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It’s time to pull the plug on Beacon Council
BY GRANT MILLER
Publisher This has been a long time coming, but something happened that really brought it to a head. I was at a business association luncheon and Frank Nero, the president and CEO of the Beacon Council, was giving his usual glowing report about his organization’s successes in bringing companies and jobs to the area; I stood up and challenged him. I asked him what he has done for cities like Palmetto Bay, Cutler Bay, Pinecrest and others. I said he’d done nothing. He didn’t like being challenged and he got angry; really angry. We then had an open dialogue and it got a little out of hand. Actually, I was talking about South Dade, but the truth is, what has the Beacon Council done for MiamiDade County as a whole? In their own words, this is what the Beacon Council is supposed to be doing: “As Miami-Dade County’s official economic development partnership, the Beacon Council is charged with bringing new, job-generating investments to the community, while assisting existing busi-
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New police chief says change will be smooth BY RON BEASLEY
fter an intensive three-month national search, Pinecrest has a new police chief and he’s a 34-year veteran law enforcement officer who has spent the last 12 years as a member of the Village police department he now leads. Samuel Ceballos, Jr., a trusted lieutenant in the administration of John Hohensee, the man he succeeds, foresees a smooth transition in the department’s change of leadership and says there will be few changes in the dayto-day operatiuon.
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Samuel Ceballos, Jr. is sworn into office as Pinecrest Police Chief by Judge Bill Altfield, while Village Manager Yocelyn Galiano Gomez, Mayor Cindy Lerner and Councilmember Bob Ross look on. (Photo by Hal Feldman)
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KEVIN ELLENBURG Palmetto High School senior Kevin Ellenburg is an Eagle Scout. His sisters, Melissa and Christine – they are triplets — earned their Girl Scout Gold Awards around the same time he made Eagle. All of them have volunteered at the Dumont Conservancy at Monkey Jungle, so he worked on his Eagle project there last October. For the project, Ellenburg built an owl monkey cage, mulched an area and installed solar lights around the owl monkey cages. “They have all these owl monkeys that they got from experimentation,” Ellenburg says. “Some are a bit more in need of being observed than the others.” The rectangular 5x7-foot cage was built on stilts. A portion of the cage was prefabricated off site, and then brought to the Conservancy. “The majority of it was on-site,” he says. “My grandfather is a general contractor and he fabricated a few pieces. The cage is mostly wood and there is wire for the walls.” The cage was constructed with half of a metal roof and the other half left open with a wire enclosure. On project day, there were 70 volunteers on hand from Troop 457 sponsored by Kendall United Methodist Church. They built the cage and then mulched the area where 20 cages are located. The ground they needed to mulch was very uneven, with many tree roots that could trip the mentally and physically
handicapped people who visit on field trips. So they had to mulch heavily to cover the roots and make the area level. “The third part of the project was solar lights,” Ellenburg says. “Dumont Conservancy does monkey observations at night because the monkeys are nocturnal.” Ellenburg says he received donations and store discounts for the project, but much of it was paid by his family. The Ellenburgs began volunteering at the Dumont Conservancy to get enough experience with monkeys to volunteer with the organization Kids Saving the Rain Forest in Costa Rica. “When we go to volunteer (at the Conservancy), we feed the monkeys, we go into the kitchen and cut up fruits and they add it in monkey chow,” he says. “We also do enrichments. We get some cardboard boxes and we’ll put food and leaves inside the boxes and we’ll hang them in the cages. After that, we’ll observe the monkeys and record what we see.” For their Gold Project, Ellenburg’s sisters wrote picture books about monkeys and conservation, so he also wrote a book. “The book was called The Monkey Feeders,” he says. “It’s about a family of tourists that went to Costa Rica and started to do all the wrong things when feeding the monkeys. In the end, all the monkeys were gone. Then they found the pamphlets with10 reasons not to feed the monkeys.” Ellenburg says he enjoyed his volunteer work in Costa Rica. They were able to go into one of the cages with spider monkeys Darwin and Nina. “Nina actually sat with all three of us,” he says. They worked at the Costa Rica conservation site two to three hours a day for several days a week for four weeks. “At school I’m part of the wrestling team,” Ellenburg says. “That takes a lot of time as there is practice almost every day.” Ellenburg is a member of Mu Alpha Theta and Interact. After he returns to school in the fall, he plans to finalize his list of potential colleges that he hopes to attend. He is considering the University of Florida, the University of Miami and Vanderbilt. He says that he is uncertain about his major, though he enjoys writing, engineering, history, politics and psychology. By Linda Rodriguez Bernfeld
SPENCER LEVINE Gulliver Prep senior Spencer Levine is the president and co-founder of A-Z Library, a club he started with two friends, Ryan and Scott Kossman. “We have mini-book drives,” Levine says. “We did a book drive where we collected more than 1,000 books.” The books were donated to children’s hospitals, women’s shelters and the Linda Ray Center. “The Kossman twins went on a trip to South Africa with their parents and took books with them, they gave them to a village,” Levine says. They started the club because they wanted to do something for the community. “With technology, people weren’t really using books anymore,” he says. “Why let those books go to waste? We had hundreds of books. We took all of our books, started our organization in our school, along with a cousin in New Orleans. We are trying to get it established in Montreal, San Francisco and Chicago.” When they receive books for donations, they separate them into piles — children’s, teens and adults. They also sort them by condition and keep sets (like the Time Life books) together. “We try and find an organization that wants to receive the books,” he says. Depending on where they donate the books, they also stop and read to the kids. “When we go to places like Homestead
and the Linda Ray Center, the kids don’t get to read many book, so it brings joy to them,” Levine says. “They don’t get the bedtime stories that other kids get. They are fascinated by the rhyming books.” Outside of school, Levine volunteers for his temple. He’s a member of BAFTY, the Beth Am Federation of Temple Youth. He’s been the ninth, 10th and 11th grade member at large. He’s also a part of the Beth Am basketball league, both as a player and a coach. “I’ve been there for eight or nine years, it’s one of my favorite hobbies,” Levine says. “I was a player and I was also an assistant coach for a couple of years.’ During one of those years, he was an assistant coach for his cousin’s team even though he was a grade behind the ninth graders. He says he coached rather than play because of an injury. In ninth and 10th grade, he played for Gulliver’s junior varsity team, earning Defensive Player of the Year honors in both years. He also was team captain. “We had a lot of fun and we beat Ransom,” Levine says. “In my junior year I had to focus more on the Advanced Placement courses I was taking.” Levine is planning on returning to the basketball courts in the upcoming year. Levine also went out for the Gulliver volleyball team, but there weren’t enough potential players to field a team. “My main focus is school and I have an interest in business and law,” he says. “I have a part on the law and litigation team. The first semester we learned all the techniques and rules of a trial and at the end of the semester we had a mock trial. In the second semester we had two mock trials.” One of the mock trials was against Coral Gables and the Gulliver team won. Levine also is in student government. In the 10th grade, he was secretary; in 11th grade, he was treasurer; and as a senior, he is Student Council ambassador. Levine also will be busy this year making application to the colleges he would like to attend. His list is likely to include the University of Southern California, North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Washington University in St. Louis. “I’m majoring in business or economics, one of the two,” he says. By Linda Rodriguez Bernfeld
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HANNAH LUTZ Palmetto High School graduate Hannah Lutz has her sights set on her next challenge – attending the University of Florida in the fall and majoring in Health Science
on the pre-med track. While at Palmetto, Lutz accumulated more than 1,100 community service hours, even though the requirement is for fewer than 100. She earned the hours with her extracurricular activities at school and by volunteering at her church, Kendall United Methodist. “We do a lot of year-round things, like the Valentine’s Day dinner,” Lutz says. “We invite all the parents of the youth to come and we serve them lasagna and a lot of other nice food.” Lutz has traveled with her church youth group, visiting a teen values ranch in North Carolina and going to different areas to participate in Celebrate Jesus events. “Christians join teams at specific churches and knock on people’s doors to invite them to a block party that the church is having later that week,” she says. “It helps churches to grow in the community.” Lutz attended a Celebrate Jesus event in July in upstate Cocoa near the Kennedy Space Center. She also volunteers at Vacation Bible School (VBS).
