ex- pressway? Who wants to live in Coral Springs be- sides entomologists and people from Plan- tation? But it was true. Coral Springs came in at No. 27. And to make matters worse, the other two Florida cities among the top 100 places to live in America were Pembroke Pines and Miramar. They wouldn't even make my top 100 places to live in Broward County, MAkInts the trade Untie Glenne SA of rh nnrl Intr *Pm CunItin 17 of GARY CORONADO/Surf Probtaphee EFTA00260099 + LOCAL. The Palm Beach Post wc B TUESDAY. Boy, 4, on life support Man says he did not 25, 2006 JULY after Sunday's chain- touch 11-year-old PalmBeachPost.com reaction crashes, 2B but saw who did, 3B RESEARCH IN FLORIDA Scripps, FSU sign pact as brain trust expands By KIMBERLY MILLER The Tallahassee school patents and share revenues discussed upfront." tists were working together in that experiment were able Palm Beads Post Star Writer announced the joint coopera- from discoveries those part- Scripps, which will be on on at least two projects before to better analyze how drugs The Scripps Research In- tion agreement Monday, say- nerships make. Florida Atlantic University's the agreement. bind to proteins, opening the stitute has signed its fourth ing it will reduce the time and "The agreement specifies Jupiter campus, previously The results from one joint door to improved medical working agreement with a paperwork formerly used to how intellectual property will signed working agreements project involving FSU's Na- treatments. Florida university, outlining a establish partnerships be- be handled," said W. Ross El- with FAU, the University of tional High Magnetic Field formal collaboration with sci- tween the biomedical re- lington, FSU's associate vice Central Florida and the Uni- Laboratory were published "Me ultimate beneficia- entists at Florida State Uni- search institute and FSU. It president for research. 'The versity of Florida. this year m the journal Ana- ries of this collaborative rela- versity. also makes it easier to file ownership issues have to be FSU and Scripps scien- lytical Chemistry. Researchers See SCRIPPS, 11B ► Emily J. Minor Water lovers' charity strip makes splash The idea came — gently at first and then in waves of certainty — after a day on the Sebastian River. Why not? they mused over their polenta-tomato-eggplant dinner. why not? And that's when these ladies on a yoga-kayaking getaway decided, ab- solutely, this was the right thing to do. They'd take off their clothes and pose stylishly alongside their beloved water and then turn it into a 2007 cal- endar. One woman for each month, just like in the movie Calendar Girls. "There was a lot of giggling and laughing, at it was really quite a seri- ous conversation," says Ronda Cox, a Vero Beach kayaking outfitter who organized the trip back in May 2005. Yes, South Florida has its own Calendar Girls. There are a new mom and a grandmother from Vero Beach. The ages range from the mid-20s to late 60s, and some are more fit than UBBv VOlGYES/SLOI Pnototrwhei others. Just like in real life. Common concern for ecosystem High and feeling mighty fit But there's a single thread that WEST PALM BEACH — 'When I swing, Itti free: says Perretta resident estimateshe sv,ingsthree to four houraa EFTA00260100 Palm Beach Daily News a Bea a e o THE SHINY SHEET THURSDAY-SATURDM, JULY 27-29, 2006 20 Pages 25 cents Investor PROPERTY OWNER SEEKS REDEVELOPMENT facing felony sex charge Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer calls grand jury accusations false. By WILLIAM KELLY Daily News Staff Writer A billionaire investor and part-time Palm Beach resident has been indicted on a felony charge of solicitation of pros- titution after police say he had sex with underage girls whom he paid for massage sessions at his El Brillo Way home. A Palm Beach County grand jury found that Jeffrey E. Epstein, 53, "did so• licit, induce, entice or procure" prostitu- tion with girls, who were between 14 and 16 years old, on at least three occasions Daily News Photos by Jeffrey Langlots Epstein Part-time Palm between Aug. 1, 2004, The owners of the Testa property on Royal Poinciana Way have filed paperwork toward the rezoning and redevelopment of the land that contains shops, a Beacher says he was and Oct. 31. 2005. restaurant and a gas station. Highlights of the mixed-use plan include a new, larger restaurant, townhome-style condominium units and retail space. Epstein surren- unaware the girls dered at the Palm were minors. Beach County Jail Sunday and was re- leased on a $3,000 bond. His attorney, Jack Goldberger, said Wednesday the third- degree felony indictment is based on false accusations and that Epstein wasn't aware Testa's proposes `village' Application filed with the town Please see FELONY, Page All seeks special zoning district, comprehensive plan amendment. Lake Worth By STEPHANIE MURPHY EFTA00260101 LOCAL The Palm Beach Post Family mourns Lake Worth seeks B WEDNESDAY 4-year-old boy who died neighborhood center for JULY 26, 2006 from crash injuries, 38 laborers to gather, 3B 'almBeachPost.com Biggest s c h o o ls b u d g e t a m ix e d b a g II Needy schools: Scrapping Florida Retirement buy Pixar, the animation studio that a mixed bag for teachers, students more toforthe emplo yee benefits. $3.5 million that was going to be and taxpayers. System produced Shirk. You could even ng progra ms: $1.4 mil- spent for additional teachers in poor- The class-size amendment make an offer on the National Highlights of the $1.4 billion lion II Readi increa se, from S5.9 million to and low-performing middle and high operating budget include: schools. And 54 teachers will be makes its presence felt. Hockey League. • Class size: A $41 million in- $7.3 million. costs: A 512.5 million Or you could send more than IN Building moved from under-performing 172,000 children to school in Palm crease, to $144 million, to hire schools to other schools, to reduce teachers to meet the state's class- increa se for operating district build- By CHRISTINA DeNARDO Beach County. size amendment. • ings, because of skyrocketing in- class sizes. Palm Beath foal Ste Miler The public gets its first glimpse • Teacher pay: $10 millio n to surance and energy costs. • Teacher raises: A 4 percent of the district budget today,board at a For $3.5 billion, you could pay l pay 5 percen t bonus es to teache rs • Reading coaches: A decrease across-the-board raise for teachers. public hearin g at schoo million for reading coaches in the salary of every baseball player in headquarters. Although the $3.5 based on student performance. of $2.3 See SCHOOLS. 