2 THE OBSERVER LOCAL NEWS JULY 29, 2010

Movies Under the Stars Junior lifeguard

Photo by Andrea Freygang
A large crowd gathered last Saturday at Four Fields Complex in Pompano Beach to
watch “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.” Next Movies Under the Stars,
August 6, will feature “The Sandlot” at the park on 1700 NE 8 St. in Pompano. Sept.
3, Pompano will show “Avatar,” but due to expected crowds, the film will be moved to
the Pompano Beach Amphitheatre at 1801 NE 6 St. All films start approximately 8:30
p.m., or dusk.

Deerfield Beach junior lifeguard Zac Clark, 12, comes up short against Lake Worth’s Zach Von
Bommel, 13, in the Boys B Division of Beach Flags during the 2010 Junior Lifeguard Regional
Championships. Event was last Saturday, July 24, on the public beach just north of Pompano Beach
Fishing Pier. More than 400 junior lifeguards from across Florida competed in lifeguard skills.
Photo by Gary Curreri

Found and
Forgotten
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uploaded into the NDIS
(CODIS) System,” The Center
for Human Identification at the
University of North Texas said
CODIS stands for Combined
DNA Index System and is an
electronic database of DNA.
It can sometimes take decades
to identify a victim if traditional
means like fingerprints, dental
records and witness accounts,
fail. Why does it take so long for
some remains to be identified?
According to Bukata, some rea-
sons are “technology is still ad-
vancing and the lack of public
awareness and media attention.
Most people don’t know about
several websites that are in place
for families to research a miss-
ing person’s face, and the initial
story is only on the news for
about a week.
With the exception of the
victim’s families and the detec-
tive assigned to a specific case,
most people forget and move
on. This is where technology
and law enforcement come into
play.”
The website has already seen
success with cases. According
to Bukata, the website directly
resulted in identification of 1983
murder victim Tina Moore from
Pompano Beach. In 2009, a
Palm Beach Sheriff’s office
murder victim (and Deerfield
resident) Gregory Vondell
Andrews was identified through
DNA taken from his relatives
by BSO during the Presidential
Initiative. He had been unknown
for 27 years.
Operation Found and For-
gotten can be found on the BSO
website www.sheriff.org. If you
recognize anything or have any
tips please call Crime Stoppers
at 954-493-TIPS or 866-493-
TIPS. Please be advised that
some of the content is not ap-
propriate for children.
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