The Miami Lakes Optimist Club will be holding registration for the 2015 Fall baseball and softball season from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on consecutive Saturdays, August 8, 15 and 22, at Miami Lakes Middle School, 6425 Miami Lakeway North. The Optimist Club welcomes returning and new players to play in an exciting season. New players must bring a copy of their birth certificates to the registration, which costs $145 per person. Only...

  Spanish Lake Elementary student James Diaz won the 2015 Contender Karate Cup in Galeria De Karate competition last month hosted by Hialeah Gardens High School. Diaz competed against a host of his karate-learning peers, out dueling them in the art of self defense and self discipline. His instructor, world renown karate master Miquel Ochoa, was on hand to watch his student kick away the competition. Ochoa works at the MG Martial Arts...

  Current members, new members and non-member guests using guest passes at Shula’s Athletic Club, 15150 Bull Run Rd., are eligible to enter to win a customized paddle board made by Miami Lakes local, Athletic Club member, and professional paddle board creator, Christopher “Rubio” Gonzalez. Gonzalez is a surfer with a passion for art and design and started Rubio Surf Designs in 2010. The Shula’s Athletic Club...

  The Assessment Center at Miami Dade College’s (MDC) School of Justice will offer the Advanced Teen Safety Driving Program on Friday, July 31, at North Campus, 11380 N.W. 27 Avenue. The course, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., will give students the tools to handle the complex situations that driving in a crowded urban environment can present. Open to drivers 16-21 years old with at least six months of driving experience, will include...

  Miami Lakes will offer a free fishing clinic and contest in July at Miami Lakes Optimist Park Marina, 6411 N.W. 162 Street. The clinic will provide attendees with tips on proper catch and release techniques while the contest provides a competitively fun way to spend a summer Saturday with the family and an opportunity to win prizes for the largest fish and the most fish. All lifejackets, fishing poles and bait will be provided free of...