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Commissioner Jordan

celebrates with -

graduating fire cadets

Liberty City terrorism plot trial stalled


Because of a personal problem
in the family of a defense attorney,
a federal judge on Monday
postponed jury selection in the
retrial of an alleged homegrown
terrorism group until possibly
next week.
The decision was made by U.S.
District Judge Joan Lenard.


Selection of a 12-member
jury panel was supposed to
start Monday, just weeks
after the initial Miami-
Dade jury deadlocked
on six defendants and
acquitted one on charges
of conspiring to provide
material support for


al Qaeda.
The case against
the group, which was
headquartered in Liberty
City, was built on FBI
wiretaps and videotapes
of the group's ringleader,
Narseal Bastiste and his
LENARD followers, alleging they


plotted to destroy Chicago's Sears
Tower and federal buildings in
Miami and other cities.
Jury selection could take a few
weeks because Lenard ordered
that the jurors be selected by
number not by name to
protect them against potential
tampering.


Seminole tribe pays $50 million to Florida


Casino deal goes in effect
The Seminole Tribe Today's transfer of
kicked off its gambling $50 million to the state
compact on Monday of Florida is just the
by plunking down $50 beginning of revenue that
million to the State of will potentially provide
Florida as its first payment billions of dollars to
as required under the deal Florida's schools during
cut by Gov. Charlie Crist. the next 25 years., Crist


said in a statement. "While
the Legislature holds the
authority to appropriate
these funds, I am confident
they will use the power of
the purse to improve the
quality of life of Floridians
for generations to come."
Another $50 million
will be due later this year,


under the terms of the
deal, which is expected
t(p bring the state at least
$100 million a year for 25
years.
The tribe has said it
is months away from
installing the new games
in its seven casinos.
Under the deal, the


Seminoles can run Class
III, or Las Vegas-style
slot machines as well
as card games such as
blackjack. The new games
can be installed the all
seven Seminole casinos,
including the Hard Rock
complexes near Hollywood
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Race is key factor in upcoming presidential election

By DeWayne Wickham senator's historic victory might have give us a strong indication of what's of another presidential election separate and unequal," the National
on today's presidential primary in to come in Obama's quest to become campaign, a commission created to Advisory Commission on Civil
From the moment it became clear New Hampshire. the Democratic Party's standard- investigate the causes of the rash of Disorders said.
that Barack Obama had come out on That's understandable. Political bearer, it could tell us much more racial disturbances that racked this And in far too many ways, this
top last week in Iowa's Democratic pundits seldom peer beyond the about where our nation is headed in nation in the 1960s issued a chilling nation slipped into that abyss. Over
caucuses, pundits droned on non- horizon of the next election event, the years to come. warning. We were becoming "two the past four decades, race
stop about the impact the Illinois But while a victory today might Forty years ago, in the throes societies, one black, one white Please turn to ELECTION 4A

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Reckless spending dangerous

Alot of Miami-Dade taxpayers are having second
thoughts about the commissioners approval of a
massive agreement with the City to finance more
than $2 billion in new downtown spending.

The final commission vote comes tomorrow and if the
commissions 9-4 vote holds up we will be committed
to spend $914 million for a Port of Miami tunnel, $200
million for a proposed streetcar program, and $370 million
for a new Florida Marlins ball park in Little Havana. The
Marlins have committed to spend only $155 million of their
money.

With a shaky and uncertain economy and a real estate
crunch brought by the sub prime mortgage fallout, many
of us wonder where the money is coming from in order to
fund these big ticket items.

The biggest criticism seems to be aimed at the chunk
of money set aside for the stadium. Many of us remember
how the late Joe Robbie built Dolphin Stadium without tax
payer dollars.

Many people, especially the poor and those who have
been waiting for years for the long promised low rent
affordable housing, blame the officials for corruption and
waste and a complete disregard for the plight of the poor.

County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Miami Mayor Manny
Diaz are both pushing for the approval of the vote, claiming:
"the entire package will create a lot of resources that are
beneficial to the entire community, that do get rid of a lot
of slum and blight."

Those of us who have lived in this community for a
number of years must realize by now that it is folly to
believe anything that officials tell us about improving
conditions in our community.




93rd St. Community Baptist the

Five million dollar 'mythical' church
Dear Editor:

I would like to preface this letter with an inconvenient
truth. A five million dollar church in no way, shape,
form or fashion glorifies God. I was sorely disappointed
to read an article on the 93rd Street Community Baptist
five million dollar Mediterranean Villa Style Church. I
have several issues with a multi-million dollar church
nestled in a "working-class neighborhood" where many
of the residents can be classified as the "working-poor",
people who work hard everyday but have little or no
money left at the end of the month. A $5 million dollar
church located in the 33147 zip code that leads Miami-
Dade County in teen pregnancy, STDs and HIV/AIDS,
where schools in and around the area are in the poorest
condition, where children in the area are failing to meet
minimum standards of learning in these same schools,
who are on the fast track to becoming high school drop
outs, leading to more criminals and criminal activity,
seems less a beacon of light and more a sign of miss-
placed priorities. I do not like being the one to burst this
illusion of accomplishment, but make no mistake there
should be no joy in "mudville" Sunday, this congregation
has struck out.

A $5 million dollar church has about as much influence
in economic development as it does in raising property
value. First and foremost, the church is a non-profit
organization, not a retail shopping mall or anything of the
sort. And, if anyone thinks that this multi-million dollar
church is an economic investment in the community
where it sits, then just keep your eye on. the money.
Follow the dollars! This five million dollar church will
ultimately cost the congregation closer to $20,000,000.
The question is how many of those dollars will find their
way back into the community, how many jobs will be
generated, how many neighborhood families will be able
to get low interest loans to upgrade their properties?

It is my understanding that a coalition dubbed the
"Collective Banking Group" was instrumental in the
procurement of the $5 million dollar loan. God will be
glorified by the Collective Banking Group when it can
showcase street by street renovation of neighborhoods
where the 67 churches (which comprise its membership)
are located. God will be glorified when they develop low
income housing for the elderly. God will be glorified when
they finance orphanages for the fatherless where those
children whose fathers are in prisons or dead at the
hands of other hopeless black males, a place where they
can be taught character, morals and spiritual values.
God would have been glorified if the five million dollars
had been used to aide and/or assist with some of my
above stated issues.

God is not about class or the illustrious. God is about
meeting the needs of the people. The poor, the hungry,
the sick and the homeless. I close with an old saying
"None is as blind as he who will not see", and until we
see God for what He is truly all about . we are all


doomed.

Valerie Person-Baker
Miami Gardens

... I for one believe that if you give people a thorough
understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that
produce it, they'll create their own program, and when the people
create a program, you get action,.
Malcolm X


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New Year means opportunity to plan for a brighter future


With the holiday season over and
2008 upon us, it's time to reflect
upon the past year and assess our
achievements and setbacks in order
to start the New Year anew.
Last January, the African American
community observed several firsts.
Election Day 2006 paved the
way for the installation of new
congressional leaders, including
the first ever Black chairman of
the powerful House Ways & Means
Committee New York Rep. Charles
Rangel. Rangel was joined by a
handful of other blacks ascending to
leadership, including South Carolina
Rep. Jim Clyburn.
Later in the month, the world
of professional football observed
two firsts at Super Bowl XVI: Tony
Dungy became the first Black to
lead his team to victory against Lovie
Smith, who beat out Dungy by a few
hours in becoming the first Black
head coach to get to the Super Bowl
in the first place.
That was capped off by the
announcement of Illinois Sen.
Barrack Obama to enter the 2008
presidential race the first black
since Jesse Jackson to be considered
a serious contender for his


party's nomination.
Al Sharpton and Carol Moseley
Braun have also run in previous
presidential cycles.
In March, the National Urban
League unveiled its Homebuyer's Bill
of Rights in response to the growing
foreclosure problem, which worsened


prescribing ways to bring light to the
increasing population of those lost
in the system. One recommendation
included greater investment in
second chance, programs. By
November, the U.S. House heard
our pleas, passing prisoner re-entry
legislation.


would be remiss if I did not remember the great Blacks we lost in
2007- including jazz innovator Max Roach, Reps. Julia Carson and
Juanita Millender-McDonald, former congressmen Gus Hawkins...
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over the year. By December, we were
down on Wall Street rallying in favor
of something being done.
The Bush administration unveiled
a plan giving some headed for
foreclosure a five-year reprieve on
rising interest rates. Just weeks
before, the U.S. House had passed a
"better than nothing" bill to address
the fiasco.
In April, the National Urban
League unveiled its yearly State of
Black America report. Our Equality
Index revealed little improvement
in the status of Blacks still 73
percent of that of whites. In 2007, the
report focused upon the black male,


That month shock jock Don Imus
proceeded to make the airwaves a
vehicle of racism by disparaging
the Rutgers' ladies basketball team,
eventually losing his job. But by
year's end, he made his way back.
Let's just hope he learned his
lesson.
In May, the U.S. House passed
the first minimum wage hike in over
a decade. Enacted in June, the law,
a priority for NUL, still fails to index
the minimum wage for inflation,
something we had championed, but
at least gives a much-needed raise
to the thousands of hard-working
families who struggle to make


ends meet.
In June, a jury in Jena, La. found
Mychal Bell guilty of aggravated
second-degree battery for his alleged
role in a racially-charged schoolyard
brawl that left a white classmate
unconscious. Bell and five other
Black youths now known as the Jena
Six had been charged with attempted
murder, charges later reduced. The
incident was the culmination of
months of racial tension touched off
by the hanging of nooses on Jena
high school grounds. The case struck
a chord with Blacks and civil rights
activists across the nation, who
descended upon the small town en
masse in September to show their
support..
Following the protest, a wave of
noose incidents nationwide occurred.
In July at our annual conference
in St. Louis, Mo., we unveiled
our Opportunity Compact, a
comprehensive set of policy
recommendations designed to
jump-start urban America. All
four presidential candidates who
appeared embraced the compact with
gusto. But just how their rhetoric
turns into reality will be something
we will be interested to. see.


^I BY JSEPHC. PILLIS


The health care pillow


In "The Scarlet Letter" Nathanial
Hawthorne writes "...The American
eagle, with outspread wings, a
shield before her breast, and,
If I recollect right, a bunch of
intermingled thunderbolts and
barbed arrows in each claw. With
the customary infirmity of temper
that characterizes this unhappy
fowl she appears, by the fierceness
of her beak and eye, and the general
truculency of her attitude, to
threaten mischief to the inoffensive
community; and especially to
warn all citizens, careful of their
safety, against intruding on the
premises which she overshadows
with her wings. Nevertheless,
vixenly as she looks, many people
are seeking, at this very moment to
shelter themselves under the wing
of the federal eagle; imagining, I
presume that her bosom has all


the softness and snugness of an
eiderdown pillow. But she has no
great tenderness, even in her best
of moods, and, sooner or later, --
oftener soon than late, is apt to
fling off her nestlings, with a scratch
of her claw and a dab of her beak, or
a rankling wound from her barbed
arrows."
Hawthorne was writing about
civil service, but this passage also
seems a prescient warning of the
danger of nestling with the beast of
government. It is alesson Americans
seem intent to ignore. One
hundred and fifty years following
the publication of this American
classic there are alas, more than
a few Americans convinced that
warmth and safety is to be found
in the all-encompassing embrace
of the federal government. In stark
contrast to the independence and


rugged individualism Americans
crow about; we are dashing
headlong to the nest in hopes the
eagle will secure our retirements,
our educations, our profits and
alas, even our health care.., --.:
One. of. the issues ..sure. to
dominate the upcoming presidential
election is the future of health care
in America. The lines are drawn
with advocates of an eventual
single payer system on one side
and those that advocate a market
based solution on the other. And
typical of the current climate in
American politics those advocates
of a single payer system are cast as
humanitarians of the highest order
while those on the other side are
selfish ogres that value profit over
their fellow man.
It was interesting then to read
in the British Telegram that in an


effort to curb spendi"n-i
National Department of Health
(a single payer system) is going to
begin asking patients to administer
their own health care.
SThe, Telegram, reports. ",Millions
of. people.,with. ,arthritis, ., asthma
and even heart failure will be urged
to treat themselves. as. part of a
Government plan to save billions of
pounds from the NHS budget." The
story continues, "Instead of going
to hospital or consulting a doctor,
patients will be encouraged to carry
out 'self care' . The guidelines
could mean people with chronic
conditions:
Monitoring their own heart
activity, blood pressure and lung
capacity using equipment installed
in the home
Reporting medical information
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BYBYLUUAN


The truth can get you killed


When you tell the truth, a lot
of people don't like it.
The truth can set you free but
it can also cut you like a sword.
! Over the years, many African-
American community leaders
have stood up and spoken out
about injustice and immorality.
Because they speak the truth,
many of our heroes have ended
up dead or in jail. Some even
went to jail and were killed after
they were released from prison.
SToday, if you are a good
,person with good intentions that
oftentimes tells things just like
they are, haters will hate you.
The God-fearing men and women
of the world are the enemies of
the wicked and deceitful.
Persons that are called out
S by the truthful messengers of
S God almost always respond with
negative comments. The devil
will talk about you. The devil
will accuse you. The devil will
attack you.
Evil people that are exposed
will be upset and they will
retaliate. How far will they go?
Will they just slander you with
false comments and accusations?
Will they deprive you or deny
you equal opportunities or equal
rights? If you tell the truth,
as God wants you to do, will
someone try to kill you?
Yes!
They say every man has
his price, but a good man
has his word, his values, his
commitments, his morals, his
beliefs and his courage.
What kind of job would it take


for you to turn on your family
and friends? What kind of
house and car could someone
give to you to get you to kick
your friends to the curb? How
much money could someone
give you for you to sell your
soul, sell out your people and
turn your nose up at everyone
you think has less money than
you do?
If you love yourself and you
love your friends and family
no amount of money could get
you to stab your long-time best
friend in the back!
The stabber [sic] is the kind
of person that doesn't want


to be called out. The NAACP
members that are opposed to a
proposed March on government
don't want to be exposed as
benefactors of the government.
The administrator that refuses
to give job applicants a fair
chance at employment does
not want to hear that he only
hires his friends and family.
The woman that sleeps around
does not want to be called a
whore. The man that pays for
sex does not want to be called
a trick.
One lie leads to another.
On the other hand, once you
describe yourself as someone


that tells the aw
truth, you have to continue to
be honest.
Common sense will tell you that
no person is perfect and I don't
know anyone that has never, ever
told a lie. But I do know people
that are reliable. I do know
people that are responsible. I do
know people that are dependable
and those kinds of people are
fine with me.
I never said telling the truth
or writing columns that expose
people for what they are would
be easy. However, somebody
has to do it and it should be
you.


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Miami Beach police officials are having a hard time explaining
how one of their uniformed officers was shown on Youtube.
com in that explicit music video dancing with a scantily clad
woman performing simulated oral on the officer. Internal
Affairs are investigating. Stay tuned.

Gov. Charlie Crist and a coalition of real estate agents,
builders and Florida Power & Light are pushing for a passage
of the property tax amendment on Jan. 29, but most voters
think the deal might not pass because they feel its not enough
of a relief.

A lot of people think President Bush must be out of his mind
to make his first visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories.
It seems to be a strange move after ignoring the areas for the
past seven years. Could it be all about oil? Stay tuned.

People are calling the Liberty City Seven (now six) terrorism
plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago and other federal
buildings a big joke and are wondering how those FBI agents
could not understand they were being conned by those two
Arab informants.
******
HIV Aids patients are getting excited about a study conducted
in Africa, women who took a herpes drug had less HIV in their
bloodstream, showing the drug helps control the virus and
may prevent its spread.
******
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members in Broward County are
a little red-faced because they had to file suit against one of
their brothers for mishandling $12,200 of the, fraternity funds.
Attorney George Allen file the suit against Harvey Riley, local
businessman and former president of the local chapter.
*******
Florida universities want academic freedom and rights of
the First Academy. The panel that oversees Florida's public
university system has asked a federal judge to overturn part
of a 2006 state law that bans universities from spending
money to travel to Cuba and four other nations on the U.S.
terrorist list.
******
Paradise lost? Florida's population grew slower in the year
ending July 2007 than any year this decade, according to
Census Bureau data released this week. More retirees, long
the staple of Florida's growth, are looking elsewhere, scared
away by surging housing costs, including insurance and
property taxes.


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increasingly became the fault
line that determined where
people chose to live, which
schools they'd send their
children to, what level of
unemployment they'd likely
face and their odds of ending
up in one of this nation's
prisons and jails.

RACE AND POLITICS
As a result, race also became
a nagging subplot of the
nation's political discourse
S- and a restraint on the
aspirations of black politicians
who sought elected office
beyond the narrow confines of
the nation's few majority-black
jurisdictions.
In winning election in Illinois
to the U.S. Senate a state
that is just 15% Black -
Obama was able to bridge
this radial divide in 2004. In
winning the Democratic Party's
presidential selection contest
in Iowa, where Blacks are less
than 3% of the oooulation, he


might have shown us a way
to escape this nation's most
intractable problem.
"You know, they said this day
would never come," Obama
said during his victory speech
in Des Moines. "They said
our sights were set too high.
They said this country was too
divided, too disillusioned to
ever come together around a
common purpose. But on this
January night, at this defining
moment in history, you have
done what the cynics said we
couldn't do."

