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Behind every Scout Are a lot of hard working adult volunteers

By KAY SEVERINSEN Staff Writer Joe Crownover of Coral Gables has been a scoutmaster for 30 years. For him, Scouting is in his blood. "When I was in the Navy I worked with Scouts whenever I got shore leave," he recalls. "I am at home in Scouting. I want to leave this world a little better than I found it, but in church activities, I am all thumbs. So I'm in Scouts." Crownover heads Boy Scout Troop Number Seven, one of the oldest in 1922, when his troop met in a log cabin in the Gables. "Thirty years later, I came back to be an assistant scoutmaster for that troop," he says. "The building's gone now, but the troop's still going." Crownover puts in at least 30 hours a week, he figures, and likes the canoeing trips the most. "The boys all seem to have For Crownover, See To, Page 9 Editor's note: Feb. 2 through Feb. 8 marked Boy Scout Week, and in Dade the event was celebrated by a traditional 50-mile, Barefoot Mailman march from Pompano Beach to South Miami Beach. But behind every hike, camping trip, knot-tying lesson and troop vacation there is a huge crew of hardworking adult volunteers, without whom Scouting simply wouldn't exist. Why do they put in hundreds of hours a year? The Times/Guide talks to a few of them.

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Need shoes?

If so the Tropicaire Flea market may be the place for you. See story, page 2

Gables 'youngster' serious about winning mayor's seat

By ANA MARIA ALVAREZ Staff Writer Bruce Lehr is not just a kid who is running for office merely for the learning experience. He is dead serious about becoming the next mayor of Coral Gables. "Age is not a gauge of performance or ability," said the youngest candidate so far to qualify to run in the mayor's race. Lehr, 21, grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., and watched his hometown deteriorate because government allowed the city to stagnate. He doesn't want the same thing to happen to his new home, Coral Gables. "The city is very, very good the way it is, but steps have to be taken to keep it that way," said Lehr, a 1976 University of Miami journalism graduate. "The hands-off attitude the city has maintained will only bring the Gables down. Everyone in government is trying to keep the city the way it is by not taking action, but the crime rate isn't staying at the same level and neither is inflation. "I have a view of the Gables that 50-year-old residents may not. "Having grown up in Brooklyn I know what can happen to a city if the leadership gets stagnant and takes all the good things for granted," he said. Lehr, who first came down to Coral Gables five years ago to attend the University of Miami, believes that along with his lack of experience in government comes a lack of indebtedness. "If I'm elected the only people I would owe anything would be the voters. I have no business concerns and no obligations," he added. To show his serious intent, Lehr quit his job as a photographer with the U.S. Veterans Administration to devote full-time to his campaign. He developed his two-part platform after canvassing the city. He believes that his platform--to preserve the city and to have respect for the citizens--is a conservative one. Lehr said he would push for better street lighting throughout the residential areas of the Gables, and wheelchair ramps on sidewalks that would benefit the handicapped, bicycle riders and mothers with baby carriages. He would also like to go back to an old zoning law that would allow three story buildings in the Gables. Lehr, who also received See CANDIDATE, Page 35

Gables Commission to recognize UM police as part-time officers

The Coral Gables City Commission approved a resolution modifying an agreement with the University of Miami which would recognize the police officers on the campus as part-time Gables police officers. Standards requires that the police officers at the UM campus, who are sworn in by the Chief of Police of the Gables, be classified as part-time officers in order to be registered by the Police Standards and Training Commission. The new agreement between the city and the university stipulates that the city will not be responsible for any claims, suits, damages, costs, losses and expenses resulting from any claims or demands made by UM officers or by third parties. In other action the Commission: Awarded the bid for the construction of a pedestrian bridge at Alhambra Circle and the Gables Waterway to Hallmark Construction Co. for $14,-989. Denied an appeal by Mr. and Mrs. Edward King who requested a variance to the Zoning Code. The couple wanted to divide their 150-foot lot on Blue Road into two separate building sites. Approved an appeal by Syd Langer for a vari- See COMMISSION, Page 35

inside West Miami may finally solve a big problem

Years of drainage problems may now be on the way to being solved, thanks to the federal government. Page 3

The do-it-yourself house

Jim Baum has a yen for doing things his way. So he built his own house. Page 14/23

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