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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, three decades in Palm Beach Gardens, she has seen the
Palm Beach County a 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 Creature Feature
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
Nov. 18 for her first full four-year term. Baker replaces Teachers Association, was a Peace Corps volunteer, and a Wood Stork

The only native stork
in North America, the
wood stork resides all
over Florida, though
is rare in the western
Panhandle. Growing up to 3½-feet tall and with a five-foot
wingspan, it has white and black wings and a bald head. It
flies with its feet dangling behind. As a feeder in shallow
ponds and swamps, this large bird uses tactolocation,
sweeping its slightly opened bill back and forth to find
prey in the water. Its diet includes fish, snakes, frogs,
and snails. Storks love to glide to save energy, and a
large group of them will find a warm updraft and form a
“kettle.” Circling to ever higher elevations, the storks then
soar effortlessly
for many miles,
g r a d u a l l y
decreasing in
height, to new
feeding grounds.
Long-lived for a
bird, wood storks
can live up to 20
years. To keep
our stork and
many other native
species, we must
keep our wetlands.
Thanks for caring about Florida’s wildlife!
For more information please visit our website at https://
www.fwfonline.org.
Photo by Michael Bittner

Bill’s Box from page 1

Sidewalks
M & H Pressure Cleaning pressure cleaned all the common
area sidewalks early in September. The principle is Miles Held
who has worked for The Shores over the years. His company
made our walks look good. Keeping them looking clean is a
challenging task. Well … something new is in the air. After
much deliberation and discussion our Board of Directors
approved a one-time project to clean all sidewalks in The
Shores. That means the sidewalks in front of our homes! We
will evaluate the outcome to make a determination whether
future cleaning decisions could be made. This action does
not relieve the homeowners from keeping the walks clean
throughout the year. M & H will do a deep cleaning, but
whatever elements make the walks dirty will still exist.
Fini
A closing quote I may have used before but bears repeating.
“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening
to what another has to say.” – Bryant H. McGill
November copy deadline is Oct. 14. November? I know
this has been an unusual year. Nevertheless, just the other day
it was spring.

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