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VIRGINIA KEY BEACH PARK .


NOW: 2008


THEN: 1952


Miami's 'Colored Only' beach reopens this weekend


'Historic Virginia Key Beach Park,
the city of Miami's largest park which
has been closed since 1982 reportedly
for reasons of disrepair, will reopen
this Black History Month weekend of
Friday-Saturday-Sunday, February
22 through 24 with dedication
celebrations and a family fun festival.
The entire community is invited to


attend and enjoy.
It's a time to enjoy great food along
Vendors Alley and have fun times. It's
all free, free admission, free parking
and free park-and-ride from the MLK
and Overtown Metrorail stations on
Saturday only from 12 noon to 10
pm. Bring your picnic blankets and
lawn chairs.


Friday's, February 22, ribbon-
cutting-dedication ceremony featuring
dignitaries begins at 10 a.m. with
inauguration speech by Rev. Dr.
Joseph E. Lowery of the Coalition for
the Peoples Agenda, remembrances,
Mini-Train Display, Museum Exhibit
and Tours, Unveiling of Poster Contest
Designs, Bahamian Junkanoo Revue,


Florida Memorial University Steel
Band and Choral Ensemble, and
nostalgic treats.
The Saturday Family Fest Day,
February 23, runs from 1 pm to 9
pm with live performances by Jeffery
Osborne, Crossovah, Senior Steppers,
Hip Hop Kidz, Mecca A.K.A. Grimo,
Ball Greezy and Grind Mode.


Saturday's Children Amusement
Fun Zone will include a merry-go-
round carousel, sand castles box area,
bounce house arena, mini-carnival
rides, face painting, magician, story-
telling, puppet show and other park
amenities to enjoy. The park will also
host vintage cars on display, as well
Please turn to BEACH 9A


Rev. Joseph Lowery headlines


Virginia Key Beach reopening


Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery of
the Coalition for the Peoples
Agenda is the guest speaker
who will officially dedicate the
grand reopening of Virginia Key
Beach Park at its inauguration
celebration and ribbon-cutting
ceremony on Friday, February
22. He will be joined by many
public officials, civil rights
activists and community
leaders.
Trina Robinson of NBC
6 Network will host the
celebration with performances
by the Bahamian Junkanoo
Revue and Florida Memorial
University Steel Band and
Choral Ensemble, while
Boy Scouts render the flag
ceremony. Salutes will be
given to winners of the poster
design contest, and the
winning design announced.
Students from Dade County


Rev. Joseph Lowery
Coalition for the Peoples Agenda
Public Schools participated
in an art design competition
of drawings for the Park's
coloring book cover.
Recognitions will be extended
to the Park Trust members
who have persevered for the
past nine years in bringing


the restoration of Virginia
Key Beach Park to reality at
the grand reopening event,
including Board Chair Gene
Tinnie, Vice-Chair Eugenia
B. Thomas, W. Mark Walters,
Miguel A Germain, Gustavo
Godoy, Erica McKinney, Maud
Newbold, Enid C. Pinkney,
N. Patrick Range II, Bernice
Sawyer and, of course, the late
M. Athalie Range.
This paradise renewed
is Miami's foremost
environmental treasure, a
place of inspiration, beauty,
education and deep historical
significance. Once designated
as a "Colored Only" beach
when it officially opened in
1945, Historic Virginia Key
Beach Park soon became the
preeminent gathering place
for all social classes -living,
Please turn to LOWERY 8A


Governor Crist appoints Peterman to


head Department Of Juvenile Justice


ST. PETERSBURG -
Governor Charlie Crist
today appointed state
Representative Frank
Peterman Jr. of St. Petersburg
to serve as Secretary of the
Department of Juvenile
Justice (DJJ).
"Representative Peterman's
dedication to improving the
lives ofyoung people is evident
from his 23-year track record
of juvenile services work,"
said Governor Crist. "His six
years on the House Juvenile
Justice Committee give him a
unique perspective on how to
continue the improvements
we are making in Florida's
juvenile justice system."
Elected to the state House


Frank Peterman Jr.
Secretary of the Department
of Juvenile Justice
of Representatives in 2000,
Peterman also serves as
senior pastor of The Rock
of Jesus Missionary Baptist


Church in St. Petersburg
since 2002, and as director
of development for Juvenile
Services Program Inc. of
Clearwater since 1988.
Before being elected to the
Legislature, he was a St.
Petersburg city councilman,
beginning in 1997.
"This opportunity is a
wonderful way to express the
department's commitment to
Florida's children and young
people," said Representative
Peterman. "Our devotion to
the longevity of implementing
prevention programs will have
a lasting impact throughout
our state, and the Blueprint
Commission's report provides
Please turn to PETERMAN 6A


Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State


Will McCain pick Rice


for vice-president?

By DeWayne Wickham

John McCain can make history, too. The presumptive
Republican presidential nominee shouldn't concede the history-
making role to Democrats simply because Hillary Clinton and
Barack Obama are running neck and neck in a race to become
their party's standard-bearer.
Please turn to RICE 3A


Good weather expected

for shuttle landing today


The Atlantis astronauts
checked out the shuttle's
re-entry systems
yesterday and packed
for landing today at the
Kennedy Space Center
to close out a successful
space station assembly
mission. Forecasters
are predicted near ideal
conditions at the Florida
spaceport, with scattered
clouds, light winds and
good visibility expected.


"The weather forecasts,
I've been looking at them
almost the last week, the
models and the weather
forecasts have all been
real consistent on what
today and tomorrow are
going to look like," said
entry Flight Director
Bryan Lunney. "Yesterday
panned out exactly as
they said it would and
I've got every expectation
Please turn to SHUTTLE 6A


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2A THE MIAMI TIMES, FEBRUARY 20-26, 2008


(ISSN 0739-0319)
Outdate attendance laws PubishNodWkya1It0
S1Miami, Florida 33127-1818
Post Office Box 270200
cause dro outsBuena Vista Station, Miami. Flor
Phone 305-694-6210
R raising compulsory age is one step toward keeping H.E. SIGISMUND REEVES, Foi
kids in classrooms. GARTH C. REEVES, JR., Edilo
Here's something you might not want your 10th-
grader to know: In two dozen states, it's perfectly legal for GARTH C. REEVES, SR., Publi
16-year-olds to drop out of school.
The laws setting 16 as the maximum compulsory age
for education are a vestige from a century ago, when
most Americans lived in rural areas and less than 10% of
teenagers graduated from high school.
In today's global economy, few teens are needed on the
farm. In fact, a college degree is essential for many jobs ( m h me
that a few years ago required only a high school diploma.
And yet, about a third of U.S. students never graduate
from high school, ensuring a lifetime of disadvantage. High
school dropouts earn an average of $9,200 less per year
than high school graduates. Over a lifetime, they will earn
$1 million less than college graduates.
As the economy continues to shift to the advantage of
the educated, those numbers will only get starker. That
explains -why some states are raising the compulsory
education age. So far, 26 have moved to either 17 or 18.
Maryland and Michigan are the latest to debate bumping
the mandatory age to 18.
Opponents argue that pushing up the age creates
problems for school districts that lack both the extra
teachers to handle students who don't want to be in school
and the truancy officers to make the law stick.
Those are reasonable concerns. They are outweighed,
however, by research showing that raising the age makes
a difference. One study found that compulsory schooling
laws keep about 25% of potential dropouts in school. Small
wonder. Nearly two in five of dropouts said they "had too

By itself, a higher compulsory attendance age is likely v liable
to have limited positive impact. Only in combination with
other steps, many of them undertaken well before high
school, will it curb dropout rates.
Perhaps the most important step is to make school more
relevant. The top reason dropouts give for leaving school
is that their classes were not interesting. High schools
that offer vocational training, in fields such as health care
or engineering, are becoming hits even in middle-class
neighborhoods. California's network of High Tech High
Schools serve as a model.
Early intervention is also important. Many students
fall behind in elementary school and never catch up. In 1 h
addition, students who end up dropping out in high
school often have poor attendance records as early as
kindergarten, researchers at Arizona State University
recently discovered.
More focus is needed, too, on boys' literacy skills.
Nationally, 72% of girls graduate from high school,
compared with 65% of boys. Based on state achievement
tests, boys' biggest lapses are weak reading skills, which
can hinder them in high school.
Keeping students in school benefits both -them and
society. In the nation's post-agrarian economy, it makes
sense for states still at 16 to raise their compulsory ages -
as long as that's one of many steps to deal with dropouts,
not the only step. -USA Today


Assisted living evictions
There is a serious bit of injustice going on in our
area that must be carefully monitored before it
leads to major problems.
Residents at assisted living facilities should have the
same tenant-landlord protections as everybody else,
plain and simple. They shouldn't be evicted from facilities
without knowing the reason. And they should be able
to file an appeal if they think they're being treated
unfairly.
Many of our senior citizens have registered complaints
about assisted living discharges that have left them in
a quandary. These are the most vulnerable people in
our community and they deserve better protection from
inconsiderate landlords.
Administrators argue their assisted living facilities are
not licensed to care for sick residents whose conditions
deteriorate, and they can't afford to keep residents who
stop paying. Those are legitimate concerns. The issue,
however, is not the decision itself but the paucity of
information to support it.
Legislation is needed to protect residents from
unexplained or unwarranted evictions. There should
also be an appeals process similar to the one at nursing
homes that allow evicted residents to file an appeal
within 10 days.
It would be good news to seniors for the state to design
a transitional program to help evicted seniors find the
housing and services they need. That's a difficult request
in a tough budget year, but lawmakers at least should
provide a proper notification and appeals process.

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3A THE MIAMI TIMES, FEBRUARY 20-26, 2008


Does Condoleezza have a chan


RICE
continued from 1A
Sure, no matter what the
outcome, the Democratic Party
will make history by selecting
either a white woman or a Black
man to head its presidential
ticket in November's general
election. Ever since George
Washington became this
country's first president in
1789, the leading candidates
for this nation's highest office
have all been white men.
McCain, who is white, is an
extension of that tradition. But
he can make history of another
sort by picking Concoleezza
Rice as his running mate.
Rice, the Bush
administration's secretary of
State, is a Black woman with
an impressive resume.
She was this nation's first
female national security adviser
and the first Black woman to
head the State Department
(though Rice would carry the
baggage of Bush's foreign
policy failures). While Clinton
holds herself out as the
Democratic candidate with the
most experience and Obama
campaigns as the candidate
of change, Rice would embody
"experience" and "change" as
the GOP's vice presidential
nominee.
GROWING EFFORT
For months now there has
been a grassroots effort, called
"Think Condi 08," to build a
groundswell of support for
making 'Rice the Republican
vice presidential candidate.
But so far it hasn't taken hold
- and there's no evidence
that Rice even wants the
nomination.
McCain should try mightily
to change this. The excitement
Democrats have shown for
Obama and Clinton has
produced record turnouts in
many of the party's primaries
and caucuses. Republicans
have generated no similar level
of enthusiasm.
By picking Rice for the
second slot, McCain would
make this a historic election for
Republicans, too. He'd also link
the GOP to a surprisingly long
line of Blacks who have been
a political party's choice to be
president or vice president.
In 1852 13 years before


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- Frederick
Douglass, a Black abolitionist
and social activist, was the
vice presidential candidate
of the Liberal Party. Twenty
years later, he was the vice
presidential choice of the Equal
Rights Party.
NOTABLE HISTORY
Charlotta Bass was the
Progressive Party's vice
presidential pick in 1952.
Willie Mae Reid was the VP
candidate of the Socialist
Workers Party in 1976 and
1992. Dennis Serrette was the
Independent Alliance Party's
presidential candidate in the
1984 election. Leonora Fulani
ran for president for the New
Alliance Party in 1988 and
1992.
These campaigns all operated
on the fringes of the U.S.
political system and with the
exception of Douglass these
candidates had little impact on
the political life of this nation.
Already, the Clinton and
Obama campaigns have
produced ripple effects that
will be felt long after this year's
election. McCain can create
some waves of his own. By
putting Rice on his ticket, he
couldimprovethe GOP's chances
of competing for independent
voters and possibly improve his
party's showing among Blacks,
especially if Obama isn't the
Democrats' nominee.
"I cannot help but hark back
to the 30 years I spent in the
Republican Party," Bass said
in her 1952 Progressive Party
acceptance speech. "I remember
1940, when I was chosen as
Western regional director for
Wendell Wilkie's campaign for
the presidency. Wilkie stood for
one world. But when I reported
to Republican headquarters
right here in Chicago, I found
two worlds upstairs was a
world for white Republicans
and down below was the world
for Negro Republicans."
A lot has changed for Black
Republicans since then. But
by picking Rice as his running
mate, McCain can do more
in one year to erase that ugly
past than the GOP was able to
accomplish in more than half a
century.


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Detective James Walker who was gunned down in North Miami
last month has prompted Miami /City Commission Marc Sarnoff
for the reinstatement of the federal assault weapons ban. The
widow and father of the slain officer appeared with Sarnoff to make
the plea. Andrew James Rolle, 20, was arrested and charged with
first-degree and attempted murder.


Coconut Grove residents won out over protesters last week and
forced Miami Commissioners to close their bars at 3 a.m. instead
of 4. Grove residents pushing for the change complained about
loud partyers keeping then up at night, and contended a seedy"
party atmosphere could hurt property values.


The 150-plus units of the 70-year-old Town Park Village at NW
16th Street and 4th Avenue is finally slated to be refurbished
after that damaging fire a few years back. Residents are happily
awaiting what used to be considered one of the upscale locations
in Overtown.


The word was out that local officials could do as they please with
our taxpayers money, but finally somebody got caught with their
hands in the cookie jar. Miami City Attorney Jorge Fernandez -
under criminal investigation for personal use of his $10,000-a-year
expense account submitted his resignation Thursday as part of
a plea deal with prosecutors that would place him on probation.



A snag of some sort is delaying the case of Kenneth Williams,
32, who was arrested in Brooklyn Jan. 15 an charged with
second degree murder of Stepha Henry, 22, who disappeared last
Memorial Day weekend. The expectation hearing was postponed to
March 15. Stay tuned.


Where's the beef? The U.S. government on Sunday ordered the
largest beef recall in U.S. history 143.4 million pounds and
said the meat has been used in school lunches and food assistance
programs.


Knowing the record of Miami City officials, most people who take
the job are always sure to write a good deal if and when they are
asked to leave. Miami Downtown Development Authority Executive
Director Dana Nortingham has agreed to terms with the agency's
board of directors on a six-figure severance package $182,000.
Overtown residents are saying, thanks for nothing. Stay tuned.


Now that Miami-Dade School Superintendent Rudy Crew has
been named national superintendent of the year, maybe his
unhappy board members will stop sniping at him and allow him to
go ahead and improve our woeful education system.


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THIS ARTICLE IS BEING REPRINTED FROM THE MIAMI TIMES JULY 27, 2005 ISSUE



Miami landmark of segregation era celebrates 60 years


Virginia Key Beach opened in 1945
By Gene finnic Virginia Key Beach was never
Special to The Miami Times like other typical segregated
parks for Blacks throughout
On August 1, South Florida the South, and, indeed, seg-
will celebrate the 60th regation itself played out as a
anniversary very different drama in the
of the official land of sunshine.
opening of Unlike the barely improved
Virginia Key vacant lots that typically
Beach Park. passed for "colored parks" in
On that day so many cities and towns
in 1945 Dade throughout the. South, in
County offi- glaring contrast to the land-
cially opened escaped and beautified facili-
the park "for TINNIE ties reserved for 'White Only.'
the exclusive The more than 80-acre site
use of Negroes." The event on Virginia Key came as close
will be commemorated at to being as "separate but
Miami City Hall in Coconut equal" as the law supposedly
Grove on Monday from 6 to 9 required. It had many of the
p.m. same amenities that were
The birthday bash for this available exclusively to
national historic and envi- whites at Crandon Park on
ronmental landmark is a reg- adjacent Key Biscayne,
ular Virginia Key Beach Park including amusement rides,
Trust meeting, which is open modern bath house,
and free to all, and will be cabanas, a popular conces-


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televised live on the City' of
Miami channel.
Vintage cars and retro
fashions and hairdos are wel-
come for this evening of
remembrance, fun, and
important announcements
for the future.

AN UNUSUAL
COMMEMORATION
When efforts to save and
restore Miami's one time
'Colored Beach' began in
1999, many observers won-
dered aloud why a communi-
ty would want to preserve a
relic of the Jim Crow era,
especially as a place for
recreation and enjoyment.
There were many reasons.


sion stand, picnic areas, etc.
To a large extent, this level
of equality reflected the
nature of segregation in
Miami and South Florida
itself. Although Blacks and
whites lived in separate and
distinct communities, as Jim
Crow laws demanded, the
two were not very different
economically. Areas like
Overtown, Coconut Grove
and Liberty City, were viable,
bustling and thriving Black
communities, with a full
spectrum of businesses and
professional services serving
a "captive market," so to
speak, of residents and visi-
tors alike.
Indeed, the City of Miami


was incorporated with more
than a third of the signers of
the charter being Black men,
in the very same year, 1896,
that the U.S. Supreme Court
legitimized Jim Crow segre-
gation. This economic suc-
cess was evident at Virginia
Key Beach in its heyday from
the number of late model
cars that crowded the park-
ing lot on a typical weekend
while others arrived with
boats and trailers. The park
enjoyed immense popularity.
In this sense, Miami's
'Colored Beach' was a symbol
of a story that was much less
evident in other parts of the
South: it showed what Black
communities could accom-
plish, even under segrega-
tion, if no further repressive
measures were put in the
way. It also symbolizes the
strength, resilience and
indomitable spirit of Black
communities elsewhere, even
in the face of the worst racist
hatred and injustice.
Part of that story is that
even in Miami, such impres-
sive economic and profes-
sional success alone was not
enough to bring about that
cherished legal place in the
sun that the Beach would
become for Black South
Florida. It took a daring
wade-in protest, risking
arrest, physical harm or
worse for the demonstrators
who participated in May,
1945. They pressed the com-
munity's demand for a
bathing beach for Blacks who
had been previously exclud-
ed from any of Dade County's
miles of beaches.
In response, rather than
face the adverse publici-
ty of an embarrass-
ing court case, the
county fathers
made a quiet
agreement /t
with attorney
Lawson E.
Thomas, who i.
had led and
represented
the protesters,
to establish a
new park on pA ,I
Virginia Key, in
an area that had been
used unofficially by Blacks
as a recreation area called
'Bear Cut' for years.
The new park was an
immediate success, drawing
hundreds of visitors on week-
ends, in spite of being at first
only accessible by boat from
the mainland. It brought all
neighborhoods and social
classes of the Black commu-
nity together in a beautifully
scenic 'paradise,' for swim-
ming, picnicking, organiza-
tional functions, and even
church baptisms.
It would only grow steadily
in popularity in the years
that followed, including the
period after a second bold
demonstration ended segre-
gation of all county beaches
in the early 1960s. It contin-
ued to attract crowds until
its closing in 1982, shortly
after being transferred from
Dade County to the City of
Miami.
The second reason for the
intense local commitment to
saving and restoring the Park
(which deteriorated in the
decades after its closing) is
that its establishment in
1945 was a momentous and
much-needed victory not just
for the "Negro race" at the
time, but for the human race
for all time. Even though the
protesters' demands were not
to change the existing Jim
Crow laws, but to enforce
them by equal treatment, the
establishment of this beauti-
ful beach and park was a sig-
nificant step forward toward
social justice and harmony,
which visitors in the future of
all national and ethnic back-
grounds will be able to
appreciate. This victory is
also celebrated as proof of
what courageous and con-
certed action by citizens
could accomplish by peaceful
means, even in the face of the
most oppressive laws or the
most ominous threats.
Another reason for saving
the park came to light
decades later, in 1999, when
this same spirit of citizen
action would bring together a


diverse group of environmen-
talists, public park activists,
historic preservationists and
other concerned citizens
from multiple ethnic back-
grounds, to save this pre-


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cious historic site and natu-
ral jewel from being lost to
private development schemes
that would have excluded
most of the public. It was
during this effort that the
island's fragile unique natu-
ral environment came to be
better understood and appre-
ciated as a significant
part of what
makes the site
so important
and attrac-
tive.
'This com-

activism gar-
nered unani-
mous local
government

commitment to
restoring the site
and the establishment of
a Trust, chaired by
Miami's beloved octogenari-
an matriarch Mrs. M. Athalie
Range, with a sufficient oper-
ating budget, to manage the
process. From the inception,
progress on the project has
been nothing less than
remarkable, with the historic
buildings and the natural
shoreline being restored and
new infrastructure being
installed for a grand reopen-
ing in 2006.

