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Retired Taekwondo instructor creates winning design in El Portal logo contest
BY RODOLFO ROMAN
Special to the Miami Herald
Taekwondo instructor Sarah “KC” Holmes of North Miami retired three years ago. She had also worked in advertising and taught herself graphic arts.
At Friday’s annual art fair in El Portal, Holmes learned the value of her skills, by winning a countywide contest to design the village’s new logo.
About 20 people created and submitted logos in the contest.
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El Portal is a picturesque and historic village in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The village name is derived from the Spanish word for the wooden gate that once stood at the entrance to the village. El Portal, a primarily residential community of single-family cottages and bungalows, was founded in 1937 and to this day includes prime examples of 1930’s and 1940’s South Florida architecture.
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