“Last year I was the recreational teacher for that,” she says. “Every day you meet with five different classes. You play different games with them.” All the activities at VBS are related to the Bible verse of the day. Lutz has participated in a VBS in Jamaica as well. Members of her church go to Port Antonio to help support the local church members. “We started doing VBS at one church, now we’ve branched out,” she says. “As we gave them VBS, they have grown in number. The pastor there has a circuit of churches. Last year we did VBS at three of them.” Lutz says she loves going on the missions because she loves dealing with the kids. “A lot of kids there are forgotten; we come bring all our American goodies,” Lutz says. “We show them that they are not forgotten and that we love them,” Lutz says. “Over the week, you get attached to them and they get attached to you. And when you come back they go, ‘Hannah! Hannah!’” At Palmetto, Lutz was a badminton
champ, winning the Greater Miami Athletic Conference championship with her doubles partner Monica Dyches. They were also girls doubles District Champions for the second year in a row. Outside of sports, Lutz was president of the German National Honor Society and treasurer of the Student Council. Lutz’s sister inspired her to take the German class, saying the teacher was cool and that he made German interesting and fun. Although that teacher left after her freshman year, Lutz continued to study the language. As president of the German NHS, she organized an annual field trip for members. “I started it with a trip to Epcot,” Lutz says. What began as a perk for members of the German NHS grew to include the entire foreign language department. At the end of her senior year, Lutz won the Principal’s Award at Palmetto in honor of all that she did for the school. By Linda Rodriguez Bernfeld
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BEACON COUNCIL, from page 1 nesses in their efforts to expand. By doing this, The Beacon Council facilitates the creation of quality jobs for each and every resident of Miami-Dade County.” Oh really? I told Nero that he primarily helped the downtown districts, but my question now is, why do we even need the Beacon Council at all? MiamiDade County has its Economic Development Department, so why do we have a separate semi-private, publicly funded organization to do the same thing at ridiculously high prices? Here are some facts about the Beacon Council: • The Beacon Council received 50 percent of the occupational license surtax through state statute. • The Beacon council has seen a steady decline in the revenue collected, which this year is an estimated $3.75 million (in 2007, during a better year, it was $4.24 million) due in large part to the downturn in the economy, failing businesses and the inability to attract and retain businesses. • The Beacon Council is led by a board of directors that selects a president/CEO. They also determine a compensation package for the president and through a membership committee (controlled by the president) select members to sit on the Beacon Council. • Frank Nero is president of the Beacon Council. Details of his compensation package, the salaries of all 29 staff members and the budget of the Beacon council is not public and has never been released. Never! Not even to the Miami-Dade County Commission. That has been widely criticized because the Council receives public funding. It is estimated that Nero makes upwards of $400,000 annually, and that does not include benefits that bump his overall compensation to around $500,000. • The Beacon Council goes on several international trips every year, including visits to Italy and Spain. Why? Rumor is that council members are visiting family members who live in those countries. • The Beacon Council has begun to push their “One Community One Goal” initiative, which has a $15 million marketing plan attached. They will have to start fundraising soon and I hear they have started making the rounds looking for donations. These dollars potentially
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could be used to supplement the organization’s dwindling public dollars. Miami-Dade County boasts many economic development organizations that work to advance the business community and attract businesses to the county. They all host trade missions around the world, seminars locally, and they help with developing incentive packages which then — almost always — end up being funneled through the Beacon Council because they are designated through state law as the conduit and they receive the business tax fees. Some of these groups are: The World Trade Center Miami, Enterprise Florida, The Office of Economic Development and International Trade (Miami-Dade County Office, Tax payer funded). The Economic Development and International Trade (EDIT) unit of the Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources is an award-winning unit of Miami-Dade County government that recommends to the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners (BCC), the county’s economic development and international trade policies. Through its work program, EDIT “coordinates the efforts of the principal economic development agencies in Miami-Dade County with the county’s agenda to ensure a comprehensive and unified approach to economic development initiatives and programs.” EDIT promotes Miami-Dade County as a Global Gateway both locally and abroad by developing and expanding trade opportunities with countries throughout the world. We have our own economic development department. Isn’t it capable of doing it alone? Of course it is! It’s time for the county to stop shoveling so much money into the Beacon Council. It’s time to get rid of it. It’s a waste of taxpayer’s money. Times are tough. If we have to trim the fat, if police officers are going to have to take pay cuts, then it’s time to abolish the Beacon Council. It’s a top heavy group of overpaid professional free-loaders living it up on the public’s money. If they want to use private funding, great, but they should not use Dade County funds anymore. It’s time to pull the plug on the “Beacon.”
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“Residents will see some changes,” sad Ceballos. “But, hopefully, it will all be for the betterment of the community.” Ceballos was raised in Gary, Indiana after his parents moved there from Chicago so his father could find work and his mother could escape life in the big city. “My parents were both born in Puerto Rico and they met in Chicago,” he says. “My dad was a steel mill worker and they were married very young; my dad was 20 and my mom was 19.” Ceballos was 12 years old when his father moved the family to South Florida and, at 35 years old, became a police officer with the Miami-Dade Police Department. “My father has been my mentor throughout my life,” Ceballos said. “The reason I became a police officer is because I wanted to be like my dad. He’s been a role model for me, and for my brother and sister.” His younger brother, Ricardo, is a 30year law enforcement veteran who also was with Miami-Dade Police Department and retired after 25 years, and his sister, Raquel, was a homicide detective with Hialeah Police Department and later an FBI agent. “We all followed in my father’s footsteps,” said Ceballos. “The only one who didn’t was my older brother, who became a pastor. We all thought the profession our father chose was an honorable one, so we all decided that if it was good enough for dad, it was good enough for us. None of us regret it; it’s very fulfilling.” Ceballos, like his father, began his law enforcement career with the Dade County Public Safety Department in 1978, but transferred to Hialeah in 1980 where he spent 22 years as an officer. “I was nearing retirement age when I became aware that a position as sergeant was available with the Pinecrest Police Department,” he said. “I decided to continue my law enforcement career with Pinecrest.” He joined the Village police department in 2002 and was named lieutenant 18 months later. “I’m 54 years old now, so I’m really only eight years away from what is considered retirement age,” he said. “But, I have a 20-year-old daughter who’s a junior in college at FIU and she has aspirations of becoming a medical doctor. I want to make sure that she doesn’t incur too much debt in realizing her dream of being a doctor. She has at least eight more years of study before she will achieve her dream, so I’m going to be here at least that long.” As for the future of the Village police department, Ceballos says there will not be wholesale change in its operation. “I definitely want to keep what’s in place because it’s working for us,” he said.
