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Obie, the Orange Bowl mascot, shows off a rendering of the new Joseph C. Carter Park track and field at agroundbreaking ceremony put on by the Orange Bowl Committee and the city of Fort Lauderdale.

Park scores makeoverOrange Bowl, Fort Lauderdale team up to renovate Carter Park

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FORT LAIIDERDALE - JosephC. Carter Park will receive a make-over in January, and its field will getanewname.

The field will be lnown as theOrange Bowl Fblil atCr.ter Park

Government representatives andthe Orange Bowl Committee made

it official Thursday at a ground-breaking ceremony at the park lo-cated att45o W Sunrise Blvd.

The project was praised by offi-cials as the perfect combination ofpublic and private supporL

The renovation will cost $3 mil-liorl shared equally by the city andthecommittee.

Fortlauderdale Mayor Jack Seil-er said the city wanted to renovate

the park, butthose plans were far inthefuture.

"Ifs only costing us half,' Seilersaid. "\Me expedited the project inorder to take advantage ofthe Or-ange Bowl Committee's generosity."

Construction is set to start soonbecause the renovations willbe un-veil6d in.lanuary during the week of

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Saharan dust on the wayBYKDNKAYEStaffwriter

Saharan dust should again fi[ thesLy *ift millry haze on Friday andmove alongbySaturday. But anotherorpansive dust cloud is expected todrift in early next week, and it rnighthang around even longe4, the Na-tional Weather Service said.

"This one could stick aroundT\resday tkou& Thursday or Fri-dayj' meteorologist Barry Baxtersaid- 'It will reduce otrr chance ofthunderstorms and make it hoteranddrief

On Thursday, the Saharan dustraised the aio qnlity index to themoderate level, just short of beingunhealthy. While they didn't issue

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any advisories, health authoritiesurged those with acute respiratoryproblems and allergies to remain in-doors trntil the dust departs.

Atthough the approaching Saha-ran dust is larger and thicker than thecrrrrent layer, it might not be as con-centrated by the time it arrives overSouth Floridq said meteorologistRobertMolleda

"There's going to be a Iittle bitmore moisture in the arnosphere,next week and that might mitigtei{' he said" 'tsut ifs still probablygoingtobehaz5t''

Ifs not unusual for a second dustcloud to arive so soorr, €rs Saha:andust is relatively common in SouthFlorida in June and luly. The dustuzually rides on the backs of dry trop-ical waves, Baxter said"

"The waves pick up tlre dust inAfrica andpull it across theAdanticj'he said. "\Me usually see this traro tothree times inthe summeC'

By August the tropical waves tendto be laden with moisture and aremorc apt to develop into tropicalstorms andhurricanes,

In addition to producing prettysunsets and hazy skies, the dust alsoheab up the atrnosphere, as it oftentrapshot air atlowlevrels;Baxter said.

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the upsettingordeal."It's a violation of your

personal well-being fte-cause] somuchemotion-aliry is connected," shesaid. 'My grandmothergave me those things soit's sad, very sad."

Thebreak-in occurredwhile she was attendinga wedding in Atlantawith friend RichardBehnke, who had silverdollars and other coinsstolen.

Mier said her daugh-ter called after findingthe door ajar 'and thehousb ransacked.

'nW'e saw amessj'Miersaid upon her return."The master bedroomwas torn apart [and] ev-ery drawer was open andonthe floor."

Engel, who sold thestolen property at fleamarkets and pawnshops, was cooperatingwith detectives. Heblamed a drug problemfor the loss of his home,car and several jobs. Hehad a new baby and afiancee and needed themoney, Brown said.

"He says he's kickedhis drug habit but that'skind of what started thedownward spiral he gotfrom methadone twoyears ago," Brownsaid.

Engel was arrestedFeb. 2 on charges ofmethadone possessionand driving with a sus-pended license, but in-vestiga.tors need burgla-ry victims to come for-ward to make thecharges stick.r"'fle's on probation

now, so he violates pro-bation regardless,"Brown said. "But wewould not be able tocharge hirn with any ofthe burglaries unless thevictims are willing toprosecuteS'

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the BCS National Champion-ship Game that will be playedat $m Life Stadium in MarniGardens.

The imprwements will in-clude a foo6all field,'eight-lane track, new scoreboardand enhancements to thebleacher area The park wasnamed after Joseph C. Carterwho played football at Flori-da Mbmorial College andworked for the city andcounty park and recreationsdepartrnent

'1 wishhewas here to seei{' said Joseph Carte4 Jr.

