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THE SHINY SHEET 
Suit alleges daily sexual abuse 
Epstein 
To be released 
from jail 
Wednesday. 
Lawsuit says 15-yew-old girl was 
enticed to quit job and was sexually 
exploited by billionaire Epstein and 
friends for four years. 
By MICHELE DARGAN 
DazO News Staff Writer 
New allegations have emerged in a feder-
al lawsuit filed against convicted sex offend-
er Jeffrey Epstein, accusing him of — among 
other things — asking his 15-year-old victim 
to quit her Job at The Mar-a-Lago Club to be-
come what amounted to his sex slave. 
The lawsuit alleges that the girl, then 
working as a changing room assistant for 59 
an hour at the club, was recruited there by 
Epstein's then-companion Ghislaine Max-
well in 1998. Maxwell told the girl, and her 
father who was an employee at the club, that 
she could learn massage therapy and earn a 
"great deal of money," the lawsuit says. 
The lawsuit alleges that the victim was 
not only required to satisfy Epstein's "every 
sexual whim," but t hat she also was exploited 
by Epstein's adult male peersihey included 
royalty, politicians, academicians, business-
men and others in various locations around 
the world, the suit says. 
The lawsuit was filed by Miami attorney 
Robert losefsberg on behalf of lane Doe No. 
102. losefsberg previously filed a case on be-
half of another minor girl, lane Doe No. 101. 
The lawsuit, like the dozen more other 
lawsuits against the billionaire money man-
ager, says his modus operandi in the initial 
visit was the same: the minor girl-was taken 
to Epstein's mansion on El Brillo Way and led 
Please see LAWSUIT. Page AS 
Lesters 
buy into 
Olympia 
art fair 
Founding owners of 
Art Palm Beach say 
pact will offer 'global 
platform' for ventures. 
By JAN SJOSTROM 
Daily News Arts Editor 
David and Lee Ann Les-
ter have added the Olympia 
International Art & An-
tiques Pair to their art-fair 
portfolio. 
The 
Bonita 
Springs-
Other 
victim seeks 
to unseal 
document 
from sex 
offender case, 
Page AS 
DEP veto 
of Reach 8 
permit was 
expected 
Town had sought to withdraw 
beach-fill application months ago 
after judge ruled against it. 
By WILLIAM KELLY 
Daly News Staff Writer 
The Florida Department of Environ-
mental Protection has denied the town an 
environmental permit required for a beach 
fill project along Reach 8. 
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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. 
By WILLIAM KELLY 
Daily News Stall ikraeir 
An environmental group has 
asked the federal government to ex-
tend a coral protection zone along 
the town's shoreline. 
The town opposes the extension, 
which would complicate future ef-
forts to nourish its eroded beaches. 
In November, the National Ma-
rine Fisheries Service designated as 
critical habitat for elkhorn and stag-
horn coral a swath of ocean floor 
from the Florida Keys to Boynton 
Beach Inlet. 
The two reef-building species 
have suffered drastic declines in the 
last 25 years, and have been shield-
ed since 2006 by the federal Endan-
gered Species Act. 
But Palm Beach County Reef 
Rescue says it has discovered stag-
horn coral north of the Boynton 
Inlet, and that the protection zone 
should be extended 15 miles north 
to the Palm Beach Inlet. 
'the fisheries service is review-
ing the group's petition and will an-
nounce Its intention on Jan. 6, said 
Please see CORAL, 
Page A8 
PIG on the 
MOVE? 
Left: Piggie Pie Freckles 
has been deemed a 
code violation and must 
leave Palm Beach by 
Month?. 
Below: The pig lives 
in a Brazilian Avenue 
apartment with 
Kimberly Kelley and 
Witty Witty the Kitty. 
Connie Gasque, a 
Palm Beach resident 
and a volunteer 
diver for Palm Beach 
%Bounty Rcief Rescue, 
looks at staghom 
coral offshore from 
the Bath & Tennis 
Club in December 
2008. 
Photo by Michael 
Patrick O'Neill 
Attorney for Epstein victims: 
`I have 
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 
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Epstein 
Served less than 
B months. 
Days of whites and roses ,111515{P Madoff spurs prison bill 
Wines lend notes to seasonal dishes. A10. 
