Miami Dade County Candy Flavored Tobacco Ban approved

"Miami-Dade Commissioners Give Initial OK to Flavored Tobacco Ban

Next up is a public hearing July 10

Tuesday, May 15, 2012  |  Updated 9:23 PM EDT

Miami-Dade County Commissioners preliminarily approved by a 12-1 vote Tuesday a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products in the county.
The ordinance would hand down a $500 fine for selling flavored cigars and chewing tobacco, products that are popular with teens, The Miami Herald reported. Mint, menthol and wintergreen flavors would be exempt, however." - nbcmiami.com
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SMAFY Monthly Meeting

May 8, 2012

6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Mobley 

Building

5825 S. W. 68 Street

South Miami, FL

Bay "B" Conference Room

Contact:

 Daisy Harrell

(305) 546 - 8499

Linda Riddle/SGMA Endowed Scholarship

HISTORY 

The Linda Riddle/SGMA Endowed Scholarship was established in honor of Linda Riddle, whose life exemplified the principles of good sportsmanship and fairness, competition and courage. Its goal is to provide young female athletes of limited financial means the opportunity to continue to pursue their sport in addition to their college studies.

ELIGIBILITY 

A female American citizen or legal resident of limited financial means that will be graduating high school in the spring of 2012 and entering college in the fall of 2012 as a first-year student is eligible to apply, provided that she has 1) participated on an officially recognized high school athletic team; and 2) maintained a minimum of a 3.5 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 grading scale. In order to be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must also be planning to pursue a full-time course of study at an accredited two-or four-year college during the 2012-2013 academic year.

Scholarship Awards 

Up to four individual scholarships of $3,000 each will be awarded.

Questions 

After reading the above guidelines carefully, if you have any questions, please call Elizabeth Flores at 516-307-3915 or e-mail her atLFlores@WomensSportsFoundation.org.

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