TRUE TO HIS ROOTS
Obama's words reflected his
ability to connect broadly with
black and white Americans.
This is what made his victory
in Iowa unprecedented. He won
the white vote without running
from his black roots. That's a
significant accomplishment.
Back in July, I asked Obama
whether he could lead a new
war on poverty given the
historic resistance of taxpayers
to funding these kinds of
programs. "I don't think you


can do it in isolation. You can't
solve the problem of poverty if
you're not speaking to the larger
anxieties that working people
and middle-class families feel
as well," he responded.
And that's his gift. Obama
looks at the problems of the
poor and he also sees the
misgivings and anxieties of the
middle class. He understands
the troubles of blacks, but
believes the solutions must be
pursued in cooperation with
whites not in defiance of
them.
I believe that in appealing
to people's hope, rather than
their fears, in talking a lot
more about the future than the
past, Obama might have found


ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT


a way to lead the nation out of /tdit (l / f
our racial divide.
"This was the moment C /
when we finally beat back the
policies of fear and doubts and Mrs. Estel Harvey Edwards
cynicism, the politics where we M. Eel aey ars
tear each other down instead of of Miami, Florida is pleased to
lifting this country up. ...Years an- nounce the engagement of
from now, you'll look back and her daughter, Dr. Susie Ozetta
you'll say that this was the Edwards, to Mr. Tony Anthony
moment, this was the. place Troxler of Greensboro, North
where America remembered Carolina. The bride is a Christian
what it means to hope," he
said on the nit o hiop" he Psychologist in private practice.
said on the night of his Iowa w
victory. The groom is the host of two
I don't know whether this Christian television programs
kind oftalkwill catapult Obama which air in North Carolina.
into the presidency, but I think The wedding will be on March
it will lead this nation to a 1, 2008 in Greensboro, North
future that is a lot better than Carolina.
its racially troubled past.


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Shaq needs hip treatment


Miami Heat center Shaquille
O'Neal flew to Los Angeles
on Monday to seek medical
treatment for a hip injury that
has sidelined him the past five
games.
O'Neal's departure two games
into a five-game road trip is the
latest setback for the injury-
plagued Heat.
He bruised his left hip Dec. 22
when he dived for a loose ball
and slid into the scorer's table
during a win against Utah. He
aggravated the injury in a Dec.
26 loss at Philadelphia and
hasn't played since.

The hip injury and a sore
left knee have contributed to
the least productive season of
O'Neal's 16-year career. He is
averaging 14 points and 7.8
rebounds in 29 games.
O'Neal had said he hoped to
return to the lineup Tuesday


when Miami takes on the
Minnesota Timberwolves.
Instead, he'll visit with medical
staff that'he's familiar with from
his days with the Lakers.
Injury layoffs have been
common for O'Neal in recent
years. He missed 39 games last
season when he underwent
left knee surgery. He sat out
21 games during the Heat's
2005-06 championship season
because of a sprained ankle and
sprained thumb.
His injury comes on the heels
of Alonzo Mourning's season-
ending injury and recent
injuries to Dwyane Wade,
Jason Williams and others
that have left the Heat with the
worst record in the .Eastern
Conference. The Heat (8-26) has
lost seven games in a row.
There is no word on
when O'Neal will rejoin his
teammates.


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BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY


Editor seeks 'essence' of mentoring our youths


By Julianne Malveaux
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1: Susan Taylor has
served as Essence
magazine's editor in
thief and editorial
director since 1981.
-When she returns
from South Africa
in mid-January, though, Taylor
says she will leave Essence to
devote her time to the National
Cares Mentoring Movement,
which she is building in


mentoring movement when her
Essence team responded to the
post-Katrina carnage in New
Orleans. They brought dollars
and hours to the troubled area
and, as they became immersed
in the needs of residents, they
launched Essence Cares to help
vulnerable youth and the poor
in that region.
Now Taylor will put her
full-time efforts into turning


Essence Cares into the National
Cares Mentoring Movement, in
concert with other groups such
as the National Urban League
and YWCA, to get "every able
black adult to take under wing
a vulnerable young person."
Taylor hopes to find key
partners who embrace the
challenge ofmentorship through
her movement. In Washington,
D.C., for example, Mentors


Inc. supports struggling high
school students and sends
them to college, fully armed
for challenges. The students
who transitioned from Mentors
Inc. to Bennett College, where I
am president, came with more
challenges, and also more
support, than many other
students.
Taylor's movement transcends
organizations such as Big


Brothers and Big Sisters to
work toward providing a helping
hand to every young person who
wants one. She operates from
Luke 12:48, "From everyone
who has been given much,
much will be required."
I hope Taylor's movement will
inspire others to let their backs
become the bridge that young
people can cross into the next
phase of their lives. In this new


year, some will embark on a
number of self-improvement
efforts. But there may be no
greater gift you can give to
yourself and to the world than
the gift of mentorship.
Julianne Malveaux is
president of Bennett College
for Women in Greensboro, N.C.,
and treasurer of the Recreation
Wish List Committee of
Washington, D.C.


SUSAN TAYLOR
Partnership with civic and civil
rights organizations. Why?
STaylor says she can see the
difference mentoring makes
in children's lives. She has
mentored a dozen or so young
eople, turning their lives
round. And Taylor says that
while public policy can change
he conditions of lives, there
is nothing like the personal
touch.
She's right.
Too many parents lack
the ability to negotiate the
educational system for their
kids. Some work so hard they
haven't had time to ask their
children about their dreams
for the future. Other young
people come from dysfunctional
homes where surviving, not
thriving, is the top priority. An
adult's attention can make an
enormous difference in their
opportunities for success.
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schools, and will have health teams in 50 more public schools by this
August reaching more than half the students in this country's fourth
largest school district.

SWe offered free home visits by family coaches to every first-time
mother and every teenage mother-to-be, seeking to give new families
the best, safest, and most nurturing start. More than 3,000 families will
be served this year.

We helped 1,700 children and family members to connect to an
affordable health care plan.

We provided 45,000 children with summer and after-school services.
That leads to higher academic achievement as well as improved
physical fitness and social skills.

We invested $11.3 million in programs for children with severe physical
disabilities and such developmental conditions as autism and ADHD.
With a 29 percent increase planned for this year, many more children
Will get the individual, professional attention they need to reach their
full potential.


We launched a t thc
and education programs. That' helps parents t6o matIhe& ost''
informed choices about what early child care and education centers
would be best for their children.

* We responded to 35,000 calls to our 211 Children's Trust Helpline,
connecting callers to the services they need for their children.

* We support more than 270 quality programs in 450 locations
throughout Miami-Dade that work to prevent abuse and neglect;
reduce delinquency and violence; and promote parental responsibility,
health, academic success and social and cultural enrichment for all our
children.


The Children'sTrust


To read The Children's Trust's complete 2007 annual report go to:

www.thechildrenstrust.org


The Children's Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in
Miami-Dade County by making strategic investments in their futures.


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Board of Directors


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
David Lawrence Jr., Chair
Dr. Wil J. Blechman, Vice Chair
Valria C. Screen, Secretary
Ben F.Gilbert Jr., Treasurer
Isabel Afanador
Maria A. Alonso
Hon. Norman S. Gerstein
Josee Gregoire
Dr. Steven E. Marcus
Dr. Judy Schaechter


BOARD MEMBERS
Dr. Nelson Adams
Yvette Aleman
Karen Aronowitz
George M. Burgess
Ivelisse Castro
Gilda Ferradaz
Luis A., Gazitua
(for Hon. Carlos Alvarez)
Charisse Grant
Sara B. Herald


Hon. Barbara Jordan
Dr. Martin Karp
Hon. Lester Langer
Pamela Lillard
Dr. Rosa Martin
Elliott Knofsky McCarthy
Dr. Luis Mir6n
Dr. Kamela Patton
(for Dr. Rudy Crew)
Rep. Juan Carlos "J.C." Planas
Hon. Isaac Salver


Gerald K. Schwartz
Dr. Jose Vicente
Chet Zerlin
(for Hon. Katherine Fernandez-Rundle)
Modesto E. Abety,
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Omegas present scholarship


On December 18, the Sigma
Alpha Chapter of the Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity, awarded
the first annual Lamplighter
Scholarship grant- to Joshua
Cohen, a .former Lamplighter
and freshman at Bethune
Cookman University. The award
was delayed until Christmas
break, because he had already
started freshman classes when
he was selected.
SThe late Samuel Brown was
a leader in the group. He was
diligent and successful in his
studies and active in his school
and community. He was always
helpful and revered by his
peers. He was a peacemaker
and that quality may have
contributed to his death by
gunshot wounds.
The purpose of this award
is to honor and perpetuate
the qualities exemplified by


the late Samuel Brown in the
youth that will follow him in
the Lamplighter Program. One
such young man is Joshua
Cohen, who was selected by the
Scholarship Committee of the
chapter to receive this honor.
Joshua earned the award for
his achievements in academics,
his community service, his
leadership in the Lamplighter
program and his outstanding
moral character. In addition,
Joshua is an excellent musician
who has studied the trumpet
for the past eight years. He is
a music major, and is currently
in the jazz and marching bands
in the BCU music program.
The chapter was pleased to
present Joshua with the $1,500
check and certificate in honor of
his excellent achievement. Mrs.
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any of the following Public Communications Consulting Services:
Advertising, Public Relations/ Outreach, and Market Research.
Firms may submit more than one Specialty Area. The Services
consists of, but is not limited to, marketing and advertising strate-
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Community Outreach and Public Relations initiatives, campaigns
and collateral material, public affairs programming, and production
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activities from concept development through the completion of a
project. MDX notifies all Bidders and individuals that it requires
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2008 by 2:00 P.M., Eastern Time. A Pre-Proposal Conference
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Learn many life long lessons

by reading Ephesians


This is week two of our study
on Ephesians 5, and we are
beginning with verse 3. Paul
admonishes the Ephesian
church (and us) not to be
sexually immoral. No matter
how you slice it or explain or try
to justify sexual misconduct,


immorality is not a good thing.
Some of the words that are
synonymous with immorality
are wickedness, sin, depravity,
iniquity, debauchery and
dishonesty. None of these
words are indicative of the
type of behavior in which a


Christian should be involved.
Paul said that this type of
behavior should not a part of
the lifestyle of the child of
God. We are also admonished
to not be impure or greedy.
Greed has brought many
people low. When I counsel
the inmates in prison to whom
I minister, I can see that
many crimes are committed
because of greed. Most people
do not steal because they have
nothing, but because they
want more than they do have.
In fact, most poor people seek
other means of provision. They
will seek help from churches,
or family members, or apply for


AIDS patients face downside of living longer


By JANE GROSS

CHICAGO John Holloway
received a diagnosis of AIDS
nearly two decades ago, when
the disease was a speedy death
sentence and treatment a distant
dream.
Yet at 59 he is alive, thanks to
a cocktail of drugs that changed
the course of an epidemic. But
with longevity has come a host of
unexpected medical conditions,
which challenge the prevailing
view of AIDS as a manageable,
chronic disease.
Mr. Holloway, who lives in a
housing complex designed for
the frail elderly, suffers from
complex health problems usually
associated with advanced age:
chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease, diabetes, kidney
failure, a bleeding ulcer, severe
depression, rectal cancer and
the lingering effects of a broken
hip.
Those illnesses, more severe
than his 84-year-old father's, are
not what Mr. Holloway expected
when lifesaving antiretroviral
drugs became the standard of
care in the mid-1990s.
The drugs gave Mr. Holloway
back his future.
But at what cost?
That is the question, heretical
to some, that is now being
voiced by scientists, doctors
anc pi ts encountering,
a consiaftibri' of ailments
showing up prematurely or
in disproportionate numbers
among the first wave of AIDS


survivors to reach late middle
age.
There have been only small,
inconclusive studies on the
causes of aging-related health
problems among AIDS patients.
Without definitive research,
which has just begun, that
second wave of suffering could
be a coincidence, although it is
hard to find anyone who thinks
so.
Instead, experts are
coming to believe that
the immune system
and organs of long-
term survivors took
an irreversible beating
before the advent of
lifesavingdrugsandthat
those very drugs then
produced additional
complications because
of their toxicity a
one-two punch.
"The sum total of
illnesses can become
overwhelming," said
Charles A. Emlet, an associate
professor at the University
of Washington at Tacoma
and a leading H.I.V. and
aging researcher, who sees
new collaborations between
specialists that will improve
care.
"AIDS is a very serious disease,
but longtime survivors have
come to grips with it," Dr. Emlet
continued, explaining that
while some patients experienced
unpleasant side effects from the
antiretrovirals, a vast majority
found a cocktail they could


tolerate. "Then all of a sudden has studied 1,000 long-term are a direct result of H.I.V. an
they are hombarded with a survivors in New York City, what role do H.I.V. meds play?" body," Mr.


and cardiovascular disease,
certain cancers, diabetes,
osteoporosis and depression.
The number of people 50 and
older living with H.I.V., the virus
that causes AIDS, has increased
77 percent from 2001 to 2005,
according to the federal Centers
for Disease Control, and they
now represent more than a
quarter of all cases in the United
States.
The most comprehensive
research has come from the
AIDS Community Research
Initiative of America, which


The Multi-Site AIDS Cohort
Study, or MACS, will directly
examine the intersection of
AIDS and aging over the next five
years. Dr. John Phair, a principal
investigator for the study,
which has health data from
both infected and uninfected
men, said "prolonged survival"
coupled with the "naturally
occurring health issues" of old
age raised pressing research
questions: "Which health issues
are a direct result of aging, which


IFn overwhelming
numbers, leaving few
survivors to study.
Those survivors, like
Mr. Holloway, gaunt from
chemotherapy and radiation
and mostly housebound, lurch
from crisis to crisis. Mr. Holloway
says his adjustment strategy is
simple: "Deal with it." Still he
notes, ruefully, that his father
has no medical complaints other
than arthritis, failing eyesight
and slight hearing loss.
"I look at how gracefully he's
aged, and I wish I understood


Holloway said
during a recent home visit from
his case manager at the Howard
Brown Health Center. here,; a
gay, lesbiai and transgender
organization. The case manager,
Lisa Katona, could soothe but
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Faith Christian Center will
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For more information, please
call 786-472-5975 ext. 2004.

God Word God Way Church of
God in Christ invites you to their
pastor's pre-appreciation 4 p.m.,
Sunday, Jan. 13. Forinformation
contact 786-326-3455.


New Christ Tabernacle
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13. For more information
contact Virginia Bostic at
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Church at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan.
25. For additional information,
please contact 305-759-8226.

Stewardship Revival, Jan.
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Sat., Jan 12 at Our Saviour
Lutheran Church from 12-4
p.m. For more information,
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government assistance. Life
may still be difficult financially
even with this aid, but most
poor people do not resort to
selling drugs, or stealing cars,
or breaking into someone's
home. These crimes are
usually committed by greedy
people. Extortion, blackmail
and fraud are committed by
people who want more money
or power than they have
already. Enough is no longer
enough. More is necessary,
and whatever means that it
takes to get more will be used.
You might not steal from
your neighbors or your job, but
even greed that is not acted


upon is a thought or mindset
that is not pleasing to God.
And we know that thoughts
can soon become desires and
these desires can give birth to
attitudes and behavior. If you
want more than you have, talk
to God about it. He is Jehovah
Jireh, our provider. Paul says
at the end of that verse that
sexual immorality, impurity
and greed have no place among
God's people. That means
simply don't do it!
We are also sometimes guilty
of being coarse or vulgar in our
speech. We should not tell or
listen to 'dirty jokes.' Do not
take part in conversations that


are disrespectful or demeaning
to others. Do not participate, or
show that these conversations
are appropriate. Paul said that
it is a certainty that immoral,
impure or greedy persons will
not inherit the Kingdom of God.
When a person is greedy, th en
they are idolaters, worshipping
these things that they covet,
instead of God. Remember
God is a jealous God. He will
not share His glory with a car
or house. Now don't get upset
and tear up the paper Paul, a
minister of God writing under
the influence of the Holy Spirit
said it! It's in the Word of God.
Don't kill the messenger!






