Good Morning Glades Community:
We are still collecting items for the Haiti Earthquake Relief effort. We have collected a lots of clothing what we need is food and water. The attached flyer has the hours of collection and the suggested items to donate.
We have a 40 feet container to ship these items directly to Haiti. It’s our desire to fill every inch of this container. With your help we will. We also need volunteers to help box and pack the items.
Thank you in advance!
Pastor Rease
All donations can be dropped off at Palm Beach State College's Belle Glade Location or St. John's Missionary Baptist Church in Belle Glade.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
New Technical and Education Center in the Lake Okeechobee Region
Palm Beach State College
Belle Glade Technical and Education Center
Opening Fall 2010
This 21,259 square-foot Technical and Education Center (TEC) on the Belle Glade campus will be Palm Beach State College’s first major construction project in the area in more than 30 years. This facility allows the College to expand college-credit offerings, expand workforce training programs, and consolidate instructional training.
The new TEC will house such programs as welding, agricultural sciences, criminal justice, and construction trades such as carpentry, masonry, plumbing, welding, heavy bus/truck mechanic and electrical. Most notably, it will house the Sugar Technology Institute offering the only Sugar Technology degree in North America, and a magnet for training of sugar industry employees from around the world where sugar is also an important agricultural crop. Highly trained skilled workers will be ready to meet the employment opportunities for several new community projects recently announced that will bring hundreds of jobs to the region which will demand these kind of skills.
Community support and investment are critical to build a world-class education and occupational training facility equipped with state-of-the-art technology and equipment. The State of Florida will provide a 66% match for all philanthropic support received for this project. Many naming opportunities are available. Call (561) 868-3570 for more information and to discuss how you or your business might participate.
Project Details
The College has challenged the design team to incorporate flexibility allowing for multi-functional use, easy modification and future expansion in order to respond to changing program needs. To accomplish this, classrooms can be grouped together to accommodate division or expansion; meeting facilities can be grouped together to create a large community room or lecture hall; and institutional or instructional support spaces can serve as computer or testing labs. In summary, every consideration is being afforded to make this permanent facility a long-serving and effective facility in the educational landscape of the western communities.
Notably, the building will be the college’s first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certified building. This “green” building sets an example for other community projects in sustainability, water efficiency, energy use, building materials and resources, indoor environmental innovation, and design process.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Port Mayaca Polo Club
TAILGATING BY ANY OTHER NAME
By: L.J. Margolis
Q: What do Wellington and Pahokee have in common?
A: Easy access to world-class polo.
Q: What is polo?
A: Polo, like football, is a very competitive physical contact sport. Polo is a fast paced sport that combines a horse, its rider, a mallet and a ball. A typical polo match lasts about an hour and a half.
Port Mayaca Polo Club is just 16 miles north of Pahokee, the same distance that Clewiston is from South Bay. Port Mayaca Polo launched its first season a little over two years ago. In that short time, the club has grown and gained strong recognition within the polo community, according to designer, builder and owner Stephen Orthwein.
Right now, though, most of the people who attend the matches at Port Mayaca are polo fans from Wellington who go out to watch specific players. Orthwein says that many of the big names of polo play at Port Mayaca. “Most significantly on a consistent basis we have had (polo hall of famer) Memo Gracida and his son Julio playing with us,” he says.
Don’t be fooled by the common perception that polo patrons are impossibly beautiful, fabulously wealthy people flaunting fashionable hats and enjoying expensive champagne. Polo people are regular folks like you and me.
Port Mayaca Polo wants to encourage its closer neighbors from the Glades and Okeechobee, to visit. The polo club generates its revenue from stable rentals and player membership fees. But the polo players really enjoy playing for an audience, so all of the matches are free and open to the public. During the week, the match schedule may vary, but there is a feature match regularly scheduled every Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning from November through April. “It’s a really fun thing for people to do. It’s like going out the park and bringing a picnic lunch, sitting under the trees and watching a polo match with friends. Large groups are always welcome,” says Orthwein. “The audiences encourage players to want to play at the polo club.”
Cindy Findley fell in love with the Glades and moved from Wellington to Pahokee six years ago. She and business partner Carlos Arellano are strong polo fans. “I missed the tailgating parties at Wellington polo,” says Findley.
“I have been riding horses all my life, in Cuba,” says Arellano. “My interest in polo started when I lived in Nicaragua from 1967 to 1979.” Polo drew Arellano to Wellington in 1979. He played polo there, and now his three sons have entered the sport. Arellano’s real estate office is in his barn overlooking his family’s polo field.
