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MISSING ENDANGERED MALE City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department Press Release The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is requesting assistance from the public in locating a missing endangered male.

Howard Ward was last seen on January 26, 2014 at approximately 11:00 A.M., when he was released from the Broward County Main Jail located at 555 Southeast 1st Avenue in the City of Fort Lauderdale. Ward’s caretaker expected Ward to contact him when he was released, and he has not seen or heard from him.

Law enforcement officials conducted a canvass of the area, checked local hospitals and homeless shelters, and have not been able to locate him.

Ward is described as a W/M, 5’6”, 140 lbs., long wavy brown hair, blue eyes, and a thin build. Investigators were not provided with a possible clothing description.

Investigators were told that he requires medication for Paranoid Schizophrenia and he has been without medication during this time.

Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of this missing person is encouraged to contact Detective Rosalind Wilson at 954-828-5570 or the Fort Lauderdale Police Department 954-828-5700. www.FLPD.org

Donating Time vs. Donating Money Staff Writer

In terms of the homeless problem of today, there is really no wrong way to help and assist. Any help is beneficial and wonderfully amazing for the community in general.

It has long been debated on what is better, giving money to the homeless or giving your time to the homeless. And, the answer still remains that both are important in their own way.

Giving money to the homeless will provide them with clothing, education, food, and shelter. It will take care of the homeless in more ways than you even realize and the more money that is given, the more services and help can be provided. But, giving money is not the only way to help. You and your friends and family can also give your time to the homeless. Giving time can be just as valuable as giving money.

Volunteers are able to feed the homeless, work on projects that will benefit the homeless and overall, be there as a support and anchor when times get tough. During the holidays, many people love to feed the homeless and assist with meals.

Many people look past the homeless and don’t find it their duty to help with their time or their money. The reality is that we are all different and we are entitled to do as we please. You as an individual don’t have to sit back and do nothing. If you feel a plight or just a feeling of love, then give to the homeless, be it money or your time.

It will help in more ways than you even know and you will be providing an inkling of hope to so many and to yourself. visit hvoice.org/donate on ways to help!

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Dear Homeless Voice Readers: We are the small non-profit that runs the #1 emergency and response shelter in South Florida. We serve, house, and care for 500 homeless every day, and have costs like any other business: water, power, rent, programs, staff and legal help.

The Homeless Voice is extremely effective.

It is a place where anyone in need will get help. It is a safe place for people to go when they have nowhere else to turn. We take no government funds. We run on donations averaging about 33 cents.

If everyone reading this paper gave the price of a cup of coffee, our fundraising would be done. If helping people is important to you as it is important for us, take one minute to go online to www.hvoice.org and become a monthly angel. $15 per month is what we need from You. Please help us forget fundraising and get back to Serving the Homeless. Thank you. Please visit: www.hvoice.org/member

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The COSAC Foundation was originally established in May 1997 to partner with other social service agencies, in the area, that provided help to the homeless population. COSAC also independently feeds the homeless or anyone in need of food. The COSAC Foundation opened it’s first homeless shelter in 1999 and named it COSAC Quarters (the shelter money was raised by spare change). We have grown into a multifaceted agency that feeds, shelters, and arranges for each homeless person to receive the necessary access to social and noncompulsory religious services to enable a return to a self-reliant lifestyle. And for the small percentage of people incapable of living independent lives, we provide a caring and supportive environment for their long-term residency.

Our vision is to end discrimination against the homeless population and to develop such an effective network of services that we greatly reduce the time a person or family emerges out of homelessness back into self-reliance.

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5 Honest Day’s Work which will Keep You Broke creation of strong unions. Take the LaGuardia Airport for inA lot of Americans are in awe about how people livstance; it was purposely constructed to restore hope and honour ing in the richest country in the entire world have to to American workers, but today, cabin cleaners earn a miserwork for long hours and yet have nothing to show for able $8 an hour without health benefits. it.

Fast food workers: the irony presented here is that those Available report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics serving the orders are practically working for close-to-starvaindicates that in 2012, about 1.57 million Americans tion incomes. Non-managerial fast food workers make an averwere earning a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. Alage of a measly $8.94 an hour. Majority of these workers are though millions more earned above the figure, several females while a considerable number of them have families to others earned below the minimum wage. More than support.