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BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY


Commissioner Jordan celebrates with graduating fire cadets


Miami-Dade County
Commissioner Barbara J.
Jordan celebrated with the
first four cadets to complete the
Miami-Dade County Academy
of Fire Rescue (MDCAFR)
program at a graduation
ceremony on Friday at
Miami-Dade College's North
Campus. Anakcus Fortillus,
Jerry Barthelemy, Garrick
Prophete, and Charles
Francois began the first phase
of firefighting and Emergency
Medical Technician (EMT)
training while still in high
school. After graduation, the
four cadets continued their
studies and training at Miami
Dade College, where they
successfully completed the
State of Florida Firefighter
Certification.
"I am so proud of the
students, and of the program,"
said Jordan. "This is what we
work hard for having our
young people succeed and
take on careers that they can
be proud of."
The MDCAFR program was
launched at North Miami
Senior High School at the
beginning of the 2006-2007
school year. The program is a
joint venture between Miami-
Dade County, Miami-Dade
County Public Schools, and
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. The
resolution establishing the
public service academy was
introduced by Commissioner
Jordan and received
overwhelming support from
fellow commissioners. The
resolution, which was passed
unanimously, directs the
mayor to give employment


Fire cadets Anakcus Fortillus, Jerry Barthelemy, Garrick Prophete and Charles Francois stop for a photograph with Miami-
Dade Commissioner Barbara J..Jordan, District 1, at their graduation from firefighting and Emergency Medical Technician
training on Friday, December 14 at Miami-Dade College's North Campus.


preference, execute
appropriate agreements for
Academy education, training
and accreditation purposes
and to recommend budgetary
funding for this beneficial


program as part of the
annual budgetary process."
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue
worked with Miami-Dade
County Public Schools to
design this career academy


so that local high school
students can obtain
professional fire rescue
certifications and college
credits while completing
their high school education.


In addition to helping reduce
the number of high school
drop-outs, this program
guides qualified students
toward a valuable career
path and offers them


opportunities for higher
education.
The first phase of the
program begins with a three-
year high school academy
that is comprised of intensive
classroom instruction arid
practical task training in
additiontoregularhighschool
graduation requirements.
Another essential component
of this initial phase is the
introduction of the students
to an elevated level of
discipline that embraces the
paramilitaryphilosophyofthe
fire service. It also channels
students toward successful
careers. The second phase is
the continuation of training
and education after high
school graduation, including
the completion of Firefighter
II'and EMT certifications.
Phase three is the actual
entrance into the professional
firefighting job market.
Successful graduates of the
program are fully qualified
to seek employment with any
fire department in Florida.
Following the tremendous
success of MDCAFR's first
full year of implementation,
and with the support of the
County Commission and
Miami-Dade County Public
Schools, the program was
.expanded to include the
Miami Lakes Educational
Center for the 2007-2008
school year. In addition, a
number of schools including
Miami Northwestern, Miami
Southridge and Booker T.
Washington have indicated
their "operational readiness"
to participate next year.


Teenage drinking and anger a toxic mix


More than three-quarters of seniors say they have


experimented with alcoho

By Kathleen Fackelmann

High school seniors who
..- drink alcohol to cope with
aniger or other problems already
show a risky pattern of alcohol
use that could continue later
in life, a study reports.
More than three-quarters
of seniors say they have
experimented with alcohol,
so the findings may not help
prevent alcohol use in high
school, says researcher Lori
Palen of Pennsylvania State
University. But such research
might help identify high-risk
teens before they develop
a severe problem, says Zili


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January 20 at 11 a.m. and
Monday, January 21 through
Friday, January 25, 7:30 p.m.
nightly.
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Come and be blessed.
For information call
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Sloboda of the, international
Society for Prevention
Research.
The findings in the December
issue of the'journal Prevention
Science raise important
questions for parents, especially
during the holidays, Sloboda
says. Some believe teen drinking
is OK with adult supervision.
But parents may not realize the
teen brain is not fully developed
and is especially vulnerable to
alcohol's effects, she says.
Palen and her colleagues
studied 1,877highschoolseniors
nationwide; 32% said they
drank mostly for the thrill of it,
and 15% said they used alcohol


to relax. Another 36% said they
drank just to experiment. Teens
might experiment with all kinds
of things, including alcohol,
but they're not necessarily
developing worrisome habits
such as daytime drinking,
Palen says.
SA smaller group, 18%, said
they drank for multiple reasons,
including an inability to deal
with frustration or anger. This
group did show problematic
behavior around alcohol: They
were more likely to get drunk
during the day, possibly during
school hours. They also said
they got drunk frequently;
many had started to drink by
sixth grade.
"There are a number of
kids who start using alcohol
early and use alcohol to deal


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with psychologial problems,"
Sloboda says. Such teens
might not listen to prevention
messages that stress .the
dangers of alcohol. .But
these same kids might stop
risky drinking habits or stop ,M=
drinking altogether if taught
more effective ways to handle
frustrations, she says.

El N 1 ,


- MIAMI LANDMARK -


The Reverend Clergy, Parish Wardens, Vestry and Saint Agnes' Episcopal Church
Family, cordially invite your presence and prayers for the
110th Anniversary Celebration of its Founding.

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES AND WORSHIP


FRIDAY, JANUARY 11TH-14TH: PATRONAL CRUISE TO THE BAHAMAS

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Hosanna Community
Baptist Church
2171 N.W. 56th Street
305-637-4404 Fa:-3105-63" 7 4474
Order of Services:
Sunday Schod .............945 am.
Htashp,.......l1ium.
Bible Stud. TInsday ...-3) pm.
Youth vinimsly M.la-VtiL
6 pni.


New Vision For Christ
Ministries
13650 N.E. 101 Avenue
305-899-7224
Order of Services:
Eady Sunday Worship., 7:30 a.m.
Sunday Scool ................930 am.
SuxiWy MoLmng whip..... a.
Suibay Evening Sevice ...6 p.m.
Tuesday rayer Melitg ...7:) p.m.
Wednesday ble Study .7:30 p.m.
S"Nol Jiilm a Chulrch But a Movememt"


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O3 Street Community
Missionary Baptist Church
2330 N.W. 93rd Street
305-836-0942
Order of Services
7.3 0a.m. Ealy Mmnlg WorfiVOip
11 a.m...Moning Worship
Evening Worship
Ist & 3rd Stulay ...... 6 pin
Ti.esday Bible Sudy. :7 pm.
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Ebenezer United
Methodist Church
2001 N.W 35th Street
.305-635-7413
Order of Services:
Sunday Morning Services
7:45 a.m. 11:15 am.
Smday n Schxo 9:45 a.m
Bible StlKly Tuesdayl
10 a.m. & 7 p.m.
Prayer Meeting Tues. 6 p.m.





Logos Baptist Church
16305 NW 48th Ave.
305-430-9383

order of Servites
Sunday
Moming WorsihiM at 8 & 11 a.mn.
Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.
Thursday
Bible Study 7 p m.
Saturday
No Sernice


C -biii of Brownsville
2799 NW .46th Street
305-634-6721 Fax: 305-635-8355
Order of Services
Worship Service Sumnly Morniin
S 10am Worship Service (tsl Snltay only)
7:30& 1 im. i (d2. d, till a ) Sil.1 s
CluIrc i Sciool SOoai.s 1s Smday only
770N. n h dl AvlnttSc lte.3dl.tlth)
MidWeek Service Wdestay';
Prayer I lelinog, 7:30 am
SHCi. of pcmer ,irinDp-y Prayii r 12-. p.n.
SmBible Sudy, 8:15 y'm.




aith Evangelistic Praise &
Worship Center, Int.
7770 NW. 23rd Avenue
305-691-3865 Fax: 305-624-9065
Order of Services
Stlaxy Scthool......... 30 a.ln.
Siml. MLming wlombiip ...1..1. a.n.
Ies Rnay.m Ihool... .. 61)
School of sdom ........... 6:30 p.m.
H ealing & Dliveianm S-v..7:3)0 pm.
iW .iSat. Maimna (iay )........5 aI.m.
Friday Youth Niht ................7 pin.




Mt. Calvary Missionary
Baptist Church
140 Dr. Main Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
305-759-8226 Fax: 305-759-0528

Order of Services:
Mon. thrnFri. Noon Day Prayer
Bible Study...Thurs.....7 p.m.
Sudlav Worship...7-11 .a.m.
Sunday School.......9:30 a.m.


New Birth Baptist Church, The Cathedral
of Faith International


2300 NW 135th Street
Order of Services
Sunday Worship 7 a.m., 11
a.m.. 7 p.m.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday (Bible Study) 6:45p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study
10:45 a.m.


St. Luke Missionary Baptist
1790 N.W 55th Street
305-696-7322

Order of Services:
Farly Morning Wodship.7:30a.m.
Sumday School .........9:30a.m.
Monming Worship.....11 a.m.
WEDNESDAY
Prayer Meeting ............7:30 p.m.
Bible Study ..................8 p.m.
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1 (800) 254-NBBC
305-685-3700
Fax: 305-685-0705
ww'w.newbirthbaptstm lain i.org


St. Mark Missionary
Baptist Church
1470 N.W. 87th Street
305-691-8861
(Order of Services:
Sunday 7:30 nd I I ml .
Worship Selvice
9:30 a ......... Slidy School
Tuesday........7 p.m Bible Stdy
8 p.m.....Prayer Meeting
Monday. Wedlnesday. Fnday
S12 p.m ....... ay Prayer


U /i.L A v. IV. I)U. 'Vt 0llt
305-836-1224
Order of Services
New tine for T.V. Program
FOR HOPE I: FOR TODAY
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Wed. Inliier isso Iy ayerCm. 121
Morning Srvic I a. in.
Sill Ee. W shi........ .
Tues. I' Prnyer Meling...... ?. 0 pnm.i
Fa. Bible Study.. :30 p.




First Baptist Missionary
Baptist Church of Brownsville
4600 N.W. 23rd Avenue
305-635-8053 Fax: 305-635-0026
Order or Seryices:
Sunday................ 730 11 am,
Sundaysc Sc il ............ to a.ln.
Thursday ..... ....7 p.m. Bible Study,
Plnsyer Meeting, i Ti U,
Baptism '1'hu before
First Sun..? p.111,
(Conllnnioln First Stll.......
7:30 &B I 3.n,.




Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church
15250 N.W. 22nd Avenue
305-681-3300
O()rder of Services
Stinjay
4Clilh- ll Scliool ............. :30 :l.lt.
\-Worstiip Sen 'cre .............i a.lll
Monday
l ias le Sludi y 0 p.ll
Wednesday
Patyer Mteimng 7 p.m.
"Titm is a place /o wit"



Peaceful Zion Missionary'
Baptist Church
2400 N.W. 68' Sl.reetl, Miami, FL33147
(305) 836-1495
Order of Services:
lE'arly Morning Services
Sunday School ..........9:45 am
Morning Service .....11:00 am
Commuliniol Service
(Ch,'s,. before 1" Sunda;) 7:30 pm
Prayer Meeting/lible Study
m (Wedtnesdcy) 7:30 pmn



Temple Missionary
Baptist Church
1723 N.W. 3"' Avenue
Church 305-573-3714
Fax 305-573-4060*Fax 30S-255-8S144
OIrdkr or Serviues:
Sundat y School........... 9:45 .in,
81 nMornng Servs ;... 1 1.m
4' SL n ,. ,BTU. ..1:30-2:30 p.m.
Tullesday...Bible Sludy
Feeding Ministry ,. 0n.111.
Nved Bible Sludy4Player.(30 Imn
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Bethel Apostolic Temple, Inc.
1855 N.W 119th Street
305-688-1612
Fax: 305-681-8719
Order of Servkesi
Stm...930 a.m....(Siuday School)
Walk in the Wordl ninisurv
Worship Service .............11 a.m.
Tuesday....7 p.r...Family Night
Wed..l 11 a.m..Intercessory prayer
\dI. Bible Class .......12 pm
Wed. Bible ClasS..............7 p.m.




/Friendship Missionary
Baptist Church
_www..f ri si p niLmh m h .ong
fticndshiilpraverbellsoiiuth.cti
740 N .58th Street
Miiani, 1
305-759-8875
Order (W stes
Hour Pyecr ........:30 a.m.
Houroof n 630
Early Momning Wrship. .7:30 a.n.
Sunday School ....30 am.
SMotniii WoNriiaj........... II a.1
Youth Mihlntiy Stneid....Wed,... 7 p.n.
i iy.eiBibclc Snldy....We.,...? p.nm.
SN o )n yil ,liar3 a yhw l c r...(M ,.
FceAditli tihe Hliltuy a'eiy
We



New Day "N" Christ
Deliverance Ministries
3055 N.W. 76tI Street, 33147
Message Ctr.: 305-836-7815

Order of Services:
Sundays- Church School ........ 10 it .
Wonltip Sevice.............. 11:15 am.i
Tulsdnays Bible Cl;na ......... 7 p.m.
41h iSunday Eveniniig Worship.........4 p.m.


S Brownsville .c>
Church of Christ
4561 N.W. 33rd Court
305-634-48S0/Fax & Messages
305-634-6604
Order of Services
SLord Day Sunday Sciool.......'45amn
SStmday Morning Worship .....11 am
Sutiday Meas Bible Study .....5 p.m.
Suiday Ladies Bile Study....5 p.m
Sunday Evening WAotip ...6 p.m
STuessdy NiJgli Bille Stlldy ...730pml
llins T day otrnning'Bibe Cnass I1 a.m.
S'anspioratmin aftiable Can:
J056"34.488 30,56i96958


Jordan Grove Missionary
Baptist Church
5946 N.W. 121Ave.
305-751-9323
Order of Services:
Early Worship ..............7 a.m.
Sunday School............. 9 a.m.
NBC ..................t. l05 a.m.i
WICA Ip ....................... 11 am.
hip ........................4 p.
Mission and Bible Classn
| liTuesday ..............6:30 p.m.
Mody........J.............&:30 p.m.J


New Harvest Missionary
Baptist Church.
12145 N.W. 27th Avenue

305-681-3500

Order of services:
Early Mornling Worship... 1s & 3d SUI
Mon Rl Woihmip .............1010 a.m
Tues. hi-sght Minislhim .............. i p.i
Pryer Sevice................ : p.m
Bi S dy................................. 8 p.
tCali tll Sclo o ..................9 a.m.
n M WIM...I .....MI MMlE1 /


' Pembroke Park Church of Christ
3707 SW. 56th Avenue Hollywood, FL 33023
(Office) 954-962-9327 (Fax) 954-962-3396
Order of Services
Sunday
Bible Study ............. 9 a.m. "** Morning Worship ............. 10 a.m.
Evening Worship .............. 6:p.m.
Wedneesdlay....General Bible Study ..... 7:30 p.m.
TV Program Tuesday, 8:30 .m. 9 a.m.
Comcast Channels: 8, 19,21,22,23,30 & 37/Local Channels: 21 & 22
wVni' p;ige: wwvpenlimrokel;rkchutricilochliriisi.cmin Email: pelnm'kopjllrkcoa 'belat'isouti ntl i
WA L9108898


Word of Faith
Christian Center
2370 N.W. 87"' Street
305-836-9081

Order of Services:
Siallday Morning Selvices
Sunday School............. Io0 n.m
Worship Seivice ...... in... II Ia.m.
Tiasday Ba ile Slody.. ..8 piln
rhiiri'iiy I layer Sia "ice,.., .8 p.ji


/ Word of Truth
1755 N.W. 78'" Street
305-691-4081
Fax: 305-694-9105

SOrider of Services:
13bIle Study Wed .............. 8 p.m.
Suila ly School ............. 10 aml.
Stlt. Worship S .......11:30 iun,
Wed. Nighl Iitercessory PrayeP r
rl ay 730 w o hip 11si 0
Sinllal. oiVlip Snmcisu icll lpmi


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Mlm n A.ME. Church
f7800'NW 25th Ave.
vw.mthermnonworshipcentr.org
30-621-5067 Fax:305-623-3104
Order of Services:

7 aim. & 10 a0m.
Church SchotK: & 30 a.m.
Wednesday
Pastor s Noan Day Bible Study
Bible Institute, 6:30 p.m.
Mid-week Worship 7:30 p.m.


fLiberty City Church
of Christ
1263 N.W 67th Street
305-836-4555
Order of Services:


Sunday Morning ...........8 aim.
Sunday School.............10 a.m
Sunday Evening .............6 p.m.
on. Excellence ........7:30 p.m.
Tue. Bible Class .........7:30 p.m.
Thins. Fellow ip .........10 am.
1st Sun. Song Practice ..6 p.m.


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New Shiloh M.B. Church
1350 N.W.95' Street
305-83s-8280 Fax# 305-696-6220
Church Schedule:

IEardy Morning Wotkaip 7:30 am.
Sun. Church School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship .....11 a.m.
Tu clay Bible Class 7 p.m.
'ir s, bfor te e 1t Sun..... p.m
Mid-week Worship




/St. John Baptist Church
1328 N.W. 3" Avenue
305-372-3877 305-371-3821
Order of Services:
Early Sunday
I Monin Woship .. ..7:30 a.m.
Sunday School ..........9:30 a.m.
SMoning Worship ...11 a.m.
mr e''for BRaptist Churhes
(I B.T.U.) 5 p.m.
SMeeting ........(Tues.) 7 p.m.




Zion Hope
Missionary Baptist
5129 N.W 17th Ave.
305-696-4341 Fax: 305-696-231)1
Order of Services:
Sunday Scluxil .............9:30 a.m.
Mlominu iP'aisetc.Vorship .11 a.nu
evening x-ship at 6 pm.
Prayecr Meeting &PA Bible Study
L 'Tuesday 7 p.m.
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15B THE MIAMI TIMES, JANUARY 9-15, 2008


BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY


Jay's .
JAMES RICHARDSON, SR, 76
of Perrine died
Dec. 31. 2008 at
home. Funeral
services will be
held Saturday,
12 noon at Per-
rine Church of
Christ Written in
Heaven.

