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Village ‘Bike Day’ set for Jan. 23 BY CINDY LERNER
Mayor, Village of Pinecrest
Come one, come all! Hop on your bicycles and join us for a community bike ride on Saturday morning, Jan. 23, at 8 a.m. The event kicks-off at Palmetto Senior High School. The Village of Pinecrest, along with school board member Dr. Larry Feldman and the Tim Hardaway Foundation, are co-sponsoring this Bike Day to encourage family bicycling and provide the community with an opportunity to come together and experience the joy and healthy benefits of bicycling. The Mayor’s Educational Advisory Council has discussed and supported the Safe Routes to School program and encouraged our schools to participate in Bike to School day in October. The Council wants to encourage bicycling as one of the best ways to exercise for children and adults. The Transportation Advisory Council then picked up on the idea and has prioritized adding more sidewalks in the Village to ensure that walking and bicycling will be a safe experience for our children and adults alike. Finally, it is a terrific way to reduce our carbon footprint, by encouraging more residents to walk and bike to school, the parks, community center and library. Dr. Feldman described the terrific event that he participated in last year with parents and children at another school. And Pinecrest resident Tim Hardaway participated in Bike Miami last year and has suggested that we have one in Pinecrest. So, we are joining forces to bring you the first Pinecrest Bike Day for parents and children. The route has been drawn by the Pinecrest Police and School Board Police with safety and comfort in mind. The respective departments will join us on the ride. There will be a small “tot lot” for those not quite ready to venture onto the streets and ride the two-mile route, which will loop the three Palmetto schools. Miami Children’s Hospital will provide 100 bike helmets donated by Kohls Department Store for anyone who does not own one, and the Miami Heat Dancers and Burnie the Mascot will be present. Pasta and refreshments will be available after the ride courtesy of Micheli pasta. Details available at <www.pinecrest-fl.gov>.
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inecrest will host a one-day symposium Going Green: For Our Future on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, at Pinecrest Gardens, 11000 Red Road, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The symposium will be open to the public and will feature free workshops throughout the day on several “green” topics including: • Benefits of Active Transportation Alternatives. • Pathway to solar energy. • The new economy: Green certification. • Greening your business where it counts, in your wallet. • Greening your home. • Recycling: A success story. • Water conservation. • Home composting 101. • Saving the environment by eating local.
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EMILY STEPHENS Emily Stephens, a Palmetto High School senior, has accumulated more than 700 hours of community service time. For three summers, she volunteered at a summer camp at Ron Ehmann Park in Kendall helping counselors play with the kids, coordinate activities, clean up the lunch area and go on field trips. “I had gone there for summer camp my whole life,” Stephens says. “I was able to keep going with the program. If I get into college in the fall, I plan to work there during the summer.” She also works at the camp because she loves kids. “I think they are really fun,” she says. Stephens volunteers during the summer because much of her free time during the year is taken up by softball. “I’ve played softball probably for 12 years,” she says. “I’ve been on the varsity team for three years. I like to practice and play. I like the competitive part of it. I call softball my second job.” Stephens’ stint on the team includes playing on a state championship team in her sophomore year. Last year, the team made it to the regional semifinals, but then lost to Southwest High School. This year’s team is shaping up well. “We have a lot of seniors and we’ve all been playing together for maybe six years,
on the Stingrays and Howard Palmetto,” Stephens says. “I think the potential is there; we just have to work hard at it and stay focused.” The high school season is January through May. When she’s not playing for Palmetto, Stephens plays for the Miami Stingrays. She’s been on the Stingrays about eight years. Before that, she played in the Howard Palmetto Baseball Softball Association. If she’s not playing, she’s volunteering at the softball camps held by the Stingrays. The one- to two-day camps are held on weekends in the fall and in the summer at Palmetto Bay Park. Stephens also works as an umpire for Howard Palmetto. “This is my third year doing it,” she says. “I like it, but the parents get really crazy.” As an umpire, she tries hard to be accurate so the parents and kids don’t give her a hard time. “If you’re not doing a good job, they will; so I try and do the best as I can,” she says. Most of the time, Stephens is the umpire at games played by the younger kids. If she officiates games played by older kids, she umpires the bases. But, softball is not her only sport. “I used to play volleyball, but I didn’t play this year; I bowled instead,” she says. “We finished third out of 28 teams.” Stephens didn’t get to bowl in the state tournament, but she was able to travel with the team. Before joining the team, she didn’t bowl very often. “I think I improved a lot,” she says. Other extracurricular activities include membership in the Health Information Project. “We go around (to PE classes) talking to kids, making them aware of the different health issues,” she says. Stephens applied to several colleges in hopes of attending in the fall semester. The list includes the University of Central Florida, Florida State University and Florida Gold Coast University. She is undecided about a major, but says she’s interested in graphic design or advertising. By Linda Rodriguez Bernfeld
ERIN PETTIT Erin Pettit has been belting out tunes since she was three years old. “I sang with my family and I sang at church,” Pettit says. Now the Palmetto High School senior sings country music at events such as Calle Ocho and the Deering Estate Valentine’s Day Concert. She has also performed at stock car race tracks in upstate Ocala, Inverness and Bronson, and she has been invited to sing at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in March. She also sings for Palmetto High School events. “I sing the national anthem for the school baseball games and some basketball games,” she says. “I sing at various malls and I sang for the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce in July for their Salute to the Military meeting.” Pettit started working with a vocal coach when she was in the fourth grade and has put out three albums that are given away as demos. She is now writing her own music and her plan is to sell her next album since she won’t have to worry about royalties for using songs written by others. While she likes to sing country music, Pettit is capable of singing many other genres. Last spring, she took part in Palmetto’s annual musicale. Along with being a member of Thespians and the sectary/treasurer of the pep squad, her extracurricular activities include bowl-
