Kendall Gazette 1.11.2011

BY RICHARD YAGER

FFifteen Kendall resi-dents to date haveanswered invitations toserve on one of fourcountywide advisory

boards following Miami-Dade CountyDistrict 11 Commissioner JoeMartinez’s notice of vacancies neededto be filled as of Dec. 30.

In one of his first acts as incomingcommission chair, Martinez sent anotice to his constituency to ask forinterested members of the communityto represent District 11 on one of fourboards, including Biscayne Shore LineReview Committee, Citizen’sTransportation Advisory Committee,Historic Preservation Board and Parksand Recreation CAC (Citizen’sAdvisory Committee).

“These boards have been created toassist in the formation of policies toimprove the quality of life of the resi-dents of Miami-Dade County,”Martinez said.

Responses through the first week inJanuary have been “overwhelming,”according to Lorena Guerra-Macias,spokesperson for Martinez. “We arecontinuing to seek additional applica-tions and beginning the screeningprocess for potential appointments.”

Martinez said the Biscayne ShoreCommittee especially desired recog-nized professionals in architecture,landscape architecture, urban design,lay persons interested in the shore envi-

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Kendall residents soughtfor county board service

BY VINORA HAMILTON

TT he Miami-Dade Public LibrarySystem and Miami-Dade’sOffice of Sustainability have

partnered to encourage patrons to becomebetter stewards of the environment and tohelp them save money on their electricbills by offering the Kill A WattEZElectricity Usage Monitor.

Patrons can check out the monitor for upto 14 days. Once home, a patron plugs themonitor into the wall, plugs an applianceinto the monitor and enters electricity rateinformation. The monitor then shows howmuch power the appliance consumes and

how much it costs to power.The Office of Sustainability donated

150 monitors, as part of their community-wide Energy Efficiency Campaign, forcirculation throughout the 48 branches.

“These monitors are a great way for ourpatrons to get informed about the amountof electricity that their home appliances

consume,” said Raymond Santiago,Library director. “We are so glad to part-ner with the Office of Sustainability andare grateful that they have made thesedevices available to our patrons.”

The monitors are available at the follow-ing branches: Coral Gables, Coral Reef,Hispanic, Homestead, Kendale Lakes,Kendall, Main, Miami Beach, MiamiLakes, Naranja, North Dade, Pinecrest,South Dade and South Miami. Patronsmay request that the monitor be sent to abranch that is convenient for them.

For information, visit online at<www.mdpls.org> or <http://green.miami-dade.gov>.

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New classroom building to expand CHC programsBY RICHARD YAGER

GGroundbreaking for a new4,000-square-foot class-room building at theCommunity Habilitation

Center is the first major expansion for thespecial Kendall-based program in thiscentury.

The modular structure will providefive new classrooms in identical quartersapproved for Miami-Dade’s publicschools, according to John Mazarella,director of the CHC program, designed toaid young adults (21 and over) with dis-abilities.

“These are young people who areemployable but no longer qualify for theDade County Public School system ben-efits after age 21,” explained Mazarella,who helps focus young adults on findinga trade or vocation to allow more inde-pendent lifestyles in later life. Many

Attending the groundbreaking of new $800,000 CHC building are (l-r, first row) Juan Wong Jr.,Danielle Michelena, Debra Penny, Rafael Dausa, Lila Martinez, Daniel Casal and John Mazzarella;(second row) Joshua Yanowitz, Robert Lee, Erica Rafalowski and Henry Martinez.

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Located on county property at 11450SW 79 St. just east of SW 117th Avenue,the first CHC building was a conversionfrom a World War II barracks, outfittedoriginally as a two-classroom center.

The new building is only the secondexpansion since inception of the servicesto young adults since the early 1970s,according to Natalia Laver, CHC associ-ate director.

“The building not only represents anextraordinary joint effort between the com-munity and our CHC members, but it alsorepresents a window of opportunity forthose who do not have many educationaloptions once they graduate from highschool.”

Replacing the administration buildingwill enhance such existing programs asmusic therapy, support employmentadministrative offices, transitions andhealth, sports, while opening new space forindividuals currently on a CHC waitinglist.

Mazzarella oversees a program thatdepends upon a $1.2 million budget, large-ly made up from Medicaid funding throughthe State of Florida.

“About a quarter of a million is neededto make up the difference to provide thekind of services needed for our currentenrollment capacity,” he explained. “We dodepend upon private contributions and out-

side assistance.“With the economic downturn and cut-

backs in state funding, we are pressed eachyear to find the support needed to help fur-ther the education of these Miami-Dadeyouth,” Mazzarella added.

To help defray annual costs, the CHCholds two major fundraising events — aformal gala scheduled on Mar. 21 and itsannual fashion show each September.

Assistance for continuing CHC pro-grams also comes from such grateful citi-zens as Juan Wong, chair of the CHCboard, who helped establish an outdoorrestaurant for both a training and employ-ment opportunity.

A local bank’s willingness to underwritea $400,000 mortgage for the new class-room building significantly reducedfinancing costs.

The CHC Center was opened in 1973 bya group of parents of children with devel-opment disabilities, with CHC Inc. provid-ing an array of support programs to providemore productive and meaningful lives intheir later years.

Now in the permitting stage, the newclassroom building will be moved to itsnew site adjoining the reconditioned WorldWar II era administration office which willstill remain in use, Mazzarella said.

“We’ll continue using that building forour administrative offices,” Mazzarellaadded. “It was part of the last makeovercompleted in the late 1990s.

“People still come by from the PedroPan days in Miami to get their picturetaken here, remembering that they oncelived inside its walls.”

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ronment; the CTAC seeks residentsresponsive to needs and goals of theMetropolitan Planning Organization’stransportation plan; the HistoricPreservation Board wants citizens withresponsibility and integrity to consider,designate and establish historic sites, andthe PRAC for Parks asks for volunteersknowledgeable in the fields of recreation,natural resource planning and land useplanning.

Interested citizens are asked to submit aresume and cover letter via email to <[email protected]> or contactMartinez’s office for details at 305-552-1155.

COMMUNITY COUNCIL 11SEAT REMAINS VACANT

A seventh seat on West Kendall’sCommunity Council 11 seat may be filledin February, according to Lorena Guerra-

Macias, spokesperson for Miami-DadeCommissioner Joe Martinez.

“The problem with making the appoint-ment is finding someone who lives inSubarea 116 who is willing to spend thetime that service requires,” she added.The seat has remained vacant since the res-ignation of former council chair DomingoCastillo.

SubArea 116 lies in the southwesterncorner of District 11, roughly borderedfrom north to south from SW 120th to SW184th Street, west of SW 157th Avenue.

Castillo, elected in 2004, served a fullfour-year term through 2008 but no succes-sor has sought either appointment to thepost, or filed for election in a subsequentprimary.

Community Council 11 next meets onThursday, Jan. 13, as a Zoning Board ofAppeals at Kendall Village Center CivicPavilion, 8625 SW 124 Ave., at 7 p.m.,starting with election of a chair and vicechair for 2011. Patricia “Shannen” Davis,chair, and Jeffery Wander, vice chair, cur-rently hold the positions.

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For those concerned with the UrbanDevelopment Boundary or just plain neigh-borhood zoning, a couple of petitions willbe called for public hearing Thursday,January 13, before West Kendall’sCommunity Council 11, sitting as a ZoningBoard of Appeals. The meeting starts at 7p.m. at the Civic Pavilion at KendallVillage Center, the town hall adopted byboth Kendall Councils, lacking meetingplaces of their own.

We call it to your attention because thosewho do not normally deal with these thingsmay be unaware that one application is bySante Fe Haciendas L.L.C. (suspiciously,the usual initials that often mask a develop-ment interest).

The applicants ask for an unusual use topermit a lake excavation and ancillary rockcrushing and screening plant on a 412-acresite, west of SW 177 Avenue (KromeAvenue) and south of a theoretical SW 90thStreet (theoretical because in that territory,streets are platted but non-existent).

Now, it may be the application is only aninnocent property owner seeking to make afew bucks out of non-developed land, or itmay be the first step (of many disguised) tobuild Giganti-City, for all we know. Thedetails lie in what is known as the “Kit,”the accompanying details which thePlanning/Zoning Department tries (butoften fails) to get on line at its Miami-Dade.gov site before the hearing actuallyoccurs.

Such was the case when the Gazettelocked up its press negatives last Thursday

– so if you want to know more, you’ll haveto log on to the Community Council 12 siteunder the Department to fish out anydetails, when and if they are posted, duringthe current week.

