Page 6 - PGA Community News- March '22

Page 6, PGA C.A.N.! March 2022 March 2022
Letter To The Editor

Dear Editor; Wally and Penny expanded the shop from just selling In 2020 these loving soulmates decided they had
This is a Valentine love affair that has lasted more than admissions, bait and tackle and put in an outside patio reached most goals in their bucket list so it was time to
60 years. and bar to serve sandwiches, sodas, beer and wine. Their sell everything and continue to pursue their love of travel.
In 1961 Wally and Penny, two struggling students met customers became their friends. This amazing couple having such a wonderful life
on a blind date in Gainesville at the University of Florida, They maintained the decking, railings and even the together, have traveled to all seven continents and over
and discovered they were both from Miami. pilings on their pier that had been standing in the ocean 150 countries and cruises.
Wally’s fraternity brother had a sister in Penny’s dorm since 1949 serving generations. Some dads who had fished They still live in their dream home and enjoy doing
and they decided this blonde couple should meet and what there with their fathers were coming to fish with their sons. all the maintenance and repairs in a neighborhood of
a match made in heaven! In the summer of 1984, Juno stopped their maintenance gardeners, maids and pool services.
Wally and Penny Sheltz both grew up in blue collar of re-enforcing the rusted pilings and four months later Penny still relies on Wally’s many talents and Wally
families living hand to mouth so they had to work to pay 20-foot waves crashed over the center section. They were relies on her medical knowledge to take care of each other.
for their college and found they had similar values and forbidden to re-enforce and they lost the center section of Penny still goes on the roof to tar a leak and she was just
high goals. their pier. cutting the grass this week when the belt slipped on the
Wally was in his fourth year of aerospace engineering Wally and Penny spent months in Juno Beach Town mower. Penny suggested she take it to the shop to get fixed,
and Penny was studying nursing and X-ray. Hall and the Palm Beach Post as small business owners when they could not get the belt back on. But Wally took
In their first year of dating they started planning for trying to save their pier and business but city fathers the blade off, then threaded the driver belt on the pulley and
their future together and even designed their dream home. wanted the pier gone and would not let them replace the put the pulley on the drive wheel. Then discovered a hole
Wally built a balsa wood model. center section. In fact, the town made them remove the in the chassis and used a piece of aluminum and rivets with
After Wally completed his fifth year of engineering, he remaining pier, the beginning and the end which was a epoxy to cover the hole so nothing pops the belt again.
was offered a job in San Diego so they married in 1963 major task, even for Wally and Penny. So even in their 80s they are a loving team and their
and moved across the country only to realize Florida was It took many years for the county to build another pier hearts still flutter when they see each other.
much better. for the people. Wally and Penny Sheltz
In 1964 they moved back and Wally spent 35 years at
Pratt Whitney. Penny worked in nursing and X-ray at St. Drainage Information
Mary’s for five years and when PBG Hospital opened she
worked there for five years. From Northern Palm Beach County
They bought a small home in Riviera Beach and were
very frugal to save their money and bought a waterfront Improvement District
lot in North Palm Beach.
In 1969 they built their dream home on the water with Why do some yards flood after large quantities of rain? The simple answer
a pool that has been featured in the Palm Beach Post 1971
and 1980 and where they still live today. is according to most approved drainage designs, some water is meant to be
They worked in their professions while buying, temporarily stored in public recreational areas, yard swale and streets. The excess
managing and maintaining 30 homes/apartments for 30 surface water slowly drains to community lakes or on-site ponds via street and
families for 30 years in their evenings and weekends. yard drainage grates and/or via swales, ditches and canals. The more complex
Wally has the ability to fix anything and taught Penny
so they did all the repairs and maintenance themselves answer is that each yard is different. Some yards have drainage swale areas.
taking care of their tenants with their hands-on efforts. These are areas that are sloped to catch water and filter out pollutants as water
Wally said Penny is good in business with their is absorbed into the ground. Some yards direct water to the community drainage
accounts and likes to negotiate deals and is amazed more system as run-off with very little water retained in the yard. Familiarize yourself
women don’t know about their finances. They work as a
team on their investments. with how your yard was built to determine how water drains from your home.
They also raised a daughter and son and taught them
the value of hard work as a team. They adopted a Capuchin
monkey they raised for almost 20 years. Wally even
restored a 1936 Rolls Royce.
Wally and Penny are very opposite and as a team are
perfect with different strengths to complement each
other. Penny is very strong and used to mowing all the
lands at our rentals.
Wally built her a ramp for our van so she could roll
the mower in to go to the rentals while Wally was at
Pratt Whitney. • Remodels / New Construction / Additions
Penny joked: “Wally was the brains pushing the pencil
and going to meetings and she was the brawn.” • New Roofs / Roof Replacements
Penny was tired of nursing and became a real estate • Roof Repairs / Roof Leaks
broker to help find more properties. They turned their • Gutter Installation / Cleaning
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In 1974 she found the Juno Beach Fishing Pier and they • Damaged / Missing Roof Tiles
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the ocean. It was the only privately owned pier as most • Pressure Cleaning
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