Local
Chiropractor, Laurie Somerville
Receives 2008 Best of Palm Springs Award
WASHINGTON D.C., August 29, 2008 -- Somerville
Laurie DC has been selected for the 2008 Best of Palm Springs
Award in the Chiropractic Clinics category by the U.S. Local
Business Association (USLBA).
The USLBA "Best of Local Business"
Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout
the country. Each year, the USLBA identifies companies that
they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in
their local community and business category. These are local
companies that enhance the positive image of small business
through service to their customers and community.
The
Scene has released its new
full color
print magazine
distributed throughout the Palm Beaches!
Dear
Readers,
The Scene is currently undergoing MAJOR
changes in an attempt to better suit the need of the public
and community in which we represent! This includes feature
articles on important local events, charities, and artists!
If you have any ideas, artwork, or anything that you think
would make your favorite local magazine better, please email
me personally; jef@lakeworthdowntown.com
You
can always catch me around town taking photos or sitting
in with local bands or drum sessions. Please be sure to
introduce yourself, I am always looking for new ways to
help you network both for business and pleasure!
.......................................................Jef
Tickets
are on sale Now!
Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller
Book
by William Hauptman Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain
Mark Twain's timeless classic sweeps us down the mighty Mississippi
as the irrepressible Huck Finn helps his friend Jim escape
to freedom at the mouth of the Ohio River. Their adventures
along the way are hilarious, suspenseful and heartwarming.
Propelled by an award winning score from Roger Miller, the
king of country music, this jaunty journey provides a brilliantly
theatrical celebration of pure Americana.
Tickets
can be purchased at the
Lake Worth Playhouse Box Office at
561-586-6410 or on line at www.lakeworthplayhouse.org
Lake
Worth News Facts
Lake Worth News Facts
• 1894 - The Daily Lake Worth News, under
editor Bobo Dean, was formed as a seasonal publication.
• 1898 - James M. Cox, Sr., a former reporter
for the Cincinnati Enquirer, purchased his first
newspaper, The Dayton Daily News.
• 1905 - The Lake Worth Daily News, owned
by Henry M. Flagler, was sold to Richard Davies.
• 1907 - The Lake Worth Daily News came
to be known as the Palm Beach Daily News, "The
Shiny Sheet." Editor Ruby Edna Pierce began
a career editorializing the beauties of Palm
Beach for the next 47 years.
• 2007 - The Lake Worth Scene hits the
internet with incredible news, photos, videos
and information with over 300,000 viewers to
date!
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Lake
Worth History
Local folklore has it that the
first post office in the Lake Worth area was founded
in the 1880s by a married couple. The initial
name for the post office was Jewel. The post office
was located in a small dry good shop which the
couple operated to serve the lake traffic which
connected the small pioneer homesteads located
along the banks of the Lake Worth lagoon.
After
Henry Flagler extended his rail line south from
West Palm Beach to Miami in 1896, a land development
scheme was created to plant a townsite between
the railroad and the lake. Purchasers of lots
within the townsite would also receive a larger
plot of land west of town for agricultural use.
The initial name proposed for the new town was
Lucerne. However, the U.S. Post Office refused
to accept the name because there already was a
Lucerne, Florida post office. Therefore, the city
fathers settled on the name Lake Worth, for the
lake on which the fledgling town was sited. One
of the main streets was named Lucerne Avenue instead.
The city was officially incorporated in 1912.
Many of the first residents were farmers from
other parts of the American south and mid-west,
looking to benefit from the growing winter vegetable
market of the time. The city benefited with the
rest of south Florida during the Florida land
boom of the 1920's. A wooden automobile traffic
bridge over Lake Worth was completed in 1919.
The first casino and municipal beach complex was
completed shortly thereafter. The 1920s also saw
the completion of the Gulfstream Hotel, which
towers over the downtown to this day.
The city was severely damaged in the 1928 hurricane,
toppling the bell tower on the elementary school
(today the City Hall Annex) and destroying the
beachfront casino and automobile bridge over Lake
Worth. This led to a severe economic decline within
the community which led into the Great Depression.
Things were so dire in the city in the 1930s,
that FDR's Works Progress Administration built
a striking, moorish-styled "City Gymnasium"
on the corner of Lake Avenue and Dixie Highway
to provide employment for the impoverished citizenry.
The building today serves as City Hall.
