Miami Lakes Youth Center will be hosting several fun and exciting programs for middle and high school students at “The Spot” from 6 to 8 p.m. during August at 6075 Miami Lakes Drive. Friday, August 10 – Smash Bros. Battle Royale. The time has come to show your skills in one of the biggest events to close out the summer. The Spot will be accepting all challengers in its first Smash Bros. Battle Royale. Who will be the...

  Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee  (EAC) will host several educational, fun and exciting events for seniors in August. The EAC, in partnership with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr., will present Serving Our Seniors Expo from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 4, at the Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. Participating agencies will include: Miami-Dade Office of Community Advocacy (Hispanic...

  Kaylee O'Hara, an incoming freshman for the FIU women's basketball team, has been selected as one of 20 athletes invited to the Canadian U18 women's national team tryouts and training camp, the organization announced last week. The training camp was held from July 14-28 at York University in Toronto. Following the end of the invitational tryouts and training period, the team  departed for Mexico City, Mexico to begin...

  Blazing the trail for women to play college basketball, Miami Dade College (MDC) head coach Susan Summons was honored, once again, as she was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee. The recognition marks the sixth time Summons, who’s also a college professor and community relations advocate, has been inducted into a Hall of Fame. Summons was selected as one of the Trailblazers and...

IN THE JULY 20 ISSUE, the Pace alumni and NFL players participating in the USA Football Fundamentals training camp incorrectly named Sean Spence as a Pace alumni. The camp was hosted by Pace alumnus Anthony Walker Jr., and Spence. Other Pace alumni who participated included Kayvon Webster and Stephen Morris. Pictured (from left) Walker Jr., Webster, Spence and Morris.