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 
offender released from jail. Victims say sentence too short. 
By MICHELE DARGAN 
Daily News Staff IA't 
Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Ep-
stein, released from jail shortly after 6 
a.m. Wednesday, will not be tracked 
by an electronic monitoring device 
during his one-year probation, ac-
cording to a court order. 
Epstein, who served less than 13 
months of his 18-month sentence at 
the Palm Beach County Stockade, 
will serve one year of probation at his 
El Brillo Way home. He already bas 
registered as a sex offender. 
In addition, Epstein, who has been 
out of jail on work release for 16 hours 
a day, six days a week since October, 
has been going to his Palm Beach 
home as well as his West Palm Beach 
office for the past two weeks. 
His attorney, Jack Goldberger, as 
well as Palm Beach County Sheriff's 
Office records confirm that Epstein 
has been to his home on several occa-
sions. Goldberger said Epstein was giv-
en PBSO permission to be at home for 
specific time periods in order to make 
the transition from jail to his home. 
the plea agreement stipulated that 
Epstein, a billionaire financier, would 
not be placed on electronic monitor-
ing, Goldberger said. An earlier court 
order incorrectly had him listed as 
having to be monitored. 
"A very difficult part in his life is 
ending, and he is looking forward to 
moving on," Goldberger said. 
Epstein, 56, pleaded guilty to pro-
curing a minor for prostitution and so-
Please see EPSTEIN, Page A6 
Petters 
mansion 
sale may 
aid victims 
Businessman's trial on investor 
and tax fraud is set for Oct. 26; 
home sale proceeds to be put into 
receivership account. 
By DAVID ROGERS 
Dada News Stall Writer 
A construction crew working 
for the county Department 
of Environmental Resources 
constructs a temporary 
access road into the 
Intracoastal Waterway 
near Ibis Isle. Sand will be 
moved over muck to make a 
stable shallow area to plant 
red mangrove seeds and 
promote an environment for 
oysters and other sea life. 
Owe, 
s Photo 
by !elf le‘ I taNlia. 
Lagoon work 
to aid habitat j 
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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 
By SUSAN R. MILLER 
Palm Beath Post Staff Writer 
The president of a 10-year-
old Boynton Beach nonprofit is 
under investigation here and in 
Massachusetts for allegedly mis-
leading donors and misappropri-
ating hundreds of thousands of 
dollars meant for veterans, court 
records show. 
The allegations against Frank 
J. Cariello, 70, and the Veterans 
Charitable 
Foundation 
were 
sparked by complaints from do-
nors in Massachusetts who had 
been solicited by telemarketers 
working for Cariello's char 
ity, which operates in about a 
dozen states. They are laid out in 
hundreds of pages from search 
warrants filed this week and last 
week in Palm Beach County Cir-
cuit Court. 
Between October 2006 and 
November 2007, law enforcement 
officers interviewed more than 
two dozen people who told them 
they received phone calls from 
telemarketers claiming that the 
Veterans Charitable Foundation 
was affiliated with the Massa-
chusetts chapter of the Paralyzed 
Veterans of America. 
' More than a dozen people told 
investigators that they became 
suspicious after sending in their 
checks, only to find the recipi-
ents' name had been changed. 
Investigators determined that 
Cariello altered and deposited 
at least 90 checks meant for the 
Paralyzed Veterans of America, 
according to records. 
The group has 34 chapters 
across the country. 
"We get two or three of these 
things a year, we cooperate with 
the local district attorney and 
we will do what they need us 
to do to put an end to it," the 
Paralyzed Veterans of America's 
spokesman, David Uchic, said 
Thursday from Washington. He 
said he was unaware of this par-
ticular investjgation. 
Investigatolt 
determined 
that Cariello was depositing the 
money into checking accounts in 
Florida and either using it to pay 
See VETERANS, 7B ► 
ELECTION 2008 
Cadallo 
Investigators 
say only 2 
percent raised 
goes to cause. 
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. 
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The Palm Beach Post 
B 
IUESDAY, 
JULY 25, 2006 
PalmEteac hPost.com 
RESEARCH IN FLORIDA 
Scripps, 
By KIMBERLY MILLER 
Paha Beach Pose ste Writer 
The Scripps Research In-
stitute has signed its fourth 
working agreement with a 
Florida university, outlining a 
formal collaboration with sci-
entists at Florida State Uni-
versity. 