LOOKING FORWARD
Equally important as the
restoration of the original
site (which has been offi-
cially designated as a
national landmark) to its
former beauty are the plans
for a. new museum struc-
ture on the site, which will
present many of the untold
stories of South Florida's
Black and Native American
heritage as well as the fas-
cinating natural history of
the 1,000-acre Virginia Key
barrier island with its
unique ecological features
and large wildlife conserva-
tion area.
The main highlight of the
August 1 celebration at
Miami City Hall will be pre-
sentations by the three final-
ists in the architectural
design competition for the
museum building to be con-
structed on the site. The
restored park is scheduled to
reopen to the public in 2006
and the museurnis expected
to be completed in 2008.
While the 60th anniversary
celebration provides a valu-
able opportunity to appreci-
ate the historic and environ-
mental value of Virginia Key
Beach Park, it is even more
of an opportunity to shape
the future of the South
Florida community in gener-
al, and to inspire similar
efforts in other locations, by
giving a voice and value to
those whose stories past his-
tory has too often neglected.
The August 1 date also
connects to other celebra-
tions in the African World,
such as the commemoration
of Emancipation Day
throughout the British
Caribbean, Jamaica's
Independence Day and a
host of others, which also


recognize important mile- celebration or about the
stones on the path to social Beach Park itself, please
justice. call 305-571-8230 or visit
For further information the web site at www.virgini-
about the 60th Anniversary akeybeachpark.net.


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01. I iEIRi OWN DEST INY


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These Black Americans 'will never be lost


By Rodney A. Brooks

It's always been about Black
history for Henry Louis Gates
Jr.
In his latest project, the
African American National
Biography, it's about people
whom history has forgotten.
There's Cathay Williams,
the only known female Buffalo
Soldier. (She posed as a man
when she enlisted in 1866.)
And there is Henry Box
Brown, the slave who literally
shipped himself to freedom in
a wooden box.
"Their lives have been lost,


and we've brought them back
to historical record," Gates
says. "They will never be lost
again."
Their lives and 4,000 others'
are part of Gates' eight-volume
biography ($995). It was a
seven-year project for Gates
and co-editor Evelyn Brooks
Higginbotham, both professors
of Black history at Harvard
University.
The idea is one that has
fascinated Gates since he was
a graduate student in 1987.
He was among a group who
published an index of African-
American biographies.


"For 200 years, people have
been compiling biographies of
Black people in order to refute
racist claims that Black people
were illiterate," he says. "I have
been fascinated by these for
a very long time. There have
been over 300 (compilation
biographies) published since
1808. Until today, the biggest
had 626 entries. We have just
shattered that record with eight
volumes of all new material."
The new volume is published
exactly 200 years after the
first one. It contains 1,000-
to 3,000-word life stories of
everyone from abolitionist
Harriet Tubman and Native
Son author Richard Wright
to actor Morgan Freeman and


Next up for Gates and his
team: an African national bi-
ography.


singer Tina Turner. But there
are also bios of people such
as Stagolee, the bad man
immortalized in blues songs.
And Ota Benga, a pygmy who
ended up on exhibit at the St.
Louis World's Fair in 1904.
The encyclopedia-style
stories span five centuries and
were written by more than
1,700 contributors. All the
entries will soon be online at
the Oxford University Press
website (oxfordaasc.com),
where an additional 2,000
entries will be added over the
next two years, Gates says.
And he wants anyone who
knows of someone who should
be included to e-mail him at
the website.


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historical accuracy, of
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We will do the same thing
Africans that we did for
ck Americans," Gates says.
expects that the project will
e five years.
ates' African American
es 2, an unrelated project,
mieres Wednesday on PBS.
it, he uses DNA to trace
lives of 12 famous Blacks,
uding Freeman, Turner,
iCheadle and Chris Rock,
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continued from 1A

a great roadmap for the work
ahead of us."
Peterman's juvenile
justice experience includes
establishing a mentoring
program for African-American
male youth through the Urban
League- of Pinellas County
and securing funding and
staffing for Blacks Against
Dangerous Drugs (BADD).
He also served as a juvenile
services counselor and was a
parole and probation trainee.
A 1985 graduate of
Morehouse College in Atlanta,
Peterman is replacing Walter
A. McNeil, who was appointed
by Governor Crist last month
to serve as Secretary of the
Department of Corrections.
Jennifer Parker, general
counsel of the Department of
Juvenile Justice since 2003,
will serve as Interim Secretary
during Representative
Peterman's transition.
Parker has worked at DJJ


for 15 years, beginning as
a senior/regional attorney
in 1993 and becoming the
chief of delinquency in 1996,
supervising 11 attorneys
throughout the state.
Governor Crist announced
the appointment during a
visit to the Dr. Carter G.
Woodson African-American
Museum with students of
the Yvonne C. Reed Christian
School. The museum
is named for Dr. Carter
Woodson, a son of former
slaves who is respected by
many as the father of Black
History Month for launching
Negro History Week in 1926.
Like the man whose name it
bears, the museum serves
to promote community
understanding of the values
of diversity, equal rights and
social justice. One focus of
the museum highlights the
local role African-Americans
have played in the growth
and development of St.
Petersburg since the late
1800s.


The Department of Juvenile
Justice is responsible for
providing strong prevention
and early intervention
services for at-risk youth and
minor, offenders. A balanced
approach also must supply
opportunities for rehabilitation
for the more. serious juvenile
offender. The mission of the
Florida Department of Juvenile
Justice is to protect the public
by reducing juvenile crime
and delinquency in Florida.
Last year, Secretary McNeil
appointed a 25-member
Blueprint Commission to
receive input from the public
and a variety of stakeholders
about reforming Florida's
juvenile justice system.
Earlier this week, the
commission presented their
recommendations to the
Governor and the Florida
Legislature. Titled "Getting
Smart About Juvenile Justice
in Florida," the report will
drive future decisions on
systematic improvements to
the juvenile justice system.


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Reductions anticipated as school funding cuts loom


Superintendent of Schools a balanced budget, but was
Rudy Crew has indicated soon faced with $32 million in
that the Miami- funding cuts imposed
Dade school district by a special session
is considering of the Legislature last
reductions to salary fall. Those funding
expenses as a way r C cuts were met by the
of dealing with a /- District through a
potential $15 million series of belt-tightening
in additional funding measures and by
cuts from the state. increasing the amount
The new cuts are of dollars coming to
anticipated as part CREW the District through
of more than a billion competitive grants.
dollars of reductions Florida's Both strategies helped the
Legislature will be dealing District face the more dire
within coming days. financial picture without the
The school district began potential for layoffs.
the current fiscal year with During the course of the


fiscal year, the District has
faced increased costs in many
areas, including 'food service,
property insurance, health
benefits and fuel. Funding for
health care benefits for the first
six months of 2008 amounted
to $17 million, which had to be
funded by cuts to other areas.
The additional revenue
reductions from Tallahassee
now make the potential for
layoffs a possibility. The
administration is looking at
where those possibilities exist.
Superintendent Crew has
firmly indicated he will not
touch specific educational
programs, including the arts.


Smooth landing for Atlantis space shuttle today


SHUTTLE
continued from 1A

today will as well."
He said Atlantis is in good
condition and that problems
with a heater circuit affecting
four small vernier rocket
thrusters would have no


impact on the shuttle's re-
entry. Engineers are equally
confident a kinked Freon
coolant line in the shuttle's
cargo bay will not cause any
problems.
Atlantis has enough
supplies on board to remain in
orbit until Friday in a worst-


case scenario. But NASA has
activated its backup landing
site at Edwards Air Force
Base, Calif., in a bid to get the
shuttle down Wednesday, on
one coast or another, to clear
the way for a Navy attempt
to shoot down a falling spy
satellite.


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SBA partnership with minority businesses will expand assistance


WASHINGTON The
U.S. Small Business
Administration moved today
to broaden its outreach to
minority entrepreneurs by
signing a partnership with the
Minority Business RoundTable
(MBRT).
The strategic alliance is
part of SBA Administrator


Steve Preston's ongoing effort
to support small business
development initiatives in
underserved communities. It
will allow the organizations to
share resources and educate
minority entrepreneurs on
how to use SBA products and
services to establish and grow
their businesses.


"Minority businesses are one
of the fastest growing sectors in
the small business community,
so it is imperative we reach out
and educate them on SBA's
products and services," SBA
Administrator Steve Preston
said. "MBRT is a national
membership organization for
minority CEOs that serves as


a unified voice for minority
businesses. By working
together, we can help more of
these businesses succeed and
stimulate economic growth
in their communities and the
nation's economy."
"There are over 5 million
minority businesses employing
millions of Americans that


create businesses and jobs in
the U.S. economy," said Roger
A. Campos, MBRT President
& CEQ. "MBRT is pleased to
partner with SBA to deliver
valuable services and products-
to help build the capacity,
of this rapidly expanding
economic force."
The SBA and MBRT alliance


is intended to strengthen
and expand small business
development across the nation
for minority entrepreneurs.
SBA.will provide MBRT with
timely information on the
agency's programs, services
and resource partners, and
advise them on events that will
impact their mission.


Mayor Alvarez presents strategic planning workshop


Miami-Dade County Mayor
Carlos Alvarez will host a
Strategic Planning Workshop
especially designed for
grassroots organizations with
little or no experience in strategic
planning. It will be held at the
United Way of Miami-Dade on
Friday, February 22.
This Workshop for community
based organizations features
presentations by community


leaders who will offer valuable
insight into strategic planning.
Workshop participants will go
through a series of exercises
that demonstrate what strategic
planningis andwhyit'simportant
to their organizations.
Private and public industry
professionals that will be
presenting include:
Jose Cintron, Director, Miami-
Dade CountyOffice ofCommunity


and Economic Development; Dr.
M. Tina Dupree, President, The
Motivational Training Center -
Professional Speakers Network,
Inc.; Steven E. Marcus, Ed.D.,
President & CEO, Health
Foundation of South Florida;
Harve A. Mogul, President &
CEO, United Way of Miami-Dade;
Linda Schotthoefer, .Executive
Director, Center on Nonprofit
Effectiveness (C-One), powered


by Hands on Miami; as well as
representatives from the Miami-
Dade County Office of Strategic
Business Management. Mayor
Alvarez will provide keynote
remarks.
For more information,
contact Jennylyn Paul at
786-469-2149 or via e-mail at
jennyp@miamidade.gov. RSVP
is required and registration is
limited.


LOWERY
continued from 1A

visiting, or even performing
among the various marginalized
communities of the era.
Administered by the Virginia
Key Beach Park Trust and
the City of Miami, all visitors
are granted equal access and
extended an invitation to come
and experience "Paradise
Renewed."


Beach Weekend Schedule

Virginia Key Beach Park
Grand Reopening

Friday, February 22:
Dedication Ceremony

Saturday, February 23:
Family Fest Day, 1-9 pm

Sunday, February 24:
Experience On Your Own


MIAMM

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS GIVEN that pursuant to Section 2-1, Rule 3.02(a), of the Code of
Miami-Dade County, a Special Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners
has been called for Thursday, February 21, 2008, at 1:00 PM, in the
Commission Chambers, located on the Second Floor of the Stephen P. Clark
Center, 111 NW First Street, Miami, Florida. Such meeting is called to
consider the following items:
Conduct a public hearing on and thereafter consider:
* Resolution approving terms of and authorizing County Mayor or his designee
to execute Baseball Stadium Agreement by and among County, city of Miami
and Florida Marlins, L.P., related to development of new ballpark for Florida
Marlins and to exercise any and all other rights conferred therein; and
approving assignment of Office of Inspector General as independent private
sector Inspector General for ballpark project
Consider adoption on first reading of:
* Ordinance exempting new Florida Marlins Ballpark from application of
provisions of sustainable buildings prografn set forth in Sections 9-71
through 9-75 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida; providing
severability, exclusion from the Code and effective date
All interested parties may appear and be heard at the time and place specified.
A person who decides to appeal any decision made by any board, agency, or
commission with respect to any matter considered at its meeting or hearing,
will need a record of proceedings. Such persons may need to ensure that a
verbatim record of the proceedings is made, including the testimony and
evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Miami-Dade County provides equal access and equal opportunity and does
not discriminate on the basis of disability in its programs or services. For
material in alternate format, a sign language interpreter or other
accommodation, please call 305-375-3943.
HARVEY RUVIN, CLERK
KAY SULLIVAN, DEPUTY CLERK




MIAM 3

PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING
U.S. HUD 2008 Super NOFA (Notice of Funding
Availability) Application Priorities
Homeless Continuum of Care
Annually, the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust invites comments .
on priorities for Homeless Services leading up to a County-wide grant
application to the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development. This notice serves to announce the following meetings:
February 27, 2008 10:00 a.m.
Homeless Assistance Center (HAC 2)
28205 S.W. 125th Avenue Homestead, Florida
2:00 p.m.
Homeless Assistance Center (HAC 1)
1550 North Miami Avenue Miami, Florida
For material in alternate format, a sign language interpreter, or
other accommodations, please call (305) 375-1490



MIAMFI 5

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
PUBLIC NOTICE
Meeting nffpting Public Works Permitting and Maintenan of f
Traffic fin Maml-PoDe C9trity Public Fjght-of-Way
Miami-Dade County is proposing an ordinance establishing a Maintenance of
Traffic (MOT) permit and law enforcement officers to be required as part of an
MOT for work affecting traffic on the public right-of-way.
An accompanying Implementing Order will provide permitting fees generating
revenue for the administration, engineering, and inspection review of all MOT
applications by the Public Works Department. This will also authorize the Director
of Public Works to waive the use of certified law enforcement officers in
accordance with the uniform criteria set forth in the Implementing Order.
This meeting will be held as an information exchange with members of the
construction and utility industry. Developers, general engineering contractors,
utility companies and municipalities are encouraged to attend and review this
important ordinance proposal.
DATES:
February 25, 2008.
PLACE:
Miami-Dade Main Library
Main Floor Conference/Multi-Purpose Room
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130
TIME:
1:00 to 5:00 pm
This meeting is being developed in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, as amended, and Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1968, as amended.
Anyone needing special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990 should contact Mr. CarlostM. Baro, III, at least seven days prior to the
meeting by telephone at 305-375-2135, or by writing to him at Miami-Dade County
Public Works Department, 111 NW 1st Street, 14th Floor, Miami, Florida 33128, or
e-mail at cbaro@miamjdade.qov,


SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY C I RCLUIT COURT

ATTENTION

FLORIDA SMOKERS, EX SMOKERS AND SURVIVORS
OF SMOKERS MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO SHARE IN
A TRUST FUND OF OVER $700 MILLION

I. HISTORY

The Engle Class Action was filed in 1994 and went to trial against the tobacco industry in July 1998. HowardA. Engle, M.D., et al., (Plaintiffs)
v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Philip Morris, Inc., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., individually and as successor to American
Tobacco Co., Lorillard Tobacco Co., Lorillard, Inc.. Liggett Group, Inc., Brooke Group Holdings, Inc. f/k/a Brooke Group, Ltd., Inc., Council
for Tobacco Research U.S.A. and Tobacco Institute (Defendants), Case No. 94-08273 CA (22) Dade County Circuit Court. This Notice
addresses a distinct, unprecedented monetary fund of over $700 million (the "Engle Trust Fund") created for the class by Susan and Stanley
Rosenblatt, counsel for the class. The Engle Trust Fund is approaching $800 million.

II. QUALIFIED ENGLE CLASS MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A SHARE OF THE TRUST FUND MONEYS

You may be qualified to receive a monetary distribution from the Engle Trust Fund if: 1) you (or your decedent) smoked cigarettes
and 2) developed one or more of the diseases and/or medical conditions mentioned below, and 3) that disease or medical condition
was first diagnosed or first manifested itself (first appeared) on or before November 21, 1996, which is the class cut-off date established by
the Florida Supreme Court.


aortic aneurysm
bladder cancer
cerebrovascular disease
(including stroke)
cervical cancer
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -
COPD (including emphysema)
coronary heart disease
(including cardiovascular disease,
hardening of the arteries,


atherosclerosis, coronary artery
disease and arteriosclerosis, angina,
abnormal blood clotting, blood vessel
damage, myocardial infarction (heart
attack))
esophageal (throat) cancer
kidney cancer
laryngeal (throat or voice box) cancer
lung cancer (including adenocarcinoma,
large cell carcinoma, small cell


carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma)
complications of pregnancy (miscarriage)
oral cavity/tongue cancer
pancreatic cancer
peripheral vascular disease
.(including Buerger's disease) ,
pharyngeal cancer
stomach cancer


III. THE ENGLE TRUST FUND IS NOT A SETTLEMENT OF CLASS MEMBERS' CURRENT OR FUTURE INDIVIDUAL
CLAIMS

Qualified Engle class members are eligible to receive money from the Engle Trust Fund without giving up existing or future individual claims
against any defendants. The Engle Trust Fund distributions are separate from your rights in any individual lawsuit for damages for personal
injury or death from smoking except for the possibility of a set off depending on the payment plan adopted by the Court. Class members who
choose not to bring their own lawsuits are still eligible to receive money from the Engle Trust Fund.

IV. A HEARING WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 15, 2008

A. Allocation Plans Considered

A hearing will be held before the Honorable David C. Miller in Courtroom 4-3 of the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for
Dade County, Florida at 73 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130 on April 15, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. The Court will consider comments that have
been timely submitted regarding the allocation and distribution of money from the Engle Trust Fund.

B. Attqrney4 Fees Considered

The Court will also consider whether to grant Class Counsel's application for attorneys' fees of $218,000,000 and reimbursement of costs not
to exceed $5,000,000. This application is for the substantial work performed by Class Counsel over a period of approximately fifteen years
(1993-2008) in handling all aspects of the Engle class action including the two-year class action trial; multiple appeals in state and federal courts;
the creation of the Trust Fund of approximately $800 million and the establishment of multiple findings to be given resjudicata (binding) effect
in class members' lawsuits. The entire Court file in this case, including Class Counsel's fee application, with accompanying affidavits of
experts, is available for review at the Office of the Clerk at-the Dade County Courthouse.

C. Motions to Intervene will be Considered

The Court will consider timely submitted motions to intervene, written comments and/or objections of qualified class members concerning the
allocation of the Engle Trust Fund and/or the attorneys' fees and reimbursement of costs for Class Counsel. To be considered, the plans,
objections, and/or Motions to Intervene must be timely filed with the Court with a copy to Judge Miller at: 73 West Flagler Street, Room 414,
Miami, FL 33130 and Stanley and Susan Rosenblatt at: Engle Trust Fund, P.O. Box 013241, Miami, FL 33101 and postmarked on or before
March 31, 2008.