“My father has been my mentor throughout my life. The reason I became a police officer is because I wanted to be like my dad. He’s been a role model for me, and for my brother and sister.” “However, I want to improve those areas that can be improved. We’ve done a very good job since 2001 in professionalizing the police department though the accreditation process. I was a part of that when I took over as accreditation manager and I was able to get our department the ‘Flagship Agency’ designation through CALEA, and I’m very proud of that. I think that helped prepare me for this position as police chief because I became intricately familiar with every facet of the police department. “We want to continue to set the standard for excellence for the rest of the law enforcement community in our area. I think we can continue to raise our prestige and our image in the eyes of the community, because the Village presently is very pleased and happy with the police force they have. I want to take that to the next level so they will have a real strong sense of pride in that they have the best police department in Miami-Dade County, and maybe in the state of Florida. “I also want to elevate our standing in the law enforcement community by participating more with other agencies,” he said. “We have mutual aid agreements, but we don’t do a lot of training with other agencies; so I would like to do more of that.” Ceballos also wants to curb the turnover of personnel in the department by developing new opportunities for young officers. “We’re a small agency, so there is not a lot of opportunity for advancement for young officers,” he said. “The working conditions are excellent, the benefits are
wonderful, the people they’re serving like them, so they’re in a very positive environment. What they’re lacking is mobility because there is only a limited chance for them to become specialists. My challenge is to create opportunities for our officers that make them want to stay because there are more things for them to do here than just being a patrol officer.” Ceballos said the creation of specialized units within the department has been successful in retaining officers. “Just a few weeks ago, we created the Crime Suppression Team (CST),” he said. “The members have a different uniform, a different look, more tactical. Their sole purpose is detecting and preventing criminal activity. Members do not handle routine dispatch calls for service, so they can focus their attention strictly on detecting criminal activity. The main focus right now is on residential and automobile burglary.” Ceballos said he is considering establishing bike patrol officers and bringing back the canine unit. “A canine unit does have a role here,” he said. “It provides another opportunity in specialization for an officer and the Village benefits from that in case there is ever a
need for a canine unit.” Ceballos said he is also considering the creation of a specialized traffic unit. “Perhaps we will bring in a motorcycle squad to the department,” he said. “It offers our officers another opportunity for some specialization; it changes their routine from just normal patrol and it gives some opportunity for job enrichment.” Ceballos added that traffic enforcement will continue to be a priority in Pinecrest. “Until such time that the residents say ‘we no longer feel that traffic enforcement should be a priority in the Village,’ it will remain a priority,” he said. “After all, that’s who we work for.” Ceballos added that he believes strict traffic enforcement is a crime deterrent. “The criminal doesn’t know why we stopped his car,” he says. “They don’t know that we pulled him over for speeding. And because Pinecrest has had a very strict traffic enforcement program, it has helped keep crime down in the Village. So, to depart from that policy, I think, would mean that we would see an increase in crime because we would give the impression to the criminal element that we are not as involved now in our enforcement.”
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Country Walk diabetes support group for parents meets monthly BY LINDA RODRIGUEZ BERNFELD
At a time when there’s a rapid rise in diabetes among children, the Baptist Health System offers a support group for the parents of diabetic children. Registered nurse and certified diabetes educator Judy Waks runs the group. It meets at the Baptist Children’s Diagnostic Center near Country Walk, 13500 SW 152 St., on the second Tuesday of every month from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The group was organized in January and since then Waks has been trying to get the word out. “I know there is a need,” she says. “In the last month, I’ve had two or three parents contact me with newly diagnosed children and they were very upset.” There are two types of diabetes – Type One and Type Two. People with Type One diabetes don’t make insulin because their insulin producing cells have been destroyed. “You cannot live without insulin,” Waks says. People with Type One diabetes depend on insulin injections three to four times a day and they must take care with their diet and exercise, and take their medicine. “My feeling is that there has been an increase in the number of children with Type One,” Waks says. “It’s not related to their lifestyle. Type One is an autoimmune disease.” People with Type Two diabetics take pills to bring their blood sugar under control, but, Waks says, it can become tricky when you’re dealing with a young child. “You have to try to match the right amount of insulin to go the right type of food,” she says. “It’s a little complicated and it takes a lot of adjustment for the parents. It’s a lifelong disease.”
As a society, as people have become more obese, Type Two diabetes has become a problem. “Type Two in children is epidemic,” she says. “It’s related to lifestyle. It used to be called adult onset.” The support group is for parents who have children with either Type One or Type Two. “The parental needs are similar,” Waks says. “The bottom line to both is adjustment of food and exercise and medication. They need all of it.” Type One diabetics will always need insulin. For Type Two, when a child is put on medication depends on a variety of factors. “If their sugars aren’t too high, they might say change your diet,” she says. “Diet is very big, diet and exercise. If they can lose weight, they can get their sugar down.” Waks hopes that the support group will be a venue for parents to share their worries and concerns about dealing with diabetes. She says it’s good to get support from another parent who understands what they are going through. “When you have other parents with some of the same issues, it’s reassuring. This is what I do for my child,” she says. “They have something in common. I’m there to answer questions about diabetes. Sometimes they just need reassurance they are doing the right things.” Waks plans to bring in dieticians to talk to the parents or other experts to talk about topics interest, such as diet and insulin pumps. To RSVP for meetings, email Waks at <judyw@baptisthealth.net> or for more information, call 786-662-4895.
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Caroline Bustamante is crowned Miss Pinecrest USA BY CONCHITA SMITH
Ysabel Semorile found an effective way to help her daughter overcome her shyness. With a little prodding she got her involved in modeling to boost her self-esteem and confidence. It worked, as 15-year-old Ronald Reagan Senior High School sophomore Caroline Bustamante was recently crowned Miss Pinecrest USA. The official preliminary events to Miss Florida Teen USA were held recently in the Florida Keys and Bustamante walked away with the crown after competing in the swimsuit, cocktail dress, evening gown and interview categories. “I was really nervous,” said Bustamante. “But I had to be secure and I knew I could do this. If I didn’t win, it didn’t matter. It was a really good experience and I learned a lot. But it was really exciting to win the crown; I was so happy, I started crying.” Bustamante had a public speaking opportunity Caroline Bustamante at Dadeland Mall in one of her at the event during the interview category. The six roles as Miss Pinecrest. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– judges asked contestants what was their favorite magazine, if they watch television in Spanish or and Nickelodeon television programs as well English, what was their childhood dream and is She credits her mom for giving her the the dream still the same. encouragement and support to pursue her “I told them Teen Vogue was my favorite dreams. magazine because I like to read about fash“My mom has always been there for me even ion,” said Bustamante. “I watch television in though we lived alone for a long time. She Spanish because it is always good to know a fought for everything for me and never gave up second language and my childhood dream to on me so I could have a good future.” become a lawyer is still the same because I Semorile says her daughter has almost want to fight for what is right.” overcome her shyness, but that she still has a The former Miss Teen Summer USA said ways to go. the judges were nice, but with serious faces “I would say she is about 70 percent confident that could be a bit intimidating. now and, depending on her effort, she will con“It could be scary, so you just have to calm tinue to get better,” she said. “She always liked down,” she said. “These events have helped fashion and this was a natural way for her to me so much to be less shy. I talked to a lot of develop her poise and confidence. the girls this time and they encouraged me a “I always remind her that beauty fades, but lot.” what you learn through life with studies and Bustamante has already made local appear- preparation has more value. With total humilances to support area not-for-profit organiza- ity and confidence, you can get anywhere in tion events, and she has been on Telemundo life.”
