Miami, FL
‘It was a piece of art.’ As Chief Hall Picnic returns, Carol City set to come alive
The Miami Carol Metropolis Excessive Faculty band performs on the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of a brand new Walmart Neighborhood Market retailer in Miami Gardens on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015.
WALTER MICHOT
MIAMI HERALD STAFF
When a number of the older alumni have a look at Miami Carol Metropolis Senior Excessive Faculty, they see a lack of delight.
Perhaps it was as a result of the neighborhood misplaced a little bit of its id on the formation of Miami Gardens. Perhaps it was native youngsters now having extra faculty choices exterior of Carol Metropolis. Perhaps it was the college’s renovations that demolished the constructing the place the beloved Chief Corridor was positioned. Regardless, it was one thing that wanted to be addressed.
“A number of the youngsters now don’t have faculty delight,” mentioned Tracey Vincent, a 1998 graduate of Carol Metropolis. They should see “faculty delight, the place we got here from and the way we’re doing now. Lots of people who got here from Carol Metropolis are actually large.”
That need led to the Chief Corridor Picnic, an annual gathering to have fun all issues Carol Metropolis. After a two-year hiatus because of COVID-19, the festivities will return Saturday in Carol Metropolis Park with a live performance, digital giveaways and free meals.
“Individuals from Houston, Alabama, North Carolina, folks from New York — all of them fly all the way down to reunite with their classmates who they haven’t seen in years, generally a long time,” mentioned Moses Washington, a 1998 Carol Metropolis graduate.
The origins of the picnic might be traced again to Washington, Vincent and Lee “Freezy” Prince who, within the mid-2010s, started to debate how they might carry their hometown of Carol Metropolis collectively. On the time, they felt that neighborhood delight wasn’t the identical because it was. In order that they created a Fb group known as Chief Corridor, a preferred assembly place within the previous constructing, started including graduates and inspired everybody to symbolize their class. Then the thought of picnic was raised.
“We needed to make sure all the kids locally see that we went to a faculty, we come again and we pour into the group,” mentioned Vincent, now a psychological well being counselor for Miami-Dade County Public Faculties.
The primary picnic occurred in 2016 and has grown in measurement ever since. 1000’s of individuals attended the 2018 and 2019 occasions. Metropolis officers started to pop in, together with then-Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert in 2018 whose dance abilities had been nonetheless a scorching subject almost 5 years later. Even the category competitors bought slightly extra fierce.
“Every class will give you their theme” for his or her tent, mentioned Prince, a 1996 graduate. “For example, Class of ‘98, their tent was resembling a soccer area for the yr they gained states. Class of 1990, that they had Zamunda — from the women to the dancers to all the pieces. Class of 2007, that they had an entire sweet store the place they had been feeding all the youngsters within the constructing. ‘96 had a membership, just like the Pac Jam, like a nightclub with music, DJs and all the pieces.”
Myrticia Grey, a Carol Metropolis native who graduated in 2011, had been attending related alumni picnics for a while. However the Chief Corridor Picnic was in contrast to something she’d ever seen. A part of the attract needed to do with what Grey described because the “vitality” — alumni from courses way back to the Sixties have been recognized to return — but additionally the importance of the actual Chief Corridor.
“It was a spot the place ancestors have been, the legacies fashioned, the quantity of alternatives produced inside these buildings — it was one thing you’ll always remember,” Grey mentioned. “Chief Corridor was a really particular place. The entire construction — we had artwork, work, quotes all around the partitions — was one thing wonderful. I’d undoubtedly say it was a chunk of artwork.”
Added Prince: “It’s a badge of honor to truly stroll via Chief Corridor. So while you say ‘Chief Corridor Picnic,’ it reignites the entire group.”
Though the 2022 picnic may not showcase the flare of years previous on tent decorations, the live performance lineup — which incorporates Trina, Main 9 and Kiddo Marv — absolutely will carry the group out. And if the picnic’s return shouldn’t be a cause sufficient to have fun, perhaps the circumstances that necessitated its hiatus is, says Washington.
“It’s going to be large,” Washington mentioned. “With us being quarantined and with COVID hitting us so exhausting, we misplaced loads of family members. This can be a nice time for us to get round our pals.”
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The Miami Heat experienced one of their toughest seasons in recent memory.
Going 37-45, Miami suffered its first losing record since 2018-19.
The Jimmy Butler drama ultimately led to trading the star forward just two years removed from him leading the Heat to the 2023 NBA Finals.
The Heat emerged from the play-in to make the playoffs as an eighth seed only to have the Cleveland Cavaliers sweep them in the first round. Miami lost Game 4 by 55 points, suffering the worst margin of defeat in a game to close a series.
Through it all, Chris Quinn remained steady.
League sources say the Heat’s associate head coach helped keep Miami together and made sure the team didn’t go “sideways.”