60% of those who earned minimum wage in 2012 Fishing industry workers: some of the most dangerous jobs were either in the hospitality, rein modern America are found aboard fishtail, or the leisure industry. ing vessels. They include pulling in lines, Approximately 28 million peo- The irony presented here is preserving the catch, and operating equipple will benefit directly or indiamong others. Industry wages are not that those serving the orders ment rectly if the minimum wage is subjected to minimum wage laws; instead, increased. This is because busi- are practically working for they are based on a percentage of harvest. ness owners usually adjust wages close-to-starvation incomes That notwithstanding, if you deduct the cost of workers above the minimum of equipment and gear each worker is supwage. Here are some 5 jobs where posed to buy, their wages are typically beunder no circumstance should workers go broke for low the minimum wage. discharging their honest day’s work.

Construction and mining workers: Laborers including Airport workers: American airport workers have helpers often undertake the most hazardous tasks on construcbecome disadvantaged as a result of actions by govtion and mining sites. Their functions involve explosives and ernment, employers and their proxies to prevent the scaffolding, yet they are the lowest paid. $10 an hour is the Staff Writer

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average wage for a day labourer. This makes the employees wallow in abstract poverty as they virtually struggle to keep body and souls just above the minimum wage. Because of their status as casual laborers, in several states, their medical expenses are not taken care of.

Nail salon workers: The last 2 decades have seen the number of manicurists tripled in the United States.

The minimum wage earned by a manicurist or pedicurist is about $9.24 as of May 2012. Sometimes these workers are denied over time or even lunch breaks.

They are also exposed to all sorts of harmful chemicals which may have not been tested for safety.

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My dear friends. Is Pope Francis the second coming of Jesus Christ? He acts just like him. He speaks like him. I don’t really think that this is Jesus, but he is very close. I believe Pope Francis is here to save the Catholic Church and maybe the world.

The church has suffered some bad press in her history, where there was wrongdoing, greed, and general abuse of power, but it is difficult to recall a time where the church felt the shame of the whole world on its shoulders, as it does today.

I am a member of the clergy in the Catholic Church and I am a victim of the sex scandal. Not me personally but my best friend in school. He was repeatedly abused by a priest and I was not aware of it. I would even be there on outings with them, completely in the dark of what was going on. It was only years later after his tragic death that his sister wrote of how five of the six children in the family were raped and abused by this one predator. They were a family whose father had left them and were being raised by a single mom.

They were vulnerable.

There are many stories like this one and there are stories like this happening now. Child abuse is a terrible thing and should not be ignored by any of us. As members of the human race we are obligated to speak out, to protect the innocent, the helpless.

Pope Francis can make a difference. He just may be speak volumes about the way he feels the church should be. brave enough to clean house. The priests, bishops, How we should lead by example and be loving and kind to all and cardinals responsible for the abuse of children regardless of their race, religion, or even should not be able to claim statcultural views. utes of limitations. There should I love the Catholic Church. I believe it is be no time limit for a predathe church that Jesus built upon the rock Pope Francis can make a tor to be charged. The bishops and of hell will not knock it and cardinals involved in paydifference. He just may be down.theWestorms will survive these trying times, ing victims off for their silence brave enough to clean house. and if we are fearless and persistent in our should be charged, convicted, efforts to be honest, we can come out the and sentenced to jail. All clergy other side better. and non-clergy members of the Pope Francis we place our hopes in you, church that are guilty of these we pray for you in every church every day during mass. May horrific crimes need to be brought to justice before God keep you as the beacon of light that you are and may all we can know peace in the church. Pope Francis can the world come to know Jesus through you. Peace, Deacon Bob do this and he is doing it in many ways. His actions

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We will survive these trying times, and if we are fearless and persistent in our efforts to be honest, we can come out the other side better.

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Remembering Gary Sara Targett

Medals to Top 3 M/F in 5 yr Age Groups!

The big race day had finally arrived. After months of planning, promoting, and attention given to every detail, our Annual 5k was once again upon us. Unlike the previous year this morning’s weather couldn’t have been better- the sky was clear, the temp beautiful and the peaceful ocean creating the perfect backdrop for a scenic beach race.

