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Kevin Pederson Reaches Out to Lost Soul

The Quest to Save a Spiritual Heart
Last week the News
Leader featured the first
part of the story of Kevin
Pedersen and Alex
DeCubas. Two wrestling
teammates who found a
deep friendship while winning state championships.
Kevin went to West Point
and spent a lifetime in the
U.S.Drug Enforcement
Agency (DEA). Alex
dropped out of college and
chose a path in the underground drug trade in
South Florida and
Colombia. Here is part
two:
By Doris Meneses
Both men were driven to
succeed in sports and in
their professional life. As

Pedersen says of his drive,
were wrestlers. We dont
accept defeat.
I dont do anything
halfway. My dad taught
me if you want to do anything, you do it all the
way. I was always an over
achiever and that comes
from trying to please my
dad. It drove me to
wrestling. I wanted to be
the best at the DEA. I was
one of the top awarded
agents in history. The
Administrators Award is
the top award and they
told me only one percent
of agents received that
award. I received it
twice. Pedersen said.
Sometimes I would fly
to New York several times
a week and then to

Colombia. I did everything and I had great bosses who let me run. Faith
was the only thing that got
me through my career with
the DEA. In fact, the
awards I received are usually presented in
Washington but they came
to my church for the first
one as they knew how
strong my faith was and
they knew that my church
had a role in helping me
perform at the level I was
performing, he remembers.
Kevins wife, Michele
added, I think that any
wife or spouse of a law
enforcement officer or federal agent or any spouse of
that kind of career, it can
be very trying on the
spouse and my hat goes
off to any marriage that
can handle the highs and
lows that come with it.
Its not easy. Kevin was
gone a lot.
Michele made a point by
explaining, One of the
cases was such a high
level case that after I gave
birth to my daughter,
Kevin had to literally pull

off the side of the road to
answer as he carried three
phones with him. I was
likereally? Kevin tried
to juggle it all.
I think back to when he
was going off doing the
trips to Colombia or
Panama or Italy, it
involved some dangerous
cases and I was a very
worried wife with little
children. I prayed a lot
and a couple times I slept
with a gun under my covers due to threats on our
lives. recalled Michele.
Kevins wife continued,
I would say definitely,
24/7 that prayer got me
through. I have always
believed in the power of
prayer and faith carries
you through. Oh weve
had our highs and lows
and we knew that through
it all, at the end it would
really be our faith that kept
us together.
My passion was and is
to help Alex with his heart
condition, said Kevin. I
dont mean his physical
heart conditionI
See PEDERSON 2A
Kevin Pederson (above) is the current wrestling

coach at Westminster Christian. At left, he is pictured
with Alex DeCubas.
Local Donations Pour In For Louisiana Relief

Memories of Hurricanes Past Inspire Residents to Give Generously to Flood Victims
By Frank Maradiaga
Ernie Hernandez clearly
remembers the devastation
of Hurricane Andrew like
many in South Dade.
It was bad, no water- the

roof caved in, he recently
told the News Leader. A
lot of people were very
hurt.
His brother-in-law lost
his home and everything in

it. What Hernandez also
remembers is how grateful
his family was for any bit
of provisions that came
into Homestead after the
storm. It was the little

things that went a long
way.
In a very serendipitous
happenstance, the South
Dade community came out

in a big way to help those
in Louisiana around the
same time as the anniversary of Andrew.
Hernandez and the community were able to fill

two tractor trailer trucks
full of provisions for
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Grant Aims To Help Control

Local Pet Population
Project PetSnip Hopes to Ease Shelters Burden
Project PetSnip (PPS), a non-profit
organization in Miami dedicated to preventing pet overpopulation, was awarded
a $10,000 grant from Florida Animal
Friend for their upcoming spay/neuter
Annette Taddeo Vying For

Congressional Seat
Rising Democrat Faces Curbelo, Garcia
By Frank Maradiaga
Annette Taddeo wants to represent
District 26, and is essentially running
against two incumbents: her democratic
primary opponent Joe Garcia, and sitting
Congressman Carlos Curbelo.

The small business woman has risen
through the ranks of the Florida
Democratic party, and recently was tapped
as the Lt. Governor for Charlie Crist
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The program is directed towards altering
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PEDERSON
Continued from 1A
mean his spiritual heart
condition. We corresponded when he was in jail and
when he got out of jail
about 4 years ago, I had
just retired and my brother
dragged me to a welcome
home party they held for
him at our high school
coachs home. I always
talked to him about his
spiritual heart as I knew he
did the right thing with his
testimony. After that,
every couple months I
called him and took him to
lunch. I know there is a
lot of judgement here and
rightfully so, he was as
bad as bad can be and I
hoped to see a change in
his heart.
VOTE
continued from 1A
failed run.
And while the name
recognition of Garcia is
wide, Taddeo is confident
that voters will gravitate
towards her once they get
to know her.
From building a small
business, to being a working mom, a fighter who
never quits, Taddeo
recently listed to the News
Leader the qualities that
the electorate would be
drawn to.
She recently got the
results of an Emilys List
poll that showed her within 2% of Garcia and is pinning it to her message.
Those numbers are dramatically better than previous polls which showed
her behind 25%.
PETS
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South Florida shelters,
said PPS Chief
Veterinarian Dr. Marc
Kramer. Over 36,000 pets
enter the Miami-Dade
County animal shelter
every year, plus thousands
more that are picked up by
rescues and humane societies in Miami. The key in
preventing them from turning up at our shelters in
such high numbers is to
spay and neuter.
Florida Animal Friend,
Inc. grants are funded by
sales of the Official
Florida Animal Friend
Spay and Neuter license
plate, available through the
Florida Department of
Motor Vehicles. These
funds increase the number
of alteration surgeries in
the state, which greatly
reduces pet overpopulation
and ultimately saves the
lives of homeless cats and
DISASTER
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the those devastated by the
flooding.
The expectation was for
one, the reality was double
that thanks to those who
stopped by Life Pointe
Church on Old Dixie
Highway with donations.
Also the very generous
efforts and donations by
Farm Share.
Hernandez clings close to
his faith, and on a recent
Friday he was at church
praying to find a way to
help those in Louisiana
when he got an answer.
Something told me,
Hernandez stated simply.
A plan started to formulate.
I went back to my
roots, he said. Hernandez
had previous relationship
with Averitt Express, a
trucking company working
out of South Florida. He
called them and asked told
AUGUST 26, 2016
Soon after retiring from

the DEA, Kevin was
approached to coach at
Westminster Christian
School. Again, he consulted his wife and his Lord
and Savior and he felt that
God was telling him that
this is where he needed to
be.
A while ago at lunch with
DeCubas, Kevin said,
You know, sometimes
you find out that you are
going to grow a lot if you
give to others.
DeCubas had all the
finest in homes, jewelry,
etc. when he was a kingpin. He was known to
have taken Lear jets to
Chicago to pick up pizza
for dinner.
I wasnt sure about his
heart as I spoke and Im
not even sure about it now
but he says he is sorry for

what he has done.
Kevin asked DeCubas
to be his volunteer
Assistant Wrestling Coach
at Westminster.
Pedersen asked for a
meeting with the schools
administrators and with the
parents of the other
wrestlers. In the end, all
said they would rely on
their faith, both in God
and in Pedersen, to allow
this to happen.
I am in fact a born
again Christian believer
who made decisions to
enter the DEA and to enter
coaching based upon His
leading. stated Kevin
humbly.
When speaking about
his faith, Kevin adds, My
faith has gotten me
through my career with the
DEA. (God) got me

through the 21-year career
as a Senior Special Agent
and my faith has sustained
me in everything that I
have done. I wouldnt
have my businesses or
anything without it.
Kevin and his wife
Michele own and operate
the Homestead Tire and
Auto Service Center and
Cutler Bay Tire and Auto
Center.
I am now a husband,
father, coach and business
owner but a follower of
Jesus Christ first and foremost. And (God) is gracious enough to allow me
to do the things I do. It is
a bad thing to be hanging
out where God doesnt
want you but it is worse to
NOT be where God wants
you to be. When God tells
Kevin Pedersen to go
coach that wrestling team,
I gotta go coach that
wrestling team! My faith
in Jesus Christ is everything and it is the reason I
am at Westminster. I
intend to pray and reach
all my kids with the
gospel. I cant be somewhere that I cant pray.
When God tells me to
go work on Alexs heart, I
dont know why but I just
have to go do it. As
messed up as I amand I
amif Im doing what
God leads me to do, I
believe it is going to turn
out pretty good. In this
case with Alex, I know
that I am called to show
Alex this side of the
world. At Westminster,
Alex is at the right place to
help him. I dont know if
he wants to keep coaching

but I know he has a taste
of what it feels like to give
to others. He says it all
the timehow good it is
to coach those kids. I call
this a redemption story.
The story of the prodigal
son. I understand now. I
did everything I could do
to be right and Alex comes
back from jail and is celebrated. Well, Alex was
lost and now he is being
found and that is the story.
The redemption story.
She is building herself as

the voice that South Dade
has been lacking.
I feel the southern tip
has always been the forgotten child, said Taddeo.
I think what we need is a
voice in Washington- a
strong voice that will
influence on both sides of
the aisle.
Taddeo says she understands the hardships of
agricultural businesses
because she was raised in
it, and saw first hand the
tribulations.
Most people dont know
that for the first few years
I was raised on a ranch in
a farm. There were huge
rainy seasons. That experience as a child is really
something I havent forgotten. Im quite sensitive
and fond of the farming
and agricultural community, she said.
On Turkey Point Taddeo

said she understood the
need to heighten electricity
capacity and job creation,
but that leaders should
keep an eye open to make
sure the utility is safely
running.
We need to have politicians that dont look the
other way, she said.
There is a fine line.
Politicians are willing to
look the other way, but
there is that line where you
should not- when if affects
your community and water
quality.
She is an unapologetic
supporter of Obamacare.
Another way she distinguishes herself from her
opponents.
Joe Garcia voted with
the tea party against
Obamacare. This is really
important to our community. Miami-Dade is the
largest county with people

signing up. We have a high
level of uninsured people.
Thats a big issue and a
big disappointment with
Joe Garcia, she said.
The district has been
redrawn and now gives
democrats a significant
lead with those who voted
for President Barack
Obama in the last general
elections. Some have
accused Curbelo of playing up a moderate stance
in the new electoral map.
He broke with his party on
climate change and even
appeared with Obama in
the Everglades on Earth
Day. Taddeo isnt buying
it.
We are not going to let
that happen, she said on
Curbelos moderate
appearance. Its a typical
politician, they do a photo
op then they go to
Washington and vote differently. He voted for

