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can do kid Miramar Student Travels to Kenya for Enterprising School Project . . . . . . . . . . 21

school news Glades Middle School Prepares for Harvest Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Miramar Youngsters Go for Reading Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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8th Book Club – Friends of the Miramar Library Book Club. This month’s book: “The Tiger Wife”. 1:30-2:30 p.m. Miramar Branch Library and Education Center, 2050 Civic Center Place. For more information or to reserve a book, call 954-437-1806 ext. 225. Miramar Community Garden Monthly Member Meeting – Everyone is welcome. 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Fairway Park Community Center, 3700 Largo Drive, Miramar.

10th Flea Market – Blessed John XXIII Roman Catholic Church, at 16800 Miramar Parkway, Miramar. 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For more information, call the church at 954-392-5062.

Community Business Expo – The Shops at Pembroke Gardens (in the former Annie Sez location) 10 a.m. 5 p.m. For more information, call the Miramar Pembroke Pines Regional Chamber of Commerce at 954-432-9808.

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26th – 27th Ultimate Business Program – Two day workshop covers the basics of starting and striving in a new business, from developing a business plan, to record keeping, taxes and more. 4 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Miramar Branch Library and Education Center, 2050 Civic Center Place. For more Jazzercise for Adults – Come have information, call 954-437-1806 ext. 225. fun and get into shape in a Jazzercise class for adults taught by a certified instructor. Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. – 10 a.m. Sunset Lakes Community Center, 2801 SW 186th Avenue. For more information, call 954-442-4912. Cirque Chinois – One of the longestrunning and most distinguished circus troupes in China, the National Circus of the People’s Republic of China will perform Cirque Chinois as a part of the Cultural Explorer Series. The award-winning acrobats of will perform amazing feats such as balancing on a teeterboard, flying on a trapeze, group contortionism, juggling straw hats and more. Tickets are $35, $40 and $45 with a three-show Cultural Resume Writing and Interview Explorer Series subscription offering a 10 Skills – Sign up for this weekly class percent savings. The Miramar Cultural which is designed to give job applicants Center | ArtsPark, located at 2400 Civic the skills they need to have competitive Center Place on Red Road in Miramar. resumes and interview skills. 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. For more information, visit http://www. Fairway Park 3700 Largo Drive. For more miramarculturalcenter.org information, call 954-889-2722.

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schools combined education, imagination and competition to build the future - Miramar in 2040 - one carefully placed LEGO brick at a time. Four hundred children in 73 teams converged at Vizcaya Park recreation center on October 10 with hand drawn site plans, an essay describing their vision of tomorrow, and tons of energy. “I did this kind of work in college. Now kids are doing it in fifth grade,” said Harold Zombek, director of Miramar’s Community Development Department who created the competition along with fellow city planner Tekisha Jordan. Miramar Mayor Lori Moseley said the project proves that tomorrow’s Miramar is bright. “Kids talked about protecting the environment, having special-needs accessibility, building mixed-use neighborhoods…We do so many things to educate residents of all ages about what we need to plan for in the future. Major kudos to Miramar schools because Miramar kids get it,” Moseley said. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital at Memorial Hospital Miramar was the event’s top sponsor. “It amazes me how much the children participating in this event learned even before the building competition began,” said Milin Espino, the hospital’s director of community relations. Changing Face of America - Miramar 2040: Build

The first place winning LEGO creation in the Changing Face of America - Miramar 2040: Build Your Dream Community was created by Jacklyn Siu, Yvette Pratdesaba, Amanda Joloya, Nicolette Pysher and Sophia Bedoya of Dolphin Bay Elementary School. (Photo Credit: City of Miramar)

Your Dream Community made Miramar the first city in the United States to partner with LEGO for the toy company’s international Lego Build the Change events already happening in Singapore, Denmark, England and Australia. Sifting through nearly 1 million colorful plastic pieces provided by the toy company, the teams found just the right mix of bricks and whimsical blocks to construct entire communities on 12 inch by 12 inch LEGO platforms. Teacher Nancy Panos, of Silver Lakes Elementary School, said the students started planning their dream cities in late August. They began with classroom conversations about necessary community components such as schools, hospitals, grocery stores and farms.“We talked about what cities are

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Miramar fifth graders, 400 of them from a dozen schools, created 73 communities out of LEGO bricks. (Photo Credit: City of Miramar)