Development started again after World War II with
many modest pensioners, especially from Quebec,
Finland and eventually Germany, moving to the
city and building 1,000 square foot cottages.
These new immigrants brought their industrious
nature with them as well as their native customs,
restaurants, shops, and churches and for decades
the town flourished. To this day one can find
an unusual abundance of beer halls, chocolatiers,
Bavarian delicatessens and Lutheran churches,
which stand out in the semi-tropical urban sprawl
of south Florida.
After a short period of neglect and decline in
the 1980s and 1990s, the downtown area has seen
a huge resurgence in interest and development
and once moribund property values have soared.
The city's charming main street, Lake Avenue,
contains some of the oldest commercial structures
in south Florida, including the Lake Worth Play
House and the art deco building, originally a
cinema, which formerly housed the PBICA. The re-discovery
of this unique charm has spurred new interest
in the city.
The city was hit especially hard by Hurricanes
Frances, Jeanne and Wilma in 2004 and 2005. Their
famous fishing pier was the most damaged and with
the help of FEMA it is now being repaired; it
is anticipated to reopen in the Spring of 2008.
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I
just want to thank all of you for your educational emails over
the past year.
Thanks
to you, I no longer open a public bathroom door without using
a paper towel.
I can't
use the remote in a hotel room because I don't know what the
last person was doing while flipping through the channels.
I can't
sit down on the hotel bedspread because I can only imagine what
has happened on it since it was last washed.
I can't
enjoy lemon slices in my tea or on my seafood anymore because
lemon peels have been found to contain all kinds of nasty germs
including feces.
I have
trouble shaking hands with someone who has been driving because
the number one pastime while driving alone is picking your nose.
Eating
a Little Debbie sends me on a guilt trip because I can only
imagine how many gallons of trans fats I have consumed over
the years.
I can't
touch any woman's purse for fear she has placed it on the floor
of a public bathroom.
I must
send my special thanks to whoever sent me the one about poop
in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet sponge
with every envelope that needs sealing.
Also, now
I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.
I no longer
have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown)
who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.
I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once
I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are
sending me for participating in their special e-mail program
..
I no longer
worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out
for me, and St.Theresa's novena has granted my every wish.
I no longer
eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant
freaks with no eyes or feathers.
I no longer
use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water
buffalo on a hot day.
Thanks
to you, I have learned that my prayers only get answered if
I forward an e-mail to seven of my friendsand make a wish within
five minutes.
Becauseof
your concern I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove
toilet stains.
I no longer
can buy gasoline without taking someone along to watch the car
so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm pumping
gas.
I no longer
drink Pepsi or Dr Pepper since the people who make these products
are atheists who refuse to put 'Under God' on their cans.
I no longer
use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.
And thanks for letting me know I can't boil a cup of water in
the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face...disfiguring
me for life.
I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could
be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.
I no longer
go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume
sample and rob me.
I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx since they are
actually Al Qaeda in disguise.
I no longer
shop at Target since they are French and don't support our American
troops or the Salvation Army.
I no longer
answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number
for or which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica ,
Uganda , Singapore and Uzbekistan .
I no longer
buy expensive cookies from Neiman-Marcus since I now have their
recipe.
Thanks to
you, I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown
African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant
death when it bites my butt.
And thanks
to your great advice, I can't ever pick up $5.00 dropped in
the parking lot because it probably was placed there by a rapist
waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.
If you
don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next
70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head
at 5:00 PM this afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will
infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this
will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next
door neighbor's ex-mother-in-law's second husband's cousin's
beautician...
oh...Have
a wonderful day...
National
Park(ing) Day
On Friday, September 19, 2008, the Lake Worth Community Redevelopment
Agency (CRA) and the City of Lake Worth Tree Board will be sponsoring
National Park(ing) Day in Lake Worth. This annual event celebrates
parks by creating temporary parks in public parking spaces.
The goals are to celebrate parks and promote the need for more
parks in America’s cities. This year’s event will
take place at the parking lot located on the southeast corner
of “J” Street and Lucerne Avenue and will run from
2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. We encourage all residents and visitors
to come and participate in this exciting event in downtown Lake
Worth. For more information visit: www.lakeworthcra.org.
Believe in love at first sight
Lake
Worth Utility Customers
Automated Monthly Payment Incentive Plan -
To learn how you can receive a $25.00 credit please click
here. English
Programa de Incentivo
para Pago Mensual Automatizado.
