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Northern Notes

New Member Appointed To John Cohen who served Capitol Hill congressional intern. She is active and holds
on Northern’s Board since
leadership positions in various local, civic, charitable,
Board Of Supervisors November 2012. Cohen and political organizations. She is a Connecticut native
resigned from the Board in who has traveled to three other continents. As a long-
By Katie Roundtree, July due to moving outside time resident of Palm Beach County and with almost
Finance Director, Northern of Northern’s jurisdiction, a three decades in Palm Beach Gardens, she has seen the
Palm Beach County requirement of the seat. community grow. Ellen is a devoted single mother and
Improvement District Baker is a special grandmother who’s looking forward to being a part of
The Northern Palm education teacher with an organization that serves the community that she calls
Beach County Improvement approximately 20 years home.
District (Northern) Board of experience in the Palm NPDES tip: Please do not put any excess oils, paints
of Supervisors appointed a Beach County School or solvents into lakes, canals, or storm drains! They go
new member to its Board on District. She holds a directly into the ground water supply.
Aug. 26. Ellen Baker was Bachelor of Science degree Ellen Baker
appointed to Seat No. 4 on in special education from
the Board of Supervisors. the University of Connecticut, Storrs and has taken Curaçao ‘The Cure’ from page 10
She is unopposed in the graduate courses locally at Nova Southeastern University.
November election for the seat and will be sworn in on Ellen previously served as vice president of the Classroom the poor. The name Otrobanda comes from the Dutch
Nov. 18 for her first full four-year term. Baker replaces Teachers Association, was a Peace Corps volunteer, and a phase “otro banda,” which translates to “other side.”
A fort known as the Riffort was built on the point of
Otrobanda at the inlet.
Access between the two sections of Willemstad
was limited to boats until a unique floating bridge was
constructed across the inlet.
The Queen Emma Bridge is built in sections that
float on pontoons; each of these pontoons is propelled
by individual motors, and the entire bridge swings
open and closed using a fixed tugboat on the free end
in Punda. The fixed end of the bridge pivots from
a point on the Otrobanda side and rotates until the
other end lines up with the opposing bank in Punda.
Pedestrian and motorized traffic can then transit the
inlet. When open, the bridge is tied to the bank along
the Otrobanda side of the inlet.
The last 30 years have brought the island modern
highways, fresh water from its desalination plant, and
the 197-foot-high Queen Julian Bridge to span the
inlet. It also has brought tourism. Curaçao has all of
the first-class tourist attractions, including gambling,
diving and water sports, shopping and world-class
accommodations and cuisine. These are served up
with a Dutch flair and atypical fashion for a Caribbean
island.
Hospitality flows freely on Curaçao. The people
are glad to help you in any way, so don’t be surprised
if you get invited into some of the homes.
Don Kiselewski writes from his personal
experiences, having traveled in 122 countries and
cruised the oceans, seas and rivers of the world. Palm
Beach Gardens Travel Leaders, his family owned and
operated agency, is located at Mirasol Town Square,
11360 North Jog Road, Building A, Suite 102-6, Palm
Beach Gardens. The agency has been serving the travel
needs of the South Florida area for over a quarter of
a century. Contact him at (561) 694-9696 or Aussie@
PBGTravel.com.
Photos by Don Kiselewski

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