LOCAL 
Boy, 4, on life support 
after Sunday's chain-
reaction crashes, 2B 
w c 
Man says he did not 
touch 11-year-old 
but saw who did, 3B 
FSU sign pact as brain trust expands 
The Tallahassee school 
announced the joint coopera-
tion agreement Monday, say-
ing it will reduce the time and 
paperwork formerly used to 
establish partnerships be-
tween the biomedical re-
search institute and FSU. It 
also makes it easier to file 
patents and share revenues 
from discoveries those part-
nerships make. 
"The agreement specifies 
how intellectual property will 
be handled," said W. Ross El-
lington, FSU's associate vice 
president for research. "Me 
ownership issues have to be 
discussed upfront" 
Scripps, which will be on 
Florida Atlantic University's 
Jupiter campus, previously 
signed working agreements 
with FAU, the University of 
Central Florida and the Uni-
versity of Florida. 
FSU and Scripps scien-
tists were working together 
on at least two projects before • 
the agreement. 
The results from one joint 
project involving FSU's Na-
tional High Magnetic Field 
Laboratory were published 
this year m the journal Ana-
lytical Oternistiy. Researchers 
in that experiment were able 
to better analyze how drugs 
bind to proteins, opening the 
door to improved medical 
treatments. 
'The ultimate beneficia-
ries of this collaborative rela-
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 
others. Just like in real life. 
LE& MOTS Star Phoweaphe 
High and feeling mighty fit 
Common concern for ecosystem 
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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 
Pnoto by SHMAON Otte 
Laureen Rabbe, who is from Jerusalem and is visiting her parents, wipes 
tears as she listens Sunday to speakers at a rally in West Palm Beach. 
She is scheduled to return to Israel Tuesday. 
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 
when Epstein organized a 
news conference for a 
businessman 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 
George 
Bennett 
Politics 
Gatherings condemn terrorism 
and express grief for loss of life 
in Israel and Lebanon. 
By NIRVi SHAH 
Palm Ika, Post 514 Writer 
From half a world away, Sharon 
Levin told Palm Beach County Jews 
Sunday about the terrifying wall of air 
raid sirens that has become common-
place in northern Israel. 
The sirens are followed by an eerie 
silence, then the deafening boom of 
rockets, she said. 
Levin joined Jews across Palm Beach 
County Sunday as they demonstrated 
their support for Israel and their loathing 
for Hezbollah. In separate gatherings —
one charged with condemnations of ter-
rorists, the other with concern for Israeli 
residents — they rallied for a nation 
battling with Hezbollah to the north and 
llamas to the south. 
About 1,200 people gathered in sub-
urban Boca Raton and another 500 in 
West Palm Beach to hear speeches, 
wave Israeli flags, offer donations and 
express their grief about the loss of life in 
Israel — and Lebanon. 
"We gather here to send a powerful 
and unified message. We condemn 
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 event near Boca Raton. 
Peter Eckstein. who attended the 
West Palm Beach rally, said. "Whether I 
agree with specific policies or not has 
nothing to do with my support for Israel." 
His wife, Carol Safran, said, "I don't 
think there's anyone in this audience 
who doesn't want peace." 
The local rallies were organized not 
only to boost morale but also to raise 
money for humanitarian aid. Similar 
events have taken place in the past week 
in Washington D.C.; Det!oit St. Louis: 
Sacramento. Calif.; and West Hartford, 
Conn. On Sunday, other rallies took 
place in Cincinnati, Seattle and Naples. 
The Boca-area gathering, sponsored 
by the Jewish Federation of South Patin 
Beach County, included a parade of pol-
iticians besides Shaw: state Sen. Ron 
Klein, D-Boca Raton; U.S. Rep. Alcee 
See RALLY, 6B ► 
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Laureen Rabbe, who is from Jerusalem and is visiting her parents, wipes 
tears as she listens Sunday to speakers at a rally in West Palm Beach. 
She is scheduled to return to Israel Tuesday. 