The same goes for Sunrise Equestrian,Inc. that wants to put a riding academy andcaretaker quarters at a location lying east ofSW 125 th Avenue and about 1000 feetsouth of SW 56th Street (Miller Drive, gen-erally in the Horse Country territory wherestables belong).

While Plan/Zone officials do work hardand have done their best to keep us up todate, the wheels of government often moveat a slower pace than even weekly newspa-pers require, so we’re flagging these twoitems when P/Z couldn’t furnish the detailsat press time.

In fairness to them, a query for priorrelease was answered: “We can’t approvethe Kit until the Planning Department hascompleted its own recommendations andkits are E-mailed to each member of theCouncil.” As of last Wednesday, neitherhad occurred. (The holidays probably hadsomething to do with laxity rather than out-right laziness).

The press is often referred to as the“Watchdog of Government” which canaccount for anything from Fox Newsreports on the failing economy (a favoredheadline) or The Herald’s latest digs atconservative thinking (anti-everything).

While we play only a small role, we con-sider it vital until someone proves other-wise. Snafu’s or not!

Seth Gordon, Miami market guru, econ-omist and historian, kicks off the first WestKendall Business Association luncheon inits new digs, the Grand Salon at KillianPalms Country Club, 9950 SW 104 Street,Thursday, January 27, at noon after thegroup met five years at Signature Gardenson SW 122nd Avenue. Gordon’s topic:

“Business people are from Venus; Techiesare from Mars.” Call 305-386-4030 fordetails.

Commissioner Joe Martinez transfer-ring his Kendall office downtown while hetakes over the reins as Miami-DadeCommission Chair in 2011, but still payingattention to home folks with his “Mom andPop Small Business Grant Program” toboost small town business entrepreneur-ship. To see if you qualify for up to $5,000to jump-start a home-grown enterprise, call305-552-1155 or log on to www.miami-dade.gov/district 11 for on-line details.

Chairman Joe will have the hot pota-toes in his lap at a special Commissionmeeting set for Thursday, January 13, todiscuss dating of both the Mayor CarlosAlvarez and District 13 CommissionerNatacha Seijas recall elections, both politi-cal footballs (to mix metaphors). By thetime you read this, Seijas may have a deci-sion in a pending suit to reject what sheclaims are falsified signatures, addresses orother details to reduce the margin neededfor the vote.

Just 48 hours after the Gazette went topress with the service announcement forPaul Barrow, police announced the arrest

of a 21-year-old who is alleged to haveconfessed shooting the popular Devonaire-based service center owner on December16. Held without bond, the individual isalso said to have shot and killed Harry Ray,64, a Devonaire neighbor, on November18. Full details are still unknown as thisissue went to press. Kendall District policereportedly had linked the two killings bymatching ballistics from the same gun usedin both crimes, confirming suspicious cir-cumstances reported to a Citizens AdvisoryCommittee meeting to anxious Devonaireresidents who were shaken by the earliershooting in an otherwise quiet neighbor-hood.

Thought for the Day:Be always at war with your vices, at

peace with your neighbors, and let eachnew year find you a better man.

— Benjamin Franklin

Richard Yager contributed to thiscolumn.

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Everybody is complaining about highreal estate taxes, high property insurancepremiums, exploding federal deficit and ingeneral the high cost of living.

Seniors are complaining that they aren’tgoing to receive a cost of living increase intheir benefits. Unions are fighting to keeptheir pensions alive and funded. We allknow that something must be done — how-ever: “do it to the other guy, please!”

We think what the British are doing tobring their country’s economy under controlis extreme. How can the English live undersuch stringent economic constraints? Perhaps,because they know they must. Making littlecosmetic modifications will never solve theproblem. The British government recognizesthis and has taken, what many consider, dra-conian actions — but they will work.

Here at home in Florida we are facing amulti-billion dollar state budget deficit.

“Cut expenses, but do it to the other guy,

please,” not education, not public hospitals,and certainly not our environmental plans.

Florida elected a governor who comesout of private industry and says that theway you run a major corporation is the wayto run a government. Your intent is goodGov. Scott, but unfortunately it doesn’twork in government.

Everyone is shocked at the prospect ofprivatizing government owned hospitalssuch as Jackson Memorial. Jackson is cost-ing taxpayers multi-millions every monthto keep its doors open. Perhaps it should beturned over to private management.Management in the private sector mostoften makes decisions based upon facts andcircumstances. Public policy is set by elect-ed officials who always have their eye onhow the voter will react to their decisions.

I don’t like many of the policy recom-mendations Scott is receiving from his tran-sition team. Some seem too radical for mytaste. However, I must admit that the waywe have been running our governments —municipal, county, state and in Washington— has not been successful.

I am concerned about Scott’s approach toeducation. It seems, early on, that Scottwould like to eliminate the public schoolsystem as it now exists and provide parents

with vouchers so a child can attend anyschool that the student and or the parents feelwill be most beneficial. I anticipate thatparental input on educational goals will beeliminated and the legislature will becomethe de facto state school board. Almosteveryone, Republicans included, says thatthe best government is the government near-est to the people. Scott’s educational conceptseems to go in the other direction. And, par-ents don’t always make the best decisions.

We have been hearing about Scott’sintent to permit insurance companies toincrease premiums to individuals so theycan lower premiums to businesses as aninducement for out-of-state companies tomove into Florida and for Florida-basedcompanies to stay put and expand. Theproblem with this concept is that the indi-vidual, who will pay more, will have less tospend on goods and services that will makeour economy prosper.

Scott has some radical ideas. Howeverwe need “thinking outside the box!” I hope

he realizes that we have three branches ingovernment. He is only one. He also mustconvince the members of the legislature tosupport his plans.

Scott may only want to be a one termgovernor and then get out of politics. Butmembers of the legislature think different-ly. They are always looking to the next stepup the political ladder and do not want torock the boat too much with the voterswhom they must face at the polls.

2011 is going to be an interesting year.One thing is sure — the old way of doingthings hasn’t been working. We must cutexpenses and figure how to pay the billswithout increasing taxes and fees.

We appreciate your opinions on this columnwhether in agreement or disagreement. Pleasesend your comments to (fax number) 305-662-6980 or email to <[email protected]>. The opinions expressed in thiscolumn are not necessarily those of this news-paper, its editors or publisher.

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Last issue, we examined some key sec-tors of our economy and speculated onsome issues as they might evolve in theNew Year. This time, we continue to lookto the year ahead.

One important area that is worth watch-ing is the housing and real estate market.However, don’t expect any major changes.

South Florida’s inventory of unsoldhomes and condos will continue to sellwell, based on closeout pricing that maystill be bottoming out through the first halfof 2011. Even so, prime waterfront condosand single-family homes should start see-ing more stable pricing. And the days of 60percent off pricing should be coming to anend.

But, if foreclosures continue, and the so-called “Shadow Inventory” of bank-ownedproperties are dumped on the marketthrough the year, 2011 may not see muchimprovement as far as pricing goes.However, on the flipside, it may mean buy-ing opportunities for anyone in the marketfor a South Florida property. Plus, we canexpect continued foreign investment here,which isn’t a bad thing at all.

What about new construction and newdevelopment? With a glut of commercialand residential properties still on the mar-ket — and banks remaining reluctant tolend — don’t be surprised to see very littlenew construction around South Florida formost of the year.

How about getting a loan? Will thebanks finally see some stability? At thepresent time, the big banks are seeingrecord profits, and that should continuethrough 2011. However, they also are hold-ing huge portfolios of mortgage-basedinvestments, and that could weaken theirstability even more through 2011, if thehousing and employment markets don’timprove substantially.

In fact, bank failures could approach

record levels in 2010. Nevertheless, 2011hopefully will be better for anyone seekingsmall business loans, mortgages and carfinancing. However, it could still poseproblems for anyone with less than verygood credit.

How about Wall Street and our invest-ments? I think it is safe to say that 2011will present even more opportunities andrisks. Commodity prices could see moregains as nervous investors consider goldand diamonds as a hedge against more pos-sible stock market volatility.

Wall Street will see more ups anddowns, but they should be less dramaticthan the wild swings we saw earlier in2010. Smart investors will continue torebalance the winners and losers in theirportfolios and re-adjust stock holdingswith bond funds and cash.

Overall, I believe well-blended invest-ments should continue to see slow short-term gains with continued long-termgrowth. But don’t expect to see the Dow at14,000 anytime soon. We may have to waita long time before it returns to the recordlevels we saw a few years ago.