GEORGE MATHIS, 80, of Miami
died Dec. 29 at
St. Ann's Nurs-
ing Home. Fu-
neral Service
were held.





CARLA DANIELS, 42, of Goulds
died December
27 at South Mi-
ami Hospital.
Memorial ser-
vices were held.





LUCILLE ANDERSON 80, Died
Dec. 20 in Nas-
sau, Bahamas.
Funeral services
were held.





EDDIE JACKSON, 51, died Jan.
7 "at Jackson
South Commu-
nity Hospital.
Funeral services
will be held Sat-
urday, 11 a.m.
at Jay's Funeral
Home Chapel.


ROBERT BARNES, 82, died Jan-
uary 5 at home.
Funeral services
'2 4.be held- Sat-
urday, 3 p.m. at
_--jay's Funeral
Home Chapel.


JOSHUA MERRIT, 36. died Jan. 4.
Funeral services
will be held Sat-
urday, 11 a,m.
Goulds church
of Christ.


Frank Williams, Jr. 48, died Jan
3 at home. Fu-

will be held Sat-
urday 2 p.m. at
Jordan Grove
Missionary Bap-
tist Church.



JAMES JOHNSON, 83 died Janu-
ary 1 at Gra-
mercy Nursing
Home. Funeral
services were
held.




CARLTON GRANT, 68, if Perrine
died Dec. 27 at Jackson South
Community Hospital. The body will
be shipped to St. Ann's, Jamaica
for final rites and burial.


ROSA MEDINA, 49, died Decem-
ber 31 at Baptist Hospital. Funeral
services were held.


MARY MAJOR, 30 died January
2 at Jackson South Community
Hospital. Funeral services are in-
complete.


JEFFERY MATHIS 40, died De-
cember 30 at Unity Health Nurs-
ing Home. Funeral services were
held.

E.A Stephens -
OTIS "OB" BYRON, 55, died Jan.
4 at Aventura Hospital. Service 11
a.m., Jan. 12 at St. James Baptist
Church, Coconut Grove.


RoyaLg Poitierf- Wright & Youngq Wright & Young-Z


ETHEL LONDY, 99 Jan. 2.
Funeral service
will be Saturday
10 a.m. at New
Way Fellowship
Praise and
Worship Center.
Visitation will
be Friday 4 to 9
p.m.

LAQUAN MIGHTY, 8 died Jan. 4.
Funeral service
will be Saturday
10 a.m. at
Sierra Norwood
Calvary Baptist
Church. K7
Visitation will
be Friday 4 to 9
p.m.

JEROME POLLOCK, 44, died Jan.
5. Arrangements are pending.

JOE FOOTS, 69, died Jan.
3. Funeral
service will be
Saturday 11
a.m. at Freewill
Baptist Church.
Visitation will
be Friday 4 to 9
p.m.


EULALEE KILBURN, 78. died
Dec. 30. Final rites and burial will
be in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

FITZ LAKE, 66, died Jan 2.
Funeral service will be Saturday 11
a.m. at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's
Witnesses. Visitation will be Friday
4 to 9 p.m.

KYANA GARCIA, 28, died Jan. 6.
Arrangements are pending.

WILY LOISEAU, 21 died Jan. 1.
Funeral service will be Thursday
9 a.. at Mt. Pisgah Seventh Day
Adventist Church. Visitation will be
Wednesday 4 to 9 p.m.

MARY GOWANS, 79, died
December 22. Funeral service
will be Wednesday 11 a.m. in the
Chapel. Final rites and burial will
be in London, England.

JAMES ISAAC FELTON
MAITLAND, 17,
died January 5.
Funeral service
will be Saturday
11 a.m. at
Kingdom Hall
Sof Jehovah's
Witnesses.
Visitation will be
Friday 4 to 9 p.m.



Range -
MAYME LENORE BONDU, 84,
Entreprenurer
for MighTee
FlighTee, Inc.
died January
1, 2008. She
is survived
by her four
granddaughters,
Tami Martin,
Daphne Bondu,
Deidre Bondu, and Moniette
Bondu; a Grandson, Darien Ford;
eight Great-grandchildren; and
two Great-great-grandchildren; a
host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral Services will be held
Monday January 14, 2007 11:00am
at Range Chapel.


Range Coconut Grove
RUBY E. BROWN, 74, Registered
Nurse died
December 29,
2007. She is
survived by her
two Brothers,
Clarence
W Dasher
Jr.(Delores)
and William H.
Dasher(Louise);
a host of nieces, nephews, other
relatives and friends. Funeral
services will be held Friday,
January 11, 2007 1:00 p.m. at
Coconut Grove Chapel.


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KENNETH THOMAS WILLIAMS,
84, property
owner, died
Dec. 31, 2008
at Memorial
Ho s p i t a I .
Viewing will be
held Thursday
at the Church
of Open Door 6
p.m.. to 8 p.m. Service will be held
Friday at 12 noon.

WILLARD ARLINGTON
TOLLIVER, 71,
retired school
teacher/ funeral
director, died
January 4 at
Plantation
General
H o s p i t a I .
Service will be
held Saturday at
Jordan Grove Missionary Baptist
Church at 10 a.m.

ULYSSES J. HAYWARD, 78,
custodian, for
Dade-County
Schools,
died Jan. 3
at Northside
Medical Center.
Service will be.
held Saturday at
New Anointing
Prayer Ministries at 11 a.m.

LEROY RAFFIELD PINDER, 82,
barber, died Jan
6 at St. Ann's
Nursig Home.
Service will be
held Saturday
at Bethel Baptist
Church at 12
noon.


JOHNNIE MAE
housewife,
died January
4 at Jackso
Me m o ri al
Hopital. Service
will be held
Saturday, at St.
Luke Cousin
A.M.E. Church
at 2 p.m.


PAUL, 75,


MARIA CARIDAD VERDERON,
42, homemaker,
died Jan. 2.
Viewing will be
held Friday at
Poitier Funeral
Home Chapel.




JESSIE LEE COOLEY, 53,
housekeeping for Jackson
Memorial Hospital. Service will be
held Saturday in the chapel.

OSCAR LEE HOUSER 47,
Disabled died January 3 at
Northshore Medical Center.
Remains will be shipped to
Cordele, Georgia for final rites
and burial.

LEROY IVERY, 84, blue collar
laborer, died
Dec. 23, 2007.
Service were
held.





KEREN ELAINE BLATCH,
51, counselor for Dade-County
Schools, died Dec. 29 at Aventura
Hospital Service were held.

WILLIE RILEY, 79, City of Miami
Beach, died
December 28
at Jackson
MemorialI
Hospital .
Service were
held.



BEULAH LUCILLE COOPER,
67, childcare
provider, died
Dec. 29 at
Northshore
Medical Qenter.
Service were
held


NATHEN J. FELDER, 55, security,
died January
3 at Jackson
Memorial
Hospital.
Survivors
include: brother,
James Felder
and Edgar
Felder; and
sisters, Dianne
Payne, Florice Williams and Jackie
Bolden. Service Saturday, 10 a.m.
at Wright and Young Funeral
Home Chapel.


CHARLTON HESTON
PERKINS, 50,
longshoreman,
died December
30, 2007 at
North Shore
Medical Center.
Survivors
include: mother,
Majorie Perkins;
wife, Annie
Perkins; and a host cousins and
friends. Service Saturday, 1 p.m.
in the chapel.


PATRICE MICHELLE THOMAS,
18, student, died January 4
at Jackson
Memorial
Hospital .
Survivors
include:
mother, Angela
Stephens;
father, John
Lee Thomas;
sister, Keondra
Stephens; and grandmother
Gertrude Stephens.. Saturday, 10
a.m. at Mt. Calvary Missionary
Baptist Church.


JOSEPH E. CLARKE, 80,
electrician, died January 5 at 1333
NW 75th Street.
Survivors
include: sons,
Elden Joseph
Clarke, Vincent,
Dedrick and
Clau ide;
daughters,
Pamela Pope,
Marg aret
Campbell, .Prudence Williams
and Venita Saunders; and sisters,
Ruby Robinson and Hazel Jones.
Visitation Friday, 4 9 p.m. at the
church. Service Saturday, 1 p.m.
at Miracle Valley Praise Center.


EMMAP. REESE,72, housekeeper,
died January 1, 2008 at Memorial
Pembroke.
Su rvivDors
include:
husband,
Deamus
Reese; sons,
Wayne, Jerry,
Melvin, Avery,
Ronald and
Cerey Reese;
daughter, Emma Reese; brothers,
Ellis Pugh Sr.; and sister, Letha
Butler. Services were held.

LAWRENCE FRANKLIN MARTIN
Sr., 55, died January 6 at North
Shore Hospital.
Survivors
i n c I u d e,:
dau g h ter,
Angela; son,
Lawrence Jr.;
brothers, Calvin
Howell, Alp
Martin (Louise),
James Jones
Jr. (Evon) and Clifford; sisters,
Arletha Parker, Lois Henry and
Angela Jones; grands, Carlos
Ceartis Jenkins Jr., Tanaka
Bryan, Diamond Martin, Tiana
Hutchinson, Ta'shi Martin and
Tisihia. Service Saturday at 93rd
Street Community Baptist Church.

LASHON REED, 33, homemaker,
died December31,2007. Survivors
include: father, Eddie Lee Reed;

Reed; sons,
Stafford Reed
RogerStephens
Jr. and Roderick
Stephens;
and brothers,


Daryl Reed
and Clarence
Brooks.
Services were held.
DOLLIE MAE BRITTEN, 72,
cashier, died January 4 atAventura


Hospital. Survivors include:
sons, Johnny
Lee Britton,
Samuel and
Johnny Britten
Jr.; daughters,
Catherine
Longstreet
and Vickie
Coker; sister,
Beulah Mae
Davis; 12 grandchildren, 11 great
grandchildren and 5 great great-
grandchildren. Service Saturday,
10 a.m. at Mt. Carmel Missionary
Baptist Church.


WAPLE E. NEDD, 71, business
entrepreneur, died January 5
at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Survivors include: husband,
Kenneth Nedd Sr.; sons, Kenneth
Nedd Jr., Kester Nedd and Khan
Nedd; brothers, Leslie Brown and
Raymond; and sisters, Shirley
Brown, Majorie Edwards, Theresa
Brown and Geraldine Brown.
Arrangements are incomplete.


NORRIS MILLER, 72, sanitation
worker, died January 5 at Vitas
North Shore. Survivors include:
wife, Geraldine;
children, Sheila
Washington,
M a r k
Washington,
Seasil Miller,
Velma Miller,
Dexte r
Fitzpatrick,
Jimmie Fitzpatrick and Cynthia
Stallworth. Visitation Friday, 4
- 9 p.m.. at the church. Service
Saturday, 2 p.m. at Westview
Baptist Church.

JOHNNIE LEE FISHER, 86, died
in South Carolina December 30,
2007. Survivors
include: wife,
Daisey Fisher;
children,
Johnnie Fisher,
Jr., Richard
Fisher (Melody)
of Tampa,
Florida, Juanita
Adderl, Betty Smith (Rudell),
Rubble Pittman (Wayne), Jerome
Fisher; brothers, Samuel Fisher
(Bertha Mae) of Miami, Florida
and J.T. Fisher of New Jersey;
and sisters, Gladys Devoe of
Miami, Florida and Leona Collins
of Bartow, Florida. Services were
held.


BILLE MAE MEEKS, 70,
homemaker, died January 3 at
home. Survivors
included
daughter,
Norlean Bell;
husband,
Morris Bell;
grandchildren,
Tonya Evans,
Oneil Smith,
William Smith and Rose Marhsall;
and great-grandchildren,
Krashonda Eiland, Donny
Anderson, Shaynae, Anderson,
Tremel Laines, Takeira Laines,
Onell Smith Jr., Kanisky Evans Jr.,
KeJuan Evans, Ka'Neidra Evans
and Ka'Nasia Evans. Service
Saturday, 2:30 p.m. in the chapel.


Hadley's <
GARY DONNELL SMITH, 45, died
Jan. 2. Service
Saturday, Jan.
12 at 1 p.m. in
the chapel.





NATASHA CALIXTE, 14, student
at Westview, died Dec. 24. Service
was held.


Rock of Ages/

HATTIE MAE BROWN, 69, died


Jan. 7 at Cedars
Hospital. Ser-d
vice Saturday in
the chapel.


Gregg L. MasonAJ
GEORGE ANTHONY
DESMANGLES,
32, died in
Alaska. Survivors
include: wife,
Krystal Dawn
Adams-
Desmangles;
four children:
Sateeva,
Nahcya, Jabsay and Sophia;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert/
Marlene Desmangles; and a host
of other family members and
friends. Service 11 a.m., Saturday
in the chapel.

DELIUS PIERRE, 68, porter for
Claridge House Nursing Home,
died Jan. 7 at Jackson North
Medical Center. Arrangements are
incomplete.

Carey Royal Ram n
DANA MAE WASHINGTON,
40, died Jan.
2 at Jackson
Memorial
Hospital .
Services 1
p.m., Saturday
at Trinity CME
Church.

KHAMAR JOHAN SAIF, 60,
died Jan. 5 at Memorial Hospital-
Miramar. Service was held.

ALICE LOUISE THORNTON,
53, died Jan.
5 at home.
Service 10 a.m.,
Saturday at
Temple Baptist
Church.




Hall Ferguson Hewitt
TAMEVIA WILLIAMS, 28, security
guard, died
Jan. 5 at North
Shore Medical
Center. Service
10 a.m., Jan. 12
at- First Baptist
of Brownsville.


MCKINLEY "MIKE" BOONE, 51,
security guard,
died Dec. 31
at North Shore
Medical Center.
Service 11 a.m.,
Jan. 12 in the
chapel.


LULA BUSH, 80, Dade County
employee, died
Jan. 5 at Miami
Heart Institution.
Service
Saturday, Jan.
12 at First
Baptist of
Brownsville,
TBA.


LIZZIE LEONARD,
died Jan. 4 at
home. Service 1
p.m., Saturday,
ja. 12 at Mt.
Carmel MBC. I


administrator,


Nakia Ingraham
HENRY CLARKE, died on Dec.
30. Service Jan. 10 in chapel at 12
noon.

PETER MAVROU, 71, died Jan. 4.
Service will be in Ontario Canada.

BABY BOY ADAMS, died Jan. 5.
Service Saturday, Jan. 12 at New
Life Ministries at 11 a.m.

GEORGE SAMUEL, 71, Service
was held.

TERRANCE HUTCHINSON, 26.
Service was held.


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BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY


16B THE MIAMI TIMES, JANUARY 9-15, 2008


Pastor's appreciation at Divine Grace and Mercy Intl. Ministry


There's many things that could
be said about Dr. Anderson;
some good, some bad, and some
very, very good; so let's talk
about some of the things that
he has done, before he became a
doctor or a pastor. He had to go
through a spiritual transition,
because he had problems.
He was also running from his
calling. He was having a fight
for his life. He was a victim, like
so many others, of substance
abuses. After many years
of using drugs-and in 1992
having lost the most important
person in his life; his mother,
Evangelist, Mother Lessie Mae
Jackson.
Larry, having being raised
in a loving Christian home, he
knew the Bible and knew also
that there was a calling on his
life.
From early childhood he was
called to preach, and preach he
would.


DR. LARRY G. ANDERSON
PASTOR
However, living a life of sin
was very hard on him; with him
doing the things that he did he
also knew that his God was not
pleased with him.
In 1980, Dr. Anderson was
called to the ministry. He was


very active at Sweetfield Baptist
Church in Coconut Grove.
Then he joined Crusade for
Christ Temple, where he was
first ordained as a young
minister.
In the 1984 he left CFCT and
went back into the world. He
remained out of the church for
three years.
He later returned to church
when he relocated to Coconut
Grove and joined the Wells
Temple COGIC after another
two more years of fighting the
addition of drugs.
Dr. Anderson went into
rehabilitation and by the grace
of God that has been 10 years
ago.
Today he is saved, and anointed
by God; a battle through God he
won, praise God!
He went back to Wells Temple
and became the assistant
pastor until April, 2005 when
God called him to pastor.


