As the lazy days of summer get started, parents who want to peel their kids away from screens can send them to a variety of camps around town and in Palm Springs North.      From learning to swing a racquet or a golf club to performing in musical theater or mastering STEM courses, kids will have lots of fun opportunities to fill their time while out of school.       Camps listed...

Miami Lakes Optimist Club Treasurer Jim Hamilton presents a plaque to Fred Senra in January. Senra is a partner at Miami Lakes AutoMall, and the recognition was for the dealership’s sponsorship in 2024 of the youth sports organization’s baseball program. 

A celebration of life will be held for Juan Campiz on March 11 at Vista Memorial Gardens in the chapel. Campiz, who lived in Unincorporated Miami-Dade County, died in January. He was 98. Campiz was a retired custodian with Miami-Dade County Public Schools and the oldest player on the Miami Lakes Geezers softball squad. Geezer’s coordinator Dave Oliver called Campiz the team’s “No. 1 Idol” and “truly...

     The Orange Bowl Committee installed as president a former college and NFL linebacker who played in its annual college game.      Henri W. Crockett, who grew up in Pompano Beach, assumed leadership of the Miami Lakes-based organization on Feb. 7.      “It is an incredible honor to become the 87th president of the Orange Bowl Committee, an organization that has shaped my life both as...

Dave Gergely   Golf Sales Coordinator, Miami Lakes Golf Club  Miami Lakes       “Well, I’m a lifelong Eagles fan having grown up in Pennsylvania, so I’m rooting for the Birds all the way,” Dave Gergely said.  Andrea Gil   Personal Training Fitness Manager,  Miami Lakes Athletic Club Miami Lakes      “Kansas City...