Your submission must include information as to Engle class membership, including

(1) your and/or the decedent's name, address and date of birth;
(2) the dates/time frame you (or the decedent) lived in Florida;
(3) the date (or approximate date) you (or the decedent) was diagnosed with one or more of the diseases or medical conditions listed
above or when that disease or medical condition first manifested (appeared); and
(4) the decedent's date of death and your relationship to the decedent.

Your submission must be signed and dated by the class member, even where the comments or objcci ions are filed by your counsel.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO ANYTHING AT THIS TIME TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A SHARE OF THE ENGLE TRUST
FUND.
V. YOU WILL, AS REQUIRED, RECEIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Court's final determination regarding a plan of distribution of the Engle Trust Fund along with any deadlines and other applicable
information will be provided in further communications to the Class through a supplemental Notice. You may also obtain copies of this Notice
and all future Notices by calling 1-888-420-1666.

VI. DO I NEED TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY?

You may hire counsel, at your own expense, to represent your interests in connection with the allocation and distribution of the Engle Trust
Fund money or the Court will determine how your interests will be represented.

VII. ALL INQUIRIES CONC EARNING THIS LEGAL NOTICE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED SOLELY TO CLASS COUNSEL

Do not call or write the Court or the Clerk of the Court for further information. Any inquiries or questions concerning this Notice should be
directed to the Engle information hotline at 1-888-420-1666 or by writing Class Counsel:
Engle Trust Fund
P.O. Box 013241
Miami, FL 33101


DONE and ORDERED this 111h day of February, 2008


/s/
David C. Miller
Circuit Court Judge









9A THE MIAMI TIMES, FEBRUARY 20-26, 2008


BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY


Miami 's 'Colored Only' beach reopens this weekend


BEACH
continued from 1A


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Museum Exhibit and Tours. that welco
Sunday, February 24, is place whe
an open day of relaxation in a way.
for the public to individually good feelir
experience this beautiful of Miami
tropical paradise. Come enjoy this beau
a blast from the past. you and y
Virginia Key Beach Park is during the
located at 4020 Virginia Beach when Blac
Drive along the Rickenbacker Signs on b
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Orninally dedicated in
1945, on an unequal, separate
basis. Vireinia Key Beach
Park represents the focal
recreational space where the
Black community at-large was
allowed to gather, commune
and create the conditions for
solidarity necessary for a civil
rights movement to flourish.
Miami's 82.5-acre "colored
beach" beach, like no other
recreational park of its kind
during the 20th century,
established a significant.
turning point in terms of forging
compassionate negotiation
and creative communication
between Black and non-African
American societies.
In 1999, Virginia Key Beach
Park was-once again reclaimed
by the Black community under
the leadership of a Trust
organization.
The Trust's Founding
Chairperson, the late M.
Athalie Range stated: "There
were several developers and
entrepreneurs who wanted to
build on the beach. When we
found that out, through public
meetings, we had to plead with
them not to let this happen.
That is when we made the
push 'to revitalize the beach
as it was in those days. People
don't know the history of south
Florida. Nobody talks about
the segregated beaches and
golf courses."


Key Beach was
us because of the
segregation. It was
was the only place
med us and the only
re we could be free,
It was not a very
ng to have the coast
as a beach with all
itiful water around
you couldn't enjoy it
days of segregation
ks were not welcome.
beaches said No Jews,
and No Coloreds,"


FEEL THE FELLOWSHIP
The island was, and still
remains, a magical spot for
fun, excitement, dancing,
entertainment, and self-
expression-a centerpiece
for social gatherings both
large and small-an oasis,
available to everyone, apart
from developing urban core
that provides scenic areas for
reflection, rest and relaxation
along the shimmering seaside.
Popular belief holds that


special site.
"Few people had automobiles
back in the day. But in the
Black community there was a
main thoroughfare, Northwest
3rd Avenue. Youngsters,
especially of those families
that did not have automobiles,
would get their gear and stand
at the side of the road. These
fellows driving those large
trucks would stop and pick
them up. And everybody would


get to the beach," said Dr.
Edward Braynon.
Enjoy the Ecology
The newly restored
Boardwalk is sure to entice
visitors. The unique plant
varieties that verge Virginia
Key's Atlantic coastline include
one of the oldest surviving
Coastal Mangrove communities
in Miami-Dade County. A giant
Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)
can be seen near the beach on


the eastern end of the Park and
gives indication of the original
plant life. In addition, Virginia
Key is fringed with fresh water
wetlands, tropical marine
hammock, coastal strand" and..
abundant sea grass, flora
type plants for wildlife, sea
birds, the Gopher Tortoise,
the Hawksbill Sea Turtle, the
Loggerhead Sea Turtle, the
West Indian Manatee and the
American Crocodile.


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Athalie Range concluded.

T4STE THE TRADITION OF
IlRGII.A KEY BEACH
Nowadays, visitors
are invited to relish the
historically restored
Concession Stand and
Snack Bar where typical
seaside taste treats from the
past are still served. Sample
an old-fashioned corn dog on
a stick, a bag of kettle corn
glistening with butter, a ruby-
red candied apple or a sticky
mountain of cotton candy.
Then wash it down with cold
.drinks from the well-shaded
refreshment pavilion.
Outdoor grills, fueled by
burning charcoal which may
be brought from home or
purchased at park stands, are
available for use on a first come
basis without charge. Besides
the individual barbecue grills,
a large 20 x 6 foot barbecue
pit area is available for large
groups. Shelters for large
organized, picnics may be
reserved. Picnic tables spread
under the coconut palms
assure ample eating space.
Hearken back to the days
when Virginia Key Beach meant
dawn to dusk family gatherings
filled with plenty of talk, play
and foods to be shared. It's no
wonder why everything tastes
better in the great outdoors of
Virginia Key Beach Park.


Tuesday, February 26, 2008
5:00 6:30 p.m.: Open House
6:30 8:00 p.m.: Presentation
Miami-Dade Transit
Sheila Winitzer Central Administration
Building, Auditorium
3300 NW 32nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33142
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there was a 'Negro Dancing
Pavilion' on the island as early
as 1918. The restored circular
concrete slab located amidst a
circle of shady palms and park
benches, still is a testament to
the spell of love and evening
romance under starry skies.
Countless picnics, church
outings, sunrise services,
ancestral ceremonies,
baptisms, family reunions and
retreats can feel the connection
of fellowship as a meeting
place, even to this day, and in
so doing pay reverence to the
historical significance of this

Richard Faison


'/ Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) will be
holding two public meetings on
February 26 and 28, 2008 to present
the current status of the Miami
Intermodal Center (MIC) I Earlington
Heights (EHT) Connector Metrorail
i Extension, and to discuss activities
projected for the next phase.
The presentation for the public
meeting will include Project images,
current status, and upcoming
! Project activities.

Thursday, February 28, 2008
5:00 6:30 p.m.: Open House
6:30 8:00 p.m.: Presentation
Miami-Dade Expressway Authority
Building
3790 NW 21st Street, Board Room,
Miami, FL 33142


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Educators all over Miami- special that someone, who
Dade County recently got a new has been acknowledged in this
role model: Miami-Dade County manner, cares so much about
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Year, Jacquelle E. Sconiers. A them," she stated.
teacher who truly inspires her Sconiers strives to be the
students to think, she also spark that ignites the pilot light
serves as an inspiration to her in each of her students that
peers. encourages lifelong learning.
Sconiers teaches business, She capitalizes on values
math and social skills to a instilled in her by her parents
population of to persuade and
students that empathize with the
some may consider students and to help
unteachablee," them open up to
who are enrolled ... new ideas. Sconiers
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School. a doctorate, and
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person who doesn't courses as well.
understand would She then shares
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as outcasts, misfits 2009 Teacher of Year with her colleagues


or only mere
criminals," Sconiers said. "I
often reiterate to my students
that a juvenile detention center
doesn't have to be the only stop
in their lives, and a prison or
grave doesn't have to be in their
future," she said. "They are the
captains of their own fates."
Sconiers says her students are
extremely proud of her winning
the top teaching prize, but she
doesn't see her accomplishment
as motivating enough to incite
a new fervor for education. "I
do, however, believe they feel


and her students.
After all, she says, that is the
mission of an educator. A
pinnacle moment for her comes
when the light in a student's
eyes start to flicker with
understanding and she sees
the pride of accomplishment on
their faces. "I hope they realize,
they still have a responsibility
to themselves to want to own
their education for their own
sake," she said. "Education is
not power, it is merely potential
power to the user who cultivates
it."


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the cranberry beans. I told her people in Africa
have enjoyed that funny-named bean for almost
500 years! Haleema loves the lentils. Me, I love
them all because apart they're good but together
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THE ARSHT CENTER CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH


with the colorful song and dance of Perui


InhonorofBlackHistory Month,
Adrienne Arsht Center for the
Performing Arts of Miami-Dade
County presents Afro-Peruvian
troupe Peru Negro in the John
S. and James L. Knight Concert
Hall on February 23, at 8 p.m.,
for an evening the Village Voice
describes as "an inspiring night
of black pride, South American
style." The program will feature
music from Peru Negro's new
CD, Zamba Malat6 on Times
Square Records. Pert Negro is a
Chivas 18 presentation.
Multiple Grammy Award


nominees (2005) and official
Ambassadors of Peruvian
Culture, Peru Negro's dynamic
group of more than 20 singers,
dancers, and musicians
celebrates Peru's rich African
heritage with an intoxicating mix
of "soulful music and sensuous
dancing" (The New York Times).
In addition to Perui Negro's
performance, The Arsht Center's
Black History Month celebration
also includes:
Blues and soul man Joey
Gilmore on Saturday, February
9, at 3 p.m. at the Parker and


Vann Thomson Plaza for the Arts
as part of Target GlobalBeat.
Free
Gospel legends Mavis Staples
and The Blind Boys of Alabama
on Sunday, February 10, at 4
p.m. in the Knight Concert Hall.
Free Gospel Sunday on
February 24 at 4 p.m. in the
Knight Concert Hall featuring
Johnny Sanders, the Florida
Memorial University Gospel
Choir, Pastor Avery Jones and
the Avery Jones Singers, and
New Jerusalem Primitive Baptist
Church Choir.


"Overtown Rhythm & Soul:
An Exhibition of '50s and '60s
Nightclub Billboards from
Miami's "Little Broadway" on
February 9 and 10, from noon
to 7 p.m. in the Carnival Studio
Theater
Lecture by Dr. Dorothy J.
Fields about Overtown's historic
music scene on February 9 at
4 p.m. in the Carnival Studio
Theater. Free
Peru Negro's music combines
African, Spanish and Andean
harmonies and rhythms in
a genre known as music


criolla. Performances feature
ten extraordinary young
dancers, throbbing percussion
instruments, melodic guitar
and passionate singing a mix
that forms the heart of Afro-
Peruvian music. This high-
energy performance will feature
traditional Peruvian instruments
such as the caj6n, a wooden box-
like drum instrument; the bata,
a double-headed Afro-Cuban
drum; and the unmistakable
quijada de burro, the dried
jawbone of a donkey (teeth
included) which can be used as a


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family members. Peru- Negro
generously underwritten by
organ, Lewis & Bockius, LLP;
scayneAmericas Funds; Anica
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Tickets for Peru Negro are
5-$48 and available through
e Arsht Center Box Office at
5-949-6722 or online at www.
shtcenter.org.


Miami-Dade PAD explains about accessing

Amendment 1 benefits approved Jan. 29 '!W


The Miami-Dade County
Property Appraisal Department
(PAD) provides the following
guidelines to help residents
access the property tax benefits
contained in the constitutional
amendment (Amendment 1)
which voters approved on
January 29.

ADDITIONAL $25,000
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION
For homeowners who have the
existing $25,000 Homestead
Exemption, no action is
required for them to access
this additional $25,000. The
Property Appraisal Department
will automatically upgrade
their accounts to the $50,000
maximum allowed under the
new law.
First-time homeowners
who qualify for Homestead
Exemption will automatically
receive the new $50,000
exemption when they apply.

PORTABILITY
Since 1994 property owners
whohave Homestead Exemption
have had the increase in their
annual assessments capped


at a maximum of 3% or the
rate of inflation, whichever is
lower. This is known as the
"Save Our Homes" assessment
limitation (or cap). The cap
value is the difference between
the market and the assessment
limitation for a particular
property resulting from "Save
our Homes." Under the
Portability provision of the
new law, homeowners who
sell their property can now
transfer (port) up to $500,000
of the accumulated savings to
their next homestead property.
If they buy a less expensive
home, only a portion of the
difference is transferable to the
new home.
Every Miami-Dade resident
who purchased a residential
property in 2007 will receive
a 'Portability Application' from
the Department.
The more than 10,000
homeowners who applied for
the 2008 Homestead Exemption
prior to January 29, will receive
a portability application with
a receipt acknowledging their
application for Homestead
Exemption.
Persons who purchased


homes in 2007 will receive
application forms for the
Homestead Exemption and for
the portability benefit.
These forms are available
on the PAD website at www.
miamidade.gov/pa. The
PAD also has a Portable Cap
Calculator available on the
web.

$25,000 TANGIBLE PERSONAL
PROPERTY EXEMPTION
A $25,000 exemption is
available on business equipment
such as office furniture, fixtures
and computers for 2008. To
access that benefit a business
must file a Tangible Personal
Property tax return or apply
for a filing extension with the
Miami-Dade County Property
Appraisal Department by April
1, 2008.

TEN-PERCENT CAP ON
ASSESSMENT OF NON-
HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES
Non-homesteaded properties
will be eligible to receive a 10%
cap on their assessed value.
Applications are due next year,
March 1, 2009.


FEMA and Miami-Dade County will be holding a series of public workshops to unveil the
newly proposed Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for Miami-Dade County. FIRMs
illustrate flood hazards and are used to rate flood insurance policies.


Public Workshops Dates and Locations


Feb. 19- South Dade Regional Library................. ........ ..............10750 SW 211 St 305-233-8140
Feb. 20 Raul Mas Youth Center ........................................ 250 SW 114 Ave 305-221-0411
Feb. 21 Miami Shores Community Center................ .. .9617 Park Dr. (NE 7 Ave ) 305-758-8103
Feb. 26 City of Miami Gardens Council Chamber......... .. .... ....... 1515 NW 167 St. 305-579-6934
Feb. 27 SFWMD, Miami Field Station...... ... .. ...... ....9001 NW 58 St 305-513-3420
Feb. 28 Lummus Park.................... ............ .... ...... ... 404 NE 3 St. 305-579-6934
Feb. 29- Surfside Community Center ................ ............. 9301 Collins Ave 305-866-3635


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Cast of The Marriage Counselor

meet and greet with girls group


Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor highlights
the reflection of what goes on in married life


On Friday, February 8th members
of the girls mentoring group, The
Embrace Girls Foundation, Inc.,
were treated to a special lunch
at the Mahogany Grille in Miami
Gardens, Florida that also featured
several cast members of Tyler Perry's
hit stage The Marriage Counselor a
play that highlights the reflection of
what goes on in married life. A rare
opportunity for youngsters. "It is not
often that young people especially
those of color get the opportunities
and especially the exposure that
kids in this program receive, I am
impressed with your work and


they are such a beautiful group, so
attraction and well prepared" said
actor, Tony Grant who plays the lead
role as "Roger" the hilarious father
of "Judith" the marriage counselor
in the play.
Other cast members were
echoed Grant's sentiments as they
fielded questions from 18 boys
and girls enrolled in the program
representing schools from across
Miami-Dade County. "They are so
smart, the questions they asked
are so cute yet mature ones too"
added Stephanie Ferrett, who
plays the role as "Becky" the ditsy


receptionist with a voice that has
earned her standing ovations.
"Meet and Greets are a very
important component of the
program it allows our members
to not only gain knowledge and
exposure of the cultural arts but
also a chance to show of their social
and etiquette skills learned from
courses offered in the program"
Alicia Brown, Events Coordinator
for the program.
The Embrace Girl Power! Program
provides positive social experiences
and field trips, life skills and
character education training, after
school and Saturday academic
tutoring for girls and their male
siblings under 12 at several schools
throughout Miami-Dade and South
Broward Counties.


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14B THE MIAMI TIMES, FEBRUARY, 20-26, 2008


Giving honor and recognition to God


This week, I would like to
share what the scriptures say
about the reward of those who
do honor Jesus and recognizes
who He is. In Mark 7: 24-29,
there is an account of a woman
who approached Jesus' to ask
Him to cast out a demonic
spirit from her daughter.
Jesus told this Gentile woman


that His blessings were for the
Jews first. He made a comment
that seemed surprising, even
somewhat cruel "It isn't right
to take food from the children
and give it to the dogs." Now,
even most strong Christians
would find it hard to .bite down
and accept that kind of talk! I
know that sermons have been
1


preached about this scripture,
and many theologians have
debated this for years, but the
bottom line Jesus called the
woman a dog!
What was even more amazing
was her response "that's true
Lord, but even dogs are allowed
to eat the scraps from their
Master's table." This woman
was telling Jesus that I know
that I am not a Jew, and am
not one of the chosen, but I
will accept whatever that You
have for me. A little something
from you will still be acceptable
to me. Jesus was pleased 'at
her response, and because
she did not take offense, and


remained humble, and more know best. In Luke 7, a Roman
importantly, acknowledged officer asked Jesus to heal his
and honored Him, He granted servant. This man who had
her request. Is it possible that many soldiers in his command,
some of your prayers have not and was not a Jew, realized the
been answered because of an authority of the Man Jesus. He
offensive attitude? Do you rant told Jesus that He did not even
and throw tantrums when you need to go to his home, but he
' don't get your way, and God knew that if Jesus just spoke
does not do what you want the the word, his soldier would be
way that you want it, and when healed. Jesus was pleased of
you want it? the faith and honor given Him
I know I've had some by this Roman soldier. His
tough times in the spiritual request wa s granted.
'woodshed' with my Daddy, and And what of blind
they have not always been very Bartemaeus? This man might
pleasant, but He's my Daddy, have been physically blind, but
and I have learned over the he could 'see' better spiritually
years, that Father really does than those around him with


20/20 vision! He knew in
his spirit that this Man was
no ordinary man, but the
Messiah. Even when he cried
out to Jesus, he addressed
Him as the 'Son of David',
a Messianic title. Even the
demon possessed man known
as 'Legion" knew who Jesus
was when he approached him.
He immediately acknowledged
Him as the "Holy One sent
from God." And though
these accounts were recorded
thousands of years ago, sadly,
even today some do not know
Who Jesus is. They still do not
honor Him as the Savior of the
World.


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The Northside Seventh
Day Adventist Church
invites you to its Black History
Celebration on Feb. 23 at
11 a.m. with Attorney Larry
Handfield .guest speaker
and the Bethune-Cookman,
College Choir.


A Mission With A New
Beginning Church, Pastor
Bishop Eugene Joyner invites
the community to our Sunday
service weekly at 11:30 a.m.

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The Health Care Ministry
of God's Way Assembly
invites you to their Diabetes
seminar on Thurs., Feb.
28 at 7:30 p.m. For more
information call Marlene
Smith, 305-685-6855.


Mt. CalvaryBaptist Church


The Miami Jackson High
School class of '73 will hold
a class reunion activity
on Fri., Feb. 22 at 7 p.rh.
Please contact Phyllis
305-298-5177 for details.