'1Me chose this park be.cause we felt it was a goodpar\' said Frank Gonzalezchairman of the legacy giftcommittee for the OrangeBowL '1 think ifs goinC toenhance the level ofthe areaand make it a safer environ-mentfor activitied'

This is the second legacyproject the Orange BowlCommittee has funded. Itcelebrated the Orange Bowts75th anniversary by fundingpart ofthe construction ofafield at Moore hrk in Mami-Dade County in 2OIL

"The ultimate success ofthis project will not be mea-sured b5, wins and losses butrather by the contributions of

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each and every one of theyoungsters we servej' Seilertoldthe crowd atthe ceremo.ny. 'T can't think of a better,nrore rc\Marding investrnentthanthag'

Fort Lauderdale CityCommissioner Bobby Du-Bose represents the districtthat includes Carter Park andsaid the renovations will ben-efitthe community.

'\Me think abotrt the kids,but this is a family projec('

DrBose said" 'Becreiation isthe one thingyou don't out-grcvd'

Greg Brewton who worlisfor the city grew up playingfoo$all at Carter Park Heplayed on the Dillard HighSchool team and then atMchigan State University inthe 1970s before being draft-edbythe St Iouis Cardinals

'T rememberwhen itwasjust grass fiel& and abasket-ball cour$' Brewton said"

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Beware of lingeringcoughs - they may not besymptoms of the commonco1d.

Across South Florida thenumber of whooping coughcases has increased overpreviousyears.

Between Jan.l and July 9,Miami-Dade County had 26confirmed and lo probablecases of whooping cough,while Broward County had26 confirmed and trvo prob-ablg said Aaron Keller, pub-lic information specialist atthe Florida Departrnent ofHealth.

Last year, BrowardCounty had just one con-firmed case. Miami-Dadehad.32 confirmedcases.

A possible cause of thisspike: parents refusing tohave their children vacci-nated, medical experts say.

'More and more peopleare choosing not to vacci-nate their childrenj' said Dr.Peter Antevy, pediatricemergency physician at JoeDiMaggio Children's Hos-pital in Hollyvvood. "Thatleaves their families reallyexposed."

All students in Browardand Miami-Dade publicschools are required to bevaccinated for whooping

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Brothers Tyler and Kyle DePasquale celebrate with sisters, Catlin and Ashley, mother, Marta, and father, Roy, as they make their adoptionofficial on Monday at the Broward County courthouse. Heart Gallery focuses on placing older kids, siblings and those with special needs.

ganization that oversees child welfare inthe county.

In Broward there are nearly 9o childrenwaiting to be adopted who don't have iden-tified matches, said Sasheika TomlinsorlChildnetspokeswoman.

T$er remained serious throughout thehearing Monday. Kyle was smiliog andchuckling while Judge Susan Lebow leadthe court proceedings.

Leaving traces of their previous life be-hind, Tller and Kyle decided to changetheir names, too. They arrived at the court-house as TYainers, but left as DePasquales.

For the DePasqualeq the brothers wereanother addition to their family. ln 2OO9,they adopted sisters Caidin, now 1g andAstrley, now17.

Raising fow teenagers might seem a lit-tle daunting, but DePasquale is not worried.

"Teenagers are dif6cult, but I think it'simportant to rememberwhat it was like tobe a teenagerj' she said.

To Tlle4 the situation was simple. Hisinitial feelings toward a family dissipatedonce he met the DePasquales. Now, he isrelieved to be out of the system.

"I feel good. I feel permanent hrowing Idon't have to move aryrrnorei' Tller said.

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FORT LAUDERDALE - Nearly 3O peo-ple crowded into a room at the BrowardCounty Courthouse on Monday to cele-brate the Heart Gallery's l00th and lolstadoptions.

The gallery which began in 2005, is anonprofit organization that helps findhomes for children by having volunteerphotographers take pictures of them fordisplay around Broward County.

. Bu! for Tller and Kyle Trairrer, the occa-sionwhs a more personal celebration-

As recently as mid-2o[ Tyler was hopinghe would age out offoster care and ventureoutonhis own

For yearg he and his brother, Kyle, now14 had been shuffled in and out of fosterhomes.

"I just wanted,to live on my own" T!1e4now16, said.

