When you are 14 and you want to help save the world, what would you do? You can start in your own community, and if you are a Cadette Girl Scout, you can work on a Silver Award project. That’s the plan for Girl Scouts Chloe Schwinghammer and Emily Wong of Troop 248, local girls who want to reduce obesity by promoting health and fitness. The Scouts have created the “Fit Fair,” an event that will allow Miami Lakes...

  The Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces Department, as part of its ongoing efforts to help older adults discover the joy and benefits of improving their health and well-being through active recreation, has extended its free “Enhance Fitness” Active Adults 55 and plus exercise classes to veterans age 55 and over.   The endeavor is presented in conjunction with the Health Foundation of South Florida...

  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...

  Lindsay Selmer, daughter of Ellen Selmer, vice president of Human Resources for The Graham Companies in Miami Lakes, was honored in May with the “Bob Demaree Coach of the Year” award. Selmer, who graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2013 with a major in Exceptional Education, teaches at East River High School in Orlando, and just completed her second year as the varsity softball coach. She took the East...

  Miami Lakes Soccer Club’s Recreational Program held its closing ceremonies on May 31 at Royal Oaks Park. The project began in February and ended with 350 participants on 19 teams of boys and girls, ages 4 to 14. Mayor Wayne Slaton and Councilmembers Tim Daubert and Nelson Rodriguez (center) are joined by Soccer Club officers (from left) Tony Rodriguez, Alvin Murray, Diana Bernal, Gladys de la Cruz and Edward Andrade.