SOUTH FLORIDA’S FORECASTSo what do these economic predictions

mean to South Florida? For starters, 2011will see decent gains in the tourism andhospitality sectors. Foreign trade throughthe South Florida Customs’ District shouldsee solid, near-record growth. The trickle-down effect of both sectors should helpimprove the local economy throughout theyear.

Here’s the bottom line — consumerspending will continue to be a major driveraccelerating a recovery that still faceslong-term problems that have yet to besolved.

It will remain dependent on the ability ofconsumers to keep their jobs and seeimprovements in hours and wages, whichhave remained stalled for the past fewyears.

New jobs have to be grown nationwideor the same problems hitting us in 2010will remain through 2011.

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BY LEE STEPHENS

The University of Miami will bringtogether some of the most influential lead-ers in business and government, along withhundreds of professionals from acrossindustries, Jan. 12-14, 2011 for a GlobalBusiness Forum titled “The Business ofHealth Care: Defining the Future.”

Keynote speakers include KathleenSebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health andHuman Services; Jeffrey R. Immelt, chairand CEO of General Electric; Thomas M.Ryan, chair and CEO of CVS Caremark;Margaret Hamburg, MD, Commissioner ofthe U.S. Food and Drug Administration;Arthur Agatston, MD, author of The SouthBeach Diet; James D. Forbes, head of glob-al principal investments for Bank ofAmerica Merrill Lynch, and Donna E.Shalala, president of the University ofMiami and a former U.S. Secretary ofHealth and Human Services, among others.

The Forum will feature a series of nearly30 panel discussions organized in six dis-tinct tracks, including:

• Economics & Health Care: Cost,Accessibility, Reform, andImplementation;

• The Aging Population: Economic andEthical Issues Surrounding the Shift inDemographics;

• Age of Innovation: Disruptive MedicalTechnologies, Biotechnology, andTelemedicine;

• Wellness & Prevention: The ObesityEpidemic, Nutrition, Innovative Therapies,and Education;

• Global Health Issues: EmergingMarkets, Access, and the Environment; and

• Health Care Delivery 2030: HospitalDesign, Technology, and Delivery Systemsof the Future.

The university’s 2011 Global BusinessForum will come two years after its firstGlobal Business Forum, which broughttogether nearly 700 professionals for deepdiscussion on the economic crisis andother issues surrounding increased globalconnectivity.

It is expected to draw global healthcareCEOs and other senior executives, physi-cians, health industry analysts, consultantsand attorneys, benefit managers and humanresource directors, architects, planners anddevelopers, medical equipment manufac-turers and engineers, and many others rep-resenting business and government.

“Like our first Global Business Forum,which was held in the midst of the worsteconomic crisis since the GreatDepression, the 2011 conference will pro-vide an unparalleled opportunity for deepdiscussion on some of the most criticalissues of our time — areas where businessand healthcare intersect,” said Barbara E.Kahn, dean of the UM’s School ofBusiness Administration, which is organiz-ing the forum.

“With the participation of schools acrosscampus, this will once again be a trulyinterdisciplinary program that cuts acrossindustry sectors, much like the business ofhealth care does,” she said.

The forum’s key sponsors include BlueCross and Blue Shield of Florida and Bankof America Merrill Lynch.

More information and online registra-tion is available at <www.umglobalfo-rum.com>.

Industry, government leadersto attend healthcare forum


BY JOSE BOZA

Dozens of employees from Baptist HealthSouth Florida volunteered many hours oftheir time to give three fellow employees thegrandest gift of all for the holidays — a home.

The grateful employees received the keysto their new homes during a recent housededication ceremony in Homestead, markingthe 19th home built and sponsored by BaptistHealth South Florida for Habitat forHumanity of Greater Miami.

“There is no greater gift we can give thesedeserving employees and their families,” saidBrian Keeley, president and CEO for BaptistHealth South Florida. “Baptist Health SouthFlorida is very proud of the long standingrelationship with Habitat for Humanity. It isextremely rewarding to give back to ouremployees in such a big way.”

“This is a dream and a blessing from God,”said Hobart Williams, a Homestead Hospitalemployee.

Williams, who works in the hospital’s sur-gery department, will live in his new homealong with his wife, Rose, and their daughter.

Fellow Homestead Hospital employeeclinical partner Brian Hambleton and hiswife, Sarah, also stepped into their new homefor the very first time.

Baptist Hospital food services employeeSheila Curtis and her grandson, JosephSweeting, moved into their very own homeas well.

“Our home will give us great peace ofmind,” Curtis said during the moving dedica-tion ceremony.

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami isan ecumenical Christian ministry that buildshomes in partnership with low-income fami-lies in need of a decent place to live. MiamiHabitat was formed in 1989 and is in the top20 of more than 2,000 Habitat affiliatesnationwide.

This ministry is open to all persons whodesire to work to eliminate poverty housing.With all classes of people working together,Miami Habitat hopes to build new relation-ships and a sense of community as well asdecent homes.

Baptist Health, the region’s largest faith-based, not-for-profit healthcare organization,has nearly 14,000 employees and is the area’slargest private employer. Baptist Healthincludes Baptist, Baptist Children’s, Doctors,Homestead, Mariners and South Miami hos-pitals as well as Baptist Cardiac & VascularInstitute, Baptist Outpatient Services andBaptist Health Enterprises. Baptist HealthFoundation, the organization’s fundraising

arm, supports services at all hospitals andfacilities affiliated with Baptist Health.

For more information, visit online at<www.baptisthealth.net>.

Habitat and Baptist Health join to build homes for the holidays

Pictured (l-r) are new homeowners Hobart and Rosie Williams; Brian and Sarah Hambleton, and Sheila Curtis andJoseph Sweeting.

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BY LEE STEPHENS

Members of the Chabad Jewish Center ofCutler Bay and Homestead, 20557 Old CutlerRd., on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010, celebrated thededication of the Greenstein Family SeferTorah.

The Torah Scroll contains the Five Booksof Moses, the Jewish bible scroll, which washandwritten more than 4,000 years ago.Today a highly trained scribe handwrites thisentire Torah in Hebrew with a quill and spe-cial ink onto specially treated kosher animalskins woven together with animal sinews.

A Torah measures 150 feet in length andweighs approximately 40 pounds. The cost ofa new one varies between $20,000 and$60,000.

The unique aspect of this celebration wasthat this Torah originally was written in the19th Century in Romania, survived theHolocaust and more than 40 years under thecommunists behind the Iron Curtain.

On Dec. 19 members of this Jewish com-munity synagogue prayed, sang Hebrewverses, lifted the Torah and then danced.Music played while the Torah was carriedunder the Chupah (wedding canopy) as mem-bers paraded down Old Cutler Road to cele-brate its donation to this synagogue.

After the procession, it was returned to thesynagogue where they celebrated by passingthe Torah from shoulder to shoulder for thetraditional “Hakofot” ceremony. This meansgoing around in circles as is done on the hol-iday of Simchat Torah, but also is done at aspecial event to welcome the new Torah.

“The Torah is the physical manifestation ofHashem in our material world,” explainedRabbi Yossi Wolff, the synagogue’s spiritualleader. “The Jewish people are compared tothe holy letters of the Torah. In our traditioneach letter is important with one letter beinginterdependent upon the others, for if evenone letter is missing, the Torah remains non-kosher, invalid and incomplete.

“By participating in writing even one letterin this over 110-year-old Sefer Torah, onecreates a sacred bond with his fellow partici-

pants and forges an eternal link with theJewish community at large,” the rabbi contin-ued. “It is a particularly auspicious honor tocomplete one of the final letters of a SeferTorah and thereby become a sponsor.”

It is not known how this Torah survivedboth the Holocaust and the communistregime in Romania, but upon the country’sfreedom, the government kept it in a muse-um. Romania’s chief rabbi and president ofthe Jewish Community of Bucharest, MosesRosen, in 1991 gave it to Gila and ChaimWiener, the founders of the American Societyfor the Advancement of the Cantorial Arts, agroup dedicated to preserving Jewish musicand culture.

After the collapse of the communist gov-ernments in Eastern Europe, includingRomania, this group began touring thesecountries to revive Jewish traditions that hadbeen prohibited by their regimes.

“For almost 20 years I kept this Torah inmy house in Miami Beach, and I thought thebest thing to do now would be to donate it toa synagogue,” Mr. Weiner said.

During the same time, the recently found-ed Chabad of Cutler Bay and Homestead wassearching for a Torah, but could not afford anew one.

