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MPO expands study of CSX rail line use BY RICHARD YAGER dditonal study to improve Kendall and South Dade traffic flows utilizing a CSX rail line will be unveiled by the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) on Jan. 27 with a new focus on the east-west CSX spur paralleling the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) that eventually turns into southwest Miami-Dade County. Parsons Transit Group, international transportation consultants, began the “CSX Rail Corridor Evaluation Study” in July 2008 with completion due in June of this year. The MPO approved the project at a cost of $138,500 to supplement a 2007 Kendall-Link study. Initial findings to solicit public response will be presented Tuesday, Jan. 27, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Kendall Branch Library, 9101 SW 97 Ave. “The MPO Board directed a study of possible alternative use of the east-west CSX route that runs from the Oleander Station (at MIA) west to SW 137th Avenue until meandering through South Dade,” said Wilson Fernandez, MPO transportation systems manager. “The study explores any use not requiring co-existence with scheduled CSX service on the rail line,” he said, adding the study objective was commissioned to address issues arising from the 2007 Kendall-Link Study undertaken by the Edwards & Kelcey consulting firm. A proposed light rail commuter service on a southeastern CSX freight line between MIA and a point near Miami Metrozoo drew heavy protest from East Kendall homeowners, backed by a 7-0 Community Council 12 vote against such a project.

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Pink is a winner at Braddock High School

Miami-Dade Public Library events to celebrate Black History Month BY VINORA HAMILTON

“Real Men Wear Pink” reads the sweatshirt of Matthew Cano, 1, son of assistant coach Carlos Cano, with Braddock basketball guards Michelle Gonzalez (left) and Stephanie Alfonso.

BY RICHARD YAGER he fight against cancer is $350 richer, thanks to the G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School girls basketball team’s “Pink Night” on Jan. 14. That’s when the pink-uniformed

varsity team, together with its Coach’s Corner and GMAC sponsors, made a special contribution to the American Cancer Society’s October drive, annually marked by the color pink throughout the nation. ––––––––––––––––––

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esidents of all ages are invited to participate in the Black History Month celeat Miami-Dade Public

bration Libraries. Hear renowned storytellers and authors, explore the history of jazz, create your own masterpiece in an arts and crafts workshop or see an exhibition. Acclaimed author and storyteller Donna Washington will begin the celebration with two appearances on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the Model City Branch, 2211 NW 54 St., at 10:30 a.m., and at the West Kendall Regional, 10201 Hammocks Blvd., at 3:30 p.m. Washington will visit several other branches later that week. On Thursday, Feb. 5, at 6:30 p.m., join musicians Nicole Yarling, Bossa Nova, Son de Ahora and more, in a “Night of Jazz” at the Main Library, 101 W. Flagler Street. Also performing, at various b r a n c h e s throughout the month, are celebrated storytellers Baba

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Friendship Circle 3K Walk to help ‘special needs’ kids BY ROBERT HAMILTON The Friendship Circle of Miami will hold its inaugural Three-kilometer Friendship Walk on Sunday, Feb. 1, in Kendall to raise money to support programs for children with special needs and their families. Established in 2003, the Friendship Circle of Miami is a nonprofit organization that serves more than 50 families in south Miami-Dade County and involves nearly 100 teen volunteers. The teens form friendships and share activities with kids with Downs syndrome, autism, ADD and other emotional or physical challenges. Families of special needs children also receive support in the program. The money raised from the 3K Friendship Walk will help fund child-centered activities including volunteer teen training, special outings, fitness programs, camps, fairs and festivals. At the center of the Friendship Circle is the relationship between teens and kids. Teenage volunteers visit children with special needs for play dates in their homes once a week. “Kids with special needs want to have fun and have friends just like other children,” said Nechama Harlig, Friendship Circle director. “Yet friends are what are often missing in their lives. The Friendship Circle creates those special bonds. Teens connect with children in ways that adults and therapists cannot.” Emma Singer, 16, a student at Coral Reef High School, has been a friend to

a child with special needs, for three years. Singer and Patricia Dranoff visit Justin every week. “The experience with Justin has changed my life,” Emma said. “Justin is so optimistic and always has a smile on his face. He is waiting at the door for us and is so excited when we visit. His smile makes me smile.” Singer and Dranoff spend their time with Justin playing board games, cooking, coloring, and pushing him on the swing. “Justin’s unwavering joy and optimism has taught me to appreciate life, no matter what comes my way,” Emma said. “The volunteer teens get just a much from the experience as the kids,” Harlig said. “Giving of their time and energy makes them less focused on themselves. Their moral character grows as they learn the value of being of service to others.” The Feb. 1 Friendship Walk will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will begin at the Chabad campus, 8700 SW 112 St. The walk will proceed through the local streets and culminate in a festival with music, refreshments and entertainment at the Chabad campus. The Friendship Circle is nonsectarian and nondenominational and its programs are open to all and are offered free of charge to qualifying families. Funding comes primarily from charitable donations from the community. For more information, call 305-234-5654 or go to <www.walking4friendship.com>.

