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SEPTEMBER 8 - 14, 2009
Three new fields open at Kendall Soccer Park I BY RICHARD YAGER
Photo contest emphasizes kids eating with families
f soccer still lacks status as a favored sport in Miami, don’t fault Kendall. Three new soccer fields were put into play on Aug. 29 at Kendall Soccer Park off SW 127th Avenue at 80 Street, completing a $5.5 million expansion project solely dedicated to the “other” kind of football. “Soccer games go from early morning to 11 o’clock at night here, day in and day out,” said Jack Kardys, Parks Department director, in introducing District 10 Commissioner Javier Souto who shepherded the expansion to five lighted fields on what was once a neighborhood soccer park. The three regulation-sized and lighted fields of artificial turf were built to host professional matches, according to George Parrado, assistant director of recreation for Miami-Dade Parks. The soccer fields have their own irri–––––––––––––––––––––––––– See
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BY DUREE ROSS
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Miami-Dade Commissioner Javier Souto welcomes members of the 16-and-under “Elite” team.
3 WWII women pilots honored with Congressional Gold Medals BY RICHARD YAGER
uring World War II Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) relieved combat airmen for overseas duty by towing targets, ferrying aircraft, even training their counterparts in male-only flying force without ever being recognized for that service. On Aug. 29, long-overdue Congressional Gold Medal citations were presented in person to Ruth Fleischer, 87, Homestead, and Frances Sargent, 90, Cutler Bay, as well as Helen Snapp, 91, Pembroke Pines, who was unable to travel due to illness. Just 65 years after the three South Florida WASPs flew special missions as
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Pictured (l-r) are honoree Frances Sargent; Fred E. Schafly, member of Wings Over Miami board of directors, and honoree Ruth Fleisher.
ore than a decade of research by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University has proven that kids who eat dinner with their families are less likely to smoke, drink or use drugs. Through its Community Action Team (CAT) program, Informed Families is supporting CASA’s national Family Day, Sept. 28, a national movement to remind parents that frequent family dinners make a difference, with its own “Family Day Photo Contest,” open to all families across Florida. With the contest, Informed Families is asking families to submit photos of them eating dinner together for the chance to
part of a War Department civilian corps, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Miami-Dade County Commissioner Joe Martinez presented proclamations to honor the trio. They were joined by Brigadier General William B. Binger, commander of the 482nd Fighter Wing at Homestead Air Reserve Base. The ceremony was celebrated at Wings Over Miami, the air museum located at Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport, which breathes life into Florida aviation history with its memorabilia and restored fighter and vintage aircraft exhibits. “It was a great day for all three of us,” said Fleischer, arm-in-arm with war buddy, Sargent, who added, “We all loved to fly. We were just doing our part for our country.”
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