Speaker Paul Ryan, knowing that in our community
that man is completely
giving up on immigration.
That is unforgivable,
said Taddeo.
She feels the entire economy will benefit when
those immigrants can
come out of the shadows.
She tosses the lack of
progress back on the house
leadership of the
Republicans:
Comprehensive
Immigration Reform is an
area where the right kind
of leadership that brings
everyone together, and are
willing to talk about it.
[The Republicans] are not
even going to discuss it.
Blaming everything on
immigrants- its inexcusable.
As a sign that her campaign is healthy, Taddeo

pointed out that she out
raised both of her opponents in the latest reporting
period before the election.
Holding strong to her
small business prowess,
she reminded the News
Leader that shes not in it
for the money, but to make
a difference.
Ive made a pay roll
every two weeks, she
said. Im not looking for
a job, I dont need a job - I
want to serve.
dogs. PPSs goal is

to use the awarded
funds to fix over
100 at-risk dogs in
Miami.
Competition for
these monies is
high and PPS was
one of 23 organizations throughout
the State of Florida
to receive the prestigious grant.
Through this
incredible grant
program, we will
be able to help the
underdog those
breeds that are most
often euthanized at
shelters across
Florida, said PPS
Executive Director
Eliana Ardila.
Spaying and neutering is the best
solution in lowering the number of
homeless dogs in
our community.
PPSs mission statement
is to provide high-quality
low-cost spay and neuter
surgery to animals to
improve their quality of
life and to stem the staggering pet overpopulation
problem. They are a

501(c)(3) not-for-profit
veterinary program in
Miami and have clinic
locations in Miami Beach,

Kendall, and Homestead.
For more information or to
schedule a spay/neuter
appointment, send an email to

petsnip@gmail.com or call
305-387-0721.
them if they would help in

the endeavor. Then he got
his pastor involved, his
fellow church members
and all sorts in the community.
The company gave him a
53-foot tractor trailer, and
to help pay for the expenses Hernandez started a Go
Fund Me account. From
his idea to the completion
it was a communal
endeavor.
It was team work from
everyone, Hernandez stated humbly. Everyone that
has been involved made it
happen.
Not only was the trailer
packed with supplies it
overshot the limit by
11,000 pounds said
Hernandez.
The trucking company
helped them rearrange the
supplies to be able to fit
them safely.
Then it became clear they
needed another truck. And
soon they filled that one as
well.
Both [trucks] were real-
The entire story of this fascinating real life drama

can be found in the latest
issue of ESPN The
Magazine. The one-hour
feature can be seen on
ESPN, check listings for
times. It can also be live
streamed on espn3.
Volunteers helped load donations to the victims of the Louisiana flooding disaster onto trucks this week in
South Dade.
ly packed, he said. He
was surprised by the giving nature of the community.
Everyone said Yes, I
am here for you,
Hernandez remembers. I
alone couldnt make this
happen.
I thought the community
would come out , but not
like this- I mean everyone
came, he said.
The trucks went out this
week. He called it an
amazing journey and said
he is filled with joy and
the lord.
Some people find joy in

money and material possessions, but I find it in
helping, said Hernandez.
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AUGUST 26, 2016
Gunshots Halt Southridges Preseason

Foootball Game
Cars in Parking Lot Show Bullet Damage From Shootout Heard From Field
By Luis Gonzalez
Southridge and South
Plantation squared off at
Southridge Park for their
preseason game, but it
wasnt the sound from the
scoreboard hitting four

zeros that ended this game.
With about 10 minutes
left in the game (and a 337 Southridge lead), gunshots fired in the fields
west parking lot stemming
from a fight abruptly

ended the game.
At first there were two
shots that left everyone on
the field innocently confused. Almost immediately
after that, around more
than 6 shots were fired in
succession. Immediately
coaches told their players
to lay down, cheerleaders
ran to the players and followed suit.
After about a minute of
dead silence, tires screeching were heard. After that,
all the fans in the stands
headed to their cars, and
football players with the
cheerleaders to the locker
room. The gate was locked
to leave the field, so some
of them many resorted to
jumping over the fence.
All players and cheerleaders from Southridge
Above, players lie on the ground during the shootout. At left, damage to a car in
the parking lot was evident after the gunfire. Photos by Luis Gonzalez
were not hurt and were
accounted for.
No one was hurt from the
shooting and according to
the Miami Herald, one

non-student with a gun
was taken into custody.
It was an unfortunate
ending to an otherwise
dominate performance by
the Southridge Spartans.
Changes Coming To Navigating The Everglades Waters

US Coast Guard Removing Aids Within National Park Boundaries
Everglades National
Parks, has notified over
300 registered fishing
guides in Everglades
National Park that the U.S.
Coast Guard plans to
remove aids-to-navigation
in park waters between
Coot Bay and the mouth of
the Shark River. The
removal of day beacons is
scheduled to begin in late
August.
The Coast Guard
removed fifteen aids-tonavigation in January and
this is the second phase of

decommissioning. Day
beacons will be removed
in Coot Bay, Cormorant
Pass, Oyster Bay, Little
Shark River and the Shark
River. Some beacons,
however, will remain to
mark river entrances.
In early 2014, Everglades
National Park received a
proposal from the Coast
Guard to transfer 67 aidsto-navigation to
Everglades National Park.
The park proposed a com-
promise that would

remove 30 aids between
Coot Bay to near the
mouth of the Shark River
and two markers at Joe
Kemp Channel, transfer
the Flamingo Channel aids
to the park and leave seven
lit aids in Florida Bay
under Coast Guard control.
Mike Jester, facility manager for Everglades and
Dry Tortugas National
Parks said the parks proposal for the removal of
aids was based largely on
cost associated with ongoing maintenance that

would divert alreadyscarce funding from other
programs. Park staff
sought input from registered guides and park partners on its proposal.
The overwhelming
majority of experienced
guides, such as Tony
Polizos, believe that aidsto-navigation are unnecessary. With todays GPS,
markers are not needed,
he wrote in an email to
Jester. I say use the

money wisely in other
areas such as education of
boaters who use the
Everglades.
According to park staff,
the following day beacons
soon will be removed:
Coot Bay Buoy 3;
Cormorant Pass DBN 44;
Cormorant Pass DBN 45;
Cormorant Pass Buoy 47;
Little Shark River DBN
64; Little Shark River
DBN 65; Little Shark
River DBN 67; Little
Shark River DBN 68;

Little Shark River DBN
70; Oyster Bay DBN 50;
Oyster Bay Buoy 51;
Oyster Bay DBN 55;
Oyster Bay DBN 57;
Oyster Bay DBN 59;
Oyster Bay DBN 62.
More information about
Everglades National Park
can be found on the park
website at
www.nps.gov/ever.
Homestead Young Professionals Hosting Networking Event

New Committee Dedicated to Growing South Dades New Crop of Civic Leaders
As future plans for
Downtown begin to unroll,
Homestead Main Street,
Inc. has created a brand
new committee dedicated
to the group of people that
seems to have been lost
here over the years. The
HYP (Homestead Young
Professionals)
Committees first agenda:
building a network of
young professionals in
Downtown Homestead.
To do that, HYP
Committee is hosting its
very first Pop-Up this

Saturday and invites all
young professionals from
the Miami-Dade & Keys
areas to attend this exciting event. There will be
several features to the
night, including an exclusive preview of City Halls
Downtown commerce
plans (provided by the
CRA), live art demonstrations from Lucid Art
Gallery, a chance to win
50% proceeds from a raffle pot, giveaways from
the nights sponsor

Alhambra Cerveza, and a
live music performance by
the up-and-coming local
band Fiendish Hype.
Attendees will have the
ability to become committee members directly at the
event, and there will be a
separate raffle to win a
double-date movie night
for those who sign up and
drop their business cards.
The Entertainment Co.
will MC, with DJ Illmanik
spinning open-format
music all night for everyones musical tastes.

Thunder Country will be
broadcasting live at the
event.
HYP Committees PopUp is the first of many to
come. The City of
Homestead is a major
sponsor, and HYP is working in accordance with
Mayor Porter to realize the
great potential of Main
Street.
Our goal is to encourage
small business, teach
social responsibility, and

promote commerce by
hosting events, seminars,
and social outings with
Homestead Main Street,
Inc. and its affiliates. As
the city evolves, our young
professionals will be very
important to our success,
and HYPs interest is in
creating a solid foundation
for generations to come!
And as a side note, I
believe its time for our
generation of locals to start
having fun here, says
HYP Chairwoman, Sara

Slocum.
HYP Committees premier Pop-Up is this
Saturday, August 27th
from 9pm - 1am.
Attendees should bring
IDs as the event is 21+.
Luckys Saloon is located
at 134 N Krome Ave,
Homestead, FL 33030.
Dont forget to RSVP and
dress to impress.
MAC Celebrates Mexican-American Heritage

With The Miami Marlins
Special Night Includes Hat and Fireworks Along With Special Performance
Join the MexicanAmerican Council and
your Miami Marlins on
August 26. as they host
Mexican Heritage Night at
Marlins Park! The Miami
Marlins have created this
special night to celebrate
the rich culture of Mexico
and enjoy a great night of
baseball.
MAC is honored to collaborate with the Miami
Marlins for this very special night. We invite all of
South Florida to join in
this wonderful celebration. said Maria Garza,
President of the MexicanAmerican Council.
The Marlins will play the
San Diego Padres at 7:10
pm. Special pre-game celebration starting at 5:30
pm includes a meet and
greet with famous personalities and a special performance by the

Homestead-Miami
Mariachi Conservatory,
under the direction of the
Los Mora Arriaga. Visit
marlins baseball.com/specialevents to purchase your
tickets today!
Special Event Ticket
Package
includes:Commemorative
Mexican Heritage Marlins
Hat (Special Event ticket
buyers only),Pre-game celebration at the Budweiser
Bow Tie Bar (5:30 - 7:00
p.m.) Fireworks Friday
(postgame fireworks spectacular).
Photo by Chris Green
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AUGUST 26, 2016
Biscayne National Park from the Sky