After receiving his calling
he enrolled at Jacksonville
Theological Seminary and
Revelation Message Bible
College where he received four
Degrees.
Upon his graduation Divine
Grace and Mercy Intl. Ministry
was organized.
Dr. Anderson we thank God
for you, and all that you have
done.
Not only for your church
family, but for everyone that
you have help while on your
Christian journey. We love you
and pray that God continue
to bless and keep you. Your
Ministry, your family and your
home. By Sis. Ella Mae Bly of
Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Appreciation service for Dr.
Anderson will be held January
14 through January 20 at 8033
Biscayne Boulevard. Everyone
is welcome to come out and
celebrate our pastor with us.,


Pastor orders men in his congregation to see their doctors


ORDERS
continued from 12B

Convention of South Carolina,
a predominantly black
denomination, announced a
partnership with the state to
educate people about disease
prevention and healthy living.
In Colorado, Denver's
Center for African-American
Health works with about 80
Black churches to increase


awareness among parishioners
about preventing diabetes,
heart problems and other
chronic diseases.
"When the message comes
from the church and the
pastor, it comes with a very
important push behind it and
people do tend to trust that
message," said Dr. Michelle
Gourdine, a member of Union
Bethel African Methodist
Episcopal Church and the


deputy secretary of health for
Maryland. The 1,300-member
church in Randallstown, Md.,
offers annual programs on
reducing cholesterol and high-
blood pressure and runs a
10-week exercise class for just
$10.
Fear of being perceived
as weak keeps some Black
men from seeing doctors, as
does historical distrust of the
profession. Concerns about


the cost of medical care also
play a part. A 2004 survey by
the Ohio Department of Health
found that more than one in
four black men in Ohio were
uninsured, compared with fewer
than one in five white men.
'We don't generally seek
out health care unless we
become incapacitated," said
Dr. Augustus Parker, a Black
physician and a member of New
Salem.


Carol Hardemon retires from Miami Dade Parks
After 38 years, Carol is
bidding the Miami Dade Park
and Recreation adieu. Carol
leaves a great legacy in the
department,having work
tirelessly with the youth Track
and Field program. Carol co-
founded the Metro-Dade Track
Club (formerly the CYC Track
Club).
Carol's personal and
professional accomplishments
are numerous and we invite you
to join us on Friday, January
18, 11 a.m. at Amelia Earhart
Park Corporate Shelter as we
celebrate this milestone with
her.
Contact Sandy Williams
at 305-820-8557 for more
information. CAROL HARDEMON


'God's Temple dedication services'

at 93rd Community Baptist Church

January 15 through 17 at 7
p.m. nightly.
Tuesday, January 15, Reverend
D. L. Powell, New Shiloh Baptist.
Wednesday, January 16,
Bishop Randall Holts, New Hope
Baptist.
Thursday, January 17,
Reverend Henry Green, Mt.
Hermon Baptist.
The entire community is invited
to come to the temple and hear a
word at 93rd.
For more information, please
call 305-836-0942.


Card of Thanks
We, the family of,


AMELIA SELDON would like
to thank everyone for their calls,
prayers, visits, kind words, flow-
ers and support dur-ing our time
of sorrow.
Special thanks to Reverend
Rose-Greater Fellowship Mission-
ary Baptist Church family, Rever-
end Wise-Mt.,Pleasant Missionary
Baptist Church family and Zign
Hope Missionary Baptist Church.
We pray that God continues to
bless'and keep you in His care.
The family


CRAIG B. BUFFINGTON,
45, formerly of Miami, FL and
a 1980 graduate of Miami
Northwestern Sr. High died
Jan. 3, 2008, in Washington,
DC, where he resided sub-
sequent to graduating from
Hampton Inst. in Virginia.
Arrangements by Free-
man Funeral Services, 4594
Beach Road, Temphills, MD
20748, tel: 301-
316-3733. Services Jan.
10, 2008 at Spirit of Faith
Christian Ctr.

In Memoriam
In loving memory of,


In Memoriam
In loving memory of,


REV. MATT J. CARTER
01/31/1895 01/10/1937


To some you are forgotten, 'to
some you are of the past.
But to us, the ones who loved
and lost you, your memories
will always last.
Love your son, Adam Carter,
grandaughter, Kelcina Carter-
Allen, grandson, Darryl C.
Carter, many great grandchilren
and many great great grandchil-
dren.

Card of Thanks
The family of the late,


Death Notice Richardsonj
The family of the late CHARLES HARVIN, 49, died Jan.
2. Service 11
i a.m., Saturday,
at Salter Chapel
Church.


MINNIE OUTLER, 70, re-
tired nurse assistant, died
December 27, 2007. Survi-
vors include: three sisters,
Julia Clarke, Carlie Johnson
and Catherine Outler, eight
grandchildren, eight great
grandchildren and a very
dear friend Louise Sharp.
There will be a memorial ser-
vice at 16222 N.W. 45 Avenue
on January 12 at 3 p.m.


Death Notice


Death Notice


IDA MAE WILLIAMS
'AUNTIE', homemaker, died
January 7 at Palmetto
General Hospital. Viewing
Friday, 6 p.m. at Poitier Fu-
neral Home. Funeral services
at New Birth Baptist Church,
11 a.m. Saturday, January
12.


DIANA LOUISE SCOTT
09/13/58 01/7/03

It's been five years since God
has taken you from us. But he
needed one more perfect flower
to complete his bouquet. His
choice was you, and we must
accept that.
You are forever in our hearts
we love and miss you.
Love always, your mom Sarah
Scott, your sisters: Carrie Ad-
ams, Rosie L. Lee, Evelyn Scott,
and Gwendolyn Scott.


SARAH GIBSON
12/26/1919 01/01/2008

would like to thank you for your
prayers, calls, visits, floral ar-
rangements, cards and words of
encouragement during our be-
reavement.
Daughter, Mary Gibson Sal-
ary (Abraham); son, Mark Gibson
(Nell); Donald Gibson (Shirley)
grandchildren, Richard L. Ingra-
ham Jr., (Stacey), Pamela Ander-
son (Michael), and Mark Thomas
Gibson and ten great grandchil-
dren.


JAMES M. WALKER JR.,
30, Police Officer for The City
of Miami Police Department,
died January 8. Survivors in-
clude: father, James Walker
Sr.; mother, Isabella Walk-
er; brother, Jamar Walker;
grandmother, Annie B. Earl;
a host of other relatives and
friends. Public viewing Fri-
day 4 10 p.m. at Jordan
Grove M.B. Church. Funeral
services will be held Satur-
day 12 p.m. at Jordan Grove
Missionary Baptist Church.
Range Funeral Home in
charge.


MRS. MARY M. DAVIS, 73, died
Jan. 4. Service
12 noon,
Saturday at
United Christian
Fellowship
Community
Ministries, Inc.


SATOYA LATASHA GRAHAM,
29, died Dec.
21. Service was
held.






MARY EVANS, 72, died Dec. 24.
Service was
held.








CAROLYN NADINE JAMES, 71,
died Dec. 25. r,
Service was
held.






MRS. MITTIE LEE MAJOR, 79,
died Dec. 28.
Service was
held. -


MRS. CATHERINE BAKER, died
Jan. 3. Service
was held.


In Memoriam
In loving memory of,


TYRONE ROYAL
BIG TY
10/02/57 -01/11/07


"His Journey's Has Begun" It
has been one year now. We don't
think of him as gone away, but
that his journey has begun.
Life holds so many facets, this
earth is only one.
We think of him as resting
from sorrows and in a place of
unending comfort where there
are no ending days and years no
more!
We think how he must be
wishing that we could know
today how nothing but our sad-
ness can really pass away. And
think of him as living forever.
Tyrone, my love in the hearts
of your darling wife, Velma and
son, Tyrone, loved ones, family,
and friends. For nothing loved
is ever lost and he was loved
so much.
The Family

Grace e
JUANITA BROWN-MASON, 77,
L.P.N., died Jan.
4. Service 11
a.m., Saturday,
Jan. 12 at Lively
Stone for Jesus,
Inc., 835 NW
119 St.



PAMELA E. PETERS, 53,
paraprofessional
II, Miami Dade
County Schools,
died Jan. 5,
South Miami
Hospital. Service
1 p.m., Friday
at Mt. Moriah
Church.

ISMAY PIERRE, 89, housekeeper,
died Dec. 25 at Jackson Memorial
Hospital.

JACQUES ANTHONY
MILLHOME, 40, music promoter,
died Jan. 4. Service 11 a.m., Friday
in the chapel.


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The wedding between
Lakeysha and Reverend
Derrick Anderson, last
Saturday, at the First Baptist
Church of Brownsville, included
50-members of the bridal
party; colors of beige, gold,
purple, and white, three white
stretch limousines; Ministers
Wilfred Miller, Albert Jones,
Jodie Alexander, and Debra
Simmons, director and
coordinator.
The bridemaids wore gold
sleeveless gowns, while the men
wore white tuxedos with tails,
gold boutinnaires, gold vests,
and white shirts. The children
wore white and gold dresses and
the boys complimented them
with white tuxedos and gold
assessories. The processional
began with Jeremiah Davis,
providing the live music for the
entrance of the parents and
recorded music for the others.
Calvin Marshall and
Deander Philips, best men,
led the entrance, followed by
the ministers and groom with
Ruby White grandparent
coming in with Alxomia
Simmons, Emma Reese, and
Deamos Reese; Joe Nathan
and Annie Lee Gipson and
Debra Simmons, parents of
bride and groom.
When the recorded music
of You for Me was played,
bridesmaids entered led by
Andrea Cross who walked
in 10-steps ahead of Lance
Bailey, Jr. and the both of
them greeted each other with
a bow/curtsy and continued to
their stationary spot, followed
by Tangela Cross and Robert
Simmons, Jr., Angela White
and Anthony Simmons,
Jr., Anquanette White
and Lakeith Washington,
Antionette White and Charles
White, Marva Turner and
Cedric Turner, Ivory Turner


and Kenneth
Williams,
Amber Hill and
Willis Mallard,
Jr., Lonnika
Robinson and
Terrell Evans.
A 1 s o ,
Cassandra "
Harvey and
Brandon Jackson, Treasha
Gipson and Dawayne Lattery,
Brittney Jackson and
Shaquandala Allen, followed
by Kierra Simmons, maid
of honor, T'man Studwell,
matron 'of honor; Aniyah and
Anthony White, Jr. bride
and groom; Donta Davis and
Evelyn Lopex, Jr. groomsmen
and Jr. bridesmaids; Bryce
Early, ringbearer; Imani and
Saadiya Studwell, flower girls;
and Darius White and Derrick
Anderson, Jr., bride
caller. Anderson is also
a pre-teen preacher
who preached his first
sermon in 1996.
The bride entered
from her limo attired
in a silver tiara,
mini-earrings, silver
necklace, a sleeveless HOLL
gold and white gown
with a mini-train and an
extended veil. She joined her
groom and participated in a
prayer by Reverend W. Miller,
Scripture to Groom by Reverend
Albert Jones; scripture to bride
by Reverend Albert Jones, and
Ricky Collins singing, Flesh of
My Flesh; lightning of the unity
candle and pronouncement
of marriage of Reverend and
Mrs. Derrick Anderson to the
huge crowd, followed by the
recessional and celebration in
the church's dining room.

Radio station WMBM and
Bishop Victor T. Curry
blared out the 'March for One


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......... ........ IV

By r.Rihar Sraha


Thousand Boys and Fathers'
to display a message for
the many negatives heaped
upon Black men, ladies and
minorities. This activity was
also sponsored by the
NAACP of which Bishop
Curry is the president,
along with CEO of radio
station WMBM.
Not only did one
thousand boys show up
with their parents, but
hundreds of females
saw the need to give vent CUI
to their dissatisfaction
of the treatment of Black men,
along with vendors from all over
advertising their message to the
public. One interesting person
was Dr. Lolida Dobbs who
handled the mobile work force
bus attracting the attention of
job-seekers, along with WMBM
employment-based panacea for
job seekers.
It was a pleasant morning
for a walk, as the boys and
men left the Carol City park
and recreation for the trek
West on .183rd to 32nd
Ave. and back to the
starting point in view
of Miami Carol City
High School. Leading
the processional
included Bishop Curry,
Reverend Richard
Dunn, Congressman
)WAY Kendrick Meek,
Reverend Dr. George
McRae, Vice mayor Oscar
Braynon, II. Wilbur T.
Holloway, school board
member.
First to arrive with their own
seats were Denise Dixon and
Claudia Dixon. The both of
them had a choice space up
front and reveled as the men
took off and returned for the
speeches. Debra Toomer,
program director, WMBM,
coordinated speakers.
Even though it was a 'man'
thing, special ladies were
called to the mic to express
themselves, such as Mayor
Shirley Gibson, Miami
Gardens, Commissioner


Barbara Jordan, followed
by Sonny Wright, Reverend
Arthur Jackson, Antioch
MBC, Willie Wilson, sports
announcer, Traz Powell
Stadium and now,
WMBM, Cheevers Air
Conditioning, C. Brian
Hart, Ret. Sgt. Frank
Dean, Ernestine
Peitit, Atioch MBC,
Milton Felson and Eva
Bryant.


Also, among
ERY representation of yc
included Major Pa
kids attired in Army
fatigues. They included
Shawn Pierre, Aimoni
Monroe, Asairo
Hypolite, Raekwon
Monroe, Raheem
Monroe, Jax Jean,
Isenhour Taylor,
Steven Max, and
Hatour Frantz. Major
Pain's kids have been
exposed to many rallies
and most of them are for
criminals going straight.
The March last Saturday
the beginning of many for
future, until crime redi
itself and there be a "mee
of the minds" between
the youth and the
police department.
And, of course, the man
who has the panacea
of social ills is Bishop
Curry and the NAACP
organization.

Parades, accolades,
and personal


congratulations
have taken over Miami and
Liberty City for the Miami
Northwestern Bulls and Booker
T. Washington Tornadoes being
classified as Number One and
Number Four in the United
States of America. The alumni
for both schools have been
smiling and accepting kudos
from the media, organizations,
and other high schools.
The strong alumni from
Miami Northwestern joined the
many thousands to Orlando to


witness a great game. Some
of them were Cebrena Poitier,
Joey Brooks, Tammye
Holden Roslyn
Granville, Caleb
Crosby, III., Nifretta
Thomas, Reverend
Richard Dunn, Dewey
Knight, III., Tommy
Streeter, Sr., Ken
Dillard, Carnell White,
Tolbert Bain, Laucris
and Roslina Collins, DU


the Brett Perriman, Andre
)uth Williams, Greg and Eleanor
in's Killings, Cynthia Stafford,
and James Bush,
III. This group never
missed a game locally,
at Dallas and in the
State of Florida.
Tanya McIntosh,
police officer, stated
how proud she is of
the players being able
to articulate on TV
MEEK and express
themselves
mer clearly, unlike several
years ago. Especially
was Marcus Fortson,
the Jacory Harris, Tommy
uces Streeter, Jr., Brandon
ting Harris, etcetra. If you
want to know
about these MA
players, consult
Sports Illustrated now.

Sanaa McFadden
celebrated her third
birthday party,
last Saturday,
GIBSON sponsored
by Willie


and Sonya
McFadden, parents, in
their front yard with
over 100 guests, plenty
of pop corn, snow
cones, 'soul food' and


SCAV


Blunos, The animals
that performed the latest dance
routine for the kids.
Some of the adults in
attendance included Vernell
Compton, Sheneka Jenkins,
SachaBoykin,RenardTraylor,
Darlene and Curtis Mungin,
Danesia White, Jahzaria


King, Tyriq Smith, Shateri
Smith, Nevaeh Jackson,
Malikah Edwards, Samori
Hall, Xaria Wynn,
Taylor Seymour,
LaTonia McIntyre and
daughter, Imoni and
Ivonna.
Other kids included
Christyna, Trinitee,
and Ranisha Franks,
Ciana Pettus, Cierra
INN Pettus, DJ. Graham,
Khalil Abia, Cornell
Mims, Dawson Gray, and
Connor Gray. A Spiderman
cake was brought out and
everyone sang "Happy B/Day
to the honoree, while many
gifts were opened and brought
by the parents. Sanaa never
stopped enjoying herself and
mixed with her friends very
well. Now, she is waiting for
her next birthday.

Judy Scavella,
socialite of the South,
and Greg Mason,
host, entertained
the snowbirds of the:
North and friends in a
traditional Christmas
Day celebration,
beginningwithcocktails
SON in the Caribbean Room,
followed by dinner
in the celebrity room (upper'
deck) and music by the Psi Phi
Band for the occasion. It was a
formal event with men wearing
tuxedos and ladies
sequins.
Early arrivals from
out-of-town included
Mr. & Mrs Robert
Wright and daughter,
Fort Pierce, Maxine
McCurine, Chicago,
Brian Mithcell,
VELLA Mitchellville, MD.,
John Wallace and
wife, Flossmoor, IL., David
lazarus and wife, Washington,
D.C., Phillip Albert and wife,
Chicago, and Keith and Angela
Hylor, Pembroke Pines. And, of
course, everyone took home a
gift bag of goodies and a full
stomach.


Billy Rolle was named
the National High School
Football Coach of the year by
American Football Monthly,
apublicationassociatedwith
Schutt Sports. Congrats!
Northwestern High School
senior quarterback Jacory
Harris, has been named
Florida's state player of the
year. Harris was selected
among four finalist. Booker
T. Washingston's Brandon
Harris; Kissimmee
Osceola's Kwamaine Brown
and Pahoke-e's Janoris
Jenkins.
Gloria Rolle-Hinch, class
of 1947, B.T.W. died in Saint
Louis, Dec.. 23. Attending
the funeral were Alberta
Rolle and June Miller.
Get well all of you from all
of us: Katherine Nelson-


Mapp, Doris
McKinney-
P i t t m a n ,
Denesia Bethel-
Harris, Henry
" S a n k y "
Newbold, Mae
Hamilton-Clear,
Inez McKinney-Johnson,
Hilma Janet Clear, Doretha
Payne, Yashti Armbrister,
Louise Johnson-Lewis,
Ralph "RC" McCartney,
Ernest "Red" Knowles.
Happy Belated Birthday
to Mrs. Ora B. Bendross
who celebrated her 94th
birthday with her children:
Rep. Dorothy Bendross-
Mindingall, sons James
and Bennie and daughter
Joyce. Over 200 family
members and friends joined
in the grand celebration.