Top: Noah Jenkins, 10; Nicholas Radlein, 10; Sean Bage, 10; Rachel Smith, 11; and Alejandra Mora, 10, of Dolphin Bay Elementary School, display their finished product - a high tech, multi-purpose hospital. The team took home second place. (Photo Credit: City of Miramar) Middle: Ali Virani, 10, Michelle Zhu, 10, and Diya Jayram, 9, of Silver Shores Elementary School in Miramar, build their LEGO version of Miramar in 2040. (Photo Credit: City of Miramar) Bottom: Harold Zombek, director of Miramar’s Community Development Department; Camilla Torpe, event manager for LEGO Systems; and Robert Rose of Miramar Cultural Center, were among the judges. (Photo Credit: City of Miramar)

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lanning is now actively underway for Miramar’s Relay for

Life event and organizers are still looking for teams to come and join the annual overnight cancer-fighting effort. To get things rolling, The City of Miramar and the American Cancer Society held its first “Relay for Life” kick-off party at the Miramar Cultural Arts Park Center/Artspark Banquet Hall October 23. Working off the theme of “Bewitching Cancer,” organizers hoped at least 20 teams from local schools, businesses, clubs, churches and synagogues would sign on. “It’s never too late to sign up,” said Bruce Klasner, the Event Chairman. “We always encourage people to try to organize teams, because we are the largest fundraising branch of the American Cancer Society.”

The Miramar Relay will be held June 14-15 at the Ansin Sports Complex. The honorary chairperson will be Miramar Mayor Lori Mosely. “We are trying to show that this is an important event for the city and the community because it affects everybody. It crosses gender, nationality, race, religion as well as economic conditions,” said Klasner. The Miramar Relay will have somewhat of a different look this year, as it will be the first time in several years that the Relay has not been held in coordination with students at Everglades High School. The school is planning a separate Relay, comprised primarily of students for later in the year. Relay for Life got its start In 1985 when a Tacoma, Washington physician named Gordy Klatt walked and ran for 24 hours around a track, ultimately raising $27,000 to help the American Cancer Society. A year later, 340 supporters joined him in the effort and it has grown ever since. Each year, more than 4 million people in over 20 countries take part in the overnight community fundraising walk, which encourages teams of people to camp out around a track. Throughout the night, members of each team take turns walking around the track. Most events are kicked-off with a Survivors Lap, where all cancer survivors take the first lap, celebrating their victory over cancer. There is also a Luminaria Ceremony which honors who have been lost to the disease, or those whose fight continues. The events are family-friendly and include food, entertainment and camaraderie. Klasner says it is never too late to sign up and join in. “The sooner they join up, the more they can get involved,” he said. Miramar’s Relay for Life event is scheduled for June 14-15 at the Ansin Sports Complex, located at 10801 Miramar Boulevard, 33025. For more information about joining the Miramar Relay for Life, contact Bruce Klasner at MiramarRelay@gmail.com, call Susan LaClaire at the American Cancer Society at 954-564-0880, ext. 7532 or email susan.laclaire@cancer.org

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Local Chamber of Commerce Introduces 2012-2013 Board

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ne of our area’s largest civic organizations recently announced

its Board of Directors and Officers for 2012-2013. The board of the Miramar Pembroke Pines Regional Chamber of Commerce is comprised of 19 business leaders representing small to large companies from across the county and its membership. Members are voted and appointed onto the Board of Directors in October by its membership.

This year’s theme for the Chamber and Board of Directors is “It’s Happening Now!” “This theme represents for our organization that we are moving forward with a focus on providing a return on investment to our members and building a strong reputation as an organization working on building stronger business communities in the cities we serve,” said Chair Ismael Monroig. This year’s officers are Chairman of the Board, Ismael Monroig of PSAV; Chair Elect, Steve Mazal of Tropical Financial Credit Union-Miramar; Vice Chair of Finance, Marc Liebeskind of Principal Financial Group; Secretary, Teresa Justice of Broward College (South Campus), Past Chair Maggie Wiegandt of Memorial Healthcare System: and Legal Council Olivia S. Benson Esq. of the Law Offices of Squires Benson P.L. Also announced, the Chambers Board Members: Leah A. Carpenter of Memorial Hospital Miramar; Sonsire Becerra of the Miami Herald Media Company; Barbara Bergevin of BankAtlantic; Ashley Boxer Dalley of Baptist Health South Florida; John C. Collier, CSM of the Shops at Pembroke Gardens; Gaspar Garcia, Newbridge Securities, Corp.; Romeo B. Lavarias of the City of Miramar; Henry Rose of the Falcon Foundation; Mike Stamm of the City of Pembroke Pines; Jennifer Stewart of Children’s Harbor, Inc. Laurie Woodward Garcia of Kaylin Printing and Promotional Products and Gus Zambrano, AICP of the City of Miramar. The Chamber is also hosting its annual Business Golf Classic Tournament this month. The 20th Annual Golf Tournament will be held Friday, November 16 at Grand Palms Hotel and Golf Resort. The City of Miramar returns as the title sponsor this year. Participants can look forward to a day of golf followed by a lunch, awards, and auction. For more information Miramar Pembroke Pines Regional Chamber of Commerce at 954.432.9808 or visit our website atwww.miramarpembrokepines.org.