Just Minutes Away: Big Cypress National Preserve, Biscayne National Park, Dry
Tortugas National Park, Everglades National Park
By
Matt
Johnson
Every visit
to Biscayne
National Park is
an adventure
filled with charm,
wonder and beauty. This is no surprise.
Visitors have come to national parks for
over a century in search of such things.
This year is the 100th anniversary of the
National Park Service.
No search is even needed. In national
parks the wonders find you. "Wild blessings will search you and soak you as if you
were a sponge," said John Muir of the
national parks. "The hours go by uncounted. The evening flames with purple and
gold."
Biscayne National Park includes all the
blessings that Muir wrote about in his
national park visits from over 100 years
ago; the wild beauty, colors, radiance,
enchantment, inspiration, peace, thrills,
rest, "vapor from the sea, the shining after
rain, centuries of sunshine and the best
care-killing scenery in the continent."
Adams Key and Caesar Creek, looking East. All photos from recent NPS aerial surveys.
There is the fragrance of forests, the sound
of winds and birds, scenery, history,
wildlife, solitude, night skies filled with
sengers, protection of park resources and visitor enjoyment of the park from the
stars, and much more. The wonders never cease.
air as well as the land and sea.
While Biscayne National Park includes such wonders, it is also unique from
Air tours over national parks offer dramatic aerial views
Sands Key, Sands Cut and northern Elliott Key looking East across Biscayne Bay and the
Atlantic Ocean.
of water and land features that are uniquely different from

ground or sea experiences. Nationwide, commercial air
tour companies conduct nearly 300,000 tours over national
parks annually. The cumulative impact of this many flights
on park resources and visitors are potentially great. The
tours can be noisy for visitors and wildlife below. The
tours are therefore managed to protect park resources and
visitor use without compromising aviation safety or the
nation's air traffic control system.
Florida national parks are leading the way for other parks
in the national park system to work with air tour operators
to comply with changes to law covering air tours over
national parks. Together, parks and air tour operators can
make resource preservation a top priority under the
National Parks Air Tour Management of 2000. Biscayne is
the second national park to implement this new type of air
tour management agreement following Big Cypress in
January.
"As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another
is closed, but nature's sources never fail," said Muir.
Once you get Biscayne National Park into your heart, by
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and beautiful scenes open in every direction.
Matt Johnson is the Public Affairs Officer at Biscayne
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other national parks. For one thing, the park is 95 percent water. Over 90 percent of the park's half million visitors come by boat. The best way to see
the park is to get out on the water.
Yet being out on the water is not the only way to see the park. Nor is
the land the limit. Air tour management agreements were recently signed
that are providing park visitors with a new perspective on the park.
Commercial air tour operators Miami Seaplane Tours and Wings are taking park visitors to a new level. The agreements are the result of a collaborative process among the National Park Service, the Federal Aviation
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"Biscayne is a sanctuary of reefs, turquoise waters, endangered wildlife,
mangrove forests, historic landmarks and emerald islands for visitors to
explore and enjoy," said Acting Superintendent Bob DeGross. "We fashioned the air tour agreements to ensure that these amazing park resources
are protected for future generations."
The park agreements establish conditions for conducting air tours,
including routes, altitudes, number of flights, type of aircraft, hours of
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range of sensitive park
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ational sites. By folwww.nps.gov/subjects/sound/airtours.htm. For more inforlowing the agreemation about Biscayne National Park please visit the park
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As Trump Tries Minority Outreach,

Many Blacks Unconvinced
By Bill Barrow & Errin
Haines Whack
Black Republicans cheer
Donald Trump for a newfound outreach to AfricanAmericans, but say the
GOP presidential nominee
must take his message
beyond arenas filled with
white supporters and venture into the inner cities.
Many rank-and-file black
voters, meanwhile, dismiss
the overtures as another
racially charged pitch from
a campaign aimed exclusively at whites, from
Trumps emphasis on law
and order to his withering
critiques of President
Barack Obama, the
nations first black chief
executive. It was Trump in
2011 who fiercely challenged Obamas U.S. birth.
Any minority who
would vote for him is
crazy, ought to have their
head examined, said Ike
Jenkins, an 81-year-old
retired business owner in
the predominantly black
suburb of East Cleveland.
Foluke Bennett, a 43year-old from
Philadelphia, went further,
labeling the GOP standardbearers remarks as
racist, pointing, among
other things, to his referencing African-Americans
as the blacks.
Trump is scheduled to
appear Wednesday in
Jackson, Mississippi, an 80
percent African-American
city and capital of the state
with the nations highest
proportion of black resi-
dents. It is unclear whether

he will address black voters directly; so far, his
appeal to them has been
delivered before white
audiences in mostly white
cities.
Mississippi is overwhelmingly Republican
because of whites loyalties, as opposed to battlegrounds such as Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Florida,
states Obama won twice
and where the largest cities
offer at least a theoretical
chance for Trump to pursue marginal shifts among
significant black populations.
Trump has previously
rejected high-profile
speaking slots at the
NAACPs annual gathering, along with events
sponsored by the Urban
League and the National
Association of Black
Journalists.
Hes got to take his
arguments to the streets,
said Brandon Berg, a black
pastor who drove Monday
from Youngstown, Ohio,
to hear Trump at the
University of Akron. Berg
said hes an outlier: an
undecided black
Republican. For most
African-Americans, Berg
said, Trump must meet
them where they are.
Trump has scheduled an
event Thursday billed as a
roundtable with black and
Latino leaders invited to
his New York offices, and
his aides say he is considering more rallies in heavily minority cities in swing
Donald Trump talks to investors at Trump National

Doral golf resort in 2015. Photo by Chris Green
states. The Washington
Post first reported those
plans, specifically mentioning charter schools,
small businesses and
churches in black and
Latino communities.
Its a well-known electoral conundrum for
Trump and Republicans:
The United States population grows less white with
each election cycle, so to
defeat Democrat Hillary
Clinton, the New York billionaire must attract more

non-white voters or run up
an advantage with white
voters to a level no candidate has reached since
Ronald Reagans 1984
landslide.
Obama won 93 percent
of black voters in 2012
and 95 percent in 2008,
according to exit polls.
This year, polls suggest
Trump could fare even
worse than the

Republicans who lost to
Obama.
Trump has confronted his
steep path in the last week,
asking minorities, Give
Trump a chance!
In Wisconsin, he declared
to minorities: You live in
poverty, your schools are
no good, you have no jobs,
58 percent of your youth is
unemployed? What the
hell do you have to lose?
He argues illegal immigration disproportionately
affects economic opportunities of blacks and
Hispanics.
In Ohio, he insisted without evidence that foreign
war zones are safer
than living in some of our
inner cities. He pledged a
Trump administration
would get rid of the
crime, allowing minorities to walk down the
street without getting
shot.
Calvin Tucker, the lone
black GOP convention delegate from Pennsylvania,
says Trumps arguments
resonate with him. We
need a change agent, said
Tucker, 64, of
Philadelphia. Hes breaking down his overall economic platform and relating it to AfricanAmericans, Tucker added,
extolling the GOPs
emphasis on entrepreneurial pursuits.
Certainly, each Trump
pronouncement drew roaring approval from his rally
audiences. Many black
voters, however, hear the
appeal differently.
As he sold Cleveland
Cavaliers NBA championship swag, street vendor
Steve T, 47, said the disrespectful comments represent the real Trump.
Not all of us live in
poverty, crime, he said.
You cant get votes from
people you dont even
understand.
In Philadelphia, Bennett
said, Its crazy to think
that he would have the
audacity to ask us what we
have to lose. If anything,
his comments just made
the line even more clear as
to why black people wont
vote for him.
In East Cleveland,
Jenkins and several other
retirees gathered in a
neighborhood restaurant
echo many of Trumps
arguments. James Smith, a
79-year-old former butcher, points out the window
and laments a community
thats old and poor.
Jenkins says handouts
keep people in slavery.
Randall Darnell blasts an
economy that traps laborers, black and white, in
legalized slavery.
But every one plans to
vote for Clinton, and nearly all said they see
Trumps latest arguments
aimed more at whites.
Hes talking about black
people when he mentions
violence in cities, Smith
said, not to black people.
Hunting For The Root To Immigration Woes?

Look To The Past.
A Look at One of Americas Hottest Topics This Election Cycle
By Alicia A. Caldwell
For more than a decade,
lawmakers have been
pointing at their counterparts to take the blame for
what just about everyone
agrees is a broken immigration system.
Republicans say
President Barack Obamas
immigration enforcement
policies encourage more
people to sneak into the
country. Democrats blame
Republicans for blocking
legislation that would
allow people already here
to gain legal status and
create a path for future,
legal immigration.
But whatever specific
policies are being fought
over now, immigration
experts say the problem
took root at least 30 years
ago, when President
Ronald Reagan signed a
1986 immigration law that
has become known as the
Reagan Amnesty and
allowed roughly 3 million
people in the country illegally to gain legal status.
The 1986 law was
intended to create a new
era of enforcement, including strict enforcement of
the new law that barred
employers from hiring
workers who dont have
permission to work in the
United States. But that
never fully materialized.
Immigration laws were
overhauled again in 1990
under Republican
President George H.W.
Bush and again in 1996
under Democratic
President Bill Clinton.
Obama has tried in his
eight years in office to
overhaul them once again,
but nothing has passed.
Republican presidential
nominee Donald Trump
has said he will fix the
system, build a wall along

the border with Mexico
and perhaps deport many
of the estimated 11 million
people living in the country illegally. But this week
he has indicated he may
back off from that idea.
Were going to build the
wall, and were going to
stop it. Its going to end,
Trump said earlier this
year. Were going to have
a big, beautiful wall.
Democratic presidential
nominee Hillary Clinton,
meanwhile, has pledged to
push comprehensive immigration reform and to act
on her own, as Obama has,
if Congress doesnt
approve such a measure.
Trump and Clinton have
laid the blame for the current state of immigration
and the estimated 11
million people living and,
in many cases, working
illegally in the United
States on the other
party.
But experts disagree.
I think theres a lot of
blame to go around and
spread around for
decades, said Mark
Krikorian, executive director for Center For
Immigration Studies, a
Washington think tank
describes itself as lowimmigration, pro-immigrant. There isnt one
person responsible.
Instead, he said, the problem lies in how the
Immigration Control and
Reform Act of 1986 was
implemented. He
described the passage of
the bill as something of a
con-job that allowed
millions of immigrants in
the country illegally to
have legal status with a
promise of workplace
enforcement and other
measures to curb future
illegal immigration.
But that didnt happen,
he said. And there was little incentive to follow
through on promises of
strict workplace enforcement, he said, once millions of people were legalized.
I definitely view this as
the 30-year problem, said
Doris Meissner, who headed the now-defunct
Immigration and
Naturalization Service
under Bill Clinton and is
now a senior fellow at the
Migration Policy Institute
in Washington.
Meissner said the 1986
bill was intended to clear
the decks of most people
living in the country illegally while curtailing
future illegal immigration.
But thirty years after the
amnesty bill became law
the stringent workplace
enforcement many expected, and mandated use of
the governments E-Verify
system for employers to
check the legal work status
of prospective hires, is still
being debated by lawmakers and the business community. Multiple iterations
of federal legislation to
require employment verification have been defeated
in Congress.
Meissner said the ability
of people in the country
illegally to continue to find
work during the economic
boom of the 1990s was a
significant incentive for
more to come.
And while an average of
about 1.3 million people a
year were caught crossing
the border illegally over
the decade of the 1990s,
the Border Patrol was relatively small, not growing
above a force of 10,000
until 2002.
Meissner says part of the
problem was the two
immigration laws that followed in 1990 and 1996
that she said did very little
to create a legal path to the
United States for lowskilled workers. The government does have a pair
of visa programs for seasonal agriculture workers
and others who are considered seasonal, nonagricultural workers, but
Meissner and other critics
of the program argue that
it is not sufficient.
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day we need updated laws,
we need immigration
reform.
Instead, she said, the
focus was on enforcement
and making it easier to
deport immigrants in the
country illegally.
As that happened, the
estimated population of
people living in the country illegally rose from a
few million in the late
1980s and early 1990s to
todays estimated 11 million people.
The focus on enforcement may also have created an inadvertent incentive
for immigrants in the U.S.
illegally to stay in the
country for fear that it