ing. She’s the second seeded bowler and captain of the Palmetto High team that went to the state tournament. She joined the bowling team because she wanted to join a sport that didn’t require her to run. “I’ve always liked bowling, but I wasn’t a hard core bowler; now it’s something I’ve come to love,” she says. “Three out of the four years we went to states and this year we placed third. That’s the highest we’ve done. Last year we finished in the top eight and in my freshman year we finished in the top 16.” Pettit is also a member of the National Art Honor Society. Last year she helped paint a mural that was inspired by Miami artist Romero Britto. Her community service includes volunteer work at the Deering Estate and singing at the Youth Arts Day for Students Offering Support. Her goal is to go into the music industry after college. Currently, her three top schools are Jacksonville University, Appalachian State and Emerson. “I do want to be involved in the industry, whether it is on the business side or on stage,” she says. Other schools she has an interest in include Belmont University, Middle Tennessee State University and the University of New Haven. “I don’t want to go to a big school,” she says. “I want my teachers to know who I am. Jacksonville University is smaller than my high school. They have a lot of internships available. They have quite a country vibe.” Being out in front of the public is quite a feat for a girl who was diagnosed as obese in the seventh grade. “I had to go to fat camp, Camp Timbercreek in North Carolina,” Pettit says. “I was really upset with myself and unhappy. But going there, it really helped me not only lose the weight, but become more confident and stronger, and more outgoing.” At that time, Pettit was five-feet-twoinches tall and weighed 200 pounds. She lost 50 pounds over the course of the three summers she spent at the camp. Today, she says she is happy with her weight. By Linda Rodriguez Bernfeld
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MIA GOODNATURE Mia Goodnature has accumulated more than 900 community service hours, most of them from volunteering at the summer camp at Bill Sadowski Park. She chose that camp because she first went there when she
was six years old. “It really spurred my passion for nature and science,” Goodnature says. When she became too old for the park’s child programs, she went back to assist the counselors who worked there. “I helped set up the activities and I’d watch the kids,” she says. Being someone who likes the outdoors, Goodnature continued her volunteer work by coaching basketball at Howard Drive Elementary for Dade County Sports during her sophomore year. “I’m a terrible basketball player,” she says with a laugh. “My two friends were on the basketball team, so I dealt with the little kids. The little kids were better than I was.” Even though she doesn’t play well herself, she says basketball is a fun sport. So when the coaching possibility came up, she took it. “My friend said, ‘Let’s do this! You’re good with the basketball and I’m good with the kids, so I think it would be a perfect mix,’” she says. Goodnature enjoyed coaching and says she would have loved to do it again, but could not because of the time crunch that
came with all that is expected of highachieving students in the junior and senior years of high school. Her busy schedule includes being the chairperson of the Palmetto High Honor Council, an elective body that fights cheating at the school. The seven students on the honor council are vetted before their names are allowed on the ballot. Goodnature joined the Honor Council at the end of her sophomore year. While the Honor Council meets regularly, the number of cases it hears depends on whether students are caught cheating. “Last year we had two whole classes that had to come to us because they were cheating,” Goodnature says. “This year there have not been many cases of cheating.” Goodnature also is a member of the Palmetto Integrity Network, which teaches students about the school’s core values. “We’re trying to get ready for our Integrity Day this year,” she says. Goodnature is vice president of the Science National Honor Society. As a member last year, she tutored students in science and hopes to get involved in tutoring again this year. As an officer, she has taken part in the holiday toy drive, a
school-sponsored event that all clubs participate in. “We have the kids bring in toys for points,” Goodnature says. If students don’t have toys to donate, they can give money instead. So early in December Goodnature and the SNHS president went toy shopping for items to be donated to needy kids. While Goodnature’s extracurricular activities keep her going, her schoolwork takes most of her time. She is in the Advanced Placement art class. She began in her freshman year by taking Drawing I, then Drawing II as a sophomore and Portfolio in her junior year. She says this year is the toughest of all. AP Art calls for 12 concentrations or 12 pieces that are connected in some way. Goodnature’s theme is flowers and her medium is colored pencils. Even though she loves art, Goodnature is contemplating a major in chemistry or environmental science in college. She is applying to the University of Florida, Florida State, Boston University, Duke, Dartmouth and the University of Central Florida.
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The JCC Maccabi Games allows teenagers from all over the world to participate in sports and have the experience of a lifetime. Jewish teen athletes gather in two or three different cities to compete in their sport of choice. The reason to take part in the games is sports, but after arriving, it is more than that; all of the events, activities, people and personas fuel the trip into something most have never before experienced. When I made the baseball team last year, I thought that I would just be participating in yet another baseball tournament with my friends. But once I arrived in San Francisco, I quickly realized it was way more than that. The journey begins with you and a teammate joining a local family from the town where the games take place. They take you into their home and treat you as if you were a part of their family, while getting you everywhere you need to go while you are there. The opening ceremonies are Olympic style, with all the athletes walking into a huge arena with their delegations. There is always a moving tribute to the Israeli athletes who were killed during the 1972 Olympics in Munich. The games are based on the Hebrew word Rachmanus or compassion. At Maccabi, teams are asked to follow Rachmanus and show good sportsmanship on and off the field. It makes the games more enjoyable for everyone to know that you are doing the right thing. Most teams are going to win some and lose some. If your team loses, there is a feeling of distress and you wish that you could have done better. However, soon you forget your pain with the vast array of activities in which you can participate. Once done playing your sport, you go back to the hangout spot or the “hub”. There, you’re free to do anything you want. If you’d like, you can schmooze with people from all
over the world. One of my favorite parts of the trip was going to the football field and cheering on our delegation’s flag football team, which won the silver medal. The atmosphere was electric. With every play the crowd got louder and louder and it made me feel proud to be a part of the games. One day out of the action-filled tournament, all athletes and coaches participate in “a day of caring and sharing.” This is a way for every athlete to go out and help the local community. This fulfilling event gives the athlete a chance to be helpful to the underprivileged and is a wonderful learning experience. Every night, a special event is set up for the athletes. Last year, these gigs were parties. In years past, it has been amusement parks and game rooms. Maccabi sets up great activities for everyone at these events, no matter what interests you have. It is a smash hit for all and you make friends that you will have for the rest of your life. Whether you play basketball, tennis, swimming, golf or baseball, the Maccabi games are about family and friendship, as well as connecting with other Jewish athletes from all over the world. Don’t hesitate to involve yourself in an experience like this. It will be the time of your life. Tryouts for the 2010 Maccabi Games will take place in January under the following schedule: Girls Basketball 16 under, Jan. 17; Alper JCC Gym, 2 p.m. Boys Basketball 14 under, Jan. 17; Alper JCC Gym, 1 p.m. Boys Basketball 16 under, Jan. 24; Alper JCC Gym, 3 p.m. Flag Football 14 under, Jan. 24; Alper JCC ECD field, 4 p.m. Boys Baseball 16 under, Jan. 24; Danny Berry JCC, 6 p.m. For information, call Team Miami delegation leader Andy Hesser at 305-491-1222 or via email at <ahesser1@yahoo.com>.