That changed one day in August whenTller and Kyle went on a trip to Boomers in

'Tf's as if we lnew edchathen"Marta DePasquale Miramar resident

FortLauderdale.There, they met the DePasquale family."Tller was adamant about aging out of

foster care, then they got a chance to meetthe pre-adoptive parents and they hit it off"said Michael Stephens, a child advocatewith Childnet who accompanied the teensonthe outing.

Marta and Roy DePasquale, of Miramar,became aware of the two boys after theysaw their pictures on the Heart Gallerywebsite.

"It's as if we lnew each other," MartaDePasquale said of the two brothers.

The gallery focuses on placing older kids,siblinp and those with special needs. About80 percent ofadoptive parents look for chil-dren that are younger than lQ said JenniferThomasor5 director of development andcommunications for the Heart Gallery.

Of the 870 adoptions in Broward sincehily 2OO7, 127 of them were adolescentsages 13 to 17, according to Childnet an or-

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OlympicsinterestlowkeyBvJonmvyDuzStaffwriter

NBC ofEcials are expecting strongviewer interest for next weelCs 2O12 Sum:mer Olympics in London But amongSouth Floridians, interest level in thegamesismixed-

'1 didn't even know the Olympics werehappeningthis yeari' said Stacey I\tlclean,a downtown Fort Lauderdale paralegalduringher lunchbreak "I haven't seenanythingonit,'

Others said the weng which beginsfriday, appears to be less buzz-worthy -meh! - compared with the hid,ly p.o-moted 2OO8 Beijing Summer Games.

'You saw more coverage of ThefQueen's] Diamond Jubilee than you havefor this Olympicsj'said Brian Holland achief firuncial officer ftom Boca Ratonwho tuned in to the 2OO8 Beijing games

For that even! he said, "there was abuildup about the infrastructure and theinvesment made in China It was like acoming out party for thern There is notmuch hype about this one-

Even NBC Sports Group ChairmanMark Lazarus said in a recent interviewthat there was a big interest heading intothe Beijing Olympics and that he didn'tgrcpect the network to match those rat-mgs.

'1 would love to matchthose numbersj'Lazants told The Associated Press. '1think thafs an unlikely scenariol'

NBC is the broadcast home of theseOlympics. The peacock netrrcrk, whichairs on WTVJ-Ch 6 in Fort Lauderdale/Miami and WPTV-CIL 5. in West palmBeac[ will not only carry the games ontelevision but prolide Iive saeaming ofevents online. People will also be able tofollow the games by srnartphone, tabletandlaptop.

Fouryears ago, the Olympics drew anaverage of 35 million U.S. viewers for theopening ceremony, and about 2ll millionU.S. viewers watched some of the games.About 27 million people tuned in for cov-erage in primetime on NBC, accordingtoNielsen, the TV ratinp company. Thefigures bgo.lge records for Neet broad-castsofffil{i$mpicgr.: .:.',.:: .:'

Added Mclean,'Maybe the presiden-tial election is divertingthe focus, and thefact ttrat the economy is not doing welland people are worried about thaf,

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David Van Wormer,73, of Pompano Beach, asks a question during aFacebook class at the Broward County North Regional Library.

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with a tittle bit of hesitancy and a lot of fact thfltq."ertions, agroup;i;il;Gbi""sAi"t" Wople mythe world of Facebook at the North Re-gionalBrowardCountylibrary. Age Ang

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["F-.X*::: older than 5o stay healthy as Carote Goldberytnev set oloer. .r oo, wno teacnesThe parbrership beg?r.r three years ago, "pk;t;oi;;;a-;^o1anc_ tne classes are-taught thro1lgh a grant, .lqssessaid Hayley St John-Ayrg administrativecoordinator for Broward County Libraries.

In Palm Beach County, libraries targetthe widest audience possible for theirclasseq but older adults make up the major-ity of participants, said Tom Cipullq elec-

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MIRAMAR - City firefighterto emergency calls in six minutepercent ofthe time.

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ing that goal? Its low ratio offireresidents.

Miramar has the lowest ratfighters per I,OOO residenlBroward's t2 largest cities, saidcue ChiefFred Kunz.

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Although she never held putthere was a time in the l98os r

when Helen Ferris was one ofpowerful political forces inCounty.