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What are the Miami Marlins doing? BY PRESTON MICHELSON
Take a listen to any of the local sports talk radio stations over the last few weeks and assuredly you will hear a gasbag radio host exclaiming that the Marlins are undergoing one of their classic “fire sales”. After their championship in 1997, Marlins owner H. Wayne Huizenga obliterated the team and the Marlins ended up 54108 the next season. Again in 2005, the current owner, Jeffrey Loria, performed a similar act, sending the team payroll from $60 million to $14 million. However, what Larry Beinfest and the Marlins management have done over the last few days is not akin to one of those previous fire sales. They traded away a disappointing diva in Hanley Ramirez, a letdown in Gaby Sanchez, a free-agent-to-be in Anibal Sanchez, and others. In return, they received some highly touted prospects and some relief from a regrettable contract to Hanley Ramirez, in which he was owed $31 million over the next two years. The real test for the Marlins, however,
CORNER will be whether they turn around and spend the money they saved from these trades. If the Marlins give the money that Hanley Ramirez and Anibal Sanchez would have been owed to other valuable players, I would call this trade deadline a “winner”. On top of it all, the Marlins received two former first round draft picks, a Triple-A All Star, a three-time Futures game player and a first-round draft pick. Indeed, the Marlins brass stated that the key to the Gaby Sanchez deal was, in fact, that firstround draft pick. However, with the Marlins’ proclivity to draft players like Taylor Tankersley, Chris Volstad and Jeremy Hermida in the first round, there is not much potential value there. A level of mistrust directed at Marlins’ owner Jeffrey Loria is understandable. He has already ripped apart this team once, and
ripped apart another franchise in the Montreal Expos. But Loria should have started to win you back, even just a little bit. The Marlins were not only players at this off-season’s winter meetings, they were superstars. They ended up committing to spend $200 million and were willing to spend even more. For the sake of the future of baseball in South Florida, I hope that was not a one-time-only event. The team that the Marlins are fielding right now is dreadful. Assuredly, this is not how anybody in the Marlins management envisioned this team performing. On paper, the team should have been competitive with anyone in a weak National League. But for now, the best performer on this team would be Justin Ruggiano, a man who, at the beginning of this season, called Oklahoma City his home, playing for the AAA Red Hawks. At the beginning of this season, the consensus was that if the Marlins could stay healthy they would be able to compete. This year, the Marlins have stayed
remarkably healthy. Until the Fish traded away Anibal Sanchez, they were one of only two teams to start every game with the five starting pitchers they began the season with. In terms of health, they couldn’t have had much better luck. But alas, this team has grossly underperformed. They have an inability to score runs and, when they do, suddenly they have an inability to pitch. The definition of insanity would be to try the same thing over and over again and to expect a different result. If the Marlins had tried to field the same team for next year, they would have had the same result. The recent shake-up was not only beneficial, it was necessary. Preston Michelson is a senior at Palmer Trinity School where he is the public address announcer for all varsity sporting events. Contact him on Twitter at @PrestonMich or by email at <michelsonpr@gmail.com>.
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Read in the Poconos Pictured are Pinecrest Residents Kyla Finkle and Spencer James on summer vacation at the Camp Towanda Sleep Away Camp in the Pennsylvania Pocono Mountains. Of course they remembered to take along a copy of their favorite hometown newspaper and sent us back this shot. Thanks for thinking of us, guys!
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Former business executive opens ‘School of Basketball’ Coach Peter Ramis addresses players and parents after winning first YMCA 10 and under title for Fall 2011.
BY LINDA RODRIGUEZ BERNFELD
When he was in high school, Peter Ramis was asked to volunteer as a coach for the elementary school basketball team. “I actually became a better player by coaching because I really had to learn the fundamentals to teach them to the kids,” Ramis says. When the time came to make a career choice about whether he wanted to coach or go into business, Ramis chose business. “I became an executive vice president with Citibank,” he says. “I was an area manager for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and then a national sales manager for two major companies, and then the general manager for small oil company. Eventually I became a business consultant and I’ve worked with such companies as Johnson and Johnson.” A good thing about working in the business community is that the companies usually require their executives to perform some form of community service. “While many would work with Habitat for Humanity, I would coach,” Ramis says. “I’ve coached at the YMCA, at elementary schools, junior high, junior varsity and even varsity either as a head coach or an assistant.” The schools where he volunteered include Dade Christian, Palmer Trinity and Somerset Academy. However, because of the demands of his job and the traveling required, Ramis could coach only on a limited basis — a season here and a season there; but it remained a passion within him. One of his job assignments kept him out of the U.S. for an extended period. When he finally returned, his son asked him to coach a basketball team at the YMCA. “When I got there, the guys on this team couldn’t even dribble,” Ramis says. “It was like the Bad News Bears; we lost the first game41-0. But we went forward from there
and that team finished in third place.” The next team that Ramis coached won a title and today he is a consultant working with <www.YouVisit.com>, so he has the time and a schedule that allows him to coach. So Ramis opened the School of Basketball. His teams participate in the YMCA for League Play and this summer he has shepherded four teams, one in each age division. Parents like Ramis’ coaching style, including Raquel Smith-Bankston who says he has had a positive effect on her sons. “There has been an amazing measurable growth with their understanding of the game, their skill sets and ability to play the game, and their development as overall players,” she says. Ramis sees sports as an avenue that parents can use to improve communication with their children. “I try to incorporate parents into the practices,” he says. “I’ve had dads tell me they are much closer to their child as a result of being involved. What I try to do is teach the parents about the sport. When I have a new lesson I’m trying to teach, I sit them close to the parents. The parents are learning about the sport the same way the kids are. It’s all about bringing families together.” Ramis also takes a long-term approach to bring the best out in his players. If he thinks they will play beyond the youth leagues, he works on developing skills that will help them play on a high school or college level. “I honestly believe most coaches don’t know how to develop the talent,” Ramis says. His reputation is growing, as several Miami area churches have asked him to begin basketball programs. For more information, go to <www.theschoolofbasketball.com> or call 877-614-6656.
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‘Donkey Show’ features homegrown talent at Arsht Center THE ARTS
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When you step into Club Oberon, you quickly forget that you are at the Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts. Instead, you have time traveled back to the 1970s where you are surrounded by strobe lights, fog and booming disco music, while dancers decked out in go-go shorts and glitter spin around you. You have arrived at The Donkey Show. This spectacular phenomenon has traveled across the world – from New York City to London – and finally to South Florida, where 20 of Miami’s brightest young actors, dancers, singers and acrobats dazzle audiences as the stars of one of the biggest productions of The Donkey Show in the world. As members of this cast, these artists – all Miami residents – have the opportunity this summer to collaborate with Tony-nominated Broadway director Diane Paulus, nationally-acclaimed lighting directors Al Crawford (of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) and Zakaria M. AlAlami (Jazz at Lincoln Center) and many more to showcase their work on the Arsht Center’s international stage. Further fusing the notion of world-class and community-based, Rosie Herrera – a rising star on the national dance scene who is also a Miami native — leads the dancers as choreographer of The Donkey Show. Following a string of critical successes and national exposure that began with a 2009 commission from the Center for her signature piece Various Stages of Drowning: A Cabaret, Rosie was personally invited by Arsht Center artistic advisor Charles Reinhart, who served as the American Dance Festival’s (ADF) visionary director, to set the piece on ADF dancers that same summer. The Arsht Center and ADF then went on to co-commission two more of her works, which premiered at the Center in 2011. A graduate of New World School of the Arts and hailed as
one of the freshest new talents in dance theater, we are proud to partner with Rosie and showcase her work on our stage once again. There are many more examples of how the Arsht Center is delivering on its mission to bring internationally recognized artists to the city, to support our brilliant and innovative artistic community and to showcase local talent on our stage. Each year, the Arsht Center hosts its “Miami Made Festival.” This weekend full of free fun is action-packed with Miami talent. It is a celebration of the new, the young and the wildly creative from South Florida playwrights, dancers, actors and musicians. We also produce our ongoing “Family Fest” – a free series featuring family-friendly outdoor activities and performances by local talent. The activities provide engaging opportunities for parents to share with their children, while encouraging up-close involvement in the performing arts. In addition, we collaborate with theater. Our Theater Up Close season features collaborations with bold, local theater companies such as Zoetic Stage and Mad Cat; guest residencies by the acclaimed House Theatre of Chicago and a partnership with the University of Miami that offers aspiring actors and theater professionals a unique opportunity to work alongside the Arsht Center team on a professional production each season. The Arsht Center leadership made a commitment to this community six years ago when it opened and we continue to honor that pledge as we afford new opportunities for our city’s artistic community and new experiences for our audiences. The Donkey Show is on stage at the Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Arsht Center through Aug. 12. For more information, visit <arshtcenter.org/donkeyshow>.