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PINK, from page 1 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– RAIL LINE, from page 1 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Managed bus service to replace light rail on the same route was subsequently suggested by Dr. Eric D. Prince, Dr. Robert Bueso and Roderick Moffett, a trio of engineering specialists who developed a presentation, titled “Fatally Flawed,” opposing commuter service using high-speed diesel (DMUs) in East Kendall. The CSX rail line west of MIA that turns southward and roughly parallels Krome Avenue could offer a bus rapid transit connection with a SW 137th Avenue Corridor service using road shoulders as far south as SW 152nd Street near Metrozoo, as visualized by the Kendall-Link Study. Express bus service from southwest Miami-Dade and Kendall along SW 137th Avenue would connect with a downtown commuter system along SR Braddock High School’s girls varsity basketball team dressed “Pretty in Pink” for the game on Jan. 14 to benefit cancer research. Pictured (l-r, front) are Janessa Brito, Celeste Sanchez, Michelle Gonzalez, Stefanie Alfonso, Luisa Morales, Kassandra Perez; (rear) assistant coach Carlos Cano, Karol Molinares, Noemi Rodriguez, Brittany Jackson, Sarah Labrador, Clayon Wilson, and head coach Janis Drummonds.

It all came about when Braddock athletic director Kevin Whalen decided not to pass up a special “Calling for a Cure” campaign by the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA). FHSAA officials decided last fall to donate their game fees to the American Cancer Society for athletic events during Oct. 20-25, 2008, as well as Jan. 12-17 and Mar. 30-Apr. 4. Thanks to Whalen’s ingenuity, along with Janis Drummonds, head coach, and Carlos Cano, assistant coach, the team donned new pink and white jerseys instead of the Lady Bulldogs’ traditional royal blue, silver and white for Braddock’s fund-raising

night. All spectators paying admission received pink ribbons and even the officials used pink whistles (secured by Whalen) to make calls. The pink apparently provided the inspiration for a 71-20 victory over Coral Park, bringing the season record to 12-8. “I believe this is the first time any girls team in Miami-Dade County took the court wearing pink to help fight cancer,” said Whalen, a 1994 Columbus High graduate. “We’re planning to get more funding from a boys wrestling match and hope to have more events Mar. 30-Apr. 4, final week of the FHSAA campaign.”

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836 from a recently completed extension at SW 137th Avenue, north of SW Eighth Street, to downtown Miami. Utilizing both the East Kendall and SR 836/CSX freight lines with an express bus service along SW 137th Avenue also could develop an interconnecting loop of environmentally acceptable transportation modes, eliminating “rail lines running through back yards,” a primary objection raised in East Kendall to commuter service by rail. The original Kendall-Link Study analyzed rapid transit options for short, medium and long-range transportation infrastructure and service improvements for the Greater Kendall area from SR 836 south to SW 152nd Street, between S. Dixie Highway (US1) and Krome (SW 177th) Avenue.

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Congested...? Sparsely-populated...? It’s anybody’s guess! Michael Miller EXECUTIVE EDITOR

AROUND TOWN “Stay High” is the advice given pilots in a legal review appearing in AOPA, a national airport operator journal, resulting from vague FAA opinions of “congested” and “sparsely populated” areas when defining airport flight restrictions. The issue arose when two agricultural pilots admittedly flew Grumman G-1645s at less than 300 feet above ground level over a residential area deemed “congested,” a term the FAA inspector was unable to define. The National Safety Transportation Board, hearing the appeal of the pilots’ case, declared in part: “A review of the history of the term ‘congested area,’ and case law interpreting it, makes clear that small, sparsely settled residential areas are settlements for purposes of determining whether an area is congested” (within context of the licensing language). The NSTB’s conclusion: “The term ‘congested area’ will continue to be adjudicated on a case-by-case basis before this board.” Sound familiar? Pilots claim violations occur regularly for flight operations under 300 to 1,000-foot trainees at Kendall-Tamiami Airport, as well as approved test flights since the FAA currently views the K-T Airport area as being within the Everglades. Be aware if you drive the Palmetto Xway regularly at night that as of last Friday, the northbound ramp at Miller Drive is closed after 10 p.m. (until 5:30 a.m.) while workers remove a concrete island, pave and restripe the roadway. Closing continues through January 22. If eastbound on SW 56th Street, you’re advised to take SW 87 Avenue north to use the Bird Road northbound ramp; if westbound on Miller, east