Her doged investigation intofcornrption at Port Evergladerago, for examplg forced the <

take over operations there."They do the opposite of v

promise when theyget elected;'said of elected officials. "The5know the public is watchingthey'd be l0 times worse."

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completion of Lyons Roadrs miss-. ing link kween West Adantic Av-enue and Bo5rnton Beach Boule-vard in 2Ol3 But what about the1nrf "i1_q

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In 1998, residents persuadedcounty commissioners not to buildLyons Road through their communityuntil U.S. 441 was overcapacity at

A couple ofyears agq that thresh- Turnold nearly was reached. In 20 07,441^, Q:eight lanes }lLad,5,092 vehicles on it at re:rsr rpeakhours.Itscapacityis6,060. Stat(

U.S. 441 currently carries about Fort58,OOO vehicles per day, lower than used

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Ar The final "thermo-plastic" lane stripinghasn't been put downyet.

'That usually occursabout gO days after theprojqct work is com-pleted to allow the newasphalt to cure," saidBarbara Kelleher, aspokeswoman for theFlorida Departrnent ofTransporation

The new stripingshotrld be installed, shesaid, in the next fewweeks.

Q: The taffic signalon Northwest 77thStneet at Pine IslandRoad stays red formore than two min-utes. Even at night,fue is a urait longerthan normal to turrr'teft from 77th to PineId.nd" Can 1,ou checkthis?

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A,: The signal is oper-ating pnoperly. Howeier,Bmward County trafficengineers adjusted thesigEal's cycle to 8O sec-onds to give more gr-eentime to Noflfiwest 77thStrreet orcept during theafternoonrushhour.

Q The traffic signalat Southwest Sixthffi and Dfrde Hlgh-warrinP-orpanoBeichls exceptionally long.Alttough this seemslfte an unimportantlntersection, it's theonlyacrcessto Dixiebe-twcen C5press CneekRoad and SouthwestItfud Street, since youcmtcrqslhe FloridaEast Coast Railwaytracks on McNabRoad. Please see if wecurshortenthewaitbD,athastamimrte.

SheldaSalvi,DornpnnoBeach

A: Broward Countytrafrc signal crews ad-justed the video detec-tion equipment at theintersection and re-portedanimmediate im-pro\rerrent

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tronic resotrrces coordina-tor and serials deparUnentsupervisor with Palm BeachCountyLibraryS5rstem.

Topics include the basicsof computers, software pro-grams and using social me-diawebsites.

David Van Wormer, 73,walks around with "Tlrritterfor Dummies" in his b4ck-pack and is already sigrredup for the I\ritter coursetaughtatthe library.

"I learn everything byhunting and picking up bymyselfj' said Vdn W'ormer,of Pompano Beach. "In-stead of hunting like a sfir-pid pig I figrre I shouldlearn and make it a moreautomatic response."

Carolg,Goldberg teachesFacebook and emailcourses. Sheb been a volun-teer fir almost two years.

"I like the fuct that peoplemy age are interested intechnology,' said Goldbery

66.'trlot everybody is skep-tical, but skeptical peopletend to be more comfort-able after class."

The classes are taught bycomputer-sa\rvy volunteers.There are 2O volunteersacross the eight locations,St John-Ayre said.

Goldberg describes theFacebook course as a nicheclass; it only has seven sfit-dents. Many of her studentsare nervous about socialmedi4 but they ry it any-way, shesaid.

"f've got some people Idon't even like," studentChris Sabin said of some ofhis Facebook friends duringthe class.

The 69-year-old fromCoral Springs is already aFacebook member but saysis uncertain about keepinghis profile page active. He'staken several cornputercourses - including somemore than once - at thelibrary because his "memo-ryis notso hof'

Evaluations eompleted atthe end ofthe courses show

that more that 6lpercent ofstudents are older than 6lsince the courses were firstoffered.

Th6 classes with thehighest attendance rates areat the Hollywood Tamaracand the North Regional lo-cations.

Since 2OlO, more than5,OOO students have takenthe courses, said St lohn-Ayre.

'"W'e started out with onelocation and as we got morecomfortable we expanded,"St. John-Ayre said-

In 2O[ more than gOOOpeople took cowses to im-prove their computer andonline skills.

By May 2OI2, more than!500 people had participat-ed-

"Students enjoy it. Itkeeps them rnotivated and itgets them out of the house,"said Goldberg. "It keepsthemcurre:ru-'

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tended public meetings,died Saturday in HospiceCare in Pembroke Pines Shewas 93.

