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Northern Notes

New Executive Director (Dan) Beatty was appointed experience through his employment with Northern, the
Appointed At Northern executive director by the City of Delray Beach and the engineering firm of Caulfield
& Wheeler Inc.
Board of Supervisors,
Palm Beach County to become effective a degree in civil engineering and received his master’s
Beatty graduated from the University of Tennessee with
immediately following
Improvement District Bardin’s retirement. On degree in public administration from Nova Southeastern
Nov. 13, Beatty became University. He is the current treasurer of the Florida
By Katie Roundtree, executive director of Association of Special Districts and serves on the Board
Director of Finance and Northern Palm Beach of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Administration, Northern County Improvement (NPDES) Steering Committee for Palm Beach County.
Palm Beach County District. As a licensed Dan and the rest of Northern’s dedicated staff intend
Improvement District professional engineer, to carry on in O’Neal’s footsteps by continuing to provide
In September, O’Neal Dan joined Northern in the excellent level of service that our constituents have
Bardin Jr. announced his 2005 as deputy director of C. Danvers (Dan) Beatty been accustomed to.
retirement as executive engineering and operations. The Northern Palm Beach County Improvement
director after almost 35 He has over 35 years of public and private experience District is an independent special district created by the
years with Northern Palm in all facets of civil engineering, including storm water Florida Legislature in 1959 to provide water management
Beach County Improvement management, potable water systems and wastewater and infrastructure development in Palm Beach County. For
District (NPCID). C. Danvers collection and treatment. Beatty gained his knowledge and more information please visit www.npbcid.org.
NPDES tip: Planting a rain garden with native plants
somewhere around your home helps lock rainwater in the
The Singles Scene Column © ground, reducing the flow of pollutants and poisons into

the drains. Using organic fertilizers and pesticides in your
garden further protects and brings health to your yard and
December Dating is Spot On a wrong way to break up. So here’s more December all the species living there.
facts that you can use all year round. Do share this
By: Kelly Leary, M.S., information because not all people know this or
THE Florida Matchmaker practice the below. I.E. Tell your friends. Reminder From
Cupid’s headquarters 1. Use your manners. If you have been dating less
is as busy as Santa’s than six weeks, it is okay to break up over the phone,
workshop right now but NOT in text. Do not simply ghost the person either. Palm Beach
and has been for several It’s not nice.
months leading into 2. If you are in an exclusive relationship, don’t Gardens Police
the holidays. How and double-dip and find a replacement before you break up.
why is THIS YEAR That is a coward’s way out. Man up and tell the truth.
so special? With 70% Don’t be a liar. You are going to get caught anyway and Department
of the single, divorced, surely you will cheat again. Period.
and widowed population 3. If you have been in a long-term relationship, Adopt These Habits To
riding out the pandemic storm completely without prepare what you are going to say first. Meet IN
intimacy or romance people are beyond tired of flying PERSON. Allow the other person to ask questions and Prevent Vehicle Burglaries
solo. They have awakened! Now, everything seems to be give them some closure. It’s only human. Be kind. This
getting back to our NEW and IMPROVED normal. People will help them move on in the long run. • Please lock your vehicle doors every
are in a super social mode and the clouds have parted! 4. Don’t be a jerk. Don’t bash your ex around time – even for a quick stop or at home.
Restaurants are packed and our new December couples town. Don’t turn it into a war and be a drama KING or
are loving their new social life as a duo, making holiday QUEEN. It’s not worth it and will stir the pot. Also, you • Never leave items of any kind inside
gatherings much more fun. This is a HUGE motivator will be bashing someone else next because that’s how your vehicle. Hiding items doesn’t work!
to hit the singles scene again--and--we are breaking you roll and people will catch on to this aspect of your • At a minimum, if you must leave items,
all of our previous December First Date records. personality. I.E. Maybe the problem is actually YOU?
During all of our years of pairing holiday couples 5. Plan out how you will handle the future. Will place them in your trunk.
my team and I noticed that new clients are falling into you still be friends? Can you just be friends? You may • Cell phone/iPod power cords, GPS
three BIG categories. First, with remote working and need a break altogether before you can be friends again. holders and other key sets act as neon signs.
the flight to Florida, one-third of our membership base You may need to move to another state. Who knows
is COMPLETELY new to the area. Another third of and who cares. Just have a plan for yourself and your • Park in well-lit areas, stay alert and call
our new clientele has been reluctantly sitting on the former partner so you both know what to expect moving in any suspicious activities to the police
“comfort zone fence” or foolishly/hopelessly online forward, especially if you run in the same circles or department nonemergency number: 799-
dating and they are finally ready for an upgrade. Lastly, share friends in common on social media. Try not to
a large portion of our clientele is a product of 2020-21 use mutual parties to gather information. All of this is 4445.
BREAK-UP or DIVORCE. It is what it is, but many easier if you are honest and up front.
couples split up once and for all during lockdown. Many Most of all, do something for you and your love life
of these break-ups were LONG overdue. Movers and this month. You deserve it! All of the good ones are not
shakers are taking the leap to date again—only NOW taken. Just look in the mirror. The BIGGEST investment
they want to get RIGHT. They want to find the right you will ever make is in the partner you choose.
person, at the right time, in the right place. This is easier We are here for you. Have a beautiful and blessed
than you think, too. holiday season. Give us a shout or leave a message.
I would say that the biggest group of new clientele is Someone will get back to you. We are committed to
the last category: The NEWLY SINGLE GROUP. These this process more than ever before and we have actually
breakups are for the best most of the time, and if you gotten even better at matchmaking in the last two years
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having trouble getting through it and if you are doing XoXo, Kelly & The Revolution Dating Team
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