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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 glimps