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November Achievements
ACHIEVEMENTS
Attending the Mayor’s State of the City Address
Attending the Mayor’s State of the City Address were Parkland Chamber of Commerce members Golden Johansson, left, Simeon Brier, Hon. Micahel Udine, Evan Wolk, Will J. Lawler, Kim Kadel Jack Kornreich, Steven Clark, Andrea Jacobs, and Nicole Roman
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Parkland Girl Wins Golf Tourney
Kelly Shanahan of Parkland won the Tour Championship for Girls 12-14 for the West Palm Beach local tour of US Kids. She will compete in the US Kids State and World Championships next summer in Orlando, and Pinehurst, NC. Kelly is a member of the North Broward Prep Varsity Girls Golf Team as a 7th grader. She will compete this winter at the Publix Doral Tournament in Doral, and in the IMG Junior Honda Classic Tournament at PGA National Golf Resort. Kelly’s dream is to play college golf for a division one school close to home.
Comeback Trail 5K rescheduled
Due to Hurricane Matthew, The National Stroke Association rescheduled the Fort Lauderdale Comeback Trail 5K walk/run at Huizenga Plaza to this month. For the new date, call 720-726-5441 or visit https://donate.stroke.org/fort-lauderdale/events/2016-comeback-trail-fort-lauderdale-fl/e67988.
November Events
EVENTS
Southern Handcraft Society meeting
November 1st at 7pm
The Southern Handcraft Society of Coral Springs will meet at the Cypress Park Clubhouse, 1300 Coral Springs Drive, Coral Springs. The group will also meet on November 15th at 10am at Hobby Lobby in Coral Springs. For more information, call Sally 954-798-1672.
Bird Walks in the Parks
First Saturday and Sunday of the month
Join veteran birdwatcher, and longtime Parks volunteer, Gloria Cashin at 8:15am in Deerfield Island Park, 1720 Deerfield Island Park, Deerfield Beach, as she searches for resident and migrating birds, and shares observations about bird species and their behavior. This event is for ages 8 and older.
Bird Walks will also be at Tall Cypress Natural Area, 3700 Turtle Run Blvd., Coral Springs, at 8am. This event is for all ages.
The walks are free, registration is required. Call 954-357-5100. Space is limited.
Boca Chai Membership Drive
November 16th, 11am to 2pm
WIZO, the Women’s International Zionist Organization, is a non-party international movement dedicated to the advancement of the status of women, welfare of all sectors of Israeli society and encouragement of Jewish education in Israel and the Diaspora. The membership drive will take place at The Venue in Boca Raton, 7600 W. Camino Real. RSVP by November 5th by calling 305-861-8860 or visit wizobocachai@gmail.com.
Coral Springs Farmers’ Market
November 13th, and 20th, 9am to 1pm
The Coral Springs Farmers’ Market features more than 50 vendors selling fresh and organic products. The market takes place at 9405 NW 31st Court, Coral Springs. For dates and times, visit http://www.coralspringsfarmersmarket.com/
Savor the Notes Jazz Brunch
November 13th, 10am to 1pm
This event, 9405 NW 31st Court, Coral Springs, is free to the public. Food and refreshments will be available for purchase. Limited seating is available so bring blankets and chairs. No outside food and alcohol allowed. Click Here for information
November Announcements
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Early Voting in Parkland
The only early voting location in the City of Parkland is the P-REC in Pine Trails Park. For the General Election you will be voting for President, State- and County-level positions, and City of Parkland positions. General Election early voting is at the P-REC November 6th from 9am to 6pm. For information, visit: browardsoe.org.
Parkland Public WiFi Hotspots
The City of Parkland has set-up WiFi hot spots in Pine Trails Park and Terramar Park to enable visitors to the parks the advantage of free Internet access. The hot spots are located in the center of the baseball wheel in both Pine Trails and Terramar parks, and atop the concession stands (in Pine Trails Park the concession stand nearest the baseball fields). The hotspots will be identified as “Parkland Public WiFi.” For more information, visit cityofparkland.org and facebook.com/copfl
Zika Virus Information
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Florida Department of Health, and others are monitoring the Zika virus. For information on prevention and links to regularly updated sources, visit the Zika virus page at cityofparkland.org/zika or call 855-622-6735.
Volunteer Parkland
Earn volunteer hours by helping others, or helping the City of Parkland. Gardening, Parks and Recreation events, the Parkland Library, and community events and projects are among the volunteer opportunities available. For information and to apply online visit: cityofparkland.org/volunteer
or call 954-757-4145.