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when Miramar’s senior citizens get together for an early Thanksgiving celebration this month. The City of Miramar Social Services Department will host its 31st annual Thanksgiving Dinner Nov. 15, and organizers say it is a chance for local seniors to give thanks and share a wonderful meal. “It is a coming together to celebrate all that they are thankful for in their lives,” said Shaun Gayle, Program Manager for the Social Services Department. The special meal will begin at 6 p.m. at the Miramar Multi-Service Complex, located at 6700 Miramar Parkway. While the focus will be on fun, the setting will be formal. Seniors are being asked to dress in their finest attire and they’ll sit down to a beautiful table laid out with linens and china. Then, they will enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal, following by live entertainment and more. “Our seniors tell us they really look forward to this,” said Gayle, who will be attending her first Senior Thanksgiving Dinner after joining the Social Services department earlier this year. Now in its 31st year, the dinner has long been a chance to provide a holiday celebra-

tion for seniors who may live far away from family, no longer have family, or for those who are new to the country and unfamiliar with the American Thanksgiving tradition. It is open to members of both senior centers in the City of Miramar. The Sunset Lakes Senior Center is in West Miramar, 2801 SW 186 Ave., while the senior center in the Multi-Service Complex is in East Miramar, 6700 Miramar Pkwy. Designed for residents who are at least 55, both centers offer a wide array of services such as counseling and support groups, information and referral, health and wellness, and recreational activities . For many, visiting the centers throughout the week gives them a feeling of belonging and friendship. The holiday dinner is a chance to honor that. “It is a time when seniors from both centers come together and celebrate the new relationships that they’ve forged,” said Gayle. The event is sponsored by the Senior Advisory Council and the City of Miramar. Tickets are $18 for members and $20 for non-members and transportation is included in the price. A bus is available to pick up the seniors at their homes. For more information, call 954-889-2700 or visit www.ci.miramar.fl.us.

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Knowing that his family was planning a trip to Kenya, Bryan set to work collecting school supplies for the Watamu S.D.A. Primary School, a small school not far from Kenya’s Indian Ocean Coast. He posted requests for donations on Facebook, garnering donations from as far as away England and Australia. He also posted a collection box in BrandsMart and found a local Girl Scout troop willing to help with a school supply drive. In just over two months, he collected more than $1000, money he used to buy four computers during a stopover in England. When he finally arrived at the schoolhouse in June, the family was greeted with flower leis and singing. “They gave us a tour of the school and I talked to each one of the classes,” he said. He also showed photos of his school in South Florida and said the students asked tons of questions about his life in America. Perhaps the best reaction came when he presented the supplies and computers. “They were astonished that they received so many supplies, especially the computers,” recalls Bryan. Thanks to his donation, the school has now started its own computer studies class, and some of the students stay in touch with Bryan through Facebook. The Bryans also had the opportunity to visit a second small village school, where they donated school supplies and uniforms that friends in England had put together. Now back home, Mackenzie is at work writing about his experiences and putting together a presentation for his project that he will present next year. Bryan, who hopes to turn his love of scuba diving into a career owning a Salvage Company one day, is satisfied with what he was able to accomplish. “I feel like it was a nice thing to do,” he said. www.miramartowntimes.com | To Advertise in Miramar Town Times, Please call 954-306-1007 | November 2012 MTT ALL 1112.indd 21

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potential or real problems. Since we have seven physicians, we are able to coordinate the care of our patients. Hi-risk or complicated cases are discussed within the group. Specialists are consulted as the case requires.

