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JULY 14 - 20, 2009
Zookeeper Rue Hewett gives heart to rhinos Hammocks District cops receive CAC recognition
Metrozoo’s Indian Rhino “Suru” is pictured with keeper Rue Hewett.
Bowling for Rhinos takes place July 24 at Bird Bowl. For details, see story in this issue.
BY RICHARD YAGER hen you lose your heart to a rhinoceros, there’s no limit on love. That is what you learn from Rue Hewett, an Idaho native who found both a new husband in Miami and a love for rhinos at Miami Metrozoo. “Last year, we didn’t think we would raise much money,” explained Hewett,
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28, who helps enlist contributors to Bowling for Rhinos, a fundraising event conducted yearly by the South Florida Chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers. Then newly married to Ryan Hewett, a marine salvager at a Homestead marina, Rue Hewett said, “The economy was so down that I felt I would only be contributing from my heart.” –––––––––––––––––– See
RHINOS, page 4
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It is family night when Miami-Dade Police Hammocks District dads win awards presented (left) by Citizens Advisory Committee chair Frank Irizarry and Capt. Scott Andress. Officer Fernando Rivadeneira is clutched by two proud daughters as Sgt. Patrick Calvo looks on. Officer Pedro Villalonga is joined by wife, Karla, and son, Julian Villalonga.
BY RICHARD YAGER
our car thefts at southwest Miami-Dade County malls were solved in one “routine” stop handled by a quartet of Miami-Dade Police Hammocks District officers, according to a citation honoring the four for their service at the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting on June 24. The detail included Sgt. Patrick Calvo and Officers Fernando Rivadeneira, Lisandra Vera, Pedro Villalonga and Juan Rodriguez, all of whom gained the distinction for a series of what Maj. Alexander D. Casas called “application of communication skills” as they doggedly quizzed suspects to gain additional information.
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The arrests began when Officer Rivadeneira spotted a man pushing a 1994 black Honda Del Sol with its lights out just after 3 a.m. on Jan. 17 in the Serina Lakes community. It led him to quiz its driver and a nearby viewer “standing at the corner” next to a second Honda, also occupied. Instantly suspicious, Rivadeneira summoned backup while conducting a traffic stop to interrogate the individuals involved, leading to identity and impounding of two Honda vehicles and 38 stolen burglary tools and electronic instruments. The equipment was identified as stolen from vehicles in Country Walk. Quizzing of one cooperative suspect
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RECOGNITION, page 4