The Children's Trust and
the Miami-Dade Cultural
Affairs Dept. presents the
Annual Family Festival for
Arts and games for children
of all abilities, especially
encouraging children
with disabilities and their
families to enjoy a day of
creative expression and


of Pompano Beach invites
you to their Annual Black
American History Program
on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 4 p.m.
and a second performance
will be held Fri., Feb. 29 at
E. Pat Larkins Center, 520
Martin Luther King Blvd. Call
Mary Kyle at 954-341-8392
for more information.


A musical service will be
held at Bethel M.B. Church
of Ft. Lauderdale on Sat.,
Mar. 8 at 7:30 p.m. come out
and help us have a good time
in praising the Lord.


Christ Life Center
invites you to a unique and
vibrating concert with Higher
Ground on Sun., Feb. 24 at
10:25 a.m. Free admission.
Fore information call
305-595-5314.


movement. The event will
be Sat., Feb. 23 from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. at Kendall
Indian Harimmocks Park.
For more information call
Yani Rubio at 305-412-4177
or Arlene Bouza-Jou at
305-222-2128.
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The Miami Northwestern
Alumni Association will
have its first meeting of
2008 on Thurs., Feb. 28
at 7 p.m. The agenda for
the meeting is taking
nominations for the 2008
officers. All nominations are
due at this time. The voting


STATISTICS
continued from 13B
wasn't just casting bread, I was
casting whole loaves. I'm just
being honest about that."
But, she also took action.
In a unique some would say
'unorthodox' way, Rev. Wilson
ultimately met the man who
became her husband in less
than two months.
She had posted her photograph
and biographical information on
several dating websites when she
heard about Faithmate.com, a
website owned by internationally
acclaimed Los Angeles pastor,
Bishop Noel Jones.
Women need to better position
themselves as available for
marriage, says Jones.
"Look at how Naomi
strategically positioned Ruth,"
he says of the Bibilical story
of Ruth and her beloved Boaz.
"Faithmate is just one big
Naomi," he says.
Within three weeks, Tony
W. Carter a divorced retired


on nomination will take
place at the March 27th
meeting. Call 305-687-4179
or 305-244-2528 for more
information.


Barbara Watson, Vice-
May of the City of Miami
Gardens in conjunction
with the Carrie P. Meek
Democratic Club sponsors a
Voters Registration event on
Sat., Feb. 23, Norwood Park,


Army serviceman, now a Naval
administrator had responded
to Rev. Wilson's posting.
Exactly nine days after their
first date, while riding on a
merry-go-round at the Maryland
State Fair, he proposed.
"He was on one horse and I'm on
the other. He said, 'Miss Wilson'...
I said, 'Yes Mr. Carter'... He said,
'Will you marry me?' I said, 'Is
this what our life is going to be
like going around in circles and
up and down all the time?'" she
chuckles. "Then, I said, yes."
They married October 27,
2007.
He knew she was the one when
they had a big spat one day and
she threatened to walk out of his
life.
"I felt very strongly, 'I don't
want her to leave'...I need to do
something to make this right,"
he recalls. "By the grace of God,
here we are."
Not all single women are as
confident as the Rev. Shelia
Wilson. Some are plagued by
low self-esteem from past hurts


19401 NW 14 Ave, 10 a.m.
-2 p.m. For information call
786-234-7988.


Booker T. Washington class
of '52 is invited to attend
worship service 11 a.m. on
Sun. Feb. 24 at St. James
A.M.E. Church. For more
information call Mrs. June
Moncur at 305-625-7701 or
305-693-4377.


that have caused them to see
themselves as undesirable.
"I just couldn't imagine who
God would put me with that
could put up with me with my
mannerisms, how I am," says
the former Nanette Washington,
in her mid, 30s. "The previous
people that I had been involved
with, they looked at me as this
quote-unquote 'bama'. They'd
have a main girlfriend, but I was
always the one on the side. And I
guess in a way I accepted that."
But, then came Lloyd Wharton,
a divorced, energetic technology


expert who joined her church,
Dominion Church of Washington,
D.C. and began to serve. She
barely noticed him when they
were first introduced about six
years ago.
"He said when he first said, 'Hi',
I had this standoffish look like,
'Don't talk to me. Don't try to
talk to me. I ain't interested in
anybody," says the now Nanette
Wharton. "I don't know, maybe
I did."
But, it didn't last long. They
started hanging out with groups
after church.


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THE HISTORIC


SAINT AGNES'


EPISCOPAL CHURCH





The Youth Ministries of The Historic
Saint Agnes' Episcopal Church invite
your prayers and presence at its
annual Black History Program, Sunday,
February 24 at 10 a.m.
The theme for Black History 2008:


'Carter. G. Woodson and The Origins of
Multiculturalism'.
Following the worship and
program, you are cordially invited to
share in the ethnic dinner in Blackett
Hall.


/ Hosanna Community -
Baptist Church
2171 N.W. 56th Street
305-637-4404 Fa&305-637-4474
Order of Services:
Sunday School ............. 9:45 am.
WVrship._ Ilam.
Bible Study. Thursday ...7:30 pm.n
Youth Ministry Mon.-Wed.
6 p.m.


/ New Vision For Christ
Ministries
13650 N.E. 10O Avenue
305-899-7224
Order of Services:
... tday Worship...7:30 a.m.
3-a,, School................9.30am.
S, -a ; NMoing Wor4ship 11 am.
S.la. Evening Service 6p.m.
TNd Prayer Meeting ...7:30 p.m.
V. H1a .iay Bible Study ..7:30 p.i
:.-.... Church But a Movement"


/ 93- Street Community>-
Missionary Baptist Church
2330 N.W. 93rd Street
305-836-0942
Order of Services
7:30 a.m. Early Momrning Worship
11 am. ..Moming Worship
Evening Worship
1st & 3rd Sunday.6 p.m.
Tuesday Bible Study .7 p.m.
website: cmbc.org




K/ Ebenezer United >\
Methodist Church
2001 N.W. 35th Street
305-635-7413
Order of Services:
Sunday Morning Services
7:45 am. 11:15 am.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Bible Study Tuesday
10 a.m. & 7 p.m.
Prayer Meeting Tues. 6 p.m.





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


Order of Services
Sunday
Morning Worshi at 8 & 11 a.m.
Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.
Thursday
Bible Study 7 p.m.


Saturday
No Service


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.


Antioch Missionary BaptisN
Church of Brownsville
2799 N.W. 46th Street
305-634-6721 Fax: 305-635-8355
Order of Services
Worship Service Sunday Morning
10 a.m. Woiship Servic (It Sunday only)
7:30 & I1 a.m. (2nd. 3rdn.4th & 5th) Sun
Church School 8:30 a.m. Ist Sunday only
9 15 n.mn Ouch School (2nd.3rd.4th & 5th)
Mid Week Service Wednesday's
Hour of iwer Noon-C y Praer 12-1 pin.
Prayer Meeting, 7:30 a.m.
Bible Study. 8:15 p.m.




/faith Evangelistic Praise &
Worship Center, Int.
7770 N.W. 23rd Avenue
305-691-3865 Fax: 305-624-9065
Order of Services
Sunday School...................9:30 am.
Sun. Morning Worship...........l I a.m.
S Tues. Prayer.....................6 p.m.
SSchool of Wisdom............6:30 p.m.
Healing & Deliverance Serv...7:30 p.m.
WedJSat. Manna (prayer)........5 am.
Friday Youth Night................7 p.m.




7 Mt. Calvary Missionary"
Baptist Church
1140 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
305-759-8226 Fax: 305-759-0528

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


1 (800) 254-NBBC
305-685-3700
Fax: 305-685-0705
www.newbirthbaptistmiami.org


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/4posiolic Revival Cente?\
6702 N.W. 15th Avenue
305-836-1224
*Order of Services
New time for TV. Program
FOR HOPE FOR TODAY
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San 9 a m.3 piti. Sunda) 5 pin.
Wed. Intercessory Pmyer 9 am 12 p.m.
Morning Service.................. Iam
Sun. Eve. Woshiip ........... 7:30 p.m.
Tum Prayer Meeting..,.7:30 p.m.
Fri. Bible Study ................. 7:30 p.m.




K First Baptist Missionary \
Baptist Church of Brownsville
4600 N.W. 23rd Avenue
305-635-8053 Fax: 305-635-0026
Order of Services:
rt Sunday................7:30 & 11 a.m.
Sunday School............... 10 a.m.
Thursday,.........7 p.m. Bible Study,
"Prayer Meeting, B.T.U.
Baptism Thurs. before
First Sun..7 p.m.
Communion First Sun......




M t. Zion A.M.E. Church'
15250 N.W. 22nd Avenue
305-681-3300
Order of Services

Church School ......... .9:301 n.nl
Monday







Baptist Church
2400 N.W. 68" Street, Miami, FL 33147

Order of Services:
Early Morning Services



(Thurs. before 1" Sunday) 7:30 pm
(Wednesday7:30 pm


ark Missionary / Temple Missionary
ptist Church Baptist Church
N.W. 87th Street ''' c 1723 N.W. 3' Avenue
8t treet Church 305-573-3714
05-691-8861 Fa% 305-573-4060*Fax 305-255-8549
Order of Services: Order of Services;
Sunday 7:30 and I I a.m. ' | Sunday School..........9:45 a.m.i
Worship Service X Sun. Morning Servs...... II a.m.
930 a.m.......... Sunday School 4' S....BTU.... 1:30-2:30 p.n,
Tuesday......... 7 p.m. Bible Study ,i J Tuesday.....Bible Study
8 p.m........Prayer Meeting Feeding Ministry.....10 am.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday Wed. Bible Stady/Prayer..6:30 p.m
12 p.m.......Day Prayer 'Thurs. Outreach Ministry....6:30 p.mn


/Bethel Apostolic Temple, Inc. / Brownsville /Mt Hermon A.ME. Church\
1855 N.W. ll9th Street Church of Christ 17800 NW 25th Ave.
305-688-1612 4561 N.W. 33rd Court www.mrther onworshipcenter.org-
Fax: 305-681-8719 305-634-4850/Fax & Messages 305-621-5067 Fax: 305-623-3104
Order of Services* 305-634-6604 Order of Services:
Sun..9:30 a.m...(Sunday School) Order of Services Sunday Worship Services:
Walk in the Word Ministry IL....I I. .. .... ._'. noi ..9:45am 7 a.m. & 10 a.m.
Worship Service.... .... ...,, rl.... .. ..I I1 a.m. Church School: 8:30 .m.
Tueda y,., F.a. ., N 8,r 3.,, -,. ..5 p.m. Church School: 8:30 a.m.
Tuesday....7 p.m....Familny ,Night ...,,, L.L ...,e l,, ..5 p.m. Wednesday
Wed..t I a.na..lIntercessory Prayer .,,, ...... ... ..6 p.m. Pastor's Noon Day Bible Study
Wed..Bible Class. 712 p.m. .., '6.... lll 1 Bible Institute, 6:30 p.m.
drnnmpi"umhon tutmmlabl Call: Mid-week Worship 7:30 p.m.


/1 Friendship Missionary
Baptist Church
a www.fricdshipnbcmlhaorg
friendshippraycr@ bellsouth.net
740 N.W. 58th Street
Miami, FL
305-759-8875
Order of servis
Hour of Prayer.........6:30 a.m.
Early Morning Worship....7:30 a.m.
Sunday School..........9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship............ 1 a.m.
Youth Ministry Study.....Wed....7 p.m.
Prayer/Bible Study....Wed.......7 p.m.
Noonday Altar Pmyer...(M-F)
Feeding the Hungry every
Wednesday.I......I a.m.-I p.m.



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

Order of Services:
Sundays- Church School...............10 a.m.
Worship Service.............I1:15a.m .
Tuesday Bible Class..............7 p.m.
4th Sunday Evenling Worship.........6 p.m.


/Jordan Grove Missionary>\
Baptist Church
5946 N.W. 12h Ave.
305-751-9323
Order of Services:
SEarly Worship .............7 am.
Sunday School........... 9 a.m.
NBC .................. ...10:05 a.m.
Worship ..................11 a.m.
Worship ..... .............4 p.m.
Mission and Bible Class
Tuesday ...............6:30 p.m.
Youth Meeting/Choir rehearsal




/ New Harvest Missionary>
Baptist Church
12145 N.W. 27th Avenue
305-681-3500

Order of Ser% icce:
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/ Liberty City Church"\
of Christ
1263 N.W. 67th Street
305-836-4555
Order of Services:
Sunday Morning ...........8 a.m.
Sunday School.............10 a.m.
Sunday Evening .............6 p.m.
Mon. Excellence ........7:30 p.m.
Tue. Bible Class .........7:30 p.m.
Thurs. Fellowship .........10 am.
Ist Sun. Song Practice ..6 p.m.




/"New Shiloh M.B. Church>\
1350 N.W.951" Street
305-835-8280 Fax# 305-696-6220
Church Schedule:
E'is% M\.:. rIn,\.:.r p 7:30a.m.
't o.u r Cl i S '>.'. 1,:30 am.
M ,.,ra..: .l.r.I'hp .It a.m.
BTt' : ..n.i, Br.kt C1,, 7 p.m.
le i. I e wel lk I I S ul....7 p.n.
Mid. "eel. Worship




/"St. John Baptist Church-\
1328 N.W. 3N" Avenue
305-372-3877 305-371-3821
Order of Services:
S Early Sunday
A h .....i.I, Worship ...:.7:30 a.m.
l...t, School ..........9:30 a.m.
M..rihig Worship ...II1 a.m.
''.Li-r for Baptist Chuwrhes
i B.T.U.)5 p.m.
Scri -i,, Worship ........7 p.m.
c t II.. ; ........ (Tues.) 7 p.m.




K/ Zion Hope
Missionary Baptist
5129 N.W. 17th Ave.
305.696-4341 Fax: 305-696-2301
Order of Services:
Sunday School .............9:30 a.m.
Morning Prnise/Worship .. I11 a.m.
FiiNt il Tlitrd lSunday
evening wot s.hip) att poIt.
Prayer Mceeing & Bible Study
Ti'esday 7 p.ta.
hrshoraitlon tali i 8lorShow % v
Morning Utbrllu hip ll .S-lt 0-83v'lx. J


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


Order of Services:
..... Iny M boring Seivices
W ,I .p S service ....... I n.
I Iu",liny Bible S ltudiy... p.. p ,
Ihil l.iv Prlyer Service......8 p.ill


/K Word of Truth >
1755 N.W. 781' Street
305-691-4081
Fax: 305-694-9105

Order of Services:
Bibic Study Wed ................ 8 p.m.i
Sun. Worship Str\I s :..,.... II:310 uni.
XWed. Nightly Intercessor y Prayer
frolm 7:30 to 8 p.m.
w Sunday Worship Service..6:30 p.,i.
WE"Is~fl i v II l. lm o


New Birth Baptist Church, The Cathedral
of Faith International


Pembroke Park Church of Christ
3707 S.W. 56th Avenue Hollywood, FL 33023
(Office) 954-962-9327 (Fax) 954-962-3396
Order of Services
Sunday
Bible Study ............. 9 a.m. *** Morning Worship ......... i .. .
Evening Worship .............. 6:p.m.
Wednesday....General Bible Study ..... 7:30 p.ni
TV Program Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. 9 a.m.
Comcast Channels: 8, 19, 21, 22, 23, 30 & 37/Local Channels: 21 & 2 2
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17B THE MIAMI TIMES, FEBRUARY 20-26, 2008


BLACKs MusT CONTRot THE1R On N DESTINy


Range &_K
CAROL H. RUCKER, 59, Ad-
minstrator for
Jackson Memo-
rial Hospital died
February 12.
She is survived
by her husband,
Joe Rucker; a
son, Lamack
Rucker; three
daughters, Kris-
tie Rucker- Williams, Joann Ruck-
er and Arlene Persad; two sisters,
Fatima Mohammed and Kathleen
Persad-Boodram; four brothers,
Raymond Persad, Kalvin Persad,
David Prince, and Renrick Prime;
a host of nieces, nephews, other
relatives and friends. Funeral ser-
vices will be held Saturday 1 p.m.
at Evangel Church Int'l located at
590 N.W. 159th Street.

WILHEMINA WALLACE, 87, Care-
giver for Land
Training Cen-
ter, died Febru-
ary 12. She is
survived by a
daughter, Son-
dra Wallace;
two,sons,Wilton
3Billy2 Wallace,
and Justina Mc-
Gee Brown; Four Grandchildren,
Charles A. Gibson, Esq., Wilton
D. Wallace, Shannon Y. Wallace-
Williams(Brett) and Michita Brown;
Great-Grandchildren, Deveni V.
Gibson and Brelace Williams a host
of other relatives and friends. Fu-
neral services will be held Wednes-
day 10 a.m. at Holy Family Episco-
pal Church.

HENSLEY LLOYD BRIGHTON,
59, Landscaper died February 7,
2008. Funeral services will be held
Saturday 10 a.m. at Trinity Church.

LONZIE JOYCE, Sr., 79, Owner
of 17TH Street ....
Seafood Market, Y
died February
16. He is sur-
vived by his wife, !-- -
Julia Mae Joyce ,
four sons, Her-
bert LeCounte
(Mary), Thomas
Maxwell (Christine), Lonzie Joyce,
Jr., and Andre Joyce; three daugh-
ters, Margaret Joyce, Sharon
Joyce, and Eloise Joyce-Barnes;
two aunts, Isabel Phillips, and Mae
Lizzie; a host of nieces, nephews
other relatives and friends. Funeral
services will be held Saturday 2
p.m. at New Hope M.B. Church.

THELMA THOMAS, 91, Home-
maker died Feb-
ruary 16. She is
survived by her
Son, Ronald P.
Thomas, Sr.;
three Grand-
sons, Ashley
Thomas, Ronald
P. Thomas, and
Vincent Thomas; two Granddaugh-
ters, Lori Thomas, and Maudina
Thomas; a Sister, Elizabeth Sims;
two Nephews, Peter Davis Sr., and
Sammy Davis;one Niece Lynette
Rogers; a host of other relatives
and friends. Funeral services will
be held Saturday 10 a.m. at Mt.
Calvary M.B. Church.

MURIEL GIBSON, 54, Teacher in
the Bahamas died February 12,
2008. Final rites and burial in Nas-
sau, Bahamas.

Alphonso Richardson
TILLA WALLACE. 69, died Feb.

by: sons, Patrick
and Jerome Wal-
lace; daughters,

Green; sisters, ..
Ida Everett and '.
Lucille Fulpher
and a host of rel-
atives and friends. Viewing Friday 3
to 8 p.m. in the chapel, 3790 N.W.
167 Street, Miami Gardens. Funer-
al service 11 a.m. Sat. at Antioch
Missionary Baptist Church of Carol
City. Service under the direction
of Alfonso M. Richardson Funeral
Services, 305-625-7177.

Nakia Ingraham

MARILYN ALFRED, 46 died Feb.
14. Arrangements are incomplete.


GERDA WILLIAMS, died Feb. 15.
Arrangements are incomplete.

Grace -
EARLY COLLINS, 78, construction
worker, died Feb. 6. Service was
held.


Wright & Young .
STEVIE PARSON, 40, died
February 17 in
High Point, North
Carolina. Service
Saturday, 1
p.m. at Mount
Olive Missionary
Baptist Church.


SAMUEL CONNER JR.,
roofer, died -
February 8 at
home. Services
were held.


MINNIE LEE SMITH, 70,
supervisor, died
February 18
at Jackson


Survivors
Husband,(

John Carter;
sons, Michael
McFadden and Clint Bernard
Smith, Jr.; daughter, Charlotte
Simmons; brother, James Carter;
and sister, Etherline Kendrick.
Service Monday, 11 a.m. at Mt.
Olivette Primitive Baptist Church.


