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AUG. 31 - SEPT. 13, 2009
ONE OF MIAMI’S COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS
Village was once Flagler Grove Read in San Francisco BY DR. SCOTT KENWARD
On Aug. 3, 1938, seven acres of Flagler Grove, including the historic Hinson/Rice property, which was the site of the first home in both Kendall and what would later be the Village of Pinecrest, located at the southeast corner of Flagler Boulevard (SW 102nd Street) and U.S. 1, were sold to zoo animal broker Alton V. Freeman for about $40,000. Freeman, a veteran of the U.S. State Department and fluent in Spanish, served as a commercial attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. A self-described “combination of slave trader and riverboat gambler,” Freeman soon discovered a brighter financial future in animal brokerage than as a bureaucrat. He procured and sold wild birds and animals to large metropolitan zoos in the United States, Europe and the Far East, as well as to research institutions in the U.S., including the National Institute of Health, the University of Wisconsin and the Air Force. Doing business with a letterhead that read: “For the Protection and Procreation of the World’s Diminishing Wildlife,” Freeman spent years making an annual round of the world’s zoos, keeping up contacts and visiting the animals he helped procure. After years of battling government regulations, quarantine issues, bad weather, unpredictable transportation schedules and the Pidgin English of native shippers, Freeman made the decision to settle down and cash-in on the booming South Florida tourist attraction industry. He collaborated with the owners of two New England bird farms; C.L. Sibley, of the Sunnyfields Bird Farm at Wallingford, Connecticut, and G. Fred −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
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Pictured are Cathy Ferreira and Ryan Guerra on vacation in San Francisco. Of course, they remembered to take along a copy of their favorite hometown newspaper and snapped this shot for is in the shadow of the famed Golden Gate Bridge. Thanks for thinking of us, guys!
Positive PEOPLE
DetermiNation benefits American Cancer Society BY LAURA TUREK he 2010 ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon on Jan. 31 will be the second time the American Cancer Society’s DetermiNation program has participated in the local event. The 2010 goal is to have more than 100 runners and raise over $100,000 for the American Cancer Society’s mission. By joining the American Cancer Society DetermiNation endurance event program participants can help save lives. Join the nation of athletes determined to save lives by training and race participation in marathons, triathlons, cycling, and other endurance events to fight a disease that already has taken too many lives. The American Cancer Society DetermiNation endurance event program will provide the support, training, and fundraising tools needed to achieve personal victory. For details, go to <determination.acsevents.org/ingmiamimarathon>.
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These Positive People help add to the quality of life in Pinecrest. Look inside for their stories.
BEN KAHN
CARLY LIEBLING
MICHAEL LEVEY