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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1988 The Palm Beach Post SECTION I I7ISIDZ: COUNTY LIVING I Accent A special Christmas for Burt, Loni Newborns and Christmas being a natural combination, let's talk about the area's most prominent new arrival Quinton Anderson Reynolds. Proud parents Burt and Loni no doubt will lavish the kid with gifts. Who can blame Burt; he's waited for this so long. "He first talked to me in 1972 about adopting a child," said Jess Moody, pastor at the First Baptist Church of Van Nuys, who was then pastor at First Baptist Church V.l 'V rt -If of West Palm Beach. "He brought it up again in '74 on The Mike Douglas Show.

And he cut a record, Room for a Boy, the only one he ever cut, in '74, but it was never released." Moody, who married Reynolds and Anderson and II '5 Thom Smith L' SCOn WISEMANStaff Photographer HOLIDAY HOUND: Miss Muffit, a poodle terrier mix, masqueraded as Santa at a pet fashion show in John Prince Park. Miss Muffit is owned by Helen Wood of West Palm Beach. Mint '-'V performed the dedication ceremony for Quinton in California Oct. 7, said Burt once hoped to adopt an Indian child. "Nothing happened there," Moody said, "but all this time, adoption's been very deep with Burt." The dedication, similar to a christening, was "wonderful, glorious," Moody said.

"The baby is gorgeous." Ricardo and Georgiana Montalban were godparents. Rev. Richard Solberg, a retired Lutheran minister and David Soul's father, also participated in the ceremony. Dom DeLuise also attended. "There's a lot of love there, a deep commitment," Moody said, adding that Burt and Loni have joined his church.

"Burt's a changed man as a result of this child. There's been a deep spiritual release." Holiday doldrums Elsewhere Palm Beach may be viewed as an international hot spot, but the local youngbloods wish they were somewhere else during the holidays. I Sights () OF THE Around Christmastime this place is dead," said one young Palm Beacher. "There just isn't much to do here." For example, Cornelia Guest has reserved a table at the Young Friends of the Red Cross Ball at the Flagler Museum New Year's Eve, but chances are only 50-50 that she will attend. So SEASON Guest much to do in Hollywood, says a friend.

LYNNE SLADKYStatT Photographer WAITING FOR SANTA: Christina Coniglio, 2, during breakfast at E.R. Bradley's Saloon. Palm Beach Day School students hosted 85 students from Hope Rural School in Indiantown for breakfast, presents and a visit from Santa. Christina's father, Frank, owns the Palm Beach restaurant. hristmas is a celebration of sights, lights, glorious smells, magical fantasy, feasting and naked avarice (only slightly disguised as conspicuous consumption).

There Marylou Whitney will be down soon, and more active than ever at Fernwood not to be confused with the "Fernwood" of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman but she and the family will trim their tree in Saratoga, upstate New York. Sen. Ted Kennedy and son Patrick were down last weekend but will spend Christmas in New England. However, sister Eunice Sargent and a large part of the Shriver corps will be here. No word if Maria and The Terminator will drop in.

Realtor Bob DeMarlo knows where the action is. He's in Aspen, "the" glittery place to be. Don Johnson will be there with his new flameformer wife Melanle Griffith, who is said to be with child. Others enjoying the Rocky Mountain High will be Cher, Martina Navratilova and in all likelihood, Donald and Ivana Trump. HI is also sacrifice, sharing, glad spirits, giving, whimsy and, for some, frantic workdays all captured here in panoramic color by The Palm Beach Post photographers' lenses.

True, the season can lead to dangerously overwritten prose, as can too much rum in the eggnog, but through it all the force-fed Muzak caroling and full-Contact shopping at the mall we can pause and harken and perhaps o'er the tumult, hear angels sing: "Peace, goodwill toward men." By RON WIGGINS Newlyweds Chris Evert and Andy Mill, who have a home in Aspen, will snuggle under South Florida mistletoe. What a dilemma for Andy, buying gifts for the girl who has everything she once won a car in a tournament before she had a driver's license. And to make shoDDine 1 i MORE PHOTOGRAPHS, PAGE 7D JEFF GREENEStaff Photographer I SAW BILLY KISSING SANTA CLAUS: Two-year-old Billy Jacaruso of Boynton Beach gives Santa (Harold Wurtz) a kiss after his visit at the Boynton Beach Mall. Evert worse, Wednesday was her birthday No. 34 which she celebrated quietly in Fort Lauderdale with the family and a few friends.

County teams want to cheer themselves to victory IT The three schools will compete in different divisions. Forest Hill will compete in the coed division against 32 teams. Jupiter will compete in the small varsity (10 or fewer girls) division against 118 teams, and Jupiter Middle School will compete in the junior high division against 69 rivals. Different competitions Trophies will be awarded in each division. But first-place teams will also receive a $1,000 gift certificate from the Cheerleader Supply Co.

and a national champion banner. Each team member will receive a national champion ring and jacket. Second-place teams will receive a $750 gift certificate from the supply company. And third-place teams will receive a $500 gift certificate. Of the three local teams, only Jupiter High has been to the finals before in recent memory.

'Such an honor' "It's so awesome out there. It's such an honor to be there," said Jupiter High coach Kim Begovich, 18, who competed at the nationals on Jupiter High's team in 1985 and '86. "I think we have a great chance, if we hit every mount and they smile the way they do." At Forest Hill, expectations run just as high. "I think they'll make the top five," said Forest Hill coach Ron Greiser. "But practice this week has got to start kicking." All the teams have recently won victories that led them to the national competition.

Teams can qualify for nationals by either winning a regional competition or a competition at a National Cheerleaders Association summer camp. Please see CHEECLEADERS9P? By CHRIS DUMMIT Palm Beach Post Staff Writer This time, the crowds will be cheering for them. When three Palm Beach County schools compete Dec. 28-29 in the National Cheerleaders Association High School Cheerleaders National Championship in Dallas, they will be the ones who draw the applause as they dance and leap and twist themselves into impossible positions. Forest Hill High School, Jupiter High School and Jupiter Middle School qualified this summer to compete in the tournament, which hosts 387 teams from around the country.

"I'm more excited about Dallas than I am about Christmas," said Kim Beine, 17, a senior at Jupiter High School.J'I think we will definitely place. I have confidence in all of us' 0r. I. PATRICK MURPHY-RACEYStaff Photographer Forest Hill coach Ron Greiser lays out the game plan for the cheerleading team, one of three Palm Beach County teams competing in a national contest..