Para aprender como puedes recibir un crédito de $25.00
dólares pulse aquí. Espanol
Plan encourageant
automatisé de paiement mensuel - pour apprendre comment
vous pouvez recevoir un crédit $25.00 svp cliquez ici.
Creole
Metro
Hydrant and Valve Services, Inc. will be performing fire hydrant
flow testing starting on Tuesday, September 2, 2008 until completed.
"Many people walk in
and out of your life
but only true friends will leave footprints in you heart…"
The
Lake
Worth Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)
THANK YOU!!! To all the sponsors and vendors at the
Second Annual National Crime Night Out in Lake Worth,
thank you for another successful event. We hope everyone
had a great time as we acknowledge the hard work and
dedication of the Lake
Worth Police Department!
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National Park(ing) Day, September 19, 2008 at the parking lot
on
J Street and Lucerne Ave. Click
Here For More Information
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Green Expo, October 4, 2008 at Palm Beach Community College Click
Here For More Information
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PROPOSED Lake Worth CRA
Budget for Fiscal Year 2008 - 2009
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IMPORTANT SIDEWALK
REPAIR INFORMATION
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NEW!!! The
Commercial Tenant Improvement Grant!!!
Funds available for businesses wishing to locate to the City
of Lake Worth.
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THANK YOU!!! For making The Second Annual Great American Cleanup
such a great success! Click
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exterior of your home?
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“Yesterday
is history,
tomorrow is a mystery,
and today?
Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.”
Scene's
from the
2nd Annual Tabloid Reunion!
What a Hoot!!
The next
time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature
isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here
are some facts about the 1500s: Most people got married in June because they
took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June.
However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet
of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of
carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the
house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other
sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all
the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose
someone in it. Hence the saying, Don't throw the baby out
with the Bath water..
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath.
It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and
other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it rained
it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off
the roof. Hence the saying . It's raining cats and dogs...
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.. This
posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings
could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and
a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's
how canopy beds came into existence...
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt.
Hence the saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would
get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw)
on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added
more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping
outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence
the saying a thresh hold...
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that
always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things
to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat.
They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to
get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew
had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence
the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in
the pot nine days old..
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special.
When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off.
It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They
would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around
and chew the fat..
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content
caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning
death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400
years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous...
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom
of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top,
or the upper crust...
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would
sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking
along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial.
They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the
family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they
would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake....
England
is old and small and the local folks started running out of places
to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones
to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins,
1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside
and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would
tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin
and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have
to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen
for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered
a ..dead ringer..
And
that's the truth...
Now, whoever said History
was boring ! ! !
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PoliticalScene
We are in very big trouble... The population of this country
is 300 million.
160 million are retired.
That leaves 140 million
to do the work.
There
are 85 million in school.
Which leaves 55 million
to do the work.
Of this there are
35 million employed by the federal government.
Leaving 15 million to do the work.
2.8 million are in
the armed forces preoccupied with war.
Which leaves 12.2
million to do the work.
Take from that total
the 10.8 million people who work for state and cityGovernments.
And that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.
At any given time
there are 188,000 people in hospitals.
Leaving 1,212,000
to do the work.
Now, there are 1,211,998
people in prisons.
That leaves just two
people to do the work.
You and me.
And there you are,
sitting
at
your computer on
your butt, reading jokes.
Nice. Real nice!!
Whether
Democrat or Republican,
I think you'll get a kick out of this!
Little Billy goes to his dad and asks, 'Dad, what's Politics?'
Dad says, 'Well Billy, let me try to explain it this way:
I'm the
head of the family, so let's call me The President. Your
Mother's the administrator of the money and things related to
money - which is most everything, so let's call her the Government.
We are here
to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People.
The nanny, let's call her the Working Class and your baby brother,
let's call him the Future. Now think about that and see if it
makes sense.'
So the little
boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said. Later
that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up
to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled
his diaper. So the little boy goes to his parent's room and
finds his Mother asleep.He goes to the Nanny's room, but the
door's locked. He peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in
bed with the Nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed. The next
morning, little Billy says to his father, 'Dad, I think I get
the concept of politics now.' His father says, 'Good, Billy.
Tell me what you think politics is all about.' Little Billy
says, 'Well, it's like The President is screwing the
Working Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People
are being ignored. And the Future is in deep doodoo!