"She was a feisty and fieryas everf' said her legal guard-ian, Fort Lauderdale attor-ney Norm KenL fle visitedFerris on Thursday night,and found her'topnt andlucid and miling about gov-ernment cornrption"

The abolition ofthe then-independent Port Ever-glades came after IMs. Ferrisbird-dogged the commis-sioners for years, collectingdocuments that showed theappointed board ran'theport as a lucrative personalfiefilorn The srnoking gunturrred out to be evideircethat board members usedpublic money to buy dia-'mond and,gold rings for*remselves.

But changing ttre cultureat the port was not her onlytriumplr. She battled againstproposed sludge plmts andm€dical w'dste incinerator$fought for environmentalprotectiong and monitoredelection law violations.

Tlo some she was agadfly,a sfuhg frail woman with apersistent, high-pitchedvoice that became familiar tomany as she lobbied forhercauses.

But Broward CountyMayor John Rodstrom re-membered her as'h force to6e reckoned witlu Some dis-missed her as a gadfly, butshe was spot on with thefact She had a significantimpactongovenrmenf'

Ms. Ferris grew up inQuincy, Mass. She droppedout ofhigh school, and dur-ing World War II went towork for Bethlehem Steel,helping to organize a tmionand becoming the com-pany's first female shopsteward-

She moved to South Flori-da in 1954 She ran a day careand later worked in a flourershop, and in her spare timewent crabbing at Port Ever-glades.

During one of those tripsto the port in the mid-f97os,IVIs Ferris noticed asign ad-\rertisfug public tours. Butwhen she inquire4 slre wastoldnotours existed-

That led her to wonderwhat was going on at the

meetings and collectingdocuments. She becameconvinced that port officialswere abusing the publictrusL

l\lts. Ferris alsohad amor-dant wit In 1989, after herhome on SouthMiami Roadw€N once again burgtarized,she put up a sigrr out front'Trlotice to thieves. 8 Robber-ies.Nothingleft'

For the:past few years,Alts. Ferds lived at WiIIowManor Retirement AssistedLiving in Dania Beach. Afterbeing moved to MemorialRegional Hospiul in Holly-wood on Wedpesday, Ferrisrefused surgpry for an ab-dominal rupture, said IGnt

"She said she wouldrather put her faith in thehands of God than in zur-geon$'said KenL "She wasreadld'

Along with her legacy ofcivic activiSm,';Ms. Ferrisleaves a trust of aboutS4OO,OOO,Io the SalvationArmy "to benefit the poorpeople of Brinryard Countf'saidKent l

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Teens try hands at constructionBYMELTSSA MoNToyAStaffwriter

For Whitley Browq plafingwith a PlayS-tation didn't just mean hours of videogam€s. The gaming console also symbol-ized achallenge.

He remembers when the coirsole brokdand his curiosity drove him to pull it apartandtake a look atthe inside

'Trom when I was a litde boy I remem-ber opening it up and looking at the wiresand tryingto fix ig" theV-year-old said.

He tried fixing cellphones and a PlaySta-tiongtoo.

"Only'one camebackto lifei said Brown,ofFort Lauderdale.

Brown is one of the 26 teenagers attend-ing a craft trainee srunmer program wherethey will learn about electrical wiring,plumbing and carpentry. The program is aparhrership between the Boys & Girls Clubof Broward County and the AssociatedBuilders and Contactors, the Florida East

One of the goals is to have membersgraduate and be career ready, said BrianQuail, chief executive officer of theBroward club. He said the prograrh giveskids the opportunity to work with people in

-"MOSI Of tlw jObS Afe gqi7g gne of work' D],sa said. "Construction

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the business and carve a career path from lo* more than 2 millioi jobs from 20O6 tothere. 2OlO.