Now, Quinn is a head coach candidate for the Phoenix Suns, who also experienced a disappointing and drama-filled season that ended with just 36 wins and the firing of Mike Budenholzer after one season.
Cleveland Cavaliers assistants Jordan Ott and Johnnie Bryant, Oklahoma City Thunder assistant Dave Bliss, Minnesota Timberwolves assistant Micah Nori, Brooklyn Nets assistant Steve Hetzel, Dallas Mavericks assistant Sean Sweeney, New Orleans Pelicans assistant James Borrego, Suns assistant David Fizdale and Quinn are candidates for the job, league sources confirmed to The Arizona Republic this week.
Quinn has been an assistant under Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra since 2015. He previously worked as an assistant for the Heat’s G League team, Sioux Falls Skyforce, in the 2014-15 season.
He also played three seasons for the Heat, with the first two under Pat Riley (2006-08) and the third one for Spoelstra (2008-09).
Quinn is Spoelstra’s “right hand man” when it comes to in-game adjustments, sources say. He has been in contention for NBA head coaching vacancies in recent years.
Quinn’s ability to connect with players is deemed impressive. He’s big on player development as evidenced by him leading the charge to have coaches available 24/7 for players to work on their game.
A Notre Dame graduate, Quinn played a role in the development of shooting guard Tyler Herro, who became a first-time All-Star for the Heat this season.
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A man wanted on two counts of murder in Venezuela was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Broward apartment building on Thursday.
CBS News Miami was there for the arrest of the man—whose identity ICE has asked us not to disclose—as part of a ride-along with the law enforcement agency.
With growing questions and concerns about immigration enforcement and removal operations, CBS Miami had been requesting a ride-along since the new administration took over in January.
That request was granted Thursday, and our cameras were rolling for the targeted enforcement operation arranged by ICE.
CBS News Miami did not have any control over which operation we were allowed to witness.
Operation begins with briefing and strategy in Miramar
The day started around 10:30 a.m. at the agency’s facility in Miramar with a quick rundown of the plan.
“He’s a foreign fugitive wanted for double murder out of Venezuela,” one man explained to the team. “The other male, the friend who was helping him with the car issues—we’re going to try to arrest him too… He hasn’t been accounted for by us yet, so we’re going to try to get a two-for-one.”
After a moment for questions, the team geared up with protective equipment and headed out.
ICE Assistant Field Office Director Mitchell Diaz said they are simply continuing the work they’ve always done.
“This is what we do every day,” Diaz said. “There’s no change from this current administration to the prior administration or any other administration before that. We want to make sure that we’re protecting the community, the public, and national security.”
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Thursday’s investigation led officers to an apartment building near Sunrise. Surveillance had suggested the target would leave for work around 1 p.m. By 1:50 p.m., agents had him in sight.
ICE requested that his name and face not be shared publicly as the case remains pending. Officials say the man, in his late twenties, is wanted in Venezuela for two counts of first-degree murder, organized crime, and aggravated assault.
Records indicate he traveled through Colombia and Brazil before entering the United States illegally. ICE reports he has been a fugitive since 2018. He will face an immigration judge in the U.S. before being returned to Venezuela to face charges.
Diaz emphasized that immigration arrests like this one are administrative, not criminal—though that doesn’t mean they’re without risk.
“There are always nerves. The officer safety aspect of it—this is like every law enforcement agency,” Diaz said. “These are brave men that are going out there every day to ensure that not only national security but the community and the public are safe from these individuals.”
Questions surround immigration practices and public perception
ICE recently touted the arrest of more than 1,100 undocumented immigrants in Florida over the span of a week in an operation dubbed Operation Tidal Wave. But Diaz insisted that these were not “raids” as some critics describe.
“These are targeted enforcement actions. Raids are different,” he explained. “A raid could be based on employment inspections just to ensure that the employer is following U.S. laws and immigration laws. A lot of these individuals that may be part of a raid may be working with fraudulent documents, Social Security numbers, and fraudulent employment cards. So raids are completely different than what ICE does as to fugitive operations.”
During the ride-along, officers also arrested a second individual who admitted to being in the U.S. illegally.
Following the arrests, the team returned to Miramar, where both individuals were fingerprinted and processed to determine if they appear in any law enforcement databases. They will remain in ICE detention until they appear before an immigration judge in the coming days.
CBS News Miami asked ICE about reports of people being arrested outside immigration courts. Officials stressed that such arrests are part of targeted enforcement, not random sweeps.
We also inquired about concerns over parents being deported without their children. ICE responded that parents are given the choice to take their children with them or to leave them in the custody of someone within the U.S.
According to ICE, individuals with a final order of removal—or who illegally re-entered the U.S. after being previously deported—are subject to immediate removal. Others, they say, are afforded due process under immigration law.
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