of SW 72nd Avenue, detour north on 72nd to westbound Bird to get a northbound ramp. That’s the alert Holly White, Continental Park Homeowners Association prexy advises, via FDOT. (P. S. Just be thankful that doesn’t apply to daytime traffic, especially during commuter hours!). A most succinct 11-point report on January budget-cutting by Florida legislators was made available by Commissioner Joe A. Martinez, including a prediction that a $4 billion “budget gap” projected for the state’s fiscal year 2009-10 to be addressed starting in March will likely look for several new revenue sources: $1 per pack on cigarettes; removing a sales tax exemption on bottled water; increasing enforcement of sales taxes on Internet and catalogue purchases. He also notes MiamiDade delegation chair Juan Zapata successfully restored $1 million in mental health and substance abuse grants. If you want the full report, call his office at 305-552-1155 or send an email to: <district11@miamidade.gov>. Just to keep you up to date: East Kendall Community Council meets Wednesday, January 21 at 6:30 p.m. to hear the MiamiDade Expressway Authority’s latest on a proposed extension of SR 826 expressway in Kendall; you can listen in at the nonzoning session at Kendall Branch Library, 9101 SW 97th Avenue. West Kendall Community Council 12 will have its next non-zoning session at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 11, at West Regional Library in Hammocks Shopping Center, agenda to be announced. Thought of the day: Oh liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name! — Manon Roland

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1 in 7 adults can’t read a newspaper article R. Kenneth Bluh KENNETH’S COMMENTARY I have read many a newspaper headline in my 70-plus years, but never before have I seen such damning news about the status of education in America. USA Today (Jan. 9) carried a front page article with the headline “One in seven U.S. adults unable to read this story.” The article goes on to say that “an estimated 32 million adults in the USA — about one in seven — are saddled with such low literacy skills that it would be tough for them to read anything more challenging than a children’s picture book…” What has happened to the United States? When I was a young boy my mother would say, “Kenneth, finish your dinner! Think about the starving Chinese who would love to have your food.” China, 70 years later, is sending 68,000 students a year to American universities

to enhance their education. Please tell me why is education so important to China as well as South Korea and India, but not to America? The national trend is going from bad to worse. Florida, joined by California and Nevada, are experiencing a higher percentage of adults now, than 10 years ago, who can read only at first or second grade levels. By contrast, in Mississippi the percentage of low-skill readers dropped from 25 percent to 16 percent between 1992 and 2003. David Harvey, president of ProLiteracy, an adult-literacy organization, says that, “Mississippi invested more in education… and they have done innovative programming. We need much more of that.” So what is Florida doing to reverse this trend in our state? Unbelievably, our legislature is cutting back on funding for our public school systems. Programs that might have been “innovative,” are more than likely, among those that will be eliminated to save dollars. Florida’s universities are losing tenured professors to universities outside the state. And, the millions of dollars invested

VIEWPOINT to support their research are going out of state along with the professors. Florida is not alone in experiencing severe cash shortage problems. However, other states seem capable of continuing to fund education — why not Florida? Again, David Harvey cites “undiagnosed learning disabilities, immigration and high school dropouts as reasons for the poor literacy numbers.” U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings says efforts in adult literacy are inefficient and “scattered” across government agencies. I disagree with both. First, literacy problems should be addressed before children become adults. Then we wouldn’t have the adult problem. Secondly, immigrants come to this country in search of an education for their children as well as to earn a living. I wouldn’t blame it on them. High school dropouts are the result of lack of parental influence and the destruction of the family as

well as the educational system failing to make young people fully aware of the benefits of an education. Let’s send a survey team to China, India and South Korea to learn how they are motivating their youth. Bring the ideas back and put them into use in America. I am proud that the University of Florida won the national football championship, but there must be more to Florida higher education than sports. Winning will bring more potential football players to campus but how about students that want an education preparing for life after college?

