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Wilfredo Montes is a new Park Service Aide in the
Pinecrest Parks and Recreation Department. He's also the head
lifeguard at Jose Marti Park in downtown Miami.
Montes, 23, works part time for the city of Pinecrest
putting in about 25 hours a week. At the same time, as a Water Safety
Instructor and lifeguard he works 40 hours a week for the City of
Miami.
Montes is married to the former June Bush. And, if her
maiden name is familiar, that's because she's a distant relative to
former President George Bush and Florida's Governor Jeb Bush.
"My wife was born in Honduras and her grandfather
is related to George Bush," he explains. "His parents came
from Maine and he was born in Honduras. He wrote a letter to President
Bush and it was true."
Montes also was born in Honduras, but emigrated to
Chicago with his mother as a baby in 1976. They lived there for 13
years before moving to Miami. He attended Shenandoah Junior High and
graduated from Miami Senior High School in 1994.
"My mother came down here to visit my aunt,"
Montes recalls. "Mother loved the climate and decided this was
the place for her."
Montes attended Miami-Dade Community College and now
is studying criminal justice at Florida International University. He
says he ultimately wants to be a police officer.
When he's not working, Montes says he enjoys
collecting remote-controlled model cars, and has more than 50 in his
collection. He says he's also interested in buying a remote-controlled
helicopter.
"You have to be pretty good at handling
them," he says, "because they cost about $2,000. So, if you
mess'em up, that's it."
Montes says he and his wife also enjoy traveling and
recently journeyed to San Diego.
"We loved it there," he says. "The climate is so nice,
it's not that hot, it's not that cold. San Diego is just
beautiful."
They also visited Las Vegas, where he was best man in
his cousin's wedding. While there, he decided to try his luck at the
Blackjack table.
"I don't really gamble," he says, "but,
I was there, so I thought I would try the double-deck Blackjack. I won
about a thousand dollars."
Not bad for a beginner.
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