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One of the most successful shows in television history was the comedy Cheers. The dialogue and action centered on the staff and customers at a neighborhood watering hole and restaurant named Cheers. Week after week, viewers entered the lives of everyday folk who came by the establishment before or after work to pass the time and interact with the employees. Why did they visit, day after day? Was it because the food was so great or that the barstools were unusually comfortable? Was it the only restaurant in town, leaving people no alternatives? We all know it was none of those. The theme song explained the reason perfectly: They all gathered because they wanted to go, as the theme song written by Angelo and Portnoy suggested, “where everybody knows your name.”
The fact is, there exists a universal human hunger to be known. In Psalm 139 found in the Bible, we read, “Lord, you have searched me out; O Lord, you have known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You trace my journeys and my resting places and are acquainted with all my ways.” Each of us can feel the security and assurance of being known — and loved — by God. Think about it: The God who created the universe and the vast expanse of the cosmos loves and cares enough to know you intimately. You are never alone and there is a being that always knows your name and cares about your past, present and future. Indeed, the One who has power over the future desires to love you and know you for all eternity. Now that’s something to “cheer” about! Rev. Kathryn Carroll is a Pinecrest resident and serves on the pastoral staff of Christ The King Lutheran Church, 11295 57th Avenue. Sunday services are at 8:15 a.m. and 10 a.m., with Sunday school for all ages at 9 a.m. For more information, visit <www.ctkmiami.org>.
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30% FPL rate-hike request makes alternative energy a ‘no brainer’ FROM ROBIN’S DESK ––––––––––––––––––––– BY ROBIN KORTH ––––––––––––––––––
Now is the time for home and business owners to “go green” by installing alternative energy sources. Reaching “payback” for the cost of solar-energy equipment and installation used to be four to five years. “With FPL’s huge slated rate increases, the time it takes to cover the costs and start realizing significant savings will soon shrink to less than two years,” says Kent Crook of Wiremasters Electric. An electrical contractor with 28 years experience, Crook understands that reducing our carbon foot print through alternative energy production will soon be the norm. After training for more than 100 hours to become certified as a solar lighting/energy speKen Crook cialist, last month
Crook added an alternative-energy division to his business, one he dubbed EnergyMasters. Crook was also appointed an Ambassador for Change by the International Green Energy Council (IGEC). The IGEC is an International non-profit association comprised of individuals and companies that promote “green” (sustainable) forms of energy production, renewable energy sources, sustainable design practices and advanced thinking in utilizing education and information for the promotion of being better stewards of our environment. Contact Crook at 305-378-1880 or go online at <www.KCenergymasters.net>. DON’T TAKE FIRE-SAFETY INSPECTION LIGHTLY We all know that new buildings are not sprouting up around town like they used to. And with fewer permits being pulled, it looks like building departments may be experiencing a lack of revenue and stuff to Alan Lerner do. Watch out for the
inspection guys! They are more vigilant than ever in checking for building code violations and open or expired permits. “It may be that building authorities who normally rely on permit and inspection fees to fund activities have shifted their emphasis to code enforcement as the economy strains their operations,” says Alan Lerner. Lerner, a local architect and planner, has noticed a dramatic increase in requests for assistance with rectifying building-code citations. “If you are scheduled for a fire-safety inspection, take it very seriously,” Lerner says. Building code violations spotted by this department can open the door to a host of other inspections and possible violations. Violations equal immediate and significant fines. Lerner says business owners should maintain their premises, exit lights and fire extinguishers in proper order and under no circumstances do even minor remodeling without a permit. Lerner may be contacted at 305-3854469 or by email at <alerner@offler.com>. FLYBOYS LANDING IN PINECREST? Yep, there used to be an airport in what is now the Village of Pinecrest. My brothers have fond memories of scouting out the
airplanes and hangers on their way to swim in the nearby canals, probably making real pests of themselves! Please email me or call me with your memories and stories of this lost gem of Pinecrest’s early days. As always, I am looking for photographs and insight about the not-so-recent past, when Pinecrest was considered the “way back of beyond” and “who the heck would want to live way out there?” Little did anyone guess, huh? I can be reached 305-669-7355, ext 275 or by email at <robinsdesk@communitynewspapers.com>.
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Pipsqueak Puppet shows are back entertaining children BY LINDA RODRIGUEZ BERNFELD
Now that the holidays are over, parents are turning their attention to planning birthday parties for their children. For parents, it’s often hard to figure out how to entertain the children at the party. One option is to hire Ivan Kivitt and Dave Mason, owners of Pipsqueak Puppets, to put on a show specially tailored for the birthday child. “They were part of the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse which was the No. 1 children’s theater in South Florida for about 25 years,” Kivitt said. “We catered to birthday parties. We had hundreds and hundreds of birthday parties every year.” They closed the Coral Gables facility when both started working on cruise ships as cruise directors. “Then we brought the puppets to the cruise ships,” he said. “We got off the cruise ships about four months ago. We decided to reactivate the theater; except instead of having a theater, we will travel to any location.” Pipsqueak Puppets also were featured on the Skipper Chuck show for 19 years and in
shows at elementary schools, churches and synagogues. They were used in shows at the former Burdines department store, now Macy’s. “It’s an all live show,” he said. “We have wonderful characters from little kids to talking birds, to lions and tigers.” Kivitt is the master of ceremonies and Mason works the puppets and does the voices. “It’s a half hour to one hour show,” Kivitt said. “The birthday child will get prizes. It’s all self-contained, which makes it nice.” It hasn’t been long since Kivitt and Mason brought back Pipsqueak Puppets. “We just started. We had some shows in some of the schools starting in December,” he said. “We have hundreds of puppets to choose from. The shows are never the same.” The shows can be done at a private home, a hall, a church, a conference room, or a school. Kivitt said they can handle up to 30-40 children at a time. The production is interactive, with dialogue between the puppet and child. “It’s wonderful for kids because kids believe,” he said. “That’s magical. It’s amazing how popular the characters
Ivan Kivitt is seen with two of the Pipsqueak Puppets he uses for shows at birthday parties or school events.
become with kids.” The most popular are the puppets of children. “They identify with themselves. They love it when they get in trouble” Kivitt said. “That’s universal with all kids.” One of the unique characteristics of the Pipsqueak Puppet shows is that they are not scripted. “It’s always new because the kids are different every week. We have to have all this material and all this fun. We talk it over and we outline it.” Kivitt will talk to the parents about the birthday child’s likes and dislikes. “And the parents will say, ‘Billy really likes so and so and so and so,’” he said. “Billy likes baseball or likes horses. We’ll build it around that theme…whatever the child likes.” The productions can run anywhere from a half hour to an hour, depending on the age of the children. “The younger kids like a half hour, the older kids 45 minutes to an hour show,” he said. The cost is around $100 per show. For more information, call 305-2237823 or 305-790-6880.