Jackson North Medical
Center recently celebrated
its first anniversary as a
member of Jackson Health
System. Soror Sandy Sears,
is chief administrative
officer of Jackson North.
Wedding anniversary
greetings to: Willie
(Louvenia C.) Toston, Jan.
5; their 34th
Soon candy, sodas and
chips may be expelled at
school vending machines
and cafeterias across the
nation if legislation is
approved by the Senate.
Food that is sold will also
have very limited saturated
and trans fats, sugar and
sodium. Snacks must not
surpass 180 calories per
serving for middle and
elementary schools and 200
calories for high schools.
Francina Lewis-
Robinson, returned
home after a week in
Washington, D.C. and
Philadelphia visiting her


brother Floyd and sis in
law Lola Lewis. She also
attended the graduation of
her granddaughter Miasha
Robinson who graduated
from Penn State.


Evelyn Heild-Brown down
from New York City visiting
her sister Dorothy "Da
Da" Saunders and family.
Evelyn celebrated her
Natal-Day- Xmas Day with


her family and friends.
The New Year has arrived
and with it our chance for
a new beginning. Let us
discard old habits for new
ones.


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Time to focus


It's the beginning of a
new year, and if you feel
you're not financially
where you'd like to be,
then, your feelings are
trying to tell you that
it's time to focus. It's
strange, when the topic


of focus
comes up,
it usually
brings
to mind,
the idea A
that we're
referring to a child,


or a minor. Anytime a
child isn't performing
well in school, one
of the first areas of
concern is whether
the child is focused or
not, usually aside from
any mental illness, we
find the child is busy
socializing and not
paying attention to the
teacher. At some point,
hopefully children
grow-up to become
adults. With that said,
show me an adult
who's having financial


problems, and Ill show
you an adult who's
not focused. With so
many mind-numbing,
brainless TV and radio
shows airing (reality
shows etc) coupled with
the mindless music
industry, no wonder it
seems like every other
person is crazy.

YOU ARE NOT
ALONE
I know trying to
stay focused on doing'
the right thing, while


many all around you
aren't makes you
feel all alone. But
trust me, it's like a
science fiction movie,
where the aliens have
invaded earth and
most folks have been
bitten and are acting
crazy, and now their
mission is to bite you
so you'll be crazy too. I
truly feel your pain
. Run! And don't stop,
you are not crazy,
they are. Remember,
misery loves company


and there are more
folks out here trying
to make you crazy and
lead you into poverty
than you can even
imagine. Learn from
your past mistakes,
don't hang out with
folks (adults) who are
not busy focusing on
ways to better their
lives.

LIKE MINDS
If you can't find folks
to hang out with that
share your prosperity


conscious, read books
and listen to tapes of
positive people. You
don't have to personally
know someone in order
to learn from them. I
personally never had
an, individual mentor,
I've learned from many
successful folks who
I've never personally
met. There are many
people who share
your desire to become
financially successful;
all you have to do is
move your mind. In


other words, change
your thoughts about
saving and investing
and how you handle
your money, if you do,
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] Efficiencies


RENTAL PROPERTY
4801 NW 27th Avenue
Freestanding store available,
completely renovated. Air
conditioned. Roll-down
security doors. Outside
lighting. $950 per month.
$950 security deposit. Call
305-638-3699

COMMERCIAL
RENTAL PROPERTY
4801 NW 27th Avenue
Freestanding store available,
completely renovated. Air
conditioned. Roll-down
security doors.
Outside lighting.
$950per month. $950
security
deposit. Call 305-638-3699

E Lurches for Rent
14975 NW 22 AVENUE
Starter Church, furnished.
Call 786-333-2084
Furnished Rooms
BROWNSVILLE AREA
Clean room, air, cable TV.
$100 weekly. 305-508-8986
128 N.E. 82nd Terrace
Rooms for rent. $150 and up
weekly plus $300 security
786-355-5948
13377 N.W. 30th Avenue
$90 weekly, free utilities,
kitchen, one person.
305-474-8186 /305-691-3486
1600 N.W. 56 Street
Microwave, refrigerator, color
TV, air, use of kitchen, plus
more. Call 305-835-2728.
1775 N.W. 151 Street
Air, color TV, refrigerator, mi-
crowave and more. Utilities
included. Two locations.
Call 954-678-8996
1871 N.W. 43rd Street
One bedroom, one bath,ap-
pliance,central air Call 786-
357-5000.
2136A N.W. 43rd Street
$700 to move in. $425 a
rnonth. Call 305-637-9359 or
305-303-0156.
2169 N.W. 49th Street
$350 MOVE IN. $115 weekly
Call 786-234-5683
2170 Washington Avenue
Opa Locka
Clean rooms for rent. $95
weekly, $190 to move in.
786-274-2858/ 786-277-3434
3177 N.W. 42nd Street
ROOMS FOR RENT
305-904-7837
54th St. N.E. 1st Ave
$150 a week
Call 786-287-2942
6233 NW 22nd Court
Nice room,utilities included.
Move in immediately. $125
weekly. $250 moves you in.
Call 786-277-2693
6835 N.W. 15th Avenue
Luxury rooms, quiet area,
utilities included. $125 week-
ly, $250 move in immediately.
Call 786-277-2693
7612 NW 2 Court
$160 $230 weekly, central
air clean and cable included.
Call Rich 786-499-8710
8275 N.W 18th Avenue
Call 305-754-7776
9935 N.W. 22 Avenue
Only $125 weekly, $375 to
move in. Call 305-924-1028.
DADE AREA
OUTREACH -Three Beds
available..Three meals a day.
$125 weekly, $250 monthly.
Call 786-443-7306
MIAMI GARDENS AREA
Furnished and Unfurnished
rooms for rent.
Call 305-651-8551
MIAMI GARDENS AREA
Clean room, private
entrance, outdoor patio,
cable and air.
Call 305-688-0187
NEAR MIAMI LAKES
Furnished room. private en-
trance, private bath,utilities
included. $460 monthly, $200
security. Call 305-622-2691.
ROOMS FOR RENT
Very clean room, quiet neigh-
borhood, all utilities included.
954-552-7385/ 754-204-2933


100 N.W. 14th Street
Fully furnished, utilities and
cable (HBO, BET, ESPN),
free local and nationwide
calling, property protected by
security camera 24 hours,
$215 weekly, $690 monthly.
Call 305-751-6232
13377 N.W. 30th Avenue
$110 weekly, newly renovat-
ed free utilities, appliances.
305-474-8188 /305 691 3486

1541 N.W. 54th Street #A
Air, utilities included, $650
monthly. First, last and $200
security.Call 305-224-3107.
1612 N.W. 51st Terrace
$650 moves you in, $130
weekly Call 786-389-1686
1756 N.W. 85th Street
$130 weekly, $675 moves
you in. 786-389-1686
18102 N.W. 8th Avenue
Efficiency for rent. Call 305-
655-1047 or 786-620-2275.
NORTHWEST AREA


Private entrance, bath, air
and cable. 305-758-6013.


2170 N.W. 91 STREET #C
Large efficiency, central air,
appliances, security bars.
$600 monthly. $1800 moves
you in. 305-244-7075.

250 N.E. 77th Street
Includes refrigerator, stove
and air. $465 monthly.
Call 305-469-5093
720 N.W. 75th Street
Efficiency in Castle
Mansion
Also has waterfall, marble
platform, 7 ft. lion statues,
Free lights, air and water.
three ceiling fans, mirror in
the shower, marble tile in the
bathroom also in the main
room and in the kitchen $600
monthly, $300. security near
bus stop. 786-523-1736. One
room available.
MIAMI GARDENS
Efficiency for rent. All utilities
free cable, $700 monthly,
first, last and security.
Call 786-546-9650

Apartments.
1116 Saseme Street
OPA LOCKAAREA
Two bedrooms one bath
$900 monthly Call 954 805
3233
1202 N.W. 61st Street
Spacious two bedrooms, one
bath, tiled floors, appliances
available. Section 8
welcome.
$800 monthly. Only serious
individuals, please.
Call 786-556-1909
1215 N.W. 103 Lane
Two bedrooms $750
Blue Lake Village
Call 305-696-7667
1229 N.W. 1 Court
One bedroom, one bath with
stove, refrigerator, air. $575.
305-642-7080
1281 N.W. 61 Street
Renovated one and two bed-
rooms. $525 and. $725
monthly Appliances included.
Call 305-747-4552
1298 NW 60th STREET
Beautiful One and two bed-
rooms. Section 8 welcome.
786-282-8775.
13220 NW 30th Avenue
One bedroom, one bath with
appliances.
Call 305-948-6219 or 786-
262-4701..
135 N.W. 18 Street
One bedroom, one bath.
$475 monthly, all appliances
included.
Call Joe 786-355-7578.
140 N.W. 13th Street
MOVE IN SPECIAL $863
Two bedrooms, one bath,
$575.
786-236-1144/305-642-7080
1459 N.W. 60th Street
Two bedroom, one bath,
brand new appliances, tiled
floors. $750; $1500 moves
you in. Call 305-458-3977.
1520 NW 61st Street
One and two bedrooms
apartments renovated, all
housing agencies welcome.
Call 305-720-2927
1525 N.W. 1st Place
One bedroom one bath,
$550 monthly. All appliances.
Free 20 Inch Flat Screen
Television. Call Joel 786-
355-7578
1525 NW 1ST PLACE
Newly Remodeled three bed-
room, two bath apartment. All
appliances included, central
air and a free 20 inch flat
screen television. Section 8
Welcome. $1350 monthly.
Call Joel
786-355-7578
1540 N.W. 1st Court
Studios, $425 a month
One bedrooms $550 a month
Two bedrooms, $650 mthly
Call Joel 786-355-7578
1625 N.W. 132nd Street
NORTH MIAMI AREA
One bedroom, one bath, liv-
ing room, kitchen* and bath.
$850 per month, $2,550 to
move in. Mature couple.
Call 786-517-4248.
1887 N.W. 44TH STREET
One bedroom, one bath.
$575. monthly, $800. moves
you in. Call 305-637-9359 or
305-303-0156.
190 N.W. 51st Street
One bedroom,.$355
bi-weekly $1000 moves you
in. 786-389-1686.
220 NW 16 Street
Two bedrooms, $650
stove, refrigerator, and air
305-642-7080
2424 N.W. 44th Street Rear
One bedroom, one bath,
$650 monthly, everything in-
cluded. $1000 to move in.
Call 305-613-0596
2751 N.W. 46th Street
One bedroom, remote gate
$600 monthly. 954-430-0849
2931 N.W. 132 Terrace
One bedroom, one bath,
bars, and air. $685 monthly.
$1700 moves you in.
305-742-1082 after 8pm
361 N.W. 7th Street
One bedroom, one bath.
$698 monthly
Call 305-861-4683
412 NW 59TH STREET


Newly renovated.Section 8
Welcome. Call 786-269-
5643.


I Apartments
29TH STREET 1ST
AVENUE
WYNWOOD AREA
APARTMENTS
One bedrooms $525 month.
Two bedrooms $750 month.
Five bedrooms $1100 month.
Call Joel
786-355-7578

421 NW 59 Terr.
MOVE IN SPECIAL $975
One bedroom, $650 with air
305-642-7080
50TH STREET HEIGHTS
Walking distance from
Brownsville metrorail. Free
water, gas, window bars, iron
gate doors, one and two bed-
rooms, from $490-$580
monthly!
2651 NW 50th Street
Call 305-638-3699
518 N.E. 62ND STREET
Two bedrooms two baths,
central air and
heat.$1000.monthly, first and
last move in. Section 8 Wel-
come 305-527-3177.
5200 N.W. 26 Avenue
Section 8 Welcome. Pay No
Security Deposit plus $100
Cash
Call 305-634-3545
5552 NE MIAMI PLACE
One bedroom, one bath,
$600 monthly,. Call 305-564-
5850 N.W. 15th Avenue
One bedroom one bath, new
appliances $600 monthly.
$1200 moves you in.
Section 8 welcome.
Call 305-458-3977
6020 N.W. 13th Avenue
Two bedrooms, one bath,
$520-530 per month, one
bedrooms, $485 per month,
window bars and iron gate
doors. Free water and gas.
Apply at: 2651 NW 50th
Street or Call 305-638-3699
621 N.W. 64th Street
Two bedroom, one bath, up-
date and clean unit $835
monthly. Parking. Section 8
welcome.
Call 786-326-7424
6832 N.W. 5th Place
Two bedrooms, one bath.
utilities included. Call
786-286-2540
7525 NORTH MIAMI AVE.
One bedroom, one bath. To-
tally renovated, new applian-
ces and parking. Section
8/HOPWA OK. $840 monthly.
Drive by, then call
305-754-7900 ask for Dick
800 N.W. 67th Street
One bedroom, $800 moves
you in. $355 bi-weekly.
786-389-1686
8475 N.E. 2nd Avenue
One bedroom apartment.
Section 8. Call 305-754-7776
84TH STREET AND NORTH
MIAMI AVENUE.
Newly renovated efficiencies
and one bedrooms, full kitch-
en, laundry facility. For more
information call 305-970-
5574
ALBERTA HEIGHTS APTS
One and two bedrooms.,
from $495-$585 monthly.
Free water, window bars and
iron gate doors. Apply at:
2651 NW 50th Street or
Call 305-638-3699

CAPITAL RENTAL
AGENCY, INC.
1497 NW 7 Street
305-642-7080
Overtown, Liberty City, Opa
Locka, Brownsville.
Apartments, Duplexes,
Houses, Efficiences.
One, two and three bed-
rooms. Many with
appliances.
Same Day Approval.
Call for information.
CAROL CITY AREA
One bedroom one bath nice
driveway, fenced patio. 305-
621-7940.
HAMPTON HOUSE
APARTMENTS
MOVE IN SPECIAL
One bedroom, one bath
$515.00
Two bedroom, one bath
$630.00
Free water, air
Leonard 786-236-1144
HOMESTEAD AREA
140 S.W. 6 Street
Two and three large
bedrooms, $650 monthly.
305-267-9449

L & G APARTMENTS
Beautiful one bedroom, $540
monthly, apartment in gated
community, on bus lines.
$1080 to move in.
Call 305-638-3699
LIBERTY CITY AREA
1601 N.W. 62 Street, one
bedroom, one bath. $500
monthly. 305-717-6084
LIBERTY CITY AREA
One Month free! One, two,
three bedrooms, nice and
cozy apartment, refrigerator,
stove air units included.
Section 8 welcome. For more
information call 305-685-
9110.
NORTH DADE AREA


One,two, and three
bedrooms
available. Private parking,
club house, security on site,
playground for children,
washer and dryer in each
unit.


Apartments
LITTLE HAITI AREA
One bedroom, one bath, and
two bedroom, one bath.
Sellers. 305-754-1100
MIAMI
BRAND NEW
APARTMENTS
Located at150 NE 79 Street.
One, two, and three bed-
room. From $592 monthly.
Income restrictions apply.
LAFAYETTE APARTMENTS
Apply at:
7915 N. E. 2nd Avenue
305-759-7649
E.H.O.
MOVE IN SPECIAL
415-439 N.W. 9 Street
One bedroom, one bath,
$525 with air. Move in
special
$800.00.
Three bedrooms, two baths
$875. Move in special $1500
with a half month free.
Please call for appointment
305-326-8855

NORTH MIAMI AREA
Two bedroom, one bath,
$1050 monthly. Section 8
Welcome. Call 954-432-3198
or 954-303-3368.
OPA LOCKA AREA
2405 N.W. 135 Street
One and two bedrooms,
central air. Appliances and
water included. Section 8
Welcome.305-769-0146 or
786-521-7151
OPA LOCKA AREA
Updated two and three bed-
rooms available. Tiled,
central air, appliances and
water included. First month
free move in special. Limited
time!!. Section 8 Welcome.
305-688-2749
OVERTOWN AREA
One bedroom One bath
$550. monthly, ready to
move, newly renovated, no
application fee. Call 305-986-
8362-786-512-5800.