"This_programhelpqtoprovidealevelof . Previous projections showed a possiblementorshipi'Quail said-'.\trIe dodtharre the increase in employment for 2O[ 5ut now,lechnglogy arid the infrastructure, but we an optimistic projection is mid-2ol3, saidhavethekids:' John Mijareq-an adjuncr professor who

Quail said it cost $25,OOO for the 26 kids teaches economics at floriaaetlantic Uni-to participate in the prograrn- It's funded by versity.donations to the Boys & Girls CIub. 'Tfs almostlike averybrightviewonthat

Thq summer program lasrc four weeks industry," said lrlijares.and runs from July 9 to Aug 3. A more coniervative projection has the

!!wi[ gtve participants a head start in the economy and construction industT, recov-field, said RuthTiradq thevice president of eringin2Ol4 or 2015, he said.education and training for ABC. Students Multiple students at the worlishop saidearn72 credithours - about half ayear in a the program is agood plan B in case cbllegefour-year program - toward an appren- doesn'tpanouLticeship withABC. For Makindy Joseph, plan A is going to

Peter Dyga, president of the Florida East school to studybusiness administratiorrCoast chapter, said he sees this as. a good '?lan A is not always going to work ou!"opportunity for the participants to exlplore said JoseplU V, of Lauderhill.?But, if you docareerpossibilitiesintheconstructionfield- want to get in ttris world, [the program]

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Pompano cemeteryplots to triple inprice over 7 yearsByAnrrl BARIcTURSTStaffwriter

POMPANO BEACH - The city'scemetery plots qill be much more ex-pensive starting neld year.. They'll jurnp in price to $t+275 fuom$85O for an adult resident's plot in 2OB.Then thet'll increase by 9.2 percent forthe next seven years, to reach a price of$2,580tn2O2L

The city commission voted 5-l in favorofthe plot price increase this week

"Our goal should be tryingto be af-fordable forourresidents, andthis is not,accomplishing that goal," CommissionerWoodyPoitier said"

The city wants the cemetery to be.self-suf,ficient rather than subsidized at acost of $3O0,0OO a year, said MayorLamar Fisher. Some comrnissionerswondered why the city can't outsourcethe cemetery or even sell the land.

In 35 yearc, when the cemetery isprojected to run out ofernpty plots, thecity will still be paying maintenancecosts, even though the cemetery won'tbring in any income. warned Commis-sioner Charlotte Burrie.

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FORT LAUDERDALE - An accuseddrug dealer who was facing a maximum of,3O years in priSon walked away 4free manon Wednesday because one of the under-cover deputies in the case is currendy facing,a criminal investigation.

The defense attorney for Andrew Land-ers,49, oflauderhill, negotiated a plea dealwith prosecutors that allowed Landers toreceive a sentence of time served in ex-change for his plea ofno contest

Landers had served about lO days in jailwhile awaitingtrial, said his attorniy Noi'li-zaBatts.

Wearing a Miuni Heat jersey in cour!Landers had aslight smile as he entered hisplea-

'You are a very very luclcy man, Mr.Landersj' Brourard County Circuit JudgeSandra Perlman told tlre defendanl 'tse-cause of what the police officer did, you arewalking out of this courtroorrr.-'

The judge was referring to BrowardSheriff's Deputy Parrick Keegan, who re-mains under invrestigation on allegations ofbattery and falsifi,ing official reports.

Earlier this month, officials with the

Broward State Attorney's Office confirmedthat the sheriff's office conductdd an in-ternal investigation and then forwarded thecase for prosecution- Both agencies de-clined to release details.

In January, Keegan was reassigned toadministrative duties for the Sheriff's Of-fice, spokeswoman DaniMoschella said.

The investigation came to light earlierthis month duringthe criminal case againstLanders. Keegan was one ofthe deputies in

' the undercover busLDefense attorney Batts tried to get the

official incident reports tossed out as evi-dence, saying Keegan's report differs widelyfrom that of a second deputy in the lllrgiOcase. She sought to harzeKeegan testifi, butthe deputy declined to do so under theadvice ofhis attorney.

On Wednesday, the judge repeatedlyasked about the lenient plea deal. Prosecu-tors said itwasbecause ofthe situationwithK€egan"

Prosecuto$ have said Keegan is a wit-ness in "several dozen cases" but that notevery case depends on his testimony.

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J "While speaking withLeonard I observed him tohave glassy/watery eyes,slurred speec[ and an odorof an alcoholic beverageemitting from his breat["the report states.

State necords show thatsince l99Q Llargadon wasconvicted for driving underthe influence in MonroeCounty, Lee County andtrnice in Broward Cou:ty.

'Your license is perma-nendy revoked for a DUIout of Lee Count5{'Hurleysai{ adding that tlargadondid not have insurance andwas not cunrent with childsupportpaymenb.

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ADaniaBeachmanwhowas pre-viouslycon-victedfourtimes fordrivingunderthe influ-ence washeld on$75,050

bond Monday after beingcharyed with the same of-fense after a crash inCooperCity.