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Several Palmetto Elementary School students in grades 3-5 had their poetry entries to the American Library of Poetry Contest published in the Library’s 2009 Inspired Collection. Those young poets are (l-r) Louis Moon, Sophia Roth, Sophia Hernandez, Jack Cruz-Alvarez, Charles Edbrooke and Alex Karnegis. Sarah Abella also had her poem published, but she is not pictured. Congratulations published poets!
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Pictured is the Palmetto High School state champion swim team. They are (l-r) Michael Saco, Kyle Newcomb, Stephen Lichtner, Brian Blum, Cullen Bullock, Drew Berman, Michael Tandlich, Kyle Kinney, Austin Manganiello, Kevin Barona, David Booher, Asher Garcia and Korey Kinney. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– BY LINDA RODRIGUEZ BERNFELD
The Palmetto High School boys swim team smashed the competition and won the school’s first state championship in swimming. The boys won by 80 points, which was especially satisfying since they lost last year by one point. On their way to this year’s victory, the boys won the 400-meter and 200-meter relays, and standout swimmer Michael Sacco won both the 100-meter and 50meter freestyle, setting a state record in the shorter race. “We decimated the competition all the way through,” said Palmetto swim coach David Booher, “from our dual meets, to the championship meet and at the state meet.” The team even blew away the private schools in a mid-season meet sponsored by The Miami-Dade Fair. Winning the championship is even sweeter for Booher because he is an alumni and former swimmer at Palmetto, graduating in 1977. He is also the water polo coach. “To coach them to their first state cham-
pionship is like a dream come true for me,” he says. This year’s team included several of seniors, including three who signed scholarships with major universities with strong swimming programs — Sacco signed with Louisiana State University, Asher Garcia with Connecticut and the Stephen Lichtner with the University of Florida. “This year’s team was packed with depth,” said Booher. “We do have a couple of good freshmen and juniors who are going to lead us back.” The good news at the state meet also extended to the Palmetto girls’ team, which placed in the top 10 for its best finish ever. “Next year, they should finish higher,” said Booher. “We should have a strong girl’s team next year, but the boys’ team is going to need to rebuild.” The best race for the girls was the 100 breaststroke, with Gabrielle Garcia finishing in second place. “When the season is over, the athletes who are going to be here next year will be back in the pool,” said Booher. “We have them swimming all year round.”
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Join the circus at JCC summer camp Linda K. Landy ALPER JCC NEWS It wasn’t until I was an adult with children of my own that my parents confessed their deception. I was outraged. They faithfully took their children (four kids, six years apart) to the circus every winter. It was magical. Munching on popcorn and cotton candy, we took in all in — the hysterical clowns, the daring trapeze artists, the trained horses and dogs, the fabulous costumes and, of course, the elephants. It was over all too soon. They rushed us out as the aerial acrobats descended from their poles. They told us they wanted to get ahead of the traffic. What we learned years later, was that they rushed us out so we wouldn’t discover it was actually intermission. They cheated us out of the whole second half of the circus. When my kids were little, we stayed till the very end. One year I dragged my mother and forced her to sit through the entire performance. I loved every minute of it. I wish I had a child young enough to send to the JCC’s spectacular new one-week Circus of the Kids summer camp Aug. 1-6 for campers entering first through eighth grades. Campers will learn trapeze, trick roller-skating, mini trampoline, fire eating and many other astonishing routines (I want to go). By Friday, Aug. 6, the new circus stars will proudly present a full-fledged, professional circus performance. Spaces are limited in this extraordinary program and are filled on a first come, first served basis. Of course, the J has many other wonderful summer camp programs if your child is not an aspiring circus clown. It has been named the best summer camp in South Florida by Nickelodeon Parents’ Picks.
Lock in a place (and a discount on camp fees) at the Alper JCC 2010 summer camp for $25 per child for members during Five Fabulous Days in Feb. 1-5. Registration will be open at the ECD building (number two) from 8:30-9:30 a.m., at the Fitness Center (building number six) from 3:30-5:30 p.m. or anytime that week at the camp office. The early registration fee for members increases to $100 per child on Feb. 8 and $150 per child on Apr. 1. A camp open house for prospective camp families will be held Thursday, Mar. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Youth & Adult Building. Non-members can begin registering Feb. 8 at a non-member registration fee of $200 for two to four weeks and $275 for five to eight weeks. Parents can enroll boys and girls 13 months to 14 years for two-, four-, six- or eight-week intervals June 21 through Aug. 13. The day is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., but early and late care is available for all campers from 7:30 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. at an additional fee. Plus there are many evening, latenight and sleep over activities scheduled throughout the summer. The JCC camp is a one-stop-shop offering activities that are usually only available at sleep away camps such as fishing, canoeing, ceramics, martial arts, chess and computers. There is an in-depth sports program, a travel camp for local and long distance travel experiences and weekly special events. Specialty camps include sports camp, performing arts camp, special needs camp, teen travel and leadership training. If your kids can’t decide (imagine that) what they want to do, let them try several. Remember, you can register for camp in two-week intervals. Preschoolers are nestled in a separate building with low camper-to-counselor ratio and certified specialist trained in sports, music, gymnastics, art, creative movement, cooking, swimming and nature. There is swimming instruction in a junior Olympic pool for campers three years and up. Weekly special events include look-a-like characters,
pony rides, magicians and musical shows. General campers are greeted each morning at flag pole and then head out to their ageappropriate bunks under the supervision of senior counselors, junior counselors, CITs and LITs. The bunks move around to PE, sports (basketball, kickball ball, football and relay races), team building, swim, art, drama, fishing and canoeing, music, nature, cooking and much more. In addition, campers can specialize in activities that they love with more than 40 hobby hour choices including model planes, jewelry making, newspaper, robotics, kayaking, tennis, rocketry, canoeing, martial arts, dance, baseball, painting, ceramics, martial arts, science, digital photography, amazing field trips, culinary school, hip-hop, computers and more.
