Palm Beach State College Foundation Golf Classic April 23rd

 

  Bear Lakes Country Club, the host of the 2009 PGA Tour Qualifying School finals, is the setting for the inaugural Palm Beach State College Foundation Golf Classic April 23. This year’s Golf Classic will take place on the Jack Nicklaus redesigned Lakes course. 

     The tournament will be a best-ball format and features contests during tournament play, including two hole-in-one competitions, with a chance to win a new car from Braman BMW or Royal Palm Nissan, as well as Beat the Junior Golfer, with foursomes outdriving local youth golfer Andre Wade on a par-3 hole.

      “With a new name, Palm Beach State College, comes new opportunities. With the new baccalaureate degree programs, the College has taken huge strides to educate and train the future leaders of this county to make it competitive in the global marketplace,” said Dr. Dennis Gallon, president of the College. “The Golf   Classic is one of our premiere events to both promote the College to the local business community and to also fund student scholarships, programs and capital improvements.”

     The tournament’s shotgun start begins at 1 p.m. and the awards reception begins at 6 p.m. or immediately after play. A raffle, with a grand prize of an all-expenses-paid, five-day Royal Caribbean cruise, also will be held as part of the fundraising efforts. Tickets for the raffle are available at the College’s Foundation office (561) 868-3450. Raffle is open to the community and participants need not be present to win.

     “Our sponsorship of the Palm Beach State Foundation Golf Classic helps support the scholarship program, helping our students thrive on campus as well as enriching their lives for future career opportunities,” said James Centanni, vice president of L.D. Astorino & Associates, the tournament’s presenting sponsor. “Supporting the Foundation is our way of being a good partner to the College.”

      Major sponsors of the Golf Classic include Astorino Architects, 97.9 WRMF, Balfour Beatty Construction, Fastrack MCI, Hedrick Brothers Construction, Honda Classic Golf Exchange, Lotspeich Co. of Florida, The Palm Beach Post, Pirtle Construction and Suffolk Brothers Construction.

     For more information on the Palm Beach State Foundation Golf Classic, please call (561) 868-3569 or visit www.palmbeachstate.edu/FoundationGolf.xml

The 2010 Palm Beach State College Foundation Golf Classic committee (from left): Chris Moreton, Balfour Beatty Construction; Mark Tribble, Lotspeich of Florida; Ana Thomas, Palm Beach State College Foundation; James Centanni, L.D.Astorino Architects; Suellen Mann, Palm Beach State College Foundation; Dago Diaz, Suffolk Borthers Construction; Rex Kirby, Suffolk Brothers Construction, and Dale Hedrick, Hedrick Brothers Construction.

Black Gold Jubilee Festival APRIL 17, 2019 AT BELLE GLADE MARINA

All,

The 32nd Annual Black Gold Jubilee Festival is this Saturday, April 17th at the Belle Glade Marina. We hope everyone is planning to come out and have a wonderful day! Please remember, there is NO PARADE this year, but we are having a "Veggie Parade" at the Jubilee between 11 and 11:30 a.m. at the Marina.

We have several new things this year in addition to the Children's Veggie Contest. We have a car show, airboat show and in addition to the corn cooking contest we have a sweets catagory. Winners can take home $100!

Weatherman Chris Ferrell with Channel 12 will be the MC on the local entertainment stage. Entertainment in the last afternoon will be "Wild Blue" and then The Chase. The fireworks are on for dusk! We have beautiful Black Gold t-shirts this year at the Chamber also!

See you at Jubilee 2010!

Glades sugar group raises $12,657.00 for Haiti

 Barbara Miedema, Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida,
presents a $12,657.00 check to Red Cross Lakeside Communities' Advisory
Chair Lee Sutterfield and Red Cross advisory committee member Patrick
Lucey.

BELLE GLADE, Fla. (April 9, 2010) —  Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, Belle Glade, donated $12,657.00 to the Red Cross to support earthquake relief efforts on the ground in Haiti. The huge lump-sum represents $5,535.00 in contributions from Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida employees, and an additional $7,122.00 matched by the Cooperative.  

            According to the American Red Cross, the $12,657.00 sum donated by the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida is enough to provide 17 water containers to store clean drinking water; 34 first aid kits equipped with enough ointment and bandages for a Red Cross responder to treat 510-680 injured earthquake survivors; 17 kitchen sets, each giving families of 5 the ability to cook and serve food;  17 sets of toiletry items, each with enough supplies for families of 5 to use for one month; materials to build temporary shelter for as many as 85 people; 17 family-sized disaster sets including cooking sets, hygiene packs, blankets and water containers; and enough tents to sleep 85 people.

            “We are thankful for the kindness of the Cooperative and its employees in helping the people of Haiti recover from the earthquake by donating to the Red Cross,” said Tyrene Morgans, Branch Manager of the organization’s Lakeside Communities’ Service Center in Belle Glade.  “The Cooperative has directly helped us in fulfilling our mission to help victims of disasters.”

            To learn how you can help the Red Cross by volunteering, donating or participating in upcoming lakeside events, contact the Lakeside Communities’ Service Center of the American Red Cross at 561.992.9703 or visit www.redcross-pbc.org.

Joint Meeting PBC Commissioners & Tri-Cities Commissioners

                 Joint Meeting

                     The Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners

       &

The Commissioners from the Tri-Cities

of Belle Glade, Pahokee and South Bay

Monday, April 12, 2010

9:00 AM

                                                Glades Central Community High School Auditorium

Discussion Items Include:

•  South Florida Water Management District- River of Grass Planning Effort
• Lake Okeechobee Regional Initiative
• Inland Port Update
• Workforce Development and Training
• Discussions regarding Concerns related to Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Contracts
• Discussions regarding Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Millage Rate