+ The Palm Beach Post 
B 
MONDAY, 
JULY 24, 2006 
PahrtReachPost.com LOCAL 
Children without shots 
won't be allowed in 
school, officials say, 28 
Schools' demand for 
speech therapists 
expected to grow, 68 
1,700 rally at 2 sites in solidarity with Israel 
Gatherings condemn terrorism 
and express grief for loss of life 
in Israel and Lebanon. 
By NIRVI SHAH 
Palm Beads Post Sle Writer 
From half a world away, Sharon 
Levin told Palm Beach County Jews 
Sunday about the terrifying wail of air 
raid sirens that has become common-
place in northern Israel. 
The sirens are followed by an eerie 
silence, then the deafening boom of 
rockets, she said. 
Levin joined Jews across Palm Beach. 
County Sunday as they demonstrated 
their support for Israel and their loathing 
for Hezbollah. In separate gatherings 
one charged with condemnations of ter-
rorists, the other with concern for Israeli 
residents — they rallied for a nation 
battling with Hezbollah to the north and 
Hamas to the south. 
About 1200 people gathered in sub-
urban Boca Raton and another 500 in 
West Palm Beach to hear speeches, 
wave Israeli flags, offer donations and 
express their gnef about the loss of life in 
Israel — and Lebanon. 
"We gather here to send a powerful 
and unified message. We condemn 
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 event near Boca Raton. 
,Peter Eckstein, who attended the 
West Palm Beach rally, said. "Whether I 
agree with specific policies or not has 
nothing to do with my support for Israel." 
His wife; Carol Safran, said, "I don't 
think there's anyone in this audience 
who doesn't want peace." 
The local rallies were organized not 
only to boost morale but,also to raise 
money for humanitarian aid. Similar 
events have taken place in the past week 
in Washington D.C.; Detroit; St. Louis; 
Sacramento, Calif.; and West Hartford, 
Conn. On Sunday, other rallies took 
place in Cincinnati, Seattle and Naples. 
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 
Klein, D-Boca Raton; U.S. Rep. Alcee 
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 
news conference for a 
businessman 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 
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George 
Bennett 
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The Palm Beach Post 
WEDNESDAY 
JULY 26, 2006 
PalmBeachPost.com LOCAL 
Family mourns 
4-year-old boy who died 
from crash injuries, 3B 
C 
Lake Worth seeks 
neighborhood center for 
laborers to gather, 3B 
Biggest schools budget a mixed bag.
The class-size amendment , 
makes its presence felt. 
By CHRISTINA DeNARDO 
Palm Beath Pact Sae Wraer 
For $3.5 billion, you could pay 
the salary of every baseball player in 
Major League Baseball —with more 
than $1 billion to spare. You could 
buy Pixar, the animation studio that 
produced Shrek. You could even 
make an offer on the National 
Hockey League. 
Or you could send more than 
172,000 children to school in Palm 
Beach County. 
The public gets its first glimpse 
of the district budget today, at a 
public hearing at school board 
headquarters. Although,  the $3.5 
billion budget is the biggest ever, it's 
a mixed bag for teachers, students 
and taxpayers. 
Highlights of the S1.4 billion 
operating budget include: 
■ Class size: A $41 million in-
crease, to $144 million, to hire 
teachers to meet the state's class-
size amendment 
• Teacher pay: $10 million to 
pay 5 percent bonuses to teachers 
based on student performance. 
■ Retirement: $17.5 million 
more to the Florida Retirement 
System for employee benefits. 
■ Reading programs: $1.4 mil-
lion increase, from $5.9 million to 
$7.3 million. 
■ Building costs: A $12.5 million 
increase for operating district build-
ings, because of skyrocketing in-
surance and energy costs. 
■ Reading coaches: A decrease 
of $2.3 million for reading coaches in 
kindergarten through second grade. 
■ Needy schools: Scrapping 
$3.5 million that was going to be 
spent for additional teachers in poor-
and low-performing middle and high 
schools. And 54 teachers will be 
moved from under-performing 
schools to other schools, to reduce 
class sizes. 
• Teacher raises: A 4 percent 
across-the-board raise (or teachers. 