All campers will receive a healthy dose of Jewish heritage. And, the best part of the JCC summer camp is the abundant, qualified staff including certified pre-school teachers for the younger set. Most of the counselors come back year after year. A full-time registered nurse is on campus during camp hours. Parent information night for parents of registered campers is Wednesday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. Camper orientation is scheduled for Sunday, June 20, at 9:30 a.m. Second session orientation is Friday, July 16, at 9:30 a.m. Do you want to be juggling your kids this summer? Take advantage of Five Fabulous Days. For a brochure and registration information, call the camp office at 305-2719000, ext. 271, email camp@alperjcc.org or log on to www.alperjcc.org.
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The grand opening of the Upscale Furniture Consignment Gallery, 8845 SW 132 St., is scheduled for Feb. 6 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The new store, located in the Warehouses by the Falls, is an upscale 3,000-square-foot furniture show room specializing in estate sales, fine antiques and unique designer pieces. Owners may sell their luxury furniture in the Gallery on a consignment basis. “We have a steady flow of merchandise from a variety of sources, including private collections and estate sales, as well as individuals who are moving,
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Most gyms that you go into you’re going to find the same things. Usually by the front are all the cardio machines like treadmills, ellipticals, and bikes. Next you find all the weight machines and the free weights are stuffed somewhere in the back or along the walls. Of course, no gym would be complete without a class studio and a spinning room. But then, one day, you run into something that breaks all the rules. You’ve gone through the rabbit hole and on the other side you’ve found a gym that doesn’t look like a gym at all. There are big iron balls with handles called Kettlebells and something called Indian Clubs. There are Straps with handles hanging from the ceiling and who knows what they are for. Attached to the wall is a very thick rope. There are bags hanging from the wall, and other bags that look like people. There are no treadmills, free weights or machines. What is this place? This is no regular gym; this is a martial arts gym called Jungle and it opened on Jan. 1. There’s something called the Look Good Naked Workout where you do things like the Turkish Getup, Casts, Junglemans and Double Waves; things you’ve never seen before. There’s a martial art class called Muay Thai where you learn how to punch, kick, knee and elbow. There’s even something called the Precision Nutrition Re-Education. This is different. Jungle was founded by me, Kedric Fink, aka Kedric “The Wolf” Umaa. I’m a retired
fighter and fought in Muay Thai and MMA (cagefighting). I’ve been known to be a little different. On June 24, 2008, I was named New York City’s Toughest Personal Trainer by the New York Post and, according to contest participant, judge and author Mary Huhn, “he made me do things that never occurred to me to do.” Jungle is meant for people who are bored with the same old workout that doesn’t do anything for them. No more standing on a treadmill for 30 minutes staring into space. No more wandering around the gym trying to figure out which machine to use. Jungle is classes and personal training for weight loss and building lean physiques. The classes at Jungle hold as many as eight people and are 45 minutes of fat melting goodness using “vintage exercises and tools.” It’s vintage because the tools found at Jungle are nothing new. As a matter of fact, they’re old, very old. In almost every picture of old-time strong men, you’ll find a Kettlebell being lifted. Indian Clubs are the first thing humans started working out with 5,000 years ago. Sailors have waved and pulled on ropes for a couple thousand years and Straps have been used since the 1800s. All of these things have been forgotten with time, but the memory is starting to resurface. What’s old is new again. Jungle is located at 9300 S. Dixie Hwy., next to Shorty’s. For more information, call 305-670-0445 or go to <www.JungleMiami.com>.
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The Top 5 Questions When Facing Foreclosure BY DANIA S. FERNANDEZ, ESQ., Attorney at Law 1. Once I get the Complaint for Foreclosure what should I do? When you receive the complaint, your best action is to consult with an experienced attorney to properly respond to the Complaint of Foreclosure. In Florida, you will have 20 days to give a response to the Complaint for Foreclosure. Once the response has been filed, you will have between 6 to 12 months to take action and make decisions Each provision in the complaint should be answered with a Denial or Admit along with your defenses against the Foreclosure Complaint. An Attorney will know the law and will properly form the answers and all the defenses on your behalf. Many of my clients come to my office with a recorded hardship letter as their answer to the Complaint. A recorded hardship letter is not an answer to the complaint. 2. I do not have any money right now. What should I do? Analyze your employment options and start looking for a way to make money. You must show some kind of income to qualify for modification or refinance. If there is no income, the Lender will not agree to new loan terms. Even though money is short, investing in a qualified attorney is essential. The attorney will be able to defend your case and may be able to negotiate a better agreement with the bank. 3. Should I keep my home? Is it still a good investment? The following is a list of points to consider when making this decision: •Do you owe more than the property is currently worth?
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Alexander Montessori School’s spelling team won the second annual Dade Association of Academic Non-Public Schools (DAANS) spelling competition. The Alexander Montessori team was led by language arts teacher Ellen Kahn and made up of fifth graders Alexa Garcia, Timothy O’Brien, Delaney Reynolds, Leo Romano and alternate Daniella Sims. The team of top spellers was selected based on past academic testing, performance at the school spelling bee and commitment to prepare. This year’s competition, open to fifth graders, was held at the Kendall Elks Club and included 19 local DAANS schools. The bee began at 9 a.m. and ended just before noon when the winner was announced. Students were asked to learn 1,228 words for the competition. The Alexander Montessori team practiced individually as well as after school and as a team during
the weeks leading up to this event. Words for the competition included words such as ambidextrous, arduous, buffoonery, nasturtium, ostracized, oyster, rhinoceros, shrieking and unscrupulous. Alexander Montessori School was followed by Gulliver Academy and St. Brendan Elementary . Other schools participating included Highpoint Academy, Princeton Christian, St. Teresa, Carrolton, St. Agatha, St. Thomas, Holy Rosary, St. Agnes, RASG, St. Hugh, Good Shepherd, Miami Christian, Cushman School, Conchita Espinosa, Northwest Christian and Heritage. Team trophies were awarded to the first, second and third place teams, as well as the members of the winning team. DAANS was founded in 1984 and is comprised of over 75 accredited non-public schools. The organization provides educators with professional education, certification programs and recognizes “star students” through the Star Awards luncheon, as well as its annual geography and spelling bee competitions.