would be harder if not
impossible to get back in if
they left, said Stuart
Anderson, executive director at the non-partisan
National Foundation for
American Policy.
Many people made the
decision to stay and try to
avoid federal law enforcement as long as they
could, he said.
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would say that policy was
successful, Anderson
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COMMENTARY
Beach burkini bingo
Once upon a time, a scantily clad lass

padding down a beach might cause a
riot -- at least of eyeballs eager to
extend the sidelong glance.
Today, its the fully
clothed woman who
overheats the passions
in France, where three
towns have banned
the burkini. Leave it
to the French to
criminalize modesty.
Latest to the banwagon is the
Kathleen
Corsican village of
Parker
Sisco, where three
-----------------Muslim families and Commentary
a group of local
Nothing progressive about GOP can- teens recently got
into a row when one of the Muslim men
didates
became upset as a tourist photographed
his burkini-clad wife.
I find it to be downright insulting and
patronizing when Republican candidates
The next day, riot police were needed
such as Donald Trump, the newest hero in a nearby town to quell 200 protesters
of the stupid, try to promote themselves who stormed a housing area of mostly
as progressives because they are in the
North African people, shouting this is
"party of Lincoln." This is a ridiculous
our home. The precise cause of that
attempt to project themselves as someflare-up wasnt known.
how progressive and to pander to
Did a burkini do it?
minorities.
No clue, according to local authorities,
There are dozens of sites on the interbut Sisco is banning the ultimate covernet that explain when and how the parup, anyway, to protect the population.
ties shifted their platforms and ideoloBack on the mainland, the mayors of
gies. These shifts began somewhere
around the Teddy Roosevelt administra- Cannes and nearby Villeneuve-Loubet
tion and continued as Republican candi- also have banned burkinis. Two Muslim
associations unsuccessfully challenged
dates throughout the 1920s, 30s, heck,
the Cannes ban, but have promised to
all the way up to Reagan and beyond,
wooed the Southern states' more conser- appeal the lower court decision.
vative and, yes, racist base. Hoover even In the strangest justification offered
sought the support of the KKK.
for the wardrobe ban, Lionnel Luca,
Bottom line is, a lot has changed over
mayor of Villeneuve-Loubet, said it is
the last 150 years, a fact most conserva- unhygienic to swim fully clothed. For
tives fail to recognize, much to the cha- whom? The fish?
grin of the more enlightened.
Tensions in France between Muslims
John Cole
and others may be understandable in
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light of recent events, including the July
horror in Nice when a truck driver
shouting paeans to Allah mowed down
hundreds of Bastille Day revelers,
killing 85 people, as well as the recent
jihadist slaying of the beloved, 85-yearold priest Jacques Hamel in SaintEtienne-du-Rouvray.
But how the practice of modesty associated with many Muslims religious
beliefs became an offense against the
majority society is hard to fathom. The
burkini also provides an interesting
study in the metamorphosis of a symbol
The opinions expressed on this and its use in rationalizing other beliefs
page do not necessarily represent the
views of the South Dade News and actions that bear striking similarities to the extreme religiosity the caused
Leader.
While anyone can express their such consternation in the first place.
views on this page, we do retain the
Suddenly, the burkini has become
right to edit the content to allow for Frances Confederate battle flag. Like
publishing.
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To send a letter, email it to
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Should you be able to buy a gun,

when youre on the No Fly List
from FBI?
One ore more things about the terror
watch list. As you may or may not
know, there are more than 1,000,000
names on that list. Names that have
included Senator Ted Kennedy and
South African President Nelson
Mandella. There are 5 year-old and
grandmothers on that list too, who just
happen to have names similar to real
bad guys.
I could be on the list too, if my brother
in law lives in a building where a real
terrorist lives. But they would only put
me on the list, because they want to ask
me about, what I saw while visiting his
apartment. Still, if we used the list to
deny purchases of firearms, I would be
denied my right, together with a lot of
other law abiding citizens.
98%, of those who are on the list, are
not American citizens, so they cant buy
guns here anyway.
If you are on the list, the FBI is notified if/when you try to buy a gun, and
they have 3 days to setup a sting, a
trace, or put a team on you, to find out if
youre doing anything wrong, and if
youre, what it is.
And yes! The FBI (before they were
muzzled by Washington) said using the
Terror Watch List to deny firearm purchases was a bad idea, and served no
purouse
The ACLU said: Using the list to deny
firearm purchases was a bad idea.
The fact is, that no one on the list has
ever used a legally purchased firearm to
commit a crime.
Hope I made it all a little easier to
understand.
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French patriots and Muslim immigrants

that it has become a prompt to man the
barricades.
It is hardly shocking that women are
the objects of such aggression. Or that
men are the ones fighting over what
women ought to be doing with their
bodies. Depending on the era -- and
often the prevailing religion -- women
are either showing too much or too little. Frankly, Id like to see more not
fewer burkinis on the beach, especially
for Speedo-lovers over 50. Guys, do
you own a mirror? (Please dont send
pictures.)
It isnt just men concerned with burkinis. Some feminists and the enlightened French see the burkini as a visual
face-slap to womens (BEG ITAL)
egalite.(END ITAL) Among other
things, equality means never having to
cover up just because your natural self
gets anothers gander up.
Non-Muslims in the West may disapprove of the practice and prefer our
mores over those of strict Muslims, but
were in no position to be smug. Less
than 100 years ago in Washington,
modesty police literally measured
womens bathing suit skirts to ensure
adherence to the legal standard of only
six inches above the knee. In 1921
Atlantic City, women were also
required to wear stockings pulled above
the knee with their swimsuits. When
young women protested the stocking
law, it was the League of Women Voters
that urged strict enforcement.
While beach patrols searched out
bathing suit violators, they also scouted
for their ogling male counterparts,
described in a newspaper story of the
time as bald beach lizards. One brave
woman, novelist Louise Rosine, went to
jail rather than cover up her knees with
stockings. It was none of the citys
darn business, she said, whether she
rolled em up or down.
Weve come a long way, baby. And
along the way, with few exceptions,
weve found it possible to allow people
to don (or not) their apparel as they
wish. Some schools may ban messageemblazoned shirts. And we dutifully
shed our jackets, scarves and shoes during security checks.
But liberte ought to mean that one can
wear a burkini on the beach -- or a
thong, if you must. Neither suits my
personal fancy, but its hard to imagine
that a Muslim woman dressed traditionally is a threat to any but her own comfort.
Like the lady said, its none of the
citys darn business.
Kathleen Parkers email address is
kathleenparker@washpost.com.
As the fall semester begins,

encouraged fellow professors
parents, students, taxpayers
to disparage Donald Trump,
and donors should be made
arguing that its fine for
aware of official college pracprofessors to acknowledge
tices that should disgust us
Trumps narrow-minded rhetall.
oric in class, suggesting that
Hampshire College will
Trumps bigotry is a valid
offer some of its
topic for most any course.
students what the
For professors to use their
school
classes to proselytize students
euphemistically
and for a college president
calls identityto urge it is gross academic
based housing.
dishonesty. Ive been a colThats segregatlege professor for nearly a
ed housing for
half-century. I challenge
students who
anyone to find a student
because of
who can say that anything
their race, culother than microeconomic
ture, gender
theory, with a bit of physics
Walter
or sexual oriand biology thrown in now
Williams
entation
------------------ and then for good measure,
have historiwas discussed in my class.
Commentary
cally experiAdding to campus lunacy
enced oppresare classes such as Lady
sion. Id bet the rent money
Gaga and the Sociology of the
that Hampshire College will
Fame at the University of
not offer Jewish, Irish, Polish,
South Carolina. Cornell
Chinese or Catholic students
Universitys physical educasegregated housing. Because
tion department offers a class
there is no group of people
titled Recreational Tree
who have not faced oppresClimbing. At Georgia State
sion, Hampshire College is
University, the English
guilty of religious and ethnic
department offers a course
discrimination in its housing
called Kayne vs.
segregation policy.
Everybody. At Tufts
University of Connecticut
Universitys Experimental
administrators think that more
College, one can take a class
black men will graduate if
called Demystifying the
they spend more time togethHipster. Skidmore Colleges
er. According to Campus
sociology department offers
Reform, they are building a
The Sociology of Miley
new residence hall to facilitate Cyrus: Race, Class, Gender
just that. Dr. Erik Hines, the
and Media. Frostburg State
faculty director for the proUniversitys physics departgram, said that the learning
ment offers The Science of
community is a space for
Harry Potter, where it examAfrican-American men to
ines some of the tales magic.
come together and validate
Georgetown University offers
their experiences that they
Philosophy and Star Trek,
may have on campus. Its
arguing that Star Trek is very
also a space where they can
philosophical and adding,
have conversation and also
What better way, then, to
talk with individuals who
learn philosophy, than to
come from the same backwatch Star Trek, read philosoground who share the same
phy, and hash it all out in
experience. By the way,
class?
Hampshire College and the
That these and other nonUniversity of Connecticut are
sense classes exist may reflect
not alone in promoting racialseveral things. There is the
ly segregated student housing. notion of shared educational
Then theres an effort for
governance, wherein presiracial segregation in classes.
dents and boards of trustees
Moraine Valley Community
have little say-so about what
College attempted it in a class
passes for college education.
titled College: Changes,
The faculty runs the show.
Challenges, Choices. It manStudents may be academic
dated that some class sections
cripples and require such nonbe limited to Africansense. Those are the most
American students. The coloptimistic assessments. Or
lege defended racially segresuch academic nonsense may
gated classes by saying that
indeed reflect that presidents,
they make students feel com- academic administrators, facfortable. After facing masulty members and students
sive national notoriety, the
actually believe that such
college just recently abanclasses have academic merit.
doned its racial segregation
College administrators like
agenda.
to keep campus barbarism
Suppose a student at Ripon
under wraps. One of the best
College enrolls in a chemistry, means to throttle their hideous
math or economics class.
agenda is for students to use
What do you think ought to
their electronic devices to
be the subject matter?
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1B
FRIDAY AUGUST 26, 2016
Coral Shores Leaps Their Way To

Dominant Preseason Victory
Keys Gate Falls Late Versus Coral Gables; Coral Reef, Somerset Handed Losses
By Chris Green & Luis
Gonzalez
Coral Shores dominated
their way to a statement
preseason victory when
they trounced visiting
Highlands Christian 47-0
in front of an appreciative
home crowd.
After a season to forget
last year that saw the
Hurricanes win just one
victory, the win was a welcome one for new head
coach Alphonso Bryant

and his team.
The Canes squad fired on
all cylinders, scoring seven
touchdowns, rushing for
356 yards, and forcing
three turnovers in the
game.
Tanaris Walker was a
breakout star of the night,
scoring two touchdowns
on five carries for 112
yards.
Aiden Hawkins added
117 yards on six carries
while Josh Holper finished

with 43 yards on eight carries.
Bryce Wheaton and Ryan
Bennerot both contributed
to the offensive explosion
when each scored a rushing touchdown in the contest.
Quarterback Juan Pablo
Aborrezco didnt throw the
ball a lot, but when he did
the accuracy was there,
completing three passes
that included a touchdown
toss to Elijah Woods.