Hall Ferguson Hewitt
IDA FRISON, 77, homemaker, died
Feb. 6 at Kindred Hospital Service
was held.

MARY OGBURN, 69, Cafeteria
Worker, died
on February 15
at North Shore
Medical Center.
Services will
be held on Fri-
day; February
22 at 11 a.m.
at 1st Baptist of
Brownville.

MAE B. DARITY, 54, Fork Lift Op-
erator, died Feb-
ruary 12 at Kin-
dred Hospital.
Services will be
held Saturday;
February 23 at
HFH Chapel at
10 a.m.


PETER MOZONE, 71, Driver, died
on February 17
at Memorial Re-
gional Hospital
South. Services
will be held Sat-
urday; February
23 at Gamble
Memorial COG- -
IC at 11 a.m..

VERA MAE HILL, 40, died Febru-
ary 12 in Boston.-
Services will be
held Saturday;
February 23,
2008 @ HFH
Chapel at 1:30
pm.



LASHONNIE WALKER, 32, died
February 15 at
North Shore
Medical Center.
Services will be
held Saturday;
February 23 at
HFH Chapel at
3 p.m.


E.A Stevens L2
CLEVELAND FREEMAN, 51 died
Feb. 15. Service 11 a.m. Sat. in the
chapel.

JOSEPH LANIER, died Feb 13.
Service 11 a.m. Saturday.

Carey Royal Ram'n
BURTON NOBBS, 54, died Feb.
10 at home Service was held in the
chapel.

LIONEL JONES, 28, died Feb. 16
at South Miami Hospital. Service
Thursday 11 a.m. in the chapel.

WILLIAM COMBS, 71 died Feb.
16 at home. Service will be held in
Jacksonville, Florida.

HORACE WRIGHT, 56, died Feb
16 at home. Arrangements are in-
complete.


Gregg L. Mason-e-
CLINTON DUPREE, 31, died
February 14.
Visitation Friday,
2-9 p.m. Family
hour, 5-7pm at

Avenue. Service
Saturday, 12
noon at Good
News Little River
Baptist Church,
495 NW 77th Street. Interment:
Dade Memorial Park


BERNICE H.
died February
14 at Aventura
Hospital .
Survivo rs


PEARSON, 60,


include: sons,
Christopher and
Craig Pearson;

Pamela Williams
(Frederick)
and Demetris Pearson; mother,
Hattie Mae Adams; step-children,
Franklin and Richard Pearson,
Jacqueline Creighton; and a host of
other family members and friends.
Visitation Friday, 2-9 p.m. Service
Saturday, 10 a.m. in the chapel.
Interment: Hallandale Beach City
Cemetery.

LEON KEITH ADAMS, 51, died
February 17 at
home. Survivors
include: sons,
Marcus Frazier,
Leon K Adams,
Jr., Taurus
and Theodore
A d am s ;
daughters,
Natalie, Lakia Mitchell, Cleopatra
and Lillian Adams; devoted friend,
Sheila Page; brothers, Roosevelt
Adams (Mercedes) and Freddie
Lee Adams; sisters, Sheila Adams
and Gloria Adams. Viewing
Saturday, 12:00 noon. Service
Saturday, 4:00pm in the chapel.

BARBARA YVONNE FISHER,
72, died February 13 at Aventura
Hospital. Viewing Saturday,
11:00am 12:30pm at church.
Service Saturday, 12:30pm at Hope
Church, 3761 NW 94th Avenue,
Cooper City. Family request no
flowers.

ST. JERMAIN CADET, 52, died
February 17 at Cedars Medical
Center. Visitation Friday, 5-9pm.
Service Saturday, 10 a.m. at Notre
Dame D'Haiti. Interment: Our Lady
of Mercy.
Pax Villa
Exael Elisse, 68, died Feb 12. Ser-
vice 10 a.m. Sat at Bethel Baptist
Church in Fort Lauderdale.

George Fabre, 57, died Feb.
11. Service Sat. at Presbyterian
Church.

WOODLIN DAGOBERT, 19, died
Feb 16. Service 11 a.m. Sat. Mar.
1 at Patmos Alliance in Fort Lau-
derdale.

JOSNEL JOCELYN, 45, died Feb.
16. Arrangements incomplete.

RichardsoniA
Patricia G. Peterson, 60. Service
10 a.m. Sat. in
the chapel.








BRYANT 'B.J.'JACKSON, 89, died
Feb. 15. Service









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LAURIE JACKSON, 46, courier
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died Feb. 6 at
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LARRY CLYDE THOMAS-VIRGIL,
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er for Wolfie's
Restaurant. Ser-
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months, died Fe
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er, died Feb. 16
at Jackson Long
term Nursing
Facility. Service
11 a.m. Sat. at
New Jerusalem
Primitive Baptist
Church.

JAMES LOUIS DAVIS, 46, custo-
dian at Brands-
mart, died Feb.
15 at Jackson
North Hospital.
Service 11 a.m.
today in the cha-
pel.


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Feb 15 at Jackson Memorial Hos-
pital. Service was held.

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BERNARD WALKER, 30, died
Feb 16 at home ...
Funeral service
11 a.m. sat. at
Rock of Ages
Baptist Church.
Interment Forest
Lawn Central.


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MELBOURNE S. HARRIOTT, 99,
died Feb. 17 at
home. Service
10 a.m. Feb. 22 ,
in the chapel.





NELLIE JOHNSON, 95, died Feb.
5. Service incomplete.

ANNE GOLIO, 93, died Feb. 14 at
University Hospital. Service incom-
plete.

BETTY BLUE, 84, died Feb 2 at
Miami' Heart Hospital. Service in-
complete.

LIDIA DIAZ, 51, died Feb. 13 at
Hialeah Hospital. Service incom-
plete.

JENIECE KRAUSS, 93, died Feb
17 at Memorial Hospital. Service
incomplete.

DENISE DELSMAN, 55, died Feb.
14 at Kindred Hospital. Service in-
complete.
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MIGNON LAWRENCE, 84, died
Feb 12. Funeral
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died Feb. 14.
Funeral service
11 a.m. Sat. at
Miami's New
Life Internatioal
Church. Visita-
tion Fri. 4 to 9
p.m.


PATTERSON, 87,


IDA WILLIAMS, 80, died Feb. 11.
Funeral service Saturday in Grand
Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands.

RUFUS IVORY, 67, died Feb. 15.
Funeral service Sat. in Madison,
Florida. Visitation Thursday 4 to 9
p.m. in the chapel.

LOWELL THOMPSON, 65, died
Feb. 26. Arrangements are pend-
ing.

ERIC FINDLAY JR., 34, died
Feb 10. Funeral service 12 p.m.
Thursday at Holy Family Episcopal
Church. Visitation 4 to 9 p.m.

IRIS SMITH, 79, died Feb 16. Ar-
rangements are pending.

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laborer, died
Feb 14 at Uni-
versity Hospital.
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Sat. at Mt. Zion
Historic Baptist
Church.



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ALICE BORDEN, 46 died Feb 11.
Funeral service 1 p.m. Sat at St.
Mary's Baptist Church.

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LORETHA SANDS, 91, of Coconut
Grove,died Feb. 12th at Jackson
North Community Hospital.
Services will be held Thur. 11 a.m.
in the Chapel.

Hadley's
KATHRYN DELORIS TRUM-
PLER, 86 died Feb. 19. Service
11 a.m. Sat. at United House of
Prayer.


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In loving memory of,


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05/15/1929 02/22/2006

You are forever in our
hearts.
Love, Lolitia, Harriet, Ange-
lia, grands and family

Happy Birthday
In loving memory of,


BLANCHE C. JOHNSON
02/23/1935 09/09/2007

You will forever live in our
hearts. We all miss you. You
are irreplaceable to us. We
love you very much and may
God bless.
Your daughter, Anita,
grandchildren, Nicole, Zana-
ba, Donette, and. Anna. The
Thomas' and Mitchell fami-
lies

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18B THE MIAMI TIMES, FEBRUARY, 20-26, 2008


Local young lady
competes for The Miss
Jr. Teen Miami title
Recently Jasmine Young of
Miami Gardens was selected to
participate in Nationals' 2008 Miss
Jr. Teen Miami pageant that will
take place on March 2.
Any business, organization or
private individual who may be
interested in becoming a sponsor
to Jasmine, may contact pageant
coordinator, Patty Neidert at
1-800-569-2487.


The Saint John Baptist
Church family will observe
the 23rd anniversary of Pastor
Henry Nevin as Shepherd of the
Flock.
On February 21 the
Reverend Richard Dunn
and his congregation of the
Cathedral of Hope will conduct
the services starting at 7 p.m.
The sermon for the Sunday aa
a.m. services will be preached
by the Youth Minister of the
church Reverend Tony Bolden.
The 3 p.m. special guests will
be Reverend Bernard Poitier
and his membership of the St.
Luke Cousin A.M.E. Church.
Tributes and presentations
will be made during this hour. A
delicious dinner will be served
following the 11 a.m. service
in tribute to the honoree, Rev.
Dr. Nevin. Door prizes will also
be given. The colors for the


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In Memoriam
In loving memory of,


JASMINE F. YOUNG


Second Canaan celebrates 20th anniversary


Second Canaan Missionary
Baptist Church highlights the
20th anniversary celebration
on Sunday, February 24 at
11 a.m. The message will be
delivered by Reverend Myles
Bryant of Pensacola, Florida,
pastor of St. Matthew M.B.C. At
4 p.m. Rev. Gaston Smith and
Friendship M.B.C. of Miami
will share with us and help us
to culminate these noteworthy
activities.
What a friend we have in
Jesus and what a friend we
have in Friendship M.B.C.
The community is invited
to attend and all of our sister
churches and the entire
Christian family is welcome.
Rev. Jeffrey Mack is the pastor.
The chairpersons for this
anniversary are the Deacons
and Deaconess Ministries. This


Bishop Eugene Joyner
celebrates 12th anniversary
A, Mission with a New
Beginning starts their
celebrates on Wednesday
February 27 through Friday
February 29 at 7:30 p.m.
nightly and Sunday, March 2
at 11:30 a.m.
This years theme 'A Man of
God preaching sound doctrine'
. Titus 2:1, 7 and 8.


REV. DR. HENRY NEVIN


special time of thanksgiving,
praise and worship started
on January 26 with a festive,
classy and deliciously spiritual
banquet. We are giving special
recognition to Deacon Henry L.
Whitehead Sr., Sister Mary L.
Tucker, Sister Barbara Clayton
and Sister Earlie B. Williams.
Special services have taken
place with Rev. Wilfred Miller
and Mt. Vernon M.B.C. Rev.
Dr. Joseph Turner and the
congregation of New Mt.
Moriah M.B.C. of Perrine were
a blessing on February 17.
In honor of our 20th
anniversary, Second
Canaan also hosted a Male
Chorus musical featuring male
choruses from Mt. Calvary
M.B.C., Logos M.B.C. and
Second Canaan. We are faithful
and grateful.


BISHOP EUGENE JOYNER


SANTANA
GUTTAA GUTTA' DYER
09/15/1986 02/24/2007

It seems like only yesterday
that you went home to be with
the Lord. We are very grateful
for the time we had you here
with us but, we weren't pre-
pared for your early depar-
ture, even though we know
your spirit still lives on with
us everyday, the thought of
you not being here is still so
painful. It's been a year and
we miss you the same as if
it was yesterday that you left
us. Continue singing with the
heavenly angels and in time
we" all see you again.
We love you, Baby Boy.
Your mother, Arabella Dyer,
brothers, Al and Rahsaan,
sisters, Shana and Jordache,
niece Allie and nephew Alex,
as well as a host of family
and friends.


In Memoriam
In loving memory of,


REV. BERNARD POITIER


CHARLIE 'COOT' CONEY
10/18/1942 02/19/2007

A year has past since God
called you home. Seems like
yesterday, your love will for-
ever remain in our hearts.
Miss you so much Mommie.
Love your' family


BARBARA GRAHAM
occasion are black and gold with
a touch of silver. The theme for
the day is 'Family and Friends
Day.' Sister Barbara Graham
is the general chairperson of
this celebration. For additional
information, please call the
church at 305-371-3212 or
305-372-3877.


7th anniversary celebration at God

Filled Days Ministries on Sunday
To God be the glory for the
things He has done We the
members of God Filled Days
Ministries invite you to our
church's 7th anniversary
celebration, February 21-24th.
Thursday night's guest will




Church. All services will be
7:30 p.m. nightly.
We willclimaxouralainiversary
services on Sunday, Feb. 24,
with Rev. Anthony Shinholster
from Antioch M.B. Church
of Brownsville at 11 a.m. and REV WILLIAM E. ROLLE
Pastor Charles Dinkins and the
Hosanna Community Baptist William E. Rolle, Senior Pastor/
Church at 4 p.m. All services Teacher.
will be held at the Palacios For more information, please
Hotel, 21485 N.W. 27 Ave., Rev. call 305-829-6939.


Card of Thanks
The family of the late,














ALICE LOUISE THORNTON
would like to thank all of
you for your support and kind
words.
If you where only sitting, we
saw you, if you brought food we
saw you, if it was only a smile
we saw you, whatever you did
we saw you and to this we say
thank you. We want to give a
special thanks to Miami-Dade
College, Kim and the staff of
Carey-Royal Ram'n Mortu-
ary, Rev. Glenroy Deveaux and
Temple Missionary Baptist
Church family, Ezekiel Dukes,
Dean Herbert Robinson, John
Demerite, Rev. Annmichael
Smart, Elizabeth Samuels,
Sharon Johnson, Rev. Frank
Dean, Sandra Love-Williams
and Mary Baker Marshall.

In Memoriam
In loving memory of,


QUINTON SCOTT, SR.
08/04/1968 02/20/2006

Love always, your mother
Violean Thurston, sons, sis-
ters and brother.


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Schools, died February 18 at
Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Survivors include: wife Joyce
Danzy; daughters, Tamara
Brunson-Bogle, Twanria,
Tameka and Jantavia Danzy;
brother, Ned Danzy; and a
host of other family members
and friends. Service Satur-
day, March 1st at New Birth
Cathedral of Faith. Arrange-
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Mason Funeral Home

In Memoriam
In loving memory of,


JURRELL RASHAUN MACK
11/16/1981 02/20/2007

It's been one year you've
been gone, but your family,
kids and friends are here to
carry you on.
The Macks'


RICHARD HARVEY
06/25/1935 02/19/2007

I'm free. Don't grieve for me;
for now I'm free, walking the
path God has laid for me.
I took his, hand when I
heard Him call, Daddy rest
in peace we all miss you so
much. It seems like only yes-
terday we looked up gnd you
were gone. We are sure of this
one thing we shall see you on
the other side.
Your loving wife, Betty Har-
vey, Rose and Michael Dela-
ney, grandsons, Travis, Trae,
Tavaris, greatgrand TJ, and
Keshia.

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JULIA GREEN
01/01/1910 02/21/2005


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Not a wholly pleasant one -
you can't really call the Martin
Lawrence comedy a genuinely
good movie. The story is too
.predictable, too pat, its feel-good
lessons telegraphed from the start.
Director Malcolm D. Lee, who
also wrote the script, has trouble
bringing together disparate plot
threads.
But thanks to a spirited
supporting cast, you can call parts
of "Roscoe Jenkins" genuinely
funny, especially compared to
Lawrence fare like "Big Momma's
House." Mike Epps in particular
is hilarious as Lawrence's hustler
relative. But we're getting ahead of
the story.
Which is this: Lawrence plays
the Roscoe of the title -- though,
as we learn, that's not technically


his real name. He's a talk-show
host in Los Angeles, somewhere
between Jerry Springer and
Montel Williams, leaning a little
more toward the former. His career
gets a boost when he gets engaged
to Bianca Kittles (Joy Bryant),
a winner on "Survivor" whose
ambition is rivaled only by her
self-esteem.
Roscoe, a single parent,
just kind of plays along,
and allows Bianca to talk
him into going back home,
down South, for his parents'
anniversary -- but not
because she's sentimental.
She sees it as a boffo media
opportunity.
It's at his parents' house that
we meet the oddball cast
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Border Patrol found four
ounces of marijuana, over
an ounce of cocaine and
41 grams of Ecstasy on Lil'
Wayn's tour bus.

Jury indicts

Lil Wayne on

drug charges

A jury has indicted Lil
Wayne on felony drug and
weapons charges.
The 25-year-old rapper,
whose name is Dwayne
Michael Carter Jr., was
charged with one count each
of possession of a narcotic
drug for sale, possession of
dangerous drugs, misconduct
involving weapons and one
count of possession of drug
paraphernalia, according to
the indictment.
Carter pleaded not guilty at
his arraignment Friday.
His attorney, James Tilson,
said Tuesday that Carter's
tour would continue as
scheduled.
Carter is due back in court
March 7 for a status hearing.
The rapper's tour bus was
stopped Jan. 22 at a U.S.
Border Patrol checkpoint
near Dateland, Ariz., 78
miles east of Yuma. Federal
agents searched the bus and
found nearly four ounces
of marijuana, just over an
ounce of cocaine, 41. grams
of Ecstasy and miscellaneous
drug paraphernalia,
authorities said. Carter was
then arrested.
Agents also found a
.40-caliber pistol registered to
Carter, who has a concealed
weapons permit in Florida,
officials said. In October,
Carter and several other
rappers were named in
a federal lawsuit filed by
music publishing companies,
accusing them of sampling
other artists' songs without
paying licensing fees.

Juvenile

arrested for

marijuana
By Josh Grossberg


Los Angeles Juvenile's
got an adult-sized headache
on his hands.
The "Back That Azz Up"
emcee was busted on pof-
possession charges in
Meridian, Mississippi, last
Tuesday, just days before
he was due in New Orleans
to take part in NBA All-Star
Game festivities.
Major Philip Frazier of the
Lauderdale County Police
Department tells El News
that Juvenile was driving
along Interstate 20/59 in
his Land Rover when a local
cruiser pulled him over for
an expired tag. Officers then
searched the vehicle, turning
up less than an ounce of the
green stuff.
The 32-year-old hip-
hopster, real name Terius
Gray, was taken into custody
and transported to county
jail for booking. Another
passenger was in the Land
Rover but was not charged.
"It was a routine traffic
stop," Frazier says. "He was
charged with having an
expired tag and misdemeanor
possession of marijuana."
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Since HIV/AIDS is prevalent
in Miami-Dade County from
young people to the senior
citizens level, Everlyn Ullah,
director, and Christina
Morrow, supervisor, the Miami-
Dade Health Department, took
their message to the
streets of Liberty City
via a march from Gwen
Cherry Park to the
Joseph Caleb Center,
last Thursday.
Participants were
asked to report to the
Gwen Cherry Park.
And, of course, when HUG
everyone began to
arrive, there was Morrow's
SUV decked down with posters
displaying the message of
HIV/AIDS in the community.
She was joined by Florence
Geer, Coalition for Community
Mobilization, Elizabeth
Collins, NAACP, Jacquelyn
White, Dade County Public
School, Janice Bouyer, South
Florida Aids Network.
Mettris Batts and Kalenthea
Nunnally, David Smith, and
more than 50-volunteers
displaying posters along
the parade route. Before the
parade, the participants were
escorted to the inside of the
gymnasium to witness a
spectacular show sponsored by
Dade County Public Schools.
The group electrified the young
people with their skills of
breaking boards, flipping over
to an audience of 300.
Then, it was parade time
and Miami Edison's marching
band took the lead, followed
by 50 students from the school


wearing red T-shirts and
holding posters displaying the
theme. Cooperative Charter
School was next in line with
a contingency featuring the
banner carriers included
Marquille Thomas, Keshawn
Fergurson, Vincent
Brown, and LaDonte
displaying the name of
the school.
The drill team with
Drill Sergeant Melvina
M. Woodard, Captains
Anthony Boatwright
and Jade Simon, Jaylin
HES Martir, Denise Hall,
Diquaon Rolling, Joel
Carriard, and Captains Muriel
Thomas Chadaye Williams
and the cheerleaders.
Bringing up the unit included
Queen T'yanna Sims and King
Troy Cleare, Prince Ronald
McGhee and Princess Shayla
Asarekokou, which made up
the Majestic Court.
At the end of the march,
Morrow and her SUV turned
into the Caleb gate where
everyone followed as the DJ
blared out Calypso music,
while the Bahamians strutted
their stuff on the outside,
while the health department
took care of business on the
inside, showing films that will
educate or deter the spread of
the virus.


