ROTARIES PLAN ZOO EVENT

Various Palm Beach County, Palm Beach and West Palm Beach Rotaries, along with other Rotary groups, plan a season kickoff November 8^th at 7 pm, “Adventure at the Palm Beach Zoo. Music, dancing and entertainment, a barbecue and beverages are offered for the $45 per person admission price. Reserve by this Thursday and please wear safari and jungle prints. For more information, call 561-653-3973.

YOUR RENTAL CAR MAY PAY TURNPIKE & BRIDGE TOLLS WITHOUT USING SUNPASS

Customers of Avis, Budget and Hertz will pay daily fees of $2-$2.50 using “Plate-Pass” with charges billed to credit card of renter. “Rent-A-Tollpass” can be used with Dollar and Thrifty for a flat daily fee of $5.95 per rental day or $27.95 weekly with all toll charges included. These agreements are between Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise and American Traffic Solutions and Rent A Toll, Ltd. License plate information will identify the vehicles and electronically collect the toll. In it’s current newsletter, SunPass states that open road tolling will soon be available in 4 turnpike plazas – Lantana, Cypress Creek, Bird Road and Homestead Toll Plaza with plans to add this feature to other turnpike plaza areas. This will entail removal of the concrete islands (barriers, gates and columns) and adding new toll equipment structures and equipment so that cards with SunPass transducers can keep traveling at speeds of 55 mph instead of the current designated speed limit of 25 mph. Go to http://www.sunpass.com/ to update your license plate, check account balance, replenish your account, update your contact info and answer survey questions. Did you know that Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise invested $7.5-MM for generators for all service plazas giving full power for 72 hours without refueling, for use during hurricanes, and has external defibrilators available? Construction updates and real-time traffic info is available at http://www.floridasturnpike.com/. Another site for traffic info is http://www.traffic.com/.

NATIONAL HORSE SHOW REMAINS IN WELLINGTON FOR 2007

A just signed Special-Use-Permit will allow the National Horse Show, which runs from December 5-9 to erect tents needed for stabling, vendors and hospitality. To hold the 8-week Winter Equestrian Festival, another special-use permit needs to be signed. This would begin in January 2008. Keeping the show and festival in Wellington is of special interest in particular to equestrians, realtors and business that rely on the influx.