🌱 How Miami Lakes plans to fund its new $400,000 Veterans Memorial

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In today's newsletter:

• How Miami Lakes plans to fund its new $400,000 Veterans Memorial
• Know where to cash a big Florida Lottery ticket in Miami Lakes

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A passing morning shower, with a high of 91 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: A stray afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 88, low: 76.
• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 88 and low of 75 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Town of Miami Lakes Advances Plans for Veterans Memorial at Veterans Park (miamilakes-fl.gov) — Miami Lakes is moving ahead with a $400,000 Veterans Memorial at Veterans Park on NW 82nd Avenue, aiming to create a year‑round gathering place for reflection and ceremonies. Town leaders, the Veterans Committee, and American Legion Post 144 are pursuing federal, state, county, and private funding to minimize the impact on local taxpayers while honoring area veterans.
   

• Florida Lottery winners from Publix, Tampa, Hialeah, Orlando (miamiherald.com) — If you've hit a big Florida Lottery win, your nearest district office is right here in Miami Lakes on Oak Lane, handling prize claims on weekdays. Recent Fantasy 5 jackpots were sold in Hialeah, Sunrise, Tampa and Orlando, and winners must visit a district office like Miami Lakes, Tampa or Orlando to cash in their nearly $29,000 tickets.
   

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Wednesday September 16
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Thursday September 17
• Graphic Design with Adobe Photoshop: Level 1
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• Music Production Club: Give Your Synthesized Sounds Personality
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Friday September 18
• Video Editing with Adobe Premiere: Level 1
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  11:00 am
• Art & Drawing Club: Painting with Ink
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Saturday September 19
• Take and Make Saturdays
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• Homework Help and Tutoring
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Boeing Company posted a job opening for First Line Quality Inspections Manager in Hialeah. Apply here.
• Future Force Personnel Services posted a job opening for Forklift Operator - Receiving in Hialeah. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Miami Lakes here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hialeah

• Piinky Cal's GoFundMe Profile (gofundme.com)
• Gineth Ramirez, Hialeah mom blames 'flan gone wrong' for daughter's injuries (scallywagandvagabond.com)
• Inside Cuba's Worsening Power Crisis: What South Florida Families Should Know Right Now (latintimes.com)

Opa-locka

• 'Pile of scraps' catches fire at Opa-Locka warehouse; no injuries reported (wsvn.com)
• NAACP launches $20 million voter drive for November election as Blacks could lose representation (sfltimes.com)

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