Thanks to the offensive
line, a point of pride for
coach Bryant, that included the likes of Jay Kubida,
Dustin Chamberlain, Matt
Pontefract, and others, runners like Anthony Cosme
and Blye Hofstetter were
able to tear off big runs of
their own in the victory.
The Hurricanes now turn
their attention to their
biggest rival, Marathon,
for their season opener.
Somerset Falls In Opener
Keys Gates linemen face off against Coral Gables in their preseason game.
Photo by Luis Gonzalez
Somerset Silver Palms

held a 9-0 halftime lead
over Marathon in their preseason match-up, but the
Dolphins mounted a late
charge to take a 17-9 victory over the Stallions.
After shutting out
Marathon in a game last
fall, the Stallions looked to
have the upper hand after
jumping out to an early
lead in the game.
Despite having lost
immensely talented players
on the team to transfers,
the Stallions had hoped to
make a big statement that
their team still had life in
them.
However, the Dolphins
offense found its rhythm,
See SPORTS 2B
High School Golf, Volleyball Seasons

Off And Rolling For Local Teams
Palmer Trinity, Westminster, Coral Shores Among Programs
Picking Up Solid Opening Week Results
By Chris Green
Westminster Christian
hosted its annual high
school golf tournament at
the Biltmore Golf Course
last week, with the
Warriors and Palmer
Trinity having several
players place well among
the competitors.
The highest placing individual of the group was
Palmer Trinitys Kristian
Fortis who took sixth.
Westminster Christians
highest finishing golfer
was J.P. Mehu who finished in a five-way tie for

tenth place.
Coral Reef Volleyball
Topples Homestead
Coral Reefs girls volleyball team took to the court
for the first time this season and came away with a
convincing straight sets
win (25-7, 25-6, 25-11)
over Homestead.
Dalayni Etienne registered five kills and seven
aces to lead the offense in
the victory.
Christina Magluta also
added five aces with 13
assists.
Natasha Acosta was also
impressive, finishing with
six aces on service.
Coral Shores Shines In
Tournament
Facing off against local
rivals Key West and
Marathon, Coral Shores
girls volleyball team
showed why they are a
team to reckon with in
2016 during the annual

Marathon High School
Preseason Volleyball
Tournament.
In their first match, Coral
Shores held off Key West
in a thrilling 31-29, 27-25
victory.
New star Lizzy Warfield
finished with five aces,
five digs, and three kills to
lead the team to victory.
Coral Shores then went
on to defeat Marathon in
three sets (18-25, 25-23,
15-11) to claim the tournament title.
NASCAR National Series Tracks Offering

Free Youth Ticketing For All 2017 Xfinity,
Camping World Truck Series Races
Announcement Part of Series Kids Drive NASCAR Week Events
Elijah Woods makes a leaping catch for Coral Shores

in their win over Highlands Christian. Photo by Robert
Chaplin
A Family Affair
NASCAR Drivers Pay Tribute To
Bryan Clauson
Each year, more than 100 this competitive aura cerdrivers vie for champitainly exists during Ford
onships across NASCARs Championship Weekend, it
three premier series
is also quite prevalent
Sprint Cup, XFINITY and
throughout the year, as
Camping World Trucks. It these drivers are also jockall starts at Daytona
eying just to get into the
International
Chase in their
Speedway in
respective divisions
February, high(16 in Cup, 12 in
lighted by the
XFINITY, 8 in
running of the
Trucks).
venerable
While this spirited
Daytona 500.
atmosphere may
And the season,
seem to tear drivers
which consists of
apart, it actually
36 points races in
brings
them much,
Matthew
Sprint Cup, 33 in
much closer. Never
Becherer
XFINITY and 23
was this more evi---------------in Trucks, culmident than several
President,
nates with Ford
weeks ago when
H-M
MS
Championship
sprint car driver
Weekend at
Bryan Clauson died
Homestead-Miami
as a result of a tragic onSpeedway, which this year
track incident at Belleville
will take place November
(Kansas) High Banks
18-20. And new this year
Speedway on August 7.
is a Championship 4 forYou see, Clauson had
mat in all three series, the
never run a Sprint Cup
same one which has
race in his racing career.
allowed us all to witness
He had started a total of 26
unparalleled intrigue and
XFINITY races, all over a
excitement in the Ford
two-year span with the
EcoBoost 400 Sprint Cup
most recent in 2008.
Series championship race
Nevertheless, the outpourthe past two years.
ing of support for him and
The battles between drivhis family was truly
ers on the track can be
remarkable. It included
quite boisterous, often
the entire auto racing
leading to some very enter- industry, especially
taining racing. And while
See MATT 2B
NASCAR this week announced

national series races at Michigan
ence like attending a NASCAR race
exclusively via Facebook Live that
International Speedway and Road
in person, and thats especially true
beginning in 2017, kids ages 12 and
America.
for kids, said Jill Gregory,
younger will be admitted free to all
There really is no other experiNASCAR senior vice president and
NASCAR
chief marketing
XFINITY Series
officer. So
and NASCAR
many children
Camping World
have become
Truck Series
lifelong
races.
NASCAR fans
The announcebecause their
ment was made
parents brought
during an allthem to their
kids press confirst race, and
ference hosted at
this new ticket
the NASCAR
offering makes
Hall of Fame in
it even more
Charlotte, N.C.
affordable for
The press confamilies to creference also
ate memories
kicked off Kids
that will last a
Drive NASCAR,
lifetime.
a week-long,
Many race
youth initiative
tracks
already
Ricky Stenhouse (17) drove a paint scheme honoring
Kids participate in the annual Jimmie Johnson kids-only Q&A Session at
leading up to
have in place
Bryan Clauson at Bristol this past weekend. Photo by
Homestead-Miami Speedway last year during Ford Championship
this weekends
See KIDS 2B Sam Gardner, Getty Images
Weekend. Photo by Chris Green
2B
MATT
AUGUST 26, 2016

where they are, and are
profoundly cognizant of
the things it will take to
help propel them to the top
of the sport. The respect
that they have for one
another is unmistakable.
They all know the jubilation that comes with winning a pole, a race or a
championship. They also
are well aware of the same
challenges they all face on
a weekly basis.
I have always been
impressed with how much
of a family atmosphere our
sport fosters. For nearly
40 weekends a year, drivers and their families are
neighbors in the RV compounds at a race site. It
creates a sense of familiarity and camaraderie, opponents or not. Their kids
have an opportunity to
play with one another and
their spouses are able to
get to know each other,
outside of racing.
While winning is certain-
ly the goal of every driver,

in any series, in all forms
of racing, the bond that is
formed because of this
environment is a strong
one that often times transcends success on the
track. Victories are critical
to a drivers livelihood, but
the well-being of every
driver is their top priority.
Everyone is treated just
like family.
When it comes down to
the Championship 4 in all
three series at HomesteadMiami Speedway
November 18-20, there
will be three drivers who
will earn a championship,
one that they are all sure to
savor for the rest of their
lives. While only three
will be hoisting that championship trophy, there will
be many more who will
quietly be happy for them.
And thats because in
NASCAR we are all truly
family.
NASCAR ACTION
THIS WEEKEND
NASCAR. And most

prominent were the drivers.
I was reminded of this
last weekend during the
Sprint Cup race at Bristol
Motor Speedway, as both
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and
Kyle Larson paid tribute to
Clauson with a specially
designed helmet, which
included Clausons initials
and photo. Stenhouse also
had a commemorative
Fastenal paint scheme on
his #17 Ford Fusion, the
same scheme which was
featured on Clausons car
when he ran in the XFINITY series in 2008.
Clauson only ran in
NASCAR for two years,
but it was apparent that he
had a profound effect on
the careers of Stenhouse
and Larson, both of who
started in open wheel rac-
ing, similar to Clauson.

The on-track acknowledgements by both drivers
have been just some of the
many tributes to Clauson
over the past couple of
weeks. At Bristol,
Stenhouse responded by
turning in a second-place
finish, tying for the best in
his Sprint Cup career. But
after the race when
Stenhouse met with the
media, it was less about
him and more about what
Clauson meant to him and
everything he had done for
Stenhouse, who won
XFINITY Series titles in
2011 and 2012 before
going full-time in Sprint
Cup the following year.
It shows that while the
personalities of race car
drivers can vary from driver to driver, they share
many traits and have more
things in common than
fans might realize. They
all understand what it took
for each one to get to
SPORTS
Coral Reef Falls On

Historic Night
sets up their regular season

which begins tonight
against South Dade in a
non-district game at Harris
Field.
Kickoff is slated for
7:30pm.
Keys Gate, with plenty to

prove, faced off a preseason test against storied
program Coral Gables
Senior High last Thursday.
With only a few minutes
left in the game, the
Knights fell to Gables by a
score of 14-13.
Gables was able to strike
first and sneak a touchdown with only six seconds left in the first quarter. Keys Gate eventually
evened it up with 2:55 left
in the first half and it
would remain tied into the
second half.
After a scoreless third
quarter, the Knights
shocked the Cavs by grabbing the lead quickly at the
beginning of the fourth
quarter. The point after
attempt was no good, they
held a 13-7 lead with just
under 10 minutes left in

the game.
On the next Coral Gables
drive, they answered with
a game winning touchdown and put themselves
on top 14-13 with less than
five minutes left in the
game. Keys Gate had one
drive to win the game, but
ultimately fell short.
New Head Coach for
Keys Gate Chevas
Clements was proud of his
team after the game
though, saying that this
loss was a win in his book.
I think were headed in
the right direction. Coach

