Lake Worth Beach City Limits

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

A little giving of thanks by ABBA...

A mentor figure of mine today referred to me as a "swashbuckling urban planner"...

This is one definition of that term that I was able to find:

"The word "swashbuckler", in the modern sense, generally describes a fearless romantic archetype, a fictional, adventurous, sword-wielding, male character who seeks to win the heart of a beautiful lady while rescuing society from the clutches of a dastardly villain. A classic swashbuckler exhibits exceptional courage and swordfighting skill, a strong sense of honor and justice, a chivalric romantic sense, and the capacity for wit, style, and resourcefulness under pressure."

Discuss.

COMPASS DISPLAYS 5th LARGEST SECTION OF AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT IN THE UNITED STATES

National and local initiatives partner to create HIV prevention message for World AIDS Day

LAKE WORTH, FL – In recognition of World AIDS Day, the NAMES Project and Compass have once again joined together to display the largest collection of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Florida at Compass’ new home in downtown Lake Worth. This year, the display has been extended to include an array of events starting November 30^th and culminating with a very special room dedication ceremony and Quilt closing ceremony December 12^th. The AIDS Memorial Quilt, founded in 1987, is the largest piece of community folk art in the world, a 54-ton collage affixed with the names of 91,000 victims of AIDS.

Compass will host a candlelight vigil with a Quilt Induction ceremony November 30^th at 6pm and have the 256 panels on display thru December 12th. Palm Beach County Department of Health Director, United Deliverance Executive Director, Treasure Coast Health Council Executive Director and Newly appointed Lake Worth Mayor will be among other local community leader to participate in Compass’ annual Calling of Names on November 30^th. Other events include a Youth Education Day, Wellness Empowerment Luncheons, Palm Beach County Substance Abuse Coalition presentation and an Interfaith service; for complete list please go to compassglcc.com.

“Compass is always looking for opportunities to work closer with national and local initiatives to provide Palm Beach County with resources needed to educate our residents about HIV and how to live a stronger and healthier life,” said Tony Plakas, Compass’ CEO. “The AIDS Memorial Quilt is one of the strongest tools in raising awareness and helpings cope with the loss of loved ones.”

The quilt panels on display will include a panel for youth called “Children Around the World”, a Compass HOPE Youth group panel, Connors Nursery Block and Sandpiper Shores Elementary School block. Compass is expecting group visits from local Gay-Straight- Alliances as well as groups from organizations like Pace Center for girls.

“Palm Beach County ranks in the nation’s top 10 counties for people living with HIV/AIDS,” said Eric Miller, Compass’ HIV Prevention and Testing Coordinator and the southeast regional director of the NAMES Project. “By joining together locally to promote awareness about AIDS, we can make a global impact in the effort to end AIDS.”

Compass was founded as The Stop AIDS Project in 1988 and has provided HIV prevention since. World AIDS Day at Compass sponsors include Wal-Mart, Gilead, Walgreens, Commcare, EMD Serono, Tibotec, Canthus Inc, H.G. Roosters and Palm Beach County Substance Abuse Coalition. Compass is located at 201 N. Dixie Hwy., Lake Worth, FL 33460, for more information, call (561) 533-9699.

Nearly 33.4 million people in the world are living with HIV/AIDS. The UNAIDS has estimated that approximately 2.7 million have been infected with HIV in 2008 and the CDC reports that there are over one million Americans living with HIV/AIDS of which a quarter of those do not know that they are infected.

CUTLINE:

In recognition of World AIDS Day, the NAMES Project and Compass have once again joined together to display the largest collection of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Florida at Compass’ new home in downtown Lake Worth. This year, the display has been extended to include an array of events starting November 30^th and culminating with a very special room dedication ceremony and Quilt closing ceremony December 12^th. For more info, call 561-533-9699 or visit www.compassglcc.com/wad2009.jpg.

ABOUT COMPASS:

Compass is the largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community center in the Southeast United States. Compass aims to diminish stereotypes by challenging long-standing misconceptions about the character of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. We accomplish this by emboldening our youth, promoting pride in our community, and acting as an educator, advocate, health service provider, and focal point for community organizing. As good neighbors, effective partners, and respected participants in our civic responsibilities, Compass promotes awareness of the caring nature of our diverse community.

Two people have asked...

About street signs along 10th Avenue North and why the lettered side streets are labeled with quotation marks. Above is the sign detail that guided the design of the signs. I have asked and will continue to follow through. My guess is that it is used to distinguish the "initial" from the "direction" so that if the street is a vowel, a word is not formed. I have looked through FDOT's handbook and haven't found a reference to this. You can check yourself. I'll let you know if I find out more.

I would suggest that in the meantime one should concentrate on other things, as this does not rank as one of the most burning issues of our time.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Samuel Adams

"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for 10th Avenue North - 12/11 @ 1:30 p.m.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Click here for Casino Building-related posts.

Too many to bump all of them. Any questions, please post under comments here.

Lake Worth Holiday Parade - December 12th

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Do you have any luck downloading this from the City's website?

DO NOT ATTEMPT! Read below!

Click here to go to the City's website page where the solicitation for letters of intent and statement of qualifications can be found regarding rehabilitation of the casino building. This went up on Thursday. I have repeatedly tried to download the document and keep getting an error message.

Is anyone else having the same problem? If you are fortunate enough to get it to work, can you e-mail me a copy?

Update: Do not attempt to download this document! It has serious flaws that could mess up your computer system. Thank you Mr. Tibbs (see comments) who found the "real" file. Click here to go to a pdf of the document - which is safe to download.

Think of this. This is the link given by the city so that architects and engineers can respond. What sort of impression will they have when they encounter this problem?

By the way, there has been a lot of editing and moving things around on the website recently - so if you knew where things were before, it is probably more difficult to find them now. There is also much new "editorial" content about what sort of city Lake Worth is that may or may not be appropriate for a website that should be a neutral way to access city information.

MEDIA ADVISORY November 21, 2009

PBSO is actively working a shooting in the City of Lake Worth..PBSO received a 911 call of a shooting in the 100 block of “K” Street about 6:50pm. Deputies found a B/M adult victim in the alley with a gunshot wound to the arm. The victim was transported to JFK Hospital with non life threatening injuries. Deputies are looking for a B/M suspect that is approx 6’ tall average weight and wearing a blue top who was last seen getting into a white vehicle. There is no motive for this shooting at this time. Detectives are on their way to investigate. Anyone with information is asked to call PBSO at 688-3400 or Crimestoppers at 800-458-TIPS.

D/S Eric Davis

PBSO Media Relations