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Hurricane Andrew was not the ‘Big One’ — Max Mayfield BY SHEILA STIEGLITZ
Learn from the past and prepare for the future! That’s the theme of a special evening hosted by the Deering Estate Foundation featuring Max Mayfield, the former director of the National Hurricane Center and now a hurricane specialist with television station WPLG-TV. On Thursday, Aug. 16, at 7 p.m., Mayfield will present dramatic slides of the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in the Stone House Ballroom at the historic Deering Estate at Cutler. Mayfield’s distinguished career in meteorology has earned him five Emmy Awards including two during 2011 for the station’s Hurricane Special and Hurricane History program. Now, the evening at the Estate offers a chance to meet and learn from one of the country’s leading hurricane specialists. The Deering Estate at Cutler was near ground zero for Hurricane Andrew, and following the storm Mayfield describes coming to the property to assess the damage. “We couldn’t get the main gate open because of the debris that had been pushed
up to the rock wall.” and for the others who Once inside the gate have never been and on the grounds, the through a similar team searched for markers event, the evening proof the storm surge that vides an opportunity to were later measured at be reminded of and 16.5 feet. “We went inside understand the magnithe ballroom and although tude of a hurricane. there was debris on the “It is easier to plan for walls, there were no a catastrophe and then marks indicating a storm scale back as needed,” surge,” said Mayfield. said FEMA administra“We realized that the tor Craig Fugate. strong winds had sand The evening is blasted the walls.” designed to reflect and Max Mayfield The group later found remember the 20th –––––––––––––––––––––––––– water-level markers inside a closet that had anniversary of Hurricane Andrew, and edubeen protected from the strong winds. cate our community on what to do in case Mayfield says Hurricane Andrew was of an impending storm. primarily a wind event, a small Category 5 “Have a plan,” said Mayfield. “The best storm, that didn’t extend far from the cen- efforts of the meteorologist aren’t enough; ter like Hurricanes Katrina and Hugo. Had it comes down to people having a hurricane the scope been more extensive, Andrew’s plan and being able to execute that plan.” storm surge would have been worse. Nature is resilient and to see the magnif“Hurricane Andrew was not the big one,” icent Deering Estate at Cutler today, one said Mayfield. would never believe the extent of the damFor those who lived through the storm ages it had suffered. Over the last 20 years,
the innovative environmental stewardship programs created by the Estates’ educational and interpretative staff have complimented the lush natural growth. The goal of these nature-based programs is to raise awareness and to protect and preserve our precious resources for this and future generations. One of the most successful programs is a partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools that pairs Nature-Center-toSchool for hands-on learning and educational enrichment. NESTT (Nurturing Environmental Stewards of Today and Tomorrow) is an extension of the estate’s award-winning Living Classroom/EcoAcademy. The Deering Estate at Cutler is located at 16701 SW 72 Ave. The program will be held in the historic Stone House Ballroom and is free to foundation members and $15 for non-members. The admission may be applied toward the purchase of a Foundation Membership. All proceeds benefit NESTT. For more information, call Ashley Sodeman at 305-235-1668, ext. 263.
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in my house, going on dates where the guy pays and he’s sleeping in my bed. Does my ex need as much money if the guys are always footing her entertainment? Have courts taken this into account? Isn’t divorce supposed to be fair for both parties? Let’s start with “my house”. Divorce is never fair, whether it is from a financial or emotional perspective. Your ex got the house and you got your freedom. There is a reason you got divorced, so do yourself a favor and remember that; not so that you can remain bitter, but to be grateful that you have a chance to have a life that meets your needs. Re-phrase how you think; the house is no longer yours and, as big of a pill as that is to swallow, let it go. As far as the bed is concerned, make a new one and lie in it. I bet it will feel more inviting and comfortable. Let all of this go. Keep your focus on all the good things that now have a chance to cross your path. The courts do not take into account her dating schedule. I hate to say it, but that’s one of the perks of being a woman. That being said, think of this, my friend: Alimony, $2,000 a month; watching the ex with dates, infuriating; eating dinner with someone who really wants to be with me and I with them, priceless.
NOTE TO SELF: Only good awaits me as I let go of the past.
DEBBIE’S LIBRARY: 365 Thank Yous by John Kralik Debbie Martinez is a Certified Divorce Life Coach. She has given workshops on divorce and women’s issues and has offices in South Miami. For more information, call 305-984-5121 or go to <www.thepowerofdivorcecoach.com>.
