On December 6, the senior class at Dade Christian School presented Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital with money they raised and toys they collected. This fundraiser started last year with the junior class so this is the second year they’ve been doing this.Early last year, the donation was monetary; however, this year they were able to give money as well as toys from the kindergarten and elementary students. They wanted to do something to help...

William “Bill” McClaskey of Davie, Florida, and a longtime resident of Miami Lakes, passed away on January 2 at the age of 91.McClaskey was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in WWII from 1945-47. He was initiated into the Free and Accepted Masons in 1967 where he held the office of Worshipful Master in the Miami Temple, Lodge 247, during 1977, and was a 32 degree Mason in the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.He was received, admitted and...

Irma Tejeda, a teacher at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School for 31 years and who touched the lives of her students throughout her career, died on December 27. She was 58.Born in Cuba, Tejeda moved to Miami with her parents when she was one year old in 1961. She graduated from Hialeah Miami Lakes High School, where she met her future husband, Jorge Tejeda.After earning her Bachelor’s Degree in music from the University of Miami, Irma...

he Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) Foundation is currently accepting applications for students of Hispanic heritage who are seeking financial aid in their pursuit of a college degree.The HSF is designed to assist students in high school, college undergraduate students and graduate students, and community college students transferring to four-year colleges and universities.The awards are merit-based and the final amounts range from $500 to...

College bound students seeking a scholarship and other programs for financial aid can apply for the G-E Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program.U.S. News and World Report ranked the program as 1 of 4 “huge scholarships” worth $10,000 or more.“If any student can land one of these awards, they’ll be off the hook for a big portion of their tuition bill,” the magazine said about the program. “In fact, they might event graduate college...