“When we started, we had a miniatureTorah loaned to us,” said Dr. BruceGreenstein, a Pinecrest dentist involved withthis Chabad since its inception and who wasinvolved in the search for a Torah. “TheTorah ended up finding me and the Chabadinstead.”

One of Rabbi Wolff’s friends, RabbiYochanan Klein, knew about Wiener’sRomanian Torah and told him and Dr.Greenstein of its availability. Because BruceGreenstein’s grandfather came fromRomania, he decided to have this ancient

Torah’s letters refurbished, buy a new Torahmantel (cover) and dedicate it in his grandfa-ther’s memory to Chabad of Cutler Bay andHomestead.

“Is it a coincidence or a miracle that a den-tist who lives in a little town, who insistsupon finding a Torah for his local shul, askshis rabbi who knows a man who is in posses-sion of a Torah that was written in my grand-father’s country over 111 years ago?”Greenstein said to the audience during thecelebration.

The Torah was damaged and was consid-ered non-kosher, so Rabbi Klein, who also isa sofer, a religious scribe, spent four monthsrestoring it. He left 84 letters to be complet-ed during the ceremony on Dec. 19.Members of the community purchased indi-vidual letters for $36 each.

“One of the commandments we have asJews is to write our own Torah,” Dr.Greenstein said. “Participating in the effort ofcompleting a Torah is as if we had participat-ed in the creation of an entire Torah.”

Bernice Granick purchased the letter yodwhich stands for the name of her son Joshuawho died last year of bladder cancer.

“I feel connected with him now,” she said.“It was a most humbling experience to wit-

ness such a monumental occasion for theJewish community of South Dade,” saidChris Himmel, who represented Miami-DadeMayor Carlos Alvarez at the dedication.“Thank you, also, for inviting me to be a partof the letter writing in the Torah. It was anexperience that I will never forget.”

Dr. Greenstein’s father, Dr. MelvynGreenstein, purchased seven letters for him-self and his family — his wife, Renee, inwhose father’s name this Torah was dedicat-ed, his son and four grandchildren. Theseseven letters together in Hebrew form the lasttwo words of the Torah — “All Israel.”

When asked, he said that he refuses tobelieve this Torah found its way to thisChabad by coincidence.

“Everything that occurs in the world hasthe hand of God directing it.”

Chabad of Cutler Bay-Homestead dedicates its 19th Century Torah

Rabbi Yossi Wolff, spiritual leader of Chabad of Cutler Bay and Homestead — along with his wife, Mindy,and their four children — participates in adding a letter to the Torah with the scribe, Rabbi Yochanan Klein.

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When it comes to math, kids either love itor “hate” it.

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“Children don’t hate math, but they dohate being confused and intimidated by it,”said Felix del Prado, who owns theMathnasium franchise with his wife, Reneedel Prado. “Our goal is to help childrendevelop confidence, understanding and alifelong love of math.”

In the welcoming environment ofMathnasium, the pair, along with their highlytrained instructors, follow the MathnasiumMethod of evaluate, educate and validate.Through comprehensive written and oraltests, a student’s knowledge gaps are deter-mined. Based on these test results, a person-alized learning program that includes diag-nostics, instruction, worksheets, manipula-tives, and games to build number sense isdeveloped for each student.

“We develop a curriculum based on theunique needs of each child,” Felix del Pradosaid. “If a student has fallen behind, we workto fill in those educational gaps. Becausemath concepts build upon one another, it’simportant to have a strong foundation.”

Parents usually drop off their children atMathnasium twice a week after school or inthe summer for one hour sessions. Theteacher-to-student ratio is one-to-four andsession costs are typically less than the costof tutoring, with better results.

“The sessions include learning new con-cepts while practicing skills the students

already know,” del Prado said. “We alsospend time reviewing homework and alwaysend with math-oriented games.”

For proof of a child’s progress,Mathnasium relies on the student’s reportcard, independent tests and parent testimonyto measure the improvement in math skills,numerical thinking and attitude.

Parents also may sign up children for indi-vidualized homework help sessions atMathnasium to address a student’s immedi-ate academic needs. In addition, Mathnasiumprovides customized test prep services forFCAT, SAT and ACT exams as well asentrance exams to private schools, collegesand universities.

Both del Prados are math lovers and haveextensive backgrounds in the subject as busi-ness professionals and teachers. Felix holds aBachelor of Science in BusinessAdministration and accounting from CalState Northridge and a master’s degree fromPepperdine University. He’s been a con-troller and vice president of finance and hastaught accounting and finance at both theundergraduate and graduate level.

Renee, who serves as Mathnasium direc-tor of education, received her Bachelor ofScience in Computer Science from MichiganState University and holds a master’s degreefrom the University of Southern California.She currently is a certified middle schoolmath teacher at St. Agatha Catholic Schoolin Miami, and prior to that she was a satellitemission planner for Boeing and a softwareprogrammer/developer for Xerox, HughesAircraft and GM.

Mathnasium is open Monday throughThursday, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, 8a.m. to noon. It is located in Sunset Centre at9999 Sunset Dr., Suite 101.

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Miss Earth Florida Kelly Saks, MissTeen Earth Florida Brittney Ronda andMiss Teen Earth Gulf Coast LaurenGoodman collected more than 300 giftsthis holiday season during different effortsincluding toy drives and donation dropoffs. These toys were donated to theyoung patients at Baptist Children’sHospital and Miami Children’s Hospital.

Ronda and a group of Florida EarthPageants volunteers visited BaptistHospital on Christmas Day to bring toysand smiles to children spending the holi-days at the facility. Santa was a specialguest and an additional surprise for thechildren, who welcomed the teen queensand the jolly man with open arms.

Saks, Ronda and Goodman repeated theeffort on Dec. 30, this time at the MiamiChildren’s Hospital where giant anddressed up bears were brought to each ofthe kids’ rooms.

The initiative is part of Recycle theLove, one of the pageant’s platformscreated by Miss Teen Earth Florida

Brittney Ronda.Earth titleholders are asked to create

their own projects based on their interestsand goals, and these projects are devel-oped during their reigning year.

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BY BAY PROBY

With the integration of Turnberry Bankand Metro Bank of Dade County into onewell-capitalized financial institution, NAFHNational Bank is dedicated to serving localbusiness and retail customers, according toAida Bonilla, vice president and branchoperations manager of the West Kendalloffice, 9000 SW 137 Ave.

“NAFH National Bank is safe, sound andsecure with money to lend,” Bonilla said.“Our residential mortgage specialists takecare of our customers with quick approvalsand we offer a full array of traditional bank-ing products for business and customers andcomplete Internet banking.

“Supported by easy processing services,we offer special accounts for customers over50; students and civic employees; and a fullarray of business banking products includingcommercial accounts and cash managementservices,” she added.

Through an investment of capital fromNorth American Financial Holdings(NAFH), its parent company, NAFHNational Bank is now in a growth mode,according to Evan Rees, South Florida mar-ket president and commercial banking exec-utive for NAFH National Bank. NAFHNational Bank now has 10 South Floridaoffices — eight in Miami-Dade and two inBroward counties.

“We have the ability to lend up to $20 mil-lion to small and mid-size business cus-tomers, and we are highly responsive tothose requests,” he said. “We also havemoney for other business loans, consumerloans and retail mortgages — just stop in atany of our convenient branches.”

“As NAFH National Bank, our customerswill see the same friendly, professionalfaces,” Bonilla continued. “And when youcall us for assistance, you’ll be speaking withyour own personal banker, not some call cen-ter or automated phone system. In short, we

are stronger than ever with same great serv-ice that you have grown to expect from us.

“NAFH National Bank operates on theprinciples of exceptional attention to thefinancial needs of our customers and thehighest quality financial services,” sheadded. “We offer unparalleled, personalservice and superior financial products aswell as new state-of-the-art technology.”

Noting that both Turnberry and MetroBank have long traditions of communityinvolvement, Bonilla said, “As NAFHNational Bank, we will continue to be lead-ers in our community, and plan to make evengreater contributions in the future.”

NAFH was formed in July 2010 to investin strategically important financial institu-tions located in important banking markets.Collectively, the bank now operates 10branches in South Florida and 13 branches inSouth Carolina. The growing family of NorthAmerican Financial Holdings’ banks present-ly has assets of approximately $3.2 billion.

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Entrepreneurs who dream of starting theirown business will have the opportunity toexplore franchising as a way to achieve busi-ness independence during the fifth annualFranchise Expo South, Jan. 14-16, at theMiami Beach Convention Center, 1901Convention Center Dr.