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Realtor Drew Kern breaks sales records, supports community BY CONCHITA SMITH
When Drew Kern was an English literature major at Florida State University, he was not so sure he wanted to follow the family path of a career in commercial real estate. But, with time the Miami native found his calling in residential real estate and never looked back. “One summer between semesters I was interning for a local top real estate producer,” said Kern. “I really enjoyed meeting people in the residential market and getting to do something different every day.” Kern, the outgoing chair of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce and a Realtor with EsslingerWootenMaxwell, says that last year he sold more homes than ever before, closing on a total of 85. Kern works in all areas of Miami-Dade County and he says that so far this year, he is beating last year’s numbers. “Our market is as active as it has ever been,” said Kern. “One of the advantages of a down market is that homes become more affordable. We are seeing more young couples coming here who can now
Business Profile afford to buy a home. We have local buyers and we are seeing a trend of more buyers coming from Latin America and Brazil. The typical buyer is a local couple looking to grow their family. Pinecrest, Palmetto Bay and Coral Gables are the predominate areas because they offer great schools.” Kern says that as long as homes are properly, priced sellers can enjoy multiple offers. “If you put it on the market and price it right, from Brickell to the beach to South Dade, it will sell,” he said. “In the last six months, with an inventory of 30 homes, 15 are under contract.” Kern says the best thing he ever did for his business was to learn how to network. He is involved in several business cham-
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Energize your life! BY PAT MORGAN
Are you buried under draining to-do lists, never-ending activities, non-stop phone calls, messages and email? Do you rush from meeting to meeting trying to keep up with the demands of the day? Are you exhausted and overwhelmed? Would you like to have more energy to get it all done? Recharging your batteries is fundamental to your vitality, health and performance. Without inspiration and energy, it’s difficult to be your best. The list of ways to energize your life is endless. I asked a few clients to share how they recharge. In the midst of the fast-paced world we live in, these sharp, successful professionals still find time to renew and re-vitalize themselves. Here’s how they do it. Linda, an entrepreneur, practices yoga three to four a week. She finds it relaxing and refreshing, and says it helps her to be more focused. Elaine, a sales executive, gets her daily inspiration from an early morning walk on the beach. She makes it a point to hit the beach before she becomes busy and distracted. The early morning solitude gives her time to clear her thoughts and prepare for the day ahead. Rick, a CFO, listens to audio books during his 45-minute commute. His full schedule leaves little time for reading, so he uses the drive time as his “rolling university.” John, a partner in a law firm, has rediscovered the pleasure of writing poetry. Years ago, 25 years or so now, John enjoyed expressing himself through poetry. As his life became busier, poetry fell by the wayside. As we worked together, John began to re-connect with his talent for writing poetry and the enjoyment he had always found in it. He says it helps him to problem solve and think differently when he is working. And, this outlet inspires and energizes him. Is it time for you to make changes so that you are more productive and more effective in your work and your life? Are you ready to re-energize and refocus so
that you can greet each day with renewed energy and vitality? The following are tips designed to help you put more zest and energy back into your life: • Have a medical checkup. If you continuously feel tired or drained, there may be a physical reason behind it. Having an annual exam can help you stay on top of health issues and give you peace of mind about your health. • Get moving. Find a form of exercise that you enjoy and do it 3-4 times each week. Getting the blood pumping and oxygen moving will give you an energy boost and a sense of well-being that will carry through the day. • Simplify your life. Clean out closets, drawers and storage spaces. Get rid of things you no longer use. Give away clothes that you have not worn in the last year. Cut back on volunteer activities, outside obligations and other responsibilities that drain your valuable time and energy. • Get quiet. Build time into your schedule to get quiet and relax. You have to be intentional about setting aside time for yourself to relax and rejuvenate. Plan at least five minutes a day just for you. • Show appreciation. Take time each day to express gratitude. Appreciate yourself and your accomplishments, and let others know you appreciate them, too. What you appreciate will appreciate. Without inspiration and energy, it’s challenging to be your best. Make it a point to do something every day to revitalize and re-energize. What will you do today?
Pat Morgan, MBA and professional coach, works with busy professionals to help them become more profitable and productive by capitalizing on their strengths and taking focused action to create powerful change. Call her at 305-458-2849, or send email to <PatMorgan@SmoothSailingSuccess.com> or visit her website at <www.SmoothSailingSuccess.com>.
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‘Nest’ is best home-improvement item available HAL FELDMAN As a Realtor, people always ask me for the best way to increase the value of their home. Sometimes, I recommend a kitchen renovation. Other times, it is landscaping that does the trick. Now, I can definitively recommend a single change to nearly all of my clients — the Nest Learning Thermostat. Remember the no-frills “classic” turndial thermostat and the confusing “modern” digital models no one could program? Well, it’s time to toss those dumb wall warts of yesteryear. The Nest Learning Thermostat might just be the smartest, most impressive technology you can buy for your home. Created by two former Apple engineers, this gadget is so sexy, cool and easy to use that mainstay thermostat companies are shaking in their boots. Like the iPhone or iPad, the Nest’s design is simple and elegant. You can’t walk by it without significant envy and intrigue, especially when it senses you nearby and lights up to greet you. Shaped like the rotary units we’ve know for decades, yet infused with a cutting-edge computer brain and matching screen, the Nest is re-writing thermostat history. Even as you unbox the $249 Nest, you know the manufacturer has thought of everything. Attractive packaging leads to more clever contents. Using the included screwdriver set and the custom-developed drywall screws that anchor themselves, I removed my old piece of junk and easily installed Nest in 20 minutes. If you have any questions, their website (nest.com), online videos and live agents will quickly get you on your way.
Once active, Nest’s screen greets you in plain, simple language and walks you through setup. You control the device by turning a brushed stainless-steel wheel and entering choices by clicking the wheel inwards like a mouse button. Tell it your zip code, connect it to Wi-Fi and select the desired temperature. From then on, it learns from you, no programming required. Each time you adjust it, it remembers and creates the schedule from your habits. After about a week, you never have to touch it again because Nest has learned your custom temperature schedule. This is the ultimate thermostat for the technophobe set-it-and-forget-it crowd. Yet, Nest is so much more. With around 50 percent of your electric bill going to air conditioning, the Nest promises to help you save a bundle. Three technologies help deliver on the promise. First, Nest checks the weather each day via the Internet and adjusts its cycles to heat/cool most efficiently. Second, sensors inside the unit know when you are home. If you go out, Nest adjusts the temperature to save you money. Third, and most amazing of all, is Airwave. The eggheads at Nest realized that turning the air conditioning compressor off early and leaving the inside blower on still cooled a home. By always finishing a cooling cycle this way, Nest claims up to a 30 percent energy savings and it’s the only thermostat in the world doing it. The smarts don’t end there. Once connected to Wi-Fi, control of your Nest is available from the web, iOS and Android devices. No need to get out of bed to make it a little cooler, just adjust it from your smartphone. You can even change the temperature on your way home from work. The extension of the full Nest interface to other screens means you never need to touch the actual thermostat again. That’s downright geeky chic. If you have multiple Nest units in your home, they intelligently communicate with
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each other and become even more sensitive to your home/away status and how to save energy. Not only do Nest’s computer algorithms save money, the thermostat also encourages users to “play along” in an energy saving “games”. By using engaging graphics and interesting data, Nest actually trains its users to improve their habits. Want to see your energy savings in action? Nest provides a detailed history and analyses each day with statements like: “Your adjustment caused energy usage below the weekly average.” That type of digital pat on the back makes you want to do more, and Nest always makes suggestions along the way. While the Nest Learning Thermostat is less than a year old, the company has already learned from its users. Always listening to feedback and analyzing anonymous use data, Nest delivered a free automatic update in which they tweaked the interface to be even more intuitive and added the Airwave feature. They plan on continuing to improve the product in this manner. No matter what type of home you have, Nest adds elegance and class. This gadget also will make your home look 20 years newer inside. It also saves you a ton of
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Surviving the end of high school athletics BY ED THOMPSON
When it comes to recalling my athletic exploits, the axiom is true: “The older I get, the better I used to be.” The truth is, however, most of my athletic memories involve hospital rooms, casts, crutches and extra strength Tylenol. I had a heart for football, but knees for X-box. My wife, Jenn, never actually saw me play football when we were students at Wheaton College. She did, however, visit me in the hospital where I slightly embellished how I sustained my season-ending knee ligament tear. If memory serves, it was whilst tossing a perfect 127-yard touchdown pass between eight defenders while being tackled by 14 rabid linebackers, the opposing team coaches, and a few cheerleaders. It was quite a play. I exchanged my football cleats for a seat in the bleachers long ago. And what a great seat it has been. Front row and center for the past 12 years; a constant barrage of football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, baseball games and practices. But then, in an instant, it came to a jolting stop. Our youngest played his last high school game and suddenly it was all over. We knew this day was coming; it had to. It took a slow, inevitable route beginning with our oldest. I distinctly remember his last high school football game and the slow, agonizing walk off the field. Shoulders were slouched giving way to heavy sobs. And my son wasn’t doing much better, either. But when our eldest son’s high school athletic career came to an end, we still had two more to cheer on. That meant our calendar remained full of football, soccer, basketball, volleyball and baseball. Then suddenly, my daughter’s soccer games
THAT’S LIFE were over; then her volleyball. The writing was on the wall the entire time, but with one kid still in the system, the business continued. Then, on a normal day, our last high school game was played and, just like that, it was over. Erma Bombeck said she took a very practical view on raising children. She put a sign in each of their rooms which read, “Checkout time is 18 years.” My wife continues to remind me that our job as parents is to prepare our children for “checkout time.” As custodians of God’s prized possessions, we hope and pray that we’ve filled them with confidence, dreams, determination, and faith and trust in a loving God. When checkout time arrives, the ones with the biggest adjustments are often us parents. We go from years of whirlwind activity to the unfamiliar territory of calm and quiet. Suddenly, it’s just the two of us again and that’s both exciting and a little scary, too. As it turns out, hanging out with my wife is pretty awesome. And to my great relief, I think she likes hanging out with me, too. So, it appears we’re going to survive the end of high school athletics. And if our recent trip out west is any indication, this new chapter in our lives is going to be rather fun and exciting. Today, highlighted on our calendars, are those wonderful college-break visits and vacation days. And of course, just because they’ve “checked out”, doesn’t mean they won’t be visiting. After all, right next to that “checkout” sign is another sign that reads “welcome home”. P.S. To our great delight, our youngest is continuing his athletic career at the University of Miami. We have many football and baseball games yet to enjoy.