See SCHOOLS. 6B ► 
Frank Cerabino
Boca makes cut 
but can't beat 
`down to earth' 
Every year Money magazine picks the 
best places to live in America, and I was 
prematurely chuffed over my podunk. 
Yes, that's right. Boca Raton came in 
at No. 30 on Money's Top 100 list. 
Boo-yah! The soy milk lattes are on 
me! 
But then I kept reading, which turned 
out to be a mistake. 
Boca wasn't the most desirable Flori-
da city on the list. That honor went to . . . 
Coral Springs. 
Coral Springs? That souped-up Tama-
rac along the edges of the Sawgrass Ex-
pressway? 
Who wants to live in Coral Springs be-
sides entomologists and people from Plan-
tation? 
But it was true. Coral Springs came in 
at No. 27. And to make matters worse, the 
other two Florida cities among the top 100 
places to live in America were Pembroke 
Pines and Miramar. They wouldn't even 
make my top 100 places to live in Broward 
County, 
MAkInts the trade 
Untie Glenne SA of 
'Yoga changes not only the hardware of the body, it changes the software.' 
rh nnrl Intr *Pm Cun Itin 17 of 
MARK ELSNER, Yoga instructor 
GARY CORONADO/Surf Probtaphee 
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+ The Palm Beach Post 
B 
TUESDAY. 
JULY 25, 2006 
PalmBeachPost.com LOCAL. 
Boy, 4, on life support 
after Sunday's chain-
reaction crashes, 2B 
w c 
Man says he did not 
touch 11-year-old 
but saw who did, 3B 
RESEARCH IN FLORIDA 
Scripps, FSU sign pact as brain trust expands 
By KIMBERLY MILLER 
Palm Beads Post Star Writer 
The Scripps Research In-
stitute has signed its fourth 
working agreement with a 
Florida university, outlining a 
formal collaboration with sci-
entists at Florida State Uni-
versity. 
The Tallahassee school 
announced the joint coopera-
tion agreement Monday, say-
ing it will reduce the time and 
paperwork formerly used to 
establish partnerships be-
tween the biomedical re-
search institute and FSU. It 
also makes it easier to file 
patents and share revenues 
from discoveries those part-
nerships make. 
"The agreement specifies 
how intellectual property will 
be handled," said W. Ross El-
lington, FSU's associate vice 
president for research. 'The 
ownership issues have to be 
discussed upfront." 
Scripps, which will be on 
Florida Atlantic University's 
Jupiter campus, previously 
signed working agreements 
with FAU, the University of 
Central Florida and the Uni-
versity of Florida. 
FSU and Scripps scien-
tists were working together 
on at least two projects before 
the agreement. 
The results from one joint 
project involving FSU's Na-
tional High Magnetic Field 
Laboratory were published 
this year m the journal Ana-
lytical Chemistry. Researchers 
in that experiment were able 
to better analyze how drugs 
bind to proteins, opening the 
door to improved medical 
treatments. 
"Me ultimate beneficia-
ries of this collaborative rela-
See SCRIPPS, 11B ► 
Emily J. Minor 
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. 
why 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, at 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 
others. Just like in real life. 
Common concern for ecosystem 
But there's a single thread that 
UBBv VOlGYES/SLOI Pnototrwhei 
High and feeling mighty fit 
WEST PALM BEACH — 'When I swing, Itti free: says Perretta 
resident estimateshe sv,ingsthree to four houraa 
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Palm Beach Daily News 
a Bea 
a 
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o 
THE SHINY SHEET 
THURSDAY-SATURDM, JULY 27-29, 2006 
20 Pages 25 cents 
Investor 
facing 
felony sex 
charge 
Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer calls 
grand jury accusations false. 
By WILLIAM KELLY 
Daily News Staff Writer 
A billionaire investor and part-time 
Palm Beach resident has been indicted 
on a felony charge of solicitation of pros-
titution after police say he had sex with 
underage girls whom he paid for massage 
sessions at his El 
Brillo Way home. 
A Palm Beach 
County grand jury 
found that Jeffrey E. 
Epstein, 53, "did so• 
licit, induce, entice 
or procure" prostitu-
tion with girls, who 
were between 14 and 
16 years old, on at 
least three occasions 
between Aug. 1, 2004, 
and Oct. 31. 2005. 
