Page 8 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - August '20

Page 8, Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens
Commissioner’s Update

Yard Sense approaching because there is not enough staff, equipment SWA coordinates with the Emergency Operations
or time to collect and dispose of large amounts of debris; Center to monitor a storm’s potential path to decide
By Commissioner and, as wind speeds increase, trucks cannot safely travel the if facilities have to close or if they have to suspend
Hal Valeche roads. collection services. The authority offers hurricane
Hurricane season signals Palm Beach County’s Solid Waste Authority (SWA) information to help residents understand best practices,
a time for planning and recommends that your trimming include cutting back trees addressing priorities after a storm passes, and other
preparation. Staying vigilant and weak branches that could contact buildings. Also, thin valuable tips at: https://swa.org/408/For-Residents.
can help us minimize your foliage so that the wind can flow freely through the Additionally, Palm Beach County’s Cooperative
property damage and make branches, decreasing the chance that trees or plants will Extension Service provides guidance on trimming and
our neighborhoods safer in uproot. Keep in mind that in the unincorporated areas, pruning techniques, restoring trees after a hurricane and
the event of a storm. six cubic yards is the maximum amount of yard waste designing a more wind-resistant landscape. Links to
If you have not already allowable at the curb, and that major land clearing or this information, as well as phone numbers for asking
done so, now is the time to complete your major vegetation tree removal debris is not eligible for collection at the hurricane-related and other landscaping questions, are
and tree trimming. Once a storm threatens, it is too late. curb and must be taken to a SWA facility for disposal. If available at http://discover.pbcgov.org/coextension/
Haulers cannot guarantee debris pickup when a storm is you hire a lawn care or tree trimming service, consider horticulture/Pages/Hurricanes-and-Your-Landscape.aspx.
contracting with them to haul away the debris. If you live I hope that these tips will help you stay prepared. For
within a municipality, check with your city officials to overall hurricane preparedness recommendations, visit
confirm what their collection policies require. www.ReadyPBC.org.
When you have the vegetation squared away, clean As always, if there is any way I can assist you, please
your yard of any items that could pose a danger in contact me at (561) 355-2201 or by email at hvaleche@
hurricane force winds such as old lumber or broken lawn pbcgov.org. Remember, stay safe and be prepared.
furniture and place it at the curb on your bulk waste
collection day.
Do I Have To In 2017, Hurricane Irma left almost 3 million cubic
yards of vegetative debris on the ground, which took
Give Up Wine To three months and cost more than $30 million to collect
and dispose. If we can keep up with regular yard and tree
maintenance, it will help lessen the amount of debris that
Lose Weight? must be collected and deposited following a storm and
shorten the time of recovery efforts.

“Service is our number one priority”
By Laura Berrio,
Freelance Writer/ 561-743-0070
Blogger
Whenever I decide to www.palmspoolservices.com
go on a diet, I immediately
miss chocolate and wine
before I start. With the
popular low carb/low
sugar diets, is there a way
to include wine and not be
cheating? Yes!
The key is to pick
dry wines that are the
lowest in both carbs and
sugar. Some wineries
produce low sugar wines
with less than 1 gram
of sugar. Sounds like
ordering a diet soda … Expires 8/31/20.
when I really want the
ice cream sundae. State Licensed & Insured
There is hope. Fit Serving Palm Beach County CPC # 1457468 • LPG#30099
Vine and Dry Farms
Wines are virtually void
of sugar in a 5-ounce
serving. (No you can’t
drink the whole bottle.)
Other good choices low in sugar and carbs are: Palm Beach Beauty Salon
• Sauvignon Blanc 3 g carbs per serving
• Merlot 3.7 g carbs per serving
• Champagne 2 g carbs per serving
• Pinot Noir 3.4 g per serving
• Pinot Grigio 3 g per serving 10%
When shopping, avoid dessert wines because, well...
they are “dessert” and with dessert comes sugar and
carbs. Port and ice wine, along with other wines labeled
dolce, demi-sec and semi-sec, are in the dessert family OFF
and – along with it – are also higher in sugar and carbs.
Hope is on the label. When it comes to dry wines, look
for descriptions such as brut, dry or extra dry to tip you Tues.
off about lower sugar and carb choices.
On our quest to a thinner and healthier lifestyle … New clients only
fellow wine enthusiasts, we can keep wine on the menu!
Just be specific in your choice!
~Cheers. Susan
~Keep the conversation going and the wine flowing.

Swafford

formerly with Beauty To Go

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