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Heaven’s Gate is in Sedona, Arizona BY DEBBIE MARTINEZ
Nestled between monolithic red rocks at the entrance to Boynton Canyon, long considered sacred ground by Native Americans, is The Enchantment Resort, a 70acre retreat surrounded by the natural splendor of the Coconino National Forest. Opened in 1987 as a tennis facility, The Enchantment Resort has transformed over the years into something that can be summed up in one word — magical. From the time you round a bend and are faced with the awe-inspiring red rocks, to the moment you enter the front gate where the guard smiles and says, “Welcome back!” you suddenly realize that you have passed through something akin to Heaven’s Gate. The quiet that envelops the resort, coupled with the peacefulness exuded by the staff puts you in an amazing state of mind and body. My first taste of this calm came as I suddenly realized during my layover that I had not booked any activities for my resort stay. A wave of panic, caused by the thought of missing out on something special, prompted me to call the resort as I was boarding the plane. Juggling a carry on and my phone and trying to hear over the screaming of children, I was put in touch with Eileen, the concierge. Through several dropped calls and a flight attendant telling me to hang up the phone, I successfully explained what I was looking for. Eileen was always calm and, laughing at my predicament, told me not to worry, assuring that my itinerary would be waiting for me when I arrived. True to her word, as I checked in, my itinerary was waiting along with a glass of refreshing cucumber water. My accommodations could not have been more inviting. As I unpacked, there was a knock at the door and an attendant delivered
N E W S a small plate of chocolate covered strawberries (which I promptly devoured). And every morning when I pulled back my drapes, the view of the red rocks simply mesmerized me. Meantime, a daily newspaper and a basket of iced orange juice greeted me when I opened my door. At bedtime, a bottle of water and a card with an indian quote wished me goodnight as I slipped under the down comforter. In addition to the standard rooms, there are casitas that offer the romance of a fireplace. The resort boasts two restaurants and a pool bar, and the pool and hot tub are open 24 hours a day. Food and drink service is available around the clock. As darkness overtakes the red rocks, the oversized fire pit is a big draw for drinks and good conversation. The Enchantment has no outside lighting so guests can appreciate the vastness of the evening sky unencumbered. Flashlights are provided in the guestrooms so one can venture out into the darkness to possibly sit in the hot tub and wish upon the many twinkling stars while sipping on a famous Prickly Pear Margarita. Mii Amo is a destination spa on the grounds of the resort. Serene and spiritual are two feelings you feel throughout your stay there. It has the Crystal Grotto, where meditations take place daily, and two private pools — one indoor and one outdoor — with unparalleled pool service. The spa menu is pretty extensive, so I was hard pressed to choose. But I opted for a Dosha Wrap and a Psychic Massage that not only felt amazing physically, but also lifted my soul to new heights. Notwithstanding the wonderful spa experience, Eileen also had arranged other new adven-
tures for me. An early morning hike the next day brought me up close and personal to the beauty that surrounds the resort. There are many hiking trails to explore on your own or with a guide, and you can’t help but think as you walk among the Manzanita, Crucifixion Thorn and Yucca how the breathtaking scenery looks like a backdrop from an old western movie. Other activities on my agenda included playing tennis with Mike, the tennis pro, taking a fun and serene kayak trip with Shayne from Sedona Adventure Tours down the Verde River equipped with water guns and a stop at a local vineyard for a wine tasting. A 4:15 a.m. balloon trip with Phil from Red Rock Balloons left me speechless as the sun rose from behind the red rocks to welcome yet another magical day. By far, the most soul-searching experience I had was with Feather Jones. She led me on a hike up Cathedral Rock to the top of the vortex where we sat and listened to the sound
of silence, my thoughts only broken by the call of a canyon bird and the music from her flute carried by the wind. As I tucked the last night’s Indian quote into my suitcase and said goodbye to my newfound comedic friends, the Sniders and Goldfelds, I knew that The Enchantment had touched me in a way that would linger long after my plane touched down in Miami. Even now, if I close my eyes and still my breathing, I can hear the red rocks calling me back to a place I now call home. For more information, go to: <www.enchantmentresort.com>, <www.RedRockBalloons.com>, <www.SedonaAdventureTours.com>, or <www.canyonspiritventures.com>. Debbie Martinez is a South Miami-Dade resident and a regular contributor to the Community Newspapers. She may be contacted by calling 305-984-5121.
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Ever dream of having an affordable personal driver? BY DAVID ZWICK
Imagine that you could have a personal driver who would drive you to the airport, run errands for you, take your vehicle in for service, take you to that eye appointment when you have your eyes dilated, pick up your kids, drop off your pet at the groomer or just be your chauffeur at times when you don’t want to (or shouldn’t) drive. Traditionally the domain of the wealthy, but now thanks to technology developed by RedCap <www.myredcap.com> anyone can have a personal driver for their own vehicle for about the same cost of a cab (clearly nicer than a cab) and for significantly less than a limo. RedCap is easily defined through its slogan, “Everyone’s Personal Driver.” It is a membership-based, premium driver-on-demand service for people who value safety, convenience and privacy at an affordable price. Once a member, you have access to a large pool of drivers who have been vetted through a rigorous screening process who can drive you in your own clean, comfortable and safe vehicle. It’s a superior alternative to a smelly cab or an expensive, beat-up Town Car. There are three categories of membership — Standard, VIP and Elite. You can access drivers for as little as $20 per hour, which
Of course the whole drinking includes a basic gratuity. For and driving issue is the proverbial roundtrip rides, the rate is tradielephant in the living room and a tionally one-quarter of the cost of critical issue in South Florida. traditional car services. As comAccording to a National Highway pared to taxis, you can use RedCap Traffic Safety Administration one-way for a 40-minute trip for (NHTSA) survey to assess status approximately $75, versus a oneand trends regarding the public’s way taxi ride of that length that attitudes, knowledge and selfcould easily surpass $100 and reported behavior related to leave you without your vehicle. drinking and driving, there are Utilizing RedCap is simple and more than 85 million drunk drivseamless. Once you choose your ing trips per year. level of membership via the online Certainly we all want the freeapplication, you are ready to take dom to hop into our vehicle and full advantage of everything drive to a desired destination. But RedCap has to offer. Trips to and haven’t you passed a chauffeured from the airport, undergoing a vehicle and said to yourself “that minor medical procedure that would be nice once in a while.” would require a family member or Well, that once in a while is now friend to waste half a day waiting David Zwick says RedCap is now available to be ‘everyone’s personal driver’. and affordable. Start enjoying for you are just the beginning with ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– your time in South Florida a bit RedCap. What about taking children to an after-school activity while a parent If you could remove your only chance of ever more without the worry of traffic, bad drivis stuck in a meeting? Servicing your vehicle? going to jail for a few hundred dollars, would ers, parking and the associated stress. Who wants to waste time in an auto dealer- you do it? Of course you would. There are those times when individuals David Zwick is founder/CEO of RedCap. ship waiting room when you can utilize RedCap? RedCap is also an outstanding solu- should never get behind the wheel of a car. Sure, The company provides service to Palm tion for seniors who no longer drive or have someone can call a cab, but then you have to Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. arrange to get your vehicle home. Then again, For more information, go to driving restrictions. Is it Wo rth Spending the Night in Jail? we get back to that whole smelly cab situation. <www.myRedCap.com>.