Epstein surren-
dered at the Palm 
Beach County Jail 
Sunday and was re-
leased on a $3,000 bond. His attorney, Jack 
Goldberger, said Wednesday the third-
degree felony indictment is based on false 
accusations and that Epstein wasn't aware 
Epstein 
Part-time Palm 
Beacher says he was 
unaware the girls 
were minors. 
Please see FELONY, Page All 
Lake Worth 
PROPERTY OWNER SEEKS REDEVELOPMENT 
Daily News Photos by Jeffrey Langlots 
The owners of the Testa property on Royal Poinciana Way have filed paperwork toward the rezoning and redevelopment of the land that contains shops, a 
restaurant and a gas station. Highlights of the mixed-use plan include a new, larger restaurant, townhome-style condominium units and retail space. 
Testa's proposes `village' 
Application filed with the town 
seeks special zoning district, 
comprehensive plan amendment. 
By STEPHANIE MURPHY 
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WEDNESDAY 
JULY 26, 2006 
'almBeachPost.com LOCAL 
Family mourns 
4-year-old boy who died 
from crash injuries, 38 
Lake Worth seeks 
neighborhood center for 
laborers to gather, 3B 
Biggest schools budget a mixed bag 
The class-size amendment 
makes its presence felt. 
By CHRISTINA DeNARDO 
Palm Beath foal Ste Miler 
For $3.5 billion, you could pay 
the salary of every baseball player in 
Major League Baseball — with more 
than $1 billion to spare. You could 
buy Pixar, the animation studio that 
produced Shirk. You could even 
make an offer on the National 
Hockey League. 
Or you could send more than 
172,000 children to school in Palm 
Beach County. 
The public gets its first glimpse 
of the district budget today, at a 
public hearing at school board 
headquarters. Although the $3.5 
billion budget is the biggest ever, it's 
Rank Cerabino 
Boca makes cut 
but can't beat 
`down to earth' 
Every year Money magazine picks the 
best places to live in America, and I was 
prematurely chuffed over my podunk. 
Yes, that's right. Boca Raton came in 
at No. 30 on Money's Top 100 list. 
Boo-yah! The soy milk lanes are on 
me! 
But then I kept reading, which turned 
out to be a mistake. 
Boca wasn't the most desirable Flori-
da city on the list. That honor went to .. . 
Coral Springs. 
Coral Springs? That souped-up Tama-
rac along the edges of the Sawgrass Ex-
pressway? 
Who wants to live in Coral Springs be-
sides entomologists and people from Plan-
tation? 
But it was true. Coral Springs came in 
at No. 27. And to make matters worse, the 
other two Florida cities among the top 100 
places to live in America were Pembroke 
Pines and Miramar. They wouldn't even 
make my top 100 places to live in Broward 
County. 
Making the grade 
This is terrible for Boca. It's like find-
out you've made some best-dressed 
a mixed bag for teachers, students 
and taxpayers. 
Highlights of the $1.4 billion 
operating budget include: 
• Class size: A $41 million in-
crease, to $144 million, to hire 
teachers to meet the state's class-
size amendment. 
• 
• Teacher pay: $10 million to 
pay 5 percent bonuses to teachers 
based on student performance. 
• Retirement: 517.5 million 
more to the Florida Retirement 
System for employee benefits. 
II Reading programs: $1.4 mil-
lion increase, from S5.9 million to 
$7.3 million. 
IN Building costs: A 512.5 million 
increase for operating district build-
ings, because of skyrocketing in-
surance and energy costs. 
• Reading coaches: A decrease 
of $2.3 million for reading coaches in 
kindergarten through second grade. 
II Needy schools: Scrapping 
$3.5 million that was going to be 
spent for additional teachers in poor-
and low-performing middle and high 
schools. And 54 teachers will be 
moved from under-performing 
schools to other schools, to reduce 
class sizes. 
• Teacher raises: A 4 percent 
across-the-board raise for teachers. 
See SCHOOLS. 6B ► 
'Yoga changes not only the hardware of the body, it changes the software.' 