The registration table where I was stationed began to get busy. It was a stressful but exciting flurry of activity as racers pinned on their bibs and greeted one another. Before we finished up completely I was pulled to sing the national anthem, the kickoff of our race. I was filled with pride as the song ended and the runners took their place at the starting line.

Once the race began, I started my next job for the day50/50 raffle ticket seller and cheerleader to the runners starting to make their way towards the finish line.

As Mark, my husband and race director, ran past me looking panicked and clutching the AED, I knew the day had suddenly taken a turn for the worse. I could see some of our emergency personnel off to the side of the broad walk in the distance as I walked closer in that direction. Before I could get too much closer, Mark came running back towards me.

He was on his way to our timing company staff to get information on a fallen runner.

That fallen runner we learned was Gary Shimminger, and he had just completed our race before taking his final breath overlooking that peaceful ocean.

The day became a blur after that for most of us present.

Gary’s wife Karen and son Scott were also at the race and notified right away. We learned that Gary was a beloved retired Miami Beach Police Captain, dedicated husband and loving father. He also loved running. Scott recalled his father being so excited to race that morning.

None of us could have predicted what would have happened that day. While we didn’t know Gary personally, we have certainly gotten a sense for who he was. A good man with a sense of humor and great love for his friends and family. We are so sorry for the loss everyone has felt since his death.

Scott and Karen graciously came to our fall 10k/5k race and will be with us again for our beach race to honor Gary.

Please join us to celebrate the life and legacy our fallen runner has left behind.

Left: Gary and Karen before the race last year Right: Gary crossing the finish line

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Are You Ready To Run? John Hanc-Runners World

According to William Roberts, M.D., medical director of the Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis-St. Paul, ambient temperature is only a small factor in predicting heat stress. “At Twin Cities, we’ve had cases of heatstroke at 50 degrees,” he says. “And there have been marathons in Rio de Janeiro without any problems. So much depends on your acclimatization levels.”

Dr. Roberts has researched cases of fatal heatstroke among athletes and found that the runner’s general health and use of medications were contributing factors, just as important as dehydration and weather conditions. He offers this checklist to determine if you’re ready to run in the heat. If you answer “no” to any of questions 1 through 6 or “yes” to question 7, Dr. Roberts advises either exercising indoors or keeping your run very short and very easy.

1. Are you acclimatized—have you been in similar temperatures during the last two weeks?

2. Are you well rested (having gotten at least seven hours of sleep last night), and have you been in cooled/air-conditioned environments for some part of the last 24 hours?

3. Are you hydrated? (If you are hydrated, your urine will be pale yellow in color. If it is dark like apple juice, you’re dehydrated.)

4. Are you healthy—no recent illnesses?

5. Are you well nourished?

6. Have you avoided alcohol in the last 24 hours?

7. Are you taking medications with ephedrine or other prescription medicines that might interfere with your thermal regulation (information you can find in the literature that comes with the medication or get from a pharmacist)?

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Couples Get Free Lovin’ From the Homeless Voice Archives: WWFF Issue May 2009 Devin Desjarlais Florida Atlantic University

It is 9 o’clock on a Saturday night, and Sean Cononie has just finished ordaining a wedding.

The couple shares a kiss and gets in a car to head to a Marriott hotel. But after their two-day honeymoon, they won’t go home to a house with a yard.

The newlyweds will return to the homeless shelter where they live.

Cononie isn’t a traditional minister. He runs the shelter the couple will return to. The Coalition of Service and Charity (COSAC) currently houses about 300 people in their four buildings in Hollywood. A year and a half ago, Cononie decided to expand COSAC’s services to include holding and paying for weddings for homeless and poor couples.

“We do enough funerals here, so we needed to do something more.”

Over the past 18 months, COSAC has organized five weddings, all free of charge to the couples. So far, four out of the five weddings were for couples that lived in the shelter. food for the 25 people attending and because it was donated, “We’ve been blessed with donations, so if I can the whole thing was done at almost no cost. I enjoyed it.” help them out, I do,” says Cononie, founder/direcAccording to Cononie, outsiders tend to think that COtor of SAC’s residents are “alcoholics and COSAC. “It costs us hardly druggies.” But most of the time, that anything.” isn’t the case. Either way, he ensures that But these wedding aren’t trathe couple is making an informed deci“It is satisfying taking what ditional. They are usually organized and held in one day. The you have to work with and sion before he gives his blessing.