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The economy is making for a nervous new year Al Sunshine 4 YOUR MONEY It hasn’t taken long for the 2008 holiday season to rapidly turn into the “doom and gloom” of 2009. The latest unemployment figures show more of us are losing our jobs than at any time since the end of World War II. A staggering 524,000 workers were laid off in December. And economists predict unemployment will get even worse through at least the first half of 2009. It’s believed our national unemployment rate could grow from about 7.2 percent, where it stands today, to almost 10 percent or worse later this year. President Barrack Obama is readying his own $800 billion U.S. economic revitalization plan. It includes tax cuts for working families and businesses, as well as a broad job-creation package including public works projects aimed at fixing aging roads, bridges and public buildings. However, it’s also generating a lot of Congressional opposition. That’s because the U.S. budget deficit is expected to climb to $1.2 trillion dollars this year. We’re stuck between the rock and the hard place. We can go deeper into debt printing more money to bail ourselves out of the recession while at the same time risking that we will devalue the strength of the U.S. dollar around the world. Will it work? If you look to Wall Street as a measure of investor confidence, it’s actually still holding up pretty well. However, some analysts predicted a severe market crash before the end of last year. Fortunately, that didn’t happen. But Wall Street will be challenged severely over the coming months as more and more bad economic news dominates the marketplace. Meanwhile, the rest of us are still looking for help from Washington.

We voted for change back in November. And it can’t come fast enough for millions of families here and around the country that are still struggling to keep working, to stay in their homes and to pay their bills. That’s why we all need our own “Family Economic Revitalization Plan” right now. Simply put, we can’t afford to wait for Washington to finally help Main Street the way it’s already helped Wall Street. AL’S 2009 FAMILY PLAN Actually, my plan is very easy. • Cut all unnecessary spending. • Consider taking your lunch to work, rather than dining out. • If you have a cell phone, think about whether you need a wired landline as well. If you do have a cellular telephone plan, does everyone in your family really need their own phones? • If you have 400 channels of cable or satellite TV, are you really watching all of them? Can you trim your bills by cutting back all these endless premium options? • Have you done a yearly insurance checkup to see if you can trim your insurance bills by raising deductibles or cutting coverage? • Have you done your annual family budgeting by double checking your credit cards and home loan interest rates to see if you can find cheaper credit? • Have you reviewed your investment strategies and rebalanced your 401K contributions? • Are you already going through last year’s bills and statements searching for every available tax deduction as the Apr. 15 income tax deadline approaches? • Are you doing all you can at work to make yourself indispensable as more and more local companies consider deeper layoffs to trim their expenses? Are you considering improving your education or professional qualifications to make you a more valuable employee, or better qualified to compete for a new job if your employer goes out of business?

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2 Braddock students earn Cambridge Scholar Award Fryda Guedes (right) and Denisse Hernandez (left), two students at G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School, recently earned the prestigious Cambridge Scholar Award, according to test results recently released by the University of Cambridge (UK). Pictured with Guedes and Hernandez is Mary Greenberg, Academy Leader of the Cambridge Global Studies Academy at Braddock.

BY LEWIS C. MATUSOW Two students attending the Cambridge Global Studies Academy (CGSA), a school-within-a-school at G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School, 3601 SW 147 Ave., have earned the prestigious Cambridge Scholar Award, according to test results recently released by the University of Cambridge (UK). The award winners — Fryda Guedes and Denisse Hernandez —are enrolled in the Cambridge Global Studies Academy at Braddock in addition to participating in a wide range of student activities. Both are 16-year-old juniors. The CGSA, in association with the internationally known University of Cambridge, has developed a four-year course of study that prepares graduates to enter the nation’s leading colleges and universities. Now in its third year at Braddock, the CGSA provides a select number of highly motivated Honors and Gifted students, as well as those with an interest in world affairs, with a challenging academic curriculum that prepares them to compete in, and shape, the global society that awaits

them. The ultimate goal of the CGSA is to prepare future global leaders who want to create a better world. “We are absolutely delighted that two of our students performed exceedingly well on the Cambridge examinations,” said Mary Greenberg, Academy Leader of the CGSA. “Our Cambridge students have done very well in these rigorous exams. They have worked very hard and we’re very proud of them.” Both students have a high grade point average (GPA) in the rigorous Cambridge curriculum in addition to being involved in school and outside activities. Guedes, with a 4.0 GPA (out of a possible 4.0), is president of the Braddock chapter of Amnesty International and spends her spare time entertaining hospitalized children. Hernandez, with a 3.8 GPA, is a manager on the Braddock soccer team and is a volunteer at a local orphanage. The CGSA is one of a number of “academies” at Braddock, one of South Florida’s largest high schools. Newsweek magazine has named Braddock, for the third consecutive year, as being among the top 5 percent of high schools in the nation.