MARK r.NFP. `IY 
GARY CORONADO/Sul CIAttraPh“ 
Mark Eisner, 56, of Defray Beach and Jessica Simkins 27, of Boynton Beach. mainstays of the lecal yoga community. are going to the other side of Earth to teach. 
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* The Palm Beach Post 
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SATURDAY. 
JULY 29.2006 
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Entity 1. Minor 
LOCAL 
American 
dream comes 
with rude 
awakening 
In September of 2003. as the 
summer heat was beginning to 
send out subtle hints of fall. Anika 
Hotness collected her life savings. 
The 30-year-old single mother 
was finally going to buy a house. 
"My mom helped because my 
credit was shaky," said Holtx-ss, 
who said she also dipped into her 
401(k) retirement savings. "It was 
all the money we had." 
All told, it was $14,990 — a 10 
percent down payment on a two-
story townhouse in a development 
in Palm Springs called Estancia 
Palm Springs. 
Finally, she and her 8-year-old 
daughter, Ashler, would have their 
own rooms. And a patio with a 
yard! 
Occasionally, the Jamaican-born 
Hotness would drive by the con-
struction site and imagine what 
she calls their "American dream." 
"I envisioned, finally, a home for 
my daughter," she said Friday. 
That was almost three years 
ago. 
Short closing a surprise 
Tuesday evening, rather out of 
the blue, her mother got an over-
night packet. 
They had to close by Aug. 1, 
this Tuesday, or lose all the down 
payment money. 
"I can't get a loan by Tuesday," 
Hotness said. "I've had numerous 
loans through the years that I've 
had to let expire. It just seems im-
moral" 
Yes, Anika Hotness, a young 
Linabout real estate hack then — 
ambitious, college grad — but na-
BUSINESS 
FPL Group's profits rise 17 percent, despite 
utility'S SWIM losses. Inside this section, 8B 
1515 Tower sale falls through 
The buyer can't raise the $56 million to buy 
all 119 units in the storm-damaged condo. 
By JANE MUSGRAVE 
Palm Bradt Prat Staff Writer 
WEST PALM BEACH — A 
deal that would have let 
owners of the 1515 Tower 
sell their hurricane-
ravaged condominium, 
and move on with their lives 
collapsed Friday, leaving 
battle-weary residents an-
gry at the would-be buyer 
and scared about their fi-
nancial futures. 
'There's a lot of ex-
tremely distressed people." 
said Hani Riad, president of 
the board of the waterfront 
high-rise on South Flagler 
Drive. "I've had people call 
me and say their parents 
are nearly suicidal. People 
put a lot of hope into this 
offer being a saving event. 
It's hurt them financially, 
emotionally and physical-
ly." 
It is the third time in a 
month that Palm Beach 
businessman Thanos Pa-
palexis failed to make good 
on his promise to come up 
with $56 million to buy all 
119 units of the building 
that has been vacant since it 
was pounded by hurricanes 
two years ago. 
While some residents 
speculated he is trying to 
drive the 30-story condo 
into foreclosure so he could 
pick it up cheaply, he in-
sisted that isn't the case. In 
an e-mail to unit owners, he 
said his hoped-for bank 
loan didn't come through 
and he couldn't put togetle 
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Bye-bye preschool 
1515's pinch 
•A $1.9 million payment 
is due Monday 
II Another $4.7 million 
must be paid at the end of 
September. 
MI An attorney says he 
hopes to secure an 
$8 million loan to avoid 
$60.000 assessments to 
each condo owner. 
Police say 
lawyer tried 
to discredit 
teenage girls 
By LARRY KELLER 
Palm Beath Past Staff Writt. 
Famed Harvard law professor Alan 
Dershowitz met with the Palm Beach 
County State Attorney's Office and pro-
vided damaging information about teen-
age girls who say they gave his client, 
Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. 
sexually charged massages, according to 
police reports. 
The reports also state that another 
Epstein attorney agreed to a plea bargain 
that would have allowed Epstein to have no 
criminal record. His current attorney de-
nies this happened. 
And the documents also reveal that the 
father of at least one girl complained that 
private investigators aggressively fol-
lowed his car, photographed his home and 
chased off visitors. 
Police also talked to 
somebody who said she 
was offered money if she 
refused to cooperate with 
the Palm Beach Police 
Department probe of Eo. 
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