Port Mayaca Polo Club was designed and built by club owner Stephen Orthwein, a former Chairman of the United States Polo Association and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Polo Federation.
When Orthwein opened Port Mayaca Polo Club, Arellano started looking for real estate opportunities in the Glades. He and Findley partnered to purchase Todd Realty in Pahokee. The two polo aficionados want to interest other Glades residents in getting together as groups to enjoy tailgating at Port Mayaca Polo.
Port Mayaca Polo Club is located 4.7 miles north of the Port Mayaca bridge on Connor's Highway. For polo schedule and information, visit portmayacapoloclub.com or call (772) 228-0115.
By: L.J. Margolis
Q: What do Wellington and Pahokee have in common?
A: Easy access to world-class polo.
Q: What is polo?
A: Polo, like football, is a very competitive physical contact sport. Polo is a fast paced sport that combines a horse, its rider, a mallet and a ball. A typical polo match lasts about an hour and a half.
Port Mayaca Polo Club is just 16 miles north of Pahokee, the same distance that Clewiston is from South Bay. Port Mayaca Polo launched its first season a little over two years ago. In that short time, the club has grown and gained strong recognition within the polo community, according to designer, builder and owner Stephen Orthwein.
Right now, though, most of the people who attend the matches at Port Mayaca are polo fans from Wellington who go out to watch specific players. Orthwein says that many of the big names of polo play at Port Mayaca. “Most significantly on a consistent basis we have had (polo hall of famer) Memo Gracida and his son Julio playing with us,” he says.
Don’t be fooled by the common perception that polo patrons are impossibly beautiful, fabulously wealthy people flaunting fashionable hats and enjoying expensive champagne. Polo people are regular folks like you and me.
Port Mayaca Polo wants to encourage its closer neighbors from the Glades and Okeechobee, to visit. The polo club generates its revenue from stable rentals and player membership fees. But the polo players really enjoy playing for an audience, so all of the matches are free and open to the public. During the week, the match schedule may vary, but there is a feature match regularly scheduled every Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning from November through April. “It’s a really fun thing for people to do. It’s like going out the park and bringing a picnic lunch, sitting under the trees and watching a polo match with friends. Large groups are always welcome,” says Orthwein. “The audiences encourage players to want to play at the polo club.”
Cindy Findley fell in love with the Glades and moved from Wellington to Pahokee six years ago. She and business partner Carlos Arellano are strong polo fans. “I missed the tailgating parties at Wellington polo,” says Findley.
“I have been riding horses all my life, in Cuba,” says Arellano. “My interest in polo started when I lived in Nicaragua from 1967 to 1979.” Polo drew Arellano to Wellington in 1979. He played polo there, and now his three sons have entered the sport. Arellano’s real estate office is in his barn overlooking his family’s polo field.
Port Mayaca Polo Club was designed and built by club owner Stephen Orthwein, a former Chairman of the United States Polo Association and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Polo Federation.
When Orthwein opened Port Mayaca Polo Club, Arellano started looking for real estate opportunities in the Glades. He and Findley partnered to purchase Todd Realty in Pahokee. The two polo aficionados want to interest other Glades residents in getting together as groups to enjoy tailgating at Port Mayaca Polo.
Port Mayaca Polo Club is located 4.7 miles north of the Port Mayaca bridge on Connor's Highway. For polo schedule and information, visit portmayacapoloclub.com or call (772) 228-0115.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort in the Glades
The tragic earthquake in Haiti has affected all of us, especially those in the Lake Okeechobee Region. We have friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers that are Haitian and have relatives that still live in Haiti.
St. John's Missionary Baptist Church in Belle Glade, under the leadership of Pastor Robert Rease, is spearheading the Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort in the Glades. Below is a list of items that are desperately needed. Please look at the lists below and contribute what you can. Every donation helps.
Donations can be dropped of at the following locations:
St. John's Missionary Baptist Church
600 S.W. 8th Street
Belle Glade, Florida
Hours:
Saturday, January 16
7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Starting Tuesday, January 19 for Monday - Friday
11:00 a.m. - 1 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Palm Beach State College
1977 College Drive
Belle Glade, Florida
Hours:
Monday-Saturday
8:00 a.m. - 3 p.m.
SUGGESTED DONATIONS:
Tarps, ropes
Working generators, gas can
Cooking pots
Utensils
Towels, Blankets
Bottled water in case (12/24 per case)
Cleaning products
New clothes, new shoes
Canned food/flip open tops
Canned pasta meals
Garbage liners
Shovels
Buckets
Rice, beans in 10-20lb bags
Cooking oil
Peanut butter
Batteries, flashlights, matches
Gauze, Neosporin
Gauze bandages
Kotex
1 GALLON ZIP LOCK BAGS OF PERSONAL HYGIENE KITS FILLED WITH:
Bar soap
Tooth brush, tooth paste
Washcloth
Neosporin
Band-aids
The following is a list of simple items that Hospital Ste. Croix uses every day for patient care.