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Random questions from a cluttered mind BY KELLY CRAIG
They say that as women hit a certain age, we should expect a few sleepless nights. Whether it’s worrying about our kids out with the car or too much caffeine during the day, there are going to be times when a little shuteye is simply impossible. Such was the case for me last night. As I lay there, my eyelids peeled open on high beam, a few random questions crossed my mind. I thought I might share a few, and ask, “Am I the only one who wonders about such things?” Why is the second toe on my right foot breaking away from the pack of other smaller piggies and teaming up with the big toe? Was there a foot fight I wasn’t aware of and they all decided to pick sides? There is now a big v-shaped gap between my little Rockettes, as if they are stuck in a constant Vulcan greeting. Meanwhile on my left foot, everyone seems to be standing toe-to-toe on equal footing. Ladies, am I the only one who is experiencing this agony of da feet? The inventor of Pez candy recently passed away. I wonder how many times during his life did wise guys want to tilt his head backward just to see if a giant candy brick would pop out of his throat. Anyone? Every time I look in the mirror, I wonder who invited my mother over. Girls? I wonder if animals can experience shame. Over the Christmas break, we visited my father who lives in Maryland. As he looked out at his beautiful backyard, I was sure I was about to witness the first-ever human implosion simply because he spied a squirrel about to partake in some of the seeds he used to fill the bird feeder. “Damn squirrel, get away from my feeder! You should be hibernating anyway!” I wonder if the fuzzytailed rodent felt the same embarrassment I felt when I was 12 and he caught me taking one too many peppermints from the candy jar one night. “Step away from the candy. You should be in bed
Life With kelly anyway!” My face was redder than the Swedish Fish. What are those fine little cracks that I’ve discovered running up my front teeth? Why am I so fascinated with them that I can stare at my mouth in the mirror for a good 20 minutes before my jaw starts to hurt. The cracks remind me of those craze lines that are starting to appear on my antique bone china and a really old oil painting that hangs on my wall. I guess the operative words are “antique” and “old”. That’s the common thread between all three of us. Ladies, I wonder if our bras are as happy as we are when we take them off at night. When you consider the job they do for 18 hours straight, they’ve got to be exhausted. In fact, when I was getting dressed the other morning, I could swear I heard my Playtex murmur, “Please, lady, give me just 10 more minutes. I swear I’ll wake up, just a few minutes more.” Anybody with me on that? I guess the only other item of undergarment that has it worse than the bra would be the athletic supporter. I don’t even want to go there. Other late-night inner questions: Does 24’s Jack Bauer think of me in the same way I think of him? Would Russell Crowe lose all of his well-documented rage if I gave him a nice soothing massage? Who invented that new toenail clipper with the magnifying glass and mini-light? It even traps the clippings. Can you say genius? Finally, I wonder if I’m the only one who wonders weird things. I wonder if you’ll email me and let me know. Oh well, at least I’m glad I don’t have somnambulism. I’d rather have insomnia and wonder, than sleepwalk and wander. Goodnight, Jim-Bob. Kelly Craig is a Pinecrest resident and a 27-year broadcast journalist, most recently with NBC6 in Miami. Contact her by sending email to <hoocom@aol.com>.
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Central American credit card owners courted with special offers in Miami Gonzalo Ruiz, regional sales director , BAC Internation al Bank/Cred omatic.
BY LINDA RODRIGUEZ BERNFELD
BAC International Bank/Credomatic Network has launched a “Miami Included” marketing promotion. The company is licensed by American Express, Visa, MasterCard and Discover to issue credit cards in seven Central American countries and Mexico and has more than a million cardholders. “We did some studies and we found that 40 percent of spending is done out of the country and the preferred destination for business and leisure is the Miami area,” says Gonzalo Ruiz, regional sales director, adding that the Central Americans come to Miami about four times a year and stay nearly five days. The peak seasons are from Nov. 15-March 30 and June 30-Sept. 30. “We decided to create additional value for our card members when they travel,” Ruiz says. “We can drive some of that traffic to selected businesses.” From that idea, the Miami Included program was launched. Now they have malls, hotels, retail stores and restaurants involved in South Beach, Brickell, Coconut Grove, Doral, Coral Gables and South Miami. The program focuses the program on big spenders. “Of our entire base, we have chosen 450,000 to 500,000 and they are usually the upper-level spenders; the idea is to give our card members an incentive,” Ruiz says. “We don’t charge the merchants anything; we ask them to come up with an incentive. We handle everything in terms of creating the marketing piece. We have it on all of our locations. We have done some advertising to direct our card members to the website where they can get the names of the
participating merchants.” The program is a win-win for everyone, he says. “Everyone is happy, especially our card members because they have a new place,” he says. The malls that have bought into the program are satisfied because they are adding value for their tenants. Card members are happy when they have access to the incentive programs and when they spend money it makes the BAC/Credomatic and the merchants happy. Some merchants and restaurant owners have questioned the need to provide incentives, apparently worried they are giving away money, but Ruiz tells them they are not losing anything, but that they are gaining because the program lures credit card holders who are known spenders to their stores or restaurant. “We are adding value to the relationship so we are adding loyalty to the card member,” he says. “We are adding new relationships to the merchants.” Ruiz has been involved in other types of programs, but with those there was always a charge to the merchant. With this program, the merchants can be included for free as long as they are willing to create an incentive to drive customers into the store, restaurant or hotel. Ruiz continues to meet with representatives from hotels, restaurants, malls and stores in hopes of adding to the program. “We want to work with any entity that can match the desire of our card members.” he says. “Hopefully we can make it much bigger in Miami and beyond.” For more information, call 305-3723000, ext. 237.