ABroward Sheriff's deputy reported that LeonardBrice HargadoU 46, whoselicense had been perma-nently revoke4 crashed hisred Ford F-l5o trrck around8:3OprnJulyl5.

"The court doesn't linowwhat to doj' said BrowardCounty Judge John "Jay''Hurley during Monday'sbond hearing. He citedFlorida motor vehicle re-cords to describe Harga-don's drivinghistory.

"should the court put aball and chain around puranlde?' Hurley said" "Thecourt really is at a loss athowto keep you from driv-ing:"

Hargadon was drivingwith atagstolen from ave'hicle in Pembroke Pineg ac-cording to a BrowardCounty Sheriff's arr€st re-port It said witresses de-scribed tlargadon as stand-ingbythe Side of his ftuck,clutchinghis chest

He was taken to Memo-rial Regional Hospital inHollywoo4 where a deputyquestionedhirn

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Police seek identities of bodiesdiscovered in Broward canalsBv IxosvawrRoDRIGUEZANDWnvrp IL RousrnruStaffwriters

FORTI,AI]DERDALE -Folice are trying to deter-mine the identities of threepeople whose bodies werefound in Broward Countycanals over two days in uihatapear o be tmrelated cases

Arotmd 6:3o prn Mon-day, abodywas fotrnd float-lng in a canal on the 34OOblock of Southwest 27thStreet in Fort Latrderdale.

At about t3O prn llfion-day, a ozb fisherman dis-correred the body of a manfloating in a canal in the3ooo block of North An-drews Avenue in WiltonIuanors

Dives withthe BrowardSheriffs Office had o cutthrudr a chain-link fenceto get to the body. It was notimmediateb clear how longthe body had been there

, said agency spokeswomanDanil\fioschella'

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await word from theBroward Medical Examitr-et's Office to determine howthe death occurre4 I\fios-chellasaid"

Shorrty after 5 pnr- Strn-day, Davie police were calledto a canal along the 38OOblock of South Pine IslandRoad. Officers found ayoungman's body floating intlre canal nestrlts of an au-topsyarepending

The man is described aswhite, 16 o ZS years old rrirhbrown hair. He was foundwearing awhite Tshirt andblack shorts with a graystripe on the side IIe alsohad an iPod with a limegreencase.

f:nrestigptors ask arqonewith information on thecase to cutact the Davie blice Department . at954-693-8200. Aryone ivittrinformation on ihe body inUfih4 Ivlanors is adcd tocall n:Detective,ShaneSctrroeder at 9 S+e*+2to.i:'' ,

The body in Fortlauder-dale on I\4ondaybecame thefifth. to be found in a

Broward canal since July5.On July 12, a passer-by on

Irrtersate 95 found the bodyof Santm Arles Rarnos-Rod-rtglrc?" A+ fr@ffigin a.canalthat runs along the highwaynear Adautic Boulerrard" In-vestigabrs deermined thatRamos-Rodriguez was in acar that veered o,trthe high-wav and into tlre waer threedays earlier. Divers hadsearched the canal on theday of the r,tneclc b,ut wereh mpered b,y dtick vegeetion

On.tuly 5, the body ofretired school principal Wil-liarn NorlnaL 76 was fomdinaDavie canal

PavidWeintaubofThm-arac and Andarly Desir ofLauderhill, both 19 werecharged with prerneditatedtpmicide. Folice said theycunfessed to beating Nor-man in aTbnrarac house herented to Weintraub andd-urytpinghisbody

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BeckerBecker, Sophie, of Boca Raton. FL,passed away on July 20, 2012.Gutterrxan Warheit Memorial Chapel.Boca Raton.*

BunyeaBunyea, George, 89, of Lake Worth,FL, passed away on July 20, 2012. Allcounty Funeral Home & crematory.*

DumervilDumervil, Potlux; 49, of Boca Raton,Fl, passed away on July 20, 2012.Glick Family Funeral Home.*

PattenPatten, Peggy, 84, of Lake Worfpassed away on July 22,2012.Family Funeral Home.*