DuPI

1081 N.W. 100 Terrace
Two bedrooms one bath,
fenced and air $900 monthly.
305-986-8395. No Section 8.

1245 N.E. 60 Street
Two bedrooms, one bath, se-
curity bars, fenced in, Italian
tiles. 786-210-5644.
1610 N.W. 47TH STREET
One Bedroom One Bath
Appliance AIR $595. Monthly
CALL 305-332-5008

1735 N.W. 50TH STREET
Two bedrooms first ,last, se-
curity $800. monthly. Call
305-751-6232.
1859 N.W. 69 Terrace
Two bedrooms, one bath,
central air and heat, washer
and dryer hook-up. Section 8
accepted. 305-527-3177.
1890 N.W. 49 STREET
Two bedroom, one bath.
Nice duplex. $1000.00
monthly.
Call 786-486-9807
2035 N.W. 69th Terrace (A)
Two bedrooms, with applian-
ces and air. 786-426-6263.
2183 NW 100 ST
Two bedrooms one
bath.Section 8 welcome.
$1069 per month Call 786
295-3244.
2231 N.W. 82nd Street
One bedroom, one bath,
central air. $725 monthly.
NO Section 8.
Call 305-685-9909.

2353 N.W. 102 Street (rear)
One bedroom with air, $695
monthly, $1395 move in.
305-751-6720 or 305-331-
3899.
2425 NW 104th Street
Three bedrooms, two baths,
$1295 month,$1895 move in.
305-751-6720/305-331-3899.
2427 NW 104th Street
Two bedrooms, $950 month,
$1350 move in..305-751-
6720 or 305-331-3899.
2452 N.W. 44th Street
Three bedrooms, two baths,
central air $1050
monthly.Call 786-226-2072.

2890 N.W. 48 Terrace
Large two bedrooms., one
bath, nice, fenced yard for
kids. $1095 per month, three
months to move in and good
ref. Call 305-794-9299.
2906 N.W. 94TH STREET
Three bedroom, two bath,
laundry, tile throughout.
Large fenced yard. $1300.
monthly. Call 305-696-8338.
310 NW 96th Street
Two bedrooms. $900
monthly
Call 954-437-8034 Gloria
315 NW 59TH STREET
Three bedroom, two bath.
$1300 monthly, Section 8
Welcome. First and last
moves you in. 305-758-0325.
5302 N.W. 1 AVENUE
Extra large two bedrooms,
one bath. Fenced yard, no
pets. $750 monthly.


305-891-5567 from 6-8 p.m.

6033 N.E. Miami Court
One bedroom, one bath with
free water. $575 monthly.
305-642-7080


Duplex

6323 N.W. 1 Court
One bedroom, duplex,
central air and heat, stove
and refrigerator, security
bars. Must see won't last.
$750., first, last and security.
305-244-7075.
7000 N.W. 5th Place
Three bedrooms, one bath,
$1200 monthly. First and se-
curity. Section 8 welcome.
786-399-8557
7633 N.W. 2 Court
Three bedrooms, two baths,
air and appliances, section 8
OK. $1150. 954-496-5530
7925 N.W. 1ST PLACE
One bedroom one bath,
$600. monthly. Two bedroom
one bath. $725. monthly
.Section 8 O.K. 305-662-
5505.
8041 N.W. 12th Court
Remodeled two bedrooms,
one bath, $775 monthly, 305-
662-5505.

8102 N.W. 23rd Avenue
Two bedrooms, one bath.
Section 8 Welcome! $800
monthly, $1600 move in.
Call: 305-835-8468 or 786-
975-5801.
813/815 N.W. 70TH STREET
Huge four bedroom, two bath
units. newly constructed.
Section 8 welcome, small de-
posit.
Call Morris 305-588-0205
92-94 NE 59th Terrace
Two bedrooms, one bath.
Central air, tiles, carpet, and
appliances. $1050 monthly
and security. Section 8 ok.
305-490-9284.
9357 N.W. 31st Avenue
Large three bedrooms, two
bath, air, fenced yard, wash-
er/dryer hookup, bars, $1075
monthly, first, last and securi-
ty. Total $3225. No Section 8.
Call 305-625-4515.
ALLAPATTAH AREA
Two bedrooms, one bath,
first last, security. Section 8
preferred. Call 305-244-6845
COCONUT GROVE
KINGSWAY APTS
3737 Charles Terrace
Two bedrooms, one bath du-
plex located in Coconut
Grove. Near schools and
buses. $595 per month, $595
security deposit, $1190 total
to move in. 305-448-4225 or
apply at: 3737 Charles Ter-
race.
MIAMI AREA
Two bedroom, one bath,
large yard, fenced. Section 8
welcome.Call 786-303-2596.
MIAMI SHORES
551 N.W. 87th Street. Beauti-
ful Two bedroom. one bath .
emaculate condition, ready
to move in $1100. monthly
$2200. moves you in. 786-
488-7795.
NORTHWEST AREA
One bedroom, one bath, ap-
pli., air, water included, tile,
carpet, with parking. $625
monthly.Call 754-581-6302.


191st Street NW 35th Ave
Four bedrooms, Section 8
welcome. Call 305-754-7776.
203 Lane NW 30th AVENUE
Three bedrooms, corner,
fenced yard, Sec. 8 and
HOPWA, $1350.
305-624-0451
2876 N.W. 196 Terrace
Three bedrooms, one bath,
central air, fenced yard. Sec-
tion 8 Welcome. $1100
monthly. 305-253-7096
337 IVES DAIRY ROAD
Gated area, spacious huge,
two bedrooms, two baths,
den, $1300 mthly.
305-624-0451.
CAROL CITY AREA
3015 N.W. 203rd Lane.
Three bedrooms, two baths,
central air, security bars.
$1200 monthly. Section 8
Welcome.
Call 305-253-7096
CAROL CITY AREA
Two bedrooms, air, tile and
fence, $1000 monthly.
Call 954-660-0780
North Dade Area
Live walking distance to sta- ,
dium.Newly remodeled town-
house. Three bedroom, one
and half bath. Section8 OK.
Call 786-486-9507



1020 NW 65th Street
Three bedroom, two bath.
Newly renovated. Section 8
Welcome. 305-244-9138.

10820 N.W. 22nd Court
Three bedroom home, Sec-
tion 8 OK.$1,400 monthly.
Master International Realty
786-344-0750
111th STREET N.W. 13TH
Four bedrooms $1200 call
305-759-6418. No section 8.
12330 W. GOLF DRIVE


Three bedroom two bath
rent $1400 or lease, with op-
tion to buy. Section 8 OK
Call 305-322-9172

133St N.W 18th Ave, Area.
Three bedrooms
Call 3057547776


MIAMI GARDENS AREA
Three bedrooms, One
bath,ceiling fan central air.
newly renovated. Section 8
welcome. $1329. monthly.
One month security required.
Contact Sharon at 786-597-
7129.


1340 N.W. 82 Street
Three bedrooms, one and a
half bath. Central air. $1300
monthly.
Call 305-905-4184
17401 NW 37th Court
Three Bedrooms, two baths,
with carport. $1,200 monthly
No Section 8
Call 305-267-9449
1780 NW 45th Street
Three bedrooms with
applian-
ces and air.
Call 786-443-6203.
1870 RUTLAND STREET
Opal-ocka Area
Two bedrooms, one bath,
$1000 monthly. Section 8
welcome. Call 305-652-8222
or 305-798-3417. .
18715 NW 45th Avenue
SECTION 8 OK
Three bedrooms, one bath
with tile floors, central air, in
quiet area. $1365 monthly.
Call Joe 954-849-6793
1880 N.W. 62 Terrace
Three bedooms, two baths,
central air. $1365 monthly.
Move in Special $2047.50.
786-319-8184
2141 N.W. 91st Street
Two bedrooms $900. First,
last and deposit required.
786-663-0200.
2241 NW 196 TER
Four bedrooms, two baths.
central air $1650 monthly
954-430-0849
2401 N.W. 92 Street
Four bedrooms, two baths
completely remodeled, cen-
tral air. Huge clean corner
lot, appliances included.
Section
8 Welcome. 772-834-5735.
2444 NW 80th Street
Three bedrooms, one bath
with central air, fenced and
washer and dryer Section 8
Welcome! Call 305-409-
7015.
2478 N.W. 43 Street
Spacious three bedrooms,
two baths, central air, and tile
floors, $1500. Section 8
Welcome. 305-331-2431.
2540 NW 82ND STREET
Beautiful three bedroom
avilable. Secton 8 Only
Call Ted 954-274-6944

2581 YORK STREET
Two bedroom one bath, tile
$950. monthly. Section 8
o.k. 305-662-5505.
2904 N.W. 59TH STREET
Cozy two bedroom one bath
$900. monthly.Call 786-234-
3122.
310 N.E 58th Terrace
Five bedrooms, three baths,
$1500 monthly, air, all appli-
ances included. Free 20 inch
flat screen TV Section 8 O.K.
Call Joel 786-355-7578
3321 N.W. 214 Street
Completely remodeled four
bedrooms, two baths, very
large yard 786-290-1955
3520 N.W. 208 Street
Three bedrooms, one and a
half bath. Section 8 Only.
Call Mr. Melton 305-625-
2135
353 NE 76th Street
Four bedrooms, one bath,
$1200 monthly! water includ-
ed call 504 864 9799
750 N.W. 77th TERRACE
Two.bedrooms, two bath
$1100. 786-486-8393.
7753 N.W. 2nd Court
Two bedrooms, one bath,
$850 monthly, central air,
and all appliances included.
Call Joel at 786-355-7578
875 N.W 74 STREET
Three bedroom one
bath$1300 per month.
Call 305-694-0988
Behind in mortgage or
rent.
Call 786-326-7916
CAROL CITY AREA
Three bedrooms and
efficien-
cy. Call 786-308-5625.
CAROL CITY
Moving Special $2,200 first
month free. Three and four
bedrooms, two baths, central
air, washer and dryer. Please
call 786-326-8280.
DADE AND BROWARD
AREA
Two three and four
bedrooms
Special program. Change
from rent to own. Low down
payment, and free computer
if qualified. 786-488-5202.
HOUSES FOR RENT
Two, three, four and five bed-
room with air. $850 to $1300
a month.305-642-7080.
MIAMI AREA
6710 N.W. 4th Ave.
Four bedrooms, two bath
brand new appliances, cen-
tral air $1450. monthly,
$1450.security, $2900.
moves you in. Call 305-965-
2486.
MIAMI AREA
Four bedrooms two bath
$1600.. 718-354-7234.


150U IN.VV. 69thI OLStrL
Rent with option to buy
Call 305-694-0988
2261 NW 87th Street
Brand new, three bedrooms,
two bathrooms. Rent to own.
Section 8 Welcome. $1800
monthly. Call 786-399-8557

4910 NW 170 Street
Three bedrooms and two
baths, den for $1295. No
Section 8. 786-306-4839.


16000 N.W. 26 AVE.
Three bedrooms, Two bath.
Priced reduced. $175K.
Sales Alvin 954-430-0849.
16125 NW 22 AVENUE
Three bedroom. Like new.
Ask about free car. $149,
900. Call 786-269-5643.
322 NW 41ST STREET
Design District.
Newly renovated three bed-
room, one bath. Large
fenced yard. Great area.
Priced $75,000 below
appraised value. Seller will
help with closing
cost.$219,000.
305-389-7735
5830 N.W. 8 Avenue
Luxurious home, four bed-
rooms, two baths, large fami-
ly room, large yard. $270K
Call 305-986-8395
ATTENTION
Now You Can Own Your
Own Home
WITH
FREE CASH GRANTS
UP TO $65,000
On Any Home
Also available
HUD/VA Homes
FIRST TIME BUYERS
NEED HELP???
305-892-8315
House of Homes Realty

NEW CONSTRUCTION
3 BEDROOWM/2
BATHS
SINGLE FAMILY
HOME


Government and Seller
GRANTS and SUBSIDIES
UP TO
$100,000
AVAILABLE
$0 CLOSING COST


For terms and
program
requirements
Call
305-801-5868



Owner Financed
Zero Down, $1500 monthly
No Banks needed
Call 786 991 4767

Two, three and four
bedroom houses for whole-
sale prices Call 7862858872

UNDER CONSTRUCTION
7900 N.W. 12th Court
Beautiful new house, three
bedrooms, two baths, 1600
sq. ft., one car garage, all ap-
pliances included, seller will
pay all closing costs. Priced
$225,000. Call 305-469-
6452.


Houses

MIAMI GARDENS AREA
Three bedroom one bath-
kitchen. Utlitity room.Mr.
Mack
786-367-4004/305-681-5737.
N.W. MIAMI SHORES AREA
505 N.W. 96th Street
Two bedrooms, one bath, all
new, central air, gated,
$1075, Don 305-947-4502.
NORTH MIAMI AREA
One to four bedrooms. Two
months required No Section
8
Call 954-322-0507
NORTH MIAMI
Three bedrooms, one bath,
laundry room. Appliances in-
cluded, tiled floor and nice
yard. Section 8 okay.
Call 954-961-3530
NORTHWEST AREA
Beautiful three bedroom.
Section 8 welcome.
Call 786-291-7814
NORTHWEST AREA
Three bedrooms, two baths,
bars, carpet, fence, applian-
ces, reverse air. Section 8.
305-691-3784
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE
Three and four bedrooms,
two baths, central air, tile
floors, $1,250 to $1,500
monthly. NO section 8.
$3,750 to $4,500 move in.
Call Terry Dellerson 305-891-
6776 for a list of addresses.
OPA LOCKA AREA
Five bedrooms, two bath.
Section 8 only. Call Mrs. Wil-
son 954-914-9253/655-9553.
SECTION 8 READY
Three bedroom, two bath.
Florida room and large
fenced yard. $1350 monthly.
786-853-1834


P.O. Box 270200
Miami, FL 33127-1818
or Fax to:305-758-3617
Attention: Human Resources.


Commercial Property

6300 NW 15 Avenue
Four units, 2-two bedrooms,
one bath and one bedroom,
one bath and storefront.
Priced $225,000 or bring
best offer, 305-785-8489.



Gene and Sons, Inc.
Custom-made cabinets for
kitchens and bathrooms at
affordable prices.
14140 N.W. 22nd Avenue
Call 305-685-3565
JUST IN TIME FOR-
CHRISTMAS SPEICAL
Handyman specializing in
carpet, plumbing, doors, and
cabinets. 305-801-5690.
Professional Dog Training
Call 305-726-6099

SPECTRUM
MORTGAGE
PRESENTS
Loan and Debt Management
tips from REFI's. Reverse
Mortgages, Loan Modifica-
tions/Forclosure prevention
Ms. Patterson
305-836-2325
WE BUY HOUSES
Any area, condition, price
fast cash. Call 786-285-
8872


CHARLES TV
905 N.E. 79 Street
Big Screen Expert
TV, DVD, VCR, Stereo.
786-346-8225
REPAIRS
Carpentry, shutters, painting,
tiling and plastering. Also ad-
ditions. Call 954-980-4231 or
305-892-0315.



Copy Editor:

with superior command of
grammar, spelling and
punctuation. Ideal candi-
date is flexible, works well
under pressure and has
strong computer skills.
Proofreading experience
preferred. Please submit
resume, salary history and
cover letter via facimile to:
305-758-3617

Directors and Teachers
with credentials for Sheyes
of Miami Daycare. All inter-
ested call 305-986-8395

Experienced teacher with
certification to teach two
and three year olds.
Call 305-836-1178

GRANT WRITER
New Journeys Transition
Home needs grant writer.
Please call Ms. Kathy Cole
786-412-5150 after 5 p.m

HELP!
Housekeeper Wanted!
Housekeeper to work three
days per week. Light cook-
ing, run errands and thor-
ough house cleaning is re-
quired for large home in
Miami Gardens. Must have
own transportation. Com-
petitive salary and great
people to work for, please
call 786-371-4988.


6 MOTIVATED &
PERSONABLE
Classified Sales
Will train applicants with
great interpersonal and
communication skills.
Computer literate. Typing
speed minimum 40 wpm.
Needed to sell! Sell! SELL!
Salary plus commission.
Must meet weekly quotas.
Apply in person on
Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday only! Be prepared
to furnish employment,
salary histories and
references.
The Miami Times
900 N.W. 54th Street
Fax: 305-758-3617
305-694-6225

Wanted :
Freelance
Writers
Highly skilled, flexible and
resourceful freelance writ-
ers for fast paced, weekly
newspaper. College gradu-
ate with journalism or writ-
ing experience preferred.
The ideal candidates will
be capable of producing
timely, well-written, thor-
ough articles on issues rel-
evant to Miami's Black
communities. Please sub-
mit resume, three (3) writ-
ing samples and cover let-
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ADVERTISMENT FOR BID

St. John Community Development Corporation
(SJCDC) is accepting bids from qualified General
Contractors, Roofing Contractors and Plumbing
Contractors to rehabilitate a rental development.
Invitations to Bid packages can be picked up at
SJCDC's office, 1324 NW 3rd Avenue, Miami, FL,
beginning on Friday, January 11, 2008, at 9:00
a.m. Pre-Bid Conference is at SJCDC's office on
Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. Bids are
due by Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 4:45 p.m

ST. JOHN APARTMENTS
1300 NW 2nd Avenue
and
220 & 250 NW 13th Street
Miami, Florida 33136


CITY OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH
PUBLIC NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2008
COUNCIL CONFERENCE MEETING: TBA
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING: 2' FLOOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 7:30 PM
LOCATION: 17011 N.E. 19AVENUE, NORTH MIAMI BEACH
All INTERESTED PARTIES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING.
Solomon Odenz, City Clerk Howard B. Lenard, City Attorney
NOTICE: 1) Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the City Council with respect to any mat-
ter to be considered at this meeting, that person shall insure that a verbatim record of the proceedings
is made including all testimony and evidence upon which any appeal may be based (f/s 286.0105); 2) In
accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, persons needing special accommodation
to participate in this proceeding should contact the Office of the City Clerk no later than two (2) days prior
to the proceedings. Telephone (305) 787-6001 for assistance; if hearing impaired, telephone our TDD
line at (305) 948-2909 for assistance.