He usually meets with the couple at shelter offers to pay for cake, making it as beautiful as least three times, similar to a counselor, flowers and clothing. The orgabefore deciding whether possible.” nization also offers two nights COSAC will organize a wedding for in a hotel and around $200 for them. spending.

“I want to make sure they aren’t making “We did a wedding for an outa bipolar decision,” he says. side couple who were disabled and poor,” says Rich One thing Cononie requires the couple to do is obtain a Carlish, COSAC’s hotel manager. “We provided

marriage license.

“If they say, ‘Oh, I don’t know about that,’ then I say they aren’t ready.”

Getting a marriage license for the couple isn’t always easy. Only three out of 15 people who come to COSAC have an ID. Getting them IDs is one of COSAC’s goals when new people come to the shelter.

That is the final step before the wedding day.

“There is something satisfying [about doing this] even though it is as low-budget as it gets,” says Richard Carlish. “It is satisfying taking what you have to work with and making it as beautiful as possible.”

Each day at 3pm, say this prayer

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Outside St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Davidson, North Carolina rests a sculpture, so realistic that from not too far a distance, it appears to be an actual, living homeless man sleeping on a bench. It’s a piece by sculptor Timothy P. Schmalz entitled, “Homeless Jesus.” As WCNC NBC Charlotte reports, it’s getting quite a bit of attention.

On his website, Schmalz describes “Homeless Jesus” as a, “representation that suggests Christ is with the most marginalized in our society.” The art, which costs as much as $2,975 depending on the size one might want, shows Jesus wrapped in a heavy blanket with very little of his face showing, but his wounded feet clearly on display.

Reverend Doctor David E. Buck, St. Alban’s rector told WCNC that it’s “beautiful” and that it help reminds believers that their, “ultimate calling is as Christians, as people of faith, [is] to do what we can individually and systematically to eliminate home-

ing behind the sculpture. It is about people driving lessness.” The piece also seems to have some notable fans. In into our beautiful, reasonably upscale neighborhood a CTV report, Schmalz says “Homeless Jesus” was blessed by and seeing an ugly homeless person sleeping on a Pope Francis and displayed in Vatican City. park bench. It is also about walking by this sculpSo the sculpture, having the endorsements of religious leaders ture at night and passing within inches of the grim both home and abroad must have the community of Davidson reaper. These are the impressions behind it, right? Well…no. Not entirely. that this sculpture gives. I have While some neighbors of St. Alban’s told stepped over actual homeless WCNC that they like “Homeless Jesus,” ultimate calling is as people sleeping on a sidewalk in others aren’t happy. The station spoke Christians, as people of New York City and not been as with Cindy Castano Swannack, who said she initially called police the first time she faith, [is] to do what we can creeped out as I am walking past drove by it, thinking it was an actual homeindividually and systematically this sculpture.”

DavidsonNews.net writes less person. Additionally, Swannack said, to eliminate homelessness “Homeless Jesus” will, “remain “Jesus is not a vagrant, Jesus is not a helppermanently at the church.” Revless person who needs our help. We need erend Buck told the site, “It’s someone who is capable of meeting our here because it’s wonderful art that reminds, with this needs, not someone who is also needy.” beautiful (church) structure here, that our faith is exShe isn’t alone in her sentiment. In a letter to the editor of pressed through our concern and care for the homeDavidsonNews.net, resident Jerry Dawson wrote: less. We think it’s the perfect place for it.” “…My complaint is not about the art-worthiness or the mean-