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The original choreography and traditional storyline of The Nutcracker caters to the excitement and enjoyment of audiences of all ages. This best-loved holiday classic wows both young and old with its delightful tale, unforgettable classical music score, and magnificent dancing. Little girls will delight in the graceful dancing, while the battle scene complete with sword fight will engage young boys. Each performance showers the audience with joy and even lifts the spirits of the most difficult holiday scrooge! The Nutcracker tells the story of a young girl, Clara, who receives a magical Nutcracker doll as a gift from her mysterious uncle, a Magician. The story traces her fairy tale journey through a fierce battle of mice and soldiers. Clara sees her

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Nutcracker slay the giant Rat King on stilts as she journeys through a forest glistening with real snow falling on stage to meet magnificent Angels. She then meets the princes and princesses of foreign lands; and dances with exquisite flowers including the ever so elegant Dewdrop. Clara’s fabulous adventure culminates when she meets none other than the Sugar Plum Fairy, who brings the audience to standing ovations year after year. The breathtaking music by Tchaikovsky is the composer’s most-loved suite. IBC’s production features a cast of over one hundred dancers in bejeweled costumes with backdrops and sound effects so realistic you feel as if you are dancing with the stars as part of this exciting journey. Whether this will be your first time seeing a Nutcracker production or it’s a time honored holiday tradition with your family, make the International Ballet Company’s 13th annual performance of The Nutcracker ballet part of your holiday festivities.

The International Ballet Company will perform The Nutcracker December 15th and 16th at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts. The theater is conveniently located just off the Sawgrass Expressway; simply head east on Sample Road and turn right on Coral Springs Drive. Tickets are on sale now for the Saturday matinee at 2pm, Saturday evening show at 8pm, and the Sunday matinee at 2pm. All Matinee tickets are $25 each and the Gala Performance is $35 per ticket. Call the theater box office at (954) 344-5990 or visit www.coralspringscenterforthearts.com to purchase tickets to the spectacular holiday classic, The Nutcracker, presented by the International Ballet Company. There will be a special performance for Girl Scouts on Friday, December 14th at 7pm. Girl Scouts and leaders can call (954) 224-0024 for ticket information.

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School News

Miramar Youngsters Go for Reading Record By Julie Levin

It is believed more than 2.1 million adults read to enjoying a sweet treat, some of Miramar’s young- children last year, a number organizers hoped to top est residents played a role in helping to set a this year. To make it a shared reading experience, they new world record recently. The students were given the not only had everyone read on the same day, but they chance to take part in the annual “Read For The Record” all read the same book called, “Lady Bug Girl and the event, organized by the Jumpstart Organization. Each Bug Squad” by David Soman and Jacky Davis. Teachers year, the group sets a day for schools worldwide to host were quick to point out to the kids, some of whom come from different countries, that children worldwide were a shared reading experience to help highlight the need for high quality early education. This year the event took linked by the story. “We told them that where ever they place October 4 in schools around the world, including are, today everyone hears the same story,” Lewis said. All the students got to take home a bookmark that said all five of Miramar’s Early Childhood classrooms. “We talk to our children about how important it is to read “I set a world record today.” They also had fun turning and that today is a special day,” said Karen Lewis, the vanilla cupcakes into their own version of a ladybug by City of Miramar Early Childhood Program Childcare using red frosting, chocolate chips and sprinkles. Superintendent. At the Sunset Lakes Early Childhood Center, the children enjoyed guest readers from the City’s Social Top: Miramar Mayor Lori Mosely Service and Finance Department, Police Department reads to a class of preschoolers at Sunset Lakes Early Childhood Center and even the Mayor, who shared her love of reading Bottom: Following the reading of with the preschoolers. “I think it is very important at “Lady Bug Girl and the Bug Squad”, the students decorated cupcakes to a young age that children develop the joy of reading. look like ladybugs They joy should come first so later when you have to do homework or a job, you remember how much you liked it when you were young,” said Mayor Lori Mosely. imply by listening to a great book and