Adhesive tape, 1/2 or 1 inch wide
Antibiotic Ointment, 1/2 oz. size
Baby Diapers
Baby Oil
Baby Powder
Baby Shampoo
Band Aids, Extra wide
Band Aids, 1 inch
Bandage scissors, 6-8 inches long
Bar soap, any brand
Brushes
Combs
Exam Gloves, latex - Medium and Large
Gauze, rolled sterile, 3-4 inch wide
Liquid Soap for skin
Q-tips, double or single
Razors, disposable
Safety Pins
Thermometers, oral
Thermometers, rectal
Twin sheets, flat, white. New or Used.
Vitamin C tablets, 500 mg
Wash Clothes
Wash Towels
St. John's Missionary Baptist Church in Belle Glade, under the leadership of Pastor Robert Rease, is spearheading the Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort in the Glades. Below is a list of items that are desperately needed. Please look at the lists below and contribute what you can. Every donation helps.
Donations can be dropped of at the following locations:
St. John's Missionary Baptist Church
600 S.W. 8th Street
Belle Glade, Florida
Hours:
Saturday, January 16
7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Starting Tuesday, January 19 for Monday - Friday
11:00 a.m. - 1 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Palm Beach State College
1977 College Drive
Belle Glade, Florida
Hours:
Monday-Saturday
8:00 a.m. - 3 p.m.
SUGGESTED DONATIONS:
Tarps, ropes
Working generators, gas can
Cooking pots
Utensils
Towels, Blankets
Bottled water in case (12/24 per case)
Cleaning products
New clothes, new shoes
Canned food/flip open tops
Canned pasta meals
Garbage liners
Shovels
Buckets
Rice, beans in 10-20lb bags
Cooking oil
Peanut butter
Batteries, flashlights, matches
Gauze, Neosporin
Gauze bandages
Kotex
1 GALLON ZIP LOCK BAGS OF PERSONAL HYGIENE KITS FILLED WITH:
Bar soap
Tooth brush, tooth paste
Washcloth
Neosporin
Band-aids
The following is a list of simple items that Hospital Ste. Croix uses every day for patient care.
Adhesive tape, 1/2 or 1 inch wide
Antibiotic Ointment, 1/2 oz. size
Baby Diapers
Baby Oil
Baby Powder
Baby Shampoo
Band Aids, Extra wide
Band Aids, 1 inch
Bandage scissors, 6-8 inches long
Bar soap, any brand
Brushes
Combs
Exam Gloves, latex - Medium and Large
Gauze, rolled sterile, 3-4 inch wide
Liquid Soap for skin
Q-tips, double or single
Razors, disposable
Safety Pins
Thermometers, oral
Thermometers, rectal
Twin sheets, flat, white. New or Used.
Vitamin C tablets, 500 mg
Wash Clothes
Wash Towels
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
LORE's Commitment to the Community
The Lake Okeechobee Regional Economic Alliance of Palm Beach County Inc. (LORE) is a regional economic development organization comprised of business owners, community leaders and citizens of Belle Glade , Pahokee, South Bay
The vision of the LORE Alliance is to see a vital economy that offers business and career opportunities building upon the diversity, beauty and natural and human assets of the Glades Region.
Staying committed to that mission, LORE implemented the Façade Grant Program - an incentive available to businesses located in the Palm Beach County Lake Okeechobee Region for aesthetic improvements to the exterior of a commercial building and/or site. To date, the Façade Grant Program has awarded ten local businesses a grant assisting them with their improvements. From painting the exterior to installing new windows and signs, the façade program has helped local business owners beautify their property.
“The Lake region of Palm Beach County
The LORE Alliance holds monthly board meetings the second Thursday of each month at the Workforce Alliance Career Center in Belle Glade
For more information regarding LORE’s programs visit LORE’s website at www.lorealliance.org or blog at www.lakeopalmbeach.blogspot.com
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
PBCC Name Change Ceremony
Palm Beach Community College is changing its name to
PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE.
Join the celebration Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at the Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center at the Belle Glade Campus. Pre-festivities begin at 3:30 p.m.
PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE.
Join the celebration Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at the Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center at the Belle Glade Campus. Pre-festivities begin at 3:30 p.m.
As Palm Beach Community College, the institution has supported and educated the Lake Okeechobee community and will continue to do so as Palm Beach State College.
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