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YOU MUST READ THIS.... IT IS CRITICAL You all have been hearing that we are being telling them if they want us to continue to take the taken off the streets and can’t sell our news- homeless they need to help us. That is not going so paper any longer. The cities said that they good. I have to tell you that any city that takes away care about the vendors and not getting in ac- our funding but still sends their homeless to us is a cidents. They claim it is all about safety but pretty sad thing. The cities claim that we still have when you look at the safety report they used some streets and they did not outlaw every street. to make these laws selling a newspaper on That is correct but the majority of the streets we can the side of the street is the least dangerous do are very slow and in most cases the median can’t behavior compared to all the other types of be walked on because it is slanted. On some of the accidents. In fact riding a bike in the middle corners there is no rest room for a mile or two. The of the community is much more dangerous other corners have no median where you can’t even than selling a newspaper. However the city stand because that violates another law. did not make any laws to protect bike riders, We filed a federal law suit and the judge said there they did not say a bike can’t be driven on the are other places we can vend our paper. So we lost side of street. Crossing the street at a cross the case.

So we are hitting those spots such as a walk is more dangerous than selling a newscounty park, city halls, or the airports. Those have paper. They have not made crosswalks like been pretty good but we are still way behind in our bridges over certain corners like they have budgets. The sad part of this is almost every city is done in the past. It is way too expensive to do going to pass the same city code. When that hapthat but yet those bridges save lives. When pens we may have to close our overnight beds which you compare selling a newspaper to high are the most important beds we have. These are the school sports you will see that many more beds that the city uses. These are the beds that clean kids are hurt or killed than us selling a newstheir city streets of homeless people. We are going paper. I’m not saying I would want them to to try everything possible to save these beds. We make sports illegal. In our 17 year history have to…. If God wants us in business then we canwe have never lost a newspaper vendor due not break the bank. to an accident. Is it dangerous? Yes it can We still have some cities. But this month we lost be like any other occupation. They claim it another two cities. For now we have half the cities is about safety, but when you get copies of we use to have. (We are getting more check donathe city commission emails, that are public tions at this time which is allowing us to cover some record, you can see that it is not about safety of our budget, and with the use of our emergency it is about not wanting a funds we are holding on but that all homeless person coming stops in a few months.) Of course up to their cars. It’s about We are going to try everything we are going to try to continue to a person not wanting to be possible to save these beds. We distribute the Homeless Voice in bothered by a homeless any area we can. However it may have to….

If God wants us in person. Some even say it become too expensive for us to is not the standards of our business then we cannot break distribute the paper if we have to the bank. community. If they were drive all over the place because so concerned about the our corners are all over the place. homeless why do the cites Plus we have to keep a driver out outlaw homeless shelters, feeding the home- there all day long for bathroom breaks. That means less, or arrest them when they are sleeping four new staff members and four more vans, insuron a bus bench? Why would a city arrest a ance and gas. For the places like city hall we would person feeding the homeless? never be able to get each vendor out in time because These same cities that outlaw us from sell- we have to go to one city hall and then the next then ing a paper did care about the homeless in a the next and we would never be able to do that unway … How did they care? They have their less we bought more vans. We will try using busses homeless taken to our homeless shelter and and that will work but the poor vendor has to add expect us to figure out how we can pay for about four hours to their day. Then we would have all of this. That is correct, these same cities to add more staff to audit and count the sales for the that outlaw us from selling a newspaper still day because of the longer day. take their homeless to our shelter. We have Here is what we need to do. You all have supbeen still taking the homeless from these cit- ported us throughout the years. Yes we do thank you ies because it is not the homeless persons for sending in those big checks because that allows fault. We are putting it back to the cities and us more time to convert from street side vending to

If everyone who bought our paper would just send in a check each and every month we would not only stay in business but we would become even bigger and better. monthly pledges. More people are sending in checks now than before. But we need more of you to help us in the mail instead of in the street. If everyone who bought our paper would just send in a check each and every month we would not only stay in business but we would become even bigger and better. I spend most of my day trying to figure out where to get all this money that is needed. The future can be spending time on serving the people we all love. You can still buy your paper when you see us in limited locations or we can even send you a paper in the mail or you can download a free paper online. If this plan works we will make the paper bigger and train some of the vendors to sell advertisement where we can bring in more money and they can keep their jobs. If everyone just sent in $1 a month we would be ok. If some sent in more we would become bigger and some of you may want to become a Monthly Angel where we would be the best there is. The time is critical … we need you now more now than ever. I can’t stress it any other way than how I am saying it…it is critical. How do you send in your monthly donations?

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