Franchise Expo South is designed specifi-cally to allow prospective franchisees to dis-cover which type of businesses match theirinterests and needs. The tradeshow is a forumfor franchisee candidates to do their researchin person and meet with franchisors to ensuretheir potential investment is an ideal match.

For information, visit <www.franchiseex-posouth.com> or call 1-201-226-1130.

2011 ARTSOBAY EXHIBIT SEEKSARTISTS; DEADLINE APPROACHING

The ArtSoBay Festival of the Arts kicks offon Feb. 4, 7 p.m., at the Deering Estate,16701 SW 72 Ave. Artists interested in par-ticipating in the 2011 ArtSoBay Exhibit mustcomplete a formal application, available onthe Deering Estate website at<www/deeringestate.org>. The deadline forentries is Jan. 16.

The open call is to allow each of the submit-ting artists the opportunity to showcase currentwork without the restrictions of a theme orconcept. Applications that include all forms of

media are accepted. Only work completed inthe past two years may be submitted.

The exhibit is free to the public. For moreinformation, call Cathy at 305-235-1668.

TEMPLE EMANU-EL SOUTH BEACHSETS BENEFIT CONCERT, JAN. 19

On Jan. 19, at the start of Tu B’Shevat, thebirthday of the trees, Temple Emanu-El ofSouth Beach will host a benefit concert tohelp the fire-devastated region of MountCarmel, Israel.

The concert will take place in the historicsanctuary of Temple Emanu-El, the SouthBeach Synagogue, 1701 Washington Ave.The concert proceeds will benefit “OperationCarmel Renewal: From black to green.”

A delightful program of Jewish music of theworld will be performed including Ashkenazi,Sepharadi, Ladino, Israeli, and Broadway.Featured artists are Cantor Luis Cattan of BethTorah, Gaby Enser of Temple Judea, CantorYoav Koplowich of Temple Menorah, CantorJulie Jacobs of Beth David Congregation,Cantor Stephen Texon of Beth MosheCongregation and Cantor and Music DirectorMarc Philippe of Temple Emanu-El accompa-nied by Trio Escaleno and Hector Priven.

Admission is $18 and proceeds will be usedentirely to benefit Mount Carmel renewal.

For information about the concert contact

Cantor Marc Philippe at 305-538-2503, ext. 232.

LIBRARY SYSTEM CELEBRATES40 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE

The Miami-Dade Public Library Systemwill celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2011,and will begin its yearlong commemorationwith a kickoff celebration on Jan. 20, noon, atthe Main Library, 101 W. Flagler St.

The community is invited to come out andcelebrate at a ’70s Disco Dance Party! Wearyour favorite outfit from the decade and boo-gie down with the Super Soul Steppers; enjoymusic from the past four decades and enter adance contest.

The celebration continues at 6:30 p.m. witha reception and art exhibition opening, alongwith music by the Greater Miami YouthSymphony, a talk with Miami historian Dr.Paul George, and the opening of “Assemblingan Era,” an art exhibit that commemorates thelibrary’s history in the community. Bothevents are free and open to the public.

For more information, call 305.375.5501.

SIMON KIDGITS MUSIC MANIAEVENT COMING TO THE FALLS

Families are invited to jam-out and grooveduring the Simon Kidgits Club’s MusicMania event on Jan. 22, from 2 to 4 p.m., atThe Falls, 8888 SW 136 St.

Children will have the opportunity towatch a “Tribute to the Jonas Brothers.” Alive interactive stage performance providedby Superstar Productions feauturing specialperformances of “Year 3000,” “Burning Up.”“Hold On,” “S.O.S” and more.

Simon Kidgits Club members will receivea complimentary goodie bag filled withmusic-inspired goodies (while supplies last).

For details about this event, call 305-255-4571.

YOUNG TALENT BIG DREAMSCOMING TO THE COMMUNITY

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Children’s Trust, has launched the most wide-spread local youth talent contest in Miami-Dade history, Young Talent Big Dreams.

Preliminary auditions are being held onJan. 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5p.m., at the ArtSouth, Homestead SanctuaryTheatre, located at 240 N. Krome Ave., andon Feb. 5, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5p.m., at the Byron Carlyle Theatre, 500 71St. in Miami Beach. Semi-finals and finalswill take place on Feb 18 and 19 at theActors’ Playhouse, 280 Miracle Mile.

Kids between the ages of 8-17 can com-pete for prizes ranging from performing artsscholarships and cash awards to tickets tolocal attractions and theaters. The contestfeatures a total of eight categories includingindividual song, dance, spoken word andmusical instrument, and group categories ofsong, dance, musical groups and instrumentalgroups. Participation is free of charge andlimited to residents of Miami-Dade County.For more information, call 305-444-9293.

SCOOP ON POOP RETURNSTO ZOO MIAMI ON JAN. 22

The Scoop on Poop, a 5,000-square-foottraveling exhibition on what poop is and howanimals and humans use it, opens for the sec-ond time in Florida at Zoo Miami’s Dr.Wilde’s World on Jan. 22.

The exhibition, based on the popular bookwith the same name by Dr. Wayne Lynch, treatsthe subject with a tactful blend of facts and funwith large colorful graphic panels, three-dimen-sional models and interactive components.

As the largest exhibition ever mounted on thescience of what animals leave behind, it will beopen to the public everyday from 10 a.m. to 5 pm.

Zoo Miami is located at 12400 SW 152 St.General zoo admission is $15.95 per adult, and$11.95 per child (3-12), plus tax. Children 2and under, members and parking are free.

For more information, call 305-251-0400or visit online at <www.zoomiami.org>.

HOSPITAL PRESENTS ‘UNDERSTANDINGAND HELPING CHILDREN WITH A.D.D.’

Whether you suspect or already know thatyour child has attention deficit disorder(ADD or ADHD with hyperactivity), join themother and son team of psychologists SallyKolitz Russell, PhD, and Brent Kolitz, PhD,who will help you cope with parenting achild with ADD.

“Understanding and Helping Children WithAttention Deficit Disorder,” will take place onJan. 27, 7 to 9 p.m., in the auditorium at BaptistChildren’s Hospital, 8900 N. Kendall Dr.

The fee for the program is $5, and must be paidin advance. For more information call 786-596-3812. The program is not intended for children.

2011 CABARET CONCERT SERIESBEGINS JAN. 27 AT DEERING ESTATE

The Deering Estate at Cutler, 16701 SW 72

Ave., will be kicking off its 2011 Cabaret ConcertSeries featuring eclectic and world music artistson Jan. 27. The concert will feature Peter Betan,an instrumental guitarist, singer and songwriter.

Attendees can enjoy a delicate acoustic popwith elements of jazz, world and folk music.

The concert begins at 8 p.m. and the maingate will open at 7 p.m. Guests are welcomesto bring refreshments and snacks to enjoyduring the show. Single tickets are $20.Tickets can be purchased online for an addi-tional fee or by calling the Deering EstateTicket Office at 305-235-1668 ext. 233.

ARTS FOR LEARNING’S 3RD ANNUALFUNDRAISER BREAKFAST ON FEB. 2

Arts for Learning, a non-profit organizationdedicated to advancing teaching and learningthrough the arts, will host its annual fundrais-er on Wednesday, Feb. 2, from 8 to 9:30 a.m.,at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s PeacockFoundation Studio, 1300 Biscayne Blvd.

The cost is $25.For more information contact Carey Kane,

development director, by calling 305-576-1212 or by email at <[email protected]>.

12TH ANNUAL ‘MOONLIGHT & MUSIC’VALENTINE’S DAY CONERT, FEB. 14

Celebrate Valentine’s Day at the 12th annual“Moonlight & Music” Valentine’s Day Concerton Feb. 14, 8 p.m., at the Deering Estate.

The “Moonlight & Music” Concert is aunique way to celebrate Valentine’s Day inMiami. Couples can enjoy a romantic out-

door concert under the stars, on the edge ofBiscayne Bay. Guests are welcome to bringblankets, lawn chairs, and picnic baskets.

Gates open at 7 p.m. and the concertbegins at 8 p.m. Parking is free.

Concert tickets are $20 for general admis-sion and can be purchased online for an addi-tional fee or by calling the Deering EstateTicket Office at 305-235-1668, ext. 233.

UM RING THEATRE PRESENTS‘LYSISTRATA’ AND ‘BIG LOVE’

In Lysistrata, Ancient Greece is the 21styear of its war with Sparta and there seems tobe very little prospect of peace. Aristophanes’2,000-year-old play, presented Feb.16-27 atthe UM’s Jerry Herman Ring Theatre is justas shocking, hilarious and rewarding now as itwas when it first played the massiveamphitheatres of Greece’s Golden Age.