Under the leadership of Dr.
Nettie Dove, Patricia Daniels,
chair, Octeon Tullis, co-chair
and Vivian Smith, co-chairhave
finalized plans for Jabberwock
2008 under the authorization


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of Miami Alumnae Chapter,
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc., in Partnership with Delta
Education, Health and Cultural
Initiative, Saturday, March 15,
at Booker T. Washington Senior
High, 1200 NW 6"t Ave, in the
Mega Auditorium, beginning
at 3 p.m. with a reception and
program starting at 4 p.m.
Headlining the extravaganza
is Eric Jenkins and his
Revue of imitating artists as
The Temptations, The O'Jays,
etcetra, featuring Calvin
Hughes, Emny Award-winning
newscaster and anchor at
WPLG-TV Local 10 News. Some
of the others on the revue
include the PAVAC Dancers
from Miami Northwestern,
Florene Nichols and her Inner-
City Dancers, Carl Freeman,
singer, Aston Farqueson, an
11th grade saxophonist from
Killian, Derrick Rahming,
trumpeter from Southridge, the
Youth Glory Dancers, ect.
Some of the sorors behind the
scene include Margaret Raiford,
Thelma Ferguson, Paula
Young, Erma Carter, Shirley
Parramore, Iris Paremore,
Lois Alexander, Barbara
Anders, Alma Brown, Dorothy
Baker, Dr. Helen Gay, Dorothy
Graham, Juanita Hooks,
Marsha James, Dr. Alice
Johnson, Johnnie Lowery,
Alstene McKinny, Classonia
Ross, Bernice Smith, Ladene
and Vivian Smith (mom and
daughter), Mazie Storr, and
Euline Watson. For more
information call 305-238-1402.


The retired brothers of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
converged at the palatial,
waterfront home of Bro. Garth
Reeves, last Thursday, for
their month meeting, fishing,


listening to jazz, and dining
overlooking Biscayne Bay.
First on the agenda was
the formal meeting, which
was called by President Bro.
Baljean Smith and once the
agenda was approved, he
turned the meeting over to Bro.
Stacy Jones to conduct the
business on hand.
After the meeting, brothers
enjoyed being served lunch
by the hosts for the month of
February. They included Bros.
Garth Reeves, Stanley Allen,
and Ebenezer Edwards, while
the waiters were Bros. Henry
Mingo, Johnny Stepherson,
Anthony Simons, and
Ted Blue. Bro. Smith
demonstrated his culinary
skills by frying the fish and
hush puppies, while Reeves
seasoned the fish.
During the consumption of
food, Reeves reminded the
brothers that this year of
2008 is the 71"t year he's been
an Omega man, while Allen
chimmed in to announce
he and Reeves celebrated
a birthday, February 12,
while the gang sang happy
birthday.
A marvelous time was had
by all brothers in attendance,
even those who did not catch
'na y' fish. Some of the lucky
ones were Ric Powell, Hansel
Higgs, Harold Mitchell,
Peter Harden, John Tellis,
A.G. Williams, Herman
Pratt, Harcourt Clark, Harry
Dawkins, Edward Braynon,
James Anders, Arthur (Jake)
Simms, Elston Davis, Oscar
Jessie, Norman Cox, and
Leonard Ivy.


Mary Ann Thomas-
McCloud, president, Egelloc
Civic and Social Club brought


her officers and Men
Tomorrow to worship at Mo
Hermon A.M.E. Church
church), last Sunday, for
10 a.m. service. The pare
joined the entourage v
their sons and daughters
became caught up in the t
professional services rende
with reference to seat:
escorting, and comfort
everyone in attendance.
It was close of Sun
School when the gu(
arrived and they had a cha
to hear recognization of th
students preparing for
various tests in school,
followed by praise
and worship with the
stellar Inspirational
Choir led by former
MOT Dessalines Ford
and Kevin Desir on -
piano and organ,
respectively.
All of the young
men joined in with
the singing, movement
the spirit and clapped t
hand to the beat of Goo
Everytime I Turn Around at
It Were Not For The Lord, a]
with other enjoyable part
the service.
Some of the MOT inclu
Leonard Thompson, Der
Parker, Miles Dixon, Anth
Phillips,JordanHall, Bran
Hudson, Samuel Johns
Rashid Sabir, Julian He.
Benjamin McWarrell, K.
Hollins, Chaz Wril
Sterling Griffin, along
parents Lynette Thomps
Alexis and Dudley Par:
Mr. and Mrs. John Diz
Ray and Deborah Phill
Valerle R. Hall, Antoin4
Hudson, Cheryl Johns
Christie and Nashid Sa
Sr. Sharrie R. Dean, Bol
Heath, Verorica Roy, I


The house of Alpha Phi
Alpha (Miami) Beta Lamda
chapter welcomed the
following new brothers
into their chapter: George
Samuels Marques Armant,
Gibson Holmes, Franklin
Soares and Lewis Lavelle.
Welcome to Greekdom -
gentlemen!
Congratulations to Arnett
C. Hepburn, who will be
honored March 8 at the
Kazah Shrine Temple by the
National Association of Negro
& Professional Woman.
Did you know that Blacks
comprise about 13 percent of
the United States population,
and our race accounted in
2005 for 18,121 or 49 percent
of the estimated 37,331 new
HIV/AIDS diagnoses in the
country? This year's theme
is Prevention is Power.
Get well wishes to all of
you!
Elizabeth Betty Blue,
Doris Duty, Frances Brown,
Mae Hamilton Clear,
Lillian S. Richardson,
John Farrington, Doris
McKinney-Pittman, Inez
McKinney Johnson,
Lottie Major-Brown, Ralph
McCartney, Denesia Bethel
Harris, Erica Williams, H,
Janet Clear and sick shut-
ins of our community.
Teenagers please read my
column this week. or Mom
and Dad read this to your
teens.

TEEN BE ATTITUDES
Be humble enough to
realize you still have a lot to
learn.
Be ambitious enough to
know you can be anything


you want to be.
Be easy enough
on yourself to
enjoy; to laugh; to
have fun.
Be mature
enough to see take
responsibility for
what you do.


Be confident enough to see
that who you are on the inside
is more important than how
you look on the outside.
Be proud enough to take
care of your body, min, and
your spirit.
Be wise enough to choose
your friends carefully.
Be absolutely sure that
where ever you go; whatever
you do, You are loved!
Carter G. Woodson,
known as the "Father of
Black History" initiated
the celebration of Negro
History week in 1926. The
week corresponded with
the birthdays of abolitionist
Frederick Douglas and
President Abraham Lincoln
during February. The
Celebration was expanded to
include the entire month of
February in 1926.
Wedding Anniversary
greetings to the following
couples: Maxene & (Nikeia)
Jean, February 10. Their
11th. Clarence E. (Hilma
Janet) Clear, Sr. on February
14. Their 42nd. Hughie
J. (Lois M.) Nairn, Sr. on
February 15. Their 59.
Hearty Congratulations to
Julie Bevins- Edwards who
was appointed Executive
Director of Miami Dade
County Action Agency (CAA)
by the Honorable Carlos
Alvarez of Miami Dade


County. Julie was the Acting
Director over the last couple
of years.
Thomas "Nick" Marshall
was pleasantly surprised
last Saturday night with a
Birthday, bash hosted by his
wife, Alice and Supervised
by Cupidine Davis Dean.
Former classmates (B.T.W.
class of '53) co-workers
and church friends enjoyed a
fabulous evening with Nick,
Alice, his children and family
in Saint Agnes Parish hall.
Martin Luther King III
and his wife Arndrea are
anticipating the birth of their
first child, a daughter. Due in
May or June 2008. They will
name the baby in the honor
of King's late sister, Yolanda.
Martin married Arndrea in
May 2006, the new Mrs. King
is originally from Tallahassee
but has lived in Atlanta for 15
years.
Happy Birthday to Alpha
Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority,
Inc. The Sorority is 100 years
old this year. Founded on the
campus of Howard University
in 1908, the Sorority is
America's first Greek letter by
and for Black college women.
Their headquarter is located
in Chicago.
B.T.W. class of 1962 would
like to congratulate, Robert
Thomas for being inducted
to Saint Augustine College
football "Hall of Fame" last
October 19, 2007. Robert
was a former 'educator in
our school system before he
retired.
Antonio (Toni) Silva-
Simmons returned home to
do a review of her children's
book. She visited two Dade
County Libraries for her
presentational to children.
welcome home soror simmons!
Toni is the daughter of the
late Rodrick (Monk) and
Verneeka (Stirrup) Silva.


Officers found less than an ounce of marijuana


Wednesday.
This is not Juve's first bout of
delinquent behavior.
Back in 1999, he was
collared for resisting an officer
after getting into a fracas in a
Florida mall. Most of those
charges were dropped and, in
a subsequent civil trial, the
jury ruled in Juvenile's favor,
determining that he didn't
cause a knee injury to the cop


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The rapper was released a few
hours later, after posting a $622
bond. The New Orleans native
was said to be making his way
home from Atlanta at the time
of his arrest.
No word yet when he's next
due in court. A rep for Juvenile
was unavailable for comment


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who was involved.
In 2003, the rapper was
nabbed and charged with child
abandonment and failing to
pay child support for his then-
six-month-old daughter. That
same year, Juvenile struck a
man upside the head with a
champagne bottle and ended
up pleading guilty to felony
battery and received 75 hours
of community service.


The Links, Inc. Greater
Miami Chapter and
Macy's presents Take
Heart and entertaining
and informatative cooking
demonstration and heart
healthy seminar. Saturday,


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February 23 at 1 p.m. in
Macy's Aventura Home
Store, the cellar free. RSVP
305-577-2296 Angela
Bellamy, President. Premier
Chefs will be Quenton
Outten from Atlantis hotel


on Paradise Island in the
Bahamas and Nicholas
Biscoito.
We are having a party in
Miami.
Everyday we decide who we
will be by the action we take.


Celebrate

Blach History Month @ your

Miami-Dade Public Library!


Don't miss an extraordinary series of special programs featuring
aI I pP .,,k ih;;n..,,cn. author presentations, exhibitions, storytelling, music and more.


Meet the Author
Geoffrey Philp
Author of Grandpa Sydney's Anancy Stories, Benjamin, My Son and other works,
shares how his Caribbean roots inspire him to write novels for children.
Tuesday, February 26,10:30 a.m.
Lemon City Branch
430 NE 61 St.. 305-757-0662


Meet the Illustrator

Jerry Pinkney
This award-winning children's book illustrator has illustrated more than 75
children's picture books including classics such as The Ugly Duckling, Aesop's
Fables, The Little Red Hen and The Jungle Book.
Thursday, February 21
Main Library @10:30 a.m.
101 W. Flagler St. *305-375-2665 :
California Club Branch @4 p.m.
850 Ives Dairy Rd.. 305-770-3155
The Big Read Book Discussion
1Writing After Zora
A public conversation on how the newest generation of African American writers
relate, nurture, respect and cultivate Zora Neale Hurston's contribution to American
Letters. With the special appearance of Edwidge Danticat, internationally acclaimed
I -for her latest book, Brotherl'm Dying; Carla Kaplan from Northeastern University, and
author of Zora Neale Hurston:A Life in Letters, and other special guests.
Friday, February 22,3 p.m.
Main Library
101 W. Flagler St.. 305-375-2665
Dance


Freddick Bratcher and Company Contemporary Dance
Theater Presents 'Storydance"on Anansi
Arnani arid his cast of characters will leap from the pages as this magical folk
tale comes to life through dance, music and narration
Saturday, February 23, 11 a.m.
Coral Gables Branch
3443 Segovia St.. 305-442-8706


Theater


A Harry T. Moore America's First Civil Rights Martyr
Before civil light marches and bus boycotts Harry T. Moore worked in Jim
Crow Florida to organize the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People INAACPI, and the Progressive Voters League. In 1951, a bomb.
placed under his bedroom ended Moore s life. Writer, director and performer
Bob Devin Jones portrays Moore on the eve of his tragic death in 1951.
Saturday, March 1,2 p.m.
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unt Sheila and Steve Griffin.
her Other members of the
the club included Mary Salary,
nts Stephanie Wills, Vera
vith Purcell, Debra Carlton,
and Constance Carlton with Lee
total Photo taking pictures for the
-red journal.
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for
Speaking of Omega Psi Phi
day Fraternity, Inc., the February
tests meeting was held, last
nce Saturday. And, of course, it
iose was top heavy meeting with
the the chairperson reporting on
'. - future activities, such
as 1. the family picnic,
2. Quette Affair, 3. Golf
Classic, 4. Awards, and
planning for the Grand
Conclave, July 13-18,
Birmingham, Ala.
Bro. Oscar Jessie
reported on 2007 Golf
REEVES Classic and brought
smiles to the brothers'
with faces when he reported
heir $23,050. raised with $6,273,
Is, for expenses and the profit was
id If $16,777. He encouraged the
long brothers to double their efforts
s of and $30,000. could be raised
for scholarships and the like,
ided for the 2008 year.
rell Some of the brothers in
ony attendance included Peter
idin Harden, Leslie Gamble, Peter
son, Belcher, Herman Dorsett,
ath, Wynton Anders, Larry
aleb Handfield, Harcourt Clarke,
ght, Stacy Jones, Audley Coakley,
with R.T. Fisher, Earl Daniels, Dr.
son, Ed. Braynon, Norman Cox, Dr.
ker, Tom Snowden, Henry Mingo,
Kon, Arthur J. Simms, Keith Hylor,
ips, Bill Diggs, Ted Blue, Anthony
ette Simons, Michael McLeod,
son, Harold Mitchell, Thomas
ibir, Johnson, Autley Saludin,
bbie Harry Dawkins, Eric Proctor
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All star comedy cast heads up welcome home Roscoe Jenkins


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of characters that Roscoe's
been running from most of
his life. There's Reggie (the
aforementioned Epps), always
on the make; Betty, (comedian
Mo'Nique), constantly
undermining Roscoe; and
Otis (Michael Clarke Duncan),
Roscoe's well-grounded brother
and the town sheriff.
Then along comes Clyde
(Cedric the Entertainer),
Roscoe's cousin who was raised
with him. A childhood incident
has left them fiercely competitive
- and it's Clyde, who owns some
car dealerships, that the family
considers a success, despite
Roscoe's fame and fortune.
Their rivalry extends to (and
was created by) their feelings
for Lucinda (Nicole Ari Parker).
What follows is a lesson in
family, love, true happiness, all
that. No surprise at where the
film leads. But there is some


fun in getting there. Reggie is
the funniest thing in the film,
though sometimes you feel bad
about laughing. Epps plays him
over the top, often resorting
-- on purpose, one assumes
-- to broad stereotypes that
are nevertheless a riot. When
he's paired with Mo'Nique, you
don't know whether to laugh
or wince. I almost always went
with the former.
Bryant captures well the
psychotic competitive streak
we suspect remains when the
reality-show cameras stop
rolling. Lawrence is much more
low-key than usual, toning
down his performance for most
of the film. In his case, that's a
good thing.
Ultimately the movie works
best as a series of isolated
moments -- Reggie's reaction
upon mistakenly walking in on
Betty in the shower, for instance
(I know, I know, but it's FUNNY).
"Roscoe Jenkins" works best
when it aims lowest.


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The Arsht Center and WMBM host a monthly series of free
concerts in celebration of great American music. Free Gospe I
Sunday at the Arsht Center will feature many of our
community's best and brightest gospel soloists and choirs,
many affiliated with Miami-Dade County churches.
4 PM Knight Concert Hall FREE!


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In MLK's Mountaintop
speech he noted that
Black people, in our quest
for economic reciprocity,
should "spread the pain" by
withholding our dollars from
various companies and by
refusing to purchase certain
products.
It seems that part of his
message has gone unheeded
as Black people continue to
struggle for parity, equity,
and fairness in this country.
Wouldn't it be great if folks
simply did the right thing


for the right .
reason all the
time? r
I know, I
know, my
idealism is '
showing. It would now be
much easier for us if we had
started arid sustained a
"spread the pain" campaign
back then. Since we did not,
let's look at "Spreading the
Gain" in 2008.
Georgia State Rep. Winfred
Dukes (Albany), invited
me to speak at the annual


African-American Business
Enterprise Day in Atlanta. It
is always refreshing to hear
and to see politicians not
only talking about economic
empowerment but also
facilitating and actually
doing the work of economic
empowerment. Brother
Dukes is one of those
action-oriented advocates
who make every effort to
effect positive change when
it comes to the economic
uplift of Black people.
The theme of the meeting
centered on the importance
of Black business owners
doing business with other
Black businesses, something
I have advocated for years
via this column.
Brother Dukes and those
in attendance understand
the importance of the


continuous movement of the
Black dollar among Black
people, for as long as it is


Black owned businesses.
Let me say it before you
do, not because they are


I have noticed that many Black public
administrators and many Black
politicians, even though they are "large
and in charge," are reluctant or afraid
to do whatever they can to help Black
businesses get contracts


possible. A major part of
that movement is from Black
business to Black business.
I call it "Spreading the
Gain." It is important for
consumers, not just Black
consumers but especially
Black consumers, to support


Black but because they are
good at what they do. Also,
consumer support is vital to
the growth of any business,
and the more we support
our own businesses the
larger and more viable they
will become.


If there is nothing wrong
with other groups doing
this, and there isn't, please
don't come up with the same
excuses for not offering
your support, the same way
you provide support to the
businesses of others.
The second leg of the
Black dollar's journey is
between and among Black
businesses, which always
need to restock, retool, and
reproduce. Imagine the
exponential effect of more
Black businesses seeking
out other Black businesses
from which to make their
purchases. That Black dollar
we talk about circulating
and recycling would multiply
many times over.
The third leg of the journey
is related to business
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MIAMI PUBLIC WORKSHOP
As a part of Miami-Dade County's continuing
commitment to public participation in local government, the Park and
Recreation Department invites area residents to attend a public
workshop:
SNAPPER CREEK TRAIL SEGMENT A
FIU to K-Land Park
SW 117 Av. and Snapper Creek Canal
Miami, FL 33165
The meeting is designed for the public to learn about opportunities
and constraints for multi-use trail improvements within the study
corridor and share ideas and discussion on potential improvements.
As part of the meeting, County staff and consultant will answer
questions about planning, development and operations. Residents
are encouraged to attend and comment on planning for Snapper
Creek Trail. The meeting will take place at:
Cypress Elementary School Cafetorium
5400 SW 112 Ct., Miami, FL 33165
February 27, 2008
5:00 8:00PM
For further information, requests for foreign language interpreters,
or questions prior to the meeting please contact:
Mark Heinicke, Park Planner
Miami-Dade County Park and Recreation Department
305-755-7811
Call 305-755-7848 (VITDD) for materials in accessible format, information
on access for Persons with Disabilities or sign language interpreters (five
days in advance).
Multiple members of individual community councils may attend.