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Gulliver’s Schusterman, Lawrence inducted into FACA Hall of Fame BY JENNIFER VAIDA Gulliver Schools’ Mark Schusterman and David Lawrence were inducted into the Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) Hall of Fame on Jan. 10. Schusterman currently serves as Gulliver’s athletic director, and Lawrence has since retired from coaching but is part of Gulliver Prep’s science faculty. Schusterman began coaching in 1985 for the softball, boys basketball and girls basketball teams at Gulliver Preparatory School. His softball teams have won more than 400 games, with five Final Four appearances to go with two state championships, one state runner-up, and four regional titles. Coach Schusterman was elected three times as head coach in the FACA Softball All-Star Classic and five times as an assistant coach. He has served as FACA District Softball chair for 14 years and currently is the FACA State Softball chair and FACA representative on the FHSAA Softball Advisory Committee. Coach Schusterman was named FACA/Florida Dairy Farmers Softball Coach of the Year in 2001 and was

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MDPL Foundation to present third Library Champions Award BY VINORA HAMILTON The Miami-Dade Public Library Foundation will present its Third Annual Library Champions award to Georgie and Frank Angones, longtime advocates of literacy and the library. Georgie Angones is the assistant dean for Alumni Relations and Development at the University of Miami School of Law. Frank Angones is the immediate past president of the Florida Bar and is a partner at Angones McClure & Garcia PA. The event, billed as “Stories in the Garden,” will take place on Friday, Jan. 23, 6:30-10:30 p.m., in the courtyard of the Pinecrest Branch Library, 5835 SW 111 St. The evening will feature Miami’s preeminent chef and author Thomas Buckley of Nobu, who will be joined by top chefs Arthur Artiles, Brosia; Tom Azar, Ahnvee; Sean Brasel, Meat Market; Jonathan

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Boys & Girls Clubs receives grant to help kids with math, science BY DESERAE E. DEL CAMPO

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade, which has been serving the youth in the community since 1940 and serves more than 13,000 boys and girls every year, has announced it will receive a $50,000 Innovation Generation grant from the Motorola Foundation. The funds will be used for the Learning Today Smart Tutor Program. The Motorola Foundation’s Innovation Generation grant program seeks to spark students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and to help develop critical-thinking skills for the long term. Providing $4 million to K-12 programs across the U.S. in 2008, the initiative supports handson, innovative after-school programs, science and math clubs, teacher training and mentoring programs. “The funds will enable us to provide children with a computer-based academic enhancement program, which will hopefully improve their academic learning and retention,” said Alex Rodriguez-Roig, executive director of Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade. “This grant is a great source of assistance for our Clubs.” The Learning Today Smart Tutor Program will provide researchedbased, online instructional program and training in clubs in Miami-Dade. It will consist of university science faculty providing hands-on, inquirybased science activities and training

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Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition features works by young artists BY MITCH SNOW Works by young artists representing the diversity that nourishes Miami’s expanding art scene will be on view at Miami Art Museum during the annual Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition from Jan. 25 to Feb. 15. Hundreds of Miami-Dade middle and high school students and their families will gather at Miami Art Museum on Sunday, Jan. 25, 1-4 p.m., for the exhibition opening in the museum’s Ne Work Gallery. Award winners, selected from approximately 200 works on view at the museum, will be honored by school district officials during a 3 p.m. ceremony. The Miami-Dade County Schools Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition is an annual display of artwork produced by Miami-Dade County high school and middle school students as part of the regional and national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition. Every year winners of the Miami-Dade awards compete on the national level in New York. Students from Miami-Dade County schools consistently rank among the top winners at the national level — setting records for the number of awards won by the students of a single school district. In 2008, students from MiamiDade won 28 national awards. “The annual Scholastic Art Awards exhibition is only one of the ways Miami Art Museum is working with Miami-Dade schools to encourage engagement in the arts as a way of improving academic achievement,” MAM director Terence Riley said.

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LET’S TALK CARS Honda says there are 50 significant changes and new features to the 2009 Ridgeline pickup truck. Well, maybe so, but it still looks like the same old Ridgeline to me. Don’t get me wrong, the Ridgeline was a pretty edgy design for a pickup when it debuted as a 2006 model four years ago, so Honda designers would really have to extend themselves to make it stand out any more. The Honda press release says the Ridgeline has been “updated for 2009 with bolder styling” and that a trailer hitch is now standard equipment. It goes on to say that it “takes on a bolder look and feel with new exterior and interior styling along with a more powerful engine.” Well, it does have a more chiseled appearance thanks to the revisions to the grille and bumpers, and headlight and taillight color combinations. On the inside, there are some styling

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Ron Beasley is the automotive editor for Miami’s Community Newspapers. He may be contacted by calling 305-662-2277, ext. 261, or by addressing email correspondence to <LetsTalkCars@aol.com>.

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