MIAW NANBA.



SMALL BUSINESS GRANT
APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
JANUARY 7, 2008 JANUARY 18, 2008

Commissioner Barbara J. Jordan has made $127,500 available through the Mom and Pop Small Busi-
ness Grant Program for FY 2007 2008 to be distributed to qualified small businesses located in Miami-
Dade County District 1 area only. Maximum amoLint per'bUsin'ss is $5,000.' Home Based businesses
are welcome to apply. Businessesawarded funding t-B:dneutiv~ yearmnut'sit out one year.
District 1I
Applications Available:
Commissioner Barbara J. Jordan's
District Office
2780 NW 167th Street
Contact: Shareeke Edmead
305-474-3011

NANA, 180 NW 62nd Street
Contact: Ms. Lawanza Finney
305-756-0605

Applications also available January 7, 2008 download
at www.miamidade.gov/district01

An information workshop is
scheduled for 6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at FIU-FMU Auditorium at
Florida Memorial University, located at 15800 NW 42
Avenue
Barbara J. Jordan
Miami-Dade County
Commissioner District 1
All applications must be hand delivered and returned by 5 p.m.
Friday, January 18, 2008, at either location. For more information,
contact Ms. Lawanza Finney at (305) 756-0605 from 10 a.m. 4 p.m.


HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH

PUBLIC COMMENT NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Housing Authority of the City of Miami Beach (HACMB) is placing for public view and comments its
Annual Plan for Fiscal year 2008. The HACMB is also proposing to update the following documents:

* Section 8 HCV Administrative Plan (ADMIN)
* Admission & Continued Occupancy Plan (A.C.O.P)

The Annual Plan and all other documents listed above will be placed for public view and comment
for 45 days starting on Thursday, January 10, 2008 through Monday, February 25, 2008 between the
hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in the HACMB Executive Office, located at 200 Alton Road, First
Floor, Miami Beach, Florida. All comments must be submitted in writing and received no later than
February 26, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. at the following address:

HACMB Executive Office
Ref: Annual Plan/Plans
200 Alton Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139


There will be a Public Hearing at the HACMB for the purpose of discussing its Annual Plan, Section 8
HCV Administrative Plan (ADMIN) and Admission & Continued Occupancy Plan (A.C.O.P) for Fiscal
Year 2008. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 beginning at 10:00 a.m., in the
Rebecca Towers North Multi-Purpose Room, 200 Mon Road, Miami Beach, Florida. All interested per-
sons are welcomed to attend and will be heard.
In compliance with the Americans with Diabetes Act (ADA), please contact the Housing Authority of the City of Miami Beach at (305) 532-6401
one week in advance if special accomodations are required. In accordance with the provisions of Section 286.0105, Florida Statues, if a
person decides to appeal any decision made by the Housing Authority in regards to any matter considered at the meeting, a verbatim record
of the proceedings, including the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based, will be needed.



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BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY


Traditional entrepreneurs are wary of new tech trends


Putting all the excuses aside now

is the time to begin understanding

how to utilize Web 2.0 tools


By Brent Leary

Black Enterprise-A
recent study by Bredin
Business Information
Inc. found that
small and mid-sized
businesses (SMBs)
have notjumped on the
Web 2.0 bandwagon
just yet. The BBI
study found that only
14 percent of the
300 people surveyed
believe that blogs
will be very or are
extremely important,
while wikis, social
networks andWebcasts
faired slightly better.
Compare this to the
49 percent who think
e-newsletters will
remain important over
the next five years,


and you see how little
love SMBs have for
"the new stuff."
This comes as
no real surprise.
Although many of us
small biz types do
blog, wiki, and twitter,
the vast majority of
nontechie, traditional
entrepreneur-types
aren't drinking the
KOOL-AID. Given the
typical "fear of change"
and "lack of time"
arguments, here are a
few reasons why.

* Silly Names
Blogs ... Wikis ..
Podcast ... Twitter ....
Is it any surprise that
many mainstream
small business people
can't get with this


stuff? I mean when I
first heard the word
blog I thought the
guy I was talking
to had some sort of
speech impediment.
And when compared
to terms such as
e-mail, e-newsletter,
and voicemail [these
terms] do sound pretty
whacked out. But what
did you expect when
most of this stuff was
named by people not
old enough to drink
alcohol (legally). But
now, truth be told,
I really do like the
creativity being used.
It's a lot catchier than
regular words with
an "e" or "i" stuck in
front.

* Silly Kid Stuff
And with the above
names, is there
any surprise that
mainstreamers still
believe this stuff isn't
for them, but for the


prepubescentset?After
all, kids were the ones
who made this stuff
popular. They showed
us how to use the
Web to communicate
in a lot of new ways,
with a lot of new tools.
But does that really
have to mean people
old enough to know
who Bill Buckner and
Mookie Wilson are
can't find great uses
for this stuff? If the old
folks at Microsoft can
shell out $240 million
to those Facebook
kids, it probably is
safe to say Web 2.0
is definitely coming of
age and is no passing
fancy.

N Old Role Models
When it comes to
technology, many in
the SMB world take
their cues from the
big companies that
provide their tools.
So they look to see


if the big guys are
using social media,
social networks,
blogging, and other
things. Unfortunately,
many big-time tech
companies really
don't get Web 2.0.
Some have been slow
to use it themselves
while others misused
these tools to deliver
traditional marketing
messages. Web 2.0 is
about conversations,
exchanges, and
creatinganatmosphere
where people can
freely express their
opinion. Not to deliver
marketing schlock.
Putting all the
excuses aside now
is the time to begin
understanding how to
utilize Web 2.0 tools.
Tech heavyweights
like Intuit, Webex, HP,
Microsoft, and a few
others are beginning
to use these tools to
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wait for the big guys,
because the small
businessfolkswhohave
bought in to Web 2.0
are the true mentors,
demonstrating to the
big guys as well as
other small businesses


how these tools, along
with the right mind-
set, can be extremely
successful. And with
the average age of first
time entrepreneurs
coming down,
colleges teaching
entrepreneurship and
social media as part of
their curriculum, and


a whole new generation
being raised with
all this stuff, I think
traditional small
businesses will have
to adapt, and adapt
quickly. So get used to
the tools with the silly
names, and use them
to help you compete,
thrive, and survive.


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MIAMI- DADE


LEGAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF BIDS
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
MIAMI, FLORIDA

Miami-Dade County, Florida is announcing the availability of bids, which can be
obtained through the Department of Procurement Management (DPM), from
our Website: www.miamidade.gov/dpm. Vendors may choose to download the
bid package(s), free of charge, from our Website under "Solicitations On-
line". Internet access is available at all branches of the Miami-Dade Public
Library. It is recommended that vendors visit our Website on a daily basis to
view newly posted solicitations, addendums, revised bid opening dates and
other information that may be subject to change.

Interested parties may also visit or call:

Miami-Dade County
Department of Procurement Management
Vendor Assistance Unit
111 NW 1st Street, 13th floor,
Miami, FL 33128
Phone Number: 305-375-5773

There is a nominal non-refundable fee for each bid package and an additional
$5.00 handling charge for those vendors wishing to receive a paper copy of
the bid package through the United States Postal Service.

These solicitations are subject to the "Cone of Silence" in accordance with
County Ordinance No. 98-106.


MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
NOTICE TO PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS
MIAMI-DADE AVIATION DEPARTMENT
AVIATION PLANNING CONSULTANT SERVICES
OCI PROJECT NO. E07-MDAD-01

The County Manager, Miami-Dade County (County), pursuant to Section 287.055, Florida Statutes, 2-8.1 and 2-10.4 of the County Code and Administrative
Order 3-39, announces that professional architectural and engineering services will be required to provide aviation planning services which may include but
not be limited to airfield, airspace and terminal planning, aircraft and airport operational analysis, airport master planning, airport strategic planning, aviation
regional planning, Aviation Layout Plan (ALP) development and support, Capital Improvements Program (CIP), Joint Automated Capital Improvement Program
(JACIP), development and support, airspace analysis, zoning airport planning technology applications, operations of planning models, economic impact analysis,
management of planning data, planning support to airport management, individual planning project studies, and other activities normally associated with planning
at large commercial and general aviation airports.

The Miami-Dade County Airport System includes Miami International Airport (MIA), Opa-Locka Executive Airport (OPF), Kendall Tamiami Executive Airport
(TMB), Homestead General Aviation Airport (X-51) and Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport (TNT).

Two consultants will be retained under a non exclusive professional services agreement (PSA) in the amount of $750,000 each with an effective term of five (5)
years, or until the monies are exhausted, whichever occurs first.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

The prime selected must demonstrate experience in the below listed areas:

1) The prime firm must be an aviation planning consulting firm having extensive and verifiable experience, within the past ten (10) years from the submittal
date, in providing similar services as the project prime to major international gateway airports in the United States (U.S.). A major international gateway
airport is defined as follow:

An airport which serves a metropolitan statistical area (MSA), with a population of 1.5 million residents with services for international passenger and international
cargo, either as an independent facility or as a part of a commercial passenger service airport. Examples of major international gateway airports include,
but are not limited to, (a) Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, (b) San Francisco International Airport, (c) Los Angeles International Airport, (d) McCarran
International Airport, (e) Denver International Airport, (f) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, (g) George Bush International/Houston Airport, (h) Dallas/
Fort Worth International Airport, (i) Chicago O'Hare International Airport, (j) Washington Dulles International Airport, (k) John,F. Kennedy International Airport,
(I) La Guardia Airport, (m) Newark Liberty International Airport, (n) Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (World-Chamberlain), (o) Orlando International
Airport, (p) Tampa International Airport, and (q) Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport.


The above expertise must be met by a qualified individual(s) of the prime consultant's firm. The experience must be demonstrated by direct or substantial
involvement of the individual(s) in a supervisory capacity at the project manager level or above in these projects. The determination of the individual's
qualifications and compliance with the above experience and qualifications shall be at the sole discretion of the County.


TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

25.00 Aviation Planning Consultant Services (PRIME)

1.03 Transportation Planning -Aviation Systems and 4.02 Aviation Systems -Architectural Design
Airport Master Planning


A copy of the Notice To Professional Consultants (NTPC), forms and accompanying participation provisions (as applicable) may be obtained at the Office of
Capital Improvements Architectural & Engineering Unit located at 111 NW 1st Street, 21st Floor, Miami, FL 33128. The phone number and fax respectively for
the unit is (305) 375-2307 and (305) 350-6265. A solicitation notification will be forwarded electronically to all consultants who are pre-qualified with Miami-Dade
County and have included an e-mail address in their vendor registration form. It will also be e-mailed to those who have vendor enrolled on-line. Additionally,
those pre-qualified firms without an e-mail address will be faxed a solicitation notification. The NTPC and accompanying documents may be obtained on line at
http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/dpm, at the following link "Solicitations On-Line."

The Consultant Coordinator for this project is Mike Ramos who may be contacted via e-mail at ramosmi(omiamidade.gov, fax: (305) 350-6265 or phone: (305)
375-5215.

CONTRACT MEASURE REQUIREMENTS

2 AGREEMENTS 15% CBE MEASURES (EACH)


A pre-submittal project briefing for interested firms will be held on January 10, 2008, at 2:00 P.M. in Conference Room 18-2, 18th Floor of the Stephen P. Clark
Center, located at 111 N.W. 1s' Street, Miami, Florida. While attendance IS NOT mandatory, interested parties ARE ENCOURAGED to attend.

Deadline for submission of proposals is January 28 2008 at 3:30 P.M., LOCAL TIME, all sealed envelopes and containers must be received at Miami-
Dade County, Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, 111 NW 1"t Street, 17t' Floor, Suite 202, Miami, Florida 33128-1983. BE ADVISED THAT
ANY AND ALL SEALED PROPOSAL ENVELOPES OR CONTAINERS RECEIVED AFTER THE ABOVE SPECIFIED RESPONSE DEADLINE MAY NOT BE
CONSIDERED.

This solicitation is subject to Miami-Dade County's Cone of Silence pursuant to Section 2-11.1(t) of the Miami-Dade County Code, as amended. Please review
Miami-Dade County Administrative Order 3-27 for a complete and thorough description of the Cone of Silence.


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By Anthony Balderrama

Not too long ago, the
generation gap meant
parents didn't understand
why ripped jeans cost twice
as much as regular ones
or why every other word
coming out of their child's
mouth was "like." Now the
gap means employers
don't understand why So
twentysomethings i
straight out of college F
expect a high salary and i
lots of vacation time.
Employees under the
age of 29, also known
as Generation Y, expect their
employers to provide more
benefits and other perks than
their older counterparts,
according to a new survey
from CareerBuilder.com
and Harris Interactive. Gen
Y workers want better pay,
a flexible work schedule
and company-provided
BlackBerrys and cell
phones.
Eighty-seven percent of
hiring managers and HR
professionals say Gen Y
exhibits a sense of entitlement
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APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
JANUARY 2, 2008 JANUARY 31, 2008

Commissioner Audrey M. Edmonson has made $127,500 available through the Mom and Pop Small
Business Grant Program for FY 2007 2008 to be distributed to qualified small businesses located in
Miami-Dade County District 3 area only.
Maximum amount per business is $10,000. Home Based, start up, prior year recipients and businesses
never selected for funding may apply.

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District Office
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Contact: Ms. Nikita Ivory
305-636-2331

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Contact: Ms. Lawanza Finney
305-756-0605.

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www:miamidade.gov/district 03

An information workshop is
scheduled for:
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Joseph Cable Center 5400 NW 22 Ave, Miami.


Audrey M. Edmonson
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Commissioner District 3
All applications must be hand delivered and returned by 5 p.m.
Wednesday, January 31, 2008, at either location. For more information,
contact Ms. Lawanza Finney at (305) 756-0605 from 10 a.m. 4 p.m.


But not all Gen Y-ers see it
that way. Mark Treichel, a
recent college graduate, says
it's more an expectation of
give and take than a sense of
entitlement.
"Employers expect entry-
level employees to have
substantial work experience,
be top of their class, dress


professionally, etcetera,"
Treichel says. "Personally,
I worked hard at two year-
round internships while still
going to school my last two
years. I don't expect high
pay and a BlackBerry, but I
do expect to be compensated
for the hard work I put in
preparing for the position."
Alison Bailin, 27, also
believes her generation wants
to see a significant return on
years of education. "College
expenses have skyrocketed,
leaving many of us in debt,"
says the account executive.


"Many career fields require
one year or more of a [usually]
unpaid internship, so we are
joining the work force with a
year or more experience than
many previous generations."
Technology is largely
responsible for the shift in
expectations and employers'
willingness to adapt to them.


Some of the world's most
visited Web sites, such as
Facebook and YouTube, made
their creators millionaires
before their 30th birthdays.
For some Gen Y-ers, this is
ammunition when entering
the work force.
"Companies desperately
want to be a part of the
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to guide that shift than
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s today's sleepless digital
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Bailin agrees. "I think
if other generations had
such technologies as cell
phones and BlackBerrys, they
would work toward getting
them financed through work
as well."
SBailin's assessment
emphasizes just how
much her generation has
incorporated technology
into daily life. Forty-nine
percent of employers cite
Gen Y's preference for e-mail
or phone calls over face-to-
face meetings as the biggest
communication gap between
Gen Y and co-workers.
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Miami-Dade County Public Schools


NOTICE TO BIDDERS
THE SCHOOL BOARD OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
1450 N.E. 2ND AVENUE
MIAMI, FLORIDA 33132


Sealed bids for categories of items listed below will be received, at the address listed, on the designated
date. Said bids will be publicly opened and read in the Board auditorium, Miami-Dade County School -
Board Administration Building. Bids are to be placed in the 'BID BOX' in Room 351, by 2:00 P.M., on the
date designated. Bid forms on which the bids must be submitted are available upon request from the DI-
VISION OF PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT web-site at http://procurement.dadeschools.net, or Room
351, address above, telephone (305) 995-1380. Award recommendations will be available on the Friday
preceding the scheduled Board meeting award. The results of bids awarded at the official School Board
meetings will be available in the DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT on the Monday follow-
ing the meetings. The Board reserves the right to waive informalities and to reject any and all bids.

"The School Board of Miami-Dade County Public Schools enacts a Cone of Silence from issuance
of a solicitation to written recommendation of award. All provisions of School Board Rule 6Gx13-
8C-1.212 apply."

"Any Protest of Specifications, or Protest of Award, must be filed with the Clerk of the School
Board. Failure to adhere to the filing requirements and timelines, as specified in Board Rule
6Gx13-3C-1.11, shall constitute a waiver of proceedings."




A pre-bid conference will be held Thursday,
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