CITY OF MIAMI
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received by the City of Miami City Clerk at her office locat-
ed at City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133 for the following:
IFB NO. 76043 INVITATION FOR BID FOR
AGGREGATES FOR ONSITE MOBILE MIXER
CLOSING DATE/TIME: 2:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 5, 2008
Detailed specifications for this bid are available at the City of Miami, Purchas-
ing Department, website at www.miamigov.com/procurement Telephone No.
305-416-1906.
THIS BID SOLICITATION IS SUBJECT TO THE "CONE OF SILENCE" IN AC-
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NO.12271.
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Furnished Rooms
128 NE 87ND TERRACE
Room for rent in private
home. $150 and up weekly.
$300 security. Single working
person only. Call 786-355-
5948
13377 N.W. 30th Avenue
$80 weekly, free utilities,
kitchen, one person.
305-474-8186 /305-691-3486
1448 N.W. 69th Street
$400 monthly, $500 to move
in. Call 305-934-9327
1500 N.W. 74 Street
Microwave, refrigerator, color
TV, free cable, air, and use of
kitchen. Call 305-835-2728.
1775 N.W. 151 Street
Air, cable TV, refrigerator,and
microwave. Utilities included.
Two locations.
Call 954-678-8996
1845 N.W. 50th Street
$135 weekly, with air, $270
to move in. Call 786-286-
7455/ 786-295-2002

2760 N.W. 60 Street
Furnished Rooms for rent.
$100. 786-312-2159.
3451 N.W. 174th Street
Utilities included, $450
monthly, plus $300 security.
Call 305-621-0576
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 different sizes
quiet area, utilities included.
$100/$125 weekly $250.,
move in immediately.
786-277-2693
720 N.W. 75th Street
ROOMS IN CASTLE
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Has waterfall, marble
platform, 7 ft. lion statues,
Free light $350 and $450
monthly, $150 security near
bus line. 786-523-1736.
74th St NW 7th Avenue
$125 weekly, free utilities,
cable, kitchen, 786-306-
2078.
8275 N.W 18th Avenue
Clean rooms available.
Call 305-754-7776
DADEAREA
OUTREACH -Three Beds
available..Three meals a day.
$125 weekly, $450.monthly.
Call 786-443-7306
Non Smoker
Private entrance between 8
and 6. Call 305-633-6290
NORTH MIAMI
Room, cable, central air,
parking, utilities included.
Call 305-494-7348

NORTHWEST AREA
Rooms for rent. $450
monthly 305-836-5848/305-
653-8954
OPA LOCKA AREA
Furnished,cooking privileges.
305-681-8326
OPA LOCKA AREA
In walking distance of 27th
Avenue and 137th Street.
Private entrance.Central air.
Call 786-277-6821.
ROOMING HOUSE
Open House 11 12 Noon.
8013 N.W. 10th Court
Central air, new bathrooms
and kitchen, security gates
$125 $150 weekly.
Call Kevin 954-744-6612
ROOMS FOR RENT
Utilities and cable included.
Weekly rates. 305-303-2644
Efficiencies
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
1905 N.W. 115th Street
One bedroom furnished.
Utilities included, cable $600
monthly. Call 305-769-5062.


Efficiencies
24th Avenue and NW 65 St
Small, $850 to move in $300
security. 305-620-5632.
534 NW 52 STREET
Private entrance all utilities
free, bathroom, all new appli-
ance, free cable, lights, water
and air $650. monthly. One
person only. Call 786-260-
1613.
6348 SW 23 Street
MIRAMAR
$600 monthly.
Call 305-742-6520 or 305-
632-5215.
NORTH MIAMI AREA
Efficiency for rent. Utilities in-
cluded. 305-772--0465
NORTHWEST AREA
Private entrance, bath, air
and cable. 305-758-6013.
OPALOCKA AREA
Efficiency for rent. $750 a
month, $1500 to move in.
Call 786-285-0829
SPACIOUS EFFICIENCY
Water and appliances includ-
ed. 786-291-7814.

Apartments
1229 N.W. 1 Court
One bedroom, one bath
$575 Stove, refrigerator, air.
305-642-7080/786-236-1144
1262 NW 58th STREET
Two bedrooms, one bath
$1000 monthly, $2000
deposit. Call 786-277-0302
1281 N.W. 61 Street
Renovated one and two bed-
rooms. $525 and. $725
monthly Appliances included.
Call 305-747-4552
140 N.W. 13th Street
Call for MOVE IN SPECIAL -
Two bedrooms, one bath,
$575.
786-236-1144/305-642-7080
1425 N. W. 60th Street
One bedroom, one bath.
$625 monthly. Includes
refrigerator, stove, central
air water $1100. to move
in. Call 305-628-2212
1520 NW 61st Street
One and two bedrooms
apartments renovated, all
housing agencies welcome.
Call 305-720-2927
17050 NW 55 Avenue
Three bedroom, two bath,
central air, Section 8 wel-
come. $1300 monthly.
Call 954-790-7807.
1887 N.W. 44TH STREET,
One bedroom, one bath.
$575. monthly, $800. moves
you in. Call 305-637-9359 or
305-303-0156.
220 NW 16 Street
Two bedrooms, $650
Stove, refrigerator, air
305-642-7080/786-236-1144
2751 N.W. 46th Street
One bedroom, remote gate
$600 monthly.
954-430-0849
421 NW 59 Terr.
One bedroom $575
Stove, refrigerator, air.
305-642-7080/ 786-359-7054
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
5120 N. W. 23 Avenue.
BEAUTIFUL
One bedroom apartment.
Water included. $600
monthly. Jorge 305-484-7924.
5898 NE 4 COURT
One bedroom with
appliances and air. $800
monthly.
Call 786-443-6203
7001 NW 15th Avenue
One bedroom $490 and two
bedrooms $590 plus deposit,
stove, refrigerator, air and
water furnished.
Call Carl P. Greene, Inc.
305-638-1475


Apartments
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
7521 NORTH MIAMI AVE.
One bedroom, one bath.
Renovated, new appliances
and parking. Section 8/HOP-
WA OK. $840 monthly. Drive
by, then call 9 am to 6 p.m.
Ask for Dick 305-754-7900
8475 N.E. 2nd Avenue
One bedroom apartment.
Section 8. Call 305-754-7776
ALBERTA HEIGHTS APTS
One and two bedrooms.,
from $495-$585 monthly.
Free waterwindow bars and
iron gate doors. Apply at:
2651 NW 50th Street or
'Call 305-638-3699
ARENA GARDENS
FREE WATER
FREE BASIC CABLE
Remodeled efficiency, two,
and three bedrooms, air, ceil-
ing fan, appliances, laundry
and gate. 1601 N. W. 1st.
Court. 305-374-4412.
BISCAYNE GARDEN
One and Two bedrooms and
two bedrooms Norland
Heights. Ready to move in.
Section 8 welcome.
Call Broker/Manager, Gwen
Johnson at 305-758-7022.
CAPITAL RENTAL
AGENCY, INC.
1497 NW 7 Stieet
305-642-7080
Overtown, Liberty City,
Opa Locka, Brownsville.
Apartments, Duplexes,
Houses, Efficiences. One,
two and three bedrooms.
Many with appliances.
Same Day Approval.
Call for information.
CIVIC CENTER AREA
One and two bedrooms, air
and appliances. Starting from
$650. Call 786-506-3067.
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
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
One Month free! One, two,
three bedrooms, nice and
cozy apartment, refrigerator,
stove air units included. Sec-
tion 8 welcome. For more in-
formation call 305-685-9110.
MIAMI AREA
One and two bedrooms
avail-
able. Section 8 Welcome.
Call 786-285-0072
MIAMI AREA
One, two three bedrooms
available. Section 8
welcome.
786-355-5665.
OPA LOCKA AREA
Updated two and three bed-
rooms available. Tiled,
central air, appliances and
water included. First month
free move in special. Limited
timely. Section 8 Welcome.
305-688-2749
Over Town Area
One bedroom, one bath.
Section 8 ok. 786-262-4536
SOUTH BEACH AREA
Studio and one bedroom,
steps to Lincoln Road. One
Month security. $850 monthly
Call 305-785-3330

I Duplex
1780 N.W. 55th Terrace
Two bedrooms, one bath,
$900 monthly.305-218-1227


Duplex
126 NW 61 Street
Two bedrooms, one bath,
Vouchers accepted.
Call 786-308-6290
15743 N.W. 39th Court
Two bedrooms, one bath, ce-
ramic tile, security bars,
fenced yard and quiet neigh-
borhood. $900 monthly.
$2400 to move in. Call 305-
621-6180 ,305-430-8023,or
786-942-2223
4714 N.W. 16 Avenue
Four bedrooms, one bath,
central air, water included.
$1200. 305-218-1227.
638 NW 65 STREET
Two bedrooms, one bath,
fenced yard, security bars,
appliances, central air, in-
cludes water. $950 monthly.
Call John 305-389-4011 or
305-632-3387
68 NW 45thStreet
Two bedrooms, $695. Call
786-344-3278
813/815 N.W. 70TH STREET
Brand new four bedroom,
two bath units Stove,
refrigerator,ac, washer,
and dryer. Low deposit Sec-
tion 8 only.
Call Morris 305-588-0205

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.
NORTHWEST AREA
Two bedroom, one bath.
Only Section 8. Central Air,
corner lot. $995 monthly.
786-457-2520.
Onetwo, and three
bedrooms $650-$1000
Call 754-423-3714

I Condos/Townhouses I

18975 N.E 2 Avenue
Lakeview, two bedroom. 55
plus. $1050 monthly. Secuity
Deposit $850 305-301-1993.
191st Street NW 35th Ave
Four bedrooms, Section 8
welcome. Call 305-754-7776.
2876 N.W. 196 Terrace
Three bedrooms, one bath,
central air, fenced yard. Sec-
tion 8 Welcome. $1100
monthly. 305-253-7096
3058 N.W. 203 LANE
Three bedrooms, corner,
fenced.HOPWA and Section
8 ok. Call 305-624-0451.
337 IVES DAIRY ROAD
Gated area, huge, two bed-
rooms, two baths, $1300
monthly. 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

Houses
10820 N.W. 22nd Court
Three bedroom home, Sec-
tion 8 OK.$1,400 monthly
Call 786-344-0750
1122 NW 74TH STREET
Three bedroom, one bath,
$1400.monthly, $2800 move
in.Call 305-632-2426.
1141 N.W. 111 STREET
Two bedrooms, central air
$1050 monthly, $2100 to
move in. 305-751-6720
1256 N.W. 51st Street
Huge four bedrooms, front
and backyard fenced. $1200
monthly. Plus one month se-
curity and deposit.
305-788-2605.
13235 Alexandria Drive
Three bedrooms, one bath.
washer/dryer. 305-303-2644.
133St N.W 18th Ave Area.
Three bedrooms, two bath.
Call 305-754-7776


Houses
146 N.W. 70 Street
Charming three bedroom, one
bath, closed in porches,
laundry room, den, patio,
parking Native Sun Properties.
954-442-8198.

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
1910 N.W. 71 Street
1534 N.W. 71 Street
5514 N.W. 6 Avenue
Call Marcia Jones
305-469-5062
1930 N.W. 187th Terrace
Three bedrooms, two baths,
plus den, $1650 monthly
$255K, Section8
Call Adrienne 786-399-4554
1942 N.W. 86 Street
Three bedrooms, appliances,
central air, iron bars. $900
monthly. 801 N.W. 115
Street. Four bedrooms,
washer/dryer, appliances.
$1400. 305-904-2676
2021 NW 84th Street
Updated two bedrooms one
bath $1100 monthly. $159K
or best offer. Section 8.
Call 786 399 4554
2120 NW 153 STREET
Three bedroom, one bath
$1000 monthly.
786-234-3122
2226 N.W. 98 Street
Spacious three bedrooms,
one bath. $1450 Monthly.
Call 786-286-9351/ 305-688-
9277.
2241 NW 196 TER
Four bedrooms, two baths.
central air $1600 monthly
954-430-0849
2325 N.W. 89th Street
Three bedrooms, one bath,
$1100 a month, $2700 to
move in. 305-685-9402 or
305-873-3397
2441 N.W. 154 STREET
Four bedrooms, 2 baths, tile,
central air. $1350 monthly.
Section 8 O.K. 305-662-5505
2535 NW 161 Street
Three bedrooms, one bath,
central air. Big yard. Section
8 only. Call 305-685-0574
26258 SW 135TH Ave
Four bedrooms, three bath,
brand new. Section 8 Wel-
come. 786-285-8872
2783 NW 193 TERRACE
Section 8 OK. Four bedroom,
one and a half bath. $1595
monthly. A Beauty. Call Joe
954-849-6793

2845 NW 95TH STREET
Two bedrooms, one bath,
newly remodeled. $1100
monthly, $2750 to move in.
Call 305-409-0896

321 NW 51 STREET
Single family home four bed-
rooms, two baths, tiled floor
with central air for $1750
monthly. Also for sale!
Call 305-652-9343
351 N.W. 48th Street
Three bedrooms, two baths
with air and appliances. Price
negotiable Call Mr. Coats
305-345-7833.
6905 N.W 15th Avenue
Two bedrooms, one bath.
Call 786-263-1590
970 NE 133rd St
Two bedrooms, one bath.
Central Air, Appliances Ceil-
ing Fan, New Kitchen
Cabinet
Flood Light. $850 monthly,
$1750 to move in.
Call Mike 786 488 3350

COCONUT GROVE
SECTION 8 ONLY
Four bedrooms, two bath
home oh large lot. New paint,
ceramic tiled floors. 3255
William Ave. Drive by then
Call 305-336-3099.

FLORIDA CITY
530 NW 9th Street. Two bed-
rooms, one bath. Section 8
only. Call 305-624-5956.


Houses

HOUSES FOR RENT
Two, three, four and five bed-
rooms with air. $850 to
$1300
305-642-7080.
LIBERTY CITY AREA
Large five bedrooms, two
baths with central air, tiled
floors, Section 8 welcome,
786-306-2078
MIAMI GARDENS
Three bedrooms, two baths,
$1200 monthly, first, last, and
security. Call 305-742-6520.
NW/NE AREA
Nice three bedrooms, two
baths, 786-597-2688.
PEMBROKE PINES
Three bedrooms, two and
half baths. Two car garage.
No section 8. Call Susan
786-975-4712
STOPIlI
Behind in rent and
mortgage?
Call Kathy 786-326-7916
Three bedrooms, two bath
Section 8 Okay
Call 305-754-4140
1570 NW 70th STREET
Why' rent, Buy!! Three bed-
rooms, $900 down and $995
monthly FHA. 786-306-4839
18200 NW 3 AVENUE
-Why rent, Buy!! Two bed-
rooms and den. Possible
three bedrooms. $900 down
and $995 monthly FHA. 786-
306-4839.

18305 NW 23 AVENUE
Why rent. Buy!! Four bed-
rooms, three bedrooms. Try
$1900 down and $1215
monthly FHA. 786-306-4839.
3031 NW 87 STREET
Why rent. Buy!! Three bed-
rooms, central air. $900
down and $995 month FHA
786-306-4839

6811 N.W. 17th Avenue
New house three bedrooms,
two baths.
Call 786-357-4561.
7517 N.W. 4 AVENUE
130 N.W. 78 STREET
25 N.E. 68 TERRACE
21511 S.W. 120 AVENUE
Call Marcia Jones
305-469-5062
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Extra large two storey, three
bedroom, two bath home.De-
tached garage.. Motivated
seller. $175k. Keyes Realtors
305-793-0002
FIXER UPPERS Owner Will
Finance or Rent to Own
$197,500 4/2, Miami Gar-
dens: $159,500 3/1, North
Miami 24 hr recording 1-800-
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THURM'S MOBILE PARK
Newly decorated, stainless
steel kitchen, washer/dryer,
central air, and dishwasher.
Asking $85,000.
Call 631-591-2428
Two, three and four
bedroom houses for whole-
sale prices Call 7862858872



1532 N.W. 67th Street
Duplex vacant lot with an ap-
proved plan. 954-605-6057.

NORTHWEST AREA
Vacant lots, you can build 1,
2, or up to 12 units.
Call 756-357-4561


Services

24 HR. Plumbing
Unclog All types of Blockage.
Check Water Heaters arnd
Septic tank. Free Estimates.
Call 786-597-1924 or
305-576-5331
Be a Security Guard
Black history month special.
$55 or renew your D li-
cense $55 G and concealed
license. Reliable #DS
2600085.
786-333-2084
Childcare-Retired Teacher
MIAMI GARDENS AREA
6 a.m.-6 p.m. Ask for Gloria
786-357-3928.$85 weekly
and up.
Gene and Sons, Inc.
Custom-made cabinets for
kitchens and bathrooms at
affordable prices.
14140 N.W. 22nd Avenue
Call 305-685-3565
Professional Dog Training
Call 305-726-6099
WE BUY HOUSES
Any type of real estate
Any area, condition, price
fast cash. Call 786-285-
8872

1 Repairs
GENERAL HOME REPAIRS
Carpentry, shutters, painting,
tiling, and plastering. Also
additions. Call 954-980-4231
or 305-892-0315
GENERAL HOME REPAIRS
Plumbing, electrical, applian-
ces, roof, air, 786-273-1130.

I Employment

BOOTH RENT
$85 weekly bring your own
customers Call 786-277-
6821

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

FACILITY
MAINTENANCE
PERSON
Valid FL driver's license re-
quired. Handyman, office
cleaning, property mainte-
nance. Dependable, re-
sponsible and honest. ref-
erences. Apply in person.
The Miami Times
90Q N.W. 54th Street
Contact: Samuel
305-694-6210


P- 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.
Furnish employment,
salary histories and
references.
The Miami Times
Fax: 305-758-3617

NAIL TECHNICIAN
Nail Tech Needed. Lease
nail space. A high volume
clientele. Angie 954-815-
0197.

STEP ABOVE ACADEMY
Is looking for a child care di-
rector, with Florida creden-
tials. Must be able to submit
to a DCF required back-
ground check. For more
information.
Call 305-685-3796. or
305-836-5723.


Employment

Route Drivers

Make Up To $10 an Hour

We are seeking drivers to
deliver newspaper to retail
outlets in South Dade,
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You must be available
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reliable, insured vehicle
and current Driver License.

Apply in person at:
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TEACHER
needed for two and three
years old.
Call 305-836-1178

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
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
NOTICE TO PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS
MIAMI-DADE TRANSIT AGENCY
ORANGE LINE PHASE I MIAMI INTERMODAL CENTER -
EARLINHTON HEIGHTS CONNECTOR PROJECT -
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION SERVICES
OCI PROJECT NO. E07-MDT-02, PTP

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 for the Orange Line Phase I Miami Intermodal Center (MIC)- Earlington
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MIC, located north of Northwest 21st Street and east of Northwest 42nd Avenue, to the existing elevated guide way just west of the Earlington Heights Metrorail
station located at Northwest 41st Street and Northwest 22nd Avenue. The Project includes one new Metrorail Station at the MIC and provides a direct link to
Downtown Miami from the MIC. The corridor begins in the west at the existing elevated Metrorail line and runs along the north side of State Road 112, crosses
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parallels the SFRC and enters into the MIC.