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in time has, for one reason or another, been on a website that gives estimates of a home’s “current” value. Monitoring home value estimates online has become an addiction for today’s internet savvy real estate consumer. Are these estimates accurate? In more cases than not, not at all! However, these estimates can be very useful if you understand the basics of how they are established, how they can be easily skewed, and the proper way to use them. In the past, if you wanted to know what your home was worth, you would have had to consult with a Realtor to do a comparative market analysis or have a formal appraisal performed. Today, we tend to rely on these Home Value websites. They build algorithms that retrieve a description of your home from the county tax records along with other publicly available records of the recent sales prices of similar or comparable homes in your area. They make mathematical changes to create a “rough” estimate of your home’s price based on how similar or different it is in measurable factors, such as the number of bedrooms and bathrooms and the size of the property. In addition, some of these websites use a formula that derives a percentage estimate of how the overall local real estate market has moved in the time since the comparables were sold. An automated online estimate of your home falls short and becomes more or less unreliable, because a computer that pulls information from the public records does not have the ability to detect physical, aesthetic, condition and location differences in accordance to each property. The potential for error in these online estimates of home value is why most real estate professionals find them unreliable. The preeminent way to estimate a home’s value is to look at what similar, nearby homes have actually sold for, as close as possible to the time the home’s value is being sought. Appraisers and Realtors do this. Home value estimate websites also attempt to do this, but with a much larger margin of error than human professionals typically have. Because these online home evaluation estimates are not fully trustworthy, I believe they should be used sparingly as a means of arriving at a list price of your home if you are selling. Pricing your home correctly from the onset is imperative to obtaining the most for your property. These estimates are great if you are using them to track movements of the value of your home or the value of homes in a specific neighborhood over a longer period of time. Patrick Simm, Managing Director of the Simmsational Real Estate Group at Keller Williams Realty Partners SW, can be contacted at 954-709-8258 for all your Real Estate related questions and/or inquiries. Visit www.PatrickSimm.com or on Facebook at Facebook.com/OneCoolRealtor.

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Legally Speaking

Three Major Mistakes by Homeowners When it Comes to Association Dues By Omar J. Arcia, Esq. Foreclosure Defense and Consumer Bankruptcy Protection Attorney

any homeowners that have fallen behind on their mortgage

payments also make the decision to stop paying their homeowners’ association dues. If a homeowner is trying to save their home, non payment of association dues is perhaps one of the worst decisions they can make. Homeowners can quickly find themselves defending two foreclosure actions, one from the mortgage company and one from the homeowner’s association. The following are three major mistakes by homeowners when it comes to collection of association dues. ▸ Only the mortgage company has the right to foreclose on a home. This is just not true. Florida law permits homeowners’ associations to place a lien against your property for the value of any unpaid dues or assessments, quickly foreclose, and take possession of the property to recover the value of that lien. Generally speaking, there are fewer defenses to an association action than a mortgage foreclosure action. Also, because the amount in controversy is usually less than $15,000, association foreclosure actions may be filed in the lesser backlogged county courts. This means that association foreclosure actions are completed much quicker than mortgage foreclosure cases – usually in less than 6 months. ▸ An association will not foreclose if there is no equity in the property. Just the opposite is the case. Since there is a significant mortgage ahead of the association lien, at a foreclosure auction, the association itself is usually the highest bidder and becomes the new “owner” of the property. More and more homeowners’ associations are foreclosing on South Florida homes in order to take possession of the property and rent it out to recover the unpaid dues, until and when the mortgage company forecloses. Accordingly, an association may foreclose and deprive you of your property if there is equity or not. ▸ There is no need to hire an attorney to defend an association foreclosure action. Like in a mortgage foreclosure action, there are a number of defenses to an association foreclosure action which may only be effectively developed in court by a law firm with experience and specialized knowledge on how to defend association foreclosure actions. An attorney can also help you negotiate a structured settlement of your association debt with affordable payments to avoid foreclosure. There are also bankruptcy related strategies that can be implemented to reduce or wipe out homeowners’ association debt altogether. If you have fallen behind on your association payments, or recently received an association foreclosure action, it is important that you retain a well qualified law firm, like the Arcia Law Firm, to fully represent your interests. The Arcia Law Firm is privileged to represent dozens of homeowners in our community in association foreclosure and collection actions. More detailed explanations of different options available to homeowners in foreclosure, at risk of foreclosure, or considering bankruptcy are discussed in a new consumer DVD developed by the Arcia Law Firm entitled “Fight For Your Home.” If you mention that you heard about the DVD through this magazine you will receive a FREE copy during your appointment to discuss your case in detail with a member of our legal team.

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Brow Boutique specializes in Beauty of Eyebrows By Julie Levin

hen it comes to looking your best, you want a salon than can provide the style you are looking for, and that includes your eyebrows. The new Brow Boutique in Miramar offers an upscale salon experience that is centered around creating perfect eyebrows, along with a range of other services such as facials, body waxing, makeup and more. Recently, co-founders Alisa Hoosein and Rossy Privett answered some commonly asked questions about Brow Boutique.

What is Brow Boutique? Brow Boutique is an

upscale salon that offers professional eyebrow shaping. We provide high quality beauty care services in a stylish and enjoyable environment of superior guest service. Established in 2011, Brow Boutique was founded by Alisa Hoosein and Rossy Privett. We have combined 25 years of experience in the beauty industry and a natural knowledge in eyebrow shaping.

