Last week, I picked up my son and his two friends while I was driving the hip new Lexus IS250. When they saw the car, their facial expressions were priceless. All three of them walked around the car and looked it over, carefully inspecting it from all angles. They opened the trunk and checked out [...]
Q: What is a red light running violation? A: A violation has occurred if, when while facing a steady red traffic signal, your vehicle proceeded into such an intersection without stopping and standing until an indication to proceed was shown or your vehicle made a right hand turn, or a left hand turn from a [...]
Americans over the age of 65 have a fire death rate nearly twice the national average. For those over 75, this jumps to three times the national average. Whether living independently or in a care facility, there are steps seniors can take to remain safe from fire. Kitchen Caution: • Don’t leave food unattended on [...]
For the second year, Because I’m Beautiful Girls Club, Inc. partnered with the City of West Park in our annual beautification project – Cash For Trash. Thank you to the volunteers, B.I.B girls from Watkins Elementary Magnet School for rolling up their sleeves and partaking in this year’s street clean-up along S.W. 56 Avenue from [...]
Prescription drug use and the proliferation of pain management clinics in the state of Florida received extensive press coverage. Often pain management clinics become “pill mills” which often have adverse impacts on communities. On August 3, 2011, the City Commission approved a moratorium on the opening of pain clinics and directed City staff review a [...]
Bullying among children is aggressive behavior that is intentional and involves an imbalance of power or strength. A child who is being bullied has a hard time defending him or herself. Usually bullying is repeated over time. Bullying can take many forms such as physical, verbal, emotional and cyber bullying. Signs that your child might [...]
One of West Park’s top priorities is ‘community collaboration for youth well-being,’ an important goal for all of us. Yet we see daily how our young people are struggling in many ways. Some of our children feel burdened by pressure, academic and otherwise, as they strive to achieve in a community where achievement is a [...]
A lot is happening in our City. Coming up very soon are the RED LIGHT CAMERAS that are presently being installed right now at six different intersections in West Park. We hope the RED LIGHT CAMERAS will change driving behaviors in West Park. According to the IIHS, 651 people were killed and over 100,000 were [...]
A real and profound woman, she moves through the world with a sense of confidence and grace. Her once reckless spirit now tempered by wisdom. Quietly, yet firmly, she speaks her truth without doubt or hesitation and the life she leads is of her own creation. She now understands what it means to live and [...]
One of the all-time greats in baseball was Babe Ruth. He had a lifetime batting average of 342 and his record of 714 home runs remained unbroken until Hank Aaron came along. In time age took its toll and his popularity slipped. Finally the Yankees traded him to the Braves. In one of his last [...]
The City of West Park Recreation Department has entered into a partnership with Shani Talks to offer Motivational Arts in the areas of acting, singing, and speaking classes/workshops for area residents. The program prepares participants to, “Speak Power, Speak Life, Speak Change, Embody the Artist Within and Live Your Dream”. This exciting and powerful program [...]
To most kids, Legos are for constructing Star Wars aircraft, pirate ships or towering skyscrapers. But, to a group of students at McNicol Middle School on January 7, 2012, Legos took on a whole new meaning. Since September, teams of students worldwide researched, designed, built & programmed, tested and collaborated under the guidance of adult [...]
GONE are the days when burglars simply stole belongings out of vehicles and that was the end of it. Now, they have a new target: stealing your identity. These thieves move swiftly, often without being noticed, because it takes only seconds to commit this type of crime. Unfortunately, the crime doesn’t stop after your belongings [...]
The 75 lb and 90 lb teams represented the City of West Park very well as they left it all on the field when they played in the Orange Bowl Youth Football Championships on Sunday, December 11, 2011. The games were played at FIU Stadium and our children did not to disappoint their adoring fans [...]
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