LTC 234-2006 Recreation Update 2006
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OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # 234-2006
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor David Dermer and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager
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DATE: October 4,2006
SUBJECT: Recreation Update- October 2
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Movie in The Park- The City of Miami Beach Parks and Recreation Department co~inU8S
with its fall series. The October film "Ice Age 2" will be shown on Friday, October 6th at Muss
Park, 4400 Chase Avenue. Hot dogs, chips and soda combos will be sold beginning at 6:30
p.m. with the movie beginning promptly at 7:30 p.m. Free popcorn will also be available.
Hispanic Heritage Festival- North Shore Park and Youth Center will present The Hispanic
Heritage Festival on Friday, October 13, 2006, from 6 - 8 pm. The event will focus on the
contributions of Hispanics from past to present. In addition to the educational experience,
children, adults and seniors will be able to enjoy a variety of activities such as a salsa &
merengue dance contest, an empanada contest, children's dance performances, music,
rides, authentic cigar rolling and a mini-tasting village.
Flamingo Park Events at Night- For the past 6 months Flamingo Park has hosted several
weekly events to promote family and community involvement. Now in October, the City is
offering 3 events every week. Tuesday is Dominoes/Board Game Night, Thursday is Arts
and Crafts Night and Friday is Bingo Night with prizes awarded. The fun begins at 6:00 pm
and ends at 7:00 pm at the Flamingo Park Pool Promenade. All events are free of charge.
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Teens 3 Day Trip- The North Shore Teen Club members have accrued over 20 community
service hour by volunteering in various events since the start of the school year. The teens
have been rewarded with field trips to University of Miami Football games, Boomers, the
movies, and theatrical performances such as Rent and Annie as a way of re-emphasizing
to the members that hard work pays off. The top 50 teens with the highest total volunteer
hours will embark on a three day trip to Busch Gardens Theme Park and Adventure Island
Water Park in Tampa Bay, Florida from Thursday, October 19, 2006 to Saturday, October
21, 2006 thanks to their own fundraising efforts.
Hockey for Adults- Scott Rakow Ice Rink gets a positive write-up in the Neighbors section
of The Miami Herald on Sunday, October 1, 2006. Please see attached copy of the front
page and story.
FunPost-We are proud to present you with a copy of the Parks & Recreation FunPost
October Edition. This colorful and informative bi-monthly newsletter fills the information gap
between issues of the Recreation Review magazine. In this edition you will find a collection
of stories showing the latest programs and events that occurred in Parks & Recreation.
Through the FunPost, we're never more than 60-days away from showing and telling our
residents about the broad range of Parks & Recreation programs and past events. The
FunPost is distributed free at all Parks & Recreation facilities. Take a peek!
Should you have additional questions, please contact Kevin Smith at (305) 673-7730.
Robert C. Middaugh, Assistant City Manager
Kevin Smith, Parks & Recreation Director
Julio Magrisso, Assistant Parks & Recreation Director
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THE INDOOR ICE RINK AT THE SCOTT RAKOW YOUTH CENTER HAS BECOME A LATE-NIGHT DESTINATION
FOR ADULTS WHO SHOW UP TWICE A WEEK FOR AN INFORMAL GAME OF PICKUP HOCKEY
BY LARRY NOLAN
U/Miami News Service
Scores of young ice hockey
enthusiasts gather each week
at the Scott Rakow Youth Cen-
ter in Miami Beach where they
learn stick-handling, passing,
shooting, skating and strategy.
The center even has a youth
hockey club for skilled play-
ers.
But twice a week, the 12-
and-under crowd morphs into
a more mature group - young
adults to business men - who
come for the thrill of the game.
"The center is first and
foremost about the kids, but
what we're trying to do is pro-
vide a little something for the
adults after hours," said ice
rink manager Tony Scallo.
The adult games have been
a tixture at the rink since the
new ice rink was built three
years ago, he said,
On any given Monday or
Wednesday, the men arrive
after work and after dinner to
smack the puck as they slice
the ice with their blades.
About 10 to 15 men show up
each night for the four-an-four
pickup games at the center,
2700 Sheridan Ave, Games
begin at 9 p.m. on Mondays
and 20 minutes earlier on
Wednesdays,
"Keeps my skills up, what-
ever skills I have," Kevin Mur-
phy laughed following a recent
game. A Miami Beach resi-
dent, Murphy, 43, has been
playing hockey since the late
'60s and has been coming to
evening hockey at the center
for the past year,
"What I love most about
hockey is the camaraderie, I
mean, you really look forward
to that whenever you play
hockey," Murphy said.
The center limits the num-
ber oi players to 18 skaters and
four goalies. Participants are
required to provide their own
equipment, which might run
as much as $2,000-$3,000. But
goalies play free, ScalIa said,
because of their importance to
the game.
"It's not fun playing hockey
ALEXIA FODERE/FOR THE MIAMI HERALD
ON THE ATTACK: Richard Moses. skating toward the goal. said the Scott Rakow Youth
Center rink 'is a nice place for people as old as I am; it keeps the blood pressure
down.'
with no goalies. Everybody
wants to skate, and nobody
wants to just stand there in the
net," Scallo said. "It's like foot-
ball, I mean, you're not going
to have a game without a quar-
terback, right?"
- The age minimum, with
some exceptions, is 18, but
many players are much older,
Scallo said.
"This is a nice place for
people as old as I am; it keeps
the blood pressure down,"
said Richard Moses, 42, an FPL
operator who lives in Miami
Beach.
"With a puck and a stick,
there's no better cardia exer-
cise," Scallo said,
The hockey enthusiasts
represent a range of careers -
from boat pilots to doctors and
lawyers, Scallo said.
"I grew up playing hockey,"
said Danny LaPlante. 32, a
logistics coordinator at Miami
International Airport. "Where
I'm irom, you walk and then
you skate - in that order,"
A Haitian native, La Plante
lives in Miramar. Ice hockey.
he said, has taken him allover
the globe from Canada to sev-
eral countries in Europe,
"I never played profession-
ally, but I did play in many
tournaments," said LaPlante.
who has been playing at the
center since 2004,
Miami Beach resident Mor-
dechai Birnbaum, 17, one of
IF. YOU GO
. What: Adult Open
Hockey"
. Where: Scott Rakow"
Youth Center ice '
2700 Sheridan
Beach ,A
. When: 9 p.m,-
10:30 p.m. Mondays;
8:40 p.m:-10:l0 p.m.
Wednesdays; through
May
. Who can play: Adults
and older ," , , ·
. Requirements: Full
hockey equipment. A
of 18 players and four
goalies allowed per
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. Costs: $10 for residents;
$1 S for nonresidents: no"
fee for goalies
. For more information:
Call ice rink manager Tony
Scalia or ice rink techni-
cian Albert Santoya at ,'~
30S-673-7767. or visit
www,miamibeach
parks,com. " '
the youngest participants, said
he enjoys playing with the
more seasoned players.
"I know being a little youn-
ger than some of the players
allows me to react quicker to
the puck, A lot of them are
much better than I am, but I
love the challenge," he said.
Although the players say
they enjoy having the opportu-
nity to play ice hockey in
Miami Beach, one concern is
the size of the rink, which is
only half as large as a profes-
sional rink.
The size is an improvement
over an earlier rink that was
about one-fifth the current
rink's 200-foot length, Scallo
said,
A bigger rink was not feasi-
ble, he said, because of the size
of the center's property. The
rink tits the needs oi the com-
munity perfectly, he said.
"The dimensions are just
right. It's never going to be too
crowded, and it's always going
to be here for the residents\
ScalIa said, \:
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