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- Forgive"
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Love generously
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Where to go.. what to do in South Florida
Arts & Museums
Cornell Museum of Art & History 561-243-7922
Zoo - Dreher Park Zoo 561-547-9453
Palm Beach County CULTURAL COUNCIL -- Links to Member Orgs (561) 471-2901
Norton Museum of Art 561-832-5196
Grassy Waters Preserve 561-627-8831
Society of the Four Arts 561-655-7226
Cuillo Center for the Arts 561-835-9226
Dolly Hand Theatre 561-993-1160
Eissey Campus Theatre at PBCC 561=207-5900
Ballet Florida 561-659-2000
Armory Art Center 561-832-1776
Bink Glisson Historical Museum 561-795-3110
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts 561-833-8300
Mars Music Amphitheatre 561-793-0445
Ticket Master (tickets for all events) 561-721-3870
Mounts Botanical Gardens 561-233-1749
The Harriet Himmel Theatre 561-833-8817
Maltz Jupiter Theatre 561-575-1666
South Florida Science Museum 561-832-1988
Delray Beach Historical Society (561)243-2577
Flagler Museum (561)655-2833
Zoo - Palm Beach Zoo 561-533-0887
Ballet Florida 561 - 659 - 1212
Mounts Botanical Gardens 561-233-1757
Kravis Center 561-832-7469
Hibel Museum of Art 561-622-5560
Local Entertainment
Kravis Center for the Performing Artis 561-832-7469
Mars Music Amphitheater 193-0445
Clematis By Night 561-659-8007
Lion Country Safari 561-793-1084
Moroso Motorsports 561-622-1400
Palm Beach Kennel Club 561-683-2222
Regal Theater (movies) 561-795-0022
Silver Screen (movies) 561-793-6657
Muvico (movies) 561-833-0400
Wellington 8 (movies) 561=792-4448
RiverBridge 8 (movies) 561-304-0015
Carefree Theatre 561-689-7700
Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park 561-547-9453
Miami Heat (786)777-1000
Roger Dean Stadium 561-775-1818
Media
Newspapers
Palm Beach Post - (561) 820-4400
Sun Sentinel (561) 243-6000
Palm Beach Post (800) 654-1231
The Palm Beach Daily News - 561-820-3830
The South Florida Scene 779-6736
Services
Utilities
Lake Worth Utilities
City of Lake Worth Utilities Electric Divison
1900 2nd Avenue N
Office: 561-586-1665
City of Boca Raton Water
Department 561-393-7750
Adelphia Cable (Customer Service) 561-930-2225
Florida Power & Light Company 561-994-8227
Palm Beach County Water Utilities 561-278-5135
Sunburst Sanitation 800-899-4933
Florida Power and Light 561-697-8000
Florida Public Utilities 561 832-2461
WPB Utilities Customer Service (561) 822-1300
Village of Wellington Water Utilities 561-791-4010
City of Delray Beach Water Dept. (561)243-7100
Direct TV (800)280-4388
Palm Beach County Water Utilities 561-740-4600
Florida Public Utilities (561) 832-0872
Seacoast 561-627-2900
Public Works Department 561-775-8274
Adelphia Cable (TV) 561-848-1600
Solid Waste Authority 561-697-2700
Waste Management (Trash / Recycle) 561-547-4000
Forest Hill Water Plant (561) 968-0042
Palm Springs Water Utilities (561) 965-5770
State Government
Florida Department of Transportation
461-4300
The Florida Dprt of Environmental Protection 332-6975
Florida Highway Patrol 278-7100
Senator Jeff Atwater 625-5101
Governor 850-488-2272
Attorney General 850-414-3990
Children and Family Services 850-487-1111
Division of Driver Licenses 850-922-8428
Department of Education 850-245-0505
Department of Insurance 850-413-3100
Directory Assistance 850-488-1234
Voter Registration 954-831-1225
Broward County Vehicle Registation 954-765-5050
31st Senate Dist., Sen. Steven A. Geller (D) 954-893-5089
112th House Dist. Rep. David Rivera (R) 305-227-7630
Vehicle Registration 561-355-2622
Division of Driver Licenses (561) 681-6333
Voter Registration 561-656-6200
Internal Revenue Service 800-829-1040
Social Security Administration 800-772-1213
Fl. Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles 850-922-9000
Florida Department of Children & Families 800-962-2873
Florida Office of Attorney General 866-966-7226