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Some of our services include, Beautiful Brow Shaping wax/thread, Stripless Body waxing (No Double dipping!), Pevonia Facial Treatments, Makeup Artistry, and Lavish Lash extensions!

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offer a facial peel called, VI Peel. It will improve the tone, texture and clarity of the skin, soften lines and wrinkles. It will also clear acne skin conditions and reduce or eliminate acne scars. You can enjoy radiant, younger looking skin in about a week with the VI Peel.

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What is the most preferred service you have? Our most popular service is the Beautiful

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als. In addition, Brow Boutique certifies all staff by providing extensive “hands on training” to ensure their eyebrow knowledge.

What sets your business apart from other brow/waxing businesses in the area?

What sets us apart Stylish and welcoming: a look inside Brow Boutique from other salons is our PASSION. You only get one chance to What is one thing your salon doesn’t stand make a good first impression. We take for? We take sanitation very serious. Our techour time with each client to make sure nicians all practice the single dipping method that they are 100% pleased when they to avoid cross contamination of the wax. We leave our boutique. Satisfaction is what love our clients & their safety is always our first we strive for. priority!

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Mayor’s Message

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Miramar Mayor Lori C. Moseley

ear Miramar Residents:

With the national election upon us this month, I am sure you have been listening to everyone speak about which candidate is the best or which party should run our country for the next four years. But at the end of the debates and speeches, we all need to decide who is best capable of running our country. That is why I believe that voting is one of the most vital and important duties we as citizens must perform. It is our vote that decides the course our country will travel in the next four years. But, equally impressive are the volunteers that help make these elections happen. Whether at the polling stations, walking in neighborhoods to remind people to vote, or passing out flyers, armies of people volunteer their time and effort to help. It is this sense of volunteerism that I hope to motivate everyone to do this year. The Broward League of Cities has issued the League’s first-ever Million Hour Volunteer Challenge to the residents of Broward County! The League believes that volunteering strengthens communities, solves problems, and improves lives. While those of us with relatives in high school are aware of their volunteer requirements, we should remind them that volunteering doesn’t end when one graduates from high school and volunteering is no longer obligatory. We must show that volunteering is a lifelong commitment to make the world a better place by being compassionate to those in need and working to make a difference. While many may elect to make monetary donations, which are fine, your presence would be just as equally valuable. I encourage you to get involved today by participating in any volunteer project of your choice. Think of a volunteer project that touches your heart in some way. It could be reading to pre-K children, working in Miramar’s Community Garden, helping out at your child’s school, mowing the lawn of an elderly neighbor, helping out at a homeless shelter, or coaching a Little League team. The point is to decide that you will help make the world a better place by making a difference in the lives of people who need your help. It is my fervent hope that our proud City will be in first place among all cities during this challenge. Miramar is fast becoming a city on the move as a great place to work, play and live. I want it also to be known as a city that works to make a difference in the lives of those in need. The City of Miramar has set a goal of accomplishing 55,000 volunteer hours, and will be leading the charge by partnering with the following organizations; Miramar Optimist Club, the Police Athletic League, and the Moose Lodge to benefit the community through various volunteering activities. In order to keep track of the volunteer hours make sure to log your hours so we can track our progress. You can log your hours at http://www.browardleague.org/volunteerchallenge/. The Million Volunteer Hour Challenge runs until May 31, 2013. Let’s show the County that Miramar can make a difference. All great changes occur when we decide to take action.

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Ribbon Cutting for New Market-(l-r) Aurelio Fernandez, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Memorial Healthcare System, School Board Member Patty Good, Leah Carpenter, CEO, Memorial Hospital Miramar, City of Miramar Mayor Lori C. Moseley, and City of Miramar Commissioner Wayne M. Messam work their way through the cutting of the ceremonial ribbon at the opening of the Farmers Market at Memorial Hospital Miramar.

Smiles at the Sunset Lakes Early Childhood Center- Allison Nicole Toussaint, the Site Supervisor of the Sunset Lakes Early Childhood Center and Karen Lewis, the City of Miramar Early Childhood Program Childcare Superintendent.

10th Birthday Celebration! Sunset Lake Elementary School recently celebrated its 10th birthday with a spaghetti dinner and teacher talent show. On hand to enjoy the fun, administrators and teachers, parents, students, and after-school care workers.

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