AUGUST 24 - 30, 2010
Police Department presents officers with Amy on Sunset Officer of the Month and Life-Saving Award Time to get back BY LEE STEPHENS
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he South Miami Police Department recently awarded officers with Officer of the Month and a Life-Saving Award. In May, Detectives Michael Vargas and Lisa King were both awarded Officers of the Month. The detectives are assigned to specialty investigative units within the Criminal Investigations Section. Detective King is responsible for general crimes and Detective Vargas works in narcotics. Recently, the pair has worked together on cases that involved domestic violence, child abuse and drug charges. They apprehended burglary suspects and recovered stolen property that was ultimately returned to its owners. They busted
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AWARDS, page 3
BY AMY DONNER
School supplies used to consist of one three- inch three-ring binder covered in blue fabric, a five-pack of tabbed dividers, a 500 sheet pack of lined notebook paper, one blue ball-point pen, two #2 pencils and an eraser. If you wanted, you could also add a few duo-tang folders. Last week, I was out with the masses on the hunt for a rubber fuchsia binder that folds in thirds, an 11-inch metric ruler, tabulated composition books, desk size sanitation cream, a 1.5 inch cardboard binder, a hard At the award ceremony, pictured (l-r) Commissioner Brian Beasley, Detective Michael Vargas, Major Michael Mills, Detective Lisa King and Commissioner Walter Harris.
Read in Newfoundland UM Geology Professor, Han Wanless, and Lynn Bauer took the South Miami News to Cow Head, Newfoundland. They are visiting Cow Head because the students in Mr. Wanless’ UM undergraduate summer geology field course are doing a major mapping exercise there.
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AMY ON SUNSET, page 3
New faces, places are coming to SoMi BY NANCY EAGLETON
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wo exciting new shops will be opening in SoMi in the fall. First National Bank of South Miami has recently signed agreements with POP’s Ice Creamery and Aurum Collections to occupy their two retail spaces. POP’s Ice Creamery, headquartered in Costa Rica, will be opening in the space previously occupied by Granny Kay. The family owned and operated ice cream business has been in operation for 42 years and has more than 130 locations in Central and South America.
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NEW PLACES, page 5
The team from Miami Mumbai will be opening a new boutique in South Miami called Aurum Collections in the fall. From left to right are Yamilee Prieto, Herminia Herrera and Mercedes Garcia.