QuintQuint, Ruth E., of Lake worth, FL,

formerly of Hollywood, FL, paaway on July 22, 2012. Sunr'ivedevoted husband Leonard; l(daughters, Marci (Staffah) Nordland Danielle (Craigl Fri€cherished granddaughters, S)and Tyler Friefeld. Funeral servi(be held Tuesday 12 noon Beth tMemorial Gardens Cemetery,NW 72nd Ave. Hollywood, FL. 5

will be observed Tuesday -Thurat Leonard's home in Lake Wortlieu of flowers, mercontributions can be madeAmerican Cancer So(Arran8ements entrusted L(

weinstein Memorial chapel coccreek, FL. 954-427. 5500

RasofskyRasofsky, Eileen. 82, of Delray B(FL. passed away on July 22, iBeth lsrael Memorial Chapel, DBeach.*

FellerFeller, Alan Jay, of Lake worth, FL,passed away on July ?2,2012. Star olDavid cemetery and Funeral Home,North Lauderdale.*

FllcklngerFlickinger, Shiriey ldell, 85, of BocaRaton, FL, passed away on July 22,20'12. Babione Funeral Homes, BocaRaton.*

GoldbergGoldberg, Marilyn, of Delray Beach,FL, passed away on July 21, 2012.Rubin Memorial Chapel, BoyntonBeach."

HanflingHanfling, Louise Groman, of BocaRaton, FL. passed away on July 23,2012. Gutterman Warheit MemorialChapel, Boca Raton-"

Hershxerih; nlbert, 86, of Lake worth, FL,passed away on.luly 23. 2012. Bethlsrael Memorial chapel, BoyntofiB€aqh."

" HorowitzHorowitz, Ruth, 78, of Boynton Beach;FL, passed away on )uly ?o, 2012.Beth lsrael Memcirial Chapel, BoyntonBeach-t

' JacobsJacobs, Jeanette, 90, of S. Floridashores, Fl-,,passed away on July 12,2012. All Couoty Funeral Home &crematory.*

LatmanLatman, Fannie; 92, of Lantana, FL,passed away on July 23, 2012. l).Morris Funeral Directors, West PalmBeach. "

MichaellsMichaelis, Herbert 1., 79, of BoyntonBeach, FL, passed away on luly 21,2012. Beth lsrael tvtembrial chape|;Boynton Beach.*

:, MeskupMeskup, Miriam, 86, of

-Delray Beach,

FL, passed away on )uly ?,2,2012.Beth lsrael Memorial chapel, DelrayBeach.*

Remedio, loseph w., of BalleniPalm Beach Gardens, the belove(of Pasouale and Anna Mele Renof wilinington, DE, was borrAugust 22,1928 and passed.suriounded by his lovin8 famil'JulY 21,2012. He was graduatedArchmere Academy and G(Beacom Business collegewilminSton. At the age of 21,began a remarkable career inestate and home construction.conclusion of WW ll was followedhigh demand for sinSle family hoDuring the suburbanizationwilmington, he constructed seresidential communities incltFairfield, Fairfield crest, carr(Holly oak, stonehaven, AugulHillS. and Forest Hilts Park. Whewas 30 years old, Joe focuse(eXpertise on commercial propelHe founded Joseph W. Remedio,General Contractor. His combuih outdoor malls, mebuildings, office complexesindustrial plants. workingFounder, Bill core, Joe designedbuilt the first W. L. Gore & Associ|nc: industrial plant in Newark,Other projects included aparucompleies, public schools, chur(and the Salem County,Courthouse. Within a few yedrs, .

company exoanded ifio southlersey and Florida. He frequentlyhis cessna 320 to dilconstruction sites- ln 1973,Engineering News Record inclhis company as one of the larEesGeneral Contractors in America.working a quarter century inNortheast, Joe semi-retired to s

Florida. His keen sense of styl€architectural acumen enabled hibuild several custom homes inBeach and Martin Counties. Joealso involved with the constructithe Swimming Hall of Fame.Siation, two schools and rhosPital additions on both Flcoasts. Joe enjoyed being captEhis cabin cruiser La Dolce Vidaexplored the caribbean. He enj

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MillerMiller, Lester, of Boynton Beach, FL,passed away on July 21,2012.Gutterman warheit Memorial chapel,Boca Raton.*

Moskowltz -Mosko$/itz, Nathan, 83, of BoyntonBeach, FL, passed away on )uly 22,2012. Riverside Gordon MemorialChapel, Delray Beach-*

NazarioNazario, Ramon, 52, of Greenacres,FL, passed away on July 12, ?o12. Allcounty Funeral Home & crematory.*

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