6B ► Major League Baseball — with more • Retirement: 517.5 millio n kinde rgarte n through second grade. billion budget is the biggest ever, it's than $1 billion to spare. You could ges the software.' 'Yoga changes not only the hardware of the body, it chan MARK r.NFP. `IY Rank Cerabino Boca makes cut but can't beat `down to earth' Every year Money magazine picks the best places to live in America, and I was prematurely chuffed over my podunk. Yes, that's right. Boca Raton came in at No. 30 on Money's Top 100 list. Boo-yah! The soy milk lanes are on me! But then I kept reading, which turned out to be a mistake. Boca wasn't the most desirable Flori- da city on the list. That honor went to . . . Coral Springs. Coral Springs? That souped-up Tama- rac along the edges of the Sawgrass Ex- pressway? Who wants to live in Coral Springs be- sides entomologists and people from Plan- tation? But it was true. Coral Springs came in at No. 27. And to make matters worse, the other two Florida cities among the top 100 places to live in America were Pembroke Pines and Miramar. They wouldn't even make my top 100 places to live in Broward GARY CORONADO/Sul CIAttraPh“ County. Earth to teach. yoga community. are going to the other side of Mark Eisner, 56, of Defray Beach and Jessica Simkin s 27, of Boynto n Beach. mainstays of the lecal Making the grade This is terrible for Boca. It's like find- out you've made some best-dressed EFTA00260102 or lir AMOM * The Palm Beach Post B SATURDAY. JULY 29.2006 - -- - - - - PaknBeachPost.com LOCAL BUSINESS FPL Group's profits rise 17 percent, despite utility'S SWIM losses. Inside this section, 8B Entity 1. Minor 1515 Tower sale falls through The buyer can't raise the $56 million to buy Drive. "I've had people call that me and say their parents was has been vacant since it American all 119 units in the storm-damaged condo. pounded by hurricanes are nearly suicidal. People two year put a lot of hope into this s ago. 1515's pinch While some residents •A $1.9 million payment dream comes By JANE MUSGRAVE Palm Bradt Prat Staff Writer battle-weary residents an- gry at the would-be buyer offer being a saving event. It's hurt them financially, speculated he is trying to emotionally and physical- drive the 30-story condo is due Monday II Another $4.7 million ly." into foreclosure so he could with rude WEST PALM BEACH — A and scared deal that would have let nancial futu about their fi- owners of the 1515 Tower res. It is the third time in a pick it up cheaply, he in- month that Palm Beach sisted that isn't the case. In must be paid at the end of September. MI An attorney says he 'The re's a lot of ex- businessman Thanos Pa- an e-mail to unit owners, he awakening sell their hurricane- tremely ravaged condominium, said Han distr and move on with their lives the boardi Riad esse d people." , president of palexis failed to make good said his hoped-for bank on his promise to come up loan didn't come through hopes to secure an $8 million loan to avoid $60.000 assessments to collapsed Friday, leaving high-rise of the waterfront with $56 million to buy all and he couldn't put togetle each condo owner. In September of 2003. as the on South Flagler 119 units of the building summer heat was beginning to See TOWER, 68 ► send out subtle hints of fall. Anika Hotness collected her life savings. The 30-year-old single mother was finally going to buy a house. "My mom helped because my credit was shaky," said Holtx-ss, Bye-bye preschool Police say who said she also dipped into her 401(k) retirement savings. "It was all the money we had." lawyer tried All told, it was $14,990 — a 10 percent down payment on a two- story townhouse in a development in Palm Springs called Estancia to discredit Palm Springs. Finally, she and her 8-year-old daughter, Ashler, would have their own rooms. And a patio with a teenage girls yard! By LARRY KELLER Occasionally, the Jamaican-born Palm Beath Past Staff Writt. Hotness would drive by the con- Famed Harvard law professor Alan struction site and imagine what Dershowitz met with the Palm Beach she calls their "American dream." County State Attorney's Office and pro- "I envisioned, finally, a home for vided damaging information about teen- my daughter," she said Friday. age girls who say they gave his client, That was almost three years Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. ago. sexually charged massages, acco rding to police reports. Short closing a surprise The reports also state that anot Epstein attorney agreed to a plea bargher Tuesday evening, rather out that would have allowed Epstein to haveain the bl ue, her mother got an over-of criminal record. His current attorney de- no night packet. nies this happened. They had to close by Aug. 1, And the documents also reveal that the this Tuesday, or lose all the dow n payment money. father of at least one girl complained that "I can't get a loan by Tuesday," private investigators aggressively fol- Hotness said. "I've had num lowed his car, photographed his home and loans through the years thaterous chased off visitors. had to let expire. It just I've Police also talked to moral" seem s im- somebody who said she Yes, Anika Hotness, a you was offered money if she ambitious, college grad — butng refused to cooperate with Lin about real estate hack then — na- the Palm Beach Police Department probe of Eo. EFTA00260103