Based on Aeschylus’ classic tragedy TheSuppliant Women, Big Love by contemporarywriter Charles Mee seizes this ancient plot,updates it, and spins an explosively theatricalexperience. The play takes the plot of theoriginal Greek play into modern times. Whilethe brides and grooms wait for their weddingday, the characters raise issues of gender pol-itics, love and domestic violence.

The Jerry Herman Ring Theatre is locatedat 1312 Miller Dr. on the University ofMiami’s Coral Gables campus.

For more information contact the boxoffice at 305-284-3355, Monday-Fridaybetween noon and 5 p.m.

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By Rick TonkinsonCertified Financial Planner CFP®

After 18 years of being a money man-ager, I have consistently heard howmany people do not feel comfortablewith their investment decisions.

Have you ever second-guessed theinvestment decisions you have made?Do words like foolish, dumb, wrong,confused, guess, uncertain, frustrated,and overwhelmed describe your feel-ings? You are not alone in feelinguncomfortable about decisions youhave made.

Would you like to feel better aboutyour investment decisions? If theanswer is yes, then here are some basicsteps to consider:

Determine if You are a Saver or anInvestor

If you need guaranteed stability, thenyou are a saver. When the stock marketis positive, many people say that theywant to invest and that they are an“investor.” They say that they can toler-ate the volatility of the stock market andthat their investment time horizon islong term (greater than 10 years).

Then 2008 comes along and the stockmarket (S&P 500) drops 34% and the“investors” now are running for safety as“savers”. Their long-term time horizonhas decreased from 10 years to 10 min-utes and the risk tolerance hasdecreased from moderate to minimal.

You need to be honest with yourselfas to what degree you are a saver or aninvestor. This is a personal decision thatin a perfect world should not be influ-enced by your family, friends or cowork-ers.

There are investments for savers andinvestments for investors. Before youselect from the thousand of choices,decide what will make you sleep at

night. Don’t rely on a sales rep to tellyou what your investment profile isbecause the sales rep may adjust yourprofile to fit the suitability of the invest-ment they are trying to sell you.

Focus on the Purpose of YourInvestment

Do you need to put money away for arainy day? Make a “To Do List” of itemsthat you want the money to attain suchas vacation, education or wedding. Giveeach item a specific cost such as$5,000 for a vacation. Determine whichitem motivates you to attain it.Motivation that is ratcheted up is calledpassion. If you find a passion for anitem, that will be your top priority. Howquickly you want to attain the item willhelp determine what investment to con-sider. Again decide on the specific pur-pose of the money and then consideryour options.

Be Realistic with what You have toInvestAs an “investor,” you need to accept thatyou are prepared to lose part or all ofyour investment. If this risk is not com-fortable for you, then you are a saver.There are times when people have bor-rowed on the equity of their home andinvest in the stock market because thepotential gains offset the risk of losingtheir home. People make reckless deci-sions so that they can attain the itemthey want quicker than what is realistic.Plan so that if it takes a year to attain anitem, you give yourself two years toattain it. If you attain the item in oneyear, that’s good but don’t beat yourselfup if you don’t make your deadline. Theimportant thing is to keep workingtoward what you want.

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BY CINDY CASTELBLANCO

The Zoological Society of Florida and

the Host Committee are planning two

wild evenings to celebrate wildlife and

tantalize your palate with tastes of the

most extraordinary dishes created by

some of South Florida’s renowned fine

food establishments.

The second annual Beastkeeper VIP

Party will take place on Feb. 4, and the

main event Feast with the Beasts (FWTB)

will happen on Mar. 4. Proudly presented

by U.S. Trust, both events will help sup-

port the Zoological Society of Florida’s

wildlife education and conservation pro-

grams on behalf of Zoo Miami.

Taking place at the private residence of

event co-chair Irene Korge and Chris

Korge on Feb. 4 from 7 to 11 p.m., the

Beastkeeper VIP Party will be vibrant as

guests are invited to wear safari chic

attire, with a touch of red, to celebrate the

upcoming Valentine’s Day. Aside from

open bars, cool jazz tunes, and compli-

mentary valet parking, revelers also will

enjoy exotic animal encounters from Zoo

Miami.

Exquisite fare will be served from fine

restaurants including: Caffe Abbracci,

Junior’s Catering, La Bottega, Ruth’s

Chris Steakhouse, Smith and Wollensky,

Truluck’s, and Zucchero Ristorante-

Bistro. 2 Girls and a Cupcake, Hot

Cookies and The Office Cake will be sati-

ating sweet cravings with delectable

desserts.

An extravagant silent auction will

include such items as signed Guy Harvey

artwork, jewelry from Mary Louise

Designs, acupuncture treatment from

Coral Gables Acupuncture, a Napa Valley

wine-tasting tour and much more.

Admission to the Beastkeeper VIP Party

also includes entry to FWTB at 8 p.m.

with a VIP Cocktail Reception at 7 p.m.

on Mar. 4.

The main event, Feast with the Beasts,

returns to Zoo Miami on Mar. 4 from 8

p.m. until midnight. In its 18th year, one

of the best events in town will feature

tastes from 30 of South Florida’s finest

restaurants and caterers, eight open bars,

wild animal encounters, live entertain-

ment and complimentary valet parking.

To date some of the FWTB participating

restaurants and dessert providers include:

Crepe Maker, Dave and Busters, Fit2Go,

Gatsby’s Kendall, Gekkeikan Sake/Sidney

Frank Importing Company, Kitchen 305,

Mango Café, Pardos Peruvian Cuisine,

and Sir Pizza.

Even after all of the wining and dining

on Mar. 4, every guest is invited to Ron

Magill’s Spectacular Dance After Party

from 10 p.m. to midnight at Dr. Wilde’s

World plaza. Live entertainers and the

hottest deejay in town playing the latest

tunes will make the party unforgettable.

“We are so excited to be celebrating the

18th year of the legendary Feast with the

Beasts event,” said Norma Jean Abraham

and Irene Korge, FWTB chairs. “We are

honored to chair both evenings, and hope

to raise much-needed funds for the

Zoological Society of Florida.”

Feast with the Beasts 2011 is presented

by U.S. Trust. Other event sponsors

include: Assurant, Bernstein Global

Wealth Management, FPL, Ryder

Charitable Foundation and United

Property Management. In-Kind Sponsors

are Owen Creative and Irene Korge.

Limited Beastkeeper VIP Party Passport

tickets are available for $500 each. These

passport tickets include admission to the

VIP Party on Feb. 4 as well as to FWTB

and the VIP Cocktail Reception on Mar. 4.

Admission tickets to FWTB, limited to the

first 1,000 guests, are available for $175.

Those planning on attending should make

advanced reservations. Sponsorship pack-

ages also are available.

Visit <www.fwtb.org> or call 305-

255-5551 to purchase tickets or for more

information.

The Zoological Society of Florida is a

non-profit 501(c)(3) that supports Zoo

Miami through education, conservation

and outreach programs; marketing and

public relations; volunteer services and

financial support for the construction of

new exhibits.

Zoo Miami is located at 12400 SW 152

St. General zoo admission is $15.95 for

adults, plus tax and $11.95 per child (3-

12) plus tax. Children 2 and under, zoo

members and parking are free. Zoo

Miami’s hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.;

ticket booths close at 4 p.m.

