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Hallandale Beach Paints The Town By Mayor Joy Adams
The Hallandale Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (HBCRA) launched the Enhanced Paint Program (EPP) Beautification Project officially known as “Paint the Town (PTT).” PTT is the only initiative of its kind in the State of Florida. Homes in need of painting were selected on a street where the HBCRA constructed is first Modular home. The CRA has since identified numerous other streets throughout the entire CRA. To date, 26 single and multi-family homes have been selected and have undergone beautification. The EPP has improved the social, economic, and design assets of the community in several ways. The EPP has led to overall neighborhood beautification which has given residents a renewed sense of place and pride. It has also given neighbors, community and City officials an opportunity to interact with each other in a meaningful way. Previously planned, the Mobile Food Pantry was scheduled to be at Gulfstream Academy on July 11th, 2019 but unfortunately the event has been cancelled. Instead the school will be hosting registrations for free and reduced lunch on July 11th, 2019. Currently, Broward County Public Schools is not accepting applications online, therefore this will be a great opportunity to do so locally. If you any questions or concerns, please contact Food and Nutrition Services of Broward County Public Schools at: 754-321-0250. I am very hands-on with helping others and most importantly helping our community do better. I donate my time and personal services to 13 different charities. Joan Ochoa of Berkshire Hathaway Florida Realty won lunch with the Mayor from a raffle held at St. Matthews Catholic Church located at 542 Blue Heron Drive Hallandale Beach, Florida 33009. It was a great pleasure having lunch with Joan Ochoa at the Flashback Diner where we got to talk about different topics and interests. I look forward to many more planned activities such as this one with individuals from our community to strengthen our trust, relationships and communications. As you may know, the YMCA is coming to the City of Hallandale Beach. The new location will be located at 501 Southeast 1st Avenue Hallandale, Florida 33009 (Peter Bluesten Park). The Hallandale Beach YMCA Family Center is dedicated to building healthy, confident and secure children, families and communities. Whether you’re looking to get healthy, meet new people, or spend more time with your family, this is the place to check out. The new 40,000 Sq. Ft. Hallandale Beach, Page 3A
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Has The Immigration Picture Changed? Today’s immigrants, are they different? By Marylynne Newmark
My mom’s childhood memories were filled with fear, war and hunger. Children could not play on the streets. Girls had to walk in groups to avoid being pulled into alleys by roving groups of “fun loving” boys or soldiers. My mom’s widowed mother had to sell whatever she could cook, sew or barter in the twice-weekly market, just to earn a few rubles. However, even with that little bit of money, food was in short supply, and rent had to be paid. That was Russian-occupied Poland from 1910 to 1923. As a young teen, my mom knew she had to find a way out. An escape route opened for her and thousands of other young European Jews via Zionism to become pioneers in building a new home in the unused wasteland that was promised to them in the Bible. In her city of Lomdza, she trained for three years in agriculture and defense. A few weeks prior to her shipping out,
her sisters in America pooled their resources to send her passage to New York, insisting that life was too hard and dangerous for her in Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel. She was thrilled at the opportunity, but somehow, she would have to get to L’Havre, France, to reach the ship. For a sheltered 17-year-old girl who had never been more than 20 miles from home and knew no other languages than Polish, Russian and Yiddish, this could have been daunting. But, with the clothes on her back, a few rubles, determination, and good advice from her mother, she made it on time to board a steamer and come to America. This is my mother’s immigrant story. It mirrors millions of similar experiences, many more desperate than my mom’s, fleeing to save their lives. My dad and his family left the pogroms of Russia just prior to the Communist Revolution. His recollections of
Cossacks, riding horses through their little town bent on destruction, were daunting. Today’s immigrants at our southern border are no different. The language and faces may differ, but their fears and desire to make things better for themselves and their children are the same. They are risking their lives to escape brutality, hunger and political unrest. In 1980, individuals and families with children risked their lives on rafts and small boats in 90 miles of rough open seas to escape a fearful political coup. That summer, the city of Miami opened its arms to absorb 125,000 refugees. In September of that year, without any warning, the Miami-Dade school system accommodated close to 13,000 new students who did not speak English. That was one city, determined to open its arms and Immigration, Page 2A
Giant African Land Snail Property Inspections Taking Place in Hollywood The giant African land snail (GALS) is considered one of the top 100 invasive species in the world because each snail can lay more than 2,500 eggs a year, consume more than 500 species of plants, and is a known carrier of the rat lungworm parasite which can cause meningitis in humans and their pets. Program specialists will be conducting inspections for the GALS and distributing outreach material in the City of Hollywood. Inspectors will be in Hollywood through the summer inspecting properties Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Specialists will knock on the front door and announce
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their presence prior to entering into the yard. As a measure of safety, all FDACS employees must wear a department ID badge that must be presented upon request. Inspectors WILL NOT enter residences, however they will attempt to enter all accessible areas of the yard, including the front, side and back. They will leave informational doorhangers on properties they cannot access. Inspections will continue through the summer but may be shortened or extended depending on weather and accessibility to backyards.
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