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4B THE PALM BEACH POST WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1998 A Grant to help seniors remain independent PALM BEACH INTERACTIVE Up to 20 stories from 56 area communities at www. CoPBI.comYourTown tion of the program. But eight student interns seeking their master's degree in social work will get a $3,000 annual stipend. Each intern will work 640 hours or $4.69 an hour. They will also line up volunteers to help seniors.

They will find clients by contacting community groups and getting state referrals, Goldstein said. Quantum Foundation also gave a $245,000 grant to the Richard David Kann Melanoma Task Force for skin cancer education. signed to help seniorsspend retirement at home, not in a hospital. The program will connect the elderly to agencies that provide services and will help them get to doctors' appointments, make meals and shop. "This is a massive outreach program," said Harriet Goldstein, director of West Palm Beach's Barry University School of Social Work.

"We have hopes it will become a model in the country." Most of the money will go for administra By Mary Warejcka Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Elderly people with diseases such as arthritis and diabetes will get help staying out of nursing homes and hospitals through a $650,000 Quantum Foundation grant. The three-year grant given to Barry University will help 150 to 200 people in central Palm Beach County the first year and expand countywide after that. The program Just Checking! is de Demise of Golfview 'like death former mayor says IN B.olEF JUPITER FARMS A woman mixing chlorine for her swimming pool was treated for shortness of breath Tuesday evening after inhaling a poisonous combination. The woman at 17625 127th Drive N. was using two types of chemicals one for getting rid of large amounts of bacteria and algae, and one for cleaning the pool.

She was supposed to have mixed 10,000 gallons of water with the mixture, but only used one, a firefighter said. LANTANA A worker killed Thursday when heavy metal shelving fell on him at a Scotty's lumber and hardware store was identified Tuesday as Dale Willis, 24, of 439 Kern West Palm Beach. Willis, a self-employed contractor hired by the Scotty's at 51 Hypoluxo Road to remove shelves in the lumber area, was working alone when a section of shelf fell, Lantana police said. The medical examiner's office said the accidental death was caused by blunt trauma to Willis' chest and abdomen. Willis' death will be investigated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Sosa and Associates was over-, seeing the removal of asbestos from a house on Bahia Lane in preparation for its destruction. "Obviously it was a nice community," Miro said, surveying the substantial ranch houses around him. No more. As he looked at the overgrown lawns and boarded-up homes and empty streets, Miro offered the same observation countless other Golfview visitors have made in recent months. On Tuesday, though, it was truer than ever: "It looks like a ghost town." much.

A final $16.3 million figure was agreed upon in 1997, and the county began closing sales with individual property owners this year. The buyout has cost $15.9 million so far because of the two houses along Belvedere Road that didn't sell. A strip of businesses along Military Trail wasn't part of the buyout, either. The last two houses and the commercial properties became part of the county's unincorporated area Tuesday. While the town's death certificate was being filed a few miles pers in, and Golfview was stamped out.

"It's like death," Berryman philosophized afterward. "You grieve a little bit, then you kind of analyze and (ask) 'Is it for the and go on." Most Golfview residents decided it was for the best 13 years ago. Eyeing the problems and opportunities of living next to the growing airport, a majority of homeowners banded together and offered their properties for sale with a $35 million asking price. The idea was to sell to a developer who would use the land for an airport hotel or office park. But private buyers were not interested.

The county eventually offered up to $19.5 million but lowered the price when appraisals suggested the town wasn't worth that GOLFVIEW From 3B the Army airfield that was PBIA's forerunner. All but two of Golfview's 63 houses were purchased for $15.9 million this year by Palm Beach County to provide 65 acres for as-yet-unspecified airport expansion. Once the county acquired all the properties it needed the last two houses aren't essential to its plans, the county says Golfview Town Clerk Cynthia Harmon signed a document last week abolishing the town and revoking its charter. The document was filed at the courthouse Tuesday by Richard Berryman, the town's final mayor. At 10:01 a.m., intake clerk Gloria Johnson stamped the pa away at the courthouse, wrecking crews were demolishing two more of Golfview's old houses along Country Club Road Tuesday morning.

A little ways away, environmental specialist Bob Miro of JJ. FREE REPORT reveals what the insurance companies don't want you to know. Don't settle your case until you read our FREE sf Ctloll tree 1-800-293-1 187-241m recorded mess COUNTY COMMISSION Palm Beach County commissioners took the following action Tuesday. All votes were unanimous unless otherwise noted. Commissioner Maude Ford Lee was absent.