Additionally, the Project includes the following four (4) Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) components: Central Station West Concourse, Central
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CE&I Services will be required for the entire duration of the construction contract, which includes Fixed Facilities Construction, Systems Design, Furnish and
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Cooksey serves on
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University Foundation
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Business Advisory
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College of Education
and Behavioral
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Engineering (AMIE)
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Texas, Cooksey earned
a bachelor's degree in
electrical engineering
from Tennessee
State University in
1965 and a master's
degree in industrial
engineering from the
University of Toledo
in 1972. He completed
postgraduate work
in mechanical
engineering at
Michigan State
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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 Amelia Cordova-Jimenez who may be contacted via e-mail at ameliac@miamidade.gov, fax: (305) 350-6265 or
phone: (305) 375-203,6.

CONTRACT MEASURE REQUIREMENTS

One (1) Agreement 20% Disadvantage Business Enterprise (CBE) Measure

A pre-submittal project briefing for interested firms will be held on February 21, 2008, Date and time to be determined. While attendance IS NOT mandatory,
interested parties ARE ENCOURAGED to attend.

Deadline for submission of proposals is March 7, 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, 17th 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.








BLACKS MUST CONTROl THEIR OWN DESTINY


9D THE MIAMI TIMES, FEBRUARY 20-26, 2008


U.S's economy risks mother of all meltdowns


By Martin Wolf

"I would tell audiences
that we were facing not a
bubble but a froth lots of
small, local bubbles that
never grew to a scale that
could threaten the health
of the overall economy."
Alan Greenspan, The Age
of Turbulence.
That used to be Mr
Greenspan's view of the
US housing bubble. He
was wrong, alas. So how
bad might this downturn
get? To answer this
question we should ask
a true bear. My favourite
one is Nouriel Roubini
of New York University's
Stern School of Business,
founder of RGE monitor.
Recently, Professor
Roubini's scenarios
have been dire enough
to make the flesh creep.
But his thinking deserves
to be taken seriously.
He first predicted a US
recession in July 2006*.
At that time, his view was
extremely controversial.
It is so no longer. Now
he states that there is
"a rising probability of a
'catastrophic' financial
and economic outcome"**.
The characteristics of
this scenario are, he
argues: "A vicious circle
where a deep recession
makes the financial
losses more severe and
where, in turn, large and
growing financial losses
and a financial meltdown
make the recession even
more severe."
Prof Roubini is even
fonder of lists than I am.
Here are his 12 yes,
12 steps to financial
disaster.
Step one is the worst
housing recession in US
history. House prices will,
he says, fall by 20 to 30
per cent from their peak,
which would wipe out
between $4,000bn and
$6,000bn in household
wealth. Ten million
households will end up
with negative equity and
so with a huge incentive
to put the house keys
in the post and depart
for greener fields. Many
more home-builders will
be bankrupted. ? -
Step two would be
further losses, beyond
the $250bn-$300bn now
estimated, for subprime
mortgages. About 60
per cent of all mortgage
origination between 2005
and 2007 had "reckless


or toxic features", argues
Prof Roubini. Goldman
Sachsestimatesmortgage
losses at $400bn. But if
home prices fell by more
than 20 per cent, losses
would be bigger. That
would further impair the
banks' ability to offer
credit.
Step three would be
big losses on unsecured
consumer debt: credit
cards, auto loans,
student loans and so
forth. The "credit crunch"
would then spread from
mortgages to a wide range
of consumer credit.
Step four would be
the downgrading of
the monoline insurers,
which do not deserve
the AAA rating on which
their business depends.
A further $150bn
writedown of asset-
backed securities would
then ensue.
Step five would be
the meltdown of the
commercial property
market, while step six
would be bankruptcy of a
large regional or national
bank.
Step seven would be
big losses on reckless
leveraged buy-outs.
Hundreds of billions of
dollars of such loans are
now stuck on the balance
sheets of financial
institutions.
Step eight would be
a wave of corporate
defaults. On average, US
companies are in decent
shape, but a "fat tail"
of companies has low
profitability and heavy
debt. Such defaults
would spread losses in
"credit default swaps",
which insure such debt.
The losses could be
$250bn. Some insurers
might go bankrupt.
Step nine would be a
meltdown in the "shadow
financial system".
Dealing with the distress
of hedge funds, special
investment vehicles and
so forth will be made
more difficult by the fact
that they have no direct
access to lending from
central banks.
Step 10 would be a
further collapse in stock
prices. Failures of hedge
funds, margin calls and
shorting could lead to
cascading falls in prices.
Step 11 would be a
drying-up of liquidity
in a range of financial
markets, including


interbank and money
markets. Behind this
would be a jump
in concerns about
solvency.
Step 12 would be "a
vicious circle of losses,
capital reduction, credit
contraction, forced
liquidation and fire
sales of assets at below
fundamental prices".
These, then, are 12
steps to meltdown.
In all, argues Prof
Roubini: "Total losses
in the financial system
will add up to more
than $1,000bn and the
economic recession will
become deeper more
protracted and severe."
This, he suggests, is the
"nightmare scenario"
keeping Ben Bernanke
and colleagues at the US
Federal Reserve awake.
It explains why, having
failed to appreciate the
dangers for so long, the
Fed has lowered rates
by 200 basis points this
year. This is insurance
against a financial
meltdown.
Is this kind of scenario
at least plausible? It
is. Furthermore, we


can be confident that
it would, if it came to
pass, end all stories
about decouplingg". If
it lasts six quarters, as
Prof Roubini warns,
offsetting policy action
in the rest of the world
would be too little, too
late.
Can the Fed head
this danger off? In a
subsequent piece, Prof
Roubini gives eight
reasons why it cannot***.
(He really loves lists!)
These are, in brief: US
monetary easing is
constrained by risks to
the dollar and inflation;
aggressive easing deals
only with illiquidity, not


insolvency; the monoline
insurers will lose their
credit ratings, with dire
consequences; overall
losses will be too large
for sovereign wealth
funds to deal with; public
intervention is too small
to stabilise housing
losses; the Fed cannot
address the problems
of the shadow financial
system; regulators
cannot find a good
middle way between
transparency over
losses and regulatory
forbearance, both of
which are needed; and,
finally, the transactions-
oriented financial system
is itself in deep crisis.


ACCEPTING BIDS


Memorial Temple is seeking a li-

censed contractor to install a bap-

tism pool. For more info please call

Joanne Sanon at 305-975-7315.


MIAM I.DADEU


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 down-
load the bid packagess, free of charge, from our Website under "Solicitations
Online". 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. 98-1106.


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CITY OF MIAMI
SEOPW & OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES

PLEASEALLTAKE NOTICE THATthe City of Miami Community Redevelopment
Agencies (CRA) for the Southeast Overtown/Park West and the Omni Districts
has scheduled a Boards of Commissioners Meeting to be held on February 25,
2008, at 5 PM, at the Doubletree Grand Hotel (in the Grand Ballroom), 1717
North Bayshore Drive, Miami, FL.

All interested persons are invited to attend. For copies of the agenda, please
contact the CRA Office at (305) 679-6800.

James Villacorta
(#16541) Executive Director, SEOPW, OMNI & MIDTOWN CRA


CITY OF MIAMI
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received by the City of Miami City Clerk at her office locat-
ed at City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133 for the following:


IFB NO. 77051 INVITATION FOR BID FOR FORKLIFTS AND
OTHER HYDRAULIC LIFTS
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

CLOSING DATE/TIME: 12:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5,2008

Detailed specifications for this bid are available at the City of Miami, Purchas-
ing Department, website at www.miamigov.com/procurement Telephone No.
305-416-1906.

THIS BID SOLICITATION IS SUBJECT TO THE "CONE OF SILENCE" IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CITY OF MIAMI CODE SECTION 18-74 ORDINANCE
NO.12271.

Pedro G. Hernandez
City Manager





AD NO. 002301


NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
regarding
WAIVER OF COMPETITIVE BIDS AND
SELECTION OF CONSULTANTS FOR
VIRGINIA KEY MASTER PLAN
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Miami, Florida

J'J OF






The Miami City Commission will hold a Public Hearing on February 28, 2008 beginning at 9:00 am to consider whether it is in the
public's best interest that the City select consultants to provide additional services for the Virginia Key Master Plan and the Historic
Virginia Key Beach Park Lands by method other than competitive bid as follows:

Virginia Key is located within Biscayne Bay and traversed by the Rickenbacker Causeway midway between the City of Miami
mainland and the Village of Key Biscayne, Florida. The additional services consist of the preparation for additional planning
and design services for the island-wide master plan, Virginia Key Master Plan and planning services and a viability study
for the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park Lands. The total estimated cost based on the entire scope of services proposal is
$920,000.

The City of Miami proposes to select Edward D. Stone Jr. and Associates, Inc. D/B/A EDSA, Master Planners and Prime Consultant to
provide additional planning and viability study services. This action follows the City Manager's written finding of a valid public emergency
to the effect that the time required for the competitive procurement and award of contract for said project creates an undue hardship
on the public welfare, thus it is in the best interest of the public to waive competitive procurement procedures. The City manager has
investigated and identified the aforementioned firms as having excellent qualifications distinctly geared to the aforementioned project
and a substantial record of experience in projects of like size and complexity. The City Manager has further determined that said firms
are appropriately licensed and certified consultants uniquely qualified to undertake and perform the required work on behalf of the
City.

This action is being considered pursuant to Florida Statutes 255.20 and Section 18-90 (Emergency Procurements) of the Code of the
City of Miami. The criteria to be considered in this matter are set forth in the proposed resolution and in these Code sections, which are
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and are available as public records from the City of Miami.

The Public Hearing will be held in conjunction with the regularly scheduled City commission meeting of February 28, 2008 at:

MIAMI CITY HALL
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, Florida

All interested persons may appear at the meeting and may be heard with respect to the proposed issue. Should any person desire to
appeal any decision of the City Commission with respect to any matter to be considered at this meeting, that person shall ensure that
a verbatim record of the proceedings is made including all testimony and evidence upon which any appeal may be based.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons needing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding
may contact the Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5360 (Voice) no later than two (2) business days prior to the proceeding or at (305)
250-5472 (TTY) no later than three (3) business days prior to the proceeding.

Priscilla A. Thompson, CMC
(#16542) City Clerk








BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY


10D THE MIAMI TIMES, FEBRUARY 20-26, 2008


8.3 million households in Florida to receive tax cut


Washington, DC
- Rep. Kendrick B.
Meek today praised
the enactment of a
bipartisan economic
stimulus plan after
President Bush signed
the Recovery Rebates
andEconomicStimulus
for the American
People Act. In total,
8.3 million families in
Florida will receive tax
rebates of up to $1,200
per couple, plus $300
per child as early as
mid-May. By getting
money into the hands
of America's families


and small businesses,
the plan is expected to
add 500,000 jobs to
the economy.
"I am a strong believer
in fiscal responsibility
but there is no doubt
that Florida's economy
is facing tough times,"
said Congressman
Meek. "The plan
signed into law today
will give our economy
a temporary boost,
create jobs and make
it easier for families to
make ends meet. This
is a timely, targeted
and temporary shot in


the arm that Florida's
economy requires."
The plan will provide
a tax rebate for the low
and middle-income
families who are being
hit hardest by the
economic downturn.
More than 130 million
families, including 35
million families across
the country that work
but make too little to
pay income taxes will
receive a tax rebate.
The plan will also
provide recovery rebate
checks to 28 million
households of senior


citizens and disabled
veterans.
"With Democrats in
control of Congress,
lower- and middle-
incoming working
Americans now have
a seat at the economic
negotiating table,"
Congressman Meek
added.
The bipartisan
legislation also
includes tax cuts for
small businesses,
doubling the amount
small businesses can
immediately write
off their taxes for


INVITATION TO BID
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS


Sealed bids will be received by the City of Miami, Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 1st Floor,
3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida 33133-5504, until 2:00 P.M. on March 26, 2008
for.

MiaMarina Emergency Repairs Pier No. 5, B-30325

Bid No. 07-08-011
Bids Due: March 26, 2008

At 2:00 P.M.

Scope of Work: The Work consists of furnishing all materials, labor, and equipment necessary to con-
struct the Project(s) as described below and as shown on the plans for a complete and functional Project.
The Work consists of the following:

Demolition of approximately 330 Linear feet of existing wood decking, associated
utilities and timber mooring pilings. Construction of approximately 330 linear feet of
concrete decking with fiberglass grating, electrical systems, CATV, telephone, and
water service for approximately 15 boat slips.

The completed Work will provide other incidental work in connection therewith all as indicated on draw-
ings.

Minimum Requirements: Prospective Bidder shall hold a current certified license as a General Contrac-
tor or General Engineering Contractor from the State of Florida (and/or Subcontractors) and must have a
minimum of (5) years experience in Marine Construction including five (5) separate project references
of similar size, scope, and complexity, supported by references within the past five (5) years. The Bidder
must self-perform at least thirty percent (30%) of the Work.

A non-mandatory conference will be held on Friday, February 29, 2008 starting at 10:00 A.M. at (401
Biscayne Blvd Pier No: 5 in front of the Hooters Restaurant) to discuss this solicitation.

Bid packages containing complete instructions, plans and specifications may be obtained at the De-
partment of Capital Improvements Program, 444 S.W. 2nd Avenue, 8th Floor, Miami, Florida 33130,
Telephone (305) 416-1255 on or after February 22, 2008. Bid packages will be available in both digital
and hard copy form. Non-refundable fee for a digital bid package is $15.00 and the fee for a hard copy
of the bid package is $100.00. A bid package can also be mailed to bidders upon written request to the
Department, and shall include the appropriate nonrefundable fee plus $10 for shipping and handling us-
ing regular U.S. Mail.

All bids shall be submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. Bids must be submitted in dupli-
cate originals in the envelopes provided at the time, date, and place above. Bids will be publicly opened.
Any bids or proposals received after tme and date specified will not be considered. The responsibility
for submitting a bid before the stated time and date is solely and strictly the responsibility of the Bidder.
The City is not responsible for delays caused by courier service, including U.S. Mail, or any other occur-
rence.

YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED THAT THIS INVITATION TO BID IS SUBJECT TO THE "CONE OF
SILENCE," IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE NO. 12271.



INVITATION TO BID
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids will be received by the City of Miami, Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 1st Floor, 3500
Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida 33133-5504, until 2:00 P.M. on March 24, 2008 for:

Tamiami Storm Sewer Improvements, B-50706
Bid No.: 07-08-012

Bids Due: March 24, 2008 at 2:00 PM


Scope of Work: The Work consists of furnishing all materials, labor, and equipment necessary to con-
struct the Project(s) as described below and as shown on the plans for a complete and functional Project.
Close coordination with other contractors) who are responsible for the installation of storm sewer collec-
tion systems associated with this Project may be required. The Work consists of the following:

Storm sewer improvements to include: exfiltration trenches; storm sewer pipes; cross
drains; manholes; ancillary road improvements; roadway restoration consisting of
milling and resurfacing; damaged sidewalk replacement; and reconstruction of damaged
and/or deficient ADA compliant ramps.

The completed Work will provide other incidental work in connection therewith all as indicated on draw-
ings. The Contractor shall furnish all required materials, labor and equipment for the Project.

Minimum Requirements: Prospective Bidder shall hold a current certified license as a General Contrac-
tor or General Engineering Contractor from the State of Florida (and/or Subcontractors) and must have
a minimum of five (5) years experience in storm sewers including five (5) separate project references of
similar size, scope, and complexity, supported by references within the past five (5) years. The Bidder
must self-perform at least thirty percent (30%) of the Work.

Bid packages containing complete instructions, plans and specifications may be obtained at the De-
partment of Capital Improvements Program, 444 S.W. 2nd Avenue, 8th Floor, Miami, Florida 33130,
Telephone (305) 416-1255 on or after February 20, 2008. Bid packages will be available in both digital
and hard copy form. Non-refundable fee for a digital bid package is $15.00 and the fee for a hard copy
of the bid package is $100.00- A bid package can also be mailed to bidders upon written request to the
Department, and shall include the appropriate nonrefundable fee plus $10 for shipping and handling us-
ing regular U.S Mail.

All bids shall be submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. Bids must be submitted in
duplicate originals in the envelopes provided- At the time, date, and place above, bids will be publicly
opened. Any bids or proposals received after time and date specified will not be considered and will be
returned to the bidder unopened. The responsibility for submitting a bid/proposal before the stated time
and date is solely and strictly the responsibility of the bidder/Bidder. The City is not responsible for delays
caused by courier service, including U.S Mail, or any other occurrence.

YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED THAT THIS INVITATION TO BID IS SUBJECT TO THE "CONE OF
SILENCE," IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE NO, 12271.


capital investments,
and encouraging
investments in
new equipment.


Additionally, the plan
offers immediate
tax relief for all
businesses that invest


in new plants and
equipment by speeding
up depreciation
provisions, so that


firms can write off an
additional 50 percent
for investments
purchased in 2008.


Commissioner

Dennis C. Moss




Mom and Pop Small Business

Grant Program

For Miami-Dade County, District 9

Attention Business Owners!

Grant Money Available
Maximum Amount Per Business: $5,000

Applications will be available starting on Monday, February 11, 2008 between
9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Monday Friday at two locations:

District North Office: 10710 SW 211 Street, Suite 206, (305) 234-4938
or
District South Office: 1634 NW 6 Avenue, Florida City, (305) 245-4420

Application is also available online at:
www.miamidade.gov/district9

Additional information will be provided by Mr. Leroy Jones of Neighbors And Neighbors
Association (NANA) during a special question and answer meeting for all Mom and Pop
Applicants on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the South Dade
Government Center, 10710 SW 211 Street, Room 203

The application deadline is Friday, February 29, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.
NO EXCEPTIONS


N.A.NA,


MtAM 1.


ADVERTISEMENT
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)
FOR WEBSITE BUILDING/TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE-CAPACITY
BUILDING SERVICES

Sealed proposals are being accepted by Neighbors And Neighbors Association, Inc
(N.A.N.A.) for technical assistance and capacity building services for business owners
selected to participate in the program only:

PROJECT NAME: N.A.N.A. Technical Business Assistance


RFP NO:


02-2008-12


This project is funded by Miami-Dade County and the Office of Economic and
Community Development (OCED).

Scope of Work: To provide technical assistance and capacity building training in the
areas of Marketing, Public Relations/Community Relations, Technology,
Accounting/Bookkeeping, Human Resources, Business Development, Strategic Planning
and Website Design.

For profit, non profit, consultants, firms, individuals and groups can submit proposals.
All applicants must complete the RFQ package; provide a scope of work, information on
the applicant's capacity to complete the services and samples of previous work.

RFQ packages will be available beginning Wednesday, February 20 @ 10:00 a.m. at
the Audrey Edmonson Small Business Hub 4055 NW 17 Avenue, Miami, FI 33142.

NANA reserves the right to reject any or all applications, to waive any informality in any
application or to re-advertise for applications. Failure by the proposer to satisfy claims
on previous contracts with Miami-Dade County may be cause for rejection of the
application. NANA reserves the right to accept, or reject bids on each item separately or
as whole.

Deadline for application submittal is Friday, March 21, 2008, @ 3:30 p.m. All
applications must be received at the Audrey Edmonson Small Business Hub,
4055 NW 17 Avenue, Miami 33142. All questions should be directed to Nakia
Bowling 305-633-9261

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 des-
ignated. Bid forms on which the bids must be submitted are available upon request from the DIVISION 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 following 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."


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STUDENT ACCIDENT AND ATHLETIC
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OF THE DISTRICT PORTAL

RFP 061-HH10 2/26/2008 Oversight Service for Enterprise
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THE SCHOOL BOARD OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY: Dr. Rudolph F. Crew
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS