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Sheriff to honor 14 fallen deputies
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office will
honor the 14 deputies who have died in the .
line of duty during the agency's decades of ser-
vice. The ceremony will begins today at 9 a.m.
at the sheriff's headquarters, 3228 Gun Club
Road, in suburban West-Palm Beach. Some
died trying to catch bad guys; one was gunned.
down by a notorious gang of moonshiners; one
was felled while in a motorcade for a.presiden-
tial hopeful. Those honored date to George C..,
Douglass, who died in 1921 when he and his
17- year -old son were trying to serve an arrest
warrant for theft. The son was wounded, ac-
cording to the agency's biographies of its fall-
en deputies. Most recently; deputies*Donta J.
Manuel and Jonathan Wallace died in the early
hours of Nov. 28, 2007. They had responded to
a report of a stolen vehicle in the Glades. While
removing tire- deflating devices called Stop
Sticks from a dark road near Pahokee, they
were struck by one of the pursuing deputies.
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ROYAL PALM BEACH
High school wins award
Royal Palm Beach High School has won
a 2014 National Gold Council of Excellence
Award from the National Association of Stu-
dent Councils. The gold award recognizes stu-
dent councils that demonstrate that they meet
a variety ofcriteriafrom having a written con -
stitution, regular meetings and a democrat-
ic election process to leadership training for
council members and teacher or staff appre-
ciation activities. The National Association of
Student Councils promotes and provides lead-
ership development opportunities for stu-
dents. Fog information, contact Justin Arnone
at 561- 792 -8662 or email justin.arnone@palm-
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WELLINGTON
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NORTH PALM BEACH
Village names interim manager
Appointment is third time in
3 years for the community
development director.
By BIII DIPaolo
Palm Beach Post StaffWriter
For the third time in three years, .
Community Development Director
Chuck Huff has been named inter-
im village manager.
I've worked with all the depart-
ment heads. I expect a smooth tran-
sition," said Huff, 48, an Army vet-
eran who started at the village in
2006.
Huff was appointed following the
April 14 retirement of Village Man-
ager Ed Green, who was on the job
for about two years: Green, former-
ly the manager of Garfield County,
Colo., for 14 years, said he and his
Wife, Linda, miss their home state
and are moving back.
I like to hike_ up and down hills
WEST PALM BEACH
and snowshoe.
Can't do that here,"
said Green, 65.
Village officials
are conducting a job
OF search, and plan to
fill the position by
Huff July. Huff is a can-
didate for the posi,-
tion, Mayor Darryl
Aubrey said. The village has 13,000
permanent residents with an annu-
al budget of about $21 million and
about 170 employees.
We're seeing what's out there,":
Aubrey said.
Huff is receiving a 10 percent in-
crease above his annual salary of
about $94,000 while serving as in-
terim manager. Green's annual sala-
ry was $130,000.
A resident of Palm Beach Gar-
dens, Huff and his wife, Shelly, have
two boys and a girl, between 10 and
14. Huff was a medic in the Army
and served from 1983 to 1989 sta-
tioned in Kansas and Germany.
Huff's first stint as interim man-
ager was in 2012 following the firing
of Village Manager Jamie Titcomb.
Jimmy Knight was hired to replace
Titcomb. When Knight resigned lat-
er in 2012, Huff again was appoint-'
ed to the position until Green was
hired.
Improving infrastructure
throughout the village should be a
priority for the person named as
the next village manager, Green
said. Plumbing, electric and
air- conditioning systems all need
to be updated at the library, public
works building and the North Palm
Beach Country Club. The village da-
ta system also needs to be brought
up to date, he said.
Whoever gets that,job is going
to have a lot on their plate," Green
said.
bdipaolo @pbpost.com
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