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Just an hour later? BY COLLEEN WRIGHT
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It’s Friday night and the weekly battle begins. Your 16 year-old daughter approaches you with 300 different reasons as to why her curfew should be midnight instead of 11 p.m. Tonight is, after all, the night of that party in Coral Gables that she’s been talking about for months. You know, the party that you had to buy her a dress for and drive all the way to International Mall because that’s the only place in all of Miami-Dade County that had it in that exact color and size. So the debate ensues; she begs, she pleads, she cries. You concede: “11:15, and no later.” With an unsatisfactory response of a dragged out “Fine!” and a roll of the eyes, she storms off with even redder cheeks than she already had with all that Covergirl blush on, vowing to herself that she’s pushing for 11:30 next Friday. Parents and their teenagers have clashed over curfews for years: The teenager always tries to push his or her boundaries a little farther, though the parent’s decision is resolute. But are parents really being that unreasonable? Curfew is a matter of negotiation, because the circumstances always change. Curfew shouldn’t be the same across the board. First, every kid is different. Take your own child for example. Is he or she responsible? Does he or she exemplify discipline and obey all your rules? Your child’s personality should be the first deciding factor in setting a curfew. It’s important that he or she knows that a later curfew is a privilege that is up to him or her to maintain. Second, the event is always different. A movie night at a friend’s house nearby is very different from a concert in Ft. Lauderdale, so the kid at the concert should probably be home before the kid at a friend’s house. And then there’s driving. The state has already done its part in issuing curfews to minors. Sixteen yearolds in Florida can drive until 11 p.m. and 17 year-olds until 1 a.m. If pulled over, a minor can receive up to three violation points on his or her license. But state law
TEEN TALK doesn’t seem to be enough to limit late teenage driving. According to the Center for Disease Control, motor vehicle accidents are the number one cause of death among teenagers 15-17 years old. Nearly half of those deaths occur between 3 p.m. and midnight on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Driving around late at night is dangerous, and therefore warrants an earlier curfew. Kids 16 to 19 years old are four times more likely than older drivers to crash. How can anyone concentrate on driving with the bass kicked up to its highest notch, nearly blasting out the speakers, while trying to read the directions to a party off their phone? In addition to the distractions inside your child’s own car, think about all the drunk drivers around it. A drunk teen or adult may swerve into your child’s lane and your child may not be able to respond in time. We all know driving in Miami is a challenge anyway. But the ongoing curfew war shouldn’t have to be a clash every Friday and Saturday night. Weekends are times for your teenager to socialize with friends and have a break from the school week, but safety is a top priority. Negotiation is key between you and your child; make sure your child understands your decision and sees all the factors of his or her outing that you’ve considered. So, next weekend, think twice about letting your child drive all the way to Key Biscayne and not return until 3 a.m. But if your kid wants to spend a few extra hours watching a movie at a friend’s house, you can give him or her a break. Sometimes they might think you are ruining their lives, but just remember that someday he or she will be setting limits on their kid’s curfew, and they’ll feel your pain. Colleen Wright is a junior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy where she is a copy editor and business manager of the school newspaper. She may be contacted via email at <colleen.a.wright@gmail.com>.
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Are Our Eating Habits Killing Our Kids? Chubby Children – a Growing Epidemic BY DR. PATRECE FRISBEE Owner, SoBe Well
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T h e L at e s t S t at i s t i c s • Thirteen percent of American children aged 6 to 11 are overweight — up from 11 percent in 1994. • The number of overweight teenagers aged 12 to 19 increased from 11 to 14 percent over the same period of time. • The number of overweight children between the ages of 6 and 17 has doubled in the past 20 years. • Children who are overweight are 20 to 30 percent heavier now than they were 10 years ago. • More than half of obese children aged 5 to 10 have at least one risk factor for heart disease, including high blood pressure and high cholesterol. • More than 25 percent have two or more of these complications. • In November 1998, the United States Surgeon General declared an epidemic of childhood obesity. • If one parent is obese, there will be a 40 percent chance the child will be obese. • If both parents are obese, there will be an 80 percent chance the child will be obese. • When a parent of a child under three is obese, the child even if thin, has a 30 percent chance of becoming obese later on in life. • In 1970, four percent of American children aged 6 to 11 were overweight. By 1999, that number swelled to 13 percent. • Children aged one to five are as
likely to drink soft drinks as orange juice. • National studies show that five percent of our children have high blood pressure. • The rate of obesity for children has roughly doubled since 1980. • An obese adolescent has a twofold greater risk than his peers of dying prematurely before age 70. This risk does not change later in life even if the child loses weight. • The groups most affected in America are children of AfricanAmerican or Hispanic descent. This year the Surgeon General issued an urgent call for the nation to fight its growing weight problem, a move sparked in part by the epidemic rates of childhood obesity. Overweight children are more than twice as likely to have high blood pressure or heart disease as children of normal weight. Even more alarming is the number of children with Type II, or non-insulindependent diabetes. Once known as adult-onset diabetes, before so many children started getting it, Type II diabetes puts kids at risk for very adult ailments. These ailments include blindness, nerve damage, kidney failure, and cardiovascular disease. The complications of childhood obesity are the risk factors that actually become the diseases of adulthood. In part 2 of this article, we will look at what you can do (and not do) to keep your kids from packing on the pounds.
Do you have a wellness related issue you would like to resolve? Send your questions to Dr. Patrece Frisbee at drfrisbee@sobewell.com. Patrece Frisbee, D.C. is the author of world renowned course “Back to Basics With Balanced Nutrition.” She practices in Coral Gables providing Optimal Nutritional Lifestyle Coaching, Chiropractic, Acupuncture, and Spinal Decompression. She can be reached at 305-598-6767.
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Try sunshine to cut your business power bills BY KENT CROOK
President, Wiremasters Electric In most conversations about “going green” or saving energy to preserve the planet, two words come up predictably — solar energy. Most people know the phrase, but have little depth of knowledge about the topic. Imagine that the sun’s energy could be harnessed efficiently for just one hour, everything electrical on the planet could function for 24 hours — with no carbon emissions and no pollution. Sounds good, you say, but what does that have to do with my business or my community? If you operate a business with its own building, you can find excellent uses of solar energy for landscape lights, parking area lights, and business signs. The community you live in can use solar energy for school bus stops, bus shelters, playgrounds, park-and-ride lots, public parking areas, parks and boat ramps, industrial parks, and even flagpole areas. The benefits of solar-powered lighting, for both your business and for your community include: Reduction in crime, better visibility of the illuminated area, and use of a sustainable, “green” approach to outdoor lighting. Photovoltaic is the scientific word that refers to converting the sun’s power into electricity. Here’s how solar power works: silicon cells are placed between high-impact glass panels. The cells convert the sun’s energy into electricity in the form of direct current (DC) electricity. That power is sent to 100 percent recyclable batteries or energy-storage devices. With the help of a charge controller that maintains the optimum level of the batteries, there is a consistent reliable charge and discharge for many years. When you use solar power for external lighting, you’ll find that it is: • Less expensive, avoiding the costly instal-
WIREMASTER lation steps of trenching and underground electrical wiring. • The most sustainable carbon-neutral means to produce exterior lighting. • Easy to understand; shovel-ready, requiring only 6 to 8 weeks from initial inquiry to installation. • Capable of long-life LED technology, giving lighting for over 20 years without changing light bulbs. • Not susceptible to brownouts or blackouts. • Capable, through the batteries in the system, of a minimum of five nights of light, even when there reduced amounts of sunshine available. • Solar lighting systems are more affordable and efficient than ever, enhanced by tax rebates and grants up to $8,000 for their purchase and installation. POWER VOCABULARY: LED (Light-Emitting Diode) — An electronic light source, first developed in the 1920s by a radio technician named Oleg Losey. LED has many advantages over traditional light sources such as lower energy consumption, longer lifetime, smaller size and faster switching. Lumen — A unit of luminous flux or a measure of the perceived power of light. “Radiant flux” measures the total power of light emitted but luminous flux is adjusted to reflect the sensitivity of the human eye to various wavelengths of light. Kent Crook is president of Wiremasters Electric. Contact him at 305-385-9379 or via email at <kent@kcmiami.com>.
