The Broward County Parks and Recreation Division announced parks that regularly close on Tuesdays will remain open on April 7 to correspond with the county’sspring break.

In addition, all Broward County Parks and Recreation Division parks, including nature centers and natural areas, will remain open all Tuesdays between June 8 and Aug. 21 to correspond with the public school system’s summer break.

Starting Aug. 24, regional parks, nature centers, and natural areas will resume the fall/winter schedule and close Tuesdays, with the following exceptions: Central Broward Regional Park, Markham Park, Topeekeegee Yugnee Park and Tradewinds Park will continue to be open daily.The Broward County Parks and Recreation Division announced parks that regularly close on Tuesdays will remain open on April 7 to correspond with the county’sspring break.

In addition, all Broward County Parks and Recreation Division parks, including nature centers and natural areas, will remain open all Tuesdays between June 8 and Aug. 21 to correspond with the public school system’s summer break.

Starting Aug. 24, regional parks, nature centers, and natural areas will resume the fall/winter schedule and close Tuesdays, with the following exceptions: Central Broward Regional Park, Markham Park, Topeekeegee Yugnee Park and Tradewinds Park will continue to be open daily.

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Today, Runner’s Depot and TLS Fitness will launch Women on the Move, a nine-week running program open to all Broward County women, no matter their age or experience.

The program will provide a non-intimidating place to learn to run and get in shape for the annual Run for the Roses 5K in Markham Park this May.

Women on the Move will offer participants not only training, but information on nutrition, safety, shoes, injury prevention and more. Any level of experience is welcome.

The group will meet Wednesday nights in Central Park. The cost is $90. For more information or to register call Terri at 954-336-8367 or email tlsrunner@bellsouth.net.

Terri is an RRCA certified coach, USATF Level 1 coach, and Certified Personal Trainer.

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Have breakfast and meet other local business owners at the Greater Sunrise Chamber of Commerce member breakfast April 1.

The group will meet 7:30 to 9 a.m. at ARC Broward, 10250 NW 53rd St. The event is free for members and for those attending the monthly breakfast for the first time.

Call 305-261-8328 for more information.

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Art teacher Margo Kawashima will have a creative drawing workshop on March 28 for children, ages 8 to 13.

The class will meet from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Art Studio in the Sunrise Civic Center, 10610 W. Oakland Park Blvd.

Children will try different drawing materials and experience drawing in a very creative way.
All art materials will be provided by the instructor. Call Margo Kawashima for more information at 954-749-5873.

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Sunrise will have its first Business-to-Business Expo March 25 at the War Memorial Auditorium, 800 NE Eighth St.

This is a way to promote your company and network with other companies, and there is still time to register and have a table at the event, which will attract experts and entrepreneurs in a variety of fields.

Call 954-835-2428 or e-mail suncc@sunrisechamber.org for more information.

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The Lighthouse of Broward County, which provides help for the blind and visually impaired, is looking for “Good Egg” sponsors for its April 4 Lighthouse Egg-Stravaganza at Plantation Heritage Park.

A $50 donation will sponsor a “beeping egg” designed for egg hunts for blind of visually impaired children. A $100 donation will sponsor two “beeping eggs.”

The Lighthouse will appreciate any kind of financial support for this event and is also looking for donations to cover the costs of other activities that will take place at the event, such as face painting and the “Bounce House.”

Those interested in making a donation should contact Kevin Johnson at 954-463-4217 ext. 15 or visit www.lhob.org.

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The county’s Division of Contractor Licensing and Enforcement Section performed an operation to identify unlicensed contractors, including unlicensed tree trimmers.

In the second Commercial Vehicle Observation Point Operation of 2009, the division issued 41 citations for violations, including contracting without a license, falsely advertising as a contractor without being licensed, falsely advertising as a tree trimmer without a license and not complying with the ordinance that requires specific descriptive lettering on commercial vehicles.

The operation took place at the northwest corner of Broward Boulevard and State Road 7, and a total of 105 commercial vehicles and contractor licenses were checked. The Division will continue to coordinate regular commercial vehicle observation points with other cities.

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Colonial Bank is having a 5K run/walk to celebrate 30 years of educating the community about abused and neglected children.

The event will start at 7:30 a.m. April 4 at Markham Park, 16001 W. State Road 84.

Registration in advance is $25 for adults and $10 for ages 17 and under. The day of the event, registration for adults is $35 and $15 for ages 17 and under the day of the event.

Call 954-390-7654 ext. 1295 for more information.

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The Senior Club of Plantation is looking for seniors in the community interested in joining fellow seniors in a seven-night cruise to the Western Caribbean from Dec. 5 to Dec. 12 aboard the Crown Princess Cruise.

Prices per person for a shared cabin with double occupancy start at $625, including taxes and all transportation to and from the Fort Lauderdale Port. The Senior Club is currently accepting reservations and deposits, and it expects to fill the cruise soon.

For more information or to request a brochure of the cruise with the destinations and range of prices, call Ethel Perry, social director of the club, at 954-581-8731.

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If you are still looking for an accountant to help file your 2008 taxes, you might be in luck. Sunrise Dan Pearl Library is offering free Income Tax Assistance sessions, Thursdays 10 a.m to 1 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The library is at 10500 W. Oakland Park Blvd. Call 954-749-2521 for more information.

