NEWS FROM: Florida City, Goulds, Homestead, Naranja, Princeton, Redland, South
The "Vote: Make Florida Count'' campaign explains to senior citizens who attended the Aug. 11 event that the Latino vote may well determine the outcome of the presidential election in Florida, New Mexico, California and Texas and senior voters may make the difference.
Your editor: Donna Gehrke, dgehrke@MiamiHerald.com, 305-671-4343
Questions are being raised as to whether two candidates for the Redland Community Council meet all the necessary legal requirements to hold seats on the board.
The Palmetto Bay town hall meeting scheduled for May 29 was abruptly canceled just days before the date. No reason was given for the cancellation and no new date was announced.
The Democratic primary for the state House district representing large swaths of unincorporated South Dade will be the final say on who occupies the seat.
REDLAND SPICE PARK AREA A thief stole a generator and a trailer after breaking a gate lock at a house in the 21300 block of Southwest 240th Street between 12:30 and 3 p.m. Aug. 8. The stolen items were valued at $8,000. Damage was estimated at $20.
The Homestead-Miami Speedway came alive with amateur motorcyclists screaming around two miles of track in the sweltering August heat.
The real estate slump that has left dozens of empty and foreclosed homes in South Miami-Dade has also created one more worry for neighbors and police: the danger posed by abandoned pools.
While election season ramps up across South Florida, one slate of local races has failed to garner much interest: that of the community council member.
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CRIME BLOTTER
REDLAND SPICE PARK AREA A thief stole a 1995 Freightliner truck in the 20800 block of Southwest 244th Street between 1 p.m. July 24 and 11 a.m. July 26.
SOUTH MIAMI-DADE
Two new K-8 centers are set to open in South Miami-Dade. One will prepare students for possible future careers in medicine or agriculture, the other will offer students the chance to learn one of two languages: Spanish or Mandarin Chinese.
HOMESTEAD
How many students could expect to have breakfast on Capitol Hill with U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and have their picture taken with U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen?
REDLAND
Both Mr. Bauer and George Kosel, another early homesteader who was involved with the selection of the name, told me about the Redlands, Calif., and Redland, Fla., competition in citrus. Both of these gentlemen were very adamant that the name be spelled correctly.
FLORIDA CITY
Smith-Butler recently helped bring the Family and Friend Day festival that drew about 100 to play softball, basketball, volleyball, flag football, soccer, dodgeball, checkers, chess and dominoes.
HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE
Dozens of airmen from the 482nd Security Forces Squadron at Homestead Air Reserve Base are expected to return home in the next few days after finishing a six-month deployment in Iraq.
CRIME BLOTTER
GOULDS PARK AREA A burglar stole a television, $2,200 and jewelry after smashing a sliding glass door at a house in the 10800 block of Southwest 229th Street between 3 p.m. July 23 and 8:30 a.m. July 25. The stolen items were valued at $2,300.
