Stephen A. Rodriguez, son of Miami Lakes residents Paul and Ibis Rodriguez and grandson of Esteban and Magda Minsal,  participated in Week 4 at the Cooperstown Dream Park Tournament in Cooperstown, New York. Rodriguez is a member of the 12U Weston Rattlers Black. The Rattlers were 6-0 in seeded games and were tied for 7th place in a field of 104 teams. The Rattlers were eliminated in the round of 32 in a tough 9-8 loss but...

  Athletic field rehabilitation work has started at Royal Oaks Park on all four fields. This involves heavy grounds maintenance work inclusive of deep tine aeration, core aeration (minimum two directions per field) as well as harvesting all field cores for sprigging to encourage proper growth in the turf. Following the application of sprigs, the fields will be rolled to level out the playing surfaces. During this period, fields will be...

  Boys and girls, ages 6 to 18 years old, are invited to attend the 2014 Junior Golf Camp at Shula’s Golf Club during four week-long sessions in July and August. Session 2 will be held July 7 to 11; Session 3 is scheduled August 4 to 8; and Session 4 will be held August 11 to 15. Each session will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Kids will learn the basics of the game including concentration on full-swing, putting, chipping, and...

  Following graduation, new Monsignor Edward Pace High School alumni Brittani Garcia and Christy Piña, a Miami Lakes resident, could have relaxed and enjoyed being done with high school. Instead, they joined Pace theology teacher and Campus Minister Andres Novela on a 12-day mission to Môle-Saint-Nicolas in Haiti. The mission, which took place from June 18 through June 29, was done through Amor en Acción, the...

  Miami Lakes K-8 Center's Language Arts teacher Virnalis Arvelo celebrated the FCAT Writing scores from successful students in her classroom with a lunch at Shula’s Steak 2 on Main Street. The students pictured (from left) include Arturo Sanchez, Michael Abreu, Rebecca Lopes, Natalie Mendez, Krysten Sliwinski, Natalia Flores, Sophia Betancourt, Arvelo, Sabrina Rubinstein, Jade Noa, Ivan Demendoza, Arturo Goenaga, and Jonathan...