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Fox Trail Elementary School is having an Active Parenting for Teens Workshop to teach parents with children, ages 12 to 18, non-violent discipline techniques, how to cope with difficult topics such as drugs and sex, teach responsibility and stimulate independence.

The workshop will take place 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 17 at Fox Trail Elementary School, Media Center, 1250 Nob Hill Road in Davie.

The free program is presented by Kimberly DiLuzio, program specialist/ parent services for Broward County Public Schools. Call DiLuzio to register at 754-321-2211.

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Local parents, teachers and students are invited to join Midnight Madness Bus Trip to Rally in Tally, a one-day trip to express education concerns to Tallahassee politicians.

The group will meet at 11 p.m. March 17 at Lockhart Stadium, 1350 NW 55th St. in Fort Lauderdale and travel to Tallahassee in four buses.

Arrival to Tallahassee is scheduled by 9 a.m. the next day. The group will spend the morning visiting representatives and will then gather for a rally outside Congress. The buses will leave at 2 p.m. and arrive to Fort Lauderdale by 11 p.m. March 18.

The trip is completely free. Breakfast, lunch and other refreshments will be served. Call Linda Nestor at 754-422-2018 for more information.

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The Leo Goodman Complex / Daniel Cantor Senior Center, 5000 Nob Hill Road, will host dances next month.

Matzo Ball Dance Party, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., April 5.
Enjoy the performance of a professional dance troupe, win door prizes and dance to ballroom, Latin and line dancing music. Couples and singles welcome. Cost: $8 per person. Desserts and beverages will be served.

Ballroom Dance, 7 to 10 p.m., April 18
DJ Mayer and Lee will play ballroom, Latin and line dancing music. Couples and singles welcome. Cost: $6 per person.

Call 954-721-5786 for more information on any of the dances.

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Broward County Library's Each-One-Teach-One program needs volunteers throughout the county to teach illiterate adults to read and write at local libraries.

A volunteer basic tutor training workshop is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 14 at the Tyrone Bryant Library, 2230 NW 21st Ave. in Fort Lauderdale.

There are currently 42 students waiting for tutors at libraries throughout the county.

To register or find out more information, call 954-625-2820 or e-mail the learning services organization at learningservices@browardlibrary.org.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the Sunrise-based company formerly known as Pediatrix Medical Group with improperly backdating stock options granted to executives from 1997 through 2000.

The agency said in a press release that the company settled the allegations without admitting or denying them. Regulators alleged that that on numerous occasions, Pediatrix –which changed its name to MEDNAX at the end of last year– used hindsight to select favorable exercise prices for employee and officer stock option grants without accurately reporting the financial impact of the grants to investors.

The complaint alleges that Pediatrix failed to recognize a total of $8.8 million in compensation expenses which resulted in an overstatement of pre-tax earnings amounting to 6.7 percent over the three year period. Pediatrix agreed to be enjoined from violating securities laws in the future.

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The Sunrise-based advertising agency XL1 Media Inc. recently won Gold and Silver ADDY Awards during the Advertising Federation of Greater Fort Lauderdale ADDY Awards ceremony.

XL1 Media Inc. received the Gold ADDY Award for work done on behalf of TheDubHouse, a DVD duplication company in Fort Lauderdale. The Silver ADDY Award was received for work on behalf of the Grand Bahama Tourism Board.

The competition is part of a three-tier national competition for the prestigious National ADDY Awards, the premier industry recognition for creative excellence in advertising. The Gold and Silver winners from each Fourth District Chapter will now advance to compete at the Fourth District ADDY Awards.

XL1 Media Inc. is a full-service advertising and design firm with more than a decade of experience in providing full-service marketing solutions in all aspects of the marketing strategy: branding, design, Web development, public relations, event planning/promotion, animation and guerilla marketing.

Visit www.xl1media.com for more information.

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Florida’s Department of Health has selected Concenex, a Sunrise-based provider of call center solutions, to provide a customer interaction and communications platform for the department.

The Department of Health will use Montage, as the platform is called, to improve patient interactions. This tool will also accelerate analysis of the department’s paper surveys.

Founded in 1999, Concenex has provided call center software and services to Fortune 100 and 2500 corporations of all sizes. The privately-owned company is a leading provider of packaged, integrated solutions for on-demand, hosted and customer premise environments, helping companies become more efficient by increasing performance and lowering costs.

For more information visit www.concenex.com.

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Former Sunrise Mayor John E. Rodstrom has joined Sterne Agee in Fort Lauderdale as managing director and head of the firm’s Florida Public Finance.

Rodstrom, whose municipal experience spans 27 years, is currently a Broward County Board Commissioner. Through the last years, he had positions in financial institutions such as Citibank, Kidder, Peabody and Merrill Lynch. He is a Columbia College graduate and received a law degree from Nova Southeastern University.

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The city of Sunrise will have a Cyber Safety Summit at 6:15 p.m. March 4 at the cafeteria of Sawgrass Elementary School, 12655 NW Eighth St.

The event will feature presentations and information from recognized authorities on Internet safety, including the Attorney General's Child Predator Cyber Crime Unit; the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force; the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; and School Resource Officers from the City of Sunrise Police Department.

Topics will include the warning signs of cyber-bullying and online predators; and strategies for protecting yourself, your children and your family. Real-world examples and demonstrations will illustrate why you must be informed about Internet dangers.

The summit is sponsored by the school's PTA and is open to everyone in the community. For more information, call 954-322-8501.

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