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It’s called Cipriano’s Deli, the subshop/pizza parlor/pasta place that’sbringing fresh culinary delights of true Ital-ian cookery to an affordable neighbor-hood eatery. Cipriano’s opened Oct. 20 toa crowd of people and a line going out thedoor.The brainchild of an accomplished chef

and a local entrepreneur, Cipriano’s,17579 S. Dixie Hwy., caters to the family’smany moods for Italian food, with a variedmenu packed with one-of-a-kind selec-tions.First, there’s a host of hefty hot and

cold sandwiches filled with your choice ofslow-roasted, cooked-on-premises Italianbeef and turkey; thoughtfully selected Ital-ian meats such as cappicola, Genoasalami, prosciutto, mortadella; tuna andchicken salad; chicken breast Parmigiana,Casalungo-style meatballs Marinara,sweet Italian sausage with roasted pep-pers and onions.Our “compliments to the chef” creation

is a delectable dipper, a fresh Italian subroll heaped high with authentic Chicago-style Italian beef sliced thin, then dippedin piping hot broth and served with yourchoice of cheese and a number of othertoppings.Secondly, there’s pizza as you know it,

thin and crispy Brooklyn style with all yourfavorite toppings. Then there’s pizza likeyou never tasted before. Our adventurouschef’s specialty pies include Scampi pizzaand Chimi pizza, among many others.A variety of freshly prepared calzones

round out your choices.Our chef’s creations for all of you pasta-

lovers include spaghetti, linguini, fettuc-cini or penne rigate with marinara,

pomodoro (fresh tomatoes), garlic cream,or pink sauce. Add scampi, chickenParmigiana, homemade meatballs or Ital-ian sausage for a true feast.You can also try our chef’s favorite

homemade soups — Butternut SquashPurée, Minestrone d’Estate Milanese andPasta Fagioli. Or enjoy antipasto or a va-riety of other salads.To start, our Italian and not-so-Italian

appetizers and sides are scrumptious.Since the Keys are “just down the road,”our chef came up with a to-die-for recipefor conch fritters with his own homemademustard lime dipping sauce.Our homemade authentic Italian

desserts are all a great way to go homehappy. They include Cannolis, Baba auRhum, Tiramisu and, again in honor of ourneighbors, Key Lime cheesecake.To keep the kids happy, we’ve also in-

cluded a typical kids’ menu with chickennuggets and fries, penne or spaghettipasta with their choice of sauce.“Our concept is to provide the finest

and freshest Italian/American foods foreat-in, takeout and delivery, all at a rea-sonable price and I think we have accom-plished that, there’s something foreveryone.” says Richard Cipriano.Cipriano’s inviting décor welcomes you

with Tuscany porcelain tile, black walnutbutcher block tables and black granite bartops. Your hosts include Chef PeterHaessler, and Richard and Sheryl Cipri-ano.Cipriano’s is open Monday-Saturday

from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday fromNoon-7 p.m. for eat in, take out or free de-livery.

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BY NANCY EAGLETON

When you visit one of the three ChuckWagon Restaurants in Kendall, as theirmotto says, you’ll enjoy “good food servedby good people.”

The restaurants are a family affair,owned and operated by three brothers whogrew up in Miami — Mike, Masen andMaher Lewis. They have a western themeand down-home atmosphere where thebrothers, along with their faithful staff,serve up good old American comfort foodin a friendly, old-fashioned way.

The three brothers are in their respectiverestaurants seven days a week to greet theircustomers. Oldest brother, Mike, managesthe Bird Road location, which opened in1979. Masen manages the original ChuckWagon on SW 117th Avenue, which hasbeen owned by the family since 1986 andin business since the early 1970s. The thirdlocation on SW 137th Avenue opened in1998 and is managed by Maher.

Service with a smile is an understate-ment at the Chuck Wagon Restaurants. It’sthis kind of personalized service that keepscustomers coming back and the ChuckWagon rolling along.

“Our servers really give of themselves,”

Maher said. “They get to know our cus-tomers by name and make them feel com-fortable. We’re like a family and this is oursecond home.”

Mike added, “We have staff members who

have been with us for 15, 20 and 25 years,and have served three generations. Some orour customers come in every day and orderthe same thing, so when our servers see themarriving, their order is placed for them beforethey even get in the restaurant.”

The menu at the Chuck Wagon has some-thing for everyone and delicious down-home breakfast choices are served anytime.Comfort food favorites include meat loafand mashed potatoes, patty melt, countryfried steak, cornbread and the famous“Chuck Wagon” — home fries topped withcheese and two eggs, any style.

On the lighter side, try an egg white omeletor a Greek, Caesar or chef salad. Homemadechef specials are offered daily, like beef stew,roast pork and turkey with all the traditional“fixin’s.” You might even find a Spanish spe-cial on the menu, such as Paella.

“Our turkey dinner is a customerfavorite,” said Mike, who offers it in hislocation every Thursday. “Why wait until

the holidays to enjoy turkey, dressing andhomemade gravy?”

Bring the whole family to the ChuckWagon on Tuesdays and Wednesdays andone child will eat free with the purchase ofeach entrée. The Chuck Wagon locationscan cater business meetings or birthday,holiday and anniversary parties at one oftheir restaurants or at your home or office.

“We work with our customers to create amenu that works for their group and occa-sion,” Maher said. “We can grill onsite orbring prepared dishes. There are many dif-ferent options.”

The Chuck Wagon Restaurant locations,phone numbers are: 7355 Bird Rd., 305-266-4979; 7628 SW 117 Ave., 305-274-2263,and 11230 SW 137 Ave., 305-386-1555.

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Legendary musician and performerBarry Manilow has announced a series offirst-ever Florida symphony concertsbacked by the Charlotte SymphonyOrchestra of Punta Gorda in January.Stretching across five major Florida cities,Manilow will be bringing his greatest hitsto the BankUnited Center at the Universityof Miami on Saturday, Jan. 29, at 8 p.m.

The Florida concert series is an entirelyexclusive and distinct experience fromManilow’s current critically acclaimedParis Las Vegas residency shows, and fea-tures the Charlotte Symphony Orchestraplus Manilow’s band and cast from his LasVegas Show. The concerts, produced inpartnership with Stiletto Entertainment andBRE Presents, will mark the first timeManilow has performed with an orchestralaccompaniment in Florida.

Recently, Manilow wowed fans in

Atlantic City with a one-night-only showbacked by the esteemed New York Pops toa sold-out crowd at Caesars BoardwalkHall. Prior to that, he lit up the HollywoodBowl in Los Angeles, to rave response.

“I am thrilled to share the stage with suchan impressive collection of musicians andbring some of my greatest hits to Florida fansfor this exclusive series,” Manilow said.

Tickets are available atticketmaster.com, the BankUnited CenterBox Office, or by calling 1-800-745-3000.

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The Miami Symphony Orchestra(MISO), led by conductor and music direc-tor Eduardo Marturet, recently performed“The Magical Music of Disney” concertsduring a unique “Golden Sounds ofHollywood” program featuring timelessDisney images animated with music.

The concerts took place recently at theUM’s Gusman Concert Hall and LincolnTheatre, and included a Saturday morningperformance designed to interest andengage families and children of all ages.

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MCM offers a holiday gift for Wannadoo City pass holdersBY WOODY GRABER

When Wannadoo City closed in South

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pass holders were left holding the bag —and

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“When we heard that the people with

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Regular admission is $15 for adults and

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Magic City Casino, Miami’s first casinoto offer Las Vegas style slot machines,prepares for its first concert of the newyear on Saturday, Jan. 22, at 8 p.m., featur-ing the Australian soft rock duo AirSupply and five-time Grammy Award-winning artist Christopher Cross.

Tickets are available starting at $15 andcan be purchased online at <www.magicc-itycasino.com> or by calling 305-460-6579. Magic City Casino also offers freeparking, with valet parking available.

“We are looking forward to seeing thesetwo acts come together for what is sure tobe a great night of entertainment,” saidScott Savin, chief operating officer ofMagic City Casino. “These talented artistswill surely put on a show to remember,and we encourage everyone to come outfor the show.”

Air Supply formed in Melbourne,Australia in 1975. Since then, the groupshas produced a string unforgettable hitsthat have topped the charts worldwide. AirSupply entered the early 1980s with eightTop 10 hits in the United States, and in2008 they were named among the bestmusical acts of all time by Billboard Hot100. Some of Air Supply’s popular record-ings include All Out of Love, Lost in Love,Making Love Out of Nothing at All and

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is singer-songwriter Christopher Cross,who is best known for hits such asSailing, Ride Like the Wind and Arthur’sTheme. Sailing earned Christopher Crossthree Grammys in 1981, while Arthur’sTheme won the Oscar for Best OriginalSong that same year. His self-titled debutalbum earned him five Grammy Awards injust one year along with an Oscar and aGolden Globe Award.

Following the concert, the live musicwill continue at the all-new Secada’sLounge, where one of Miami’s most popu-lar local bands, Viva, will play until 1 a.m.

Magic City Casino will be presentingweekend concerts through April. Theupcoming concert lineup currentlyincludes:

Feb. 5, 8 p.m., Jefferson Starship andBonnie Tyler;

Mar. 12, 8 p.m., Gin Blossoms andSugar Ray;

Apr. 3, 4 p.m., America and DaveMason, and

Apr. 17, 4 p.m., The Village People andThe Spinners.

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Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardenrecently conducted a groundbreaking cere-mony for the new state-of-the-art ScienceVillage, Tropical Research Labs, Café andConservatory, a multi-million dollar sciencecomplex designed to nurture future environ-mental leaders in Miami and encourage alove and appreciation for the natural world.