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Art winner goes to Washington, DC
Pictured is Congressional art competition winner Cesare Giuffredi (left) and his father, Roberto, at the U.S. Capitol with Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Cesare was the winner of the art competition for the 18th District and he and his father stopped by Rep. Ros-Lehtinen’s office while they were in Washington, DC to attend the Congressional Art Competition Reception. Of course they remembered to take along a copy of their favorite hometown newspaper and sent us this shot. Thanks for thinking of us, guys.
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It all began 13 years ago with a yellow Labrador mix named “Frankenstein.” “While looking for a pet dog with my daughter, Cindy, I saw this terribly wounded puppy at the animal helter,” recalled Dorothy “Dee” Chess. “He’d been slashed across his head and down his chest with a machete. They’d given him that name because of how horrible he looked. I just couldn’t get him out of my mind, so I went back and brought him home.” Dee placed rehabilitated pup renamed “Frankie” with a friend at Baptist Hospital, leading to 10 happy years of life until his death just a year ago. It was that jarring emotional moment, however, that led her to wonder how many other mistreated dogs were eventually bound for euthanasia at the Miami-Dade Animal Services Shelter, overrun with an estimated 30,000 homeless every year. Then she began taking mistreated and homeless animals into her home along with others who also provided temporary care. In April 2001, the group formed “Friends Forever Humane Society” to attract others to provide foster homes and loving care for abandoned dogs that constantly roam throughout Miami Dade County. Over a dozen adults are now part of the network, assisted by 60 volunteer teenagers, many learning how to care and nurse strays back to health at Felix Varela High School in West Kendall. Of three magnet programs, its unique Veterinary Science course yearly turns away more than 600 applicants. “We’re been able to house some of the strays at the school,” Chess said. “Now, we also have a shelter of our own near The Falls that helps us take any mixed breed or homeless dog needing a home.” She explained that other groups assisting strays normally help a particular breed. Before approving its dogs for adoption, Friends “does everything that a shelter or vet hospital will do,” she said. “We clean and house them, spay or neuter each one, whether they’ve been papered or not, see that any sickness or injury is treated, provide all of their shots including rabies and heartworm, and implant micro-chip identifications.” Every weekend, prospective owners meet a healthy Friends Forever dog in need of a home at PetSmart at 13621 S. Dixie Hwy. (Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.) and at Petco, 12014 SW 88 St. (Sunday, noon-4 p.m.). A basic fee of $250 takes care of all medical services and, in some cases, weeks of rehabilitation care and housing before adoption. Always in need of dedicated volunteers, Friends Forever accepts donations of food or
Pepe Sal has found a home with Dorothy “Dee” Chess. (Photo by Rita Schwartz) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
supplies at its shelter or at Varela High School. Just over a year ago, Kendall’s Michael Rosenberg began his mission to establish Pets Trust, designed to help wayward animals, rather than have them put to death by Miami-Dade’s Animal Services that faces housing thousands of both healthy and homeless pets the year-around. Chess was one of the first to help support that mission, even finding a tiny hairless pooch the Pets Trust named “Pepe Sal” to honor Commissioner Sally Heyman, sponsor of the legislation. “The roaming population of animals in the county is so great, the capacity to keep up with the stray population is necessarily limited by the number of foster homes willing to accept a dog in need,” Chess explained. In her Palmetto Bay home today, she cares for Lucky, 12, a golden retriever; Yogi, 5, a ‘Labradoodle’ (part Labrador, part poodle); Bugs, 4, a yellow Labrador, and Peanut, a Maltese breed. “I’ve loved dogs, ever since I was a little girl,” laughed the businesswoman, owner of four beauty salons and two nail technician schools at one time. Mother of two grown daughters, she now happily mothers mutts of all shapes and sizes. To help Friends Forever’s mission or volunteer as a foster home, Chess can be reached at 786-229-9002 or by email at <friendsforeverrescue@yahoo.com>. Details also are available at <friendsforeverrescue.com>.
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Falls ‘Strut Your Stuff for Cancer’ set for Sept. 20 BY DAILEN RODRIGUEZ
The Falls, Director of Marketing/Business Development The second annual “Strut our Stuff for Cancer” at The Falls is set for Thursday, Sept. 20, from 6-9 p.m. All proceeds will support local cancer-related charities, including the Sandy B. Muller Breast Cancer Foundation, Cancer Support Community Greater Miami and La Liga Contra el Cancer. Guests will enjoy an inspirational fashion show featuring cancer survivors, caregivers and local on-air television and radio personalities. Attendees are invited to wear their most beloved pair of high heels and visit the sassy “Strut Stops” at participating mall tenants where they can enter to win fabulous prizes, including a $500 shopping spree at The Falls. Guests may also enjoy wellness presentations, live entertainment and a cocktail hour with drinks and delicious light bites. The fun begins at 6 p.m. and the runway show kicks off at 7 p.m. “The Falls is privileged to host the Second Annual ‘Strut Your Stuff for Cancer’ which benefits these amazing organizations in our community,” said Julie
Pictured is a group of strutters who had fun participating in the 2011 version of Strut Your Stuff for Cancer. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Goldman, manager at The Falls. “These brave people who have battled cancer or cared for their loved ones affected by the disease are awe-inspiring. We look forward to another successful event by providing a fully sponsored platform to help these charities raise money and awareness for those living with the disease.” Event registration is $25, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting one of the three participating organizations. This celebration of survivors and their caregivers allows attendees to actively join the fight against cancer. Attendees are encouraged to support the cancer-related charity of their choice, while participating in an evening of fun, fashion, support and hope as they join forces to battle the disease. All guests will receive a stylish gift bag with The Falls October Savings Book and other fashionable giveaways. Advance registration is encouraged, and guests may visit the organization website of their choice to sign up online: <www.cancersupportcommunitymiami.org>, <www.sandybmullerbreastcancerfoundation.org>, or <www.ligacontraelcancer.org>. The Falls is located at 8888 SW 136 St.
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Did you know that we kill 20,000 adoptable dogs and cats every year in miami dade county? The Problem Is OVERPOPULATION It costs Miami Dade County taxpayers $300 to kill each dog or cat, and will cost less than $65 to spay and neuter All photos: Liam Crotty www.liamcrotty.com
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