Clements reflected. For
us to come into Coral
Gables, on their home
field, with their home
crowed and actually be
winning the game up until
their last drive, I feel really good. Right now the
biggest thing is for me to
make sure that my kids are
intact emotionally and
make sure we keep progressing and improving.
for every adult ticket purchased. Specific track policies and procedures,
including sections in
which the tickets are
offered, will still apply and
may differ for each track
as well in an effort to welcome and accommodate as
many families as possible.
This program is another
example of NASCARsanctioned tracks improv-
ing the at-track experience

with the ultimate goal of
delivering additional value
and an unparalleled liveevent experience for fans.
NASCAR Hammer
Down host Karsyn
Elledge, and NASCAR
Next drivers Todd
Gilliland and Harrison
Burton helped announce
the program during
Mondays kids-only press
conference, the first in a

series of industry events
and activities that will celebrate Kids Drive
NASCAR week.
For the latest Kids Drive
NASCAR news and content, fans can visit
NASCAR.com and follow
NASCAR on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, and
Snapchat. For tickets to an
upcoming NASCAR race,
fans can visit

NASCAR.com/tickets.
Be sure to tune-in when
the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series hits the track this
weekend at Michigan
International Speedway for
the Pure Michigan 400 on
Sunday, Aug. 28 at 2 p.m.
ET on NBCSN, SiriusXM
NASCAR Radio and
MRN.
Continued from 1B
Continued from 1B
and as starters were substituted for Somerset, the

Marathon team began to
pile on the pressure.
Marathons Thad
Goodwin was the first to
score on a rush, followed
by a touchdown pass from
quarterback Jackson
McDonald and a field goal
from Sammy Zabrano.
KIDS
Continued from 1B
a bevy of offerings geared
towards youth, including
youth autograph sessions,
youth garage tours, kids
clubs and designated kids
zones. Numerous tracks
also have employed various ticket platforms
Coral Reefs preseason

loss to Miami Jackson was
overshadowed last weekend by Lakatriona
Brunsons coaching debut.
Brunson became the first
woman in Florida history
to coach a high school
football game, and then
thanks to a 36-0 win over
Coral Reef, the first to win
a high school football
game as head coach.
Coral Reefs shutout in
the preseason match-up
focused on youth, but this

new program marks the
first time where tracks will
institute a consistent offer
wherever NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR
Camping World Truck
Series races take place.
Beginning in 2017, the
number of complimentary
tickets available for children 12 and younger will
vary from venue to venue
Keys Gate Falls Late
Sunday, August 28 at
2:00 PM (ET)
NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series Pure Michigan 400
at Michigan International
Speedway
Tune In: NBCSN and
SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Channel 90
Saturday, August 27 at
3:00 PM (ET)
NASCAR XFINITY Series
Road America 180 Fired
Up by Johnsonville at
Road America
Tune In: NBCSN and
Channel 90
Saturday, August 27 at
1:00 PM (ET)
NASCAR Camping World
Truck Series Careers for
Veterans 200 presented by
Cooper Standard and Brad
Keselowskis Checkered
Flag Foundation at
Michigan International
Speedway
Tune In: FS1 and
Channel 90
UPCOMING EVENTS
AT HOMESTEADMIAMI SPEEDWAY
Aug. 27 HPDE
Sep. 3 Bubble Run
Sep. 9-11 FARA Race of
Champions
Sep. 16 Fast Lane Friday
presented by The Ticket
Clinic
Sep. 17 Chin Motorsports
Car Club
Sep. 18 Performance
Driving Group
Nov. 18 Ford EcoBoost
200
300
400
The Race Of Champions Comes to Marlins Park in 2017

NASCARs Kurt Busch, Formula Ones Sebastian Vettel Among Announced Participants
The Race Of Champions
(ROC) is heading to the
United States of America
for the first time in its history after Miamis Marlins
Park baseball stadium won
the rights to host the next
ROC event on January 2122, 2017.
Built in 2012, Marlins
Park is the home of the
Miami Marlins, the citys
Major League Baseball
franchise. The stadium features a retractable roof and
can seat over 37,000 fans,
who are more used to
watching fastballs than fast
cars. It is set to host the
2017 Major League
Baseball All-Star Game
next July. Now it has seen
off contenders from all
over the world to stage the
prestigious Race Of
Champions, which will
take place within the confines of the stadium itself.
In recent years ROC has
visited the Stade de France
in Paris (2004-2006),
Londons Wembley
Stadium (2007-2008), the
Birds Nest Olympic
Stadium in Beijing (2009),
Dsseldorfs Esprit Arena
(2010-2011), the
Rajamangala Stadium in
Bangkok (2012), Bushy
Park Barbados (2014) and
Londons former Olympic
Stadium (2015).
Now the event is heading
to the United States for the
first time to soak up the

heat of Miami. Floridas
sports fans will have a
chance to watch the speediest action Marlins Park
has ever seen as many of
the worlds greatest drivers
push to the absolute limit
on a specially-designed
racing track winding its
way around the outfield.
is an annual contest which
has been held for over 25
years. It brings together
some of the worlds greatest drivers from motor
sports major disciplines
including Formula 1,
NASCAR, IndyCar, Le
Mans, MotoGP, World
Rally and the X Games
and sets them free to battle
head-to-head in identical
machinery.
Germanys four-time
Formula 1 world champion
Sebastian Vettel took his
first ROC Champion of
Champions title in London
last year after many years
of trying. Now he will
return to defend his crown
in Miami but first he will
have to see off motor
sports finest competitors
from all over the world.
Vettel said: Im very
happy to have finally won
the individual Race Of
Champions title last year
in Londons Olympic
Stadium and I look forward to defending my title
at ROC in Miami. All the

drivers are strong, and the
top US drivers from
NASCAR and IndyCar
will certainly be extra
motivated to win in front
of their home fans now
that the event is being held
in their country for the
first time.
This will also be the
first time ROC has been
held in a baseball stadium
so Im curious to discover
the new track layout. But
as always its the same
track and identical cars for
everyone so only driver
skill makes the difference.
The racing at ROC is
always very intense and
the head-to-head duels
often decided by fractions
of a second, so its just one
strategy; flat out from start
to finish!
reminds us a lot about why
we all first started racing;
its about pure competition. The competition is
very intense on the track
and everyone wants to
win, but its also about
putting on a great show for
the fans. I think all the
drivers who have had the
honour to participate in
ROC fell in love with the
event. Its a privilege to be
invited and to be able to
come back.
The first American drivers to sign up for ROC
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as NASCAR champion
Kurt Busch, driver of the
#41 Monster Energy, Haas
Automation Chevy and
2014 Indianapolis 500
winner and 2012 IndyCar
champion Ryan HunterReay.
They both have fine pedigrees of their own at the
Race Of Champions. At
Barbados in 2014 both
Busch and Hunter-Reay
topped their groups in
style with three wins out
of three en route to the
quarter-finals. Now both
drivers can look forward to
soaking up the adulation of
their home fans as they
slug it out to take Vettels
crown in Miami.
Busch said: Im honoured to once again be
invited to the Race Of
Champions. I had a great
time last time out in
Barbados and given that
this years event will be in
the US, it will make it that
much more exciting. In
addition, representing the
US in my country will be
special.
The ROC is a particular
challenge that tests versatility and adaptability with
little margin for error. If
the format was not challenging enough, you throw
in World Champions from
all kinds of disciplines,
with various types of cars,
which makes for a good

recipe. And no matter
how much we all like to
say its just for fun we
all want to win this prestigious event.
Hunter-Reay added:
Im delighted to be making my fourth straight
appearance at the Race Of
Champions and especially this time with the event
taking place on American
soil, better yet my own
backyard!
It is a spectacular event
and a unique challenge to
jump in and out of all the
different cars as you go
head-to-head with some of
the best drivers in the
world, it is a tremendous
honor to be selected as a
competitor for ROC. Im
proud to represent
America, IndyCar and the
Indy 500 and I look forward to hearing the noise
of the crowds in Miami
and feeling that hometown
support.
is run over two days: first
comes the Race Of
Champions itself (on
Saturday January 21) with
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Sunday January 22 its the
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based on nationality to bid
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Snapchap To Bring Live Story to NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series
Obituaries
Shirley A. Pluto
Shirley Ann Pluto passed
away Aug. 5, 2016.
She was born Feb. 24,
1935 in Royal, PA.
She was the former Loan
officer of First National
Bank of Homestead, retiring in 1980.
She is survived by her
daughter, Shirlynn; and
granddaughter, Katelynn.
A Celebration Service
will be held on Aug. 27,
2016 at 1:00 p.m. at
Redland Community United Methodist Church,
18700 SW 248 Street,
Homestead, FL. If attending please wear purple.
To inquire about
paid obituaries
call 305-245-2311
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Theres nothing quite

like the thrill of being at
a championship event in
sports, and coming this
November, people from
all over the world will get
an inside look at what
that experience is like at
NASCARs Sprint Cup
Series championship
race. The popular social
media app, Snapchat, will
be showcasing all the
sights and sounds of
NASCARs premier division season finale at
Homestead-Miami
Speedway with a Live
Story, NASCAR
announced today.
Fans will be able to
share their race-day experiences with millions of
Snapchat users from the
Ford EcoBoost 400 at
Homestead-Miami
Speedway on November
20, when NASCAR will
crown its 2016 NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series champion. In addition,
Snapchat will also be
covering the Bank of
America 500 at Charlotte
Motor Speedway on
October 8.
Theres no experience
in sports quite like
attending a NASCAR
race, especially during
the Chase, said Jill
Gregory, NASCAR senior vice president and
chief marketing officer.
Snapchats Live Story
coverage provides young
audiences with a unique,
behind-the-scenes look at
the real Chase race experience, through the lens
of our fans and drivers.
With Snapchat highlighting the Sprint Cup
Series championship race

with a Live Story, it will
give users from all
around the world an
inside look at NASCAR
from its biggest stage,
said Homestead-Miami
Speedway President
Matthew Becherer.
Having the Live Story at
our race introduces yet
another engaging feature
for fans that they can
interact with and contribute to during Ford
Championship Weekend.
The announcement
comes as the NASCAR
industry celebrates Kids
Drive NASCAR, a new
initiative created to
engage the sports young
fans and featuring kidsfocused events and activities. All this week, the
sports rising stars as well
as drivers with young
children will be hosting

driver takeovers on the
NASCAR Snapchat
account.
Later this fall, Snapchat
users at HomesteadMiami Speedway and
Charlotte Motor
Speedway will contribute
their race-day perspectives through video and
photo Snaps submitted to
collective Live Stories,
capturing the real
NASCAR story, straight
from the fans.
The thousands of submitted Snaps from each
event will be curated and
packaged by Snapchat
into a video stream that is
shared globally with
Snapchats more than 100
million daily active users.
Each NASCAR Live
Story will be available to
view on Snapchat for 24
hours.
In February, NASCAR
announced its first-ever
partnership with
Snapchat doubling the
platforms coverage of
NASCAR premier race
events in 2016. The 2016
Daytona 500, which set
records for NASCAR
social media engagement,
and May race at
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season.
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Jackpot: Scientists find Earth-like planet at star next door