Fairchild is a conservation- and educa-tion-based garden and a recognized leader inboth Florida and international conservation.

“The Science Village is one more step inthe guided pathway for students in our com-munity to become leaders in conservationscience,” said Carl E. Lewis, PhD, director ofFairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.“Through our collaboration with FloridaInternational University, the Science Villagestrengthens the educational pipeline for stu-dents considering careers in science andbuilds upon Fairchild Garden’s existing envi-ronmental educational programs for K-12.”

For the first time onsite at Fairchild, theplanned Science Village will showcase thetalent and accomplishments of Fairchild’sconservation team, whose scientists cur-rently are housed in an off-site facility amile south of the garden. Fairchild’s five-year vision is to support the Science Villagewith 10 PhD scientists, 20 PhD studentsand 40 undergraduate research students.

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Fairchild Garden breaks ground on new Science Village project

Pictured at groundbreaking ceremony are (l-r) Carl Lewis, PhD, director, Fairchild Garden; Bruce Clinton; MarthaClinton; George Burgess, Miami-Dade county manager; Paul Di Mare; Swanee Di Mare; Bruce W. Greer, president,Fairchild Board of Trustees; Joyce Burns; Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez; Miami-Dade Commissioner CarlosGimenez, and Coral Gables Mayor Don Slesnick. (Photo by Benjamin Thacker)

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In December 1928, boxer Gene Tunneyfulfilled his dream of meeting playwrightGeorge Bernard Shaw. The result was anunlikely friendship, powered, among otherthings, by Tunney’s love of literature andShaw’s fascination with boxing.

The Prizefighter and the Playwright: GeneTunney and Bernard Shaw (Firefly Books,September 2010, $35, hardcover with jacket)pulls readers instantly and inescapably intothis surprising relationship and the lives of itsprotagonists.

Written by Gene Tunney’s son Jay andenriched with never-before-published familyphotographs, letters, and interviews, the bookpaints a portrait of the boxer no one knew. Itincludes many revelations, new sources andletters from persons such as Charlotte Shawand Thornton Wilder.

The book evolved from the acclaimed BBCradio series The Master and the Boy. On its sur-face, it is the story of the friendship between aprofessional athlete and a literary giant, offeringintimate glimpses of the two. It is also aromance between a rich girl and a poor boy.

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also turned himself intoa gentleman who couldfeel at home lecturing atYale or discussing nov-els with the men whowrote them.

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up as the son of impoverished Irish immi-grants in New York City’s Greenwich Villagein the first decade of the 20th Century andwhat it was like to be a celebrity in the heady1920s, ducking the paparazzi who tormentedthe rich and famous even then.

Most of all, The Prizefighter and thePlaywright is the story of two extraordinarymen. Shaw was a Nobel Prize-winning play-wright. Tunney, who defeated Jack Dempseyfor the heavyweight crown in 1926 and 1927,was anything but a typical boxer.

As a young man, Tunney was befriendedby a physician who introduced him to aworld beyond his own, awakening a love ofwords and literature that would last through-out Tunney’s life. The boxer prepped forfights by reading Shaw, Shakespeare, Butler,Shelly and Maugham, trained himself to speak with erudition, and regarded fighting

as a science rather than, as he put it, “assaultand battery.”

None of these traits endeared him to sports-writers or boxing fans who rooted forDempsey and booed what they consideredTunney’s pretensions. Tunney’s choices did,however, win him entree into a world of wordsand ideas where he was surprisingly at home.

In 1928, Tunney retired from the ring asthe first undefeated world heavyweightchampion and married steel heiress PollyLauder. He did so, with possibly the finest76-3-1 record in history.

What he never gave up was his love of litera-ture. Using his celebrity to indulge this passion,Tunney traveled widely, befriending a host ofwriters and scholars — including, besides Shaw,Thornton Wilder, Ernest Hemingway, HughWalpole, John Marquand and William Lyon

Phelps, professor of English at Yale University.Shaw, himself, had long been a knowl-

edgeable boxing fan, writing about the sportin his fourth novel, Cashel Byron’sProfession. He was intrigued by the articu-late young American who seemed to be thenovel’s hero brought to life. When the twomet at Shaw’s London home in 1928, theyformed a friendship that would last untilShaw’s death in 1950.

In addition to their mutual interests in box-ing and literature, and in a twist of fate, Shawand Tunney shared a profound spiritual crisisduring a holiday together in the Adriatic Sea.Shaw, an avowed atheist, witnessed what helater referred to as a “miracle” in the neardeath of Tunney’s bride.

In the introduction to the book,Christopher Newton writes that reading ofthe miracle and the friendship “has helpedput the soul back into an author who hid hishumanity behind a screen of words.” It alsogreatly enlarges the perception of one of thegreatest prizefighters of the 20th Century.

All of that and more is related in this beau-tifully written book, a fitting tribute to a manwho believed reading would open doors, andwhose son shares his father’s gift for words.

There was much more to Gene Tunney thanmet the eye. Likewise, there is more to thislargely untold story. While the book will cer-tainly appeal to Shaw fans and Tunney fans,one doesn’t need to know anything about eitherman — or about literature or boxing — to beentranced by the friendship of the prizefighterand the playwright and the world they shared.

Jay R. Tunney, the son of legendary boxerGene Tunney, has written for publicationsworldwide, including the New York TimesMagazine, Asian Wall Street Journal, HartfordCourant, Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, andIndependent Shavian. He is a member of theGovernor’s International Advisory Council forthe Shaw Festival in Ontario, Canada, and vicepresident of the International Shaw Society.

Jay R. Tunney will be in Miami promotinghis new book, The Prizefighter and thePlaywright, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 8 p.m., atBooks and Books, 265 Aragon Ave. in CoralGables. Call 305-442-4408 for information.

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The 2011 Altima Sedan again offers a nicecombination of a sporty design and a widerange of available features and technology.Enhancements for the new model yearinclude revised package content and threenew exterior colors.

The Altima Sedan again is available inthree models designed to appeal to a broadrange of buyers and budgets — the 2.5 CVTand 2.5 S CVT with a standard 175-hp 2.5-liter inline four-cylinder engine, and the 3.5SR CVT with a 270-hp 3.5-liter V-6.

In 2010, the Altima Sedan was given arestyled hood, grille, front bumper and alu-minum-alloy wheel designs. Those changesadded a greater visual presence to the frontend, especially the hood, and differentiatedthe Sedan from the Coupe.

The refreshed exterior styling continueswith the T-shaped grille, powerful front fend-ers, strong wedge character line, forward A-pillars and Nissan roofline. High IntensityDischarge (HID) headlights and front foglights are optional with the Sport Package (3.5SR), while Altima-style taillights and dualexhaust finishers are standard on all models.An aerodynamic rear spoiler is part of thenew Special Edition Package, along with foglights, auto on/off headlights and leather-wrapped steering wheels with audio controls.

Altima’s short front and rear overhangsenhance the car’s maneuverability and con-tribute to its sporty appearance. Altima’s chas-sis layout allows for a roomy front and rearcabin, ample interior headroom and legroom,and good cargo storage with 15.3 cubic feet oftrunk space. Altima is available with 16-inch(optional on 2.5 S) or 17-inch (standard on 3.5SR) aluminum-alloy wheels or 16-inch steelwheels with covers (2.5, 2.5 S).

The Altima interior continues to have softmaterials, such as padded armrests, and stylishchrome accents, with complementing fabricsand finishers for all interior colors (both clothand leather-appointed). The Altima instrumentpanel features a Fine Vision gauge display forprecise readability and the L-shaped flow ofthe instrument panel to the center console addsto a driver-oriented cockpit.

The center console has a triple front cupholder and many other convenient cup andbottle areas (up to nine total, including 20-ounce bottle holders in the door panels) andstorage compartments. Three interior colorsare available — Charcoal, Blond and Frost— in both high quality soft-touch suede-likefabric and with optional leather-appointedseating.

Also available is a Premium AudioPackage that includes a Bose AM/FM audiosystem with nine speakers, 4.3-inch color

display, USB port with iPod connectivity,Bluetooth Hands-free Phone System,MP3/WMA CD-ROM playback, XMSatellite Radio and RearView Monitor.

Pricing on the 2011 Nissan Altima Sedanranges from $19,900 to $24,740.

Ron Beasley is the automotive editor forMiami’s Community Newspapers. He may becontacted by calling 305-662-2277, ext. 261,or by addressing email correspondence to<[email protected]>.

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