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Section B

2022 South Florida Fair Awards

More Than $50,000 In Scholarships

The South Florida Fair has awarded scholarships to 19
high school students totaling $50,750, continuing a 40-
year tradition of supporting education. The fair received
more than 100 applications from five counties for this
year’s scholarships. Winners received their scholarships
in a ceremony with fair dignitaries and their families
during the 2022 fair, which recently ended. The winners’
scholarships range from $500 to $5,000 and can be used
at any accredited institution of higher learning.
Since the program began in 1982, the South Florida
Fair has awarded more than $800,000 in scholarships.
This year they were awarded in two categories: general
and agriculture. The fair’s scholarship committee selected
the winners based on the students’ grades, need, and
an essay each wrote to “Describe something you’re
passionate about.”
Students from Palm Beach, Broward, Martin, Front row: Malayna Estornell, Zachary Fleisch, Gabriel Gerig, Landry Pitts, Carolina Seixas, Leena Bolanos, Moshammet
Hendry, and Okeechobee counties were eligible to Jarin, Nicole Perez, Back row: Blaine Baxter, Jaylin Ifill, Caroline McCray, Megan Enriquez, Kate Deviney, Muhammad
Chaudhry, Ryan Rudnet, William Rimes, Sydnee Gilliam, Evelyn Howe, Thomas Bean of FPL, scholarship sponsor, Not
2022 South Florida Fair Awards on page 27 pictured: Camber Pope
Kakadu And Arnhem Land

Walk About has followed these
signs and survived
By Don Kiselewski, MCC, without the life-
D.S., Palm Beach Gardens sustaining agricultural
Travel Leaders techniques utilized by
There is perhaps no the rest of the world.
place on earth where the That portion of the
human race is more in Northern Territory
tune with nature than atop that juts into the
the Northern Territory of Van Diemen Gulf is
Australia. It is here that politically divided
the indigenous people have in two. The western
learned to read nature’s signs portion was set aside
and to live in harmony with by the Australian
them. For more than 40,000 years the Aboriginal culture government as
Kakadu National Kakadu’s renowned rock art has recorded and preserved the Aboriginal people’s history and culture
Pa r k , wh i l e t h e for millennia.
e a st e rn port i on,
under control of the indigenous people (the Aborigine) Contained within Kakadu National Park are six
is called Arnhem Land. habitats, each with its own unique characteristics. Most
Even though Kakadu National Park is smaller than dominant are the savanna woodlands, which consist
Arnhem Land, it’s still the largest national park in mostly of tall grasses and eucalyptus. Appearing lifeless
Australia. The park itself covers nearly 20,000 square and monotonous, these areas actually support a greater
kilometers (7,646 square miles) and has the distinction variety of plants and animals than anywhere else in the
of being on the UNESCO World Heritage List for both park. At the opposite end of the size scale are the monsoon
its cultural and natural heritage. forests, which are only found in small isolated patches.
Kakadu protects one of the world’s finest and most Fruit-eating birds and flying foxes keep these areas’ plants
extensive collections of rock art. These paintings are linked together by dispersing pollen and seeds as they
tangible reminders of the Aboriginal people’s long and move about.
continuing association with nature and respect for the Plants and animals not found anywhere else in the
area. It is through these paintings, and the Dreamtime world are located in Kakadu’s unique southern hills and
stories, that the recorded history and culture has been ridges. The unusual diversity of this area’s habitat is
preserved through more than 40 millennia. created by hills with broken ridgelines that have resulted
Kakadu also protects the entire catchments of the South from millions of years of erosion. Stone country is still
Alligator, a large tropical river, and examples of most of another diverse area of the park’s east side. The Arnhem
Australia’s “top end” habitats. From this range of habitats Land plateau, which adjoins the park and Arnhem Land,
a remarkable abundance and variety of plants and animals is made of sandstone escarpments that range in height
have developed. Many are rare and not found anywhere from 100 to 1,000 feet. These formations and outcroppings
else, and new species continue to be discovered. form the caves that have provided shelter to the Aboriginal
This harmony of culture and nature is truly symbolized peoples and canvas for their artwork over the millennia.
in the World Heritage emblem. The inner workings Billabongs and floodplains occupy the South Alligator
of these two elements is depicted by a square, which floodplain. The wet season leaves the areas 8 to 12 feet
represents the work of man (straight lines and corners), underwater. This fresh water makes its way to the ocean
A jabiru, one of the wetlands birds of Kakadu National intimately linked to a circle that represents nature, since
Park, Australia there are no square corners in nature. Kakadu And Arnhem Land on page 26