After 21 years spent nourishing children enrolled in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Food Service Assistant Manager Gina Rodriguez retired in April. Yecenia Martinez, principal of Bob Graham Education Center, thanked Rodriguez for her dedicated service and commitment to students in the school district and wished her well during her retirement, the school said. Shown in the photo: former Food Service Assistant Manager Gina Rodriguez,...

Mark your calendar
for Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church’s Spring Food Festival, to be held in Miami Lakes on May 14th through May 16th. The celebration will take place at 6600 Miami Lakeway North. This year the event
will happen in place of the church’s annual Spring Festival, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Food booths will offer Mexican, Jamaican, Cuban and Colombian, Filipino and other...

It can be tough to learn remotely, on both the students and their teachers who have all had to adjust during the coronavirus pandemic. The student council at Bob Graham Education Center created a photo collage to salute their educators at the school, which has its campus at
15901 NW 79th Ave. in Miami Lakes.

The Lunge Position Row 
will give you the strength to do any household tasks that require bending and safely picking up and putting down objects as well as vacuuming.
 1. Get into a lunge position with one foot forward, the leg bent at the knee, the other leg stretched out behind you. Keep your weight on your toes and your upper body erect.
 2. Hold a dumbbell in the same hand as the leg stretched out behind you. The other leg is...

After more than a year’s hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Yoga in the Park is back! Each Saturday at Picnic Park West, Lighthouse Yoga & Wellness will host an hour-long yoga class, beginning at 9 a.m. The class, held at 15151 NW 82nd Ave., is free and open to all ages, beginners to advanced. Don’t forget to bring a mat. The teacher does accept donations. --Megan Jacobo The Miami Laker file photo.