Building Better Communities A Snapshot of Our Progress The Building Better Communities bond program has reached the five-year mark with a long roster of work completed or in various phases of planning, design or construction. Here are some of the projects leaving an imprint on our community. County Parks
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A.D. Barnes - Aquatic Facility Amelia Earhart - New Facilities Black Point & Haulover - Marina Upgrades Crandon - Tennis Courts Re-surfaced Redland Fruit & Spice - Landscaping Greynolds - Facility Repairs Matheson Hammock - New Access Road Miami Metrozoo - Amazon & Beyond Exhibit Tamiami - Improved Sports Fields Tropical Equestrian Center - Phase 1
Allapattah YMCA ASPIRA of Florida Caleb Center Upgrades Daily Bread Food Bank Habitat for Humanity Hialeah Affordable Housing Homeless Trust Housing Complex New Victims’ Assistance Center Building Pierre Community Center Sunrise Community Training Center United Way Center for Early Education Wynwood / Allapattah Service Center
Neighborhood Parks Coral Reef in Palmetto Bay Dominoes in Sweetwater Doral Park and Sportsfields Grapeland Waterpark Little Haiti Soccer Lummus Park Miami Springs Recreation Milander Sports Fields Perrine Park Royal Oaks Activity Center South Pointe Park Sunny Isles Active Park West Miami Recreation Healthcare Facilities Jackson Memorial Hospital Emergency, Pediatric & Radiology Units Jackson South Community Hospital University of Miami Ear Institute Miami Beach Primary Healthcare Clinic Mental Health Diversion Facility Citrus Health Network Branch Libraries South Miami Renovations Miami Springs Upgrades Shenandoah (City of Miami) Improvements Northeast Regional Library - Design
The projects listed above are funded wholly, or in part, by the County’s Building Better Communities General Obligation Bond Program as approved by voters in a November 2004 referendum. The ambitious building program, launched in 2005, is scheduled to continue over the next 15-20 years.
Culture Cuban Museum Hispanic Ballet Theater Historic Hampton House Jewish Museum Lyric Theater South Dade Arts Center Vizcaya Museum & Gardens Restoration Public Works Bridge Repairs & lighting repairs Beach Renourishment - various locales Drainage Improvements - 87,196 LF (17 miles) New & Repaired Sidewalks - nearly 90 miles Road Re-surfacing - more than 50 miles Major Infrastructure Port of Miami Tunnel - Design Marlins Ballpark - Construction Miami Beach Convention Center - Pre-Design Museum Park - Design Countywide Water / Sewer Improvements Environmentally Endangered Lands Acquisition of more than 2,600 acres as part of Environmentally Endangered Lands Program
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Toyota 4Runner has more power, better fuel economy Ron Beasley AUTOMOTIVE EDITOR
LET’S TALK CARS The Toyota 4Runner sport utility vehicle has been around since 1984 and it has been a hit with American consumers from the start because of its four-wheel-drive versatility, go-anywhere ability and the comfort and utility of a passenger car. After 25 years, four generations and more than 1.5 million sales, the all-new fifth-generation 4Runner is more rugged and athletic, and has more power and better fuel economy. The redesigned interior and unique cargo area make the latest 4Runner smarter, more comfortable and even more versatile. The design of the new 4Runner is more rugged than its predecessor, with large diameter wheels and tires to improve off-road performance and enhance the vehicle’s truckbased characteristics. Aluminum alloy wheels are 17-inches in diameter on SR5 and Trail grades and 20 inches on the Limited. The rugged new design utilizes a combination of Toyota’s classic boxy form and pro-
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‘A Deal Too Good to Be True’ January 2010 BY KAREN ARONOWITZ, President, United Teachers of Dade Last month, on behalf of United Teachers of Dade and our educators and children, I said I could not sign on the dotted line in order to possibly receive federal grant money through the Florida Department of Education. The money involved seemed huge -- up to $700 million, if Florida were to receive the maximum amount from the feds. I see you shaking your heads, thinking, ‘The woman must be off her rocker. Always complaining about not enough money and she’s saying no when they’re flinging dollars her way like beads at Mardi Gras.’ To restore my reputation for sanity, let me explain. There are some things that any of us will not do. For most of us, the list is pretty similar. I’m pretty sure no one reading this would commit murder for money. Or kidnap someone for money. Or sell ___________ (you fill in this blank.) You just wouldn’t do it. You wouldn’t do it for one dollar or a million dollars. United Teachers of Dade took a look at the grant when the federal government first started talking about it. We were excited. Race to the Top funds would be given to states that developed innovative, collaborative local proposals crafted by school districts and their teachers’ unions. It seemed, well, too good to be true. States chosen to apply would compete for the funding; points would be awarded to a state applicant based on the degree to which they demonstrated innovative, locally-developed program proposals, with a high degree of collaboration among all education stakeholders. A state’s application, called a Memorandum of Understanding, in fact was to be signed by the local district superintendent, the chair of the local school board, and the president of the local teachers’ union. Eureka! We teachers, the people who stand in front of students day after day delivering instruction, were finally being asked for our ideas and input. We said “yes” immediately. We began to work with the District on ideas that would make a difference in the lives of students living right here in Miami-Dade. Some good proposals were under way.
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Libra - You have some amazingly good financial ideas this week but you don't trust your own ideas. What have you got to lose by giving one of them a chance? Maybe nothing, maybe everything. You can find middle ground - if you don't try, you may never know what you could achieve.
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