By Seth Borenstein
After scanning the vast
reaches of the cosmos for
Earth-like planets where
life might exist,
astronomers have found
one right next door.
A planet that's rocky
like Earth and only
slightly bigger has been
discovered orbiting
Proxima Centauri , the
nearest star to our solar
system, scientists reported Wednesday. It is probably in the not-too-hot,
not-too-cold Goldilocks
Zone where liquid water
a key to life is possible, if the planet has an
atmosphere.
And it is a mere 4.22
light-years from Earth, or
nearly 25 trillion miles.
It is easily the closest
potentially habitable
planet ever detected outside our solar system
and one that could be
reachable by tiny,
unmanned space probes
before the end of the century, in time for some
people alive today to witness it.
The international team
of astronomers that
announced the discovery
did not actually see the
planet but deduced its
existence indirectly, by
using telescopes to spot
and precisely calculate
the gravitational pull on
the star by a possible
orbiting body a triedand-true method of planet-hunting.
"We hit the jackpot
here," said Guillem
Anglada-Escude , an
astrophysicist at the
Queen Mary University
of London and lead
author of a study on the
discovery in the journal
Nature . He said the plan-
et is "more or less what

we have on Earth."
They're calling it
Proxima b, and while it
could be like Earth in the
important features, it
would probably still look
very alien.
It is 4.6 million miles
from its red dwarf star, or
just one-twentieth of the
distance between Earth
and the sun, creating an
incredible orange sky
with no blue, so it looks
like a perpetual sunset.
And if that's not different
enough, the planet circles
its star so quickly that its
year is about 11 days.
The planet doesn't
rotate, so one side is
always facing its star and
the other side is always
dark and colder. It is
bombarded with X-rays
and ultraviolet light, but
that wouldn't necessarily
be fatal to life, since life
can exist underground,
scientists said.
Scientists in the past 20
years have found more
than 3,000 planets outside our solar system, or
"exoplanets." And more
than 40 of them seem to
be in the habitable zone.
But this one "basically
puts a giant flashing neon
sign on the nearest star
saying: See this right
here," said study coauthor R. Paul Butler of
the Carnegie Institution
for Science.
It would take more than
eight years for an energy
pulse or radio signal traveling at the speed of light
to go there and back.
NASA's New Horizons
probe, the fastest spacecraft launched, left Earth
hurtling toward Pluto at
about 36,000 mph. At
that speed, it would take
more than 78,000 years

to get there.
Earlier this year, an allstar team of scientists and
business leaders including Stephen Hawking
announced Breakthrough
Starshot , a project to
send out hundreds of
light-powered space
probes that would weigh
about a gram, travel at
one-fifth the speed of
light and send pictures
back to Earth.
Breakthrough Starshot
executive director Pete
Worden, a former top
NASA official, said
organizers are hoping to
include Proxima in their
plans. Even at the hopedfor speed, it will take 20
years to get there and
four more years for photos to come back. Worden
said he hopes they will
launch by 2060.
Yet in the vastness of
space, Proxima b is practically just over the fence,
"like your next-door
neighbor," Butler said.
Proxima b is more than
50 trillion miles closer
than the previous closest
potentially habitable exoplanet.
The next step may be
for a powerful Earth or
space telescope to get an
actual image of the planet, Butler said. But even
when that comes, and it
may be a decade or two
away, it will only be a
single dot: "You're not
going to see espresso
bars at the beach. You're
not going to see aliens
waving at us."
Outside experts praised
the finding as rock-solid
and thrilling.
"It is inspiring to find a
potentially habitable
world on our cosmic
doorsteps, around our

next star," said exoplanet
expert Lisa Kaltenegger,
director of Cornell
University's Carl Sagan
Institute . "It is significant because if we needed inspiration to try to
reach the next star, now
we have it."
Four years ago another
group of scientists excited the world with a claim
of a planet not in the
habitable zone around
Alpha Centauri, a star a
bit farther away. That
claim was met with suspicion by other
astronomers, who later
showed that it was
unlikely to be real but a
ghost signal from the
past.
Xavier Dumusque, an
author of the Centauri
paper, said it is no longer
clear if that was a planet,
but in an email he said
the team led by Anglada-
Escude makes a good

case for its own discovery.
Anglada-Escude said
there is only a 1-in-10million chance that what
they saw was a false positive, proclaiming "no
doubt" that what he
found was real. That's
because a telescope in
Chile that was used to
look at Proxima every
night for 60 days found a
gravitational effect on its
star every 11 days or so.
Then a close examination
of years of data from a
different telescope found
the same thing, Butler
said.
"That cinches it," Butler
said. "You've now seen
the exact same signal.
Two different telescopes,
two different techniques."
There are still many
questions, especially the
crucial one of whether
the planet has an atmos-
phere.
Harvard astronomer Avi
Loeb, who isn't part of
the discovery team but is
advisory board chairman
for Breakthrough
Starshot, said Proxima
might someday prove
vital to humanity's future.
"A habitable rocky planet around Proxima would
be the most natural location to where our civilization could aspire to
move after the sun will
die, 5 billion years from
now," he said in an email.
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AUGUST 26, 2016
This Side of 60: Put on a Happy Face and You'll be happy

By Marie Snider
Years ago, my mother
had an acquaintance who
seemed to be especially
blue. Now my mother
wasn't a psychologist, but
I always valued her
advice. Her advice to this
acquaintance was to bake
a batch of cookies when
you feel blue.
When she told me that
story, I understood for the
first time why we had so
many delicious homemade cookies.
My mother had reason
to be blue. Her husband
died way too young and
she couldn't imagine living without him.
Her diary entry that day
was a simple "I lost my
best friend today," followed by weeks of
silence.
After her husband died,
my mother had a difficult
decision to make - to
work where her children
lived or stay in her home
community. She decided
to move near her children, which took her to
Rochester, N.Y.;
Edmonton, Alberta; and
finally to central Kansas.
She loved every place
she went. But at the same
time, she always missed
her sisters and brothers,
her nieces and nephews,
her long-time friends
from upstate New York
and especially her
beloved Nick.
Later in life, when she
couldn't sleep at night,
she sometimes baked
cookies at 3 o'clock in
the morning.
Baking cookies when
she was blue was just one
of her life strategies to
make herself happy.
Another was "putting on
a front" as she called it.
She smiled and laughed
whether she felt like it or
not.
In other words, she "put
on a happy face" as the
song says.
Sung by Albert Peterson
in "Bye Bye Birdie," the
words are "Gray skies are
gonna clear up/Put on a
happy face/Brush off the
clouds and cheer up/Put
on a happy face/Take off
that gloomy mask of
tragedy/Put on a happy
face."
We have all been hit by
tragedies, but my mother

knew instinctively that
putting on a happy face
made her happier. Now
scientific research corroborates what she felt
intuitively.
Studies show that if you
act happy you'll be
happy, according to
David Myers, the author
of "The Pursuit of
Happiness."
Says Myers, it turns out
that happiness is an
inside job. It has little to
do with our circumstances and everything to
do with how we respond
to our circumstances.
We can act ourselves
into a frame of mind,
suggests Myers. Smiling

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brain to alter your mood.
So if you force a smile
or a laugh, it will contribute to your wellbeing. And after all, that's
what happiness is - a
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So if you put on a
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So if you want to be
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Happiness is what you do
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Dr. Sam Porco has a slogan many of his friends

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kid in the back of a police
car with a fishing pole. If
you look at these photos
from his organizations
recent fishing derby, you
can guess why he feels that
way.
The Youth Fishing
Foundation holds fishing
derbies for our local kids
several times each year.
These pictures are from the
one held recently through
the good graces and partnership with the staff at
Homestead Miami
Speedway on one of the
lakes on the track property.
Porco and his group of
dedicated volunteers are
always on hand to ensure
the safety and learning for
these kids. But most importantly to make sure they are
having fun. Each kid that
attends one of the organizations derbies goes home
with memories and with a
little luck some knowledge
of what can become a lifetime of recreational enjoyment. Every kid takes
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A dog sits waiting in the

cold Autumn sun,
Too faithful to leave,
too frightened to run.
He's been here for days
Now with nothing to do
But sit by the road, waiting for you.
He can't understand why you left him that day,
He thought you and he were stopping to play.
He's sure you'll come back,
and that's why he stays,
How long will he suffer?
How many more days?
His legs have grown weak,
his throats parched and dry,
He's sick now from hunger,
and falls with a sigh.
He lays down his head and closes his eyes,
I wish you could see how a waiting dog dies.
Think twice!
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AUGUST 26, 2016
Imagination
where we were sitting. A beautiful young
I love to people watch. If I am flying
ladymaybe late 20's with olive skin,
somewhere, I always prefer to be at the
long black hair and very nicely dressed.
airport very early. I don't care if Mr.
Sitting with her was a very handsome
Wonderful
young man, again late 20's, well
has a job to
dressed. It's funny but I could tell from
do and has to
Walk in my Shoes their gestures that it seemed like maybe
drop me off
this was one of their first dates. I imagwith
four hours
ined that together they would certainly
Doris D.
earlythat's
make a perfect couple. She just had
Meneses
ok. I like to
such a sweet look about her and the
sit and
guy seemed so genuine. OKmaybe I
observe the people around me. I can look am just hoping? I guess also I was
at a family with little ones and maybe part impressed because the young lady was
of the conversation I could hear would
certainly beautiful and could have worn
leave me to believe they are going to visit any of the latest fashions with what I call
grandparents. Perhaps newlyweds going
the "Three B's" of today's
on their honeymoon. Snowbirds going
society...Breastsbelly and boobs hangback north. But then, when I see those
ing out. Instead, this girl looked classy in
with tears in their eyes, I know that they
her brown sleeveless outfit. The guy
are not headed for a relaxing or exciting
could wear anything and he would look
adventurethey may be heading home to
good. He could be wearing a "wife beatsomeone who is very ill or perhaps has
er" (tank top) and pants that hung off his
passed away already. I've been there and
rear (I so want to go up behind people and
been that person.
pull them down) but instead, he wore a
Yes, any crowded venue brings me to
casual white, button down shirt, clean-cut
people watch and gets my imagination
hair and boy.it was Ken and Barbie.
soaring.
Heythis is my imagination so I imagine
This past Tuesday evening my Mr.
them dating, meeting each other's famiWonderful sent me a text to see if I wantlies, marrying, having children and living
ed to meet him. He was driving home
happily ever after.
from work and I was at a church meeting
Sitting next were two African American
so dinner had not been planned and it all
gentlemen that looked like they were cofell into place. The location was already
workers and just came in for a drink after
decided as he text back that he was at
work.
Chili's in Homestead.
Finally, we met the two gentlemen sitNow I have to tell you, I am not a fan of ting next to us. I imagined they were
spicy foods or sitting on bar stools but I
father and son but then I found out they
took one for the team and went and joined were co-workers who were staying at the
him. I also have to tell you that I had the
extended stay hotel out past Chili's. We
most wonderful time.
got to talking about great places to eat in
As we sat at on the side of the u-shaped
Homestead while they were here and we
bar, I glanced around and took in all the
had a great time. They were so friendly
people who were there. First off, our bar- that I thought on the way home, geeyou
tender, Cynthia, was a pleasant young
just wanted to invite them to your house
lady. The bar was full but she always had to eat a meal and sit on the patio and talk.
time to take care of whomever needed
Then as I'm writing this, I begin to wonwhatever. Over on the other side of the
der what other people watchers at the bar
bar I saw three men probably in their thir- thought of the very dark-skinned Hispanic
ties. They were having a wonderful time
guy with gray hair and the very obese,
whooping and talking extremely loud but
Caucasian lady with gray hair, probably in
it was from the excitement of the stories
their early 60's. What did they think of
they were telling each other. I imagined
us? Some could be thinking, "What is she
they were old school chums. Next to
doing with him?" based on his skin color
them was a Hispanic couple probably in
(we have experienced the prejudice).
their late 50's. I imagined them to be
Others could be thinking "What is he
married for years and just popping in for a doing with her?" based on her size (we
drink. Two more guys sat next to them
have experienced the prejudice). Would
and they just seemed all about the meal
they even consider that skin color and size
and their phone communications. A few
does not matter and this is a loving couple
years ago when Chili's had all that metal
who have raised 3 children and have been
decoration, one could never get a phone to married for over 40 years? Oh
ring or a text to come through in that
wowwhat a wild imagination!
building. Maybe that was a good thing?
All in funlet your mind wander and
Then came my favorite people at the bar. wonder and just imagine next time you
They were at the end of the other side
are in a crowd.
Ziggy
South Dade News Leader Weather Summary

ANSWERS TO AUG. 21 PUZZLE.
CryptoQuip
Dade County's Seven Day Forecast
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Scat'd T-storms Scat'd T-storms Scat'd T-storms Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
89 / 79
88 / 79
88 / 78
84 / 76
85 / 74
Day
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
0 - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11+
0-2: Low, 3-5: Moderate,

6-7: High, 8-10: Very High,
11+: Extreme Exposure
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Thursday
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89 / 75
Peak Fishing/Hunting Times This Week
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Wednesday
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86 / 74
Peak Times
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5:45-7:45 6:15-8:15
6:38-8:38 7:08-9:08
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Wed 10:15-12:15 10:45-12:45
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Sun/Moon Chart This Week

New
9/1
First
9/9
Day
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Sunrise
6:59 a.m.
7:00 a.m.
7:00 a.m.
7:00 a.m.
7:01 a.m.
7:01 a.m.
7:02 a.m.
Sunset
7:45 p.m.
7:44 p.m.
7:43 p.m.
7:42 p.m.
7:41 p.m.
7:40 p.m.
7:39 p.m.
Moonrise
1:35 a.m.
2:29 a.m.
3:26 a.m.
4:23 a.m.
5:20 a.m.
6:16 a.m.
7:10 a.m.
Moonset
3:17 p.m.
4:13 p.m.
5:06 p.m.
5:54 p.m.
6:39 p.m.
7:20 p.m.
7:59 p.m.
Full
9/16
Last
9/23
Weather History
Last Weeks Almanac & Growing Degree Days
Aug. 26, 1949 - A hurricane made

landfall at Delray Beach. Winds
reached 153 mph at the Jupiter
Lighthouse before the anemometer
failed. The hurricane caused 45
million dollars damage to crops. The
hurricane also caught the Georgia
and South Carolina coast resulting in
another two million dollars damage.
Farmer's Growing Degree Days

Date High Low Normals Precip
8/15 91
80
91/77
0.02" Date Degree Days Date Degree Days
8/16 90
77
91/76
0.06" 8/15
36
8/19
34
8/17 88
75
91/76
0.13" 8/16
34
8/20
34
8/18 90
78
91/76
0.00" 8/17
32
8/21
36
8/19 91
76
91/76
0.00" 8/18
34
8/20 93
74
90/76
0.00" Growing degree days are calculated by taking the average temperature
for the day and subtracting the base temperature (50 degrees) from the
8/21 94
79
90/76
0.00" average to assess how many growing days are attained.
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Day
8/26
8/27
8/28
8/29
8/30
8/31
9/1
Black Point Park

High
Low
High
4:34 am 11:34 am 5:23 pm
5:36 am 12:35 pm 6:23 pm
6:37 am 12:57 am 7:21 pm
7:35 am
1:56 am
8:14 pm
8:28 am
2:52 am
9:03 pm
9:18 am
3:43 am
9:49 pm
10:05 am 4:31 am 10:32 pm
Low
11:57 pm
None
1:33 pm
2:29 pm
3:21 pm
4:09 pm
4:53 pm
Day
8/26
8/27
8/28
8/29
8/30
8/31
9/1
High
3:51 am
4:58 am
6:02 am
7:02 am
7:55 am
8:42 am
9:26 am
Islamadora
Low
High
10:39 am 4:43 pm
11:43 am 5:47 pm
12:17 am 6:47 pm
1:14 am
7:40 pm
2:05 am
8:27 pm
2:53 am
9:10 pm
3:37 am
9:49 pm
Low
11:14 pm
None
12:43 pm
1:37 pm
2:27 pm
3:13 pm
3:57 pm
Day
8/26
8/27
8/28
8/29
8/30
8/31
9/1
High
5:54 am
6:51 am
7:50 am
8:47 am
9:41 am
10:32 am
11:19 am
Bayfront Park
Low
High
12:25 am 6:36 pm
1:28 am
7:35 pm
2:27 am
8:32 pm
3:24 am
9:27 pm
4:16 am 10:17 pm
5:06 am 11:03 pm
5:53 am 11:46 pm
Low
12:57 pm
1:58 pm
2:55 pm
3:49 pm
4:40 pm
5:28 pm
6:14 pm
Day
8/26
8/27
8/28
8/29
8/30
8/31
9/1
High
10:20 am
12:13 am
1:23 am
2:16 am
2:59 am
3:36 am
4:09 am
Flamingo
Low
High
5:13 am
None
6:21 am 11:36 am
7:31 am 12:47 pm
8:35 am
1:48 pm
9:32 am
2:40 pm
10:24 am 3:25 pm
11:11 am 4:05 pm
Low
7:14 pm
8:24 pm
9:22 pm
10:10 pm
10:51 pm
11:28 pm
None
Day
8/26
8/27
8/28
8/29
8/30
8/31
9/1
High
3:44 am
4:51 am
5:55 am
6:55 am
7:48 am
8:35 am
9:19 am
Key Largo
Low
High
9:48 am
4:36 pm
10:52 am 5:40 pm
11:52 am 6:40 pm
12:23 am 7:33 pm
1:14 am
8:20 pm
2:02 am
9:03 pm
2:46 am
9:42 pm
Low
10:23 pm
11:26 pm
None
12:46 pm
1:36 pm
2:22 pm
3:06 pm
Day
8/26
8/27
8/28
8/29
8/30
8/31
9/1
High
3:59 am
5:15 am
6:26 am
7:27 am
8:19 am
9:04 am
9:44 am
Key West
Low
High
11:23 am 5:52 pm
12:33 pm 7:02 pm
1:31 pm
7:55 pm
12:44 am 8:38 pm
1:41 am
9:15 pm
2:33 am
9:48 pm
3:20 am 10:18 pm
Low
10:30 pm
11:40 pm
None
2:19 pm
3:00 pm
3:37 pm
4:11 pm
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Sip Garza has accepted the Chairmanship of the newly formed
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305-246-0209 305-248-1982 305-451-2927
DIESEl REPAIR ShOP
NEW LOCATION! BIGGER and BETTER
Featured Key Largo Property
ROOFING & SHEET METAL
BENNYS TRUCK
& AUTO REPAIR, INC.
MM 100, custom all concrete

Prefirm (Insurance) home, exclusive Bayfront subdivision. Total of
5 bed, 3 bath w/3 car carport.
Private boat ramp & boat slip
w/davits. Concrete boathouse/
cleaning table. 1/2 fenced acre.
Commercial, Light & Medium Duty, Cars &

Trucks - Factory Trained and ASE Certified
BENNY ROBAINA
305-248-5080 Tel
305-248-5079 Fax
786-255-2693 Cell
30 NW 12th Street
benny@bennystruck.com
bennystruckrepair@aol.com
Tyres Auto Service
Family Owned And Operated, Over 40 years
105 N.E. 1st Road

Homestead, FL
305-247-1297
M-F 8:00 - 5:00
MV# 00876
MVR# 95101367
Owner,
Scott Tyre

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Vol. 104 No. 27

Kevin Pederson Reaches Out to Lost Soul

their professional life. As

a week and then to

Kevin had to literally pull

Kevin Pederson (above) is the current wrestling

Local Donations Pour In For Louisiana Relief

It was bad, no water- the

his home and everything in

storm. It was the little

Dade community came out

Hernandez and the community were able to fill

Grant Aims To Help Control

Annette Taddeo Vying For

Congressman Carlos Curbelo.

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SOUTH DADE NEWS LEADER

AUGUST 26, 2016

Soon after retiring from

but he says he is sorry for

DEA. (God) got me

he wants to keep coaching

She is building herself as

On Turkey Point Taddeo

largest county with people

Washington and vote differently. He voted for

As a sign that her campaign is healthy, Taddeo

dogs. PPSs goal is

problem. They are a

locations in Miami Beach,

appointment, send an email to

them if they would help in

The entire story of this fascinating real life drama

Some people find joy in

SOUTH DADE NEWS LEADER

AUGUST 26, 2016

Gunshots Halt Southridges Preseason

scoreboard hitting four

from a fight abruptly

the Miami Herald, one

Changes Coming To Navigating The Everglades Waters

this is the second phase of

promise that would

cost associated with ongoing maintenance that

Jester. I say use the

Shark River DBN 68;

Homestead Young Professionals Hosting Networking Event

very first Pop-Up this

the nights sponsor

music all night for everyones musical tastes.

social responsibility, and

HYP Chairwoman, Sara

MAC Celebrates Mexican-American Heritage

greet with famous personalities and a special performance by the

SOUTH DADE NEWS LEADER

AUGUST 26, 2016

Biscayne National Park from the Sky

of water and land features that are uniquely different from

A slice of Elliott Key, looking West.