Coral Springs wins award for 37th time
The City of Coral Springs was awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its comprehensive annual financial report. The certificate of achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management. This is the 37th consecutive year that the City of Coral Springs has received this distinction.
Service fees go up at Mall
The Coral Springs City Hall in the Mall location has raised its service fees for fingerprinting, passport photos and notary public. Fingerprinting is $15 per card. These services are offered at City Hall in the Mall every Wednesday from noon to 6 p.m., customers must supply their own card. City Hall in the Mall does not offer these services for immigration, name changes, concealed weapons, or alcohol and tobacco licenses.
Additionally, passport photos are $12 for a set of two colored photos. For those needing a notary public, each signature block will be $10. No appointments are necessary for any passport services.
City Hall in the Mall is open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10am to 4pm. The office is in Coral Square Mall, 9239 W. Atlantic Blvd.
CRIME STOPPERS: Busting bad guys with your help
Watch local television news and you’ll see crime stoppers and crime reports followed by a plea to call Crime Stoppers with a tip that might solve the crime. You’re also told you can remain anonymous and collect a reward if your tip leads to an arrest.
Like me, you may have wondered how this really works, who the Crime Stoppers are, and if tipsters really collect rewards.
Well, tipsters do indeed collect rewards – $2.7 million since 1981. Their tips led police to solve 266 murders, make more than 13,000 arrests, recover more than $38 million in property, and clear nearly 22,000 cases.
Who are the Crime Stoppers?
The Crime Stoppers work at the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, a clearinghouse to direct tips to law enforcement agencies. Executive Director Ralph Page explains that Crime Stoppers are specially trained civilian employees of the sheriff’s department and have a law enforcement background. “This is the sheriff’s commitment to the program,” Page says. At times, trained employees at an answering service may take calls.
Crime Stoppers itself is a non-profit organization launched in New Mexico back in 1976, and established here in Broward County in 1981.
Where does Crime Stoppers get the money to pay rewards?
Executive Director Page explains that no taxpayer money is used for rewards. The board of directors, all volunteer civilians, raises money. In addition, money comes from a Crime Stoppers Trust Fund that, as Page puts it, charges criminals to help capture other criminals. A criminal who is convicted in Broward County pays $20 into the trust fund.
Can tipsters really be anonymous?
The Crime Stoppers don’t want to know who you are. When you call, there is no caller identification, and there’s no way to trace or track calls. Tipsters can also provide information by texting or sending a tip on the Internet. Encrypted software is used so no one can trace the tipster.
You might wonder how Crime Stoppers knows how to pay an anonymous tipster.
The tipster is given a case number. Six months later, the tipster calls again to check the status of that case. If an arrest had been made because of the tip, the tipster receives a new code number to collect the reward at a bank. No identification is needed and no questions asked. To further protect anonymity, a third party could take the code to the bank. Every crime advertised by Crime Stoppers has a reward. The board of directors determines the amount.
All tips are valuable.
Investigators stress that no tip is too small to provide; you should not worry about having too little information. Some small thing could help complete the picture.
Some other groups offer rewards for tips that lead to the arrest and conviction of a criminal. Crime Stoppers doesn’t require a conviction, only an arrest. To be eligible for the reward, you must contact Crime Stoppers before contacting any police agency.
The Crime Stoppers web site tells us that “countless fugitive criminals have been brought to justice each year as a direct result of anonymous tips,” and the statistics bear that out.
Rewards offered for many open cases.
The web site posts a number of open cases for which rewards are offered, including a 15-year-old Parkland murder case. There are other cases as well, such as child abductions, missing persons, and animal cruelty.
No matter how old a case may be, someone somewhere may know something that has never been revealed. Someone may stumble on a fresh clue or hear something for the first time. Someone’s memory may be jarred for some reason. And what seems like a small clue could break an old case.
You can see the open cases and associated rewards at the Crime Stoppers web site: www.crimestoppers.org.
To provide a tip, call 954-493-8477 (954-493-TIPS) or text “BCS” and your message to CRIMES (274637). To report online, go to the web site, select “Report a Crime” and you’ll see “Submit a tip online.”
Receiving such tips over the years proves that community involvement can get criminals off the street. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel puts it this way: “Our job would be that much harder without assistance from the Crime Stoppers program. They’re helping us keep our communities safe.”
May Issue 2016
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