Ag Reserve: Took no action to change the zoning code that lets the South Florida Water Management District trade development rights it holds on land in the Agricultural Reserve. The county is still urging the district not to trade those rights, which would mean up to 4,000 additional homes in the reserve. The district may decide next week. Homeless hot line: Voted to pay $37,187 to Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches. Adopt-A-Family will use the money to continue operating a hot line for homeless people during the next year.

Private signs: Despite objections from the county employees' union, voted 5-1 to turn 20 percent to 30 percent of the county's traffic-sign manufacturing business over to Universal Sign and Accessories of Fort Pierce. The county also will eliminate one of its three sign-technician jobs by reassigning an employee or waiting for a vacancy. Total expected savings: $49,000. Carol Roberts voted no. Bond issues: Voted to let St.

Andrew's School of Boca Raton issue up to $18 million in county bonds to finance construction and refinance an earlier debt. Voted to let the Palm Beach County Housing Development Corp. issue up to $7 million in bonds to refinance the 206-home Cypress Run housing complex near Haverhill Road and 45th Street in West Palm Beach. The county isn't liable for repaying either set of bonds. Arts grants: Voted 4-0 to pay $440,000 to the Palm Beach County Cultural Council to promote the arts next year and $402,010 to the county Film and Television Commission.

Mary McCarty and Ken Foster were absent. Voted 4-0 to file with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office registering the slogan "Florida's Golf Capital." The county has used the slogan since November. Mary McCarty and Ken Foster were absent. ir runii nrv 1 III EVERY DEPARTMENT' ON BRAND NAME DESIGNER FASHIONS AUGUST MATHER High temperature 95, Aug.

25, 31 Low temperature 74, Aug. 5 Average temperature 84.3 August rainfall average 5.75 inches Yearly rainfall 41.27 inches (2.83 inches above normal) Highest sustained winds 32 mph, Aug. 20 Rainfall in inches z) cA 3 1 uuljUlIlAIuIJ VaLzj Jupiter 5.70 Jupiter Farms 5.14 North Palm Beach 4.95 PBIA 5.67 Lake Worth 1.76 Boynton Beach 2.76 Delray Beach 4.37 20-mile Bend 5.67 Loxahatchee Refuge 2.86 Boca Raton 2.41 Western Delray Beach 7.65 Martin County Stuart 7.12 St. Lucie Lock 10.44 SL Lucie County Fort Pierce 12.78 Western SL Lucie 6.06 Lake Okeechobee Port Mayaca 1.7 Okeechobee 7.6 SOI 'KCE: South Honda Water Management District th dDf few fflrMowns Vteoifs CMSflfl rail's Dresses Shirts Shirts Pants Denim Jeans Activewear Accessories Shoes POLICE BLOTTER RIVIERA BEACH Tremaine Lawrence, 20, of 1025 W. 25th SL, became the city's eighth murder victim for the year after he was shot in the chest at 11:45 p.m.

Monday at a service station at 1000 W. Blue Heron Blvd. Lionel Williams, 18, no address available, was with Lawrence and was shot in the left leg. He was treated at SL Mary's Medical Center and released. Neither Lawrence or Williams was armed, police said.

Witnesses said three or four men in a light-colored car sped from the scene. There were about 30 cartridges in the parking lot from and 9mm pistols, investigators said. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Pat Galligan at 8-15-4153. I 1 CDIFIF MPARFMMT STOKE PAIGES IN SCHOOLS About 7,300 middle-schoolers could be turned away from school Tuesday unless they get the shots and physicals they still lack. The numbers are higher than last week because more students are enrolling and because figures from some schools were unavailable last week, said Nat Harrington, school district spokesman.

Students were given a three-week reprieve to get the immunizations they needed for the start of school. Sixth-graders need physicals, seventh-graders need hepatitis shots and some eighth-graders need other shots. The most students without proper immunizations are at Congress Middle School in Boynton Beach, where 839 students would be barred from attending if the deadline were today. There wil be no school for Palm Beach County students on the Jewish High Holy Days during the 1999-20W school year, according to a proposed academic calendar. Schools will be ckirf-d on Sept 20, 1999, which is Yom Kippur.

Schools will not need to close on Rosh Hashana. which falls on a Saturday. The district plans to designate Sept. 20 as a fall holiday because so many teat here and students are expected to be absent, said Cheryl Alligood. the district official in charge of the calendar.

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